At present, welding is being considered as the most useful method to assemble the steel structures. But, the process can produce the mechanical defects such as welding residual stresses and welding deformations, which have a great influence on the structural instability in welded parts necessarily. It is important to accurately predict these characteristics including distribution of temperature during welding in order to evaluate the mechanical behaviors in welded parts; however, the experimental methods to clarify the characteristics have the practical limitations. From these reasons, a numerical simulation may be attractive for the purpose of solving these problems. In this paper, authors introduce the various examples of numerical analysis to the welded parts considering the moving effect of heat sources and the temperature dependency of material by the finite element method (un-stationary heat conduction & thermal elasto-plastic analysis). Introduction The welding distortion and residual stresses caused during welding reduce stability in the welded structures and appear extensively, as the structures become larger.[1] Therefore, it is necessary to predict the mechanical properties of welds accurately before welding. The welding residual stresses and distortion are caused by spatial and temporal temperature distribution in regions a short distance from the moving heat source. To predict accurately these properties, the thermal elasto-plastic analysis is required to examine their history systematically considering the actual welding phenomenon (moving heat source, unsteady state heat flow, thermal dependence of material properties) and thermal dependence of mechanical properties of material, and FEM (finite element method) has been being applied actively to perform this analysis. The variety of experimental researches for predicting have been being reported [2] but because of the restrictions to measure the residual stresses by experiment in reality, the numerical analysis is rated high for the efficiency of prediction and evaluation of residual stresses.[3] Therefore, at this present work, the theory of unsteady-state thermal conduction, elasto-plastic analysis and program algorithm are presented. It is intended to examined the mechanical damage (welding residual stresses, distortion) properties, showing a variety of the welded structures analyzed by the exclusive welding finite element program Key Engineering Materials Online: 2004-08-15 ISSN: 1662-9795, Vols. 270-273, pp 2371-2376 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.270-273.2371 © 2004 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland All rights reserved. No part of contents of this paper may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Trans Tech Publications Ltd, www.scientific.net. (Semanticscholar.org-13/03/20,17:38:24) Title of Publication (to be inserted by the publisher) Theoretical Basis For Numerical Analysis [4],[5] When welding is made over a considerable length, heat flow is in a quasi-stationary state that can be treated as a steady-state-flow problem for a moving coordinate and can be occur in the whole welded area, except in areas near the start and end of welding. Therefore, this work carries out the analysis of heat conduction and thermal elasto-plasticity in areas near the middle of welding assuming it is in a quasi-stationary state. For the formulation of finite-elements of the thermalelasto-plastic computer program, the governing equation of an un-stationary stated heat conduction problem when the material is an isotropic and at a continuum, is as follows: Q T t T c + ∇ = ∂ ∂ 2 λ ρ (1) Through the elastic and plastic region, the temperature dependence of material properties such as yield strength and elastic modulus, etc., is considered for the welding residual stress and strain analysis programs. We elevate the accuracy of analysis to use the increment of strain based on the plastic-flow theory in the plastic region. The increments of total strain consist of elastic, plastic and thermal strain increment as follows; } { } { } { } { t p e d d d d ε ε ε ε + + = (2) Mechanical Behavior In Welded Parts Effect of welding residual stresses on lamella tearing being produced by corner joint welding in box column.[6],[7],[8]. Use of the ultra thick plate is increasing in large due to increasingly large-sized steel structures. However, the occurrence of lamella tearing has been reported and it is reportedly caused by impurities such as S (sulfur) and P (phosphorus) accumulated in the center of ultra thick plate or by residual stress caused by welding. Lamination in the ultra thick plate is difficult to avoid because of the characteristics of the production procedure (continuous casting). Therefore, to reduce the lamella properties, this work examines the tearing of steel structures with regards to welding strength rather than metallic properties, and eventually tries to seek the optimum groove shape and welding procedure by using computer simulation based on the finite element method. The analysis for each model is carried out with conditions of the two layer-three pass and the full/partial penetration welds. A submerged arc welding is applied to produce the box column and working conditions are shown in Table 1. The bevel groove angle of full penetration and partial penetration is decided to extend welding to the centerline layer of the plate to be welded with the assumption that it will prevent lamella tearing in the plate centerline layer. Table 1. Welding conditions Penetration Groove Voltage (V) Current (A) Travel speed (cm/min) Full penetration 15° 31 790 35 Single bevel groove Partial penetration 32° 30.5 790 37.5 The analysis is carried out for a quarter parted box-column because it is geometrically symmetrical and the material used is rolled steel for welded structures (SM490A) defined by Korean Standards. The boundary condition is decided based on considering the box-column's restriction condition. 2372 Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation


The current study was designed to investigate the effect of storage methods, storage period, storage state and sex affect the chemical composition of wild and cultivated common carp (Cyprinus carpio L), which was collected from two different locations in Sulaimani: Dukan Lake and the earthen ponds at the Bazyan Farm. For analyzing, and test, 48 specimens from each fish source were chosen and kept in ice for six days. The genetic distance of cultivated and wild common carp was compared with sequences of the closely related species of C.carpio. The genetic distance estimated among common carp and other C. carpio ranged from 0.161 to 0.498. The results indicated that the moisture, protein, fat, and ash percentage were affected significantly by the source of fish. In the meat of wild fish, they were (78.034, 17.368, 3.344, and 1.023%) respectively while in cultivated fish meat, they were (75.194, 19.258, 4.072, and 0.997 %). Most chemical composition traits were significantly influenced by sex: moisture, protein, fat, and ash percentages in male fish meat were (76.561, 18.32, 3.709, and 1.021%), while in female fish meat they were (76.667, 18.306, 3.709, and 0.998%). respectively storage method has a significant impact on chemical composition, with eviscerating fish meat recording (76.644, 18.346, 3.661, and 0.996%) for moisture, protein, fat, and ash respectively, while whole fish meat (non-eviscerate) was recorded (76.584, 18.28, 3.661, and 1.023%) respectively in the storage period for (0, 2, 4 and 6 days ) the moisture (75.881, 75.909, 77.594, and 77.072%) respectively, protein percentages were (19.153, 18.860, 17.379, and 17.860%) respectively, fat percentages were (3.788, 3.787, 3.756, and 3.501%) respectively and ash percentages were (0.996, 0.997, 1.012, and 1.034%) respectively.


Explores the electoral and political success of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The challenges facing Australia and its government are discussed. Comparisons with the approach of Rudd's predecessor John Howard are made.


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Roe Valley Enterprises Ltd (RVE) is the local enterprise agency for the Limavady Borough Council area. The company is a not-for-profit organisation, which works for the benefit of the local community by supporting small business and community enterprise and playing an active part in enterprise development at local, regional and national levels.
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There is a diverse variety of methodologies to the study of the delimitation of urban areas today, developed from both organizations like the European Union or individually from each country. However, in this paper we are presented the methodology to identify and define the urban areas of two countries: Spain and Portugal. This is a job to scale the Iberian Peninsula where Spain and Portugal are studied as a whole. So the main objective is to define in way comparable urban areas located in the territory of southern Europe. The main sources of information are publications and statistics from the Ministry of Development of Spain, the National Statistics Institute of Portugal and the European Commission.


With the development in our country,the firms have the factors to develop abroad.So studying the strategies of FDI,opening up international markets actively,improving the sustainable development ability and motive force,pacing up the steps of developing outside for our firms are very important.


Map the vertices of a graph to (not necessarily distinct) points of the plane so that two adjacent vertices are mapped at least unit distance apart. The plane‐width of a graph is the minimum diameter of the image of its vertex set over all such mappings. We establish a relation between the plane‐width of a graph and its chromatic number. We also connect it to other well‐known areas, including the circular chromatic number and the problem of packing unit discs in the plane. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 68: 229‐245, 2011


The software listing presented here is by no means complete and may, in some cases, be incorrect. It consists of programs and packages that have come to the attention of the author. Such a list inevitably must be out of date as soon as it is written. The author would be pleased to hear of errors and omissions so that the list may be improved. Inclusion of software in this list does not imply a recommendation. Where items of information are not known, this is signified by "NK" in the table. Prices, where given, may be out of date and should be checked with the suppliers. It is intended that this listing of microcomputer packages will be maintained and updated. Any information on accuracy or omission will be welcomed. Please forward details to the author at the address given in the author's footnote. In the following, CP/M (Control Program for Microprocessors) is an operating system created by Digital Research; PET is a microcomputer manufactured by Commodore Business Machines; and TRS-80 is a microcomputer manufactured by Radio Shack.


