We have developed novel photovoltaic systems composed of the fullerene derivative (6,6)-phenyl C_61 butyric acid methyl ester as electron acceptor with a second functional organic molecule, in this case bacteriochlorophyll c , as the light-harvesting and photosensitizing part. It was found that heat treatment of a thin film of bacteriochlorophyll c altered the morphological states of the aggregates and conductivity of the thin film could be regulated through the annealing process. Blended fullerene derivative and bacteriochlorophyll c thin films were fabricated on the surface of an indium-tin oxide/poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) doped with polystyrene sulfonic acid substrate layer and their photovoltaic properties were characterized and evaluated. Formation of fullerene-coordinated bacteriochlorophyll c complex was confirmed by changes in the visible absorption spectra and by FTIR. Such complexation promoted generation of photocurrent in the region of the Q_y band and the current density of the thin film increased. A maximum incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency of 5.1% was attained at 745 nm.


The review considers mechanisms for the development of respiratory failure caused by lipid metabolic disturbances. It gives data on the lung surfactant composition and lipid imbalance in severe concomitant injury, sepsis, and gestosis. Information on the prenatal and postnatal synthesis of triglycerides and cholesterol is detailed.


The elastic field of a time-harmonic point source acting in a transversely isotropic, homogeneous, linearly elastic solid is studied. First, the representation of the Green's tensor as an integral over the unit sphere is obtained. It consists of three waves: quasi-longitudinal (P), shear-horizontal (SH) and quasi-shear (SV). Then, an original exact analytical solution for the SH wave in terms of elementary functions is derived. The complete far-field asymptotic approximation of P and SV waves is obtained next, using the uniform stationary phase method. For the P wave it involves the leading term of the ray series since there is only one arrival of this wave. The wave surface for the SV wave contains conical points and cuspidal edges. The asymptotic description applicable near these singular directions is derived involving the Airy and Bessel functions. The directions close to the points of tangential contact of the SH and SV sheets of the wave surface are also treated. Numerical results in both frequency ...


We have developed a simple aerobic synthesis of benzyl Meldrum's acids from benzylidene Meldrum's acids with Et3B or RI/Et3B. The reaction system has also been applied successfully to the synthesis of benzyl Meldrum's acids in a one-pot procedure.


The thermal decomposition reactions of metal oxalato complexes in the solid state were studied by the TG and DSC methods. The results from TG indicated that the thermal stability of the anhydrous complex decreases approximately with the increase in the electron affinity of the central metal ion. From DSC, the complexes can be divided into two groups, giving endothermic and exothermic peaks on the decomposition of their anhydrous complexes respectively. The two enthalpy changes, ΔH, corresponding to the dehydration and to the decomposition of the anhydrous complexes, are also presented.


The technical screening guides which are used to select enhanced oil recovery methods are described. The background and logic behind the various criteria are covered, and a brief description of each method is included. Economics are discussed, but the emphasis is on the technical guidelines. A distinction is made between the oil properties and reservoir characteristics required for each process. Generally, steamflooding is applicable for viscous oils in relatively shallow formations. At the other extreme, CO/sub 2/, nitrogen, and hydrocarbon miscible flooding work best with very light oils at depths great enough for miscibility to be achieved. Both steamflooding and in-situ combustion require reservoirs of fairly high permeability. Chemical flooding processes (polymer, alkaline or surfactant) are applicable for low-to-medium viscosity oils where depth is not a major consideration. However, at great depths, the higher temperature may present problems in the degradation or consumption of some of the chemicals. Current values of the technical screening guides for the more common enhanced recovery procedures are given in tabular and graphical form. By the use of a simple graphical technique, it is shown that there is a complete spectrum of enhanced oil recovery methods available for all oils, ranging from the very lightestmore » to the heaviest oil or tar sand.« less


We review performance monitoring using data of the digital equalizer of coherent receivers and show simulation and measurement results from 43 Gb/s transmission data.


Impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) has been adopted in wireless sensor networks (WSN) research due to its high performance in conditions of active influence of various noises and interferences, the presence of reflections etc. In this paper, we represents a transmitter based on the controller STM32 and a receiver implemented using blocks analog and digital processing based on FPGA within the UWB WSN system. This paper focuses on experiments to determine optimal parameters of this UWB sensor network system. For this purpose, we investigate the influence of several parameters affecting the efficiency of work of WSN system which are reference value of comparator voltage, the threshold value for receiving the preamble, normalized to the length of the preamble. We present the testing algorithm and the obtained dependencies. According to the results of this investigation, it is possible to create an algorithm for the intelligent selection of receiver parameters.


The aim of this thesis is to get familiar with questions of designing integrated systems, so called intelligent family houses, starting with heat loss calculation, through the design of heating systems including drinking water heating, to security and fire safety systems and smart wiring in collaboration with economic assessment of whole design. Possibility of using alternative energy is also a part of the design. All designed systems are liable to latest trends in each branches and are joined together into one whole allowing comfortable, safe and secure housing and controll by users of the house.


The urban heat island (UHI) effect has become a hot topic in the global urban ecological environment. Research on the UHI effect is of great significance for alleviating urban environmental problems. Therefore, it has attracted the extensive attention of a large number of researchers in the field of urban environmental issues, such as urban ecologists, urban climatologists, urban planners, geographers, relevant policy makers, etc. However, systematic reviews are lacking on UHI research in the context of rapid urbanization and global change in recent years. In this study, we used Cite Space software to analyze the development process and current situation of UHI research from multiple perspectives during 2008–2021, aiming to reveal research hotspots and predict future trends. We found that UHI has gradually become a multidisciplinary field, and has existed in a flourishing period since 2008 with the rapid development of a number of publications. A large amount of research has been carried out by relevant institutions and scholars in 85 countries from 2008 to 2021. The hotspot research frontier focuses on the influencing factors, mitigation measures, and quantitative analysis of the UHI effect. Based on these trends and the status of the field, we proposed further research directions to promote interdisciplinary integration, optimize quantitative monitoring methods, strengthen the impact of three-dimensional urban landscape and vegetation landscape patterns, and expand the study of the urban agglomeration scale. Our results provide a valuable reference and potential frontier for future research in the field of the UHI effect.


Contents Foreword vii Preface ix Acknowledgement xiii Abbreviations xv List of Illustrations xvii 1. Introduction 1 2. Vidarbha: Present and Past 10 3. 'Early State' Formation Process: The Early Iron Age of Vidarbha and the Asmaka 17 4. Sphere of Influence: The Mauryas 51 5. Period of Decentralization: The Pre-Satavahana Rulers 64 6. Sphere of Nominal Dominance: The Satavahanas 85 7. Proto-Feudal Phase: The Vakataka 104 8. State Formation in Vidarbha: A Preliminary Approach 132 9. Epilogue 160 Appendices 167 I. Brick Dimensions of Different Periods and Sites in Maharashtra 167 II. Royal Genealogies of Yadava and Ayodhya (After Pargiter 1922) 169 III. Early Historic Sites Yielding So-called 'Head Scratchers' in the Indian Subcontinent 172 IV. Details of Decorated Legged Querns from Excavated Sites 177 V. Chronology and Genealogy of the Satavahanas 180 VI. Chronology and Genealogy of the Vakatakas 181 VII. Royal Women from Vidarbha Described in Ancient Indian Literature 182 Bibliography 185 Index 195


Solutions of 2-thiobarbituric acid have been shown to interact with raw cotton to form colored compounds. This interaction has been previously suggested as a test for radiation-damaged cotton [7]. Experiments were conducted to determine whether this interaction could be used as a diagnostic test for cotton which had been heat-damaged, as might occur during commercial ginning. While this test was found to be sensitive to the heating history of a given cotton, it was not possible to establish suitable absolute standards because of large differences among cottons. Investigation of the differences among cottons revealed that the interaction between 2-thiobarbituric acid and cotton is related to the alkali scourit)le matter in raw cotton as well as to fiber maturity. Possible uses for this test are suggested.


1 M.Tech in Master of Engineering Management, 2 Prof and Head of industrial engineering and management Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, 2 Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore-560078 firstname.lastname@example.com, 2 firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract: Energy is a prerequisite for industrial development and activity; without an effective energy supply neither is possible. While there is at present little real constriction on the overall supply of energy to industry, there are a number of serious issues when considering industrial energy use and the sustainable growth of industries particularly in developing countries like India. Such issues range from the additional cost of energy processes due to inefficient utilization, vulnerability to price shocks of imported fuels etc., hence continuous improvement in energy management for industrial organizations is essential. Monitoring and Targeting is a proven method for measuring and maintaining energy performance, and for identifying opportunities to improve energy efficiency. Key elements of an M&T Technique include: Measurement of utility (steam, fuel, power) consumption levels, The establishment of consumption targets that take variations in key variables into account, Comparison of actual vs. target energy usage, "Exception reports" to highlight areas experiencing unusually good or unusually poor performance, An established protocol, involving both management and operating personnel, for reviewing and acting upon the energy information available. Tracking and reporting of the savings achieved


This study which the objective is the establishment of the diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in computed tomography (CT) for the examination of the skull in the district of Abidjan for adult, is a first study in Côte d'Ivoire. The analysis of the relative data to domestic surveys from October 2015 to January 2016 from the scanner consoles of 126 patients of two hospitals in Abidjan, Military Hospital of Abidjan (HMA) and the Universal Hospital of Cocody (CHUC) was carried out. This analysis provided an estimate of the exposure levels for the skull scan. For each hospital and for both, the mean value and the DRLs, obtained by the 75 percentile method in CTDIvol (50.9 mGy) and in DLP (982.879 mGy.cm), were calculated. For the whole study, the DRLs in CTDIvol obtained, is lower than the guidance value established in many countries such as Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, France, UK, USA and Ireland. For the DRLs in terms of DLP, the result is mitigated. It is higher than the ones found in Germany, UK and Ireland and lower than in the others. These results obtained only with two hospitals show the feasibility of this study to determine the DRLs at the national level and to plan their periodical review in Côte d'Ivoire.


