Rodanthi Tzanelli (2016). Thanatourism and cinematic representation of risk. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-113862564-4, 194 pg.Although some voices recently emphasize on the end of global tourism worldwide, Seniour sociologist at University of Leeds, UK, Rodanthi Tzanelli sees the opposite. In a world of risks where even tourism (the most prominent industries indicated by neoliberallism) turns out seriously affected, she proposes a more than interesting diagnosis. The distance between sightseers and natives, which originally characterized tourism or heritage seekers, is mutating to new forms. As the previous backdrop, her recent book entitled Thana-tourism and Cinematic Representation of Risk and recently published by Routledge, she discusses to what an extent the concatenation of different disasters that are covered by the media and cinema correspond with a much deeper mechanism of surveillance to keep the work-force under control. At a closer look, creativity allows the destructive creation process in order for capitalism to be recycled, which means that each disaster which takes hit in a community paves the pathways for the rise of a new international destination.The question whether dark tourism surfaced over recent decades as one of the trends of leisure consumption in zones of extreme poverty or areas of ghettoization resulted from decades of an exploitative logic exported during the facet of colonization during XIXth and XXth centuries. However, instead of provoking a collective awakening, cinema offers a biased diagnosis to the material asymmetries produced by the expansion of capitalism. It is important not to lose the sight that in these new global landscape, massdeath seems to be a key factor in the intersection of consumption with death. This begs a more than interesting point which is not addressed by specialized literature, is West a sadist civilization?To respond this question, although not formulated in the same terms, Tzanelli introduces readers in a ground-breaking argument, oddly capitalism has moved to a new stage where artists devote their efforts in drawing a fictional landscape of doom-days. While stories of the end of the world or zombie apocalyptic viruses captivate our attention, the world is far from facing a total destruction. What Tzanelli suggests is that the allegories of death serve to replicate the authority of status-quo. The inflation of different risks which oscillates from natural disasters to terrorism, evinces that the holiday-making and leisure practices as tourism are next to disappear but paradoxically, dark tourism still revitalizing the gift-exchange process that made capitalism feasible. In retrospect, the instrument of surveillance orchestrated by capitalism appeal to the metaphor of undesired guests where working-migrants are stereotyped as zombies, monsters, terrorists or even viruses which may very well threaten the current civilized social order. Since the concept of risk which is theatricalized by the film-related industries allows the imposition of allegories to see the capitalist ethos as one of the best possible worlds, entrepreneurship surfaces as a vehicle to invest first world citizens of an exceptional aura. Therefore, dark tourism as it is detailed in second chapter takes part of a communal "memory-work" as a life lived in conditions that give others a pretext to feel superior, in terms of Tzanelli a life lived in the periphery. Dark tourism serves as the locus "of a polyphonic hermeneutics" which is based on a multiple sense of places, anticipating the "end of tourism". Whether the neoliberal doctrine poses in tourism a fertile instrument to enhance the governability of nations, many questions remain open to understand why genocides, political instability and inter-ethnical wars are its immediate consequences. Additionally, as Tzanelli puts it, imagination adjoins to the power of capital to exert a considerable influence over citizens in molding hopes, fears and desires of daily life. …


OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this project was to determine whether machine-learning classifiers could predict which patients would require a preoperative acute pain service (APS) consultation.

DESIGN
  Retrospective cohort.

SETTING
  University teaching hospital.

SUBJECTS
  The records of 9,860 surgical patients posted between January 1 and June 30, 2010 were reviewed.

OUTCOME MEASURES
  Request for APS consultation. A cohort of machine-learning classifiers was compared according to its ability or inability to classify surgical cases as requiring a request for a preoperative APS consultation. Classifiers were then optimized utilizing ensemble techniques. Computational efficiency was measured with the central processing unit processing times required for model training. Classifiers were tested using the full feature set, as well as the reduced feature set that was optimized using a merit-based dimensional reduction strategy.

RESULTS
  Machine-learning classifiers correctly predicted preoperative requests for APS consultations in 92.3% (95% confidence intervals [CI], 91.8-92.8) of all surgical cases. Bayesian methods yielded the highest area under the receiver operating curve (0.87, 95% CI 0.84-0.89) and lowest training times (0.0018 seconds, 95% CI, 0.0017-0.0019 for the NaiveBayesUpdateable algorithm). An ensemble of high-performing machine-learning classifiers did not yield a higher area under the receiver operating curve than its component classifiers. Dimensional reduction decreased the computational requirements for multiple classifiers, but did not adversely affect classification performance.

CONCLUSIONS
  Using historical data, machine-learning classifiers can predict which surgical cases should prompt a preoperative request for an APS consultation. Dimensional reduction improved computational efficiency and preserved predictive performance.


Legacy Doherty amplifier is characterized by using a larger transistor for the peak amplifier such that this reaches saturation with a smaller excitation signal. However due to device availability and modelling considerations, this is not often feasible. In this paper, the design and measurement of a Doherty amplifier utilizing only single sized device is realized. Unlike previous research works, intrinsic load line is utilized to tune the offset lines, as well as to verify the actual dynamic load principle. Stability aspects are covered for this type of amplifier, which are not normally included in earlier works. Finally an assessment of its applicability and benefits for WiMAX at 3.5 GHz is realized using a class AB amplifier as a comparison basis.


While other critics tend to view the unexpected rise and success Shanghai women writers in the 1940s as sparked off by the particular period and environment, this paper adopts the methodology of American literary critic Rita Felski, trying first to reconsider the cultural context and significance of the rise of Su Qing and Zhang Ailing from the point of view of the development of the Chinese women's movement and women's literature as well as from the interaction between the two. That established, the second part of the article then concentrates on Su Qing and her fiction and by means of close reading and literary analysis attempts to reevaluate more objectively and appropriately author's literary success and female consciousness as well as her oeuvre's sexual politics.


The electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline Mg2Ni prepared by mechanical alloying are measured by cyclic voltammety.The results indicate that the potential of oxidation peak shifts as the scan rate increases.The hydrogen absorption property of Mg2Ni prepared by mechanical alloying increased even at ambient temperature.The absorption and desorption rates of hydrogen in Mg2Ni alloy are remarkably accelerated with the rising temperature.Small angel X-ray scattering results indicate that the Mg2Ni powders prepared by high energy ball milling have 1~5nm and 5~10nm particle size distributions,which increase the acting sites of hydrogen absorbtion/desorption reation and decrease the diffusion path of hydrogen desorption.It induces the enhanced performance of nanocrystalline Mg2Ni powder.


Objective
To find out the risk factors for progression from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) to urine sepsis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PCNL).

Methods
We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 156 patients with postoperative complications after PCNL from March 2014 to February 2016. Perioperative risk factors that may lead to urinary sepsis were compared with patients who developed SIRS only.

Results
Of the 156 patients, only 135 developed SIRS, and the remaining 21 patients developed urinary sepsis. The positive rate of urinary nitrite in urine-derived sepsis group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.001), the stone diameter was large (P=0.015), and the operation time was long (P<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed preoperative urinary nitrite (OR=10.570, P=0.025), stone size (OR=11.512, P=0.009), and postoperative blood leucopenia (OR=0.009, P<0.001). The threshold value of white blood cell count was 2.98×109 /L within 3 hours before urokinase shock. The sensitivity and specificity of white blood cell count prediction for urinary sepsis were 90.5% and 92.6%, respectively.

Conclusions
Preoperative urinary nitrite, stone size and postoperative leukocyte counts are associated with urinary tract septic shock following PCNL. The leukopenia of less than 2.98×109/L within 3 hours after PCNL can be used as a predictor of urinary tract septic shock. For urinary tract septic shock in patients with high-risk factors, white blood cell counts should be measured within 3 hours after PCNL.

Key words:
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Sepsis


Despite the strong criticism against the NATO enlargement
policy, we can conclude that the enlargement has not caused any
significant damage to the Alliance. NATO's internal cohesion
did not suffer a great loss, as seeking a consensus between
members is just as difficult as it was in the Cold War period.
The dividing lines between members on controversial issues are
not drawn on the grounds of the length of membership. Moreover,
no new iron curtains have been dropped, as the "new" member
states further support the NATO "open door" policy. Last but
not least, almost all NATO members, not only "the newcomers",
should increase their military expenditures. The only exception
is an obvious deterioration of relations with Russia, which
occurred after Russia had launched the war with Georgia in
2008, and especially when it annexed Crimea and started a
"hybrid war" against Ukraine in 2014.


It was demonstrated that the toxicities of various drugs are often related to the rate of metabolism of the drugs and to the activity of drug-metabolizing enzymes of liver microsomes (1-6). In a previous paper, it was briefly reported that the oxidation of pentobarbital, strychnine and meprobamate was markedly decreased in the immature female rats by the feeding on low protein diet or non-protein diet (7). The purpose of present study is to investigate the effect of high and low protein diet on the toxicities of various drugs in relation to the drug-metabolizing activities of liver microsomes, and to investigate whether the alternation in the drug-metabolizing activities may be correlated to the activities of microsomal NADPH-linked electron transport system. Since there are marked sex differences in the alternations in the activities of drug-metabolizing enzymes in the rats under some unphysiological states, the effect of diets of different protein contents on the toxicity and metabolism of drugs was comparatively investigated in male and female rats (8-12).


