This paper presents strategies for batteryless energy harvesting powered wireless sensor nodes based on IEEE 802.15.4e standard to join the network successfully with minimal attempts, which minimizes energy wastage. This includes using a well-sized capacitor and different duty cycles for the network joining. Experimental results showed a wireless sensor node that uses a 100 mF energy storage capacitor can usually join the network in one attempt but multiple attempts may be needed if it uses smaller capacitances especially when the harvested power is low. With a duty-cycled network joining, the time required to form a network is shorter, which reduces the overall energy usage of the nodes in joining the network. An energy harvesting powered wireless sensor network (WSN) was successfully formed in one attempt by using the proposed methods.


Western's recent research has focused on the reuse of the industrial heritage and tourism development,more emphasis on case studies.In this paper,firstly,the author elaborates the connotation of the authenticity for the industry heritage,and then a set of index,which is used to measure the tourist's perception for the authenticity of the industry heritage,is designed in the questionnaire.In the questionnaire,the objective variables(X_i) and subjective variables(Y_i) are designed,including total 5 major factors and their 18 subfactors that make up the evaluation indicators of the authenticity perception for industrial heritage.By the five-level rating method,the survey data are obtained.Thereafter,through reliability testing and regression analysis of the questionnaires,the author filters out the main factors that affect the authenticity perception for the industrial heritage,and a further in-depth analysis of survey results is carried out.Based on the questionnaire survey in nine typical industry heritage sites,the authors argue that the followings are the dominant factors affecting the authenticity perception for industry heritage:the reality the industry architectures' remains,the reality of industry culture,the reality of industry remains,the tourists' satisfaction and the sense of reality for the tourist commodities.The 14 concrete sub-factors of the above factors can be used as the basis for evaluating the effects from the tourists' perception and the most important factors are the tourist participating,the connotation revealing for the heritage,the preference of tourist and the craftsmanship of the commodities.A set of tactics,which would maximize the perception for the authenticity of industry heritage,is put forward,so as to driving the development for industry tourism resource and protecting the industry heritage preferably in Shanghai.


Based on ISO11137 , bioburden of 3M Steri-DrapeTM and the sterilization dose were determined. Results indicted that the adjusted average bioburden was 3082.5cfu per device, verification dose was 12.6kGy and the minimum sterilization dose was 26.8kGy (SAL 10-6). The irradiated sample products were tested to verify properties of the package materials and biocompatibility of the device. Results showed that after the irradiation and accelerated aging test, the sample products and the package were qualified. The device remained sterile and no adverse response was found in cytotoxicity test, animal test and clinical applications.


Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the study of the environmental impact of products taking into account their entire life-span and production chain. This requires gathering data from a variety of heterogeneous sources into a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI). LCI preparation involves the integration of observations and engineering models with reference data and literature results from around the world, from different domains, and at varying levels of granularity. Existing LCA data formats only address syntactic interoperability, thereby often ignoring semantics. This leads to inefficiencies in information collection and management and thus a variety of challenges, e.g., difficulties in reproducing assessments published in the literature. In this work, we present an ontology pattern that specifies key aspects of LCA/LCI data models, i.e., the notions of flows, activities, agents, and products, as well as their properties.


This paper presents a study on electromagnetic emitter localization using time difference of arrival (TDOA) and frequency-difference-of-arrival (FDOA) measurements acquired by moving sensors in the presence of communication constraints. The problem is framed as a Markov Decision Process where the action plan is the sequence of measurements to exchange within the sensor network and the reward function is calculated based on Cramer-Rao Lower Bound. Several optimization methods are proposed and benchmarked including myopic, multi-step ahead and heuristic approaches. The benefits of a non-myopic strategy are highlighted through simulated scenarios involving moving sensor platforms and one emitting source.


Objective:To introduce the Geranium trictipes R.Kunth.Method:Refer to all the relative literature,so we can analyse and summarize all of the informations.Results:We discovered some pharmacology research report and a little its basic in chemistry and other aspects,but there are some other varieties assamilar as Geranium trictipes R.Kunth in function and name,but they are not Geranium trictipes R.Kunth.Conclusion:Its curative effect is well we should enhance its basis research.


The present invention provides a power storage device, the power storage control apparatus and a power storage control method that rapidly equalize the voltage of the cell by a simple configuration. In series with the connected multiple cells, a series of the connected plurality of reactance elements, and a plurality of switching elements for opening and closing a plurality of connecting lines, each connecting line in each of parallel-connected to each cell and each of the reactance element with a one-to-one basis, by controlling the switching device is provided with a power storage control apparatus for cane energy between the cells.


Recently, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15),1 in December 2009, we kept our eyes on the political representatives of the countries present, in the hope that decisions would be made that could restrain global warming, soil exhaustion levels, predatory deforesting, the near absence of potable water, the disappearance of animal and plant species and the damage caused by the pollution imposed on nature. Although with great caution, it was expected that the industrialised2 nations, led by the United States,3 which over the years have reached a high level of economic and social development, would lead the negotiations, alongside China4 and the so-called emerging nations (India5 and Brazil, among others) that are now pursuing economic and social development, taking urgent measures with effectiveness and climatic justice, seeking to control global imbalance.


This study presents an aircraft landing simulation and prediction model. The model uses simple aircraft kinematics coupled with individual parameters to describe the landing process. A multiobjective optimization and a shortest path algorithm are used to predict the aircraft exit choice and taxiway path in the runway taxiway network. By recognizing pilot motivation during the landing process, several influence factors such as terminal location, runway, and weather conditions are considered in the aircraft landing simulation. Random variables such as aircraft runway crossing height, flight path angle, approach speed, deceleration rate, and runway exit speed are generated to represent the stochastic landing behavior of aircraft by using a Monte Carlo sampling technique. With real-time input data, the model could provide information on aircraft exit choice, runway occupancy times, and shortest taxiway path to an assigned terminal location for both the pilot and the air traffic controller in a ground traffic automatic control system. This model can also be used to solve runway exit location problems by providing the expected distribution of aircraft landing distances and predict aircraft runway occupancy times. An interactive computer program has been developed on an IBM RISC 6000 workstation to perform these tasks.


Capital (physical and human) doesn't flow from rich to poor countries. We show that in order to solve these twin paradoxes, assumption of externality of physical capital is better than assumption of externality of human capital.


Controlled growth of silicon dioxide (SiO2) using tetrachlorosilane (SiCl4) and water as precursors on tris(trimethylsiloxy)chlorosilane (trisTMSCl)-modified silicon wafer templates was studied. By...


The main purpose of the present research was to study the anxiety level among diabetic and non diabetic people (both male and female). The study was conducted over a sample of 160 people (80male: 40 diabetic and 40 on diabetic as well as 80female: 40 diabetic and 40 non diabetic). For the purpose of the measuring anxiety level of participants the Beck anxiety inventory was used. The obtained data were analyzed and interpreted on using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, and t – test. The results reported that statistically significant difference observed among diabetic and non diabetic male participants in relation to anxiety their level. As regarding to female participants with diabetic and non diabetic also significantly differ on their scores on anxiety. In conclusion the anxiety level was significantly higher in diabetic people both: male as well as female.


One professional management is in the preparation of financial statements follow Financial Accounting Standards (IFRSs) which has been officially in force in Indonesia as a reference book and standards in preparing and presenting financial statements of business or company. But in fact many of the micro, small and medium enterprises that do not understand the SAK. Indonesia has the Financial Accounting Standards (GAAP) used for preparing and presenting the financial statements in order to make financial statements can be uniform and easily understood by the stakeholders. Because GAAP is difficult to be applied by the economic circles of micro, small and medium then issued Financial Accounting Standards specifically for micro, small and medium enterprises by giving the name of Financial Accounting Standards ETAP (entities Without Public Accountability), so that small businesses can create financial statements in accordance with SAK ETAP. Specificity SAK ETAP is easier to be applied by SMEs but should not be applied by companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange or companies that require reporting to the public. The problem that often arises is the economic society is small or micro, small and medium SAK ETAP who do not understand this, so that if they make the financial statements are not in accordance with GAAP ETAP which has been recognized by the State and International. Treatment SAK ETAP is what will be used as a workshop by TIM Faculty of Economics, University of Lancang Kuning to SMEs in the village of Muara Jalai districts of North Kampar Kampar district. TIM explains the difference SAK ETAP with the usual accounting and provide training for the preparation and presentation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP ETAP Enterprises.
The SMEs estuary Jalai never prepare and present financial statements, which exist only in the traditional system even if there is only a small note on the purchase of goods. Given this devotion brings the understanding and implementation of penyususan and Presentation of financial statements based SAK ETAP which brings various benefits to SMEs.


