What is happening at the intersection of globalization, copyright law, and the rhetorical construction of judicial opinions, i.e. how are high court judicial opinions processing and reflecting "globalization"? An interesting examination of these issues takes place by studying copyright-context judicial opinions of Canada and contrasting those opinions with US approaches. Studying judicial opinions of high courts is relevant when considering the impact of globalization on worldwide copyright law. Such texts are powerful writings that like any writing have intended audiences, an author, and contain all of the rhetorical devices used to make effective communication. When examining the effect of globalization on the rhetorical construction of judicial opinions, it must be acknowledged that judicial opinions are important to examine because they serve and circulate in commerce as part of the "vast network of international law and dozens of international organizations [that] make globalization possible" (Globalization101.org). It must also be acknowledged that "globalization" is a problematic term. It is defined variously as "highly complex and contested ... [the] increasing interdependence" of various processes and levels (Starke-Meyerring, 2005, p. 470), and as the attempt to promote long-term global coordination within institutional orders (Jessop, 1999); it is associated with the "shifting out of individuals as well as the knitting together of interactions" (Latour, 1996, Brandt & Clinton, 2002). The term "globalization" is contested such that some scholars have come up with terms such as "glocalization." Swyngedouw (2001) defines the phenomena of "glocalization" in part as an effort to maintain local identities in light and use of global markets (see also Dinwoodie, 2004). Jessop refers glocalization as a strategy to maximize place-based competition in reference to global scales involving "strategies to build global advantage by exploiting local difference" (Jessop, 1999, p. 12). For example, if Canadian copyright-context judicial opinions refer to the law of other countries, but then distinguish Canadian law as both different and better, this is an act of "glocalization." Amusingly, Boyd (2006) defines glocalization as "one of the most grotesque words that academics have managed to coin." In other disciplines, there has been a call to attend to implications for defining literacy in light of globalization, and to examine how to facilitate such literacies (Huckin, 2002; Stark-Meyerring, 2005). It is appropriate to also make such a call to judges writing judicial opinions that are incredibly powerful documents. What I am calling for in this paper is the acquisition and exercise of global literacies among judges who write opinions on copyright law, especially judges of high courts whose opinions will be globally connected, localized, and folded in by foreign jurisdictions. Based on issues arising in analyses of comparative US Canadian judicial writing choices in light of globalization, such global literacies include at least in part: 1) the ability to "unsee" theoretical constructs such as the global-local binary; 2) the ability to "look to" other countries, sovereign states, or cultures/communities for paradigms from which to borrow and/or check one's own practice; 3) and the ability to anticipate in and with writing the speed at which information and technologies are developed and distributed globally. "Looking to" other countries involves the taking of a global perspective or world view. This is similar to what Sun discusses when she asks writing researchers to think globally about local writing practices. But these three global literacies call for more than taking a global perspective. Globally literate judges must not only make globalizing connects, but must also make localizing moves by checking local situated practices against global paradigms and simultaneously having the skill to "unsee" the legal constructs and ways-of-thinking that were not necessarily created with networked, globalized environments in mind. Most of the laws existing currently did not anticipate the WWW. It seems obvious ... but it is not detrimental to routinely remind oneself of this. In order to show the implications of such literacies-in-action through a comparative discussion of judicial opinions (with Canada as my primary example), I focus first on general legal infrastructure in the two countries and then specifically on the paradigmatic cases of CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada (2004) and BMG Canada Inc. v. John Doe (2004). CCH serves as the prime example of judicial-global literacies-in-action by Judge McLachlin, while BMG Canada serves as an illustration of how CCH has been folded into a later fact pattern through globally literate choices of Judge Finckenstein. My paper illustrates why global literacies are important to judges writing judicial copyright-context opinions and how the literacies have played out in the real world through a comparison of US Canadian copyright localization practice via judicial opinions.


Ranking sensitivity index of reactive network loss can judge the weak node quickly in the system.Static var compensator(SVC) is installed at the weak node,which can decrease sensitivity and improve voltage stability.Based on RLSI,the paper gives second-order transformation,which overcomes nonlinear property of original index and determines load margin better.The paper analyses voltage stability index of pre and post installation by simulating WSCC 9-bus system.The simulation results demonstrate that RLSI and SOPI can be improved and load margin can be predicted exactly.


PROJECT MARS: SCALABLE, HIGH PERFORMANCE, WEB BASED MULTIMEDIA-ON-DEMAND (MOD) SERVICES AND SERVERS by Milind M. Buddhikot ADVISOR: Guru M. Parulkar August, 1998 Saint Louis, Missouri This dissertation describes cost-effective design and implementation of scalable web based high performance multimedia-on-demand ( MOD) servers and services. An important aspect of this dissertation has been prototyping, deploying MOD applications, services and servers and learning from this experience. The three main components of this diss ertat on are (1) Web based interactive MOD services, (2) innovative enhancements to a server node operating system ( OS) to support suchMOD services, and (3) design and prototyping of a scalable server architecture and associated data layout and scheduling sche me to support a large number of independent, concurrent clients. We first describe design and prototyping of two example multimedia-on-demand services, namely interactive recording service for content creation and a fully interactive multimedia playback service to playback audio/video documents. The key aspects to design of these services are use of web as the access interface and nice separati on of the bandwidth intensive data path from the low overhead control path. We conclusively demonstrate that the periodic nature of multimedia data handled by these services requires guaranteed access to CPU and storage resources to provide realtime Quality-of-Service ( QOS) guarantees to these services. Current general purpose operating systems such as UNIX on which such services are implemented do not provide such guarantees. In addition, data transfers between storage and network device s requires excessive data copying and superfluous system calls. Unfortunately, naive servi ce implementations on such operating systems provide very poor performance. To rectify t hese limitations, we have designed and prototyped following innovative OS enhancements in the context of 4.4BSD UNIX systems: (1) we use a novel co-operative scheduling based technique called Real-Time-Upcalls ( RTU) to provide guaranteed application level CPU access. (2) We implement multiple priority queues serviced by a Deficit-Round-Robi n (DRR) fair queuing algorithm within theSCSI storage driver to provide fair guaranteed access to storage bandwidth. (3) We designed and prototyped a new buffering system called – MultiMedia Buffers (mmbufs) to provide zero copy data transfers between the storage and the network subsystem. Last, (4) we provide a new system call interface, calle d str amAPI that allows above new enhancements to be accessed from user level. This int erface allows aggregation of multiple stream read-send requests into a single system call t hus minimizing the overheads. Our experimental measurements clearly demonstrate up to 20 % hroughput improvements using the new buffer system and stream API even on small disk arrays. Also, we show that the enhanced SCSI system withDRR provides efficient sharing of resources between real-time and non-real-time requests. Also, with a video serve r prototype with two 2-disk software arrays and running OS with above enhancements comfortably supports 7 video/audio sessions with an aggregate bandwidth of 75 Mbps 1. To tackle the problem of scalability, we proposed and prototyped a distributed stor age architecture consisting of a cluster of multiple storage nodes in the form of PCs interconnected by anATM cell switched interconnect. Each node in this distributed architecture, runs theOS with extensions described above. We have developed a family of distributed data layouts that stripe data over the storage nodes in constant-time-length chunksand analyzed interesting properties that guarantee load-balanced operation of the clus ter d ring interactive playback. We have also designed and implemented distributed sc h uling techniques to support synchronized playback of striped data to clients of such a distribute d storage server. We have demonstrated that with sufficient client side buff rs, these simple scheduling techniques do yield very good quality multimedia playback. In summary, with extensive prototyping and development, this thesis conclusivel y demonstrated that scalable, high performance MOD services and servers can be built using commodity software and hardware components. 1The presentATM iinterface used in the prototype limits the number of sessions to 7. This is not an inherent limitation of the system. With better ATM interfaces this metric can be improved. To my Aai (Mom) andBaba(Dad) who taught me importance of education, knowledge, compassion, and hard work


If the leakages in the multiplier effect are so great as to almost nullify it entirely, I wonder what we gain by teaching it the way we do ! If we assume a marginal propensity to consume (b) of 0.8 and so deduce a simple income multiple of $5.00 of income for every $1.00 of exogenous spending, then the student takes this seriously as a real multiplier effect. It does not disturb him much if we talk about leakages. He may decide that a very big leak would not more than halve the effect. Whereas the truth is that the normal leakage is probably so great that the multiplier effect is all but swallowed up. I suspect that some instructors who have not performed the exercise of approximating the magnitude of the leakage factors in combination would be surprised to know this; to say nothing of the educated public who have been endowed with the "conventional wisdom" of the General Theory now for decades.


Whether a hydraulic pressure system can work normally or not depends on the pollution of hydraulic pressure oil,besides the system design,parts making and maintenance.The pollution will affect the normal working system,cause excessive abrasion of parts and even make the machine break down.Among all the problems that may occur on a hydraulic pressure machine,70% are connected to the pollution of hydraulic pressure oil.So we should pay attention to the pollution of hydraulic pressure oil.


