We evaluated the organic control of the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli and the silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci in South Texas, USA, in 2013 and 2014. We found that azadirachtin, pyrethrin, or spinosad did not adequately control B. cockerelli in 2013. However, the numbers of B. tabaci nymphs and phytoseiid mites were significantly lower after azadirachtin and pyrethrin treatments than those after spinosad treatment or in untreated control. The highest numbers of phytoseiids and lowest numbers of potato psyllids in the control plots in 2013 suggested a predator–prey relationship between these organisms. In 2014, the tallies of B. cockerelli and B. tabaci were too low in all treated and control plots for reliable conclusions about insecticide treatments. We identified the phytoseiid mites Amblyseius largoensis, Typhlodromips near tennesseensis, and Typhlodromalus near peregrinus and report for first time that A. largoensis is a predator of B. cockerelli eggs and nymphs. We did not study predation by the other two phytoseiid species. In addition, fungivorous tydeid mites of the genus Metapronematus were found in most potato fields. Also, immature stages of Lasioerythraeus (Erythraeidae) were found parasitizing B. cockerelli nymphs in a conventional commercial field. Potato yields did not differ among treatments in both years. However, the high numbers of B. cockerelli in 2013 resulted in smaller tubers and consequently lowered yield (by 1/5-1/3) in 2013 than in 2014. The impact of predacious phytoseiids on B. cockerelli and their potential for mass rearing and release in organic production systems need further evaluations.


Power density of microprocessors is increasing with every new process generation resulting in higher maximum chip temperatures. The high temperature of the chip greatly affects its reliability, raises the leakage power consumed to unprecedented levels, and makes cooling solutions significantly more expensive. The maximum temperature of a block in a chip depends not only on its own power density, but also on the power density of the adjacent blocks. Consequently, the placement of architectural blocks, or a particular floorplan selected for a given chip, can considerably affect the maximum temperature of the chip. This paper analyzes the impact of floorplanning on the maximum temperature by using as examples the Alpha and Pentium Pro microprocessors. We show that the difference between the maximum temperatures of two different floorplans can be as high as 37 � C. We have modified a simulated annealing-based floorplanning tool to include temperature as an objective for block placement to reduce the hot spot temperature. We show that it is possible to find a floorplan that can reduce the maximum temperature of a chip by up to 21 � C compared to the original floorplan while maintaining comparable performance.


It is often necessary to test whether X,…, Xn are from a certain density f(x) or not. Most test statistics such as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Cramer-von Mises, and Anderson-Darling statistics are based on the empirical distribution function F(x). In this paper we suggest a test statistic based on the integrated squared error of the kernel density estimator. We derive the asymptotic distribution of the statistic under the null and alternative hypothesis. Some simulation results for power comparisons are also given.


The characteristics of sea environment and its effect on solid rocket motor performance were discussed.The hydrothermal aging test was carried out.The Eyring-cumulative damage model was established based on the cumulative damage model and Eyring life model and the life of solid rocket motor under constant temperature and cycle temperature was predicted by the model.The predicted results by Arrhenius and Eyring cumulative damage model under constant temperature are similar.The effect by the change of swing in temperature is great.The larger the difference in temperature in day and night or in a year,the more the loss of motor's life.


Objective To explore the effect of BiPAP assisted ventilation on patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (AECOPD) complicated with type Ⅱ respiratory failure. Methods 120 cases with AECOPD complicated with type Ⅱ respiratory failure were randomly divided into control group and observation group. The control group were given routine treatment and the observation group received BiPAP assisted ventilation treatment based on routine invention. Results The effective rate in the observation group was better than that in the control group (P 0.01); the rate of tracheal cannula and mortality in the observation group were much lower than that in the control group (P 0.01). Conclusions BiPAP assisted ventilation on patients with AECOPD complicated with type Ⅱ respiratory failure can greatly improve the clinical effect and decrease the mortality.


Summary form only given. Cold atmospheric plasma jets have shown considerable promise for many industrial and medical applications. However, their fundamental studies are much behind. In this contribution, we present a preliminary study of a cold atmospheric plasma jet struck inside a ceramic tube and ejected into its surrounding ambient air. Both helium and argon are used as the working gas. The properties of the plasma jet considered include (1) the length and velocity of the plasma jet; (2) voltage, current and power; (3) nanosecond images; and (4) optical emission spectrum. Effects considered include (1) the flow rate of the working gas; (2) the applied voltage; (3) the excitation frequency; (4) the working gas. While many questions remain, this study offers an initial insight into the factors that may contribute significantly to the plasma jet properties.


