Small punch tests on circular specimens were conducted using hemispherical tipped punches on Chromium–Molybdenum (Cr–Mo) steels of varying thermal histories. Combinations of punch diameters and sample thicknesses were used to obtain load–load line displacement (LLD) responses of these steels. Characteristic load, displacement, and energy values at transition points on LLD curves were identified and their dependency on punch diameter and sample thicknesses were studied. From the studies, sample thicknesses in the range of 0.4 to 0.5 mm and a punch tip diameter of more than 1.7 mm have been suggested to be used for the application of the SPT test procedure in the assessment of mechanical properties of in-service Cr–Mo steel components.


In this study we describe the group A streptococcal upper respiratory tract carrier state, following a clinical method based on two main elements: the presence or the absence of symptoms and the result of throat swab. Through this method we are able to decide how to face each individual clinical case.


Objective: Conjunctivitis is the most common disease of conjunctiva which occurs by exogenous or endogenous source. Bacterial conjunctivitis is the most common type of this infection for which empirical treatment is started without knowing the etiological agents because prior cultures are generally not taken. Present Study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bacterial conjunctivitis in the patients attending in our hospital, in and around muzaffarpur, Bihar and their Drug Efficacy Pattern in conjunctivitis. Materials and Methods: A total of 364 Conjunctival swab samples were taken aseptically from the surface of lower Conjunctival sac and inner canthus (angle) of the eye, in the Eye OPD and send for the culture and Drug Sensitivity Testing. Result: Out of 364 swab samples, the prevalence of bacterial conjunctivitis was found to be 21.4% with a predominance of Staphylococcus aureus (85.89%) followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae (5.12%) and Gram Negative Bacilli (E.coli+Klebsiella spp. + Pseudomonas spp.) in 8.9% swabs. For S.aureus Moxifloxacin showed maximum sensitivity(100%), than Ciprofloxacin (85.07%), Ofloxacin(89.5%), While for S. Pneumoniae, Cefotaxime, Cefazolin, Ofloxacin, Moxifloxacin were found highly sensitive (100%) drugs. For Gram Negative Bacilli Moxifloxacin (85.71%), Cefotaxime(85.71%), Ceftazidime (100%) were found to be preferred options. Conclusion: Thus it is concluded that bacterial conjunctivitis in our hospital is predominated by S. aureus. The bacterial isolates obtained from conjunctiva have not yet attained a high level of antibiotic resistance and hence bacterial conjunctivitis has an excellent prognosis, but high frequency of spontaneous remissions. Hence topical antibacterial agent like Moxifloxacin and Ofloxacin may be used as empirical therapy.


This article is deals with the use of a dynamic reaction cell in ICP-DRC-MS. It is focused on problems of spectral interferences of polyatomic ions and provides a summary of reaction mechanisms in the gas-state ion-molecule chemistry, generation of interfering ions and their elimination. The use of ICP-DRC-MS in analysis of samples of different origin, such as environmental, biolo¬gical and inorganic samples, is also discussed.


Ion beam sputter deposition has been used to coat both levitated and stalk mounted hollow glass microballoon (GMB) laser fusion targets. GMBs levitated with a focused molecular beam were coated with Cu at pressures which ranged from 0.020 Pa (0.15 mTorr) to 0.13 Pa (1.0 mTorr). Stalk mounted GMBs were coated with Cu, Fe, Ta, or Mo at pressures from 0.0050 Pa (0.038 mTorr) to 0.10 Pa (0.75 mTorr). Beam energies of 300–1000 eV and beam current densities of 4–8 mA/cm2 were used. Scanning electron micrographs of fractured cross sections of the coatings were examined for film structure and surface smoothness. As the deposition pressure was reduced, both Cu and Fe exhibited a transition from zone 1 to zone T growth, in agreement with Thornton's Structure Zone Model. The Ta and Mo coatings were dense and had surface roughness less than 100 nm at all beam powers and pressures studied.


"The laytime and demurrage clause appears in practically all carriage contracts, so this guide to this litigious area of law is indispensable."


Mg-Li alloys are the lightest metal materials so far,and are widely used in communication electronics industry,military industry and the industry of air and space.The study status of deformation behavior on Mg-Li alloys is introduced.


Carsten TschopeDragun, Matthias Pauschinger, Heinz P. Schultheiss and Karatas, Markus M. Heimesaat, Stefan Bereswill, DuskaEscher, Aymaru Yaulema-Riss, Dirk Westermann, Aysun Alexander Riad, Sebastian Jager, Meike Sobirey, Felicitashttp://www.jimmunol.org/content/180/10/6954J Immunol€2008; 180:6954-6961; ;Referenceshttp://www.jimmunol.org/content/180/10/6954.full#ref-list-1This article cites 51 articles, 24 of which you can access for free at: Subscriptionshttp://jimmunol.org/subscriptionsInformation about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: Permissionshttp://www.aai.org/ji/copyright.htmlSubmit copyright permission requests at: Email Alertshttp://jimmunol.org/cgi/alerts/etocReceive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at:


Introduction The introduction of pituitary and adrenal hormones for the therapy of the nephrotic syndrome of childhood has been of value in at least two respects. When given during periods of edema these hormones have proven to be the most consistent initiators of diuresis currently available; when given for maintenance therapy in the interedematous phases they have decreased the number and duration of episodes of edema. The important question of the influence of these hormones on long-term survival, however, is as yet unanswered. Several attempts, including a cooperative study, 1-8 have been made to assess the effect on survival of corticotropin, cortisone, and other steroids. Although the data have been encouraging, the formulation of definite conclusions has been prevented because of the following problems: inability to provide untreated patients as controls, difficulties in assessing relative severity of illness in individual patients, and employment of differing regimens in various clinics. The


The papers of the thesis are not available in Munin:
 1. L.T. Eliassen, G. Berge, B. Sveinbjornsson, L. Vorland, J.S. Svendsen,
O. Rekdal: 'Evidence for direct antitumor mechanism of action by bovine lactoferricin', Anticancer Research (2002), 22:2703-2710 (International Institute of Anticancer Research - publisher's restriction). Check availablility 2. Liv Tone Eliassen, Gerd Berge, Arild Leknessund, Mari Wikman, Inger Lindin, Cecilie Lokke, Frida Ponthan, John Inge Johnsen, Baldur Sveinbjornsson, Per Kogner, Trond Flaegstad and Oystein Rekdal: 'The antimicrobial peptide, Lactoferricin B, is cytotoxic to neuroblastoma cells in vitro and inhibits xenograft growth in vivo', International Journal of Cancer, Volume 119, Issue 3 (p 493-500) (Wiley - publisher's restriction). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.21886 3. Berge, G., Eliassen, L. T., Sveinbjornsson, Bartnes, K. O. Rekdal:
'Therapeutic vaccination against a murine lymphoma by intratumoral injection of a cationic anticancer peptide' (Manuscript)


Background: Animal models have important values on clarifying the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC) and evaluating its treatment effectiveness.The use of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in establishing colitis model is confined by its high price.Aims: To evaluate the feasibility,merits and demerits of DSS combined with acetic acid in establishing colitis model in rats.Methods: Twelve Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group and model group. Rats in model group were fed with 3% DSS solution freely for 7 days,and 2 ml 8% acetic acid was administered intracolonically on the 8th and 16th day.Rats in control group were fed and administered intracolonically with purified water.All rats were sacrificed on the 24th day,and disease activity index (DAI) score,macroscopic score and histopathologic score of colonic mucosal injury were assessed.Results: Compared with control group,DAI score (0.87± 0.61 vs.-1.92±1.03),macroscopic score (3.00±0.71 vs.0.00±0.00) and histopathologic score (4.60±1.52 vs .0.00±0.00) of colonic mucosal injury in model group increased significantly (P0.05).Conclusions: Rats model with characteristics of human UC can be established by DSS combined with acetic acid with a relatively lower cost.


Styles vary considerably from traditional to contemporary. You can buy sofas (sometimes called a couch or davenport) and chairs individually or in sets. A sofa or loveseat, chair and ottoman are often sold as sets during promotional sales by furniture and department stores. Sofas and chairs may be totally padded and covered with fabric or they may be partially upholstered, depending on style and design.


The fair use doctrine is famous for its uncertainty. As lawyers who counsel clients making fair use of copyrighted materials, we have experienced the frustration caused by fair use's unpredictability on many occasions. In this Essay we discuss a more positive piece of the story: the development of Statements of Best Practices in Fair Use for various user communities. The Best Practices, pioneered by Peter Jaszi and Patricia Aufderheide, have helped demystify fair use for specific user groups without unduly limiting the flexibility that gives the fair use doctrine its strength, and have helped lawyers and gatekeepers understand important user norms.


The analysis of evaluation items is performed to determine the quality of the final evaluation instrument for pre-service training participants. This research is conducted using the Anates version 4.00 application with quantitative approaches and descriptive methods. The subjects of the study are CPNS K1/K2 Group III pre-service training participants of DKI Province, class 131-132 in 2018 as many as 60 people with 50 items of multiple choice evaluation items. The results of the analysis show that out of 50 items, there are 26 valid questions based on the correlation coefficient of 0.354 at the 1% significance level, and the correlation coefficient of 0.273 at the 5% significance level. Based on the results of the overall recap, 26 questions (52%) can be used. Those consist of questions 18 items (36%) that can be directly used and 8 items (16%) questions that can be used but must be corrected, while those that cannot be used or dropped are 24 items (48%).


In order to adapt to the higher demands on culture of scientific experiments ability for advanced undergraduates who have certain experimental training experience,and taking into consideration the advantages of the Department of Applied Physics,an innovative experimental teaching mode based on project-inspiring model was proposed,and a series of reforms were conducted including the choices of projects,the teaching organization,and the evaluation system,etc in physics experimental teaching.Besides,the teaching philosophy of scientific thinking training was introduced.Practice proves that this mode is beneficial for the stimulation of students ' active learning and exploration enthusiasm,and for the cultivation of students' research capabilities and sense of innovation.