As general comments on the manuscript, the following suggestions are made, 1. It is suggested that some restructuring of the abstract should be considered to be more specific with the general findings of the work 2. Restructure the introduction to have flow to the reader 3. Editing of the whole document to improve grammar and sentence construction to create flow to the reader 4. Better have figures and tables immediately where they are mentioned rather than at the end of the document, to allow better contextual communication by the reader


1492, 1789, 1919. There are dates so heavy with their sequels, they swallow the events that gave them meaning, and speak by themselves for whole histories. This quality of date-as-synecdoche was memorably exploited in the classic spoof-history 1066 and All That, with resonances of empires lost that can still be heard faintly but distinctly echoing in contemporary British histories of the Fall of Rome. The deixis of "and all that," however, is not only historiological. As a totalizing figure of inference and allusion, it also gestures toward the kind of testimony that has counted in the past as fictional, merely figurative and literary. This study evokes the unmemorably big date of 407 (?) CE in order to posit a common antecedent for the respective "and all thats" of insular terminal-Roman historiography and of what has been called literature. The antecedent would be the late (not to say prematurely post-) Roman history-cum-fiction of Jerome's Chronici canones (or Chronicle).


Current affordable architectures for high-speed display of shaded 3D objects operate orders of magnitude too slowly. Recent advances in floating point chip technology have outpaced polygon fill time, making the memory access bottleneck between the drawing processor and the frame buffer the most significant factor to be accelerated. Massively parallel VLSI system have the potential to bypass this bottleneck, but to date only at very high cost. We describe a new more affordable VLSI solution. A pipeline of triangle processors rasterizes the geometry, then a further pipeline of shading processors applies Phong shading with multiple light sources. The triangle processor pipeline performs 100 billion additions per second, and the shading pipeline performs two billion multiplies per second. This allows 3D graphics systems to be built capable of displaying more than one million triangles per second. We show the results of an anti-aliasing technique, and discuss extensions to texture mapping, shadows, and environment maps.


A generalized analytic approach is used for forecasting an oil well's rate behavior. Well orientation from vertical to horizontal can be adapted in this formulation. In this approach, the well is produced at a constant bottomhole pressure. in which flow periods of infinite-acting, transitional, and pseudosteady-state (pss) are modeled. The method of images is used to compute pressure solution during the transitional and pss flows for bounded reservoirs. Thereafter, rates are discerned. Both no-flow and a combination of no-flow and constant-pressure boundaries may be used. We developed a sensitivity analysis procedure to account for uncertainty in reservoir parameters. Here, a number of parameters, such as drainage area permeability, decline coefficient can be varied within specified bounds to generate a cumulative probability distribution function (cdf). The individual simulations that fall closest to 10, 50, and 90 percent of this cdf are selected to represent low, medium, and high forecasts for oil rates. This analysis readily allows one to perform an economic evaluation of existing or new well prospects. Direct comparison of a vertical well with that of an inclined or a horizontal well's performance is also feasible in this approach. Illustrative examples constitute the paper's backbone. Several plausible scenarios are presented to show the simulator's applications. The first three cases, taken from actual files, show how project economics can be analyzed from the results of a large number of rapid simulations. We also considered a hypothetical case involving an offshore project where a large capital investment is required. Following a stepwise procedure. we show how to evaluate the reservoir parameters that are required to make the project an economic success even before drilling a well.


.......................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements..........................................................................................iv Introduction...................................................................................................1 Chapter 1: "I feel such a power to live in me": Gendered Narration and Female Autonomy in A Lost Lady...................................12 Chapter 2: Edna's Uncertainty: Narrative Distance and Absent Gender in The Awakening....................................34 Conclusion....................................................................................................48 Bibliography..................................................................................................53 Endnotes......................................................................................................57


The aim of the present study was to determine whether angelicin is able to increase the expression of γ‐globin genes in human erythroid cells. Angelicin is structurally related to psoralens, a well‐known chemical class of photosensitizers used for their antiproliferative activity in treatment of different skin diseases (i.e., psoriasis and vitiligo). To verify the activity of angelicin, we employed two experimental cell systems, the human leukemic K562 cell line and the two‐phase liquid culture of human erythroid progenitors isolated from normal donors. The results of our investigation suggest that angelicin, compared with cytosine arabinoside, mithramycin and cisplatin, is a powerful inducer of erythroid differentiation and γ‐globin mRNA accumulation of human leukemia K562 cells. In addition, when normal human erythroid precursors were cultured in the presence of angelicin, increases of γ‐globin mRNA accumulation and fetal hemoglobin (HbF) production, even higher than those obtained using hydroxyurea, were detected. These results could have practical relevance, as pharmacologically‐mediated regulation of the expression of human γ‐globin genes, leading to HbF induction, is considered a potential therapeutic approach in hematological disorders, including β‐thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.


The global coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has had negative impacts on individuals' mental health and well-being. The crisis has generated symptoms of depression in many, which may last even after the lockdown is over. To provide support to individuals in terms of counseling and psychiatric treatment, it is necessary to identify such depressive symptoms in a timely fashion. To address this problem, an artificial intelligence-based system is proposed to assess the changes, if any, in the mental health of an individual as a function of time, starting from the pre-lockdown period (in India from 20 April 2020). A Mental Health Analyzer has been implemented to automatically detect whether an individual is trending toward a state of depression based on his or her tweets over time. The deep learning models of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Bidirectional LSTM have been implemented and compared for the emotion classification task, specifically to detect the emotions of sadness, fear, anger, and joy present in a person's tweets. The system identifies the emotion of sadness present in tweets to detect depression. An ensemble maximizing model using CNN, LSTM, and Bidirectional LSTM is proposed to maximize the recall metric to improve the performance for the task of depression detection. The implemented system was tested using the dataset provided for the SemEval-2018 semantic evaluation tasks and achieves better results than previous models for the task of emotion classification and, further, can detect depression when tested on real Twitter data.


Punjab, due to having good quality of soil, developed irrigation canal system, hard working people and above all due to the favorable policies, has become a leading agricultural state of the country. Being a leading agricultural state, the agricultural policies of central and state Governments (favorable as well as unfavorable) directly influence Punjab agriculture. Implementation of new agricultural technique, public investment, conducive Government policies and their effect in the form of establishment of institutions for agricultural development, played a major role in agricultural development, which could not be sustained for a long time due to the limitation of technique itself and reversal of Government policies. The results of new technique include monoculture of wheat and rice, which further contributed in ecological problems like degradation of soil, over exploitation of water. The reversal of Government policies has increased cost of cultivation. State has to respond to the global mandate. Therefore, instead of food security diversification of agriculture in favor of high value crops through corporate interference and contract farming is stressed through new agricultural policy.


Glass molding technology has attracted considerable attention because of its low cost and high-volume production. However, the profile deviation mechanism of double-aspheric lens is currently unclear. A method of profile deviation prediction was developed in this study to reveal the influence law of molding parameters on the profile deviation of upper and lower aspheric surfaces. Based on the thermoviscoelastic constitutive model and finite element theory, a method of profile deviation prediction for the glass molding of double-aspheric lens was established. Single-factor analysis method was used to analyse the influence law of glass molding parameters, such as molding temperature, molding velocity, annealing rate, and holding pressure on profile deviation. Different influence laws of each molding parameter on the profile deviation of the upper and lower aspheric surfaces were discussed. Results demonstrate that the profile deviation decreases with the increase when the molding temperature lower than 570 °C. When the molding temperature is above 570 °C, the profile deviation slowly increases with the increase of molding temperature, and the profile deviation of the double-aspheric lens increases with the increase in the pressing velocity. The profile deviation of the upper and lower aspheric surface decreases as the annealing rate and the holding pressure increase, and the profile deviation of the upper surface is greater than the lower. The difference can be reduced by increasing the holding pressure. This study provides a reference for improving the molding accuracy of double-aspheric lens.


The atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the greatest cause of death in Brazil as much as in the developed world. Therefore, it's a relevant issue for health professionals and for general population. So, we present the treatments for the disease, focusing the surgery, with revascularization of the myocardium. Then, we start with a short report that shows how the operation achieves its actual state, the techniques currently applied in this kind of operation and when it's done with or without extracorporeal circulation; who the patients for this treatment are and what results we can expect; the perspectives for this procedure, such as the practice of minimally invasive surgeries and the utilization of robotics to help the surgeon. At last, we contextualize two new procedures: the percutaneous revascularization, that still shows uncertain long-term results, and the neoangiogenesis, which still is in study phase.


Research shows collaboration and coaching with caregivers and educators positively impacts growth in occupational performance. Better understanding of this additional role that occupational therapy practitioners play; when working with children with sensory processing challenges, is vital to properly advocate for strategies and resources to help them reach their personal trajectory. This article offers insight into the importance of removing professional jargon to facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration. Specific strategies for making coaching and training sessions for sensory processing content relatable and meaningful to educators and caregivers are also provided.


Resource allocation is very important for achieving interference suppression and protecting the quality of service of users in heterogeneous networks (HetNets). However, the existing works with perfect channel state information (CSI) and ideal hardware ignored the impact of channel uncertainties and hardware impairments on system performance. In this paper, we design a robust secure resource allocation algorithm with imperfect CSI to achieve the energy efficiency (EE) maximization of femtocell users for a two-tier downlink HetNet with multiple passive eavesdroppers, where the residual hardware impairments are considered at the transceivers. The formulated EE problem is non-convex with the consideration of the maximum transmit power constraint of each base station, the cross-tier interference power constraint, as well as the secure rate constraint. By using the worst-case approach and successive convex approximation, the resource allocation problem with the infinite-dimensional constraints is converted into a convex one which is efficiently solved by using convex optimization theory. Simulation results verify that the proposed algorithm has a higher EE and causes less interference power to macrocell users by comparing it with the baseline algorithms.