The adsorption behavior of a sulfur‐containing amino acid molecule on a transition metal surface has been investigated in the bio‐catalytic and surface reaction fields. For a liquid sample there are many difficulties in x‐ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurement in the soft x‐ray energy region. In this study we have constructed a new XAFS measurement system with He‐path and Be window at soft x‐ray beamline (BL‐3) at the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HSRC). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract This study aims to understand how the creation and implementation of collective brands can contribute to reducing the challenges of selling national wines in the domestic market. An exploratory qualitative research was developed through 36 in-depth interviews with wine collective brands' stakeholders such as the managers of government agencies, associations, and wineries. Data analysis was performed using the content analysis technique. The results indicate that the creation and implementation of collective brands for the Brazilian wine sector can contribute to the reduction of the challenges faced by the sector, such as high taxation, low per capita consumption, and the Brazilians' lack of knowledge concerning the product. The theoretical contribution occurs by highlighting the collective brands' contribution to reducing the challenges presented in the Brazilian wine sector. As a practical implication, the present research provides examples of collective brands' implementation that might be used to facilitate the application of this resource in other sectors and countries. The study's originality lies in linking the wine sector challenges with possible benefits that come from the implementation of collective brands, suggesting how they can contribute to overcoming the sector challenges.


Multicast Application Sharing Tool (MAST) allows geographically distributed participants to share arbitrary legacy applications. MAST supports scalable group to group collaboration by using Multicast. It is being used within the eMinerals project to augment the Access Grid functionality. In this paper we describe how MAST has taken advantage of the Node Service and Shared Application infrastructure provided by the Access Grid Toolkit to facilitate flexible and convenient sharing of applications within the eMinerals Virtual Organisation.


In the 1960's Noboru Iwahori and Hideya Matsumoto, Eiichi Abe and Kazuo Suzuki, and Michael Stein discovered that Chevalley groups G = G(Φ, R) over a semilocal ring admit remarkable Gauss decomposition G = TUU−U , where T = T (Φ, R) is a split maximal torus, whereas U = U(Φ, R) and U− = U−(Φ, R) are unipotent radicals of two opposite Borel subgroups B = B(Φ, R) and B− = B−(Φ, R) containing T . It follows from the classical work of Hyman Bass and Michael Stein that for classical groups Gauss decomposition holds under weaker assumptions such as sr(R) = 1 or asr(R) = 1. Later the second author noticed that condition sr(R) = 1 is necessary for Gauss decomposition. Here, we show that a slight variation of Tavgen's rank reduction theorem implies that for the elementary group E(Φ, R) condition sr(R) = 1 is also sufficient for Gauss decomposition. In other words, E = HUU−U , where H = H(Φ, R) = T ∩ E. This surprising result shows that stronger conditions on the ground ring, such as being semi-local, asr(R) = 1, sr(R,Λ) = 1, etc., were only needed to guarantee that for simply connected groups G = E, rather than to verify the Gauss decomposition itself. Date: 20 July 2011.


Values always matter in politics. In representative democracies such as Canada, we vote for people who we believe share our values. But what if, when the rubber hits the road, our MPs act contrary to our -- and what we thought were their -- values on an issue we think is of primary importance? And what if they do that in order to get an "embarrassing issue" off the political agenda and placate a vocal minority prior to an election call?


Examinations are the source of education decision-making.Analysis and explanation of exam data have to be based on scientific method.This paper designed and implemented a new way based on DotNetNuke and cloud computing.With DotNetNuke platform,module development was employed to build a paper analysis system based on capmus metwork and cloud copmuting in order to help teachers lessen work intensity and improve the quality and efficiency of paper analysis.


Results of experimental and numerical investigations of a supersonic flow around a cylinder with a frontal gas-permeable insert made of a high-porosity cellular material are presented. The measurements are performed in a T-327 supersonic blowdown wind tunnel at the free-stream Mach numbers $M_{\infty }=4.85$ , 7 and 21 in the range of the unit Reynolds numbers $Re_{1\infty }=(0.6{-}13.5)\times 10^{6}~\text{m}^{-1}$ . The drag coefficients for a cylinder with an aerospike and a cylinder with a frontal gas-permeable porous insert are obtained. For the cylinder with the frontal gas-permeable porous insert, variations of the insert length, cylinder diameter and pore size are considered, and the mechanism of drag reduction is found, which includes two supplementary processes: attenuation of the bow shock wave in a system of weaker shock waves, and formation of an effective pointed body. The experiments are accompanied by numerical simulations of the flow around the cylinder with the frontal high-porosity insert: the fields of parameters of the external flow and the flow inside the porous insert are obtained, the drag coefficients are calculated, and the shape of the effective body for the examined model is found. The structure of the high-porosity material is modelled by a system of staggered rings of different diameters aligned in the radial and longitudinal directions (skeleton model of a porous medium). Numerical simulations of the problem are performed by means of solving two-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations written in an axisymmetric form. The experimental and numerical data reveal significant drag reduction in a wide range of supersonic flow conditions. The results obtained on the drag coefficient for the cylinder are generalized with the use of a parameter which includes the ratio of the cylinder diameter to the pore diameter in the insert and the Mach number. This parameter is proposed as a similarity criterion for the problem of a supersonic flow around a cylinder with a frontal high-porosity insert.


The mechanisms underlying TAP-1 deficiency in tumor cells has not been fully elucidated. Several studies reported that TAP-1 down-regulation in many cancer cells occurs at the mRNA level, suggesting possible defects in the transcriptional process. Recruitment of the RNA polymerase (pol) II complex to gene promoters is an important event in transcription initiation [1]. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the impairment of TAP-1 transcription is due to the lack of RNA pol II recruitment to the TAP-1 promoter. By chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay and real-time PCR, we compared the levels of RNA pol II recruitment to the TAP1 promoter in TAP-expressing and in TAP-deficient cells. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate the effects of drug treatments on the levels of RNA pol II recruitment to the TAP-1 promoter.


The water adsorption of several alumina pillared montmorillonites (Al-PILCs) at room temperature was investigated. The porosity, characterized by N2 adsorption and X-ray diffraction, and the surface nature of the Al-PILCs are the dominant factors influencing the adsorption. Although the adsorption regimes are different, a linear relationship between the micropore volumes was derived from N2 and water adsorption. By exchanging with various cations, the surface of the Al-PILCs become hydrophilic and their water adsorption is significantly improved, particularly in the low relative pressure region. However, the ions introduced into the Al-PILC may cause changes in porosity, particularly in micropores. Indeed, a decrease in the surface area and micropore volume by an exchange with Li+ and Mg2+ ions is observed and attributed to the Hoffmann-Klemen effect, the irreversible migration of small cations upon heating to the vacant octahedral sites in the clay layers. Accordingly, the water capacities of these samples are lower compared to the samples exchanged with Na+ and Ca2+ ions. The water capacity of Ca2+ exchanged sample is highest among the Al-PILC samples. It is about 23 of that of zeolite 5A at a P/P0 of 0.3.


The Problem An Unsatisfied Need Requirements The 3C Solution Supply Chains Supply Chains Under 3C Aunt Anita Explaining 3C The Puzzle Example The 3C Approach MRP II Approach Synchronized MRP Approach Comparing Performances Is 3C Always Better Than MRP? The Commonality Index (CIND) The Comfort Example Summary of Sensitivity Analysis The 3C Path Background 3C Results Success Stories What's Next for 3C The MRP Path Background MRP Results The Bigger Picture Full Enterprise Models Making the Decision


The paper introduces the conception ,classify and characteristic of spatial structure, and expatiates statue and action of Big-span interspaces structure in city development, prospects development foreground of this structure in china, and illuminates the extending of its application range.


Disclosed are a semiconductor rectifier device and a method for preparation thereof. The device is composed of an equivalent PN junction and a vertical MOS pipe in parallel connection. And an upper source/drain area in the vertical MOS pipe is formed through the following procedures: a, performing N-type ion implantation for an area exposed from a first primary surface of silicon chips after procedures of photo-etching and corroding of a grid electrode, b, performing silicon controlled corrosion for the area exposed from the first primary surface of the silicon chips after implanted by N-type ions, rapidly annealing the N-type ions retained in an area bellow the lateral face of the grid electrode to form the upper source/drain area. The invention resolves the problems brought by the larger surface and unreasonable distribution of the upper source/drain N+ area of the existing vertical MOS pipe through the process of silicon controlled corrosion. For equivalent PN junction areas, a single PN junction is used to replace the original NPN pipe, and thereby the equivalent PN junction areas have fewer parasitic effect of the PN junction. For equivalent vertical MOS pipe areas, residual N-type ions are used to form the upper source/drain area via rapidly annealing, thereby largely reducing effective junction area of the upper source/drain area with smaller reverse leakage current.


AbstractAs important parameters in the land–atmosphere system, both soil moisture (SM) and vegetation play a significant role in land–atmosphere interactions. Using observational data from clay and sand stations over central eastern China, the relationship between leaf area index (LAI) and SM (LAI–SM) in different types of soil was investigated. The results show that the LAI–SM correlation is significantly positive in clay but not significant in sand. The physical causes for the discrepant LAI–SM correlations in different types of soil were explored from the perspectives of evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water retention. In clay stations, increasing LAI is associated with greater soil-water-retention capacity. Although the increasing LAI corresponds to increasing ET, the impact of ET on SM is weak because of the small particle size of soil. Consequently, the LAI–SM relationship in clay is significantly positive. In sand stations, ET is negatively correlated with SM owing to the large soil particle size,...


Inundation modellers are faced with the problem of determining coastal flood risk in a future climate in order to aid planners, policy makers and engineers. Current research suggests a major source of uncertainty is the water-level height along the coastline which is used to force 2D inundation models of the region studied. Recent research has indicated that the spatial variation of the water-level during a storm (storm tide) has a predictable spatial relationship based upon historical storm events, however, this new proposed method needs to be validated. Detailed observations of a storm tide along a coastline are very rare, but it is believed that Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can be employed with the "water-line method" to provide this detailed dataset of observed water heights.


