The proposed sync-processor enables a fractional-order time-synchronization to generate an efficient lens shutter-control timing for the charge-shared LCD lens driving in the 3DTV active shutter glasses. This design implements a universal sync-edge tracer as a pre-processor to form the unit event of the wireless sync-packet, a fractional-order timer to measure the timing period for accurate synchronization of the stereo-vision, and charge-shared driver controlled by the proposed symmetric even/odd timer to provide an efficient charge equalization method. The proposed symmetric even/odd timer block sequentially generates the driver switching events by distributing the driver activation into four pins of the LCD active shutter lenses to reuse the pre-pumped charge of the charge-shared LCD driver, which is sequentially shared between four pins for LCD lens. The proposed sequential lens control by distributing the charge-sharing events also enables the reduction of the hardware size required for the counters and overflow comparators in the switching timer to generate the pulse width modulation (PWM) pulse waveform of the LCD lens control for time-sequential 3D stereo-vision. The implemented one-chip solution, which is applied with all of the proposed techniques to improve the previous work, reduces about 140 μA of LCD lens driving current, which results in about 30% current reduction in total. This paper describes the system's architecture and the details of the proposed techniques, while also identifying the key concepts and functions.


Digital filter is a fundamental device used in pronunciation pattern process, pattern - recognition , radar signal process and spectral analysis. It can meet the high needs to range and phase, and can avoid such problems as voltage drifting, temperature drifting and noise that analogue filters cannot o-vercome. FIR filter can assure a strict linear phase identity while designing any range frequency. Therefore, FIR filter has shown its strong vitality in many fields and its importance in using. In the paper, the way to use VHDL to design linear phase FIR filter is introduced and its designing thoughts are expounded.


This paper presents an efficient technique for enhancement of infrared (IR) images. It modifies the local luminance mean of an IR image and controls the local contrast as a function of the local luminance mean of the image. The technique first separates an image into both its low-pass and high-pass filtered form components. The low-pass component then controls the amplitude of the high-pass component to increase the local contrast. The low-pass component is then subjected to a non-linearity to modify the local luminance mean of the image and is combined with the processed high-pass component. The performance of this technique when applied to IR images shows good enhancement compared with the other traditional enhancement techniques.


and pleural biopsies. The Claimant signed a consent form for a left lung biopsy and left pleural biopsy, still understanding that he was to undergo a thoracoscopy. The operation was performed by a different surgeon to the one who saw the Claimant on 19 March. The left lung biopsy and left pleural biopsy was performed via a 'mini-thoracotomy'. The Claimant was discharged home the following day. The histopathology report states that the lung and pleura showed chronic inflammation and fibrosis with no evidence of malignancy. Following the operation the Claimant complained of persistent pain in the region of his anterior ribs, which was eventually diagnosed as post-thoracotomy neuralgia, a wellrecognized complication of the procedure. He also had swelling at the front of his abdomen. The Claimant underwent a number of pain relieving treatments including dorsal para vertebral injections of local anaesthetic and steroids, bilateral lumbar para veretebral injections and ultimately a left intercostal neurectomy in June 2000. His condition was severe and chronic and he suffered weakness and wasting of the upper abdominal muscles. Due to the pain and weakness the Claimant was, and continues to be, unable to perform the working tasks and leisure activities that he was able to perform before the operation. Our expert's view was that the Claimant will always suffer discomfort on the left-hand side of the chest associated with the incision. The Claimant also suffered from depression as a consequence of his chronic pain and ongoing symptoms.


Three kinds of electrical fast transient (EFT) pulse wave forms are defined with three sets of formulas. Based on the formulas, the spectral distribution of EFT signals are deduced by using the method Fourier series expansion. An experiment is designed to verify the deduction and measure the electric field near equipment under EFT test. The results show that the electric field is strong at low frequency band (less than 200MHz, especially several hundred kHz). According to near field radiation theory, the magnetic field may be stronger. So, associated equipments (AE) used in an EFT test should be able to operate normally under such interference.


Traditional coaching method is usually the answering of a series of questions.But the writer attempts a counter-question type,namely,arranging for a series of questions to ask students to answer.The advantage of this method is:it can check if students have grasped what they've learned before,it also can strengthen what they've learned and stimulate student's thinking.


The Conclusion is written in two parts. The first offers a twelfth-century Byzantine Christological debate as a lens through which to understand the varied findings of the preceding chapters. This is the little-studied 'my Father is greater than I' controversy, one which it is argued ultimately revolves around the nature of Christ's humanity. The discussion of this controversy is in turn related to the results of earlier chapters. The second part brings the cumulative findings of the book into conversation with the Christocentric theological anthropology of the contemporary Orthodox patrologist and theologian John Behr, identifying areas of agreement but also disagreement. The Conclusion ends with a reiteration of the book's central claim regarding the importance of the doctrine of Christ's humanity for the articulation of an Orthodox theological anthropology that is faithful to its Byzantine inheritance.


The optimum formula of spinach and coix seed health bread was studied through single-factor experiments and orthogonal test. The results showed that the optimum addition amounts of spinach,coix seed and sugar(the percentage of total flour) were 12%, 6%, 16%,respectively.The bread prepared had good smell and high quality.


Since the start of the euro crisis, deep political conflicts overshadow the discussions on reforms of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). For stabilizing the monetary union, some pundits and countries advocate more rigorous fiscal rules, while others emphasize the need for fiscal transfers within the EMU. As part of a Horizon 2020 project, we collected data on member states positions in the negotiations of 47 economic and fiscal integration policies discussed from 2010 to 2015—including, for example, the negotiations on the ESM, the fiscal compact, and the assistance to Greece. We analyze this data with scaling methods to empirically investigate the underlying dimensionality of the political conflict. The findings show that EMU politics are dominated by a one-dimensional conflict structure—namely, the conflict between Southern countries advocating for more fiscal transfers and the Northern countries prioritizing fiscal discipline. The Central and Eastern European member states align with the Northern coalition. One of the implications of our findings is that the polarized one-dimensional conflict structure leaves little room for the negotiation of package deals. However, a sliver lining may be that the politics of the EMU are conducive for the political success of French-German leadership. ⇤This research is part of the Horizon 2020 project "EMU Choices" funded by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission (Grant # 649532). We gratefully acknowledge the financial support. For more information, visit http://emuchoices.eu/. Klaus Armingeon, David Howarth, Frank Schimmelfennig and Gabi Spilker provided insightful comments on earlier drafts. ⇤⇤Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of Salzburg, Austria & Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Email: email@example.com, URL: www.fabiowasserfallen.ch. ⇤⇤⇤PhD candidate, University of Salzburg, Austria. Email: email@example.com.


The present invention relates to the regeneration, reconstruction, repair, expansion or replacement of organs or tissues using scaffolds and autologous cells that are not derived from such organs or tissues.


Objective To explore the role of serotonin(5-HT) in internet addiction disorder(IAD),and to provide evidence for the behavioral intervention and medical treatment.Methods Thirty-three adolescents with IAD and 44 normal ones as control were included in the study.Platelet serotonin level was determined with high performance liquid chromatography.Emotional status was investigated with Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS).A t-test and correlation analysis were used by SPSS 14.0.Results Platelet serotonin level of IAD was significantly lower than that of controls(t=-2.135,P0.05).SDS and SAS scores of IAD group were significantly higher than that of control group(P0.05).Correlation analysis showed platelet serotonin level was related with the degree of IAD,SDS and SAS(P0.05).Conclusion IAD is perhaps related to neurons' maladjustment.


To achieve efficient proline-based catalysis in water, proline has been supported in the past to porous and hydrophobic solid resins leading to heterogeneous systems. These solid resins provide a hydrophobic environment to the active centers, mimicking what happens in natural enzymes. However, a more realistic mimetic approach would be to carry out the aldol reaction in a homogeneous way, maintaining the hydrophobic environment, using for example properly designed noncross-linked polymer carriers. In this work, we report the synthesis and aqueous catalytic evaluation of a linear copolymer bearing both pendant proline and permethylated β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) groups. It was designed on the basis that the presence of the hydrophobic cavity of the β-CD could bring aromatic substrates into close proximity to the surrounding catalytic proline residues through host–guest interactions. The compound is water-soluble and catalyzes aldol reactions in this medium without the need for any extra organic solvent. We empl...


This chapter tries to place certain issues in the discussion of relativism, rather than to deal with any one of them thoroughly. It is concerned with any kind of relativism, in the sense that the questions raised are ones that should be asked with regard to relativistic views in any area, whether it be the world-views of different cultures, shifts in scientific paradigms, or differences of ethical outlook. A machinery is introduced which is intended to apply quite generally. But the oniy area in which I want to claim that there is truth in relativism is the area of ethical relativism. This does not mean that I here try to argue against its truth in any other area, nor do I try to pursue any of the numerous issues involved in delimiting the ethical from other areas. Conditions of the problem (a) There have to be two or more systems of belief (Ss) which are to some extent self-contained. No very heavy weight is put on the propositional implications of the term 'belief', nor, still less, is it implied that all relevant differences between such systems (let ' S 1', ' S 2', stand for examples from now on) can be adequately expressed in propositional differences: the extent to which this is so will differ with different sorts of examples. Any application of this structure will involve some degree of idealisation, with regard to the coherence and homogeneity of an S .


Abstract This paper presents an enhanced PID controller design method with an internal feedback PD controller. The proposed controller structure is organized as the convex set between PID controller and PI controller with an internal PD controller. Control parameters are determined through an optimum tuning method to improve the step response characteristics in the controllable set. The new PID structure and optimum tuning algorithm are applied to the speed control of brushless direct-current (BLDC) motors. Computer simulation results show that the proposed controller is more effective in the performance of time domain by comparing with the existence tuning rules of PID controller.