A 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 split plot design was used to investigate the effects of the following treatments on the finishing of steers : cobalt supplementation-as an intraruminal cobalt oxide pellet; vitamin A supplementation-as an intramuscular injection of 2.5 x l06 i.u. ; additives to the grain-nil, 1 per cent urea, and 1 per cent urea plus 1 per cent sodium chloride ; roughage source-wheaten chaff, sorghum silage, and lucerne chaff. Ten groups each of 10 steers, of a mean (¦ S.E.) shrunk body-weight of 537¦3.4 lb were used. One group was slaughtered before feeding the rations to measure initial carcase weight and composition. Individual steers from the other nine groups were slaughtered at 900 lb body-weight. The mean body weight gain of all steers was 2.64 ¦ 0.05 lb per head per day, for a mean D.M, intake of 15.7 lb grain and 2.5 lb roughage over 135 ¦ 2.2 days. Roughage sources, sodium chloride, cobalt, and the vitamin A supplement had no significant effect on performance. Steers fed lucerne, particularly with urea, exhibited mild to moderate bloating. Carcase weight gain was significantly increased by the addition of urea to the grain. Carcase weight increased from 276 ¦ 2.2 lb in the pre-treatment group to 482 ¦ 1.8 lb in the finished steers. The composition of this increase was 71 per cent commercial cuts of meat, 20 per cent fat trimmings and 9 per cent bone. The mean total hepatic vitamin A reserves of the unsupplemented steers at slaughter was 38 per cent of the initial reserves ; the hepatic level in 20 of these animals was less than 10 ¦g/g.


According to J. G. Walther's Musicalisches Lexicon (Leipzig, 1732), Bach 'learned the first principia on the clavier from his eldest brother, Mr. Johann Christoph Bach, formerly organist and schoolmaster at Ohrdruf'. No mention is made here (or in Bach's Obituary, which gives a similar account) of composition, and Johann Christoph is not known to have been a composer. In answer to a query of J. N. Forkel's, Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel wrote in 1775: 'The instruction received by [J. S. Bach] in Ohrdruf may well have been designed for an organist and nothing more.' The clear implication is that composition was largely excluded. Here we have a fact of great importance for the understanding of Bach's early development as a composer: unlike his great contemporary G. F. Handel, he seems to have received no formal tuition in the rudiments of composition. His early compositions, most of which are for keyboard, had dual roots: in his own rapidly growing skill as an organist and harpsichordist ('In a short time he had fully mastered all the pieces his brother had voluntarily given him to learn'); and in his 'observation of the works of the most famous and proficient composers of his day and … the fruits of his own reflection upon them'. To judge by the character of Bach's early keyboard works, both the improvisatory and virtuoso aspects of his playing acted as spurs to his creativity. Improvisation was essential to the keyboard player's training in Bach's day, and numerous passages in the early keyboard works no doubt had an extempore basis, notably the free fantasy interludes in the sonata BWV 963 and in the toccatas BWV 910-15 or the ruminative elaborated chord sequences in the preludes BWV 921-3 and in the third section of the toccatas BWV 910 and 913.


firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Examining the concepts and ideas we have of objects and common goods such as the Monobloc chairs, or of mayor and globalized cultural events like the Art Biennale, they reveal their cultural and economic impact, especially because of their artistic and often political statements. In doing so, they expose a bit more about our contemporary society, our cultural heritage and sometimes give us advise or evoke ideas for the future. Furthermore, thinking about the artistic coverage, manipulating and masking of the Monobloc, these observations can show us our own attitudes towards everyday objects and common goods as well as helping us discover modernity. Finally, we can experience the Art Biennale in Venice more deeply, behind its vast different ranges of changing characteristics and faces throughout modern history.


The free-electron density is very important to investigate the nonlinear absorption phenomenon, which strongly relates to the joining characteristics such as mechanical strength in fusion micro-welding of glass material by an ultrashort pulsed laser. In this study, the free-electron density distributions for different numerical apertures (N.A.) were simulated, and photoelasticity observation and the mechanical strength in micro-welding of glass was experimentally investigated. N.A. 0.45 has a large difference of free-electron density in beam axis, and the area of large principle stress is generated. On the other hand, N.A. 0.65 can obtain small difference of peak electron density in the upper and lower parts of molten area, which led to continuous molten area formation. This joining characteristic resulted in small area of large principal stress difference and high mechanical strength.


Early season crop acreage estimation is commonly conducted using crop information collected through large scale agricultural surveys to identify farmers' planting intentions and decisions. Due to the increased frequency and impact of extreme weather events on agriculture, there is significant interest in developing remote sensing techniques for crop acreage estimation early in the growing season. This paper proposes a new method to produce early season crop acreage estimates for the State of Illinois, United States (U.S), from 2016 to 2019. A geospatial layer of early season crop classifications, known as an Early Season Cropland Data Layer (ESCDL), is created using crop rotation patterns derived from historic USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Cropland Data Layers and current year (March 6 – June 10) satellite imagery. The ESCDL crop specific acreage, derived through pixel counts, are combined with NASS June Area Survey data to obtain unbiased corn and soybean estimates in early June. The ESCDLs are validated using end-of-season Farm Service Agency Common Land Unit and 578 administrative data and have producer and user accuracies from 79.48% to 86.31% for corn, 74.61% to 86.21% for soybeans, and - 4 % to 6 % relative errors when compared to final NASS official estimates.


Little work has been done on testing K-sample umbrella alternatives for rare event right-censored survival data. In this paper we discuss this problem by nonparametric statistic method and give some efficiency test statistics in testing K-sample umbrella alternatives for rare event right-censored survival data with peak known and unknown. The paper also shows that those statistics have asymptotic normal distributions, consistency and some other good properties.


The learning process in the 2013 Curriculum has special characteristics, namely using scientific strategies and approaches, models, and cooperative learning methods. The grand tour carried out in the learning process at Madrasah Aliyah did not reflect the characteristics of the 2013 curriculum learning. This study aims to determine the learning curriculum process carried out by teachers at Madrasah Aliyah in the implementation of the 2013 curriculum. This study uses a phenomenological method with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques using observation, and interviews. Data analysis was carried out using data selection, presentation, and conclusion drawing techniques. The results showed that; The learning process has not been implemented ideally because only a small number of teachers use the group discussion method; it is still semi-scientific. The obstacles are, 1) not all teachers understand the learning process with the 2013 curriculum. 2) The teacher's teaching load is too much. 3) Students do not participate in the successful implementation of the 2013 curriculum; 4) the lack of intensive socialization about the 2013 curriculum profile to students so that students are more comfortable studying with previous learning patterns. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of the 2013 curriculum learning process at Madrasah Aliyah is not by the 2013 curriculum concept.


The paper using fixed point theorem through the methods of structural compression mapping on set of the bounded continuous function,tit makes a comprehensive qualitative study of existence of nonoscillatory solutions for a class of n-order neutral differential systems,and obtains some sufficient conditions of nonoscillation existence of solution for a class systems.


We develop a virtual link priority mapping (LPM) algorithm and a virtual node priority mapping (NPM) algorithm to save power consumption. Simulation results show that LPM can significantly improves energy efficiency compared to NPM.


Objective:  To examine the association between changes in chest pain and changes in perfusion following revascularization as assessed by clinical evaluation and myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in patients with stable angina.


An Evaluation of al-Khattabi's Work Called Gharib al-Hadith Regarding to Hadith Sciences "Gharib al-hadith" that is one of the most important sub-fields of hadith science subjects to be understood of gharib/exceptional words included in hadith texts. Abu Suleyman al-Khattabi's (388/998) work called Gharib al-hadith that has the same name with the field is considered one of three main resources of its literary type. This study aims to determine position of Gharib al-hadith in terms of hadith sciences based on its content and copyright features. Also it has a separate importance regarding to al-Khattabi's being accepted as one of the first hadith commentators.


ABSTRACT Few studies exist that highlight the life experiences of the older LGBTQ person of color. This cohort faces unique challenges in life that have not been explored or investigated extensively, if at all. Older LGBTQ people of color have experienced discrimination based on race, gender, and sexuality in all phases of their lives, often bearing witness to and helping to start various equal rights and social justice movements. In addition to the unique challenges that come with being a multiple minority—an LGBTQ person of color—they also have to deal with the stressors that come with normal aging. Some of the unique challenges that are faced by the older LGBTQ person of color include homophobia, racism, acculturation, the phenomenon of "going back into the closet," poverty, housing discrimination, homelessness, and loss of sexuality and ageism, just to name a few. In this article, by getting a glimpse of these unique challenges, we give this vulnerable and marginalized group of people the much-needed attention warranted. With more research on this population, we can develop better interventions to decrease the negative mental health outcomes associated with these unique challenges. This is also a complex cohort, with some studies showing positive findings of resilience and the positive influence of spirituality and religion on the mental health outcomes of older LGBTQ people of color. A general sense of advocacy is needed in the realm of healthcare, social services, legal services, and public policy in helping to shed light on the needs of this population. Furthermore, a greater sense of urgency is needed to elucidate the experiences and challenges faced by older LGBTQ people of color in order to better care for this currently marginalized and suffering group.


Organophosphate pesticides were characterized by surface enhanced laser desorption ionization mass spectrometer(SELDI-MS). The mass spectrometry data of them were obtained for identification and qualification were obtained. Based on the extensive investigation, the residue analysis method for diazinon on the vegetable by SELDI-MS was developed with the recovery rates from 72.83%~105.64% at the level from 1~32 μg/mL. A good correlation between recovery rates measured by SELDI-MS and GC was obtained from linear regression analysis. The results indicate that the SELDI-MS could be a convenient and supplemental analytical tool for monitoring parts of organophosphate pesticides in vegetables without pervious cleanup.


Causes of the stack cracks in Baosteel 1 # BF have been analyzed.A conclusion arrived at is that the cracks were caused by the heat stress due to high temperature and differences of temperature.Precautions against such cracks have been advanced,which will certainly ensure Baosteel's normal production and lay a foundation for the long life of 1 # BF.


