Through vastly increasing availability of digital devices in people's everyday life, ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) ecologies are emerging. An important challenge here is the design of adequate techniques that facilitate people's interaction with these ubicomp devices. In my research, I explore how the knowledge of people's and devices' spatial relationships – called proxemics – can be applied to interaction design. I introduce concepts of proxemic interactions that consider fine-grained information of proxemics to mediate people's interactions with digital devices, such as large digital surfaces or portable personal devices. In particular, my work considers four dimensions that are essential to determine basic proxemic relationships of people and devices: position, orientation, movement, and identity. I outline my previous and current work towards a framework of proxemic interaction, the design of adequate development tools, and the implementation and evaluation of applications that illustrate concepts of proxemic interactions. ACM Classification: H.5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces: Input devices and strategies.


To cultivate high skilled applied talents combining learning with working is an inevitable choice of Chinese higher vocational education.Establishing a higher vocational teacher groups according to the requirements of combining learning with working is a key factor.Higher vocational teachers should be combined with characteristics of the model,positively developed their own professional ability.


Nowadays a steadily increasing amount of multimedia content is generated and requires storage in digital libraries. Current research focuses on identifying user needs to make relevant information available through semantically enhanced retrieval techniques. In this context the already complex task of retrieving multimedia content on a semantic level is further complicated by right management and security issues which are evolving into fundamental topics in the area of digital libraries. Previous research conducted by our group concentrated on topics like extraction of metadata from multimedia content, indexing of metadata and application of indexed metadata for storage, search and retrieval tasks. Our research activities resulted in a semantic technology framework for metadata based multimedia retrieval. Based on these results we have selected promising and emerging technologies to extend our framework according to the application domain E-Learning with special focus on digital rights management in context of distributed multimedia learning content management systems.


Objective To observe the effect and safety of compound glycyrrhizin in the treatment of acute eczema. Method The effect and side effect of treating acute eczema with compound glycyrrhizin were compared with citidine, and statistical analysis was performed. Results The effect rate of the treatment group was 92.64% and that of the contrast group was 75.38%. Significant difference was seen through chi-square test (χ2=7.45,P0.01). Conclusion Treating acute eczema with compound glycyrrhizin shows good effect and safety.


The purpose of this paper is to perform the needs analysis of adult competencies for career interrupted women and to provide information on priority group competencies of them. The subjects of this study were 241 women in 17 cities and provinces across the country, and sampling was conducted using a stratified random sampling method. For the research method, the t-test, Borich needs assessment, and The Locus for Focus model suggested by Cho (2009) were systemically employed to identify the priorities. As a result of the analysis, there were 10 competencies belonging to both the Borich needs assessment and The Locus for Focus model, and two competencies among them, financial management competency and digital utilization competency, were derived as the highest priority competencies. Next, competencies corresponding to only one of the two techniques were selected as second priority competencies. Based on the results of this study, implications for development of customized lifelong education programs for career interrupted women were suggested.


An approximate method based on an analogous Fick's law mass transport model was derived to predict the concentration profiles of suspended particles in a primary sedimentation tank for wastewater treatment as a function of time and column height. A pilot sedimentation column was constructed to test wastewater sedimentation and obtain the necessary data for the proposed model. The examined variables included the total suspended solids concentration, the sedimentation height, and the time elapsed. Computer code was developed to estimate the dispersion coefficient present in the sedimentation model from experimental data via least-squares regression, resulting in a relative error of 3.705%. The proposed model was validated by good agreement with reported data in the literature. The basic dimensions for designing a primary sedimentation tank were obtained based on the experimental data from wastewater samples obtained by a wastewater collector located in the industrial zone of Celaya City, Mexico. This method...


This study aims to find out what are the factors that cause junior high school students to have difficulty in learning mathematics online. This type of research is a quantitative research, the method used in this research is descriptive by using a student response questionnaire instrument in the form of a Google Form which contains 12 statements derived from several indicators. The subjects in this study were students of class VIII SMP Negeri 2 Mandastana, totaling 31 students. The results of this study indicate that students' difficulties with online learning are relatively low with a percentage level of 41%, there is only one indicator that shows students' difficulties in online learning, namely the attitude indicator with a percentage of 60%. So it can be concluded that students are pretty good at online learning even though it is seen from the google form data that there are still obstacles that students experience in carrying out online mathematics learning but it does not give more influence.


In this paper,the authors deal with the oscillatory behavior of the solutions of the following nonlinear neutral delay differential equation(x(t)-P(t)g(x(t-τ)))′+Q(t)h(x(t-δ))=0,where P,Q∈C([t_0,∞),R),g,h∈C(R,R),τ0,δ≥0.Simple oscillation criteria are obtained by establishing a relation between the above-mentioned equation and a corresponding linear neutral differential equation.


Methyl bromide (CH3Br) is an ozone depleting trace gas that is now mainly emitted from natural sources. Roughly 80% of anthropogenic production of CH3Br was phased‐out in response to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer beginning in 1999 and atmospheric levels of CH3Br have declined considerably since. Here we use surface measurements of CH3Br from NOAA's global air sampling network, along with a six‐box atmosphere/ocean model to explore interannual variability in atmospheric CH3Br mole fractions. We find that CH3Br mole fractions are strongly correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, but variability in winds, sea surface temperature, and biological production during ENSO are unlikely to drive the observed changes in atmospheric CH3Br directly. Rather, the results indicate that ENSO‐driven changes to biomass burning are an important cause of the observed interannual CH3Br variability.


Hart speaks about the history of Western civilization and its fundamental belief in human rationality. Scientism and positivism with their roots in the Greek tradition pay attention to integration and theorization of details at the risk of producing abstraction that leads to isolation.


Injection of bacteria-free Naegleria aerobia into subcutaneous and skeletal muscle tissue of guinea pigs was followed by a gradual loss of weight and a general loss of strength, and, in some cases, by death. Examination showed marked invasion from the local injection site into lymphoid tissue and viscera, but the nervous system was not invaded. Similar injections using Hartmannella culbertsoni produced only local abscess formation. The histologic appearance of the lesions is described, and the possible occurrence of such lesions in nature is discussed. The growth and invasion of the host are reminiscent of the invasion and destruction of a host by a malignant neoplasm.


In this article the author considers the essence of project-based learning, problem-based learning, a method of concrete situations, of the method as a component technology of independent work of students, as well as the possibilities of these technologies in modernizing the independent work of students.


To improve the disadvantage of conventional acid-fast stain method of mycobacterium tuberculosis,the authors develop a new device of acid-fast stain.The design,producing,functions and application of the instrument are mainly illustrated.This instrument is stable,easy-control and operation.


Aunt Marcelina, an African woman who had her terreiro invaded by a militiamen group, was beaten on February 1st, 1912. In addition to the pain, her image resists not being erased and preserving what was known as the "Quebra de Xango". This article presents fragments of memories of those who knew her and credited its importance to the history of the xangos in Alagoas.


� Abstract—A portable sensor for the analysis of phosphate in aqueous samples has been developed. The sensor incorporates microfluidic technology, colorimetric detection, and wireless communications into a compact and rugged portable device. The detection method used is the molybdenum yellow method, in which a phosphate-containing sample is mixed with a reagent containing ammonium metavanadate and ammonium molybdate in an acidic medium. A yellow-coloured compound is generated and the absorption of this compound is measured using a light emitting diode (LED) light source and a photodiode detector. The absorption is directly proportional to the phosphate concentration in the original sample. In this paper we describe the application of this phosphate sensor to the analysis of wastewater at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Co. Kildare, Ireland.


This paper will focus on the dynamics of group collaboration within a design project context and the application of design software tools. A typography design based project was used to create a collaborative learning environment with the aim of inculcating collaborative skills into the learners and increase their creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Therefore, the study were sought to measure the task skill which the focusing will be on the skills acquired in learning and the process skills which will be focus on the individual and group response during the completion of the task. The ability of students to produce good typography artwork according to the specific requirement was measured from the final artwork submitted.


The present invention, a) a polyisocyanate, b) at least one high molecular weight compound having at least two reactive hydrogen atoms, and c) optionally, low molecular weight chain extenders and / or crosslinkers, d) appropriate blowing agent comprising water, e) catalysts, f) water-absorbing polymer, g) optionally, a capsule containing a latent heat storage medium, and h) optionally, a step of mixing a wide variety of additive materials, and thereby obtained If the reaction mixture is reacted, forming a polyurethane foam, a batch method for producing a polyurethane foam containing blowing agent d) is either free of water or blowing agent d) comprises water, in the process of forming the reaction mixture, to a batch method for producing a polyurethane foam, characterized in that only contacting the blowing agent d) and water-absorbing polymer f). The invention further polyurethane foam obtained by such a method, and a shoe sole comprising such polyurethane foam.


Objective: The Study was designed to investigate the effect of two different growth stages on quantity of essential oil of Geranium leaves with Evaluation of its antimicrobial activity Methods: The leaves were collected from plants during vegetative and flowering stages. The leaves were dried at room temperature and the essential oil was obtained by steam distillation processes. Antimicrobial activity of essential oil was tested against foure types of bacteria,includingEscherchia coil, Staphylococcus aureus,Pesudomnusaeruginosaand Salmonllatyphi. Results: The results were reffered to percentage of essential oil of geranium leaves was 0.10% at vegetative stage while the percentage of essential oil was reached to 0.04 %.at flowering stage. The essential oil exhibited an antibacterial effect against all the four bacreia tested. Conclution: The different growth stage have effect on essential oil percentage and the essential oil of geranium leaves must be obtained during vegetative stage and pre flowering stage.