The establishment of a new National Bureau of Standards (NBS) laboratory center at Corona, Calif., to be devoted to various phases of electronic research, developmsnt, and engineering was announced recently. To be known as the Corona Laboratories, National Bureau of Standards, the new research center will be concerned primarily with technical problems of importance to the Department of Defense. The site was transferred to NBS by the Department of the Navy because of the Bureau's urgent need for new facilities. About 22 buildings are being renovated to accommodate NBS research and development activities being transferred there from Washington. Dr. R. D. Huntoon, formerly Chief of the NBS Atomic and Radiation Physics Division, has been named associate director to head the new laboratories, which are expected to be in essentially full-scale operation by this month.


The Grouting Intensity Number (GIN) method was used for the first time in the foundation treatment of the Tannur Dam site, the first of its kind of foundation treatment in Jordan. 3m wide curtain was established under the dam body at both the left and right abutments, while a very extensive program of curtain grouting has been carried out at the central section. All the grouting was carried out by the GIN method, using a GIN number of 1500 was applied with a maximum allowable grout pressure of 30 bars. The grouting program in the left, right and central section has resulted in average Lugeon values of 3 to a maximum of 6. The grouting program has also been very extensive to ensure that any potential voids / fissures caused by the geological fold / stress relief have been sealed.


Summary Surgical removal of the thymus of newborn NIH mice resulted in a marked suppression in subsequent ability to form circulating serum hemolysins to sheep erythrocytes. Spleen cell suspensions from young adult mice thymectomized at birth and immunized with sheep red blood cells were markedly less capable of forming hemolytic antibody plaques in agar gel than spleen cells from sham operated control mice. Although the number of antibody plaques formed by cells from thymectomized mice was markedly reduced, the size of individual plaques was generally similar to those formed by spleen cells from the control mice.


English for Foreign Trade is a practical course, which requires more modernity in its curriculum.However,there exist some problems in textbooks for this course.By taking English for Foreign Trade (Correspondence and Negotiation)edited by Mr.Qi Yunfang as a sample,an attempt has been made in this essay to demonstrate that such textbooks run out of date in part and attention be paid to modernity and feasibility of the readings.


A complete model describing both single- and dual-loop optoelectronic oscillators (OEO) is introduced. It is compared to several experimental configurations, with excellent agreement in all cases. The physical insight into noise coupling mechanisms brought by the model further allows us for the design of ultralow noise OEO. Phase noise performances at 10 GHz with a single 1 km delay line and with a dual 1 km/100 m delay lines are reported. An optimized dual loop configuration exhibits low phase noise floor at high offset frequency (–160 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz) and low spur levels (–145 dBc/Hz), here again in close agreement with our model.


Activities of the Centre National and international activities on rare diseases performed by the Italian National Centre of Rare Diseases are described. The main activities of the Centre are: a) surveillance of rare diseases at national level (Italian National Registry Rare Diseases); b) prevention activities; c) training and continuous education for health workers; d) information for patients, relatives, and population e) elaboration and diffusion of clinical guidelines; f) accessibily and quality to health social servicies for the patients with rare diseases; g) quality assurance and standardization of genetic tests; h) European project Network of Public Health Institutions on Rare Diseases (NEPHIRD).


Destination resilience is a major theme within tourism risk, crisis and recovery research. This paper examines the development of a tourism resilience strategy for Tathra, on the south coast of New South Wales, characterised by a high level of dependence on domestic tourism. In March 2018, Tathra and its surrounds sustained severe damage from a bushfire which led to a short-term slump in tourism. The Tathra Chamber of Commerce in association with other key stakeholders are collaborating to develop a tourism resilience strategy to reduce long-term destination vulnerability. The resilience and recovery strategy is being supported by the NSW Office of Emergency Community Resilience Innovation Program. The theoretical basis for Tathra's tourism resilience strategy is drawn from the organisational resilience literature. This involves a collaborative approach to sustainable recovery utilizing the destination sustainability framework. The researchers are conducting a series of in-depth interviews involving a range of local stakeholders which are intended to test the applicability of the theory to Tathra's tourism resilience strategy.


Job stress in organization is widespread. About half of the youth feel the pressure of job-related stress. Extensive research shows that excessive job stress can have adverse effects on the emotional and physical health of workers. This paper analyze the health problem faced by Teacher in Chennai by using Refined Time Dependent Matrices (RTD matrices), from our interviews and field work undertaken we saw the people suffer by these six elements Management's use of authority, monetary, lack of opportunity for advancement, excessive loads, excessive noise, extreme temperatures. The data have been collected from local Chennai covering 100 people, the raw data, which is obtained, is transformed into time dependent matrices. After obtaining the time dependent matrices using the techniques of average and S.D. (Standard Deviation) we define the notin of ATD matrix, RTD matrix and CETD matrix. Using these concepts we identify the peakage group in which people suffer the maximum health hazard. The related graphic representation is also been given, we derive few conclusion from our study, the stress problems starts only at the age of 30 and the maximum age for getting stress problem is 37, which is unnatural and surprising.


Objective:To investigate the effect of acupuncture combined with functional exercises in vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis.Methods:146 patients were randomly divided into treatment group(TG,74 cases) and control group(CG,72 cases).The patients in CG used a simple acupuncture treatment only,the patients in TG used acupuncture combined with functional exercises and neck treatment,once a day,7 times for a course of treatment.All patients received three treatment courses.The clinical symptoms,signs and changes of cerebral blood hemodynamics were observed.Results:The major symptoms,signs and cerebral blood hemodynamic effects in all patients were significantly improved(P0.05 or P0.01).The patients in TG were better than the patients in CG(P0.05).Conclusion:Acupuncture combined with functional exercises in vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis can provide better clinical efficacy and security compared with simple acupuncture.


2nitro4difluoromethoxyaniline was better reduced by using hydrazine hydrate in the presence of RaneyNi and followed by cyclocondensation with potassium ethylxanthate in one pot to give the 2mercapto5difluoromethoxy1Hbenzinidazole with an overall yield of 94%.In addition,the scope of application of the hydrazine hydrate and the active requirement of RaneyNi were considered showing that the process was simple and safe for industrialization.


Agriculture sector has a major role in food security worldwide, through its contribution to the production and availability of highly nutritious and safe foods such as meats, eggs, milk and vegetables. In recent years, global warming crises became a serious worldwide issue since it adversely affects human health. One of the solutions to this serious problem is to establish integrated farming system (IFS). This is because the integrated farming system use natural resources efficiently, reduce problem of waste, minimize the need of transporting material from and to the farm and helps in reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission. The importance of the project lies in the development of techniques to support plant and animal production using integrated farming system approach. Considering national needs for healthy and safe food, animal and plant production are of high priority in Kuwait to provide consumers with healthy food with pollution free environment by recycling of farm residues through the integrated farming system. The current paper sheds light on the efforts done in Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research to establish of a specialized center to develop integrated farming systems to enhance plant and animal production, and to ensure the local food security for consumers in need.


The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the dominant mode of interannual variability in the tropical troposphere and its effects extend well into the stratosphere. Its impact on atmospheric dynamics and chemistry cause important changes to trace gas constituent distributions. A comprehensive suite of satellite observations, reanalyses, and chemistry climate model simulations are illuminating our understanding of processes like ENSO. Analyses of more than a decade of observations from NASAs Aura and Aqua satellites, combined with simulations from the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model (GEOSCCM) and other Chemistry Climate Modeling Initiative (CCMI) models, and the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis have provided key insights into the response of atmospheric composition to ENSO. While we will primarily focus on ozone and water vapor responses in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere, the effects of ENSO ripple through many important trace gas species throughout the atmosphere. The very large 2015-2016 El Nino event provides an opportunity to closely examine these impacts with unprecedented observational breadth. An improved quantification of natural climate variations, like those from ENSO, is needed to detect and quantify anthropogenic climate changes.


This Libguide will direct you to many government resources. This includes two tabs - one for the state of Pennsylania and One for the Federal Government.


According to the measurement results of coalbed methane gas content and component,under the distribution and variation regular research of gas content and component in transverse and vertical,affecting factors of coalbed methane gas content had been analyzed by means of vitrinite reflectance,coal seam depth,geothermal gradient,coal-rock macerals,and so on.It is concluded that the depth,coal rank and coal-rock macerals are dominant affecting factors of coalbed methane gas content.The coalbed methane gas content of Hedong and Hexi coal mine is insufficiency to meet the development needed,in the same time,it also can't affect to the development of coal itself,cause of lower depth and coal metamorphic stage,higher vitrinite content in coal-rock macerals.


In this article, the authors make the case for an incremental approach to public transportation improvements, emphasizing that small, cost-effective improvements stimulate growth in public transport, which then justifies further improvements in an ongoing, spiral fashion. They use the examples of the BRT and Gautrain projects in South Africa, which were stimulated by the 2010 World Cup, and note that funds are finite in this developing country so funds must be spent wisely going forward. Upgrading does not have to consist only of the phased roll-out of brand new public transport services, but should include improving the existing public transport network. Another argument for incremental improvements is that smaller scale improvements can be made in more parts of the city than high-cost improvements that are limited to one route at a time. Four factors are required for success of an incremental approach: political will and commitment, a hands-on funding stream, integration of different public transport responsibilities; and prioritization of corridors. The authors conclude that demand for public transport service will grow as more user needs are met and public transport becomes a smart choice for travel. A sample 10-step high-level intervention plan for a scheduled bus corridor is proposed.