The present invention, keratinous fibers, relates in particular dyeing of human keratin fibers such as the hair, the fibers, the components: a) with one or more dihydroxy flavanol derivative, b) one or more manganese salts or one or more zinc and salts, c) hydrogen peroxide or one or more hydrogen peroxide generating system, d) one or more (weight) and a carbonate or one or more (weight) carbonate-generating system, e) bicarbonate and one or more alkalizing agents other than, f) magnesium salt, molybdenum salt, and the one or more metal salt selected from calcium salt, one containing together or separately the above cosmetic composition processed using: components a), b), d), e), pH and / or at least one composition comprising at least one of f) is alkaline, i.e. more than 7, component f) is ,other Min a) to e) of the coating with at least one, that is understood to be applied as a simultaneous process.


BACKGROUND: Only 16 cases of membranous dysmenorrhea have been described in literature to our best knowledge. Membranous dysmenorrhea is an expulsion of fragments of endometrium retaining the shape of the uterus. It was described in the literature in association with a chronic fatigue syndrome and high level of progesterone, but the pathophysiology remains unknown. Most of the patients with dysmenorrhea membranacea have been under hormonal therapy although it was also described for patients that were not exposed to hormonal therapy. The purpose of this work is to describe one case with a remarkable size of endometrial tissue that we have observed in our department. CASE: A 31-year-old nullipara with regular menstrual cycles showed a membranous dysmenorrhea after taking the contraceptive Nuvaring (11,7 mg of etonogestrel and 2,7 mg of etinilestradiolo,Organon Italia S.p.A.) for 2 months as a treatment for endometrios cyst. Expulsion of endometrial fragments was associated with a cramping pain in low abdomen and vaginal bleeding. The syntoms disappeared after expulsion of endometrium. Macroscopically the fragment of tissue was huge and compact,7X5X1 cm of dimension, coloured beige and red. Histological evaluation revealed stromal decidualization. Conclusion: This case permits to reflect about the possibility of occurrence of dysmenorrhea membranacea during the hormonal therapy. In particular it must be payed attention when the patients report painful symptoms and expulsion of tissue that can not be attributed to the blood and clot. In such a case it is suggested to send the expelled tissue to histological examination.


Recommended Citation Dohlman, Tyler M.; Jahnke, Marianna; West, James; Phillips, Patrick E.; and Gunn, Patrick J. (2016) "Effects of Label-Dose Permethrin Administration on Reproductive Function and Embryo Quality on Superovulated Beef Heifers," Animal Industry Report: AS 662, ASL R3050. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-588 Available at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_air/vol662/iss1/11


The accuracy of pushover analysis for block masonry structures lies strongly on the target displacement of the structure. Based on the testing results of a large number of reinforced block masonry walls, this paper developed a method that can be used to determine target displacement of block masonry structures at near collapse performance level. The calculated target displacement by this method have been compared with the testing results of 1/4 scale model of a 10 floors block masonry structure at near collapse performance. It indicates that the present method can be used in determining target displacement of block masonry structures at near collapse performance level.


This paper discusses some common problems existing in existing road reconstruction and design.In the existing road reconstruction and design,the existing linear should be comprehensively investigated.According to road reconstruction standards,combining with horizontal,vertical,and sectional status of the existing road and the strength of pavement structure,comprehensive route linear design should be made.


Slip& fall are major troubles in occupational safety & health globally. In this study, the research personnel visited 12 restaurants, four supermarkets, two traditional markets, and two fish markets. Employees on those worksites were interviewed on a one-on-one basis concerning their experience of slipping and falling on worksites. The percentages of slipping without fall and slipping & falling from interviewees in those workplaces ranged from 19% to 47.4% and from 5.3% to 32%, respectively. The percentages of slipping without fall and slipping & falling of others witnessed by the interviewees in those workplaces ranged from 9.5% to 28% and from 21.1% to 52.4%, respectively. These percentages may reveal the risk of falling incidences and injuries in those workplaces.


The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating T cell (T cell CAR) containing the KMA expressing malignancies, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and CAR. The present invention provides a different anti-tumor agent, for example, a method comprising the CAR T cells that co-expression of cytokines and antibodies and compositions also.


There are several methods to control an aircraft that one of them is lateral jet. The most important feature of this method is the proper operation at low dynamic pressures. In the present study, the new arrangement of side jets is experimentally by wind tunnel testing. The tests are performed on a standard model. In present scheme, two parallel jets are used at the top and two parallel jets at the bottom of the model. By this combination, pitching and rolling channels can be controlled. In the present study, pressure distribution in upstream and downstream of jet and in the middle of jets have been analyzed. To visualize the shocks, Schlieren method has also been used. The results are presented in the subsonic and supersonic flows, at positive and negative angles of attack. Reducing the pressure in midfield jets in the same position downstream of a jet and keep the pressure area at the upstream of jets are the advantages of this method. This property beside roll control increases the attractiveness of this method.


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 A nearly complete mandible of a large ochotonid lagomorph was recently found from upper Lower Miocene deposits in central Japan, and it is described as a new species, Alloptox japonicus. The new species can be distinguished easily from all known species of the genus by size and several distinct characters of the p3 occlusal pattern. Almost all of these features show opposite character states in other species of Alloptox, suggesting distinction at the subgeneric level, and a new subgenus, Mizuhoptox, is created for A. japonicus. All previously known species are included in the subgenus Alloptox. Geologic age of the new species is about 17.6 (between 18 and 17.5) Ma (late Early Miocene), which is almost the same as A. sihongensis, the smallest and probably earliest species in continental Asia, suggesting that the distinction between those two subgenera was present at an early stage of Alloptox evolution.


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's climate change indicators show a long-term trend of increased annual wildfire activity, larger wildfire size, and more variable dynamics in wildfire behavior. This has caused more frequent preemptive public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events in the regions with recognized high wildfire risk. These preemptive power shutoffs attempt to prevent ignition of a wildfire by removing transmission lines from operation, which can result in disruption of electrical service to downstream communities. As wildfires and PSPS events become more frequent, it is crucial to identify which communities are most at risk of experiencing extended blackout in order to adequately plan for and mitigate these impacts. To that end, this paper proposes the Wildfire Risk Estimation for Energy Systems (WiRES) framework, a novel performance-based framework that translates extreme weather-related and PSPS event probabilities into a cumulative probability of transmission line outages in the grid. This study also led to development of a geospatial visualization tool that breaks down the entire Western Electricity Coordinating Council region into 50 km grid cells that can be used to 1) filter out transmission lines with higher than a user-defined threshold outage probability, and 2) graphically discover the affected regions and their biophysical and socioeconomic metrics. Lastly, an impact assessment study is conducted which connects the results of the proposed framework to a contingency analysis to highlight the applicability of the framework.


We have studied the buried oxide integrity in oxygen plasma-enhanced low-temperature wafer bonding. As observed by cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy, the bonding strength of the oxygen plasma-treated sample is so large that forced separation for a 600°C bonded wafer takes place at the heterointerface of the thermal oxide and the Si substrate rather than at the oxide-oxide bonding interface. The plasma-enhanced bonding shows good structure property with negligible defects as observed by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. From capacitance-voltage measurement, good electrical property is evidenced by the low oxide-charge and interface-trap densities of -2.0 × 10 10 cm -2 and 3 × 10 10 eV -1 cm -2 , respectively, from capacitance-voltage measurements.


and this interest is pursued with the Middle Ages as the focal point. He gives us a Christian view of the meanin ~ of human life in the historic process, and this involves a critique of classical and modern secular culture in the West, and, to a more limited extent, an evaluation of the religious element in Moslem and other cultures. Mr. Dawson is his usual penetrating and lucid sel f in these essays. Anyone seriously interested in the relationship of Christianity and culture should study these essays. Professor Dawson first studies the nature of Christian culture and its development during the Middle Ages . This is followed by essays on the Christian element in the devel opment of politics, art, science, theology, literature, etc. Two primary assumptions are made in this study. The first is that the dynamic and genius of Western civilization is the Christian faith. The second is that the synthesis achieved by the subordination of all other sc cial institutions by the Medieval Church is the true expression of ( hristian culture. This reviewer is in hearty agreement with the f: rst assumption and in equally hearty disagreement with the secon d. Actually the rigid institutionalization of Christianity into the Medieval Church was in itself the worst possible secularization of Christianity. In this way a human kingdom was substituted for the Kingdom of God and thus man rather than God was proclaimed tc have dominion in the area of culture. When the spirit of natior .alism, based on race, language and territory, arose to proclaim the State the creator and bearer of culture it simply followed the lead of the institutionalized Church and substitued one human institution, the State, for another, the Church. Had the Church remained true ;0 itself and been subordinate to, and servant of, the Kingdom of Cod, a more thoroughly Christian culture could have been achieved. I)f course the Kingdom is God's and it remains to control culture whether the institutionalized Church substitutes itself for it or su oordinates itself to it. Thus the Medieval Church was a means for the creation of a culture which was in part Christian, just as nodern denominations serve the Kingdom, though at times unknowingly and in ways which they actually do not seek. The Kingdom manifested itself in the Middle Ages, and is manifesting itself now, in human culture in and through the institutionalized Church both because of and in spite of that Church. Guy H. Ranson


In continuation of earlier studies by Pant (1978), the, oscillations of the equatorial trough and the associated phases of the summer monsoon over the Indian subcontinent were studied. For this purpose, the data relating to MONEX-79 were also considered. A "weak" or "break" monsoon phase is associated with the insitu appearance of the planetary oceanic equatorial trough in the lower troposphere around 10 deg. N. The revival of the monsoon activity is associated with the northward progress of the southern trough and its re-establishment around 20 deg. N.
Study of mid-tropospheric temperature, changes over Tibet and Sinkiang have brought out clearly that the setting in of "weak" or "break" 'monsoon condition is concurrent with the occurrence of very low temperatures in the middle troposphere, particularly over Sinkiang. The physical picture that emerges from this study is that under low zonal index conditions advection of cold air behind large amplitude middle latitude troughs results in cooling of the Tibetan Plateau and the neighbourhood in the middle levels. This results in the destruction of the reverse Hadley cell and re-establishment of the direct cell with its upward limb near 10-15 deg. N. This is a physically consistent picture and explains many of the observed characteristics of the weak and active phases of the monsoon described by several authors.
The results of the study hold out possibilities of prediction of the phases of the monsoon over periods of a week to ten days based on the temperature changes over the Asian continent to the north of India.