Introduction This paper focuses on a group of female characters who have never been married and whose role within Irish society is, therefore, not defined by marriage or child rearing. In this paper we draw on the perspectives of Irish female writers whose works cover, overall, the entire second half of the twentieth century-Mary Lavin in the pre-1960's, Maeve Kelly, Emma Cooke, Clare Boylan, Jan Kennedy in the 1970's and 80's, Mary Beckett, Angela Bourke and Claire Keegan in the 1990's. Running through the works of these writers is a core theme of generalised hostility within Irish society towards women who, by choice or circumstance, have remained single. The stories by these writers return consistently to portrayals of the force exerted upon women by society to conform through self-sacrifice in a cultural environment which emphasises the benefit of society in general at the expense of women. These stories dissect the social ideology underlying and underpinning the politics of gender roles and human interaction within Irish society. The stories achieve this goal by choosing themes and issues of alienation, internal exile and prejudice against spinsters, and setting these against a backdrop of an ideological manifestation of a "spinsters as odd women" stereotype as well as of a requirement for women to conform to a role of selfless "social mothers". The social norm shaping women into natural wives and mothers serves, in effect, as a means of social control over women (Mustard 2004 "Spinster"). (2) Representations of a negative image of single women as spinsters in these stories indicate the continuing social marginalisation and discrimination which this distinctive (single women) group experiences as a result of falling outside of the conventional social enclosure in Ireland. The social phenomenon in post-famine Ireland in which a growing number of women stayed unmarried or permanently celibate is not unique in the context of modern Western Europe. (3) Like other western European countries, Ireland also experienced rural depopulation. Given that Ireland was, and remains, a stronghold of the belief that the role of women lay in domesticity and motherhood, a belief reinforced by the rejection of birth control of any kind, it is worth noting that the demographic patterns of population growth in Ireland since the Great Famine up to the 1960s remained much lower than in many other European countries. Partly, this demographic pattern may be due to "the combined effects of large-scale emigration and the lowest marriage rate in Europe" (Murphy-Lawless 1993: 53). (4) The feasibility of attaining married status for Irish men and women may also have been limited in many respects by practical factors and available economic options. The tightening economic conditions resulted in a gradual change in the system of land inheritance amongst rural farmers. Typically, only the eldest son could inherit his father's land and therefore only the eldest son would have been in a practical position to marry and raise a family of his own. As a result, the younger siblings either had to stay single or leave, or possibly both (Clarkson 1981: 237-55; Strassmann and Clark 1998: 38). At that time, many single women left the country to escape poverty and perhaps also social pressure resulting from their continuing single status (Horgan 2001 "Women's Lives"). The 1937 Constitution emphasises that the primary role of women in Irish society was that of wife and mother, a reflection of a dominant view that "the family was a moral institution, possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights" (Murphy-Lawless 1993: 54). Marriage in general becomes the social norm, or default option, for women inasmuch as women are largely defined in Irish society by the roles and duties in which they engage within the enclosure of marriage. Even today, social identities of Irish women continue to be constructed in the domestic arena of marriage and motherhood despite Ireland's economic modernisation as a member of the European Community, a theoretical availability of greater choice to women through access to higher education, and the impact of women's movements (Byrne 2008: 19). …


The objective of the current study was to adapt Schein's Career Anchor Inventory to the careers of faculty members of two-year and four year hospitality programs. A total of 337 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 43%. The scales that are part of the Modified Career Anchors Inventory had reliability coefficients ranging from 0.70 to 0.88. The study findings indicate that a sense of service is the predominant career anchor for hospitality faculty, although they have different talents, values, and motivations. Furthermore, based on the results, this study presents a case for further research in the comparison of dominant and complementary career anchors.


Objective To investigate the rule and characteristics of herbs used by Professor YAN Zheng-hua to treat digestive common diseases.Methods 253 prescriptions of treating digestive diseases were searched.Medications for stomach ache,epigastric fullness,abdominal pain,diarrhea,constipation were analyzed by data mining and statistic method.Results The common medications for stomach ache include Dried tangerine peel,Cyperus rotundus,White peony root and the most commonly used two-drug compatibility is "Dried tangerine peel and white peony root" (65.85%) ; common medications for epigastric fullness include Dried tangerine peel,Amomum villosum,Cyperus rotundus and the most commonly used two-drug compatibility is "Dried tangerine peel and Amomum villosum" (64.02%) ; common medications for abdominalpain include Tuckahoe,Dried tangerine peel,Red peony root and the most commonly used two-drug compatibility is "Tuckahoe and Dried tangerine peel" (50%) ; common medications for diarrhea include Tuckahoe,fried Malt,fried Grain buds and the most commonly used two-drug compatibility is "Tuckahoe and Atractylodes macrocephala" (67.5%) ; common medications for constipation include Radix Polygoni multiflori,Chinses Angelica,Semen Cassiae and the most commonly used two-drug compatibility is "Atractylodes macrocephala and Chinses Angelica" (56.52%) and "Hemp seed and Chinses Angelica" (56.52%).Conclusion Professor YYAN Zheng-hua believed that soothing the liver and regulating Qi,and regulating spleen and stomach is the basic therapeutic principle for digestive diseases.

Key words:
YAN Zheng-hua; Database; Digestive system


Modern economy is based more and more on knowledge. Terms such as management of knowledge, organisational learning and intelligent organisations are becoming more widespread amongst world leading companies. Over the past few years, intangible resources, based on the exploitation of ideas, have turned progressively into the real motor behind developed economies, giving place to the so-called the "weightless economies".


Motor vehicle operating fluid tank (10), in particular for storing aqueous urea solution (16), enclosing with a tank volume (14) tank shell (12) and the tank shell by releasing (12) the tank opening (18), in the tank volume (14) (a planar heater 22) is provided with an electrical resistive heating track (24) sandwiched envelope between two flat opposite and the resistive heating track (24), plastic films (34, 36) is arranged, which is characterized in that the plastic films (34, 36) each area opposite each other and each one layer (34a, 36a) have at least at their mutually facing surfaces of compatible thermoplastics which surrounds locally to each other along at least one electrical resistive heating track (24) joining track (54, 56) are interconnected, wherein within the joint path (54, 56) gap portions (58, 60, 62, 64) vorgese are hen, in which plastic film sections without interposition of a Widerstandsheizbahnabschnittes between them are unconnected opposite.


This paper introduces a novel approach that can provide the three dimensional information about the movement of a spreader by using two CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit in order to derive ALS (Automatic Landing System) in the crane used at a harbor. So far a kind of 2D Laser scanner sensor or laser distance measuring units are used as comer detectors for the geometrical matching between the spreader and a container. Such systems provide only two dimensional information which is not enough for an accurate and fast ALS. In addition to this deficiency in performance, the price of the system is too high to adapt to the ALS. Therefore, to overcome these defects, we proposed a novel method to acquire the three dimensional spreader information using two CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit. To show the efficiency of proposed method, real experiments are performed to show the improvement of accuracy in distance measurement by fusing the sensory information of the CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit.


Soil transplant serves as a proxy to simulate climate changes. Recently, we have shown that southward transplant of black soil and northward transplant of red soil altered soil microbial communities and biogeochemical variables. However, fundamental differences in soil types have prevented direct comparison between southward and northward transplants. To tackle it, herein we report an analysis of microbial communities of Cambisol soil in an agriculture field after 4 years of adaptation to southward and northward soil transplants over large transects. Analysis of bare fallow soils revealed concurrent increase in microbial functional diversity and coarse‐scale taxonomic diversity at both transplanted sites, as detected by GeoChip 3.0 and DGGE, respectively. Furthermore, a correlation between microbial functional diversity and taxonomic diversity was detected, which was masked in maize cropped soils. Mean annual temperature, soil moisture, and nitrate (NO3¯‐N) showed strong correlations with microbial communities. In addition, abundances of ammonium‐oxidizing genes (amoA) and denitrification genes were correlated with nitrification capacity and NO3¯‐N contents, suggesting that microbial responses to soil transplant could alter microbe‐mediated biogeochemical cycle at the ecosystem level.


In the title compound, C30H26O6·C3H6O, the syn-oriented benzoyl groups are nearly parallel to each other; the dihedral angle between their benzene rings is 15.9 (1)°. They form dihedral angles of 72.5 (1) and 84.3 (1)° with the naphthalene system. In the crystal, molecules are linked into a three-dimensional architecture by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π interactions.


Objective To investigate the possible biochemical mechanism of cognitive impairment in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS).Methods Polysomnography was administered to eighteen patients with OSAS and fourteen education and BMI-matched controls.All the cases were measured serum nitric oxide(NO)level by spectrophotometry and underwent neuropsychologicol test.Results The scores of visual recognition and digital symbol in the patients with OSAS were respectively 5.33±1.57;6.89±1.23,significantly lower than that in control group(8.57±1.91;9.07±1.00,P0.01).The serum NO level of the patients was 8.10±1.57,significantly higher than that in control group(5.61±2.22,P0.01).The NO level was significantly negatively correlated with the scores of visual recognition and digital symbol(r=-0.412,P0.05;r=-0.618,P0.01),and significantly positively correlated with the percentage of time during sleep spent with an oxygen saturation below 80%(r= 0.577,P0.05).Conclusion Increased serum NO level may play an important role in cognitive impairment in patients with OSAS


Data mining is a system that is useful for extracting data information as a medium of information and marketing. The author conducts research on sales transaction data to design a good system, which can facilitate use in extracting data information by processing sales transaction data using data mining. This research was carried out on "PT. Bumi Gaksi". "PT. Galaksi Bumi Jaya" is a company that sells heavy equipment spare parts which was established in 2016 which is located at Jalan Purnama, Purnama Permai Complex 2 No.AA2. At PT. Bumi Jaya Galaxies the sales information system applied is considered to be less effective and efficient, because transaction data stored for years is not utilized as well as possible. The more data, the company needs more effort to process data so that it can be used as useful information in the future, one of which is using data mining techniques. A data mining is needed to make the relationship between the intem set index in determining the items that are often purchased, with data mining expected to provide a contribution in decision making from a problem. This system uses a priori algorithms to do association analysis. The process of making a data mining website on this sales data using the VB.Net programming language by using the database used is MySQL. While the software design method used is the Incremebtal Development method in implementing a system. With the creation of this data mining processing software can support efficiency and effectiveness of work, making it easier to do data processing and get information from a combination of sales data in order to increase competition in marketing.


The inquiring ability of students in the same class are different.Basing on the teaching strategy of inquiry experiment,this article introduces a series of investigations on the stratification teaching of inquiry experiment in junior high school.


