The aim of the present work is to present a geometric formulation of higher order variational problems on arbitrary fibred manifolds. The problems of Engineering and Mathematical Physics whose natural formulation requires the use of second order differential invariants are classic, but it has been the recent advances in the theory of integrable non-linear partial differential equations and the consideration in Geometry of invariants of increasingly higher orders that has highlighted the interest of being able to work with a general formalism for higher order variational problems (see for instance [5], [7], [8]).


A motion picture encoding method, a motion picture decoding method, a motion picture encoding program, a motion picture decoding program, a motion picture encoding apparatus and a motion picture decoding apparatus are provided to reduce a variation in the shape of a region caused by a difference between encoding modes and improve compression encoding efficiency. A motion picture encoding method includes steps of determining the encoding mode of each of a plurality of images constructing a motion picture, determining a region construction unit for splitting each of the plurality of images into a plurality of regions based on the encoding mode, and defining the regions based on the region construction unit. The method further includes steps of encoding region information about the defined regions, compression-encoding pixel data included in the regions in order to generate compression encoded data according to the encoding mode, and outputting the encoding mode, the region information and the compression encoded data.


A guiding principle of taking discipline construction as a lead to promote an all-round discipline development is clearly proposed in Beijing Union University's twelfth five-year development plan.From the noumenon of a discipline angle,discipline and discipline system are discussed.By reviewing the history of discipline development in our country,BUU's disciple development is hackled and the gap and problems are found against it.From the perspective of discipline and discipline development epistemology,the quality and efficiency in discipline construction are summarized and a principle of whole emergence and diversity in discipline improvement is put forward.An analysis of the opportunities and challenges in it is made and the target and measures for the discipline construction and development in BUU's twelfth five-year plan are proposed.


5G is the abbreviation of the 5th generation mobile communication technology. China is one of the earliest countries in the world to implement 5G commercially. The application of 5G network needs to build a large number of 5G base stations. However, there is no research on 5G base station load model connected to distribution network. In order to study the load forecasting of 5G base stations connected to the distribution network in the planning area, this paper summarized and proposed a deployment method of 5G base stations in the planning area based on a wireless signal transmission model, analyzed and modeled the basic components and electrical characteristics of 5G base station, established a single 5G base station load model, and finally took the power supply area of Feicuihu substation in a city of Anhui province as the area to be planned. According to the 5G base station load model and the 5G base station distribution model in different areas, the spatial load of 5G base stations in the planning area is predicted, which provides a reference for distribution network operation and planning.


We report on a diode-pumped SESAM mode-locked Yb:SrF2 laser generating 49 fs pulses at 1058 nm with an average output power of 117 mW at a pulse repetition rate of ~75.9 MHz.


The use of Butterfly pea is widely used as a colorant in various local foods in Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries. This use is limited to foods that do not have a long shelf life. Processing and storage by drying in an effort to improve storage quality requires a special eksperimenal design to improve product quality. One of the eksperimenal designs that can be used is the Taguchi method. This research was conducted in Yosowilangun Village, Gresik Regency, there are problems that can be formulated in this study, namely "How is a good parameter setting of the factors that affect the quality in the drying process? ". This study uses the Taguchi method with 2 factors and 4 levels. The factors used are Temperature (A) and Drying Time (B). The temperature consists of 4 levels, namely 45⁰C (A), 50⁰C (B), 55⁰C (C), and 60⁰C (D). while the Drying Time consists of 4 levels, namely 30 Minutes (A), 60 Minutes (B), 90 Minutes (C), and 120 Minutes (D). The results showed that the determination of the optimal factor level was the one that obtained the smallest water content test results, which was obtained by setting the temperature factor at level 2 of 50⁰C (A2) and drying time at level 2 of 60 minutes (B2). While the decrease in the water content of the telang flower at the optimal level is 40%.


This paper assesses the performance of measures of facial expression dynamics derived from the Computer Expression Recognition Toolbox (CERT) for classifying emotions in the Facial Expression Recognition and Analysis (FERA) Challenge. The CERT system automatically estimates facial action intensity and head position using learned appearance-based models on single frames of video. CERT outputs were used to derive a representation of the intensity and motion in each video, consisting of the extremes of displacement, velocity and acceleration. Using this representation, emotion detectors were trained on the FERA training examples. Experiments on the released portion of the FERA dataset are presented, as well as results on the blind test. No consideration of subject identity was taken into account in the blind test. The F1 scores were well above the baseline criterion for success.


Objective To research the anti-oxidation and therpeutic effect of vitamins in immune rat hepatic fibrosis induced by pig serum.Methods The rats with immune hepatic fibrosis were treated by vitamin A (VA),β-carotene (β-CAR),vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE).Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of serum, catalase (CAT) activity of liver tissues, malonaldehyde (MDA) content of serum and liver tissues were determined,and morphological changes of liver tissues were observed.Results The semiquantitative scoring system (SSS) of liver tissue were 13.13±7.54,5.06±3.60,8.00±4.14 and 6.25±4.47 in VC,VE,VA and β-CAR group respectively.The activity of SOD in serum,CAT in liver tissues and MDA content were improved in VC,VE,VA and β-CAR group compared with the model group(P0.05).Conclusion VC,VE,VA and β-CAR had anti-fibrosis and anti-oxidation effects on immune rat hepatic fibrosis induced by pig serum.


The genus Allomyces has been subdivided by Emerson (1941) into three subgenera on the basis of the type of life cycle. Those forms in which there is an alternation of an asexual plant, bearing zo6sporangia and resistant sporangia, with a sexual one, bearing paired male and female gametangia, are included in the subgenus Euallomyces. Some isolates have repeatedly failed to produce a sexual generation. The single type of thallus in these forms corresponds in its general morphology to the asexual plant of members of the subgenus Euallomyces, i.e., bearing zo6sporangia and resistant sporangia. Such forms are segregated into a subgenus, Brachyallomyces. The third subgenus, Cystogenes, likewise, has only one generation. Its thallus is similar to that of Brachyallomyces and to the asexual plant of Euallomyces. Here, however, according to Emerson, the zo6spores released upon the germination of the resistant sporangia are biflagellate instead of uniflagellate as in Euallomyces and Brachyallomyces and, instead of developing directly into thalli, they encyst and later give rise to a tetrad of uniflagellate zo6spores each of which then develops into an asexual thallus. In the absence of cytological evidence it is not possible to interpret with certainty the Cystogenes life history. Emerson points out the close similarity between the biflagellate primary R.S. zoospores (zo6spores from the germinating resistant sporangia) and the biflagellate planozygotes of Euallomyces and, in an attempt to explain this similarity, suggests that sexual fusions may take place inside the resistant sporangia during their germination. In other words, the primary R.S. zo6spores might actually be zygotes. The production of secondary R.S. zo6spores (zo6spores produced in the cysts) in groups of four indicates that meiotic divisions may


Set up and give the method to calculate the curve radius considering based on the whole belt,updates the theory formulas and makes it more closer to the practice.


Campylobacter spp. is an emerging pathogen that causes gastroenteritis in humans and the consumption of dairy food can characterize sources of infection. We aimed to verify the viability and a presence of transcripts associated with characteristics of virulence and adaptation of C. jejuni isolated from Minas Frescal cheeses, produced with contaminated milk and stored under refrigeration for up to ten days. The samples were analyzed for bioindicators, Campylobacter spp., pH, acidity, moisture and sodium chloride. Campylobacter spp. recovered were evaluated for the production of transcripts of: ciaB, dnaJ, p19 and sodB. The results were correlated with the viability of C. jejuni and changes in their transcriptome. Storage at low temperatures reduced C. jejuni from the first to the fourth day. The variations in humidity, pH and acidity influenced the decreasing of C. jejuni. There was a reduction in transcripts' production of the four genes, more pronounced on the fourth day, indicating the inability of the microorganism to perform its metabolic activities, due to the conditions of injury. Despite the presence of mechanisms of virulence and adaptation, C. jejuni could not remain viable four days after production. However, consumption of fresh cheese contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni can be a source of infection when consumed up to four days after production.


PART 1 CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING 1. Introduction 2. Causes of international differences 3. Some major international differences in financial reporting 4. International classification of financial reporting 5. International harmonization of accounting 6. The requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards PART 2 COUNTRY STUDIES 7. Financial reporting in the United Kingdom 8. Financial reporting in the United States 9. Financial reporting in the Netherlands 10. Financial reporting in France 11. Financial reporting in Germany 12. Financial reporting in Japan 13. Financial reporting in nine other important countries 14. Financial reporting in Central and Eastern Europe and in China PART 3 ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING 15. Liabilities 16. Consolidation 17. Foreign currency translation 18. Segment reporting PART 4 ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES 19. International financial analysis 20. International auditing 21. International aspects of corporate income taxes 22. Managerial accounting Glossary of abbreviations Suggested answers to some of the end of chapter questions Author index Subject index


Islamic Banking is fast growing business in Malaysia since inception in 1983. Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay' (AITAB) for vehicle financing has become one of its main products. However, there is no specific law to address and govern the Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay' transactions in Malaysia. Currently issue pertaining to Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay' is being referred to Hire Purchase Act 1967 (Act 212) as the governing framework. However, the Hire Purchase Act 1967, though were amended few times, was enacted to cater for conventional transaction thus certain conflict pertaining to shariah issues were not accounted for inside the Act. The newly introduced Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 is a regulatory and procedural law in nature and do not act as specific law for Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay'. This study suggests that a separated procedural and substantive law should be gazette for Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay'. This is due to the fact the current Hire Purchase Act 1967 is not fully Shariah compliant. There should be a separate Act is enacted and is urgently required for the industry. The Act should be handy in clarifying and addressing certain weaknesses, ambiguity and unclear interpretation in the question of law in the current Hire Purchase Act 1967. Alternatively, the current Hire Purchase Act 1967 is amended by inserting certain provision as to make it in accordance with Shariah requirement of the Al-Ijarah Thumma al-Bay'.