It is shown that self-focusing can be taken into account in an optical paraxial system by simply defining a new generalized radius of curvature, namely, 1qNL=1R−jσπW2λ,where (σ − 1) is the ratio of the power of the beam to the critical power for self-focusing.


We present a new analysis of the greedy algorithm for the prob lem of finding a minimum spanning subset in -polymatroids. This algorithm has a performance ratio of approximately , which is best possible for large . A consequence of this algorithm is a polynomial time approxi mat on algorithm with approximation ratio for finding minimum weight spanning subhypergraphs in -restricted hypergraphs. This generalization of the wellknown set cover problem naturally arises when computing Steiner m inimum trees. Other applications of the algorithm include the rigidity problem in statics.


Hunger strikes have long been a method used by individuals with limited power to change their circumstances as a way of drawing attention to injustices suffered, whether actual or perceived. However, those responsible for the care of such people have a competing responsibility to their care, including making certain they are properly nourished. This article discusses whether it is appropriate to force-feed an individual on a hunger strike, using a Catholic ethical framework to explore the issue.


Background: Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) and lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) are benign self‐healing cutaneous eruptions that may be clinically and histologically similar. The purposes of this study were to evaluate immunohistological characteristics of PLEVA and LyP and to investigate whether Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) may be present in PLEVA and LyP.


Aim:  Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often shows resistance to transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Such patients often have a poor prognosis and are unresponsive to other forms of therapy. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the response to TACE using platinum analogues in patients deemed resistant to TACE using epirubicin.


Using a two-dimensional Scheutjens and Fleer self-consistent field calculation, we determine the equilibrium morphology of thin films of symmetric AB diblock copolymers confined between hard, smooth plates. A lamellar phase is established with the stripes either perpendicular or parallel to the walls. With neutral walls, the perpendicular orientation is stabilized by the nematic ordering of the monomers, which arises from the orientational constraint imposed by the walls. When the substrates are composed of pure A monomer (thus repulsive to B), there are transitions from strained parallel conformations, which wet the substrates with A polymer, to distorted perpendicular configurations as the film thickness is varied. It is possible that the removal of one of the walls (the usual experimental scenario of thin films spun cast onto a substrate) can still lead to spontaneous and robust pattern formation on the scale of tens of nanometers.


The local structures of U-Co melts have been studied by first-principle calculations. Two sub-peaks are observed in the first peaks of U-U pair distribution functions. The Voronoi polyhedral analyses also show two separate core-shell U-U distances. Therefore, the calculated results propose that U atoms will play dual roles, "chemical" and "topological", in the local structures of U-Co melts. In addition, the chemical effect of U atoms will be strengthened when containing more U atoms. The interaction of Co and U atoms is slightly affected by the compositions. The Co-centered clusters are mostly prism-like or antiprism-like polyhedral, which can be predicted by the solute-solvent model. The distribution of the coordinated numbers of Co atoms is much narrower than that of U atoms, showing relatively stable Co-centered clusters. The chemical and topological roles of U atoms are intuitively observed in the electron density of U-Co melts, which presents both metallic and covalent bonding characteristics for U-U bonds. In the end, we conclude that the partial localization of U 5f-electron is responsible for the dual roles of U atoms. The present results provide a theoretical understanding of the origin of the local structures of U-Co melts.


The following is an edited transcript of a conversation between Nicholas Jones and Anthony Powers in Lower Breinton, Hereford, on 28 April 2003. Square-bracketed dates and other parentheses are editorial.


DEAR SIR, account for aspects of therapy which go beyond the desensitization couch or the syringe loaded with apomorphine. Ambitious attempts at evaluating various therapies are surely to be encouraged and reinforced. However, it is misleading to publish articles which are so unsatisfactory on methodological grounds. As a fellow "¿ behaviourtherapist―, I can only hope that investigators like Drs. Marks and Gelder will be more careful in specifying the referents of their terms.


In this paper,using solid phase extraction technique,we examined release methods of heroin and its metabolites in hair through the comparison of several digestion modes,such as alkaline digestion,acid digestion,methanol extraction,methanol-5 mol/L HCl extraction,methanol-TFA extraction with spiked drugs in blank hair and heroin abuser′s hair,A steady and high-effective method using methanol ultrasonic extraction followed by solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring was developed.The recovery for spiked 6-acetylmorphine in hair was 78.69% with the RSD of 2.4%,showing the method can detect 6-acetylmorphine in heroin abuser′s hair effectively.


Introduction: Politicizing MA-TESOL and [pound]2 Teacher Education 1. The Politics of TESOL Thought Collectives 2. The Politics of Local MA-TESOL Programs and Implications for the Larger TC 3. The Politics of Genres and Text Types 4. The Politics of Written Knowledge 5. Politics, Again: Some Practical Ways to Build Meta-Awareness into ([pound]1 and) [pound]2 Teacher Education


Design and implementation of Feature extraction of study of biometric images is being evaluated here. The major challenge in image processing technology is that predicting the uniqueness of the input. Such a system encloses a variable performance when compared with the traditional method. Palm vein recognition is a unique biometric authentication method based on the reliable authentic patterns of veins in the palms of people's hands. Palm vein recognition systems, compare the database of various images and does the feature extraction technique. As an added technique to increase the authentication accuracy now a day's multiple biometrics with Multi-modal feature extraction is mandatory. Here iris based authentication is also extracted to evaluate the improved authentication process in any kind of secured communication.


The mode‐matching technique is deployed in this paper in order to analyze and design a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) T‐junction diplexer in Ku‐band. The diplexer has bandwidths of 4.12% and 3.79% at 14.55 and 15.85 GHz, respectively. Also in Ku‐band, an SIW corner filter is analyzed and designed with the same technique. Analytical results are compared with simulated data obtained from commercially available field solvers such as CST Microwave Studio and ANSYS HFSS. Excellent agreement between analytical and simulated data is achieved. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Expansion vessel for a circuit intended for circulating substantially at atmospheric pressure, of a fluid which can pass at least partially from the liquid state to the gaseous state and vice versa, characterized in that it comprises in its upper part a membrane permeable to air and substantially impermeable to the vapor of said fluid, normally the only possible transition between the interior of the expansion tank and the outside atmosphere is effected through the membrane. Application to cooling systems for motor vehicles.


Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been found in several members in consecutive generations of two families. In one family the proband's father had affected children through two matings with unrelated wives. In both families, operation confirmed the PDA in each case in two generations. However, in the second family, a maternal great aunt of the proband had characteristic clinical findings, thus making three generations affected. This sequence is best explained by autosomal dominant inheritance with a high degree of specificity. Two other mechanisms for production of PDA seem well established by other studies: (1) maternal rubella and (2) a recessive characteristic. Further family studies are needed to clarify the exact mode of inheritance.


A method of manufacturing a cage for a roller bearing comprising the steps of: - positioning a strip (3) between a punch (11) and a counter-holding tool (12), and punching a plurality of spaced apart pockets (4) for receiving rollers (2), thereby forming a respective transverse rod (7) between two adjacent Bag (4) of the two side faces (4a, 4b) of the transverse rod (7) in the pockets (4) projecting protrusions (5, 6), and - transferring the strip (3) in an annular shape, characterized by the intermediate steps of: - positioning of the transverse rod (7) between an upper ironing die (14) and a lower ironing die (15), - pressing the two ironing dies (14, 15) from above and below against the transverse rod (7) and thereby - ironing (ironing) of the projections (5, 6) or the projections (5, 6) and parts of the lateral faces (4a, 4b) on both sides of the transverse rod (7) in both thickness directions of the strip ...


Three-fold dendrites of Ce(OH)CO3 with multilayer caltrop have been synthesized on a large scale by means of a complexing agent assisted solution route. The shape of these as-prepared architectures can be tuned effectively by controlling the reaction conditions, such as reaction time and the molar ratio of complexing agent/Ce3+. As a typical morphology, the growth process of 3-fold dendrites of Ce(OH)CO3 with multilayer caltrop has been examined, and a possible mechanism is discussed. The phase and morphology of the as-prepared product have been characterized by means of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), (high resolution) transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The morphology of dendrites is sustained after thermal decomposition–oxidation Ce(OH)CO3 to CeO2. To extend this method, La(OH)CO3 and Eu3+/Ce(OH)CO3 dendritic structures can also be achieved at similar reaction conditions. After similar heat treatment in an oven, their dendritic structures are also retained....


In this paper, by using Fφ-type real functions, some common fixed point for fuzzy mappings satisfying an implicit φcontractive conditions in complete metric spaces are established. Our results extend, generalize, and improve some existing results. Moreover, some applications and two examples are given here to illustrate the validity of the hypotheses of our main results. c ©2017 All rights reserved.


The distribution of peripheral opioid receptors and aralgesic effect and mechanisms of peripheral opioid ewre summarized.Analgesic effect of opioids includes central and peripheral mechanisms.Potent and significant analgesic effects can be brought about by opioids acting outside the central nervous system.Primary sensory neurons and their peripheral nerve terminals express opioid receptors.In inflammation and nerve injury cases,opioid receptors synthesis may increase and be transported to the peripheral nerve terminals and damaged parts.As a result,the expression of opioid receptors in nociceptive fibers may increase and make themselves more susceptible to opioid analgesics.


