A vehicle wiper device is provided with: a wiper blade that, by means of reciprocally pivoting between a bottom reversal position and a top reversal position over a surface to be wiped, wipes a predetermined range between the bottom reversal position and top reversal position of the surface to be wiped; a wiper arm of which the tip side is joined to the center in the lengthwise direction of the wiper blade and that reciprocally pivots centered on the base side, causing the wiper blade to reciprocally pivot between the top reversal position and the bottom reversal position, at least a portion of the base side of the join section with the wiper blade being disposed at the top reversal position side of the wiper blade; and a first washer nozzle that is provided to the wiper arm at a disposition section at the top reversal position side of the wiper blade, and that jets washing liquid to the top reversal position side of the wiper blade.


In the article an attempt was made to substantiate the main parameters of new, yet unexplored field of historical and linguistic knowledge, defined by the author's term "Turistica" (synonym "teriologiya"). They will serve as the basis for developing a conceptual framework of this research area in future studies of the identification and study of the genetic linguistic unity of the peoples of Turan (modern Turan lowland) and Iran, in particular, "Turinsky prehistoric protolanguage" and "roots-curiosity" which existed in ancient times.


We deal with a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs), which models the dynamics of "immortality" of interacting companies. The system possesses blowing-up solutions. We determine the asymptotic behavior of these blowing-up solutions, and discuss the meaning in financial economics.


Imagine our day-to-day world infiltrated by artist-generated replicants so identical to ordinary events, people, and social circumstances, but also so precise in their counterfeit functions that they wouldn't "look like anything other than what they also are" (4). What would this 1:1 scale art be like, and how would it relate to those commonplace things it so deftly duplicated? In a cultural economy flooded with functioning facsimiles, the stalwart notion of art for art's sake would be pushed past its breaking point and quite literally into the event horizon of our everyday experience. Exactly what purpose would this breakthrough serve? Perhaps more important, how would nonartists relate to an ontological subversion of their familiar world? Would they fear it or ignore it or simply not notice the difference? Or would they come to embrace this ineffable infiltration, seeing it as not just a seditious exit strategy available to a small art cultural elite, but also useful for escaping their own, precariously proscribed ninety-ninth-percentile existence? One thing is clear, the contemplative distance between a thing and its representation, previously considered necessary for aesthetic judgment, would melt away, and so would cultural "experts" like me. Habitual refrains from tradition-bound art critics, such as "Is it a political demonstration or is it performance art?" or "Is it art or is it activism?" would simply go unheeded in a universe filled with 1:1 artworks. These would be meaningless questions. Living would become form and vice versa. Similarly, spectatorship, authorship, and ownership—all staples of mainstream contemporary art—would wither away to be replaced by usership, or more precisely by swarms of emancipated users whose collective hacking, gleaning, poaching, and sharing would pleasurably produce a surplus of social benefits, much in the way pollinating bees yield incommensurably greater value to agriculture than the honey that humans harvest. What began as an exodus from contemporary art's ontological confines then begins to spill out in all directions, usefully repurposing the everyday and bringing about an end to the tyranny of ownership. No, these are not plot points for some Philip Dick–like sci-fi series; they are instead plausible scenarios set off by the Paris-based theorist Stephen Wright's smart, slim book Toward a Lexicon of Usership. Granted, I am applying his intellectually nuanced project in quite a literal, even ham-fisted way. Still, this ungainly approach allows Wright's provocations to slice deep into core debates about contemporary art, especially regarding the vexed topic of socially engaged practice. These are contested topics that Wright has in fact focused on before. In 2004, two months before Nato Thompson's widely acclaimed exhibition The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere opened at Mass MoCA, Wright organized a modest installation entitled The Future of the Reciprocal Readymade (The use-value of art) for Apex Art space in downtown Manhattan. Wright's show even featured several of the same artists' collectives as The Interventionists, including the Yes Men, the Critical Art Ensemble, and the Atlas Group. Thompson and Wright both underscored the tactical instrumentality of these practitioners, and both described their exhibitions as "tool-boxes" for spectators to actively use rather than passively consume. However, while Thompson unequivocally described the work in The Interventionists as art that agitates "for social change using magic tricks, faux fashion and jacked-up lawn mowers,"1 Wright's curatorial interest was focused on the privileges and limitations imposed on these politicized practices by mainstream art as it seeks to strictly police the line separating art from life: "In one way or another, all the collectives in this project [the Apex Art exhibition] confront a common operative paradox: though informed by art-related skills, their work suffers from— or, should we say, enjoys—impaired visibility as art."2 Grounding Wright's logic is Marcel Duchamp's famed invention of the reverse readymade. (This is the topic and title of a chapter in the book, as are most of the italicized terms in this review.) If a bottle rack placed in an art gallery can be viewed as a sculpture, then a Rembrandt can be turned into an ordinary ironing board. Once that possibility is established, then who is to say a work of art could not also function politically as well? Taking it a step further, Wright boldly proposes a future in which art exists "without artists, without artworks, and without an artworld." A decade later, his book Toward a Lexicon of Usership attempts to lay out this earlier proposition in detail. Nonetheless, a question dogs his logic both then and now. Why does anyone need an ironing board made from a singular canvas by a master painter when there are plenty of functioning ironing boards made of far less precious materials already available? Wright's 1:1 art is fundamentally superfluous. By contrast, such redundancy does not even appear in Thompson's social-art paradigm because he attributes to contemporary artists unique tactical competencies that make their transition into everyday life a plus rather than a surplus. This expertise includes the abilities to ingeniously trespass into nonart spaces, to disguise art as social activism or social activism as art, and to interrupt daily routines with unexpected, spectacular encounters that highlight the soul-numbing effect of customary regimes or corporate culture (as in the work of the Critical Art Ensemble). Even at its most self-effacing, what makes this kind of détournement different from similar acts by community activists, or even clever anarchist pranksters, for that matter, is that moment of dénouement when we as spectators recognize that our encounter is with "art." The case of the Yes Men is useful here. What has prevented their deceptive hijinks from landing them in prison? Nothing less than that final dramatic act in which their forged corporate identities are torn away and they appear in real life as neither con men nor terrorists, but instead as just a couple of artists exercising their constitutional right to free speech. This revelation also dissolves the Yes Men's nuanced replication of reality. Thompson's position also leaves open a narrow but sufficient gap for cultural experts to debate whether or not there is such a thing as politically engaged aesthetics, a pursuit that is for many today the holy grail of socially engaged art. Wright's dilemma lies elsewhere, as this new book makes clear. Once the frame separating art from life is entirely removed, art's privileged status as a sphere of autono-


Designing efficient interconnection networks with powerful connecting capability remains a key issue in parallel and distributed computing systems. Much progress has been made in nonblocking broadcast networks, which can realize all one-to many connections between any network input port and a set of output ports without any disturbance (that is, rearrangement) of other existing connections. However, all results obtained so far for broadcast networks are for the circuit-switching or single-rate communication model. Meanwhile, there has been growing interest in large networks operating in a packet-switching manner. This type of network can be modelled as a multirate network wherein a single link can be shared by multiple connections with arbitrary data rate. Previous work has focused on the blocking behaviour of multirate one-to-one connection or permutation networks; very little is known about the behaviour of multirate one-to-many connection or broadcast networks. In this paper, the author determines nonblocking conditions for v(m, n 1 , r 1 , n 2 , r 2 ) networks under which any multirate broadcast connection request from a network input port to a set of network output ports can be satisfied without any disturbance of the existing connection in the network. The results show that more general multirate broadcast networks can be constructed in the same order of hardware complexity as the best available single-rate nonblocking broadcast networks. The proofs for the theorems also imply an efficient routing algorithm for such networks. Multirate broadcast networks can provide strong support for parallel and distributed computing systems that are required to broadcast multirate data in a random-access environment.


The paper puts forward some suggestions of strengthening a complete combination of agricultural machinery and agronomic technology,optimizing the design of potato harvesting mechanical parts,changing the screening installation and drive parts,reducing power consumption,enhancing its reliability and giving play to adjustment action of governments to develop small potato harvesting machinery based on analyzing restrictive factors of application of small harvesting machinery in potato production and the mechanical construction.


Education of the specialty of social work is tending to strengthen practical education. This educational situation requires the educated to be able to meet the needs of situation. This ability might be represented as those of social PR and personal communication among others. The abilities will help students to master the know-how of self-controlling. In any way, the ability in specialty will be emphasized to push forward students' self-management. Its target is to support students' growth.


Physical scientists generally take a materialist/reductionist approach to research, central to which is a belief in something called "matter", representing a reality apart from that of the scientist; an independent reality of a separate, "external" world which can be studied with total objectivity and thus induced to yield its secrets to the impartial researcher. This belief has been remarkably fruitful in advancing knowledge of the mechanics of physical systems, i.e., of how "things" act on other "things". "Things", however, are not what they seem. Appearances to the contrary, the independent reality of an "external", "material" world has never been and can never be established. Belief in the independent reality of something called "matter" is a monstrous fallacy based on an unproved and unprovable assumption that has hobbled and warped scientific thinking for centuries. Scientists are increasingly being forced by the sheer logic of their own research findings to accept a new Mentalist paradigm. To advance much further, science must return to its philosophical roots for a fresh look at metaphysics. This paper restates, in modern terms, the ancient doctrine of Mentalism: that in the last analysis, Mind is All that Is, and shows that this is fully consistent with the whole of human knowledge and experience.


