People commonly perceive social conditions as declining. We propose that perceptions of social decline are often a consequence of a bias whereby people mistake change in themselves for change in the world. The present research demonstrates that common personal changes such as the parenthood transition (Studies 1–2) and physical aging (Study 3) may increase a person's sensitivity to dangers and thereby contribute to an illusory perception that external dangers are increasing. We use experimental models of the hypothesized change processes to test whether these common personal changes may contribute to judgments of social decline.


Digital Twins are crucial in Industry 4.0 IoT scenarios, as they replicate physical assets and enable important tasks such as predictive analytics, what-if scenarios and real time monitoring. The heterogeneity of IoT use cases usually makes the development of digital twins extremely application-specific as well as prone to interoperability issues. To overcome these two challenges, we propose WoTwins, a framework that, on one side, leverages the W3C Web of Things (WoT) standard to model data and entities, and, on the other side, generates automatically Digital Twins of existing Web Things by modeling their state space through a Markov Decision Process (MDP) graph and by predicting its behavior though Machine Learning techniques. We conduct experiments on a simulated use cases related to IoT robotics to evaluate our proposal.


Two new homalorhagid kinorhynchs, Pycnophyes canadensis n.sp. and Pycnophyes borealis n.sp., are described from two localities near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. Material collected in...


The features of the finger dermatoglyphics brush 40 boys soccer team players, "KAMAZ" in Naberezhnye Chelny. Finger skin patterns have been studied individually for each survey with the role of sport. The analysis of the determinants of compliance dermatoglyphic physical abilities playing position.


With the great popularity and extensive application of Kinect, the Internet is sharing more and more depth data. To effectively use plenty of depth data would make great sense. In this paper, we propose a generalized dynamic depth data matching framework for action retrieval. Firstly we focus on single depth image matching utilizing both depth and shape feature. The depth feature used in our method is straightforward but proved to be very effective and robust for distinguishing various human actions. Then, we adopt shape context, which is widely used in shape matching, in order to strengthen the robustness of our matching strategy. Finally, we utilize Dynamic Time Warping to measure temporal similarity between two depth video sequences. Experiments based on a dataset of 17 classes of actions from 10 different individuals demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of our proposed matching strategy.


Work experience for university students in China is not new. Chinese approaches differ in key aspects from contemporary approaches in Australia. The Australian approaches focus on guided, structured learning in the workplace and on developing the non-technical as well as the technical skills that workplaces require. Though valued by employers for their transferability, these non-technical skills are often undervalued by students in China and Australia. This paper reviews initial findings from discussions with employers in China and identifies points of receptiveness in Chinese enterprises to the development of authentic, practical, learning in the workplace experiences. Chinese managers reported that non-technical skills were important attributes for new graduate employees, though such skills are not explicitly taught in the Chinese university curriculum.


The aim of this paper is to draw conclusions about the buying habits of Greek consumers concerning alcoholic beverages. Based on the data provided by the W.H.O., the European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol. At a societal level, the European Union is the heaviest-drinking region in the world. Focusing in the Greek reality, we find very interesting data provided by Non-Governmental Organizations, leading campaigns that have to do with the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. The data suggest that the Greek consumption stands in the median of the European countries. Adult men consume alcohol every day in a percentage reaching 42.5%, while the relative percentage for women is 13.6%. Only 8.3% of the general population does not consume alcohol at all, while the consumption is bigger amongst the age range of 55 - 64 years old. Relating to the place of the preferred consumption, one out of three people, consume alcohol in their home or in the house of another person, while the vast majority 61.9% prefers to consume alcohol elsewhere (bars, clubs, cafes, restaurants). Women prefer consuming more at home than outside, contrary to men. Also, while data on a European level suggest that one out of four deaths in the ages between 15-29 is related to alcohol, Greece is still low in that percentage, leaving Ireland, England and Denmark on the top of the list. Nevertheless, we find that Greece is also facing problems that have to do with excessive alcohol consumption, especially for the age group of 18-24 years old. Young people prefer to consume more "hard" beverages than wine or beer. Finally, it is important to underline that alcoholic beverages are consumed more frequently in rural and semi-urban areas, than in the big cities like Athens and Thessaloniki.


Aim To improve the synthesis of clarithromycin.Method The products of etherification and silylation of erythromycin A oxime in one-pot synthesis were separated and identified.Result E-2′,4″-O-bis(trimethylsilyl) erythromycin A 9-O-(1-isopropoxycyclohexyl) oxime was obtained with four by-products,i.e.Z-2′,4″-O-bis(trimethylsilyl)erythromycin A 9-O-(1-isopropoxycyclohexyl) oxime,E-4″-O-(trimethylsilyl) erythromycin A 9-O-(1-isopropoxycyclohexyl) oxime,Z-4″-O-(trimethylsilyl) erythromycin A 9-O-(1-isopropoxycyclohexyl)oxime,and E-2′-O-(trimethylsilyl) erythromycin A 9-O-(1-isopropoxycyclohexyl)oxime in the decreasing content.Conclusion 4″-OH is more liable to be silylated than 2′-OH in the presence of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazane(HMDS) and acidic reagent whereby(CH_3)_3Si~+ and NH_3 would be produced.In S_N1 mechanism(CH_3)_3Si~+ probably attached to 2′-or 4″-hydroxyl group,and preferred to 4″-hydroxyl group due to the exclusion by the neighboring 3′-N(CH_3)_2 of the desosamine moiety under acidic condition.Low regioselectivity occurred for the existence of base such as NH_3,however as made contribution to disilylation at both 2′-OH and 4″-OH.


At the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, a geologically instantaneous release of gas hydrates resulted in a global climate aberration. This event has been well documented in the marine record, characterized by an increase in ocean surface temperature of 4-8°C and a negative carbonate isotope excursion of 3-4‰. In the terrestrial environment, a mean annual temperature change of approximately 10°C has been documented in paleobotanical reconstructions, interpreted to correspond to an increasingly drier and more seasonal climate. Based on sedimentological field observations from the Wasatch Formation of Colorado, I believe that this change resulted in catastrophic behavior of the fluvial system. Pollen data constrains the Paleocene/Eocene boundary to within the Molina Member of the Wasatch Formation, a high net-to-gross unit conformably bounded above and below by paleosol sequences. The Molina is characterized by a dramatic increase in sand deposition and out-of-channel flow exemplified by a basal 10 meter thick sand bench, flooding an area in excess of 50 kilometers from the trunk of the river system. By further constraining the event through independent time correlation measures I hope to demonstrate the link between an increase in discharge and climatic change. Methods such as additional pollen analysis, fossil mammal zonation, and relative CO2 changes through leaf stomata density will be used to date this event. We predict that the climatic aberration occurring at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary resulted in an increase in fluvial discharge and precipitation demonstrating a wettening, as opposed to drying, of this subtropical climate.


A parallel computational accelerator based on the Cell Broadband Engine® Architecture was utilized to process medical image data of magnetic resonance scanners. Information on the orientation of white matter fiber tracts within the human brain was calculated. These results are visualized in three dimensions to help physicians involved with diagnostics for brain tumor surgeries. This parallel implementation demonstrates the potential of computational accelerators to significantly reduce the time needed for computationally demanding tasks in medical imaging.


A set of non-linear algebraic equations, which must to be solved using a numerical procedure, for ball's motion, sliding friction and internal loading distribution computation in a high-speed, single-row, angular-contact ball bearing, subjected to a known combined radial, thrust and moment load, which must be applied to the inner ring's centre of mass, is introduced. For each step of the procedure it is required the iterative solution of 9 Z + 3 simultaneous non-linear equations – where Z is the number of the balls – to yield exact solution for contact angles, ball attitude angles, rolling radii, normal contact deformations and axial, radial, and angular deflections of the inner ring with respect the outer ring. The focus of this work is obtaining the steady state forces and moments equilibrium conditions on the balls, under the selected external loading, and to describe the numerical aspects of the procedure. The numerical results derived from the described procedure shall be published later.


A sloping wall or embankment in particular a sound-proofing embankment is made with the use of tubular and rot-proof bags (1, 2) filled with granular or sandy material as the building material. The bags are stacked in an interlocking manner, in layers and placed in accordance with the angle of slope. The sacks (1) of the ground layer and of every odd-numbered layer are placed at right angles to the wall, and the sacks (2) of every even-numbered layer are placed in the longitudinal direction of the wall, whereby they are supported on at least two sacks lying at right angles to the wall. The sacks (1) lying at right angles to the wall are placed at intervals of between 20 and 80 cm and the holes thus created between the sacks are filled with soil and at least partly with humus, so that plant niches are created in the sloping wall made of filled sacks (1, 2), thus providing a reliable source of greenary for the wall.


Provided is a molding die comprising: a lower molding die having a bottom part and a side wall part; an upper molding die that can move freely toward the bottom part of the lower molding die along an axis parallel to the side wall part of the lower molding die; and a pushing die that can move freely through a space between the side wall part of the lower molding die and the upper molding die toward the bottom part of the lower molding die along the axis.


The utility model discloses an electric microneedle leading-in beauty instrument, belonging to the technical field of beauty devices. The electric microneedle leading-in beauty instrument comprises a shell and needles stretching out of the shell, wherein the needles are connected with a drive device driving the needles to stretch and contract, the drive device comprises a motor arranged in the shell, an output end of the motor is connected with a cam and a connecting rod sleeved on the cam, the connecting rod is hinged with a push rod, and the needles are connected with the front end of the push rod. The electric microneedle leading-in beauty instrument disclosed by the utility model has a mechanical gear drive structure, the needles are withdrawn vertically, the power of the motor is rapid and stable, a wound surface is small, and micro pains are caused; and a control circuit board controls the motor to work, so that the beauty instrument is simple to operate, has a better sense of science and technology, is simple in integral structure, small in size, light in weight, low in cost, convenient to carry and use, and suitable for household and traveling application.