A 2.4 μm room-temperature continuous-wave Cr2+:ZnSe laser pumped by a Thulium Fiber Laser is experimentally investigated. The laser delivers up to 720 mW of output power with absorbed power slope efficiency of 52%. The laser is tunable from 2294 to 2678 nm. Gain-switching is also demonstrated by using a Pulsed Erbium Fiber Laser pump source. A maximum pulse energy of 0.36 μJ is achieved with an absorbed threshold of 0.28 μJ and an absorbed power slope efficiency of 41%.


The status and activities of Polyperchon in the period following 315 B.C. remain obscure to scholars, even after the several detailed reconstructions of the Diadochian era that were made during the 1980s. Heckel refers to him as a 'jackal among lions', Hornblower as one of the 'second-class' generals. He was propelled to prominence upon inheriting Antipater's mantle as guardian of the young kings and supreme commander in late 319 (Diod. 18.48.4), and had ample opportunity to make himself the dominant figure among Alexander the Great's Successors in Europe. However, he was indecisive, unlucky, and more than a little incompetent in his handling of affairs in Greece and Macedonia over the next two years, being thoroughly outmanoeuvred on the military, diplomatic, and propaganda fronts by Antipater's son, Cassander. By 316 Polyperchon had lost custody of the royal family, and was little more than a fugitive in Aetolia, but ambiguity regarding his legal and diplomatic status in relation to the regency and the other Diadochs continued to dog him until his disappearance from recorded history some fifteen years later.


This study's purpose is to look into whether there is a difference in acceptance attitude toward sex according to the level of sexual awareness and to investigate how the level of sexual awareness affects acceptance attitude toward sex aimed at workers in welfare facilities for the aged. Furthermore, the study seeks ways to practice and intervene in sex-related service for the aged. The analysis revealed that there were significant differences in acceptance attitude toward sex according to the level of sexual awareness of facility workers. In other words, high level of sexual awareness group was more open to acceptance attitude toward sex than other groups. Moreover, it was demonstrated that sexual awareness affects acceptance attitude toward sex and also it was revealed that the more liberal the level of sexual awareness, the more open the acceptance attitude toward sex. Through discussion based on the study results, intervention plan was proposed for social welfare practice and development of sex education program for welfare facility workers. ■ keyword :∣Sex of the aged∣Sexual Perception∣Acceptance Attitude of Sex∣ 접수일자 : 2015년 08월 24일 수정일자 : 2015년 09월 16일 심사완료일 : 2015년 09월 16일 교신저자 : 정정희, e-mail : firstname.lastname@example.com 노인복지시설 종사자의 노인에 대한 성인식이 성수용 태도에 미치는 영향 185


Objective To study the application of two possible biomonitoring indexes, blood citrate and urine floride, for diagnosing fluoroacetamide poisoning.Methods Blood citrate and urine floride were dynamically analysed by enzyme and oxygen flask/ fluoride selective electrode methods respectively, in rats and in human. Results Both tested indexes increased obviously in animals and in human in the initial stages of poisoning, and they dropped gradually along with the course of poisoning. A dose - effect relationship was observed in the animal. Convulsion and death of the animals related to the contents of citrate. Floride could be decomposed and excreted quite fast in rats.Conclusions It is demonstrated that the two indexes are sensitive and specific, and that the combinative application of this two tests are valuable in diagnosing fussol poisoning. This paper also provides some data on mechanism of fluoroacetamide poisoning.


Semi-supervised learning (SSL) is a common approach to learning predictive models using not only labeled examples, but also unlabeled examples. While SSL for the simple tasks of classification and regression has received a lot of attention from the research community, this is not properly investigated for complex prediction tasks with structurally dependent variables. This is the case of multi-label classification and hierarchical multi-label classification tasks, which may require additional information, possibly coming from the underlying distribution in the descriptive space provided by unlabeled examples, to better face the challenging task of predicting simultaneously multiple class labels. In this paper, we investigate this aspect and propose a (hierarchical) multi-label classification method based on semi-supervised learning of predictive clustering trees. We also extend the method towards ensemble learning and propose a method based on the random forest approach. Extensive experimental evaluation conducted on 23 datasets shows significant advantages of the proposed method and its extension with respect to their supervised counterparts. Moreover, the method preserves interpretability and reduces the time complexity of classical tree-based models.


Carbon-shielded 3D Co–Mn nanowire array on Ni foam (CoMn NW/NF@C) was successfully prepared by the solvothermal and thermal annealing processes. The CoMn NW/NF@C exhibits peroxidase/catalase dual-m...


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This paper scrutinizes Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House where the female protagonist character is analyzed through investigation of the three elements of human beings: soul, body, and mind. This analysis of the play is processed along with the analysis of the dramatic elements, techniques, and conventions of dramatic criticism. The investigation of the stages of social drama in the female character's situation as presented in this play is intended to highlight woman's tragedy in patriarchal society. Ibsen sees women caught in a tragic situation where Nora is found in confrontation with society and its patriarchal concepts. This paper, thus, traces women's attempts to challenge gender inequality as presented through the female protagonist's acts. The female character actions in incidents of stereotyping, objectification, and oppression which reflect gender politics, sexuality, and power relations, should reveal her stand facing gender inequality under patriarchy. Evidence in the play text that demonstrate the female character's negotiation, rejection, and/or objection to all that deprives her equal rights to those of man as human should reveal to which extent, she manages to challenge gender inequality. By so doing Nora breaks the inferior status imposed on her being a woman.


Cultivation of verticulture is a method that can increase the productivity of seaweed and optimalize the use of field vertically by using net pocket to protect from predators.This study aimed to analyze the daily and weekly growth rate of seaweed and to analyze the highest and the lowest growth of seawed in each depth and to analyze the relationship of chemical physical parameter to the depth. The method of vertikulture used the construction of 3x6 m with planting space of 1 m. The measurement of seaweed growth was conducted once a week for 42 days and the measurement of parameter like temperature, salinity, brightness, current velocity, nitrate, phosphate and pH was conducted three times during the research. The data were analyzed by using one way anova and further testing of LSD (Least significant difference). It was found that there was no value differences of chemical physical parameters in each depth. Based on the weekly growth rate, the hignest growth were on the depth of 0-2 m and the hignest daily growth rate was on the depth of 0 m with percentage of 2,16% the lowest growth one was on the depth of 10 m with percentage of -1,43%. The method of verticulture on the depth of 0-2 m is good to cultivate the seaweed.


Temperature dependence and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) have been carried out to study carrier dynamics for 585 nm InGaN amber light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It is found that in InGaN amber LEDs, peak emission energy only shows a slight blueshift from 588 to 575 nm, as temperature increased from 10 K to 300 K. Moreover, radiative recombination lifetime has demonstrated independent of temperature based TRPL results. These two features indicate that a strong carrier localization effect plays a dominant role in carrier dynamics for InGaN amber LEDs. Also, activation energy of 40.3 meV is obtained through Arrhenius plot of PL intensity versus temperature.


Maternal antibody in broiler was monitored to determine the best day-age of the ND first immunization. Different doses of ND vaccine were given to immunize the broilers by drinking water. Then,the level of ND antibody was monitored,ND high poison virus epidemic strain was injected to examine the protective rate,and the feasibility of the method was discussed. The result showed that maternal antibody reach to the peak on 9 day-old,and under 4log2 when 14 day-old. The immune effect is worse than that of administration via eye-and-nose-drop. So,ND first immunization by drinking water administration was not advised.


During the last decades, the literature on international business reflects a growing interest in the extension of the corporate networks and the status of the multinational corporations in the global economy. Firstly, in this study, we briefly summarize several aspects regarding to the strategic focus of the multinational corporations on the global market. Secondly, we intend to map business extension in the international environment from the perspective of regional concentration. In this regard, for each region we have aggregated the key performance indicators (assets, sales and employees) which reflect the magnitude of the activities of the companies included by UNCTAD in the Top 100 non-financial TNCs outside the home economic environment. Also, based on the algorithm for calculating the Transnationality Index we estimated an aggregate index for each home region of these companies. The main conclusion drawn from the study is that Europe is the most internationalised region; this tendency is underlined both by the value of the Transnationality Index at regional level and by the total value of the assets hold abroad by the companies which have the home location in the European economic environment. At the same time, from all the developed regions, Europe is the most attractive location for the implantation of the multinational corporations from outside. During the last decades, the literature on international business reflects a growing interest in the extension of the corporate networks and the status of the multinational corporations in the global economy. Firstly, in this study, we briefly summarize several aspects regarding to the strategic focus of the multinational corporations on the global market. Secondly, we intend to map business extension in the international environment from the perspective of regional concentration. In this regard, for each region we have aggregated the key performance indicators (assets, sales and employees) which reflect the magnitude of the activities of the companies included by UNCTAD in the Top 100 non-financial TNCs outside the home economic environment. Also, based on the algorithm for calculating the Transnationality Index we estimated an aggregate index for each home region of these companies. The main conclusion drawn from the study is that Europe is the most internationalised region; this tendency is underlined both by the value of the Transnationality Index at regional level and by the total value of the assets hold abroad by the companies which have the home location in the European economic environment. At the same time, from all the developed regions, Europe is the most attractive location for the implantation of the multinational corporations from outside.


i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii LIST OF FIGURES v LIST OF TABLES vii 1: OVERVIEW 1 1.1. Importance of the environment to New Zealand 1 1.2. Carp introduction to New Zealand waterways 2 1.3. Possible uses for carp 3 1.4. Thesis overview 3 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1. Maintaining New Zealand"s Natural Environment 4 2.2. Carp and Their Environmental Impacts 5 2.2.1. Koi carp in New Zealand 6 2.3. Possible Uses of Carp: Eradication Versus Utilization 11 2.3.1. Food source 11 2.3.2. Processed non-food applications 19 2.3.3. Miscellaneous Uses 24 2.4. Silage 29 2.4.1. The process 29 2.4.2. Fish silage 30 2.4.3. Studies on Fish Silage 34 2.4.4. Uses for fish silage 37 2.5. Aims of the Research 40 3: MATERIALS AND METHODS 41 3.1. Materials 41 iv 3.1.1. Fish 41 3.1.2. Chemicals and additives 42 3.1.3. Equipment 42 3.1.4. Analytical methods 43 3.2 Trials 43 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 50 4.1. Preliminary trials 50 4.1.1. Effect of stirring conditions, ensiling time, temperature and pH .... 50 4.1.2. Effect of temperature 53 4.1.3. Effect of pH 54 4.2. Main trials 50 4.2.1. Single acids 60 4.2.2. Acid combination trials 66 4.2.3. Adding kiwifruit and acid 70 4.3 Summary 81 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 84 6: REFERENCES 86


No one tells you when you are first diagnosed with cancer that one of the side effects is public speaking or that your recovery might involve consumer advocacy. As a two and a half time survivor of cancer, I have experienced gaps in the system that I felt needed addressing. This was the impetus for my consumer involvement. Over the years this has expanded to include several roles on committees and projects. In recent years, my former life has also caught up with me: teaching. Both professionally and as a volunteer, I am involved in running consumer workshops and training. In this article I will focus on my volunteer-based work that involves developing and implementing training for consumers in consumer advocacy. This peer-to-peer model has been adopted successfully by Cancer Action Victoria (CAV).