The general inverted pendulum on a cart (termed IPC) model with nonzero link mass is investigated and analyzed for the tracking-control problem solving due to its concise and representative structure. According to the numbers of times of using Zhang dynamics (ZD) and gradient dynamics (GD) methods, novel controllers are designed and analyzed for the tracking control of the IPC model with nonzero link mass, which are thus termed ZG (Zhang gradient) controllers. Note that the ZG controllers are of z2g0 and z2g1 types in the paper. More importantly, the efficacy and superiority of ZG controllers are further verified via plenty of computer simulations for the cart path tracking of the general IPC model with nonzero link mass.


Recent exploration of the planets has been highlighted by the development of visual imaging systems carried on board the spacecraft. This paper describes the evolution of planetary camera systems from the earliest reconnaissance flight to Mars in 1965 (Mariner 4) through the planned mission to Jupiter and Saturn in 1977. Advances in telecommunication performance, mission planning and operations, and digital processing of images are also discussed. Science objectives and changes in the imaging systems required to meet these objectives are discussed for the Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9), Mariner Venus-Mercury (Mariner 10), Viking 1975 (Mars Orbiter), and Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 1977 missions. The last section of the paper describes future plans for imaging experiments based on cameras using solid-state sensors, particularly charge-coupled devices.


A Semi-Hidden Markov Model (SHMM) for bursty error channels is defined by a state transition probability matrix A, a prior probability vector Π, and the state dependent output symbol error probability matrix B. Several processes are utilized for estimating A, Π and B from a given empirically obtained or simulated error sequence. However, despite placing some restrictions on the underlying Markov model structure, we still have a computationally intensive estimation procedure, especially given a large error sequence containing long burst of identical symbols. Thus, in this paper, we utilize under some moderate assumptions, a Markov model with random state transition matrix A equivalent to a unique Block Diagonal Markov model with state transition matrix Λ to model an indoor software-defined power line communication system. A computationally efficient modified Baum-Welch algorithm for estimation of Λ given an experimentally obtained error sequence from the indoor PLC channel is utilized. Resulting Equivalent Block Diagonal Markov models assist designers to accelerate and facilitate the procedure of novel PLC systems design and evaluation.


Abstract:  Autoimmune diabetes is due to destruction of insulin‐secreting beta islet cells by an immune‐mediated process, which is induced and promoted by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. This form of diabetes is one of a group of autoimmune diseases that affect about 10% of the population in the developed world. The detection of diabetes‐associated autoantibodies, including glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GADA), islet cell antibodies (ICA), and insulinoma‐associated (IA‐2) autoantibodies is widely held to reflect an underlying autoimmune pathology but the clinical features associated with the presence of these diabetes‐associated autoantibodies is highly variable ranging from lack of symptoms with normal glucose tolerance to catastrophic and potentially fatal diabetic ketoacidosis. It is the purpose of this article to establish the range of metabolic features associated with diabetes‐associated autoimmune changes and discuss how this metabolic spectrum itself reflects a spectrum of immune and clinical changes that cast light on the nature of autoimmune diabetes.


Process of high-resolution electrical logging data can not be used to completely restore distribution of electrical logging resistivity because a linear approximation is used.Blind deconlution based on high order statistics is used to improve data processing result of electrical logging and eliminate error signal.


Context: Primary adrenal Cushing's syndrome can result from the aberrant adrenal expression of several hormone receptors; this mechanism has not been explored in detail in aldosterone-producing tumors. Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate a 56-yr-old male patient with an aldoster-onoma for the regulation of aldosterone secretion by aberrant hormone receptors. Results: Renin-independent stimulation of aldosterone secretion was observed in vivo after a mixed meal, oral glucose, or administration of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP), vasopressin, and tegaserod. The mixed meal-mediated stimulation of aldosterone was not present in five other cases of aldosteronoma. A smaller response of aldosterone after GIP infusion was observed in a normal subject. Aldosterone secretion was stimulated by GIP in primary cultures of this patient's aldosteronoma. Increased expression of GIP receptor was found in this aldosteronoma by real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. The GIP receptor protein was also found at lower levels in zona glomerulosa cells of the normal adjacent adrenal gland. Increased expression of serotonin 4 and ACTH receptors was also present in this aldosteronoma. Conclusions: This case report provides new evidence of the implication of aberrant hormone receptors in the regulation of this aldosteronoma and suggests that further detailed studies of the role of aberrant hormone receptors in this frequent pathology should be undertaken. A berrant expression of several G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) frequently regulates the production of cortisol in ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasias (AIMAH) and adrenocortical adenomas causing Cushing's syndrome or androgen excess (1, 2). In primary aldosteronism, the mechanisms regulating aldosterone production, whereas renin and angiotensin II are suppressed, are largely unknown. In vitro studies suggest that some GPCRs are abnormally expressed in aldosteronomas. Levels of the eutopic serotonin (5-HT) 4 receptor were increased in aldosteronomas (3). V 1-vasopressin receptor was expressed in aldosteronomas, but at levels similar to normal adrenal (4, 5); administration of V 1 receptor antagonist to eight patients with primary aldosteronism did not reduce al-dosterone levels (5). Increased expression of LH/human chori-onic gonadotropin receptor mRNA was found in nine of 18 aldosteronomas (6), but its effects on aldosterone secretion in vivo was not studied. In this report, we present the results of combined in vivo and in vitro studies of the regulation of aldosterone secretion by several aberrant receptors in a case of aldosteronoma.


The fluorescence properties of several cooligopeptides of glycine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan, containing one or two aromatic residues, are investigated. In particular, a detailed analysis is made of the influence of pH upon the quantum yield and the position of the emission maximum (λmax) in H‐Trp‐Trp‐OH, H‐Trp‐Gly‐OH, H‐Gly‐Trp‐OH, H‐Gly‐Trp‐Gly‐OH, H‐Trp‐Trp‐OH, H‐Trp‐Trp‐Gly‐OH, H‐Gly‐Trp‐Trp‐OH, H‐Phe‐Trp‐OH, H‐Phe‐Trp‐Gly‐OH, H‐Gly‐Phe‐Trp‐OH, and H‐Gly‐X‐(Gly)n‐Trp‐Gly‐OH, with X = Phe or Trp, and n = 0,1,2. It is shown that raising the pH from ca. 2 to 11 results in a red shift of λmax, and an increase in the quantum yield. These changes, mostly structure dependent, are in most cases attributable to electronic perturbations acting directly upon the λmax of the fluorophore(s) and upon the quenching efficiency of the free amino and carbonyl groups. For the compounds having two adjacent tryptophyl residues, it is shown that the two fluorophores do not appear to have the same emission properties and the quantum yield is lower than expected. The causes of this behavior are discussed in terms of conformational effects, stacking interactions, and radiationless energy transfer. Finally, an attempt is made to correlate fluorescence data with previous circular dichroism data which had indicated the occurrence of a conformationally rigid structure for some of the compounds having two adjacent aromatic residues.


Introduce the three relationships aming the terms according to the universality of using terms;describe how to correctly use are understand the terms and pass on the experience.


This volume synthesizes studies from multiple lines of research in the fields of corpus linguistics and the history of the English language. However, all chapters make use of electronic evidence, from extensively analysed corpora to newly compiled databases. The entire volume is organized into four parts with thirteen chapters along with a general introduction chapter: 'Linguistic directions and crossroads: mapping the routes' (part 1), 'Changing Patterns' (part 2), 'Pragmatics and discourse' (part 3), and 'World Englishes' (part 4). A short introduction precedes each of these parts to set the scene by way of some general reflections on the discussed themes. In this volume, a rapid shift towards using corpus data in research on English is visible throughout. This collection not only investigates new horizons in English linguistics which have been opened up by the technological advances in search programs, but also demonstrates how the increasing availability of both contemporary and historical English language corpora marked a new phase of research in conceptual and applied terms. Part 1 contains two chapters dedicated tomethodology together with one chapter that discusses important issues in the corpus linguistics approach. Thus, the contributions in this part point out potential methods for approaching one's data in response to an urgent need for researchers to reflect on their own research activity: the critical turn caused by rapid technological advances. The chapters in part 2 put emphasis on changing patterns of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic functions, and simultaneously illustrate the significance of language contact in the evolution of the studied forms. Subsequently, part 3 is explicitly devoted to exploring the field of corpus pragmatics, showing how certain language data such as interjections and hesitation phenomena can open up agendas for new research. Of particular interest is theway in which the three contributions in this part show how context plays a role in corpus pragmatics. In part 4, the volume concludeswith four chapters that draw together the diversity of Englishes in different parts of the world where specific varieties have emerged in


English learners' autonomy plays an integral role in developing lifelong learning skills for college students in the country's development and international integration. Improving learners' autonomy requires many efforts not only from students but also from the teachers. The research was conducted in the Mekong Delta with the participation of 75 English teachers teaching at Can Tho university, Dong Thap university, Kien Giang university, and Kien Giang college to investigate activities the teachers use to develop learners' autonomy. The result reveals that the teachers usually encourage students, and create interactive activities to help students develop autonomy, and the teachers indicate that these activities effectively affect students' autonomy development. The research also shows that learning techniques and challenging task delivery are not frequently taken into consideration.