Using the case study if the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, this article explores the role of news images in moving collectives through contested and potentially traumatic events. It examines the coverage of the disengagement process in the three major Israeli daily newspapers, and argues that the Israeli press took upon itself the role of healing the potential collective trauma as the events themselves were unfolding


Cryptography is one the most important areas of the computer networks. Encryption and Decryption allows an application to secure its data from being accessed by hackers. This paper presents a new proposed solution in RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman). Many of its characteristics (applications domain, performance and implementation structure) are similar to those of common RSA algorithm. These proposed features are expected to provide high security level with enhancement in throughput. The aim of this paper work is to track the hacker from a website and to block the hackers host address. The highlighting feature of this new algorithm is secure and safe transfer of data from sender to receiver. This algorithm is a panacea for all the cons present in data. This paper titled "Remedial Measure in cryptography" deals with sending of authenticated information from one person to another in safe and secure manner. For additional security water marking can be done. RSA algorithm is used to encrypt the plain text into encrypted format and similarly decrypt the data so that hacking can be minimized.


The paper outlines some thoughts on portfolio construction that take into account investors' asymmetric risk tolerance as commonly argued by adherents to behavioural finance. The paper develops previous empirical findings of investor risk tolerances determined using Choice Modelling of alternate portfolios and argues that portfolio optimisation may need to consider insurance if it is to maximize investor utility. Further, the paper makes the point that while the cost of insurance acts as a drag on returns, the value of insurance allows investors to take greater risks. And while on an aggregate basis pricing of insurance must act to compensate for aggregate downside risk take, on an individual level, the value function works to provide better utility to the individual investor.


Ultracold dilute gases provide ideal settings for measurements of atomic structure. Helium has an internal structure sufficiently simple to permit highly accurate predictions of its resonances and transition rates. Precise laser spectroscopy of helium thus yields empirical constraints on such calculations. These are desirable in the ongoing investigations seeking to reconcile the disagreement between independent determinations of nuclear charge radius data in both hydrogenic and helium atoms. Either the size of these particles are truly constant and quantum electrodynamics (QED) is flawed, or the theory is correct and some new physics is at play at the atomic scale. Ultracold bose gases also serve as ideal testing ground to better understand the physics of Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity, and the effects of weak interactions in condensed-matter systems. The large internal energy of helium's metastable excited state enables the measurement of the momentum of single atoms, providing a new lens through which to examine both weakly-interacting and strongly-correlated systems. This feature is employed to investigate the quantum depletion of a BEC after expansion into the far-field. Finally, the appendix reports on early progress towards the realization of an optical lattice trap for helium.


This work presents a theological study of Saint Michael the Archangel, based mainly on the work of the Flemish Jesuit Cornelius À Lapide (1567-1637). The analysis is presented according to the order in which the archangel is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, starting from the prophecy of Daniel, going through the epistle of Judas Thaddeus, until reaching its mentions in the Apocalypse. The presence of Saint Michael in the history of the cult and Catholic liturgy, and its historical significance, are also reviewed. This article can be taken as an introduction to the classical theology and biblical exegesis of Saint Michael the Archangel.


The influence of aberrations (spherical aberration and wavefront tilt) of the optical system of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) spectrometer on the measurement precision is presented. The computer simulation of the Michelson interferometer operation has been performed. Two cases are considered. In the first case an aberrated wave was introduced in the movable arm only, while in the second one the aberrated waves were present in both arms. Successively the Fourier interferogram at the detector plane was obtained vs. displacement of the interferometer mirror, and the fast Fourier transform was applied to recover the original spectrum. The spectrum distorted by aberrations was compared with the results of the ideal spectrometer to determine errors introduced by imperfections of the optical system.


The level of sophistication that has been achieved in modern synthetic organic chemistry can be attributed to a large extent to our understanding of mechanism and stereochemistry. It is clear that if organometallic chemistry is to be successfully developed in the direction of the synthesis of organic molecules, a similar detailed understanding of mechanism must be obtained. This is by no means an easy task because of the involvement of transition metals with their attendant d orbitals. In this paper, I will describe our efforts to understand reactions that involve hydrogen shift processes and carbon-carbon bond formation. The transition metal-promoted isomerization of olefins is one of the fundamentally important reactions of organometallic chemistry.' Two major mechanistic pathways are normally considered for such isomerizations: a metal hydride addition-elimination mechanism, which in effect constitutes a 1,2-hydrogen and the so-called x-ally1 metal hydride mechanism, which involves a 1,3-hydrogen shift.4 The latter mechanism has been the less well defined, although elegant studies by Casey and Cyr: and by Whitesides and Neilan,' have indicated that such a mechanistic pathway must exist. In particular, studies of the isomerization of 3-ethylpent-2-ene and its 3-deutero analog to give 3-ethylpent-2-ene, catalyzed by Fe,(CO),, , have required x-ally1 metal hydride intermediates to be invoked.6 The n-ally1 metal hydride mechanism is representatively depicted in SCHEME l(a).


—Sexual elements in the visual design and unique layout of advertisements have been with us for a long time. Commercials, pamphlets, and electronic posts with almost naked models and pretty women are everywhere in TV programs and websites. The primary goal is to stimulate the viewer ' s curiosity and gratification of vicarious pleasure, while prompting the potential customer to look at the products along the side. The designer wants to deal with the human psyche and the action motivated by this visual layout to entice the prospective buyers. A pretty, skimpily clad woman with an attractive figure, charming lips and mesmerizing stare is the matching configuration to seek business transaction and virtual profits. It deserves a careful examination of the interaction between the advertisement and business, especially the layout ' s sexual and erotic appeal to the viewer ' s emotional response. The statistical results of the survey conducted in 2020-21 and follow-up assessments have shown that most respondents answered either not quite enthusiastic or indifferent to the visual images of sensational exposing of the body and erotic attraction in the advertisements. My investigative research also indicates the correlation of gender and advertisement in terms of motivation and desire for purchasing the product. Emotional responses to the advertisements from the participant-interviewers will also be an important indicator of connection between image and business. It is interesting to add the issue of respondent ' s gender to the questions in the survey. A tentative assessment of the survey and follow-up analysis concludes that the effectiveness of glamorous images in the advertisements promotes the sale of product and somewhat increases revenues, whereas the excessive display of human body bordering on vulgarity and sensationalism may thwart the customer ' s purchasing desire and tarnish the image of the brand as well.


Policy responses to COVID-19 affected the dynamic of eco¬nomic growth and labor markets worldwide, hitting econom¬ically harder on developing countries. These policies involved economic lockdowns that included the shutdown of the main statistical exercises, making it almost impossible to assess the breadth and variety of their effects. Using a phone survey, this paper examines the impact of the quarantine implemented in Venezuela on labor market outcomes. The identification strategy exploits the exogenous variation in the severity of the lockdown in different regions of the country. The main result indicates a 16.5 percentage points reduction in employment, while in regions with severe lockdowns the reduction has been 13.8 p.p. larger. In particular, the self-employed and informal¬ly employed were hard hit by the lockdown. To cope with this effect, households sold their productive assets, reduced their savings, sought for alternative income sources and looked for help from relatives. This paper does not find a differential ef¬fect on the number of COVID-19 cases in more severe lock¬down settings. Results are robust to endogenous migration and alternative specifications.


Abstract : A numerical model is constructed to simulate hydrocarbon fuel film cooling of the hot-gas side of liquid rocket engine chamber walls. The model consists of the steady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations for multi-species flow with heat transfer and equilibrium chemistry. Preliminary results are presented in this extended abstract. The predictive performance of the model is studied by comparison to experimental heat flux data. Several flow conditions and film cooling mass flow rates were used in the simulation case matrix. Comparisons between numerical predictions of the wall surface heat flux and experimental data are used to guide further development of the model which is expected to provide improved predictions in the final version of the paper. Good agreement was obtained in one case with no film cooling, if radiative heat transfer was included in the model. A key finding is that radiative heat flux is comparable to convective heat flux upstream of the injection slot, as shown by the current numerical simulations. Several physics and chemistry aspects are identified that are not properly accounted for in the current model. The chief of these is soot formation and the deposit of a thermal barrier coating of carbon on the wall. Most of these aspects are currently being addressed to improve the model, and results using a model with improved accuracy will be reported in the final paper.


The use of high fidelity simulation (HFS) learning opportunities in nursing education has received increased attention in the literature. This article describes the design of a systematic framework used to promote critical inquiry and provide meaningful simulation clinical experiences for second year nursing students. Critical inquiry, as defined by the College of Nurses of Ontario, is incorporated in the three key aspects of the framework: (a) resources, (b) simulation, and (c) debriefing/ critical inquiry. Research is required to establish reliable and valid instruments that measure the identified learning outcomes associated with simulation.


It claims subject matter relates to systems and methods for synchronizing the timing between the base station and the wireless terminal. For example, a set of discrete tones may be assigned to the terminal, also be spaced from each other equally spaced across the spectrum of all available tones. Set of continuous tone may be assigned to the terminal, it can transmit the timing control signal during the designated transmission time. The base station can receive a signal comprising information about the discontinuous tone sets and continuous tone set and measured signals, and, based on the expected arrival time, distance from the terminal to the base station it can be determined. The base station may transmit on the basis of such information, the timing correction command signal to the terminal.