The article examines the little-studied problem associated with the study of economic culture in the system of the activity approach. The rationality of the result of the entrepreneurial activity and behavior is a universal synthesis of a number of interrelated components: fi rst, it is necessary to consider the peculiarities of the formation of the enterprise; secondly, it is important the knowledge of the personal characteristics of the economic entity; third, to consider itself the entrepreneurial space, which involves the selection of opportunities for rational business decisions and business choices. The formation of an entrepreneurial culture involves changes in thinking style, output priority on the role of integrative thinking. A specifi c feature of the thinking of the modern entrepreneur acts as its capacity for rational perception is multidimensional socio-economic reality. Culture entrepreneur is one of the indicators of social maturity, level of management training, the ability to apply the most effi cient techniques and methods in the work, providing high effi ciency, effectiveness and usefulness of the activity.


AbstractFiltration curves of samples obtained at three different seawater pretreatment plants were analyzed in order to identify the blocking mechanism during silt density index (SDI) measurements of seawater and filtered seawater. This was done in two ways. Firstly, by direct comparison of the measured filtration curves with the calculated curves based on different constant-pressure dead-end filtration models, the coefficient of determination R2 was analyzed. Secondly, by changing the sample water temperature the measured SDI was compared to the calculated SDI in each model. The R2 of both standard blocking models and intermediate blocking models show higher values than those of the other models in the case of seawater filtration curves, indicating that these fit the measured filtration curves. The R2 of the cake filtration model is clearly smaller than those of other models. The measured SDI value of the same filtered seawater sample increases with temperature rise, this tendency coincides with the resu...


THE U.S. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY experienced a difficult second quarter for earnings and profit margins. Combined, the 25 firms tracked by C&EN posted a solid 17.6% gain in earnings compared with last year. But take out the two pure-play fertilizer companies—Mosaic and Terra Industries—and earnings for the rest of the group were down by 1.3%. Moreover, second-quarter earnings announcements highlighted a growing consensus that high costs for fuel, raw materials, and food commodities will be longterm trends. In the U.S., housing, construction, and auto demand remained weak, as the subprime mortgage crisis continued to be a drag on the economy. For the fertilizer makers, higher food and ethanol prices drove earnings to new heights. At Mosaic earnings more than tripled on substantially higher selling prices. Terra reported to investors that high prices made up for weak volumes: This year's planting season was cool and rainy, and U.S. farmers grew 6% fewer acres of corn than last ...


Grid-forming converters (GFCs) offering sinusoidal voltage supply have been widely employed in a lot of applications. In this article, the dual-loop voltage–current control for GFCs is comprehensively approached. First, optimum tuning of the current loop is addressed to achieve the maximum enhanced active damping from the prospect of the developed equivalent plant, instead of the current loop, which has been the focus of the existing literature. Then, effectiveness of resonant controllers (RCs), i.e., proportional resonant and vector proportional integral, which are very popular for voltage regulation of GFCs, is addressed. It is found that for GFCs with a reasonably designed output filter, especially for high-power applications with a low switching frequency, a weekly damped region exists in the closed-loop frequency response with either of the two RCs employed, which can further result in constrained bandwidth and slow transient response. To solve this issue, a discrete RC is developed, which avoids the weekly damped region, and a fast response of the output voltage can be achieved. Experimental results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed controller for voltage regulation of GFCs.


While staying at Zermatt in the summer of 1894, I searched among the boulders from the Zmutt glacier for several types of rock, which, as suggested to me by Professor Bonney, were likely to occur. I am further indebted to him for kindly giving me his help and opinion on several questions while I was writing this note.


Abstract Although she is often perceived as a writer of the local, the rural or the regional, Thea Astley herself notes writing by American modernists as her primary literary influence, and emphasises the ethical value of transnational reading and writing. Similarly, she draws parallels between writing of the American 'Deep South' and her own writing of the 'Deep North', with a particular focus on the struggles of the racial or cultural outsider. In this article, I pursue Astley's peculiar blend of these literary genres — modernism, the Gothic and the transnational — as a means of understanding her conceptualisation of kindness and community. Although Astley rejects the necessity of literary community, her writing emphasises instead the value of interpersonal engagement and social responsibility. With a focus on her first novel, Girl with a Monkey (1958), this article considers Astley's representation of the distinction between community and kindness, particularly for young Catholic women in Queensland in the early twentieth century. In its simultaneous critique of the expectations placed on women and its upholding of the values of kindness and charity, Astley considers our responsibilities in our relations with the Other and with community.


S everal types of genetic changes have been reported to lead to altered glycophorin B products and altered expression of glycophorin B antigens on red blood cells (RBCs). Among them, a complete deletion of the GYPB gene, large conversion events between GYPA and GYPB such asGP.Mur or betweenGYPE andGYPB, splice site variants such as c.270+5G>T as well as indels and substitutions in the coding sequence. In this report we describe a genetic variant that introduces an amino acid change at a critical position of the glycophorin B leader peptide. This change is postulated to impair leader peptide cleavage, protein insertion in the cell membrane, and trafficking to the RBC surface, thus explaining theweakened expression of S antigen observed by serology.


ABSTRACT Some of the most prominent exotic pathogens in temperate forest regions belong to the genus Phytophthora. The pathogen, which is nourished by the enzymatic destruction of living plant cells, can cause mortality in >150 plant species including many temperate forest trees. However, studies have demonstrated the natural disease resistance of trees can be directly induced or facilitated using methods to deploy biochemical compounds that include foliar sprays, trunk injection or bark application, and soil amendments. This systematic review identified and analysed the efficacy of novel treatments to induce a natural resistance against different Phytophthora species in temperate trees. Results showed that treatments reduced Phytophthora infection symptoms compared to controls in all but one of the experiments reviewed. Trunk injections demonstrated the highest cumulative efficacy with a pooled effect size of 1.85 ± 0.56 (Hedge's g ± 95% confidence interval). Foliar sprays had the second highest efficacy, with a pooled effect size of 1.11 ± 0.28. Finally, soil amendments had the lowest cumulative efficacy, with a pooled effect size of 0.61 ± 0.36. This review supports the use of treatments on trees in nurseries, urban forests, orchards, and arboreta; however, success is dependent upon the application of optimal doses.


The three-dimensional model of a dynamic lithium-ion battery was established in different work conditions during charging process,and mechanism of heat generation and heat dissipation of dynamic lithium ion battery were simulated in charging at different convection coefficients,emissivities,ambient temperatures and charging currents.The results show that the temperature rising rate is little influenced by the charging current below a certain charging current, otherwise,it increases obviously with the increase of the current.The maximum temperature inside the dynamic lithium ion battery increases with the increase of the ambient temperature.The influence of thermal emissivity on the temperature inside the dynamic battery on the condition of forced convection is not obvious,but it has great influence on the temperature inside the dynamic battery on the natural convection.The grey relational coefficient of charging current is 0.792 53,playing the most important role in thermal behavior of the battery,while the grey relational coefficient of heat transfer is 0.658 04,the grey relational coefficient of ambient temperature is 0.633 88,and thermal emissivity has a minimum influence with its grey relational coefficient 0.511 03.


3059Background: CBP501 is a 12-amino acid G2 checkpoint abrogator and calmodulin-modulating peptide that increases platinum influx into tumor cells and induces tumor immunogenic cell death. CBP501 ...


Objective:  To describe the sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of nurse staffing from an university hospital who are away from work due to musculoskeletal cumulative disorders and the association with absenteeism time.  Method:  retrospective, analytic and cross-sectional study. Medical records from 2012 to 2017 were analyzed from medical records of workers using descriptive and analytical statistics.  Results:  Out of 2,761 recorded absences from nurse staffing, 449 referred to musculoskeletal disorders (16.26%), the highest percentage due to back pain (41.5%) and 78 workers had psychiatric diagnosis, especially depression (43.4%). There was identified in the group with longer time of absence (g 15 days) the predominance of the category of nursing assistants and technicians (p = 0.006), with lower median age (p = 0.021) and higher education (p = 0.035).  Conclusion:  The elevated number of absences due to musculoskeletal disorders, sometimes associated with other comorbidities, requires follow-up and prevention in the workplaces.


Drawing on rare archive material, this essay begins by exploring factors that might explain why Seamus Heaney's work is so self-reflexive, self-referential in its cast, and how despite the verification gained from within his family, from mentors at school and university, from academic success and critical acclaim, tensions persisted in him about the value of the artistic enterprise. Its principal focus is his latest collection, Human Chain, which repeatedly dramatises such moments of division, as his hand accustomed itself to holding the pen and making it speak of 'fissured traditions'. Acts of translation - linguistic, cultural, psychological, spiritual - play a hugely significant part in this collection, a sign of his ongoing quest for self-renewal and reconciliation and of his assent to T.S. Eliot's contention that 'The serious writer of verse must be prepared to cross himself with the best verse of other languages and the best prose of all languages'. Close analyses of individual poems and sequences d...


Computational Thinking (CT) is becoming a core element of current K-12 science curricula. In spite of the known synergies between CT and science education, few attempts have been made to leverage this synergy, especially at the middle school level. In previous work with the Computational Thinking for Simulation and Modeling (CTSiM) environment (Basu, et al., 2013; 2014; Sengupta, et al., 2013) we have demonstrated strong synergies between learning science content and CT, with students showing strong learning gains in kinematics, ecology, and CT concepts. However, when working in CTSiM, students also faced a number of difficulties in understanding science concepts and CT constructs, and had to be scaffolded 1-1 by the classroom teacher or the researchers conducting the study (Basu, et al., in review). To better scaffold their learning, we developed a set of hypertext resources and formative assessment quizzes in the system. This paper reports a teacher-led, multi-domain classroom study conducted with 5 grade students using CTSiM. Our results, based on preto post-test gains, and the accuracy of the students' CTSiM models, demonstrate significant and synergistic learning of science concepts and CT skills in Kinematics and Ecology domains, along with transfer of CT skills across domains.