Disability is one of the least desirable consequences of current population aging. Although the health condition is one of the determinants of disability, the relationship is not linear and the nature of disability cannot be predicted solely from the clinical diagnosis. Therefore, it is necessary to deeply study population with adverse outcomes, as hip fracture is, in order to acquire predictive capacity of frailty that allows delaying disability appearance. Objectives: Creating and characterizing a cohort of hip fracture patients. Design: Descriptive study of cohort consisting of 61 individuals study before and after hip fracture surgery. Setting: People older than 70 years, with Bartle Index higher than 80 and hospitalized with hip fracture and not frail. Measurements: Functional ability, instrumental activities of daily living, frailty, physical performance and social variables were measured. Results: Our results showed that, even from independent status, hip fracture is a very important reason for functional impairment in elderly patients. Nearly two thirds of the hip fracture patients developed functional impairment in three months. Conclusions: Age is essential in recovery, being older-old patients the most affected by disability after hip fracture surgery.


In Qing dynasty,under the background of increasingly frequent in contact with the Russian diplomacy and trade, Xinjiang had begun to cultivate Russian translation talents.The ways to cultivate included study go to Russia funded by the Government,study abroad at one's own expenses,studing Russian courses in Government s school or in folk private schools. Xinjiang's Russian translation talents had played an important role with Russia s trade and foreign affairs,and maintained the Qing dynasty' s sovereignty and interests,and cultivated amound of russian teachers for xinjiang.


Introduction Hypertensive patients have high incidence of having atherosclerosis. Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs) have been successfully used as antihypertensive over the last decades. On the other hand, Statins have demonstrated a potent effect in lowering blood level of lipids [1]. Combination of CCBs and Statins may have an additive or synergistic effect on prevention of coronary atherosclerosis [2]. Amlodipine (AMO) (IUPAC name: 3-Ethyl 5-methyl 2-[(2-aminoethoxy)methyl]-4-(2Abstract The aim of this work was to develop and validate a simple, sensitive and rapid method for the simultaneous quantitation of amlodipine and atorvastatin in bulk and their combined pharmaceutical formulation and application of method in forced degradation study. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a 50 mm × 2mm, 1.9 μm Hypersil gold column, with gradient elution. The analytes were detected using selective reaction monitoring (SRM) mode on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer coupled with electrospray ionization (ESI) worked in positive mode and negative mode for Amlodipine (AMO) and Atorvastatin (ASN) respectively. The detection was done by monitoring of 409.47 → 238.22 (m/z), 557.65 → 397.27 (m/z), and 256.15 → 167.07 (m/z) for amlodipine, atorvastatin and diphenhydramine (IS) respectively. The method was validated over concentration range of (3-50) ng/mL and (0.8-50) ng/mL for Amlodipine (AMO) and Atorvastatin (ASN) respectively, for its linearity, robusticity, intraand intersday reproducibility. The lower limits of detection (LOD) were found to be 0.23 ng/mL and 0.56 ng/mL and lower limits of quantitation (LOQ) were found to be 0.69 ng/mL and 1.7 ng/mL for amlodipine and atorvastatin respectively. The method was applied successfully to quantitate atorvastatin and amlodipine in laboratory bulk mixture and their combined pharmaceutical dosage form. Also this method was used in stressed degradation study for identification of degradation products and calculation of kinetic parameters.


Fundiswa Kobo is
participating in the research
project, 'Social Cohesion',
directed by Prof. Dr Vuyani
Vellem of the Department of
Dogmatics and Christian
Ethics, Faculty of Theology,
University of Pretoria. This
article represents re-worked
aspects of the PhD-research
conducted under the
supervision of Prof. Vuyani
Vellem.


The chapter identifies the book's central question: how does time matter in the queer postcolony? More specifically, how do the afterlives of British colonialism in Uganda, India, and Britain shape contemporary queer politics in each of these locations? It outlines the three principal contributions of the book. First, the book provides an account of the global frictions surrounding Uganda's Anti Homosexuality Act, demonstrating the ways in which the crisis precipitated by this legislation was generative of new forms of global governmentality around LGBT rights. Second, revitalising thinking around intersectionality, the book demonstrates how queerness functions as a metonym for a range of other identities in different contexts. Third, the book intervenes in a hitherto US-centric queer theoretical literature on temporality to demonstrate how memory and futurity present distinctive battlegrounds for queer postcolonial politics. Finally, the chapter discusses key methodological orientations and problems.


This paper presents the mathematical model control of a pedelec. This model includes the vehicle and the electric motor dynamics. Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motor on the pedelec provide contribution to the pedal axle in the bottom bracket through the motor connection axle connect with the worm gear. Human torque contribution on the pedal crank has a shape of cosine function. Thus the control system mimic this human torque and track the desired velocity. Cascade PI control blocks have been used for controlling the torque and speed value. Torque shape of the motor should mimic the human torque and cruise control objective has been achieved with 0.017 m/s error as mean value.


Omnidirectional driving gear is a gear mechanism having two degrees of freedom on one surface. We have developed an omnidirectional driving gear by combining flat and convex arc surfaces (free-form omnidirectional driving gear mechanism). Weight compensation and limit sensors are incorporated in the mechanism for smooth running. In this design, the motion range is small and limited by the shape of the curvature and requirement. To improve the adaptability of the mechanism to any given environment, a flexible omnidirectional driving gear whose curvature can be changed arbitrarily was developed and studied.


ABSTRACT. Fire is a fundamental tool within a broad spectrum of vegetation‐management strategies, from swidden agriculture to plantation forestry. Through the seemingly pyromanic activity of incendiarism, fire assumes additional significance in the human‐environment relationship. Case studies from England, Algeria, and the southern United States serve to illustrate the circumstance of fire as an indication of agrarian discontent and a weapon of peasant resistance. Other documented cases of incendiarism reveal that use of fire in the landscape has expanded from a constructive ecosystem‐manipulation technique to a destructive form of protest undertaken by the oppressed or disempowered.


Sushi had a keen thought of renouncing the world.The development of his thought of trend of renouncing the world would divide into 3 stages by 2 points of juhuang and yuhui.The first stage,from he became a chinshih at first time to becoming the magistrate of Huzhou,Sushi still desired to make contributions and realize the aspiration of helping state and benefiting people while he wanted to seek going out.The second stage was he lived in Huangzhou.After the extreme depression with the buffets in officialdom,Sushi changed into seek going out in hillwoods.From leaving Huangzhou to dying at Changzhou was the third stage.Sushi did not want to seek going out physically,but changed into seek the comfort of soul,therefore in this way he realized actually his road of going out ideologically.


Taking the electric control circuit of the flanging machine as an example,this single electromagnet directional control valve is used to design the electric control circuit with several sequential cylinders.


Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is a centrally sponsored integrated flagship scheme launched by the Central government for the universalization of elementary education with a specific time frame. The main thrust of SSA is on community participation, decentralized planning and better quality of education. It covers the entire country in a mission mode and was launched in India in the year 2001-2002 in collaboration with the state governments and local self governments. The programme aims to provide useful and relevant, elementary education to all children in the 6 to 14 age group. The scheme is also being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, the border state of India which consists of three regions-Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. SSA was launched in J&K in the year 2005. The present study focuses on the impact of SSA in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir state. Jammu, one of the 22 districts of J&K, has been the winter capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir for six months. It has four tehsils Jammu, RS Pura, Akhnoor and Bishnah, 08 towns including one Municipal Corporation Jammu, 889 villages and 297 Panchyats, 08 CD Blocks and 14 educational zones. Most of Jammu district is spread over plains and some parts of it is hilly also. It is climatically very hot in summers and quite cold in winters. The entire area has a significant population. Besides, by virtue of being the seat of power for the government for six months, the district is in focus most of the times. The present research paper aims at understanding the role played by SSA and other initiatives in improvement of quality education in Jammu district besides identifying the issues, problems and challenges to SSA in the district. The research paper also suggests some strategies for improving education in Jammu which could help in improvement in the quality of education at elementary stage.


T H IS paper concerns three questions: Should the liberal-arts college require its students to take a philosophy course? What should be the content of that course? How should the course be taught? To answer the first question, we must say something about the kind of education that the liberal-arts college seeks to provide. Since an immense amount has been written about the aims of liberal education, all we need emphasize here is that one of the aims is to free the student from the bondage of prejudice, provincialism, and illogicalityin short, to develop a critical outlook in him. This outlook consists in an attitude of self-restraint in which the grounds, alternatives, and consequences of beliefs are examined skeptically. This attitude enables one, as Bertrand Russell put it, to proportion the degree of intensity with which one holds one's beliefs to the amount of evidence available for each belief. Can philosophy contribute significantly to developing the critical outlook?' Decidedly so! First, the philosopher scrupulously investigates and analyzes the extensive and intricate vocabulary we use to describe, to explain, and to evaluate. He explores the concepts we use in thinking about problems that themselves constitute the subjectmatter of the other humanities and of the natural, formal, and social sciences. Philosophy ranges over all thought and experience. The philosopher's concern is methodological; namely, to apply his special techniques to different subjects and thereby to clarify the concepts employed in these subjects. Second, the philosopher carefully evaluates the grounds upon which are based certain contentions fundamental to the ordering of our lives; for example, the contention that God exists or that nothing is right in any objective sense. To evaluate these grounds is to ascertain whether the beliefs they allegedly support are justified;


The new paradigms brought to the networking area by softwarization, not only are revolutionizing research and industry, but start deeply impacting on teaching. While in the past most of education in basic networking relied upon studying theory and learning standard protocols, today the hands-on experience is gaining paramount importance. In this paper, after briefly explaining how SDN changed the learning experience, we present a portable, low-cost, self-contained hardware laboratory to experiment with real SDN networks based on OpenFlow switches, valuable for both teaching and research. We then show some use-case that can be investigated within possible projects developed using this testbed. Though devised mainly for SDN, we will show that this testbed can support experimentation also of traditional switching concepts, such as packet classification. Finally, we introduce a short demonstration that can be presented live at the conference.