A supported heterogeneous catalyst composition for use in the polymerization of addition polymerizable monomers to form high molecular weight polymer, 1) a carrier comprising a solid micronized high surface area surface-modified inorganic oxide compound, 2) bis ( group 4 metal complexes of hydroxyaryl aryloxy) ligands; and optionally 3) a composition comprising an activating cocatalyst for the metal complex. .FIELD 1


Council to form the Committee on Service Personnel-Selection and Training, which group worked primarily in the two fields indicated in the Committee title. The work of all these groups very clearly indicated that wars were won or lost, not by machines alone nor yet by men alone, but by the man-machine combination. It was evident that not only must one find men who could operate machines but, of equal importance, one must devise machines that could be efficiently operated by available men in a period of manpower shortage. Hence by June 1942 there was set up the Applied Psychology Panel of NDRC which largely absorbed the problems and personnel of the earlier Committee but was so organized that it could


Thermal conductivities of three different edible oils, namely sunflower oil, corn oil and olive oil, were measured at temperatures 25, 40, 60, and 80°C. The measurements were carried out using a hot wire probe method. The calibration of the probe was performed using 0.3% agar gel with water and glycerin. In general, thermal conductivities of oils used in this study are found to be decreasing with temperature. The values of thermal conductivity measured are quite near to each other, the highest and the lowest being respectively 0.168 W/m K for sunflower oil at 25°C and 0.152 W/m K for corn oil at 80°C.


A missing angle-dependent prefactor in the wave functions for half-integer magnetic flux obtained in Aharonov Y. and Bohm D., Phys. Rev., 115 (1959) 485 is supplied, without which the result is not single-valued. No physical conclusions of the paper are affected.


A dynamic sliding mode adaptive controller design algorithm for single-input single-output nonlinear systems with higher-order and unmatched uncertainties is provided. We propose a new method to combine the technique of dynamic sliding mode with extensive adaptation laws, which can easily handle the problem of higher-order and unmatched uncertainties without any knowledge of the upper bounds of the uncertainties. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the proposed design method.


HLORAL hydrate addiction is rarely diagnosed nowadays. A possible reason Cis its unpleasant taste and its irritant effects on the gastro-intestinal tract, though the former can be avoided as the drug is now available in gelatine capsules. The more probable reason, however, is that the drug has been replaced by more readily available and effective hypnotics and sedatives, particularly barbiturates(2) (G. C. Willis and E. C. Abendt, 1964). This case is reported as it presents some unusual features which may be of interest.


We describe wild embeddings of polyhedra into R N which show that the answer to the question of B.J. Baker–M. Laidacker (1989) concerning uncountable families of pairwise disjoint compacta can be twofold. The central idea of our construction is the use of specific wild Cantor sets, namely, Antoine– Blankinship–Ivanov necklaces and Krushkal sticky sets. Our basic tools are Antoine's methods and Shtan'ko demension theory.


The techniques for the generation of overlapped grid using a simple iterative shooting method are presented. To generate overlapped grids with minimal user inputs, the advancing-front technique is used. To remove hole points, fronts with smoothed unit normal vectors and zones of interference algorithm are used. This method is tested through three demonstrative cases, which are an overlapped grid with a rectangular major grid and a C-type airfoil minor grid, an overlapped grid with two C-type BiNACA double airfoil grids and an overlapped grid with four circle grids. A steady inviscid flow is solved to demonstrate the capability of present method by an explicit, central, finite-volume method with implicit residual smoothing technique.


Solubility is most important and crucial factor for drug effectiveness. Large proportions of newly discovered drugs are water insoluble, and therefore poorly bioavailable. Nanosuspensions are one of..


The Long Range (LoRa) systems usually process all the computing tasks on the LoRa central server remotely, which brings large latency to Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In this paper, we propose a new design of a LoRa system with edge computing at the LoRa gateway. Our design enables that some of the time computing tasks for latency-sensitive applications can be dealt with timely. The implementation details of the LoRa gateway are presented along with functionality of each component. Finally, comprehensive experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed system. The results show that the proposed system can decrease the latency of IoT applications and balance the workloads between the LoRa central server and the LoRa gateway.


A number of instrumented laboratory-scale soil embankment slopes were subjected to artificial rainfall until they failed. The factor of safety of the slope based on real-time measurements of pore-water pressure (suction) and laboratory measured soil properties were calculated as the rainfall progressed. Based on the experiment measurements and slope stability analysis, it was observed that slope displacement measurements can be used to warn the slope failure more accurately. Further, moisture content/pore-water pressure measurements near the toe of the slope and the real-time factor of safety can also be used for prediction of rainfall-induced embankment failures with adequate accuracy.


Corn starch showed higher fresh paste consistency than wheat starch, and, after aging 24 hr, its gels were more firm at 6% solids or less. Between 7 and 30% solids, gels of wheat starch were more firm than those of corn starch. The lipids in wheat and corn starches were reduced 88-97% by boiling three times in four parts of a 3:1 (v/v) mixture of ethanol/water. Iodine-binding capacity of corn and wheat starches was highest after extraction with 75% n-propanol at 100IC compared to other solvents. Soxhlet extraction with methanol removed 93% lipid from corn starch, but only 78% from wheat starch as judged by iodine-binding capacity; hot 75% ethanol removed 97% lipid from wheat starch, but only 88% from corn starch. Amylograms of the low-lipid starches in 1% carboxymethylcellulose showed an initial, rapid increase in consistency as temperature rose 10° C beyond gelatinization. Then, consistency increased slowly and steadily up


The present paper deals with the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in the present power systems, in particular in reference to the transmission grids. Starting from a focus on RES in terms of technologies and impacts on the transmission grids, an overview on last generation solutions for RES integration, is reported. The main issues and perspectives of the integration process are investigated and summarized, in reference to a wide international literature on this topic. The investigated integration solutions are classified in: innovative materials, new electrical components, advanced electronic devices, automated control systems, smart technologies and new management mechanics (business and market models, incentives, etc.). Some considerations on economics and costs for the implementation of the RES integration solutions are included.


The mechanical properties of wood flour, Hwangto (325 and 1,400 mesh per 25,4 mm) and coupling agent-reinforced HDPE composites were investigated in this study. Hwangto and maleated polyethylene (MAPE) were used as an inorganic filler and a coupling agent, respectively. The addition of Hwangto and MAPE to virgin HDPE also increased the Young's modulus in the smaller degree. The addition of wood flour and Hwangto to virgin HDPE increased the tensile strength, due to the high uniform dispersion of HDPE by high surface area of Hwangto in HDPE and wood flour. MAPE also significantly increased the tensile strength. When wood flour was added, there was no notable difference on the tensile properties, in terms of Hwangto particle size. Hwangto also improved the flexural modulus and strength of reinforced HDPE composites. With different particle sizes of Hwangto, there was no considerable difference in flexural modulus and strength of reinforced HDPE composites. The addition of Hwangto showed slightly lower impact strength than that of wood flour. However, the particle size of Hwangto showed no significant effect on the impact strength of reinforced composites. In conclusion, reinforced HDPE composites with organic and inorganic fillers provide highly improved mechanical properties over virgin HDPE.


Location management (LM) is how to find a mobile terminal (MT) current location on the move. Location update (LU) and paging must be maintained efficiently to minimize location management cost in personal communication service networks (PCS networks). In this paper we introduce a new location update and paging techniques, the location update is concerned with location tracking which is based on geographical position of the mobile terminal with time aspects. The locations are saved in the mobile cache in means of cell ID and time interval, the tracking process is totally managed by the MT's current visitor location register (VLR), the location data is transferred from the mobile cache to the VLR when the mobile terminal crosses a pre-defined number of cells, or when a pre-defined number of time intervals is reached. The paging is done according to probability of existence for the mobile terminal to the location data saved in VLR. The proposed techniques in this paper reduce location management cost compared to existed location management methods.


Being the newest member of the 2D materials family, 2D-nanosheet possesses many distinctive physical and chemical properties resulting in a wide range of potential applications. Recently, it was di...


. We present a tool for analysing resource sharing conflicts in multithreaded Java programs. Java programs are translated to timed automata models verified afterwards by the Uppaal model checker. Analysed programs are annotated with timing information indicating the execution duration of a particular statement. Based on the timing information, the analysis of execution paths is performed, which gives an answer whether resource sharing conflicts are possible in a multithreaded Java program. If the analysis succeeds, resource locks may be eliminated from the Java program.


At present,there are some different opinions about the subject librarian system,which requires further study and discussion.This article analyzed a few definitions of the subject librarian system,expounded the meanings and contents of the subject librarian system,and explained the relationship between the system and the work of the subject librarians.


The research on Su Shi's poems have a close relation with that on Su Shi and poems in the Song Dynasty in the 20th century. It was approved, and then negated and finnally approved. However, it did make many achievements in any case though it still needs to be enhanced in its documents and poetic theory.


Interim Antenna Pattern Correction (APC) brightness temperature measurements for all ten SMMR channels are compared with calculated values generated from surface truth data. Plots and associated statistics are presented for the available points of coincidence between SMMR and surface truth measurements acquired for the Gulf of Alaska SEASAT Experiment. The most important conclusions of the study deal with the apparent existence of different instrument biases for each SMMR channel, and their variation across the scan.


This paper introduces the whole research and development status domestic and overseas at present and development trend of environment-friendly antifouling coatings in the future;details the characteristics and present situation of pesticides-free antifouling coatings;and points out the development trends of high performance,energy saving and environmental protection antifouling coatings(in the same time,both atmospheric and oceanic environment protection should be considered).