In this paper I explore ethnographically the tension between urban Toba Indigenous People living in Buenos Aires, ubiquitous incorporation of mobile phones and the deep disconnecting effects mobile phones have when they break down. While mobile phones enable the intensification of informal economic activities and are used to mediate with state institutions, broken phones isolate, if only temporarily, urban Toba family members from each other and from their hard-built relations with people in the city. From a spatial perspective, broken mobile phones not only disrupt the flow of communication between people but also permanently restrain access to institutions and places in the city center. I argue that the current and limited forms of access to mobile phone communication and the managing of information both produce and dismantle the territorialities of urban indigenous networks. Mobile phones for the urban Toba, in short, both enable the fluidity of connections and re-create separation and segregation from the city. About the author: Ana Vivaldi is a Simons Research Fellow at the School for International Studies in the Simon Fraser University, and an Instructor in Departments of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Her main ethnographic research has been among urban indigenous people in Buenos Aires. Her work shows the importance of spatial mobility and the creation of spatial and social networks; she coined the term "subaltern assemblages". Her work has benefitted from the support of the International Development Research Centre, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and UBC Graduate Fellowships. She is currently conducting research on the experience of indigenous men in the Argentinean military. Since 2014, she has taught Ethnographic Methods, Social Theory, Indigenous Politics and Media Anthropology at UBC and SFU. About the publisher: The School for International Studies (SIS) fosters innovative interdisciplinary research and teaching programs concerned with a range of global issues, but with a particular emphasis on international development, and on global governance and security. The School aims to link theory, practice and engagement with other societies and cultures, while offering students a challenging and multi-faceted learning experience. SIS is located within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Our website is www.sfu.ca/internationalstudies. Broken Mobile Phones: Urban Indigenous Territorialities 5 Broken Mobile Phones: Urban Indigenous Territorialities and Communication Technologies


A collapsible shell cover for a computing device having a holder portion, an input device portion, and kickstand portion is described that is configured to support a computing device at a viewing angle in an open configuration and to form a shell cover for the computing device in a collapsed configuration. The holder may receive the computing device between edge members having support lips for support. The input device and kickstand are rotatably secured to the holder at opposing ends of the edge members. In the open configuration, the holder is positioned at the viewing angle, the kickstand is rotated for support at a rear of the holder, and the input device is rotated to extend outward from a front of the holder. In the collapsed configuration, the holder, input device, and kickstand portion are aligned in a common plane to form the shell cover for the computing device.


This paper presents high resolution data from two typical aeolian sediment in thenorthwest of Chinese loess plateau and shows what climatic condition. occupied overcenter China during the MIS 5e period. The records in Lijiayuan show highpercentage of fine particles, smaller variations in average grain size, the highest MSvalues and lower accumulation rate during MIS 5e. The percentage of gaain sizecoarser than 50μm approaches zero during this stage. The diameter of mean priderecords in Xinzhuang yuan change smoothly. These suggest that the strength of wintermonsoon reduced and the range of aeolian prides surce decreased daring MIS 5e.It is inferred that the climate may probably be relahvely stable during MIS 5e overthe Chinese Loess Plateau and the scarce of dust genesis in accordance on the twoloess Profiles. The records of climatic change processes in Huming show differencewith the records of GRJP, but they are compatible with the records from ice core ofGISP2 and high resolution records of ice--rafted detritus and N. pachyderm in northAhantic ocean. So, the results suggest that the climatic instability occurring on MIS5e at high--latitude of northem Atlantic Ocean may be a local climatic signal.


In this paper the larva of Kempnyia gracilenta (Enderlein) and the larva and female of K. reticulata (Klap{lek) from the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil are described and compared to known members of the genus.


Melt blends of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and the polyhydroxyether of bisphenol A (phenoxy) exhibit excellent transparency above the melting point of PBT as well as for the quenched molded specimens. Dynamic mechanical and calorimetric characterization revealed single and sharp glass transitions intermediate between those for the individual constituents. Increasing phenoxy content in the blends depressed the crystallization rate of PBT due to dilution and viscosity (Tg increase) effects. The apparent miscibility is believed due to the potential specific interactions between phenoxy pendant hydroxyl (proton donor) and the ester carbonyl of PBT (proton acceptor). Heat of fusion results surprisingly show an increase in the degree of PBT crystallinity as the phenoxy content of the blend is increased. No explanation is offered at this point for this unexpected behavior.


It was recently noted that in certain nonmagnetic centrosymmetric compounds, spin–orbit interactions couple each local sector that lacks inversion symmetry, leading to visible spin polarization effects in the real space, dubbed "hidden spin polarization (HSP)". However, observable spin polarization of a given local sector suffers interference from its inversion partner, impeding material realization and potential applications of HSP. Starting from a single-orbital tight-binding model, we propose a nontrivial way to obtain strong sector-projected spin texture through the vanishing hybridization between inversion partners protected by nonsymmorphic symmetry. The HSP effect is generally compensated by inversion partners near the Γ point but immune from the hopping effect around the boundary of the Brillouin zone. We further summarize 17 layer groups that support such symmetry-assisted HSP and identify hundreds of quasi-2D materials from the existing databases by first-principle calculations, among which a group of rare-earth compounds LnIO (Ln = Pr, Nd, Ho, Tm, and Lu) serves as great candidates showing strong Rashba- and Dresselhaus-type HSP. Our findings expand the material pool for potential spintronic applications and shed light on controlling HSP properties for emergent quantum phenomena.


Purpose – This study aims to examine the role that psychological empowerment (PE) and employee satisfaction (ES) play in the relationship between leader empowering behaviors (LEB) and customer satisfaction (CS) and employees' organizational commitment (OC). Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 365 frontline employees and 2,915 customers at 40 units of a chain restaurant in the USA. Findings – Structural equation modeling (SEM) results indicated that LEB influences PE, and PE in turn influences employee satisfaction, which consequently results in higher employees' OC levels and higher customer satisfaction. Originality/value – Although recent hospitality research recognizes the importance of employee empowerment and leadership, few studies have focused on leader empowering behaviors and its influence on organizational outcomes. Moreover, potential mediating processes have not received research attention. Addressing this, the current study tests a conceptual model that shows how leader emp...


Abstract Background The long‐term course of ulcerative colitis after a severe attack is poorly understood. Second‐line rescue therapy with cyclosporine or infliximab is effective for reducing short‐term colectomy but the impact in the long‐term is controversial. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long‐term course of acute severe ulcerative colitis patients who avoid early colectomy either because of response to steroids or rescue therapy. Methods This was a multicentre retrospective cohort study of adult patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis admitted to Italian inflammatory bowel disease referral centres from 2005 to 2017. All patients received intravenous steroids, and those who did not respond received either rescue therapy or colectomy. For patients who avoided early colectomy (within 3 months from the index attack), we recorded the date of colectomy, last follow‐up visit or death. The primary end‐point was long‐term colectomy rate in patients avoiding early colectomy. Results From the included 372 patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis, 337 (90.6%) avoided early colectomy. From those, 60.5% were responsive to steroids and 39.5% to the rescue therapy. Median follow‐up was 44 months (interquartile range, 21–85). Colectomy‐free survival probability was 93.5%, 81.5% and 79.4% at 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively. Colectomy risk was higher among rescue therapy users than in steroid‐responders (log‐rank test, p = 0.02). At multivariate analysis response to steroids was independently associated with a lower risk of long‐term colectomy (adjusted odds ratio = 0.5; 95% confidence interval, 0.2–0.8), while previous exposure to antitumour necrosis factor‐α agents was associated with an increased risk (adjusted odds ratio = 3.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.5–5.7). Approximately 50% of patients required additional therapy or new hospitalisation within 5 years due to a recurrent flare. Death occurred in three patients (0.9%). Conclusions Patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis avoiding early colectomy are at risk of long‐term colectomy, especially if previously exposed to antitumour necrosis factor‐α agents or if rescue therapy during the acute attack was required because of steroid refractoriness.


Laser-induced ultrafast magnetisation dynamic process in TbFeCo thin films has been studied by timeresolved magneto-optical Kerr effect (TRMOKE) at polar geometry. The measurements have been performed under different laser fluences and helicities. The ultrafast magnetisation behaviour induced by the circularly polarized laser pulses has been examined with different combinations of the helicity and the initial magnetisation direction.