Parental education and family structure are less predictive of high school grades for African Americans than for whites. Community socioeconomic status predicts grades for both groups. The failure of family statuses to predict grades for African Americans appears related to the ethnic mix, and not socioeconomic status, in the residential community. Living in a census tract with a substantial proportion of minority residents affects whites as well as African Americans, reducing the influence of family statuses. That most African Americans live in such census tracts and fewer whites do explains the ethnic difference in the influence of family statuses on adolescent grades.


Abstract In this paper, we focus on the mechanical characterisation of non-autoclaved foam concrete according to its macro porosity (foam volume fraction). Firstly, five densities of foam concrete ranging between 600 and 1400 kg/m3 have been designed and then made by varying the volume fraction of a pre-formed organic foam within the same mortar matrix. Secondly, this range of foam concrete has been characterised experimentally by measuring their Young's moduli and their compressive and flexural tensile strengths. Based on these experimental results, it has been confirmed that foam concrete mechanical properties decrease with the increase of its macro porosity. Besides, analytical models have been identified to predict foam concrete mechanical properties according to its macro porosity. In fact, it has been found that the Young's modulus and the compressive strength of foam concrete can be well predicted according to its macro porosity by Balshin type power laws. Moreover, it has been shown that a Shiller type exponential law gives a good prediction for the foam concrete flexural tensile strength. Finally, it has been observed that foam concrete tensile failure becomes less brittle when its macro porosity increases.


Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) are caused by the BCRABL oncogene. Imatinib inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity of the BCR-ABL protein and is an effective, frontline therapy for chronic-phase CML. However, accelerated or blast-crisis phase CML patients and Ph+ ALL patients often relapse due to drug resistance resulting from the emergence of imatinib-resistant point mutations within the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase domain. This has stimulated the development of new kinase inhibitors that are able to over-ride resistance to Imatinib. The novel BCR-ABL inhibitor, AN-024, was designed to fit into the ATP-binding site of the BCR-ABL protein with higher affinity than Imatinib. In addition to being more potent than Imatinib (IC50<1 nM ) against wild-type BCR-ABL, AN-024 is also significantly active against Imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL mutants. In preclinical studies, AN-024 demonstrated activity in vitro and in vivo against wild-type and Imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL expressing cells.


In a multi-hop wireless network, routing is closely interdependent with scheduling as the chosen routes affect the possible schedules and vice versa. Thus it is necessary to consider routing and scheduling jointly to optimize the overall performance. In this paper, we look at the above challenge from a new perspective and present a novel ILP(Integer Linear Programming)-based optimization design for resolving the joint multicast routing and scheduling problem. Numerical results show that the proposed optimization design constructs both routing trees balancing the workload among nodes and schedules for conflict-free transmission.


........................................................................................................................................... ii Co-Authorship ................................................................................................................................ iv Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... v List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ viii Chapter 1 General Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 Positively-Biased Self-Perceptions in ADHD ............................................................................. 2 Positively-Biased Self-Perceptions in ASD ................................................................................. 5 Aims of the Current Paper ........................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 2 Study 1: Self-Perception of Competencies in Adolescents with AttentionDeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ...................................................................................................... 11 Self-Perceptions of Individuals with ADHD ............................................................................. 12 Possible Theoretical Explanations ............................................................................................. 15 The Current Study ...................................................................................................................... 17 Methods ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Participants ................................................................................................................................. 19 Measures .................................................................................................................................... 20 Participant Sample Information ............................................................................................. 20 Dependent Variables .............................................................................................................. 22 Procedure ................................................................................................................................... 26 Data Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 28 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Comparison between Groups on Participant Sample Information ............................................. 30 Between-Group Analyses .......................................................................................................... 37 Within-Group Analyses ............................................................................................................. 39 Correlational Analyses ............................................................................................................... 41 Discussion .................................................................................................................................. 45 Self-Perceptions of Adolescents with ADHD ............................................................................ 45 Possible Mechanisms Related to Biased Self-Perceptions in ADHD ........................................ 47 Limitations ................................................................................................................................. 48 Implications and Future Directions ............................................................................................ 50


Permanent magnet orbital friction vibration actuator is working under the coupling action of the electromagnetic systems and mechanical resonance system of spring and its internal systems are very complicated.It is difficult to describe the mathematical relationships among the magnetic field,electromagnetic force,voltage,current and speed.In order to accurately calculate the operating characteristics of permanent magnet orbital friction vibration actuator,three-dimensional finite element method was adopted to calculate the thrust force and flux linkage produced,data network method was employed to achieve the coupling simulation of field-circuit-motion.Roundness error of circular motion trajectories and the characteristics of resulting electromagnetic force under different driving mode were analyzed,the operating characteristics under voltage source were studied.


This paper develops a product-centric model of adoption of consumer technology products based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Our model called the Whole Product Vector TAM (WPV-TAM) adds a number of drivers to the adoption decision that are derived from the notion of the "whole product" such as price, supportability, serviceability, extensibility, and viability of the product. Using data from a large-scale survey with 1,400 responses conducted at a university on smart-phone and personal digital assistant (PDA) adoption, we demonstrate the significance of these whole-product constructs in technology adoption. The WPV-TAM is a granular model which takes a broader view of the drivers of technology adoption and finds intricate paths of causality in forming adoption intention not found in previous TAM studies.


This paper addresses multi-resource fair allocation: a fundamental research topic in cloud computing. To improve resource utilization under well-studied fairness constraints, we propose a new allocation mechanism called Dominant Resource with Bottlenecked Fairness (DRBF), which generalizes Bottleneck-aware Allocation (BAA) to the settings of Dominant Resource Fairness (DRF). We classify users into different queues by their dominant resources. The goals are to ensure that users in the same queue receive allocations in proportion to their fair shares while users in different queues receive allocations that maximize resource utilization subject to well-studied fairness properties such as those in DRF. Under DRBF, no user 1) is worse off sharing resources than dividing resources equally among all users; 2) prefers the allocation of another user; 3) can improve their own allocation without reducing other users' allocations; and (4) can benefit by misreporting their resource demands. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed allocation policy performs better in terms of high resource utilization than does DRF.


OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze quality of life and variables associated to pathological aging. METHODS: Participated in the study 106 individuals, 48 recruited from the Geriatric Unit – Faculty of Medical Science – State University of Campinas and 58 from the Social Service of Commerce, Campinas. Of these participants, 66% were female and 34% were male. The tools used were semi-structured interviews included sociodemographic data, self-reported questions about health, medication, physical activity and quality of life assessment by WHOQOL-bref. Results: The factors associated with an increased risk of the pathological aging were: Male gender (Odds Ratio (OR) 9.6, p=0.007); less than three Brazilian Monthly Wage (BMW) (OR 13.2, p=0.003); daily use of drugs (more than three drugs, OR 8.4, p=0.014); no physical exercise (OR 7.5, p=0.003); low quality of life in the environmental field (OR 4.1, p=0.029). (OR for Ratio Risk for Pathological Aging). CONCLUSIONS: Variables associated with pathological aging were being male, have lower income, use more drugs, no physical activity and lower scores of quality of life in the environmental field. These variables contribute to greater vulnerability, disability and dependence of the elderly. Pathological aging is directly related to the high cost of health care, higher demands of consultations and hospitalizations, caregivers, admissions to long-stay services. We must invest in the media to ensure active aging and adapt the health system to an assistance that responds to the demand of vulnerable elderly.


To solve the just-in-time materials delivery problem in discrete production system, a three-phase heuristics algorithm is proposed to determine an appropriate materials delivery cycle-time with the constraint of delivery capacity. In which the first phase is to determine the quantity of the materials and the vehicle numbers, the second phase is to solve the travelling time of each vehicle number, and the third phase is to assign each vehicle number to specific vehicles to determine the travelling time of each vehicle. The performance of this three-phase heuristic algorithm is tested and verified by using an example experiment, and the computational results show that the average deviation just increased 0.513% compared with the well-know genetic algorithm and it is much easier to comply. It verifies the effectiveness of this heuristic algorithm in solving the just-in-time materials delivery problem in discrete production system.


Taichi Kamilo and Kazuma Yamamoto:The Formation of the Deformed Matrix with Cube Orientation and the Origin of Cube Texture. Tough pltch cop. per strips were rolled successively to 85 pct in the direction of 45。 and 70つrespectively to the primary roHing direction after being rolled to 75 pct.The presence of sharp(200)maxirna IR the secondary roユ]ing direction and the transverse direction is strongly suggest主ve of the forlnゑtion of the deformed matrix with cube orientation on secondary ro1王ing.While the(111> pole figure for the ro11ing texture of specimen rolled secondarily in the direction of 45Q differed greatly froni that of specimen ro]1ed in the direc£iQn of 70。, the (200) pole figure for the annea工三ng texture showed a sharp cube texture in both cases. On the basis of these reL sults, it is clear that the origin of the cube texture will be difficul乞to exp!ain in terrns of the oriented growth theory but will be in accord exce!亙ently with t益e principle of the oriented nucleation theory in which the matrix grains with cube orientation are supposed to be first・in attaining the strain-free condition on annealing. (Received March 13,1961)


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of E coli at different control condition. The process condition has been designed using
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has the condition of p02=40%, airflow rate=0.5 vvm and pH=7.2 produce the highest
product yield, Yp/s of 1.03 (g/g) and the smallest specific growth rate, u of 0.0072 h-1.