Rice is consumed by half of the world's population. It is a model monocotyledonous crop. In this communication, the effect of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) on the growth, yield attributes and yield is elaborated. Results show that NAA, a synthetic auxin, when applied in spray influences the life cycle of rice via metabolic processes to manifest beneficially through translocating assimilates from source to sink, and hence the yield.


The research was conducted to analyze the effect of organic deodorant supplemented fermented  laying hens manure feeding on the performance of 7-12 weeks male ducks. One hundred 7 weeks old  male ducks were used to study the effetct MODF supplementation on performance of male ducks. The d ucks were divided into five groups with four replications consisting of five birds each. The treatment were  PO = commercial feed without MODF supplementation (control), P15= commercial feed + 15% MODF,  P30= commercial feed + 30% MODF, P45= commercial feed + 45% MODF, P60= commercial feed + 60%  MODF. Data were analyzed with One-Way Classification of Completely Randomized Design and followed  by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test (DMRT) for significant results. Results showed that  supplementation of fermented MOD gave negative effect (P<0.05) on male ducks performance. The  highest consumption was in P0 (5203.50 g), followed by P45% (5130.00 g), P30% (5002.75 g), P15%  (4967.75 g), P0% (4856.75 g). The highest weight gain showed in P0 (649.80 g), followed by P15 (622.10  g), P30 (579.45 g), P45 (497.50 g), P60 (409.60 g). The higest feed convertion was in P60 (12.71),  followed by P45 (10.31), P30 (8.64), P15 (7.99), P0 (7.48). It could be concluded that it is useless to  supplement commercial diet of with MODF even though supplementation of 30% income over feed cost  (IOFC) showed better IOFC of 7-12 weeks male ducks. (Key words: Fermentated organic deodorant, Laying hens manure, Males ducks, Performance)


With the exception of Jiři Opelik, the laureate of Czech scholarship on Karel Capek (cf. Opelik 2008; 2006) and a few journal articles (in particular I would like to highlight works by Petr Malek, ...


Automatic image analysis measurement of grain size has been investigated as an alternative to the manual stereological methods that are well established and widely accepted. Image analysis compares favorably to the manual methods, inasmuch as a true'' value for grain size cannot be determined. Image analysis minimizes the tedium and human bias associated with the manual methods, and can provide far more stereological information.


This paper presents a part of study conducted to investigate the dynamic behavior of a rocket propellant rocket engine. The part presented here concerns the modeling, simulation and analysis of the dynamic behavior of the hydraulic control valves of the feeding system of the studied rocket engine. The study involves the combustion chamber, the gas generator controller, the thrust regulator, and the relief valve. For the studied valves, non-linear mathematical models have been deduced and used to develop computer simulation programs. The study was extended to investigate the static and dynamic behaviors of the valves. The study showed that the combustion chamber and gas generator controllers act to produce a feeding fuel pressure equal to the oxidizer pressure. The thrust controller, through regulating the combustion chamber pressure, could keep a fairly constant thrust of the rocket engine. The developed simulation programs could be used for further investigation of the effect of the valves constructional and operational parameters as well as the study of dynamic behavior of the liquid propellant engine.


A combustion jet ignition system was developed to generate turbulent jets of combustion products containing free radicals and to discharge them as ignition sources into a combustible medium. In order to understand the ignition and the inflammation processes caused by combustion jets, the studies of the fluid mechanical properties of turbulent jets with and without combustion were conducted theoretically and experimentally. Experiments using a specially designed igniter, with a prechamber to build up and control the stagnation pressure upstream of the orifice, were conducted to investigate the formation processes of turbulent jets of combustion products. The penetration speed of combustion jets has been found to be constant initially and then decreases monotonically as turbulent jets of combustion products travel closer to the wall. This initial penetration speed of combustion jets is proportional to the initial stagnation pressure upstream of the orifice for the same stoichiometric mixture. Computer simulations by Chorin's Random Vortex Method implemented with the flame propagation algorithm for the theoretical model of turbulent jets with and without combustion were performed to study the turbulent jet flow field. In the formation processes of the turbulent jets, the large-scale eddy structure of turbulence, the so-called coherent structure, dominates the entrainmentmore » and mixing processes. The large-scale eddy structure of turbulent jets is constructed by a series of vortex pairs, which are organized in the form of a staggered array of vortex clouds generating local recirculation flow patterns. The effects of the solid boundaries on the turbulent jets are to enhance the development of the large-scale eddy structure and therefore augment the entrainment and the mixing processes.« less


The paper reports the definition of environmental planning at first. Then it discusses the urban economy and the current situation of environmental planning and analyses the key problems that exist in the urban economic and environmental planning. And finally, it puts forward some suggestions and measures in the hope of providing references for environmental management workers.


Smart and low-carbon urban development requires the government to pay attention to the development of electric vehicles. To promote the development of electric vehicles toward digital management, this study analyzes three stages of electric vehicle development: sales, operation, and battery recycling. Based on expert research and the actual situation of electric vehicle development in China, this study identifies the "vehicle and battery separation" sales strategy, which is a management method to increase electric vehicle ownership by reducing the pressure on vehicle owners to purchase vehicles. In addition, the researchers propose an operational model for the interaction between transportation system networks and electric system networks using blockchain and Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies. This model helps to enhance the digital management of future electric vehicles. Finally, the researchers propose four recycling strategies for power battery echelon utilization strategies. They can not only improve the efficiency of electric vehicle batteries but also increase the revenue of grid companies.


This Technical Report describes two empirical studies carried out in the context of the Project "Readers: A Collaborative Research to Develop, Validate and Package Reading Techniques for Software Defect Detection" — where Brazilian and American researchers investigate the effectiveness of software requirements documents inspection techniques under diverse technical and cultural settings. The studies conducted are replications of a previous experiment on a family of reading techniques named PBR — Perspective Based Reading, and had as subjects undergraduate students enrolled in computing courses at ICMC/USP and DC/UFSCar. Identified as replications R1 and R2, respectively, they compared the PBR and Checklist techniques for Requirements Documents analysis. Four metrics were used to evaluate the data collected: Defects Found, Occurrences of Defects, Effectiveness and Efficiency. Although both replications produced similar results for one of the two requirements documents used, some conflicting results were produced for the other document. In R1, PBR did better than the Checklist technique on one of the documents, in agreement with results from previous studies. However, for the other document, Checklist did better in terms of the subject's effectiveness, one of the metrics applied for analyzing the results. These conflicting results are discussed, possible sources of variation amongst the experiments are identified and actions to mitigate such problems in future replications are proposed. Neither Checklist nor PBR led to complete uniformity of defect reporting, but with PBR a higher percentage of subjects achieved the same higher performances (within each perspective) in both replications.


We present a deep, 8° diameter, 0.4 GHz radio image using a first-time combination of the NAIC Arecibo 305 m telescope in Puerto Rico and the wide-angle interferometer at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory at Penticton, Canada. Our observations are centered on the Coma Cluster of galaxies in the "Great Wall" of galaxies near the north Galactic pole. The complementary nature of these two instruments enables us to produce a distortion-free image that is sensitive to radiation on scales from 8° down to that of an individual galaxy halo at the 100 Mpc distance of the Great Wall. Newly revealed patches of distributed radio "glow" are seen well above the detection limit. One prominent such area coincides with groupings of radio galaxies near the Coma Cluster and indicates intergalactic magnetic fields in the range 0.2-0.4 μG on scales of up to ~4 Mpc. Other patches of diffuse emission, not previously explored at these high latitudes on arcminute scales, probably consist of Galactic "cirrus." A striking anticorrelation is found between low-level diffuse radio glow and some regions of enhanced optical galaxy surface density, suggesting that cosmological large-scale structure, normally defined by the baryonic (or dark) matter density, is not uniquely traced by faint continuum radio glow. Rather, intergalactic diffuse synchrotron radiation may be a proxy for IGM cosmic-ray and magnetic energy density, rather than matter density. The diffuse, arcminute-level structures over a large region of sky are potentially important pathfinders to CMB foreground radiation on high multipole scales.


In this paper, based on the theory of linear elastic dynamic equation, stress strain constitutive equation and Navier Stocks equation, the finite element method of stress strain for analyzing the base bleed projectile with complex structure and load is given, the engineering method of "finite displacement of bondary deformation" is used. Thus, the load and bondary problems in engineering calculation using FEM are simplified. The caculation on results for a long distance base bleed projectile of some factory shows that the method is correct.


Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infects an estimated 120 million people worldwide, with a further 856 million considered at risk of infection and requiring preventative chemotherapy. The majority of LF infections are caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, named in honour of the Australian physician Joseph Bancroft, with the remainder due to Brugia malayi and B. timori. Infection with LF through the bite of an infected mosquito, can lead to the development of the condition known as elephantiasis, where swelling due to oedema leads to loss of function in the affected area and thickening of the skin, 'like an elephant'. LF has previously been endemic in Australia, although currently, no autochthonous cases occur there. Human immigration to Australia from LF-endemic countries, including those close to Australia, and the presence of susceptible mosquitoes that can act as suitable vectors, heighten the possibility of the reintroduction of LF into this country. In this review, we examine the history of LF in Australia and Oceania and weigh up the potential risk of its re-occurrence on mainland Australia.