As identified by Mike Marais in the closing sentences of his article on Life & Times of Michael K – ''Literature and the Labour of Negation'' – there appears a fundamental ambiguity in J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K, which can be seen to threaten the integrity of the work's purpose. The novel aims to portray the violence of subjectivity and the negation upon which representation is predicated, and indeed Marais reads this attempt as pointing to the ethical importance of literature and its capacity to ''disturb the self-consolidating relation that is at the base of sociality''. But in Coetzee's own drive to represent, in his intentional staging of the writer's encounter with the other, he exercises the very same powers of negation and self-constituting subjectivity engaged with thematically in the novel. This paper will suggest that the theme of Life & Times of Michael K – the necessary paradox of representation resulting from the irreducible nature of alterity – cannot be read simply as the final word on the novel's ethics. The problematic meta-representational theme of the novel, and the ethical position of the work, will be investigated


Family Planning contraception is one of the efforts to achieve prosperity by providing marital advice , treatmenti, infertility and birththinning. The low selection of Intra Uterine Device contraceptives atfertile copule at the Mumbulsari Health Center, Jember Regency in 2022, the cause is that there is still a lack of counselling oncontraceptive methods as a whole. This study aims to determine theeffectiveness of counselling in selecting effective contraceptivemethods at fertile couple at the Mumbulsari Health Center, Jember Regency, in 2022. The type of research is analytical with a pre-posttest design. The sample was a fertile age couple of 92 people , asampling technique with a simple random sampling technique . Thefree variable in this study is counselling,while the dependent variableis the selection of contraceptive methods. The analysis used isChii-isquarei.It was obtained that the p - value was 0.000 with an αof 0.05. Because the p-Value < α, H0 was rejected and H1 wasaccepted, which means that it was proven that the effectiveness ofcounselling on the selection of effective contraceptive methods at thefertile age couple at the Mumbulsari Health Center, Jember Regencyin 2022. Health workers are expected to study more deeply thequality of services that have been provided and improve obstetricservicesi.


LIKE MOST NEW intellectual or political movements, the recent movement called New Regionalism is a mixed bag of old prescriptions and new remedies to address problems both new and longstanding, not to mention both real and imaginary. Part of New Regionalism is hardly new at all. Instead, it is the long-abiding faith in metropolitan consolidation and central city expansion (see Rusk 1995) applied to the latest generation of metropolitan problems. Part of the movement responds to growing problems that occur on a more regional scale and that seem to require some sort of regional solution—in particular, transportation and infrastructure problems that derive, at least in part, from sprawling patterns of development. New Regionalism also represents progress in conceptualizing the general problem of metropolitan governance, reflected in the very choice of the term "governance" (and the associated complexities it implies) rather than "government" (Altshuler et al. 1999). Yet, some of those who now embrace institutional solutions other than metro government do so mainly because of the political infeasibility of massive jurisdictional consolidation (see Downs 1994), not out of an intellectual conversion to alternative approaches. Regionalism, Localism, and Metropolitan Governance: Suggestions from the Research Program on Local Public Economies


This report has been commissioned by Melbourne City Mission, Victoria's largest funded youth homelessness service, to: Build knowledge and capacity across its own workforce, as well as the broader specialist homelessness services sector. Inform future service and system design. The report examines how young people make first contact with the homelessness service system, and what their experiences of that system are like. The report addresses: The reports draws on 45 in-depth interviews with people aged between 16 and 24, and then follow up interviews with 26 of the original participants six months later. The 45 participants' experiences of home and family were diverse, and we identify four pathways into homelessness. Each pathway can be regarded as existing on a continuum with Independents at one end, with less complex issues and a more recent history of homelessness; and Escapers at the other end, who often have lengthy histories of homelessness and interactions with assistive service systems, more complex needs involving significant mental health and substance misuse issues, and lengthy periods of child abuse, neglect and trauma. Between these two poles sit those who experienced Cultural Conflict and also the Dissenters. Each pathway shows that young people enter the homelessness service system with different experiences of family and of the support available.


The increasing adoption of AI solutions as a key enabler to guarantee the competitiveness of companies and to improve processes has brought the European Commission and Policy Makers to introduce new regulations to guarantee trustworthiness and reliability of Artificial Intelligence solutions. The adoption of new regulations adds a level of complexity to AI providers and users, that very often are not aware of them and/or need additional support, to guarantee the compliancy and respect of laws and ethical principles. To address these requirements, a critical role is played by Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs), that have been already identified as key players for enterprises' digital transformation and that are expected to help customers also from the legal and ethical perspective. To his regard, the DIH4AI project has switched the taxonomy of the Data-driven Business-Ecosystem-Skills-Technology (D-BEST) reference model, useful for DIHs service portfolio configuration, into the L-BEST, including also the "Legal and Ethical" class. The objective is to provide to DIHs a framework of services to be implemented in short-term and to be offered to SMEs to support the adoption of AI, respecting legal and ethical values.


Barium titanate, BaTiO3 (BT) and Barium calcium titanate zirconate BaCa(Ti Zr)O3 (BCTZ) ceramics were prepared by dry pressing. The prepared ceramic bodies were sintered at different temperatures, 1100, 1150 and 1200°C/4h., physical properties in terms of bulk density as well as relative density and average grain size were studied. Phase composition using X-ray diffraction (XRD) was investigated to these ceramic bodies at the previous temperatures, Microstructure using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was studied to the selected samples at 1200°C/3h. It was found that the pure perovskite of (Tetragonal-orthorhombic) (BT) and (Cubic-orthorhombic) (BCTZ) ceramics was obtained at 1200 °C/4h. Prepared bodies BT and BCTZ, sintered at 1200 °C/4h have uniform very fine grain size porous microstructure, with average grain size 604, 804 nm as well as relative density recorded 83.26, 92.39%, respectively. Dielectric constant (e) enhanced and recorded, 2802.25 for BCTZ and 27.59 for BT ceramics


OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOP Stemming from the heavy responsibility the term 'assessment' shoulders, the workshop introduces Alternative Assessment as an emerging approach in ELT that reconciles learning with assessment. The workshop doesn't only define the term, but it also demonstrates how it can be integrated in the target audience's context, and why it is practically essential for learners of all age groups. Attendees will receive hands-on experience and will be exposed to different types of alternative assessment which they can learn from, reflect on, and suggest modifications to adapt them in their own teaching contexts. 1. How does the workshop address Testing and Assessment? The workshop addresses the misconception of equalising exam and test results to accurate assessment by establishing a comparison between the two terms: Testing and Assessment.The workshop aims to introduce teachers to alternatives to standardised  tests that allow students to have the space and the opportunity to apply what they have studied to their everyday life. These alternatives also involve learners in the assessment process. 2. How does the workshop explore trends and developments? The workshop introduces teachers to different suggestions to use as alternatives to standardised tests focusing on two examples of learning-oriented assessment. Attendees will also get the chance to think about their teaching contexts, and which alternative assessment type best fits their students and why. Attendees will also get the chance to talk about their doubts and concerns regarding using the chosen method of assessment with each other. 3. Who benefits from the workshop? The workshop targets teachers who are aspiring to have a vital role in the educational process in a non-traditional way. It also targets test designers, assessors and novice teachers who are looking for guidance on how to be of help for learners who are passionate about learning the English Language.


A modification of the tree protocol for distributed mutual exclusion is presented. The existing tree protocol is very efficient as long as all nodes in the system are accessible, but if suffers from performance degradation during the time when some nodes are down or partitioned. Although failures may be infrequent, once a node is down, it may remain down for a relatively long time. In the modified protocol, a node requesting mutual exclusion may experience performance degradation at most once after some failures occur but then it adapts to a new system topology and its performance returns to normal. In the case when all nodes in the system are accessible, the protocol exhibits the same performance as the existing tree protocol.<<ETX>>


The properties of thin films (0.03−2 μm) of high-density polyethylene spin-coated at elevated temperatures (100−180 °C) onto silicon wafers and evaporated gold films were investigated. The coatings were characterized with respect to thickness (ellipsometry, QCM), chemical composition (ESCA, TOF-SIMS), and morphology (optical microscopy, AFM). Initial deposition temperature was found to be an important process parameter that affected the crystal morphology, uniformity, and thickness of the films. The nucleation and the crystal growth were found to depend on both the substrate type and surface properties, especially at low supercooling. Below a film thickness of 0.1 μm, the morphology was composed of aggregates of edge-on oriented lamellae instead of the flattened spherulitic structure observed in thicker films. This thickness dependence of the morphology ceased when the spin-coating was performed at the lowest process temperature, since crystallization probably occurred in the presence of solvent, rather t...


In this paper we define Gevrey polyanalytic classes of order N on the unit disk D and we obtain for these classes a characteristic expansion into N-analytic polynomials on suitable neighborhoods of D. As an application of our main theorem, we perform for the Gevrey polyanalytic classes of order N on the unit disk D, an analogue to E. M. Dyn'kin's theorem. We also derive, for these classes, their characteristic degree of the best uniform approximation on D by N-analytic polynomials.


Exploring the method of determination of the purified HuIFN α protein in the present paper,the author does an experiment of comparing Kjeldah1 method,Lowry method and Kalckar method which are used to determinate the concentration of the purified HuIFN α protein and makes a further study.Both Kjeldh1 method and Lowry method have the some allurate results but the latter needs less samples and time.Kalckar method simply and needs less Samples but has larger determination errors which has been greatly reduced by author using the reformatory Kalckar method.The purified HuIFN α protein has the same characteristic absorption peak as the HSA and the BSA at wavelengths 278 nm;their developing dye solution of Folin reagent all have maximum absorption wavelengths about 758 nm.Lowy methods chromogenic temperature greatly effects on its chromogenic intension and the slope of standard curve;CNS which remains in purified HuIFN α protein will interere in the determination of Lowry method when its concentration is beyond 100 μg/ml


Starting from the textual research on definition of personnel posts in government agencies,analyzes the problems existing in staffing management of current local government agencies,considering that we should improve the efficiency of local government operation,perfect staffing management system to adapt to the requirement of local social development,strengthen supervision and management and establish perfected independent laws and regulations by clarifying functions of local government to realize the normative,scientific and legal management of personnel posts in government agencies.


This laboratory project involves the synthesis, characterization, and study of some reactions of acetylsalicylic acid, and the comparison of acetylsalicylic acid with the major components of various commercial brands of aspirin tablets.


