Shows a view of tourists in a boat at the right, looking at glow worms in a high cave in the Waitomo Cave complex. The cave contains stalactites and other silica formations.
Below is a small illustration of the government hostel at Waitomo, and a list of contact addresses for more information, in London, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne and Wellington.
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Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, 1005 x 635 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, in 2007.


The title compounds, 8-{1-[3-(cyclopent-1-en-1-yl)benzyl]piperidin-4-yl}-2-methoxyquinoline and 8-{4-[3-(cyclopent-1-en-1-yl)benzyl]piperazin-1-yl}-2-methoxyquinoline differ only in the nature of the central six-membered ring: piperidine in the first and piperazine in the second. They are isoelectronic (CH cf. N) and isotypic. The major contribution to the intermolecular interactions in the crystals is from dispersion forces (E dis), reflecting the absence of classical hydrogen bonds.


A finite-difference time-domain numerical scheme was used to model the infrared radiative properties of heavily doped silicon simple and complex gratings. High absorptance from heavily doped silicon for the transverse magnetic wave incidence can be achieved with one-dimensional periodic gratings. For simple binary gratings, the associated absorptance peak is narrowband. The drawback can be remedied by using complex gratings. The spectral absorptance displays a peak with a much bigger full-width-at-half-maximum FWHM . The broadband absorptance peak can be attributed to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons based on the electromagnetic fields and Poynting vectors plots. It demonstrates that the complex gratings may significantly enhance the performance of infrared detectors.


All-dielectric metasurfaces, which are periodic 2D gratings on slab waveguides, are designed to obtain angular-dependent polarization-insensitive guided-mode resonance filters operating in the terahertz region. The effect of the metasurface grating periods along the <italic>x</italic>- and <italic>y</italic>-axis on the filter's performance is systematically studied via the rigorous coupled-wave analysis method. When the grating periods along the <italic>x</italic>-axis are 380 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m, 400 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m, and 420 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m, the polarization-independent resonances of the split bands occur at 0.517 THz, 0.498 THz, and 0.481 THz, respectively. When the grating periods along the <italic>y</italic>-axis are adjusted to the above values, such polarization-independent resonances show good robustness, which means the polarization-independent resonance frequency of the split bands is mainly determined by the grating periods along the <italic>x</italic>-axis and is in an inverse proportion. Meanwhile, there are additional polarization-independent resonances formed by the intersection of the split and degenerate bands for the two unequal grating periods. This kind of component provides potential applications for narrowband filtering in emerging terahertz devices and systems for communication or sensing.


Objective To discuss the clinical value of treatment of the distal femur fractures with using locking compression plate.Method Clinical data of 35 patients with distal femur fractures treated with locking compression plate were retrospectively studied.There were 22 man and 13 women,who were 38 years old on the average.There were 8 patients with type of A1,5 of A2,5 of A3,4 of B2,5 of C1,3 of C2,5 of C3,A1 by AO classification.Results The 35 patients were followed up from 8 to 24 months.The results were excellent in 23 cases,good in 9 cases,moderate in 3 cases according to Merchan standard,in which showed that the excellent and good rate was 91.4%.Conclusion Locking compression plate for treating distal femur fractures is a stable fixation which can promote grown of bone and decrease infection and so on.


The article dwells on the strategies and tactics of communicative mitigation in the interpersonal discourse. The mitigation strategies and tactics that preserve the balance of communication ensuring the effectiveness of interaction are analyzed here basing on the main characteristics of interpersonal discourse, defining among other communicative behavior of the speaking subject in communication.


ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a series of tests – using a recently-published set of methodological guidelines referred to here as the Protocol – on varnishes traditionally used in the protection and enhancement of graphic artworks. The aim of the research was to study the characteristics of different varnishes when they are applied to a graphic artwork and to analyze their behavior when exposed to conditions that cause alterations, be these natural factors, accidental, or the result of a conservation intervention. Lastly, the study sought to determine whether each varnish was suitable for conservation purposes. Five varnishes were selected for the study: egg white, gum arabic, shellac, rosin, and dammar. Paper test samples were used to study the characteristics of the recently applied varnishes: dimensions, weight, thickness, color, brightness/gloss, pH, surface appearance, drying time, degree of absorption by the substrate, and adhesion to the substrate. The behavior of varnishes was studied via a series of tests that recreated adverse conditions (humidity, light, and temperature). These tested for resistance to ambient humidity, immersion in water, dry-heat aging, and aging in a climate test chamber. After applying the Protocol it was concluded that the varnishes most resistant to different alteration factors are gum arabic and dammar resin. By contrast, shellac and rosin are the most susceptible to alterations, which precludes their use as a conservation material. As well as indicating the varnishes that present the minimum interaction with the substrate and the greatest long-term durability, the results of this research also provide a useful guide to the behavior of these varnishes for their use in preventive conservation.


In this paper we examine whether increasing the rank of a tomographic system matrix by slightly changing the measurement lines might improve the reconstructed image quality in region-of-interest (ROI) tomography. The image quality is assessed by the size of the reconstructible region and by the reconstructed noise of the pixels in that region. A theorem is presented to specify cases when changing elements in the system matrix leads to solving new pixels. Numerical simulations were performed on several modest sized examples to measure the bias and variance of the reconstructed images using system matrices with the same size but different rank. The results show that while increasing the rank might help to solve new pixels, it can also lead to increases in the pixel variances of the initial ROI.


The traveling salesman problem (TSP) plays an important role in the field of transportation and logistics. While most studies focus on developing algorithms to find the shortest path and explore the average length of the shortest paths, the degree to which the shortest path deviates from its mean has not been studied. The study of deviation is important because it has implications for travel time reliability. Previous studies have used various indicators to measure this deviation, mainly including standard deviation, quantiles, and buffer time index (BTI). Therefore, this study aims to develop an empirical model to estimate the standard deviation, quantiles, and BTI for the optimal TSP tour. Experiments are performed to find the shortest path connecting N customers, which are generated randomly in a specified service area, using a genetic algorithm. The service area is a rectangle with ratio of length to width ranging from 1:1 to 8:1. Two types of lengths are considered: Euclidean and Manhattan. The number of customers considered ranges from 10 to 100 with intervals of 10. In the experimental design, the customers are generated randomly 500 times. The quartiles and standard deviations of the 500 shortest paths are recorded. The BTI is also calculated. Regression models are developed to estimate quartiles, standard deviation, and BTI using number of customers and parameters of service area as predictive variables. The models perform well on the testing data set. The constructed models can be used to estimate the standard deviation and reliability of travel time.


The purity and cleanliness of the air we breathe is one of the chief conditions for good health and longevity. The oxidizing processes taking place in the living organism are known to be connected with the absorption of oxygen. Great quantities of air—about ten cubic meters—pass through a person's lungs in the course of 24 hours. We all know that the air is life itself for us. Man can survive for thirty days without food, about three days without water, but only a few minutes without air.


Anywhere working, or the ability to work from anywhere facilitated by technology is an area of research that resonates strongly in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The most significant work from home experiences arising from lockdowns across the globe will be a topic for examination from the perspective of both employees and employers over the coming months and years. The uptake of telehealth to deliver health services has transformed the way we access health care and how clinicians interact with patients. Co-working centers that have held so much promise for working anywhere will need to adjust to the post-COVID-19 world. To date, much of the research on anywhere working has revolved around the service sector. However, there may be opportunities we have not considered previously. For example, there may be new opportunities for anywhere working in the manufacturing sector facilitated by technology such as 3D printing. This book addresses some of the issues that have now come into sharper focus during 2020. The chapters in this book provide insights into how we can navigate anywhere, working in a post-COVID-19 world. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)


It is predicted that billions of intelligent devices and networks, such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs), will not be isolated but connected and integrated with computer networks in future Internet of Things (IoT). In order to well maintain those sensor devices, it is often necessary to evolve devices to function correctly by allowing device management (DM) entities to remotely monitor and control devices without consuming significant resources. In this paper, we propose a lightweight RESTful Web service (WS) approach to enable device management of wireless sensor devices. Specifically, motivated by the recent development of IPv6-based open standards for accessing wireless resource-constrained networks, we consider to implement IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area network (6LoWPAN)/routing protocol for low power and lossy network (RPL)/constrained application protocol (CoAP) protocols on sensor devices and propose a CoAP-based DM solution to allow easy access and management of IPv6 sensor devices. By developing a prototype cloud system, we successfully demonstrate the proposed solution in efficient and effective management of wireless sensor devices.


Combining with the characters of the Office Automation Course,we designed the practical training cases that based on the requirement of the corporations and working process by widely,scientifically investigation.These cases break through the previous disadvantage of practical training,combine the supply of office software and the equipments firstly,t truly put the vocational education idea of "career-orientated and focused on ability cultivation" into effect.Using the cases,students' operation level has been improved greatly,realized the "zero thickness" with posts,and has received favorable comments from the employing units.


A manganese(III) complex, [Mn(sal-pen)], with N,N′-disalicylidene-2-methyl-4-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)-1,2-butanediaminate trianion (sal-pen3−) has been synthesized and characterized. The complex was shown to have a square-pyramidal structure with a pendant phenolate group at the apex. The electronic spectral and electrochemical properties of the complex are discussed in terms of an axial coordination of the phenolate group.


The treatment of non‐segmental vitiligo (NSV) remains a challenge. Current treatments often achieve suboptimal clinical results. To improve these treatment results, several new therapies are being developed and investigated. There is, however, little evidence on the actual need for novel therapies.