It is shown that every system of collectively bounded orthonormal functions admits an integrable function whose Fourier series diverges on a set of positive measure.Bibliography: 6 titles.


The main contents of college students' community service are introduced: culture construction,education service and foundation construction and the main forms are holiday community service activities,community management department attachment,building college students service stations and building college students cultivating base.It is pointed out that college students are the practitioners of professional theoretical knowledge,the disseminators of campus and community culture,the successors and builders of community civilization and the practitioners and transmitters of moral education.


Musculoskeletal humanoid has robot-model errors because of muscle elasticity or elongation. This leads to low accuracy and repeatability in joint position control. In particular, this is a serious problem during high-load motions. In this paper, we propose and implement its compensation methods for generating motions in the presence of robot-model errors. One of the control methods presented is a muscle-load sharing method utilizing redundant muscle arrangement which is specific in musculoskeletal humanoid. The other is an interactive control system enabling interactive joint position modification by using human physical or visual information. Finally, we tested several motions by integrating the two systems.


Spatial emission maps across an end-on-viewed inductively coupled plasma were used to flag matrix interferences and system drift for organic-solvent-based samples. This method is based on the fact that a matrix interference affects emission signals differently from one cross-sectional location in the plasma to another. The method is straightforward: a set of calibration curves made with standard solutions is obtained at several cross-sectional locations in the plasma; each unknown sample is then analyzed by means of those curves. If a matrix interference exists, the determined concentration in the sample will appear to change from spatial location to another. Fundamentally, this behavior arises because the plasma is spatially heterogeneous and is affected by a sample matrix in a spatially dependent way. Isopropanol was used as the solvent for the determination of ten analytes (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn). Three types of matrix interference were examined: spectral, plasma-related and sample-introduction-related. It was found possible to flag errors as small as ±2% caused by any of the three types of matrix interference, as well as system drift.


There is a certain gap between the management of higher vocational education and employees demand in enterprises.According to the objective of service,the guiding principle of getting jobs,this paper uses modern sales theory to analyze the problems existing in management of higher vocational education,and puts forward that we should update ideas,locate scientifically,and definite the direction of running the school on the basis of employment market demanding,then the contradiction of supply and demand could be solved efficiently.


A method of robust feature-detection is proposed for visual tracking with a pan-tilt head. Even with good foreground models, the tracking process is liable to be disrupted by strong features in the background. Previous researchers have shown that the disruption can be somewhat suppressed by the use of image-subtraction. Building on this idea, a more powerful statistical model of background intensity is proposed in which a Gaussian mixture distribution is fitted to each of the pixels on a "virtual" image plane. A fitting algorithm of the "Expectation-Maximisation" type proves to be particularly effective here. Practical tests with contour tracking show marked improvement over image subtraction methods. Since the burden of computation is off-line, the online tracking process can run in real-time, at video field-rate.


Contemporary Percussion by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford: University Press, 1991. £14.95, 212 pp. Smith Brindle's standard guide to percussion was first published in 1970. This reissue, in paperback, contains an updated Preface but in all other respects is unrevised. In fact there is little by way of factual information that needs revision, but the perspective twenty years later is rather different especially on the music examples from Stockhausen, Boulez, Varese, Cage and others, which cannot now be considered avant garde. Having made the point in his new Preface that proselytising is no longer necessary, it is a pity Smith Brindle's main text still retains its 1960s evangelical flavour. Contemporary Percussion is written unapologetically from the point of view of a composer albeit one who has taken the trouble to investigate the practicalities of playing percussion and reading scores with leading practitioners. Its detail and comprehensiveness is leavened by straightforward, helpful advice such as the observation that the melodic qualities of timpani are destroyed if they are played too rapidly and occasional remonstrations with composers who have not thought through the practical difficulties involved in playing certain percussion passages. Separate chapters deal with idiophones (keyed, tuned, struck and shaken), membranophones (tuned and untuned), struck chordophones (though the harpsichord wrongly finds its way into this chapter) and those aerophones usually taken by the percussion section whistles, sirens, motor horns, etc. There are further chapters on notation, layout, orchestral uses of percussion and percussion ensembles. Some omissions ought to have been remedied with this reissue: there is no mention of rototoms, bodhran or gamelan, for instance, and a less than helpful paragraph on the steel pan. The author might also have mentioned innovative developments in classroom percussion such as hand chimes, gato and kaluba drums. He seems also not to be aware of double-headed beaters nowadays in common use which enable the player to tackle rapid passages requiring beater changes relatively easily. Contact with more recent virtuosi such as the groups Nexus and Grampian Percussion Ensemble and with Evelyn Glennie might have caused some revision of opinion on, for example, the absence of melodic/harmonic material for percussion ensemble, or the possibilities for six-note chords on mallet instruments. Smith Brindle's chapter on notation has also been overtaken by events. In the 1960s and 1970s graphic depiction of percussion instruments became fashionable with composers, and the author himself pioneered and systematised the development of notational ideograms. (They are used throughout this book.) Players themselves, however, generally found these difficult to decipher within the graphic landscape of a musical score and have all but forced composers and publishers back to conventional abbreviations such as timp., vibes, B.D., etc. The author's argument for retention of ideograms is no longer relevant. Tabla (plural form without 's') is wrongly spelled throughout.


On the basis of the systematized study on the available study methods and existing problems in soft rock and soft rock engineering,and on the material composition,layer-crystal structure and swell-shrink mechanism of soft rock,a new thought to realize the soft rock engineering stability by using coated surface modification method to improve the harmful properties of physic-chemical soft rock is put forwarded.The surface structure and properties of physic-chemical soft rock are studied systematically,and chemical equation of the physic-chemical soft rock surface reacts with organic silicon compound with the structure of YRSiX3 is obtained.This equation offers a theoretical foundation for the further research on soft rock and soft rock engineering stability.


TPS6598 Background: PLATON Network is designed as a platform to improve personalized therapy based on genomic profiles in gastrointestinal cancer patients. PLATON's study-design focuses on patient's molecular profiling and will provide a network web application for interlinking PLATON investigators which integrates information of the participating centers, their patients, the molecular profiles and available clinical trials at PLATON`s study-sites. Methods: The PLATON Network is designed as a permanent open, multicenter, prospective, cohort study with biobanking, with a shared platform infrastructure for associated sub-studies. In a first approach the PLATON Network enrolls within its pilot-study 200 patients in Germany of both sexes and ages over 18 at 40 study sites (NCT04484636) with signed informed consent. All patients of the pilot-study are diagnosed with hepatocellular cancer (HCC), intra- and extrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCA), gallbladder carcinoma (GBCA), pancreatic cancer (PDCA) or esophagogastric cancer (EC/GC). At the time of enrolment, patients are within their first-line therapy and no local curative therapy is available. Molecular profiling will be performed with the Foundation Medicine Assays FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid CDx. Investigators may use the platform for searching clinical trials matching the individual molecular profile of their patients or may identify a patient, who may be eligible for a study or other treatment options available at the corresponding centers of the PLATON network. The interactive network web application will comprise a dashboard and a moderated chat room to interact for example in a virtual Molecular Tumor Board. The first patient was included on the 25th of November 2020. Up to 12th of February 2021, a total of 36 patients HCC (N = 1), CCA (N = 6), PDCA (N = 12), GBCA (N = 0) and EC/GC (N = 16) were enrolled at 11 study-sites and the results of 29 genetic analyses were completed. All cohorts of the pilot-study are open for recruitments up to a maximum of 40 individuals per diagnostic group. Clinical trial information: NCT04484636.


Amazon Echo Sale price. You will save 87% with this offer. Please hurry up! A Simple User Guide to Learn Amazon Echo and How to Get Benefits from Amazon Prime (Amazon Echo, smart devices, Amazon Prime, lending library) Amazon Echo A Simple User Guide to Learn Amazon Echo in No Time (Amazon Prime, smart devices, Alexa skills kit, web services, digital media, tips and tricks) The Amazon Echo is a breakthrough in the voice-powered technology. Built with the Alexa software, the device aims to follow your commands ranging from finding information to smart home management. After four years of development within the renowned Amazons Lab126 offices, the Amazon Echo device was tinkered and modified into what it is today. Unfortunately, the full potential of the device is yet to unfold. Hence, numerous guides were written to help users in discovering what Echo can do for them. This book will bring you to the latest attempts of Amazon in virtual interactions. Aside from Kindle eBook Reader, the Echo is an addition to the companys portfolio of devices. These devices help Amazon in determining the needs and interests of their users. The Amazon Echo Handbook: With Commands You Didnt Know You Can Do aims to bring all the potentials of the Echo device without becoming too technical. It features the following topics: Basic Setup and Commands Core Features SMART Technology Skills Troubleshooting Amazon Prime and Kindle Lending Library Kindle Unlimited: Get Your Money's Worth from Amazon Prime (Free books, Free Movie, Prime Music, Free audio, Beginners Guide, Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime membership) Have you ever considered signing up to Amazon Prime or Kindle Unlimited? Are you already a member of one of these schemes but want to learn how to make the most of your membership? If so then look no further than this book, which offers readers first-hand advice on the benefits and pitfalls of Amazon Prime, as well as a comprehensive guide to how to make the most of your membership. In todays age it can be a daunting prospect when faced with various different offers, subscriptions and devices to know which will provide the best value for money as well as deliver the most high quality service. As our lives becoming increasingly technological, and we move towards using electronic devices, we face even more choice. These choices can have a significant impact on our finances, and choosing the best option will avoid the risk of signing up to expensive or hard to break contracts. This book includes:IntroductionThe History of AmazonAn Overview of Amazon PrimeAmazon Instant VideoPrime MusicKindle UnlimitedConclusion Download your copy of "Amazon Echo" by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now With 1-Click" button. Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Echo Course, Amazon Echo Book, Amazon Echo User Guide, Amazon Echo Book-Course, Amazon Echo for Beginners, users guide, amazon echo benefits, voice command device, amazon device, home devices, alexa, alexa kit, Alexa Skills Kit, digital devices, smart device, multifunctional device, beginners guide, main functions, personal control, time management, business device, to-do lists, audiobooks, amazon prime, Alexa Voice Service, tips and tricks, Amazon Echo at home, Amazon Echo functions, Amazon Prime, amazon prime lending library, amazon prime membership, lending library for prime members, lending library, prime lending library, free books, Prime Subscription, Kindle Owners With Amazon Prime, Kindle Owners, Free Ebooks, free TV Series, free Movie, ULTIMATE Guide for Beginners, ULTIMATE Guide, Beginners Guide, Prime Music, Amazon Prime and Kindle Lending Library.