The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008, coupled with food and fuel price volatility, are likely to affect developing countries, and within them the vast majority of the world's poor population in profound ways. Based on both experiences in previous crises and the information that is available thus far on the current crises, this working brief will examine the channels through which this combination of crises will affect households and their children.


In this study, [Formula: see text]-doped yttrium oxide nanophosphors were prepared using the hydrothermal method assisting with the polyacrylic acid (PAA), phenol formaldehyde resin precursor (PF), and gum arabic (GA), respectively and their structural and optical properties were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the samples can be well indexed to the cubic structure. Additionally, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that the samples were different morphologies, via combining with different templates. The luminescence results revealed that the addition of templates have a significant influence on the luminescence properties of [Formula: see text]-doped [Formula: see text].


Stainless steels, by virtue of their diversity in chemistry, microstructure and properties, find widespread applications ranging from domestic appliances to high technology sectors such as space, aeronautics, power, chemical and ordnance. Midhani has been at the forefront of material development over the past few decades and has produced several stainless steels, tailor made for specific critical applications. Subtle variations in chemistry or processing methodology have been exercised to achieve the desired microstructure and properties. In this context, influence of minor addition of austenitic stabilizing element on structure and properties on conventional ferritic stainless steel SS430 was studied. The chemistry modification changed the structure to dual phase, austenite ferrite structure, that responded to heat treatment by transformation of austenite to martensite. This dual phase structure after tempering enhanced the strength and toughness by 25% and 60% respectively. In the case of 13-8 Mo PH stainless steel, a modified two stage solution treatment and ageing resulted in enhancement of toughness by over 100% as compared to conventional single stage solution treatment and the improvement was attributable to refinement in martensitic sub-structure due to thermal cycling. With respect to SS 440C, a high carbon stainless steel, the performance is closely related distribution of primary carbide. Bearing directly manufactured from forged stock produced from ingot do not perform satisfactorily in view of massive primary carbides present in the form of stringers / bands. This problem was addressed by subjecting the forged stock to further working in the transverse orientation by ring rolling which brought about finer primary carbides. The present paper highlights some of the challenges and the modifications brought about to meet the specific needs.


Introduction: Argatroban is monitored using activated partial thrombin time (aPTT). Cases have shown aPTT may be an unreliable way of measuring argatroban anticoagulation and can lead to excess drug administration. Assessing an argatroban level using an anti-IIa assay may increase the accuracy of mo


This paper argues early British painting books are important threshold texts. In content and form, they bridge artistic movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—from Pre-Raphaelitism to modernism—and demonstrate a shift in constructions of child artists—from ideas of the young as artists-in-training to modernist paradigms of the "innocent eye."


This  investigation  was carried out  in the: Padangan Forest  District,  Perum Perhutani   Unit II, East Java, employing crews of  various sizes, i.e., 4, 5 and 6 men to push the loaded  lorries. Lorry  speed  is influenced   by several factor, e.g.,  slope, crew size, team-work among  crew members. The influence  of crew size  on  lorry speed  turned  out  to  be insignificant. The average  speed of lorries  are 3.3 km/hour, 4.7 km/hour,  and 4.3 km/hour with standard error of 0.7 km/hour, 0,8 km/hour and  0,9 km/hour  for  4, 5 and  6 man, crew, respectively.


A group exhibition curated by Andrew Bick and Katrina Blannin consists of a hypothetical dialogue between the 11 exhibiting artists and Moss, in which "Moss represents the under acknowledged eminence gris, the original tricky figure from a British past in which modernism, as another kind of European queerness has been diligently repressed".


An information processing apparatus is comprised of a classifying section classifying a set of attributes, which represent relationships between an input and an output of a system defined by a plurality of limiting elements, into classification levels on the basis of a tendency of the attributes, a limiting element indicating section indicating a limiting element corresponding to the classified attribute, and a comprising section comparing the indicated limiting element in a classified level with the indicated limiting element in other classified level.


An analysis and synthesis of ecological, socio-economic and normative-legal aspects as factors of objectivity and subjectivity of land-nature use, which are based on the laws of inanimate and living nature and society and are fully consistent with the current norms of the Constitution of Ukraine, has been carried out. It has been proven that economic and legal relations in Ukraine require the urgent construction of a constitutionally motivated system of economic approach to the process of land and nature use, primarily for the benefit of its citizens. It has been established that a special approach is required to model relations in relation to the use of renewable natural resources, which include soils, animal life, microbiota, solar, wind and other energy, atmosphere, hydrosphere, terrestrial vegetation and other natural resources. The main empirical knowledge based on the analysis and synthesis of socio-economic and normative-legal aspects of the balanced use of natural objects of property rights of the Ukrainian people, especially in the agricultural sphere, which are based on the laws of inanimate and living nature and society and are fully consistent with the current norms of the Constitution of Ukraine, are summarized. The necessary and sufficient set of fundamental scientific and theoretical aspects as the basis of organizational and economic guidelines for balanced nature management as a result of land reform in Ukraine as a new paradigm has been formulated.


In 1962 Zhou Yang raised that literature shall"serve the most broad masses of the people".It is a result of his serious thought to the history and situation then of Chinese revolutionary literature,the destination of which is to provide a basis for the revising of some problems existing in the literature thought guidelines then,and for the adjusting the literature policy of Communist Party of China. Since the core of Zhou Yang's literature theory system——literature belongs to and serves for politics——was not changed,his destination to pursue political literature was not changed,so with the changing of the situation,he went back in the halfway.So to some extent,this is the advance of his literature thought,but go back again.


ABSTRACT UX (User experience) can influence important user behaviors, including user preference, purchasing decisions, and customer loyalty. The ability to assess UX during the product trial has practical significance for design and improvement of products. In this article, two smartphones with different UX were selected through a focus group. In the EEG (electroencephalography) experiment, we explored the brain signal of users when using two smartphones to complete three tasks. The brain signal of each participant was recorded through Curry Neuroimaging Suite software (Version 7.0, Compumedics Limited, Abbotsford, Australia) when they were using the smartphones. Then results from behavioral, subjective and neural responses were analyzed. The behavioral results showed that participants completed the three tasks faster by using a smartphone with a higher score of UX. The subjective results showed a significant difference between the two smartphones. The patterns of cortical activity were obtained in the five principal frequency bands, Delta (1–4 Hz), Theta (4–8 Hz), Alpha (8–13 Hz), Beta (13–30 Hz) and Gamma (30–45 Hz). The results indicated that a smartphone with higher scores of UX could evoke stronger relative power of Alpha (fronto-central, parietal and partieto-occipital regions), Delta (frontal region) and Gamma rhythms (C3 site), but weaker relative power of Beta (left central region) and Theta rhythms (frontal and parieto-occipital regions). Also, the correlation analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between EEG and behavioral results. User's subjective experience had a significant positive correlation with the relative power of Gamma band, but a negative correlation with Beta and Theta bands (approximately significant with p = .078 and p = .071). There were also significant correlations between EEG results and sub-items of UX. Our findings suggest that the difference in EEG may be taken as an evaluating indicator of user perception when using products without interruption.


Abstract Several years ago a number of antihypertensive N-alkyl-N′-cyano-N″-pyridylguanidines was prepared by addition of cyanamide to N-alkyl-N′-pyridylcarbodiimides which were obtained from the respective thioureas and phosgene or triphenylphosphine/carbon tetrachloride1. Recently we have described some attractive synthetic methods for N-alkyl-N′-4-pyridylthioureas2, based on 4-pyridyldithiocarbamic acid (1) (Scheme 1). We now report on the synthesis of N-alkyl-N′-cyano-N″-4-pyridylguanidines (4) from (1) by two different routes which ultimately may pass through a common intermediate (3) (Scheme 1).


WHAT CHOICE IS THERE BEYOND SELFISH INDIVIDUALISM? THE DILEMMA IN MORAL EDUCATION In this age of value diversification and moral uncertainty, our dilemma is the tension between our undeniable wish for personal satisfaction and the need to acknowledge the diverse goods of others. In the absence of any absolute moral values, personal measures often guide our daily moral choices. However, as the contemporary problems of the young demonstrate, this pattern can easily lead to a narrowly ego-centered, selfish individualism. In response, moral education today emphasizes care for others, the service of the community, the awareness of a common cultural good, and in its more reactionary form, the reinforcement of social control. This alternative, however, can easily take an oppressive form, and in the worst case, become a moral totalitarianism inhibiting individual freedom. This extreme alternative is as dangerous as egoism since there certainly is a need for a strong ethic of self-reliance, especially today when many young people lose the will to be responsible creators of a better life and society. The question is: Is there another choice beyond selfish individualism? A pressing question for moral education today is how to maintain a space for individual freedom to focus on one's self, to be oneself, while releasing the self toward a larger common aim beyond a narrow egocentrism, and to do this without suppression. A vision of moral education is needed to cultivate an individual who can satisfy these conflicting needs and live a holistic moral life. As one such possibility, this essay presents a mediating standpoint: Ralph Waldo Emerson's transcendentalism. Emerson is usually considered to be a progenitor of American individualism. His transcendentalism, however, fuses an ethic of selfreliance with a transcendence of narrow egocentrism. I would like to show that Emerson's transcendental notion of the gleam of light is central to his holistic ethic for human perfection and gives us a fresh perspective from which to reexamine moral education today.