The changes that have taken place at one corporation during the past 25 years in the area of diversity are surveyed by one of its executives. The various ways in which diversity has enriched the firm, raised its stature, and enabled it to compete more effectively are explored.


Lactofen [(~~-2-ethoxy-l-methyl-2-oxoethyl5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxyl-2-nitrobenzoatel washoff from velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic.) and common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.) foliage was investigated. Plants were sprayed with lactofen at 0.4 kg of ai ha-l and subjected to 2.5 cm of rainfall in 20 min at 1 and 24 h after application (HAA). At 1 HAA, in both species, over 97% of lactofen was washed off from foliage. At 24 HAA, lactofen washoff ranged from 51% to 82% in both species. Runoff losses of lactofen, norflurazon [4-chloro-5-(methylamino)-2-[3(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3(W)-pyridazinoneI, and fluometuron [N,N-dimethyl-N'-[3-(trifluoromethy1)phenyllureal on a Bosket sandy loam soil in 2.24 m x 1.22 m x 0.25 m fiberglass runoff trays with 1.1% slope were also studied. A rainfall of 2.5 cm in 20 min at 24 HAA generated 0.8 cm of runoff and contained 3.2% of applied lactofen. However, lactofen loss in runoff was reduced by 94% with a cover crop of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.1. Norflurazon and fluometuron losses in runoff from no-crop residue trays were 4.4% and OB%, respectively, when a rainfall of 3.8 cm in 30 min was applied at 24 HAA. No runoff was observed in cover-crop residue trays. More than one-third of the total loss of all herbicides occurred in the first liter of runoff.


Abstract. With the introduction of phosphorescent and thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter materials, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with internal quantum yields of up to 100% can be realized. Still, light extraction from the OLED stack is a bottleneck, which hampers the availability of OLEDs with large external quantum efficiencies. Many different strategies to enhance the outcoupling of the light have been suggested, for instance, the use of collective lattice resonances induced by arrays of plasmonic nanodiscs. Here, we investigate the usability of these nanodisc arrays to tune the emission color of an organic blue-emitting material. By means of extinction and photoluminescence spectroscopy, we show a correlation of the sharp features observed in extinction with a selective fluorescence enhancement. At the same time, the nanodisc array also modifies the microcavity of an OLED stack. For one exemplarily lattice constant of an aluminum nanodisc array directly integrated into an OLED stack, we show that a combination of these effects allows the modification of the emission color from CIE1931 (x,y) chromaticity coordinates of (0.149, 0.225) to (0.152, 0.352). Importantly, the OLED exhibited a similar emission color modification under optical as well as electrical excitation.


Driskill and Vrooman have recently provided an interesting argument for a Cournot-based approach to modeling duopsony sports leagues with perfectly inelastic talent supply (the usual assumption for major North American sports league), quite different from the suggestion made by this author (and others) that specifications where talent expenditures are strategic variables (rather than Cournot talent levels) are most appropriate for the context. This comment offers some clarifications and comparisons of the merits of the alternative approaches; they continue to point toward the talent expenditure approach as the most fruitful for the leagues under investigation and probably more generally.


Runtime reconfigurable systems built upon devices with partial reconfiguration can provide reduction in overall hardware area, power efficiency, and economic cost in addition to the performance improvements due to better customization. However, the users of such systems have to be able to afford some additional costs compared to hardwired application specific circuits. More precisely reconfigurable devices have higher power consumption, occupy larger silicon area and operate at lower speeds. Higher power consumption requires additional packaging cost, shortens chip lifetimes, requires expensive cooling systems, decreases system reliability and prohibits battery operation. The less efficient usage of silicon real estate is usually compensated by the runtime hardware reconfiguration and functional units relocation. The available configuration data paths, however, have limited bandwidth that introduces overheads that may eclipse the dynamic reconfiguration benefits. In this dissertation, we address three major problems related to hardware resources runtime management: efficient online hardware task scheduling and placement, power consumption reduction and reconfiguration overhead minimization. Since hardware tasks are allocated and deallocated dynamically at runtime, the reconfigurable fabric can suffer of fragmentation. This can lead to the undesirable situation that tasks cannot be allocated even if there would be sufficient free area available. As a result, the overall system performance is degraded. Therefore, efficient hardware management of resources is very important. To manage hardware resources efficiently, we propose novel online hardware task scheduling and placement algorithms on partially reconfigurable devices with higher quality and faster execution compared to related proposals. To cope with the high power consumption in field programmable devices, we propose a novel logic element with lower power consumption compared to current approaches. To reduce runtime overhead, we augment the FPGA configuration circuit architecture and allow faster reconfiguration and relocation compared to current reconfigurable devices.


In the process of open mill mixing, the rubber material is mainly affected by shearing action and stretching action. In order to research the impacts that shearing action and stretching action have on the final mixing properties of rubber, firstly, the mill mixing process was simulated and calculated by PLOYFLOW software in the paper, and worked out the magnitude of shearing action and stretching action under different mixing conditions; then tested the properties of different kinds of mixing rubber which were mixed under different mixing conditions of open mill; finally, worked out the impacts which shearing action and stretching action have on the properties of mixing rubber by comparisons of the result of simulation and of the properties of mixing rubber.


A sample of 86 subjects in this study was taken from the population of students of secondary schools in the municipality of Nis, ages 15 and 16 ± 6 months, who have organized training work and are active players in handball clubs. The main objective of this research is to determine a statistically significant relations between the functional abilities with the results of explosive strength in participants. To determine the functional capabilities, three tests were performed: resting heart rate (FPUM), heart rate after a heavy load (FPPO) and vital lung capacity (FVKP). Explosive strength was evaluated by tests: standing long jump (MSDM), standing high jump (MSKV) and standing triple jump (MTRS). The survey results were analyzed by a canonical correlation. The obtained results show that the functional abilities of the participants are statistically significant associated with explosive strength.


The experiment of salt stress on seedlings of Pistacia chinensis was carried out in pots, with the NaCl solution concentration of 0,0.15%, 0.30%, 0.45%, 0.60% and a pure water control. The purpose of the study was to investigate K+, Na+ concentrations and K+, Na+ contents in different organs. The results showed that the Na+ content in P. chinensis increased as the solution concentration increased, but the increasing range was different in different organs, rootshootleaf. P. chinensis inhibited extra much Na+ to enter into the leaf by selectively absorbing K+ so that the injury to the leaf could be avoided or relieved under salt stress.


This paper describes a research work of developing computer-aided design of a product with bending and piercing for progressive working. An approach to the system for progressive working is based on the knowledge-based rules. Knowledge for the system is formulated from plasticity theories, experimental results and the empirical knowledge of field experts. The system has been written in AutoLISP on the AutoCAD with a personal computer and is composed of four main modules, which are input and shape treatment, flat pattern layout, strip layout and die layout modules. The system is designed by considering several factors, such as bending sequences by fuzzy set theory, complexities of blank geometry, punch profiles, and the availability of a press equipment. Strip layout drawing generated in the strip layout module is presented in 3-D graphic farms, including bending sequences and piercing processes with punch profiles divided into for external area. The die layout module carries out die design for each process obtained from the results of the strip layout. Results obtained using the modules enable the manufacturer for progressive working of electric products to be more efficient in this field.


A dynamic method based on hot-wire technique for determining thermal conductivity of different insulating materials in block-form bas been developed. The circuit is designed and fabricated to suit the purpose. A number of samples having known bulk density and thermal conductivity values are collected to assess the merit of the set-up by comparing the known values of the bricks with those measured by this set-up. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.


Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church 'This terrifi c book ought to help us rethink the whole enterprise of Christian theology. For the members of the Nazaretha church, the Christian canon was not closed. They documented their prophet's spectacular deeds, chronicled their own exemplary triumphs, and created an archive. These records in turn became material for sermons, fodder for rituals, and templates for liturgy. By taking us into the procedures by which miraculous events were recorded, edited, rehearsed, and relived, Joel Cabrita's book shows theology to be a popular endeavor, an imaginative work in which commoners, not only prophets and academics, participate.' – Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan


We study the thermal properties of Fe with the Brown-Richter interaction in the complete 1p0f model space. Monte Carlo calculations show a peak in the heat capacity and rapid increases in both the moment of inertia and M1 strength near a temperature of 1.1 MeV that are associated with the vanishing of proton-proton and neutron-neutron monopole pair correlations; neutron-proton correlations persist to higher temperatures. Our results are consistent with a Fermi gas level density whose back-shift vanishes with increasing temperature. PACS numbers: 21.60.Cs, 21.60.Ka, 27.40.+z, 21.10.Ma Typeset using REVTEX


Summary Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) is recognized as an important agent in the transmission and spread of infectious food-borne diseases. In this work, the microbiological analyses of a fly population collected in the ambience used to manufacture artisan fresh Minas cheese, revealed large numbers of mesophilic microrganisms and total coliforms. Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. were identified in this population but Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus were not detected. The transmission of these microrganisms to Ultra-Filtered fresh Minas cheese (UF) was evaluated by two procedures: contact with the flies ("cheese + contact") and addition of the flies to the cheese ("cheese + broth"). In both samples of cheese, large numbers of mesophilic microrganisms (between 3.5 x 10 5 and 2.2 x 10 9 CFU.mL -1 ) and total coliforms (≥2.4 x 10 3 MPN.mL -1 ) were found, and the presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp. in these populations confirmed. The "cheese control" samples (no contact with the flies) showed low counts of mesophilic microrganisms (<25 CFU.mL-1 ) and total coliforms (<3 MPN.mL-1 ) and absence of the pathogens E. coli and Salmonella spp. It was concluded that, whatever the form of contact, the pathogenic microrganisms loaded by flies survived in UF fresh Minas cheese, remaining viable during the storage of the product at 10oC for 14 days.


Abstract The Authors report the results of a study carried out on 23 pregnant Italian Brown heifers, with the aim to determine the relationships between blood serum ß-lactoglobulin (ß-LG) concentrations during first gestation and subsequent milk production and quality in first lactation, in order to obtain an improved selection method for replacement heifers. At weeks 20, 26 and 32 of gestation, ß-LG concentrations (±SE) were 706±78, 753±66 and 772±63 ng/ml, respectively (P>0.05). High and significant (P≤0.05) correlation coefficients were observed only between ß-LG content at week 32 and total milk and protein yields in first lactation. Prediction equations of milk, fat and protein production in first lactation from log10 ß-LG content at week 32 of gestation, from parent average genetic indexes and from both were calculated by means of multiple regression analysis. When the contribution of both ß-LG content and predicted genetic indexes were considered, the regression equations gave generally a better estimate of the production parameters in first lactation (higher R2, lower SE of estimate) than the above mentioned parameters alone. These results suggest that it is valuable to pre-estimate milk, fat and protein production in Italian Brown first lactating cows by means of the analysis of serum ß-LG content during gestation.


Objective To observe tIle application value of cardiactroponin I (cTnl),cardiac tmponin T(cTnT) and creatine kinase MB(CK-MB) for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infamfion(AMI).Methods:To determin the plasma level 0f cTnT、cTnI and CK-NB in patients (23 with acute myocardial infarction,18 patients with unstable angina and 23 patients with other diseases).Comparison between AMI and UA was performed and all the indexes Were analysed contrastively.Results:The sensitivity of cTnI and cTnT in diagnosing AMI are higher than that of CK-MB.Troponin T elevation below the functional sensitivity predicted the risk of death and AMI (adjusted OR 4.6,p=0.039) and MACE (adjusted OR 11.10,p0.0001) independently.Utilising the 99th percentile cut-off,an extra 17 MACEs could be predicted per 1000 patients treated at a cost of identifying 11 patients who would not have developed an event.


The thermal cycling performance of lead free soldered ball grid arrays (BGAs) and chip size packages (CSPs) soldered with eutectic SnPb solder paste, so-called backward compatible assemblies, tends to drop with increasing Pb concentration in the joints. This is a particular concern for fine pitch CSPs where concentrations are invariably rather large. Flip chip assembly life is almost always improved by underfilling, although lead free soldered assemblies are more sensitive to the underfill material properties. In the case of BGAs and CSPs, however, underfilling with the wrong material may actually reduce life in thermal cycling substantially. In general, underfills with low coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) and high glass transition temperatures (Tg) are preferred, especially for lead free solder joints. However, recent work showed a reworkable underfill with a high CTE and a very low Tg to still improve the life of SnAgCu joints with 3% Pb mixed in. A variety of 0.4- and 0.5-mm pitch CSPs with SnPb, SAC305, or SAC405 solder bumps were assembled onto a six layer PCB with a SnPb solder paste. Assemblies were tested in 0/100 °C thermal cycling both with and without a reworkable underfill with a reasonably high modulus and a Tg of 105°C. Results deviated systematically from trends previously observed for larger pitch BGAs.


In calculus books infinite series usually are studied after derivatives and integrals, mainly in Taylor Series'
form. This way we taught students that infinite series are Taylor series' and can be expanded using
derivatives only.
Indian mathematicians found many series before calculus was discovered in Europe, many of those series
were expanded based in geometry. Some series were used to approximate sine values tables and π with
thirteen exact decimals, centuries before European mathematicians.
In this poster we give a brief collection of Indian advances of infinite series expansions without using
calculus. Some expansions will be shown in geometrical form.


Mental representations of unfamiliar faces may rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on pictorial cues that are closely linked to the specific image studied, and structural cues that allow for recognition across various transformations. Here, we test participants' recognition of unfamiliar ingroup and outgroup faces, manipulating image transformation (pose) and exposure duration. The results showed that changes in pose reduced accuracy for outgroup faces but not for ingroup faces. Overall, accuracy increased as exposure duration increased. Accurate responses were made more rapidly than inaccurate responses for both ingroup and outgroup faces, showing that response latency is a useful postdictor of accuracy even for cross-ethnic identifications. The results are discussed in the framework of Bruce and Young's (1986) model of face recognition.


Agility and future readiness are fundamental 21st-century skills that could guide university students globally to thriving and benefiting from a VUCA—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous—world. The ability to respond flexibly, make informed decisions, and adapt to rapid change reflects future-readiness capabilities. However, little is known about the empirical role of the university curriculum, learning ecosystem, and learning experience as perceived by university students in developing these skills. Therefore, we analysed data collected from 209 Malaysian university students from 16 universities to assess whether these three pertinent factors impact the students' learning agility and determine how well learning agility predicts learners' future readiness. The present study empirically assessed a theoretical model using a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. The analysis supported all the hypotheses proposed in this study, which implies that the extended model could effectively predict learners' agility and future readiness. The results revealed that the university learning experience, ecosystem, and curriculum positively, directly, and significantly affected learning agility and future readiness. Furthermore, the findings showed that student agility significantly mediated the relationships between the student learning experience, university learning ecosystem, and curriculum and student future readiness. Taken together, these results highlight the importance of a future-ready education nurtured by a vibrant learning ecosystem that delivers lasting values and experiences for students and communities to appreciate the opportunities for a challenging yet exciting future offered by a VUCA environment. The established empirical model describing the empirical interplays between these correlates could, in turn, aid better evidence-based policy making in higher education.


The development of logical skills is a goal held by most educators. Yet reported research offers little of a prescriptive nature concerning how to nurture and enhance children's ability to use logic. There have been a few attempts to teach children logic per se. (Donaldson; 1963; Suppes & Binford, 1965; McAloon, 1969; Miller, 1969). For the most part, these studies reported that children have learned principles of logic. But those studies that report comparative data for students not receiving formal instruction in logic report equivalent growth between pretest and posttest administrations for both groups. (Ennis & Paulus, 1965; Roy, 1970; Williams, 1971). Another direction of researchers is exploration of correlates of logical reasoning ability and the development process (Bonser, 1910; Burt, 1919; Inhelder & Piaget, 1958; Hill, 1961; Shapiro & O'Brien, 1970). Age and IQ are the only variables that have consistently been found to be related to logical ability. But age and IQ are static or passive variables in the sense of not offering the teacher or experimenter the potential of actively controlling the child's environment to produce growth in logical ability. The purpose of this study was to explore one variable within the mathematics classroom that is subject to the control of the teacher, namely, the ordinary language of the teacher. Several studies of teacher verbal behavior suggested this might be a significant variable. Wright and Proctor (1961), Smith and Meux (1962), Bellack (1965), Gallagher, Ashner, and Jenne (1967), and Fey (1970) have all reported that use of the language of conditional reasoning constitutes a portion of teacher verbal behavior regardless of the subject matter content. Smith and Meux (1962) have been the only investigators to exhibit actual frequencies of the specialized language of logic and conclude that mathematics teachers


During the evolution of solutions using genetic programming (GP) there is generally an increase in average tree size without a corresponding increase in fitness-a phenomenon commonly referred to as bloat. Although previously studied from theoretical and practical viewpoints there has been little progress in deriving controls for bloat which do not explicitly refer to tree size. Here, the use of spatial population structure in combination with local elitist replacement is shown to reduce bloat without a subsequent loss of performance. Theoretical concepts regarding inbreeding and the role of elitism are used to support the described approach. The proposed system behavior is confirmed via extensive computer simulations on benchmark problems. The main practical result is that by placing a population on a torus, with selection defined by a Moore neighborhood and local elitist replacement, bloat can be substantially reduced without compromising performance.