OBJECTIVE:Under the pressure of world-wide irrational drug-use and uncontrolled pharmaceutical markets,theefforts of all the countries in the world to strengthen pharmaceutical supervision and administration and to promote rational drug-use were reviewed. METHOD: Based on the reports provided by representative international organizations and well-known scientificperiodicals, the data were summed up. RESULTS: Uncontrolled pharmaceutical markets, irrational drug-use, and strengtheninggovernmental supervision exist side by side,successful administration is based on many-sided cooperation. CONCLUSION:Standardized pharmaceutical marketing and good prescription practice under integrated adjustment and control with modern drug policy arefundermental assurances for promoting rational drug-use.


This article seeks to advance coded compressed sensing (CCS) as a practical scheme for unsourced random access. The CCS algorithm features a concatenated structure where an inner code is tasked with support recovery and an outer code conducts message disambiguation. Recently, the CCS scheme was improved through the use of approximate message passing (AMP) with a dynamic denoiser that shares soft information between the inner and outer decoders. This significantly improves performance at the cost of additional complexity. This work shows how the spatial coupling generated by the outer code is sufficiently strong to justify relaxing certain constraints on the inner code. It is shown that a block diagonal sensing matrix with the aforementioned dynamic denoiser forms an effective means to get good performance at reduced complexity. This novel architecture can be used to scale CCS to dimensions that were previously impractical. Findings are supported by numerical simulations.


Objective:To study the therapeutic effect of metoprolol in patients with chronic congestive heart failure.Methods:A total of 72 patients with congestive heart failure(CHF)were randomly divided into routine therapy group(control group,34 cases,treated with routine therapy)and metoprolol group(38 cases,treated with metoprolol above the base of therapy in control group).The metoprolol start dose was 0.25mg,increased dose every two weeks,until 50mg,two timesd and continued three months in metoprolol group.Results:The excellence rate was 44.7%,and the total effective rate was 89.4% in metoprolol group,its were more than those of control group(26.5%,64.7%,P0.05).The heart rate,blood pressure,left ventricular ejection fraction(LFEF)and left ventricular end-diastolic dimension(LVEDD)significantly improved after therapy in metoprolol group,the improve of heart rate,blood pressure and LVEF were more than those of control group(P0.05).Conclusion:Therapeutic of metoprolol above the routine therapy is effective and safety,may improve cardiac ventricular remodeling.


The table vice is a working machine which is widely used in the type of bench work. The driving nut of table vice often bursts because of low quality or use. This paper provides a method to repair which is worth being used for reference and popularization.


Historic districts represent an important characteristic of Beijing and are also a crucial carrier of Chinese historic culture. However, they are significantly affected by the rapid urban constructions. Thus, it is of great significance to maintain and promote the public space in historic districts. This paper uses a multisource data superposition method to select the evaluation index of public space. The AHP was also used to complete the single-level and total-level ranking and calculation of evaluation indexes. Finally, based on the DEA model, a vitality evaluation model of Beijing historic district public spaces was developed and its validity was verified through a case study of the Wanping historic district.


The objectives of our study were to examine certain chemical quality parameters in samples of various subgroups of boiled sausages and compare obtained values with reference values (Rule book on the quality of minced meat, semi-finished meat and meat products, Official Gazette of RS, no. 31/2012). We used two reference chemical methods: determination of nitrogen and phosphorus content (SRPS ISO 937:1992, SRPS ISO 13730:1999). For determination of hydroxyproline we used M 050 "in house" modified method. We concluded that the total number of tested samples of Fine grounded boiled sausages (n=170), 47 (27.65%) does not match the requirements for the quality provided the above mentioned Rule book, of which 21 samples because lower total protein content (TP) and 33 samples because higher relative protein content of connective tissue (RPC). The most common chemical quality failure of examined Coarsely grounded boiled sausages (n=94) is a higher percent of RPC than allowed (18 - 25 %). We consider in samples of same subgroup lower content of TP in 8 samples (11.11 %). From a total of 8 samples tested Boiled sausages with meat peaces (Sunkarica), all tested samples revealed lower content of TP than allowed (100 %) and 2 samples (25 %) higher relative protein content of connective tissue (RPC). The most common deficiency that reduces the chemical quality of the boiled sausages is higher level of RPC, demonstrated in 53 (19.48 %) of the total (n=272) samples tested. Something minor drawback is the lower percent of TP determined in 37 samples (13.60 %). Total P2O5 content was compatibile with the values permitted by the Rule book in all of 272 examined samples, indicating a strict adherence to regulations when using phosphate as one of the technologically most important additives in the production of boiled sausages.