The transverse, "vertical, " migration of petroleum i s investigated to determine a mechanism which explains the occurrence of barren (waterfilled) reservoirs interspersed between hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs within the same oil o r gas field, especially when the intervening shales a r e not petroleum source rocks. Application of fundamental hydrodpnamic theory to observed subsurface conditions discloses that a rectilinear increase of hydrostatic pressure with depth does not usually exist-pressures appreciably above and below the nominal hydrostatic pressure may occur in different subsurface formations. The subsurface fluids a r e flowing very slowly in a complex, dynamic, three-dimensional pattern; water in response to pressure gradients and hydrocarbons in response to potentiometric gradients. Geochemical evidence and physical considerations indicate that transverse migration of hydrocarbons through the bulk of low-permeability beds is quite unlikely. Therefore, the migration must occur principally along fractures and faults. Fractures and faults, a common and abundant feature of the ear th 's crust, a r e indeed observed to be avenues of migration and accumulation of subsurface fluids, both water and hydrocarbons, although in some cases faults a r e a lso ba r r i e r s to fluid migration. A barren reservoir will occur if it i s a t a higher potential than the hydrocarbons migrating through a conduit in a fault or fracture intersecting the reservoir . The hydrocarbons will just pass on through the reservoir and continue along the conduit until they a r e trapped a t a location of minimum potential energy, o r until they reach the ear th 's surface a s a seep.


The past few decades have been marked by an increasing discussion on the
role of dialogue in anthropology, especially following the anthropological turn of the
80s, when the discipline was looked upon as one "writing a culture" rather than understanding it from the insider's perspective, while the ethnographer was thought of as the epistemic dictator, incapable of establishing a dialogical relation with his subjects of inquiry. The power relationship was indeed one of the most prominent problems in creating an equal, dialogical setting between the anthropologist and the other culture. This paper aims at revisiting feminist anthropology tracing the elements which constituted it, its original inspiration, and main motifs of action mostly gathered around the strong male bias of the discipline. This bias was predominantly manifested in the monological, androcentric understanding and exploration of cultures.
In tracing these aspects, and acknowledging the more egalitarian status of this discipline since its early days versus other social sciences (Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict were among the most prominent women anthropologists), the paper will look at early women anthropologists works some of which were excluded from the canon. It will also point to the existence of strong male bias in ethnography and the discipline as a whole, thus triggering the emergence of feminist anthropology with its capacity for reflexivity and accountability in ethnographic work.


A 50-mm-high and 187-mm-diam. cylindrical glass chamber was used for investigating the possible improvements in the operation of the Wilson cloud chamber. A special control mechanism was constructed for the purpose of controlling carefully the amount of the expansion while differential manometers provided with electromagnetic valves served to adjust automatically the required pressures in the three reservoirs. The ion collector consisted of a vacuum- deposited Al or Cr layer on glass. The air or other gas used in the chamber was scrubbed with a concentrated H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ solution before introducing it into the chamber. The expansion time of the chamber was about 50 milliseconds; it could be operated at pressures between 380 and 1140 mm of Hg. It is planned to use the improved instrument for the study of photoelectrons generated by a monochromatic x-ray beam. (TTT)


Systems composed of three nucleons have been a subject of precise experimental studies for many years. Recently, the database of observables for the deuteron breakup in collision with protons has been significantly extended at intermediate energies. In this region the comparison with exact theoretical calculations is possible, while the sensitivity to various aspects of the interaction, in particular to the subtle effects of the dynamics beyond the pairwise nucleon–nucleon force, is significant. The Coulomb interaction and relativistic effects show also their influence on the observables of the breakup reaction. All these effects vary with energy and appear with different strength in certain observables and phase-space regions, which calls for systematic investigations of a possibly rich set of observables determined in a wide range of energies. Moreover, a systematic comparison with theoretical predictions performed in coordinates related to the system dynamics in a possibly direct way is of importance. The examples of existing experimental data for the breakup reaction are briefly presented and the amenability of a set of invariant coordinates for that type of analysis is discussed.


This paper proposes a XML data stream clustering algorithm SW-XSCLS,based on sliding window,in the view of the XML data stream clustering research.The algorithm uses the sliding window technology,takes Exponential Histogram of Clustering Feature(EHCF) as its summary of data structure,it can dynamicly eliminates the outdated data,better preservation of the data distribution in current window,so can obtain a higher quality of clustering results.Theoretical analysis and experimental result show that the algorithm can obtain the higher clustering quality and the quicker processing speed.


[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The value of the U.S. dollar rose significantly from June 2014 to April 2015 compared with other foreign currencies. For U.S. companies with international operations, that could have resulted in reduced reported sales and net income. But the stronger dollar could also have had an impact on the companies' internal performance analyses. ASC Topic 830, Foreign Currency Matters, prescribes methods for translating foreign operations' financial statements into U.S. dollars for consolidation. But drawing operating performance conclusions from these U.S. GAAP-translated financial statements may result in the wrong conclusions and suboptimal decisions impacting future financial performance. For example, the U.S. dollar appreciated 17% against the euro from an average $1.3695 in the first quarter of 2014 to an average $1.1320 in the first quarter of 2015. Quarterly averages are the basis for translating foreign income statements under U.S. GAAP (Topic 830). This article ultimately shows that a constant-dollar income statement presentation may best illustrate true operating performance and disaggregate the impact of fluctuating foreign currency. U.S. dollars to buy one euro Weekly and average quarterly exchange rates show the trend of the U.S. dollars required to buy one euro from Jan. 1, 2014, through April 1, 2015 (see the chart "Euro/Dollar Exchange Rate"). Specific information for the income statement is in ASC Paragraph 830-10-55-11 and ASC Paragraph 830-30-45-3. Topic 830 requires translating income statement accounts at the foreign currency exchange rates on the recognition date for revenues and expenses. Because it might be impractical to use the current exchange rate for the dates that the numerous income statement elements are recognized, an appropriately weighted average foreign currency exchange rate for the period covered by the income statement may be used to translate those elements. The guidance also applies to accounting allocations in the income statement, such as depreciation, amortization, cost of goods sold from inventory, and deferred revenues and expenses. Thus, these allocations are required to be translated at the foreign currency exchange rates on the date they are included in revenues and expenses, and not the rates on the historical dates the related items originate. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] While Topic 830 is appropriate for financial reporting, better tools are available for assessing business performance. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT Consider a U.S. entity with operations in Europe. This company would translate its income statement using the average foreign currency exchange rate over the period covered in the income statement. U.S. GAAP-translated P&L The U.S. dollar income statement for the first quarter ended March 31,2015, of a company's European operations prepared according to Topic 830 is appropriate for financial reporting purposes (see the chart "European Operations P&L Translated Into Dollars"). The income statement in the chart "European Operations P&L Translated Into Dollars" is not appropriate for performance measurement because it is not sufficient for reaching meaningful operating conclusions and, as a result, could lead to poor decisions with unfavorable consequences. The operating performance conclusions from this income statement are that sales of $15.2 million are below both budget and prior year. Income is relatively flat, coming in slightly above budget but slightly below the prior year. It appears that management may have positively reacted to the sales decline by aggressively reducing expenses. Because of U.S. GAAP's foreign currency guidance limitations for operating performance measurement, a more appropriate approach may be to evaluate operating performance using local foreign currency financial statements before translation into U. …


Article history: Received January 20, 2014 Accepted 5 July 2014 Available online August 16 2014 With the increasing use of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams to describe the software's architecture and the importance of evaluating nonfunctional requirements at the level of software architecture, creating an executable model from these diagrams is essential. On the other hand, the UML diagrams do not directly provide features to evaluate nonfunctional system requirements. Thus, these capabilities can be added to UML diagrams by applying efficiency and reliability stereotypes. Because the techniques used in the UML is able to deal with certain matters, we develop uncertain UML, stereotypes and tags. In this paper, the architecture of a software system is described by using use case diagram, sequence and deployment of unified modeling language diagrams with annotations fuzzy stereotypes related to response time and reliability. The proposed method for calculating the response time and reliability based on fuzzy rules are introduced, and the algorithm is implemented for an executable model based on colored fuzzy Petri net. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Turnover intentions Key Software Architecture Performance Evaluation Reliability Fuzzy stereotypes Fuzzy colored Petri net


A process for the stabilization of the cycle time (T) in an automation system (1) that between two consecutive cycle beginning (Za) in a cyclic process (P, M) embedded time-critical part of the process (Ma) elapses, in which • at least one further process (B, T) in an identical system resources (8, 13) as the cyclic process (P, M) accesses and (Ma) can assume disturbing state • The further process (B, T) a cycle beginning (Za) of the time-critical part of the process, and • in which the start of the cyclic process (P, M) by an interrupt (Is) is triggered, which emitted by a periodically clocked by a system timer (16) first timing signal (S1) is caused • wherein, after the start of the cyclic process (P, M) - an initial synchronization sequence (Q) in the cyclic process (P, M) is performed while the other process (B, T) in a cycle beginning (Za) of the time-critical part of the process (Ma) non-interfering state is set, and ...