Ice shelves are widely known to slow the transfer of Antarctic grounded ice to the ocean, especially if their flow is decelerated by local pinning points. Their longevity is influenced by variations in ice dynamics, surface accumulation and oceanic conditions in the ice shelf cavity. This is reflected in the ice shelf structure, which can be characterized by the shape of internal radar reflection horizons.


Miniaturization of the channel size makes the flow behaviours of polymeric melt different from the macroscopic fluid at some aspects,and the neglected factors in macroscale for melt flowing may become the main influencing factors in microscale.The theoretical model of wall slip in microchannels was built to character melt slip behaviour at filling stage in micro injection molding on the basis of the primary theories of macroscopic melt flow and the investigation of the mechanisms of wall slip.By means of the numerical simulation method,the effects of wall slip on the flow velocity,the melt pressure and the local shear rate in the microchannels with different slip coefficients were studied.The results show that the wall slip in microchannels makes the melt velocity increased and the pressure loss decreased,which advances the melt filling flow.


of cataract Abstract: The aim of the present investigation was to study the ophthalmological, histological and biochemical changes after intraperitoneal injection of nicotine for eight weeks. The possible protective role of curcumin was also evaluated. The study was conducted on male albino rats (Wister strain). Three groups were included, the first group served as control, second group was injected with nicotine 2.5mg/Kg body weight (in physiological saline) for 8 weeks and the third group was administrated nicotine as in group 2 as well as curcumin 80 mg/kg body wt. Nicotine resulted in cataractous changes in the form of thickened capsule, flattening epithelial cells as well as vacuolar changes and fissuring of the fibers. Slit lamp examination revealed peripheral vesicles and cortical opacities. The biochemical results showed the oxidative stress of nicotine by decreased activities of antioxidant enzymes like reduced glutathione and increased malondialdehyde. The total soluble lens proteins lowered in this group. There were changes in UV spectra of lens soluble proteins which suggest a conformational at the tertiary structural levels. On the other hand, curcumin markedly improved the previous changes. In conclusion, consumption of curcumin to cigarette smokers can protect against cataractous changes of nicotine. in the pathogenesis of nicotine induced cataract model. Its protective activity noticed possibly be mediated through its antioxidant potential.


ESR spectra of Fe(III)BLM and NO-Fe(II)BLM on highly oriented DNA-fibers indicated that not only the iron binding domain of the BLM but also the orientation of NO bond axis is fixed with respect to the DNA-double helical axis at room temperature.


Abstract Background Vascular anomalies are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. They require dedicated interdisciplinary management. Optimal patient care relies on integral medical evaluation and a classification system established by experts in the field, to provide a better understanding of these complex vascular entities. Method A dedicated classification system according to the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) and the German Interdisciplinary Society of Vascular Anomalies (DiGGefA) is presented. The vast spectrum of diagnostic modalities, ranging from ultrasound with color Doppler, conventional X-ray, CT with 4 D imaging and MRI as well as catheter angiography for appropriate assessment is discussed. Results Congenital vascular anomalies are comprised of vascular tumors, based on endothelial cell proliferation and vascular malformations with underlying mesenchymal and angiogenetic disorder. Vascular tumors tend to regress with patient's age, vascular malformations increase in size and are subdivided into capillary, venous, lymphatic, arterio-venous and combined malformations, depending on their dominant vasculature. According to their appearance, venous malformations are the most common representative of vascular anomalies (70 %), followed by lymphatic malformations (12 %), arterio-venous malformations (8 %), combined malformation syndromes (6 %) and capillary malformations (4 %). Conclusion The aim is to provide an overview of the current classification system and diagnostic characterization of vascular anomalies in order to facilitate interdisciplinary management of vascular anomalies. Key Points  Vascular anomalies are comprised of vascular tumors and vascular malformations, both considered to be rare diseases. Appropriate treatment depends on correct classification and diagnosis of vascular anomalies, which is based on established national and international classification systems, recommendations and guidelines. In the classification, diagnosis and treatment of congenital vascular anomalies, radiology plays an integral part in patient management. Citation Format Sadick M, Müller-Wille R, Wildgruber M et al. Vascular Anomalies (Part I): Classification and Diagnostics of Vascular Anomalies. Fortschr Röntgenstr 2018; 190: 825 – 835


This Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education has been created by the Sandwell Syllabus Conference. It is the legal basis for Religious Education (RE) in Sandwell Schools.


The widespread use of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in recent years has reduced the H. pylori infection rate, indicating that gastric cancer cases diagnosed in the future may be H. pylori-naïve. The typical endoscopic presentation of signet-ring cell carcinoma, which accounts for the majority of H. pylori-naïve gastric cancer cases, is a discolored, flat, or depressed lesion; it is rarely presented as an elevated lesion. In this study, we treated a patient with elevated signet-ring cell carcinoma in an H. pylori-naïve stomach. Histopathological testing after endoscopic submucosal dissection showed proliferation of fibromuscular tissue in the tumor, which may have caused the formation of the elevated lesion.


ally released, it will probably be found to extend beneath a considerable area of the North Sea, and it is also known from the floor of the mid-English Channel. Although fossils from the London Clay have been known since the seventeenth century, and have proved a more varied and fascinating assemblage than those from many other formations ofgreater extent, it is not obviously attractive to the palaeontologist. By reason of the chemical nature of the iron compounds in it, atmospheric oxygen and moisture cause it to weather up to a depth of 6 metres or more, to the familiar ochreous brown seen in so many shallow excavations, and in this weathering process its fossils are destroyed. At depth, freshly cut in tunnels or deep excavations, it is seen to be


The present invention relates to a vaccine consisting of defective virus particles as obtained in vivo or ex vivo in infected individuals or likely to be infected by a virus, after expression of genes carried by a vector or combination of vectors and comprising at least the structural genes necessary for the constitution of the viral particle.


The procedure described here for the extraction and bioassay of natural germination inhibitors, requires only inexpensive equipment and minimal experimental skill. The method has been successfully used to demonstrate germination inhibition in a qualitative manner and to provide a framework for quantitative investigations


Using archival admissions records and case histories of patients at a British asylum from the 1860s to the 1870s, the authors examine the medical certification process leading to the asylum confinement of individuals judged to be "of unsound mind." These institutional texts are, the authors suggest, "occult genres" that function as complex acts of argumentation, whose illocutionary force depends on the success of their felicity conditions. Through the lens of Austin's concept of "uptake," the authors analyze the role of medical certification in the admissions history of two patients at Ticehurst House Asylum in the 1860s-1870s. The authors contend that historical genre analysis plays an important role in the rhetoric of medicine and health, shedding light on the performative power of medical certification, an act essential to the practice of psychiatry.


An object of the present invention is to facilitate the attachment of the metal insert for the front face of the automobile. A two opposing marginal region (18) is provided, the metal insert (10) comprising a core (12) having a shape according to the selected profile, is overmolded at least a portion of said insert It has been plastic reinforcements and (28). Core (12) is provided with at least one deep-drawn portion (24), the deep drawing unit, to at least one edge of the core, extends substantially transversely, said reinforcement piece (28), comprising at least one reinforcing element (32), the reinforcing element is configured to cover the deep drawing unit (24), connects the two ends (30) of the reinforcing part, these ends covers two edges of the core, respectively. The present invention is, with respect to the front face of an automobile, can be preferably used. .The


SiC is a material with large band gap, high thermal conductivity, high electron saturation velocity, high breakdown voltage and low dielectric constant. Its promising properties make it a attractive material for high-frequency, high-power, high-temperature and radiation stable electronicdevices, UV dectector and short wave LED's. This review shows the progress of SiC bulk and filmgrowth and its devices.


MicroRNA(miRNA)regulates gene expression and plays a key role in many biological and pathological processes through binding to complementary sequences in the 3′UTR of target mRNA specifically.In recent years,studies have shown that miRNA has stable expression in serum,furthermore in some disease states their expression profiles have abnormal changes.Therefore,we can use serum miRNA as a potential biomarker for disease diagnosis and observed indicators of the effectiveness of the treatment.At present,serum miRNAs play a critical role in the diagnosis of tumors,immunological diseases and hepatitis.Here is to make a review on the progress of the serum miRNA formation,detection and clinical application.


BackgroundMany psychiatric residents have traditionally received little- or- no training in cross cultural approaches to psychiatric training and research.MethodsThe Dartmouth-Howard Collaboration summer school training program had a 5-year grant to explore approaches to enhancing understanding of cultural factors in mental health treatment and research.ResultsParticipants' questionnaire rating responses indicated that their experience in the Summer School program enhanced their understanding and experience in dealing with minority, largely African American patients and the diverse factors that affect their treatment.ConclusionThe Dartmouth—Howard Collaboration provides a model for a feasible training program that imparts knowledge regarding culture and mental health, and the conduct of mental health research, with particular attention to African American mental health. The program is unique in that it offers an intense, 1-week course delivered to several types of mental health professionals and trainees in research and practice.


We very much appreciate the commentary by Professor Törnblom on our article.1,2 In particular, we are in agreement with his exhortation to improve treatment options for cannabis use disorders, which are particularly limited. A second salient point that Professor Törnblom raises is the paradox of further cannabis use as a means to treat the "sneaky" gastrointestinal symptoms associated with cannabis abuse. The leading hypothesis for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) suggests that chronic cannabis (particularly, high tetrahydrocannabinol [THC]) use leads to a downregulation of CB1 receptor function in the brain and can lead to disruption of the hypothalamic– pituitary axis, exaggerated stress responses3 and inducement of anxiety.4 Despite this significant dysregulation of the function of the endocannabinoid system, a forceful stimulation (such as with inhalation of high THC cannabis) may still provide some antiemetic benefit. Thus, CHS sufferers may perceive that cannabis is "the only thing that works" for acute attacks and may see cannabis as the treatment and not the ultimate cause of their symptoms. This mindset, of course, leads to further difficulty in convincing them to abstain from cannabis use, which remains the only effective longterm treatment option for this condition. Difficulties in defining and identifying CHS symptoms also exist. As Professor Törnblom's group has shown,5 symptoms of CHS may be more chronic and daily, or have more of a cyclical nature. They may also range in severity, with some managing at home, to significant hospital presentations with profound electrolyte disturbances or even intestinal intussusception.6 It is certain that many cases of CHS are not identified based on symptom pattern and history alone. In this regard, we now teach our clinical trainees that they must ask explicitly about cannabis use along with tobacco use in any history, lest CHS be missed.