Abstact: The study sought to assess the factors that influence the increase of prostitution in Bulawayo's Business Centre. It is generally noted that many young women married or unmarried, employed and unemployed, including teenagers of between 13 to17 years are involved in prostitution. It is observed that there many brothels, bars and hotels that attract quite a number of young women. The government's efforts initiated in curtailing the rate of prostitution through criminalising commercial sex-work by arresting and detaining those suspected of loitering or soliciting for clients seems to have failed. A Mixed Methods Approach which combines quantitative and qualitative paradigms was adopted. Due to the clandestine operation of prostitutes, the exact size could not be ascertained; however, a sample of 25 respondents was used in the study which was selected through snowballing sampling technique. The findings revealed that Zimbabwe's dire economic situation has forced many young women into prostitution. The majority of the prostitutes were also found to be drug and alcohol abusers. The study also revealed that the enforcement agents were the main prostitute-abusers who arrested women walking in the streets at night on suspicion of loitering or soliciting for commercial sexwork. The increase of women involved in prostituting activitiesin a country that criminalises the phenomenon indicates that the country is not addressing the problem but the symptom. Therefore, the major focus should be directed towards equalization of political opportunities in which women are educationally and economically empowered. Key terms:prostitutes, commercial sexworkers, prostitution.


Alkali-leadsilicate optical fibers with a numerical aperture of 0,47 and optical losses of 50 dB/km – 60 dB/km between 800 nm and 1100 nm were fabricated by employing the double crucible technique.


To what extent forests contribute to rural livelihoods in developing countries? To find a plausible answer for this, this article explores whether inclusion of forest income to rural households' total income accounts reduces poverty and income inequality, and also enables rural households to cope with shocks. To this end, we conducted household surveys in eight forest-dependent villages in the Indian state of West Bengal between August 2016 and August 2017. Using data from 407 sample households, we measured forest income of a household as the aggregate monetary value of resources extracted solely from forest ecosystem and compared this with other economic activities of the households. We calculated poverty indices and Gini coefficient with and without forest income, and we employed regression and Gini decomposition techniques to assess the safety net role and relative contribution of forest income to reducing rural poverty and inequality when compared to other sources of income. We found that the addition of forest income to household accounts significantly reduces measured poverty and inequality. Besides, the sample households, especially the poor, extract more from forests to cope with severe covariate shocks due to greater income certainty and thus adopt forest-dominated coping strategy in time of shocks and crises. The implication is that forest income needs to sustainably flow to the poor along with the development of better safety nets in forested rural areas in order to improve the forest-based rural livelihoods in developing countries like India. JEL Codes: Q23, Q56, Q57


A novel tapered-slot-fed loop antenna suitable for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications is presented. Frequency domain characteristics of the antenna are well investigated and a measure to quantify the radiation patterns of such an ultra-wideband antenna is described. Time domain behaviors of the proposed antenna are derived and discussed as well.


For autonomous vehicles, it is critical to be aware of the driving environment to avoid collisions and drive safely. The recent evolution of convolutional neural networks has contributed significantly to accelerating the development of object detection techniques that enable autonomous vehicles to handle rapid changes in various driving environments. However, collisions in an autonomous driving environment can still occur due to undetected obstacles and various perception problems, particularly occlusion. Thus, we propose a robust object detection algorithm for environments in which objects are truncated or occluded by employing RGB image and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) bird's eye view (BEV) representations. This structure combines independent detection results obtained in parallel through "you only look once" networks using an RGB image and a height map converted from the BEV representations of LiDAR's point cloud data (PCD). The region proposal of an object is determined via non-maximum suppression, which suppresses the bounding boxes of adjacent regions. A performance evaluation of the proposed scheme was performed using the KITTI vision benchmark suite dataset. The results demonstrate the detection accuracy in the case of integration of PCD BEV representations is superior to when only an RGB camera is used. In addition, robustness is improved by significantly enhancing detection accuracy even when the target objects are partially occluded when viewed from the front, which demonstrates that the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional RGB-based model.


Masked thresholds estimated from auditory brain‐stem responses (ABR) of aging gerbils are 20–30 dB higher than the masked thresholds of young gerbils when quiet thresholds are equal. In this presentation, we will discuss data on young (6 month) gerbils with normal hearing and aged (36 month) gerbils with a range of hearing levels. ABR thresholds were measured at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 kHz in quiet and in the presence of a low‐pass filtered noise (1 kHz upper bound) at levels of 50, 60, and 70 dB SPL. Young subjects had linear growth of masking of signals within the passband of the noise. At higher frequencies, only minimal masking was observed. In contrast, aged subjects showed much higher masked thresholds at 2 and 4 kHz compared to young subjects. This occurred for both aged subjects with minimal age‐related threshold elevation and those with large hearing losses. In accordance with previous studies, masked ABR thresholds in aging gerbils are much higher than those in young gerbils. This phenomenon is examined in human subjects with behavioral and ABR techniques in the companion presentations. [Work supported by NIDCD.]


The Australian Department of Defence is on the cross-roads of transitioning from DoDAF Version 1.5 to AUSDAF Version 2.0, which is a variant of DoDAF Version 2.0. Whilst the philosophy between these two versions of the framework are distinctly different, the Systems Engineer (SE) often receives a mix of Defence clients adopting either one of the pseudo architecture standards for specification development. In order to accommodate this spectrum of customers' methodology recommendations, the aim of this paper is to address the diverse range of clients. Attention is given, not only to the execution of the methodologies, but also to the approaches we take to align with the Australian Defence two pass approval process. In this paper, a tool agnostic process for architecture development is introduced to support most architecture tasks performed in Defence. Furthermore, the process incorporates association of the process artefacts with a few acquisition-based standards, which often used by most systems engineering tasks.


Microwaves are most commonly used in various applications for a long time. Non-Destructive Testing is one of those applications in which microwaves are playing significant role. Most of the microwave near field measurement techniques employ open ended rectangular waveguide to determine physical properties, electrical properties, existed hairline cracks, disbonds and delamination within the material. The microwave NDT measurement methods contain complex mathematical formulations which are used to find out the dielectric and physical properties of the material. This paper is an extension of previous published paper in which general formula is presented to determine the aperture admittance of an open-ended rectangular waveguide which in turn used to determine the dielectric and physical properties of the material. This general formula is the resultant of the complete set of field components construction followed by enforcing the continuity of power flow across the aperture interface of the waveguide with the assumption of dominant mode incidence on the aperture. This paper imparts simplified formulation of existed general formulation in order to find out the thickness of the low loss dielectric material by solving that general and complex mathematical formulation using one of the Numerical Integration Methods i.e., Simpson's rule.


University College London (UCL) is one of the world's leading research universities. Founded in 1826, UCL was the first London university. In 2010 it became the first major British university to establish an international campus, opening UCL Australia in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. UCL Australia has three academic units; the UCL Australia was founded with major funding donations from Santos, BHP Billiton and the Government of South Australia. It draws further funding from private and public programmes and number of power and energy companies. (IEPI) in 2012, giving it a mission to consider global issues surrounding investment in power generation technologies where liberalised power markets are operating under carbon constraints. This focus includes the complex interactions and implications of technical, legal, financial and environmental effects on power generation. IEPI also examines the role of governments in energy technology investment and the positive and negative impacts on resource-rich nations – including the 'resource curse'. Value-adding to energy resources and assets, particularly global uranium production, the unconventional gas revolution and renewable energy, are also focal points for the research programme – particularly the impact of policy setting on communities, the environment and energy transmission. All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Australia 3.0 Licence, save for content supplied by third parties and logos. Creative Commons Attribution Australia 3.0 Licence is a standard form licence agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided you attribute the work. A summary of the licence terms is available from creativecommons. UCL Australia does not endorse future authors or work in which original text is used. Australia has substantial unconventional gas resources. However, unlike the US shale revolution, which is now well established, Australian states and territories are yet to collectively answer the question as to how far they want to exploit these unconventional assets. This is especially true within the portfolio of " shale gas deposits " (a term being used that also includes other formations, such as tight sands). Currently, there are a number of diverse and non-specific regulatory measures that companies involved in the nascent shale gas industry are operating under, some with more success and openness than others. Furthermore, following the Australian federal election on 7 September, 2013, the new Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane moved quickly to encourage resource companies to 'use or lose' their development rights and committed to a …


A novel pADM was harvested by introducing proanthocyanidin(0.7% w/w),of which the properties such as Ts,mechanical strength,hydrophilicity,degradability and acute toxicity were researched.The results showed that after cross-linking,a significant increase was found in both Ts and thermal denaturation temperature,indicating an evident cross-linking effect between OPC and pADM.A decrease trend was appeared along with an obvious improvement of tensile strength and anti-degradability.The enhanced hydrophilicity was well testified by a higher water absorption rate and water retention rate and a lower contact angle.Finally its non-acute toxicity and biocompatibility was confirmed by animal experiments.