Necrotizing vasculitis presentation of central nervous system due to varicella Zoster viral infection implicates a scarced but known entity, resulting of direct invation of blood vessels. Objective: is to present the clinical case of a parenquimatous haemorrhage as a result of varicella Zoster cerebral vasculitis. Case report: we describe the case of 19 years old male with history of varicela Zoster primary infection. At admission with severe headache, left hemiparesis, Glasgow 9 points, right anisocoria secondary to parenquimatous haemorrhage and histopatologic diagnosis of varicella Zoster necrotizing vasculitis. Conclusions: cerebral vasculopathy as a complication of Zoster Cervico-craneal explains the diversity of clinical disorders associated with the virus. Cerebral vasculitis is a rare cause of intracranial hemorrhage that must be suspected in a patient with history of recent varicella zoster infection. Resonance magnetic Imaging and conventional angiography studies are useful elements in the diagnosis, however are poor indicators of the presence or absence of vasculitis. Thus, the diagnosis not rely on a single method, this is possible with clinical, imagenologic and histopatologic correlation.


Abstract : Navigation is the determination of the position and velocity of a moving vehicle. Navigation systems used to measure this state vector can be one of two types, either positioning or dead-reckoning. Positioning systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) measure the state vector without regard to the path traveled by the vehicle in the past. On the other hand, dead-reckoning navigation systems, such as the Inertial Navigation System (INS) determine the state vector from a continuous series of measurements relative to an initial position. By integrating the unique and complementary characteristics of each system into one integrated INS/GPS system, accuracies as well as additional benefits can be achieved even though unattainable by either system independently. The optimal method of integrating these two systems is through the use of a Kalman filter. This mathematical technique is used for computing the best estimate of the state of a process which varies with time. Approaches to this filtering can either be centralized in a main filter or federated, where filtering is done at individual sensors. This theory can then be applied to real world scenarios, whether it be an aircraft during flight, an aircraft during precision approach landings, or the failure detection and isolation of a GPS signal.


Non-destructive monitoring of crop carbon, nitrogen and carbon to nitrogen ratios (C/N) is important for precision fertilizer management. This research was conducted to determine the relationships of leaf carbon, leaf nitrogen, and leaf C/N ratios to post-heading leaf color (SPAD values) in wheat (Triticum aestivum) under different nitrogen and water supply levels. The results showed that leaf soluble sugar content were positively exponentially related to leaf color in the top three leaves, but there were no significant relationships between color differences or ratios among different leaf positions. Similar trends were found for leaf nitrogen status. The correlation sequence was: L 1L 2L 3 (correlation coefficients were 0.92, 0.86 and 0.71 for leaf nitrogen content and 0.84, 0.77 and 0.49 for leaf soluble sugar content, respectively). The best leaf position for monitoring leaf nitrogen and carbon status was the first leaf from the top in wheat (LSSC= 4.080 8 e 0.026 9SPADL 1 , R 2=707 5; LNC=0.697 2e 0.026 1SPADL 1 , R 2=837 6), with a RMSE of 0.22 and 0.04, respectively, for model testing. In addition, leaf carbon to nitrogen ratios were not significantly related to leaf colors in different leaf positions but were linearly significantly related with color difference between L 1 and L 3 in wheat (C/N=0.071 3×(SPADL 1-SPADL 3)+4.459), with a RMSE of 0.07 for model testing. These results indicate that the leaf color of L 1 and color differences between L 1 and L 3 are good indicators of leaf soluble sugar content, nitrogen content and C/N in wheat leaves.


Typically, hyperspectral image suffers from redundant information, data scarcity, and class imbalance problems. This letter proposes a hyperspectral image classification framework named a two-stream residual separable convolution (2SRS) network that aims to mitigate these problems. Principal component analysis (PCA) is first employed to reduce the spectral dimension of the hyperspectral image. Subsequently, the data scarcity and class imbalance problems are overcome via spatial and spectral data augmentations. A novel spectral data creation from image patches is proposed. The augmented samples are fed into the proposed 2SRS network for hyperspectral image classification. We evaluated the proposed method on three benchmark datasets, namely, 1) Indian Pines (IP); 2) Pavia University; and 3) Salinas Scene (SA). The proposed method achieved state-of-the-art performance in terms of overall accuracy (OA), average accuracy (AA), and Kappa coefficient (Kappa) for both 30% and 10% training set ratios.


Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometry was used for determining ppm contents of copper in biodiesel, as a tool for evaluating the aggressiveness of biodiesel to copper alloys. As the copper peaks were very small (from around 500 to around 2000 counts, for 10-minute measurements with reference samples), the determination of their areas, made with the PyMCA software, had to be extremely careful. Two spectrometers were compared. Both use Si-drift detectors. One of them uses an Ital-Structures W-tube, while the other uses two Oxford tubes, one with Cr anode and the other with W anode. For Cr-tube, a PMMA filter was used. As a linear correlation can be found between the Cu-K areas and the Cu content in the biodiesel, calibration biodiesel samples were prepared by adding controlled amounts of copper. Two addition methods are compared. When applied to biodiesel samples obtained from corrosion weight-loss tests, he obtained Cu contents were sensitive to the corrosion test variables, and were coherent with the weight-loss results.


This article introduces a set of recently discovered lecture notes from the last course of Leopold Kronecker, delivered a few weeks before his death in December 1891. The notes, written by F. von Dalwigk, elaborate on the late recognition by Kronecker of the importance of the "Eisenstein summation process", invented by the "companion of his youth", in order to deal with conditionally convergent series known today as Eisenstein series. We take this opportunity to give a brief update of the well known book by Andr´e Weil (1976) that brought these results of Eisenstein and Kronecker back to light. We believe that Eisenstein's approach to the theory of elliptic functions was in fact a very important part of Kronecker's planned proof of his visionary "Jugendtraum".


This doctoral thesis examines the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and International Joint Ventures' (IJVs) instability. Based on Grounded Theory, this qualitative, interpretative and inductive research embraces a two-phased empirical inquiry. First, an exploratory research study of 35 IJVs created by Basque firms has been conducted, in order to describe the characteristics of IJVs. Second, on the basis of the results of the exploratory study, 3 in-depth case studies of Basque-Indian IJVs, from the initial 35, were conducted in order to identify the practices of KM developed in the frame of IJVs; describe the type of instability faced by the IJVs; and analyze the relationship between KM and IJV instability. Three main conclusions are extracted from this research: 1) KM from a firm-centered perspective shows the structured process that firms develop in order to manage knowledge in the frame of IJVs, and it involves the definition of policies of KM, the determination of the role of parents according to their knowledge complementarity, and the deployment of different KM mechanisms. 2) IJV instability should be defined from a hybrid perspective. In particular, this definition should encompass the tendency of an IJV towards liquidation, internalization or execution of major changes in the ownership structure as a consequence of the intent to favor individual strategies over joint strategies in the frame of the IJV by, at least, one of the parents. This means that not only the final destination of the IJV should be examined to define IJV instability, but also the symptoms of instability and stability faced by the IJV at both shareholder and operational level. 3) KM, from a firm-centered perspective, influences instability in Basque-Indian IJVs. First, the role of parents influences IJV instability, since knowledge complementarity enhances IJV stability; the contribution to the IJV of a specific type of knowledge which is not critical for both parent firms enhances IJV instability; and unfulfilled expectations regarding the contribution of knowledge by the counterpart is related to IJV instability. Second, the mechanisms of KM influence IJV instability, since an expatriate CEO is related to IJV instability, whereas a knowledge transferor position covered by an expatriate and a coordinator position covered by a PCN visitor are related to IJV stability. Third, the policies of KM moderate the relationship between the role of parents and IJV instability, since formalization of KM implies negotiating and acknowledging practices of KM by parent firms.


Silica pillared clays with large interlayer distance were synthesized by the simultaneous intercalation of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Characterization of the synthetic silica pillared clay was done by X-ray diffraction measurement, nitrogen adsorplion-desorption measurement and X-ray fluorescence analysis. The gallery height of the synthesized pillared clay was 1.3 nm in the presence of PVA, and it was found that the gallery height was twice as large as that of the pillared clay synthesized without using PVA. The specific surface area and pore volume of the pillared clay obtained with PVA were larger than those obtained without PVA. It was confirmed that the interlayer distance was enlarged with increase in the amount of pillaring precursors only by using PVA.


A method for modeling and projecting age- and duration-specific demographic rates is proposed. The method "links analytically the parameters [alpha] and [beta] in the Brass Relational Gompertz model with median and interquartile range." It is tested using a selection of data concerning China and other countries around the world. (EXCERPT)


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This chapter introduces an alternative way of creating inclusive pedagogies by engaging diverse students across geographical borders in participatory research using Voice over Internet Protocol (specifically, Skype) technology. It begins with a discussion on diversity and inclusion within the wider global context and the UK higher education (HE) context, highlighting how institutions engage (or disengage) with multiple aspects of diversity encountered within the sector. It examines how the participatory approach to conducting co-inquiry resulted in opening up inclusive learning spaces, drawing on a funded research project in which the researcher and students acted as co-inquirers. It argues that the pseudo-physical presence created by synchronic communication enhanced student engagement in meaningful cross-border conversations. It examines how the journey of co-inquiry offered holistic, inclusive learning experiences that embed emotional, cognitive and social learning for all students involved by transforming students' views about their own sociopolitical identities and perceptions about the other. The chapter concludes highlighting how technology-mediated co-inquiring can innovatively democratise student participation and develop their authentic voice. It also examines the challenges of improving inclusive learning through co-inquiry and sends key messages to practitioners, researchers and policy makers who involve in addressing issues of diversity in HE.


The focus on team approaches to performing work and insuring quality in hospitality organizations has raised questions about the effectiveness of work teams. This study examines power balances among department heads in hotel executive teams to assess political variables that may undermine the team's objectives of integrating departmental efforts in achieving quality in the participating hotels. An analysis of team memberpowerbases reveals the need fororganizational interventions to address the power imbalances that may inhibit positive team performance.