In the past we have found the impulse responses of auditoriums to be useful indicators of qualities such as clarity or reverberance for speech and music. We have also used impulse responses measured in acoustic models of halls in the design stage to predict these qualities in the finished building. A further development, now under way, is to simulate the three‐dimensional sound field expected in a finished hall, using simulation equipment described in this session. The impulse response of the simulator is programmed to correspond to that of an acoustic model of the hall. Speech and music recordings are then played through the simulator so that the basic acoustic qualities of the design may be previewed. We will describe a set of experiments involving a well‐known existing concert hall, an acoustic model of the hall, and a simulation of the hall acoustics based on model and hall objective data.


Background. We examined whether oral administration of alloantigen could induce the prolonged survival of cardiac allografts.{altfoot}3 Current address: Second Department of Surgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan.\. {altfoot}4 Address correspondence to: Kathryn J. Wood, PhD, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.\. Methods. Hearts from CBK (H2k+Kb) transgenic or (C57BL/10xCBA)F1 (H2bxH2k) mice were transplanted into CBA (H2k) recipients pretreated orally with 1×107 donor splenocytes in the presence or absence of a nondepleting anti-CD4 (YTS 177, 200 &mgr;g/dose). Results. Modest prolongation of CBK cardiac grafts was induced in CBA mice fed with multiple doses of CBK splenocytes (MST 42 days compared with controls fed with syngeneic CBA splenocytes, 12 days). When the CD4 monoclonal antibody, YTS177, was administered for 2 days before the first oral delivery of CBK splenocytes, all mice accepted their grafts indefinitely (MST >100 days versus mice treated with anti-CD4 alone, 11.5 days). To determine if feeding multiple doses of alloantigen was essential, CBA mice were given CBK splenocytes orally on a single occasion in combination with the anti-CD4. The majority of the grafts survived indefinitely (MST >100 days). This oral treatment regimen also induced indefinite prolongation of (C57BL/10xCBA)F1 cardiac grafts. Conclusion. The induction of unresponsiveness by oral administration of alloantigen can be augmented by a nondepleting anti-CD4, YTS177, when given before the first oral delivery of allogeneic cells.


It is quite evident that concern for the future of physics in schools occupies our thoughts daily. Many proposals for the increase in available physics teachers have been made in these columns, the latest being the early retirement package outlined by Professor Blin-Stoyle (Physics Bulletin November 1986 p445).


This paper extends previous empirical studies of the environmental Kuznets curve by examining the role of rising incomes in promoting development of new technologies directed toward environmental improvements. The main result, based on an analysis of data from 19 OECD countries for the period 1980–94, shows that the income elasticity of public research and development funding for environmental protection is positive, and may be close to unity. This finding suggests that emissions of at least some pollutants may decline with income after a threshold level of income is reached. However, this should be interpreted cautiously in light of: (1) the small size of public research and development funding relative to overall spending on environmental protection, (2) the ability of a country to substitute between public and private research and development expenditures, as well as among alternative policy instruments, and (3) the possibility that public research and development funding may be a form of industrial subsidy in some countries.


Described as new is Hirstionyssus liomys from Liomys irroratus, collected in Cameron Co., Texas. Descriptions and illustrations are given for the female, male and deutonymph. Hirstionyssus perognathi Herrin, 1970 is also recorded from the same host and locality (new distributional records).


The lime-ethanol method of Foreman [1914a] for the estimation of aspartic and glutamic acids in the products of protein hydrolysis has found wide application, and in the hands 6f later workers has undergone various modifications in detail. Foreman recited the conditions that he considered necessary for the quantitative precipitation ofthe dicarboxylic acids as their Ca salts from the amino-acid mixture obtained by hydrolysing the protein with HCR. He pointed out that cystine and tyrosine, as well as small amounts of chloride and basic material might also be carried down. The lime-ethanol precipitate was separated by filtration, dissolved in water, Ca+ + removed as oxalate, Cl- as AgCl and basic substances with phosphotungstic acid. The excess of the latter and any S04= was next removed with baryta, the clarified solution taken to dryness and then extracted with glacial acetic acid. The two dicarboxylic acids remained insoluble and were esti- mated by differential analysis for C, H and N. The acetic acid extract consained any pyrrolidonecar- boxylic acid formed from glutamic acid during the various treatments applied, as well as other products, and the former was estimated by the increase in amino-N-following strong HCI hydrolysis. In an addendum to his paper he stated that in the light of subsequent work he believed all of concen- tration was kept below 450 the amount of pyrroli-done formation would be reduced to a negligible amount. extracted the monoamino-acids with precipitated the dicarboxylic acids the


INTRODUCTION: At the international level exists an extensive literature on university-industry linkage and, mainly, on their impact of the innovative activity performance in enterprises. This literature focuses on the Knowledge Management flows from universities, but there are flows in both directions. In Cuba, the university-industry linkage has assumed different characteristics from those reported at the literature, but still little studied. There are successful experiences that provide lessons for greater contribution of this linkage to the socio-economic development of the country.
PURPOSE: To analyze the nature of collaboration at the electricity sector between Cuban research center and Cuban Electrical Corporation, this integrates the Cuban entities of this sector.
METHODOLOGY: case study combined with a survey of managers and specialists of the Cuban electricity sector, other industrial sectors, and teachers and researchers from academia.
RESULTS: the evolution of UNE-CIPEL linkage in the time are described, and the interaction channels are determined according to their importance between both, as well as the perspectives from different industrial groups from the Ministry of Energy and Mines and other institutions
CONCLUSIONS: traditional and bidirectional channels were the most important for both university-industry in the present case, but were found differences between the other industrial groups considered; therefore should be explored further on the impact of the specific features found to strengthen this linkage within the Cuban National Innovation System.


Summary form only given. Imperfect phase control in stretcher/compressor systems is often responsible for incomplete recompression in chirped pulse amplification laser systems. Indeed, a good control of the spectral phase is important not only to achieve short pulse durations but also to minimize the importance of the pulse pedestal. Although nonlinear phase-retrieval can be used to fully measure a short pulse transmitted by a stretcher/compressor system, it is easier to simply characterize the system itself by its linear response function. Fourier-transform spectral interferometry (FTSI) is a well suited technique to achieve this purpose, directly providing the response function as a continuous function of frequency. Using a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser oscillator we have thus measured the phase introduced by a zero-dispersion line.


The recent expansion of wireless sensor networks (WSN) in urban cities has led to possibility of generation of large amounts of information data from the environmental monitoring systems among which one of the most concerning is the excessive urban noise pollution. As opposed to the conventional noise mapping procedures that involve costly and time-consuming measurement process with a traditional high-priced noise level meter, the low-cost wireless sensor networks provide a method for achieving data collection and analysis with a higher level of granularity. Тhis paper presents a wireless noise sensor unit design for continuous environmental noise level monitoring as a framework for the realization of the Internet of Things (IoT) and "Smart city" concept. The concept involves the complete noise data information system, from sensor structure to data visualization and data analysis. The overall design, characteristics and performance of the sensing system for continuous measuring urban noise pollution is discussed.


Backside-thinned monolithic and fully-hybrid CMOS imagers possessing excellent imaging properties have been successfully designed, fabricated and tested. Monolithic imagers contain the photosensitive elements as well as the ROIC (Read-out IC) [1] on the same substrate as shown in Fig. 1a. Fully-hybrid imagers consist of a detector array which is produced separately and hybridized on a ROIC as shown in Fig. 1b. The pixel structures employed for these hybrid detector arrays are indicated in Fig. 2. The detector array is thinned, thus permitting efficient collection of photo-generated carriers through back illumination. In addition, optimized ARC (Anti Reflective Coating) is used to increase the QE (Quantum Efficiency), irrespective of the dielectric stack on the device front-side. With a fully-hybrid imager employing backside illumination, light loss due to reflection on metal interconnects is non-existent, and results in a 100% fill factor. Backside thinning [2] and processing has been carried out using innovative processing techniques [3] on 200 mm wafers making use of temporary carriers, which completely avoid the need for direct handling and processing of very thin (< 50 μm) wafers (Fig. 3). This allowed standard process tools to be used. Fully processed thinned diode arrays were flip-chipped onto the ROIC by means of a 10 μm diameter Indium bump per pixel. Bump yield was assessed independently of other imaging properties by performing daisy chain measurements, and is found to be 99.98%. A pixel yield of 99.93% measured on a finished hybridized 1kx1k imager confirmed these results. The photosensitive layer has a varying doping profile (Fig. 4) by incorporating a 50 μm thick graded EPI layer [4]. The gradient creates a built-in electric field pulling generated carriers from the non-depleted substrate. Work is underway to further tailor this layer in order to improve the crosstalk performance. Pictures of a completed sensor assembly are shown in Fig. 6, and a raw test image in Fig. 7. Both hybrid and monolithic imagers exhibit excellent QE (Fig. 8) after backside passivation (low-energy Boron implant and laser anneal) and ARC (Anti-reflective Coating). In addition, these imagers were measured to be sensitive to extreme ultra violet (EUV) as shown in Fig. 9. Some of the hybrid imagers have an additional crosstalk reduction measure: highly doped poly-Silicon filled high aspect ratio trenches (Fig. 2b) [5]. These 1 μm wide 50 μm deep trenches enforce a lateral drift field between pixels (Fig. 5), which counteract diffusion and drastically reduce electrical crosstalk. The combination of graded EPI and crosstalk reducing trenches makes these backside illuminated CMOS imagers unique. Sensors with trenches reveal excellent cross-talk performance (Fig. 10), but currently suffer from a reduced QE. These high fill-factor sensors will further be advanced into multi-layer 3D integrated systems using the 3D technology that has been developed at IMEC (Fig. 11). Such "smart" sensors will be realized as a complete system-on-chip (SOC) including signal processing capabilities, for a whole range of complex imaging applications. Moreover, due to its peculiar pixel design that makes it sensitive outside the normal visible spectrum, they can as well be utilized for applications that demand EUV and UV.