Encryption processing system, a user terminal with a communication function, audio output function, and voice or text or character input function by the associative memory system of the present invention; Various banking services the certification authority server to act on behalf of the financial institution server and the authentication processing jidoe achieved are mutually connected via a mobile communication network and the Internet that provides the certification authority server column random number reference number of a predetermined number of digits to be transmitted to the user terminal generating reference numbers heat generating module, selected by the user is authenticated to terminate the said reference number to save the final cryptographic operation expression comprising an at least one of the indices indicating the column number of digits, and the database, the generated with reference number column see for temporarily until the number of the heat storage unit, the last encryption operation expression receiving end cryptographic operation module and transmitted from the final cryptographic operation module in the last password and the user terminal calculated by calculating the final password by an end code and having an authentication module for performing authentication in accordance with the match The financial institution server authorized the financial transaction in accordance with said user terminal and the certificate authority the reference between the server number columns and certified relay the transmission of the last password input from the user, transmitted from the certificate authority server result or It rejects. Password, password, authentication, association, memory, brain, variable references, chamcho number column


With the proliferation of mobile devices, mobility management has been one of critical research issues. To make high quality mobility management protocol, PMIPv6 is developed. However, to use PMIPv6 widely in the real world, security issues must also be considered. Authentication is the most basic solution to protect many security threats, but detailed authentication procedure is not specified in the PMIPv6 standard document. So, many researchers have proposed their own authentication schemes. Most of these schemes assume that there is only one PMIPv6 domain. Recently, inter-PMIPv6-domain handover schemes, which consider multiple domain environments, were devised to enable PMIPv6 to cover much larger area, but little research has been done about authentication procedure of inter-domain handover. In this paper, we propose a public key based PMIPv6 authentication scheme. According to our analysis, proposed scheme shows better performance than other previous works.


Refections on the theory and practice of co creation of models of teacher education. In Scotland teachers learning has been a focus of goverment and universities, this paper explore the creation of a new model of teacher education and the impact it has had on learning and professional development of the student teacher .


G13 and G12 belong to the same subfamily of heterotrimeric G proteins. The major physiological difference between them is revealed by knockout mice. Mice with null mutant of G13 alpha subunit (Gα13) are embryonic lethal, while those with null mutant alpha subunit …


There are times when a new editor ponders the iron triangle of quality submissions, readership, and citations, and how to improve them. It was during such a musing that a colleague from UTS/OJS pointed out that this journal had produced a suite of highly cited papers that was continuing to grow. They went on to illustrate the point with a list that stopped at a lower limit of 30 citations, observing that there was every likelihood that further good, recently published papers would continue this habit, given sufficient time (3-5 years).

Grateful for their observations I scanned the list and was buoyed by the thoughts that these papers were a product of their time (i.e. highly relevant, reflecting topics of contemporary and ongoing concern), clearly well executed – conceptually and methodologically – and written in an engaging style. They were, and self-evidently continue to be read and cited, though the issue of growing our readership continues to be a challenge.

In a world of burgeoning journal titles, many of which appear to be predatory in nature it can become necessary to remind readers of this tome that it is a valuable venue for the best of their research. The cost to publish and quality of the publication should be evident from its homepage, but that quality research within its pages can achieve high citation rates only becomes apparent once the reader searches for topics of interest to them. This digest is simply a reminder of what this journal – and those who support it with their time and effort – is all about.

This selection of papers has been assembled from issues since the journal transferred online and adopted its current title. To reiterate, an arbitrary cut-off of 30 citations (Scopus) has been applied for the sake of brevity, though it is clear that there are more recent papers that are on target to match and exceed this citation score in the near future. Moreover, only bibliographic details and abstracts are included in this section; DOIs take the interested reader to the full paper.

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100 INTRODUCTION 101 MATERIALS AND METHODS 108 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 111 Effects of Method of Fertilizer Application on Plant Growth 111 Effects of Fertilizer Application in Trafficked/ Untrafficked Inter-rows on Plant Growth 123 Effect of Traffic on Plant Growth 126 Effects of Tillage System on Plant Growth 128 Effect of Tillage and Traffic Levels on Soil Bulk Density 130 Effect of Traffic and Tillage on Soil Penetration Resistance 131 Effect of Traffic and Tillage on Soil Volumetric Moisture Content 131 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 146


Culture filtrates of five species of Alternaria were antagonistic to Phytophthora erythroseptica. Those of A. radicina exerted the greatest effect and they were followed in order of effectiveness by A. dianthicola, A. solani, A. brassicicola, and A. tenuis. The antagonistic principle in the filtrate of A. radicina was readily removed by activated carbon. By extracting this carbon with acetone, substantial yields were obtained of colorless, needlelike crystals, quite insoluble in water, but readily soluble in acetone, ethyl alcohol, ether, benzene, concentrated sulphuric acid, and 10% sodium hydroxide. The m.p. of the crystals, 204 °C. to 208 °C, and the deep pink color in solutions of sodium hydroxide distinguish the substance from alternaric acid. Water suspensions of the crystals were much less antagonistic to P. erythroseptica than the original filtrate and had little or no effect upon several species of bacteria.


This fresh marsh ecosystem is administered as a State Wildlife Management Area but is also subjected to pressures associated with flood control, navigation, and mineral extraction. Federal and state agencies interact with industry and the public sector in implementing multiple utilization of the area. The scientific community, including agency, university, and private sector specialists in a broad spectrum of disciplines, has interacted with local governments, various state and federal management authorities and special interest advocates in developing solutions to these multiuse conflicts. The Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and the New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers have sponsored research on the Atchafalaya Delta for the past decade at LSU's Center for Wetland Resources. Several examples are presented, showing a range of interactions from pre-permit agreement to litigation. A professional, unbiased approach by university scientists has fostered a close working relationship with scientists, engineers, and resource managers involved in multiuse management decisions.


Review(s) of: Staff development on a shoestring: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians, by Marcia Trotta. How-to-do-it Manuals for Librarians, 175. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011. 117 pp. A$99.95 soft cover ISBN 9781555707309 (available from Inbooks).


(2000) Arch Gen Psychiatry 57, 277. Herz MI, Lamberti JS, Mintz J, et al. . A program for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a controlled study. . Mar; . : . –83. .

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 QUESTION: In patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, does a programme for relapse prevention (PRP) consisting of antipsychotic medication and psychosocial treatment prevent relapse and readmission to hospital?

Randomised {allocation concealment*}†, blinded (outcome assessor)*, controlled trial with 18 months of follow up.

A community support programme at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.

82 patients who were 19–60 years of age (mean age 30 y, 65% men), had a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-III-R criteria, and had an increased risk of relapse (≥1 hospital admission in the previous 3 years and ≥2 lifetime hospital admissions). Exclusion criteria were evidence of organic mental disorder or mental retardation, or severe drug or alcohol dependence that required inpatient treatment. Follow up was 86%.

Patients were allocated to PRP treatment (n=41) or usual care (n=41). All patients except 2 received …

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Surface quenching is the main reason limiting the luminescence performance of Ln3+‐doped nanocrystals and their practical applications. Although the shell passivation strategy effectively improves the luminescence efficiency, the understanding of the relevant passivation mechanisms remains elusive and contradictory explanations are often proposed. Herein, the context of debates on this topic is reviewed emphasizing that the discordant viewpoints are probably due to the lack of consideration of chemical disorders such as shell inhomogeneity, core–shell element intermixing, and inhomogeneous dopant distribution in the crystals. A clear awareness of the extent of these chemical disorders and their deleterious impact on the luminescence properties of the nanocrystals (intensified by the energy migration process) is crucial to avoid misinterpretations of the experimental findings.


Abstract. This paper presents an effective target binarization method for a linear timed address-event (TAE) vision system. In the preprocessing phase, TAE data are processed by denoising, thinning, and edge connection methods sequentially to obtain the denoised- and clear-event contours. Then, the object region will be confirmed by an event-pair matching method. Finally, the image open and close operations of morphology methods are introduced to remove the artifacts generated by event-pair mismatching. Several degraded images were processed by our method and some traditional binarization methods, and the experimental results are provided. As compared with other methods, the proposed method performs efficiently on extracting the target region and gets satisfactory binarization results from object images with low-contrast and nonuniform illumination.


Bacterial cellulose/hyaluronic acid composites have been prepared by the nontoxic cross-linking agent 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide. The effects of hyaluronic acid concentration, temperature, and the 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide addition way on the performance of the composites have been discussed. Field emission scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analyzer have been used to characterize the composite materials. The hyaluronic acid contents in the composites have been assayed by a colorimetric method. Hyaluronic acid concentration, the 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide addition way, and temperature have impacts on the hyaluronic acid content in composites. Fourier transform infrared spectra confirm the amide groups on the composites, which is attributed to hyaluronic acid molecules. The crystallinity indexes of composites decrease, in comparison with pristine bacterial cellulose, known from X-ray diffraction tests, possibly due to the integration of hyaluronic acid. The thermal decomposition temperatures of Composites A and B from Process 1 are lower than those of bacterial cellulose, which is ascribed to lower pyrolysis temperatures of hyaluronic acid compound in composite materials. However, Composites C and D from Process 2 do not undergo descent thermal stability. The novel nanocomposites have the potential to be used for biomedical and tissue engineering scaffold materials.