Josip Jelacic on the position of Ban is coming to the worst possible time in the revolutionary 1848. It is caused by a national awakening all over Europe, and so in the Hapsburg Monarchy itself. The aim is to present the life and work of Josip Jelacic in those revolutionary years, but also his path from the ordinary cadet to the general. He pointed out that he was a great soldier and a national law fighter, so he became a favourite of the people. On his way, he succeeded in first unifying the people in the struggle for independence, which makes him an important position in Croatian historiography. Thanks to his virtues, his positive spirit and character hood overcame death as a myth. Thus he became one of the most famous persons in Croatian history.


R they enthusiasts may not know it, but love polyploid hybrid elepidotes. Check any flower show bench and look at the finalists for awards. Mention Rhododendron 'Cynthia, `Gomer Waterer', 'Grace Seabrook', 'Horizon Monarch', `Marinus Koster', 'Pink Pearl', 'Phyllis Korn, `Point Defiance', 'Taurus', or 'Trude Webster', and gardeners quickly declare these as among their favorite rhododendrons or high on their wish list. Yes, these rhododendrons all display "something different" and are "highly desirable". They have larger than normal levels of genetic material. They are polyploids. More than 80 rhododendrons with larger than normal ploidy levels are revealed below. We hope gardeners will see the connection of polyploidy to characteristics of thickness in the stem, leaf, and leaf petiole, along with firmness in flower substance. Indeed, remarkable vigor and substance overall, coupled with an outstanding floral performance at a young age, are often associated with a higher ploidy level. Even gardeners who never want to hear about ploidy love talking about their polyploid hybrid elepidote rhododendrons. We (Sally and John Perkins) are not geneticists. We do have science backgrounds, combined with a passion for knowledge. Our ploidy journey began as simple curiosity combined with a willingness to coordinate with others, to scour the Rhododendron literature and the Web, and to do some field work, leading to more discoveries than we ever imagined. Engaging the expertise of Joao Loureiro and his research team from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, transformed this journey. We have continued this journey further, exploring the interesting comments and conclusions from


In this paper, we propose a stand-by interconnect test method of 3D stacked ICs with IEEE 1149.1 test circuits embedded in dies. Resistive open defects are detected after shipping to a market by the test method that occur at input interconnects of dies operating at a stand-by mode. Feasibility of the stand-by tests is examined by SPICE simulation. It is shown that a resistive open defect of $83 k \Omega$ and above can be detected at a test speed of 20MHz by the test method.


While there are well-established methods to study delocalization transitions of single particles in random systems, it remains a challenging problem how to characterize many-body delocalization transitions. Here, we use a generalized real-space renormalization group technique to study the anisotropic Heisenberg model with long-range interactions, decaying with a power α, which are generated by placing spins at random positions along the chain. This method permits a large-scale finite-size scaling analysis. We examine the full distribution function of the excitation energy gap from the ground state and observe a crossover with decreasing α. At the full distribution coincides with a critical function. Thereby, we find strong evidence for the existence of a many-body localization transition in disordered antiferromagnetic spin chains with long-range interactions.


Loddo D, Masin R, Otto S & Zanin G (2011). Estimation of base temperature for Sorghum halepense rhizome sprouting. Weed Research 52, 42–49.

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Sorghum halepense is a rhizomatous perennial summer weed. It spreads by seeds and rhizomes that form ramets. The development of predictive models for ramet emergence (RE) from rhizomes may provide important information about their seasonal dynamics and consequently for the timing of control operations. The aim of this work was to analyse the effect of temperature on S. halepense rhizome sprouting (RS) and to estimate its base temperature, which is the first step for creating mathematical models to predict RE. Rhizomes collected from two North Italian populations were incubated at several constant temperatures. The total number of ramets, sprouted rhizomes and their ratio (ramet/sprouted rhizome) were calculated. The influence of temperature on sprouting performances was analysed. Base temperature was calculated using two methods: the reciprocal time of 50% RS (method) and RE (method). Confidence limits (at 0.95 level) were defined for each estimated base temperature using a bootstrap method. Base temperatures were compared to verify whether there were differences between populations and methods. Results indicated a significant stimulating effect of temperature on S. halepense rhizome performances. Estimated base temperatures did not differ between populations, nor between methods within a population (Padova RS 9.7 ± 1.25°C (confidence limits), RE 10.0 ± 1.28°C, Mantova RS 8.0 ± 1.89°C and RE 9.7 ± 1.23°C). The same thresholds may consequently be adopted for thermal time models for the two populations. These results also suggest that both methods (RE and RS) can be used without distinction to estimate the rhizome base temperature.


COI: The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose. 1. Tatton-Brown K, et al. Mutations in the DNA methyltransferase gene DNMT3A cause an overgrowth syndrome with intellectual disability. Nat Genet. 2014; 46(4): 385-8. 2. Tatton-Brown K, et al. Mutations in epigenetic regulation genes are a major cause of overgrowth with intellectual disability. Am J Hum Genet. 2017; 100(5): 725-36. 3. Tatton-Brown K, et al. The Tatton-Brown-Rahman Syndrome: A clinical study of 55 individuals with de novo constitutive DNMT3A variants. Wellcome Open Res. 2018 Apr 23;3:46.  Tall stature, intellectual disability  A 9-year-old Japanese girl first visited our outpatient clinic, complaining of tall stature. After an uncomplicated pregnancy, she was delivered at 40 weeks' gestation with a length of 51.4 cm (+1.03SD), a weight of 3604 g (+1.28SD) and a head circumference of 35.0 cm (+1.20SD). Developmental delay was pointed out at six years old. She had a distinctive face, marfanoid habitus and intellectual disability (IQ 68). She was evaluated at 10 years and 7 months old in hospitalization.  Two episodes of unconsciousness at 10 years old  No consanguinity, No similarly affected individuals Father 179cm (+1.4SD) , Mother 165 cm (+1.3SD) Younger brother: final height 183cm (+2.1SD)  breast development: 10y2m〜, no menstruation  Height: 166.4cm(+3.77SD) Body weight: 44.1kg(+1.25SD) Head: round face, heavy horizontal eyebrows, narrow palpebral fissures Breast: Tanner stage 4 Extremities: arm span172cm, cubitus valgus, arachnodactyly, thumb sign(+), wrist sign(+), marfanoid habitus Spine: lumbar lordosis Skin: hirsultism No abnormalities in muscle tonus. She was always reticent.


The utility model discloses an improved back shaft stretching type tubular device, and belongs to the technical field of water pump devices. The back shaft stretching type tubular device is composed of a water inflow pool, a straight type water inflow pipe, straight guide vanes, a straight guide vane body, an impeller, an impeller chamber, a rear guide vane, a rear guide vane body, a water outflow bend pipe section, a pump shaft, a transmission device, a power machine, a siphoning type water outflow pipe, a vacuum break valve, a water outflow pool and the like. The device is characterized in that the water inflow pipe is a straight type water inflow pipe, the front guide vane body is a straight guide vane body provided with straight guide vanes, the straight guide vane body takes the shape of a truncated cone which shrinks step by step form the water inflow to the water outflow, and the shrinking angle is 4-8 degrees. The straight type water inflow pipe can provide a favorable water inflow condition to a water pump, the straight guide vanes can control the circumferential flow velocity of the inflow stream, cut off the backflow continuity in the impeller inflow, improve the water inflow condition of the water pump, and improve the pumping head under a small flow rate condition; and the vacuum break valve is mounted at the top of the siphoning type water outflow pipe, so that the cutting off of water flow is safe and reliable, the installation, maintenance and operation management of the water pump device are convenient, and the safety and reliability of the operation of the tubular pump device are improved.


The article describes the problems of Balint seminaries held internally in hospitals, basing on literature and on the authors' practical experience, with particular reference to the effectivity of Balint group work. On the one hand, it is evident that this entails a number of disadvantages compared with Balint groups not linked to the institution; however, these drawbacks are no fatal obstacle to Balint group work. On the other hand, we can safely reject the argument that it is not possible to topicalise within the framework of a Balint seminary the pathology of reference in psychiatric and particularly in schizophrenic patients.


Abstract : Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) create unique cognitive demands for small unit leaders, particularly platoon leaders. Years of experience are typically needed to master these demands. However, most platoon leaders tend to have limited experience in Army operations generally, and MOUT operations specifically. A cognitive task analysis, based on in depth interviews with subject matter experts (n=7), was conducted to expose the cognitive aspects of expertise existing within one important MOUT task, building clearing operations. From the perspective of platoon leaders, the cognitive demands of this task were defined within the context of decision requirement tables. Decision requirements detail critical decisions and judgments, the reasons why they can be difficult to make, cues and factors that influence decision making, and rules and strategies employed in the decision making process. The findings of the cognitive task analysis guided the development of training recommendations, particularly the need for a scenario based MOUT training program aimed at improving platoon leader expertise through practice in decision making.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide denture for a denture capable of keeping required strength in a simple way by making a hole into one of two teeth bridges by a drill and putting in a pin in such a manner that its head projects out from the bridge and processing a hole to put in the head in the denture. SOLUTION: On the side of a tooth bridge member 100, a hole 101 is processed using a drill bit and a head 104 and other part 105 of a pin is put in the hole 101. The pin is assured to keep a stable hold having a cylindrical end 106, a half sphere 107 and a circle 108 in its part 105 put in the hole. The head 104 is shaped as a wedge having two flat wedge faces 109 and an end face 110 is made slightly slant. The dentist should put two pins 103 in the cup of a manipulator, put the part 105 of each pin 103 in the corresponding hole 101 of the tooth bridge member 100 and place its surface 109 appropriate to hold a denture.