One cannot set up an international mental health partnership without taking French colonial history into account, particularly the highly ambiguous area of colonial psychiatry. Neither can one tackle the place of madness in other cultures without also being willing to examine one's own. With respect to a common problem, connecting separate fields of learning (anthropology, psychiatry, sociology, history), the work of research and cooperation requires one to move beyond national and personal limits. To avoid ethnocentric traps, prudence and humility must be the rule when interpreting the results of a vast social, anthropological and epidemiological survey carried out jointly by different French speaking countries.


In Thailand, artesunate and artemether are the mainly used antimalarials for treatment of severe or multidrug resistant falciparum malaria. However, their availability (supply) and the registration requirements are the major limitations for their large-scale use. At Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Thailand, we have studied the new artemisinin derivatives, dihydroartemisinin and arteether, and artesunate suppositories. We found that the three preparations are well tolerated, safe, and efficacious.


Long non‐coding RNAs have important roles in the occurrence and progression of various cancers. However, the molecular mechanism of lncRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC) is not well illustrated. Thus, we used bioinformatics methods to find potential lncRNAs associated with CRC progression, and chose SH3PXD2A‐AS1 as a candidate for further analysis. The roles of SH3PXD2A‐AS1 in CRC cells were determined by CCK‐8, transwell invasion, wound healing and flow cytometry assays. Besides, we established the CRC tumor models in nude mice to study the effect of SH3PXD2A‐AS1 on the tumor growth. Based on the ceRNA hypothesis, we used miRDB and miRTarBase websites to identify the SH3PXD2A‐AS1‐related ceRNA regulatory network, and measured the roles of this network in CRC cells. The results revealed that the expression profiles of SH3PXD2A‐AS1 from GEO and TCGA databases showed an aberrant high level in CRC tissues compared with colorectal normal tissues. SH3PXD2A‐AS1 over‐expression was also found in CRC cells. SH3PXD2A‐AS1 knockdown inhibited the CRC cellular proliferation, invasion and migration but induced apoptosis. Besides, SH3PXD2A‐AS1 knockdown also suppressed the growth of CRC tumors. Furthermore, SH3PXD2A‐AS1 could function as a ceRNA of miR‐330‐5p. Additionally, UBA2 was proved to be a target gene of miR‐330‐5p. Moreover, SH3PXD2A‐AS1 knockdown downregulated UBA2 expression through sponging miR‐330‐5p to inactivate the Wnt/β‐catenin signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting the cell growth and promoting apoptosis. Therefore, the SH3PXD2A‐AS1/miR‐330‐5p/UBA2 network could regulate the progression of CRC through the Wnt/β‐catenin pathway. These findings offer new sights for understanding the pathogenesis of CRC and provide potential biomarkers for CRC treatment.


FIELD: veterinary science. SUBSTANCE: calf is orally given medicine once a day during 3-5 days till recovery, which contains tetracycline, tylosin tartate, dietalommonium salt N-metylamino-1- fenyl-metansylphan acid, chloramphenicol, novocaine, cevitamic acid and water with following components relation, mass.%: tetracycline - 1.5 - 2.5, tylosin tartate - 4.5 - 5.5, dietalommonium salt N-metylamino-1- fenyl-metansylphan acid - 4.0 - 4.5, chloramphenicol - 1.5 - 2.5, novocaine - 0.5 - 1.5, cevitamic acid - 0.45 - 0.55, water is the rest. EFFECT: allows to improve treatment effectiveness; decrease his labour intensity. 4 ex, 2 tbl


Mining industry continuously investigates proper reconciliation procedures and techniques for mapping possible risks in ore recovery and mine planning. A case study at a Brazilian copper mine investigates the adequacy of using simulated grades for defining high risk areas affecting mine planning and the defined mineral reserves. Conditional simulations were used to derive multiple copper grade models within a typical ore-body of the deposit and compared these models against the real production data (reconciliation). The comparison allowed a better understanding of grade variability and helped in defining a more consistent mine plan. The range of values derived from the simulations mapped areas of significant uncertainty affecting the pushback's plan. Risk analysis were conducted for the final pit definition by comparing the projected final pit limit and mining sequence against the simulated models of copper grade, assessing the operational impacts on key economical factors (mine net present value, discounted cash flow). Several final pit limits were generated for various simulated grade block models and compared to the previously pit planned using the ordinary kriging grade block model. Also, it was defined a risk scale using the conditional simulated models and the ordinary kriged values (commonly used for budget and mill feed reference) in order to minimize grade variations ensuring less risk on completion of the metal production goals on mine planning. This approach considering the risk for the mining sequencing was used on the annual mining plan and compared to the real production and to the traditional approach. The results highlighted possible risks associated with the operational pit limit and demonstrated the benefits of using risk analysis as a tool to preview and review the final pit limits and mine planning, helping to make better strategic decisions by the copper mine management related to the technical factors and economical indicators.


Abstract : The Kaczmarz method is a well known and computationally easily constructed iterative method for solving a system of linear equations. Convergence is normally slow due to the presence of an eigenvalue with modulus close to unity. Two related methods of accelerating this convergence are considered. The accelerated transformations are nonadditive and homogeneous. In a natural way arises the question of defining suitable finite and asymptotic rates of convergence for certain convergent nonlinear homogeneous transformations. The rate of convergence problem is re-examined for linear transformations and a new average rate for a finite number of iterations is defined. Aspects of Ergodic theory are discussed in connection with an important class of linear transformations. Classes of homogeneous transformations are defined to which the theory of rate of convergence can be extended. Ergodic theorems are proved concerning certain homogeneous transformations in the plane. The relationship of the Kaczmarz operator to the Gauss-Seidel operator is recalled and some aspects of the Young overrelaxation theory are applied to the former. The dissertation concludes with some graphed results showing the effect of accelerating the convergence of the Kaczmarz method. (Author)


Rice bran oil (RBO) derived from rice bran (RB) which could use as an alternative raw material for biodiesel production. Rice bran (dedak) are used as feed for poultry, pigs, and some dairy cattle because they are relatively cheap and do not require processing. The utilization of these oil further cheapen the cost of biodiesel and increased the economonic value of RB. The choice of RBO as a raw material for biodiesel due to the rice bran oil's potentials. RBO is considered to be one of the most nutritious oils due to its favorable fatty acids composition and a unique combination of naturally occurring biologically active and antioxidant compounds (oryzanol, tocopherol, tocotrienol, phytosterol, polyphenol, dan squalene). The research emphazised on esterification reaction because of the rapid increase of FFA content in RBO after the milling of rice. Storage time of RB increased the FFA content. Mixing velocity dan time reaction was the other two variables which are affecting the esterification reaction. Those two variables are studied in this experiment.
                Experiment were designed to examine the mixing velocity and temperature reaction to the conversion of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). Reaction condition 20:1 molar ratio methanol to FFA content and 5%-v/v catalyst (to the oil) was used in all experiments. Mixing velocity and time reaction was arranged as follows: 500, 750,  1000 rpm and 40, 50, 60oC, respectively. Research conducted in four parts: soxhlet extraction with n-hexane as a solvent; oil-solvent separation process; and the last step was esterification reaction. Reaction conducted on three neck round bottom flask equipped with magnetic stirrer, refluk condenser and thermometer. Crude product was separated first from unreacted methanol, glycerol, and catalyst prior to physical analyzed of biodiesel's properties. Conversion of FAME was calculated from acid value difference, after and before reaction conducted.
                It was found that mixing velocity influenced the FAME conversion not significantly (specially in crude rice bran oil high fatty acid content esterification); increasing in temperature will increase the FAME conversion; kinetic reaction controlled by chemical reaction; and biodiesel product from this research already fullfill the requirements of Indonesian Standard of Biodiesel (FBI-SO1-03).


A Pt/SrBi2Ta2-xNbxO9(SBTN)/Pt/IrOx/Ir capacitor was successfully fabricated up to the stage of metal-1 etching process on a polysilicon plug for mega-bit ferroelectric random access memory. The integration processes include the chemical-mechanical polishing technique, buried TiN barrier structure and electrode technologies for high thermal stability, and a low-temperature process for SBTN film. The thickness of the iridium layer was the most important factor in controlling the contact resistance of the plug. The Pt thickness also affected the contact resistance of the plug. The best contact resistance of the plug was about 2.0 kΩ/plug at the maximum process temperature of 750°C for 3 min in oxygen ambient at the contact size of φ0.30 µm. Hysteresis curves of the SBTN capacitor were obtained after the metal-1 etching process. The capacitor size dependency of the polarization was not observed in the range of 0.30–25 µm2 and the values of the sensing polarization were about 10 µC/cm2 at the applied voltage of 3 V. In addition, the capacitor exhibited no fatigue loss up to 5×1010 cycles at the switching voltage of 3 V.