Introduction: Electrolyte derangements, acidosis, and volume overload remain life-threatening emergencies in people with acute kidney injury in austere environments. A single-lumen alternating micro-batch (SLAMB) dialysis technique was designed to perform renal replacement therapy using a single-lumen access, low-cost disposable bags and tubing, widely available premade fluids, and a dialysis filter. A manual variation (mSLAMB) works without electricity, battery, or a pump. We modeled mSLAMB dialysis and predicted it could achieve adequate small solute clearance, blood flow rates, and ultrafiltration accuracy. Methods: A 25- to 30-kg pediatric patient's blood volume was simulated by a 2-L bag of expired blood and spiked with 5 g of urea initially, then with 1–2 g between experiments. Experiments had 8 cycles totaling prescription volumes of 800–2,400 mL and were conducted with different ratios of hemofiltration fluid to blood volume. Concentrations of urea and potassium, final effluent volumes, and cycle duration were measured at the end of each cycle to determine clearance, ultrafiltration accuracy, and blood flow rates. Results: Each cycle lasted 70–145 s. Experiments achieved a mean urea reduction ratio of 27.4 ± 7.1% and a mean potassium reduction of 23.4 ± 9.3%. The largest urea and potassium reduction percentage occurred with the first cycle. Increased hemofiltration fluid to blood volume ratio did not increase clearance. Mean (+/− standard deviation) blood flow ranged from 79.7 +/− 4.4 mL/min to 90.8 +/− 6.5 mL/min and increased with larger batch volume and height difference between reservoirs. Ultrafiltration accuracy ranged from 0 to 2.4% per cycle. Discussion: mSLAMB dialysis is a simple, manual, cost-effective mode of dialysis capable of providing clearance and accurate ultrafiltration. With further refinement of technique, we believe this can be a potentially lifesaving treatment in austere conditions and low-resource settings.


The Shadow Program Committee (PC) is an initiative/program that provides an opportunity to Early-Career Researchers (ECRs), i.e., PhD students, postdocs, new faculty members, and industry practitioners, who have not been in a PC, to learn rst-hand about the peer-review process of the technical track at Software Engi- neering (SE) conferences. This program aims to train the next generation of PC members as well as to allow ECRs to be recog- nized and embedded in the research community. By participating in this program, ECRs will have a great chance i) to gain expe- rience about the reviewing process including the restrictions and ethical standards of the academic peer-review process; ii) to be mentored by senior researchers on how to write a good review; and iii) to create a network with other ECRs and senior researchers (i.e., Shadow PC advisors). The Shadow PC program was rst introduced to the SE research community at the Mining Software Repositories (MSR) confer- ence in 2021. The program was led by Patanamon Thongta- nunam and Ayushi Rastogi (Shadow PC Co-chairs) with support from Shadow PC Advisor Co-Chairs (Foutse Khomh and Serge Demeyer), PC Co-Chairs of the technical track (Meiyappan Na- gappan and Kelly Blincoe), and the General Chair of the con- ference, Gregorio Robles. To promote and facilitate the Shadow PC program at SE conferences in the future, this report provides details about the process and a re ection on the Shadow PC pro- gram during MSR2021. The presentation slides and video are also available online at https://youtu.be/ReUXwmtIEk8.


A system and method for buying and selling financial products through a large number of buying and selling broker will be explained.


In the paper, multivariate probability distributions are considered that are representable as scale mixtures of multivariate stable distributions. Multivariate analogs of the Mittag–Leffler distribution are introduced. Some properties of these distributions are discussed. The main focus is on the representations of the corresponding random vectors as products of independent random variables and vectors. In these products, relations are traced of the distributions of the involved terms with popular probability distributions. As examples of distributions of the class of scale mixtures of multivariate stable distributions, multivariate generalized Linnik distributions and multivariate generalized Mittag–Leffler distributions are considered in detail. Their relations with multivariate 'ordinary' Linnik distributions, multivariate normal, stable and Laplace laws as well as with univariate Mittag–Leffler and generalized Mittag–Leffler distributions are discussed. Limit theorems are proved presenting necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of the distributions of random sequences with independent random indices (including sums of a random number of random vectors and multivariate statistics constructed from samples with random sizes) to scale mixtures of multivariate elliptically contoured stable distributions. The property of scale-mixed multivariate elliptically contoured stable distributions to be both scale mixtures of a non-trivial multivariate stable distribution and a normal scale mixture is used to obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of the distributions of random sums of random vectors with covariance matrices to the multivariate generalized Linnik distribution.


Plicathyridine brachiopods from the Middle to Upper Devonian of the Altai-Sayan area, Kuznetsk Basin (Russia) include at least two species referred to Plicathyris, 17 to Anathyris and four to Anathyrella. Generic and familial diagnoses are emended, and eight existing species are revised, re-described and their diagnoses emended. Seven lectotypes are selected and four illustrated. Two new species Anathyris helmersenioides (lower-middle Frasnian, Vassino Horizon) and Anathyris strelnaensis (upper Frasnian, Solomino Horizon) are described. The origin and dispersal of the plicathyridines is discussed.


The library science was reviewed and explained from its contents,research object,nature and its relation with its practice in libraries,based on its published monographs.


Given an algebraic hypersurface $H=f^{-1}(0)$ in $(\mathbb{C}^*)^n$, homological mirror symmetry relates the wrapped Fukaya category of $H$ to the derived category of singularities of the mirror Landau-Ginzburg model. We propose an enriched version of this picture which also features the wrapped Fukaya category of the complement $(\mathbb{C}^*)^n\setminus H$ and the Fukaya-Seidel category of the Landau-Ginzburg model $((\mathbb{C}^*)^n,f)$. We illustrate our speculations on simple examples, and sketch a proof of homological mirror symmetry for higher-dimensional pairs of pants.


The paper presents the analysis of human arm joints is carried out and the study is extended to the robot manipulator. This study will first focus on the kinematics of human upper arm which include the movement of each joint in shoulder, wrist, elbow and fingers. Those analyses are then extended to the design of a human robot manipulator. A simulator is built for Direct Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics of human upper arm. In the simulation of Direct Kinematics, the human joint angles can be inserted, while the position and orientation of each finger tips (end-effector) are shown. The simulation of human arm forward kinematics is performed through MATLAB Graphical User Interface and VRML. tained from kinematics analysis, the human manipulator joints can be designed to follow prescribed position trajectories. This paper focuses on the kinematics analysis of human upper arm and extends it to the human manipulator. Kinematics is the study of motion without regard to the forces that create it. The representation of the robot's end-effector position and orientation through the geometries of robots (joint and link parameters) are called Direct Kinematics. Using Direct Kinematics, the mathematical model is developed to compute the position and orientation of each fingertip (end- effector's) based on the given human joint position. Each human joint is considered as revolute joint. The homogenous transformation of the fingertip related to the base frame (arm upper limb) is formulated using Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H) method. (3) Inverse Kinematics analysis is a formulation to compute a set of joint variables from the given end-effector or tool piece pose. In the present study, an articulated finger consists of a set of rigid segments connected with joints. Each finger joint angles will be computed by the given fingertip position and orientation. Varying the angles of the joints yields an indefinite number of configurations. Geometric approach will be used to solve this problem.


In many countries, government-sponsored research and development programs (R&D) prove to be a useful policy to stimulate industrial innovation and to bridge the gap between research and market. While small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in economics in Taiwan, the "Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)" program aims to encourage SMEs to take part in key innovative technologies and applied research. This study examines the policy effect of government R&D subsidies on the innovative activities of SMEs. With quasi-experimental research design and simultaneous equations, the policy effects were tested using data from a sample of 117 SBIR subsidized firms, each of whom completed a survey. The empirical results are as follows:1. Government R&D subsidies have significant positive effects on firm's R&D employment. On average, each million dollar of subsidies is associated with approximately an R&D job.2. Government R&D subsidies do not have a significant positive effect on R&D expenditure.


The polynomial representation of spectral coefficients is presented. Logical operations and the composite spectra of Walsh polynomials are discussed. It is shown that the decomposition problem reduces to Walsh polynomial division.


This paper will discuss some case studies on how to unlock the tight gas reservoirs potential in onshore field of Abu Dhabi through different drilling/completion strategies. Various technologies are tested i.e., Underbalanced Coiled Tubing Drilling (UBCTD), Smart Liner (LEL), Hydraulic Fracking (HF) and Fishbones (FB). The well performances after technology application are then evaluated to see any benefit from completion technology deployments to increase the production.
 The selection of wells for technology implementation was carried out; 3 wells for Hydraulic Fracking, 1 well for LEL, 1 well for UBCTD and 1 well for FB. The technology implementation was preferentially applied on new wells because it gives better customization to design and implement completion technology tailored to the specific reservoir conditions and production requirements. In addition, retrofitting the existing wells with advanced completion can be more challenging and costly, making it more impractical although in certain case it can be justifiable.
 Observation reveals that the laterals placement on the right hydrocarbon sweetspots are the utmost important key element of the successful well production. The application of drilling technique/new advanced well completion technologies will increase the chance of production success. Thorough evaluation was performed to learn what extent the application of the techniques can improve the production. The finding reveals that the success story is as the result of combination of good lateral placement technique in the potential sweetspots and the type of the technology selected.
 So far pilot well with UBCTD technology has been found to have the most remarkable success among other pilot wells. Investigations were also performed to find-out what can be wrong with the failed wells with the technology deployment.
 The analytical study also reveals that the advanced well completion technology in a new single horizontal well can outperform the performance of a conventional multilateral well and even it can double the production of a single open-hole lateral well with non-technologies implementation at this time.


Abstract A class of automorphisms of the unit square called generalized baker'stransformations (gbt) is defined in such a way that every stationary stochastic process may be represented as the movement of a simple partition of the square under a gbt. This extends the classical example of the representation of independent processes by the well-known baker's transformation. Every ergodic, positive-entropy automorphism is measurably isomorphic to some gbt (again generalizing the classical result about Bernoulli shifts), and we show that a large class of gbt's satisfying certain continuity restrictions are actually measurably isomorphic to Bernoulli shifts.