The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing, and in particular relate to peanut butter and a preparing method thereof. The peanut butter comprises the following main ingredients in parts by weight: 5-20 parts of peanut kernel, 20-60 parts of peanut protein powder, and 100-300 parts of water; and the peanut butter comprises accessory materials in parts by weight: 2-8 parts salt, 1-8 parts of dextrin, 1-5 parts of a sweetening agent, 5-10 parts of peanut oil, red kojic rice with the weight accounting for 0.1-0.4% of the weight of the peanut protein powder, 1-3 parts of white spirit, 8-12 parts of white sesame seed, 2-8 parts of garlic, 2-8 parts o fginger, and 1-4 parts of paprika powder. According to the peanut butter and a preparing method, the peanut protein powder is taken as the raw material, and the peanut oil and the roasted peanut kernel are taken as the accessory materials and added into the peanut butter in various forms, so that the peanut butter has a pure flavor, and an enhanced mouthfeel; and in addition, the preparing method disclosed by the invention adopts the method, in which the peanut protein powder is dried to be used for directly preparing the peanut butter, which is different from the traditional method in which the peanut kernel is dried and then grinded. The peanut butter and the preparing method provided by the invention have the advantage that the peanut protein powder is dried completely, so that the flavor completely emits out, and the peanut butter has delicate and pure mouthfeel.


The health problems of the children who will lead the next generation are a matter of global importance. In the Western Pacific Region alone, as many as 3,000 children die every day. The causes of these deaths are mostly preventable or easily treated illnesses. UNICEF and WHO have long since established preventative measures against every illness, and have eradicated or brought under control diseases like smallpox and polio. Subsequently, under the slogan "Health for All by the Year 2000", a general primary health care initiative known as the Primary Health Care Program was developed, and the UN set the Millennium Development Goals, the fourth of which was to reduce the 1990 mortality rate among children under five by at least two thirds by 2015. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is an integrated strategy designed to secure child health, and it is expected to produce results.


Cluster analysis is a popular method for data investigation where data items are structured into groups called clusters. This analysis involves two sequential steps, namely cluster formation and cluster evaluation. In this paper, we propose the tight integration of cluster formation and cluster evaluation in interactive visual analysis in order to overcome the challenges that relate to the black-box nature of clustering algorithms. We present our conceptual framework in the form of an interactive visual environment. In this realization of our framework, we build upon general concepts such as cluster comparison, clustering tendency, cluster stability and cluster coherence. Additionally, we showcase our framework on the cluster analysis of mixed lipid bilayers.


Objective:To investigate the treatment of hyperparathyroidism with jaw tumor-like lesions.Methods:Retrospective analysis wes performed for patients of hyperpara thyroidism with jaw tumor-like lesions in our hospital during 2000-2009.Results:To the hyperpara thyroidism with jaw tumor-like lesions,only surgical resection of parathyroid tumor and jaw tumor-like lesions take a conservative treatment is an effective treatment.Conclusion:This method is effeceive for hyperparathyroidism with jaw tumor-like eesions.


In this paper, a novel 3-Ø five-level unidirectional improved power factor converter (3P5LUIPFC) with reduced device count for high speed generator set applications is proposed. The proposed topology as similar to multi stacked conventional multilevel topologies, however, additional clamping devices to attain intermediate dc link voltages are not required. In addition, there is only one physical bi directional controlled switch is required for attaining zero voltage level. The overall topology structure offers not only minimum devices count and also standing voltage stress across devices are minimum. This can improves the efficacy of the converter system. Level shifting sine pulse width modulation technique is implemented to generate desired PWM signals. MATLAB Simulation and prototype experimentation is carried out to verify the performance of proposed topology under given operating conditions.


Abstract. We present novel measurements of the carbon isotope composition of CFC-11 (CCl 3 F), CFC-12 (CCl 2 F 2 ), and CFC-113 (CF 2 ClCFCl 2 ), three atmospheric trace gases that are important for both stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming. These measurements were carried out on air samples collected in the stratosphere – the main sink region for these gases – and on air extracted from deep polar firn snow. We quantify, for the first time, the apparent isotopic fractionation, ϵapp(13C) , for these gases as they are destroyed in the high- and mid-latitude stratosphere: ϵapp (CFC-12, high-latitude)  = ( - 20.2 ± 4.4 )  ‰, and ϵapp (CFC-113, high-latitude)  = ( - 9.4 ± 4.4 )  ‰, ϵapp (CFC-12, mid-latitude)  = ( - 30.3 ± 10.7 )  ‰, and ϵapp (CFC-113, mid-latitude)  = ( - 34.4 ± 9.8 )  ‰. Our CFC-11 measurements were not sufficient to calculate ϵapp (CFC-11), so we instead used previously reported photolytic fractionation for CFC-11 and CFC-12 to scale our ϵapp (CFC-12), resulting in ϵapp (CFC-11, high-latitude)  = ( - 7.8 ± 1.7 )  ‰ and ϵapp (CFC-11, mid-latitude)  = ( - 11.7 ± 4.2 )  ‰. Measurements of firn air were used to construct histories of the tropospheric isotopic composition, δT(13C) , for CFC-11 (1950s to 2009), CFC-12 (1950s to 2009), and CFC-113 (1970s to 2009), with δT(13C) increasing for each gas. We used ϵapp (high-latitude), which was derived from more data, and a constant isotopic composition of emissions, δE(13C) , to model δT ( 13C , CFC-11), δT ( 13C , CFC-12), and δT ( 13C , CFC-113). For CFC-11 and CFC-12, modelled δT(13C) was consistent with measured δT(13C) for the entire period covered by the measurements, suggesting that no dramatic change in δE ( 13C , CFC-11) or δE ( 13C , CFC-12) has occurred since the 1950s. For CFC-113, our modelled δT ( 13C , CFC-113) did not agree with our measurements earlier than 1980. This discrepancy may be indicative of a change in δE ( 13C , CFC-113). However, this conclusion is based largely on a single sample and only just significant outside the 95 % confidence interval. Therefore more work is needed to independently verify this temporal trend in the global tropospheric 13 C isotopic composition of CFC-113. Our modelling predicts increasing δT ( 13C , CFC-11), δT ( 13C , CFC-12), and δT ( 13C , CFC-113) into the future. We investigated the effect of recently reported new CFC-11 emissions on background δT ( 13C , CFC-11) by fixing model emissions after 2012 and comparing δT ( 13C , CFC-11) in this scenario to the model base case. The difference in δT ( 13C , CFC-11) between these scenarios was 1.4 ‰ in 2050. This difference is smaller than our model uncertainty envelope and would therefore require improved modelling and measurement precision as well as better quantified isotopic source compositions to detect.


This thesis is a study of D-branes in string compactifications. In this context, D-branes are relevant as an important component of the nonperturbative spectrum, as an incisive probe of these backgrounds, and as a natural stringy tool for localizing gauge interactions. In the first part of the thesis, we discuss half-BPS D-branes in compactifications of type II string theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. The results we describe for these objects are pertinent both in their role as stringy brane-worlds, and in their role as solitonic objects. In particular, we determine couplings of these branes to the moduli determining the closed-string geometry, both perturbatively and non-perturbatively in the worldsheet expansion. We provide a local model for transitions in moduli space where the BPS spectrum jumps, and discuss the extension of mirror symmetry between Calabi-Yau manifolds to the case when D-branes are present. The next section is an interlude which provides some applications of D-branes to other curved backgrounds of string theory. In particular, we discuss a surprising phenomenon in which fundamental strings moving through background Ramond-Ramond fields dissolve into large spherical D3-branes. This mechanism is used to explain a previously-mysterious fact discovered via the AdS-CFT correspondence. Next, we make a connection betweenmore » type IIA string vacua of the type discussed in the first section and M-theory compactifications on manifolds of G{sub 2} holonomy. Finally we discuss constructions of string vacua which do not have large radius limits. In the final part of the thesis, we develop techniques for studying the worldsheets of open strings ending on the curved D-branes studied in the first section. More precisely, we formulate a large class of massive two-dimensional gauge theories coupled to boundary matter, which flow in the infrared to the relevant boundary conformal field theories. Along with many other applications, these techniques are used to describe world-volume theories of point-like D-probes of various Calabi-Yau threefolds.« less


The status of the research and application of hydrogenation decrepitation process in the rare earth permanent magnetic materials was firstly summarized.The general principles,characteristic,and advantage of HD process were described.Moreover,for the diverse rare earth permanent magnetic materials,the existing hydrogen absorption mechanism,the corresponding fracture modes,and the amount of hydrogen absorption were discussed in detail.Finally,the prospect of the application of HD process was presented.