The invention relates to a measuring circuit, in particular to an aluminum electrolytic cell series ground insulation intensity measuring circuit which comprises an electrolytic cell and an interbus used for connecting the electrolytic cell. A voltage controlled power source is arranged between the electrolytic cell and the ground, a milliampere ampere meter is connected between the voltage controlled power source and the ground in series, a microampere ampere meter is connected between the milliampere ampere meter and the ground in series, and a voltmeter is connected between an adjustable end of the voltage controlled power source and the microampere ampere meter in parallel. The aluminum electrolytic cell series ground insulation intensity measuring circuit has the advantages that voltage is exerted between an electrolysis series and ground zero potential, detecting to voltage and a leakage current is conducted simultaneously, insulating intensity is calculated according to size and changing circumstances of ratio of the voltage and the leakage current, and accurate electrolytic series ground insulation intensity values are reached. The problem that measuring results are inaccurate caused by insufficient capacity of an insulating megger is solved effectively. The measuring circuit, in particular to an aluminum electrolytic cell series ground insulation intensity measuring circuit is close to actual circumstances after the electrolytic series is put in use, and therefore estimation to insulating intensity is effective.


We study the formation of the InP on GaAsSb interface grown by molecular beam epitaxy at 450 °C. Using angle resolved x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), we show that Sb strongly segregates whereas As does not, leading to a Sb-rich InP surface. Similarly, XPS spectra recorded on air-exposed samples reveal oxidized Sb but no oxidized As. We perform a quantitative analysis and determine a Sb segregation coefficient very near to 1. This result is in good agreement with previous reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy observations on the same interface.


The purpose of this article is to direct attention to the fact that, though Goldberger's researches have thrown very considerable light on the question of the etiology of pellagra, there are several points in this problem which are still obscure. The earlier theory that pellagra was caused by a deficiency of protein of good biological value was discarded by Goldberger after a series of researches,


Summary Polio virus was found to replicate in HeLa cells treated with critical concentrations of 2,4-dinitrophenol which markedly stimulated oxygen uptake and glucose utilization under aerobic conditions. The time required before a change in rate of respiration of infected cells became apparent was similar in absence or presence of DNP, indicating that this substance did not alter the latent period of virus synthesis. Apparently the uncoupling effect on aerobic phosphorylating systems is compensated for by increased glycolysis and the concomitant fixation of phosphorous by systems not effected by DNP.


Background: We developed clinical risk models for predicting diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (DCAN) in Chinese diabetic patients. Methods: A Chinese cohort of 455 diabetic participants underwent a short heart rate variability (HRV) test which was recruited between 2011 and 2013. Clinical risk models were developed that included independent and significant risk factors by using multiple variable stepwise regressions. These clinical risk models were tested in another independent cohort of Chinese individuals. Results: The clinical risk models included age, fasting plasma glucose, 2-h plasma blood glucose, triglycerides, resting HRs, and duration of diabetes mellitus. The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the study group was 0.794. In the model with the continuous variables, the area under the ROC curve was 0.810. A cutoff score of 12.54 which produced the optimal sensitivity (68.20%) and specificity (76.80%) and identified the percentage (35.77%) of the population that required subsequent testing. Conclusions: The clinical risk models showed high sensitivity and specificity for the prediction of DCAN in Chinese diabetic patients.


The objective of this master thesis was the performance analysis of a non-conventional heating system layout based on a propane heat pump unit. The objective had been pursued by monitoring and mode ...


We survey some results on linear-time algorithms for systolic arrays. In particular, we show how the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two polynomials of degree n over a finite field can be computed in time O(n) on a linear systolic array of O(n) cells; similarly for the GCD of two n-bit binary numbers. We show how n * n Toeplitz systems of linear equations can be solved in time O(n) on a linear array of O(n) cells, each of which has constant memory size (independent of n). Finally, we outline how a two-dimensional square array of O(n)* O(n) cells can be used to solve (to working accuracy) the eigenvalue problem for a symmetric real n* n matrix in time O(nS(n)). Here S(n) is a slowly growing function of n; for practical purposes S(n) can be regarded as a constant. In addition to their theoretical interest, these results have potential applications in the areas of error-correcting codes, symbolic and algebraic computations, signal processing and image processing.


This paper highlights the attitude of farmers towards the Second National Fadama Development Project (NFDP-II) implementation at the local level in Nigeria. The fadama II project focuses on government – farmer partnerships in the funding of agricultural enterprises with the aim of achieving sustainable and stable funding for agricultural development. The sample for the study was made up of male and female Fadama beneficiaries selected through multistage sampling from the fadama resource users groups (FRUGs) in Lokoja and Idah LGAs of Kogi State. The findings indicated that the majority (51.5%) of the respondents were in their productive years. The results show that the majority of the farmers had favourable attitude towards cost – sharing of the fadama II programme. However, the level of farmers' participation in the planning, implementation and monitoring activities were very low except in the areas of financial management, maintenance of fadama investments and proffering conflict mitigation measures. The findings further indicates that late disbursement of funds from the African Development Bank (ADB), difficulty in collecting money from some farmers/high cost of administration, insufficient credit availability and the tendency of highly placed individuals/politicians to hijack the programme by registering personal resource user groups (FRUGs)/fadama community associations (FCAs) were problems militating against the effective implementation of the project. The study concludes that there is great need to specifically target vulnerable sub-groups such as widows, the elderly, castes and marginal fadama users through an inclusive participatory planning process to avoid situations of elite capture and conflicts in the on-going Fadama III project.


The statements presented in this article represents a preliminary version of the proposed model of pre-professional practices (PPP) of the National University of Education (UNAE) of Ecuador, an urgent institutional necessity is revealed in the descriptive analyzes conducted from technical support - administrative (reports, interviews, testimonials), pedagogical foundations of UNAE (curricular directionality, transverse axes in practice, career plan, approach and diagnostic examination as subject nature of the pre professional practice) and the demand of socio educational contexts where the practices have been emerging to resize them. By relating these elements allowed conceiving the modeling of the processes of the pre-professional practices for the development of professional skills of future teachers through four components: contextual projective, implementation (tutoring), accompaniment (teaching couple) and monitoring (meetings at the beginning, during and end of practice). The initial training of teachers is inherent to teaching (academic and professional training), research and links with the community, these are fundamental pillars of Ecuadorian higher education.


The factors governing the performance of infrared spectrometers are discussed, and it is shown that the use of multiple monochromators of the type described in the preceding paper provides one of the best methods of obtaining high resolution infrared spectra. The conversion of a small prism infrared spectrometer to a double monochromator is described. The performance of the instrument is illustrated by reproductions of typical spectra, and it is shown that the resolution approaches that of the best grating instruments. Scattered radiation is so small as to be negligible.


The aim of the study was to find out the influence of Dictogloss technique on writing descriptive text Surakarta at the eleventh grade especially in the class of XI IPA 2 of MAN 2 Surakarta as an experiment group. The research was carried out at MAN 2 Surakarta from August 2015 until October 2015. The research applied was Experimental Research to know if there was a significant difference in writing on descriptive text (1) between the students taught using Dictogloss technique or is referred as Experimental Group (class XI IPA 2), and (2) the students taught without using Dictogloss technique (traditional method) or is referred by control group (Class XI IPA 3). Each class consisted of 20 students.The technique of collecting the data used test and non test. The test consisted of pre test and post test. Non test consisted of the interview, observation and documentation. In analyzing the data, the researcher used quantitative approaches. The research findings showed that: 1) there was significant difference between the students taught using Dictogloss technique and the students taught without using Dictogloss, and 2) the Experimental Group showed better achievement in writing than the Control Group. It could be seen from the computation of t-test showed that t0 = 7.50 while the tt for the significant level was 5% (α = 0.05) with degree of freedom (df) = 38 was 2.00. It could be known that t0 was higher than tt (t0 = 7.50>tt = 2.00), so Null Hyphothesis was rejected.In line with that, Dictogloss technique is effective to increase students' writing in descriptive text. It could be seen from the research as follows: the mean score of pre test in Experimental group was 44 and increased to 56.25 in post test. The mean score of pre test in control group was 47.5 and in post test they received 51.25.For the researchers who intend to conduct the research more detail about the effect of Dictogloss technique for teaching writing, the researcher hopes that the research findings could be used as a starting point and could be utilized as a reference. From the result of the research, the researcher concluded that Dictogloss technique iseffective to teach writing at the eleventh grade of MAN 2 Surakarta in 2015/2016 Academic Year. The students also got benefit from the teaching learning process using Dictogloss technique. Therefore, Dictogloss technique could be used as a great technique in teaching and learning writing in classroom. Keyword: Dictogloss Technique, Writing, Experimental Research


The speed and complexity of worldwide change are taxing every institution and complicating processes and functions. We need to understand cities as complex adaptive systems and question how to manage change. 1) The complexity of social cultural-, ecological and economic systems, science and technology as the driving forces for urban development makes it necessary to abandon the perception of a global steady state. Instead, managing these complex coevolving systems and interdependencies for sustainability, requires the ability to cope with, adapt to and shape cities without losing options for future development. 2) Value is mostly defined narrowly in terms of financial calculus. Successful urban development requires a new ethical value based economy. It will imply behavior change to meet value-based goals. Combining social and ethical values with economic accounting defines our future cities.


This paper investigates the stabilizability of the system with mutiple time-varying delaysx·(t)=A_0x(t)+∑pi=1A_ix(t-h_i(t))+Bu+f(t,x(t),x(t-h_1(t)),…,x(t-h_p(t)))x(t)=φ(t),t∈,0≤h_i(t)≤Hwhere x∈R~n,A_i∈R~(n×n),i=0,1,…,p,B∈R~(n×m),u∈R~m,f is continuous function,and f(t,0,…,0)=0,φ(t) is given continuous function on .By Liapunov functional and an improved Razumikin-type theorem,we obtain a criteria theorem of stabilizability.