Profitability is one benchmark to show a company operational performance. Various factors influence the amount of profitability. This research aims to analyze the influence of the amount of premium income, total investment, claims expense and operational costs on the profitability gained during the period 2011-2017. This paper conducts multiple linear analysis, namely OLS (Ordinary Least Square) with secondary data in the form of time-series data. The results of the t-test indicate that the claims expense variable has a negative and significant effect. Meanwhile, the operational cost variable has a positive and significant impact. On the contrary, the premium variable and the amount of investment both have a positive but not significant effect. Moreover, the results of the F test show that the variables of premium, investment, claims expense and operating costs have a considerable impact on the profitability of Sinar Mas Islamic Insurance.


The present hardening requirements for civilian and military systems encompass the threats of light ning, nuclear EMP, and a series of line transients. The line transients are presently standardized in FCC Rule 6 8T and MIL-STD-188-100; all on-line equipment must satisfy these requirements. This paper presents a proven hardening concept that takes advantage of the lower level protection required for line transient suppression and extends the protection to lightning and nuclear EMP levels. With proper deployment of the additional front end protection,it would become possible to install any standard electronic equipment that contained line transient protection behind the additional front end protection and be assured of providing comprehensive system hardening.


Blockchain (BC) has received high attention from many researchers recently because it has decentralization, trusted auditability, and transparency as its main properties. BC has contributed fundamentally to the development of applications like cryptocurrencies, health care, the internet of things (IoT), and so on. The IoT is envisioned to include billions of pervasive and mission-critical sensors and actuators connected to the internet. This network of smart devices is expected to generate and have access to vast amounts of information, creating unique opportunities for new applications, but significant security and privacy issues emerge concurrently because it does not contain robust security systems. BC provides many services like privacy, security, and provenance to the systems that depends on. This research includes analyzing and a comprehensive review of BC technologies. Moreover, the proposed solutions in academia with the methodologies that used to integrate blockchain with IoT are presented. Also, the types of attacks on blockchain are collected and classified. Furthermore, the main contributions and challenges that are included in the literature are explored, then the relevant recommendations for solving the explored challenges are proposed. In conclusion, the integration of BC with IoT could produce promising results in enhancing the security and privacy of IoT environment.


Objective:To explore the sanitary condition of barrelled purified water for drinking,to analyze the factors which lead to the fact that purified water can not meet the required standard,and to provide ameliorate methods for further improvment.Methods:26 Samples of domestic document that published on"www.cnki.net"were analyzed.Results:The qualified rate of domestic area barrelled purified water for drinking raised gradually from 2001 to 2004,the qualified rate of province center is higher than other medium and small city.Conclusion:Relatively,the qualified rate of domestic barrelled purified water for drinking is low,the work of surveillance and monitor of domestic barrelled purified water for drinking is difficult.HACCP、quantity and classification manage means may be effective methods to control its sanitation status.


Many-Objective Optimization Problems are problems that have more than three objective functions. For a small number of objective functions, Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms provide good results, but when the number of objective functions grows, these algorithms present scalability problems. In this paper we focus on Multi-Objective Discrete Problems (MODO) with many objectives. We propose a new Estimation Distributed Algorithm (EDA) applied to MODO, called ArchEDA, with the aim of improving the results achived by MOEAs. The main idea is to combine EDA with archiving methods, in order to select the solutions used on the probabilistic models. To evaluate Arch-EDA we apply the algorithm to the 0/1 Multi-Objective Knapsack Problem, considering two to ten objective functions and a set of benchmarking instances. The results achieved are compared, through statistical analysis, with the NSGA-III, NSGA-II and SPEA2 algorithms.


1. In the present report, the germination of F2 seed, the external characteristics, fertility and the number of somatic chromosomes of trigeneric triple F2 hybrid (TdurHR F2) raised from (Triticum durum x Haynaldia villosa F1) x Secale cereals were described. 2. 32 grains of F2 seed were sown in separate pots in October 1958 and 21 grains germinated and 16 of them matured (Table 1). 3. As seen in Table 2, the number of somatic chromosomes of the 16 individuals of TdurHR F2 hybrids was found to vary from 42 to 50. 4. Some individual differences were observed in the external characteristics of the F2 plants, even among the plants having the same number of chromosomes (Table 3). The culm length of most of the F2 plants tended to be shorter than that of the parental plants (F,) except in several individual cases. And there seems to be no correlation between culm length and the number of chromosomes. In general, the spikes were longer than those of the parent (FI). However, the number of spikelets per spike, spike density, length of awns and the number of florets per spikelet in almost all the F2 plants tended to be inferior to those of the parental plants (F,) respectively. And also in these characteristics, as with the culm length, there seems to be no correlation between them and the number of chromosomes. The number of tiller of F2, in 5 of 16 individuals it is found to be superior to that of the parental plant, while in the remaining 11 individuals to be inferior to that of the parent (F,). Generally speaking, the external characteristics of TdurHR F2 plants were somewhat inferior to those of the parental plants (F1). 5. One individual (TdurHR F2-19-1) of 16 F2 plants showed fertility, though it was very low and partial, while almost all the others were completely sterile.


An increasing number of hosts are operating in multiple-interface
environments, where different network interfaces are providing unequal
levels of service or connectivity. This document summarizes current
practices in this area, and describes in detail how some common
operating systems cope with these challenges.


Vectorcardiograms (VCG) from two patient groups were analyzed to develop and test quantitative criteria for the diagnosis of inferior myocardial infarction. The first group (219 patients) consisted of four subgroups and was used to develop the criteria. Patients were placed in the normal and infarct subgroups by clinical descriptors including history, course in the coronary care unit, and cardiac catheterization findings. The criteria which were found to give the fewest false positive results with acceptable sensitivity were as follows:In the frontal plane, generally clockwise early superior QRS forces must be present, i.e., forces which are initially either a) superior (rightward or leftward) or b) inferior and completely rightward for not more than 10 msec prior to becoming superior, and which subsequently cross the X axis to the left of the 0 point (or less commonly, the entire efferent limb remaining superior to the X axis). One of the following conditions must also be present: 1) Time from the 0 point to leftward X intercept of at least 25 msec and distance from the 0 point to leftward X intercept of at least 0.30 mV; 2) A maximal frontal plane QRS vector less than 15°; 3) A maximal superior deviation of at least 0.1 mV and a ratio of maximal superior deviation to maximal inferior deviation of at least 1:5.The performance of these proposed criteria were then tested prospectively using a second group (255 patients) which was similar to the criteria group. The proposed criteria were found to be statistically superior to both ECG Q wave criteria and to the VCG initial force criteria of Young and Williams. 2 The incidence of false positive diagnosis in the test group was less than 3%.


Quantum walks have been shown to have a wide range of applications, from artificial intelligence, to photosynthesis, and quantum transport. Quantum stochastic walks (QSWs) generalize this concept to additional non-unitary evolution. In this paper, we propose a trajectory-based quantum simulation protocol to effectively implement a family of discrete-time QSWs in a quantum device. After deriving the protocol for a 2-vertex graph with a single edge, we show how our protocol generalizes to a graph with arbitrary topology and connectivity. The straightforward generalization leads to simple scaling of the protocol to complex graphs. Finally, we show how to simulate a restricted class of continuous-time QSWs by a discrete-time QSW, and how this is amenable to our simulation protocol for discrete-time QSWs.


This paper proposed a compensation strategy to reduce the 24n ± 1th harmonics existing in a traditional 24-pulse diode converter. Moreover, the strategy also overcomes the unequal-shared line currents of the two phase-shift transformers, which provide four set of three phase ac sources with 15° phase angles with respect to the adjacent sources. The 24-pulse converter used in this paper is parallel at the dc side through inter-phase transformers (IPTs) including two first-stage IPTs and one second-stage IPT. Each first-stage IPT has an extra winding for injecting compensation current to eliminate the overall ac line current harmonics and obtain the equal-shared primary line currents of the two phase-shift transformers. The compensation currents for the two first-stage IPTs are generated by an inverter and a digital signal processor (DSP) is used as the controller to generate the required trig signals for the switches in the inverter. A 6kW prototype is established to verify the validity of the proposed scheme. Both simulation and experimental results demonstrate the correctness and performance of the proposed method.


Keyword query is an important research in information retrieval. Although many approaches have been proposed, searching for efficient and accurate approach to answer keyword query still continue. This paper presents a new algorithm to select and generate MCCTree from XML document called XMCCTree. This algorithm uses CLCA and MCLCA notions and considered as an enhancement of the previous CGTreeGenerator and MCCTreeGenerator algorithms. The objective of this algorithm's development is to improve the efficiency on generating MCCTree to answer keyword query in XML document.