After the forthcoming upgrade of the LHC accelerator at CERN, its luminosity will increase up to 7.5 × 1034 cm−2s−1. That will raise the readout rates and the background data to unmanageable levels for the existing ATLAS muon spectrometer. The ATLAS collaboration has proposed to replace the present small wheel muon detector with the New Small Wheel (NSW) to surpass those limitations. The new wheels consist of Micromegas (MM) and small-strip Thin Gap Chambers (sTGC). The first technology aims for precision tracking, and the last one for trigger purposes. Each wheel will be equipped with eight small and eight large sectors, while each sector will have a double MM wedge surrounded by sTGC wedges. The MM detectors for the NSW will be the largest developed Micro Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) as they will cover an area up to 1280 m2. During detectors' manufacture have been used various custom materials (PCBs, mesh) and innovative construction techniques. This paper describes the MM drift panels production at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki laboratory. Then will be presented resolution results of the MM detectors with cosmic-ray tests at CERN facilities.


ABSTRACT This paper explores whether any of the traditional aspects of Chinese culture discussed in the marketing and cross-cultural literature still apply to today's generation of Chinese students in the seemingly westernized location of Hong Kong. It finds that most of the traditional cultural beliefs are still endorsed although Hong Kong students also felt that they were quite independent, individual and creative-within the framework of respecting traditional values. The paper then discusses (on the basis of presenting the same set of students with the findings of this part of the research) how foreign universities might adapt their courses and programs to meet the cultural needs of Hong Kong students. It was found that universities need to adopt a delicate balance between respecting traditional Chinese values and concepts, and encompassing more westernized beliefs and attitudes which enable the students to learn in an environment which enables them to express their creativity and individualism, within a fundamentally quite conservative cultural environment. The value of the research is that it will help foreign universities position their programs and courses for this quite complex and subtle market.


A method to determine the sensitivity of any process to particle contaminants is proposed. Particles of known sizes are seeded at various known locations on the product at known steps. The resulting defects are then measured directly. This is illustrated by a detailed example. The advantages of this seeding method are as follows: (1) the entire experiment can be done quickly; (2) the experiment can be easily replicated; (3) large sample sizes are not needed; (4) and the time spent for inspection and measurement of defects is much less than in any of the previous methods. >


A leader-follower robot is used to perform different tasks without continuous human assistance. The movement of robot leader-follower to environment who do not structure, avoid persecution and achieving goals is very difficult. Related to the problem, the robot leader-follower requires navigating robots independently using Interval Fuzzy Logic Type-2 (IFLT) 2 Algorithm. The IFLT 2 algorithm performance is successfully applied to this leader-follower robot, with 8 base rules less than the Fuzzy Logic Type 1 Algorithm. This simulation, the robot successfully moves to avoid obstacles and go hand in hand with the position of the follower robot always following the position of the robot leader.


If, as the old saying goes, history is written by the victors, there can be great value, as Making Headlines clearly shows, in seeing how things looked to those on the other side. In it, Troy Bickham, an assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University, draws on his analysis of forty-one newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals in England and Scotland from the beginning of the American Revolution through its denouement. He paints a picture of both a press system and of the war that is quite different from that found in most standard American works on the subject. The two chapters in part one of the book describe a literate, engaged public served by a press system more modern than the tiny, privately owned, ideological and expensive newspapers available in the colonies. By the eve of the war, British newspapers and magazines were corporately owned, commercially successful ventures that enjoyed large circulations and an even larger audience if one considers the number of people who would have read a paper or heard it read in taverns and reading rooms. That, Bickham contends, gave periodicals a power base that rendered them relatively immune to government pressure. As a result, newspapers and


This paper reports on the analysis of different approaches in order to search for glyphs within handwritten mediaeval documents. As layout analysis methods are difficult to apply to the documents at hand, template matching methods are employed. A number of different shape descriptions are used to filter out false positives, since the application of correlation coefficients alone results in too many matches. The overall goal consists in the interactive support of an editor who is transcribing a given handwriting. For this purpose, the automatic spotting of glyphs enables the editor to compare glyphs within different contexts.


With explosive growth and development of digital data, deduplication methods are broadly-experienced in support data minimizing network and storage transparency by finding redundancy between data. As opposed to managing of several data copies with identical content, de-duplication will reduce redundant data by means of keeping one physical copy and refers other redundant information to a different copy. Obviously, this method saves safe-keeping for cloud providers, it decreases consistency of system. As lots of cloud systems are forecasted by users and applications for advanced consistency, in archival storage systems through which data are crucial and have to be preserved over long periods.  This needs that deduplication systems offer consistency much like others of greater-availability. No existing concentrate on guaranteed systems can correctly deal with the consistency furthermore to tag consistency difficulty within distributed storage systems. Inside our work, we make initial try and formalize concept of distributed consistent system and propose a manuscript distributed plan by greater consistency where data chunks are distributed across numerous cloud servers. Virtue within our proposal is data reliability, including tag consistency is achieved.


The migration behavior of cationic and nonionic surfactants on silica gel impregnated with paraffin oil, tertiary butyl phosphate and silicon oil using aqueous dimethyl formamide (DMF) was examined. The mobility of surfactants at different concentration levels of DMF in double distilled water was investigated on silica gel impregnated with 1% paraffin oil. The most suitable mobile phase for the mutual separation of cationic and nonionic surfactants was the mixture of DMF and double distilled water in 6:4 ratios. The separation of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) from Brij-35 was successfully achieved on silica gel impregnated with 1% paraffin oil. The mobility pattern of cationic as well as nonionic surfactants on silica gel impregnated with (1, 3, 5, 7 and 10%) paraffin oil, 1% tertiary butyl phosphate and 1 % silicon oil was examined. The solvent effect on the R F values of surfactants, with protic solvent (DMF and tetrahydrofuran i.e. THF) and aprotic (Dimethylsulfoxide i.e. DMSO) was performed on silica gel impregnated with 1% paraffin oil. The migration behavior of surfactants on stationary phases (alumina, kieselguhr and cellulose) impregnated with 1% paraffin oil was also studied. The results show reasonable reproducibility (R F values differ by a factor of 10%). The limits of detection of CPC and BJ-35 were 0.73 and 0.75 μg respectively. To widen the applicability of the method, separation of CPC and BJ-35 from a sample of fabric softener was also investigated. The influence of metal cations as well as anionic impurities in the separation of CPC and Brij-35 was also examined.


Hated in the Nation" is one of the episodes of the Black Mirror series and from it we analyze how ways of learning-teaching to hate others in our time are produced. In this cartographic research we problematize reflections on events that make up the atmosphere of war of hatred of difference, through traces in the liquid architecture of cyberculture. With that we trace something of the formative networks (of) that serve as incubators for the promotion of acts of hatred. As a result, we highlight expanded discourse lines; the privileged freedom; the lethal patrol; daily modes of domination of life; and the forms of authorization and legitimization of hatred.


The spatial separation between drivers in a loudspeaker system affects the radiation pattern over the frequency range where more than one driver contributes to the total acoustic output. An analysis of conventional crossover networks shows that the main lobe of the radiation pattern shifts in direction and increases in amplitude. A new network transfer function, which can easily be realized with operational amplifiers, eliminates this problem. Additional active delay networks are used to compensate for offsets in the acoustical planes from which the individual drivers radiate. The audibility of phase distortion is investigated with the conclusion that it is undetectable for the proposed types of networks.


One of the most important power quality problems in power system is harmonic distortion. Due to an increase of non-linear loads as harmonic sources, the identification of harmonic loads becomes important concern in the power system. Therefore, this paper proposes a Levenberg Marquardt Backpropagation (LMBP) Neural Network to identification of harmonic load. Data of harmonic load are gathered from a low cost microcontroller with Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method as analysis of the input current waveform in the presence of multiple devices to obtain the harmonic value. LMBP is trained using harmonic as input with combination of 14 different types of load. The performance of LMBP is implemented with several of the different training and test data to validate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. The results show that the proposed algorithm has high accuracy to determine the presence of loads based on their harmonic signature.


security, access control, computer virus The software industry is making a major effort to eliminate the flaws exploited by writers of malware. It is the premise of this essay that this strategy cannot succeed. Something else is needed, and that something is enforcing the Principle of Least Authority (POLA) at a finer granularity than we do today.


Abstract The subject of this article is one of the most popular comedy films of the late Soviet period, Za dvoma zaitsiamy [Chasing Two Hares]. Made at the Kyiv Film Studio in 1961, it was originally a Ukrainian-language film based on Mykhailo Staryts'kyi's eponymous 1883 play that satirized pretentious upstarts eager to assimilate into Russian culture. However, the completed film was dubbed into Russian and released throughout the Soviet Union in the Russian version. The change of language reversed the meaning of the film's satire, turning the movie into a harmless folkloric comedy that reinforced imperial cultural hierarchies rather than undermining them.


Bioclimatic architecture is an integrated concept in building design where the structure, space and building construction systems can guarantee comfortable conditions for the occupants. This concept was developed in the building of SMU Al Wahid Kabupaten Tasikmalaya which is physically a school building far from comfortable. The form of school buildings does not support the implementation of good quality teaching and learning activities, so that redesign is needed to support the comfort of school building users. Contoured area locations, beautiful environment and adequate air temperature are sufficient to support the application of bioclimatic architectural concepts. To obtain accurate primary data, the Post Occupancy Evaluation method is used. This study focused on building users, needs and provided insight into the consequences of existing designs. The evaluation results will be used as planning criteria in the program and subsequent design. Bioclimatic architecture is implemented in the hope of increasing the comfort of users of school facilities so that the process of teaching and learning can run optimally.


Controlling the performance of electric motors is one of the most essential needs in many industries, and three-phase electric motors are the most widely used in industries. In order to control and estimate the speed of three-phase electric motors without the use of a sensor, a method based on the field-oriented control method in indirect mode has been presented. The proposed model uses the Q-axis current in the stator to estimate the speed in different conditions, and the responses of the proposed method as well as its stability in different states are presented using the simulations performed in the MATLAB software environment. At the end, a comparison with the base model is made and the difference in the performance of the two methods at low speed is investigated.