A 5 KW CO 2 laser has been used to modify the surface microstructure of Al-Mg-Si aluminum alloy with pure Ni and Ni-Cr-B-Si powders. The experimental results indicate that a porosity-free zone can be generated after laser surface alloying (LSA). The Al 3 Ni particles were only observed in the LSA Ni sample. In the LSA Ni-Cr-B-Si sample, there are three regions indicated as surface region in the melt zone (region A), bottom region in the melt zone (region B), and amorphous phase in bottom region (region C) from the top to the bottom. In the region A, the Al 3 Ni particles are present and the Al 3 Ni 2 particles distributed in the region B. The partial Al-Ni-Cr amorphous structures are dispersed in the region C. And, the AlNi and Al 8 Cr 5 structures were observed in the interface of region B and C. The hardness of the LSA Ni-Cr-B-Si sample is sharply increased than Al-matrix and Ni specimen, specifically the amorphous structure in region C is about 18 times higher than the Al-matrix.


The Standards and Calibration Laboratory (SCL) has developed a method to calibrate a single phasf $\pmb{50\ \Omega/50\ \mu \text{H}+} 5\ \Omega$ V-network type Artificial Mains Network (AMN)/Line Impedance Stabilization Network (LISN) in accordance with the International Standard CISPR 16-1-2 over the frequency range 9 kHz to 30 MHz.


The properties of the singlet and triplet excited states of some substituted flavothiones in different solvents are presented. Steady-state and pulsed techniques were used to characterize the emitting S2 state (π → π* in nature, kF ≈ 107 s−1) in terms of fluorescence quantum yields (∼10−4) and lifetimes (in the picosecond range). As for other flavothiones, no emission was observed from the lowest excited S1 state of n,π* nature. Information on the state order and on the oscillator strengths of singlet-singlet transitions were obtained by semiempirical calculations. The lowest excited triplet states (T1) were characterized by laser flash photolysis in terms of absorption spectra, formation quantum yields, decay lifetimes and molar absorption coefficients. The interaction of T1 with molecular oxygen leads to singlet oxygen with quantum yield generally high (ϕΔ∼0.55). The study of triplet properties allowed information on the mechanism of intersystem crossing and on the triplet nature of the various flavothiones to be obtained.


The resilience of the main road and rail transportation networks across Europe has become increasingly critical in recent years, due to the growing pressure that is put on their use, as well as the exposure to a variety of natural hazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides, rock falls, floods, etc.) over the large areas covered by these transportation networks. In this context, the European FP7 INFRARISK project aims to develop reliable stress tests on critical road and rail infrastructure through an integrated multi-risk framework that accounts for coupled interdependencies, spatio-temporal processes, cascading effects and time dependent vulnerability. The analysis of a whole infrastructure system is usually carried out by breaking down the network into a set of components that have similar features or functions in the system (e.g. sets of bridges, tunnels or road pavements in the case of a road network system). The vulnerability and functionality of each of these objects can then be assessed, leading to an estimation of the performance of the network system based on the state of its components. This bottom-up approach has been detailed, for instance, in the recent FP7 SYNER-G project, where an object-oriented architecture has been specifically developed for the seismic analysis of interdependent infrastructure systems (Cavalieri et al., 2012). In the present study, the same logic is used, while focusing also on the assessment of "lower-level" elements, in the sense that road network components such as bridges are decomposed into a set of sub-components like piers, decks or abutments. This approach has been previously used for the seismic fragility analysis of bridges (e.g. Nielson and DesRoches, 2007; Song and Kang, 2009), where system reliability tools allow the computation of the global fragility of the whole component based on the fragility of its subcomponents. A fault-tree analysis of the bridge constitutes a first step to understand the relative contribution of each subcomponent to a given failure mode (i.e. whether some sets of sub-components are to be considered in a series or parallel system). Correlation or independence between the different failure events of sub-components has also to be accounted for (Song and Kang, 2009). This reliability framework is presented here and applied to the more general task of multi-risk analysis, including earthquake-induced events such as geotechnical hazards (i.e. cascading hazards), as well as the likelihood of non-related events like floods (i.e. coincidental hazards). The use of system reliability methods in this context is very relevant as it enables assessment of the specific response of each subcomponent to each type of hazard, thus accounting for various combinations of failure modes and damage/functionality states. The final goal is to develop a harmonized set of fragility functions (or fragility functions matrix) that proposes homogeneous damage or functionality states over the range of hazards considered, in order to provide a strong basis for a subsequent infrastructure assessment in a multi-risk context. Using this approach, multi-hazard fragility functions can also be derived (i.e. the probability of damage given the joint occurrence of two or more hazards that are each represented by an intensity measure), as opposed to a juxtaposition of single hazard fragility curves.


Background Trauma is an important and inevitable part of the health of the community. The incidence rate of accidents in Fars province is high. Identifying patterns of traffic accidents and reporting to authorities to prevent and control more accidents can be helpful.MethodIn this retrospective cross-sectional study, information about traffic accidents in Shiraz from 21 March 2017 to 20 March 2018 was used and information about 35406 Emergency calls was investigated. The variable studied includes age, gender, holiday, time of traffic accidents, outcome, etc.  Data was extracted as an Excel file and analyzed according to research hypotheses using SPSS software.ResultsThe maximum number of accidents occurred in summer (10939) and in September (3797). From the days of the week, most accidents occurred on Thursday (15.09%).The most accidents occurred at 16:00 to 20:00 Pm. At 00:00 to 04:00 Am and 04:00 to 08:00 Am, the accidents leading to death were more than the accidents that people survived.Conclusion:The rate of accidents in Fars province is high due to its tourist attractions, historical sites and the weather condition. The findings of this study indicate that the number of traffic accidents differs in different times. Due to the high traffic accidents in the last months of the summer and at sunset, traffic police need to have more precise traffic control to prevent road accidents.


Renovation of existing buildings has been highlighted as an essential action in the European Green Deal and in the latest revision of the EPBD to achieve energy efficiency targets. Renovation Wave strategy aims to double the deep energy renovation rate in EU by 2030, while specifically targeting the worst-performing segment of the existing building stock. The objective of this study was to assess the energy performance of deep renovation concepts on single and multi-family houses in three different geographical settings – Germany, Italy and Estonia. Typical German 1970s buildings were used as a baseline reference, and it was shown that very similar renovation concepts can be successfully applied across Europe that provides good bases to develop standardized solutions. Energy performance of two common renovation concepts was assessed both with national calculation methodologies and dynamic simulation with harmonized inputs and detailed heat pump plant models. The renovation concepts included improved envelope insulation and airtightness, switched to heat pump systems and heat recovery ventilation as well as incorporated on-site PV while complying with nearly zero-energy requirements for major renovations in all three countries. National energy calculation methodologies showed good accuracy for before the renovation situation but failed in many cases to calculate adequately NZEB renovation concepts with heat pumps and PV, indicating the development needs towards hourly calculation and more detailed treatment of heat pumps.


The food present of the most industrialized countries seems to be characterized by an important paradox. On the one hand, there exists a plethoric offer of food that allows a few enormous possibilities of option. Besides, throughout the XXth century, the life expectancy on having been born is more than doubled. Likewise, the scientific knowledge on the food and on his effects in the human biology are today major that since it is never also the worry for the food safety and the means used to obtain it. On the other hand, nevertheless, seemingly, the worry of the citizens on the food that they consume is major than never and it is completely an appellant the question what can we eat without fear? To raise this paradox and to explain the different reasons that allow to understand (include) it are the aims of this article.


Conjugated linoleic acids(CLA) have many physiological activities.In the recent years,much attention has been paid to the anticancer effects of CLA.The present study was to investigate the effect of the mixture of c9,t11-CLA and t9,t11-CLA on the apoptosis of Caco-2 cell line.MTT assay,transmission electronmicroscopy,flow cytometry and RT-PCR were employed to determine the ability of the mixture CLA to induce apoptosis of Caco-2 cell line.The results showed that the mixture of the two CLA isomers inhibited the Caco-2 cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis.The activity was closely related to the treatment time and concentration of the mixture.The results of transmission electronmicrograph and flow cytometery methods showed that the mixture of CLA induce dose-and time-apoptosis.The change of caspase 3 mRNA under addition of CLA was investigated by RT-PCR,and the results suggested that the mixture CLA induce caspase-apoptosis of Caco-2.


mon malignancy worldwide, it is the third leading cause of cancer death owing to its high morbidity and mortality. It has an incidence of 12.5 per 100.000 in our country, comparable to that observed among the Asian population.1 Local and locally advanced stages can be cured by surgery, neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapies; however, in the metastatic stages, treatment is aimed at palliation, improving quality of life, and prolonging survival.2 The most common sites of metastasis include lymph nodes, peritoneum, and liver. The worst prognosis is witnessed among the subgroup with liver metastasis, where the survival is approximately three months without treatment with the best supportive care.3 The prognostic parametersduring the early stages involve age, sex, histological type, tumor size, lymph node involvement, and clinical-stage, but in the metastatic stage, HER2 positivity is the most vital prognostic and predictive known marker.4 Albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score is an integrated version of albumin and bilirubin values into a logarithmic formula. ALBI grades are obtained by grouping the defined value ranges of the score. For the first time in medical oncology practice, patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been shown to be


Equality is a central aspect within development work. All development work is expected to be influenced by a gender equalty thinking, and these directions are distributed by the Department of Forei ...