Incoming environmental legislation is expected to impose recycling activities on automotive industry. Disassembly of end of life vehicle is needed in order to make recycling economically viable in the current .state of the art of reprocessing technology. thus avoiding the future high disposal costs. this study gives an overview of disassembly research at research centers and automotive companies. pointing out ongoing topics and trends for future activities. Among them. major attention has been paid to basic technological development. product design. process design and system design. A result of the study is that futher developments on disassemble of existing products is needed allow future products to be designed with recycling considerations in minds.


AbstrcatLet a, m, n be positive integers with min(m,n)m2. ln this paper we prove that if m≡1(mod n), then the equation (ax~m+1)/(ax+1)=y~n has no positive integer solution ( x, y) with min( x, y)1.


The application of advanced and emerging technologies to a fighter aircraft concept is described. The twin-boom fighter (TBF-1) relies on a two dimensional vectoring/reversing nozzle to provide STOL performance while also achieving efficient long range supersonic cruise. A key feature is that the propulsion package is placed so that the nozzle hinge line is near the aircraft center-of-gravity to allow large vector angles and, thus, provide large values of direct lift while minimizing the moments to be trimmed. The configurations name is derived from the long twin booms extending aft of the engine to the twin vertical tails which have a single horizontal tail mounted atop and between them. Technologies utilized were an advanced engine (1985 state-of-the-art), superplastic formed/diffusion bonded titanium structure, advanced controls/avionics/displays, supersonic wing design, and conformal weapons carriage. The integration of advanced technologies into this concept indicate that large gains in takeoff and landing performance, maneuver, acceleration, supersonic cruise speed, and range can be acieved relative to current fighter concepts.


The scope of this paper is to introduce new analysis and visualization methods for WCDMA cellular networks. The proposed examples are mainly based on the self-organizing map (SOM) method, but also other neural and statistical methods are equally applicable. The main motivation for advanced methods is to increase the abstraction level from the raw network measurements, i.e. radio access network language, to network functional areas or a language closer to the business of network operator. Furthermore the vast amount of quality of service (QoS) and service combinations, that 3G will enable, require effective data handling procedures.


Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted to humans after ingestion of contaminated foods or direct contact with infected animal carcasses or placentas. It is a multisystem disorder that can involve any organ including the central and peripheral nervous system. Neurobrucellosis is mainly due to the direct effects of intracellular Brucella organisms1, but an immune-mediated mechanism may be associated with pathological processes2. We describe here a patient with neurobrucellosis manifesting as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy and associated with an immune mechanism triggered by Brucella infection. CASE A 28-year-old man presented to the Department of Neurology at the Asan Medical Center with a subacute onset of progressive weakness in both legs. Two months before admission, he had developed back pain and weakness and tingling of his distal legs. Brucellosis Manifesting as Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Bong-Hui Kang, Young-Min Lim, Kwang-Kuk Kim Can J Neurol Sci. 2012; 39: 536-538 BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS


The articles in this special section ddress various flavors of the diverse field of game analytics. It covers topics ranging from player profiling, behavioral prediction, metrics extraction from gameplay recordings, behavioral analysis, retention analysis, and more.


In this study, an integrated dynamic model was developed through combining a mechanistic model, a neural network (NN) model and a genetic algorithm approach, in order to simulate the performance of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with substantial influent fluctuations. As the base of the integrated model, the mechanistic model was initially established based on the activated sludge model 3 and the EAWAG bio-P module, and was used to generate the residuals for the NNmodel. The NN model was employed to build the relationship between the input and output variables. The networkweights of the NNmodel were optimizedwith a genetic algorithm approach. The resulting integrated model was applied to simulate the 5-month performance of a full-scale WWTP with significant influent fluctuations, and the simulation results matched the measured ones of the WWTP well even under influent disturbance conditions. Compared with the individual mechanistic model and NNmodel, the integrated model was able to capture sufficient residual information to compensate for the inaccuracy of the mechanistic model and improve the extrapolative capability of the NN model. This model established in our work is demonstrated to be an effective and useful tool to simulate the performance of WWTPs. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


The invention discloses a method for acquiring total capacity of a storage server hard disk, and relates to the fields of servers and storage server firmware. Before a loading boot device enters a system, a BIOS obtains the capacity of each hard disk by reading all bootable device lists (BBS) established in a BIOS BDS stage and a hard disk device list supported by the requirements of a storage server and comparing the bootable device lists with the hard disk device list, and then obtains the total capacity of the hard disks by adding the capacity of each hard disk. According to the method, the total capacity of the hard disks of the storage server can be accurately obtained, read errors of the total capacity cannot be caused by the fact that the hard disks are replaced by customers or a disk controller is externally connected, and the BIOS does not need to be changed due to the change of external hardware, so that the manpower resources in the steps of development, testing, production line production and the like are saved; and the method has high practicality and a wide application range and is easy to popularize.


Myxoid neurofibroma (MN) is a benign tumor of the peripheral nerves arising from connective tissue cells. This is a rare tumor characterized by immunostaining for S-100 protein [1]. From its nervous origin, its topography is fairly diverse. The most common locations of the MN are the face, shoulders, arms, periungual and in the feet. Mediastinal location has not yet been described. Through observation, to our knowledge, we report the first case of mediastinal location of a myxoid neurofibroma and discuss the diagnostic approach.


A MCS technique is represented to stochastically analyze the uncertainties of wave forces exerted on the upright sections of composite breakwaters. A stochastical models for horizontal and uplift wave forces can be straightforwardly formulated as a function of the probabilistic characteristics of maximum wave height. Under the assumption of wave forces followed by extreme distribution, the behaviors of relative wave forces to Goda`s wave forces are studied by the MCS technique. Double-truncated normal distribution is applied to take the effects of uncertainties of scale and shape parameters of extreme distribution into account properly. Averages and variances of relative wave forces are quantitatively calculated with respect to the exceedance probabilities of maximum design wave height. It is found that the averages of relative wave forces may be decreased consistently with the increases of the exceedance probabilities. In particular, the averages on uplift wave force are evaluated slightly larger than those on horizontal wave force, but the variations of coefficient of the former are adversely smaller than those of the latter. It means that the uncertainties of uplift wave forces are smaller than those of horizontal wave forces in the same condition of the exceedance probabilities. Therefore, the present results could be useful to the reliability based-design method that require the statistical properties about the uncertainties of wave forces.


Physiological adaptations of calcium and bone metabolism during pregnancy and lactation in adults and adolescents are reviewed in this work, with emphasis on intestinal absorption, urinary excretion, bone turnover and hormonal regulation. Adjustments to maintain calcium homeostasis during pregnancy and lactation in adult women appear to have no long-term deleterious effect to maternal bone health under a wide range of calcium intake. Much less is known about the ability of adolescent women to adapt to the high calcium demands of pregnancy and lactation while preserving maternal bone mass. Calcium requirements may double when pregnancy and lactation are associated with adolescence and the homeostatic mechanisms may not be sufficient to ensure an adequate bone mass accretion of the young mother together with adequate fetal growth and milk production. The available evidence indicates that pregnancy and lactation are physiological conditions that may adversely affect bone mass acquisition of adolescent women when calcium intake is low. Long term studies are needed to evaluate the impact of pregnancy and lactation during adolescence on maternal bone mass at adulthood. Micronutrients other than calcium, gene polymorphisms, and other special maternal groups should also be considered in studies on bone mass during pregnancy and lactation.