Preface Acknowledgments Introduction President George Washington The End of White Supremacy President John Adams The First Intervention President Thomas Jefferson The Triumph of Racism Conclusion Epilogue Bibliographical Notes Index


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincere thanks to the many people who made this project possible: to my departmental advisor, Dr. Thomas Yackel, for his direction, guidance and support; to Dr. Christopher Richards, my emergency department advisor, for his trust in lending his tablet computer for the project, and his guidance and support in interactions with emergency department attendings and residents; to my technology advisors Christopher Bangs of the emergency department technical group, and John Kimsey of ITG, for their time and energy helping me solve technology breakdowns; and to all the faculty and residents of the OHSU Emergency Department for their participation and patience. Special thanks go to my family and friends for their support. Most importantly, I would like to thank my wife Sara for her support and confidence in my completing this goal. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To perform an economical and efficient evaluation of the usability of tablet computers in a clinical setting. METHODS: A pilot-study modified discount usability analysis to determine benefits and limitations of a tablet computer used by physicians and residents in an academic emergency department. RESULTS: With the tablet computer, physicians and residents in the emergency department were able to readily have access to information anywhere, anytime. However, the weight of the device and its reliability severely reduced its acceptability. Successful use of the tablet computer is dependent on functional wireless infrastructure and adequate technical support. Furthermore, software that is optimized for touch screen interaction and integrated with health information software systems for easy access to multiple sources of information is vital for improved usability. CONCLUSION: The discount usability method provides a rapid, cost-effective, and accurate analysis of the usability of wireless devices in clinical settings. Usability study of the wireless device elicited workflow issues within the workplace as a whole. The tablet computer is part of a larger mobile computing implementation effort, with usability issues that arise not only from form factor but also through the relationship of the device to the software, the technical infrastructure, and human factors in the environment in which the device is used.


The developing pedagogical content knowledge of elementary-certified teachers was supported in a course on concepts in algebra and calculus. Engineering thermodynamics was used as a domain through which participants could model rate-of-change for a variety of functions. The design of the professional development course is examined, and teachers' struggles and triumphs with course content described. Results show teachers' backgrounds in elementary algebra proved a barrier to their ability to treat relationships among variables as mathematical objects. Once these barriers were overcome rate-of-change served as a powerful support to model complex thermal applications that utilized rate-of-change as an index of efficiency.


Background and Purpose— Early hematoma growth is not uncommon in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and is an independent predictor of poor functional outcome. The purpose of our study was to report and validate the use of our newly identified computed tomographic (CT) blend sign in predicting early hematoma growth. Methods— Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage who underwent baseline CT scan within 6 hours after onset of symptoms were included. The follow-up CT scan was performed within 24 hours after the baseline CT scan. Significant hematoma growth was defined as an increase in hematoma volume of >33% or an absolute increase of hematoma volume of >12.5 mL. The blend sign on admission nonenhanced CT was defined as blending of hypoattenuating area and hyperattenuating region with a well-defined margin. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship between the presence of the blend sign on nonenhanced admission CT and early hematoma growth. Results— A total of 172 patients were included in our study. Blend sign was observed in 29 of 172 (16.9%) patients with intracerebral hemorrhage on baseline nonenhanced CT scan. Of the 61 patients with hematoma growth, 24 (39.3%) had blend sign on admission CT scan. Interobserver agreement for identifying blend sign was excellent between the 2 readers (&kgr;=0.957). The multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the time to baseline CT scan, initial hematoma volume, and presence of blend sign on baseline CT scan to be independent predictors of early hematoma growth. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of blend sign for predicting hematoma growth were 39.3%, 95.5%, 82.7%, and 74.1%, respectively. Conclusions— The CT blend sign could be easily identified on regular nonenhanced CT and is highly specific for predicting hematoma growth.


PURPOSE: To provide a tooth profile forming product excellent in strength and a tooth profile forming method. CONSTITUTION: A cuplike slug W having a bottom is loosely inserted into a first punch 30 forming a tooth profile 32 for forming on the outer peripheral surface and the first punch 30 and a faced die 20 matched with the tooth profile 32 in the punch side on the inner peripheral surface and forming the tooth profile 22 for forming are engaged in an axial direction by pressing the end surface in the opening hole side of a slug cylindrical part with a second punch 40 in the condition of pressing the bottom part of the slug to the tip surface of the punch by a slug holder 28. A raw material is plastically deformed in the axial direction and the material is fluidized and filled into the bottom part of the tooth profile in the first punch to form the tooth profile in the both sides at the inner and outer parts in the cylindrical part by the plastic working. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


A report is presented on high-performance InGaAs/GaAs double quantum well vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with record long emission wavelengths up to 1300 nm. Due to a large gain-cavity detuning these VCSELs show excellent temperature performance with very stable threshold current and output power characteristics. For 1.27 µm singlemode devices the threshold current is found to decrease from 2 to 1 mA between 10 and 90°C, while the peak output power only drops from 1 to 0.6 mW. Large-area 1300 nm VCSELs show multimode output power close to 3 mW.


This study shows that the propagation of plasma bullets along one dielectric tube is strongly affected by many discharge parameters, such as the waveform of applied voltage (AC or pulsed DC), peak voltage, He flow rate, and the frequency of AC voltage. Analysis indicates that the density and velocity of plasma bullets are mainly determined by the electric field at the front of plasma bullets. These discharge parameters may significantly influence the distribution of plasma potential along the tube, thus control the electric field at the front of plasma bullets and their propagation. An increase in the pulsed DC voltage with its rise time of <40-50 ns can lead to an obvious improvement in the electric field at the front of plasma bullets, resulting in generation of a plasma in the high density gas and a fast propagation of plasma bullets. He flowing through the tube can contribute to the surface diffusion of charged species, and greatly increase the electric field at the front of plasma bullets. During the propagation of plasma bullets, their density is decreased due to the surface recombination of charged species, such as electrons and ions.


Flow cytometry allows one to measure relevant physical or chemical properties on a single cell, yielding the distribution of these properties in the cell population. Typically, flow cytometry has been used to determine DNA or protein distributions, but it could be extended to the determination of other relevant parameters, such as intracellular pH, membrane potential, intracellular Ca2+ concentration, mitochondrial activity, etc. In the present work, we used flow cytometry to determine the respiratory activity in intact Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells after staining with the cationic lipophilic dye rhodamine 123 (Rhl23). We found a good correlation between the Rh123 fluorescence distribution in yeast populations and the degree of respiratory activity, which can be varied by changing the carbon source used for yeast growth. In addition, we developed a vital staining procedure which allows one to measure fast changes in the respiratory activity. We used this technique to follow the kinetics of glucose repression and to measure the apparent Km for the substrate. Our results demonstrate that flow cytometry is a fast and very sensitive method to evaluate the respiratory activity in yeast cells and is also suitable for the determination of rapid changes in yeast metabolism. Biotech‐nological implications of this study are also discussed.


The change in strength of cryogenic austenitic steel with temperature and alloying element content was studied. Based on experimental data, a series of regression expressions have been obtained by computer. The results were proved satisfactory by verification. These results are applicable to strength calculation and design of cryogenic austenitic steel.


To make VB application program in data input interface fast,some practical methods making use of components:Listbox,Data and Dbgrid and realizes the pull-down input by putting Listbox on the foreground of Dbgrid was studied.This technology had remedied a dose of VB's DBGrids deficiency without picklist function.It had relatively strong practibility.


A method and a system for learning language without grammar and testing and training language senses are provided to let persons learn the language without awareness of grammar by classifying words and phrases according to the kinds of objects, dividing the level, and thus studying the language with following each step along a road map. A system(300) for learning language without grammar and testing and training language senses is composed of a course road map(312) dividing objects according to each section and guiding a learner by a representative image; a word-phrase database(314) storing all words and phrases according to each level; a plus database(310) collecting matching data according to types; a minus database(311) collecting mis-matching data according to types; a rule database(320) arranging all grammatical rules of the correspondent language; a language learning module(332); a copying test module(342) testing the language senses; an identifying test module(344); a conversion test module(346); a test report module(352) diagnosing and reporting the test result; a copying train module(362) training the language sense; an identifying train module; a conversion train module(366); and an input-output module(322). A user learns the language through patterns according to a chosen mode by using a UOI(User Operating Interface)(302) assisting watching, speaking, writing, and acting. The system tests the language sense such as copying, identifying, and conversion abilities and trains the user for copying, identifying, and conversion abilities according to the test result.


We show how to reconstruct the vortex-induced vibrations of a riser from experimental strain measurements using a machine learning framework. We employ a modal decomposition technique followed by inference of the expansion modes using a two-stage optimization routine. A stochastic mode search algorithm is developed and its capabilities and limitations are demonstrated using the MIAMI II riser field experiments, conducted in the Gulf Stream o ff the coast of Miami, FL using a densely instrumented riser model. Validation is done according to a k-fold cross-validation scheme, and a VIV physics-based examination is presented. The reconstruction framework's complexity in terms of data required for successful training is finally evaluated.