Since empowerment entered the healthcare world, no sufficiently shared conceptualization has been produced yet. This essay aims at building a theoretical bridge amongst the contributions proposed so far by numerous scholars, leaning on a vast international literature. In delivering a definition, that encompasses several aspects, not always considered jointly by other researchers, it stresses, in particular, one aspect which until now has found few room in the debate, namely the fluidity and fluctuatingness connected to the phenomenon. In the second part, the essay proposes a typology of possible outcomes, by crossing two dimensions concerning the individuals and the governmental social action, asserting that only when individual pro-activity matches with a present social policy, we can find empowerment really on, while in others possible menaces to equity and social justice might arise.


Summary This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of free choice feeding on oxidative stress in broilers exposed to high temperature. At 21 days of age, 24 male Ross 308 strain chicks were divided into four groups of six with respect to feed composition and temperature regimen. Broilers were evenly divided into two environmental rooms with temperatures set at 22 o C (group 1 and 2) and 30 o C (group 3 and 4). The experiment consisted of 2 dietary treatments per temperature. Half of the birds in each room were feed according to traditional nutrition procedure (group 1 and 3) and the other half were feed according to free choice feeding system (group 2 and 4). For the free choice feeding systems, birds were allowed to choose between diets containing 18% or 23% crude protein. At the end of the 7th week, some oxidant (lipid hydroperoxide, total oxidant status and oxidative stress index) and antioxidant (total antioxidant capacity, total free sulfhydryl groups and ceruloplasmin) in the plasma and performance (feed consumption, body weight gain, feed convertion ratio and average daily protein intake) parameters were measured. High temperature treatment disrupted performance and oxidative status by elevated lipid hydroperoxide level, total oxidant status and oxidative stress index. On the other hand, antioxidant parameters such as total antioxidant capacity and free sulfhydryl level did not decrease, moreover, ceruloplasmin levels increased in response to elevated oxidative stress in broilers exposed to heat stress. As for free choice feeding, it did not affect oxidative status and performance parameters in any of the groups. These results suggest that high temperature treatment increased the oxidative stress in both feeding treatment groups. Free choice feeding failed to ameliorate oxidative stress caused by high temperatures in broilers.


The reconstruction of precise surfaces from unorganised point clouds is an important problem in terrestrial laser scanning applications. The goal of surface reconstruction algorithms is to approximate the correct geometry, topology and features of an unknown surface only through a finite set of sample points. But unless the input data satisfy certain properties required by the algorithms, such as good distribution, density and little noise, then the reconstruction program may produce incorrect or even fail to give results. This is a typical problem with cultural heritage monuments, mainly due to the user time involved in acquiring data from occluded parts of a monument of large usually size rather than the inability of the laser scanner to provide data. This paper proposes a solution to surface reconstruction that is incomplete by applying simple photogrammetric procedures, and specifically the application of bundle adjustment methods using monoscopic measurements of homologue points on multiple images. Thus, without the need of control points, with low cost software that does not require specialisation in photogrammetric knowledge and equipment, the surfaces of monuments can be fully reconstructed. A case study is presented in this paper using data collected by a Cyrax2500 laser scanner and images captured by a SONY DSC-F707 5Mpixel digital camera from a Byzantine church in Peloponnese, Greece. The use of the laser data only in a standard modelling software produced an incomplete surface. A commercial photogrammetric software was also employed to perform the self-calibration of the camera and the 3D surfaces creation by manual selection of boundary points that were pictured in more than three images. The generation of the two different surface models and their combination to create a complete surface of the monument is described.


Greta Thunberg's meteoric rise from lonely school striker in August 2018 to global icon is one of the most remarkable political phenomena in recent decades, and one full of paradoxes. Thunberg started out with no resources, a child of 15 with limited experience and a history of Asperger's. Thunberg's iconic performance seems to have been able to turn these weaknesses into strengths. To understand how this happened, we must situate her analysis within the social media ecology. Two things distinguish this environment from previous phases: iconic protagonists now have wide degrees of control over their own performance, and audiences are no longer mere receptors of iconic performance, but active co-performers. Greta Thunberg is one of the first major political icons to have been fully formed within the new social media ecology. This article provides the first systematic analysis of this dynamic.


Traces back Emmanuel Robles' intellectual relations with Spain and Spanish culture. Robles was a brilliant prized writer and drama author in France, but he is presently not remembered in Algeria and practically ignored by Spanish public despite the fact that he was deeply interested in Spain and its culture and his many books connected Algeria's past century history to that of Spain and its literature.


Regional education informatization refers to the process in which modern information technology,software resources and hardware resources of a region are utilized sufficiently to optimize educational structure and promote education modernization based on its practical situation.As to the reality of education informatization in Hebei,there exist advantages and disadvantages,opportunities and challenges.Therefore,to develop a scientific and systematic strategy for the education informatization in Hebei,an accurate orientation of informatization is necessary.


The Koros River drainage basin is located in the eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain, west of the Apuseni Mts., in the middle of the Pannonian Basin. The channels of the river and its tributaries are mostly meandering. The channel sinuosity of this river system is analyzed in order to draw conclusions on the neotectonic activity of this area. The meandering rivers can demonstrate changes, which occurred recently, and cannot be seen with other methods. The changing sinuosity indicates the location of the vertical movements of the surface. The sinuosity calculations were made on the natural, uncontrolled riverbeds. These beds were digitized from the maps of the Second Military Survey of the Habsburg Empire, which were measured before or during river control implementation. Digitized features were made on the geo-referred maps, which are in the Hungarian National Grid (EOV) coordinate system. The estimated accuracy of the map sheets to the modern system is 50-100 m, but the accuracy in Hungary remains under 30 m. In the study area, we identified several points of sinuosity change. To prove, that these are of neotectonic origin, seismic sections crossing the study area, were also analyzed. Five fault lines are indicated to be neotectonically active according to the river planform changes. Activity of two of these five faults, and the subsidence in-between them caused the formation of the Nagy-Sarret marshland. A Romanian river section, characterized by anastomosed planform, instead of meandering, indicates recent activity of another fault.


The authors expound the source, the origin and the transport of different original Quaternary gravel beds in south and north of Nianqingtanggoulashan Mountains, from the bedrock strata, the compositional, the granulometric and the psephitic analysis, based on fabric analysis of Quaternary gravel beds on backbone area of Niqingtanggulashan Mountains. It is obvious difference in the rock composition, the grain sizes, the sphericity, the intensity of weathering on the 3 Gravel Beds of glacial epoch phases in the middle section of Nianqingtanggoulashan Mountains. This difference reflecs the denudation of the different rocks of Nianqingtanggoulashan Mountains in the doming of Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) plateau.


Fruit maturity testing is an essential element in growing, storing, packing, and ultimately selling quality fruit. Unfortunately, current fruit testing practices may not adequately track the subtle changes in fruit maturity and texture that influence consumer acceptability. This article describes some of the problems with current testing methods and how a new instrument, the Mohr Digi-Test (MDT) computerized agricultural penetrometer, addresses them.


The theoretical foundation is laid and the applied methods are demonstrated for the gravitational models of fractal cities. The generalised urban gravitation expression is derived out as I ij =G ij M α i iM α j jr -b ij by means of the geographical fractal theory, especially, the city size output relationship, y=CP α. The parameters, α and b , are made clear to have some meanings of fractal dimension, and the gravitational ceofficient is defined as G ij =GC iC j|R ij |/(1+S ij ) ,where G is a dimensional transformation coefficient, C is a proportional coefficient, R ij is a coefficient of correlation, and S ij is a coefficient of similarity. The gravitational theory developed by the authors in the paper is applied to the urban system of Changchun in Jilin and the cities of Zhengzhou, Kaifeng,and Luoyang in Henan, China, to show how to use the gravitation models in practice, and based on the examples mentioned above, it is discovered that the resultant of gravitational forces between a city and each of the other cities in an urbon system conforms to the rank size rule in due conditions, i.e., F i(k)=F 1k -q ,where F i=∑jI ij , k is rank, and F 1 and q are parameters.


Objective: We focused on studying the effects of All-transretinoic acid(ATRA), C-phycocyanin(C-PC) or ATRA +C-PC on HeLa cell growth, cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. Methods: MTT assay was adopted to determine the effects of C-PC and/or ATRA on the growth of HeLa cells. The expressions of CDK-4 and Bcl-2 were determined by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry staining. TUNEL assay was used to analyze the cell apoptosis. Results: Both C-PC and ATRA could inhibit the growth of HeLa cells. And these two drugs showed synergistically inhibitory effects. The dosage of ATRA was reduced when used with C-PC. ATRA, combined with C-PC, was more efficient at inducing cell cycle arrest by decreasing CDK-4 expression. The combination of the two drugs could lead to down-regulation of Bcl-2 expression and thereby cell apoptosis. Conclusion: By combined with C-PC,ATRA can be used at lower dosage with reduced toxicity. C-PC + ATRA combination might exert the inhibitory effects on cell growth by inducing cell cycle arrest and cell apoptosis.


was Chu Hsi's follower. Nevertheless, it is doubtful that one can understand Yi T'oegye's philosophy of Kyong, or reverent sincerity, unless one pays more attention to the stream of traditional Korean thought, including the philosophical teachings of gradual practice initiated by Chinul (1158-1210), a practitioner of Son (Zen) meditation during the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). Since Yi T'oegye's philosophy has a strong religious tendency, it needs to be understood in the Korean context, not only in light of the Chinese sources. Finally, it is regrettable that this volume neglects to give us a serious sociopolitical analysis of why Chong Tojon's peasant Confucianism, which greatly helped Yi Songgye (r. 1392-98), the founder of the Yi dynasty, quickly faded from the historical scene while the elite Confucianism of Chong Mongju (1337—92) was more successful. More attention could have been given to the reasons why Chong Mongju, who was killed by Yi Songgye's group, is revered as Korea's most orthodox Confucian. This volume is confined to the rise of Neo-Confucianism before the seventeenth century, and it is further limited because it originated as the proceedings of an international conference. Still one might have hoped for more, if only because the current state of the field demands that more be written to explain Korea's religious heritage. Important Korean contributions to religious and philosophical thought remain largely unknown in the West. Although the demand in the West for deeper knowledge of the Korean heritage is rapidly increasing, students of the subject are still frustrated by the lack of good English-language books discussing Korean culture in depth. For this reason de Bary and Haboush's volume should be welcomed as the sweet rain that ends a long drought.