F-wave persistence-Fprs (percentage of stimuli which produced an F response) is a measure of the capability of an anterior horn cell to produce and their axons to conduct F-waves. Changes of Fprs have been reported in various neurological diseases (Fisher. 1992). We describe the alterations of Fprs as a result of a vasovagal fainting reaction of a 30-year-old healthy subject, brother of one of the authors (EC). who participated in a study, approved by the local Ethics Committee. aiming to establish normal values for various F-wave parameters. He volunteered for the investigation signing the relevant concern form, despite his fear of hospitals and medical procedures involving needles. The recording procedure began with the subject sitting up on the couch. A total of 100 supramaximal stimuli with frequency of O.S€Iz were delivered to the peroneal nerve at the knee and the F-waves were recorded from the extensor digitorum brevis muscle with surface electrodes. The Fprs in the first three series of 10 stimuli were 80. 90 and 70%. respectively. After the first 30 stimuli, the subject became pale, his heart rate was 55 beatdmin and he complained of dizziness, nausea. sweating and weakness. At that time the Fprs was reduced to 208. The study, which was briefly interrupted while the subject was assisted in to the recovery position. continued, with the subject's consent, showing a further decrease in the Fprs (10%). The Fprs return to the pre-faint level within 3 min, following complete remission of the symptoms and increase of his pulse to 75 beatdmin (Fig. I ) The alterations in Fprs could not be attributed to changes of subject's position, nor to the inherent variability of Fprs. Both the decrease and increase of the Fprs occurred while the subject maintained a stable position (i.e. sitting up, during the first Fprs alteration and lying down, during the second alteration). Similarly, although the Fprs of the peroneal nerve varies considerably between subjects, it remains relative invariable throughout an Fwave study (unpublished observation). It was therefore concluded that the observed Fprs changes were related to the vasovagal episode. Depression of the excitability state of the F-wave generating motor neurones, due to inhibitory inputs as part of the general reaction to the circulatory alterations, could be responsible for the Fprs findings. A mechanism similar to this was suggested for the temporary decrease in the Fprs during cataplexy (Yokota er a/., 1992). Another possible explanation could be that the local ischemia of the anterior horn cells resulted in cessation of F-waves or to transient conduction block along the motor roof or peripheral nerve. Ischemia was associated with reduction of the F-wave generation, after exercise, in patients with neorogenic claudication (London and England, 1991). Vasoconstriction of capacitance vessels, which has been showed to occur in vasovagal attacks triggered by psychological or physiological factors (Epsteine er a/., 1968; Ruetz et a/., 1967) could be the cause of local ischemia in our case.


Changes in the levels of liver cellular retinoland retinoic acid-binding proteins were studied after partial (about 70%) hepatectomy for 14 days in the rat. It was found that a novel binding protein designated F-type appears transiently in liver cytosol 3 days after the operation. The appearance of this protein coincides with the peak level of the a,-fetoprotein. In contrast, cellular retinoic acid-binding protein was detected only the first day after hepatectomy, whereas no significant change was observed in the level of the cellular retinol-binding protein during the entire observation period. [3H]Retinol or [3H]retinoic acid complexed with serum retinol-binding protein injected intravenously into vitamin A-deficient rats 1 day after the hepatectomy was recovered 5 min or 20 min later bound specifically to cellular retinolor retinoic acid-binding protein, respective1y.l The results presented here strongly suggest that each of the three cellular retinoid-binding proteins plays a distinct role in cell proliferation and differentiation.-Omori, M., Y. Muto, and T. Nagao. Cellular retinoid-binding proteins in regenerating rat liver: demonstration of a novel cellular retinoid-binding protein. J . Lipid Res. 1981. 22: 899-904. Supplementary key words deficiency * a,-fetoprotein vitamin A . retinoic acid . vitamin AIt has been established that cytosols of many tissues contain two different binding proteins for vitamin A and its analogs (retinoids). T h e first one is cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP) (1) and the second is cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (CRABP) (2). CRBP (3, 4) and CRABP (5, 6) have been purified to homogeneity. Both proteins have molecular weight of 14,600 but can be distinguished by their binding specificity either for retinol or retinoic acid. Shidoji and Muto (7) have recently reported that the fish eye cytosol contains another cellular retinoidbinding protein with a similar molecular size but which appears to have binding affinity for both retinol and retinoic acid. A similar binding protein has also been detected in the brain cytosol of developing chick embryo (8), human fetal liver, and human hepatocellular carcinoma (9). We call this cellular retinoidbinding protein F-type (CRBP (F)) as suggested previously (8, 9). The present study was undertaken to determine whether the levels of these proteins change during liver regeneration. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE


The development of a microcomputer‐controlled electrostatic probe as a diagnostic technique is described. The technique uses cylindrical probes and the definitive theory of Laframboise to give rapid measurements of the plasma parameters in a medium density (1010 to 1012 cm−3) plasma including the fast electron density and temperature. The iterative technique described overcomes many of the problems associated with established methods of Langmuir probe analysis.


Aim at the problem of hydraulic oil exist solid impurity and water which lead to hydraulic component invalidation,an equipment for hydraulic oil contamination on-line monitoring is designed by finding out the effect factors of electrical conductivity variations.It can monitor the solid impurity and water content in hydraulic oil and provide reliable data for active maintenance of system.


The present invention allows for the production, with a high productivity, of a water-absorbent resin having an improved relationship between absorption capacity and water-soluble polymer, which are conflicting properties of the water-absorbent resin, being easily controlled for polymerization reaction, being of no odor, being less colored, and being of high absorption properties (high absorption capacity under load and high PPUP). In a process for producing a water-absorbent resin by polymerizing an acrylic acid composition including acrylic acid and/or its salt, the process includes: (a) the step of carrying out radical polymerization of the acrylic acid composition to form a hydrogel crosslinked polymer; and (b) the step of drying the hydrogel crosslinked polymer by application of heat, the acrylic acid composition having an unpolymerizable organic compound content of 1 to 1000 ppm by weight, wherein the unpolymerizable organic compound has a solubility parameter of (1.0 to 2.5)*10 (Jm-3) 1/2.


The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is an uncommon familial disorder of connective tissue. The joints are hypermobile and the skin unduly extensible (Fig. 1). The skin tends to split with slight injury leaving wide thin scars on bony prominences (Fig. 2). There is often a bleeding diathesis of variable severity, with ocular, cardiovascular and gastro-intestinal concomitants. Other common stigmata are fleshy swellings known as molluscoid pseudo-tumours, usually in the scarred areas, and calcified spheroids, which may be palpated in the subcutaneous tissues of the forearms and shins (Fig. 3). FIGs. I AND 2 Figure I-The hyperextensible skin in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Figure 2-Scarring of the knees, shins and face and the thoracic deformity are shown. During an investigation in southern England 100 affected patients were examined: many had diverse orthopaedic features, and the purpose of this paper is to describe and to discuss them on a basis of previous reports. The 100 patients were fully examined, and haematological, biochemical, histological and radiological investigations were done on many of them. Joint hypermobility was assessed by a modification of the method described by Carter and Wilkinson (1964). The patients were given a score of 0 to 5, one point being scored for the ability to perform each of the following tests: I) passive dorsiflexion of the little finger beyond 90 degrees with the forearm flat on a


This study examined the effectiveness of written corrective and the role of individual differences (ID) in the uptake of the feedback. Data was taken from a nine-week, English as a foreign language (EFL) writing course from 101 intermediate (n=101) students at a private university in Kobe, Japan. Using an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, quantitative data was first collected concerning writing errors, followed by qualitative semi-structured interviews. Three classes were placed into either two treatment groups (direct and indirect) or a control group, and completed four writing tasks (pre-test, post-test and two delayed post-tests). The study found the two treatment groups showed significant improvements on local and global errors, whereas the control group did not. Additionally, the qualitative component elicited the influence of affective factors. The study adds to the body of literature addressing the impact of written corrective feedback, specifically on students' self-editing strategies.


Background/Objectives: In this paper we segment breast and brain Magnetic Resonance Images. Methods/Statistical Analysis: This automated process implemented by a robust Fuzzy C-Means (FCM). This FCM needs novel objective function. This is obtained by performing replacement. The source is original Euclidean distance. Findings: The target is properties of kernel function on feature space. This transformation uses Tsallis entropy. The effective objective functions are minimized. It results in membership partition matrices and successive prototypes with equation. The initial cluster reduces both the running time and computational complexity. The synthetic image with benchmark dataset used to perform initial experimental work. Then it is applied to real breast and brain magnetic resonance image on different region. Conclusion/Improvements: The silhouette method shows better segmentation than existing method.


This work, the seventh in THE ANNOTATED H.G. WELLS series, takes a critical look at Wells' little known fantasy The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine, which is "a parable of dark foreboding that unveils the nothingness of utopian dreams" and foreshadows Franz Kafka's dark fables of the totalitarian age. A lengthy introduction by the editor provides a comprehensive overview of the text and the story of The Sea Lady, and serves to explain the ideas of civil death and every citizen's acting as a public servant, and the concept of totalitarian metaphysics, which deals with a revolt against the limits of the human condition. This work provides a complete, extensively annotated text of the 1902 London first edition of The Sea Lady. Prepared by the world's leading Wellsian, the volume also provides germane appendices and a bibliography.


The orthorhombic γ-black phase of CsPbI3 is well-known to be unstable at room temperature and strategies are needed to counteract its transformation tendency. In this paper we compare γ-black CsPbI3 thin films (∼80 nm) formed via two different routes: a fast quenching of the cubic α-phase from 325 °C (HT-γ) or spontaneously cooling the layer from 80 °C (LT-γ). The successful application of the second procedure is allowed by the use of a mother solution containing Europium with an Eu/Pb ratio as small as 5%. This has been indeed used to form both LT-γ and HT-γ thin films. The phase transition during the heating and cooling pathways is followed in situ by spectroscopic ellipsometry and x-ray diffraction analyses. We demonstrate that both γ-black phases exhibit the same absorption features and critical points as depicted in very details by the dielectric functions. Minor differences can be found in the intensity of the absorption coefficient, assigned to an improved lattice quality in the layer that has experienced the high temperature path. On the other hand, α-black and δ-yellow phases show different critical points in the optical transitions. Besides providing benchmarking optical parameters to discriminates the different phases, we demonstrate that the LT-γ phase closely competes with the HT-γ counterpart during stress tests for stability, with the first one more suited for tandem monolithic architectures that require thermal treatments under 200 °C.