One essential parameter used in the estimation of radiative and turbulent heat fluxes from satellite data is surface temperature. Sea and land surface temperature (SST and LST) retrieval algorithms that utilize the thermal infrared portion of the spectrum have been developed, with the degree of success dependent primarily upon the variability of the surface and atmospheric characteristics. However, little effort has been directed to the retrieval of the sea ice surface temperature (IST) in the Arctic and Antarctic pack ice or the ice sheet surface temperature over Antarctica and Greenland. The reason is not one of methodology, but rather our limited knowledge of atmospheric temperature, humidity, and aerosol vertical, spatial and temporal distributions, the microphysical properties of polar clouds, and the spectral characteristics of snow, ice, and water surfaces. Over the open ocean the surface is warm, dark, and relatively homogeneous. This makes SST retrieval, including cloud clearing, a fairly straightforward task. Over the ice, however, the surface within a single satellite pixel is likely to be highly heterogeneous, a mixture of ice of various thicknesses, open water, and snow cover in the case of sea ice. Additionally, the Arctic is cloudy - very cloudy - with typical cloud cover amounts ranging from 60-90 percent. There are few observations of cloud cover amounts over Antarctica. The goal of this research is to increase our knowledge of surface temperature patterns and magnitudes in both polar regions, by examining existing data and improving our ability to use satellite data as a monitoring tool. Four instruments are of interest in this study: the AVHRR, ATSR, SMMR, and SSM/I. Our objectives are as follows. Refine the existing AVHRR retrieval algorithm defined in Key and Haefliger (1992; hereafter KH92) and applied elsewhere. Develop a method for IST retrieval from ATSR data similar to the one used for SST. Further investigate the possibility of estimating surface temperature from passive microwave data (in conjunction with AVHRR clear sky samples) through the use of 'effective emissivities' and physical relationships between skin temperature and subsurface temperature. Use the general method outlined in MK93 to calculate a 12-year record of clear sky equivalent surface temperatures, or possibly all-sky snow-ice interface physical temperatures, from SMMR and SSM/I, compare these temperatures to climatologies, ECMWF modeled surface temperatures, and surface temperatures predicted by a 2-D ice model. And intercompare several ice surface retrieval methods and validate them against ground measurements from the Swiss Camp on the Greenland ice sheet. Additionally, we intend to develop a surface temperature product based on AVHRR data and possibly blended with drifting buoy and meteorological station temperatures.


In this paper, we propose a formal description for representing the scientific workflow model supporting process-driven scientific behaviors in data intensive experiment procedures and large scale computing environments. We try to make a conceptual extension of the information control net methodology so as to be applicable to the scientific workflow models and systems, and dub it scICN (Scientific Information Control Net). Upon the SClCN-based scientific workflow model, we exemplify its application to a pseudo SClCN-based scientific workflow model.


Background: Dry eye is a clinical condition characterized by deficient tear production or excessive tear evaporation resulting in ocular discomfort. It is characterized by ocular irritation resulting from an alteration of tear film.Dry eye syndrome following cataract surgery was concerned recently. In developing countries like ours, the most efficient and the economical means of doing a cataract surgery is manual small incision cataract surgery. Now-a-days even the base camp surgeries which are done under the National programme for control of blindness(NPCB) are manual small incision cataract surgeries .Dry eye can develop or deteriorate after cataract surgery if not treated in time. Materials and Methods: An institution based prospective study was conducted to find out if manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) causes dry eye. 200 patients were evaluated for dry eye pre and postoperatively. A detailed questionnaire was given and OSDI score was calculated from the given score. Schirmer's test 1, tear break up time,Fluorescein staining of cornea, tear meniscus height were tested for dry eye evaluation preoperatively and postoperatively after 1week,3weeks and 6weeks. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20.0 and paired-t test. Results: In present study there was no dry eye before cataract surgery,one week after SICS there was no dry eye in 89%,mild dry eye in 2%,moderate dry eye in 8%,severe dry eye in 1% of patients.3weeks after SICS there was no dry eye in 91%,mild dry eye in 2%,moderate dry eye in 7% of patients and no severe dry eye patients.6weeks after SICS there was no dry eye in 94%,mild dry eye in 1% of patients,moderate in 5%of patients and no severe dry eye patients. Conclusion:In the present study prevalence of dry eye at 7days,3weeks and at the end of 6weeks was11%,9% and 6% which shows the dry eye did not turn up to be normal even after 6weeks of cataract surgery conclude the need for tear substitutes after catatarct surgery Key Word: Dry eye, Small incision cataract surgery, Schirmers test 1, Tear film break up time, OSDI score. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 06-15-2020 Date of Acceptance: 21-12-2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Thirteen aromatic compounds, having C6-C4, C6-C8-C6 or C6-C10 carbon skeletons, were isolated from the rhizomes of a Thai medicinal plant, Zingiber cassumunar. Eight compounds were new among these, and their structures were elucidated as 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 by chemical and spectral methods. The structures were confirmed by 13C-NMR spectroscopy.


Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from white cherry fruit (Starks Gold) was extracted and purified through (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, dialysis and ion exchange chromatography. The enzyme showed two peaks with PPO activity on toyopearl 650 m column, which were denoted as isoenzyme a and isoenzyme b. A 3.9 fold purification of isoenzyme a with a recovery of 34.9 % and 76.7 fold purification of isoenzyme b with a recovery of 54.3 % were achieved. Ph optima of isoenzyme a and b were 4.5 and 4.98, respectively. The temperature optima for enzyme activity were found to be 20°C for isoenzyme a and 30°C for isoenzyme b. The affinity of isoenzyme b for catechol as substrate was higher than that of isoenzyme a. Activation energies and z values were found to be 22.1°C (r2= 0.883) and 98.5 kj/mol (r2= 0.878) for isoenzyme a and 13.9°C (r2= 0.990) and 157.1 kj/mol (r2= 0.989) for isoenzyme b, respectively. Inhibitory effect of l-cysteine and sodium disulphide differed from each other.


We apply near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, at the N K edge, in order to identify the signature of implantation-induced defects in the partial density of empty states in GaN implanted with O, Mg, and Si ions. The dose range was 1014–1018 cm−2. It is found that two of the implantation-induced defects introduce characteristic resonances (hereafter called RL1 and RL2) in the near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectra. RL1 appears 1.7 eV below the absorption edge, its formation is independent of the projectile and the implantation dose, and is attributed to nitrogen interstitials. RL2, which appears at about 1.0 eV above the absorption edge, is generated when the dose exceeds 1016 cm−2 and is attributed to nitrogen dangling bonds.


Serial crystallography (SX) enables the determination of the structure of macromolecules or small molecules with minimal radiation damage. In particular, biomolecule structures determined using the SX technique have the advantage of providing room-temperature crystal structures with high biological relevance. The SX technique requires numerous crystals to be collected to complete three-dimensional structural information. To minimize crystal sample consumption, we introduced SX data collection with fixed-target (FT) pink-beam serial synchrotron crystallography (SSX) at the 1C beamline of Pohang Light Source II. A new sample holder consisting of a magnetic frame with a nylon mesh was developed for easy sample handling. The FT-pink-SSX diffraction data were collected by continuously scanning X-rays using a stepping motor. The room-temperature structures of glucose isomerase and lysozyme were successfully determined at a resolution of 1.7 and 2.2 Å, respectively. The use of pink-beam FT-SSX in experimental applications and data acquisition for large beam sizes is discussed. Our results provide useful information for future pink-beam SSX and SX data collection using large X-ray beams.


This paper investigates the effect of Game-Based Teaching (GBT) on the conceptual understanding of Chemistry among grade 9 Students in MSU Balindong Community High School. The research design used was quasi-experimental using two intact matched groups; the control group and experimental group. Results showed that the conceptual understanding of the two groups before and after the intervention was not significantly different. The independent t-test on the mean score and mean gain a score of the CUT of both groups before and after intervention were also found to be not significantly different. However, the control group had a higher mean score, and the mean gain score than the experimental group. Generally, students perceived GBT as a motivating and enjoyable method of instruction but more engagement time on the game and noncompetitive game directs a better classroom environment and learning experience. This study recommends that GBT is a helpful learning tool in class but teachers should note that too much competition during playtime can be destructive to the students learning as they lose focus on the important objective of gaming activity because of their eagerness to win the contest.


The research status quo on the press-comfort of knitted fabrics is introduced.The contents and methods of comfort judgment are summarized and reviewed.


Recall that for any event A , the pair of events A and A has an intersection that is empty, whereas the union AA ∪ represents the total population of interest. In fact, this pair of events { } , AA is a special case of a partition of the sample space, hereinafter denoted by S. of a certain sample space (or population) S is called a partition if (i) 12 ,,, n SSS L are mutually exclusive events; (ii) 12 n SSSS ∪∪∪= L. Illustrative Example. In the nineteenth century G. Mendel conducted a famous experiment that led to the first announcement of elementary genetic principles. He bred hybrid strains of peas and simultaneously observed the color (green or yellow) and smoothness (round or wrinkled) of the offspring peas. If S denotes the set of all peas involved in the pea-breeding experiment, and


Representations of primes by simple quadratic forms, such as $\pm a^2\pm qb^2$, is a subject that goes back to Fermat, Lagrange, Legendre, Euler, Gauss and many others. We are interested in a comprehensive list of such results, for $q\le 20$. Some of the results can be established with elementary methods and we put them at work on some instances. We are introducing new relationships between various representations.


Different plant species have different capacity of carbon sequestration but it is not assessed yet in Nepal. Therefore, this study was done to assess the species-wise carbon sequestration in two periods in forests. Three collaborative and three community forests were selected for the study. The selected forests were surveyed using GPS and mapped and stratified into tree, pole, and regeneration. Specifically 32, 33, and 31 samples were collected from Banke-Maraha, Tuteshwarnath, and Gadhanta-Bardibash collaborative forests, respectively, while 30, 25, and 22 samples were collected from Chureparwati, Buddha, and Chyandanda community forests correspondingly. The sample plots were of 25 m 20 m for tree strata. The diameter and height of plants were measured and samples were collected for three consecutive years. The estimated carbon stock of Shorea robusta was the highest 35.93 t ha−1 in 2011 which was slightly decreased to 34.43 t ha−1 in 2012 and reached 32.02 t ha−1 in 2013 in Banke-Maraha collaborative forest but it was the least 7.97, 8.92, and 10.29 t ha−1 in 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively, in Chyandanda community forest. The highest carbon sequestration was recorded about 5.02 t ha−1 of Shorea robusta in Chyandanda community forest in between t2013 and t2012.