This study aims to analyze the effect of transactional, transformational, authentic and authoritarian leadership styles on the performance of Madrasah Tsanawiyah teachers in Kudus, Central Java. Teacher performance can be improved when there is a match between work and their expertise, as well as teacher placement in their assignments. This study uses a quantitative approach with survey. The data collection technique was carried out through the distribution of online electronic questionnaires to Madrasah Tsanawiyah teachers in Kudus, Central Java. Data analysis in this study uses SEM (Structural Equation Model) LISREL program version 8.70. The results of the analysis and processing of research data indicate that; Transactional and authoritarian leadership styles in Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Kudus have a positive and significant effect on improving teacher performance. While the transformational and authentic leadership style does not significantly influence the performance of teachers in the Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Kudus, Central Java.


Background : Functional patients comprise the largest group in gastroenterology practice. Pharmacological therapy of irritable bowel syndrome is disappointing. One treatment strategy for irritable bowel syndrome emphasizes the physician's role; the physician is promoted as the therapeutic modality.


A bipolar electrode as the first active material layer, for example, as a cathode active material layer and the second active material layer is composed of a negative electrode active material layer, the first active material layer so as to include a first active material is formed on on one side of the current collector, the active material of the second layer comprises a compressive strength smaller than the first embodiment of the second active material is an active material is formed on the other surface of the current collector. Further, the compressive strength is greater than the second contains an active material density of the material added as compressive strength additive is adjusted in the second active material layer.


Abstract By using the Eulerian form of the mass conservation equation integrated vertically from the surface to the base of the inversion, two regional air quality models (LIRAQ-1 and LIRAQ-2) have been developed for use in the San Francisco Bay Area. The models consider the complex topography, changing meteorology and detailed source emission patterns in generating surface and vertical average pollutant concentrations with grid resolutions of 1, 2 or 5 km. The focus of LIRAQ-1 is the treatment of transport and dispersion of relatively nonreactive species, accomplished through use of a sophisticated transport prescription. The LIRAQ-2 model, employing a simpler transport scheme, treats photochemically active pollutants and incorporates a photochemical reaction set involving 19 species.


- In this study, sodium alginate based porous membrane adsorbents (GA/SA) were prepared by using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as porogen and glutaraldehyde (GA) as cross-linking agent. The prepared GA/SA were used to remove Cr (III) ions from wastewater to test its adsorption performance. The proposed technique is very convenient for operation. The batch experiments were performed to investigate the adsorption kinetics of Cr (III) ions from aqueous solution under different conditions, such as the amount of PEG in the GA/SA, pH of solution, initial Cr (III) ions concentration, adsorbent dose and contact time. The GA/SA exhibited the maximum uptake capacity of 57.4 mg/g under the optimal condition. The experiment results show that the adsorption is high pH-dependent. Various kinetic models were applied to examine the mechanism of adsorption processes. Pseudo-second-order kinetic model exhibits the best correlation with experimental data. The kinetic experiment results show that the adsorption of Cr (III) ions is a multistep limited adsorption process. Out of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm equations, the batch equilibrium data are better described by the Freundlich isotherm equation. The prepared GA/SA could be considered as a potential low-cost and high-effective bio-sorbent for removing and recovering Cr (III) ions from the aqueous solutions.


The benzyl esters hypoalectorialic acid [6-(2',4'-dihydroxy-3',6'-dimethylbenzoyloxymethyl)-2,4-dihydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid] (5) and conechinocarpic acid [1',4'-dihydroxy-6'-methoxy-3'-oxo-1',3'-dihydroisobenzofuran-5'-ylmethyl 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate (7) have been isolated from the lichens Hypotrachyna hypoalectorialica and Relicina samoensis respectively. The structure of the compounds (5) and (7) followed from a combination of spectroscopic and chemical data.


The Northwest Power Planning Council has directed the region to employ the use of 'Drawdown' as tool to help threatened and endangered salmon stocks in Snake and Columbia rivers unless it is economically unfeasible or biologically imprudent. Harza is providing third-party review of the feasibility studies and biological evidence on Drawdown. It is hypothesized that Drawdown will expedite smolt migration and survival to the estuary. Various options are being studied, from a 33-foot Drawdown of four Snake River reservoirs to complete (100-foot) Drawdown of four Snake River reservoirs plus partial Drawdown of John Day. Cost estimates range from two to five billion dollars, and schedules span up to seventeen years to complete the project. Harza offers specific suggestions to reduce both costs and schedule of the designs. We also have reviewed the biological literature which indicates that although Drawdown could help salmon, there are numerous causes of mortality that must also be addressed in all stages of the life cycle if we expect to increase the number of adult fish returning.


Schools and colleges have been placed firmly in the marketplace and are adopting appropriate strategies. Companies facing severe competition have learned to look at the quality, both of product and process, of their competitors, giving rise to the growing practice of benchmarking. Schools and colleges are currently being judged by a mechanistic, outcomes‐based inspection method which could provide the only benchmark for most teachers. Argues for collaborative benchmarking where schools and colleges examine in particular the quality of their processes in a search for how value is really added to the students′ experience. Emphasizes the need for an alternative perception of schools to that represented by OFSTED and suggests that benchmarking could be an important, and subversive, alternative.


Acupressure is a technique using touch / contact to balance the energy channels in the body or Qi. Acupressure contests useful for disease prevention, cure, rehabilitation (recovery), relaxation and increase endurance. Acupressure can also be used to treat pain during menstruation (dysmenorrhea). Target and outcome : an increase in knowledge and skills of women, the leaflets about the relaxation of the body and reduce dysmenorrhea, as well as community service articles published. Methods : divided into four sessions, namely working on the pretest, delivery of content and practice of acupressure, question and answer sessions working on the posttest. Submission of material is done by means of lectures and brainstorming as well as the demonstration of acupressure points used. Result : there is an increased knowledge of the pretest and posttest value of the average value before training (pre-test) 32.86 into 71.84 (post-test), in addition to the upgrading of skills seen from acupressure point positioning accuracy. Conclusion : The community service is to enhance the knowledge and skills of participants on acupressure to relax the body and overcome dysmenorrhoea.


Submitted for the SES12 Meeting of The American Physical Society Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm Optimization Using Lag-1 Correlation Time and Chain Power Spectrum to Generate Nuclear Coordinates from Nuclei with Neutron Halo EMILY GORDON, IVAN NOVIKOV, Western Kentucky University — We extract parameters of nuclear density distribution for the 11Li nucleus by calculating interaction and reaction cross sections and comparing the results to experimental data. The cross section calculations are done in the framework of Glauber theory using Monte Carlo integration technique. The Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and other Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approaches are used to create sequences of random numbers distributed according to a predefined distribution. The algorithm efficiency depends on exact expressions of the distribution of interest and proposal distribution. The goal of this study is to find the parameters of proposal distribution which maximize the efficiency of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. The algorithm performance was optimized using lag-1 correlation time and the shape of the power spectrum of the random number sequence. Emily Gordon Western Kentucky University Date submitted: 14 Sep 2012 Electronic form version 1.4


Some of the early skepticism regarding standardized tests in education evidently grew out of a deep-seated notion that there are natural barriers to the measurement of minds. It is probably the thought of many that mental measurement is practically impossible because there seems to be no way of applying measuring instruments to those rather intangible things known as psychic states. A study of measuring methods will show, however, that investigators have no such preposterous purpose as measuring states in the stream of consciousness. They start with the notion that learning is modification of behavior. Their conception of the learning process is thoroughly functional and behavioristic. The procedure is founded on an objective basis. A test presents certain definite, objective stimuli to a pupil. It provides also for an objective record of his reactions. The score is nothing but a summarization of these reactions. The existence of psychic states may not be denied, but, if they exist, they are ignored. The method is objective enough to satisfy the requirements of the most ardent behaviorist. The attitude of workers in the field is well expressed in the credo of Thorndike:


The effects of copper, zinc, and iron on the growth of Graci/aria sp. were studied in vitro. The Graci/aria sp. tissues were cultured under five different concentrations (OIlM, 0.1 J.1M, 0.5J.1M, 10.0J.1M and 50.0pM) of these metals. The growth rate and chlorophyll a concentration of the algae were measured weekly during a 21 days cultivation. Results showed that, there were significant difference between different concentrations of various trace metal towards alga mean growth rate and mean chlorophyll a concentration. The sensitivity of the trace metal was generally lower at low concentrations of the various trace metal. A reduction in the mean growth rate of Graci/aria sp. was found for high concentration (50.0J.1M) of these trace metals. In conclusion, this is a simple, sensitivity and reproducible test method for assessing the toxicity of copper, zinc and iron in brackish and marine environments.


Microwave (MW) applicators are widely used in medicine for thermal ablation / hyperthermia therapy in cancer treatment. Their goal is a proper local temperature increment of the irradiated tissue, allowing ablation or necrosis of tumoral cells. In this work, the design and fabrication of a low-cost mini-invasive needle applicator for hyperthermia cancer therapy is illustrated after the investigation of different optimization approaches. The applicator is composed by a coaxial antenna working in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band at f=2.45 GHz. Several simulations and preliminary measurements are performed in order to investigate different geometries, different 3D printing materials, impedance matching techniques and radiating sections to fit 14 gauge (14 G) and 16 gauge (16 G) needle sizes. Moreover, a cooling system is considered to maintain the surrounding healthy tissue at lower temperature. A prototype has been constructed and characterized.