In tissue engineering, natural hydrogel scaffolds gained considerable attention due to their biocompatibility and similarity to macromolecular-based components in the body. However, their low mechanical strength and high degradation degree limit their biomedical application. By varying the composition of hydrogels, their biochemical and mechanical properties can be improved. In this study, the stability of fibrin and collagen hydrogels and their composites with decellularized Wharton's jelly extract (DEWJ) was improved using proanthocyanidin (PA) as a cross-linker, extracted from grape seeds. The cytocompatibility, physicochemical and mechanical properties of the hydrogels were evaluated. Human endometrial stem cells (hEnSCs) were seeded on the hydrogels and their attachment, morphology, and proliferation were investigated using a scanning electron and optical microscopy. Our results showed that hydrogels containing DEWJ along with PA enhance cell proliferation and showed higher mechanical properties compared with the fibrin and collagen hydrogel. The results present the potential utility of these hydrogels in tissue engineering and for application in three-dimensional culture.


The Covid-19 pandemic, which has influenced millions of people around the world, has turned into a global hazard, creating a new situation that permits radical intellectual transformations in all areas of both individual and social life. This 'state of crisis', which has led to transformation in all socio-economic and socio-political dynamics of the globalizing modern world, has paved the way for legal, political and economic structural breaks at the institutional level and as a capacity to combat this crisis, it opened the door to a deep reflection on the invention of 'a new public reason'. The exceptional measures and its possibility to turn into an administrative routine for the post-pandemic period bring this agenda to the discussion ground for public intellectuality. Since the right to health, which is classified within the scope of social rights, constitute the central element of the fight against the pandemic in all its aspects, constitutes an important topic of the reflective thinking on the horizon. In this context, the right to health within the scope of 'economic, social and cultural rights', defined as the second generation rights that continue to struggle for existence outside the strong framework of the first generation rights catalog that dominates modern human rights teaching and practice, will be discussed in terms of socio-legal dynamics.


This paper presents experience with testing of gas turbine plants for NERC and WSCC compliance. Testing has been performed on older analog-electronic and new digital-electronic units. The level of detail used in modeling and model availability in simulation programs are ongoing issues. Temperature limits and outer-loop controls such as PF/VAr controls and load sharing have been seen to dominate plant performance.


This chapter discusses why both names and addresses are necessary in a VoIP environment, and described the part that both play in the establishment of calls. It has highlighted the importance of names and addresses being unique within the context of the system in which they are used. The existing naming scheme based on E.164 numbers has been described and it has been explained why this will continue to be required for many VoIP applications. There are, however, a number of alternative options that may become available in the future and a method of handling some of these has been identified in outline.


Objective To evaluate double dose contrast medium spiral CT cholangiography (SCTC) and 3D reconstruction technique in clinical applications.Materials and Methods SCTC was performed in 50 cases with suspected biliary or pancreatic diseases by intravenous infusion of 40ml 50% meglumine iodopamide and 60ml 50% glucose solution. Scanning began 60~120 minutes after infusion started. MIP and SSD reconstruction were done.Results The visualization rate of biliary system was 100% in patients with serum bilirubin level below 34.2 μmol/L and was 84% in patients with serum bilirubin level over 34.2 μmol/L or below 68.4 μmol/L. The total visualization rate was 86%. The third grade or more distal branches of the biliary tree were well visualized in 39 cases. The gallbladder was visualized in 24 cases (55%). 32 patients were positive and 7 cases were normal, the accuracy rate was 90%. Compared with clinical or pathological results, the diagnostic accuracy rate was 90%. No adverse reaction to meglumine iodipamide was seen in all 50 cases.Conclusion Double dose of meglumine iodipamide SCTC technique can well demonstrate biliary tree. This technique can be served as a noninvasive method for diagnosing cholangio pancreatic diseases in patients with serum bilirubin level below 68.4 μmol/L before hepatobiliary surgery.


The influence of different concentrations of BA (6-benzyladenine) and Kinetin on microtuberization was compared. In vitro single node stem segments of potato were cultured on solid MS media supplemented with different concentrations of BA and Kinetin in dark at 22±1°C. No tuberization occurred 2.5 and 5.0 μM BA. Plantlets cultured on media containing 15 μM Kinetin exhibited the greatest microtuberization response. Moreover, considerable increases in yield of microtubers per plantlet were achieved on media containing 15 μM Kinetin. It was observed that high Kinetin concentrations promoted massive microtubers compared to BA at the same concentrations.


Abstract Objective to provide a preliminary estimate of the effectiveness of the prevention of delirium (POD) system of care in reducing incident delirium in acute hospital wards and gather data for a future definitive randomised controlled trial. Design cluster randomised and controlled feasibility trial. Setting sixteen acute care of older people and orthopaedic trauma wards in eight hospitals in England and Wales. Participants patients 65 years and over admitted to participating wards during the trial period. Interventions participating wards were randomly assigned to either the POD programme or usual care, determined by existing local policies and practices. The POD programme is a manualised multicomponent delirium prevention intervention that targets 10 risk factors for delirium. The intervention wards underwent a 6-month implementation period before trial recruitment commenced. Main outcome measure incidence of new-onset delirium measured using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) measured daily for up to 10 days post consent. Results out of 4449, 3274 patients admitted to the wards were eligible. In total, 714 patients consented (713 registered) to the trial, thirty-three participants (4.6%) withdrew. Adherence to the intervention was classified as at least medium for seven wards. Rates of new-onset delirium were lower than expected and did not differ between groups (24 (7.0%) of participants in the intervention group versus 33 (8.9%) in the control group; odds ratio (95% confidence interval) 0.68 (0.37–1.26); P = 0.2225). Conclusions based on these findings, a definitive trial is achievable and would need to recruit 5220 patients in 26 two-ward hospital clusters. Trial registration: ISRCTN01187372. Registered 13 March 2014.


The purpose of this predictive research was to study the level of dietary behavior of pregnant women, and to study the predictive factors of food consumption behavior of pregnant women. The sample consisted of 272 pregnant women who came for antenatal care at the antenatal care department in Navaminthra 1 Hospital, Bangkok. The tool used for collecting data was 7 questionnaires. The content validity of all tools was verified by 5 experts. The validity of the assessment tools 2-6 was checked using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and the validity values were 0.83, 0.81, 0.93, 0.84, and 0.90 respectively. The seventh questionnaire was tested using the Kuder-Richardson method (KR-20)ม and the reliability was 0.87. The data were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Predictive factors were analyzed using multiple regression statistics. The results showed that the dietary behavior of pregnant women had a high mean score (M = 70.01, S.D. = 7.13). The predictive co-factor of food consumption behavior could be determined by ordering the variables that could be predicted highest to lowest in the following order: perceived dietary benefits, nutritional social support, self-efficacy in food consumption, beliefs about food intake, and dietary knowledge of pregnant women. The co-factor was 77 percent (R2 = .77, p < .01). The results of this research could be used as a baseline to develop a model for promoting appropriate dietary behavior among pregnant women.


The American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code manuals include not only codes and guidelines but also appendixes that provide additional coding guidance. Two new appendixes, S and T, were finalized after publication of the 2022 version of CPT. This article provides a brief description of each appendix and information on where the appendix can be accessed.


In this work, the electrical properties of Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor devices with graphene intercalated between the HfO2 dielectric and the gate electrode were studied at the nanometer scale (with a Conductive Atomic Force Microscope) and at device level. Their feasibility as ReRAM devices was also evaluated. At device level, when graphene is used as an interfacial layer, several resistive switching cycles were observed, meanwhile the standard structures without graphene did not show resistive switching behavior. Nanoscale analysis have shown that graphene avoids the complete microstructural damage of the oxide material during the forming process, demonstrating the protective role of the intercalated graphene layer in ReRAM structures.


The morphologic characteristics of the mitotic figures present in intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the gastric mucosa were investigated in 70 concecutive gastrectomy specimens from Japanese nationals. The specimens contained, in addition, early gastric cancer of intestinal type (n=44) or of diffuse type (n=22). The remaining 4 were recorded as mixed. One hundred or more consecutive mitoses/specimens were studied by high‐power microscopy in hematoxylin and eosin‐stained preparations (at × 1000). A total of 7259 mitoses were recorded (mean 103.7 mitoses/case). Of these, 1089 mitoses (i.e. 19.1%) were considered as atypical according to a previous classification. The percentage of atypical mitoses was found to be unrelated to the gender, to the increasing age of the patients, to the histologic type of the adenocarcinoma contained in the specimens, or to the anatomic site (e.g. corpus or antrum or tumor proximity). Comparative studies were done with gastrectomy specimens from Swedish nationals (a population with a 4‐times‐lower incidence of gastric carcinoma than the Japanese). The results showed a much lower frequency of mitotic figures/specimen and only occasional atypical mitosis. Since atypical mitosis has so far been reported only for neoplastic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, it is suggested that IM with atypical mitosis may be a genuine precancerous lesion in the gastric mucosa in Japanese subjects.


Construction occupies nearly a third of the total social energy consumption currently, and it's even more than 40% on existing residential heating system in North China. There is an outstanding tendency of a higher dependence degree of imported energy in China, which will have a negative impact on the construction industry with global energy shortage emerging. This paper will combine system engineering and game theory to establish models containing stakeholders involved in building energy efficiency to indicate key elements and strategies from the whole life cycle. According to model results, consumption pattern of energy can be revealed to regulate relevant markets dynamically, which will lay the foundation of policies making to bring Pareto Optimum.