The basic assumption underlying the argument is that the reconstruction of our society would be hampered unless opportunities are created for dealing with the issue of guilt and the basic disposition and attitude of people in our country in a constructive manner.  Inevitably the issue of guilt puts the notion of reconciliation and forgiveness on the agenda of the church.  Without the wrongdoings and injustices of the past having truly been dealt with, forgiveness cannot be expected in our country.


Detection of life on other planets requires identification of biosignatures, i.e., observable planetary properties that robustly indicate the presence of a biosphere. One of the most widely accepted biosignatures for an Earth-like planet is an atmosphere where oxygen is a major constituent. Here we show that lifeless habitable zone terrestrial planets around any star type may develop oxygen-dominated atmospheres as a result of water photolysis, because the cold trap mechanism that protects H2O on Earth is ineffective when the atmospheric inventory of non-condensing gases (e.g., N2, Ar) is low. Hence the spectral features of O2 and O3 alone cannot be regarded as robust signs of extraterrestrial life.


Based on interviews with SDHPT district personnel and the literature review, the preparation for and conduct of public hearings have been examined. Areas of possible improvement were identified, and suggestions regarding more effective methods which might be used are presented. Three slide presentations are included. One is for introducing the public hearing, the second pertains to the relocation assistance program, and the third set depicts common design elements from which selected slides may be used to explain design details during the hearing for a particular project. The findings of this research suggest that every public hearing is unique and must be carefully prepared for and conducted if the hearing is to be effective. Guidelines to achieve this end are presented.


The length of the microprocessor development cycle is largely determined by functional verification, where contemporary practice relies primarily on constraint-based random stimulus generation to drive a simulation-based methodology. However, formal methods are, in particular, gaining wider adoption and are seen as having potential to bridge large gaps left by current techniques. And many gaps still remain. In this paper we propose directed- logical testing: a new method of stimulus generation based on purely logical techniques (i.e. formal methods). As far as we know, our methodology represents the first end-to-end mathematical formalization of the stimulus generation problem. Therefore, a major contribution of this paper is the definition of a class of logical propositions that relate the actual microprocessor implementation, the assembly program stimulus, and a coverage goal. These propositions are given in rewriting logic, and use the idea of rewriting semantics to automatically formalize within a common logical framework the microprocessor implementation and assembly programs. To solve these propositions, we demonstrate how narrowing and user-defined narrowing strategies can be used as a scalable logical framework. In addition, we describe two classes of effective strategies that can be used for many microprocessors and common coverage goals. Finally, we describe a prototype tool implementation and present empirical data to demonstrate the feasibility of our methodology. Since narrowing and user-defined narrowing strategies within rewriting logic do not yet have tool support, our prototype tool uses standard rewriting and user-defined rewriting strategies to simulate narrowing.


The Podium mechanism guarantees ($\epsilon, 0$)-differential privacy by sampling noise from a \emph{finite} mixture of three uniform distributions. By carefully constructing such a mixture distribution, we trivially guarantee privacy properties, while minimizing the variance of the noise added to our continuous outcome. Our gains in variance control are due to the "truncated" nature of the Podium mechanism where support for the noise distribution is maintained as close as possible to the sensitivity of our data collection, unlike the \emph{infinite} support that characterizes both the Laplace and Staircase mechanisms. In a high-privacy regime ($\epsilon < 1$), the Podium mechanism outperforms the other two by 50-70\% in terms of the noise variance reduction, while in a low privacy regime ($\epsilon \to \infty$), it asymptotically approaches the Staircase mechanism.


Under the new social environment,there were new challenges to the atlas information facilities which was in the type-change period.From the reality of library,this article studied the value of knowledge services from resources reunite,requirement finding and library organization etc.in the conditions that subject librarians created for the library service,


Study abroad and the effects of it have been a major research topic of language learning beliefs. A wide range of studies has examined the impacts of study abroad on an individual's language learning beliefs. However, few studies have investigated Indonesian students' language learning beliefs after studying abroad. This study explores the effects of overseas-study experience to Indonesian postgraduate students' language learning beliefs at a university in Melbourne, Australia. This current research adopts a qualitative method, specifically semi-structured interviews to gain in-depth, rich, and high-quality data. The semistructured interviews have been conducted with 4 participants (2 males and 2 females). The results of this study demonstrate the impacts of study abroad on students' language learning beliefs. The participants evidently believed that overseas study affected not only their linguistic skills but also their attitude towards English. They gained experience which could only be drawn from their sojourn period. Thus, this research concludes that the relationship of studyabroad experience and linguistic competencies is sometimes not entirely straightforward. Rather, other aspects may be benefited from overseas study.


Self-accelerating backgrounds in massive gravity provide an arena to explore the Cauchy problem for derivatively coupled fields that obey complex constraints which reduce the phase space degrees of freedom. We present here an algorithm based on the Kronecker form of a matrix pencil that finds all hidden constraints, for example those associated with derivatives of the equations of motion, and characteristic curves for any 1+1 dimensional system of linear partial differential equations. With the Regge-Wheeler-Zerilli decomposition of metric perturbations into angular momentum and parity states, this technique applies to fully 3+1 dimensional perturbations of massive gravity around any isotropic self-accelerating background. Five spin modes of the massive graviton propagate once the constraints are imposed: two spin-2 modes with luminal characteristics present in the massless theory as well as two spin-1 modes and one spin-0 mode. Although the new modes all possess the same - typically spacelike - characteristic curves, the spin-1 modes are parabolic while the spin-0 modes are hyperbolic. The joint system, which remains coupled by non-derivative terms, cannot be solved as a simple Cauchy problem from a single non-characteristic surface. We also illustrate the generality of the algorithm with other cases where derivative constraints reduce the number of propagating degrees of freedom or order of the equations.


I. Books of interest to the general reader A. Books in English Berlioz, Hector. The Art of Music and Other Essays (A Travers Chants). Trans, and ed. by Elizabeth Csicsery-Ronay. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. xiv, 274 pp. ISBN 0-253-31164-0. $29.95. English translation of Berlioz's A Travers Chants, a collection of his essays on music originally published in 1862. Berlioz was an ardent champion of Beethoven's music in his criticism as well as on the podium. These famous essays are rich with references to Beethoven's music (particularly the symphonies) and its impact on European audiences in the decades immediately following Beethoven's death. Included are "A Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies" (1837-1838), "A Few Words About the Trios and Sonatas of Beethoven" (1837), and "Fidelio" (1860). In the amusing refutation of the concept of absolute beauty in music ("Beethoven in the Rings of Saturn: Mediums"; 1860), Beethoven is called forth during a seance from the spirit world to compose a new fortepiano sonata in the style of his "fourth period." The other essays touch on comparisons of Beethoven's music to other composers, including Gluck and Mozart. In "Instruments Added by Modern Composers to the Scores of Old Masters" and "Letter to the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute," Berlioz rails against reorchestrations of the Overture to Fidelio and the Fifth Symphony. In "The End is Near" he recuperates from a performance of an "unspeakable" new work by Offenbach by listening to Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata. With editor's and translator's notes and index. De Nora, Tia. Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. xiii, 232 pp. ISBN 0-520-08892-1. $29.95. This fascinating book studies the seeds of Beethoven mythmaking from a sociological perspective. It explores how Beethoven's reputation was established during his early years in Vienna, the social consequences of his rise to fame, the impact of Beethoven's "cultural authority" and the reactive relationship between the creator and critical assessments of his creativity. The author, a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter, scrutinizes our common assumptions about Beethoven's genius and the transcendent nature of his music, asserting that his talent and creativity were fundamentally "social achievements." Her exploration of how Beethoven asserted his influence as a social and cultural "entrepreneur" and his "aesthetic campaigns" to improve Viennese musical life, from fortepiano building to music criticism, makes for absorbing reading. Includes bibliography and index. Heartz, Daniel. Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School 1740-1780. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. ISBN 0-393-03712-6. 780 pp. $65. This book was originally intended as the final chapters of Music in the Classic Era as part of the Norton History of Music series, but developed a life of its own after the author scrutinized previously neglected source material on Viennese musical life from ca. 1760. The first chapter describes music events in the churches, theaters, and concert halls of Vienna, with several illustrations (including some beautiful color plates) of the interiors and exteriors of the buildings. The ensuing chapters introduce court composers active from 1740-1765 and Gluck and his operatic reforms. The remainder of the book is devoted to Haydn and Mozart, with a brief excursion to discuss Haydn's contemporaries. Among them are figures prominent in Beethoven's early years, such as his teachers Salieri and Albrechtsberger. Includes bibliography and index. Kendall, Alan. The Chronicle of Classical Music: An Intimate Diary of the lives and Music of the Great Composers. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. 288 pp. ISBN 0-500-01627-5. $39.95. A handsomely illustrated chronology of Western classical music spanning 1600-1984. With a very brief biographical index of composers, an overview of the development of the orchestra, a timeline of musical events, glossary of musical terms, and lists of "star performers of the twentieth century" and "top 100 Classical recordings. …


In the framework of three projects co-funded by the European Union (EU), an X-band (8-12 GHz frequency range) polarimetric radar was installed in the Marche Region territory (East-Central Italy) at Cingoli municipality, province of Macerata. The radar site is located at about 750 m above sea level and about 30 km away from the Adriatic Sea. The radar, managed by the Marche Region Civil Protection Service, is employed for weather monitoring purposes and is in pre-operational stage. It is known that radar measurements are affected by various sources of error, to be addressed in order to improve the accuracy of final products. Among these, the most important are radar calibration, ground and sea clutter, beam blockage, rain attenuation, wet-radome attenuation, beam-broadening, non-uniform beam filling, vertical variability of precipitation and wireless local-area-network (WLAN) interferences. Nowadays quantitative rainfall estimation using X-band weather radar are essential to meet requirements for flood forecasting, water management and many hydro-meteorological applications. Besides higher resolution, X-band radars are cost-effective compared to S- or C-band radars because of smaller antenna size. On the other hand, main disadvantages of such systems are the large influence of attenuation by liquid water and a relatively short range. In this work, we will present the data-processing chain developed ad hoc in order to remove or at least reduce the sources of error affecting Cingoli radar data. The performance of the data-processing chain was evaluated in the light of case studies related to meteorological events that interested Marche region territory in the last two years. The software was developed using open source technology. The current version of the chain does not take into account the echoes from sea clutter and the attenuation due to wet radome that can be significant at X-band; such issues will be addressed in a future work.