Spatial Labour Market Analysis: Relevance and Scope (M.M. Fischer, P. Nijkamp). Spatial Labour Markets: General Issues. Labour Market Theories: Perspectives, Problems and Policy Implications (M.M. Fischer, P. Nijkamp). Regional Labour Market Modelling: A State-of-the-Art Review (U. Schubert et al.). Regional Economic Research on Labour Markets (J. Rouwendal, P. Nijkamp). Technological Development and Regional Labour Markets (P. Nijkamp, P. Rietveld). Processes of Industrial Change: Scale, Location and Type of Job (B. Johansson, C. Karlsson). Search Behaviour and Analytical Models. Job Search Theory and Indeterminate Information (G.L. Clark). Job Search and Migration (G. Maier). Spatial Aspects of the Provision of Job Information (M.N.K. Saunders, R. Flowerdew). Competition among Applicants for Job Openings (P.A. Rogerson). Current Trends. New Trends in the Supply and Demand Patterns of Labour in Western Economies (W.F. Lever). Dynamics in Spatial Variations in Unemployment (D. Gleave). Industrial Organisation and Regional Labour Markets (F.E.I. Hamilton). The Growth of Service Class Labour Markets: The Case of Great Britain (N. Thrift). The Role of Women in Technical Change (L. Chatterjee, T.R. Lakshmanan). Cross-National Comparisons of Regional Labour Markets. Cross-National Comparisons of Regional Labour Markets in 15 Countries (I. Evers-Koelman et al.). Regional Labour Market Analysis: Retrospect and Prospect. (M.M. Fischer, P. Nijkamp).


Biofilm Engineering Approaches for Improving the Performance of Bioelectrochemical Systems

ABSTRACT:

Bio-electrochemical devices are realized as promising technologies for a wide range of applications such bioenergy, and in biocommodity engineering.  Bioelectrochemical systems make use of electroactive biofilms as electrocatalysts for converting chemical energy to electrical energy and vice versa. In this presentation, surface engineering of electrodes (using biopolymers such as chitosan/alginate, nanomaterials such as reduced graphene oxide), extremophilic bioprocessing, and biofilm engineering strategies for enhancing the biofilm formation and performance of bio-electrochemical systems will be discussed. This talk will also cover the applications of biofilm for energy and environment.

Keywords: Electrochemical devices, Electrode materials, Bioelectricity, Biofilm Engineering, Biopolymers


Children's choral singing links directly to real-world practices of amateur and professional choral singing of many kinds. In all these ways, classroom, school, and community children's choirs provide natural musical contexts that enable children to achieve a certain kind of life in which self-growth, constructive knowledge, enjoyment, musical competency, and a continuous quest for musical excellence are the norm. (p. 181)


The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs in humans. One of the diseases that attack the kidneys is kidney stones. Kidney stones occur when there are minerals or other substances in the blood that crystallize in the kidneys and form a solid. In identifying kidney stones, doctors and radiologists look at ultrasound images of the kidneys manually. Of course, doctors are experts at detecting them, but there is still the possibility of an error in predicting the images. For this reason, a computational method is needed to facilitate the identification of kidney stones suffered by patients through ultrasound images of the kidneys. This study aimed to identify kidney stones through ultrasound images using the Extreme Learning Machine method. The steps in conducting this research are Preprocessing, Segmentation, Feature Extraction, and Identification. In preprocessing Scaling and contrast enhancement is using CLAHE, in Segmentation uses Thresholding OTSU and Morphological Close segmentation methods, in feature extraction the method used is Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) and identification with Extreme Machine Learning. This study obtained an accuracy of 92.30%. The contribution of this research is to show the ability of ELM in classifying kidney stone images, which will give initial identification before definite verdict from health specialist.


Introduction. Optimization is a criterion, on the ground of which, comparative estimation of possible alternatives and selection of the best decisions is carried out. Cost of a shell, its minimum weight, absence of bending moments and tensile normal stresses, given stress state for acting external load, given bearing capacity when optimal shallowness, maximum external load, minimum weight under limitation on the value of natural frequencies of vibration and maximum displacements, absence of bending moments with taking into account internal pressure, dead weight, and centrifugal forces; maximum of critical force and something else can be criterion of selection of optimal shape of shell of revolution. Methods. The main criteria of optimality for shells of revolution and information sources for the 1970-2019 periods are presented in a paper. It will help to study previous results devoted to using optimizations and to set about further investigation. But there is no single approach to the definition of optimal shell of revolution and obviously will not be, because own optimizations are necessary for every concrete case of loading, or distribution of stresses along the thickness, or under the demands to the ratio of the volume and area of considered shell, or with due regard for different kind of expenses, and other demands. Results. For the first time, 24 criteria of optimality only for shells of revolution were discovered. The names of scientists offered presented criteria of optimality and the 45 references dealing with this question are pointed out. It is shown that principles put in the basis of optimal design and criteria of optimality must be given with the help of language quite naturally for computer. Having used optimi- For citation Krivoshapko S.N. (2019). Optimal shells of revolution and main optimizations. Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings, 15 (3), 201-209. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.22363/1815-5235-2019-15-3-201-209 zations presented in the paper, designers can choose the criterion for their own design of optimal shell shape. Study of the prerequisites of the structural solutions in building and machine-building, the history of the development and perfecting of technologies of erection of shells of revolution will permit to generalize the experience accumulated by designers and to develop new fundamental solutions. Otherwise, architects, structural engineers, and designers will be repeating the achieved solutions in building, architecture, and machine-building.


iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my primary thesis advisor, Gretchen Schneider, for her valuable insight and dedication to my project. I would also like to thank my committee members, Jill Krejdovsky and Kasia Bloch, and Amy Pollak who provided excellent advice and feedback during the project. Thank you all for taking the time to be part of my thesis advisory committee and for being very supportive during the whole process. I would also like to thank Liz and Ted Cross who provided their wisdom and guidance during data analysis. Thank you also to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well as the Genetic Counseling Program for funding this project. ongoing encouragement and guidance throughout my entire time in the Brandeis Genetic Counseling Program. Finally, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to my family, classmates and friends for always providing love and support. On May 14, 2013 The New York Times printed an op-ed piece by Angelina Jolie entitled, " My Medical Choice " in which she disclosed that she carries a mutation in one of her BRCA1 genes. Since mutations in this gene increase a woman's lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancer, to as high as 87% and 50%, respectively, Ms. Jolie elected to have a prophylactic double mastectomy and her public disclosure of this decision put a spotlight on hereditary cancer and genetic testing. We sought to assess the impact of her story, now known as the " Angelina Jolie Effect " , on cancer genetic counseling and patient decision-making. We distributed an anonymous online survey via e-blast to the National Society of Genetic Counselors' listserv recruiting individuals who provide cancer genetic counseling. We analyzed 178 complete surveys and found that 89% of respondents experienced increases in calls requesting appointments for risk assessment and/or genetic testing, 84.4% saw increases in the number of low risk individuals requesting genetic testing, and 64.4% reported increases in the number of patients seen per week since the publication of the op-ed piece. A majority of genetic counselors (69.4%) also felt that low-risk individuals were more likely to push for genetic testing. Additionally, respondents believed v that, since the publication of The New York Times op-ed piece, there was an increased likelihood that BRCA1/2 mutation carriers would ask about and/or have a prophylactic mastectomy or oophorectomy, though the increase was greater for mastectomy. Our study provides …


To solve the problem of a mismatch between the available renewable energy and the demand for load that is caused by access to a high ratio of renewable energy, this paper proposes a method to optimally configure the system's capacity for a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) based on a comprehensive system of indices for cluster division. We first design a clustering algorithm by combining the improved self-adaptive density peak clustering (ISDPC) algorithm with the K-means clustering algorithm to classify the output curves of renewable energy and generate typical scenarios. We then propose the system indices for cluster division that is composed of modularity, active balance of power, and net fluctuations in load. This system is used for cluster division of distribution network. The net load in the cluster is then decomposed into high frequency components and low frequency components by using variational mode decomposition to obtain reference values of power for power-based and energy-based storage. Finally, we establish an optimal model to configure the capacity of the HESS with the objective of minimizing the annual cost of its configuration and net fluctuations in load, and use the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) algorithm to solve it. Simulations of the modified IEEE 33-bus distribution system were used to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.


In this article, a sliding mode control (SMC) is used to design the tracking control for the neural system based on a networked control system (NCS) that appeared with time delays. First, we established the mathematical forms for the stability analysis, and then proposed the radial basis function to approximate the nonlinear function. Second, we propose the discrete event-triggered scheme (ETS) as a way to make better use of existing bandwidth. Only when our sampled data of plant violates the specific event-triggered condition does the sensor release the data under this ETS. Finally, a nonlinear example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our co-design method.


Although fuzzy logic has long been well established in the field of electronic control technology, its use is not confined to this area alone. Countless applications show that knowledged based rules frequently achieve the desired objective faster, more efficiently and at a lower cost than well known conventional methods. The ability to use fuzzy logic to analyse EMC problems on printed circuit boards by computer, even before they go into production, may be unusual but is extremely advantageous to the user.


Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) analysis of GABA analogs as GABA-AT inhibitors has been performed using various physicochemical parameters. Attempt has been made to explore the structural and/or physicochemical requirements of the compounds that are responsible for the inhibitory activity. Statistically significant equations are obtained which are cross-validated and subjected to ANOVA analysis to prove their efficacy. Significant models obtained show that Non 1,4 van der Waal's energy, HOMO energy, LogP, Connolly Accessible Area and Total Energy of the molecules are the important parameters or properties that have to be considered while developing potent GABA-AT inhibitors as they are the deciding factors for its potent activity. IPC: Int.Cl. 7 C 07 C 229/00 Epilepsy is central nervous system (CNS) malfunction that leads either to generalized hyperactivity involving essentially all parts of the brain or to hyperactivity of only a portion of the brain 1 . γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been regarded as central inhibitory neurohormonal modulator 2 . If the imbalance exists between the release of excitatory amino acids (Glutamate) and inhibitory amino acids (GABA), then this might cause epileptic seizures.