The financial sector is divided into two broad categories: equity and banking markets. The healthy functioning of these sectors plays an imperative role in any economy. This study aimed to examine the short- and long-term relationship between the Islamic financial sector (Islamic debt and Islamic equity market), and sustainable economic growth of the two economies with the largest Muslim populations. Quarterly data were collected from 2010 to 2019 for Indonesia and Pakistan. The study used autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) and the error correction method (ECM). The results revealed that in the long run, the Islamic banking sector imparts a significant and positive effect on achieving sustainable economic growth in both countries. However, in the short run, the Islamic stock market was found to have a positive relationship with Pakistan, while the Islamic banking sector had a positive and significant relationship with economic growth in Indonesia.


Objective Analysis of myocardial microvascular perfusion in patients with chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) who underwent a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) use real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (RTMCE),to provide an effective method of detecting viable myocardium and a reference for the choice of CABG indications.Methods Twenty-seven patients with CTO underwent RTMCE 1 week before CABG,they underwent follow-up echocardiography and coronary artery 256-slice multislice computed tomography aagiography 1 year after CABG.Myocardial viability was defined as a postoperative ultrasound wall motion significantly improved ≥ 1 point.Semi-quantitative analysis of contrast images,myocardial viability was defined as myocardial perfusion score ≤ 2 points.Viable myocardium by quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow (MBF) was determined by analyses of receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves.Results Patients with LVEF increased significantly after CABG (P < 0.01),Of 259 segments with wall motion abnormality,149 (58%) showed wall motion significantly improved ≥ 1 point after CABG,considered viable myocardium,110 (42%) were not observed in wall motion improved,considered to be non-viable.The viable myocardial segments were significantly greater than non-viable myocardial segments in A,β,A × β value (P < 0.01).Compared with the semi-quantitative analysis,quantitative analysis of MBF increased the sensitivity and accuracy of RTMCE for detecting viable myocardium (P < 0.05).Conclusion RTMCE could accurately assess myocardial viability and provide a strong reference for clinical decision making and judging prognosis.

Key words:
Coronary arteriosclerosis;  Myocardium ;  Coronary artery bypass, off-pump ; Angiocardiography; Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography


The oscillating wave test system (OWTS) which is similar to power frequency test system can be used to test the partial discharge of cable insulation defects. It is proved that using OWTS can bring many benefits such as it can make the test result be normative, and is not harmful to cable insulation which is totally suitable for field test. In order to study the PD characteristic of XLPE cable under oscillating wave voltage, four typical defects at different severity are designed to withstand the test voltage. The four defects are: A) the air-gap defect located at the cable joint, B) the cusp of semi-conducting layer, C) overly long or overly short overlap of stress cone joint, D) metal cusp at high potential. The experimental result shows that the partial discharge of different defects occurs at different phases which concentrate at 30°-70°, 220°-250°, while the number and quantity of discharge are quite different. The obvious differences between the four typical defects may lay a foundation for the further study on pattern recognition of XLPE cable. The typical damped oscillating voltage can be divided into 8 parts, the PD characteristic of XLPE cable under every part is also studied in this paper. After reading this paper we will have a deeper understanding of the PD excitation theory of oscillating wave.


Objective: Health care sector and its organizations are responsible for large environmental impacts. Therefore, it is of interest for the sectors key actors, the health care professionals, to act more pro-environmental. Environmental attitudes and values are underlying factors for pro-environmental behavior. However, little is known about these factors among health care professionals and therefore need to be assessed. Methods and Results: In this study the ecological world view among nurses and physicians were evaluated using the validated New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) survey, 172 respondents (mean age 42 years, 81% females). The overall mean NEP-score was 3.92; specialist physician (3.96), residency physician (3.54), and nurses (3.99). The NEP-score was significantly higher among specialist physician than residency physicians (p=0.006), and between nurses and residency physicians (p=0.001). Conclusion: The overall score was higher than representatives' samples, but lower than environmentalists, indicating a potential for influencing the ecological world view to promote pro-environmental behavior in the health care sector.


In this paper, the dynamic modeling and the control design of hybrid energy storage system based on compressed air and supercapacitors (CAES-SC) is presented, which converts excess energy from the power supply to stored pneumatic energy by using a compressor. Efficient charging and discharging of the device is performed under maximum power conditions, so that the machine speed is adjusted for this requirement, and the energy delivered to the power system is controlled through an intermittent operation of the pneumatic converter. In order to smooth the desired output power of the system, a supercapacitors bank (SC) is utilized. In this context, power electronics and its control play a significant role in the integration of the CAES-SC system into the network. The dynamics of the power conditioning system (PCS) and the hybrid energy storage unit with SCs (SCES), affect the validity of the CAES-SC system for power system dynamic control, allowing controlling the energy exchange between all devices. The dynamic performance of the proposed systems is evaluated by digital simulation in SimPowerSystems of MATLAB/Simulink.


Positive solutions of the following difference equation: where k, m, p j , j = 1, …, m are naturals, p 1 < … < p m , k ≠ p j , j = 1, …, m, p, q ∈ (0, ∞) and α j >0, j = 1, …, m such that , are studied. We extend the results in De Vault et al. (Global behaviour of y n+1 = (p+y n − k )/(qy n +y n − k ), Nonlinear Anal. 47 (2001), pp. 4743–4751).


4.0 The effects of Ca on the oxidation rates of mitochon¬ dria extracted from the flesh of apples (Malus pumlla Mill. cv Baldwin) were dependent upon the Initial oxidation rates. -4 +2 If the oxidation rates were high, 10 M Ca Inhibited respi¬ ration. If they were low, 10"^ to 10"2M Ca+2 stimulated res¬ piration. It Is proposed that stimulation was due to active Ca+2 accumulation by the mitochondria, and Inhibition to cur¬ tailment of ATP turnover by ATPasej If this curtailment Is +2 great enough, It may mask the stimulatory effect of Ca accumulation.


Abstract : Under certain generally accepted assumptions, the analogy between temperature and vorticity for viscous, two-dimensional, constant property flows can be extended to compressible boundary layer flows. Within the scope of the assumptions, temperature and shearing stress are linearly related, and this relation is formally valid for both laminar and turbulent flows. This paper describes a simple problem for which the temperature-shearing stress analogy is valid. The problem concerns the flow over a semi-infinite insulated flat plate with a point heat source of strength located at the leading edge. Detailed theoretical velocity and temperature profiles are presented for the laminar case. They are non-similar, and depend on the parameter. Further, the velocity and temperature profiles resemble those of a compressible boundary layer on an insulated flat plate with no heat source. An experimental program was conducted to verify the theoretical predictions. (Author)


In the previous report we presented a possible mechanism of fracture of nodular cast iron, founded on the dislocation theory and confirmed by the combined tension-torsion tests of ferritic nodular cast iron in liquid nitrogen.The present report first concerns the tension and torsion tests carried on the various types of nodular iron whose matrix is of ferrite with various grain sizes, of mixed structure of ferrite and pearlite, and of bull's eye structure. Through these experiments the authors have clarified the structural effect on the strength and ductility, which has proved to be consistent with the above theory.They also report the charpy impact tests on the same materials, with the results consistent with the formula induced from the above theory.


: To study the viscosity-temperature characteristics of PAO oil and ester oil and find its different. The viscosities of PAO oil and ester oil at the temperatures from -30 ℃ to 150 ℃ are measured by SYP1003 kinematical viscosity instrument. The curves of viscosity versus temperature are presented based on the least square method. The viscosity-temperature expressions using the Walther-ASTM model are established. The expression better forecast the viscosities value and can be used in practice. Experiment results show that the viscosity of the two lubricating oils decreases when temperature increasing. The viscosity-temperature characteristics of the two types of lubricating oils are better and the viscosity decrease slowly in high temperatures than those in low temperatures. The experimental data show that the viscosity-temperature characteristic of ester oil is better than PAO oil. As the temperature goes up, the viscosity discrepancies between the two types of oils are smaller and smaller. When the temperature up to 150 ℃, the viscosity of the two lubricating oils tends to be the same. In order to keep the viscosity and temperature characteristics of the oil in use, the usage temperature of the two kinds of lubricating oil is above 30 ℃.


Whether hierarchy is functional or dysfunctional to team outcomes has been subjected to substantial debate, with mixed evidence supporting both the bright and dark sides of hierarchy. Although much...


According to the data of the Federal Treasury, in January–April 2014 the federal budget revenues rose by 0.9 p.p. of GDP as compared to the respective period of the previous year due to accelerated growth of 1.2 p.p. of GDP in oil and gas revenues. In January–March 2014, revenues of the consolidated budget of constituent entities of the Russian Federa?? on fell by 0.7 p.p. of GDP against the fi rst months of 2013. On the basis of the results of January- April 2014, the federal budget is executed with surplus of 0.3% of GDP; there was surplus of 0.7% of GDP on the basis of the results of execution of the consolidated budget of constituent entities of the Russian Federation in January–March 2014, too.