Purpose: To investigate the association of baseline peripheral blood monocyte counts and restenosis after femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and PTA plus elective stent implantation. Methods: Three hundred thirty consecutive patients (170 men; median age 71 years, interquartile range 61–78) with peripheral artery disease underwent femoropopliteal PTA (n=258) or PTA plus elective stent implantation (n=72). Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to determine the predictive value of baseline peripheral blood monocyte counts on the rate of restenosis (≥50% luminal reduction) in follow-up. Results: Cumulative patency at 6 and 12 months was 55% and 39% after PTA and 70% and 41% after elective stenting, respectively (p=0.19). Pretreatment monocyte counts (in tertiles) were associated with restenosis after PTA (p=0.002) and stent implantation (p=0.02). Compared to patients with monocyte counts <0.3×109/L (lower tertile, n=128), patients with monocytes from 0.3 to 0.4×109/L (middle tertile, n=91) had a 1.8-fold increased adjusted risk for restenosis (95% CI 1.1 to 2.8, p=0.01). Patients with monocytes >0.4×109/L (upper tertile, n=87) had a 2.3-fold increased adjusted risk (95% CI 1.4 to 3.5, p<0.0001). Conclusions: Baseline monocyte counts were associated with restenosis after femoropopliteal PTA and elective stent implantation, suggesting that circulating monocytes play a pivotal role in the development of recurrent lumen narrowing.


The influence of temperature,pH and illumination on growth and morphology was studied in alga Spirulina fusiformis TJSD isolated from Tianjin marsh.The good growth was found between 25 ℃ and 35 ℃,and pH from 7 to 11,with the optimal temperature of 35 ℃,and the optimal pH of 10.The alga had increase in growth with light intensity increase from 3000 lx to 12 000 lx.The width and pitch of the alga were found to diminish under high temperature while the helix number increased at high pH values.The alga was observed to become short body,tight and more helix and change in color from greenish to yellowish with change in illumination intensity from low to high intensity.


The purpose of this research was to determine the influence of using celebrity endorser Donna Agnesia on Buavita's television advertising towards consumer perceptions in Pekanbaru. The population in this research are all consumer of Buavita products in Pekanbaru. The number of samples conducted by using Hair et al with 108 people respondents using purposive random sampling technique. Data analysis method used is descriptive and quantitative methods using multiple linear regression analysis by SPSS version 18.0. From the results of simultaneous testing (F test), indicating that all independent variables studied, namely credibility, attractiveness and suitability of the celebrity endorser Donna Agnesia jointly have a very strong and significant influence towards consumer perceptions of Buavita products in Pekanbaru. Partial regression test (t test) indicates that the attractiveness variables have a dominant influence towards consumer perceptions of Buavita products in Pekanbaru. Keywords: Celebrity endorser, credibility, attractiveness, suitability, consumer perception


The effects of rare earth elements Ce, La and M Re on electrical conductivity of industrial aluminum were studied. The results indicate that the mixed rare earth element can't cause the improvement of electrical conductivity of aluminum. The addition of the pure La and Ce in industrial aluminum can decrease the electrical resistivity of aluminum and increase its temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity. The mechanism of pure rare earth elements improving electrical conductivity of industrial aluminum was also discussed. [


This paper first introduces the concept and types of multi-volume books, and then reveals various description methods to the multi-volume books by taking examples.


Objectives To evaluate the current control status of cholesterol among outpatients with heart artery disease in China. Methods Sixty-four hospitals across China, including 32 secondary hospitals and 32 tertiary hospitals were selected for baseline survey. Fifty outpatients diagnosed heart artery disease were recruited consecutively in each participated hospital. Information for 1806 patients was collected, and control status of cholesterol among the patients was analysed. Results (1) Mean age of the patients was 65.10. Seventy point five percent of the patients were male and 29.5% were female. (2) Overall 26.2% attained the cholesterol goal in the 1806 patients of heart artery disease, the goal attainment rate of cholesterol among male (30.5%) patients was higher than that among female (15.8%) patients. (3) The goal attainment rate of cholesterol was highest in middle China (39.7%) and lowest in northeast area (14.9%) among 7 geographic district (north China, east China, south China, middle China, northeast, northwest, southeast) (p<0.01). Conclusions Only 26.2 heart artery disease patients attained the cholesterol goal, the rate varied significantly among sex, different areas and different degree hospitals. It was essential to pay more atttention on control of cholesterol for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.


Summary

The total overall five-year survival for carcinoma of the colon still leaves a lot tobe desired.

In obstruction due to carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, preliminary decompression may facilitate the spread of the carcinoma.

For tumours of the sigmoid colon with obstruction a technique of primary resection with proximal terminal colostomy and invagination of the distal stump performed in 2 cases is described. Continuity being re-established at a later date.


As an increase of Photovoltaic (PV) cell temperature originates a negative effect, the application of a PV cell cooling system allows a performance improvement. Therefore, the present work aims to investigate the performance of a PV module transformed into a Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) module, producing electrical and thermal energy simultaneously, while concurrently establishing a cooling system for the PV cells. The PV conversion efficiency is affected by modifications of the operation conditions particularly the ones concerning PV cell temperature and radiation due to the displacement of the system Maximum Power Point (MPP). In the present work the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is performed using an algorithm based exclusively on PV cell temperature information with the particularity that the temperature measurements are perform without the use of any temperature sensors. The studied system performance is compared to a conventional PV using the same MPPT algorithm. The results show that the cooling system associated to the MPPT temperature based algorithm provides a bigger energy output leading to higher economic savings. In addition, it can help simplifying the MPPT algorithm by allowing the use of slower dynamic. 


On a wooded hill overlooking the north end of Oklahoma City sits one of the foremost repositories of this country's Western heritage, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Contained within its walls are works by such artists as Russell, Remington and Bierstadt, plus memorabilia and artifacts illustrating the role of the western cowboy in the development of the history of the U.S. The popularity of the Hall of Fame has grown since its opening in 1965. To respond to this, the owner decided to add 140,000 sq ft of gallery, multifunction and administration space to its existing 80,000 sq ft. In 1991, the Denver architectural firm, CW Fentress JH Bradburn and Associates, P.C., won the contract through a national design competition. Our firm, Richard Weingardt Consultants, Inc., Denver, was selected as project structural and civil engineers.


(55 articles) statistical physics collections Articles on similar topics can be found in the following Email alerting service here in the box at the top right-hand corner of the article or click Receive free email alerts when new articles cite this article-sign up Mesoscopic systems in a slowly fluctuating environment are often well described by superstatistical models. We develop a generalized statistical mechanics formalism for superstatistical systems, by mapping the superstatistical complex system onto a system of ordinary statistical mechanics with modified energy levels. We also briefly review recent examples of applications of the superstatistics concept for three very different subject areas, namely train delay statistics, turbulent tracer dynamics and cancer survival statistics.


. The researchers aimed to describe the efforts of eradicating poverty as reflected in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath . This research is combined some supporting theory to explain the concept of poverty clearly. Moreover, the researcher analyzed the portrait of poverty and the solutions through the novel by using Goldmann's genetic structuralism approach. The qualitative method is using by the researcher in order to collect and to analyze the data. The results of this research show the portrait of poverty causing by several conditions. Furthermore, in eradicating poverty through the novel, there are some efforts done by the characters and the governments which is new deal program.


We summarize the discussions and main results presented at the SUSY Searches and Measurements Working Group of the Workshop on Physics at the First Muon Collider and at the Front End of a Muon Collider.


The questions that reflect the pathogenesis of disorders under the influence of radiation and chemotherapy on spermatogenesis considered dose effects resulting from the course of treatment, a group of drugs used for chemotherapy protection principles reflected spermatogenesis in cancer patients and methods of recovery. Actuality further research.


The clothing as Characteristic of synthesis reflection about material civilization and spiritual civilization,which implied rich feudalism culture."fuyao" is one kind of new trend which counter-develops to the traditional clothing,the time and the epidemic are "fuyao" the cultural intrinsic characteristics.This article mainly is displayed"fuyao" phenomenon from the clothing design、 the pattern、the color and so on,This article has a brief analysis to"fuyao".


The review article analyzes the results of studies of the bi-directional relationship of the intestinal microbiota and kidneys, the so-called colorenal interactive axis of interaction.  The intestinal microbiota is considered as a kind of organ that influences the brain, cardiovascular and immune systems, as well as the kidneys of the "host".  Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) formed in the colon as the result of microbial metabolism from plant components of dietary fiber and acting as ligands for the olfactory receptor, paired G-proteins in the kidneys are recognized as the markers of this symbiosis.  With the help of modern omix technologies, the development of dysbiosis taking into account patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been proved, which leads to the accumulation of precursors of uremic toxins, a decrease in the production of SCFA, which have nephroprotective properties and play a key role in energy homeostasis.
 Changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota in CKD, an increase in the content of uremic toxins in the intestinal lumen contribute to the appearance of the "leaky" intestinal barrier syndrome, the movement of bacteria from the intestine into the general circulation, the development of systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, comorbidity, the progression of CKD, and an increase in mortality. Diets with restriction of protein and potassium quotas, violation of nutritional status lead to the development of dysbiosis in CKD.  A decrease in the diet of vegetables and fruit causes the expansion of bacteria producing uricase and urease, which are enzymes in the formation of uremic toxins and reduce the number and variety of bacteria producing short-chain fatty acids.  Potential targeted effects on the axis of "intestinal microbiota - chronic kidney disease" are being discussed: the use of a diet enriched in plant fibers, heat-treated, then chilled potatoes and rice as prebiotics (sources of resistant starch), nuts, plant seeds, and pro-, pre-, synbiotics, fecal transplantation.  Most of the proposed interventions in the structure and functions of the microbiota are not dangerous, side effects are minimal.