[Objective] To detect the effects of exposure to lead and cadmium on the oxidative damage of livers in laying hens. [Methods] One hundred and twenty 40-week-old Hyline brown hens were randomly divided into four groups. 100 mg / L Pb and / or 50 mg / L Cd was added into the drinking water for eight weeks. [Results] Compared with control group,AST and ALT activities in Pb group enhanced; but there were no significant differences. AST and ALT activities in Cd group and( Pb + Cd) group significantly or extremely significantly increased( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). SOD activity,GSH- Px activity and GSH content in( Pb + Cd) group,Cd group and Pb group were significantly or extremely significantly lower than those in control group( P <0. 05 or P <0. 01). Among them,( Pb + Cd) group showed the greatest reduction( P <0. 01). MDA contents in the three groups were significantly higher than that of control group; and( Pb +Cd) group was significantly higher than Pb group and Cd group. Cu,Fe and Zn contents in three groups were higher than those in control group in different degrees( P <0. 05 or P <0. 01). Se contents in Cd group and( Pb + Cd) group were significantly lower than that in control group( P <0. 01). Residue contents in livers in Pb group and Cd group were significantly greater than that in control group; while residue content in( Pb + Cd) group was significantly higher than those in Pb group and Cd group. Ultrastructure showed that there were symptoms of mitochondrial swelling and fractured cristae in liver cells of laying hens after the exposure to Cd and Pb. In( Pb + Cd) group,these symptoms were even greater. [Conclusion] Oxidative damage and disturbance of trace element metabolism were one of the mechanisms for hepatotocity in laying hens induced by Pb and Cd,and synergistic effect lied in the coadministration.


In this paper deterministic modeling is used to investigate the field at receiver after multiple diffractions of spherical waves by rectangular building in microcellular scenario at frequencies 2 GHz (for 3G), 5 GHz and 60 GHz (for 4G). Higher order diffraction coefficients (Slope diffraction terms) are used to compute the diffracted field over consecutive wedge faces. Both soft and hard polarizations have been considered. Source is assumed to be above, level with or below the building height. Depending upon transmitter height, ray contributions include single and double order diffraction from building edges, ground reflection, and direct waves.


The effect of wave-equation migration on amplitudes is determined. This effect is derived for zero-offset traces and for second-order approximations of the traveltimes. Three steps are followed: firstly, the amplitudes of zero-offset traces are established; secondly minus half the traveltimes are used as input for downward continuation in migration (forward in space and time); thirdly, the amplitudes of the migrated events are determined by downward continuation (at zero-traveltimes). Layered models (piles of homogeneous layers) with smooth interfaces are used. The determinants of the 2 x 2 matrices B 0 obtained for these models are responsible for the main effect on migration.


Foreword. Preface. PART 1: OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTS. The Compelling Need for Data Warehousing. Data Warehouse: The Building Blocks. Trends in Data Warehousing. PART 2: PLANNING AND REQUIREMENTS. Planning and Project Management. Defining the Business Requirements. Requirements as the Driving Force for Data Warehousing. PART 3: ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. The Architectural Components. Infrastructure as the Foundation for Data Warehousing. The Significant Role of Metadata. PART 4: DATA DESIGN AND DATA PREPARATION. Principles of Dimensional Modeling. Dimensional Modeling: Advanced Topics. Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading. Data Quality: A Key to Success. PART 5: INFORMATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY. Matching Information to the Classes of Users. OLAP in the Data Warehouse. Data Warehousing and the Web. Data Mining Basics. PART 6: IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE. The Physical Design Process. Data Warehouse Deployment. Growth and Maintenance. Appendix A: Project Life Cycle Steps and Checklists. Appendix B: Critical Factors for Success. Appendix C: Guidelines for Evaluating Vendor Solutions. References. Glossary. Index.


In this multinational, phase III study, the safety and efficacy of NEPA, a convenient, fixed-dose antiemetic combination of netupitant, a highly selective NK1 receptor antagonist (RA), and palonosetron, a distinct 5-HT3 RA, were evaluated over multiple cycles of highly and moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. NEPA was shown to be safe, well tolerated and highly effective over 1961 chemotherapy cycles.


This paper explores real-time sentiment analysis (SA) of Twitter posts in Hindi, adopting a resource-based approach and classifying sentiment on a three-way scale of negative, positive and neutral. Furthermore, the efficiency of different approaches such as part-of-speech (POS) tagging and stopword removal are compared, and ways of improving the Hindi SentiWordnet (Aditya Joshi and Bhattacharya, 2010) are proposed. Little work in the area of SA and opinion mining has been done on Indian Languages. With the growth of online content in these languages, especially in social media, sentiment analysis is a burgeoning field for the application of natural language processing methods. While there has been some work done regarding SA in Hindi (Mittal et al., 2013), it has been conducted on a static database. The goal of this paper is to conduct SA on a dynamic corpus of tweets.


The design and manufacturing technology of electrochemical rectifiers is in continuous development.Rectifiers based on digital control have been put into operation in bulk.Summarizing and popularizing the valuable practical experiences,and used as references for new-design of rectifiers has become an important issue.In this paper,some key technical issues have been briefly analyzed,which is expected to provide useful reference for the design and improving reliability of rectifiers.


Today's lectures are often talks following a straight line of slides. In many lectures the process of content teaching is not as efficient as it could be. Technologies, such as smart-phones and wireless communication, enable a new level of interaction between lecturer, content and audience. We describe how current lecture material can be semantically enhanced, to interactively assist the audience during and after a lecture.


6.1). The filling device components used during manufacture contain no latex parts and are steam sterilised prior to filling, which would minimise any exposure to latex from the earlier handling procedures. The nature of the container and closures (Type I flint glass vials with a butyl rubber plug and metal seal) is listed on the SPC, section 6.5 [1] and we can now confirm that the butyl rubber bung does not contain any aspect of natural rubber nor any latex allergens. From the information provided by these investigations I am therefore confident that Solu-Cortef has an absolutely minimal risk of containing latex allergens in the same way that Sovereign medical have been able to. With regard to Sovereign Medical, Pfizer are unaware of the basis of the claims regarding the 'latex free' nature of Efcortesol but would of course be keen to hear of any processes available to further guarantee a product is 'latex free'. The quality of Pfizer products and the transparency of our manufacturing processes where appropriate are hugely important, as these may influence the confidence our prescribers and patients have in our products. I hope these findings go some way to assuring those using Solu-Cortef of the efforts taken to keep the product free from latex.


Time-resolved circularly polarized pump-probe spectroscopy is used to study the carrier density dependence of the electron spin polarization dynamics in intrinsic GaAs near the bottom of the conduction band. It is found that the initial degree of the electron spin polarization is less than 0.5, and decrease with the carrier density. On the assumption that the number of spin-down electrons is three times as many as the number of spin-up electrons if the pump beam have right hand circular polarization, the carrier-density dependence of the initial degree of spin polarization calculated theoretically agree well with the experimental results. The theoretical calculation shows that the band-dap renormalization effect has a significant influence on the initial degree of spin polarization, but it is not the physical origin that results in the initial degree of the electron spin polarization less than 0.5.


A one-dimensional analytical model of the sheath in a negative ion source, such as those proposed for heating and diagnostic beams on present and future fusion devices, has been developed. The model, which is collisionless, describes the transport of surface produced negative ions from a cathode, across the sheath to a plasma containing electrons, positive ions and negative ions. It accounts for the situation where the emitted flux of negative ions is greater than the space charge limit, where the electric field at the cathode is negative, and a virtual cathode is formed. It is shown that, in the presence of a virtual cathode, there is a maximum current density of negative ions that can be transported across the sheath into the plasma. Furthermore, for high rates of surface production the virtual cathode persists regardless of the negative bias applied to the cathode, so that the current density transported across the sheath is limited. This is a significant observation and implies that present negative ion sources may not be exploiting all of the surface production available. The model is used to calculate the transported negative ion flux in a number of examples. The limitations of the model and proposed future work are also discussed.


Abstract : The spatial variation of many measurable quantities such as pressure or velocity may generally be synthesised by the sum of a given number of sinusoids. The power average of a small number of random samples is presented as a suitable estimate of the mean power contained in such a sum of sinusoids of random argument and equal amplitude. The confidence levels which apply to these estimates are presented, and the technique is illustrated by its application to the measurement of acoustic radiated noise in shallow water by the appropriate use of vertical transducer arrays. (Author)


With the development of teacher evaluation, the main purposes of university evaluation are divided into the final purpose of ensuring teaching quality and the formative purpose of promoting professional learning. In order to effectively help teachers teach students according to their aptitude and realize personalized learning. This paper mainly analyzes and studies the mathematical model of college teaching evaluation based on convolutional neural network under the background of big data. The research analyzes the teaching evaluation under the background of big data and evaluates the teaching of big data participants. The teaching evaluation data can promote the development of education and teaching. Data acquisition processes and functions in the context of big data. Ensure the comprehensiveness and accuracy of data collection. At the same time, the function of teaching evaluation results is analyzed. The evaluation and formulation of mathematical model program in this study make full use of education big data information to provide scientific support for education decision-making.