This paper attempts to separate objectively the directly driven and unloading components in substorm processes by applying the method of natural orthogonal components (MNOC). A time series of the ionospheric equivalent current function with time resolution of 5 min during March 17–19, 1978 is calculated on the basis of six meridian chains magnetometer data during the International Magnetospheric Study in order to obtain the fundamental orthogonal basis set. The first and second natural components of the set thus obtained dominate over the rest of the natural components. The first natural component is found to have a two-cell pattern, which is well known to be associated with global plasma convection in the magnetosphere. It is enhanced during the growth phase and expansion phase of substorms and decays during the recovery phase of substorms. Further, it is in fair correlation to the ϵ parameter with time lag of 20–25 min. This can be identified as the directly driven component. The second natural component reveals itself as an impulsive enhancement of the westward electrojet around midnight between 65° and 70° latitude during the expansion phase only. It is much less correlated with the ϵ parameter than the first one. Thus, as a first approximation, we identify it as the unloading component. It is shown that the directly driven component tends to dominate over the unloading component except for a brief period soon after substorm onset. This is the first clear determination of the time profile of the unloading component.


Conclusion: By collecting PSQI Scale data combined with circadian rhythm characteristics monitored by wrist-wearable sensors, we are able to construct XGBoost and GBDT machine learning models with good discrimination, thus providing an early warning solution for identifying family and community members with high risk of MCI.


The utilization of various forms of pedagogy has been accentuated far and wide as a significant component of the educative process and student formation. However, the exclusive exercise of traditional pedagogy in the classroom has been widely criticized since it is geared to produce would-be theoretical and technical specialists who cannot confront the ethico-moral forces of their undertakings. Today, more than ever, prior studies have repeatedly typified that a greater emphasis must be accorded to morally inclined and culturally sensitive pedagogies. This article attempts (1) to portray how educators can anchor on the precepts of Thomistic Prudence to cultivate the Pagpapakatao (Humanity) and Pagkakakilanlan (Identity) of learners through the exercise of Reflexive Pedagogy and Hidden Curriculum in the classroom; and (2) to provide an insightful characterization as to how the Filipino philosophical lens and cultural configuration will come into play as the educators attempt to carry out the Western educational modalities in a collectivistic society such as the Philippines.


The asteroid 2003 YT1 was at approximately 25 million kilometers from Earth on May 05-2011 (U.T). From our observatory, located in Pasto-Colombia, we captured several pictures during three days and we calculated the orbital elements.


We calculate the interaction (segregation) energies Egegr between the extended lattice defects (dislocations and grain boundaries) and impurity atoms in semiconductors by using a microscopic electronic theory. In particular, we use the tight-binding recursion method coupled to the generalized zeros-and poles method and investigate the interaction between the extended lattice defects and various kinds of the impurity atoms in semiconductors (Si). For the systematic understanding of the impurity gettering, we consider a wide variety of impurities, both sp-valence and transition metal impurities, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu. We will show that the variation of the gap states plays an important role in determining the interaction energy Esegr between the impurity atom and the extended lattice defects- We also discuss the passivation of the extended lattice defects by interstitial light impurities like hydrogen in Si crystal, we present a simple physical interpretation of the impurity gettering and passivation in semiconductors.


The method of calculation of traditional ink transfer rate indicates the ink ratio with different inking rollers,the value calculated is a static index which has nothing to do with rollers arrangement for different rollers arrangement.The dynamic ink transfer rate has more practical meanings in assessment ink transfer performance on ink system.The paper took ink transfer system with Roland 700 and its two kind of changed diverter structure as study object,and abstracted ink transfer system as a vector net,discreted the process of ink transfer.Through computer simulation,dynamic ink transfer rate of three arrangements are attained,which provide certain basis for configuration design and optimization of ink system.[Ch,5 fig.9 ref.]


Martha A Wiltens. J Frederick Wiltens. Martha nee Richards, wife of Frederick (JF Wiltens), to her husband J Frederick Wiltens then in Barbados, with family and local social news including troop movements. Previous control number: 44a; See transcript: 2013.0056.0047


The invention relates to a multifunctional real-time synchronous acquisition internet of things gateway. In allusion to an actual requirement for signal synchronous acquisition in the field of mechanical equipment fault diagnosis, unit fault monitoring and diagnosing effects are prevented from being seriously affected by phase deviation. The internet of things gateway also has prominent functions of rotating speed prediction, advanced filtering and data synchronous correction and processing on the basis of having wide access abilities and typical management and protocol conversion functions. The internet of things gateway can acquire various physical quantities and electric signals outputted by sensors in real time, the sensors comprise a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, an acceleration sensor, a speed sensor, an eddy current sensor, a rotating speed sensor and the like. Meanwhile, the internet of things gateway can also complete data communication with other systems. The internet of things gateway can carry out precise processing and analysis and calculate various characteristic values on the basis of completing data acquisition and synchronous processing, wherein the characteristic values comprise a vibration velocity virtual value, a vibration acceleration true peak value, a vibration displacement true peak value, various frequency doubling values of vibration signals, a GIE value and the like.


This chapter provides an overview of LGBT politics in the Middle East and North Africa region, with a specific focus on Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Turkey. It argues that LGBT movements in these countries must be understood within the context of how the state is engaged in a broader range of authoritarian and/or state-centered regulations of social movements after the period of the Arab Spring. It also illustrates how the current regulation of LGBT rights has historical roots in the understanding of sexual identities during the colonial era. The chapter argues, therefore, that the understanding of LGBT rights as part of a "progress" or "democratization" narrative is simplistic and does not account for the historical and structural conditions that created the contexts and possibilities for contemporary LGBT organizing.


At the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT) significant effort has been expended to develop processes to utilize coal on an environmentally acceptable basis, including coal conversion to low- and medium-Btu gas. These grades of gas can readily be utilized in process steam boilers, industrial heat furnaces, as a local substitute for natural gas and/or fuel oil, electricity generation in combined-cycle power plants and as a feedstock for petrochemicals. The U-GAS process combines a single-stage fluidized-bed gasifier with an ash agglomerating mechanism to achieve selective removal of high-ash-bearing material (agglomerates) and high carbon conversions. To date, successful gasification tests have been conducted that achieved carbon gasification efficiencies exceeding 90% with coal and char feeds and ash agglomerates have been produced during test operations conducted with coke breeze, Illinois No. 6 bituminous coal and washed and unwashed Western Kentucky No. 9 bituminous coal. U-GAS process tests are being completed to produce design data at 60 psia (413 kPa) for an Industrial Fuel Gas Demonstration Plant.


This paper seeks to explore how women entrepreneurs' social capital and self-efficacy affect their opportunity recognition. This study focused exclusively on women entrepreneurs rather than comparing men and women entrepreneurs. The study is based on a multiple case study and cultural comparison of six Turkish and six Vietnamese women entrepreneurs. Social cognitive theory is used as the theoretical framework in this study. The results showed that social capital plays a significant role in affecting opportunity recognition in both countries. Self-efficacy effects vary across the cases and the two countries. Culture has a significant role in mediating the effect of self-efficacy.


Based on the analysis of original field materials, a characteristic of traditions and innovations in the subsis-tence system of Sysolsky Komi living in the southern regions of the Komi Republic has been provided. By the beginning of the 20th c., the most successful model of the integrated economy was formed among the Sysolsky Komi of the southern regions, which, along with agriculture and animal husbandry, retained hunting and fishing. Natural and climatic conditions did not always allow a good harvest of grain crops, and their shortage was com-pensated through trading operations, while hunting and fishing activities provided the opportunity to purchase grain. The basis of nutrition was cereals, from which bakery products, porridges, soups and drinks were prepared. Dishes of meat, dairy and fishing/hunting products were not served often, which was associated with the practice of observing Christian fasts, the number of which exceeded 200 days within a year. The forest products provided the overall diversity to the diet and in particular nutrition with a vitamin complex. The technology of cooking was predetermined by the presence of an oven which can bake, boil, stew and deep fry, while frying as a cooking method would be difficult to perform. The formed grain-meat-dairy model of nutrition with the inclusion of hun-ting/fishing products and wild plants is close to the cuisine of the Priluzsky Komi in terms of the composition of raw products and dishes, which can be explained by the territorial proximity of their habitats. However, a unique phenomenon of the Sysolsky Komi is the preservation of the practice of baking ritual Christmas cookies. Socio-economic transformations in the country in subsequent years brought innovations to the food culture. The main role in the food provision of a family with was played, as before, by subsidiary farming; crop yields and livestock productivity were significantly higher than in the collective farm-state system. The increase of areas for potato cultivation and the reduction of areas for crop cultivation led to the replacement of grains by potatoes. Hunting and fishing products was significantly reduced in the diet. Innovative practices included the method of salting shredded cabbage, as well as the practice of cooking freshwater fish with potatoes in milk sour cream sauce, and brewing purchased dry-salted cod. The nutrition model during the Great Patriotic War can be defined as potato and vegetable with the inclusion of wild plants, and natural resources made it possible to keep the minimal level of food consumption during this period. In fact, produce from the forest allowed a minimum level of product con-sumption, while innovations in food traditions became means for overcoming crisis periods in food supply.