Ureteropyeloscopy not only is of considerable diagnostic value but also is therapeutically useful. In particular, it is superior to all other procedures available for clarifying the nature of filling defects found at urography. When a ureteral tumor has been discovered, biopsy material can be obtained to determine whether the tumor is malignant before treatment is initiated. In suitable cases, endoscopic endoureteral electroresection can be performed as an alternative to open surgery.


FIELD: building. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for the manufacture of concrete products for civil and industrial construction, as well as in the construction of special purpose facilities. Method of producing concrete articles involves moulding of article following with article impregnating with subsequent hardening, the impregnation is carried out during 72 hours at 20-30°C in a solution consisting of liquid sodium glass with density ρ=1.45 g/cm 3 , pH=12 and Sol of metasilicic acid H 2 SiO 3 with density ρ=1.014 g/cm 3 , pH=5-6, with the following ratio of components the following, wt. %: said liquid glass 81.00-85.00; said Sol of metasilicic acid 15.00-19.00. EFFECT: high compression strength of concrete product. 1 cl, 2 tbl, 9 ex


Aim:To investigate the injury effects of dopaminergic neurons induced by LPS in rat mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures.Methods:Rat mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures were obtained from timed pregnant SD-rats on embryonic 14 d.Ⅰ:The mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures were categorized into five groups:control and LPS(0.01,0.10,1.00,and 10.00 mg/L)group.On the 7th day of culture,different concentrations of LPS were incubated for 72 h.Dopaminergic neurons were identified and counted by using tyrosine hydroxylase(TH)immunochemistry.Ⅱ:The mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures were categorized into two groups:control and LPS group(0.1 mg/L).On the 7th day of culture,0.1 mg/L LPS was incubated for different times(8,24,and 72 h).After administration supernatants were collected,IL-6 levels were detected by using ELISA.Dopaminergic neurons and actived microglias were identified and counted by using TH and ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1(Iba1)immunochemistry.Results:The number of TH positive cells reduced significantly with shorter cell processes showing bead-like.The IL-6 levels in 0.1 mg/L LPS-treated groups of 8,24 and 72 h after administration,increased significantly(t was 15.787,16.712 and 15.910,P0.001).The number of actived microglias were(40.0±6.1),(76.0±3.4),and(69.0±5.2),respectively(F=387.820,P0.001).The number of dopaminergic neurons were(18.0±5.3)and(10.0±3.2)in 0.1 mg/L LPS-treated groups of 24 and 72 h after administration,respectively(F=94.840,P0.001).Conclusion:Microglias may play an important role in injury effects of dopaminergic neurons,activated by LPS to release IL-6.


Research of prototype theory mainly focuses on language in itself,and rarely involves pragmatic study at present.From the view of the structural prototype of cognitive context and Construction-Integration theory,Taking-A-Sudden Turn of Brain has special process of Construction-Integration as a way of opening up of intelligence and amusement,and many of them may come down to two kinds of Construction-Integration.One is the Construction-Integration of discourse itself and the other is Construction-Integration in the answering of questions.During the first Construction-Integration,the typical schema of structural prototype cognitive contexts are activated,and then we integrate them and construct a coherent meaning,It is more important to activate the non-typical schema in the structural prototype of cognitive context during the second Construction-Integration through typical schema,and then integrate them,therefore finding out the answer and confirming it.


T he Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society established a steering committee in May 1993 for evaluating, planning, and coordinating actions related to establishing software engineering as a profession. In that same year the ACM Council endorsed the establishment of a Commission on Software Engineering. By January 1994, both societies formed a joint steering committee "to establish the appropriate set(s) of standards for professional practice of software engineering upon which industrial decisions, professional certification, and educational curricula can be based." To accomplish these tasks they made the following recommendations: ACM and the IEEE Computer Society join forces to create a code of professional practices within our industry. Now, we ask for your comments.


Based on the study of several optical DQPSK encoders and decoders, a method for deducing the logic operational expression of the DQPSK precoder was proposed. Using this method, the logic operational equations of different DQPSK precoders corresponding to different encoders and decoders were given.


Several materials are being used in concrete as a replacement to coarse aggregates. The present study focuses on experimenting with using Coconut Shell Aggregates (CSA) as replacement to coarse aggregates partially. The high strength and modulus of the coconut shell make it a suitable coarse aggregate for concrete applications. The replacement levels were set at 10%, 15%, and 20%. The experimental results revealed that CSA, when replaced with conventional coarse aggregates, gave satisfactory compressive strength up to 15% replacement, beyond which the strength dropped below the required value. In addition, the use of CSA in concrete significantly reduces the self-weight of concrete, thus contributing to the economy of construction.


Cathodoluminescence experiments were performed on a high-quality AlN epitaxial film grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on a large single crystal AlN substrate. The low-temperature near-bandedge spectra clearly show six very narrow lines. The thermal quenching behavior of these emission lines provides insight on how to assign them to free and bound exciton recombination processes. The binding energy for the free-exciton-A in AlN was found to be nearly twice that in GaN. The observation of the free-exciton-A first excited state permitted us to estimate its reduced effective mass and, by using recent reported values for the hole effective mass in Mg-doped AlN, the electron effective mass in AlN has been deduced.


This paper presents the aplication of bimodal PE in cable sheath. As a new kind of material, bimodal PE combines the excellent process properties and good mechanical properties. Besides, it has excellent shrink resistance, abrasion resistance and weather resistance, which make in an ideal material for sheathing communication cables and optical fiber cables. Bimodal PE has a bright future.


Abstract Jellyfish are a well-known component of marine ecosystems. Here, we aimed to assess whether populations of the jellyfish species Mastigias cf. papua and Cassiopea ornata inhabiting different marine lakes and jellyfish species from open water habitat host 'core' symbionts and if there is evidence of species-specific host-microbial associations. Compositionally, jellyfishes hosted prokaryotic communities distinct from those found in water samples. All jellyfish samples across habitats and species exhibited a core OTU, assigned to the genus Endozoicomonas. This OTU was particularly abundant (>90% of all sequences) in C. ornata from one Papuan marine lake. Additionally, an OTU assigned to the Entomoplasmatales order was found in all but two jellyfish specimens, and was particularly abundant in marine lake specimens from Berau and Papua, Indonesia. Given the well-known relationship between Endozoicomonas and Symbiodinium spp., we tested for Symbiodinium presence in pooled specimens of M. papua from Berau. Our results showed that OTUs assigned to the genus Symbiodinium accounted for >99% of all sequences in jellyfish-associated microeukaryotic communities; these were closely related to organisms from Symbiodinium clade C. These results suggest the existence of a widespread and abundant jellyfish core symbiont, which may interact with symbiotic Symbiodinium populations to influence host fitness.


A simple satellite-tracking array antenna for mobile satellite communications aimed at ETS-VIII applications has been discussed. The proposed antenna is constituted of triangular patches sequentially rotated by 120/spl deg/. By successively turning off any one of the patches, it is shown that three beams are created in the conical-cut plane for transmission and reception. Furthermore, the gain can reach more than 5 dBic on the whole azimuth range for an elevation El = 48/spl deg/ in Tokyo. Mobile satellite experiments using the developed antenna and a pseudo satellite are performed. According to the results, the received power is in agreement with the calculations.


This thesis argues that there isa growing canon of contemporary women's literature that is interested in exploring and reimagingthe 'capitalist fraying'1 of conventional good-life fantasies in contemporary Britain. By primarily using the theories of Lauren Berlant and Sara  Ahmed as a framework for understanding how precarity can be considered from an affective standpoint, this thesis will study how the chosen authors present British neoliberal society as an inherently precarious environment. The thesis begins by discussing the evolution of the neologism 'precarity' from a term used to describe the shifting socioeconomic environment at the turn of the millennium, to one utilised across a range of disciplines to broadly describe the affective experience of living and working under neoliberal capitalism. In the first chapter, the thesis will explore how Ali Smith's novel Hotel World presents contemporary Britain as an exclusionary environment epitomised by the non-‐place at the centre of its interweaving narratives: the Global Hotel. The second chapter discusses Kate Atkinson's Started Early, Took My Dog, a novel which utilises the genre of detective fiction to explore two time frames that bookend the age of neoliberal ideology, the 1970s and the present day. The third chapter will study how Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black utilises gothic tropes to display a fractured contemporary Britain, which teeters on the edge of social and  environmental ruin. The thesis aims to demonstrate that these writers, in challenging the traditional narratives of the good life fantasy, are creating works that present a counternarrative to neoliberalism.