Considering the multivariable, strong-coupling, multi-conditions complex nonlinear ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) production process, this paper extracts three typical working conditions based on massive process data. Multiple optimal setpoints are obtained by resolving the multi-objective problems under different working conditions. For each condition, a data-based model is established using the recurrent neural network. Correspondingly, multiple controllers are designed by the adaptive dynamic programming method. Adopting the weighted multiple model adaptive control, adaptive control of the GGBS production in multiple conditions is realized. Integrating cyber resources including process operating optimization, tracking control optimization, communication, industrial Ethernet and physical resource of GGBS production, a optimal control system of GGBS production process is constructed based on the cyber-physical system (CPS). Experiment shows that the proposed multiple model adaptive control method can achieve adaptive control of the GGBS production process, reduce system overshoot and improve the control quality.


The accuracy of Monte Carlo simulations in reproducing the scientific performance of space telescopes (e.g., angular resolution) is mandatory for a correct design of the mission. A brand-new Monte Carlo simulator of the Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE)/Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) space telescope, AGILESim, is built using the customizable Bologna Geant4 Multi-Mission Simulator (BoGEMMS) architecture and the latest Geant4 library to reproduce the instrument performance of the AGILE/GRID instrument. The Monte Carlo simulation output is digitized in the BoGEMMS postprocessing pipeline, according to the instrument electronic readout logic, then converted into the onboard data handling format, and finally analyzed by the standard mission on-ground reconstruction pipeline, including the Kalman filter, as a real observation in space. In this paper we focus on the scientific validation of AGILESim, performed by reproducing (i) the conversion efficiency of the tracker planes, (ii) the tracker charge readout distribution measured by the on-ground assembly, integration, and verification activity, and (iii) the point-spread function of in-flight observations of the Vela pulsar in the 100 MeV–1 GeV energy range. We measure an in-flight angular resolution (full width at half-maximum) for Vela-like point sources of and in the 100–300 and 300–1000 MeV energy bands, respectively. The successful cross-comparison of the simulation results with the AGILE on-ground and in-space performance validates the BoGEMMS framework for its application to future gamma-ray trackers (e.g., e-ASTROGAM and AMEGO).


Electrically addressed liquid crystal light valve system(LCLV) was used to manipulate Moire fringe and simulate the round grating and its dynamic fringe which were difficult in teaching-lab.The rotate speed of dynamic round fringe was measured by LCLV.Besides,a method to observe Moire fringe by the diffraction of light was put forward.


Abstract : This user's manual is a description of the input required for Automatic Dynamic Aircraft Modeler (ADAM). ADAM is designed to generate NASTRAN structural models with minimal data or knowledge. The model generated by ADAM includes the executive, case control, and bulk data decks. The model is setup for eigenvalue analysis with the appropriate plotting commands. Volume II and III are, respectively, the Demonstrated Problems Manual and the Programmer's Manual. The User's Manual contains the input format and description of variables.


Three-Dimensional (3D) videos are using their success from cinema to home entertainmentmarkets such as TV, DVD, Blu-ray, video games, etc. The video quality isa key factor which decides the success ...


Background: Metastasis of breast cancer to distant organs occurs as a result of cancer cells spreading through the lymphatic system or blood flow. Pleural effusion and lymphedema are manifestations due to metastasis of cancer cells. Management is needed to relieve suffering, reduce complications, and improve quality of life. Methods: Case study was conducted using observation, interviews, physical examination, and tracing of patient medical records. Informed consents were given before the case study started. Case: Mrs. S, 67 years old, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. The patient was only treated with herbal treatment before being admitted to the hospital in June 2022 with shortness of breath which later found metastases to the lungs. Clinical findings include pitting edema in the right upper extremity, pleural effusion, ulcer cancer from the breast to the right armpit, and a closed fracture of the right clavicle. Swelling in the right arm has occurred since March 2022 slowly spreading throughout the arm. The patient is on bed rest in a semi-fowler's position, limited range of motion, and all activities are assisted by the family. Intervention: The patient is given oxygen therapy with nasal cannula 3lpm and 30o semi-fowler positioning. Skin care intervention is used to treat lymphedema problem. Patient's family also received education to prevent and reduce the occurrence of swelling in the contralateral arm. Conclusion: Shortness of breath management with oxygen therapy and positioning can help facilitate adequate breathing along with drainage of pleural fluid. Treatment of lymphedema focuses on reducing swelling and minimizing complications. Treatment options are adjusted to the patient's clinical condition.


I read with interest the article by Christopher Parshuram and associates[1][1] about fellowship training. My question is this: How do you prepare a 60-year-old physician to work 30 hours continuously with no sleep, in a job where he or she is the most responsible referral physician for a population


The precise mechanisms regulating T-helper function have been intensively investigated. We and others have recently identified a new T-cellB-cell-activating molecule called TBAM that directs B-cell differentiation by interacting with the CD40 molecule on B cells. Using a specific monoclonal antibody against T-BAM (5C8). we have previously shown that T-BAM expressing T cells are predominantly CD4+CD8and in normal lymphoid tissue have a unique distribution. However, no information has been obtained regarding the phenotype and functional properties of human neoplastic T cells. Therefore, we investigated T-BAM expression immunohistochemically in 87 well-characterized T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and lymphoid leukemias (LL). We found


The objective of this work was to review the history of genetically modified (GM) corn in Brazil, and the results obtained since its introduction, as well as the perspectives for new technologies. GM corn was planted for the first time in Brazil in 2008 and, a few years later, it reached more than 80% of the planted area. Currently, the GM corn area in Brazil is close to 90%. The traits introduced in corn are related to herbicide tolerance and insect resistance, and the benefits for farmers and the environment in these 12 years were enormous. GM events also impacted plant breeding, and breeding methods needed to be adapted to include the introduction of GM events into germplasm. New emerging technologies, such as gene editing and synthetic biology, may have a new impact on corn improvement, creating new traits, many of them non-transgenic. These new technologies have the potential to improve traits associated with plant yield and tolerance to abiotic stresses.


This study contrasts different instructional reinforcements in the teaching of phonetics, i.e., learning tasks that supplement a classroom lecture on a phonetic contrast. 152 introductory linguistics students were split into four groups, each of which received the same lecture but a different instructional reinforcement, as follows: (1) a baseline textbook-style handout explaining the contrast, (2) classroom production practice, repeating after an instructor in unison, (3) pairwise production practice, in which students practice contrasts and give each other feedback, and (4) watching enhanced ultrasound videos illustrating the contrast [1]. Students were given a quiz evaluating their comprehension of the places of articulation and their perception of the contrast immediately after the activities and again one week later. We found that there were no large differences between the groups. While phonetics learning is argued to be improved through student engagement [2, 3, 4], interactivity [5], and pairwise practice [6], group 4 did not receive any of these but nevertheless performed as well as the other groups. We conclude that reinforcement using non-interactive enhanced ultrasound videos can be as effective as traditional classroom reinforcements at teaching phonetic contrasts.


As one of the key properties of the Higgs boson, the Higgs total width is sensitive to the global profile of the Higgs boson couplings, and thus new physics would modify the Higgs width. We investigate the total width in various new physics models, including various scalar extensions, composite Higgs models, and the fraternal twin Higgs model. Typically, the Higgs width is smaller than the standard model value due to mixture with other scalars if the Higgs is elementary, or curved Higgs field space for the composite Higgs. On the other hand, except for the possible invisible decay mode, the enhanced Yukawa coupling in the two Higgs doublet model or the exotic fermion embeddings in the composite Higgs could enhance the Higgs width greatly. The precision measurement of the Higgs total width at the high-luminosity LHC can be used to discriminate certain new physics models.


In recent years, contestation of the status of the traditional canons of culture by so-called "minorities" and by the critics whose theoretical work engages polemically with the genealogy and function of such categories has provoked both liberal and conservative practitioners of literary criticism to reformulate the ground of humanist cultural thinking.' Symptomatic of this has been the insistent return to Matthew Arnold, in whose work may be traced a fundamental and long influential conception of the relationship between culture, or cultural criticism, and society. For this humanist "resistance," to cite Joseph Epstein's formulation, Arnold represents not only humanist culture in its militant phase, but also the saving ideal of the wholeness and centrality of culture in opposition to its current fragmentation:


Vehicle Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is a kind of vehicular self-organizing network. The communication mode of VANET mainly includes V2V, V2I and I2V. VANET has the unique characteristics of changeable network topology, frequent exchange of messages between nodes and unstable channel resources. With the in-depth study of vehicular network, more and more security problems have emerged, and the safety of vehicular network is one of the important factors affecting the overall development of vehicular network. More and more scholars have studied and discussed this issue. This paper summarizes the research work on VANET security authentication in recent years. Firstly, an overview of the mathematical tools, cryptography basics, and cybersecurity knowledge used to build a secure authentication scheme; Then, several types of security authentication methods are introduced from the key technologies of authentication; Finally, it makes a comparative analysis of the existing work and summarizes the prospects.


Foreword. Introduction. Who This Book Is For. How This Book Is Different. The Secret Agent Pen Epiphany. About The Author. Chapter 1. The Basics. Chapter 2. First Things First. Chapter 3. How People Search, Shop and Buy Online. Chapter 4. The Art of the Keyword. Chapter 5. Keyword Alignment on the Path to Purchase. Chapter 6. The Keyword Discovery Process. Chapter 7. Grouping & Theming To Complete Your Keyword List. Chapter 8. Location, Location, Location. Chapter 9. Seasonality. Chapter 10. Writing Your Ad Text. Chapter 11. After The Click. Chapter 12. Bidding and Budgeting. Chapter 13. Account Deployment. Chapter 14. The Care and Feeding of Your Search Marketing Campaign. Chapter 15. Hiring Help. Chapter 16. SEO. Appendix I. The Top Five Errors To Avoid. Appendix II. PPC Keyword Bidding - The Experts Weigh In. Appendix III. Launch Checklist. Appendix IV. Resources.