IT HAS LONG BEEN one of the writer's favorite theses that stock prices are determined by four factors. These are: earnings, dividends, money rates, and investor confidence. The first two, earnings and dividends, are extremely tangible, and the art or science of analyzing and predicting them probably occupies 95% of all the time devoted to financial analysis. The third, money rates, is also tangible and is undoubtedly taken into account by most analysts in determining appropriate future capitalization rates to be applied to earnings and dividends. However, the fourth factor, investor confidence, is truly intangible. Still, it is of sufficient magnitude to create possible variances of as much as 100% in stock prices. Anyone familiar with equity markets can quote numerous examples of stocks where earnings have shown little or no improvement over the past few years, but which have doubled due to improvement in the multiplier applied to those earnings. The present is a particularly advantageous time to talk about investor confidence. The year just past represents the anniversary of both a major peak and a major bottom in investor confidence. The peak, obviously enough, was 1929. In fact, the blind faith rampant during that period is better described as speculative frenzy, rather than confidence. What many Financial Analysts fail to realize, however, is that 1949, in its own way, represented an equally important turning point in the market. At that time, investor confidence reached a low which had never been previously attained in recent stock market history. True, prices were considerably lower in 1932, but in 1932, twenty years of depression and World War were ahead of us. In 1949, despite the fact that we were on the verge of the most prosperous decade in our history, blue chip stocks could be bought at seven to eight times earnings to yield better than 6%. The years 1929 and 1949, therefore, represent two major extremes in investor confidence which have occurred in the past 30 years. It is highly probable that equally extreme levels will not again occur within the lifetime of anyone old enough to read this article. Despite the fact that swings may be somewhat less violent, investor confidence will still remain the major factor in determining stock levels. The writer has always felt that the best-and probably the only accurate means of forecasting this investor confidence factor-is the technical analysis of the equity market itself. To this end, we maintain an extensive library of charts and graphs giving various data on stock price movements going back for many years. This work, when combined with fundamental analysis, can, we believe, provide the most logical approach to the problem of forecasting the future course of stock prices. Let us, then, look at the current equity market in terms of some of the technical barometers discussed above. As this article is written, the market reached a low in mid-February, rallied, and penetrated this low in mid-March. A major problem for the forecaster then, is determining whether the current activity is a base formation for an intermediate term advance, or a corrective phase in a bear market. One of the most useful long-term technical tools is a cycle theory, less well known than the Dow Theory, but probably more valuable from a forecasting point of view. This is Elliott's Wave Principle, a fitting principle to discuss in the pages of this magazine since the most extensive work on it has been done by Hamilton Bolton, president of the National Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, and a partner in the Montreal firm of Bolton, Tremblay & Co. This principle divides major market cycles into five waves, three in the direction of the primary trend and two intermediate contra-cyclical waves. A breakdown of the entire bull market since 1949, according to this principle, is shown in the accompanying graph, Figure "A." The present position of the market, according to this Principle, depends on how we break down the fifth or final phase of this market which began in 1957. If we break it down, as in Figure "B," the rise from September 1959 to January 1960, constituted the final upward surge of the bull market. This appears unlikely for a number of reasons. Such a phase should normally take place on increased volume with heightened speculation. These factors were, of course, not present in the September-January rise. It, therefore, seems more plausible that the final phase should be broken down according to Figure "C." In this case, the entire advance from October 1957 to August 1959 can be considered an upward move; and the advance from September 1959 to January 1960 constitutes a third phase. The current decline then becomes a fourth phase or correction, to be followed by a later advance. Although Elliott's Wave Principle is important, other technical devices must be taken into consideration if Edmund W. Tabell, director of institutional research for Walston & Co., has a national reputation as a market Analyst. He is consulted by many companies in the U. S., Canada, England and Scotland. His findings are based on both fundarmental and technical market analysis.


Two hydrates of sodium 5,7-dihydroxy-6,4'-dimethoxyisoflavone-3'-sulfonate ([Na(H2O)](C17H13O6SO3)·2H2O,1) and nickel 5,7-dihydroxy-6,4'-dimethoxyisoflavone-3'-sulfonate ([Ni(H2O)6](C17H13O6SO3)2·4H2O, 2) were synthesized and characterized by IR, ^1H NMR and X-ray diffraction analyses. The hydrate 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1) with a=0.8201(9) nm, b=0.8030(8) nm, c=1.5361(16) nm, β= 102.052(12)°, V=0.9893(18) nm^3, Dc= 1.579 g/cm^3, Z=2, u=0.252 nm^-1, F(000)=488, R=0.0353, wR=0.0873. The hydrate 2 belongs to triclinic system, space group P-1 with a=0.7411(3) nm, b=0.8333(3) nm, c=1.7448(7) nm, a=86.361(6)°, β=86.389(5)°, γ=88.999(3)°, V=1.0731(7) nm^3, Dc= 1.587 g/cm^3, Z= 1, u= 0.649 mm^-1, F(000)=534. In the structure of 1, the sodium cation is coordinated by six oxygen atoms and two adjacent ones are bridged by three oxygen atoms to form an octahedron chain. The C-H…π hydrogen bonds exist between two isoflavone molecules in the structure of 2. Meanwhile, hydrogen bonds in two compounds, link themselves to assemble two three-dimensional network structures, respectively.


The present discussion revisits the problem of nonresonant heating of ions by Alfvenic turbulence. It is shown that in the limit of weak Alfvenic turbulence it is appropriate to describe the nonresonant heating of protons as perpendicular pseudoheating. However, in a more general situation it is demonstrated that the more appropriate view of the nonresonant heating process is the pitch-angle scattering in the wave frame. The purpose of this paper is to generalize the earlier theory to the case in which the energy density of the turbulent Alfven waves is not necessarily very low. For weakly turbulent situation the present analysis confirms the earlier finding by Wu and Yoon [Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 075001 (2007)], according to whom the nonresonant Alfven wave heating is described as leading to perpendicular pseudoheating of the protons. However, for more general situation the present paper demonstrates that pitch-angle scattering plays the principal role in the Alfven wave pseudoheating process, and thereby s...


e12523 Background: The fact that estrogen (17-β estradiol or E2) is a known carcinogen notwithstanding, mounting evidence suggest that E2 has the potential to exert anti-cancer effects against various forms of cancer. Using in vitro models we, and others, have previously demonstrated that E2 disrupts intracellular iron metabolism in such a way that arrests cell cycling in breast and ovarian cancer cells. However, the cellular and molecular correlates underlying this cytostatic effect of E2 in cancer cells remain elusive. Methods: In this study, metastatic (MDA-MB-231) and non-metastatic (MCF-7) breast cancer cells treated with 20 nM E2 were assessed for mitochondrial function, cell proliferation, apoptosis and senescence at different time points post treatment. Results: E2 treatment resulted in a significant mitochondrial membrane depolarization; an outcome that associated with a significant loss of mitochondrial function and the accumulation of auto-phagosomes. It also significantly upregulated the expression of the cell cycle regulating cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p21 protein and enhanced the activation (de-phosphorylation) of the tumour suppressor retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. Although, as previously shown, E2 did not induced classis apoptosis; it resulted in a significant elevation in senescence-associated β- galactosidase levels. Conclusions: In summary, these findings suggest that E2 treatment mediates its anti-cancer potential by disrupting mitochondrial function and precipitating autophagy and cell senescence.


When the lenticular screen 15 is to be overlaid is provided with image pixel data for the N discrete views to be interlaced, a method for controlling pixel addressing of a pixel display device 10 to drive the display device as the N view three-dimensional display is described . Based on the data defining the lenticular screen position relative to at least the lenticular screen alkylene tikyul pitch (pμ), the view number N, and the display device the pixels 12 of, inducing each of the display pixels, gatneunji which of the N views it is made of. Then, the pixel data corresponding to the assigned view is selected as the display pixel data. The induction method, and pixel display of details are also provided using. Lenticular screen, pixels, and three-dimensional lenticular array, the lenticular sheet


This paper presents a novel 3D inductor (solenoid) fabricated on a 50-pm thick AAO membrane using nanowire-vias. Several inductors were fabricated in this simple and low-cost technology with nanowires. They were measured up to 110 GHz and compared to the state-of-the-art results presented in the literature in different technologies: CMOS, glass, LCP and MEMS. The simulations are in good agreement with measurement, predicting the great potential of these inductors. The first 3D inductors using nanowire-vias presented inductances from 0.5 nH to 1.7 nH with small areas that range from 0.03 mm2 to 0.08 mm2.


Using literature survey and other methods,the paper explained the rise and application of economic ethics,analyzed the ethical issues emerging in sports economic field and discussed the ethical foundation of the sports economic research from the perspectives of deontology,utilitarian and virtue.It concluded that the sports economy in the modern sense is not only the legalized economy,but also the virtue economy.Therefore, economic ethics becomes a new perspective of sports economic research.The research in sports economic ethics could enrich the theoretical system of sports ethics and sport economics. Meanwhile,it is also of some guiding significance for the social practice in sports market economy.


Ordered semigroups are understood through their subsets. The aim of this article is to study ordered semigroups through some new substructures. In this regard, quasi-filters and (m,n)-quasi-filters of ordered semigroups are introduced as new types of filters. Some properties of the new concepts are investigated, different examples are constructed, and the relations between quasi-filters and quasi-ideals as well as between (m,n)-quasi-filters and (m,n)-quasi-ideals are discussed.


The protons of a methylene group removed by one or more bonds from a center of molecular asymmetry may be magnetically nonequivalent and display AB-type nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) spectra [1-4]. It has been suggested that the chemical shift between the two methylene protons arises from unequal populations of the possible rotational conformations. However, even assuming equal populations and rapid interconversion of the three conformers I, II, and III, Ha and Hb are always distinct and identifiable, since no two conformers are identical except for interchange of Ha and Hb [5,6]. This "intrinsic asymmetry" of the methylene group might also be the cause of the observed magnetic nonequivalence of the methylene protons.


The contemporary college students should establish a fair outlook on sex, which is as important for the college students as a just outlook on philosophy and value. Chinese literature contains rich culture of sex, which has been taken as an important resource for the moral education in college student. It will play a positive role for the college student to establish a fair outlook on sex and to cultivate a healthy personality.