The present article has as its goals to discuss the current context of teachers in pre-service in Brazil, especially in the area of Modern Languages, and to present two possibilities that potentialize the articulation between theory and practice, namely, the Institutional Program of Teaching Initiation (PIBID) and the Reading to Learn Program. For such, it will start with a theoretical-analytical study on the past and present context of teacher education, especially regarding to public policies related to the theme. Also it will present results of two projects promoted by Pibid. In addition, it will bring a suggestion for a methodological approach aimed at training teachers with the Reading to learn Program. The research`s results point to a change in the scenario of teacher education in Brazil, both in relation to the profile of undergraduate courses and students, as well as in relation to the structuring of teaching degrees, defined by official documents.


North American archaeologists see the study of the Emergent Mississippian period (ca. A.D. 800—1000) as critical for understanding the development of the Mississippian chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1000—1500) of the American Southeast. Past research has frequently sought to explain that development in terms of generalized explanations, whose key variables become evident during the Emergent Mississippian period. Through an example in northwest Georgia, we argue that the Emergent Mississippian phenomenon is best understood by focusing on regional histories and multiscalar processes.


The application of functional proteomics to important model organisms with unsequenced genomes is restricted because of the limited ability to identify proteins by conventional mass spectrometry (MS) methods. Here we applied MS and sequence‐similarity database searching strategies to characterize the Xenopus laevis microtubule‐associated proteome. We identified over 40 unique, and many novel, microtubule‐bound proteins, as well as two macromolecular protein complexes involved in protein translation. This finding was corroborated by electron microscopy showing the presence of ribosomes on spindles assembled from frog egg extracts. Taken together, these results suggest that protein translation occurs on the spindle during meiosis in the Xenopus oocyte. These findings were made possible due to the application of sequence‐similarity methods, which extended mass spectrometric protein identification capabilities by 2‐fold compared to conventional methods.


Signs and symptoms of a full-blown ocular allergic reaction indude deep red vessels in the conjunctiva, itching, and swelling of the conjunctiva and eyelids. Ocular allergy can resemble nonallergic conditions, including drug-incluced conjunctivitis, blepharitis, and viral or bacterial infection. A history of itching confirms a diagnosis of allergy. To distinguish allergic conjunctivitis from more serious allergic ocular diseases, inspect the lids and cornea for papillae on the upper tarsal surface, which occur in giant papillary conjunctivitis and vernal or atopic keratoconjunctivitis. Local treatment of allergic conjunctivitis consists of over-the-counter and prescription antihistamines, with or without vasoconstrictors or mast cell stabilizers. Combination mast cell stabilizer/ antihistamine topical ophthalmic agents-the newest dass of medication-are considered the most effective treatment of allergic conjunctivitis. Oral antihistamines are not indicated unless a patient has an allergic condition, such as rhinitis, dermatitis, or asthma.


Fluid flow in faulted reservoirs is commonly difficult to predict prior to bringing a field to production. Seismically mapped and sub-seismic faults can act as fluid conduits, baffles and/or barriers on a production and geologic time scale. Risk assessment, economics, field development and exploration strategies require a model capable of explaining and predicting fault-related permeability heterogeneity in the reservoir. Integrated fault seal and fault population analysis can provide such a model. The Hebron/Ben Nevis and Terra Nova oilfields, in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland are characterized by the presence of numerous seismically-mapped faults that partially to completely offset the reservoir intervals. Fault seal analysis was performed on selected faults in each field to ascertain the sealing behaviour of key faults and to test the utility of the Shale Gouge Ratio (SGR) method for predicting fault seal in both reservoirs. The structural components of this analysis, including juxtaposition mapping and SGR calculation, were performed using FAPS (Fault Analysis Projection System) software. These data were supplemented by oil-water contact, oil geochemistry, oil PVT, static oil pressure gradient, fault rock property and reservoir geohistory information. Fault population analysis, based on seismically mapped faults and a core-based structural study, was also performed on both fields. Preliminary results of this study suggest that both fields contain sealing and nonsealing faults. Offset oil-water contacts, across-fault differences in oil composition and disparities in oil pressure gradients between adjacent fault blocks are indicative of the presence of sealing faults. The utility of the SGR method for predicting fault seal is variable, and was found to be particularly poor for faults in the Hebron/Ben Nevis Field. Core from both fields exhibit low densities of micro-faults (<10cm throw) and fractures, with no major fault surfaces cored in either field. Micro-faults sampled from the Terra Nova cores have been shown to reduce fault-orthogonal permeability in sandstones by up to two orders of magnitude.