Multilayered blood safety programs reduce the risk of transfusion‐transmitted diseases; however, there remains a risk of window period transmission of screened viruses and transmission of unscreened and emerging viruses from asymptomatic donors. To reduce this risk, a riboflavin‐and‐UV‐light–based pathogen reduction process was evaluated against eight viral agents.


Incorporates the concept of story or narrative to provide a unique approach to therapy with the elderly. Compares this with other geriatric therapeutic approaches. Explains how to use this technique through the application of a number of strategies and case studies.


Each of the three papers in Part I V of this monograph may be regarded as a summary of certain aspects of problems in genetic-epidemiological studies of human diseases. It is fortunate that Crittenden, Anderson, and Lilienfeld are from three different disciplines and bring out different facets of the problem for discussion. All I can do here is to add a few random thoughts connected with the points raised by these investigators, leaving the "synthesis" to readers themselves: Genetic study of human disease goes back to the early Mendelian days; the overwhelming majority of such studies have dealt with monofactorial inheritance such as albinism and phenylketonuria. Undoubtedly, a great number of human abnormalities are controlled by a single locus. It must be equally evident that many others are not. Human geneticists have made little progress toward studying polygenic traits because of the many inherent difficulties involved. One significant progress in this direction is the empirical study of relative risk (a relative risk may be broadly defined as the ratio of two conditional probabilities). Crittenden (elsewhere in this monograph) takes one further step. He has introduced to geneticists and epidemiologists the important concept of an underlying continuous polygenic distribution for apparently discrete traits. This concept itself is not a new one; it has been used in toxicology, studies in disease resistance, and animal selection experiments for a number of years; its introduction to the analysis and interpretation of genetic data in man is new and timely. Whether breast cancer requires a threshold for expression on the underlying scale of genotypic distribution is not the point. The main significance is the introduction of the polygenic concept and a method of dealing with such a situation. In Michael Lerner'sl The Genetic Basis of Selection (1958) are mentioned several times the inheritance of an anomaly known as "crooked t.oes" in chickens. This condition, as many others in animals, is determined by small differences a t a large number of loci with threshold for expression. When a certain fraction of these loci is homozygous, the trait is phenotypically expressed and classifiable into discrete categories. Inbreeding increases the incidence of the trait sharply. Selection by culling the individuals exhibiting the trait. is virtually ineffective. If a somewhat similar physical abnormality occurs in man, most geneticists tend to think that it is a rare Mendelian recessive. The truth is, as Lerner points out, no formal Mendelian schemes can be usefully invoked even when variable penetrance and expressivity of single genes is postulated. The suggestion of Crittenden that certain human diseases, although discrete in appearance, may also have an underlying continuous distribution with a threshold level is quite consistent with our genetic knowledge of animals that have been subjected to experimentation. It. is hoped


A safety controlling system is a kind of guarantee to the safety of air flight operation. As a result of the rapid development of China air transportation industry,the means and ways of existing air safety management system falls short of meeting safety concerns. Through analyzing the status quo of the air safety management system of China airlines,with a reference to the same system of foreign air-companies,and their theory and practice,a proposal is put forward in the article for an establishment of a safety management system adapted to the real conditions of China air transportation companies.


Rice consumption is a major source of cadmium and arsenic for the population of Asia. We investigated the effects of water management in rice paddy on levels of cadmium and arsenic in Japanese rice grains. Flooding increased arsenic concentrations in rice grains, whereas aerobic treatment increased the concentration of cadmium. Flooding for three weeks before and after heading was most effective in reducing grain cadmium concentrations, but this treatment increased the arsenic concentration considerably, whereas aerobic treatment during the same period was effective in reducing arsenic concentrations but increased the cadmium concentration markedly. Flooding treatment after heading was found to be more effective than flooding treatment before heading in reducing rice grain cadmium without a concomitant increase in total arsenic levels.


This paper aims to clarify how the space under the overhead railway, which runs through the center of Kobe City, was designed in the process of modern urban planning. The decision of adopting the overhead way of national railway determined the way of extension into the center of the city by private railways and the way of utilizing the space under the viaduct. Kiichiro Morigaki, a technical official of Kobe City, who planned to manage the space under the viaduct as public space, succeeded in reserving the sidewalk between Sannomiya and Kobe.


The majority of MSMEs in the Sukmajaya sub-district, Depok, are engaged in the culinary field, totaling 771 MSMEs out of a total of 2,835 MSMEs. The decline in the number of MSMEs in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for MSMEs to market their products. On the other hand, during this period, SMEs emerged with digital innovation. Digital marketing planning is necessary for MSMEs in running their business to create a competitive advantage and improve marketing performance. MSMEs that do not implement digital marketing in running their business will be left behind and lose customers because customer buying behavior has changed towards digital.
This research is quantitative descriptive research using the SmartPLS 3.0 tool to analyze the effect of each variable. The type of data is primary data by distributing questionnaires to 125 Culinary MSME respondents in the Sukmajaya sub-district, Depok city via Google form. In this study, data analysis techniques were carried out in the form of descriptive data analysis and inferential data analysis, and hypothesis testing.
The results of the study prove that digital marketing planning using the SOSTAC method has a positive and significant effect on Competitive advantage, SOSTAC Digital marketing planning has a positive and significant effect on marketing performance and Competitive advantage has a positive and significant effect on marketing performance. The results of the study show that SOSTAC Digital Marketing Planning has a positive and significant indirect relationship to marketing performance through competitive advantage, which is bigger than the direct relationship. Thus, in SOSTAC Digital Marketing Planning, to achieve marketing performance, MSME actors must first be able to create a competitive advantage.


Objective
To explore the efficacy of endovascular treatment for closed articular artery injuries.

Methods
The clinical data of 13 patients from Jan 2010 to Dec 2014 treated for closed articular artery injuries were analyzed retrospectively. The location, severity and extent of arterial injury were confirmed by intraoperative arteriography. The diameter and length of the injured arteries were measured. The guidewire was sent to the lesion site and working wire pathway was established. When the guidewire was difficult to pass through the lesion site, femoral and posterior tibial or radial artery may be used to establish working wire pathway. The stent or stent-graft was implanted through the contralateral femoral artery or distal end of ipsilateral artery.

Results
Intraoperative angiography confirmed intimal injury (n=2), partial transection (n=5), complete transection (n=5) and arteriovenous fistula (n=1). Eighteen stents or stent-grafts were implanted. Treatment was successful in all patients without peiropeartive death and procedure-related complications. All were followed up for 15 to 48 months and the mean follow-up was (30±11) months. Three patients with stent lumen stenosis less than 50% as showed by angiography. There was no stent fracture, displacement, or deformation.

Conclusions
Endovascular treatment for closed articular artery injuries is of less invasion, shorter operative time and quick postoperative recovery.

Key words:
Wounds and injuries; Angioplasty; Arteries; Joints; Stents


To assess the biolarvicidal compound and larvicidal potentials of methyl ester of hexadeconic acid isolated from Annona muricata Linn. (A. muricata) against mosquito larvae Aedes aegypti Linn. (A. aegypti). The biolarvicidal compound methyl ester of hexadeconic acid was determined using GC-MS, while the larvicidal bioassay was carried out using different concentration of aqueous leaf extract of A. muricata against the larvae of A. aegypti in accordance with the standard protocol. Isolation and identification of larvicide bioactive compound from soursop (A. muricata) leaves against the larvae of A. aegypti mosquito, the transmitters of dengue fever has been carried out. The aquatic (rain water) extract of soursop leaves was an active larvicide agent with a lethal concentration (LC 50) varies with the concentration percentage and time. LC 50 for 2.5% = 3.0 h, 2.0% = 3.30 h, 1.5% = 3.15 h, 1.0% = 4.0 h and 0.5% = 5.0 h respectively. Total mortality occurred at 6.0 h for 2.5% concentration, 6.30 h for 2.0%, 7.30 h for both 1.5 and 1.0%, 8.0 h for 0.5% concentration. Removal of exoskeleton (dechitinising property) occurred between 1.0 h to 2.0 h for these concentrations tested for this work. Separation by TLC, analysis and identification with GC-MS showed peaks of 14 compounds, where there three dominant compounds with a retention time relatively close and have the abundance percentage that are large enough, which are identified as methyl ester of hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester of 9-octadecenoic acid (z), and 5-methyl-2-hexanone oxime with the most dominant compound which is methyl ester of hexadecamic acid which has a 44.11% abundance. The results justify the larvicidal potentials of bioactive compound from the leaf aqueous extract of A. muricata and the need to incorporate them in vector management and control.


Introduction – Computer-based representation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (GLs) is an important research topic in medical informatics. It has been proposed to promote guideline dissemination and to help improve physicians' compliance with guidelines. There are several aspects to tackle, in order to implement efficient, real world decision support systems built on GLs. Some aspects concern the representation formalism, others concern the implementation: among the former there are representation syntax and semantics, use of standard medical terminologies and ontologies, reusability of medical knowledge. Among the latter there are the interface to the legacy system, reminds to the guideline text, tailoring the system functionality to the specific user role, setup of evaluation procedures to measure guideline impact, etc. In the middle there is the link with the electronic medical record (also for deriving abstractions, both qualitative and temporal), that involves both representation and implementation issues.