A key goal of tsunami research is to quantitatively reconstruct flow parameters from paleotsunami deposits in order to better understand the geohazards of coastal areas. These reconstructions rely on grain-size and thickness measurements of tsunami deposits, combined with simple models that allow an inversion from deposit characteristics to wave characteristics. I conducted flume experiments to produce a data set that can be used to evaluate inversion models for tsunami deposition under controlled boundary conditions. Key variables in the flume experiments are sediment grain-size distribution, flow velocity and depth, and depth of water ponded in the flume before the tsunami bore was released. Physical experiments were run in a 32 m-long outdoor flume at The University of Texas at Austin. The flume has a head box with a specialized mechanical lift gate that allows instantaneous release of water to create a bore. Various sediment mixtures (silt to very coarse sand) are introduced to the upstream end of the channel as a low dune positioned just below the lift gate. The bore entrained the sediment mixture, producing an unambiguous suspension-dominated deposit in the downstream half of the channel. Deposits were sampled for grain-size and thickness trends. The experimental results capture characteristics of many recent and paleotsunami deposits, including consistent fining in the transport direction. In addition to overall fining, trends in deposit sorting and coarse (D 95 ) and fine (D 10 ) fractions reveal the importance of sediment-source grain-size distribution on tsunami deposit attributes. a laboratory investigation of the first-order controls of tsunami deposit morphology is beneficial. I conducted a series of flume experiments 2011) to isolate the effects of source grain-size variation and standing water on tsunami-like deposits. A flume at The of Austin generates bores hydraulically similar to tsunami flow across a coastal plain or lagoon and allows for examining the controls in tsunami deposit built under a range of external conditions. In this study, I present the results defining the morphodynamic controls on deposit grain-size and thickness.


Ideally a data transmission on a wireless network can provide optimal data throughput. These conditions can be difficult to fulfill and can be influenced by many factors. In this study, the scope of the discussion is limited to networks that use 802.11g and 802.11n technology to see the effect of throughput and packet loss with variations in transmit power. Retrieval of data in this study was carried out using the NS-3 simulator and applied to the Wireless Mesh Network topology on a grid of 2x1, 2x3, and 2x5 with a distance between nodes of 25 m and using Idealwifimanager as the algorithm. The variation of the transmit power used ranges from 1 dbm to 10 dbm and the variation of data packets is 1024, 5120 and 51200 bytes with the duration of the test time for 60 seconds. From the results of observations it can be concluded that wireless 802.11n has a greater throughput value than Wireless 802.11g, but the average uses large transmit power to be able to pass data packets. In terms of packet loss, data loss is very large in Wireless 802.11n with large packet sizes. Keywords— 802.11g, 802.11n, throughput, transmit power, packet data.


A Population Intelligent (PI) methodology called Particle Swarm Optimization has recently been applied to power system networks with the view to minimize the computational burden of Monte Carlo Simulation in the reliability domain. This paper presents a novel Multi Objective Particle Swarm optimization (MOPSO) methodology which adapts traditional binary PSO to multi objective PSO and intelligently prunes the state space by using the thermal capacity of transmission lines derived from the more detailed modelling of OHLs. For the implementation of the algorithm, deterministic metrics are used to evaluate the loading of the lines with the view to further enhance the efficiency of the proposed method. The IEEE 24-bus RTS is used under different case studies to validate that the filtering based methodology achieves computational effectiveness as well as improves network performance indices.


any case be difficult because there is no rapid identification test that can be used by enforcement officers. The answer lies in scrupulous documentation at every stage of transport and processing?rather like shipping freight. A buffet lunch (with a geiger counter as a high-tech table decoration), provided by the Leatherhead Food Research Associ? ation, gave journalists the opportunity to sample irradiated food. Existing legislation only covers sale of such food, so this was a strictly legal free lunch. I left before the codes were broken for the untreated and irradiated chicken, soft fruit, and prawns; having found no discernible differences between the two drumsticks and thinking that perhaps the sweeter strawberries had been irradiated. But the prawns on plate 35 did not taste or smell half as good as fresh or frozen prawns to me?and if this wasn't the treated sample then I'll eat my irradiated hat.


Abstract : Study of specifications, current and proposed, general and specific, shows that maintainability is defined in many ways: by M sub ct, sigma sub L, median or geometric mean, M max, fractile, total expected downtime during a period of time, availability, and by various combinations of these. While related in various ways, these diverse maintainability parameters are not in the least similar in meaning or ramification. This is not a disadvantage since different equipments do not have the same requirements and, therefore, depending on the requirement, some maintainability parameters are more appropriate than others. Disadvantages accrue, when for a particular mission requirement, inappropriate maintainability parameters or combinations of parameters are specified. It is the purpose of this report to analyze the use of various maintainability parameters or combinations of parameters as specification parameters and discuss their weaknesses and strengths. (Author)


Abstract : Pre-Hospital Use of Plasma for Traumatic Hemorrhage (PUPTH) is a prospective, randomized, open-label, non-blinded trial to determine the effect of pre-hospital administration of thawed plasma (TP) on mortality, morbidity, transfusion requirements, coagulation, and inflammatory response in severely-injured bleeding trauma patients. Two hundred and ten eligible adult trauma patients will be randomized to receive either two units of plasma, to administered in-field , vs standard of care normal saline (NS). Main analyses will compare subjects allocated to TP to those allocated to NS on an intention-to-treat basis. Primary outcome measure is all cause 30 day mortality. Secondary outcome measures include coagulation and lipidomic / pro-inflammatory marker responses, volume of resuscitation fluids and blood products administered, and major hospital outcomes. Demonstration of significant reductions in mortality and coagulopathic / inflammatory related morbidities as a result of pre-hospital plasma administration would be of considerable clinical importance for the management of haemorrhagic shock in both civilian and military populations.


A new approach to diagnose the working unevenness among the individual cylinders of engine is developed in this paper. The compression pressure, maximum combustion pressure and cycle work are reckoned by the measured transient speed. The first phase of study indicates that the diagnostic method is simple and acceptable.


Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) continues to be a common cause of debilitating vision loss for many older Americans. While the exudative form of the disease is treatable, no effective treatment exists for the non-exudative form. This case report illustrates the clinical presentation of geographic atrophy in advanced non-exudative AMD, demonstrates how optometrists may assist these individuals, and discusses potential future prevention and treatment options.


Through dividing the potential sliding body into slices and introducing several reasonable assumptions to forces acting between columns,the static equilibrium analysis is conducted for the columns and the sliding body,and the anti-sliding forces between columns and the normal force acting on sliding surface are thus calculated.On the basis of the definition of the vector sum factor of safety,a three-dimensional method of columns is proposed.It is indicated through some examples that for planar sliding surfaces and symmetrical sliding surfaces the factor of safety based on the definition of vector sum is in agreement with that based on the strength reduction.If the sliding surface is more complicated,the former is usually less than the latter.


High-frequency Low-Noise Amplifier(LNA) is one of the key devices about wireless communication equipment.As wireless communication equipment in particular the use of mobile communication equipment environmental conditions,often require LNA having the function of gain adaptive,in order to ensure the stability of signal reception.This paper is intended to design a high-frequency adaptive gain control of LNA monolithic integrated circuits.This paper used TSMC-0.18 μm RF-CMOS device model and gain adaptive CMOS amplifier circuit are given with process parameters in a gain of 0~17 dB,the noise suppression than 0.2 dB,applying to the DCS1800 phones.


The Googlekonomia is an alternative economic research technique that focuses on searching the best and easy access to a large number of economic meta-database and documents from different sources on the internet. The main objective of Googlekonomia is the technical evaluation of trustworthy economic meta-database and documents from different websites and search engines. Subsequently, the Googlekonomia is able to monitor, evaluate, and classify a large number of economic meta-database and documents to study and solve various economic problems. Finally, the Googlekonomia evaluates a large number of economic meta-database and documents accessible in different internet sources and search engines based on the use of artificial intelligence together with a real-time multi-dimensional graphical modeling approach.


IN his article on " Virus Bodies," published in this number of the Edinburgh Medical Journal, Dr Mervyn Gordon records the sequence of discoveries which have defined the causal agent of variola and vaccinia as a specific micro-organism demonstrable by microscopic methods and identifiable by serological reactions. In the field of research into the aetiology of these infections Gordon occupies a distinguished position, and his recognition of the discovery of the virus bodies of variola and vaccinia by John Buist of Edinburgh may rightly be accepted as authoritative. It is of particular interest that this discovery, apparently overlooked for fifty years, only came to light through Gordon's securing from a London


Six trimers with biphenyl mesogenic groups and polymethylene spacers were synthesized. From these trimers and biphenol diglycidyl ether (BPGE), a new series of combined liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) with polyether backbone were synthesized by the polyaddition with quaternary phosphonium chloride as catalyst. The effects of flexible spacer length on the phase transition and mesomorphism of the resulting trimers and combined LCPs were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), and X-ray diffraction. The trimers with 1,3-propylene and 1,4-butylene spacers were absent of mesophase, and the trimers with odd-numbered spacers, 1,5-pentylene and 1,7-heptylene, were nematic. In contrast, the trimers with even-numbered spacers, 1,6-hexylene and 1,10-decylene, were smectic within very narrow temperature ranges. All the combined LCPs were thermotropically nematic, though the crystalline behavior was complex with varying side-chain spacer length. The combined LCPs ...