Providing climate data records to infer seasonal and interannual variations from multiple heterogeneous sources is a challenging data fusion. We combine the Compressive Sensing (CS) and Deep Learning (DL) into a single framework for fusing data from multiple sensors to improve spatial and temporal resolution for long term analysis. CS is used as an initial guess to combine data from multiple sources. DL models, using Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network (LSTM/RNN), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), refine and further improve the data fusion from CS algorithm's output. The proposed framework has been tested the using daily global observations from two satellites the NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and the JAXA Greenhouse gases from Orbiting Satellites (GOSAT). Our framework achieves lower errors and high correlation compared with the original data. The quality of fused data is evaluated by comparing again AmeriFlux ground station's datasets. Long term trends using fused data over the United States indicate an increase of 8 parts per million (ppm) annually in XCO2 over four years with Root Mean Square Errors of 0.39 ppm and correlation of 0.98 compared with original data. Interannual variability of the seasonal cycle shows an increase in years 2015 - 2017, but a sharp decrease in 2018.


Mechanosensitive pathways are fine tuned to the physiological environment of the cell. Adrenergic stimulation induces cell type specific responses in the heart, including cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and fibroblast proliferation. We hypothesized acute induction of hypertrophy by phenylephrine (PHE) would activate mechanosensitive pathways in fibroblasts and myocytes, revealing novel molecular features of early hypertrophic adaptation. Male mice were subcutaneously injected with 20 mg/kg of PHE or PBS every other day for one week. Echocardiography revealed significant cardiac hypertrophy with increased ejection fraction (72.45%
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The Treaty on European Union, which was concluded in 1997 under the Dutch Presidency, certainly has had a significant impact on the legal framework of European police co-operation, and on organizational aspects of it. Even though the field of police co-operation remains within the intergovernmental third pillar (Title VI), there are some noteworthy provisions that may inspire the expansion of police co-operation in new directions.


An on-line optoelectronic differential measurement system used for glass thickness measurement in the float glass molding zone of the tin bath under the high-temperature environment is introduced.A model of single camera and two dimensional binocular vision sensors,which can compensate the lean of the both surfaces of the glass automatically,is introduced.And this model alters the dual camera structure into the single camera structure.By a couple of symmetrical mirrors,the single camera is imaged as two virtual cameras,and the two parallax images of the same object can be collected in the same active area of charge coupled device(CCD).Therefore,it eliminates the system error brought by the lean of the glass board,at the same time it accomplishes the two dimension orientation and then guarantees the accord between the instrument benchmark and the measurement benchmark.After analyzing the influence on the performance of the laser measuring system brought by the fluctuation of the laser transmission line and the ray under the condition of high-temperature turbulent flow,a transcendental compensation method used to compensate the high-temperature optical system error is presented.It is proved by the experiment and the on-line practical application that the measuring system meets the requirement of the on-line glass thickness measurement.


AIDS issues in Asian and Pacific Island (API) populations in the United States do not receive a proportionate amount of attention, because APIs are under reported in demographic counts and official AIDS statistics. Further, APIs have no political representation or clout, and are having difficulty organizing. New York City has 60 different API ethnic groups speaking at least 100 different languages. The small amount of funding that is dedicated to API programs must be subdivided among these groups. As a result, fewer programs address API linguistic and cultural differences. Challenges to providing services to this diverse group of people are discussed and include culturally-appropriate education, advocacy, and outreach programs.


Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most devastating complications associated with any surgical procedure. It is associated with prolonged morbidity, disability, and increased mortality. We assess the effectiveness of short-term (<48 h) versus long-term (14 days) antimicrobial prophylaxis therapy in preventing SSI after clean orthopedic surgeries. Materials and Methods: A random sample of 200 patients admitted for elective orthopedic surgeries performed under all aseptic precautions was divided into two equal groups with Group I given short-term (<48 h) and Group II given long-term (14 days) prophylaxis of the same antibiotic protocol. Both the groups underwent the predetermined protocol of investigations (complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, BT/computed tomography, liver function tests, renal function test, urine routine, radiographs, and viral markers). They were evaluated on the basis of wound condition as per predetermined criteria on 2nd, 5th, 14th, and 28th days' post-operative procedure. Results: The mean age of the patients in Groups I and II was 41.68 ± 16.95 years and 40.71 ± 17.22 years, respectively, and the female-to-male ratio in both the groups showed no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05). Mean duration of surgery in both the groups showed no significant difference. Two patients (2%) in Group I and three patients (3%) in Group II developed SSI which on statistical comparison showed no significant difference (P > 0.05). Conclusions: There is no benefit of prophylactic antibiotic after 48 h in clean elective orthopedic surgeries with short course antimicrobial prophylaxis being as effective as long course antimicrobial prophylaxis in developing country after clean elective orthopedic surgery.


A combined geophysical methods involving very low frequency-electromagnetic, electrical resistivity, magnetics prospecting method and geotechnical investigations were used in delineating the causes of cracks on the buildings of Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Federal University Oye- Ekiti. Five (5) Very Low Frequency-Electromagnetic traverses, Twenty-one (21) Vertical Electrical Soundings and three (3) magnetic profiles were occupied and investigated around the distress building. Two (2) locations were also occupied for geotechnical investigations. Three major layers were delineated in the study area which includes the topsoil, weathered/fractured layer and fresh basement. The VES curve types obtained were A, H, K and Q curves. The buildings were found to be situated within the area of a fairly high concentration of fractures that can aid subsidence in the area and relatively low resistivity zones typical of incompetent clay formation. The geotechnical results also show that the soil has relatively high clay content. Based on the consistency limits. The soils within the area is classified as medium plasticity, hence, the soils are expected to exhibit medium swelling potential. It can however be concluded that the subsoils on or within which buildings are founded within the study area are not competent. From the result, the building failure observe as cracks and foundation subsidence may have been caused by the foundation soils that made up of incompetent materials (clay) which could compress on imposing loads by differential settlement. It is noteworthy that geological features such as fractures/faults delineated within the bedrock is also inimical to the building foundation.


Compilers for functional languages such as Standard ML can do a good job compiling programs, especially programs that perform symbolic computation. However, they often do a poor job on programs in a wide range of real-world application domains, such as systems programming and scientific computing. One reason for this is that these compilers are not sensitive to program structure, that is, recursions ("loops"), the code executed during the evaluation of a recursive function ("loop bodies"), and recursive-function nesting ("loop nesting"). In part, this is because determining the code executed during evaluation of a recursive function and determining recursive-function nesting is difficult when functions are first-class values. The body of a recursive function may simply be a call to an unknown function. Recursivefunction nesting can be difficult to determine because functions may be passed off to be used elsewhere. However, even in situations where the program structure is easy to determine, the traditional emphasis on compiling function calls well instead of compiling recursions well has led to compilers that simply ignore recursions. In my thesis, I propose to demonstrate that it is practical for a realistic compiler to determine the structure of functional programs and to show that compilers for functional languages need to be sensitive to this information to do a good job compiling systems and scientific programs. Furthermore, I will show that being sensitive to program structure improves compilation of symbolic programs as well.


In this paper, the basic principles of orthogonal experimental design method and genetic algorithm are discussed briefly, and the relation between them is analyzed in detail. The paper indicates that orthogonal experimental design method is a special case of genetic algorithm, i.e. a genetic algorithm with a fixed initial population, an oriented mutation operator and one evolution epoch. It is shown that the orthogonal experimental design method can overcome minimum deception problems existing in genetic algorithm.


Numerical simulation of metal forming processes, G. Pasquinelli nonlinear problems in elastomeric structures, G. Medri nonlinear systems, vibrational control and averaging techniques, A. Balestrino nonlinear dynamics and structural identification, F. Vestroni stability of nonlinear dynamical systems excited by chaos, I.I. Purica introduction to nonlinear rotor dynamics, G. Genta et al finite dynamic deformation of metallic structures under impact loads, D. Aquaro unstable dynamic behaviour of fluid-coupled shells, M. Guiggiani.