Customer relationship management (CRM) has been increasingly adopted by companies as the core of IT – driven business strategy and fi rms have started to invest in CRM. However, the rate of successful CRM implementations is about 30%. Many enterprises pursue expensive CRM initiatives without fi rst understanding of the challenges and costs involved. Th is approach oft en results in CRM projects that fail to meet measurable benefi t objectives. Evaluating costs and benefi ts associated with CRM systems acquiring and implementation and applying fi nancial measurement methodologies can help a company make the right CRM investments solution and build a compelling justifi cation for its CRM project. 222 Regina Jasilionienė, Rima Tamosiūnienė. Rysių su klientais valdymo sistemų investicijų... Return on investment (ROI) fi nancial measurement methodology, its theoretical and practical aspects are analyzed in this study. Authors of this paper provide a detailed list of CRM cost categories, which can assist an organization to easily calculate its CRM system acquisition and ongoing spending. Also the authors of this paper present survey results of CRM system costs and investment effi ciency evaluation in Lithuanian companies.


In many developing countries like China, many queuing electric bikes (e-bikes) passing an intersection simultaneously greatly reduces the capacity of the intersection for motor vehicles, by invading the passing area of motor vehicles. To study the invasion effect of e-bikes on the traffic flow of motor vehicles at an urban signalized intersection, this paper proposes a social force model for the heterogeneous traffic flow of motor vehicles and e-bikes. The proposed model is calibrated and validated using real data collected in Chengdu, China. The validation results show that the proposed model can replicate the heterogeneous traffic flow with low errors. Simulations based on the proposed model are conducted to investigate what strategies can reduce the invasion of e-bikes in normal motor vehicle traffic. The results show that when the number of queuing e-bikes before the stop line is more than 20, the two strategies can be applied: the stop-line-ahead strategy and the green-signal-ahead strategy. The study suggests that the 2–4 s of green signal ahead or 3–5 m of stop line ahead for non-motor vehicles can significantly reduce the interference of e-bikes on motor vehicle traffic. In addition, the combination of the two strategies can also obtain the same effect but with smaller change to the original intersection design.


The short-wavelength limits of AlGaInP visible laser diodes with Al/sub 0.5/In/sub 0.5/P cladding layers, and Ga/sub x/In/sub 1/spl minus/x/P single quantum well (QW) active regions are investigated. Good performance is maintained throughout the 620 nm band, but the characteristics rapidly degrade in the 610 nm band. Biaxial-compression and -tension were compared, with the case of tension yielding slightly better performance. Using a 25 /spl Aring/ Ga/sub 0.45/In/sub 0.55/P QW, a wavelength of 614 nm was obtained, while a 50 /spl Aring/ Ga/sub 0.6/In/sub 0.4/P QW emitted at 620 nm with a threshold current density of 0.8 kA/cm/sup 2/. These results with thin single QWs indicate the effectiveness of using an Al/sub 0.5/In/sub 0.5/P cladding layer to reduce electron leakage.<<ETX>>


Intranasal corticosteroids have no consistent effect on normalization of tympanograms (SOR: C, disease-oriented evidence from small randomized control trial [RCT]) but are associated with lower rate of tympanostomy tube placement in patients with eustachian tube dysfunction (SOR: B, retrospective cohort study). Combined oral antihistamine and ephedrine leads to improved tympanogram findings (SOR: C, disease-oriented evidence from small RCT). Copyright © 2020 by Family Physicians Inquiries Network, Inc. DOI 10.1097/EBP.0000000000000959


The citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), is an important world‐wide pest of citrus. Larval mining within leaf flush impacts yield and predisposes trees to infection by citrus canker, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri. The present series of studies sought to identify factors affecting male P. citrella catch in pheromone‐baited traps with the intent of developing effective monitoring. A commercially available pheromone lure (Citralure, ISCA Technologies, Riverside, CA, USA) was highly effective in attracting male P. citrella to traps. Pherocon VI Delta (Trécé Inc., Adair, OK, USA) traps baited with a Citralure captured more male P. citrella than identically baited Pherocon IC Wing traps (Trécé Inc.). The superiority of the Delta‐style trap was found to be due to a 3 cm long closing latch that likely prevents males from flying directly through the trap without capture. Within canopies of mature citrus trees (approximately 3.5 m high), traps at mid‐canopy height (2.0 m) captured more males than traps placed higher (3.5 m) or lower (0.6 m). On the canopy perimeter and in between canopies, traps near ground level (0.6 m height) captured more males than traps at 2.0 and 3.5 m heights. Male catch was greater within the tree canopy or on the canopy perimeter than 2.0 away from the canopy. Traps deployed in trees on the edge of groves captured more males than traps placed 120 and 240 m away from the grove edge and within the grove interior. In non‐pheromone‐treated grove plots, the optimal dosage for catching males was between 0.1 and 1.0 mg of the 3 : 1 blend of (Z,Z,E)‐7,11,13‐hexadecatrienal and (Z,Z)‐7,11‐hexadecadienal; however, in pheromone‐treated plots a higher 10.0 mg dosage lure was most effective. Male catch in pheromone‐baited traps exhibited a diel rhythm with most males captured during scotophase (22:00–23:00 h) and no males captured during photophase.


Records of 3782 arctic foxes were used for estimation of additive genetic and error variance components for conformation and coat traits. Body size (BS), colour type (CT), colour purity (CP), coat density (CD), hair length (HL), general appearance (GA) and total score (TS) were analysed. The variance components were estimated by the Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) method with a univariate animal model. Since data exhibited skewed distribution (skewness ranged from 0.0110 for CP to –3.8631 for TS) the probit transformation was applied. Both transformed and untransformed data were used for the estimation of variance components. Transformation of the data resulted in reduced estimators of variance components, and in consequence, lower heritability estimates for studied traits were obtained (heritabilities ranged from 0.266 for GA to 0.533 for HL).


Introduction: Maximising radiotherapy dosage is associated with better tumour response in prostate cancer. High dose three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT) has allowed dose escalation to be safely achieved and the current standard dose in the UK with this technique is 74 Grays (Gy). Documenting normal tissue tolerance is critical and forms the basis of this prospective study of anorectal toxicity. Patients and methods: Seventeen consecutive men (median age 72 (range 50–79) years) with localised or locally advanced prostate cancer treated with 74 Gy of 3D CRT were studied. Wexner incontinence scores, comprehensive anorectal physiology and endoanal ultrasound were measured before and four months after completing treatment. Results: Wexner incontinence scores increased from a median of 0 to 1 (range 0–6) with treatment (p=0.001). Patients developed faecal urgency (7/17), passive faecal loss (5/17) or a combination of both (3/17) as new anorectal symptoms. No patients reported episodes of frank faecal incontinence. A significant decline in rectal mucosal electrosensitivity (mean (standard deviation (SD)) thresholds increasing from 24.7 (10.7) to 34.3 (9.3) mA after treatment, p=0.003) and an increase in rectal elastance (mean (SD) of 0.056 (0.03) mm Hg/ml to 0.078 (0.036) mm Hg/ml pre- and post-treatment respectively, p=0.0181) was seen. No changes in anal canal manometry, rectal distension volumes and endoanal ultrasound were noted. Conclusions: Early anorectal symptoms are common after 3D CRT for prostate cancer. Rectal injury is evident with an increase in wall stiffness and a decrease in mucosal sensitivity. Longer term studies monitoring anorectal toxicity are warranted.


The new system of open economy is reflected in the new system of "going out" Strategy and constructing a new mechanism for the sustainable development of foreign trade. Heilongjiang and Russia is witnessing the mature regional cooperation bases on the Eurasian Economic Union and China's One Belt and One Road Policy. But the strong economic and trade cooperation is still weak. Therefore, we need to deeply analyze how to solve the internal obstacles and the reasons for the formation of the external conflicts to explore the way to solve the problems. To find a effective measure to solve the problems is the way to Promote Sino Russian Regional Economic Cooperation competitiveness.


The subject of the research is the theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation of the mechanism of socio-economic development of Ukraine. Methodology. The study used the following general scientific methods: theoretical generalization; methods of positive and normative analysis, statistical analysis. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the formation of the mechanism of socio-economic development of Ukraine. Results. The purpose of the article is the formation of the mechanism of socio-economic development of Ukraine. Analysis of the socio-economic status of households in Ukraine showed that the average monthly total income of one household in 2020 was 12248 UAH. Minor disproportions are observed because the urban household received on average 12620 UAH per month, while the rural household received 11470 UAH per month. It was determined that on average per one person in a household (hereinafter people) the equivalent aggregate income (hereinafter income) was 5832 UAH per month, in urban households – 6096 UAH, in rural households – 5286 UAH. It was proved that the level of average monthly income per person was 2.8 times higher than the established subsistence minimum (2078 UAH). It was found that the main source of income in households with one child was income from work (77%), and in households with three or more children the share of this income was 1.2 times lower. The socio-economic condition of Ukrainian households is analyzed. The structure of total resources of all households is examined The structure of total household expenditures is also analyzed. The distribution of users of Internet services by purpose is studied. The formation of the mechanism of socio-economic development of Ukraine in terms of sustainable development is carried out. It is proved that the mechanism of formation and development of socio-economic systems can be characterized as a mutually agreed system of legal and methodological support, based on the basic principles of territorial systems (sustainability, multilevel, partnership, dynamism, focus on local needs, public participation) and aimed at ensuring the welfare of the community, the well-being of residents and increasing the competitiveness of the territorial system, by developing appropriate tools.