Testes germ cell transplantation in livestock has the potential for amplification of transgenic genotypes and for use as an alternative to artificial insemination. This study investigated a workable protocol for testis germ cell transplantation in sheep between animals of the same breed and different breeds. Testes of two groups of recipients at the stage of pre-pubertal (transition from gonocytes to spermatogonia, n = 2) or peri-pubertal (spermatogenesis initiated, n = 2) were treated with a single dose of 9 grey (Gy) or 15 Gy with a 6MV photon beam irradiation, respectively. In the first experiment, using pre-pubertal irradiated animals, testis germ cell transplantation between the same breed was performed at 16 weeks post irradiation. The left testes of recipient rams were injected with donor cells labelled with fluorescent dye PHK26, while the right testes were given unlabelled cells. The left testes of recipients were removed by castration after 2 weeks following transplantation to evaluate the location of the transferred cells, while the right testes were kept in place for long-term assessment of sperm output. In cryosections of the left testes, PKH26 positive cells were found both on the basement membrane as single cells or in the interstitial area. In the second experiment, animals irradiated at the peri-pubertal stage, received donor cells at 5 weeks post irradiation and animals were kept intact for semen production. For a period of two years after transplantation, semen samples were collected routinely from two groups of rams and analysed using microsatellite markers. Two recipients (50%) demonstrated the presence of donor DNA in their ejaculates. In order to investigate the fertility of the donor-origin sperm in recipient ejaculates, 99 ewes were artificially inseminated with semen from two positive rams. Four lambs (8%) have been identified as being sired by donor-derived sperm produced in the recipient ram that received a Merino to Merino transplantation, while no donor-derived offspring was obtained from the recipient with Border Leicester to Merino transplantation. This study represents the first report of the production of live progeny following testis germ cell transplantation in sheep.


This paper argues that another VP-external head, high applicative head (ApplH) can also restrict the domain of idiomatic interpretation, but a...


Under the condlition of medium-thick seam composite roof,the small pillars size and roadways support parameters are reasonably determined.The recovery rate is raised.The normal roadways driving and service period using are ensurced.


Let k λ(x) be a measurable essentially bounded 2π-periodic function (kernel), where λ ≥ 1. Conditions on the weight and on the kernels {k λ(x)} λ≥1 that provide the family of convolution operators {K λf(x) : K λf(x) = ∫ Ef(t)k λ(t-x)dt} λ≥1 (E = [-π, π]) uniform boundedness in weighted variable exponent Lebesgue space L p(x) 2π,w are investigated.


The RC beam usually works under the combined action of external loads and corrosion expansion pressures, and the RC beams without corrosion of reinforcements have good mechanical performance. In this study, the mesoscopic models of the three-point bending RC beams with different aggregates, different aggregate contents, and different corrosion expansion pressures were built. The plastic strain and the deflection are analyzed. The results show that the cracks of the RC beam with polygon aggregates are more dispersed than circle aggregates. As the aggregate content increases, the maximum plastic strain and maximum deflection of the RC beam decrease. The aggregate contents increased from 25% to 35%, the maximum plastic strain decreased from 3.4 × 10−3 to 2.1 × 10−3, and the maximum deflection of the lower boundary of the beam decreased from 0.005 m to 0.004 m. Furthermore, the corrosion expansion pressure makes the plastic strain increase in the concrete cover.


Background and setup The Virtual Reference Coordinator submitted a proposal for the purchase of several iPads when end of fiscal year contingency monies were released in the spring of 2010. The Friends of Morris Library were also hosting their first grant process and a similar proposal was submitted. With the help of both the Library Administration and Friends group, we were able to purchase three 32GB, Wi-Fi only iPads and cases. University requirements also necessitated the purchase of the Apple Protection plan for each device. In summer of 2010, the iPads arrived and were distributed to the virtual reference coordinator, the Fine Arts librarian, and a member of the library systems staff. Each person tested the device, explored the available apps, and recorded their experiences in a shared document. This testing phase lasted approximately eight weeks. After the testers were comfortable with the devices, we began discussing how best to share the iPads among nine reference librarians for use during the Fall 2010 semester. We began by labeling each iPad, both by writing on the device and naming the device in the iTunes account. This would help us identify which device was checked out to staff and would also help us keep track of which device needed updates or servicing. We indulged a sense of playfulness and named each after a variety of apple: Fuji, Pink Lady, and Red Delicious. Next, we configured them to work with the campus VPN client for Internet access. Because the iPads are primarily designed as personal use devices, we had to adjust them to facilitate use by multiple librarians. Each university user has a unique username called a Network ID and password. We were unable to obtain a generic Network ID for the iPads from the Information Technology Megan Lotts and Stephanie Graves Using the iPad for reference services Librarians go mobile


The aim of the study was to evaluate the functional state of antigen-presenting endometrial cells in patients with external genital endometriosis. It is shown that in healthy women in the control group peritoneal fluid contains from 7 to 12 million white blood cells in 3–15 ml, represented mainly by macrophages (90%), lymphocytes (5–10%) and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (up to 5%), whereas in women with external genital endometriosis number of macrophages increased to 95% due to the relative impoverishment of the population of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The total number of cells in the peritoneal fluid increased to 18–20 million in 1 ml. In patients with external endometriosis in the endometrium the activity of mature dendritic cells reduced (up to 5,2 ± 0,5 cells/mm2 CD23 in the functional layer and to 6,0 ± 0,5 cells/mm2 in the basal layer), and increased activity of immature dendritic cells in the basal layer (CD1a to 34,2 ± 1,2 cells/mm2).


The invention relates to a production method of crispy pear slices. The method comprises the following steps of pear slicing, color protection, blanching, freezing, differential-pressure puffing, drying, moisture removal and cooling, wherein the moisture removal is performed after the puffing and drying; in the moisture removal, the filtered air is absorbed into a puffing tank, and the vacuum degree in the puffing tank is gradually reduced; and water in the puffed pear slices is dispersed into the puffing tank to form steam, so that the water in the pear slices can be further dispersed out. Therefore, the phenomenon of shrinking deformation or even distortion of the pear slices is avoided, the crispy degree of the pear slices is ensured, and the original color, flavor and vitamin content of fresh pears are maintained.


Heterodyne detection has been used to obtain high resolution optical spectra from a semiconductor ring laser. The spectra have been fitted to an analytic model to extract information about linear and nonlinear mode coupling mechanisms.


ABSTRACT (1-Hydroxy-1-phosphonohexadecyl) phosphonic acid (HPHPA) and (1-hydroxy-1-phosphonododecyl) phosphonic acid (HPDPA) were prepared by reaction of phosphorus trichloride with palmitic and lauric acids, respectively. After purification, these products were characterized by elemental microanalysis and by IR, 1H, 31P NMR spectroscopies. In this paper, we propose a tentative assignment for the shifts of those two ligands and their specific complexes with iron (III). A spectroscopic analysis has showed that coordination of iron (III) takes place via oxygen atoms. We also measured the extraction of Fe+3 by HPHPA and HPDPA from [CCl4-Octanol (v/v: 90%/10%)] solutions. The complexes formed in the organic phase may be Fe[C11 H23C(OH)(PO3H)2]Cl, 3H2O with HPDPA and Fe[C15H31C(OH) (PO3H)2]Cl, 3H2O with HPHPA, respectively. HPHPA as ligand exhibits a stronger extracting power for Fe3+ and has a more hydrophobic character than HPDPA.


3040 Background: Vaccination with dendritic cells (DC) is still a valid experimental option for metastatic melanoma (MM). However, only a few patients experience long-lasting objective responses and the majority of clinical responders afterwards relapse and die. Which mechanisms are actually responsible for this "secondary resistance" to whole tumor antigens-loaded DC vaccines is largely unknown. It has been hypothesized that suppressive immune cell subpopulations, regulatory T cells in particular, may progressively accumulate in tumor tissues thus hampering therapy-induced antitumor immune responses along time. To elucidate this issue we evaluated changes induced by immunologically effective DC vaccination in the composition of tumor-associated T cell subpopulations. Methods: 12 patients with MM previously enrolled in a phase I/II DC vaccine trial and for which tumor tissue taken before and after at least 4 induction vaccine doses were available, were included in the study. Intratumoral lymphocytes were ...


This paper presents the development of a novel application using motion analysis techniques to measure tooth movement in 3D space. Measuring the relative displacements of teeth under load allows a greater understanding of the mechanical properties of the periodontal ligament (PDL). Two marker clusters were fixed onto the measured tooth and the reference tooth via orthodontic brackets and movements were captured using two 60 Hz infrared motion camera units. Software was developed to calculate 3D tooth displacements and rotations. The system accuracy (i.e. percentage of maximum absolute error in range/measurement range), in the 20-200 mum ranges, was plusmn1.17%, plusmn1.67% and plusmn1.31% for the diamond markers in x, y and z directions, while the system accuracy for the spherical markers was plusmn1.81%, plusmn2.37% and plusmn1.39%. The system repeatability (i.e. maximum standard deviation in the measurement range) measured under the different days, light intensity and temperatures for five times, carried out step up and then step down measurements for the same step size, was plusmn1.7 mum, plusmn2.3 mum and plusmn1.9 mum for the diamond markers, and plusmn2.6 mum, plusmn3.9 mum and plusmn1.9 mum for the spherical markers in x, y and z directions, respectively. The system resolution was 10 mum. These results demonstrate that the motion analysis system can measure micro-displacement accurately such as tooth displacement and could potentially be useful in many other applications.


1. In the guinea-pig, the ease with which injection masses into the aorta find their way into the pulmonary circulation has been confirmed.

2. Evidence is presented which indicates that in the guinea-pig and rat the bronchial arteries supply the bronchi, the lymph glands and the interstitial tissue of the lungs. They also give rise to the vasa vasorum.

3. In the guinea-pig and rat, casts of vessels connecting the bronchial artery and pulmonary artery casts are found in the region of the lung hilus. Reasons are given for the belief that they represent communicating vessels and not vasa vasorum.