In this paper, we introduce four different finite element spaces on hexahedron for Maxwell's equations. We also describe interpolation operators that map from suitable subspaces ( ) ( ) ( ) Ω Ω Ω , div , curl, , 1 H H H and the space ( ) Ω 2 L into the appropriate finite element spaces. For the error analysis, we prove that the spaces and interpolation operators are linked by the discrete de Rham diagram.


Electric vehicles are an integral component of an environmentally sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Successful penetration of electric vehicles requires close coupling between the customers and load serving entities, adaptive energy markets, and technological advancements. In this paper, distribution line over-loading due to vehicle charging has been mitigated using both day-ahead (static) and real-time (dynamic) frameworks, using continuous and discrete charging rates. The proposed solution focuses on valley filling (system perspective) and charging cost reduction (customer perspective). The real-time solution was achieved using a moving horizon optimization technique. In addition to providing charging coordination, the impacts of two different pricing structures were analyzed to ascertain the customer's individual cost optima with respect to the system optima. The results presented strongly indicate that a global pricing structure will not be optimal for all consumers due to their diverse driving habits.


Michael Keating AC, former head of the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet under the Hawke and Keating governments is the author of Who Rules? (Federation Press, 2004). In an address to The Sydney Institute on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, Michael Keating challenged the notion that a privatised economy in any way diminished the control of government. In his view, the deregulated economy has seen government responsibility increase sharply in ways not envisaged when reform was introduced. For example, a single income family with two children now receives half its disposable income in government support, a dramatic increase from 1983 when such a family received just four per cent of its disposable income from the government.


Tracking and reconstructing 3D objects from cluttered scenes are the key components for computer vision, robotics and autonomous driving systems. While recent progress in implicit function has shown encouraging results on high-quality 3D shape reconstruction, it is still very challenging to generalize to cluttered and partially observable LiDAR data. In this paper, we propose to leverage the continuity in video data. We introduce a novel and unified framework which utilizes a neural implicit function to simultaneously track and reconstruct 3D objects in the wild. Our approach adapts the DeepSDF model (i.e., an instantiation of the implicit function) in the video online, iteratively improving the shape reconstruction while in return improving the tracking, and vice versa. We experiment with both Waymo and KITTI datasets and show significant improvements over state-of-the-art methods for both tracking and shape reconstruction tasks. Our project page is at https://jianglongye.com/implicit-tracking.


In the course of a double-blind comparative trial of mianserin versus amitriptyline in the treatment of depressive illness, E.C.G. was recorded before and after three weeks of treatment in 27 female patients. Mianserin had no consistent effect on heart rate, PR interval, QRS width, or T wave amplitude. This is consistent with other data suggesting that mianserin lacks cardiotoxic effects. In contrast, amitriptyline treatment was associated with increases in heart rate and PR interval, and these effects were statistically significant in comparison to the mianserin group. This finding is consistent with the known cardiotoxicity of amitriptyline.


Long‐term survival of HIV patients after initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) has not been sufficiently described in Latin America and the Caribbean, as compared to other regions. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of mortality, loss to follow‐up (LTFU) and associated risk factors for patients enrolled in the Caribbean, Central and South America Network (CCASAnet).


The categorical topologists Bentley et al. [1] have shown that the category FIL of filter spaces is isomorphic to the category of filter merotopic spaces which were introduced by Katětov [3]. The category CHY of Cauchy spaces is also known to be a bireflective, finally dense subcategory of FIL [7]. So the category FIL is an important category which deserves special discussion. A completion theory for filter spaces was introduced in [4], where a completion functor was defined on the subcategory T2 FIL of T2 filter spaces. This completion theory was later applied to completion of filter semigroups [9]. Several other types of completions and their properties were also studied by Minkler et al. [5] and Császár [2]. In this paper, a completion theory is developed for filter spaces without the T2 restriction on the spaces. Also, a completion functor is defined on a subcategory of FIL, which is constructed by taking all the filter spaces as objects and morphisms as certain special type of continuous maps which we call s-maps.


Fifty-two male albino rats aged 7, 9, 12 and 18 days and adult, immobilized with d-turbocurarine, were studied. Discharges were triggered from a penicillin focus with electrical pulses of double the threshold intensity needed to evoke an interhemispheric response (IHR). Developmental changes in the IHR and in spontaneous interictal discharges did not differ from the results described in earlier studies. Practically no discharges could be triggered in 7-day old animals (only a few at a very low stimulation frequency). In the other age groups, discharges were triggered at two optimal frequencies, of which the lower one rose from 0.1 to 0.6 c/s during development, while the higher one was relatively stable (about 1 c/s). With higher frequency triggering, marked signs of fatigue of the focus (intermittent triggering, loss of the main negative wave) appeared, especially in young animals. The averaged shape of triggered discharges was similar in 9- and 12-day-old rats. It consisted of a first IHR positivity which triggered the first positive wave of the focal discharge, followed by a high negative wave. In the 18-day-old and adult group, both initial positive waves merged to form a single wave. The duration of the individual waves of the triggered discharge was not significantly shorter than the duration of the corresponding waves of spontaneous discharge.


Low birth weight is one of the determinants of infant mortality, morbidity, and disability, which can even have an impact on the future. Several studies have suggested that the condition of low birth weight (LBW) infants is influenced by the lack of maternal nutritional status in early
 pregnancy. Moreover, the prevalence of malnutrition in Indonesia is still high. Therefore, this study attempted to analyze the relationship of maternal nutritional status in early pregnancy as a predictor of LBW infants. Using a cross-sectional study design, this study involved 62 pregnant
 patients aged 20–35 years who had antenatal visits and a term delivery at Puskesmas Kecamatan Cakung. The measurements of body mass index (BMI) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) in early pregnancy are used to determine the maternal nutritional status. Pregnant women with BMI <18.5
 or MUAC <23.5 cm are considered to have less nutritional status. Meanwhile, LBW infants are defined as babies with birth weight <2500 grams. This study proves that the risk of birth of LBW infants is increased in pregnant women with BMI <18.5 (underweight) (OR 5.37) and less MUAC
 (OR 20.4).


Part I: Research Based Policy and Administrative Decisions for Environmental Justice 1: Background on Environmental Justice Department 2: Policy and Administrative Decisions 3: Major Terms and Concepts in the Discourse 4: A Primer on Empirical Research Methods for Environmental Justice 5: Design and the Validity of Environmental Justice Research Part II: Empirical Foundations of Environmental Justice 6: A Critical Review of the Empirical Research Literature 7: The Impacts of Environmental Hazards: An Overview of Some Ancillary Research Part III: Environmental Justice Policy and Administrative Decisions 8: Uncertainty and Tradeoffs in Effective Decisions 9: Lessons from Research-Based Environmental Justice Policy and Administrative Decision-Making


This article aims to explore the employment - based talent cultivating model for English majors in business direction.Course group composed three sets of questionnaires and anonymously surveyed training and employment units,graduates,and teachers.Statistical data show that English majors in business direction have a promising future but the existing curriculum need to be substantially reformed.A series of reform methods and measures are offered in the thesis based on the recommendations.


Strawberry as a non-climacteric and perishable fruit that is susceptible to fungal infections especially Botrytis cinerea. Therefore, its storage life is too short. Alternatives to the use of conventional fungicides are needed because of concerns about human health risks. Postharvest application of conventional fungicides to fruits is prohibited. The aim of this study was evaluation of non-chemical and safe compounds like thymol to prolonged fruit storage life and maintained quality and quantity characteristics of strawberry fruit cv. Gaviota. Therefore, thymol at 4 concentration (0, 125, 250, 500 and 1000 μll-1) and 2 treatment methods (spray on fruits and paper disk method) in in vivo condition were used. Then quality characteristics of fruits (weight loss, pH, TA, TSS, vitamin C, anthocyanin, calcium, pectin, catalase, peroxidase and polygalacturonase activity, decay and sensory analyses) were evaluated. Treated fruits with thymol had lower weight loss, pH, TSS, POD, PG and decay and higher TA, vitamin C, anthocyanin, calcium, pectin, CAT and fruit quality compared to controls. As a general result, thymol, as a non-chemical compound, in higher concentrations 500 and 1000 μll-1 caused lower decay incidence and longer storability and improved fruit quality compared to other treatments. Among all the treatment methods, paper disk method had higher effectuality compared to spray method. * Corresponding Author: Mahsa Geransayeh  email@example.com International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research (IJAAR) ISSN: 2223-7054 (Print) 2225-3610 (Online) http://www.innspub.net Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 151-162, 2015 International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research (IJAAR) ISSN: 2223-7054 (Print) 2225-3610 (Online) http://www.innspub.net Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 14-22, 2014


Objective To explore the possibility of using lung parfusion single photon emission computed tomngraphy (SPECT) scans to protect functional lung with optimizing intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plan in patients with stage Ⅲ non-smaU cell lung cancer(NSCLG). Methods Twenty-four patients with stage Ⅲ NSCLC who were candidated for radiotherapy were enrolled. All patients had PET-CT scans and SPECT scans. The two sets of images were accurately co-registered in the planning system. SPECT images were used to define a volume of functional lung (FL) and non-functional lung (NFL). The region of≥30% maximum radioactive counts was FL and the other region was NFL. Then SPECT images were classified by comparing lung perfusion deficit with area of radiologicul abnormality. Grade 0: no lung perfusion deficit. Grade 1: the size of radiological abnormality was similar to the area of lung perfusion deficit. Grade 2 : the area of lung perfusion was bigger than that of radiological abnormality, and extended to 1 pulmonary lobe. Grade 3: the area of lung perfusion deficit exceed 1 pulmonary lobe. The optimized IMRT objective was to minimize the dose to FL. The difference between the two sets of IMRT plans was studied. Results All patients had lung perfusion deficits, 8 patients with grade 1 damage, 6 patients with grade 2 damage, and 10 patient with grade 3 damage. After IMRT plan optimized, both the percentage of whole lung volume received dose (WLV) and the percentage of functional lung volume received dose (FLV) were decreased. However, the FLVs was decreased more significantly. There was significant difference in WLV10, WLV15, WLV20, WLV25, WLV30 and FLV10, FLV15, FLV20, FLV25, FLV30 between the two sets of IMRT plans (P<0.05). Conclusions It is conrenient to SPECT-guidance to protect functional lung with optimizing IMRT in stage ≥ NSCLC patients, potentially reducing lung toxicity.