This study proposes a comparative matrix of both quantitative and qualitative indicators to assess sustainability in three types of destinations: developed nations, developing nations and those with vulnerable indigenous, black or raizal people, determining how important they are for building endogenous models of tourism development (in accordance with the specific surroundings and the social agents in a given country), evaluating the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impact that tourism can generate in the area where it is developed. This research establishes both objective and subjective indicators that share a common structure for all three types of destination, but have different levels of development.


To determine whether hearing aid (HA) use affects social perceptions of general public adults and age‐matched peers and if so, determine if effects are modulated by lack of societal representation of pediatric HAs.


A fundamental task for the heterotic superstring theory is the determination of the effective action describing the physics of massless string excitations at low energies. This is necessary for the phenomenological applications of string theory, in particular for the unification of gauge interactions and for the gaugino condensation mechanism of supersymmetry breaking. In this talk, I report on the recent progress in computing the effective supergravity action from superstring scattering amplitudes, at the tree level and beyond. I discuss moduli-dependent string loop corrections to gauge and Yukawa couplings. Talk presented at the 7th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields, Fermilab, November 10-14, 1992


Brain-computer interface (BCI) is an emerging area of research that aims to improve the quality of human-computer applications. It has enormous scope in biomedical applications, neural rehabilitation, biometric authentication, educational programmes, and entertainment applications. A BCI system has four major components: signal acquisition, signal preprocessing, feature extraction, and classification. In this study, we provide a comparison of various traditional classification algorithms to the newer methods of deep learning. We explore two different types of deep learning methods, namely, convolutional neural networks (CNN) and recurrent neural networks (RNN) with long short-term memory (LSTM) architecture. We test the classification accuracies on a recent 5-dass steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) dataset. The results prove the superiority of deep learning methods in comparison with the traditional classification algorithms. Amongst the traditional classifiers, support vector machine (SVM) with Gaussian kernel employing sequential forward selection (SFS) of features provided a better classification accuracy of 66.09%, while CNN provided the highest classification accuracy of 69.03%.


Recently, we discovered an entirely new type of variability in the upper atmospheres of rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars. This manifests itself in amplitude modulation of the radial velocities that has not been previously detected in photometric studies of the same stars. To study this new variability further we obtained a full night, 8.85 h, of high time resolution (70s), high spectral resolution (R = 105 000), high signal-to-noise ratio (on average S/N ∼ 130) data with Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) for the roAp star HD 134214. We also obtained 4.2 h of new photometric data in Johnson B with the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) 0.5-m telescope 2d later. HD 134214 has been known for years to be singly periodic with a relatively stable amplitude in photometry; it has the highest pulsation frequency of any roAp star of 2.949 mHz (P = 5.65 min). Our new UVES data show this principal frequency, plus five other frequencies in amplitude spectra of rare earth elements lines and the Ha line. The new frequencies are stable over the 8.85 h of observation, and the highest of them v 2 = 2.782 mHz is the same as found in data taken 2 yr earlier with UVES presented in the discovery paper. The amplitudes of the new frequencies drop faster with atmospheric depth than does the amplitude of the principal frequency, hence explaining why they are generally not seen in broad-band photometric measurements that sample on average more deeply in the atmosphere. Our new photometric measurements also detect v 2 for the first time in photometric data. Our analysis suggests that the new frequencies are associated with pulsation modes, but the nature of those modes and why they increase in amplitude with atmospheric height more strongly than the principal frequencies is not yet known.


In this method, the circuit is excited by a raised cosine pulse source that includes broadened frequency components. The frequency characteristics are then computed from the Fourier transform of the output transient responses. To evaluate the validity and capability of the method, a side-coupled microstrip filter is analyzed and the frequency characteristics are calculated. A quasistatic analysis of this filter is also presented and the results compared with measurements. The frequency characteristics calculated with the full-wave analysis in the time domain show excellent agreement with the measured values, thus demonstrating the validity and the power of the analytical method. >


Gambir is one of traditional export commodity of West Sumatera Province mainly used as raw material of pharmaceutical industry, batik coloring, leather thinner and clarifier in beer refineries. This paper describes how the LWS Stove like in Siguntur village works to boil gambir leaves and branches. There are 400 "rumah kempa" home industries operates every day in Pesisir Selatan district to produce gambir using old model LWS Stove made of mixture of clay and cement. Gambir leaves and branches are harvested twice a year and one "rumah kempa" operates one month each harvesting period to produce around one tone of dried extract gambir and consumed 1.5 cubic meters of fire-wood as the main fuel. The dried solid waste of leaves and branches after being pressed, called "katapang", is used as additional fuel. Five aspects were considered in LWS Stoves performances evaluation, namely: heat efficiency, service life and simplicity in operation, health and safety, economics, and local environmental impact. The methods used in this study were identification and evaluation. Data was collected by surveying and interview, analyzing, and calculation. The results show that heat transfer efficiency of LWS Stove is lower than twelve percents; short service life but very simple operation; indoor pollution due to smoke and burnt risk are high because of no chimney and hot flue gas temperature is still higher than 200 0 C; economically, the stove is very cheap; while environmentally, it caused seriously impact on local deforestation.


We have developed and optimised a new technology for welding the brake pedal of a motor vehicle that is based on resistance-projection and spot-welding processes. We describe the problems encountered when using arc welding and the reasons for substituting the technology. To apply the new technology we constructed a fixture for the simultaneous clamping of a pedal body, a foot treadle and a stop-switch rest. We then optimised the parameters for the projection welding of the foot treadle to the pedal body and the stop-switch rest to the pedal body; we also optimised the resistance spot welding of the other part of the rest to the pedal body. Our costing of the process showed that the substitution of the technology was economically justified since the new technology simplified the manufacture of the motor-vehicle brake pedal.


In order to find a way to improve the performance of image compression,the characteristic and effect of 2D-DCT ( Discrete Cosine Transform) ,two-dimensional tensor product wavelet,and the latest geometrical wavelet are compared. The same image is decomposed with different geometrical wavelet and then reconstructed with the same number of significant coefficients,thus the sparse representation capability of wavelet can be compared,the result shows that Bandelet and DCT are more efficient when require high compression ratio,while wavelet is still the most efficient tool when require high image quality.


In recent decades, cable-stayed bridges have been widely built around the world due to the appealing aesthetics and efficient and fast mode of construction. Numerous studies have concluded that the cable-stayed bridges are sensitive to earthquakes because they possess low damping characteristics and high flexibility. Moreover, cable-stayed bridges need to warrant operability especially in the moderate-to-severe earthquakes. The provisions implemented in the seismic codes allow obtaining adequate seismic performance for the cable-stayed bridge components; nevertheless, they do not provide definite yet reliable rules to protect the bridge. To date, very few experimental tests have been carried out on the seismic fragility analysis of cable-stayed bridges which is the basis of performance-based analyses. The present paper is aimed at proposing a method to derive the seismic fragility curves of multipylon cable-stayed bridge through shake table tests. Toward this aim, a 1/20 scale three-dimensional model of a 22.5 m cable-stayed bridge in China is constructed and tested dynamically by using the shaking table facility of Tongji University. The cable-stayed bridge contains three pylons and one side pier. The outcomes of the comprehensive shaking table tests carried out on cable-stayed bridge have been utilized to derive fragility curves based on a systemic approach.


This paper concerns the problem of generating iid (identically and independently distributed) discrete data sets starting from the logistic function. We decide upon the data independence by combining information theory elements (the discrete noisy channel and its corresponding information entities) with the test of independence in contingency tables.


Abstract Convenient syntheses of 5-(ethylthio) furan-2(5H)-ones 2a-k from the appropriate 5-methoxyfuran-2(5H)-one 1a-g are described. The oxidation to the corresponding sulfoxides 5a-c and sulfones 6a-f is also reported.


ABSTRACT This article will describe a long-term psychoanalysis using a self-psychology approach with a child who was diagnosed with ASD (age 4 at the beginning of the analysis). The analytic process, accompanied by deep empathy for the child's enclosed and different world, relies and builds on the child's own inner resources. Together the therapist and patient creatively learn about each other so that the analyst can join the child's world in his own unique way. The analysis raises questions about the potential of psychoanalysis and the psychoanalyst's role for the autistic patient, who has his own vision of the outside world from within his particular inner world. Can we take his suffering and difference upon ourselves and let him experience belonging and inclusion, thus aiding his developmental process of integrating the fragments of his existence into a living, adaptive, creative person thriving within relationships?


The likely photodissociation pathways of chlorine peroxide are examined. Reasoning by analogy between hydrogen peroxide and chlorine peroxide, it is shown that photodissociation of chlorine peroxide at wavelengths longer than 250 nm is not likely to give chlorine atoms as a primary product. Reasoning by analogy with molecules whose visible spectra are known, it is concluded that chlorine peroxide is also likely to photodissociate in the visible to give ClO radicals as primary products.


QUBO is the input language of quantum computers based on quantum annealing such as the D-Wave systems and of the "quantum-inspired" dedicated hardware such as Fujitsu's Digital Annealing Unit. We propose a new way to represent integer variables in QUBO together with constraints on those variables by using unary/domain-wall encoding in order to solve constrained optimization problem by quantum annealing. We detail in particular how to encode permutation constraints on integers within the unary/domain-wall encoding scheme, as these constraints are omnipresent in complex combinatorial problems. This new encoding in QUBO is interesting in the context of quantum annealing because it minimizes interactions between variables, and therefore connections needed between qubits in hardware. When compared to the usual one-hot encoding of integers in QUBO, we show than the new encoding scheme divides by nearly a factor 2 the number of connections between qubits for complex problems involving permutation constraints and makes it possible to cope with larger problem instances on current quantum and quantum-inspired hardware.


Our overall goal is to improve medical care for patients with advanced heart failure who have decided to receive a left ventricular assistance device (LVAD). LVADs provide a mechanical support system that helps the heart pump blood to the rest of the body. Improving outcomes for patients with LVADs will help reduce the number of deaths caused by heart failure, impacting the lives of ≈6 million patients currently living with advanced heart failure1 and increasing number of patient population receiving LVADs. Since these patients have a nonbiological device implanted and may be using additional medications, several complex processes affect their health after LVAD implantation. Unfortunately, many of the strongest warning signs for outcomes like mortality appear after an LVAD is implanted. We have developed a novel strategy to engage with this problem that uses machine learning to capture complex signals from patient follow-up data (postimplant data), which allows us to model patient risk dynamically and incorporate adverse events into our predictions for patient outcomes. Our preliminary results indicate that this strategy can increase our ability to discriminate who is at high risk for mortality by up to 20%. For training the machine learning algorithms, we are using the most comprehensive dataset available in the United States from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS). INTERMACS is the only national registry of patients receiving ventricular assistance devices comprising the majority of ventricular assistance device implants in the US INTERMACS collects rich longitudinal clinical data with >1900 variables from 177 participating hospitals having over 25 000 enrolled patients.2 Data about patients in INTERMACS are collected before implant, during implant, at each regularly scheduled follow-up visit, at each adverse event after implant until the patient has a ventricular assistance device in place, or censoring event including death, transplant, or cessation of support.3 Kanwar et al4 previously developed a Bayesian model to predict mortality using only preimplant data. The authors leveraged a dataset consisting of 10 277 INTERMACS patients who received primary LVAD from 2012 to 2015. The Concordance statistics of this Bayesian model at 1, 3, and 12 months after LVAD implantation were 0.70, 0.71, and 0.70, respectively. The key differences from our analysis to that of Kanwar et al4 are (1) we used INTERMACS data from 2012 to 2015 for training and 2016 to 2017 for testing our models, whereas Kanwar et al4 used data from 2012 to 2015 for both training and testing; (2) our models included preimplant and follow-up data, whereas that of Kanwar et al4 consider only preimplant data. Following are the steps of our analysis workflow: (1) prepare conditional data for each prediction time point such as 1 week and 1 month; (2) split conditional data into testing data (2016–2017) and training data (2012–2015); (3) select an optimal modeling algorithm using 100-fold cross validation; (4) form a risk prediction function using training data and the selected modeling algorithm; (5) use the risk prediction function to predict event risk in the testing data; and (6) evaluate predicted risk using observed event status at the given times.


The great advances in wireless communication networks have led to high desire for a strong digital data transmission. However, illegal data access has become more easy and prevalent in wireless networks. In order to protect valuable data from undesirable readers, data encryption has become a critical issue. However, encryption techniques do not take into account wireless network characteristics such as noise and burst error. In this paper, a robust and secure approach for partial image encryption is proposed, that is utilized sub-band selection from discrete wavelet transform in order to meet the requirements of the robust image transmission, and the two chaotic logistic maps, less computationally intensive and high security is used to meet the requirements of the secure image transmission. Further, the proposed scheme is robustified by channel coding to deal with burst error included in wireless. The experimental results of the proposed scheme provide an efficient and secure way for real-time image encryption and transmission over wireless networks.


Surface accessory machining is always the difficulty in the NC machining and creates the correct cutting tools contact locus is the emphases in these surface accessory NC machining. This paper based on the B spline surface and make use of the Matlab to write the program that can gain the surface equation, adopt a improved arithmetic(self adapt equal parameter lines arithmetic) to produce the tools contact locus and make use of the Matlab to simulate it.


Our objective in this article is to analyze some ways of traveling around the city of Natal at the beginning of the 20th century proposed by intellectuals from Natal during that period, questioning how the port of Natal came to integrate such travel itineraries in the city space proposed by one of these authors, Manoel Dantas. From a theoretical point of view, we will be guided by the reflections of authors like Michel de Certeau and Franco Moretti, who analyze these ways of going through the city through words, using the maps built by them as analytical tools. We will take as sources some articles published in the newspaper A republica, as well as Manoel Dantas' work "Christmas in fifty years".


Immune-driven dry eye disease primarily affects women; the cause for this sex-specific prevalence is unknown. Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) have distinct phenotypes that drive inflammation but also regulate lymphocytes and are the rate-limiting cell for generating anti-inflammatory lipoxin A 4 (LXA 4 ). Estrogen regulates the LXA 4 circuit to induce delayed female-specific wound healing in the cornea. However, the role of PMNs in dry eye disease remains unexplored. We discovered an LXA 4 -producing tissue PMN population in the corneal limbus, lacrimal glands, and cervical lymph nodes of healthy male and female mice. These tissue PMNs, unlike inflammatory PMNs, expressed a highly amplified LXA 4 circuit and were sex-specifically regulated during immune-driven dry eye disease. Desiccating stress in females, unlike in males, triggered a remarkable decrease in lymph node PMN and LXA 4 formation that remained depressed during dry eye disease. Depressed lymph node PMN and LXA 4 in females correlated with an increase in effector T cells (Th1 and Th17), a decrease in regulatory T cells (Treg), and increased dry eye pathogenesis. Ab depletion of tissue PMN abrogated LXA 4 formation in lymph nodes, as well as caused a marked increase in Th1 and Th17 cells and a decrease in Tregs. To establish an immune-regulatory role for PMN-derived LXA 4 in dry eye, females were treated with LXA 4 . LXA 4 treatment markedly inhibited Th1 and Th17 and amplified Treg in draining lymph nodes, while reducing dry eye pathogenesis. These results identify female-specific regulation of LXA 4 -producing tissue PMN as a potential key factor


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) receiving either lamivudine monotherapy or lamivudine combined with individualized low-dose hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) therapy.

METHODS
A total of 111 liver transplant recipients with CHB were divided not randomly into two groups according to the availability of HBIG before liver transplantation (LT). Thirty-two patients received lamivudine monotherapy (100 mg/d) and 79 patients received lamivudine (100 mg/d) combined with individualized low-dose HBIG (intramuscular administration) to maintain the titer of antibody to hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (anti-HBs) not less than 100 U/L. The patients were followed-up for a median time of 32 months (1 to 88 months).

RESULTS
In the lamivudine monotherapy group, 5 patients hepatitis B relapsed (3/5 developed YMDD mutants of HBV), with 1-, 2-, and 3-year cumulative recurrence rates of 7.1%, 14.3% and 17.9% and survival rates of 87.5%, 84.4% and 74.6%. In the lamivudine and HBIG combination therapy group, 2 patients hepatitis B relapsed (2/2 developed YMDD mutants of HBV), with 1-, 2-, and 3-year cumulative recurrence rates of 0, 1.8% and 5.7% (P < 0.01) and survival rates of 83.5%, 80.9% and 77.6% (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
Compared with lamivudine monotherapy, lamivudine combined with individualized low-dose HBIG can further reduce the recurrence risk of hepatitis B in liver transplant recipients. This combined therapy could be used as a rational strategy for prophylaxis of hepatitis B recurrence in such patients.


Purpose To stabilize the production technology and the quality standard of national monoclonal reagents for rhesus D typing.MethodsThey were established by using the production of monoclonal reagents for rhesus D typing based on hybridoma techniques. ResultsThe major characteristic index conforms to the established quality standard in accordance with the results of the quality control and of the preliminary clinical application.ConclusionThe production technology and the quality standard of national monoclonal reagents for rhesus D typing were stabilized. These national monoclonal reagents for rhesus D typing could substitute for the imported products used in our country.


By the analysis of pectinase process,flvour adjustment and spray drying technology,this paper finds out the optimized conditions to produce instant date powder from ziziphus jujuba.It comes to the conclusion that production boasts of superior quality with low sugar content,rich fragrance and uniform particle under certain technology conditions.These key technology are as followed: the amount of pectinase gets to 0.1 % of that of date syrup,breakdown temperature and time are 50 ℃and 50 min respectively whose pH are at 4.0,meanwhile,adddition of xyliton and altodextrin reach 1.0 % and 35 %,also,working conditions of spray drying machine are fixed to 120 ℃,50 mL/min flow and 230 kPa wind-entering pressure.


The summation of n floating-point numbers is a basic task that is performed in almost any scientific or numerical computation. The relative error in the "naive loop" summation can be huge. We present three new algorithms for computing correctly rounded sums of arrays of floating-point numbers. First, iFastSum improves upon our previous FastSum by requiring no additional space beyond the original array, which is destroyed after execution. It runs about 20% faster than FastSum in the general case and two times faster when ill-conditioned data are used. The second algorithm is HybridSum, which combines three summation ideas together: splitting the mantissa, radix sorting into buckets, and using iFastSum. The result is that when the number of summands is greater than about 104, for a given n its running time is almost a constant, independent of the condition number. It runs almost as fast as iFastSum in the general case and much faster than iFastSum when ill-conditioned data are used. HybridSum requires only one pass through the input array, asymptotically uses only 6 FLOPs for each summand, and uses constant storage. Instead of splitting the mantissa in HybridSum, our third algorithm OnlineExactSum doubles the number of buckets and uses the exact addition algorithm to accumulate the summands while the local errors are handled by the additional buckets. It asymptotically requires only 5 FLOPs per summand, and due to instruction-level parallelism runs only about 2-3 times slower than the obvious, fast-but-dumb "naive loop", independent of the condition number. Like HybridSum, it is also an online algorithm, which can take an arbitrary length input stream of such inputs while requiring only constant memory. None of these algorithms requires extra precision accumulators, and all work in any base. Their accuracy is guaranteed independent of the condition number and the number of summands. An application in shadowing of high dimensional n-body simulations is discussed with new optimizations and improvements made to an existing shadowing algorithm. We also present a large amount of numerical results about the shadowing work we have done on the n-body systems. Although not all of those results are understood thoroughly so far, they might be useful for other physicists and astronomers.


Thirty years ago two of the most eminent of the philosophers then alive were teaching at Harvard, where they enjoyed large followings and an intense personal rivalry. During one of their occasional public debates, the older and more celebrated of the two, Alfred North Whitehead, commented upon his colleague, Ernest Hocking. "Hocking," he reflected, "Hocking, he says what he knows, but he doesn't know what he says." It is, I fear, rather as an Ernest Hocking that I write, for my knowledge of the cinema is strictly that of a semiinformed amateur. It would be presumptuous of me to talk about the art of film-making as professional film critics understand that art. I must instead confine myself to comments about the substance of films, and wholly of American films, for in discussing the interrelationship between the messages that inhere in the cinema and the culture that receives those messages, I feel constrained to remain within my own field of learning, which is primarily that of an American historian of this century. It is not, of course, as if I have never attended the movies. On the contrary, furtive hours from my boyhood afternoons influence me still to dream only in black and white. Too often for my mother's taste, my brother and I insinuated ourselves into the dank dark of the Cedarhurst, New York, Playhouse, there to watch such grippers as The Cat Creeps or Lon Chaney in the unforgettable Phantom of the Opera;


This paper presents a case study for identifying security-safety requirements by using safety analysis techniques. In order to construct distributed software-intensive safety-critical systems, it is crucial to identify not only the safety requirements, but also the security requirements simultaneously, due to the fact that security attacks on the communication channels could cause safety consequences, such as damage to properties or even loss of human lives. Security-safety requirements are proposed for addressing the requirement that describes the safety, security requirements and the influence of the security attacks on safety requirements. Although many safety and security analyses techniques are available for deriving the security-safety requirements separately, no effective approach exists that uses an identical model for identifying integrated security and safety requirements. In this paper, the procedures and lessons learned for deriving integrated security-safety requirements using one identical model that is established by safety analysis techniques are presented. The results from this case study show that the safety analysis techniques are applicable for determining integrated requirements for describing the behavior of an outdoor robot.


Summary Two experiments were conducted in which the effects of three ration levels upon the yield and composition of sows' milk and the efficiency of milk production over the last seven weeks of an eight-week lactation were examined. The levels fed were: 6 units per sow and I unit per piglet suckled; 4 units per sow and ⅔ per piglet; and 3 units per sow and ½ per piglet per day. (A gallon of milk or a pound of concentrate was regarded as one feed unit.) There was a slight reduction in yield per sow and per piglet when the ration was reduced from 6 + 1 to 4 + ⅔, but no reduction when the ration was lowered from 4 + ⅔ to 3 + ½. The average milk yield per sow and per piglet for the 4 treatments were, in the first experiment: 6 + 1, 573 Ib and 86.7 lb; 4 + ⅔, 493 lb and 82.1 lb; and in the second experiment: 4 + ⅔, 668 lb and 78.6 lb ; 3 + ½, 614 1b and 83 lb. The reduction in yield resulting from lowered intake was largely offset by the increased energy content of the milk, the values for the treatments bein...


Background
 During the last years Azacitidine (Aza) in combination with donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI), has proven to be a valuable treatment option for pts with relapse of MDS or AML after allo-SCT. Reasoning that Lenalidomide (Len) may further improve response rate and outcome due to its immunomodulatory and antileukemic properties, we initiated a prospective, multicenter, single-arm phase-II trial evaluating the combination of Aza, Len and DLI in patients with MDS, AML or CMML who had relapsed after allo-SCT. To acknowledge the risk of triggering GvHD with Len this study comprises two safety interim analyses. Results from the interim analysis I on the first 10 pts did not reveal a dose limiting toxicity (DLT) enabling an increase in the daily Len dosage from 2.5 mg to 5 mg in next cohort.
 Design/Methods:
 This planned second interim safety analysis (data lock March 2018) was performed in the next 10 pts who were treated with a daily dose of 5 mg Len for 21 days of a 28-day cycle in combination with up to 8 cycles Aza (75 mg/m2/d d1-7, every 28 days) and 3 DLI with increasing T cell dosages (0.5×106 - 1.5×107 cells/kg). In addition, we here present efficacy and safety results of all 24 pts included in this trial so far. The protocol demands a dose reduction of Len to 2.5 mg/day for the remaining 30 patients in case of DLT defined as steroid refractory aGvHD grade III/IV, cGvHD NHI score severe or any unexpected hematologic and non-hematological toxicity grade ≥III in more than 3 pts. In the absence of DLT in more than 3 pts the study will be continued with 5 mg/day.
 Results:
 Overall, 24 pts, who had suffered from molecular (54%) or hematological (46%) relapse of MDS (58%), AML (38%) or CMML (4%) after median of 260 days (range, 61-2659) following allo-SCT, were treated with a median of 5.5 cycles of Len per patient (range, 1 to 8; total no. of cycles 121; 83 cycles 2.5 mg/day, 38 cycles 5 mg/day). Concomitantly, pts received a median of 7 courses Aza (range 2-8) and 17 pts (71%) received at least one DLI (median: 2, range: 1-12).
 No DLT was seen in the cohort of 10 pts treated with a Len dosage of 5mg/day. Furthermore, the increased Len dose did neither result in a higher frequency of dose reductions and treatment interruptions in this cohort, nor to a higher number of AE per cycle (2.5 mg/day: 5.45 AE vs. 5 mg/day: 3.15 AE).
 We observed an overall response rate of 68% (CR 58%, PR 10%). CR rate was by trend higher in pts with molecular than in those with hematological relapse (67% vs. 43%) and all pts with CR remained in remission for a median of 183 days (range, 113-513) so far. Four pts (17%) developed acute GvHD (overall grade II, II, III, III) and 5 pts (21%) chronic GvHD (mild n=2; moderate n=2; severe n=1). While therapy-related CTC grade III/IV neutropenia (90%), thrombopenia (71%) or anemia (29%) occurred frequently, non-hematological adverse events (AE) >grade II were rare and mainly consisted of gastrointestinal toxicity, laboratory findings and infections.
 Conclusion:
 This 2nd interim-analysis of the AZALena-trial shows, that an increase in the Len dosage to 5 mg/day is feasible, safe and not associated with excess GvHD and toxicity. Consequently, 5 mg/day Len will be used in the remaining pts who will be included in this trial (total no. of pts planned, n=50). Furthermore, results from all 24 pts suggest that the combination of Aza, Len and DLI has promising clinical activity and can induce durable responses in a substantial proportion of pts with MDS and AML who relapse after allo-SCT.

 Schroeder: Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Rautenberg:Celgene: Honoraria. Stelljes:MSD: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; JAZZ: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria. Scheid:Celgene: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; BMS: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria. Beelen:Medac: Consultancy, Other: Travel Support. Germing:Janssen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding. Kobbe:Celgene: Honoraria, Other: Travel Support, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Roche: Honoraria, Research Funding.


Ensuring the reliability of the software has become increasingly complex and challenging. The most important problem is providing failure-free software operation to prevent financial losses or machinery breakdown. It can be solved with N-version programming which requires increased costs due to the use of redundant software components. In this paradigm, redundancy refers to diversity of software components. This paper discusses the implementation of software components in various languages with different syntax. We propose an efficient and time-reducing approach to the development of a multi-syntax programming language compiler. The technique of compiler parsing is based on the existing flex and bison specifications. The proposed approach makes it easier to detect errors in multi-syntax N-version software solutions, as well as reduce the likelihood of their occurrence due to the use of an automated tool, which is crucial for its implementation in an industrial setting.


In this project, we have successfully designed and characterized a promising biomimetic catalyst/electrode complex, [FeFe]P/FeS2 for producing hydrogen from water. It is comprised of earth-abundant materials and, with a diffusion-limited rate in acidified water, is efficient as well as oxygen tolerant. The theoretical techniques we have developed and the experience we have gained are broadly applicable for the design and analysis of biomimetic electrochemically active catalysts.


The present study aimed to examine the relationship of mental pressure with optimism and academic achievement motivation among second grade second period male high school students. This study followed a descriptive-correlational method. The sample included 200 second grade second period male high school students in Sooran. Data collection tools in the current study were the Ursula Markham Mental Pressure Inventory (1976), the Tschannen-Moran et al. Optimism Scale (2013), and the Hermans Academic Achievement Motivation Questionnaire (1977). The obtained data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis) via SPSS software. The results indicated that mental pressure was significantly and negatively related to optimism (P<0.01), such that with an increase in mental pressure, students' optimism decreased. The results of regression analysis revealed that mental pressure predicted 5% of the variance in students' optimism. Moreover, mental pressure was significantly and negatively related to students' academic achievement motivation (P<0.01), such that with an increase in mental pressure, students' academic achievement motivation decreased. The results of regression analysis revealed that mental pressure predicted 4% of the variance in students' academic achievement motivation.


Abdominal pseudocyst is a rare complication reported of VP shunt surgery. Here, we report a 10-monthsoldboy with abdominal distension following cystoperitoneal (CP) shunt procedure for the fossa posteriorarrachnoid cyst. The diagnosis was based on the clinical symptoms and abdominal USG. Infection andallergic reaction was considered as the underlying cause. The CP shunt was removed to atrioventricularshunt and it resulted in a good response. Abdominal pseudocyst should be considered whenever there isabdominal distension following VP/CP shunt.


It has been widely reported that the hydrothermal pretreatment of coal promotes the subsequent conversion of coal. In this study, the effects of dry thermal (DT) or steam (ST) pretreatment of Adaro subbituminous and Huaipei bituminous coals on the chemical changes of oxygen containing functional groups in coals were discussed with the yields of the subsequent hydrogenolysis reactions of coals. As discussed below, it was considered that the effects of pretreatments varied with the treated temperature and the coal rank. During DT pretreatments of Adaro coal below 150°C and Huaipei coal below 200°C, the cleavage of hydrogen bonds did not affect the subsequent hydrogenolysis reactions. In DT pretreatments of Huaipei coal at 235°C and Adaro coal at 200°C and 250°C, the crosslinking formations among the acidic groups (carboxyl and phenolic hydroxyl groups) in coals developed, followed by the suppression of hydrogenolysis reactions of coals. The contents of the acidic groups in lower rank Adaro coal were higher than those of higher rank Huaipei coal. It was indicated that the crosslinking formations of Huaipei coal occurred at around 235°C, while those of Adaro coal started at the lower temperature, around 200°C. However, the crosslinking formations occurred less during ST pretreatments of coals below 250°C because the hydrogen bonds were freshly formed between the acidic groups and water molecules. Therefore, there was no change between the yields of hydrogenolysis reactions of ST pretreated coals and those of the respective raw coals. Accordingly, for both coals, the hydrolyses of ester and ether crosslinks in coal structures also occurred in ST pretreatment at 300°C, which resulted upgrading on the subsequent hydrogenolysis reactions. However, the crosslinking formation occurred in ST pretreatments of both coals at 350°C, followed by the suppression of the upgrading on the hydrogenolysis reactions of the pretreated coals.


Looking at the Islamic world, where Islam was empowered in its role as a bridge between Greek civilization and Europe in the Middle Ages, the principles of holistic education as described above were actually initiated much earlier by Islamic thinkers, namely the Ikhwan as-Shafa in the 10th century AD. The Ikhwan as-Shafa is a secret and mysterious organization consisting of Muslim Arab philosophers based in Basrah, Iraq at that time was the capital of the Abassiyah caliphate around the 10th century AD (373H/983). The group that was born in Basra is famous for its treatises, which contain their spiritual doctrines and philosophical systems. Through Rasail Ikhwan as-Shafa's magnum opus, information can be obtained about the traces of their teachings, both regarding science, philosophy and religion.


A facile and efficient synthesis of N-alkyl-2-(1, 2 dihydro-1-methylene-4-oxobenzo[f] isoquinoline-3(4H)-yl)-2-phenylacetamides is performed by the consecutive, two-step procedure that consists of Ugi and Heck reactions. The Heck reaction was performed both by homogenous and a designed heterogeneous catalyst. The heterogeneous catalyst is a coordinated palladium to 1, 10-phenanthroline attached to chitosan@Fe3O4 magnetite nanoparticles, which was shown to be more efficient than the homogenous Pd(OAc)2/PPh3 catalyst with good to excellent yields.


Search engines are exceptionally important tools for accessing information in today's world. In satisfying the information needs of millions of users, the effectiveness (the quality of the search results) and the efficiency (the speed at which the results are returned to the users) of a search engine are two goals that form a natural trade-off, as techniques that improve the effectiveness of the search engine can also make it less efficient. Meanwhile, search engines continue to rapidly evolve, with larger indexes, more complex retrieval strategies and growing query volumes. Hence, there is a need for the development of efficient query processing infrastructures that make appropriate sacrifices in effectiveness in order to make gains in efficiency. This survey comprehensively reviews the foundations of search engines, from index layouts to basic term-at-a-time (TAAT) and document-at-a-time (DAAT) query processing strategies, while also providing the latest trends in the literature in efficient query processing, including the coherent and systematic reviews of techniques such as dynamic pruning and impact-sorted posting lists as well as their variants and optimisations. Our explanations of query processing strategies, for instance the WAND and BMW dynamic pruning algorithms, are presented with illustrative figures showing how the processing state changes as the algorithms progress. Moreover, acknowledging the recent trends in applying a cascading infrastructure within search systems, this survey describes techniques for efficiently integrating effective learned models, such as those obtained from learning-torank techniques. The survey also covers the selective application of query processing techniques, often achieved by predicting the response times of the search engine (known as query efficiency prediction), and making per-query tradeoffs between efficiency and effectiveness to ensure that the required retrieval speed targets can be met. Finally, the survey concludes with a summary of open directions in efficient search infrastructures, namely the use of signatures, real-time, energy-efficient and modern hardware & software architectures.


I guess most of you experience the same these days. You open your email account and you find several e-mails bombarding you with requests to publish in or to review for a new open-access journal sometimes not even active in your field of expertise. These journals kindly ask you to submit your work often within days and they promise safe and fast publication against a fee. You clearly wonder whether the fee is more important than the scientific quality. Eventually you may obtain an e-mail from HemaSphere in which we kindly ask you to act as a reviewer for our journal. HemaSphere is the official open-access online journal of the European Hematology Association (EHA) focusing on highquality research in basic and clinical hematology. Manuscripts submitted to HemaSphere undergo peer review and when accepted are published for a modest publication fee with reductions for EHA members. HemaSphere is a young journal that just got accepted for indexing in PubMedCentral and we are working hard to obtain our first impact factor soon. I am deeply convinced that the quality and long-term sustainability of a journal like HemaSphere stands on several pillars, including scientific excellence of the research papers, a highly professional editorial board but clearly also on high quality reviewers. As an associate editor ofHemaSphere, I see the review process as a team effort with the goal to honestly evaluate whether the work has the potential to be published in the journal and to improve the quality of a submitted manuscript. Why do we ask you for being our reviewer? Selection of reviewers is in the editor hands, so my colleagues may do this slightly different. I start by carefully reading the submitted manuscript before interrogating publication databases or search machines asking "who is the most suitable expert in the field?" Did the potential reviewer publish connected to the subject of the submitted work but independently of the authors of the submitted manuscript? Do I eventually know the performance of a potential reviewer from my professional experience as an


From the angle of English structure, this paper analyzes postponement which keeps end focus and end weight in English and illustrate the importance of mastering this kind of structure.


Objectives The objective of this study is to investigate associations between contextual characteristics and unmet healthcare needs in South Korea after accounting for individual factors. Methods The present study used data from the 2012 Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS) of 228 902 adults residing within 253 municipal districts in South Korea. A multilevel analysis was conducted to investigate how contextual characteristics, defined by variables that describe the regional deprivation, degree of urbanity, and healthcare supply, are associated with unmet needs after controlling for individual-level variables. Results Of the surveyed Korean adults, 12.1% reported experiencing unmet healthcare needs in the past. This figure varied with the 253 districts surveyed, ranging from 2.6% to 26.2%. A multilevel analysis found that the association between contextual characteristics and unmet needs varied according to the factors that caused the unmet needs. The degree of urbanity was associated with unmet need due to "financial burden" (odds ratio [OR], 0.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.42 to 0.66 for rural vs. metropolitan), but not unmet need due to "service not available when needed." There were no significant associations between these unmet need measures and regional deprivation. Among individual-level variables, income level showed the highest association with unmet need due to "financial burden" (OR, 5.63; 95% CI, 4.76 to 6.66), while employment status showed a strong association with unmet need due to "service not available when needed." Conclusions Our finding suggests that different policy interventions should be considered for each at-risk population group to address the root cause of unmet healthcare needs.


Pandekten System,an outcome of natural law,has exerted far-reaching influence on the codification of civil laws in many modern countries.Created by Heise and theorized by Savigny,Pandekten System has been widely accepted since its emergence.German Civil Code established in 1896 adopted the five-part Pandekten System,which was subsequently inherited and developed by many countries with the civil law system on a large scale.This paper makes a careful overview of the formation,prevalence and development of Pandekten System.Nowadays,civil code drafts in China all adopt Pandekten System,whether they are drafted out by scholars or by the government,which has historical inevitability.It can be expected that the future civil codes in China will certainly adopt Pandekten System,or the well-developed Pandekten System.


As members of this SOCiETY we are each of us familiar with the evolution of the book in that portion of Asia where our interests lie. But Asia is a continent of many diverse practices, and few things exhibit that diversity more than the varying forms the book has taken in different places and at different times. In order to bring to view some grounds for comparison I shall sketch briefly the history of the book in China in the past three thousand years. In doing this I must at times treat of matters familiar to some, and to that extent lay myself open to the charge, as the Chinese proverb says, of trying to "sell a copy of the Classic of Filial Piety to Confucius." It will be necessary, however, to recount some things that are fairly well known in order to present others that are less familiar. The earliest evidence we have of books in China is that to be found on the incised divination bones which were discovered in Honan province in 1899. These inscriptions, incised on bones of animals and on tortoise shells, date back to the 13th and 14th centuries B. C., to the dynasty called Shang. They consist of short sentences addressed to the spirits, and therefore cannot themselves be regarded as books, but the pictographic form of certain characters confirms the view that books existed at that time. This fact had, of course, already been known from numerous references to lost books in the Classics, as well as from rather long excerpts preserved in the Classics. The word ts'e J or a, one of the words in common use today to designate a volume, appears both on the oracle bones and on early bronzes. The pictograph represents several narrow slips of wood laid side by side and held together by two cords, one near the top, another near the bottom. This is the interpretation of the character given in the dictionary, Shuo-wen, in 100 A. D. when books of that type were still to be seen; and is confirmed by wooden slips, two thousand years old, which have recently been found. The 3rd century lexicon, Shih ming, likens the arrangement of the slips to the teeth


Objective To evaluate the metabolic level of normal prostate peripheral zone quantitatively with 3DMRS. Methods 20 cases without clinical indication of prostate disease were examined using 3DMRS and the prostate peripheral zone metabolic ratio of(Choline+Creating)/citrate(CC/C) was determined. Results The mean ratios of CC/C in the peripheral zone of different individuals were not significantly different(P0.05) and the mean value was 0.38±0.2(IC =99%).There no significant differences were observed among different age groups(P0.05). Conclusion The metabolic level of normal prostate can be evaluated with 3DMRS quantitatively.


Butanethiol is known as a typical odorant with hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, methyl sulfide, but on the physical and chemical properties and biological hazard assessment, including inhalation toxicity data are very scarce. Butanethiol as a colorless transparent liquid, and has physic-chemical characteristics with flash point as and strong fire risk, boiling point , vapor pressure 80.71 mmHg (), freezing point . From whole body exposure with SD rats, the is above 2,500 ppm (9.22mg/L), and then it is classified as the acute toxic chemical (inhalation) category 4 according to the governmental notification No. 2012-14.


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Hafiz is one of the finest lyric poets of Iran. He learnt a lot from scholars and writers. This research deals with the alternatives of the word 'Love' in Divan of Hafiz. First, these words are determined and their counts are computed. Then, we classify them into sixteen categories. Finally, the counts of the words and the categories are compared using chi-square test and cluster analysis. The clustering results showed that the word 'Way' and the category 'Human' have the most applications as the alternatives of the word 'Love' in Divan of Hafiz.


Recent research has begun to focus on the factors that cause people to respond to phishing attacks as well as affect user behavior on social networks. This study examines the correlation between the Big Five personality traits and email phishing response. Another aspect examined is how these factors relate to users' tendency to share information and protect their privacy on Facebook (which is one of the most popular social networking sites). This research shows that when using a prize phishing email, neuroticism is the factor most correlated to responding to this email, in addition to a gender-based difference in the response. This study also found that people who score high on the openness factor tend to both post more information on Facebook as well as have less strict privacy settings, which may cause them to be susceptible to privacy attacks. In addition, this work detected no correlation between the participants estimate of being vulnerable to phishing attacks and actually being phished, which suggests susceptibility to phishing is not due to lack of awareness of the phishing risks and that real-time response to phishing is hard to predict in advance by online users. The goal of this study is to better understand the traits that contribute to online vulnerability, for the purpose of developing customized user interfaces and secure awareness education, designed to increase users' privacy and security in the future.


Cliniciaiis were familiar with clubfoot in i ts various forms a t least as early as the time of Hippocrates. Their continued interest in this deformity, whicli comprises 7570 of all congenital abnormalities of the foot and occurs once in every 1000 births (Sliands, '51), has been focused 011 its pathogenesis and effective methods of treatment. The importance of an hereditary influence (Soi.shy, 51), appears to be the least controvertible of many factors which possibly contribute to the etiology of clubfoot. Anibrose Pare 's concept, that the fetus is predisposed to the defect if the mother sits with the legs crossed during pregnancy, is no longer acceptable. However, it is still maintained by sonie modern authorities that an abnormality of intrauteriize pressuve is the primary cause of congenital clubfoot (Browne, '34). Other theories that have received serious consideration arp an emhryologic arrest and failure of normal rotation of the foot (Bohm, '29) ; congenital dislocation of the astragalus (Brockman, ' 3 7 ) ; and more recently, abnormal sites of insertion of tendons (Stewart, '51). Although the gross structure of the clubfoot is descrihed briefly in most textbooks of orthopedics, there are few reports of thorougli anatomical dissection of this abnormality in adults and, to our knowledge, none which includes a critical esanlination of the cancellous structure of the bones. 111 the present


(57) Abstract: and maleic acid, a second acid having a first 1pKa not exceeding 5, or a mixture thereof, comprising an acid stable thickener, for removing limescale on hard surfaces, It describes a composition which is an aqueous cleaning composition. The composition, when processing hard surfaces, shows the safety of the improved limescale removal performance and improved surface. The composition, large-scale facilities, for example, when used to remove limescale in automatic dish washers and washing machines, are particularly suitable.


are generated. By selecting appropriate scale factors, the quantizing circuit can be rescaled to the values dictated by the problem. To implement the forty-step quantizer, the circuit of Figure 2 is established. The UNE in the quantize mode of operation is used to generate the transfer characteristic of Figure 3. (For details on the operation and setup procedure of the UNE, refer to the UNE manual.) Since the output of the UNE in this mode is not symmetrical about the origin, a 5-volt bias is applied to amplifier B (Figure 2) to cause the UNE output to be symmetrical. Similarly, a negative bias of 2.5 volts is applied to amplifier A to cause the forty-step quantizer to be symmetrical about the origin. For ease of explanation, a parameter X, where X=e;n 2.5, will be considered as the input rather than the actual input, e,,. Referring to Figures 2 and


Thermally assisted magnetic writing is an important technology utilizing temperature dependent magnetic properties to enable orientation of a magnetic data storage medium. Using an atomistic spin model, we study non-equilibrium field cooled magnetization processes on sub-nanosecond timescales required for device applications. We encapsulate the essential physics of the process in a thermoremanent magnetization curve and show that for fast timescales, heating to the Curie temperature is necessary where the magnetic relaxation time is shortest. Furthermore, we demonstrate the requirement for large magnetic fields to achieve a high thermoremanent magnetization necessary for fast recording or data rates.


Objective To research the influence of radix salviae miltiorrhizae cardiotonic pills on related enzymology of myocardial ischemic rats. Methods Forty rats were randomly divided into four groups(10 for each group), according to the design of the experiment treated rats by intragastric administration for six weeks to model myocardial ischemic rats by ligation of left coronary arteries. Then to measure the contents of LDH, CK and MDA and the activity of the Na+-K+-ATPase and SOD. Results Compared with control group,radix salviae miltiorrhizae cardiotonic pills can obviously reduce the content of LDH, CK, MDA and improve the activity of Na+-K+-ATPase and SOD. Conclusion It is reliable that radix salviae miltiorrhizae cardiotonic pills can effect on myocardial ischemic rats by ligation of left coronary arteries.


Offers a historical analysis of the rise and fall of higher education in the past 30 years, through an account of the senior author's experiences as a Jew teaching religious studies during the Cold War. Addresses the ways in which public policy dictated university and college educational policies, a


We describe the case of a mentally retarded young man with marked biventricular hypertrophy, skeletal myopa thy, and bilateral pes cavus, in whom desmin accumulation was documented in cardiac and skeletal muscle biopsies. Hemodynamic assessment showed a restrictive profile. A brother of the proband was similarly affected and died at the age of 24 of cardiac failure. Sudden death occurred in other six members of this family. Pedigree analysis suggested an X‐linked inheritance. This observation and previous reports suggest that desmin accumulation is probably less rare than was thought in patients with unexplained hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathies.Desmin accumulation should be systematically searched for in these types of cardiomyopathies, although its specificity needs to be investigated in further studies.


Lakeland, Fla. — Molecular staging of melanoma can identify patients with missed micrometastatic disease, offering them the chance to receive more aggressive treatment, thus offering them the best chance of survival.


Abstract:The article presents a history of the group training program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, which has evolved continuously since the 1970s. All residents are required to lead groups. Didactic, training, and experiential components are described. In addition to learning skills, residents have a chance to process and share feelings about their arduous training.


Governments and policymakers have access to more evidence than ever before – but this evidence does not always feed into policy. Peter Riddell surveys the policymaking landscape in the UK and suggests ways that research can better impact policy.


Measurements of line profiles of the hydrogen H? transition from a well diagnosed gas-liner pinch are reported. The discharge is diagnosed using Thomson scattering and simultaneous spectroscopic measurements are performed giving the plasma parameters 0.5?1018?cm-3?ne?2.5?1018?cm-3 and 6?eV?kBTe?10.5?eV. The Stark width and shift are determined and compared to a selected set of experimental and theoretical data. The difference between the present results and former data, which were measured with the same device, is critically discussed.


After taking place the friction of stator and rotor,due to distinctness of friction degree,the direct effects in high-voltage motor are also dissimilar.But after dealing with the direct malfunction,there are still many problems to be solved.If these problems existed,the motor will not be running normally.In the check and analysis of abnormal motor,the unexposed problems can be solved together.Of course,to protect normal running of motor,the method of mending can be simple and easy.


The continuous growth in population, industry and the automobile sector, combined with the lack of incentives for sustainable consumption, increase the consumption of lubricating oils exponentially. In this sense, the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), with Law No. 12,305/2010, instituted the mandatory proper management of lubricating oils and waste resulting from the exchange activity. Resolution No. 362/2005 of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA), in turn, states that oils should be recycled by the re-refining process. In addition, the law determines shared responsibility among all the links involved in the logistics chain for this product. This research sought to analyze the collection of automotive lubricant oil in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil and its compliance with legislation. For this, the city's waste generating points were identified, as well as the monitoring of all stages of the reverse cycle of lubricating oil. The results obtained show that the reverse logistics of used or contaminated lubricating oil (OLUC – oleo lubrificante usado ou contaminado ) generated in the city does not occur effectively, requiring greater supervision of the establishments that perform the oil change, environmental education for professionals involved in the reverse logistics cycle of waste oil and incentives to open a company that collects and re-refines used oil in the Northeast, which would make the reverse logistics cycle of this product much less expensive. The main practical contribution of this study refers to the observance of the lack of awareness about the dangers of incorrect disposal of OLUC, the difficulty of companies in carrying out the proper packaging disposal in Teresina, the need for specialized companies to carry out the collection of OLUC in the city, and the inspection by environmental agencies that could make them aware. The main limitations of the work were the great difficulty in establishing a list of waste-generating points in the city of Teresina, since the agencies consulted have outdated lists with inaccurate information on the points that collect OLUC; and the conducting of the interviews via telephone call with the collector companies, since re-refining is carried out in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. Its originality is ratified by other works, because it is, until its publication, the first and only study developed on reverse logistics of post-consumption lubricant oil in Teresina.


We developed a novel experimental platform that utilizes a laser-produced shockwave to study the evolution of hydrodynamic instabilities in a steady, supersonic (compressible) flow, from precision-machined and well-characterized seed perturbations. Hydrodynamic instabilities, such as the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI), are mechanisms that allow a system of fluids to transition to a more stable state through the transport of mass, momentum, and energy. The KHI occurs when a strong shear layer develops between two fluids moving parallel to one another, with a sharp velocity gradient across the interface. When shear forces overcome restraining forces, any disturbance along this interface rapidly grows, and then curls into a vortical structure. This process is ubiquitous in nature and engineering, and can be commonly found in terrestrial systems such as cloud formations and ocean waves, astrophysical systems such as supernovae and magnetospheric boundaries, and laboratory systems such as fusion experiments. In past decades, limitations in our understanding of these processes have led to discrepancies between predictions and observations, particularly in high-energy-density (HED) systems. This experimental platform was used to produce the first direct measurements of the KHI evolving from single-mode and dual-mode seed perturbations in a compressible flow. The data obtained from single-mode initial conditions provided the first direct measurements of the growth rate and structure of the instability in a compressible flow, while data obtained from the dual-mode initial conditions provided the first direct measurements of the instability's vortex merger rate. After fine-tuning the convective mach number and polytropic index of the equation of state (EOS) to match the observed shock timing and interface deflection, a hydrodynamic code was used


Statistics relating to asthma were collected at Ryde Hospital from 1983 and 1988. Particular attention was paid to the amount of time emergency department staff devoted to the assessment and treatment of patients with asthma.

Asthma attendances increased by 52% over the five years with the proportion of patients admitted increasing from 24% to 32%. The peak times of presentation were the evenings; April, May and June were the busiest months. The time taken in the emergency department for assessment and treatment increased over the five years from 2.3 to 4,2 hours per day, an 83% increase.

While the factors behind this rising incidence are debatable and require attention in their own right, it is clear that the work load from asthma is increasing for emergency departments. Important issues raised include emergency department staffing and outpatient asthma education.


Presentation of Case* A 10-week-old boy was admitted to the hospital after resuscitation by his parents. The child was born of a vaginal delivery at 40 weeks of gestation of a gravida 2, para 2, mother aged 35 years. The birth weight was 4.2 kg. There were no complications, and the child was discharged home on the third hospital day. Icterus was apparent to the mother for one week. The child was bottle fed until the age of eight weeks, when the feeding was changed to skimmed milk. At six weeks he was given an injection of diphtheria-pertussis-typhoid vaccine and . . .


A self-contained data-logger device called an SDAS (Site Data Acquisition Subsystem) was built for the National Solar Data Network (NSDN) which could collect analog data from 96 channels, store the data for up to three days, and then transmit the stored data on request to a central facility by voice-grade telephone lines. This system has worked fairly well for the eight years that it has been in service. However, the design and components are getting old and newer dataloggers may be more reliable and accurate and less expensive. This report discusses the results of an extensive search for an SDAS replacement. The survey covered 62 models from 36 manufacturers. These numbers are not indicative of all the dataloggers or manufacturers available, but only those which appeared to have some qualifications for the NSDN datalogger replacement. This report views the datalogger as a system which is made up of sensors, a data acquisition and storage unit, a telecommunications subsystem, and a data processing subsystem. Therefore, there is a section on sensors used in the NSDN, telecommunications technology, and data processing requirements. These four components or subsystems are all necessary in order to have an integrated, successful remote data monitoring network.


One of many method for noise reduction in measured data is the wavelet‐based Wavelet Shrinkage propagated by D. L. Donoho, I. M. Johnstone et al. since about 1990. A crucial step within this approach is the setting of the treshold which decides whether a wavelet coefficient is considered as noise or as data. We propose an one‐paramerter family of thresholds. The parameter is the probability of making a false decision. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


In today's world the need for replacement of conventional building material in construction industry is highly emphasized. As far as considering first half year of 2016 – 2017, only about 57.93 percent of total fly ash produced in India was utilized. The remaining was disposed by means of landfills which pollute environment. In order to increase the amount of fly ash utilized in construction, various new concepts were discussed throughout the world. Out of which the promising fields are high volume fly ash concrete and geopolymer. Here in this report the works carried out by various researchers throughout the world in the above mentioned fields are discussed. Their work resulted in using of high volume of fly ash in concrete with low shrinkage, low heat evolution during hydration, increased workability, and low density of concrete. The works in geopolymer concrete obtained the results as increased use of fly ash, high strength and acid resistant, similar behavior to RC elements. Furthermore the methodology proposed in the phase I of the project was carried out and results were discussed in this report.


One kind of pulsation damper (702), which is configured to reduce pressure variation in the piping system. The pulsation damper (702) comprises a first pipe section (704) and a second pipe section (706). Said first tube segment (704) is at least partially disposed in the second pipe section (706) within, so that the product flow can flow through the first pipe section (704) and then flows through the first pipe section (704 ) and the space formed between (706) of said second pipe section. Since the second pipe section (706) of increasing cross-sectional area, the change can be effectively damped pressure.


Living Culture: Documentary Series, is a Project about a documentary series for T.V, which approaches to the intangible cultural heritage from Bogota city. narrated by the people who lives it and transmit it. and in the end. by performing their practices, they is how they can safeguard this heritage. In this series are found imply the categories of habitus. practice and discourse. given that. from a communicative analysis perspective. the intangible cultural heritage is nothing but social practices which reside in the imaginary and the constantly performing of their habbitants and allows to the habitus to be reinforced and be constantly originated in the traditions of familys and communities. in the different laws. social institutions and in the traditional practices. This work made the structure. the research and the treatment of the series, it also have produced the pilot chapter which had as topic one of the intangible cultural heritage manifestation. such as the artesanal production. The episode show all the traditions, believes. techniques and practices associated with the traditional production of farming products and proved how the ancestral knowledge are discourses in resistance against phenomena such as globalization.


This paper investigates the economic principles underlying the relationship between the real sector (non-financial) and the banking sector structures. Most literature has so far focused on the structure of conglomerates (Keiretsu/Chaebol) in East Asia in explaining the fast economic growth and/or recent crisis in the region. Traditionally, the strong vertical relationship between core companies and their subsidiaries in the real sector was believed to be a driving force for the economic success in the region. However, the degree of vertical relationship varies depending upon macroeconomic fluctuations and subsequently affects their relationship banks. The paper analyses the information sharing in a bilateral oligopoly framework. When banks prefer strong collaterals and/or credible third party repayment guarantees, a weaker vertical relationship in the real sector should lead to a consolidation in the banking sector via mergers or exits. Empirical evidence from the panel data constructed for the top 10 Chaebols and their subsidiaries between 1994-2002 supports the argument


Cerebral infarction is one of the causes of stroke in the brain and is included in ischemic stroke. To detect infarction in the brain, classification in machine learning can be used. They are k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) and Naive Bayes (NB). kNN is a simple and well-known machine learning method with high accuracy values. however, kNN can produce sub-optimal results if very little training data is used. Because it will produce accuracy from a biased model and has less than optimal performance. Meanwhile, Naive Bayes Classifier has a better level of accuracy compared to other classifier models. And only requires a small training test to get high accuracy. Therefore, this study will compare 2 different classifications to get the highest accuracy in the brain infarction dataset obtained from the Department of Radiology, dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM). The accuracy of this method reaches 91% for kNN and 97% for Naive Bayes.