Research on playlists has focused on how usage is related to technological and music industry variables, and the demographic characteristics of users. However, it also seems reasonable to suspect a psychological component to playlist usage. The present research considered an individual's propensity to devise and make use of playlists in terms of time perspective. Significant results indicate an emphasis on the time at hand while listening, so that playlist use has a present-orientated time perspective, rather than a future-oriented time perspective. The findings support other recent research illustrating that exercising control over everyday listening is an important aspect of musical behavior in present-day music listening.


The inner seed coats of pumpkin is known to have an abundance of protochlorophyllsl-3, and their isolation and characterization from Cucurbita maxima Duch were reported recently.4 Several compounds were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and three were identified by absorption spectrometry and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB/ MS). For such studies, a simple and rapid method was required for the separation and identification of such structurally similar compounds. An effective method for characterizing these precursors was found in threedimensional high-performance liquid chromatography (3D-HPLC). Many precursors of chlorophyll could be identified from one three-dimensional chromatogram. Reported here are the results of application of this method to the study of inner seed coat protochlorophylls of pumpkin.


A photosensitive (phs1) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana was isolated and characterized. The PHS1 gene was cloned using a map-based approach. The gene was found to encode a protein containing a deaminase–reductase domain that is involved in the riboflavin pathway. The phenotype and growth of the phs1 mutant were comparable to that of the wild-type when the plants were grown under low


The article discusses the problem of the influence of digital space and the digital environment on the cognitive processes of primary school children and adolescents. The authors cite and theoretically analyze the characteristics of a personality included in digital space. The contradictions in the ideas about the influence of digital space on the personality are noted: on the one hand, digital space can have a negative impact on the formation of cognitive processes, on the other hand, stimulate their development. The authors empirically investigated such parameters as verbal and logical thinking, behavioral features in the digital environment, attention characteristics and strategies for overcoming stressful situations. It was revealed that the respondents of all groups of the sample have developed classification skills rather than the skills of establishing semantic analogies. The results of the study showed that adolescents with high Internet activity choose impulsive, manipulative and aggressive actions as coping strategies, less often they choose such as seeking social support and cautious steps.


Methyl mercaptan (CH3SH), widely used as raw material for the production of organosulfur compounds such as methionine, is commercially synthesized by the reaction of methanol with hydrogen sulfide. Although the formation of CH3SH from CH3OH/H2S route is a fast and selective reaction, a several-steps pathway is required for the synthesis of methanol (CH4 + H2O --------> Syngas --------> Methanol). In this regard, the one-step synthesis of methyl mercaptan from simple starting materials (syngas + hydrogen sulfide) is increasingly attractive for industrial application. So far, the disclosed researches in CH3SH production by this route have been focused in the improvement of catalytic performances. In this work, the improvement of catalytic performances as well as the understanding of the nature of the active phase has been studied. K-Mo(W)-based catalysts supported on alumina, silica and hydroxyapatite were used with this purpose. Different metal loading and catalytic pretreatment were evaluated. The simultaneous presence of Mo and K in the catalytic system allows achieving higher CO conversions and CH3SH selectivity and a decrease in CO2 selectivity. The higher CH3SH productivity was achieved with a high loaded K2MoO4/Al2O3 catalyst (211,4 g.h-1.L-1). With the study and analysis of a series of reference catalysts characterized by XPS, we evidenced the presence of a new phase named KxMS2 (M = Mo or W) in which potassium cations are intercalated between the Mo(W)S2 layers. By correlating the amount of KxMS2 phase with the catalytic performances, we observed that the higher the amount of KxMS2 phase in the catalyst, the higher the CO conversion in the reaction of syngas with hydrogen sulfide to produce CH3SH. Based on these statements we propose that KxMS2 is the active phase acting in the reaction of thiolation of syngas.


Extended Abstract Since the beginning of the history of human societies, it has been a question of understanding and anticipating the needs of one's loved ones, of one's community, of one's clients and of responding to them with relevance. As long as men have made exchanges, he has been a subject of marketing, that is to say, to find a way to achieve the most profitable exchange for the various parties involved. The name of this skill (or discipline depending on the time) and its definition, however, appeared only very late and have changed significantly over time (Alain & Philippe, 2006). Even today its definition does not seem obvious for students or even professionals. More surprisingly, its definition remains an object of debate among researchers (Baker & Saren, 2016; Brown, 1996).


Ionic polymer metal composite(IPMC) materials with the structure of Pt-Ni/Nafion were successfully synthesized by chemical reduction. SEM revealed that Pt particles were spread on the surface of Nafion membrane while Ni particles were plated on the outwards. Occasionally, Pt particles penetrated inside Nafion membrane with gradient distribution. The IPMC materials were performed as electrically driven artificial muscles and had a defluxion angle of 25° with the presence of alternating voltage at 6 V. Furthermore, the influential factors were investigated in detail and many results were obtained. The results show that the transmutation range of the composite material increased with the voltage enhancing and at the same time the lower frequency electric field had a more influence to transmutation range. The research studied the relationship between the thickness of IPMC and its transmutation range and noticed that the tip stress of the composite material produced increased with the thickness h, and it satisfied the functional relationship δ=3.96×10 -6×h3.


At present report time resolved methods and measurements of rocking curves (RC) and reciprocal space maps (RSM) under external dynamic ultrasonic loads are described. These measurements were made by using adaptive X-Ray optic (ABXO) elements. Conducting experiments with time resolution using x-ray and synchrotron radiation is one of the advanced modern scientific problems. Today, there are three main directions in the development of such experiments - the creation of new sources (synchrotrons and XFELs), the development of detecting equipment, and the rapid tuning of experimental parameters. The first two directions have gained significant development in recent years, and the last direction rests on the impossibility of quickly adjusting experimental parameters using existing goniometric systems. As a result, the existing hardware and methodological base practically does not cover the range of time resolutions from seconds to microseconds, in which many interesting physical processes occur. One of possibilities to overcome these limitations of traditional approach is using of non-mechanical adaptive X-ray optic elements, such as X-ray acoustic resonators of longitudinal oscillations or bimorph piezo-actuators It allows fast and precise variation of X-ray diffraction parameters, varying the angular position of the X-ray beam and controlling its wavelength. An important feature of the method is the possibility of conducting experiments not only in laboratory conditions, but also at synchrotron stations. The method has successfully to the study of processes occurring in crystals under dynamic ultrasonic loads. method, studies of a silicon crystal subjected to quasistatic mechanical load The studies of the evolution of the defective structure of lithium fluoride (LiF) and TeO 2 single crystals under the conditions of dynamic ultrasonic loading in a wide range of amplitudes have also been studied [3]. It is shown that the diffraction pattern (shape and FWHM of rocking curves) under the action of ultrasound can differ significantly from the original, and the proposed method allows monitoring its changes with a temporal resolu tion of up to 10 μs, inaccessible when using mechanical goniometric systems. Studies of the evolution of the defective struct ure using the new method showed its significant (at least 3 orders of magnitude on a laboratory source) superiority in speed over existing methods. The technique was also successfully applied for conducting experiments in a threecrystal X-ray diffraction scheme. It was shown that with its help it is possible to carry out fast (several minutes even with laboratory X-ray source) measurements of the reciprocal space maps from the studied samples under dynamic ultrasonic loads, as well as studying the distribution of ultrasonic vibrations in resonator crystals.


Our media have (at least) two different functions: to exchange "information," but also to put us in a "communication" situation, i.e., to set up a form of primary and primal communion. To communicate is to set in common, within a participative collective hypnosis or trance, where we tend to dilute within a world of waves, rather than exchange in a world of individuals.


Objective: In order to explore the effect of Taijitongtian liquor on intercellular adhesion function in acute cerebral ischemia rats. Methods: 32 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: Control group(CG), Shamed operative group(SOG), Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injuried group(CIG)and Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injuried and Taijitongtian liquor group(CTG), and each group has 8 samples. To separate and cultivate cerebral capillary vessel endothelial cell (CCEC)and polymorphism nuclear leucocyte (PMN) of rat, and observe the change of character of CCEC and PMN in every group by mean of microburet suck technique. Results: Compared with CG and SOG, the adhesion force and adhesion stress of CCEC and PMN in the sample of SOG and CTG were higher, and there was distinctly difference( P 0.01)in different time point. After Taijitongtian liquor perfusion, the adhesion force and adhesion stress of CCEC and PMN in the sample of SOG and CTG reduce, and there was distinctly difference( P 0.05 or P 0.01). Conclusion: Taijitongtian liquor can inhibit adhesion function of CCEC and PMN and alleviate cerebral injury after ischemia reperfusion


The purpose of the study is to integrate the influence on prices which flow not only from monetary changes but also from other exogenous shocks (harvest failures, devaluations or changes in world market prices on key export commodities) with the influences of money supply caused not only by government policy changes but also from previous or expected price changes. The findings suggest that although monetary authorities have some control over the money supply changes can be exogenously determined. By contrast, it is also found that the rate of inflation (proxy for interest rate in a developing economy) which is generally considered to be an important element in the money demand function does not turn out to be a significant factor in recent Indonesian experience. The formulated model in this paper is dynamically simulated and seems to possess desirable properties namely positive prices and stable solutions.


Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate whether corporate social disclosure levels relate to national cultures. Design/methodology/approach - The sample consisted of 600 large companies from 22 countries. Cultural measures were applied: a measure for secrecy, as proposed by Hope Findings - A number of significant statistical relationships between corporate social disclosures and cultural measures are identified. The results are consistent with the associations suggested by stakeholder theory and a country-specific stakeholder orientation. It is concluded that corporate social disclosure levels are likely to be influenced by national cultures. Research limitations/implications - The results of Van der Laan Smith Practical implications - The outcomes can be useful to the managers of multinational corporations, when preparing corporate social disclosures. Originality/value - Instead of a comparison between two nations, as is undertaken by Van der Laan Smith


Objective: The aim of our study was to detect the localization of gray matter atrophy in FOG PD patients compared with nFOG PD patients. Methods: A total of 155 PD patients (110 men and 45 women) were included in the current study. Forty-five patients were classified as FOG and one hundred and ten patients were classified as nFOG. A voxel-based morphometry approach was used to investigate the atrophy area of voxel clusters in the gray matter which is associated with FOG. Results: FOG and nFOG PD patients were not significantly different in gender, average age, educational years, disease duration or UPDRS-part I. Compared with nFOG PD patients, FOG patients showed gray matter atrophy in right Inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part), left Superior frontal gyrus, left Superior temporal gyrus, left Amygdala, left Insula, left Medial superior frontal gyrus and left Medial frontal gyrus (orbital gyrus). Conclusion: Our study identified new gray matter atrophy areas in FOG PD patients compared with nFOG patients.


Lloyd Ian - Senior research fellow in the Institute for Law and the Web (iLaws) within the University of South- ampton. Address: University of Southampton, United Kingdom. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com telecommunications sector has undergone massive changes in the past 30 years. We have moved from an era where access to at least private telecommunications was the preserve of the minority to the situation today where the mobile phone is an almost omnipresent utility. As an ITU Working Paper states, 'The Future is Mobile'. The shift from landline to mobile technology raises many issues but more recent developments pose even more significant challenges to established forms of regulation. The twenty first century has seen the emergence of, so called, 'over the top (OTT) services such as SKYPE in the field of voice communications and What not' in the area of text messaging. These services are attaining larger and larger market shares and yet their status in terms of traditional forms of communications regulation is uncertain. It is unclear how such services can or should be regulated by national agencies. Linked in some respects is the notion of net neutrality. This has been seen as one of the corner stones of the Internet. It requires that all forms of traffic, whether voice, data or video be treated equally by network providers. But some forms of communication require more bandwidth than others. The question whether new business models might legitimately emerge to focus on and offer preferential treatment to certain forms of communications does need to be addressed as a matter of urgency.The electronic communications sector is living in interesting times. Old models are broken but what can replace them?


Pavement modeling has always been a complex and difficult problem for the highway engineer. Currently, there are complex and precise computer programs that provide the engineer with a means of computing theoretical behavior. However, full-scale field testing has not kept pace, and new testing devices are just now becoming readily available. For many years the Benkelman beam was the standard, and later developments tended to be compared with this method for acceptance. However, it became apparent that better methods were required for adequate representation of pavement behavior under moving wheel loads. In this paper a summary of comparison tests conducted in Scandinavia is presented. The comparison included two designs of falling weight deflectometers (FWDs), Dynaflect, plate bearing, traveling deflectograph, vibrators, and Benkelman beam. These devices were used to test a variety of pavement structures. The results have revealed a wide range of deflections depending on the pavement section. These differences are caused by the magnitude and nature of applied load, time of loading, pavement thickness, and other factors. It appears that the FWD is well suited to a wide range of pavements and provides uniformly accurate results that are consistent with actual pavement loading and behavior.


It is significant to study the numerical methods for Maxwell equations that are the basic equations in electromagnetic field.The inexact Uzawa algorithms are efficient methods for solving the saddle point system.Using finite element discretization for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations in mixed form to yield a saddle point linear system,we then established an inexact Uzawa algorithm for solving the saddle point linear system,and provided the convergence proof of algorithm.Finally,comparing the inexact Uzawa algorithm with Variable relaxation parameters,we presented numerical tests to illustrate the efficiency of the inexact Uzawa algorithm.


ABSTRACT Background: Many health human resource planners have warned that Canada, like much of the industrialized world, is facing a nursing shortage. In Canada, nearly one-third of registered nurses (RNs) in the workforce are aged 50 years or older, and will soon reach the typical retirement age of 65 years. Research also indicates that an increasing proportion of RNs are retiring early, many by age 56. This paper examines the impact of RN retirement and death on the future RN supply.


Aim: To investigate whether immune responses against chronic HBV infection in children have an effect on prevalence of allergic diseases and atopy.


Aiming at the issue of ditch network structurally generalized difficultly, the Route System Model is imported to organize the ditch network data, and the ditch is classified morphologically. An automated selection model of ditch based on Multi-objective optimization by genetic algorithm is developed, several key problems in the process of building model are discussed, and three factors influencing model selection are proposed, which are the selection sums of ditches, minimum space between ditches, adding few "primary" ditches in initial selection. Layered method is adopted in selection, initial ditches are selected using knowledge principle, the others are structured selected by Genetic Algorithm. Experiments show that the model is not only considering the ditches' quality characteristics, but also keeping graphical distribution of ditches. The model is suitable for varieties of ditches, with a certain intelligence.


Statins may induce polyneuropathy. In a population-based study, Gaist et al. found a greater than 10-fold increased risk of developing idiopathic polyneuropathy among statin users. For patients treated with statins for 2 or more years the relative risk estimate increased to 26.4 (7.8 to 45.4).

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The accompanying editorial by Donaghy considers the factors that should be part of the decision-making process in using statins, noting helpful new approaches employed by Gaist et al., including the "number of patients needed to be treated to harm one additional patient." By this measure, statins are …


A field experiment was conducted to find out suitable weed management practice for control of
broad spectrum weeds in jute during 2015 and 2016. Seven weed management practices viz., T : 1
Farmers practices , T : Stale seed bed (SSB) + glyphosate 41% SL 1.25 kg/ha, T : SSB+glyphosate 1.75 2 3
kg/ha, T : SSB + glyphosate 1.25 kg/ha + pretilachlor 50% EC 1.0 kg/ha, T : SSB +glyphosate 4 5
1.75kg/ha + pretilachlor 1.0 kg/ha, T : SSB +glyphosate 1.25 kg/ha+butachlor 50 % EC 1.0 kg/ha and 6
T : SSB + glyphosate 1.75 kg/ha + butachlor1.0 kg/ha were tested in randomised block design (RBD) 7
with three replication. Cyperus rotundus was dominant weed species with 60-75 % of relative
density in experimental field. SSB + glyphosate 1.75 kg/ha + pretilachlor 1.0 kg/ha effectively
controlled density and dry weight of Cyperus rotundus, grass weeds (Echinochloa colonum and
Eleusine indica), broad leaved weeds (Physalis minima, and Trianthema portulacastrum) compared to
farmers' practices. SSB + glyphosate 1.75 kg/ha + pretilachlor 1.0 kg/ha also recorded the highest
plant height (293 cm and 335 cm), basal diameter (2.14 and 2.19 cm) and fibre yield (34.9 and 38.9
q/ha) of jute during 2015 and 2016. This treatment also recorded the highest net income (Rs 54182
and 75687/ha) and benefit-cost ratio (1.23 and 1.46) in jute cultivation during 2015 and 2016,
Therefore, SSB with glyphosate 1.75 kg/ha +pretilachlor 1.0 kg/ha may be practiced for effective
weeds control specially Cyperus rotundus, higher productivity and income in jute cultivation.


21 The elemental composition of plant tissue culture media was studied in response to (a) different levels of 22 Gelrite and activated carbon in semisolid media, and (b) different levels and types of activated carbon in 23 liquid media. Doubling Gelrite from 2 to 4 g/L, reduced available magnesium (20%), zinc (17%) and 24 manganese (24%) and increased potassium (6%). Activated carbon adsorbed calcium from semisolid 25 medium (25%). Copper (90-95%) and zinc (35-51%) were adsorbed from both liquid and semisolid media. 26 Two significantly different ACs gave minor differences in adsorption. No adsorption was indicated for 27 inorganic anions. Non-acid-washed activated carbon released significant levels of magnesium (44% 1 increase), calcium (16% Increase) and silica (75% increase to 1.8 ppm). Elemental composition of media 2 may need to be adjusted when increasing the Gelrite level or adding activated carbon. 3 4


[Problems] The present invention, when the expansion of the cell suspension consisting of plural kinds in the plane, with the separation of the small cells of the target cells and diameter than the cells of the target cells and comparable diameter and it providing a cell expansion method using a cell planar development device and the cells planar development device can be closely aligned to the plane. The solutions] target cells contained in the cell suspension can be developed in a planar shape, a cell planar development device having at least one groove, the maximum width of the open upper surface of the groove, the or equal to the diameter of the target cells, or greater than the diameter of the target cells, and the groove, so as to hold the objective cell in the middle of the depth direction, the diameter of the target cells in the depth direction thereof It has a smaller width than the bottom of the groove, or have the following slit or diameter 1 [mu] m or less of pore width 1 [mu] m, or, characterized in that no them.


In the following report 38 species of helminths from vertebrate hosts are considered, of which three are new. All were collected by Dr. C. Bonné of Surinam, and were presented through Prof. Leiper, F.R.S., to the London School of Tropical Medicine. The writer wishes to express his thanks to Prof. Leiper for the privilege of examining this material.


Curves which represent bundle branch block can usually be identified. More important are those which represent peri-infarction block. Multiple unipolar leads enable identification of the latter from the former, which they may closely resemble in the limb leads, and from intraventricular block of other types. Criteria and examples of peri-infarction block are presented and an incidence and explanation are offered.