Analyzing the Citizenship Involvement Democracy survey on American citizens, this paper investigates categorical and demographic disparities between offline and online political participants and differences in significant predictors for political participation between offline and online modes. The study presents three main implications. First, people who do political activities online are not categorically disparate from those who do so offline. Second, the patterns of cross-group differences in activeness of political participation make distinctions between offline and online modes. Demographic distinctions reveal a tradeoff between a generational gap in online activity and a racial gap in offline activity, but a divide in political participation is still large between better-educated, affluent people and their counterparts. Third, the Internet plays a dual role to mobilize new participation by offline inactivists as well as to reinforce continuous participation by offline activists. Offline inactive participants do online political activities actively with frequent use of the Internet.


Accurate measurements of the noise levels produced by turbine-generators are difficult to obtain because of the highly reverberant character of the turbine halls. The use of directional microphones to discriminate against the reverberant sound and improve the measurement accuracy has been investigated. The results show that effective signal-to-background noise gains of 3 to 7 dB can be achieved. The capabilities, limitations and areas which need additional work are specified.


Labelling of loose powder particles is briefly discussed and four applications of radiotracer methods are mentioned: 1) Determination of homogenization time by continuous detection method; 2) evaluation of flow characteristic and of sequence of particulate solids discharging from silos; 3) evaluation of segregation of mixtures in silos; 4) evaluation of equalization stability in a continuous gravity blender.


Lithium metal is a promising anode material for achieving higher capacity than the commercial lithium-ion batteries. However, lithium metal anodes (LMAs) suffer from a series of vital issues caused by...


Abstract The title compound, a candidate for solar photovoltaic applications, crystallizes in at least two polymorphic structures. Triclinic form: a = 11.911 (4), b = 7.401 (9), c = 6.501 (7) A, α = 92.78 (7), β = 111.9 (4), γ = 98.08 (6)°, = .046 for 955 reflections with F 0 > 2σ(F 0). Monoclinic form: a = 15.72 (4), b = 7.283 (3), c = 9.591 (3) A, β = 106.11 (8)°, P21/a, Z = 2, R = .084, Rw = .077 for 804 reflections F 0 > 2σ(F 0). In both structures the geometric features of the essentially planar molecule are compatible with significant contributions from classical low energy resonance structures. Cocrystallization of the two modifications as well as two morphologies for the monoclinic form can be rationalized on the basis of competition between a small number of intermolecular interactions, which are discussed.


The distributed optical fiber sensing technology is applied to detect the cracks in the small scale plaster model test fo arch dam.The practice of this technology shows that the sensor network sticked on the downstream surface of the dam will not affect the strffness of the model,but it must be correctly distributed.By using OTDR the real time monitoring of cracks can be realized.


In INCE/J, the prediction method of the first version of INCE/J RTV-Model named INCE/J RTV-Model 2003 for environmental impact assessment on ground-borne vibration induced by the road traffic was published for flat roads in 2003. LV10 (10 percentile-exceeded frequency weighted acceleration level) is used in the vibration evaluation for an environmental assessment in Japan. For this reason, the prediction in the model was based on a method to calculate the summation in decibel considering traffic volume within the defined time from the unit pattern which is the time history of vibration acceleration level at the prediction point when one vehicle runs on the road. The unit pattern could be calculated by using a simply empirical equation for the distance attenuation by Bornitz. In order to extend the previous model to a new applicable model for both cutting- and banking-structure roads, numerical simulations were performed. These results were summarized in this paper.


Given the large effect of loyalty in the relationship managers and shareholders in resolving conflicts of interest, we will, in this work, present this link to the agency theory. Specifically, he is finding, from a reading grid of several previous studies on theories of agency, effective ways a manager can use to retain shareholders, and then we will test empirically through qualitative analysis.


Over the coming years, developments of large urban areas are expected, many of them on plots where soil conditions may not be the most suitable for building. This is the case of plots that previously have been used for dumping anthropic fill deposits. The term anthropic fill included a large variety of materials, all of them related with human activity; but this paper is mainly focused on natural materials extracted from nearby excavations or construction debris that form non-contaminated lands. In a review of literature related to risks, it is observed that in the last 10 years there have been abundant investigations to determine vulnerability in urban areas. However, the risks derived from the presence of anthropic landfills have generally been overlooked. For this reason, there is a real need to quantify construction vulnerability in areas settled on anthropic landfills. A methodology, up to now unknown, must be created to estimate and extrapolate it to any part of the world. The aim is to avoid the likelihood of pathologies appearing in urban areas. Hence, and to address this lack of knowledge, an Integrated Evaluation Model has been developed. Its purpose is to quantify, simply but effectively, the construction vulnerability index in already consolidated areas of historic landfills. The proposed model has been validated in a very popular district of the city of Madrid. Its surface, the number of buildings affected and population involved make it truly representative.


The theoretical density of Li B alloy vs boron content was calculated according to a hexagonal structure model of LiB compound. For the 24%(mole fraction) B Li B alloy, the densities of the specimen fully reacted and cold extruded and the specimen without second exothermic reaction were measured, respectively. Several experimental results of previous different researchers were discussed. It is shown that after full reaction and running out the porosity in the alloy, the experimental density of the alloy agree with that of theoretical calculation. The main reason that causes large deviations in density measurement is the porosity in the specimen. The density of the specimen without second exothermic reaction is almost the same as that of theoretical calculation according to the Li B element mixture, it supports a view point that after first reaction and before the second reaction, the element B is solved into liquid Li.[


The post-illumination pupil response (PIPR) is a measure of the responsivity of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), and reflects the cell biology of the photoentrainment pathway projecting from the retina to the circadian clock. Adequate signaling from the ipRGCs in the retina to the circadian clock is necessary to result in robust circadian output which we hypothesize would increase inter-daily stability (IS), a non-parametric modeling technique that examines stability of rest activity rhythms across successive days.

 Participants were aged 18–66 years and recruited from the greater Pittsburgh area during the Winter with Seasonal Affective Disorder who completed both actigraphy and pupillometry (n = 16). PIPR measures were collected after a 1 second red or blue light pulse, and are calculated as the Net difference between red and blue at multiple time frames: at 6 seconds post stimulus (PIPR 6), from 10–30 seconds post-stimulus (PIPR 20), or from 10–40 seconds post-stimulus (PIPR 30). Using actigraphy, inter-daily stability (IS) was calculated as the amount of overall variability in the recording that is accounted for by the typical 24-hour profile, and reflects stability of the mean 24-h profile day-to-day.

 Inter-daily stability (IS) was associated with Net PIPR 20 (Β = 0.561; p = .031) and Net PIPR 30 (Β = 0.551; p = .034; all Β's are standardized), but not Net PIPR 6 (Β = 0.298; p = .304). Retinal irradiance was calculated for each participant based on age and pupil diameter, to account for age-related differences in transmission of the stimulus to the retina. All raw Net PIPR values were adjusted for calculated retinal irradiance, and gender and time since wake were included as covariates.

 Inter-daily stability (IS) values indicate greater stability of 24-hour activity profiles across days. If reduced responsivity to entraining pulses of light is associated with day-to-day instability in activity rhythms, as shown here, we might expect that amplifying entraining light through environmental changes or bright light therapy would normalize inter-daily stability in SAD, or the reverse, stabilizing activity profiles across days could improve depression and/or normalize retinal ipRGC responsivity.

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This paper introduces some enjoyable and effective English exercises used in a 2016 content and language integrated learning (CLIL) course that combined career education and English learning. It also elaborates on the concept of selective attention, the theoretical rationale behind the effectiveness of the exercises. Exercises based on selective attention were designed to train students on how to shift their focus from negative thoughts and feelings such as complaints, anxieties, and regrets, to positive thoughts and feelings such as hopes, dreams, success and happiness. Hamada (2018) found that this 2016 CLIL course significantly enhanced the students' self-esteem and had a positive effect on their mental attitudes toward life. This paper will also discuss how the exercises based on selective attention influenced the findings of the 2018 study.
本稿では、キャリア教育と英語学習を統合した2016年の内容言語統合型学習(CLIL)コースで使用された効果的で楽しい英語エクササイズを紹介し、その効果の理論的根拠である「選択的注意」という概念について述べる。「選択的注意」に基づいたエクサイズは、脳のフォーカスが不満、不安、後悔といった否定的思考及び感情から希望、夢、成功、幸福といった肯定的思考や感情にシフトされるようにデザインされた。濱田(2018)の研究によると、2016年のCLILコースは受講者の自尊感情を高め、人生に対する考え方に肯定的な変化をもたらす効果があることが明らかになった。本稿では、「選択的注意」に基づいたエクササイズが2018年の研究結果にどのように影響を与えたかについても考察する。


Deterioration of the cement asphalt mortar (CAM) cushion in non-ballast slab track can decrease the safety of high-speed railway lines in service. The improvement in the performance of CAM due to t...


In a political and cultural climate where renegotiations of the shared colonial history of Germany and Namibia have gained momentum but debates about the past remain heated and tense, the artistic practice of Namibian artist Vitjitua Ndjiharine reveals new and empathic ways to engage with colonial legacies. This article discusses a selection of Ndjiharine's artworks, part of the transnational research and exhibition project 'Ovizire · Somgu: From Where Do We Speak', in Hamburg and Windhoek (2018–20). Examining her creative strategies to explore the colonial photographic archive of the Hamburg Museum am Rothenbaum elucidates how her practice relates to critical scholarly investigations of the ambivalences of photographs from the colonial era. Ndjiharine's artistic practice not only critiques German institutions, colonial modes of representation and knowledge production, but also conjures up alternative ways to reimagine obscured and entangled colonial histories. Analysing the works exhibited in Hamburg and Windhoek allows us to attend to the distinct references and frameworks evoked to refashion and reinterpret the photographed subjects and ultimately to usher in new ways of viewing and relating to the colonial past and the present.