Objective Compare cochlear implant (CI) performance between patients with ipsilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) and NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2). Compare CI performance according to VS management modality. Study Design Historical cohort. Setting Tertiary academic center. Patients Forty-nine patients (52 ears) undergoing cochlear implantation in the setting of ipsilateral sporadic (n = 21) or NF2-associated VS (n = 28). Interventions CI ipsilateral to VS. Main Outcome Measures Auditory thresholds, consonant–nucleus–consonant (CNC) word scores, and AzBio sentences in quiet scores. Results Among all patients, median post-CI pure tone average was 28 dB HL (interquartile range [IQR], 21–38), CNC word score was 39% (IQR, 6–62), and AzBio sentences in quiet score was 60% (IQR, 11–83) at a median of 12.5 months postimplantation. Despite the NF2 cohort having larger tumors, when comparing patients with sporadic versus NF2-associated VS, there were no statistically significant differences in CNC word (49% [30–70] vs. 31% [0–52]) or AzBio sentences in quiet (66% [28–80] vs. 57% [5–83]) scores. Regardless of NF2 status, all patients managed with observation, and radiosurgery achieved open-set speech. In patients who underwent microsurgery, 6 (46%) of 13 with NF2 achieved open-set speech recognition compared with 4 (67%) of 6 with sporadic disease. Conclusion Select patients with VS achieve successful hearing rehabilitation with a CI. In this cohort, tumor management strategy significantly influenced CI performance, whereas differences in NF2 status exhibited less effect. Specifically, all patients managed with observation or radiosurgery achieved open-set speech perception, whereas approximately half of people with NF2-related VS and two-thirds of people with sporadic VS achieved this outcome after tumor microsurgery. When disease permits, observation and radiosurgery should be considered in patients who may later pursue a CI.


Organizations, of all types, live in an increasingly dynamic world. Much of this dynamism is generated by developments or innovations in technology, especially information and communication technology (ICT). Some organizations take advantage of this dynamism and create new products and business models and thrive. Others ignore it or take a long time trying to adapt to it and struggle, often with negative consequences. Some of these innovations, to use the terminology of Christensen, are of a " disruptive " nature such as the telephone, the Web and recently cloud computing. This paper explores the innovation phenomenon of cloud computing and Web 2.0 and specifically examines their impact on organizational knowledge.


The influence of sodium stearate (NaS) on the precipitation of calcium carbonate during the semicontinuous carbonation process of slaked lime was studied in the systems in which process parameters, like temperature, CO2 flow rate and addition rate of slaked lime, have been controlled. It was found that calcite was the only calcium carbonate polymorph that appeared under the investigated experimental conditions, while FT-IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis of samples confirmed the presence of stearate on the surface of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Specific surface area of PCC increased with increasing stearate content: the highest value, s = 52.8 m g, was obtained at t = 20 °C, κ25 = 7.0 mS cm and the stearate content of wNaS = 2 %. It was also found that hydrophobic PCC could be prepared at wNaS > 1 %.


This chapter focuses on socially inclusive design, looking at its origins, its development and the relevance it has today across the design sectors including services, products, systems and environments. It outlines methods, use case studies to demonstrate value and pose challenges for consideration by the book's readers. Learnings from the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (HHCD) are used to reinforce the ideas presented.

Topics discussed include: defining inclusivity purely by age or ability is actually 'exclusive' rather than truly 'inclusive'; 'user-centred' becoming 'people-centred' as we seek closer engagement and more respectful methods of research; the role of contemporary design practice in achieving social inclusion; socially inclusive design as an agent of change; the move towards a community approach rather than focusing research on the individual; and moving away from inclusivity as a niche practice.

The chapter includes the following sections:
1.Context: a brief history of the origins of inclusive design from the Paralympics in 1948, through the visible rise of disability following the Vietnam War to the UK government's definition of it in 2000 as a tool for trade and industry. Universal Design and Design for All, also prevalent globally, will be mentioned as having similar purpose but different origins.
2.Social relevance – beyond age and ability: this will discuss the unique contributions and affordances that a design approach can bring, as distinct to other disciplines. It will go beyond 'accessibility' to discuss exclusion according to age, ability, gender, socio-economic circumstance etc.
3.The Ethnography of Design: the tools and methods of the approach will be examined. 'Design ethnography' is a recently articulated idea that borrows from traditional social science, but adapts the techniques to suit design. Methods from the HHCD such as 'Design Provocations' will be outlined.
4.Passive to active: people are often seen as passive 'research subjects'. More collaborative approaches should be developed, where designers work with people on an equal footing to co-create ideas.
5.Enabling knowledge exchange: it is important to create projects that are business-driven, community-centred and public-facing. Uptake at these different levels is necessary as knowledge exchange is vital for success.
6.Challenges for the future: the link to ideas such as social innovation, designing in the digital space and with communities rather than individuals.


In a case where there is any terminal equipment (3) with a plurality of terminal equipment (3) connected to a network MFP (1) for access, the IP address of the terminal equipment stored in the address storage unit MFP1 (172). From the MFP (1), IP address (173) stored corresponding to whether the state is accessible MFP (1) all terminal equipment (3) periodically transmits a signal, and determines the terminal equipment (3) to the address storage unit. A case where the determination result, all the terminal equipment IP address determines the address storage unit (172) stored in the corresponding (3) is not accessible state MFP (1) of the MFP (1) power state to save power state.


IN the one hundred and eighty years since Stoll1 first suggested a relation between chorea and arthritis, the concept that Sydenham's chorea is usually a manifestation of rheumatic fever has gained...


This essay negotiates the critical tension between race as an analytic and social construct by examining how race becomes socialized in and through the production and presentation of Arab culture in two ethnographic case studies: how Syrian musicians negotiate musical multiculturalism as they integrate into German society and how independent musicians in Egypt navigate the racialized entanglements of national and international security logics that privilege Western foreigners. Both these case studies center the "foreigner" subject as one who embodies proximity to white power and delimits the boundaries of such power. We argue that the category of foreigner is thus a racialized construct that not only complicates the Black–white binary of race relations but strategically evades explicit discourses and practices of racecraft that are violent, discriminatory, and exclusionary. By provincializing critical race theory through the particularities of Arab lived experience, we illustrate how local social categories are entangled with historic legacies of empire and contemporary global logics of racialized difference while remaining sensitive to how conceptions of difference exceed Euro-American categories of race. Our work therefore directs attention towards alternative enactments of racialization within the Global South.


Abstract Aphalara monticola sp. n. is described from 37 ♂ and 49 ♀ collected from Rumex pauciflorus Nutt. in the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta, Canada. A. monticola is closely related to the Nearctic A. rumicis Mally and the Palaearctic A. exilis (Weber & Mohr).


This article describes a new dataset under construction at the Media Integration and Communication Center and the University of Florence. The dataset consists of high-resolution 3D scans of human faces from each subject, along with several video sequences of varying resolution and zoom level. Each subject is recorded in a controlled setting in HD video, then in a less-constrained (but still indoor) setting using a standard, PTZ surveillance camera, and finally in an unconstrained, outdoor environment with challenging conditions. In each sequence the subject is recorded at three levels of zoom. This dataset is being constructed specifically to support research on techniques that bridge the gap between 2D, appearance-based recognition techniques, and fully 3D approaches. It is designed to simulate, in a controlled fashion, realistic surveillance conditions and to probe the efficacy of exploiting 3D models in real scenarios.


Do we have a duty to give to charity? Kevin Smith weighs up the possible responses to an ethical dilemma we've all faced at one time or another.


The article follows the case of a preteen with certain particularities (12 years old, a pupil of a school located on the outskirts of Bucharest), who is in the situation of abandonment by one parent and the other parent left for a period of time to work abroad. The present study aims to evaluate the adaptability available to it, as well as the communication modalities, in order to find a method through which to make changes at relational level and to improve the communication between the preteen left at home and the departed parent. The research methods by which the case study data were collected were: BASC 2 test, anamnesis, interview, observation, activity product analysis. The results of the study show that, in the process of improving the capacity of school adaptation, following the emigration of parents, an essential role is played by the communication with the departed parent, the time allocated, the technology used, the frequency of communication with him. At the same time, the conclusions of the research affirm the importance of paying special attention to the children left at home, taking into account the potential of their increased vulnerability and the high probability that certain emotional deficiencies will arise in their development.


For the propositional case, we can obtain a decision procedure from the inverse method. We stop with success if we have reached the goal sequent (or a strengthened form of it) and with failure if any possible application of an inference rule leads to a sequent that is already present. This means we should devise a data structure or algorithm which allows us to check easily if the conclusion of an inference rule application is already present in the database of derived sequents. This check for equality should allow for permutations of hypotheses. We can improve this further by not just checking equality modulo permutations , but taking weakening into account. For example, if we have derived L −