Ivan Gordon Mannall was born in Edgware, Middlesex. He was educated at Dame Allan's School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and St Andrews University. He held house officer posts at Arbroath Infirmary, where he met his future wife, …


Association theories by statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) and cubic plus association (CPA) equation of states (EoS) have effectively handled various thermodynamic purposes thus far; they consider hydrogen bonding effects in associating compounds (those with hydrogen bonds such as water and alcohols) in a proper way. The objective of this work is to thermodynamically undertake the study of ethylenediamine (EDA)–water, EDA–methanol, EDA–ethanol, and EDA–2-propanol binary mixtures in a manner to be useful for designing separation processes by CPA EoS. Accordingly, CPA EoS was applied to model vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) of several practical binary mixtures including EDA–water, EDA–methanol, EDA–ethanol, and EDA–2-propanol. It should be noted that the aforementioned mixtures are being studied by CPA EoS for the first time and necessary details are presented; two different association schemes (different situations for creating hydrogen bonds), 2B and 4C schemes, were considered for EDA. Water and studied alcohols were also modeled by 4C and 2B schemes, respectively. Moreover, the capability of two different combining rules (Elliot and CR-1) was evaluated. The azeotrope point available in the phase diagram of EDA–water system was correctly identified by CPA EoS. Furthermore, the liquid phase density of EDA–water was satisfactorily predicted by CPA EoS. It has also a high level of accuracy in VLE modeling of EDA–methanol, EDA–ethanol, and EDA–2-propanol mixtures. In the end, according to all provided results, it can be said that CPA EoS along with all required parameters obtained in this study is capable of describing thermodynamic behavior of studied mixtures.


Mosque is place of worship as well as religious symbols that have religious and social aspects. The aspects can be used as places of worship, while social aspects are referred to as places of community activity, places of learning, cultural development, art of building, even in times of war for Acehnese fighters. But in the current era of globalization, mosques are no longer a place of worship, but also a tourist destination for both Muslims and non-Muslims. There are three the main halal tourism destinations Indonesia, they are West Sumatra, West Nusa Tenggara and Aceh Province . The addition of material directly is very important, especially in terms of control and physical appearance of the mosque. The Baiturrahman Mosque in Banda Aceh is one of them, since 2015 major improvements have been made enough to restore the face of the historic mosque. This study is a case study that tries to explore the in-depth perspective of several informants regarding sustainable tourism, focusing on mosques as halal tourism attractions. Data collection techniques used are observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. This research is expected to be able to find out (a) the attraction of Baiturrahman Great Mosque (b) to explore the deep perspectives of stakeholders regarding sustainable tourism, in this case concerning the Baiturrahman Mosque as the main attraction of Halal tourism in Banda Aceh. The results of this could be as input and consideration for the development of halal tourism, especially the development of tourism in other mosques in Aceh Province and Indonesia.


The following topics are addressed: the interfaces of the Xylariaceae with related groups and the 'essence of xylariaceousness'; speciation of Xylariaceae in the tropics; the distribution of Xylariaceae in the tropics; xylariaceous fungi categorized into ecological groups based on substrate type and timing of colonization and on modes of water conservation; xylariaceous fungi as latent pathogens and endophytes; novel morphological features of xylariaceous fungi and their roles under tropical conditions.


There are numerous studies on design documentation variables without efforts to evaluate their level of importance. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the significance of these variables towards improving design documentation quality. A questionnaire survey to identify the significance of key quality variables was carried out. A total of 139 variables on design documentation quality were used. The mean score and Standard deviation of each factor were used to determine the level of significance. Based on responses from 112 construction industry players, the significance of each variable is determined. Design documentation is fit for purpose was considered highly important as an attribute while Inadequate and Insufficient documentation was ranked highest for quality influential factors. The findings will provide valuable data to stakeholders, researchers, and academics and will help enhance project performance because professionals will be aware of key factors that can influence design documentation quality. It will also aid in providing solution to sustainable infrastructure design and delivery challenges in the industry. The study offers a pragmatic data and empirical evidence to expand knowledge on design documentation quality. It is the first of its kind that explored the significance of design documentation quality variables based on the outcome of a meta-synthesis.


Robots are becoming a vital ingredient in society. Some of their daily tasks require dual-arm manipulation skills in the rapidly changing, dynamic and unpredictable real-world environments where they have to operate. Given the expertise of humans in conducting these activities, it is natural to study humans' motions to use the resulting knowledge in robotic control. With this in mind, this work leverages human knowledge to formulate a more general, real-time, and less task-specific framework for dual-arm manipulation. The proposed framework is evaluated on the iCub humanoid robot and several synthetic experiments, by conducting a dual-arm pick-and-place task of a parcel in the presence of unexpected obstacles. Results suggest the suitability of the method towards robust and generalisable dual-arm manipulation.


ABSTRACT Anaerobic/anoxic biodegradation of hydrocarbons offers an attractive approach to the removal of these compounds from polluted environments such as aquifers, aquatic sediments, submerged soils and subsurface soils. The application of nitrate was investigated to accelerate the degradation of gasoline components such as mono-aromatic hydrocarbons and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in soil by indigenous microorganisms under anoxic condition. The addition of nitrate had little effect on the degradation of mono-aromatic hydrocarbons m- & p-xylene, o-xylene, sec-butylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, but facilitated the degradation of TPH (C6–C12) and mono-aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and ethylbenzene markedly. Furthermore, the more nitrate added, the higher the percentage of toluene, ethylbenzene and TPH (C6–C12) degraded after 180 days of anoxic incubation. Microorganisms capable of degrading toluene, ethylbenzene and TPH (C6–C12) with nitrate as the electron acceptor under anaerobic/anoxic condition are composed predominantly of Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma- or Delta-proteobacteria. Beta- and Gamma-proteobacteria were the main components of indigenous microorganisms, and accounted for 83–100% of the total amount of indigenous microorganisms in soil used in this study. Furthermore, the total amount of indigenous microorganisms increased with nitrate added. The addition of nitrate stimulated the growth of indigenous microorganisms, and therefore facilitated the degradation of toluene, ethylbenzene and TPH (C6–C12).


University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.May 2017. Major: Education, Curriculum and Instruction. Advisor: Gillian Roehrig. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 162 pages.


The West-East pipeline project attracted the attention from all over the world for its long distance, huge diameter, complex geographic conditions, and diversified welding techniques being applied. In this paper the detail welding process and procedures used in the project are discussed and the distinguished achievements on welding techniques of China pipeline construction are described.


This paper presents the work of developing a mobile expert system to provide information about the different kinds of kidney diseases. The mobile application developed is capable of diagnosing the user based on their health condition. The source of data used to build the expert system was collected from various related literature studies and interviews with experts in kidney diseases or Nephrology. The information provided by the application will help users in identifying early signs and symptoms of kidney diseases and will also improve their knowledge regarding these diseases. Detection of kidney diseases at a primary stage is essential to increase people's survival rate. The Decision Tree and Fuzzy logic algorithm were utilized to filter different symptoms and provide an accurate result of the diagnostic testing. The mobile application was evaluated by Nephrologist, Patients, and Mobile developers through its functionality, usability, and reliability using the ISO 9126 Software Quality Characteristics standard. The research evaluation results showed that the mobile application was able to achieve the defined objectives from the outcome of the survey given to the experts and other evaluators.


Background: The clonal diversity underpinning trends in multi-drug resistant (MDR) E. coli causing bloodstream infections (BSI) remain uncertain. We determine these from the largest longitudinal E. coli population genomic study conducted to date.

Methods: E. coli from BSI collected by the Norwegian surveillance program on resistant microbes were randomly sampled between 2002-2017. The 3254 isolates, representing ~7% of annual cases and all health regions, were whole-genome sequenced.

Findings: The equilibrium of major clones was disrupted by the increase of MDR clonal complex (CC)131 and its component clades. CC131 was the dominant contributor to increases in ESBL prevalence and fluoroquinolone resistance. Clade A increased from 2002, whilst the global MDR clade C2 was not observed until 2007. Frequent de novo acquisition of both blaCTX-M ESBL genes in clades A and C1, and of fluoroquinolone resistance in clade A were observed. We estimated exponential increases in the effective population sizes of clades A, C1 and C2 occurring in the mid-2000's, and in clade B a decade earlier. The rate of increase in clade A was nearly ten-fold that of C2, with clade A over-represented in Norway compared to a UK study by Kallonen et al.

Interpretation: Despite Norway's low antimicrobial use, multiple clades of CC131 rapidly established themselves, with non-C2 clades acquiring resistance to important antimicrobial classes. This suggests that antimicrobial resistance is a consequence of, rather than a determinant of success. This study demonstrates the importance of genomic surveillance in uncovering complex ecology underlying MDR dissemination and competition, within clones of priority pathogens.

Funding: This work was supported by a Trond Mohn Foundation AMR grant TMS2019TMT04 (R.G., A.P., J.C., O.S., P.J.) and ERC grant 742158 (J.C.).

Declaration of Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Ethics Approval Statement: Data in NORM are disidentified. Ethical approval was not required after evaluation by the Regional Ethical Committee (REC North ref: 93528).


Wireless access networks are demanding multi-gigabit capacities to cope with growing bandwidth demands. We present results showing that digital coherent detection and photonic downconversion support wireless over fiber links with capacities approaching baseband optical links.


It has been now 20 years since the publication of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) trial.1 This randomized controlled trial initiated a paradigm shift in the management of ischemic stroke. Before 1995, it was standard for patients with stroke to languish in emergency departments with no need to perform urgent brain imaging because it was argued that even the fundamental differentiation of intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke would not change management. The subsequent licensing of tPA provided an impetus to redesign stroke services to allow rapid assessment and delivery of therapy. One of the keys to the success of the NINDS tPA study was the remarkable number of patients who were able to be treated within 90 minutes of stroke symptom onset, a major logistic achievement that remains challenging for routine practice at many centers even today.