This paper aims at a clarification of the classical notion of the rate of profit with respect to the process of gravitation towards long period positions. It is demonstrated that some existing definitions of that rate, in particular 'synchronic' rates of profit which are based on a revaluation of either the costs of production or of the value of outputs, do not exhibit the relevant feature of a measure for the profitability of a production process as they fail to serve as an indicator for diverting liquid funds from less to more profitable employments. It is argued that all elements of profits or losses including those which result from the expected revaluation of capital or outputs respectively are to be taken into account. Hence the 'diachronic' rate of profit is the proper measure which guides the decisions of producers or capitalists to utilise one or another method of production or to withdraw capital from less profitable employments and invest into promising activities. That rate is uniform in any arbitrage equilibrium, and is not a distinguishing characteristic of long-run positions. The definition of the rate of profit is conditional on individual expectations of future prices and is therefore either not operable or is not general.


UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS law professor Sanford Levinson raised a provocative question a few years ago. While touring Independence Hall in Philadelphia, he stumbled into a constitutional bicentennial exhibit that asked citizens to endorse the document. Should he sign? What did signing the Constitution imply? Levinson shared his struggles over the implications of endorsement.' The historians' brief to the Webster case posed a similar dilemma. It raised some fundamental questions about the role of historians and history in contemporary public policy-making, questions involving both the general difficulties of using the past in the present as well as the particular problems of history in the courtroom. In the end, over 400 historians signed the brief. Should the historians have signed? Just what was it they signed? The answers to these questions send us into the brief to see just what sort of history they endorsed. A historians' brief is an unusual use of history in the courts. History generally enters legal discourse through appropriation by lawyers and judges. In the Webster case, though, lawyers became the mediums for expressing the historians' message to the Supreme Court. Unlike the typical use of history in lawyers' arguments or judicial opinions, or even in expert testimony, the Webster brief represents a direct attempt by historians to inject their findings into judicial determinations and to legitimate their message with claims of professional expertise and consensus. Consequently, the brief sidesteps many of the charges leveled at historians who


We will show in this paper a method for calculating the longitudinal phase space distribution when the time profile of the bunch as measured by a wall current monitor is given. The key to this method is the assumption that the bunch is matched to the bucket. With this assumption, we will show that the method boils down to solving a simple upper triangular matrix equation. We will also illustrate the method with two examples and show the method's shortcomings.


The purpose of this study is to determine the perception of students of Economic Education Study Program FKIP Unpatti on lecturer professionalism based on the Law of Teachers and Lecturers No. 14 of 2005.
This research is a descriptive quantitative research by using survey method. The data collected is primary data that obtained directly by the researcher, which is the answer to the questionnaire distributed directly to the respondents. The population of this study is all students active S-1 Economic Education academic year 2016/2017 class of 2014 consisting of 112 people. The sample in this research is taken by using Random or Probability Sampling method with Stratified Random Sampling technique. The number of samples taken using Slovin formula with a significant level of α 5%, so the total sample is 88.
 The results of this study indicate that the general perceptions of students on the professionalism of lecturers of Economic Education Program FKIP- Unpatti is very good. This is seen from the results of respondents' answers to the questionnaires distributed. The result of the calculation shows that the lecturer's academic qualification 84.1% students have very good perception, 13,6% have good perception, and 2,3% have enough perception. On Pedagogic competence as much as 35,2% student have very good perception, 62,5% student have good perception and 2,3% student have enough perception. On Professional competence as much as 68.2% students have very good perception, 30.7% have good perception, and 1.1% of students have enough perception. On Personality competence as much as 33.0% of students have a very good perception, 65.9% of students have good perception and 1.1% of students have enough perception. On Social competence, 56.42% of students have very good perception, and 43.18% of students have good perception.


A vibration masking noise system for delivering masking noise into a room or building is designed to vibrate part of the building structure so that masking noise is extended into the room. The system includes a noise generator, a spectrum shaper for shaping the noise, an amplifier for amplifying the shaped noise and a transducer mechanically connected to the structure for converting the masking noise into vibrations of the structure.


Building upon prior research on enterprise centralization and knowledge dynamics, this paper uses computational methods to assess the behavior and project performance of different organization-al designs in varying environments. The results reinforce contingency theory and suggest particular characteristics of different project environments that make one form relatively more or less appropriate than another. Practically, the answers to the research questions have direct and immediate application to project/portfolio managers and senior executives. Theoretically, broad classes of organizations are generalized and prescribe a novel set of organizational design guides.