East-west orientated long-slit spectra taken along the nucleus of the starburst galaxy NGC 253 and at 8″, 12″ and 16″ to the south are presented. The three off-nuclear spectra are consistent with the typical lens-shaped spatio-kinematic pattern of an expanding shell. In light of previous evidence for outflow in NGC 253 we consider our data as signifying emission from the surface of a kiloparsec-sized outflow cone driven by the starburst wind. The emission-line intensity ratio [N II] λ6583/Hα is about twice as high in the nucleus as in disk [H II] regions while [S II] λλ6716,6731/Hα does not vary. This is consistent with a nitrogen overabundance in the center of the galaxy


2. offer his own contribution to a social-psychological theory of the behaviour of human beings in small groups; 3. on the basis of experiments examine the fruitfulness of a number of hypotheses in this theory. Israel proposes to study the theories or fragments of theories that have guided the group round Leon Festinger and the Research Center for Group Dynamics. All these scientists seem to have received decisive impulses from Kurt Lewin's teaching or theoretical works. There exists, however, no uniform &dquo;group-dynamical&dquo; theory uniting them; to a certain extent they have a common terminology, and they share certain experimental methods. They have contributed some fragments of social-psychological theories dealing with some very important aspects of human behaviour in small groups. Thus eon estinger has synthesized a number of hypotheses into synopses of what he calls &dquo;pressures toward uniformity&dquo; and &dquo;social comparison processes&dquo; (2, 3). Morton Deutsch has submitted a theoretical statement


Cancer survivors with psychiatric multimorbidity are vulnerable to unemployment. Targeted treatment and employment supports may improve workforce participation after cancer. Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between multimorbidity and subsequent 2-year employment outcomes among middle-aged United States (US) cancer survivors. In addition, we examined whether the relationship differed by survivor characteristics. Methods Data of 633 cancer survivors (ages 51 to 64) from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study were used to identify multimorbidity profiles and evaluate associations between multimorbidity and prolonged unemployment during follow-up. Results Approximately 64% of cancer survivors met the criteria for multimorbidity. Latent class analysis revealed three distinct multimorbidity profiles distinguished by the presence or absence of psychiatric disorders. We observed a significant association between high psychiatric multimorbidity and prolonged unemployment after 2-year follow-up (relative risk = 2.78, 95% Confidence Interval = 1.28 to 6.00), with the effect more pronounced among low-income survivors. Conclusions Psychiatric multimorbidity was associated with prolonged unemployment among middle-aged cancer survivors, particularly among low-income survivors.


Unsteady RNG k-eturbulent model is used during the numerical simulation of the flow and heat transfer in the corrugated channel.The flow and temperature distribution,U—V phase and Nu-θphase are discussed in this paper.It is indicated from the result that there is still a self-sustained character of the flow and heat transfer in the range of Reynolds numbers simulated in this paper.Non-dimensional parameters such as U and Nu vary periodically with time under certain frequency and amplitude.And both the frequency and the amplitude of the oscillation will increase as the Reynolds number is increased.


In the 1990s the Italian political system witnessed momentous changes that have severely impinged upon the country's political parties and party system. What has been the resulting effect on the cohesion of Italian governing coalitions? Has the effect on the nature and workings of governing coalitions been a product of the changing motivations of political parties? This article attempts to tackle the following questions by using the general framework of several formal coalition theories complemented with an analysis of the specific features of the Italian political context.


This paper presents a separation of concerns approach to educational modeling languages (EMLs). Basically, it proposes to structure these languages in a way different from the one proposed by the IMS learning design (LD) specification, currently considered as the standard EML. In our opinion the LD specification is very complex. It is difficult to develop design and runtime applications and to produce EML-educational materials. Therefore, our goal is to simplify the complexity under EMLs providing a more structured solution. The main idea is not to attain the modeling of educational materials as a whole problem, but to divide it in several separated concerns that could be solved part by part. Two different kinds of parts are proposed: perspectives and aspects. In addition, flexibility is considered to support modifications. The paper introduces the theoretical ideas of the proposal and a modeling example


This essay reviewed an important literary phenomenon on the literary history of liberation area with the way of myth prototype, which is revolutionary hero-legend. The relationship between revolutionary hero-legend and left-wing literature is straightened out in the essay, which is the later one accepted and deepened the before one. And more, in the time background of the war against Japan and liberation war, the revolutionary hero-legend inherited and replaced of the thought way of myth prototype.


Abstract Hip instability is one of the major complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and carries a significant financial burden on the health system. Implant malpositioning is among the most important risk factors for this complication. The optimal component position has been investigated since the inception of total hip arthroplasty, but it is not completely defined. In this paper, we review the historical "safe zone" for the acetabular implant and current optimal techniques for implant positioning, including the use of available technologies.


Part I. The Philosophers of the Third Republic (1890-1940): 1. Fin-de-siecle: the professors of the republic 2. Science and idealism 3. Bergson 4. Between the wars Part II. The Reign of Existential Phenomenology (1940-60): 5. Sartre 6. Beauvoir 7. Merleau-Ponty Part III. Structuralism and Beyond (1960-90): 8. The structuralist invasion 9. Foucault 10. Derrida 11. Philosophies of difference 12. Fin-de-siecle again: le temps retrouve? Conclusion: the philosophy of freedom Appendix: philosophy and the French educational system.


A condenser is one of the main equipment in a Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) cooling system which has a great influence on steam turbine output and thermal efficiency of the whole power plant as well. The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of increase in condenser pressures on the heat rate and electricity production costs. The primary data is acquired from the DCS. These data are then compared to those of the best performance operating data. The differences of these two data of 23 parameters, are then integrated with the impact factor to gain the heat rate loss. Based on the heat rate loss, then the cost of electricity production is established accordingly. The study concludes that the increase of condenser pressure from 2.41 inHgA to 2.82 inHgA results in increase of plant heat rate 19.55 kcal/kWh. The 5 great parameters to contribute to this loss are: HP and LP steam flows, condenser pressure, stack temperatures of HRSG 1.3 and 1.2. Meanwhile, the cost of production rises up from 751 IDR/kWh to 805 IDR/kWh


A method to analyze and calculate the Pressure losses and coolant and copper temperatLires oftLhe inner cooled rotor end tum coils of a 1000MW turbogenerator has been provided. The ventilation andtemperatures of each turn of every coil for one half of one pole at one end are studied, assuning ymmetry for the other pole half and the remaining poles. A three fornsional thermal whel which seParates mtums into m x n nodes is given. The results of computation of a 930MW turbogenerator are consistent withthe test. The appropriate readjustment of the numbers and sizes and shapes can improve the distribution ofthe volume flow and temperature of end turn coils.


While video games are typically labeled either commercial or educational, little has been done to amplify the educational value of popular commercial games. Using data from a pilot study of children playing commercial games we have developed a prototype video game called FormulaT Racing. This game is designed to fit into gaming culture while simultaneously providing an environment that draws on players' intuitive beliefs to move them to a qualitative understanding of basic kinematic principles.


Robots make decisions in a variety of situations requiring multitasking. Therefore, in this work, a method is studied to address multiple tasks based on reinforcement learning. Our previous method selects an action when the q-values of the action for each task correspond to a priority value in the q-table. However, the decision-making would select an ineffective action in particular situations. In this study, an action value weighted by priority is defined (termed as action priority) to indicate that the selected action is effective in accomplishing the task. Subsequently a method is proposed for selecting actions using action priorities. It is demonstrated that the proposed method can accomplish tasks faster with fewer errors.


Abstract. The paper presents an efficient high speed parallel blind equalization algorithm suitable for multi-mode signals in wireless communication system. The parallel algorithm combines the idea of coordinate transformation on the basis of the classical CMA. It converts a multi-mode signals into a constant-mode signal, so that the system error can be more toward zero. We also give a detailed implementation structure of the parallel blind equalization algorithm. The simulation results show that the proposed parallel blind equalization algorithm has excellent performance for modulated multi-mode signals, and the mean square error (MSE) value of the proposed algorithm is smaller than the classic CMA about 10dB.


Newly emerged moths of the army-worm Mythimna scparata (Walker) were reared in intimate contact with, filter paper containing precocene- II in dosage of 10 μg/cm2 for 24 hours with, the aim to study the anti-juvenile hormone action of this chrorneue compound. It was found that the moths after such treatment lacked sex attractancy and showed low mating-ratios (O when :=1:1, control 40%; 20% whe.n :=2:l, control 90%) and reduction in opposition. The experimental data, indicate that the males are more sensitive to the treatment than the females.Since the corpora allata (GA) are known as the target org-nns of precoeene action in many insects, examination has been carried out to these glands of the moths after preeocene treatment. It is found that GA of the treated moths had significant reduetion in size and in the number of cells. The shape of nuclei and the ehromatin in the glandular cells became very irregular.Through a, rapid partition assay of labelled juvenile hormone (JH) according to the technique of Feyereisen Tobe (1981), it was demonstrated that.the synthesis of JH by CA from the treated moths in vitro was hampered and the effect was more pronounced in the male moths. Presumably the inhibition of JH synthesis an the adult stage would affect the production of sex pheromone. which is essential to sex atiractancy as in other insects (Hsii Chang, 1982); the loss of sex attraetancy in the armyworm moths after precocene treatment may be explained on this basis.This paper is to report for the first time the effect of preeoeene II on a noetuid moth. The mode of action of preeoeene IP and its prospect in the use for insect control are discussed.