The New York Times recently published a sweeping exposé of the bounty hunters in our pockets.1 By design (for tech companies) and default (to us), our smartphone apps track our every movement. Long after we've stepped out of the Uber, our desires persist as commodified data ready to sell to advertisers, retailers, and even hedge funds. If you aren't paying, you are the product—as an emerging cliché goes. But perhaps at some point a dependence becomes so deep that it is no longer pathological but constitutive: through the compulsive use of technology we become more of ourselves, discovering, inventing, and accessing the desires that define us. Such a belief has united technological utopians from Jeff Bezos to Isaac Asimov, who dreamed of a future in which technology would tend lovingly to the unstated desires of consumers. In a 1973 essay, Asimov predicted that data-driven knowledge would usher in a new era of individualism, an era of curated product recommendations "so likely to be of interest to [the consumer] and to be slanted to his particular needs that even if he does not buy, he will feel that someone has gone to the trouble of knowing what he might want." (p. 238) And, at any rate, you've likely already forgotten about that Times article anyway, assimilating its revelations as just another cost of participation in a convenience-driven consumer economy. Or perhaps that twinge of concern was quickly extinguished by the dopamine rush of a "like" on social media. There is an amnesiac quality to debates over privacy. For the past 150 years, Americans have routinely identified crises of privacy only to be mollified or cowed into the belief that previously known degrees of control and solitude are unrecoverable. And yet, privacy's contested place within American politics has been entrenched by a tension fundamental to capitalist democracies: the insistent surveillance of corporate life and liberalism's veneration of the individual subject. Sarah Igo's The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America is a sweeping and insightful probe of the paradox at the heart of privacy. Americans have at once desired exposure of the self—and demanded acceptance of diverse sexual and familial arrangements—even as


of XP 002150755. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Abstract of XP 002150761. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 75 days. * cited by examiner (21) Appl. No.: 09/630,998 Primary Examiner Ana L Woodward Orney, Agent, Or Firm-Javid O. Uonlin; Jonn 5. (74) Att Agent, o D G. Conlin; h B (22) Filed: Aug. 2, 2000 Alexander; Edwards & Angell, LLP (30) Foreign Application Priority Data (57) ABSTRACT Aug. 4, 1999 (JP) ........................................... 22. The present invention relates to a polyamide resin compo (NIC SEO. C sition comprising: A. 4, 1999 (JP) 1220992 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin mixture com prISIng (51) Int. Cl................................................. C08L 77/00 (A) 20 to 90% by weight of a polyamide 6 resin, (52) U.S. Cl. ....................... 524/106; 524/105; 524/186; polyamide 66 resin or mixture thereof and 524/413; 524/451; 524/449; 524/538; 525/432 (B) 10 to 80% by weight of an aromatic polyamide (58) Field of Search .......................... 525/432; 524/105, resin; and 524/106, 186, 413, 451, 449, 538 (C) 0 to 300 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, Said aromatic polyamide resin being having diamine units (56) References Cited comprising 10 to 50 mol % of paraxylylenediamine FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS units and 50 to 90 mol % of methaxylylenediamine units, and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units. EP O 424556 A1 5/1991 EP O 441 623 A1 8/1991 EP O 458 470 A1 11/1991 25 Claims, No Drawings


Some questions of discrete element methed are discussed,for example step width selection,meshed net research contacting,as well as the criteria of slope stability.The conclusions are helpful to practial application.


As the climate becomes increasingly volatile, global agriculture practices need to rely more on up-to date scientific knowledge to optimize agriculture practices. However, smallholder farmers, who provide 80% of the food supply in Asia and Africa are the most vulnerable, as access to information is most difficult for them. The connected crop solution for smallholder farmers provides personalized crop advices, optimum usage of fertilizers and pesticides at the right time, and the knowledge to apply those by connecting field agents, agro-input companies, and farmers, resulting in increased crop yield. The application on the mobile device provides personalized advisories with data on the Cloud and connects the producers to labs, agents, nutrient suppliers, insect control suppliers and others. A rule-based, contextual recommendation engine turns a generalist field agent into a knowledge worker. At the same time, the system drives a rigorous sales process for the agro-input companies through their field agent's mobile device, prompting the agent to gather information from the farmer and deliver advice to the farmer at critical points in the crop growth cycle. The solution addresses the needs of the three stakeholders in rural agriculture - field agent, agro-input company, and farmer, significantly improve agent productivity, product sales, and farmer crop yield respectively. A six-month field trial conducted by Accenture Technology Labs with a large agro input company in five districts of Karnataka, India, resulted in an average of 15% increase in crop yields, with improvements for some cash crops exceeding 30%. The field agent productivity also doubled during this period with a 56% y-o-y sales increase for the agro-input company.


Breast cancer represents a public health problem in the world since it affects both high-income and middle/low-income countries, although there are important differences in the profiles of incidence, mortality and survival between these countries. This study aimed to assess delays in treatment and its associated factors in hospital cohort of women with breast cancer in INCA, Rio de Janeiro, from 2011 to 2013. Among the patients who arrived with positive histopathological report, 39.8% already had their diagnoses between 31 and 60 days of confirmation and 32.1% over 60 days. Among the patients whose date of diagnosis was after the date of first medical evaluation, 83.5% received them within 60 days after registration. The median time to onset of treatment from first diagnosis was 98 days and 55% of women started at 91 days after their first diagnosis. In univariate analysis, the highest risk of delay more than 60 days to start treatment was associated with age older than 70 years compared to patients up to 49 years (OR: 1.32; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.71), patients who came from other cities outside of Rio de Janeiro city compared to living in (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.77), patients with infiltrating tumors on the day of first medical evaluation compared the in situ tumors (stage I and II: OR 2.95, 95% CI 2.15 to 4.06; stage III: OR 2.45, 95% CI 1.76 to 3.40) and that arrived over 30 days of histopathology compared to that reached up to 30 days (OR: 16.02; 95% CI 10.91 to 23.54). Arrive without histopathologic diagnosis on the day of first medical evaluation provided protection for delay over than 60 days (OR: 0.06; 95% CI 0.05-0.08). In multivariate analysis, the risk factors identified for isolated delay risk more than 60 days were age between 50 and 69 years (ORadjusted 1.31, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.64) and have disease in stages I and II on the moment of the first specialized medical evaluation (ORadjusted1.52, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.27). Protection was conferred to the fact that arrive without histopathologic diagnosis compared to those reached with the diagnosis (ORadjusted 0.05, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.07) and higher education levels when compared to patients without any education (ORadjusted 0.50, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.90). This study shows delays in starting treatment that contradict the legal requirement of 60 days and may have consequences for the prognosis of these patients, both the survival and quality of life. Attention should be focused on the patients with the risk factors found here, especially those who come to the first specialized consultation with more than 60 days from the date of their first diagnosis.


Abstract: Coalbed methane reservoir (CBMR) evaluation is important for choosing the prospective target area for coalbed methane exploration and production. This study aims at identifying the characteristic parameters and methods to evaluate CBMR. Based on the geological surveys, laboratory measurements and field works, a four‐level analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model for CBMR evaluation is proposed. In this model, different weights are prioritized and assigned on the basis of three main criteria (including reservoir physical property, storage capacity and geological characteristics), 15 sub‐criteria, and 18 technical alternatives; the later of which are discussed in detail. The model was applied to evaluate the CBMR of the Permo‐Carboniferous coals in the Qinshui Basin, North China. This GIS‐based fuzzy AHP comprehensive model can be used for the evaluation of CBMR of medium‐high rank (mean maximum vitrinite reflectance >0.5%) coal districts in China.


The exponential Golomb(Ex-Golomb) algorithm is the important part of entropy coding in H.264/AVC and AVS video compression standards.The implementation of Ex-Golomb encoder will determine the whole entropy encoder.A high-speed exponential Golomb encoder and decoder architecture is designed,according to the characters of Ex-Golomb algorithm.First of all,the LUT is adopted instead of the complex operations of first-1-detection to get the length of code from LUT directly,and take the specific bits out of the registers.Other operations are carried out at the same time,which is different from the traditional algorithms of shifting the specific bits of the registers first and then executing appointed operations.The critical path of the Ex-Golomb encoder and decoder is shortened.Then pipelining technique is introduced to accelerate the encoder and decoder by dividing the module though registers.At last,the Ex-Golomb encoder and decoder are implemented and tested on platform of Virtex5.Tests results show that the throughput rate of both encoder and decoder can reach 400 MPixel/s,which is much higher than that of the current special chips.


The paper examines tourism sector development in the Republic of Bulgaria in the context of the country's strategic priorities till 2020 of knowledge-based economy, sustainable growth and smart specialization, the opportunities for its integration with agri-food sector and potential contribution to balanced rural development. The principles and roles of destination management and marketing organizations are discussed and the opportunities for their application in the national conditions are explored. A framework for of establishment, management and functioning of such organizations is proposed based on integrated and participatory approaches, planning, coordination and communication activities, permanent monitoring and controlling.


Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are widely used for medical applications, because it ability to convert as colloidal solution, have no interaction with biotic tissue, low toxicity, easy in the detection, and thermally stabile. This study focuses on the treatment of prostate cancer by interaction the gamma ray (6 MeV) with Gold nanoparticles, without the extirpation of prostate. This method occurs in a minimum dose given for the patient for the improvement of radiotherapy that is used in prostate cancer treatment by depended on pair production phenomenon. Keywords : gold nanoparticles(AuNPs), gamma photons, prostate cancer, pair production.