Many physicians, primarily dermatologists, are confronted with the problem of removing rings from edematous, inflamed fingers in the treatment of dermatitides of the hands. The often painful picture of rings cutting into the flesh, which can be an emergency, may be handled very simply as an office procedure. A bolt cutter, which at first sight appears to be a cumbersome instrument, is very easy to manipulate, since it affords excellent leverage, which requires very little hand pressure. It cuts through any size or thickness of ring, at an instant. In my experience it is far superior to any of the present-day ring-removing instruments available. The rings are cut very sharply and cleanly, permitting repair. This bolt cutter can be purchased at most hardware stores. It is then modified by having a machinist grind down or bevel one side of the cutting edge, as is shown in the


Australian productivity is displaying a negative trend and its effects have been partially disguised by the boom in mineral exports. As the resource boom stabilises, the trend will be accentuated unless action is taken. There are proponents of decoupling transport from GDP, however until that time; transport continues to be a critical engine of economic grown in Australia. Until recently states and territories in Australia have been working in a relatively isolationist manner in regards to freight transport, issues relating to cross border crossings, how infrastructure is built and assessed, how infrastructure is either protected or used, compliance and enforcement and safety. The paper will speculate on the potential and perceived benefits of several initiatives that the NTC has worked on to address productivity and safety in the transport industry. These initiatives own their own can provide productivity benefits, but as a whole they have the capacity to allow for innovation and increase efficiency in the transport sector while ensuring that it is done in a safe and responsible manner. The paper will focus on three main pieces of work and how they interface with each other creating a more holistic approach to tackling productivity today, and be ready for tomorrowrs challenges. The three main pieces are: 1. The Heavy Vehicle National Law n HVNL; 2. Performance Based Standards n PBS; 3. National Heavy Vehicle accreditation Scheme n NHVAS.


The current research demonstrates the effectiveness of using structural equation modeling (SEM) for the investigation of subgroup differences with sparse data designs where not every student takes every item. Simulations were conducted that reflected missing data structures like those encountered in large survey assessment programs (e.g., National Assessment of Educational Progress). A maximum likelihood method of estimation was implemented that allowed all data to be used without performing any imputation. A multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model was used to examine group differences. There was no detriment to the estimation of the MIMIC model parameters under sparse data design conditions when compared to the design without missing data. The overall size of samples had more influence on the variability of estimates than did the data design.


The debate whether the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is procedural or substantive has become central both to agency implementation of the act and to court review of agency compliance. While NEPA mandates both procedural and substantive reform as a means to improve environmental quality, NEPA also focuses on cognitive reform--the improved utilization of knowledge in public affairs. Choices about what knowledge to base public decisions on, and how that knowledge will be used, build the social realities that shape lives. Thus, NEPA's mandates for the creation and use of public knowledge activate fundamentally conflicting values and visions of social order. However, debate about the procedural and substantive provisions of NEPA cannot resolve the conflict about values that actually motivates the debate, and this constrictive debate impoverishes public discussion about NEPA implementation and judicial review. This paper links the present debate with the values issues that underlie it, suggesting a more direct language for characterizing NEPA and a broader framework of legal theory for debating the issues it raises. This paper also finds that environmental and social science practitioners are strategically positioned to contribute materially to the issues raised by a NEPA properly understood as law that mandates knowledge utilization.


Digital close-range photogrammetry system and machine vision are widely used in production control, quality inspection. The main aim is to provide accurate 3D objects or reconstruction of an object surface and give an expression to an object shape. First, the key techniques of camera calibration and target image positioning for 3D object surface vision measurement were briefly reviewed and analyzed in this paper. Then, an innovative and effect method for precise space coordinates measurements was proposed. Test research proved that the thought and methods we proposed about image segmentation, detection and positioning of circular marks were effective and valid. A propriety weight value for adding parameters, control points and orientation elements in bundle adjustment with self-calibration are advantageous to gaining high accuracy of space coordinates. The RMS error of check points is less than ±1 mm, which can meet the requirement in industrial measurement with high accuracy.


Patient A., female, aged 57, was admitted to the hospital with complaints of an increasing general weakness, low-grade fever, discomfort in the right hypochondrium, nausea, lack of appetite, icteric skin and sclera during the last week, the appearance of bruises on the body, hemorrhages that appear after injections or taking blood samples. Patient associated her condition with the COVID-19 infection 2 months before admission. The next day after admission, multiple hemorrhages appeared on the oral mucosa, blood pressure decreased, body temperature raised. She was consulted by a hepatologist and hematologist. Myelogram showed Fisher-Evans syndrome signs. Treatment started according to the protocol. On the third day, the patient showed a progressive deterioration, which was manifested by an increase in general weakness, motor aphasia, followed by the appearance of generalized tonic-clonic seizures with spontaneous resolution. Despite the intensive therapy, according to the recommendations of the hematologist (plasma and blood transfusion, glucocorticoids pulse-therapy) the patient's condition progressively worsened. In the dynamics, hemoglobin and platelets decreased, signs of cerebral edema developed. On day 4 patient deceased. Conclusion Special attention should be paid to the prevention of recurrence of hemolysis and (or) thrombocytolysis in the event of infectious diseases, especially viral ones. The intake of drugs that block platelet function (for example, antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants) should be strictly controlled. In the presence of autoimmune pathology on an outpatient basis, clinical examination of such patients by hematologists, therapists and immunologists is necessary. Further study of the etiology and pathogenesis of the development of FES, observation of patients, identification of possible predictors of the severity of the disease and the development of an optimal therapy strategy are required.


The establishment of the Wright State University (WSU) high altitude balloon program creates an opportunity to conduct experiments in near space environments. Recently developed materials such as shape memory polymer composites are ideal for space applications due to their high specific stiffness (elastic modulus divided by density) and ability to be stowed into a small size for launch in conventional space vehicles, then deployed to full operational size and form once in space. Such characteristics allow for space based structures to become larger and lighter than structures currently used in space. There are various issues associated with deploying shape memory polymer composites in space, such as deployment characteristics in zero gravity, activation of the shape memory properties, and achieving the power required for activation and deployment of the shape memory polymer composite. However, testing materials in space based environments is often impractical due to the complexity and cost involved. This creates an opportunity to conduct testing of a shape memory polymer composite, provided by ILC Dover, in near space environments using a high altitude balloon platform. By the end of this project, the design team plans to have accomplished the deployment of a shape memory polymer composite during the flight of a high altitude balloon platform.


The document retrieval method using latent semantic indexing (LSI) technique with truncated singular value decomposition (SVD) has been intensively studied in recent years. The SVD reduces the noise contained in the original representation of the term-document matrix and improves the information retrieval accuracy. However, SVD is mostly useful for small homogeneous data collections which means for large inhomogeneous data collection its performance is not good. To solve this problem we can first partition this large data collection into smaller ones with a document clustering algorithm and then apply the SVD.


This article considers aspects of the ways Scottish playwrights since the mid-twentieth century have used Scots language on stage. In doing so, it argues that the underlying ideology of the playwrights' use of Scots shifted, to employ a pun, dramatically in the 1970s with regard to their approach to and apparent perception of the values embedded in Scots language and its theatrical use. The argument being developed is part of a wider one. This is that, willy-nilly, theatrical use of any of the languages of Scotland embodies ideologies of cultural value and community identity.


This paper introduces a new conception of corrected potential energy function and its application to on-line fast transient stability margin assessment. Traditionally, transient stability margin is evaluated by the corrected kinetic energy and the potential energy in transient energy function methods. The corrected potential energy is used for transient stability margin assessment instead of potential energy. The main attraction is that the sum of the corrected kinetic transient energy and the corrected potential transient energy is conservative along post fault trajectories. Simulation results on the 10-generator New England test power system show that the transient energy margin obtained is more efficient and more suitable for assessment of stability limit parameters.


The problems on the formation of plant protein world resources, sources of its origin, the structure of production, the increase rates as compared to the increase in population, protein consumption level, prospects for improvement of the level of quality and nutrition are considered


Similar complaints these found in cases of denture incompatibility (itching of palate and tongue, dry mouth, sores in the mouth as well as other unpleasant sensations) may be observed in many disorders of internal medicine. Therefore considerable difficulties are often involved in the differential diagnostic considerations and delimination of such complaints.


The CUBE at QUT is an ultra-high resolution display and interaction system covering over 160m2. In this position paper we describe the impressive scale of the physical space and the IT installation, briefly introduce the range of interactive content available, and discuss the unique opportunities that the CUBE offers to explore large scale, collaborative interaction and


Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted virus that belongs to the genus Alphavirus within the family Togaviridae. Humans infected with MAYV often develop chronic and debilitating arthralgia and myalgia. The virus is primarily maintained via a sylvatic cycle, but it has the potential to adapt to urban settings, which could lead to large outbreaks. The interferon (IFN) system is a critical antiviral response that limits replication and pathogenesis of many different RNA viruses, including alphaviruses. Here, we investigated how MAYV infection affects the induction phase of the IFN response. Production of type I and III IFNs was efficiently suppressed during MAYV infection, and mapping revealed that expression of the viral non-structural protein 2 (nsP2) was sufficient for this process. Interactome analysis showed that nsP2 interacts with DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit A (Rpb1) and transcription initiation factor IIE subunit 2 (TFIIE2), which are host proteins required for RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription. Levels of these host proteins were reduced by nsP2 expression and during infection by MAYV and related alphaviruses, suggesting that nsP2-mediated inhibition of host cell transcription is an important aspect of how some alphaviruses block IFN induction. The findings from this study may prove useful in design of vaccines and antivirals, which are currently not available for protection against MAYV and infection by other alphaviruses.