The self-repair technology of composite materials and self-repair principles of microcapsules were introduced in this paper.The weight loss and noise reduction of machine in food machinery could be achieved by using the composite gear made of self-repair materials of microcapsules.The effect of self-repair microcapsules on the vibration of gear made of composite materials was revealed by analyzing noise data under different temperatures during the vibration of new gear made of composite materials.The results showed that self-healing microcapsules reduce the friction of the gear noise.


The paper deals with oil shipping problems arising due to a vetting of the vessels carried out by the inte rnational oil companies. Analysis of ship's vetting which is conducted nowadays is presented. The necessity of factors influencing navigational safety is substantiated.


Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs, skin, and bone. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via cough and sneezes. Objective:To assess the level of knowledge regarding
tuberculosis among Adolescents at Saraswathi Nagar Nellore. Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional design and convenience sampling technique was used; sample size of the study was 30. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done with SPSS. Results: Shows that with regard to level of knowledge 1(3.33 %) is having A+ grade knowledge, 1(3.33 %) is having A grade knowledge, 1(3.33 %) is having B+ grade knowledge, 9(30%) are having B grade knowledge, 12(40%) is having C grade knowledge, 6(20%) are having D grade knowledge. Conclusions: The Study findings concluded that majority of adolescents have inadequate knowledge regarding tuberculosis. Furthermore, role play is required to improve the knowledge on control and treatment regimen of tuberculosis.


Rainfed rice fields are rice fields whose irrigation systems rely heavily on rainfall, this type of rice fields only produces in the rainy season. This rainfed rice field is categorized as marginal land lacking in nutrients. So this study aims to determine the effect of organic fertilizer from palm oil waste on the chemical properties of rainfed lowland rice, on the growth and production of rainfed lowland rice plants, as well as which fertilizer provides the best growth and production of rainfed lowland rice. This study used a completely randomized design (CRD) which consisted of one treatment, with 22% and 11% of different tangkos ashes, namely; 1) The dose of MF 22 consists of 5 levels, namely: P0 = Without treatment, P1 = 22% tangkos ash plus 6.25 g/plot organic fertilizer, P4 = 22% tangkos ash plus 124 g/plot organic fertilizer, P7 Tangkos ash = 22% added with organic fertilizer 166 g/plot, P10 = 22% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 207 g/plot, 2) Dosage of MF 11 consists of 5 levels, namely: P0 = Without Treatment, P1 = 11% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 6.25 g/plot, P4 = 11% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 124 g/plot, P7 = 11% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 166 g/plot, P10 = 11% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 207 g/plot. The results showed that organic fertilizer from palm oil waste was able to increase the nutrient content of organic N, P, K, C, CEC and pH in paddy soil. The application of organic fertilizer from oil palm waste had an effect on plant height, number of tillers, number of panicles, number of panicles and the weight of 1000 grains, but had no effect on the number of panicle branches, straw wet weight, straw dry weight, and the dose of organic fertilizer from palm oil waste. the best is 22% tangkos ash added with organic fertilizer 207 g/plot is better than other treatments.


Private power developers face a number of environmental permitting and approval issues when siting and licensing power projects. Whether it be obtaining a comprehensive national environmental approval for a power plant overseas or specific federal, state and local permits for a regional plant in the United States, one issue that is becoming more common to both scenarios is complying with public involvement requirements. Not only are there requirements for notifying the public involvement requirements. Not only are there requirements for notifying the public about pending permit approvals or local government hearings, but public input and public participation requirements are becoming critical to obtaining funding from international lending institutions and gaining approval for large power projects. Federal and state governments have historically required limited public input, however; requirements. In addition, international lending institutions such as The World Bank are tying public involvement to project funding. The public participation process requirements are further complicated by the lack of well defined participation guidelines. Some governments are lending institutions have specific public participation requirements. However, they typically define what is minimally required or provide limited information about how it should be implemented, which may be inadequate to obtain public acceptance.


interplanetary cruise to Saturn and the four year prime mission, the control of the Cassini spacecraft is achieved by employing either the Reaction Control System (RCS) composed of a set of eight thrusters or the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) made up of four reaction wheels, only three of which are active at a given time. The operations of Cassini imaging instruments (such as the Narrow Angle Camera) require a high level of spacecraft pointing stability in order to minimize the distortion and smearing of the image during the exposure time. In designing the Cassini attitude control system, a pointing stability performance metric that considered the frequency contents of the disturbance sources was employed. The flight performance of the Cassini pointing stability, achieved with a set of three reaction wheels or RCS thrusters, is summarized in this paper.


This paper gives a new mode boundary approach for cluster analysis, based on mathematical concepts. It consists of a fast Parzen estimation of the underlying p.d.f. and a smoothing using numerical morphological transformation. The performance of this approach, with respect to a defined classification rule, is demonstrated on SM Higgs boson identification using generated LHC events.


Dendrobium spectabile (Blume) Miq. is one of Papuan orchids that is of economic value and threatened. At present, the optimal protocol for asymbiotic seed germination and planlet development of D. spectabile is not yet available. This research aimed to develop an optimal and comprehensive protocol for in vitro culture of D. spectabile to support the conservation and reintroduction of this species. The experiment was conducted using a completely random design, including seed sowing, protocorm subculture (subculture 1), plantlet subculture (subculture 2), and plantlet acclimatization. The highest germination rate at 3 MAS (months after sowing) was found in modified Knudson's C (92.59%). The first subculture at 4 MAP (months after planting) showed that the highest leaf and root growths were found in modified Vacin and Went (4.12 and 2.13, respectively). The second subculture at 6 MAP showed that the highest leaf growth was found in full strength of Murashige and Skoog supplemented with 100 g/l banana homogenate (5.49), while the highest number of roots and average root extension were found in half strength of Vacin and Went supplemented with 100 g/l banana homogenate (7.05 and 0.47 cm, respectively). The plantlets were best acclimatized in media consisting of tree fern fibre and sphagnum moss (2:1).


Children from non-English-speaking homes are doubly disadvantaged when learning English in school. They enter school with less prior knowledge of English sounds, word meanings, and sentence structure, and they get little or no reinforcement of their learning outside of the classroom. This article compares the classroom standard practice of sustained silent reading with the Project LISTEN Reading Tutor which uses automated speech recognition to "listen" to children read aloud, providing both spoken and graphical feedback. Previous research with the Reading Tutor has focused primarily on native speaking populations. In this study 34 Hispanic students spent one month in the classroom and one month using the Reading Tutor for 25 minutes per day. The Reading Tutor condition produced significant learning gains in several measures of fluency. Effect sizes ranged from 0.55 to 1.27. These dramatic results from a one-month treatment indicate this technology may have much to offer English language learners.


Three genes of nsdD,esdCand flbA were re-predicated by Augustus software to study their function in E.cristatum,then the property,structure and function of encoded protein of three genes were speculated reasonably by bioinformatics analysis tools in ExPASy website and phylogenetic tree established by multi-sequence alignment.nsdD,esdCand flbAcontains 430,274 and 764amino acids respectively.Three proteins without any signal peptide and transmembrane structure all are speculated as non-secretory proteins.NsdDand EsdC are located in nucleus but FlbA may be located on mitochondria.Three proteins are all conservative in Aspergillus nidulans.Three genes of nsdD,esdC and flbA are all involved in adjustment of E.cristatumsexual development.


The invention discloses a method and a device for transmitting uplink information on an unlicensed carrier, and implementing uplink information transmission on the unlicensed carrier. The method comprises: a terminal device determines a current time resource set for performing data transmission on an unlicensed carrier with respect to network equipment, wherein the network equipment uses a time resource set obtained by means of competition to perform data transmission on an unlicensed carrier, each time resource set comprises continuously distributed time resources, and time resources in different time resource sets are separated by an interval; and the terminal device transmits, to the network equipment, on the unlicensed carrier using a first time resource in the current time resource set, the uplink information, wherein the uplink information corresponds to downlink information transmitted by the network equipment using at least one previous time resource set in the current time resource set.