ABSTRACT: Extrajudicial killing is a complex phenomenon covering various types of unlawful homicide. When women are the targeted victims, it constitutes an extreme form of gender violence This article explores rather than describes the special factors that make women particularly vulnerable to such killings. Its working hypothesis is that such killings are fairly common, and that they thus warrant a qualitative, analytical and inductive study aimed at contributing to the literature on violence against women, particularly, and the right to life, generally. The theoretical and analytical perspectives that inform identification of vulnerability factors are jurisprudence and legal theory, gender studies, and feminist scholarship. The article argues that culture, tradition, socialisation, politico-socioeconomic factors, and the law in some instances, create an environment favourable to the perception and treatment of women as subordinate to men, and also foster a social milieu that lends itself to women's vulnerability.


By extracting unstable invariant solutions directly from body-forced three-dimensional turbulence, we study the dynamical processes at play when the forcing is large scale and unidirectional in either the momentum or the vorticity equations. In the former case, the dynamical processes familiar from recent work on linearly stable shear flows – variously called the self-sustaining process (Waleffe, Phys. Fluids, vol. 9 (4), 1997, pp. 883–900) or vortex–wave interaction (Hall & Smith, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 227, 1991, pp. 641–666; Hall & Sherwin, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 661, 2010, pp. 178–205) – are important even when the base flow is linearly unstable. In the latter case, where the forcing drives Taylor–Green vortices, a number of mechanisms are observed from the various types of periodic orbits isolated. In particular, two different transient growth mechanisms are discussed to explain the more complex states found.


I read with interest the article by Lublin et al.1 When defining disease subtypes—like neuromyelitis optica—it is clear that pathophysiology should take precedence over clinical and subjective descriptions. The subtypes proposed by Lublin et al. are arbitrary and often diagnosed retrospectively. …


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model for values‐based service brands grounded in values‐based service management. In undertaking this task, the paper addresses two research questions: "What is the role of values in creating customer value and corporate identity?" and "How can values and corporate identity be communicated to customers and thus contribute to customer‐perceived service value?".Design/methodology/approach – Based on five narratives from a value‐driven company, IKEA, the paper proposes a model of values‐based service brands in action. The model is based on interpretations of how IKEA manages and communicates values in practising values‐based service management.Findings – The study distinguishes four types of "values" in the example of IKEA: economic, social, environmental, and communication‐based. These are incorporated into the model.Originality/value – This is the first study of the role of values‐based service brands in creating value in use for customers.


Purpose
This study aims to evaluate employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities in publicly traded companies in New Zealand.

Design/methodology/approach
The diversity and inclusion (DI) policies of 163 publicly traded companies listed on the New Zealand equity market were examined and compared to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards using content analysis with Leximancer software.

Findings
Only 1.84% of publicly traded companies met all of the GRI reporting standards and disclosed information about the proportion of employees with disabilities in their DI policies.

Originality/value
To the best of the researcher's knowledge, disclosure of inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in publicly traded companies in New Zealand has not been studied. This study provides insights into the level of DI in the New Zealand equity market companies related to people with intellectual disabilities.


It is among the developing and reform of physical education that have exist a number of a topical subject on theory and practice, which have to be settled urgently in the colleges and universities. This paper mainly discusses position of physical in the teaching aim, the tendency of thought transforming, and the built of discipline of physical education This paper also analyzes with the combination some new idea and new thought. I wish these problems would be taken into consideration in the course of reforms.


Society & Culture[1] Society & Culture[1]Iron Age [2]Researcher Zone [3]Vikings [4]Denmark [5]ForskerZonen [6] How important was steel for the Vikings? Would someone from the seventh century stand a chance against a tenth century Viking warrior? One day in the seventh century, a well to do man was buried according to custom. The family carried his dead body up to the gravesite, they dug a hole in the soil and laid him there on his back with his arms down by his side, dressed in the clothes that he wore when he took his last breath. Inside the grave were his dog, his knife, and his sword. The dog was resting by his feet, the knife in his belt, and the long single edged sword along his left hand side. The blade of the sword was almost one metre long and half a centimeter thick. It was both strong and heavy. Such a sword was clearly the weapon of choice at the end of the Iron Age, when a man's status was indicated by the grave goods he was buried with. Read More: The Viking Age should be called the Steel Age[7]


Abstract The relaxation of residual stress in a shot peened high strength low alloy steel in response to applied loads has been investigated for both single shot and cyclic loading. The near surface residual stress was measured predominantly by X-ray diffraction (first 10 μm) but supplemented for some conditions by measurements using high resolution, fine increment hole drilling to yield depth profiling. The compressive residual stress showed a peak at ∼50 μm below the surface. Under single shot compressive loading, relaxation became significant when the combined surface and applied compressive stresses exceeded the proportional limit of the unpeened surface. The steel showed good resistance to residual stress relaxation under cyclic loading conditions, with only a 13% decrease despite cyclic load amplitudes at 50% of the 0˙2% proof stress in compression. Significant relaxation did occur at applied stress amplitudes of ∼80% of the 0˙2% proof stress in compression. While large single shot or cyclic stresses would represent rare occurrences, they could lead to a marked loss in beneficial compressive stress and should be accounted for in structural integrity assessment.


Objective Describe the pattern of atopic disease prevalence from infancy to adulthood. Design Cross-sectional household survey. Setting Community-based demographic surveillance site, Mirzapur, Bangladesh. Participants 7275 individuals in randomly selected clusters within 156 villages. Primary and secondary outcome measures The 12-month prevalence of atopic dermatitis (by UK Working Party Criteria (UK criteria) and International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)), asthma and rhinitis (by ISAAC); disease severity (by ISAAC); history of ever receiving a medical diagnosis. Results Children aged 2 years had the highest prevalence of atopic dermatitis—18.8% (95% CI 15.2% to 22.4%) by UK criteria and 14.9% (95% CI 11.6% to 18.1%) by ISAAC— and asthma (20.1%, 95% CI 16.4% to 23.8%). Prevalence of rhinitis was highest among 25–29 year olds (6.0%, (95% CI% 4.5 to 7.4%). History of a medical diagnosis was lowest for atopic dermatitis (4.0%) and highest for rhinitis (27.3%) and was significantly associated with severe disease compared with those without severe disease for all three conditions (atopic dermatitis: 30.0% vs 11.7%, p=0.015; asthma; 85.0% vs 60.4%, p<0.001; rhinitis: 34.2% vs 7.3%, p<0.001) and having a higher asset-based wealth score for asthma (29.7% (highest quintile) vs 7.5% (lowest quintile), p<0.001) and rhinitis (39.8% vs 12.5%, p=0.003). Prevalence of having >1 condition was highest (36.2%) at 2 years and decreased with age. Having atopic dermatitis (ISAAC) was associated with significantly increased odds ratios (OR) for comorbid asthma (OR 5.56 (95% CI 4.26 to 7.26)] and rhinitis (3.68 (95% CI 2.73 to 4.96)). Asthma and rhinitis were also strongly associated with each other (OR 8.39 (95% CI 6.48 to 10.86)). Conclusions Atopic disease burden was high in this rural Bangladeshi population. Having one atopic condition was significantly associated with the presence of another. Low incidence of ever obtaining a medical diagnosis highlights an important opportunity to increase availability of affordable diagnosis and treatment options for all age groups.


High-quality urban green space (UGS) is an integral part of a livable city. The scientific evaluation of UGS has great value for improving the quality and efficiency of green spaces. In this study, we integrated the water and walking networks into the existing green index model and proposed a new green index: the building blue–green index (BBGI). Using this method, we analyzed the quality of green spaces within 300 m of 2138 buildings located in 13 communities in the Mochou Lake subdistrict in Nanjing, China. The results revealed that the green-space quality of high-rise, low-density buildings was greater than that of low-rise, high-density buildings. In addition, buildings close to water had higher green-space quality, while impervious surfaces reduced green-space quality. Furthermore, the connectivity and orientation of the road network indicated that even if a community was close to large parks and water bodies, there would still be lower green-space quality. This study's findings highlight the usefulness of evaluation methods for green-space quality that combine blue and green spaces. We also propose feasible measures for improving neighborhood green-space planning and land management.


With the increased use of recycled materials and various additives, the performance of asphalt mixes, especially their cracking resistance, has become a primary concern. Researchers have developed performance test methods and parameters to simulate field performance in the laboratory. When these performance tests are included in specifications, contractors must adjust their mix design parameters accordingly. To aid contractors, this study evaluated rut depths obtained from Hamburg wheel-tracking tests of 261 asphalt mixes and cracking test (CT) index values from IDEAL-CT tests of 69 mixes designed by contractors and verified by the Washington State Department of Transportation. These mixes had different gradations; binder contents; air void contents; recycled asphalt pavement (RAP); recycled asphalt shingles (RAS); recycling agents; binder performance grades; and other volumetric properties. The results show that (1) rut depth is highly sensitive to binder content, performance grade, aggregate angularity, and RAP/RAS content and (2) the CT index is sensitive to binder content, air void content of the mixture, aggregate gradation, and RAP/RAS content. The low-RAP mixes also showed worse cracking performance than the mixes without RAP. Therefore, the performance grade of blended binder may need to match the target binder grade even for low-RAP mixes. It was found that the design air void of 3.5% is optimal in respect of cracking resistance. The use of softer virgin binder or rejuvenator may not be effective in completely mitigating the cracking potential of high-RAP/RAS mixes.