Subsequently, there have been 6 further randomized trials comparing tPA and placebo in various time windows 0 to 6 hours from stroke symptom onset (Figure 1; Table). The latest individual patient meta-analysis published in 2014 emphasized the generalized efficacy of tPA in the 0- to 4.5-hour time window, regardless of baseline stroke severity or age, but again confirming a striking relationship with treatment time.3 No trial has demonstrated benefit beyond 4.5 hours. Although there remain isolated but vocal opponents of the evidence for tPA, the therapy is no longer controversial among clinicians who treat patients with stroke. It is a pillar of every evidence-based acute stroke guideline around the world.4,5 In this review, we will examine the origins and implications of various indications and contraindications for tPA and the importance, 20 years on, of not just giving tPA to all eligible patients but optimizing efficient delivery to maximize the …


This study introduces the principles of the development and characteristics of the structure of TUFS Language Modules, a multilingual learning system developed by the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and analyzes the peculiarities and utilities of the Korean Language Program. TUFS Language Modules have been developed for 17 languages, and each module for the 17 languages consists of "Pronunciation Modules", "Dialogue Modules", "Grammar Modules", and "Vocabulary Modules". TUFS Language Modules adopted a cross-lingual functional syllabus for the Dialogue Module which is composed of 40 functions for each of the 17 target languages. The analysis of Korean program in TUFS Language Modules can be summarized as follows: First, the Korean Language Program in the multilingual learning system induces learners` learning motivation and enables the learners to study Korean from the point of view of contrastive linguistics. Second, the "modular concept" which is the principle of its development maximizes the effect of web-based materials, and allows learners to do autonomous leaning. Third, it makes it possible for learners to participate in active learning by providing learning models on the web. (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)


An all-fiber 2×2 switch using a poled electrooptic fiber segment in a Mach- Zehnder interferometer is demonstrated. Instrumentation limited switching speeds are greater than 150 MHz with less than 2 dB insertion loss and a isolation of greater than 15 dB, limited by the 3-db couplers, at a switching voltage of 1.4 kV. Fabrication details are presented as well as prospects for reduction in the switching voltage.


This study presents a Grid connected Wind Energy Conversions System (WECS) where performance is improved by switching of Shunt Active Filter. Shunt active filter for non linear loads is designed to minimize the harmonics present in the wind power system. Due to large penetration of power electronic controllers in the wind power applications, switching of these power electronic circuits induces harmonics in the source which causes undesirable effects on the wind energy conversion systems and the electrical components which is in the power system network. Shunt active filter is a harmonic mitigating device comprising of voltage source inverter fed through a DC capacitor. The control strategy is based on extraction of harmonics using synchronous reference frame theory. The major contributions of this study is to extract harmonics from the grid connected Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) by generating the PWM signals using the Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) to control the Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) which has reduced the losses. The proposed method has been simulated and validated using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The end result of the proposed system shows that the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the grid connected wind generator has been reduced at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC).


Assessment of technical visual representations poses challenges for professionals in both academic and non-academic settings. Recent research demonstrates the challenge faced by technical communicators who assume responsibility for visual communication with little or no formal training in design or related fields [1]. Because many people now responsible for oversight, editing, and production of visual communication are primarily verbal communicators, we tend to either ignore matters of design or superimpose linguistic evaluation strategies onto images. The alternative model suggested here pulls from the rich scholarship based on Gestalt, narrative, and semiotic theories to shape an assessment heuristic that encourages visual assessment based on some foundational tenets of visual literacy.


The main aim of this study is to examine the effects of training materials and methods on the performance of employee of the commission for land in Zanzibar. The researcher has mainly employed quantitative research approach with appropriate method of analysis for this study. Both purposive and simple random sampling designs were used to select sample size for this study. The sample size for this study consists of 91 respondents and survey questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. To achieve a credible study a multiple regression was used to analyse the collected data from relevant respondents. The study has revealed that two predictors (training material and training method) had a significant effect or impact on the outcome variable (employee's performance). In other words, the results of predictor variables are; training material (β = 0.246, t = 2.241, p < 0.05), training method (β = 0.248, t = 2.313, p < 0.05). Basically, the effect of training material and training method on employees' performance COLA in Zanzibar was in a positive direction. The study conclude that the COLA should plan and implement these two indicators (training material and training methods) so as to run a cycle of increasing skills in employees in order to increase performance.


A study of oxidative decarboxylation of propionic and succinic acids by permanganate ion in moderately concentrated acidic medium has shown that it is a two-stage reaction, i.e. a slow first stage is followed by a relatively faster second stage. The 1g (a-x) versus t curve displays an inflection. In the both stages the reaction follows first order behaviour with respect to each, substrate and the oxidant. The cause of autocatalysis has been attributed to Mn(II) ions, which was further substantiated by the initial addition of MnSO 4 . The oxidation reactions are acid catalysed and, therefore, various hypotheses for the mechanism of acid catalysis were tested. Thus, the role of water molecule as proton abstracting agent has been established. On addition of fluoride ions, known complexing agents, there is a decrease in the reaction rate. The stoichiometry for the propionic acid reaction is 5CH 3 CH 2 COOH+2MnO - 4 +6H + → 5CH 3 CH 2 OH+3H 2 O+5CO 2 +2Mn 2 + . The effect of ionic strength has also been studied. Thermodynamic parameters have been computed by studying the reaction at different temperatures. On the basis of the various observations and product characterisation a most plausible mechanism has been envisaged.


73 Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. A programming algorithm for a flash memory wherein programming circuitry is subdivided into a set of separately (21) Appl. No.: 551705 controllable groups. The algorithm detects a number of logic 22 Filed: Nov. 1, 1995 Zeros to be programmed into a flash cell array by each group (51 int. Cl. ... G11C 7700 and switches among the groups such that a number of 52 U.S. Cl. .................. ... 365/185.11: 365/230.03 simultaneously programmed cells in the flash cell array does 58) Field of Search .......................... 365/185.11, 230.03, not exceed a predetermined number and such that maximum 365/185.33 available programming current is used to enhance program 56 References Cited ming speed.


Abstract New Schiff bases 5-iodo-indol-2,3-dionehydrazinecarboxamide (L1H) and 5-iodo-indol-2,3-dionehydrazinecarbothioamide (L2H) and their organotin(IV) complexes have been synthesized. The biologically potent ligands interacted with the Sn(IV) metal ion in 1:1 and 1:2 molar ratios, respectively, in dry methanol. Tentative structural conclusions of organotin(IV) complexes are described with the support of elemental analyses, melting points, and molecular weight determinations, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance (1H, 13C, and 119Sn), and ultraviolet-visible light spectroscopic studies. The spectroscopic data showed that the ligands are monobasic bidentate, coordinating through nitrogen and sulfur/oxygen atoms. Thus, suitable trigonal bipyramidal geometry and octahedral geometry have been suggested for the 1:1, and 1:2 metal complexes, respectively. The ligands and their complexes have been tested against various microbes for their in vitro antimicrobial activities. All complexes exhibit good antibacterial activity against the two bacterial species Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and remarkable antifungal activity against the two fungi Fusarium semitectum and Aspergillus flavus with respect to their corresponding ligands. The DNA cleavage efficiency of the ligands and the complexes has also been examined and discussed using gel electrophoresis technique, which showed the cleavage of DNA by all the metal complexes and ligands.


Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) can enable three-dimensional(3-D) surface profiles through single-shot imaging, which make it one of the popular high-throughput, non-contact topography methods. Here, we developed a portable FTP using a smart phone and a micro projector. The micro projector casts a fringe pattern onto the measured object surface and the smart phone captures the resulting deformed fringe image. However, the recorded image has distortion and noise, which seriously degrade the reconstructed quality. In addition, the traditional transform, such as Fourier and wavelet, can suppress parts of high frequencies yielded by sharp changes in shape, resulting in image blurring. We then introduce Curvelet transform to inhibit the noise and preserve the high frequencies owing to its multiscale and multi-direction analysis in image processing capacities. Simulations and the experimental results show that the Curvelet transform has an excellent performance in image denoising and Curvelet transform denoising achieves high-precision 3D reconstruction.


This chapter applies the notion of dynamic embodiment to graphic illness narratives about depression, a disease that typically involves a range of both mental/cognitive and physical symptoms, including low mood, feelings of worthlessness, and altered perceptions of time. These symptoms lead to an inability to engage actively in the world and a tendency to spend many hours in a prostrate position. Correspondingly, in comics depressed characters are frequently drawn lying down and at the bottom of panels and pages, which reflects the close links between feelings of hopelessness and the effects of gravity on the body (SAD IS DOWN). Many metaphors of depression in these works also convey a sense of what shall be termed "temporal entrapment." This is due to the unique process of translating time into space in the comics medium, which foregrounds temporal aspects of the depression experience when artists are communicating through the graphic pathography genre.


A method for maintaining uplink synchronization in P2P (Peer-to-Peer) communication to be performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the procedure results in a P2P direct link, for controlling the uplink synchronization of the user equipment a step of negotiating with the wireless communication network system for parameters and schedule, by the negotiated parameters, and transmitting a test signal to the network system via a customized uplink channel, by the negotiated schedule, the from the network system, and receiving the control information transmitted via a customized downlink channel, by the control information, the in P2P communication user instrumentation A method and a step of maintaining uplink synchronization. Since uplink synchronization may be implemented through the customized channel, the present invention is the uplink through the system performance degradation and the downlink common control channel caused by increasing the transmission power of the user equipment to transmit P2P signals It may overcome the overload problems caused by implementing the synchronization.


Helical gears are widely used in mechanica transmission system,which's performance affects the hole mechanica system;doing simulation to helical gears in static and dynamic performance with virtual prototyping technology,reducing the design time and cost,and changing the design of gears,rising its performance of design.