Abstract - The supply chain has major impact on the company's business strategy directly affecting its operational costs. Supply chain performances within the organization have a significant impact on the company's ability to provide services to their customers and create added value. Internal and external audit of the supply chain is one of the most powerful and fastest ways to reduce operational costs and provide the company competitive advantages in the global market in times of economic crisis. The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of opportunity, pressure, type of auditor and ability on fraud risk assessment in the perspective of internal auditors and external auditors at State Universities in Banten and Jakarta provinces, and to determine differences in perception Internal auditor with external auditor in fraud risk assessment at State Universities in Banten and Jakarta provinces. The population in this study is the internal auditor and external auditror of State Universities in Banten and Jakarta provinces. The research sample are 1) internal auditors of State Universities consisting of Internal Supervisory Unit auditors and auditors 2) external auditors of State Universities namely Auditors of Public Accountant Firms who have been auditors at State Universities in the provinces of Banten and Jakarta. The technique of determining the sample in this study was using purposive sampling technique. There are three colleges in Banten province that meet the criteria as a sample and three state universities in Jakarta 4. For internal auditors at universities it is assumed that the number of internal auditors at universities is assumed 15 auditors, thus the number of questionnaires distributed for internal auditor at State University in Banten and Jakarta provinces as many as 105 questionnaires (15 auditors x 7 state universities). Moreover, external auditors who have audited at the State University in Banten province 105 questionnaires follow the number of respondents in state university's internal auditors. So that the number of questionnaires distributed in this study amounted to 210 questionnaires. The questionnaire was delivered directly to the respondent. The hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression and different tests with non-parametric test approach Mann-Whitney test. The results of this study are (1) there is a significant influence on opportunity, pressure, type of auditor and ability to assess fraud risk, (2) there is a difference in perception between internal auditors and external auditors in fraud risk assessment at State Universities in Jakarta and Banten.


Abstract This in-process project report describes a critical youth-led participatory heritage project that seeks to document, preserve, and make digitally accessible oral histories, archives, and artifacts of an urban, predominantly African American high school with a rich history and legacy. As a long-standing community institution, the narratives emerging from this high school are intricately connected with the larger story of the city of Philadelphia. This article uses an equity-based lens to demonstrate how youth-led participatory heritage can contribute to youth empowerment, critical consciousness development, and critical digital literacies. Implications for schools and communities experiencing gentrification, displacement, and community change are provided, including how participatory heritage with youth can utilize collaborative, asset-based efforts to foster change that allows youth and communities to have agency over their individual and collective stories, community history and legacy, and their futures.


A recent study on the performance of guardrail-to-bridge rail transitions revealed that many widely used designs do not meet current safety standards. As a result, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requested that the Arizona Department of Transportation verify the safety performance of its standard transition designs. Three transition designs currently being used by ADOT were evaluated through a combined program of computer simulation and full-scale crash testing. The standard ADOT wood post transition, incorporating a channel rubrail and two different sizes of timber posts at a reduced post spacing near the bridge rail end, was found to be in compliance with National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 230 performance criteria. The standard ADOT steel post transition with channel rubrail was also found to be in compliance with NCHRP Report 230 requirements when impacted near the end of the bridge rail. However, the upstream end of the steel post transition required modification to eliminate deficiencies identified during testing. The modified design, which terminated the channel rubrail behind a W6x9 guardrail post, was successfully crash tested.


Your latest paper is about to be published in a major journal, your press officer has issued a news release to the media, the phone is starting to ring off the hook, and your inbox is filling up with emails ending with domain names such as bbc.co.uk and discovermagazine.com. Now what? How can you get the most for yourself and your field out of this latest 15 min of fame? Join Jason Bardi, veteran press officer at the American Institute of Physics, set for a discussion of what journalists expect and hope to get from an interview. Hear about your rights and responsibilities as a source. Learn how to make the most of your time with the press, including best practices for handling media inquiries and helpful hints for describing your work.


The fusion of hand biometric traits has been a very active research topic since 2003. The first part of this paper presents a short summary of the technology on combining hand biometric traits. As the summary show a clear tendency on adding new hand based traits in order to increase the performance of the hand based biometric scheme, an experiment that combine hand geometry, palm print, finger texture and vein pattern of hand dorsum is presented.