In this study, the free vibration and transient response of functionally graded Euler-beam is investigated. Based on the Finite element method in conjunction with the Euler Bernoulli beam theory (EBBT), with Hamilton's principle, the governing equations of motion and corresponding various boundary conditions were obtained. The materials properties of the functionally graded beam are varied gradually through the length of the beam are calculated by using the classical rule of mixture. Fundamental frequency and displacement transient response were determined for various boundary conditions (i.e. C–C, C–S, and S–S) by using the finite element method. The influence of the material properties gradient with law power index and various boundary conditions on the free vibration and the transient response of the FG beam is discussed. In addition, the combined effect of continuous stiffness and mass distribution on the damping characteristics of the beam using FEM was studied and explained in details for different power low index. To verify the present formulation and the present results (free vibration), some of the current results are compared with the previously published results. Good agreement is observed.


[Objective]To evaluate the germicidal efficacy of ozonateur on bedding when the concentration of ozone increased and the sterilization time shortened.[Methods]Carrier quantitative germicidal test method was used to test the germicidal effects of Ken-Ge-Wang Clothing Nibchine when the output concentration of ozone increased from 500 mg/m3 to 1 000 mg/m3.[Results]Under the conditions of the ozone output concentration of 1 000 mg/m3 sterilizing for 5 minutes and the ozone output concentration of 500 mg/m3 sterilizing for 30 minutes,Staphylococcus aureus,Escherichia coli,Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans on cloth strips were killed,the killing value on Logarithmic was equal to 3 or more than 3;while under the conditions of the ozone output concentration of 1000 mg/m3 sterilizing for 10 minutes,15 minutes or the ozone output concentration of 500 mg/m3 sterilizing for 40 minutes or 60 minutes,the killing value on Logarithmic was equal to 5 or more than 5.[Conclusion]The bed unit ozone stenlizer has a good germicidal efficacy on Staphylococcus aureus,Escherichia coli,Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans on cloth strips when the output concentration of ozone is increased to 1 000 mg/m3 and the sterilizing time is shorten 5-15minutes.


Isolated micro-environments may develop in shale or at interfaces to other lithologies. The isolation from the bulk matrix creates an environment in which specific hydrogeochemical conditions may develop due to organic-inorganic interactions. It is the conversion of labile organic matter during early diagenesis or during the early oil window in small natural reactors with or without the buffer potential of the bulk rock which leads to processes different from those at a bulk scale. During both early diagenesis and early oil window acidic and corrosive hydrogeochemical conditions develop due to the release of low molecular weight organic acids (e.g., acetic acid) or carbon dioxide, and lead to dissolution of labile minerals, but also to precipitation of solid solutions at equilibrium. In the talk two selected topics will be presented in form of a slide show with pictures presenting features on a nanometre scale. First, early diagenetic micro-environments for the formation of nano-sized titania polymorphs will be visualized. Second, the formation of stylolitic micro-environments at the interfaces to carbonates will be introduced which is controlled by the organic matter content and its conversion. The talk shall introduce micro-environments in shale, and their significance for geochemical processes apart from the bulk scale.


Emitting laser vertical cavity surface according to the invention (VCSEL) module, and a substrate having an etched region formed in a lower portion, is stacked on the upper surface of the substrate comprises a plurality of layers for the light generation, and the resulting light that the upper and lower VCSEL and for emitting a; And a monitor photo diode (MPD) area for to monitor the state of the output of the VCSEL detecting the light emitted through the bottom surface of the VCSEL on its top is formed on the upper surface while the above MPD region and the etched regions aligned to include an optical bench in which the VCSEL is mounted, the etching area is open the bottom and one side, the MPD regions are covered with the etching area, operating a is the VCSEL when unetched of the substrate contact with the metal patterns and the metal patterns for operating the MPD zone is passed through the open side of said etched area. Vertical cavity surface emitting laser, the monitor photodiode, and etching the optical bench


Abstract Partially purified lymphotoxin preparation containing α-lymphotoxin was investigated for antitumor effect. A 12-year-old male dog weighing 14 kg developed malignant melanoma in the mouth. The tumor measured 4.5 × 4.0 cm. α-Lymphotoxin-containing preparation obtained from human lymphocytes was injected into the tumor at 2– to 5-day intervals. The doses varied from 600 to 2100 units of lymphotoxin activity per injection. A total of 13,200 units of lymphotoxin activity was given over the 30-day period of treatment. The tumor size decreased by 30% during the first 3 days, accompanied by necrosis in the center, and disappeared completely by the 20th day. The remission lasted for 6 months. No untoward effects were seen except for an increase in serum alkaline phosphatase. A repeat biopsy from the tumor site was done 12 days after the completion of treatment which showed fibrosis and lymphocytic infiltration, but no tumor cells. It was suggested that partially purified human α-lymphotoxin preparation possessed antitumor effect across the species barrier. Since the preparation was crude, it is possible that activities other than lymphotoxin were responsible for the antitumor effect. This question can only be resolved when large quantities of pure preparations of lymphotoxin become available.


Experimental, General: Unless specified otherwise, all materials were purchased form Sigma-Aldrich (Milwaukee, WI) and used as received. Sodium alendronate trihydrate was obtained from Merck Research Laboratories Sample Collection (Rahway, NJ), naphthalene-2,3dicarboxaldhyde was purchased from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR) and Male Sprague Dawley rats with body weight of 0.3 kg were from Charles River Laboratories (Wilmington, MA). H, C and P NMR spectra were recorded using a Brooker 400MHz instruments; observed HRMS values represent an average of two runs per sample. Preparative reverse phase liquid chromatography (RPHPLC) was performed using Waters MS Directed Purification System consisting of 2525 Binary Gradient Pump, 2767 Injector/Collector and 2996 PDA UV detector, mobile phase: gradient of water and acetonitrile (each cont. 0.1% TFA), column: Waters Xterra (50x3mm, 3.5 micron packing material). The quantitation of alendronate in urine, plasma, and in vitro buffers was accomplished by HPLC with fluorescent detection according to the previously published method; the assay's limit of reliable quantitation is 1ng/mL in urine and 5ng/mL in plasma and buffers.


The present invention relates to a system for speech signal processing with noise reduction, comprising a microphone array comprising at least two microphones to detect microphone signals, a pre-processing means connected to the microphone array to receive microphone signals comprising means configured to perform a time delay compensation of the microphone signals to obtain pre-processed signals, a first signal processing means connected to the pre-processing means to receive the pre-processed signals comprising a means configured to generate at least one noise reference signal, in particular, one noise reference signal for each microphone signal, second signal processing means connected to the pre-processing means to receive the pre-processed signals comprising an adaptive beam former to obtain a beamformed signal, and an adaptive noise cancelling means configured to reduce noise of the beamformed signal on the basis of the at least one noise reference signal.


The method of lines is extended to inhomogeneous dielectric layers by means of an additonal transformation and special consideration of the discretized dielectric constant. The computed dispersion diagrams for dielectric waveguides agree very well with the results from other authors, including such cases, where backward waves exist. New results for the coupling between dielectric waveguides and a microstrip line are given.


The intoned-objects poesy is the theme in Wang Yisun's poesy.Which represent the summit of his works.By intoning every simple plant,he expressed his deep hatred to the subjugated country and his feeling of floating life.The paper is trying to strip the nonart parts in criticism and observe the opiginal state of his intoned-objects poesy aesthetically Meanwhile,this paper also expresses the authors' mentality at the end of Song combined with the author's unique experience analyses his main art idiosyncrasy of intoned-object poesy historically.


Provided are a plurality of pants-type disposable nappies having excellent appearance, and a production method therefor. The plurality of pants-type disposable nappies are accommodated in one package. Each of the nappies is provided with: one pair of first decorative regions provided to edges at both sides of the nappy in the width direction; and a second decorative region which is provided to a central region in the width direction, and which is positioned between the first decorative regions. The one pair of first decorative regions have the same design as each other, or different designs to each other. The second decorative region has a different design to the first decorative regions. The dimension of the second decorative region in the width direction is greater than that of each of the first decorative regions. When A mm represents the positional displacement of the cutting position when individually cutting the nappies during production of the nappies, the dimension, in the width direction, of each of the first decorative regions positioned between two nappies which are adjacent to each other is at least 2A+10 mm. The design of the second decorative region of at least one nappy is different to the design of the second decorative region of at least one other nappy.


Therapeutic MR image segmentation is difficult in medical image processing. There are huge of issue are come about in the actual world medical images. In this research paper, gives method bias field estimation based fuzzy clustering technique. Scan corrupted and saltand-paper noise using Bias field estimation. Easy and simple to classify a given medical image database over a certain number of cluster fixed a-priori technique. In this research article, segmentation and Bias field estimation of brain MR images and involved the fuzzy clustering algorithm. In new improved technique evaluates the ability of Fuzzy cMean to segment White and Gary matter. It delivers extra prospective for efficiently segmenting MRI data and time consuming. The Gaussian weights is explore the delivery of the feature vectors in the scan image clusters. The empirical evaluation UFCA and fuzzy clustering, with Bias field estimation is achieved.


Emotional express is a key concept in social communication. Considering the significant role of emotional expression in social and individual life this study aimed to study the relationship between alexithymia and emotional express. This research was a descriptive cross sectional study included patients with chronic pain (N= 100 male and N= 100 female). The samples assessed by standard Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and Emotional Express Questionnaire (EEQ). Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Pearson and T-test).The results indicated positive relationship between alexithymia with emotional inhibition, positive expression, aggression control and benign control. According results there is relationship between alexithymia and emotion express styles this awareness regarding expression style may help during treatment of these patients.


The Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) was enacted by the State of Alaska in 2007 to attempt to progress the construction of a natural gas pipeline from the Alaska North Slope to North American markets. The Act conveys monetary inducements from the state to the exclusive licensee in exchange for certain performance requirements. The financing of any pipeline requires the contractual commitment from the shippers (producers) to pay to ship the gas over an extended period of time. However, many of the performance requirements of AGIA are antithetical to the commercial interests of the shippers. Moreover, a flawed financial analysis of the project by the administration overstated the economic vitality of the project, and hence understated the severity of the commercial issues. Accordingly it appears unlikely that shippers will commit to the pipeline or that AGIA will result in a successful project. AGIA binds the state to significant financial obligations regardless of its outcome. Moreover, a clause in AGIA compels the state to considerably larger liabilities to the licensee if the state assists any competing project. Accordingly, the ultimate outcome of AGIA may be either substantial public expense, or the reluctance of the state to support the development of any pipeline.


In this paper, we consider the problem of optimally allocating sensing resources for maximizing information gained in a multi-target tracking scenario. In particular, we examine the optimal allocation of a single ground-based sensor to multiple space-based targets to maximize the information gained in the space situational awareness problem. The optimization problem is solved in a receding horizon fashion at action dependent decision epochs that are not assumed to occur at regular intervals. We use a parallel Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to compute the optimal target assignment sequence under constraints posed by the dynamics of the sensor. Information gain is quantified in terms of the differential entropy of the state probability density function. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through a simulation study.


The dynamic behavior of charged micro and nanofluids plays a crucial role in a large variety of industrial and biological processes. Such dynamic behavior is characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of several competing mechanisms, such as electrostatic interactions, viscous dissipation and hydrodynamic effects, often taking place in complex geometries. This paper focuses on a thermal lattice Boltzmann model for micro/nano-flows.


Background and aim: To evaluate effectiveness of continuity in awareness disease campaign on case-finding for COPD in a target population: over 35, smokers/ex-smokers, at least one respiratory symptom. Methods: 1-week marketing campaign was conducted 2009-2010 in WCD, using different marketing tools. Target population had open access to spirometry. Population was encouraged to visit COPD web-site to inform and take on-line COPD risk-test. In 2009 – high visibility posters, leaflets within medical offices, press conference on World COPD Day. In 2010 – media campaign, press conference precede COPD Week, leaflets as personal letters from President of Romanian Society of Pneumology, distributed directly to population,through telephony companies. Primary outcome was number of COPD diagnosed. Secondary outcomes measures: unique site visitors, number of persons who perform on-line COPD risk test. Results: In 2009, 3494 persons were tested, 847 diagnosed (24%). In 2010, 4298 persons were tested, 1259 diagnosed (29%) – see Table 1. Web-site access: 804 in 2009, with 245 on-line test (30%); 5006 in 2010, with 2367 on-line test (46%) – see Table 2. Conclusion: Continuity in awareness disease campaign on COPD case-finding increased presentation and interest about COPD. Awareness campaign in media, more personalized messages, directly addressed to potential patients, increased effectiveness of social marketing models.


The mechanical properties of silver filaments produced by the method of glass coated melt spinning are studied. In spite of a large scatter in the data obtained, it is apparent that there is a size effect on the strength of silver filaments except for the filaments spun at a winding speed of 238 m/min (sample 3). The silver filament of 4.7μm in diameter has a tensile strength of 37 kg/mm2 and an elongation of 1.5%. A large scatter in the elongation is observed for sample 3. The slip lines are observed on the fracture surface of the deformed filaments except for sample 3. These behaviors are related to the fiber texture. The double <100> + <221> fiber textures are observed in sample 3, and a single <100> fiber texture, in the other filaments. The maximum degree of orientation is observed at a winding speed of 200 m/min. These results are explained from the point that the twin deformation occurs on the processing of melt spinning at a winding speed of 238 m/min.


The recent seismic events that have affected different areas of the planet point out the need to respond quickly to emergencies caused by these events; for this reason a semi-automatic method was experimented which would provide information concerning the damaged buildings in the study area through satellite images.. In September 1997 an earthquake hit the study area, causing significant damage to a number of towns and villages in the area. This research attempts to: a) improve the digital surface model extracted from Ikonos satellite images covering an area of central Italy (Foligno, Umbria), through the pre-processing of raw images and manual editing b) study the best DSM models to improve the detection of height differences, mainly in urban areas, and evaluate the results of the land cover classification as further data for detecting changes in building distribution. DSM obtained by three-dimensional maps have been compared with DSM extracted directly from aerial stereo pairs using different approaches. The innovative aspect of the experiment is that of wanting to evaluate whether the combined use of multispectral classification techniques and altimetric aspects taken from high-resolution satellite images can make the recognition of changes to buildings affected by the earthquake more robust. The same methodology can be used also for updating existing medium-scale maps; in this case as well, the comparison of data regarding the same area but for different periods is important.


Awareness of the dietary fibre intake (DF) and its importance in prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among rural people is seldom reported in Malaysia. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of DF intake and their association with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among rural people in Terengganu, Malaysia. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among the households in Kampung Jati, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia from 29th December 2019 until 20th February 2020. The village has 524 houses, the data was collected from all available and eligible subjects in each household by completed socio-demographic, validated KAP on DF intake questionnaire, as well as a 24-hour dietary recall using a self-administered questionnaire. In our study of 396 respondents, 208 (52.5%) were men. The mean age of participants was 37.85 (15.13). Most of the subjects were Malay 384 (97.0%), employed 207 (52.3%) and 274 (69.2%) attained high level of education (from tertiary school level). However, only 170 (42.9%) had a high family income which was of >RM 3860 per month. Out of 396 respondents, 157 (39.6%) of them had family history of diabetes mellitus. Respondents had moderate knowledge (39.1%), positive attitude (88.1%) and good practice (59.3%) scores towards DF intake. Among the respondents, only 39.1% of total respondents knew the nationally recommended amount of daily fibre intake which is of 20-30 grams per day. With multivariable analysis using multiple logistic regression, the analysis results revealed that age (adjusted OR: 1.11, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.15; p <0.001), having family history of T2DM (adjusted OR: 6.81, 95% CI: 2.75, 16.84; p <0.001) and having total attitude scores (adjusted OR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.93; p <0.001) were found to be adjusted significant associated factors of T2DM among the respondents after controlling confounders. Public health authorities should raise awareness on health benefit of consuming dietary fibre to promote an increase in consumption which can help in prevention and management of chronic diseases among rural population of Malaysia.


Irradiation of cod fillets with a maximum absorbed dose of 100 Krad extended iced storage life by about 9 days. Further extension of several days resulted when irradiation was combined concurrently with either 60% CO2 packaging atmosphere or sorbate additive. Packaging at low oxygen tension did not provide any additional benefit for irradiated fish. No important difference in storage life of treated fish was observed due to one vs three day postmortem age. The 100 Krad treatment extended grade B quality market life as opposed to grade A (prime quality) market life. Certain physical/chemical tests were evaluated for their efficacy in estimating spoilage. Concentrations of TMA, DMA, hypoxanthine, APC and pH at spoilage were comparable in control and air-irradiated samples, but were less in sorbate-irradiated fillets.


In order to prove the reason of chin inlet/forebody integrated design and the performance of the inlet,the experimental investigation of the chin inlet configuration of a new design was done.In this experiment,Total pressure recovery (inlet efficiency) and pressure distortions at inlet varied with mass flow coefficient were measured.The experimental results show that this new design configuration is reasonable.Total pressure recovery and pressure distortions at the chin inlet are improved.Inlet/Forebody integration design is advantageous for aircraft.In the end,further improvement of the inlet is presented.


This paper presents the method of preparing metallographic specimen of ferrite with regular low carbon steel instead of pure iron.The organization features of ferrite,cementite and pearlite are introduced.When carbon steel is heated without protection,its surface is decarburized.This process makes it possible to turn low carbon steel to single-phase ferrite.So the metallographic specimen organization from superficial ferrite is same as the one from industrial pure iron.


In order to share ETL process among a group of similar systems based on data warehouse so as to build data warehouse effiectively,an ETL architecture based on ideology of reusable component is brought forward,the process of recognizing reusable components in information system of statistic and analysis for 10 branches of Unionpay is introduced,and the methods of designing reusable ETL architecture based on component is explored.This architecture has effectively improved the efficiency and quality of information system of statistic and analysis for Unionpay in practical application.It proves that the ETL architecture based on ideology of reusable component is practical and effective.


MIGHTY OAK was conducted on April 10, 1986, below the surface of Rainier Mesa in the T-tunnel complex. Containment of MIGHTY OAK was satisfactory in that there was no accidental release of radioactivity to the atmosphere whatsoever. However, the tunnel grout in the near-cavity region was not sufficiently constrained. Failure of this plug led to the subsequent failure of the mechanical closure systems and to the eventual flow of cavity gas, plug material, and other debris down the line-of-sight (LOS) pipe to the experiment chamber and the tunnel complex beyond. Because of the resulting damage to equipment and facilities, a significant portion of the MIGHTY OAK containment-related diagnostics data was lost. Consequently, little direct information is available concerning why the ground-motion/LOS pipe closure process failed to form an adequate plug. However, we have made an extensive review of relevant information available, including the containment system design, site geologic structure and materials property data, as-built installations, and previous experience. As a result, we have identified three design modifications that together we feel would have prevented the observed failure. These include: (1) using a mechanical LOS closure and abutment that has been strengthened to provide better confinement of the grout plug; (2)more » using alternating lengths of strong and weak grout to fill the LOS drift between the cavity and the MAC to avoid excessive motion (and loss) of the weak grout; and (3) using grout materials whose composition is such that that their behavior will be reliable and reproducible. Additionally, we recommend improving the capabilities of the mechanical LOS closures so they better complement the ground-motion-induced closure. Other, more general recommendations are included in the following report. 3 figs.« less