Nowadays, high volatile bituminous coals are broadly used for metallurgical coke production in Russia. The share of such coals in the coking blend is variable from 20 to 40 % by weight. There are some coal deposits in Kuznetskii basin which have big resources of the coals with low caking tendency. The low caking properties of such coals limit of its application in coking process. At the same time the usage of low caking coals for the coke production would allow to broad up the feedstock for coke production. Preliminary tests, carried out in COAL-C`s lab shown some differences in coal properties in dependence on the size distribution. That is why the separation of well caking fraction from petrographically heterogeneous coals and its further usage in coking process may be promising. Another way of low caking coals application in coke industry is briquettes production from such coals. This method is been known for a very loner time acro. It may be divided into two possible directions of briquettes using. First is a direct coking of briquettes from the low caking coals. Another way is briquettes adding to coal blend in defined proportion and its combined coking. The possibility of applicationmore » of coal benefication methods mentioned above was investigated in present work.« less


The work proposes a novel network structure for the least mean square error reconstruction (LMSER) principle to perform principal subspace analysis (PSA). The LMSER principle allows for an efficient parallel and robust implementation of PSA, where each individual processing cell contains a local adaptation algorithm. Instead of the classical feedforward network topology this work introduces a recursive topology. It is also shown that the fully connected two-layered network can be represented by a network of multiple locally connected processing layers. This locally coupled network closely resembles cellular nonlinear networks (CNN) and is very suitable for a VLSI (very-large-scale-integration) implementation.


This article examines the first unit of the coursebook Zip From Zog 5A used in the English classes of Programa Acelera Brasil. In order to analyze the suitability of the book, we will work with Cunningsworth (1995), Tílio & Rocha (2009) and the Parâmetros Curriculares do Ensino Fundamental (1997).


Wireless industrial networks have been deemed as a promising solution in the new round of industrial revolution with digitalization, networking and intellectualization of manufacturing industry. However, in order to meet the stringent requirement on the reliable and low latency information delivery, the wireless resource should be carefully managed across the overall networks. In this paper, we consider the software defined network (SDN) architecture for the wireless industrial networks, whereby the network states and wireless spectrum usage of the overall network can be monitored continuously, and thus channel allocation strategy can be adjusted wisely in a judicious way. In order to characterize the timeliness requirement for information delivery, we adopt the age of information (AoI) as a measure of the information freshness, and an AoI aware channel allocation problem is formulated accordingly. Two efficient heuristic algorithms are designed for this NP-hard problem, and simulation results are provided to evaluate the performance of the proposed schemes.


A design is presented and computer-simulated for high-mobility Si/SiGe heterojunction CMOS transistors. Comparing 0.2 /spl mu/m Si/SiGe FETs to bulk Si FETs, an increase is predicted in current drive of 125% and 23% in the p-FET and n-FET, respectively. For given propagation delay (55 ns), simulated loaded ring oscillators at 1.5 V exhibit 4.6 times reduction in power-delay-product compared to bulk Si CMOS oscillators of the same design rules operating at 2.5 V.


This dataset contains the Markus encoded text file of 洞真太一帝君太丹隱書洞真玄經 (Dongzhen taiyi dijun taidan yinshu dongzhen xuanjing). Most of the metadata are based on information obtained from Schipper & Verellen's Daoist Canon (published in 2004), unless stated otherwise. Where a date range is listed as one half of a century, e.g. "late fourth century BCE," this is listed as a 50-year range, i.e. between -350 and -300.


Nanocrystalline copper sulphide particles were prepared by coprecipitation method. The solution equilibrium constants of nanometer copper sulfide and corresponding bulk copper sulfide at 288.15 K, 298.15 K, 308.15 K, 318.15 K, 328.15 K were determined by solubility method. Based on the theory of dissolution thermodynamics, the dissolution thermodynamic function of copper sulfide was further calculated, and the surface thermodynamic function of copper sulfide was obtained by comparison with bulk.


The aging of the freshly precipitated oxyhydroxides of Al (III), Cr (III) and Zr (IV) with the adsorbed cations of non-ferrous metals (Cu 2+ , Ni 2+ , Cr 3+ , Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ ) in long-term (2–3 years) exposure to 0,25 M NaCl solution at room temperature has been studied. It has been established that among the studied oxyhydroxides only alumina gel's electric surface properties and composition have been changed significantly. Over 70 % of the non-ferrous metal cations are desorbed in the result of such transformations. The chromogels and zirconia gels has changed only slightly over the same period of time. The nature of the adsorbed cations insignificantly affects the properties of studied oxyhydroxides.


The characteristics and natures of the course of hydraulic transmission and control are analyzed,and the course is oriented as a course of theory being the same important with practice,and on the basis of this,several valid teaching methods are studied according to practical scientific researches and teaching experiences,all these can enhance teaching quality of the course of hydraulic transmission and control and promote the cultivation of eligible personnel in hydraulic field.


The spectral representation method is a quick and versatile tool for the generation of spatially variable, response-spectrum-compatible simulations to be used in the nonlinear seismic response evaluation of extended structures, such as bridges. However, just as recorded data, these simulated accelerations require processing, but, unlike recorded data, the reasons for their processing are purely numerical. Hence, the criteria for the processing of acceleration simulations need to be tied to the effect of processing on the structural response. This paper presents a framework for processing acceleration simulations that is based on seismological approaches for processing recorded data, but establishes the corner frequency of the high-pass filter by minimizing the effect of processing on the response of the structural system, for the response evaluation of which the ground motions were generated. The proposed two-step criterion selects the filter corner frequency by considering both the dynamic and the pseudo-static response of the systems. First, it ensures that the linear/nonlinear dynamic structural response induced by the processed simulations captures the characteristics of the system`s dynamic response caused by the unprocessed simulations, the frequency content of which is fully compatible with the target response spectrum. Second, it examines the adequacy of the selected estimate for the filter corner frequency by evaluating the pseudo-static response of the system subjected to spatially variable excitations. It is noted that the first step of this two-fold criterion suffices for the establishment of the corner frequency for the processing of acceleration time series generated at a single ground-surface location to be used in the seismic response evaluation of, e.g. a building structure. Furthermore, the concept also applies for the processing of acceleration time series generated by means of any approach that does not provide physical considerations for the selection of the corner frequency of the high-pass filter.


Plant cold shock proteins have conserved structure. They are homologous to cold shock proteins in prokaryotes, having RNA-binding site(Sl domain), or similar five-stranded antiparallel β-barrel . They act as regulators in gene transcription and translation to execute their physiological functions.


Organic acids and inorganic acids in rainwater samples from Guiyang,Southwest China were simultaneously determined by ICS-90 ion chromatography combined with a RFC-30 eluent generator.Acetate,formate and oxalate were the dominant organic acids,and lactate,pyruvate,propionate and methanesulfonate anions were detected at relatively lower levels.The average contribution of organic aicds to the free acidity of precipitation was 23.2%,and to the total anions was 1.4%.Compared to results measured 20 years ago,acetate and formate in rainwater of Guiyang possibly have at least 1/2 and 3/4 of them resulting from anthropogenic sources,respectively.This study clearly demonstrates the important impacts of anthropogenic sources on organic acids in rainwater.


One kind of lens barrel and a camera mechanism having a mechanism of the lens barrel, wherein the light-shielding and dustproof mechanism simultaneously secured to the first optical assembly mounted to said second optical assembly, and the light shielding means is mounted to the dust the second embodiment of the optical assembly, the light shielding means with respect to the dust and the second optical assembly is moved in the optical axis direction, and the light-shielding and dustproof means being compressed and stretched in the case where restricting restriction portion respectively by said second optical assembly. Dust can thereby shielding assembly and miniaturization.


Abstract Recently, Mao developed a new explicit method, called the truncated Euler–Maruyama method for nonlinear SDEs, and established the strong convergence theory under the local Lipschitz condition plus the Khasminskii-type condition. The key aim of this paper is to establish the rate of strong convergence of the truncated Euler–Maruyama method for one-dimensional stochastic differential equations involving that the local time at point zero under the drift coefficient satisfies a one-sided Lipschitz condition and plus some additional conditions.


AbstractPoly(vinylphosphonic acid-co-acrylonitrile) with various concentrations of vinylphosphonic acid polymer units were prepared by free radical solution polymerization. The membranes were prepared by casting polymer solutions in N,N′-dimethylformamide and evaporating the solvent. Thermogravimetric analysis showed the stability of prepared membranes up to 175°C, and membranes were stable in oxidative Fenton reagent for 1 h at 70°C. The membranes of polymers containing more than 16 mol% of units with phosphonic acid group swelled excessively in water. The ionic conductivity of membranes increased with the increasing concentration of polymer units with a phosphonic acid group in the polymer chain and with temperature. The conductivity of a membrane with 15.5 mol% of polymer units with a phosphonic acid group was 5.15 S m−1 at 35°C. Membrane containing 15.5 mol% phosphonic acid units in polymer was tested in fuel cell.


The concept of cyclic wavelet transform and its fast algorithm are introduced. A process oftransforming original wavelet into corresponding cyclic wavelet is discussed in detail. A general formula of cyclicwavelet decomposition of a signal is given by wrapping round and adding process. A uniform description of even Daubechies cyclic wavelet transform matrix for a signal with the arbitrary power of 2 lengths is presented. The extraction procedure of impulse response via cyclic wavelet transform for structural system identification isintroduced, then simulation of the presented procedure for two DOF and cantilever system is studied. In the simulation, ensemble-averaging performance and influence of using the Daubechies wavelet with variable length on the identification accuracy is discussed and compared with that of the extraction procedure based on the FFT.