With the continuous improvement of the economic level and living standards, more and more people begin to pay attention to the issues of food safety. In this paper, the design of food safety detection system is integrated by using technologies of RFID, the safety monitoring traceability, which uses the browser / server (B/S) mode that utilizes a lightweight J2EE Spring+ Spring MVC+ Hibernate framework as the core development technology. In terms of the MySQL database platform, the system can not only monitor the food safety in real time, but also significantly improve the efficiency of food safety testing. Keywords-component; internet of things; J2EE; RFID technology; B/S


In this paper, we consider unsupervised partitioning problems, such as clustering, image segmentation, video segmentation and other change-point detection problems. We focus on partitioning problems based explicitly or implicitly on the minimization of Euclidean distortions, which include mean-based change-point detection, K-means, spectral clustering and normalized cuts. Our main goal is to learn a Mahalanobis metric for these unsupervised problems, leading to feature weighting and/or selection. This is done in a supervised way by assuming the availability of several potentially partially labelled datasets that share the same metric. We cast the metric learning problem as a large-margin structured prediction problem, with proper definition of regularizers and losses, leading to a convex optimization problem which can be solved efficiently with iterative techniques. We provide experiments where we show how learning the metric may significantly improve the partitioning performance in synthetic examples, bioinformatics, video segmentation and image segmentation problems.


Police use of force against minorities, particularly African-Americans, has become a prominent national issue in the United States. In a number of controversial instances, such as the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, African-Americans have died under questionable circumstances due to police use of force. These incidents have fueled the growth of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and have often resulted in large-scale protests and riots. In this paper, we examine statements made by four types of criminal justice officials – police executives, police department spokespersons, police union representatives, and prosecutors – in the immediate aftermath of 30 such incidents that occurred in 2020. We examine the language used by these officials in social media postings, news releases, and press conferences, focusing specifically on the extent to which they express empathy or sympathy toward the decedent or his or her loved ones, as well as the community at large. Our analysis reveals that criminal justice officials rarely express empathy or sympathy in the aftermath of these incidents, though there are noteworthy differences between different types of officials. Our findings are helpful for understanding how the language used by these officials, particularly the public expression of empathy and sympathy, fits into broader debates about race and criminal justice in the United States.


A unique three-dimensional assembly is evident in the crystal structure of the cage compound 1: each molecule participates in the formation of eight O-H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds with neighboring molecules to form cavities with approximate dimensions of 3×3×8 Å3 . In contrast, compound 2, which contains the same framework structure, does not show this behavior in the crystal.


The terms sanitary science, public or state medicine, and preventive medicine, have frequently been used as almost synonymous. The latter term, "preventive medicine," however, has sometimes been restricted in its application to the prevention of the infectious diseases. In the broad sense, preventive medicine comprises both general prophylaxis and individual prophylaxis, and applies to all forms of disease, not simply to the infectious diseases. Preventive medicine is an applied science, which deals with the preservation of the health both of the individual and of the community. No subject more vitally concerns the welfare of a community than that pertaining to its healthfulness. How the inhabitants live and how and at what age they die, what is the extent and character of the morbidity occurring among them and what are its causes, are questions of momentous importance. They are essential features in the problem, whose solution


In this paper we argue that firms' financial distress should play a greater role in the macroeconomic analysis of the business cycle. We provide a non-technical account of a general equilibrium model that exhibits financially-driven equilibrium cycles. We show that the empirical evidence is widely supportive of the key hypothesis and implications of our approach. We use the model in order to evaluate the effects of several policy measures. It turns out that deepening the market for second-hand capital goods, subsidizing the interest payments of companies which start up when financial conditions are tight, and bailing out some companies in default can indeed 'stabilize' the economy. By way of generalization, we may say that the policy reaction to a financially driven bust should be accommodating.


Absolute sovereignty is a concept which was formed under the special condition of Europe during the 16th and 17th century. At the beginning of its appearance, it made an active influence on the establishment of the nation-state world. But it also supported the colonization by European. After World War II, the principle of equality between the state sovereignty became the basic principle of the international relations, and its connotation was extended into economy and culture field. Since the 1990s, the economic globalization has challenged the theory of the state sovereignty,leading to the weakening of sovereignty. The theory of absolute sovereignty was being doubted by more and more scholars.In the new international situation of politics and economy, it has become a crucial problem to reconsider the principle of the state sovereignty and establish the notion of actual sovereignty.


Spray tools with multi-nozzle-arrays are used in a wide variety of applications. Monitoring the functionality of complex spraying tools with a large number of individual nozzles is a great challenge. For this purpose, we have developed a measurement technique based on the wetting pattern, which forms on a surface during spray impingement. To investigate the performance of this measurement technique we applied a spraying tool with nine external mixing air-water nozzles, the geometric alignment of which can be freely adjusted. In the first test series, the precision of the evaluation of the nozzle alignment is determined. The second test series focuses on the individual sizes of the wetted areas. Here the reproducibility, the influences of the operating modes and the nozzle type were evaluated. Subsequently, the functionality is tested in an exemplary test case in which two of nine nozzles were readjusted in a defined manner. Finally, the wetting pattern resulting from injecting a full spray is discussed and the necessary image processing steps are provided. In summary, this measuring system allows efficient, fast and cost-effective control and documentation of the alignment and functionality of spraying tools, thereby avoiding production downtime and related costs.


(1) Colliery waste on a regraded Scottish tip was classified as 'burnt' and 'unburnt', and the latter subdivided into 'pre-acid' or 'acid' on the basis of pH and extractable sulphate levels. (2) 'Burnt' material contained more extractable Al than 'unburnt' material, but both 'burnt' and 'unburnt' material varied considerably in chemical properties. (3) The nutrient and trace metal contents of Chamaenerion angustifolium growing on the various areas reflected the acetic extractable levels in the waste.


In A Year with Minecraft, gaming journalist Thomas Arnroth brings you along for the ride in a gripping and entertaining story about how the shy and nerdy can become superstars in the age of video games. Go behind the scenes at the company that created this worldwide gaming phenomenon. Meet Markus Notch Perrson, Jens Bergensten, Carl Manneh, and the rest of the team at Mojang.With over 33 million units sold since 2011, Minecraft has also become a tool for education all the way from U.S. to Kuwait, while the United Nations uses it to change slums in the worlds poorest megacities. In just three years, Persson emerged from total obscurity to fame and incredible wealth, as he and his team at Mojang have changed the indie game scene and how the gaming industry works.With a fresh, interesting and personal view on how Mojang works, this book is a smart read both for the fan, the gamer, and anyone who wants to understand the phenomenon of Minecraft and how its changing the world.


The low-temperature specific heat, C(T), of the Delafossite family of triangle-planar cuprates, R${\mathrm{CuO}}_{2+\mathrm{\ensuremath{\delta}}}$, has been studied for R=La and Y and 0\ensuremath{\le}2/3. Structural transformations between the hexagonal and the orthorhombic phases for R=Y appear as distinct lattice-contribution changes in C(T). Near the oxygen-ordered limit, \ensuremath{\delta}=2/3, C(T) displays a linear-in-T term of 6.5 and 1.3 mJ/mole ${\mathrm{K}}^{2}$ for R=La and Y, respectively. The large specific-heat enhancement and a similar enhancement of the magnetic susceptibility for R=La are interpreted in terms of strong correlations near a metal\char21{}antiferromagnetic-insulator instability.


This draft presents a fault-tolerant network segmentation system for the Internet of Things (IoT). When devices of the IoT malfunction or fail, recovery needs to be performed to maintain system functionalities. In modern ad hoc networks like mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), devices usually form dynamical clusters to collaboratively handle highly diverse sensing environments. To recover cluster information when parts of the IoT are not functioning, this study develops a centroid-free network segmentation algorithm that diverts dependency on centroids into empirical-space kernel matrices. The original problem of handling nonvectorial centroids is deduced to kernel matrix estimation.


Fe-Cu-Ta-Si-B nanocrystalline ribbons can be obtained by melt-spinning technique without annealing processes.At the same Cu content,α-Fe(Si) occurs more easily in as-quenched Fe-Cu-Nb-Si-B than in as-quenched Fe-Cu-Ta-Si-B.The appropriate Cu addition improves the nucleation of α-Fe(Si) in as-quenched Fe-Cu-Ta-Si-B ribbons.However,the excess Cu addition weakens the nano-crystallization,due to coarsening of the Cu clusters thus decreasing of the nucleation site for α-Fe(Si).


The idea of the research was to prepare an educational program using the programmed education strategy and to know the effect of this strategy on learning some technical gymnastics skills for men. Control and experimental, and the researcher conducted the tribal tests and then gave the educational program, after that he conducted the post tests. The researcher also conducted tests for skill knowledge. The researcher concluded that the experimental group that used you the educational program prepared by the researcher for the blended learning strategy, and this group also had better students in the results Skilled knowledge, and one of the recommendations recommended by the researcher is the need to use the programmed education strategy as an effective strategy in teaching and teaching undergraduate students.


Experimental results are required to verify the simulation results obtained by the homogenisation procedure of a biaxial weftknitted fabric reinforced composite with the Binary Model [1]. Tensile, bending and shear tests were performed to investigate and validate the elastic macro‐mechanical behaviour of the composite material. Beside other methods an optical whole‐field measuring system was used to estimate the deformation in all tests. Additionally, natural frequencies and the appropriate mode shapes of plates were used to get the elements of the compliance matrix. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)