Introduction: When we started this study as part of larger Prostate Screening Project we tried to get a look in incidence of prostate diseases on random selected population. Also we included an analysis of extensive number of hormones, vitamins and serum markers (1, 2, 3, 4). Materials and methods: Every candidate (older then 50 years) came for a physical exam including rectal examination, was taken blood for analysis and was asked to fill a semi-constructed questionnaire with question about previous medical history, LUTS, potency and libido. Based on exam results and answers patients were divided in several groups. Statistical analysis of difference in hormones levels between groups was performed. Results: Total of 972 men was taken for analysis. Of those benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was found in 225 (23%) cases, prostatitis in 49 (5%) patients, prostate cancer in 35 (4%) cases and in 663 (68%) patients we found no evidence of prostatic diseases. Levels of FSH were for BPH, prostatitis, cancer and control: 8, 2 ; 11, 2 ; 23, 2 ; 8, 1. Levels of LH for same groups were: 6, 6 ; 8, 2 ; 6, 1 ; 6, 3. Levels of free testosterone for same groups were: 43, 1 ; 42, 8 ; 47, 2 ; 43, 6. Levels of binned testosterone were, for same groups: 16, 8 ; 14, 2 ; 17, 1 ; 15, 6. Statistical analysis between BPH and control showed that there is no difference in levels of analyzed hormones. In analysis between prostatitis and prostate cancer we found a significant higher levels of free testosterone in prostate cancer (p<0, 001). Discussion: Incidence of BPH, prostatitis and prostate cancer are as expected and within range of publicized data (4, 5, 6). We found a higher levels of free testosterone in patients with prostate cancer then in those with prostatits and this difference is significant (1, 2, 3).


Nuclear power is a major source of electricity in the international community. However, a significant problem with nuclear power is that, if a severe nuclear accident occurs, radiation may leak and cause great damage. As such, research on nuclear safety has become increasingly popular worldwide. In this paper, the structural integrity of a reactor cavity during a steam explosion—one kind of the aforementioned severe nuclear accidents—was evaluated. Steam explosions are primarily caused by fuel–coolant interactions (FCI), and result from issues in the cooling system that discharges the melt from the reactor core to the outside. A steam explosion can damage the nuclear power plant, and radiation leakage, the greatest concern, may occur. In the Chernobyl or Fukushima Daiichi accidents, significant radiation leakages resulted in damages extending beyond the country of origin. In this paper, a steam explosion was simulated using values given by the transient analysis code for explosive reactions (TRACER-II)—the only steam explosion code in Korea. The walls of the reactor cavity were modeled after the APR-1400 currently operating in Korea. The integrity of the concrete, rebars, and liner plate in the reactor cavity during a steam explosion was evaluated in terms of stress and ductile failure strain limits.


In this paper,the authentication function of the Real Server and the anti-theft interlinkage system combined with the ASP technology are dissertated.The system serves to prevent the library Streaming Media Server from being linked or downloaded illegally.


Turbomachinery trains were conceptually developed for three power plant concepts: Compressed Air Storage with Humidification and Integrated Gasification and Natural Gas Firing (CASHING), Natural Gas fired Compressed Air Storage with Humidification (NGCASH), and Integrated Gasification fired Compressed Air Storage with Humidification (IGCASH). Performance data, arrangement drawings, cost estimates, and other technical information for the three turboexpander trains were developed based on the Westinghouse BB51 steam turbine for the high pressure expander and the expander section of the W501F or W501D5 combustion turbine for the low pressure expander. The study supports previous EPRI projects investigating the performance and cost of CASHING, NGCASH, and IGCASH concepts and provides a basis for quotations that can be used in evaluating compressed air energy storage concepts in future projects.


Abstract A growing body of work is focused on attempting to understand the biological mechanism(s) by which some fish are highly vulnerable to angling while others are not. We used electromyogram telemetry to monitor routine locomotory activity of artificially selected largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in experimental ponds to test two potential explanatory hypotheses: (1) that the difference in angling vulnerability between high-vulnerability (HV) bass and low-vulnerability (LV) bass is related to a difference in routine activity level between the two groups, and (2) that the difference in vulnerability between HV and LV bass is related to a difference in the diel activity pattern displayed by each group (e.g., LV fish are more active at night, a time where there is typically little bass fishing effort). Neither hypothesis was supported by our results. Differences in vulnerability to angling in artificially selected lines of largemouth bass were not related to inherent differences in routine locomoto...


Differences between male and female teachers' perceptions of male and female principals, with a focus on principals' motivation and social control communication styles, are explored in this report. Social control communication was categorized into two factors--motivation and orientation. As a replication of a study conducted in Washington State, 399 teachers and 20 principals from 20 public schools in the Province of Alberta were surveyed to determine how teachers experienced their principal during communication episodes when the principal expressed expectations. Ten principals, 5 male and 5 female, were "shadowed" for a day to gather field data through observation, interviews, and document analysis. The findings indicated the existence of a cross-gender effect on teacher and principal communication. Teachers experienced female principals as being more positive communicators than male principals, using extrinsic and intrinsic reward structures. Male teachers did not perceive female principals to use threats or sanctions as often as did male principals. Compared with previous literature findings, the results demonstrate the existence and importance of separate gender realities. The recommendation is made for better unde:standing the differences between male and female experiences. One figure and four tables are included. (14 references) (L)f I) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 4 U.& DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Offic ot Educational Rematch and Improvement EDUCATIONAL. RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 11.41(s document nee been reerOduCed aa recenved from Me orOn O organizabOn onstinating a C Minor charves have boon made to improve reProduction mislay Pomf Yoe* 01 opinions statod tho cloc umart do not necemsnly repriamnt officio! OE RI poamon or Dolocy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED ay TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Principal-Teacher Cross Gender Communication: A Replication Study Thomas D. Gougeon University of Calgary Adapted from a Paper Prepared for the XIX CSSE Annual Conference Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration June 1991 Kingston Ontario Canada rt BEST COPY AVAILABLE


The time dependent response characteristics of flush-mounted hot element gauges used as instruments to measure wall shear stress in unsteady periodic air flows were investigated. The study was initiated because anomalous results were obtained from the gauges in oscillating turbulent flows for the phase relation of the wall shear stress variation, indicating possible gauge response problems. Flat plate laminar oscillating turbulent flows characterized by a mean free stream velocity with a superposed sinusoidal variation were performed. Laminar rather than turbulent flows were studied, because a numerical solution for the phase angle between the free stream velocity and the wall shear stress variation that is known to be correct can be obtained. The focus is on comparing the phase angle indicated by the hot element gauges with corresponding numerical prediction for the phase angle, since agreement would indicate that the hot element gauges faithfully follow the true wall shear stress variation.


We have investigated water quality of the coastal saline groundwaters utilized for fish farms in Jeju Island. The water quality investigation included the spatial observations for 75 fish farms during March-May, 1994 and the bi-monthly observations for both coastal saline groundwaters and seawaters at four fish farms from August 1994 to December 1995. Water temperature of the saline groundwaters ranged from 16 to 18℃ over the study period. Salinity of the saline groundwaters varied between 20.60 ppt and 34.02 ppt, slightly lower than that of the coastal seawaters(26.47~34.53 ppt). This salinity variation must be associated with local precipitation conditions in Jeju Island. The oxygen saturation for most saline groundwater samples was lower than 80%, ranging from 24.7 to 89.8%. The COD and pH values for the saline groundwaters were similar to those for the coastal seawaters. The concentrations of DIP for the saline groundwaters varied between 0.021 ㎎/L and 0.121 ㎎/L, and seasonal variation of DIP in the saline groundwater ranged from 0.014 to 0.077 ㎎/L, which were higher than that of the coastal seawaters(0.000~0.015 ㎎/L). Nitrate in the saline groundwaters accounted for more than 90% of the DIN. The maximum concentrations of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and DIN in the saline groundwaters were 0.085, 0.012, 2.294 and 2.309 ㎎/L, respectively. These concentrations of the saline groundwaters were considerably lower than those affected culture organisms. Overall, the saline groundwaters utilized for fish farms in Jeju Island appear to maintain good waterquality for fish farms.


Objective: Cardiac defects are the most prevalent congenital anomalies. Screening policies have adopted an 18- to 22-week ultrasound scan to detect such anomalies. However, diagnosis may be feasible early in pregnancy using transvaginal Doppler ultrasound. Methods: Transvaginal ultrasound, including nuchal translucency (NT) measurement, is routinely performed at 10–13 weeks of gestation at our department. Complementary arterial and venous blood flow Doppler evaluation is also performed in cases of increased NT as a part of an ongoing research project. Results: Ultrasound revealed complete atrioventricular septal defects in 2 trisomic fetuses (trisomy 18 and 21) at 12 and 13 weeks of gestation, respectively, with increased NT and abnormal venous blood flow velocity. Conclusions: Incrased NT has been associated with major chromosomal anomalies and is being increasingly related to cardiac defects. Considering that venous blood flow patterns may provide additional clues to the cardiac function, it may be useful as a complementary tool for the earlier diagnosis of structural cardiac anomalies.


This article analyzes the link between men's and women's perceptions of health and the demand for health goods and services. The study examines access to the health care system in a community characterized by social and economic variance. The data have been taken from a health survey carried out in a suburb of the city of Zaragoza in Spain. The sample (1,032 people over the age of 15) was selected according to specifications of sex, age, and place of residence. The sample shows a confidence interval of 95.5 percent with a ±3 margin of error. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques are used. Sex differences are reflected in social conditions, lifestyles, health perception, and health care behaviors. The research describes how differences in health attitudes can be contextualized by the neighborhood. The results of this type of research are essential for the design of preventive strategies that are better adapted to need.


Complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes and obesity arise from an intricate interaction of inherited–nature and environmental–nurture factors. Their (early) diagnosis is very difficult, especially based on only singular biomarker. The move toward \"multi biomarkers\" is a necessity. Metabonomics is a technique based on analyzing as many endogenetic metabolites as possible. It has shown the great potential of finding biomarker group for disease diagnosis. Normally Blood and urine are the best samples for clinical assay or metabonomics. Unfortunately, they are similar to a reservoir, any physiological and pathological changes will be integrated into urine or blood, the discovery of biomarkers taking them as samples become very difficult. To resolve this disadvantage, we are using the strategy from tissue to body fluids, from bile to blood and from animal models to human to 'fish' the potential metabolite biomarkers. Based on it, it is possible to find the potential biomarkers from tissue, bile or animal, then to validate them in human body fluids, it can reduce the disturbance of other non-pathological factors, in the meantime find early diagnosis biomarkers which are usually difficult in human samples because of the difficult in early diagnosis. As the examples, we shall report our newest work on the metabolic biomarker discovery of liver cancer by using non-target metabonomics analysis to 'fish' the potential differential metabolites from the tissue, bile or animal model based on LC-MS/MS, and target metabolic analysis in human serum/plasma to confirm the found biomarker group based on selective ion LC-MS or MRM LC-MS.


During the past few years, research into representation of knowledge in a semi-structured format has taken an enormous flight. This document presents an overview of a couple of the most promising approaches in this field, such as XML and RDF. We also investigate the current research into query languages tailored to semi-structured data, by first examining what properties such a language should have and then reviewing the existing approaches, such as XSLT, XQL, XML-QL and the proprietary rule format used by the aidministrator to describe constraints on the structure and contents of tree-structured documents, and we take a look at the efforts undertaken to specify a query language specifically for RDF.


Krobel, R., Lemke, R., Campbell, C. A., Zentner, R., McConkey, B., Steppuhn, H., De Jong, R. and Wang, H. 2014. Water use efficiency of spring wheat in the semi-arid Canadian prairies: Effect of legume green manure, type of spring wheat, and cropping frequency. Can. J. Soil Sci. 94: 223–235. In the semi-arid Canadian prairie, water is the main determinant of crop production; thus its efficient use is of major agronomic interest. Previous research in this region has demonstrated that the most meaningful way to measure water use efficiency (WUE) is to use either precipitation use efficiency (PUE) or a modified WUE that accounts for the inefficient use of water in cropping systems that include summer fallow. In this paper, we use these efficiency measures to determine how cropping frequency, inclusion of a legume green manure, and the type of spring wheat [high-yielding Canada Prairie Spring (CPS) vs. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS)] influence WUE using 25 yr of data (1987–2011) from the "New Rotation" expe...


This article briefly reviews our recent findings regarding the status and functions of the adenosine receptors in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle and endothelium. The adenosine receptors mediating vasorelaxations were characterized pharmacologically using isolated tissue bath experiments. The rank order of potency of a series of adenosine analogs for the vasorelaxations suggested the presence of multiple A2‐type adenosine receptors both on the smooth muscle and endothelium of the coronary artery. The smooth muscle A2‐type receptors were of two types: one being xanthine‐sensitive and activated by N6‐and C2‐substituted adenosine analogs, and the other xanthine‐insensitive stimulated by 5′‐uronamide derivatives. The endothelial A2 adenosine receptors were xanthine‐sensitive and were responsive to the 5′‐uronamides. These receptors were associated with the release of nitric oxide. Radioligand binding studies using [125I]‐APE and photoaffinity labeling with azide derivative of [125I]‐APE revealed a binding site corresponding to A2A receptor in membranes of porcine coronary artery smooth muscle. In addition, ligand binding with [3H]‐DPCPX demonstrated the existence of A1 adenosine receptors in the porcine coronary artery smooth muscle. These receptors were found to be linked to adenylate cyclase in an inhibitory manner via pertussis toxin‐sensitive G protein(s), and could induce attenuation of vasorelaxation. In conclusion, the information presented in this article generally suggests that the coronary artery contains various types of adenosine receptors that may play a role in the regulation of its function. However, additional studies are required to further characterize and delineate the roles of the various adenosine receptors, and the information given herewith can provide an impetus for this. Drug Dev. Res. 39:308–313, 1996. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


A method of detecting and quantifying defective colour vision using the Lovibond Colour Vision Analyzer is described. The results obtained in tests on 120 subjects, including 20 colour defectives, are discussed and compared with results from the Ishihara Test Plates.


Corn starch production wastewater is a high concentration organic wastewater,Biodegradability is good,handling difficult.In this paper,in northwest China as an example of a study of corn starch production enterprises,Ion exchange column will bite Philippine corn soaked in water extract,corn soaked in water reuse rate of 100%,And in the original sewage treatment plant processes added internal circulation reactor,So that the treated effluent water quality objectives to achieve "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard" (GB8978-1996) an emission standard,Significantly reduce the emission of pollutants,to control the pollution of wastewater from the production of corn starch has an important referential significance.


Translated from Khim. Vys. Energ.; 7: No. 2, 184-155(1973). The probability P/sub 10/ of the vibrational deactivation of NO molecules in collisions with Ar atoms, which was measured experimentally in the temperature range of 1000 to 2000 deg K, is calculated. The calculation of P/sub 10/ is performed in two stages. First, the adiabatic electronic -vibrational terms of the system are determined. Then the probabilities of transition between the intersecting terms are calculated by the Landau- Ziner formula. (JFP)


Government support for the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) is based largely on the belief that it will contribute to the improvement of the UK's economic performance. This paper reviews evidence on the relationship between education and training, workforce skills and economic performance, and concludes that it would be helpful if TVEI's objectives were to be expressed in more detail, so as to provide a better basis for evaluation.


【Objective】 This study was to provide reference for per-selection of Alternaira alternate f.mali(AaM.) by establishing comprehensive evaluation and prediction method of resistance to AaM in apple.【Method】 Based on F1 hybrids of "Fu Ji" and "Pink Lady",the physiological indexes of resistance to AaM were comprehensively evaluated and predicted,and were used to value the F1 hybrids' single capacity of AaM resistance to some new independent comprehensive indexes by principal component analysis.The comprehensive value of different F1 hybrids AaM resistance was obtained by using subor-dinative function,so the AaM resistance of different F1 hybrids can be evaluated.Meanwhile,the regression was established between the comprehensive value of AaM resistance and the value of single index to AaM resistance.【Result】 The results showed that the comprehensive values were higher,the F1 hybrids AaM resistance was better.The net photosynthetic rate,chlorogenic acid content,phenylalanine ammonium-lyase content in apple leaves and thickness of hundred leaves would be used as indexes of evaluating AaM resistance in apple.The analyzed regression indicated that the function's square was prominent.The results of Cluster analysis showed that the strength of the order was the same.【Conclusion】 Application of subor-dinative function and principal component analysis would be suitable to evaluate AaM resistant selection comprehensively.Regression can predict apple hybrids individual resistance.


Purpose: To determine the prevalence and correlates of missing meals among adolescents. Design: The 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study, a cross-sectional study. Setting: School based. Participants: A nationally representative sample of 11 429 high school students. Measures: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner consumption; demographics; measured and perceived weight status; physical activity and sedentary behaviors; and fruit, vegetable, milk, sugar-sweetened beverage, and fast-food intake. Analysis: Prevalence estimates for missing breakfast, lunch, or dinner on ≥1 day during the past 7 days were calculated. Associations between demographics and missing meals were tested. Associations of lifestyle and dietary behaviors with missing meals were examined using logistic regression controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade. Results: In 2010, 63.1% of students missed breakfast, 38.2% missed lunch, and 23.3% missed dinner; the prevalence was highest among female and non-Hispanic black students. Being overweight/obese, perceiving oneself to be overweight, and video game/computer use were associated with increased risk of missing meals. Physical activity behaviors were associated with reduced risk of missing meals. Students who missed breakfast were less likely to eat fruits and vegetables and more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food. Conclusion: Breakfast was the most frequently missed meal, and missing breakfast was associated with the greatest number of less healthy dietary practices. Intervention and education efforts might prioritize breakfast consumption.


There is a disagreement about the order of reaction of transesterification of DMT with EG. The reactivity of the two ester groups is not compared yet. The transesterification of DMT and MHET is studied to establish the kinetics of the process. Attempts are made to treat the kinetic data on a mathematical model for third-order reaction.


This paper is focused on the analysis of heat and mass transfer radiative–convective fluid flow using quadratic multiple regression and numerical approach. The physical phenomenon is analyzed by utilizing partial differential equations (PDEs). Thermophysical properties, such as viscosity, thermal conductivity, and mass diffusivity, are varied and temperature‐dependent. This study is unique because of its applications in magnetohydrodynamic power accelerators, drilling operators, and bioengineering. The governing PDEs are transformed into coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The transformed ODEs are solved numerically using the spectral homotopy analysis method. Also, a quadratic multiple regression analysis is performed on quantities of engineering interest to show the significance of the flow parameters. It is observed that the heat and mass transfer process is affected by nonlinear buoyancy impact. The Lorentz force produced by the imposed magnetic field decline the thickness of the hydrodynamic boundary layer. Findings revealed that the nonlinear convective parameter and variable thermophysical properties are greatly affected by the rate of heat and mass transfer. Previously published work was used to validate the present one, which conformed with it. The slope of linear regression through data points is adopted to show the rate of change in skin friction, Nusselt, and Sherwood numbers during the flow phenomenon.