The paper describes how a fuzzy controller is being designed with the help MATLAB's fuzzy cabinet and how a PID parameter self-adjusting fuzzy control system is readily being designed and simulated by fuzzification of the algorithm's variables and organic combination of MATLAB and SIMULINK, and which may beneficially be used for controlling complex objects. Results show that, with the help of MATLAB, fuzzy control systems can be quickly designed and simulated, and because of their handiness and changeability, can remarkably increase the working efficiency of designing and commissioning personnel.


Securitisation is a concept that originated in the US in the 1970s. Within a few decades, it gained acceptance as a very important financial product within the conventional banking sector. Its advantages definitely overshadow its disadvantages; as a result it is an important financial instrument for government, banks and commercial firms. Its special characteristics for banks are that it can be traded off- balance sheet and it can be geared on a highly asset-backed level. These two points help in alleviating the capital adequacy ratio issues. However, due to the unique Islamic-ethical nature of the Islamic finance, there are certain teething problems that Islamic banks are facing to launch the securitisation policies. Consequently, until now it has remained within a limited market. The increasing trend towards securitisation in the banking sector reflects the health of this product on the world market. Islamic banks should develop it to keep pace with the financial evolution but within the parameter of SharI¢ah.


It was decided to assimilate a new product to expand the product mix and enhance the competitiveness of OJSC "MMK-METIZ". The process of lacquer coating the high-strength steel packing tape is discussed in the article. The research of the sample tape and the tape manufactured in OJSC "MMK-METIZ" was done. Solutions to improve the product quality, improve the process and increase the labor safety have been proposed.


Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is caused by mutations in six different genes, and their molecular diagnosis encompasses the search for point mutations and intragenic rearrangements. Here, we used high‐resolution array‐comparative genome hybridization (CGH) to search for rearrangements across exons, introns and regulatory sequences of four OCA genes: TYR, OCA2, TYRP1, and SLC45A2. We identified a total of ten new deletions in TYR, OCA2, and SLC45A2. A complex rearrangement of OCA2 was found in two unrelated patients. Whole‐genome sequencing showed deletion of a 184‐kb fragment (identical to a deletion previously found in Polish patients), whereby a large portion of the deleted sequence was re‐inserted after severe reshuffling into intron 1 of OCA2. The high‐resolution array‐CGH presented here is a powerful tool to detect gene rearrangements. Finally, we review all known deletions of the OCA1–4 genes reported so far in the literature and show that deletions or duplications account for 5.6% of all mutations identified in the OCA1–4 genes.


Purpose: Large-scale genome-wide association studies have identified TREM2 variants to be significantly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in caucasian population. The goal of this systematic study and meta-analysis was to assess the association between Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) variants and AD in East Asian population. Methods: In this study, literatures were searched in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane library to screen citations from January 1990 to June 2014. Data analysis was done by using the Stata 12 software. Results: Twelve studies were considered for analysis. A total of 13 535 patients with AD and 22 976 healthy controls were studied. The results showed that rs75932628 variant was significantly associated with AD in caucasian population (P < .001, odds ratio = 3.17, 95% confidence interval 2.45-4.09). However, the association was not found in East Asian population. Conclusion: In our study, we found that TREM2 variant is likely not associated with AD in East Asian population.


We propose a super high density multi-carrier transmission system with MIMO processing by estimating the precise subcarrier spacing. We experimentally and numerically demonstrate that the proposed system enables the sub-carrier spacing to be reduced to half the baud rate.


This paper examines the evolution of U.S. immigration policy since September 11, the new meaning of the U.S.-Mexico border, and the consequences of counterterrorist policies on Mexican migrants living in the U.S., and Mexico's response to recent U.S. policy changes. Finally, it the paper examines at the future of a migration deal between the two nations.


Three inland river towboats were surveyed for inhalation hazards to the crew by dividing the vessels into five "air zones." During vessel operation samples were obtained for carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons, suspended particulate matter, and oil mist throughout a 24-hour period. Survey sampling methods and analytical methods are described. Results of the surveys are presented in terms of pollutant concentrations in the designated "air zones": Pilot House, Captain's Cabin, Engine Room, Galley, and Lounge.


This paper puts forward a procedure of C language by row action method with orthogonalization for system of linear algebra equations to solve a system of linear equations.


Rotating arc circuit breakers are of increasing interest at present for a number of reasons. These relate to their perceived {open_quote}soft{close_quote} interruption capability and their potential for cost savings through low-energy operation. Such advantages have led to a growth in the application of rotating arc geometries to low voltage interrupters, from 11 to 25kV but also at medium voltage levels, such as the autopuffer. While it is known that rotating arcs must undergo some deformation as a result of their movement, the effects of such deformations have remained largely unreported. The aim of this paper is to present data on the deformation of a swiftly rotating arc column and the effect this has on the subsequent behaviour of the column. Far from being a steady-state problem, as it has previously been discussed, the arc column undergoes a continuous process of deformation and collapse, allowing it to move axially as well as azimuthally within the field coil.


We present the BeppoSAX broad-band X–ray spectrum of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3281. The source high-energy spectrum is characterized by the nuclear transmitted component, with an absorbing column density of ≈ 2$\times$10 24  cm -2 , while the MECS spectrum is reflection-dominated, with a prominent ($EW\approx0.5$–1.2 keV) iron K α emission line. The source is detected at only the 5 σ significance level in the LECS band, because of the strong obscuration which hampers at low energies the direct view of the active nucleus harbored in NGC 3281. BeppoSAX results are consistent with the scenario where NGC 3281 is inclined more than 60° with respect to the line-of-sight. Combining the N H value obtained from the present X–ray analysis with the A V measurement, a $N_{\rm H}/A_{\rm V}$ about 50 times the Galactic value is derived.


An allocation method and device for storage data, and a storage system, which are used for allocating data to be stored to at least two disks for storage. The method comprises: according to storage states of various disks and first performance-capacity ratios of various disks, determining a reference value (101), the first performance-capacity ratios of various disks being ratios of performance indexes of various disks to the maximum capacities of various disks; according to the first performance-capacity ratios of various disks and the reference value, determining second performance-capacity ratios of various disks (102); according to the determined second performance-capacity ratios of various disks and the maximum capacities of various disks, determining allocation shares of various disks (103); and according to the determined allocation shares of various disks, allocating the received first data to various disks, so as to write the first data into various disks (104), thereby improving the overall storage performance of a storage system allocating data to be stored, so as to write same into at least two disks.


Rich clothes datasets and high-quality annotations have driven recent advances in fashion clothes recognition. However, the existing approaches treat clothes as common images, ignoring the prior clothing knowledge such as spatial relations, symmetry, proportions, and key characteristics of clothes. In order to combine the semantic information with the advantages of deep learning, we propose Detection+, a model using the prior symmetric constraint to refine the keypoints located by any backbone detection networks. To deal with uncertainty in labelling clothing, we introduce a new loss to utilize all available data which contain "maybe" labels. Detection+ has reduced about 2.54% Normalized Error in FashionAI dataset and improved 3.2% AP in human keypoints dataset coco2017 compared to the Mask R-CNN baseline. A large number of experimental results show the proposed approach achieves better results in different recognition datasets (resp., FashionAI, and Deepfashion) with about (resp., 2.57% mAP, and 10% recall) improvements.


During the early Mesozoic breakup of Pangea a series of rift basins formed along the eastern coast of present-day North America. The Newark Basin in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, is the largest of these Triassic rift basins. The equatorial location and monsoonal climate of the Newark Rift Basin during the Triassic provided the setting for orbital forcing functions to effect climate, which in turn effected lake levels, and the associated sedimentary facies, within the basin. The Newark Basin Drilling Project, run by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in 1991, drilled six cores throughout the Newark Basin to collect a continuous stratigraphic section of the Triassic rocks. Severa! shallow seismic profiles in the vicinity of the Titusville, Nursery Road, and Princeton coring sites were to be used to examine the lateral continuity of facies between the cores. However, a complex near-surface weathering zone prevented successful imaging of coherent reflections. Synthetic seismograms generated from geophysical logs collected at these same core sites demonstrate that there is relatively high reflectivity in the subsurface at these locations. The synthetics suggest that if the near-surface problem is overcome, good shallow seismic profiles can be collected. Cyclostratigraphy within the Newark Basin, consisting of Van Houten cycles of 21,000 years, the associated beat cycles of 100,000 and 400,000 years, and the obliquity cycle of 41,000 years are observed in spectral analyses of reflectivity series from the Titusville, Nursery Road and Princeton geophysical logs. High reflectivity is correlated to the transition from the low velocity thick, black shale sequences, representing the deepest-water facies, to the higher velocity shallow water/playa facies. The sedimentation rates within the Newark Basin, estimated by fixing the 413 ky cycle peaks of the reflectivity series, show variation between. 0.5643 ft/ky and 0.9416 ft/ky during its 25 My history, but an overall average of 0.7316 ft/ky agrees with the rate of 0.7283 ft/ky used in this study and previously in the literature.


As his title indicates, the author sets out to provide a sociological explanation for the development of property rights in rural China, based on investigations carried out in two areas characterised by quite different paths of development followed by their rural enterprises. The work falls into three sections. The introductory chapter puts forward a brief theoretical analysis of institutions, making a distinction between economic institutions founded on rational economic agents seeking great...


The diffusion study of a carbonate mixture composed of ethylene and propylene carbonates in poly(vinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate) (PVA–Ac) was studied. The diffusion occurred in the solid state and the effect of the carbonate mixture on the PVA–Ac properties are presented as well as the homogeneity of the diffusion. Due to the complexity of the diffusion kinetics with temperature, a model was made using the free volume theory at 75 °C. This temperature was chosen for modelling because the physical properties of the polymer are relatively stable at this point. Swelling heterogeneity, due to the particle size distribution of the powder, were estimated. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry