Study of Horace as a critic of literature normally and justifiably focuses on the Ars Poetica and on the two 'literary' epistles of Book 2, to Augustus and Florus; sometimes the three poems in which Horace discusses the satiric genre are also brought into the picture ( Satires 1.4, 1.10, 2.1). But the poet's comments on other writers and on literature in general are not confined to these works; nor is the subject-matter of those poems restricted to literature. In this chapter I try to present a broader view, and consider a number of recurring preoccupations which can be traced in Horace's writings from first to last. We need be in no doubt that Horace was familiar with the terminology and conceptual framework of ancient literary criticism. He described himself as learning the perils of anger from studying the Iliad at Rome (that is, in his schooldays: Epistles 2.2.41-2); elsewhere he shows full awareness of the moralising readings of both Homer's poems ( Epistles 1.2). His splendid characterisation of Pindar runs through several of the categories into which that poet's work was divided in the Alexandrian edition. He aspires to join the ranks of the lyric bards (alluding to the 'canon' of Greek lyrici established by Hellenistic editors); he draws on Aristotle's Rhetoric for his characterisation of the different age-types, and also uses ideas derived (perhaps at some remove) from the Poetics ; he alludes to Aristarchus as the model of the judicious critic.


Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare pathology, which poses number of questions about its physiopathology. We report two cases of appendiceal mucocele and mucinous ovarian tumour with pseudomyxoma peritonei. We discusse the morphological aspect of this affection. A mucinous metaplasia of mesothelial cells caused by local diffusion of the mucus is proposed in order to give an explauration to this microscopically benign affection but very aggressive due to its numerous recurrences.


The aim of this work is to present the content analysis on the intelligibility of the environmental information that is reported in the annual accounts of the main Port Authorities in Spain. The annual accounts are related to documents that contain primarily financial information, and thus meet the needs of users (especially external users) in the decision-making process; in this sense, the work analyzes the environmental aspects presented in them. The data analyzed lead us to conclude that the Port Authorities of Castellon, Gijon and Valencia are the ones that provide the most information about their activities and environmental actions in their annual reports; however, with regard to the clarity of the information reported, the Port Authority of Cartagena is the clearest in conveying the message, while the information presented by the Port Authorities of Castellon and Huelva is less explicit. It is thus recommendable for the Port Authorities to improve their communication strategies in their annual reports, in order to demonstrate their environmental actions in the immediate socioeconomic environment, referring to other sources of information, such as sustainability reports.


Thermal harvesting devices based on transformation optics, which can manipulate the heat flux concentration significantly through rational arrangements of the conductivities, have attracted considerable interest owing to several great potential applications of the technique for high-efficiency thermal conversion and collection. However, quantitative studies on the geometrical effects, particularly wedge angles, on the harvesting behaviors are rare. In this paper, we adopt wedge structure-based thermal harvesting schemes, and focus on the effects of the geometrical parameters including the radii ratios and wedge angles on the harvesting performance. The temperature deformations at the boundaries of the compressional region and temperature gradients for the different schemes with varying design parameters are investigated. Moreover, a concept for temperature stabilization was derived to evaluate the fluctuation in the energy distributions. In addition, the effects of interface thermal resistances have been ...


New Zealand companies wanting a slice of the major projects cake have no alternative but to measure up to international quality assurance and quality control standards.


The synthesis method, structural and optical properties of sol-gel derived Zn1−xCrxO(0≤x≤0.06) nanoparticles has been reported. Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction pattern shows that all the samples are in single phase having wurtzite structure. It also confirms that Cr-ions are well incorporated into host lattice without changing the wurtzite structure of ZnO host lattice. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy observations showed the nanocrystalline nature of the samples. UV-Vis measurements show that the band gap is blue shifted in lower Cr-concentration and red shifted in higher Cr-concentration. This may be attributed due to the Burstein-Moss effect that prevails throughout this range of doping and sp-d exchange interaction which plays a significant role for higher Cr-concentration.


Construction of Guilin socialist new countryside should develop processing industry of farm product as prop industry from angles of policy,theory and practice.At present,development of processing industry of farm product in Guilin has shown initial scale.Further development needs reorganization of policy support,science and technology,producing base,leading enterprises.


New strategies for the management of have been focused on the develop- ment of humanized antibodies directed against Th2 cytokines for the last few years. Dupi-lumab is the only antibody approved for the treatment of AD so far and blocks the IL-4R a receptor subunit, inhibiting IL-4/IL-13 signaling pathways. Two specific anti-IL-13 antibodies Additionally, immunofluorescence revealed a cytoplasmic target within HaCaT keratinocytes but no co-localizationwith the cell membrane oranycomponent thereof, including Dsg3. In order to investigate the functional role of this novel antibody and its potential to induce keratinocyte dissociation, HaCaT keratinocytes were grown to confluence and sub- jected to treatmentwithincreasing concentrations of Ak23,anestablishedmouseanti-human Dsg3 antibody, and/or AtS13. We show that while AtS13 induces a strong dose-dependent dissociation of keratinocytes in vitro, the rate of fragmentation is lower than that of Ak23 alone. AtS13 in combination with Ak23, however, induces an approximately 3-fold higher fragmentation rate than Ak23 alone, indicating a synergistic effect of these autoAbs in vivo. While the exact epitope target of the AtS13 antibody is yet to be defined, our data suggests a functional activity of this novel patient-derived antibody in the skin with potential disease relevance. Skin and photosensitivity are common manifestations of systemic lupus ery- thematosus (SLE), yet mechanisms underlying heightened cell death and epidermal inflammation following UV light remain unclear. We performed genome-wide DNA methylation analysis on keratinocyte (KC) DNA from non-lesional, non-sun exposed skin of SLE patients and healthy controls and identified Hippo signaling as the top canonical pathway. Hippo mutations increase cell proliferation in oncogenesis models, including in UV-induced neo-plasms. However, this pathway has not been studied in inflammatory skin disease. YAP is a critical component in the regulation of the Hippo pathway. Through a kinase cascade that includes LATS1/2, TAZ and WWC1, the Hippo pathway targets YAP for phorphorylation, preventing nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation of TEAD. This pathway may play a role in heightened epidermal cell death in SLE. We found significant hypomethylation of LATS1/2 and WWC1 in SLE KC compared to control ( Db ¼ 0.17 and Db ¼ -0.15, respectively), both phosphorylate YAPand thus cause cytosolic sequestration and inhibtion of TEAD signaling. To determine functional relevance of our methylation data, we compared paried RNA-seq samples stimulated with IFN g and IFN a . We found a negative correlation between IFN induced genes and methylation signatures, suggesting methylation changes result in functional expression differences in vivo. To further evaluate in situ, we analyzed expression data and localization of these proteins using immunofluorescent microscopy of the Desmoglein Compensation Hypothesis on the epidermal of desmoglein and autoantibody subcorneal in the of only anti-Dsg1 suprabasilar and with anti-Dsg3 in mucosal PV, and -Dsg3 inconsistencies in the ceptions multiple small-scale of these inconsistencies and disease (cPV) without concomitant mucosal lesions, in violation of the tenets of the DHC. To date, cPV patients reported in the literature have been classified as such based on their lesion status at time of presentation. We report here three cases of clinically and histologically confirmed cPV without any history of mucosal lesions (cPVwohm). Of these patients, two do not carry the most common PV associated HLA alleles, DRB1*04:02 or DQB1*05:03. The same two patients also tested negative for the primary PVassociated autoantibodies, anti-Dsg 3 and anti-Dsg 1, while in active disease status. We confirm the first documented individual cases of cPVwohm in North America, supporting the existence of PV patients that develop cutaneous disease without a history of mucosal lesions, further challenging the fidelity of the DCH. Two of the 3 patients reported did not type for the common PV-associated HLA genes or display anti-Dsg autoantibodies while in active disease, suggesting some cPV patients may develop Pemphigus via genetic and immune mechanisms that differ from typical mucosal or mucocutaneous PV. lesions are the most common, but any mucous membrane can be involved. The potential long-term consequences are devasting, including blindness, airway compromise, loss of dentition and strictures. Despite its morbidity, therapiesspecific for MMP have not been developed. Our goal was to determine if MMP can be resolved into distinct disease endotypes based on the autoantibody target. Seventy-one patients who met clinical, histological and immunologic criteria for MMP were enrolled prospectively. Demographics, clinical information, and course of the disease were all recorded. Sera were obtained and the relevant antigen was determined using a combination of indirect immunofluorescence, ELISAs and immunoblotting. BP180 was the most commonprimaryautoantibodytarget, identifiedin 51 patients(73.5%)followed by a 6 b 4 in 5 (7.4%), COLVII in 4 (5.9%), and LAM332 in 3 (4.4%). Autoantibodies targeting LAM332 or COLVII predicted more severe disease that was associated with an increased number of sites affected, involvement of high-risk sites (larynx, eye), need for rituximab for disease control, andadecreaseinlong-termremission.Apropensityforspecificsitesof involvementbasedon target autoantigen(LAM332/larynx, COLVII/ocular)wasalsoobserved, but wasnotexclusive. Our findings suggest that MMP can be sorted into endotypes based on the autoantibody target. These endotypes can improve disease outcomes by facilitating selection of the most efficacious treatment and will aid in the development of type-specific targeted therapies. Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disease that is treated with high dose immunosuppression due to lack of specific targets. Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal bacterium implicated inflammatory and autoimmune disorders because of its secretion of toxins with superantigen effects. We prospectively evaluated S. aureus colonization and its production of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) in 28 new onset BP patients. Inclusion criteria were active blistering and linear basement membrane IgG/C3 or a serum ELISA > 14 for BP180 IgG. Bacterial swabs were obtained from the lesion interior, nares and unaffected skin of BP patients and nares and anatomically matched skin of 28 age- and sex-matched controls. Staphylococcal growth was assessed on blood agar, and TSST-1 production by cultured S. aureus isolates and in blister fluid was evaluated by immunoblot. S. aureus colonizationofBPlesionswas3-6-foldhigherthanthenaresorunaffectedskinfromthesamepatients(p (cid:2) 0.300) and 6-fold higher than control nares or skin (p (cid:2) 0.0015). Evaluation of superantigen gene profiles using PCR indicated that 96% of BP patients are colonized with a clonal strain of TSST-1+ S. aureus . Colonization and circulating levels of TSST-1 neutralizing antibodies,measuredbyELISA,didnotcorrelate.Interestingly, S.aureus colonizationwasnot observed in patients who had received prior antibiotics. In colonized patients with severe disease, addition of anti-staphylococcal antibiotics resulted in clinical improvement and eliminated lesional colonization. This study shows that BP lesions harbor a clonal strain of TSST-1 producing S. aureus that is not evident in the general elderly population. Thus, immunosuppressive therapies should be balanced with the knowledge that S. aureus is likely present in BP lesions and the knowledge that antibiotics may play an important therapeutic role through bacterial clearance.


SubMaroon is a two person human powered submarine that was designed, constructed, and raced by ocean engineering students at Texas A&M University. This paper describes the design, construction, and performance of SubMaroon. The submarine is an oblong, streamline vessel of circular cross-sections normal to the longitudinal axis with an overall length of 4.0 m (13.1 ft) and a maximum diameter of 0.76 m (2.5 ft). The hull and control surfaces are constructed of fiberglass, and the nose cone made of a poly-carbonate material. SubMaroon is a free-flooded vessel and life support for the divers is provided using standard SCUBA equipment. The propulsion system consists of 12 speed bicycle components and an open bevel gearbox that provides torque to a single shaft connected to a fixed pitch, three bladed propeller. Navigation is obtained with six control surfaces consisting of two forward dive planes, two aft rudders, and two fixed sternplanes. SubMaroon was designed and built to be raced in the 1996 World Submarine Invitational that took place in April of 1996 at which time SubMaroon completed 12 runs with a top speed of 2.30 m/s (4.464 knots). Video tape of the timed runs were used to analyze the performance of the submarine and compare the results to the design expectations. Most repairs and adjustments, such as gear alignment and propeller changes, were designed to be accomplished underwater so removal of the submarine from the race basin for minor changes was minimized. This proved to be very successful and SubMaroon was able to stay in the race queue during repairs which allowed for more runs down the course.


With the advent of 5G, wireless communication has greatly changed people's lifestyles. However, limited by the coverage of terrestrial cellular networks, the demand for communication services of mobile phones in remote areas is difficult to be met. In order to meet the large coverage and quality of service (QoS) requirements of mobile phones, we consider a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-based mobile phones and internet of things (IoT) fusion satellite network. In this network, low earth orbit (LEO) satellite can significantly enlarge the coverage while NOMA and IoT further improve the utilization efficiency of resources. Aiming at maximizing the QoS satisfaction rate of mobile phones and the sum rate of internet of things devices, we formulate a joint optimization problem considering NOMA user grouping, inter-group power allocation and intra-group power allocation. To tackle the problem, we design a QoS priority joint optimization algorithm based on proximal policy optimization (Q-PPO). The experimental results show that the proposed Q-PPO algorithm always has considerable performance in QoS satisfaction rate and sum rate of internet of things devices.


The article deals with algorithm that optimizes load routing in tandem AGV systems. The algorithm takes care about temporary conditions of production system and predetermined task schedules. Also it reserves times and defines vehicles for transport tasks performing.


Increasing evidence has shown that acute exercise and training may influence circulating endogenous opiate (EO) levels. The wide range of possible EO effects encouraged research into their role in exercise performance; psychological and behavioral effects, including mood, appetite changes, exercise " addic tion


In this paper we present a service oriented architecture for distributed acquisition and fusion of sensor data. The architecture is designed to fit the special requirements of service and inspection robots. The requirements are motivated by an autonomous inspection system for sewer channels. The paper gives an overview of the underlying concepts of design including time-synchronization, data buffering and notification schemas. Two examples are given to illustrate the application in the context of sewer inspection.


The problems that influence and hinder the scientific development of universities involve those of internal universities,the social ones outside universities and those which apparently are related to universities but practically are social-rooted.To speed up the universities' development,we should not only find out and solve internal problems from of universities but find out and solve external social problems from the conception,running system and operation in an attempt to provide a good external environment for the scientific development of universities.


Objective To observe the adverse effect of low-temperature working environment to the health status of workers.Methods 83 workers exposed to cold stress in freezers(female 45,male 38,as exposed group)and 66 workers(female 35,male 31,as control group) were studied.The micro-climate in these freezers was measured with the temperature-hygrostat and anemograph.Results The workers worked in freezers for 3 hour per day under(-8 ~-20) ℃ enviroment.The incidences of headache,dizziness,wrist pain,knee pain and low back pain among exposed workers were significantly higher than those of the control group(P 0.01).The average level of antistreptolysin hemolysin(anti-O) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) of female exposed workers were significantly higher than those of female control workers(P 0.01 or P 0.05).The average level of anti-O and ESR of male exposed workers were significantly higher than those of male control workers(P 0.01).It was found that these changes of levels of anti-O and ESR was not related to exposure time.(P 0.05).Conclusion It seemed that working in the low temperature environment could affect health status of workers,so protective measures against these hazards should be taken.


It has been known that some termites are responsible for tunnel excavation for foraging, while others are not involved in the excavation. The biological reason for this is that the resting termites are a backup for the termites that have used up their energy in the tunneling activity. In this study, we build an agent‐based model (ABM) wherein agents (simulated termites) follow simple rules that govern their behavior. In this model, the agents are endowed with a directional vector that has been shown to exist in real termites, but they do not communicate through pheromonal or physical marking of excavation sites. They move toward the tunnel tips, tunnel when their progress in that direction is blocked, and transport the excavated soil. Using the model, we investigated the work efficiency of termites in constructing tunnels and transporting food; the efficiency was defined as the inverse value of tunnel connectivity plus tunnel expansion speed. Biologically, the connectivity is related to the energy to be used for termites to transport food through tunnels, and the tunnel expansion speed is related to the energy required for constructing tunnels. Simulation results showed that the efficiency was maximized at an intermediate number of termites. This means that termites were better to be inactive to maintain the high efficiency when too many workers are present in the colony. We briefly discuss the strength and weakness of the ABM and the values of this study in relation to termite foraging strategy.


In this paper, two testing protocols were developed in order to accelerate the lifetime testing of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The first protocol was to operate the fuel cell at extremely high temperatures, such as 300 °C, and the second was to operate the fuel cell at unusually high current densities, such as 2.0 A/cm2 . A PEM fuel cell assembled with a PBI membrane-based MEA was designed and constructed to validate the first testing protocol. After several hours of high temperature operation, the degraded MEA and catalyst layers were analyzed using SEM, XRD, and TEM. A fuel cell assembled with a Nafion 211 membrane-based MEA was employed to validate the second protocol. The results obtained at high temperature and at high load demonstrated that operating a PEM fuel cell under certain extremely high-stress conditions could be used as methods for accelerated lifetime testing.


The falciform ligament and the ligamentum teres have long been thought of as insignificant embryological remnants; however, their involvement in disease and significance in radiological imaging and therapeutic procedures should not be underestimated. Anatomically, the falciform ligament consists of a double layer of peritoneum arising from the anterior abdominal wall and extending in the midline above the umbilicus to the tendinous part of the inferior diaphragmtic surface. It contains the ligamentum teres, paraumbilical veins and a variable degree of fat. The blood supply to the falciform arises from the left phrenic artery and a branch of the middle segment artery of the liver. The veins, which are divided into two groups (Burrow's and Sappey's), do not accompany the arteries but rather cross them, converging to drain into the left inferior phrenic vein. These paraumbilical veins, together with the umbilical vein, form an accessory portal system that is in communication with the systemic venous system. The ligamentum teres (or round ligament) is the 'obliterated' left umbilical vein of the neonate. It runs in the free edge of the falciform ligament (FL). In the neonate, this vein passes into direct continuity with the left branch of the portal vein (Fig. 1). Radiologically, the falciform ligament is not usually visible on plain abdominal film; however, in a patient with pneumoperitoneum, it may be apparent. If present, it appears as a straight linear density parallel to, or concave towards, the spine. This 'falciform ligament sign' is occasionally seen during laparoscopic surgery when using the image intensifier for operative cholangiography. When seen, it produces a linear shadow lying parallel to the common bile duct, which may make interpretation more difficult. Ultrasonographically, the falciform ligament is visible as a rounded echo dense structure between the medial and lateral segments of the left lobe of the liver. In some patients with portal hypertension, a dilated vein may be visible as a central sonolucent region within the ligament – the so-called 'bull's eye' sign representing a dilated paraumbilical vein. Doppler ultrasound can be used to characterize the direction of flow in the paraumbilical veins of patients with portal hypertension (see Fig. 2). Collateral venous pathways are often present in those with portal hypertension. One of the more commonly described is the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome, in which flow is via the vestige of the umbilical vein to paraumbilical veins towards the umbilicus. At the umbilicus, these veins anastomose with systemic abdominal veins (porto-systemic anastomosis.) The use of computed tomography (CT) has at times revealed a relationship between the falciform ligament and adjacent areas of low attenuation in segment 4 of the liver. These areas, known in radiological parlance as 'pseudolesions', have previously been incorrectly interpreted as true tumours. They are in fact benign


Objective: To explore the etiologic diagnostic value of procalcitonin(PCT) and high sensitive c-reactive protein(hs-CRP) in diagnosis of fever patients.Method: 120 fever patients were selected as research subjects.Serum PCT and hs-CRP were detected and pathogenic examination were made to identify the disease.The diagnostic value of PCT and hs-CRP were evaluated.Result: Serum PCT and hs-CRP in bacteria infection patients were much higher than that of non-bacterial infection patients(P0.05);The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of PCT were 89.5%,82.4%,92.8% and 75.7% respectively,of which for hs-CRP were 84.9%,58.8%,83.9% and 60.0% respectively.Conclusion: Serum PCT and hs-CRP in the fever patients caused by bacteria infection greatly increase.The detection of PCT and hs-CRP can be used for etiologic diagnosis of fever patients.The sensitivity and specificity of PCT are better than hs-CRP.


Summary The present study indicates that significant morphological changes in mast cell size, shape, and granule size can occur following conventional fixation, and that these fixed cells are also particularly prone to damage by mechanical manipulations inherent in standard histological techniques. In all cases where mast cell degranulation has been described, these factors deserve serious consideration to differentiate fact from artifact.


Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of the Ozagrel and Xueshuantong combined treatment for acute cerebral infarction.Methods Eighty patients with acute cerebral infarction were randomly divided into two groups,treatment group were treated by ozagrel plus Xueshuantong,control group were treated by Xueshuantong (powder for injection).The course of treatment was 15 days.The efficacy of the difference observed between the two groups.Results The difference of efficacy between the two groups was significant (P 0.01).Conclusion Ozagrel and Xueshuantong (powder for injection) for acute cerebral infarction using thrombotic is more effective than the single-Xueshuantong (powder for injection) significantly.


According to the characteristics of high altitude and strong ultraviolet radiation in Tibet, this paper do ultraviolet irradiation experiment research to different strength grades of concrete blocks in a closed laboratory, it is found that ultraviolet rays has promoting effect to early strength growth of test block, but the growth became slow along with the time.


It is a prospective study is done with materials of 100 cases of Tonsillectomy patient giving Proper attention to age, sex, Indication of operation, Clinical Presentation, Duration of Operation, Post operative complications. Altogether 100 Patients of whom 54 were male and 46 female, collected for a period of 6 months from 16th July 2001 to 15th January 2002 with  maximum age group 48% were of 20+years and a sex ratio of Male: female 1.17:1 were included in the series the commonest indication is Recurrent tonsillitis was 83%. Among them clinical presentation, Patients presented with recurrent pain in throat (85%), History of Fever in 62% and difficulty in swallowing in 46%. Regarding duration of operation 40% Patients were operation within 30 to 39 minutes, 31% patients were operated within 40 to 49 minutes. In this Series, Complications that encountered after operation were hemorrhages both reactionary and secondary 1% and 2% respectively, operative local trauma in 4% cases and local infection in tonsillar bed in 6% cases. In this Series one patient needed second time general anaesthesia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cmoshmcj.v13i2.21047


A thick 25 μm thickness poled P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor has been fabricated and then thin 1.6 μm thickness P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor has been fabricated also. These thick and thin P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor was mounted in TO-5 housing to detect infrared light of 5.5~14 μm wavelength for human body detecting with each other. The noise output voltage of the thick P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor were 380 mV and NEP(noise equivalent power) is 3.95×10-7 W which is the similar value with the commercial pyroelectric nfrared ray sensor using ceramic materials as a sensing material. The NEP and specific detectivity D* of the thin P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor were 2.13×10-8 W and 9.37×106 cm/W under emission energy of 13 μW/cm2 respectively. These result caused by lower thermal diffusion coefficient of a thin 1.6 μm thickness PVDF/TrFE film than the thick 25 μm thickness poled P(VDF/TrFE) film pyroelectric infrared ray sensor.


By diehard tradition, rice pudding is supposed to be a dull dish, but who can doubt that it is elevated to a much higher level of tastiness by one simple addition — grated nutmeg. The wise cook respects and admires the delicate aromatic sweetness of this always much‐treasured spice, for it has many other uses and is perhaps most widely used in French kitchens. It will enhance the flavour of white cream soups if grated over them in the bowls immediately before serving. It blends well with parsley and chives for poultry or meat stuffings, especially if the finished product is destined to be served cold. The list of foods or dishes that respond to the addition of nutmeg, usually in ground form is long and perhaps endless: all milk puddings and custards, doughnuts, ice cream, egg‐nog, creamed or souffle potatoes, creamed spinach, Brussels sprouts, stewed fruits, biscuits, spice and fruit cakes, cheese sauce and asparagus, which is especially fine when served with melted butter, crumbled hard‐boild eggs, and grated nutmeg.


This paper investigates the benefits of integrating reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on minimizing the average sum age of information (AoI) in uplink non-orthogonal multiple access-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks. In this setup, an optimization problem is formulated to optimize the RIS configuration, the transmit power per IoT device and the clustering policy of IoT devices. The formulated problem is a mixed-integer non-convex one, and in order to solve it we obtain first the RIS configuration by adopting a semi-definite relaxation (SDR) approach. Afterwards, the joint power allocation and user-clustering problem is solved using the concept of bi-level optimization and is decomposed into an outer user clustering problem and an inner power allocation problem. Optimal closed-form expressions are derived for the inner problem and the Hungarian method is employed to solve the outer one. Numerical results demonstrate the performance superiority of our approach.


Gaussian integrals appear frequently in mathematics and physics, especially probability, statistics and quantum mechanics. One of the truly odd things about these integrals is that they cannot be evaluated in closed form over finite limits but are generally exactly integrable over +/- infinity. Yet their evaluation is still often difficult, particularly multi-dimensional integrals and those involving quadratics, vectors and matrices in the exponential. An added complication is that Gaussian integrals can involve ordinary real or complex variables as well as the less familiar Grassmann variables, which are important in the description of fermions. In this elementary primer we present some of the more common Gaussian integrals of both types, along with methods for their evaluation.


Monte Carlo Fundamentals History of Monte Carlo Alex F. Bielajew Basics of Monte Carlo Simulations Matthias Fippel Variance Reduction Techniques Matthias Fippel Application of Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy Applications of Monte Carlo to Radiation Dosimetry Hugo Bouchard and Jan Seuntjens Monte Carlo Modeling of External Photon Beams in Radiotherapy Frank Verhaegen Monte Carlo Modeling of External Electron Beams in Radiotherapy Frank Verhaegen Dynamic Beam Delivery and 4D Monte Carlo Emily Heath and Joao Seco Patient Dose Calculation Joao Seco and Maggy Fragoso Monte Carlo Methods and Applications for Brachytherapy Dosimetry and Treatment Planning Guillaume Landry, Mark R. Rivard, Jeffrey F. Williamson, and Frank Verhaegen Monte Carlo as a QA Tool for Advanced Radiation Therapy JinSheng Li and C.-M. Charlie Ma Electrons: Clinical Considerations and Applications Joanna E. Cygler and George X. Ding Photons: Clinical Considerations and Applications Michael K. Fix Monte Carlo Calculations for Proton and Ion Beam Dosimetry Hugo Palmans Protons: Clinical Considerations and Applications Harald Paganetti Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Radionuclide Therapy Michael Ljungberg Monte Carlo for Kilovoltage and Megavoltage Imaging George X. Ding and Andrew Fielding Monte Carlo Calculations for PET-Based Treatment Verification of Ion Beam Therapy Katia Parodi Monte Carlo Studies of Prompt Gamma Emission and of Proton Radiography/Proton-CT Joao Seco, Jerimy C. Polf, and Katia Parodi Monte Carlo for Treatment Device Design Bruce A. Faddegon GPU-Based Fast Monte Carlo Simulation for Radiotherapy Dose Calculation Xun Jia, Sami Hissoiny, and Steve B. Jiang Monte Carlo for Shielding of Radiotherapy Facilities Peter J. Biggs and Stephen F. Kry Index


When the number of snapshots used to estimate the Sample covariance matrix (SCM) approaches infinity and the array steering vector is accurately known, the Standard Capon beamformer (SCB) can better suppress spatial noises than data-independent beamformers. On the contrary, the performance of the SCB may decrease. To solve this problem, we propose a two-stage shrinkage scheme for the SCM. Specifically, in the first stage, the SCM is enhanced by the General linear combination (GLC) method, which will be referred to as GLC-SCM; and in the second stage, the GLCSCM is further improved with the Exponential matrix (EM) method, which will be referred to as GLC-EM-SCM. Compared with the conventional methods, the proposed method can achieve higher signal-to-interference-noise ratio output and more accurate signal power estimate.


Abstract : Synectics Corporation conducted a study of recording technologies with the potential to meet the requirements for future reconnaissance imaging systems. We also performed an assessment of potential "dual-use" applications of the Sony DVR-2 magnetic tape recorder and the SrFODS, an optical disk advanced development program. The purpose of these two tasks was to prepare a technology road map and a prototype development plan for a recording system that can meet the continuing evolution of imaging sensors. The key finding resulting from this study was that there is a tremendous commercial demand for recording technology that can cost effectively be applied to the military reconnaissance mission. The technology road map and prototype development plan prepared under this study builds upon the "dual-use" application of commercial recording media and uses a system concept embodied in commercial Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) systems. An HSM solution provides a system concept that isolates reconnaissance sensors from the changes in the media technologies, and allows recording systems to be reconfigured to meet particular sensor demands, such as changes in data rates, sensor formats, and number of sensors, distributing the recording components within the platform, and may other positive solutions to the reconnaissance recording problem.


ABSTRACT In clayey sediments of Early Paleozoic of Central Bohemia (Barrandian area), the content of Na2O increases and that of K2O decreases irregularly from Cambrian to Devonian rocks. This development is caused predominantly by the presence of porphyritic effusive volcanic rocks. The content of K2O increases and that of Na2O decreases in relation to their increasing lateral and vertical distance from these effusions. The content of alkalies depends also on the admixture of coarser-grained detritus (the content of Na2O increases with the increasing amount of coarser admixtures) and on the amount of organic matter (the content of K2O increases with the increasing amount of organic matter). The evolution of clayey sediments in B rrandian area depends predominantly on the local factors mentioned above. In Barrandian carbonate sediments, the ratios CaO/MgO and MgO/FeO increase from Cambrian to Devonian rocks. This increase is caused by increasing salinity and by the growing amount of organisms in the carbonate sedimentation.


This paper reports on research into writing by students in a department of Computer Science. As a background to the present research, the paper summarizes the findings of a study of the features of the English of Computer Science, originally motivated by the problems of speakers of other languages learning to use computers through English. In the department of Computer Science, three distinct genres (or emerging genres) of student writing are identified: first-year reports, final-year project reports, and students newsgroups. Each of these is discussed in turn and an attempt is made to show not only the distinct characteristics of each genre but also how the discourse context influences the linguistic realization of meaning in the texts. In some instances, field-specific and mode-specific constraints are strong, but the influence of the socio-cultural background of the young writers is also identified, particularly in newsgroup discourse. Specific linguistic features discussed here include metaphorical innovation in the lexico-grammar of English and the influence of spoken discourse on electronic communication


"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line." This explains many cases of patellar maltracking, when the patellar track is visualised in three dimensions. The three-dimensional vie...


Quantum mechanics (first quantization) with self-consistent gravitational interaction, previously constructed for the stationary case, is extended to the general case. The two requirements for such a theory are realized: to obtain the theory maximally resembling a classical field theory and to achieve the invariance of the theory under the rescaling transformations of a wave function. The construction is not trivial, because it rejects the variational principles of extremality of any action and involves some principles of smoothed extremality which give relevant equations.


Differential scanning calorimetry was employed to explore the phase change temperature and enthalpy of some cool storage compounds,including sodium chloride(NaCl),potassium chloride(KCl),sucrose and ethanol in their aqueous solutions.The variation rules of the phase change temperature and enthalpy with the mass fraction were studied.The results indicate that KCl and sucrose are suitable for cool storage application and the phase change temperature of NaCl can be easily adjusted.


In a previous report1it was shown that anemias with a megaloblastic type of blood formation in the bone marrow are common in white infants under the age of 18 months and constitute a syndrome which is specifically influenced by folic acid. The effect of folic acid in the various macrocytic anemias of adults in which the bone marrow is of the megaloblastic type has recently been demonstrated by Spies and his associates.2The results reported by this group and those obtained independently in our laboratory are identical and leave no doubt that folic acid is a specific antianemic substance the lack of which results in megaloblastic dysplasia of the bone marrow elements and anemia, the latter usually of macrocytic type. The hematologic criteria for the recognition of the anemic syndrome in infants in which folic acid is effective have been given in detail in our previous communication.


To study the relationship between the chemical composition and aggregation structure of windmill palm fibres, the Grey System theory, least-squares method and MATLAB® software were used to develop a grey model that relates the crystallinity index to the cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin content of the fibres after alkaline peroxide bleaching. The mean arithmetic error (=0.109) of the grey model (GM (1,4)) indicated that the model could predict the crystallinity of windmill palm fibre based on its chemical composition. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman microscopy were used to characterize the morphology and chemical composition of the windmill palm fibres before and after alkaline peroxide bleaching. The results indicated that silica, as well as most of the pectin, hemicellulose and lignin, were removed after peroxide bleaching, and thus, the crystallinity index of the peroxide-bleached samples increased. The GM (1,4) provided a reference for studying the influence of the chemical composition of windmill palm fibre on its aggregate structure.


Around the world, yoga is picking up fame as an open, worthy and cost-effective practice for mind and body. Individuals are going to yoga for emotional well-being improvement as a result of inclinations for self-treatment instead of clinical intercession; saw more prominent viability than prescription; fewer side effects and lack of response to medication. In this short article, we talk about the proof for yoga as a type of emotional wellness advancement, sickness counteraction and treatment for depression. Yoga can make a significant commitment in accomplishing a solid life and advancing prosperity for all when the world is endeavouring to accomplish manageable improvement objectives. Yoga interfaces our body with nature and leaves us with a superior offset with our general surroundings. In the exercises and difficulties of the 21st century, we need valuable snapshots of self-reflection to permit us as people to assume a constructive job in improving our general surroundings. This report sums up the present proof on the effects of yoga on different parts of mental and physical well-being, by concentrating on the proof depicted in audit articles. All things considered, these surveys propose various zones where yoga likely could be valuable, yet more research is required for essentially every one of them to solidly set up such advantages. Yoga likely could be effective as a steady aide to moderate some medical conditions, but not yet a proven stand-alone, curative treatment. Bigger scope and increasingly thorough research with higher methodological quality and satisfactory control intercessions is profoundly empowered in light of the fact that yoga may can possibly be actualized as a valuable steady/aide treatment that is generally cost-effective, might be drilled at any rate to a limited extent as a self-care social treatment, provides a life-long behavioural skill, enhances self-efficacy and self-confidence, and is often associated with additional positive side effects.


It is tempting to interpret the minuscule scale of neutrino masses as a symptom of its radiative origin. In light of the notable leap in precision expected at the Future Circular Collider, we explore areas of the parameter space that can simultaneously support the detectable Higgs-strahlung signal with parallel ones from forthcoming measurements in low-energy observables. We pinpoint the role that the extra fermions have in shaping a signal distinct from the pure Inert Doublet one. The details of the full one-loop computation and on-shell renormalization are presented. Both normal and inverted hierarchies for the radiatively generated neutrino masses and angles are investigated.


The Arafura Sea is a continental-shelf sea located between Irian Jaya (western New Guinea) and the northern part of the Australian continent. On the south it adjoins the stable Australian craton, and on the north it is bordered by the Tertiary collision zone between the Australian craton and the northern Irian Jaya island arc. On the west and northwest it is bounded by the active Banda arc collision zone, whereas on the east it is bordered by the northern extension of the Gulf of Carpentaria that also forms the western limit of the zone of late Paleozoic granites. Shelf sediments, ranging in age from late Paleozoic to Cenozoic, predominate in the Arafura Sea continental shelf, and are underlain by granitic basement. Gas shows have been reported from Jurassic to Cretaceous fine-grained marine limestones and sandstones, and gas and condensate also are present in Cretaceous sediments and Middle Jurassic fine-grained sandstones. At the north, the most prospective area seems to be the hinge zone of the Aru high, where a combination of traps and reservoir rocks presumably exists. On the south, the Money Shoal area is considered a significant prospect. In the Arafura basin, stratigraphic traps seem to be the mostmore » promising target for hydrocarbon exploration as tectonics seems not to have played an important role in the area. The sedimentary area occupied by the eastern extension of the Tarera-Aiduna wrench fault should also be investigated in detail for its hydrocarbon potential.« less


In this paper, we consider a radio fingerprinting-based localization system for indoor motion capture applications. Fingerprinting allows target localization on the basis of radio-frequency measurements of the Received radio Signal Strength (RSS), taking into account the presence of fading by means of a training phase. Motion capture is then performed by localizing, through fingerprinting, a group of targets placed on the portion of interest of the user arm---the approach can be easily extended to other portions of the user body. We experimentally investigate, through a SunSPOT wireless sensor network test-bed, different fingerprinting-based localization algorithms, namely deterministic and probabilistic, optimizing, in each case, the system parameters. In particular, the optimization is carried out by minimizing the localization error.


To mitigate the operational risks associated with the SNS electrostatic LEBT, an R&D effort is underway to develop a 2-solenoid magnetic LEBT, which should improve the reliability while matching or exceeding the beam dynamic capabilities of the present electrostatic LEBT. This paper discusses the physics design of a prototype 2-solenoid magnetic LEBT.


This chapter proposes the design of course groups PBL at program level for students from the BSc. programs of Robot Engineering (RE) at Northeastern University (NEU), China. The overall courses are divided into four groups throughout Grades 1 to 4. In this chapter, the authors provide background information about student cultivation and discipline construction in RE, and then they discuss correlation of characteristics between PBL and RE program, which indicates the reasons for applying PBL in RE. Finally, they introduce the detailed design of course groups.


Previous research on functional diversity in teams has produced conflicting findings. Most research since 1992 has used counts of the number of different functions or one of two measures that apply different weights to the proportion of individuals within each functional category. Scholars have previously argued that the two proportional weighting methods are equivalent. We use simulation to show that all three methods produce different results with the same data and that these different measures provide one reason for the mixed results. We compare both the statistical properties of each measure and their fit with the existing literature on social influence processes to suggest the best current measure and directions for further research.


An experimental screening design was used to evaluate the effects of spark plasma sintering (SPS) parameters such as heating rate, sintering temperature, dwell duration, and green-shaping processing on the relative density, grain size, and the optical properties of polycrystalline alumina (PCA). It is shown that heating rate and sintering temperature are the most critical factors for the densification of PCA during SPS. Green-shaping processing could prevent grain growth at low SPS sintering temperatures. No predominant SPS parameters are observed on the optical properties. Hence, the optical properties of PCA are controlled by microstructural evolution during the SPS process.


The quantities of water and sediment discharged into the Huanghe River Estuary in Qingshuigou course (1976-1995) are less than those of the other three courses before 1976, and the annual and yearly variations are abundant and dry alternately, the scouring and alluviating areas of the delta are closely-related to the quantity of water --sediment into the estuary. The silting topography of the profile, the status of area growing and the alluviation distribution of the sediment discharge are analyzed, and it is found that the evolution of the Huanghe River Delta has been undergoing three period: in the primary period from 1976 to 1980 the river delta grew in a widely estuary region, in the mid-period from 1981 to 1990 the river delta grew quickly, and in the last period from 1990 to 1995 the river delta grew gently. According to the condition of water - sediment quantity in the Qinshuigou course, the area sediment analogue model is used to forecast the area growth trend of river delta in the future.


Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, The purpose of this paper is to explore the influential effect of social media interaction on English learning in terms of socio-cultural perspectives. The data were collected from two groups of subjects (A:38 B:40) taught by native English teachers and were analyzed by Nvivo 10 and NodeXL for the detailed discourse research between interlocutors. Halliday(1975)`s Model of Language Function was adopted for the initial analysis, and afterwards worked well with the influential facdtors of social media as described in Aaker & Smith(2010)`s dragonfly effect. The result shows that social media features made students` RF (responsive feedback) and teachers` CF (corrective feedback) rapid, which in turn lead to very active communication. Furthermore, the communication was of various types, such as explicit correction, recasting, clarification repuesting, meta linguistic response, repetition, elicitation, circumlocution, and asking for assistance. In the data analysis done using NodeXL, the analytic induction suggests that the reaction in social media had a high betweeness centrality score, and the centrally hitched cloud-type interaction constitutes 92% of participants` interaction, which means most students were involved in the interaction. The discourse analysis also illustrates the influential impact on socio-cultural interaction of social media. Overall, the potential possibility of using social media for English education is shown to have strong and positive implications.


A mother, her daughter, and her son-in-law received title to a North Carolina home as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Little did the mother know that she was almost instantly destroying the newborn joint tenancy when, in order to finance the purchase price, she alone executed a mortgage note and deed of trust at the closing. When she died several years later with that mortgage loan in default, a legal dispute arose centered on whether "severance" of the joint tenancy had occurred. Following traditional joint tenancy law theory, the Court of Appeals decided somewhat reluctantly that the joint tenancy was indeed severed at the very closing during which it was successfully created; for by executing the deed of trust, the mother had conveyed "title" according to North Carolina's title theory of mortgage law. Under a common law "four unities" analysis, her execution of the deed of trust unilaterally destroyed the unity of title required for a joint tenancy and automatically converted it into a tenancy in common. Contrary to what was most likely intended as part of an informal family estate and eldercare plan, her fifty percent undivided interest in the home remained in her estate at her death and did not pass by survivorship to her daughter and son-in-law.


We present an incomplete survey on some basic notions of super manifolds which may serve as a short introduction to this subject.


Abstract— In the striatum of the newborn rat, the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase, the concentration of dopamine and the activity of the synaptosomal high‐affinity uptake process for dopamine is 10% of that of the adult; there is a linear and closely associated increase in all three parameters during maturation, achieving 75% of adult levels by 4 weeks after birth. In contrast, the specific activity of choline acetyltransferase exhibits a more delayed developmental rise commencing 1 week after birth; the concentration of acetylcholine is disproportionately high in the neonatal striatum and precedes the developmental increase in the activity of choline acetyltransferase. At birth, the specific activity of dopamine‐sensitive adenylate cyclase is 20% of that of the adult striatum and achieves adult activity by 4 weeks after birth. Pretreatment with the neuroleptic, fluphenazinc. does not reduce the striatal content of acetylcholine until 8 days after birth. It is postulated that dopaminergic influences on cholinergic neuronal activity appear when the cholinergic neurons in the striatum cease dividing and start differentiating.


Is voting behavior following rational patterns? We show that voters take the institutional environment into account when making electoral decisions. Voters take into account that executives who face a binding term limit have stronger incentives to deviate from voters' preferences. Lame ducks are not subject to a reelection restriction and are hence, not subject to the electoral accountability mechanism. In a system with the consequent separation of powers, in which voters directly elect the executive and legislative, voters can counterbalance this weakened accountability by voting for a different party in the legislative. Different party majorities in the two branches of government result in divided government control, which provides veto power over policy to opposing parties. In a panel data analysis for the US states from 1975-2000 we show that the probability of divided government is 10-15 percent higher when governors are lame ducks. This effect remains robust and significant even after controlling for a whole battery of relevant covariates. The finding speaks in favor of rational voters who make use of divided government to moderate policy when confronted with a systematic control problem.


In this paper, the convolution neural network structure is used for image recognition. The initialized image is convoluted with the convolution core in the convolution layer to extract the features of the image. The extracted image features are compressed by the pooling layer by the full connection layer. The convolution neural network iterates the image for several times and compresses the image layer by layer to recognize the image and output the recognized image. Experiments show that compared with BP neural network, the network structure can significantly improve the accuracy of image recognition.


True 'periglacial' forms and deposits of late (and middle) Pleistocene age can be recognized in the Drakensberg and the adjacent parts of the Cape Province in the latitudinal zone 28° 30′-31°20′ S; lower limits in the eastern Cape and Natal appear to lie near 1500–1800 m, rising from southwest to northeast, and at 2600 m in Lesotho. Significant nivation in the Drakensberg is also indicated, but at higher elevations. Alleged 'periglacial' phenomena in Rhodesia, the Transvaal, the Cape Folded Ranges and their coastal margin are not acceptable as such and include no evidence for cryonival or geliflual proceses. Nonetheless, there is bonafide evidence for several phases of accelerated Pleistocene frost-weathering, including sections of the Cape Coast that experience next to no frost today and would require a winter temperature depression of at least 10° C. It cannot be disputed that southern Africa has experienced cold, glacial-age climates, but there is a serious problem about many of the geomorphological observations or their interpretation.


As to China,with full wings to build a harmonious society,it has special significance for ruling our country by law and building our country into socialist country with government by law.We have made great progress in ruling our country by law.But there are still many contradictions,so we put forward more higher requirement for the construction of harmonious socialism to build a country ruling by law.


Summary: The Hnf4α gene belongs to a family of trancriptional regulators required for liver development and function. Hnf4α is also expressed in other tissues, including the newly formed visceral endoderm of the early postimplantation embryo, and later in embryogenesis in the gut epithelium and the kidney. The regulatory sequences involved in controlling expression of Hnf4α at these diverse sites are not clearly understood. Here we used homologous recombination to introduce Cre recombinase coding sequences into the endogenous Hnf4α locus. Crossing Hnf4αCreex2/+ mice with R26R partners allowed us to follow the pattern of Cre‐mediated recombination. Our results show that recombination of the reporter allele closely follows endogenous Hnf4α expression, but with a slight temporal delay. Thus, the Hnf4αCreex2 strain should prove useful for conditionally deleting gene activity in the liver, gut epithelium, or kidney. genesis 39:206–211, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Studies conducted after the launch of National Rural Livelihood mission in India and State Rural Livelihood Mission at State level revealed that poor are indeed efficient to manage credit and finance through SHGs. Women participation in Self Help Groups have obviously created tremendous impact upon the life pattern and style of poor women and have empowered them at various levels not only as individuals but also as members of the family, members of the community and the society as a whole. They come together for the purpose of solving their common problems through self-help and mutual help. It improves their capacity building by making them vocal as well as improving their skills. The SHGs are characterized by a focused attention on providing employment opportunities by imparting training in order to generate both income as well as employment (Husain and Nair, 2006). The Self Help Groups are voluntary association of people formed to International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Special Issue-7 pp. 3914-3922 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


In this essay, authors Lawson, Caringi, Gottfried, Bride, and Hydon introduce the concept of trauma literacy, connecting it to students' trauma and educators' secondary traumatic stress (STS). Interactions with traumatized students is one cause of STS; others derive from other traumatic encounters in schools and communities. Undesirable effects of STS start with professional disengagement and declining performance, include spill-over effects into educators' personal lives, and, ultimately, may cause them to leave the profession. The authors contend that alongside trauma-informed pedagogies and mental health services for students, mechanisms are needed for STS prevention, early identification, and rapid response. To benefit from and advance this dual framework, educators need a trauma-informed literacy that enables self-care, facilitates and safeguards interactions with trauma-impacted students and colleagues, and paves the way for expanded school improvement models.


A gm-C complex filter with on-chip automatic tuning for wireless sensor networks (WSN) is designed using 0.18μm RF CMOS process. This filter is synthesized from a low-pass 5th-order Chebyshev RLC ladder filter prototype by means of capacitors and fully balanced transconductors with extended linear range. A conventional phase-locked loop (PLL) is used to realize the on-chip automatic tuning for both center frequency and bandwidth control. The filter bandwidth is 2.4MHz and is centered at 2MHz. The image band rejection is higher than 63dB while the ripple in the passband is less than 0.5dB. The complete filter including on-chip tuning circuit consumes less than 5mA with 1.8V single supply voltage.


Resonant Auger decay driven Intermolecular Coulombic Decay through synchrotron radiation in gas phase carbon monoxided dimers and nitrogen dimers has been studied. We report the first experiment where the low-energy ICD-electron has been measured in coincidence with the ionic fragments and Resonant Auger ICD has been proved experimentally.


This article analyzes the development of the concept of " catholicity" in Russian religious philosophy. The first introduces the concept A. Hamsters, which developed the theory of communality. On the basis of this teaching is the longitudinal development of the concept of catholicity.


Spectroscopic studies to monitor the formation of transient intermediates lead to the development of a more-atom-economical halocyclopropanation reaction and also highlight the unique role of the ether additives in the process.


Abstract:Universal accessibility (or design) is a trend that promotes accessibility for everyone in various ways. One of its attributes is to ensure that everyone has equal learning opportunities, especially with the 'access to information' format. This applies to arranging a conference that includes conference organizers, plenary speakers, performers, conference presenters, and audio describers preparing to provide information and sensorial accessibility to the conference participants. Unfortunately for contemporary conferences, individuals with different needs are likely to experience language barriers due to their linguistic differences, hearing loss, and/or challenges in understanding and/or accessing visual information. A performing arts conference, Partition/Ensemble 2020, hosted by the Canadian Association of Theatre Research, serves as a case study for examining the process of arranging and providing language interpreters and text transcriptions, including audiovisual descriptions. During the COVID pandemic in the summer of 2020, the conference organizers decided to have a relaxed virtual conference. This designation had an impact on the preparation with four languages in different modalities: English (spoken and written), French (spoken and written), American Sign Language (signed), and Langue des signesquébécoise (signed). From this linguistic learning experience, individuals who participated in this conference (e.g. conference organizers, plenary speakers, and audio describers) share their thoughts and insights for the implementation of an accessible conference (whether hosted in-person or online) with the goal of reducing language barriers. The authors of this article consider what it means to incorporate a diversity of languages simultaneously with different modalities and the challenges of accessibility with this endeavour.


Gun laws have been back in the media recently due, largely, to the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. In response President Obama has just unveiled gun control proposals.


The Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) has, based on information provided by the Inspector General pertaining to the Middlesex Retirement Board (MRB), initiated proceedings pursuant to 840 CMR 1.03 to determine if a violation or violations of fi duciary duty have occurred, requiring the Commission to act under that Regulation.


Taking as the starting point the increasing interest for utilizing public procurement as a means to stimulate innovation, this paper explores some considerations for curriculum development for teaching public procurement of innovation. A basic understanding of what is a curriculum was used as a foundation for the development of a master level course in public procurement of innovation in a university setting. The course is outlined together with some examples of teaching activities included in the curriculum.


The operating conditions of wastewater treatment process is time-varying and nonlinear. In the study of biochemical reaction process, there are coupling relations and size differences among variables of non-single controlled objects. In order to solve the multi-variable control problem, this paper use the Model Predictive Control (MPC) based on neural network. A number of control factors are considered in the design process and by constructing the cost function, the controller is developed in the expected direction. In addition, at the actual working condition change, the single working condition change is very difficult to maintain for a long time. In this paper, a multi-condition identification model predictive control is established by using T-S model. The scheme can make the controller more fit with the change of state. In order to verify the effectiveness of the designed controller and guarantee the data authenticity, the multi-state condition of this paper is constructed by using the real data provided by BSM1.The experimental results show that the designed controller is more stable at single condition and multi-condition, and the control accuracy has been improved obviously. The advantages of the controller are also illustrated by the evaluation indexes of IAE (Integral Absolute Error) and ISE (Integral Square Error).


On the 12 December 2000, the British government presented its Communications White Paper A New Future for Communications. This document, which sets out the government's plans for a communications act, was jointly produced by the Departments of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and was published after the protracted period of consultation which followed the 1998 Green Paper entitled Regulating Communications: Approaching Convergence in the Information Age. Within the White Paper, the government envisaged that its recommendations should ensure that the UK would become home to the most dynamic and competitive marketplace in the world. Simultaneously, it suggested that these industrial objectives could be reconciled with social goals such as ensuring citizens and consumer rights to a universal access of diverse, high quality services and materials.1


Background: Target of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) test is 10% per year. This study aimed to analyze the effect of screening on the needs and desires of mothers to carry out VIA tests.
Methods: This research is analytic observational. The study was conducted from February to March 2017. Analysis of the data used in this study was a linear regression analysis with p
Results: Mothers who said there had never been a screening of 71.9% had a low need and desire for VIA examinations. The result of data analysis showed that screening had significant to the perception of need and desire to follow VIA test = 17.2% (P = 0.000; β = 0.172). It indicates that the lower the screening and desire for VIA examination.
Conclusion: Screening has a significant and positive influence on the needs and desires of mothers to carry out VIA test.


Recent observations on AUG tokamak [1] revealed fluctuations of radiation loss in the vicinity of X-point in the regime where inner divertor was detached while the outer one was still attached. These fluctuations disappear when outer divertor detaches. In Ref. 2 it was suggested that one of the plausible explanations of such fluctuations can be related to the onset of current-convective instability (CCI). Indeed, the electron temperature difference between inner (cold) and outer (hot) divertors results in electric current flowing through the SOL and divertor plasmas between inner and outer divertor targets [3]. Usually in hot fusion plasma the CCI is stabilized by large electron heat conduction along the magnetic field. However, electron heat conduction in cold inner divertor becomes small and cannot stabilize the CCI anymore. The growth rate found in [2] shows that characteristic frequency of saturated turbulence driven by the CCI in a ball park agrees with experimental data from [1]. However, more studies are still needed for more detailed comparison with experimental data. In this contribution we present the results of numerical simulations of the dynamics of the CCI performed with code BOUT++ [4]. The maximum growth rate of the CCI, the characteristic longitudinal and perpendicular wavelengths of the most unstable modes, as well as a strong reduction of the growth rate by magnetic shear found from our simulation confirm analytic estimates from Ref. 2. In addition, we present the results of the simulations of the non-linear stage of the CCI and compare them with available experimental data from Ref. 1.


The different classes of forest wealth, the forest areas in different countries, love of forests of the Japanese and the various advantages gained by all the Departments by forests are fully detailed. The prejudice against the Forest Department prevailing in the country, its cause and remedy, are explained. The importance of forest conservation in its relation to agriculture is fully explained. Various industries that can be developed by utilising forest resources are indicated. The possibilities of cultivation of medicinal plants and manufacture of various medicines explained as also the various uses of lac in different industries. Suggestions for exploring the mineral wealth of forests are given.


The adopted policy of the Lao PDR on "New Imagination or the New Economic Mechanism" Jed to its liberal stance in the international relations, particularly with capitalist countries. The roles of the Asian Development Bank and its financial aids, in terms of loans and grants became crucial to the drastic shut in its concept and the long term national development plan. More emphasis had been placed upon an integration of social health and environment into the technical development under the framework of the Greater Maekhong Subregion Economic Cooperation, a collective effort in maximizing the use of Maekhong Basin in the subregion economic expansion.


IKEA is a fast-growing multinational home furnishings company started in 1943 in Sweden. Using a comparative analysis of the IKEA brand in Malaysia and China, this research intends to analyze the relationship between brand attitude, brand experience, brand love, and word of mouth. The data collected from China (N=100) and Malaysia (N=100) revealed that brand attitude, brand experience, and brand love impact word of mouth. This paper contributes to the fast-growing consumer-brand relationships literature by exploring the role of brand attitude, brand experience, and brand love in retail brands in China and Malaysia. It also intends to understand better how to build and nurture effective brand attitude, brand experience, and brand love to elicit intense and passionate feelings towards retail brands. Keywords: Brand Attitude, Brand Experience, Brand Love, China, IKEA, Malaysia, Word of Mouth


This poster details some of the practical, unique and interesting examples I have used in class along with a general examination the benefits to students.


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This paper focuses on the impact of transport infrastructure on the population change of municipalities and regions. Accessibility is both the primary service provided by transport infrastructure and the link between transport infrastructure and land use. It can measure the spatial impact of newly built transport infrastructure and show the attractiveness of a region's location. A suitable approach for measuring its spatial impacts is the quantitative method of growth modeling accounting for spatial correlation by using OLS models, OLS models corrected for spatial correlations and multilevel growth models. Multilevel growth models combine an individual level, which represents disaggregate behavior with a contextual macro level. Following questions are of special interest: Where did accessibility change occur, when and how did these changes take place and to what extent did accessibility change influence the spatial development? First results indicate that the influence of accessibility on spatial development differs considerably over time and space.


Digital technology has increased the interest of student activists engaging in journalistic activities. To participate in collaborative news production in the digital age, they need a better understanding of journalism, both conceptually and practically. Conceptually, to understand the new structure of journalism formed by digital networks. Practically, to recognize how the horizontal structure of the digital network opens equal and collaborative opportunities for professional journalists and non-journalist actors. Literature studies on scientific publications using the keyword "networked journalism" indicate opportunities for student activists to become non-journalistic actors, who can be involved in news production and become actors who act as programmers or switchers in networked communicative power in the digital era.Keywords: Networked Journalism, Collaborative Opportunities, Journalists, Digital Age


Women empowerment is an important issue that provides financial freedom to every woman. Women in India have faced many social, economical, cultural and political challenges during pre and post independence. Involving in small scale business women in rural India have earned capital and improved their social status. our constitutional and legal provisions also provide equal weightage to every citizen of India. Bank's loan schemes, literacy and other services have enhanced the economic freedom of rural


Aim:  Bilirubin, a final degradation product of heme produced mainly in the spleen, is carried to the liver through its binding to albumin in the blood circulation. After its transport to hepatocytes, ligandin (glutathione S‐transferase; GST) carries bilirubin to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). uridine 5'‐diphosphate‐glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) glucuronidates bilirubin for solubilization in the ER.


Welding seam detection method for cylinder and plane using point clouds is proposed. Steel used for welding is generally covered with mill scale on its surface, and its color is black so that the image processing is difficult. Furthermore, the measured point cloud with an angle has many measurement errors. In the proposed method, the point clouds are acquired separately at an angle to capture the plane and the side of the cylinder perpendicularly to reduce noise in the depth sensor. The spatial equation of the plane is derived from the point cloud data of the plane, and the centerline and radius of the cylinder are derived from the point cloud of the cylinder's side by fitting the cylinder model. The welding line between the cylinder and the plane is derived by an ideal intersection line from the models of the plane and the cylinder. Experimental results using the proposed method show that the welding line can be obtained with good accuracy.


The threshold current in 20 μm stripe GaxIn1−xAsyP1−y lasers operating at 1.3 μm wavelength decreases with increasing pressure, whereas the opposite effect occurs in lasers made of Ga1−xAlxAs The magnitude of the change observed in quaternary lasers is consistent with the presence of intervalence band absorption or Auger recombination, but not with the other mechanisms considered.


Disclosed is a novel outdoor night luminous signboard, composed of a board body, a power supply-device and a light-operated control device which are arranged on the board body. The point needing to sign on the board body is scooped, and the scooped point is provided with a luminous signboard. The luminous signboard is composed of a backlight board and an LED luminaire arranged on the lateral part of the backlight board, and a light-reflecting film with hollow cutting characters and patterns is covered on the board body. The LED luminaire is composed of the serially connection of a plurality of high-luminance LED pipes, and makes light to become a uniform surface light source from a point source via the backlight board to make the signboard have enough brightness and favorable articulation. The outdoor night luminous signboard also has the advantages of small size, light weight, small power consumption, long service life, etc, and is especially suitable for traffic marking signboards and transit bus stop indicator boards.


589 diagnosed in 47.3% (n = 513; exposure: 48.1% aircoolers), attributable to domestic environmental factors; connective tissue disease‐associated ILD in 13.9% and IPF in 13.7%. The ILD diagnosis was made by MDD and based on the new classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and the 2011 guidelines for diagnosis of IPF using high‐resolution CT (HRCT) images of the chest as the main platform for diagnostic approach.[11‐13] The demographic profile of patients diagnosed with IPF is similar to the patients with IPF described in the patients of European and Asian descents living in the western and other eastern hemispheres of the world. The interobserver variation in the diagnosis of ILD between ILD experts at a center, recognized as an international authority for diagnosis and management of ILD with site principal investigators and experts familiar with ILD in India, was fair and good, respectively.


The purpose of establishing legally the apparent representation system is to protect the legal rights and interests of the relative person of bona fide and to maintain the trade security.This paper mainly discusses on some important problems about the apparent representation system,and probes into establishing and perfecting the apparent representation system in our country.


The article states theoretical approaches to the research of the factors and conditions influencing the demand and supply in local market of consumer goods and services.


The direct production of electric power appears possible from fusion reactions between fuels whose products consist solely of charged particles and thus do not present radiation hazards from energetic neutron production, as do reactions involving deuteron‐bearing fuels. Among these are the fuels p, 11B, 3He, and 6Li. All of these can be "burned" in inertial‐electrostatic‐fusion (IEF) devices to power QED fusion‐electric rocket engines. These IEF sources provide direct‐converted electrical power at high voltage (MeV) to drive e‐beams for efficient propellant heating to extreme temperatures, with resulting high specific impulse performance capabilities. IEF/QED engine systems using p11B can outperform all other advanced concepts for controlled fusion propulsion by 2–3 orders of magnitude, while 6Li6Li fusion yields one order of magnitude less advance. Either of these fusion rocket propulsion systems can provide very rapid transit for solar system missions, with high payload fractions in single‐stage vehicle...


These lectures introduce some of the basic methods of perturbative QCD and their applications to phenomenology at high energy. Emphasis is given to techniques that are used to study QCD and related field theories to all orders in perturbation theory, with introductions to infrared safety, factorization and evolution in high energy hard scattering.


It was introduced that the enterprise standards formulation of Jiangsu salt industry,which was on the process of standardization management from the disorder state. The conclusion was drawn to the necessity and importance of standardized management for the enterprise standards.


ABSTRACT:The fragments present the case brought forth in the forthcoming Zionism and Melancholy: The Short Life of Israel Zarchi (Indiana University Press, 2019). They present a case of critical Jewish melancholy in the first half of the twentieth century, preceding Israeli statehood in 1948. More specifically, the fragments examine briefly the writing of Israel Zarchi (1909–1947), an unjustly forgotten author who lived in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s, and his series of melancholic tales of Zionist pioneers. Zarchi is known today thanks to his daughter, the prize-winning author Nurit Zarchi, whose own voice frames the melancholic story I tell in those few pages. The research for this piece, and for the book as a whole, was based on newly unearthed and previously unpublished documents discovered in a Tel Aviv literary archive, and it sheds new light on the early history of modern Hebrew literature and the cultural history of pre-Israel Zionism. I chose to write in vignettes in order to capture the tone and broken structure of melancholy itself.


Includes footnotes. Review(s) of: Plautine Elements in Plautus (Plautinisches im Plautus), by Eduard Fraenkel (trr. Tomas Drevikovsky and Frances Muecke), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xxiv +459. ISBN 0-19-924910-5. GBP75.


Tearing and simultaneous correction techniques coupled with an odd-even cyclic reduction parallel algorithm are used to carry out calculations of multicomponent separation problems. The old-even algorithm implements effectively on most parallel processors. No noticeable differences are found when numerical results are compared with those obtained using serial algorithms. The results for three example problems are presented to illustrate the method. Calculations were carried out using single precision arithmetic.


N-Aminophthalimide is oxidised in methylene dichloride solution at –35°C with lead tetra-acetate in the presence of methyl acrylate to yield methyl 1-phthalimidoaziridine-2-carboxylate in which the initially formed invertomer at nitrogen is that which is thermodynamically less stable, with the ester and phthalimido-groups syn.


T he Rh blood group system is highly polymorphic and one of the most clinically significant systems. D antigen is of critical importance due to its involvement in hemolytic transfusion reactions and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. RHD gene variants are common in Africans and mostly related to partial D phenotypes. This report describes two new RHD allele variants in African Brazilians, expanding the known RHD repertoire in this population.


Seven insecticidal treatments were evaluated to determine their efficacy in controlling corn earworms, green cloverworms, and the predators, spiders, nabids, and big-eyed bugs in soybean. Insecticides were foliar-applied on 14 Aug '86 on 'Bay' soybeans planted on an 18-inch row spacing. Soybeans were no-till planted after wheat harvest on 3 Jul '86 on the Sabine Hall Farm in Richmond County, VA. Individual plots were 4 rows × 30 ft with 6-ft alleys between replicates. A complete randomized block experimental design was utilized with 3 replications. Each spray concentrate was applied with a CO2-powered compressed air sprayer, with AL8002 nozzles, at 30 psi that delivered 28.7 gal of finished formulation per acre. Individual treatments were evaluated 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, and 21-days after application by comparing the number oi insect pests and predators per 15 sweeps in the treated plots to those in the untreated checks. A 15-inch diam net was passed through the foliage of single row on each sampling date. Yield estimates were obtained by harvesting 10 row-ft of soybeans from one of the two center rows of each plot.


Age of onset heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease families was modelled by allowing for different liability classes for affected individuals according to their age of onset when calculating lod scores to chromosome 21 and chromosome 19 markers. Linkage to chromosome 21 was supported in the Boston data set, and the method of age correction did not greatly change the lod scores when only affected individuals were analyzed. The location of a gene on chromosome 19 for late age of onset illness was affected by the assumptions about early onset individuals. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.


We present AIREPAIR, a platform for repairing neural networks. It features the integration of existing network repair tools. Based on AIREPAIR, one can run different repair methods on the same model, thus enabling the fair compari-son of different repair techniques. In this paper, we evaluate AIREPAIR with five recent repair methods on popular deep-learning datasets and models. Our evaluation confirms the utility of AIREPAIR, by comparing and analyzing the results from different repair techniques. A demonstration is available at https://youtu.be/UkKw5neeWhw


In this research, Hot tearing Behavior and susceptibility of the Al-Cu A201 aluminum alloy in different mold has been investigated. There are a lot of methods that used for hot tear tests but between all of these methods that proposed for this kind of the tests, The Ring model was employed for testing the hot tearing tendency. In order to increase the investigated parameters, wooden model designated to support different ingate velocities. Some samples that exposed to the Hot Tear were inspected by visual and NDT (None destructive) tests followed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to study of the teared surface of the samples. The extracted results show that the number and severity of tears increased by changing the strength of mold from green sand to CO2 sand. The evaluation of the experimental results in this study showed that these results is in good agreement with the other obtained by another researchers


In this paper, we focus on the study of the implicit FDE involving Stieltjes integral boundary conditions. We first exploit some sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the above problems based on the Banach contraction principle and Schaefer's fixed point theorem. Then, we present different kinds of stability such as UHS, GUHS, UHRS, and GUHRS by employing the classical techniques. In the end, the main results are demonstrated by two examples.


Candidaemia carries a mortality of up to 40% and may be related to increasing complexity of medical care. Here, we determined risk factors for the development of candidaemia.


The goal of this thesis was to explore the potential
 of different biochemical and molecular markers to
 discriminate different sturgeon species. Blood samples
 were collected from the Eurasian sturgeons Acipenser
 baerii (n = 125), A. gueldenstaedtii (n = 91), A.
 ruthenus (n = 38), A. stellatus (n = 42) and Huso huso
 (n = 72). Additionally four samples of A. persicus as
 well as two samples of A. naccarii and Polyodon
 spathula were available Furthermore, blood samples of
 the hybrids A. baerii x A. ruthenus, H. huso x A.
 gueldenstaedtii, H. huso x A. ruthenus and (H. huso x
 A. ruthenus) x A. gueldenstaedtii have been at
 disposal. Alltogether 13 different biochemical markers
 occuring in the blood were investigated at A. baerii,
 A., gueldenstaedtii, A. ruthenus, A. stellatus and H.
 huso. Of these solely the allozyme system
 phosphoglucomutase (PGM) was characteristic for one
 sturgeon species, A. stellatus. Specimens of this
 species were fixed at allele c not observed in
 individuals of the other four sturgeon taxa. Several
 different molecular methods were investigated in this
 study, like AFLP, inter-SSR PCR, RAPD and SINE-PCR.
 Furthermore, microsatellite loci as well as the
 mitochondrial cytochrome b gene have been examined.
 Solely the microsatellite locus LS-39 was identified as
 diagnostic nuclear marker for A. stellatus. All
 specimens as well as an analyzed caviar lot of the
 species were fixed at the allele of 111 bp. This allele
 was not observed in other sturgeons investigated. With
 respect to the experimental conditions the techniques
 AFLP, inter-SSR PCR and SINE-PCR were unabel to
 identify the invstigated species A. baerii, A.
 ruthenus, A. stellatus and H. huso or A. ruthenus, A.
 stellatus and H. huso, respectively. On the other hand
 neither a discrimination of sturgeon hybrids nor the
 assignment of hybrids to parental species was possible.
 Marked sequence differences were observed among the
 species A. ruthenus, A. stellatus, A. transmontanus, H.
 huso, P. spathula and the sisterspecies encomprised
 within the genus Scahirhynchus at the mitochondrial
 cytochrome b gene. Due to the well known occurence of
 natural variability of nucleotide sequences among
 specimens within species, statements concerning
 interspecific conserved nucleotide substitutions could
 not be drawn. The use of these nucleotide substititions
 as diagnostic features has to be proven at a larger
 number of wild specimens originating from different
 locations. However, the fact that mitochondrial DNA is
 inherited maternally has the disadvantage that hybrids
 could not be identified. Furthermore, new aspects on
 the ploidy level of different acipenseriform species
 were retrieved and a closer view on the systematics of
 Acipenseriformes was obtained by reconstructed
 molecular phylogenies.


State of conservation studies carried out prior to rehabilitation and restorative interventions allow to act consistently on architectural heritage. This has been done in this research, graphic location of alterations, study of materials for alteration and measuring of environmental parameters (T and H) in the plasterwork of the Oratory of the Madrasah of Granada, singular space by their constructive and historical background.

The results obtained determine the level of alteration and presence of different damages, as well as the justification of the causes of alteration to them have motivated. The methodology followed in this study, consisting of various successive protocols that facilitate the determination of restorative interventions is equally valid. This method can be extrapolated to other buildings with high level of protection heritage.


Iriai forests are an example of communal forest management in Japan. Local institutions have never been static in governing iriai forests and the external environments of iriai forests have changed significantly over time. This study examines the management challenges of forest producers' cooperatives (FPCs) and authorized neighborhood associations (ANAs) as the two most important contemporary forms of iriai forest management. Data from nine FPCs and three ANAs in the Fukuoka and Saga prefectures of Kyushu Island are used. Surveyed topics included basic information about FPCs and ANAs, recent management activities, financial conditions, and member perceptions of forest management. Some FPCs suffered from disadvantageous forestry circumstances, including low timber prices, decreased number of members, and tax burdens; at the same time, some FPCs greatly profited from non-forestry income or assets, e.g., by leasing or selling forestland. In most cases, basic forest management operations had been conducted by both FPCs and ANAs, and members had maintained attachment to and responsibility for iriai forests and a sense of public contribution. Policy recommendations include making legal settings and administrative supports more compatible with contemporary realities, providing greater financial support for management activities, and pursuing multi-level governance to open the commons to wider society.


Scanning electron microscopes operating in the reflecting mode can resolve surface detail at the level of a few tens of angstroms. A University of Chicago–Hughes Research Laboratories collaboration expects to do about as well with ions by the end of the year. A pair of scanning ion microscopes being built at Hughes (Malibu, California) is designed to achieve a resolving power as fine as 20 A.


Magnetic anomalies with low amplitudes and spectral energy concentrated at short wavelengths indicative of shallow sources exist in the southwest part of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. These anomalies are of interest because hydrocarbon microseepage is thought to cause the emplacement of magnetic minerals and alter the amount and composition of rock cements (Donovan and others, 1979). The basic hypothesis is that all hydrocarbon traps leak and that the escaped hydrocarbons and dissolved gases can be detected at the surface. Mechanisms have been proposed whereby the deposition of magnetic minerals (magnetite and pyrrhotite) is enhanced by escaping hydrocarbons in horizontal zones near the water table causing magnetic anomalies with specific characteristics. Oil and gas are produced from structural and stratigraphic traps in this area and a study of the anomalies caused by shallow magnetic and gravity sources was carried out to see if detection of hydrocarbon microseepage was feasible in this locality. If so, previously unrecognized areas of petroleum potential might thereby be delineated. Aeromagnetic data were used to select a target area on the Southern Ute Reservation approximately 25 kilometers wide for detailed ground work. The aeromagnetic survey was flown at 125-meter ground clearance and BOO-meter line spacing and was digitally processed to enhance anomalies caused by shallow sources while suppressing 2-dimensional anomalies such as those caused by hogbacks, arroyos, and pipelines. The remaining anomalies can then be attributed to thin tabular bodies with limited horizontal extent. Ensembles of these thin and shallow sources create anomalies which persist from flight line to flight line and appear as irregular cloudlike areas on contour maps. Based on the results of this analysis, an area west of Redmesa, Colorado, roughly centered on T. 33 N., R. 13 W., was chosen for further study. This area is just north of the gas-productive Barker Dome and west of the Hogback Monocline and contains a band of northeast-aligned cloud anomalies. Ground-level magnetic data were obtained using a truckmounted proton precession magnetometer driven along section roads in the vicinity of the most promising anomaly centered on Wheeler Draw, 10 kilometers west of Redmesa, Colorado. The maximum depth to magnetic sources in this area was determined by modeling a continuous magnetic source (an equivalent source layer) at various depths and noting the degree of fit between the observed residual magnetic anomaly and that calculated from the model. Based on this analysis magnetic basement was determined to be 3 kilometers deep, which agrees with a nearby well. The remaining magnetic


The seismic wave impedance inversion technique is becoming an increasingly important tool in carrying out reservoir prediction for oil exploration and development. There exist both turbidite sand and thick-bedded halite in S 2-3 formation of Liutun sag. The lithofacies vary greatly in transverse direction. The application of the Strata inversion technique in this area is discussed according to the data processing order, which mainly includes well logging data correction, wavelet extraction, correlation of the synthetic records with the seismic profile, establishment of the initial model, and the constraint inversion. Ideal results are achieved showing the gradual modification from the deep turbidite fan to the salt lake face. The contour map of the sand body in each system tract is made, so the spatial distribution of the reservoir is characterized.


In a method for relative depth of parts of one or more digital images, the digital images are regularized by segmentation, and at least part of the pixels of the images are assigned to respective segments. The realtive motion of the segments for successive images is estimated by image matching. The image features of the segments are regularized by dual segmetation, in which the edges of the segments are found, pixels are assigned to the edges, and dual segments are defined. The relative motion of the dual segments for successive images is estimated by image segment matching in order to determine the relative depth order of the image segments.


Effective design of in situ remediation technologies often requires an understanding of the mass transfer limitations that control the removal of contaminants from the soil. In addition, the presence of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in soils will affect the ultimate success or failure of remediation processes. Knowing the location of NAPLs within the subsurface is critical to designing the most effective remediation approach. This work focuses on demonstrating that gas tracers can detect the location of the NAPLs in the subsurface and elucidating the mass transfer limitations associated with the removal of contaminants from soils.


Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) with heavy ion beams offers a promising perspective for energy generation in the future by thermonuclear fusion. For its realization, a unique potential of technologies and experience is available, in particular, in the field of accelerators. The powerful laser facilities in operation now or in a few years will deliver crucial information on the physics of target performance. Moreover, inertial confinement fusion will open a rich field of fundamental research on extreme states of matter, particularly, the physics of dense plasmas.

Keywords:

inertial confinement fusion;
direct and indirect drive;
heavy ion accelerators: synchrotrons, storage rings, RF- and induction linacs;
HIBALL- and OSIRIS reactor design;
heavy ion interaction with matter;
physics of dense plasmas


This paper presents a CORDIC-based architecture for adaptive lattice filters. The proposed filter architecture consists of simple components: a CORDIC processor and an adder, so that it can be implemented with a reduced amount of hardware. Moreover, the proposed architecture is useful for ASIC design because it has a regular, modular, and locally-connected structure. In addition, since our architecture is effective even in case of ARMA lattice filters, it can be utilized for many applications in the digital signal processing field.