The taphonomic loss of soft-bodied organisms and ubiquitous time averaging make reconstruction of ecological interactions in fossil communities difficult. This study employs an actualistic analysis of epibiont communities on scallops to infer preservation potential and life-span overlap in ancient epibiont associations. Spirorbid, serpulid, and sabellid annelids, sponges, barnacles, and cheilostome and cyclostome bryozoans form dense covers on the scallops Chlamys hastata and C. rubida in moderately deep waters around San Juan Island, Washington. Serpulids, spirorbids, cyclostomes, and cheilostomes dominate on lower surfaces of living scallops and on the interiors of dead shells. In some instances, up to 100% of the areal epibiont cover on these surfaces would likely be preserved in the fossil record


It is well known that our motion with respect to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) rest frame introduces a large dipolar CMB anisotropy, with an amplitude∝β = v/c∼ 10 −3 . In addition it should lead to a small breaking of statistical is otropy which becomes most notable at higher multipoles. In principle this could be used to dete rmine our velocity with respect to the CMB rest frame using high angular resolution data from Planck, without directly relying on the amplitude and direction of the CMB dipole, allowing us to constrain cosmological models in which the cosmic dipole arises partly from large-scale isocurvature perturbations instead of being fully motion-induced. Here we derive simple recursion relations that allow precise computation of the motion-induced coupling between different spherical harmonic coeffi cients. Although the lowest order approximations for the coupling kernel can be deficient by factors of 2− 5 at multipoles l∼ 1000− 3000, using our results for the aberration kernel we explicitly confirm that for a statistical detection of the ab erration effect only first order terms inβ matter. However, the expressions given here are not restricted toβ ∼ 10 −3 , but can be used at much higher velocities. We demonstrate the robustness of these formulae, illustrating the dependence of the kernel onβ, as well as the spherical harmonic indices l and m.


Satellite data corresponding to radiance variables are used to derive three canopy properties which describe slowly modulating boundary conditions of the interface between the biosphere and the atmosphere. The canopy properties are key factors in the regulation of heat and moisture transfer and are found to be radiance patterns within a homogeneous ecosystem. The physical modeling technique is enhanced by the satellite data, and the surface fluxes are represented more accurately in the resulting biosphere-interface model.


Summary form only given. The authors report the results of a series of measurements that were taken on one-dimensional and two-dimensional objects that are hidden in highly scattering media. Diffraction patterns were recognized through their dependence on the distance between object and detector. Early-arriving photons-based profiles of the discontinuities were fitted by Fresnel theory patterns and resulted images were corrected using the corresponding object size, which was responsible for the best fitting pattern. It is concluded that the method described in this study may have a significant impact on biomedical applications where opaque or almost opaque material are imaged through turbid media. It is expected that microscopic measurements of small structures such as erythrocytes (ektacytometry) may be possible even when the cells are surrounded by an optically thick medium.


The spouting characteristics with ambient air of cylindrical wood pellets, 6.5mm in diameter and 11.1±4.1mm long, were investigated using atransparent152.4-mmdiametersemi-circularcone-basedcylindricalcolumn.Despitethepreviouslyunexploredshapeofthepelletsinthespoutedbed mode, the measured minimum spouting velocities at different bed heights, the maximum spoutable bed height and the mean spout diameterabove the conical base were all well represented by equations from the literature developed mainly for more rounded particles. Pellet attritionwas found to be severe, so that the possible torrefaction of the pellets by the spouting technique without sacrifice of their integrity appears to beunlikely.Keywords: spouting, wood pellets, minimum spouting velocities, maximum spoutable bed height


The cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) is considered to be a great importance for the protection of natural populations as well as an option for livelihoods. At present most of the valuable MAPs are being heavily extracted for herbal drugs, traditional use and research purposes from the wild. This has adversely affected the existence of a number of plants particularly those of high commercial value. To check this over extraction of MAPs for various purposes and meet out the growing demands of raw materials, the domestication and cultivation of these species is only viable option. Cultivation of MAPs could also provide an opportunity to enhance the additional incomes of people residing in harsh environments such as high altitude areas of Himalaya where employment opportunities are very less. To maintain the in-situ conservation as well as development of self-employment opportunities in villages of higher Himalayan region, the High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre (HAPPRC) had initiated cultivation of highly valued and endangered medicinal herb Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurrooa) at Ghesh village (situated at 2500 m asl) of District Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India in 2001–2002. After thirteen years of continuous efforts, monitoring and observations a tangible impact of Kutki cultivation has been recorded in comparison to other traditionally growing crops i.e., Solanum tuberosum L. Amaranthus spinosus L., Phaseolus vulgaris L, (Fagopyrum esculentum L.), Eleusinian coracana L. and Triticum aestivum L. in village. Now the commercial cultivation of this valuable species creates the source of additional income to villagers and also checks the illegal collection of herbs from the wild.


"Everything is and it is not". The paper's goal is to analyze some images of God in Grande sertão: veredas by means of an interdisciplinary analysis. Starting from the Rosean novel, under the hermeneutic light of literary criticism and theological reflection, the paper suggests that the Rosa's literature presents God in an ambiguous way. The statement is possible the provisional nature of the human, advocated by the writer and expressed by Riobaldo constitutes the nucleus from which this point of view is disseminated. By remembering and re-signifying his life, Riobaldo gives way to Mystery. In each crossing, he rethinks Mystery without resorting to any definitive theological and philosophical frame. The "God that turns everything" is mixed in the world and only can be noticed by his constant movement between the obscure and the revealed. Thus, the Rosean text presents images of God that preserve his double and ambiguous character.


The main objective of this project is to study the analysis and design of an isolated three‐phase bidirectional dc‐dc converter connected to the dc microgrid system. The proposed topology achieves efficient power conversion with a wide input voltage range, continuous input current, and bidirectional operation. In forward mode operation, the topology acts as a three‐phase push‐pull converter to reach a step‐up voltage conversion ratio (90 to 450 V). In backward mode operation, the converter acts as an interleaved flyback converter to provide a step‐down voltage conversion ratio (450 to 90 V). Over and above that, in both operation senses, the dc voltage gain is presented. The main advantages of this topology are high‐switching frequency, the three‐phase transformer that provides galvanic isolation between the dc voltage link bus to the battery or ultra‐capacitor storage, and input/output filters size reduction. Besides, a fewer number of power switches, the frequency of output voltage, and input current ripple are three times higher than the switching frequency. The three active switches are connected to the same reference, which simplifies the gate drive circuit. Ultimately, the theoretical analysis of the proposed topology is carefully confirmed with the experimental results of the 4 kW converter prototype.


PURPOSE: A character input method using preliminary step is provided to input a character using least number of keys with a space key. CONSTITUTION: A consonant value from a primary key selected at first is selected and displayed when the character is formed. A vowel value is selected from the secondly selected primary key. The selected consonant and vowel value is combined. A final character is confirmed and displayed. A character pad comprised a space key located on central part. The primary key is generated after the primary key is selected and when the space key is selected continuously. The space value of the primary key is preset.


Critic has paid little attention to the story "Mascarada" by Juan Carlos Onetti; usually, they have only indicated the presence of a young girl prostitute, unaware of the particular treatment that this character (Maria Esperanza) is given in the tale. For that reason, I present a new interpretation, which shows the function of the aesthetics of farce, which can explain the characterization of the protagonist, as well as the characterization of public space and circus.


The utility model discloses a multi-card communication system based on mobile phone management. The multi-card communication system comprises a separated box and a mobile phone equipped with an APP management module. The box comprises a plurality of SIM card modules and a control module connected with the SIM card modules and further comprises a Bluetooth module connected with the control module, the mobile phone establishes communication with the box through the Bluetooth module, and a control request is sent to the control module in the box through the APP management modules in the mobile phone. According to the communication system, the functions of multiple cards and multiple standbys are directly achieved, SIM cards and the mobile phone are separated through the one box, and the SIM cards can be directly used through APPs without being inserted into the mobile phone.


Précis: Face mask wearing has no significant effects on artifacts or vessel density measurements in optic nerve head (ONH) and macular optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A) scans. Purpose: The aim was to assess the difference in area of artifacts observed in optical OCT-A scans with and without face mask wear and to verify if mask wear interferes with OCT-A vessel density measurements. Subjects and Controls: A total of 64 eyes of 10 healthy subjects, 4 ocular hypertensive, 8 glaucoma suspects, and 17 glaucoma patients were included. Materials and Methods: High-density ONH and macula OCT-A scans were obtained in patients with and without surgical masks. Seven different artifacts (motion, decentration, defocus, shadow, segmentation failure, blink, and Z-offset) were quantitatively evaluated by 2 trained graders. The changes in the area (% of scan area) of artifacts, without and with mask wearing, and differences of vessel density were evaluated. Results: Trends of increasing motion artifact area for the ONH scans [4.23 (−0.52, 8.98) %, P=0.08] and defocus artifact area for the macular scans [1.06 (−0.14, 2.26) %, P=0.08] were found with face mask wear. However, there were no significant differences in the mean % area of any artifacts (P>0.05 for all). Further, the estimated mean difference in vessel density in images acquired without and with masks was not significant for any type of artifact. Conclusion: Face mask wearing had no significant effect on area of artifacts or vessel density measurements. OCT-A vessel density measurements can be acquired reliably with face mask wear during the pandemic.


The precipitation process of zirconium hydrides induced by stress and strain was investigated by means of electron microscopy in-situ.The precipitating hydrides induced by stress were found to be γ phase with orientation relationship of (110)_γ‖(110)_(αZr),(001)_γ‖ (0001)_(αZr) between γ-hydrides and surrounding matrix.The growth rate of γ-hydrides which was much faster along [110] direction brought them in taper shape.After fracture of y-hydrides,a new one will precipitate at the tip of cracks.This is the essential process of hydrogen-induced delayed cracking in Zircaloy.The precipitating hydrides induced by strain were found to be δ phase with both orientation relationships of(111)_δ‖(0001)_(αZr),(110)_δ‖ (110)_(αZr) or (010)_δ‖(0001)_(αZr),(001)_δ‖(110)_(αZr)between δ-hydride and surrounding matrix.The δ-hydrides become much finer as the strain rate increased.