Key words:
Nun-small cell lung cancer;  Intensity-modulated radiotherapy;  Single photon emission computed tomography;  Lung parfusion


The purpose of this study was to propose and test a causal relationship model of youths' psychological immunity. The model posits that psychological characteristics, family factors, and friend factors influence immunity, which in turn predict youths' quality. The sample consisted of 800 undergraduate students in public universities in Bangkok. Self- report inventories with 5 rating scales ranging from true to untrue were administered to collect data. The hierarchical set multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine the relative strength of different sets of independent variables. The structural equation model was also employed to examine the causal relationship model of psychological immunity. Results using structural equation modeling suggested that the model fit the data. That was, psychological characteristics (self-control, optimism, and locus of control) and family factors (parental relationships, social support from family, and socialization based on self-sufficency economy philosophy) positively affected psychological immunity, whereas friend factors (friend relationships, social support from friend, and friend modeling in self-sufficiency economy philosophy had influence on attitude towards self-sufficiency economy and self-sufficiency economy behavior. In addition, psychological immunity had impact on youths' quality in terms of well-being, problem-solving ability, prosocial behavior, and self-sufficiency economic behavior. Specifically, psychological immunity played a mediating role of relationships between psychosocial factors (psychological characteristics and family factors) and youths' quality. The findings also indicated that the psychological characteristics contributed to psychological immunity the most and family factor was second in terms of strength of its contribution. In conclusions, psychological immunity served as a protective factor for various threats on individual and also facilitate youths' quality.


The organized categorization administrative regions of the Udmurt Republic on degree of the development in them oil industry. As main qualifiers were accepted such factors as: area of the oilfields in % from area of the region and volume of the mining of oils (thous. t) for year. The chosenned group regions with intensive mining the oils, executed estimation of the share of the oil companies in formation and development to oil branch this regions.


Background : Lack of health will prevent the progress and promotion of people and Psychological well-being is defined as the development of real talents of each individual; are therefore considered to be an important topic worth studying. This study examined the relationship of forgiveness with health and psychological well-being. Method s: A sample of 243 university students (113 males, 130 females) living in dormitories of Tehran University was included in this study. All participants completed the Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS) , General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Psychological Well Being (PWB). Data collected and analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis using SPSS 18. Finding : The results showed that forgiveness had significant positive correlation with forgiveness with health and psychological well being, respectively. The results of regression analysis revealed that health and psychological well Being predicted via forgiveness variable. Conclusion : Assessing health and Psychological well-being, and relationship of these constructs psychological with forgiveness; can be valuable guidelines in order to provide health for students. Health, psychological well-being and forgiveness need more attention in clinical research. The meaning and limitation of this study and the suggestion for the further study is discussed. Key words: forgiveness, health, psychological well being, students


Two methods are proposed to evaluate rust and eye spot disease resistance in sugarcane using biochemical criteria.

Eye spot disease resistance is easily evaluated by a fast conductimetric bioassay of high sensitivity. If desired, the conductimetric values may be converted into grades of field resistance by means of a regression graph based on standard varieties. The main advantages of this method art it's complete objectivity, reproducibility and independence of climatic conditions.

It was also found that susceptibility of sugarcane to rust can be recognized very early in the infection process by a striking increment of peroxidase activity. The simplicity of this enzyme reaction, which can easily be automated and the speed of detection during infection are discussed as an option for rust resistance evaluation.


Consumers engage in Word of mouth for due to satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Word of mouth is a very powerful tool that can make or break an organization. A satisfied consumer will spread positive word of mouth while a consumer who is dissatisfied will spread negative word of mouth about the products and services. In this paper we test empirically to see how Xiaomi customers in China and a few other countries such as United States of America, Australia and Africa, including South Africa express their dissatisfaction level through negative word of mouth using SPSS as a means of analysis. Main findings and conclusions are discussed. Keywords: Dissatisfaction, word of mouth, xiaomi, no company feedback, consumer feedback


Data are presented on dogs rendered polycythemic by chronic exposure to low oxygen tension (8%). The glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow were decreased (27% and 39%, respectively), while filtration fraction and hematocrit were both increased 22% as compared to control animals. These changes are in accord with data reported in dogs rendered polycythemic by the infusion of red cells. The urinary concentrating mechanism (T c H H2 O ) in milliliters per minute was decreased and T c H H2 O per 100 ml of glomerular filtrate or T c H H2 O per kilogram of body weight was also slightly decreased as compared with studies in control animals. In three dogs, the readily available extracellular fluid on several occasions was measured as the volume of distribution of inulin during an 18-month period. The data revealed no significant changes from control studies or during the production of polycythemia. Submitted on July 13, 1956


The article deals with the problem of social capital as a factor motivating the students' behavior in relation to their own health. Social capital is considered as a set of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of social relations based on mutual confidence of social relations subjects, thereby translating the value and sense aims in respect of health, the implementation of which occurs in the form of specific behavioral strategies. In youth there is a tendency to repeat the patterns of behavior, values and attitudes to health observed in the inner circle. According to the study we developed the recommendations aimed to optimize the behavior motivation in relation to students' health.


MRI is widely used in clinical medical diagnosis, because of its non-ionizing radiation, arbitrary section imaging, multimodal imaging and high resolution of soft tissue. However, many patients are turned away by MRI because of various contraindications, such as ferromagnetic crown and pacemaker. Hypertension is a common basic disease for middle aged and elderly people, and patient often complicated with other disease such as joint disease and lumbar disease which need MRI examination to make a detailed assessment of the patient's health condition. Traditionally, it is considered clinically that it is safe for hypertensive patient to perform MRI examination, nevertheless, the statistic data on academic papers that support the proposition is rare to be found. MRI examination is a 10 to 30 minutes long time of process full of strong magnetic field, RF electromagnetic wave and harsh equipment running noises, does the blood pressure of hypertensive patient fluctuate to increase direction? To examine this proposition, our team has carried out a change study of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen saturation before and after MRI examination with sufficient samples of 291 patients including of 100 hypertension patients. This study divided the measurement into three occasions, i.e., occasion A(before the patient enter the MRI examination room), occasion B (After the patient entered the MRI examination room and before examination) and occasion C(After the patient finished MRI examination program and left the examination room). Statistics of experimental data above revealed no significant increasing difference in measurements of these physiological parameters between A and B (or C). So, excluding psychological factors and other interference, hypertension patients is safe to carry out MRI examination. In addition, correlation analysis of four parameters showed that the correlation between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure was considerable high with Pearson correlation coefficient value of 0.636, and the correlation between other parameters are relatively low and negligible. These results and data are believed to contribute to the development of clinical medicine.


In this paper,Brain region segmentation or skull stripping is an essential step in neuro imaging application such as surgical, surface reconstruction, image registration etc. The accuracy which has to be find of all existing methods depends on the registration and image geometry. When this kind of method fails, the possibility and probability of success is very less. In order to ignore this, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is used. For brain extraction which is free from geometry and registration. CNN learned the together connectedness and shape of the brain. OASIS database is used which is publicly available benchmark dataset. In this method, training phase uses 30 images and 10 images are used for testing phase. The performance of CNN results is closer to the basic level true results given by experts. Further, the target is to add some more calculative features to the existing CNN technique in order to improve the parameter evaluation processes. Keywords— Brain region segmentation, skull stripping, MRI, convolutional neural network.


Abstract Bayles, C. J., Aist, J. R., and Berns, M. W. 1993. The mechanics of anaphase B in a basidiomycete as revealed by laser microbeam microsurgery. Experimental Mycology 17, 191-199. Cytoplasmic forces were found to be actively pulling on the spindle pole bodies during anaphase B in the dikaryotic, basidiomycete fungus, Helicobasidium mompa. When the spindle of one nucleus was severed with a laser microbeam at mid anaphase B, its two spindle pole bodies separated at a much faster rate than did those of the intact spindle in the other nucleus of the same cell. Since astral microtubule populations apparently reach their maximum during anaphase B in this fungus, we suggest that these microtubules may be involved in the cytoplasmic pulling forces. The spindle appears to act primarily as a governor, regulating the rate at which the spindle pole bodies are separated.