The present application relates to an IMS multimedia content provided to the IMS does not have the function of (6a to 6d) or an IMS function (16) but is not well suited to the content of the means provided. To extend these IMS services means providing the gateway device (4), which provides a means for receiving the multimedia content from a content e.g. IMS application server (14) or proxy server (12) or the like, according to the protocol (e.g., Digital Living Network Alliance ) or media coding (e.g., HD video) to convert the content to an appropriate format, and transmitting the converted content via a network such as a local Wi-Fi network, or enterprise network, a home network (10).


A 20-year-old soccer player died suddenly while watching a game with friends at home. At annual preparticipation screening, ECG was normal with consequent sport eligibility (Figure 1A). History for juvenile sudden death and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was reported on the mother's side of the family. Postmortem examination of the heart showed normal dimensions (weight, 347 g; wall thicknesses of left ventricle [LV] and septum 13 mm and right ventricle [RV], 3 mm), in the absence of aneurysms or chamber dilatation; a subepicardial scar-like grey rim was evident in the anterolateral and posterior LV free wall and in the septum (Figure 1B). Coronary arteries had a normal origin and course, with patent lumen. Histological examination revealed extensive subepicardial and intramural fibrous replacement with scarce fatty tissue infiltration, involving the entire LV circumference and the septum (Figure 1C). Right ventricular involvement was only focally detected, in the anterior wall. The features were in keeping with either chronic myocarditis or left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC).

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A , Basal 12-lead ECG at annual preparticipation screening showing normal findings. B , Transverse section of the heart showing a subepicardial scar-like grey rim in the anterolateral and posterior LV free wall and in the septum, in the absence of wall thinning and aneurysm formation. …


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of a polyglycolic acid–collagen tube and to investigate its possible application in the field of facial nerve reconstruction. Methods: Wistar rats were used in this study. In the operation, a periauricular incision was made to expose the buccal and marginal branches of the facial nerve. Gaps of 10 mm were created by resection of a part of the nerve into the marginal branches and the buccal branch of the left facial nerve. The left marginal branch gap was bridged with a 10-mm polyglycolic acid–collagen tube or an autograft. At 12 weeks after the operation, nerve regeneration was assessed based on clinical, histopathological, and electrophysiological evaluations. Result: The functional recovery of the vibrissal muscle was observed with the polyglycolic acid–collagen tube. However, the functional recovery obtained with the use of the polyglycolic acid–collagen tube was inferior to that obtained with an autograft. Conclusion: We found that polyglycolic acid–collagen tubes could be applied in facial nerve gap reconstruction. However, further improvements will be necessary to achieve results that are equivalent to those obtained with autografts.


Why do citizens join German parties? Do specific attributes and abilities play a determinant role in participation in political parties? The German Party Membership Study of 2009 enables us to answer these questions. On the basis of the telephone survey, we will address these issues by way of a systematic comparison of current party members with fellow citizens who never joined a party. For the purpose of analysing the individual-level determinants of joining a party, we use fundamental explanatory approaches to political participation: The socioeconomic standard model, the social-psychological approach, and the general incentives model. The results of our analyses clearly show that social-psychological attributes best explain the decision to join a party. Nevertheless, the findings for the determinants in both the socioeconomic standard model and the general incentives model complete the picture of citizens who are party members.


The demand for ultraviolet (UV)-crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) has rapidly been increasing. A variety of different PSAs containing new photoreactive pyridinium derivatives have been evaluated for their effectiveness in improving adhesion and cohesion in UV-crosslinkable PSAs. PSAs have been evaluated with respect to the tack, peel adhesion, and shear strength. This article summarizes the breakthrough technology used to achieve better performances in UV-crosslinkable acrylic PSAs. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2007


This chapter demonstrates how to assess the performance of organic and sponsored activities on Facebook using the data available in Facebook Ads Manager, Facebook Page Insights, and Google Analytics. The main aim of the proposed ROI calculation model is to connect common social media marketing objectives with the analytical information available. The main emphasis is put on the technical aspect of ad performance assessment. The authors explain how the Facebook attribution system and post-impression algorithm work, describe the relation between advertising goals and metrics displayed as achieved campaign results, and demonstrate how to derive ROI indexes from different Facebook conversions. The chapter also includes a practical example how to calculate current and future value of ongoing ads.


This study aimed to determine the concentration of CP, EE, NSC, fibers, TPC, CT, CBD, THC, in vitro digestibility of dry matter and rumen fermentation parameters of agroindustrial residues of Cannabis sativa L. from two extractive processes of cannabinoids, as a potential source of forage in ruminants feeding. The flower of Cannabis sativa was exposed to cold-press extraction (CPC) and alcoholic extraction (AEC) process; vegetative residues obtained after extractions were compared to raw flower as a control (RFC) using a completely randomized design and Tukey's test for means comparison. Extractive processes decreased EE, TPC and cannabinoids (CBD and THC). Otherwise, fibers, NSC and digestibility, increased after the extractive processes in CPC and AEC. Similarly, in vitro degradability increased after both extractive processes above 120 % as well as latency period. Additionally, protozoa increased with CPC but no changes were observed in AEC. Likewise, no changes were observed in cellulolytic bacteria in CPC and AEC. However, total bacteria were reduced after both extractions. Moreover, N-ammonia in ruminal fermentations decreased with CPC and AEC whereas total volatile fatty acids increased. In addition, gas production increased above 75 % in CPC and AEC; however, no changes were observed in latency period. Furthermore, methane and CO2 production increased above 80 and 60 %, respectively for CPC and AEC; these augmentations are positively associated with improvements in the ruminal fermentations. In conclusions, the agroindustrial residue of Cannabis sativa L. obtained after the analyzed extractive processes may arise as a potential forage source in ruminants feeding.


The article focuses on studying Russian university instructors' experience acquired during the emergency remote learning period in 2020–2021. The need to adjust the development route of the distance learning system determines the topicality of the research. The novelty of the article is determined by significant gaps in scientific literature concerning studying, generalizing, and comprehending such experience.The study employed quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and processing. Russian university instructors (N = 57) filled in an online questionnaire which aimed to identify the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. Corpus linguistics methods were used to outline the most common key themes, which made it possible to identify the frequent words employed to describe positive and negative experiences. Responses to open-ended questions were examined using contextual and content analysis.The most significant positive aspects of the online format identified by the respondents included travel time saving, extending the repertoire of teaching strategies and access to visual methods of presenting information thanks to the online platform technological capabilities. This enabled instructors to involve usually silent students in active communication. Moreover, the respondents cited safe communication during the spread of a viral disease as well as students' constant access to information resources. As for disadvantages, respondents mentioned a marked deterioration in interaction with students due to the lack of personal and/or visual contact, technical communication problems, and labor intensity. Other often cited drawbacks were difficulties in developing practical skills and effectively monitoring students' knowledge and psychological state, learners' decreased motivation as well as health problems.Based on the results of the study, the article concludes that it is necessary to improve instructors' professional competencies and improve technical facilities of educational institutions. This would provide access to and usage of multifunctional distance learning management systems and programs that permit videoconferencing, file sharing and demonstrating multimedia presentations and online materials.The research is relevant as it is important to study and summarize instructors' positive and negative experience to improve professional development programs, make decisions on purchasing and using equipment and software, and change university development agendas.


Abstract: In The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood uses techniques of nonsense writing similar to those employed by Lewis Carroll, and alludes to events and characters in the Alice stories, implicitly comparing them with situations and people in Marian McAlpin's life. She indicates the nonsensical and destructive nature of the traditional female role and traces Marian's journey to freedom from it. This comes when, like Carroll's Alice, Marian breaks out of the expected social pattern. Thus Atwood's use of nonsense, like Carroll's, makes an ironic comment on the oppressive nature of contemporary society. Abstract: Margaret Atwood, dans The Edible Woman, emploie des techniques d'écriture absurde semblables à celles de Carroll et fait allusion à des événements et à des personnages dans les histoires d'Alice, les comparant implicitement à des situations et à des personnes dans la vie de Marian McAlpin. Elle signale la nature absurde et destructrice du rôle féminin traditionnel et suit le passage de Marian que s'en libère progressivement. Cela arrive au moment où Marian, comme Alice de Carroll, s'échappe du cadre des moeurs sociales attendues. Il s'ensuit que l'emploi de l'absurde d'Atwood, tout comme celui de Carroll, offre un commentaire ironique sur la nature oppressive de la société contemporaine.


In this paper we present some preliminary basic results on the performance of the Cedar multiprocessor memory system. Empiricai results are presented and used to calibrate a memory system simulator which is then used to discuss the scalability of the system.


From autumn 1981 through spring 2009, woodland voles (Microtus pinetorum) were captured rarely and only in woodland habitats (four in ca. 15,000 trap nights) and never in grassland habitats (ca. 300,000 trap nights) on the Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Konza Prairie is located in the Flint Hills region of eastern Kansas in Geary and Riley counties (see Knapp and Seastedt 1998 or http://keep.konza.ksu.edu/visit/map. htm for maps and location). We summarized characteristics of these voles (all four voles captured in moist gallery forest; Kaufman and Kaufman 2009) as well as their locations and habitat features because small mammals only were to be sampled in grassland sites away from gallery forest habitats as we completed our long-term studies of small mammals during autumn 2009 through spring 2013 (nearly 30,000 more trap nights during this time period). Unexpectedly, two woodland voles were captured in a prairie site during March 2013, which was the last sampling period of our 32 year study. Herein, we describe the characteristics of the two voles captured along a prairie trapline plus features of the habitat surrounding capture locations.