Data collection for the quality, delivery and costs in the manufacturing site is essential for company development. In particular, the improved ICT Skills can make M.E.S (Manufacturing Execution System) or POP (point of Product) and those are one of the successful models for data collection and Factory Automation Platform. However, MES and POP have high initial installation cost for hardware and that can collect only machine data such as speed of machine, product counting and machine operation time. In addition, it is impossible to customization of the software and re-development after completion of code development. Because of re-development has high development fee and difficult to change the data-model. So, on this moment technical concept of the IoT based on M2M can make flexible configuration hardware platform and can adapt any place and any kind of things like man or product etc. In this study, to perform a Data collected through the IoT-based Sensor for the collection of production information of the manufacturing site. Moreover, subjected to Event-Condition-Action Rule flexible Module configurations can be designed in response to changes in the manufacturing environment the use of which can reflect the different operations Process or Work-Flow for each site environment. Finally, each parameter, data, and presents the processed to produce service that can achieve continuous improvement environment of the manufacturing site.


Modern Mars surface missions rely upon orbiting spacecraft to relay communications to and from Earth systems. An important component of this multi-mission relay process is the collection of relay performance statistics supporting strategic trend analysis and tactical anomaly identification and tracking.


An AgBiS2/BiOI composites with different proportions were prepared by precipitation method, and their catalytic activity was studied by degrading RhB (100 mg/L) under simulated light conditions. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of AgBiS2/BiOI composite was the best when the doping amount of AgBiS2 was 4 wt. % (the degradation rate was about 94%). Compared with pure BiOI, the degradation rate of RhB increased by 24%. After 5 cycles of experiments, the degradation rate of the material can still reach 94%, indicating that the AgBiS2/BiOI composite has good stability


What did Mike Davis mean when he referred to himself as an "old school socialist"? In this tribute, I argue that Davis laid out a theory and praxis of revolutionary ethics. With a focus on Davis's first book, Prisoners of the American Dream, I show how he gives us one of the earliest and sharpest critiques of neoliberalism while being hopeful about multiracial insurgency. I argue that even in the bleakest of times, Davis maintained a Gramscian commitment to worker rebellions, with a keen analysis of the ebb and flow of worker power. Most of all, he knew that the work was necessary and that the work entailed fighting and organizing—as an old school socialist.


We develop indices that can be used to measure the susceptibility of a route to human trafficking. The susceptibility is based on data providing a measure of a country's vulnerability for and its government response to human trafficking. The data was normalized and the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the correlation between five types of government response and five types of vulnerability. It was determined that comparing government response values with vulnerability values yielded a negative correlation. Four routes through the Americas to the United States were examined. The indices of two of the measures agree on all four routes.


AIM
The main objective was to study supernumerary teeth diagnosed during the routine checkups at the Paediatric Dentistry Service of Hospital de Nens, Barcelona (Spain), for four months.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
A transversal, descriptive study, was performed in 1,960 patients, aged 1 to 17 years, visited during routine oral checkups. An intraoral exploration (with intraoral mirror and probe) was performed to all patients, and subjects older than 5 years also underwent panoramic x-ray examination.

RESULTS
A total of 33 patients showed supernumerary teeth (1.68%), 22 boys and 11 girls. A total of 10 patients (8 boys/2 girls) had supernumerary teeth in the temporary dentition, 20 patients (12 boys/8 girls) in the permanent dentition and 3 patients (2 boys/1girls) in both temporary and permanent dentition. A total of 46 supernumerary teeth were diagnosed.

CONCLUSION
Any alteration in the number of teeth in patients younger than 5 years are difficult to diagnose, as x-rays are usually not taken. We believe that starting at 5 years old, a radiological exploration (panoramic x-ray) has to be carried out as a complement to the clinical examination.


The articles by Professors Babcock, Bryant and Morris explore a variety of important questions for legal history.1 The transmission of legal knowledge from one generation to another, the nature of judicial craftsmanship, and the gendered nature of law in the West are the narrower issues. The larger question within these issues is whether the West was different in some way from the East. 2 Was the western lawyer more creative, more decoupled from the textualism of the East, more apt to innovate, more likely to create new institutions of justice in the face of gendered and institutional forces that limited access to justice and the practice of law? This Comment considers these questions amid the backdrop of continuing historical inquiry regarding the West as a geographic, environmental, social, political, and legal topic, with practical attention paid to the role of women, society, and the law.


Title of Dissertation: A SURVEY OF A CENTURY OF RUSSIAN MUSIC FOR PIANO: FROM GLINKA TO SHOSTAKOVICH Suk-Yi Hyun, Doctor of Musical Arts, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Cleveland Page School of Music In the middle of the nineteenth century, several composers, especially represented by the "Mighty Five" began to espouse a conscious nationalism in Russia. This movement was cultivated by Russian composers making use of their nationalistic folk music. The first example of this is Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar. Moreover, many accomplished pianists and composers, the so-called "Russian Piano School," appeared and developed their own style. Russian piano music began to acquire international attention and soon after, it flourished not only in Russia, but also in Western Europe. During the twentieth century, Russian composers made even greater contributions to Western music despite political turmoil in their country. I have selected for my performances a collection of works by nineteenthand twentieth-century Russian composers who played a significant role in writing Russian music for piano, including Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei 1 Stewart Gordon, A History of Keyboard Literature (New York: Schirmer Books, 1996), 424. Rachmaninov, Sergei Prokofiev, Dimitri Kabalevsky, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Although my repertoire is comprised of various styles and genres between 1832 and 1951, it shares common sources of inspiration: nationalistic elements, including folk materials, profound melancholic melodies, bell-like sound derived from Russian orthodox church and emphasis on rhythm are all abundantly present in their scores. By using these elements in their compositions, the Russian composers developed a unique idiom utilizing various compositional techniques. These include a variety of dynamics, pronounced interest in orchestral color, use of exotic harmony, pentatonic and/or modal tunes, and a recurrence of short motifs. In other words, they pursued their own style as well, combining contemporary compositional trends with nationalistic elements. In addition, Russian political matters and their influence on composers were another important factor in Russian Music for piano. Through this performance project, I was able to acquire not only a better appreciation of Russian piano music, but also an improvement of my own pianistic ability. This performance dissertation consists of three recitals performed on May 13, 2008, on May 11, 2009 and on April 3, 2010 in Gildenhorn recital hall at the University of Maryland. These recitals are documented on compact disc recordings that are housed within the University of Maryland Library System. A SURVEY OF A CENTURY OF RUSSIAN MUSIC FOR PIANO: FROM GLINKA TO SHOSTAKOVICH


THE COMBINATION of high nitrogen (N) fertiliser application rates and cane residue retention with the wet and warm climate in the Australian sugarcane regions provides favourable conditions for the production of nitrous oxide (N2O). Using manual gas sampling chambers, we measured N2O emissions from different N fertiliser and trash management practices on two sugarcane soils throughout the entire cropping seasons. One of the trials was near Murwillumbah NSW where the cane was burnt before harvest each year; the other site was located near Mackay where green cane trash blanketing was practiced. The annual cumulative N2O emissions from the farmers' fertilisation practices of 160 and 150 kg N/ha for the Murwillumbah and Mackay sites respectively were 44 kg N2O/ha and 5.7 kg N2O/ha, with the emission factors (% of fertiliser N emitted as N2O-N) being 10.0% and 1.32%. Polymer coated urea reduced annual N2O emission by 30% on the Murwillumbah site but increased it by 50% on the Mackay site. Although addition of nitrification inhibitor (3,4dimethylpyrozole phosphate, DMPP) to urea reduced N2O emissions from the fertilised band, the plot-scale emissions were not significantly different between the tretaments with or without DMPP at the Murwillumbah site (P=0.05). No significant effect was observed for the nitrification inhibitor at the Mackay site. Removal of trash from the soil surface decreased N2O emissions by 30% and 24% respectively from the Murwillumbah and Mackay soils, showing the importance of organic carbon in regulating N2O fluxes.


The molar volume V and ultrasonic velocity u of fluid n–H2 were measured simultaneously in a piston–cylinder apparatus over the range 75<T<307 K and 2<P<20 kbar. An equation of state of the Benedict type was formulated to reproduce the approximately 2000 experimental data sets of V and u within an average deviation of 0.7%. Values of the thermal expansion, compressibility, and heat capacity were derived. The equation was extrapolated beyond its experimental limits to make comparisons with existing static measurements at low pressure and with dynamic experiments and calculations at ultrahigh pressure. This is the first comprehensive high pressure study of the properties of fluid hydrogen, a substance that should prove useful in energy related research.


This conference presentation (1) familiarizes us with the sources of aviation data (who collects it, where you go to find it, what form it is in, and what topics are covered); (2) points out some of the problem areas in airline finances and markets; and (3) illustrates the important emerging role of aviation in the Pacific economy. Extensive charts and tables accompany the discussion.


Esad Bajram who was a writer, poet, educator, translator, journalist and politician was born in 1934 in Ohrid. In this article, we think that children's literature, children's personality, should be suitable to the social development because children's literature structure creates a field of experience that helps children's recognition of themselves, to compare with other people...


We report the observation of steady-state two-dimensional photorefractive self-trapping and screening spatial soliton formation in a sample of potassium–lithium–tantalate–niobate in the centrosymmetric paraelectric phase.


An important problem in the analysis of loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) is related to the efficiency of the emergency core cooling systems (ECCSs). Evaluation of core coolability becomes particularly important in the case of delayed action of the aforementioned systems and/or if the water injection rate they provide is limited to a fraction of the design capacity. The transient reactor analysis code TRAC-BD1 version 12 was employed to analyze a boiling water reactor/6 (BWR/6) core behavior under LOCA with limited ECCS. The authors shall be presenting the results of a generic BWR/6 recirculation line break for the case that only one low-pressure coolant injection (LPCI) is operational (limited ECCS case), and the authors compare them to the case that all ECCSs are normally operating (base case).