Objective:To discuss the mechanism of wenqingyin on stress ulcer.Methods: Models were made by fetter-water immersion.Rats were divided into 6 groups,normal,model,western medicine control and wenqingyin three dose groups,every group was given corresponding medicines,the changes of serum TNF-α and NO in each group were determined by ELISA and ultraviolet spectrophotometer.Results: The TNF-α level in the model group was obviously higher than that of normal,which was lowered significantly in the western medicine and wenqingyin three dose groups .The NO content in model group was lowered obviously in model group,which was significantly elevated in each treated group,there were obvious difference between each treated group and model group.Conclusion: The ulcer-preventive effects of wenqingyin maybe ralated with lowering TNF-α and elevating NO content.


We study the impact of explicit chiral symmetry breaking of lattice Wilson fermions on mesonic correlators in the epsilon-regime using Wilson chiral perturbation theory. We generalize the epsilon-expansion of continuum chiral perturbation theory to nonzero lattice spacing a and distinguish various regimes. It turnes out that lattice corrections are highly suppressed, as long as quark masses are of the order a\Lambda^2_QCD. The lattice spacing effects become more pronounced for smaller quark masses and may lead to non-trivial corrections of the continuum results at next-to-leading order. We compute these corrections for standard current and density correlation functions. A fit to lattice data shows that these corrections are small, as expected.


1.1 BackgroundWound infection is the most common post-op complication encountered after open appendectomy. Various studies comparing risk of superficial surgical site infection (SSI) in primary closure (PC) and delayed primary closure (DPC) of wound has been conducted in the past. But there is no uniform consensus regarding the method of wound closure. So aim of this study was comparison of both wound closure techniques.1.2 Material and MethodsThis was prospective study, enrolled 50 patients who underwent open appendectomy. Patients' demographics, characteristics and operative findings were recorded. Those who were elder than 18 years and had appendectomy with a right lower quadrant incision were included. Patients with any comorbidity, morbid obesity and pregnancy were excluded. Patients were randomized to undergo two techniques of wound closure namely PC and DPC. On follow-up at one week and one month, SSI, post-op pain and LOS were compared among two groups. Clinical assessment included a visual analog scale (1-10) for pain.1.3 ResultsIn our study incidence of SSI in DPC group was significantly lower when compared to PC group (p value=0.0002) while post-op pain and LOS was not significant on comparison between two groups. 1.4 ConclusionWe concluded that DPC was superior to PC of wound in terms of reduction of incidence of superficial SSI. Although with respect to LOS and post-op pain the two techniques of wound closure were not different.Keywords: Superficial Surgical Site Infection, Primary Closure, Delayed Primary Closure, Complicated Appendicitis.


Abstract Objective  This study aimed to measure the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and long-term maternal metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers. Study Design  Follow-up study of patients who completed glucose tolerance testing 5 to 10 years after enrollment in a mild gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) treatment trial or concurrent non-GDM cohort. Maternal serum insulin concentrations and cardiovascular markers VCAM-1, VEGF, CD40L, GDF-15, and ST-2 were measured, and insulinogenic index (IGI, pancreatic β-cell function) and 1/ homeostatic model assessment (insulin resistance) were calculated. Biomarkers were compared by presence of HDP (gestational hypertension or preeclampsia) during pregnancy. Multivariable linear regression estimated the association of HDP with biomarkers, adjusting for GDM, baseline body mass index (BMI), and years since pregnancy. Results  Of 642 patients, 66 (10%) had HDP: 42 with gestational hypertension and 24 with preeclampsia. Patients with HDP had higher baseline and follow-up BMI, higher baseline blood pressure, and more chronic hypertension at follow-up. HDP was not associated with metabolic or cardiovascular biomarkers at follow-up. However, when HDP type was evaluated, patients with preeclampsia had lower GDF-15 levels (oxidative stress/cardiac ischemia), compared with patients without HDP (adjusted mean difference: −0.24, 95% confidence interval: −0.44, −0.03). There were no differences between gestational hypertension and no HDP. Conclusion  In this cohort, metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers 5 to 10 years after pregnancies did not differ by HDP. Patients with preeclampsia may have less oxidative stress/cardiac ischemia postpartum; however, this may have been observed due to chance alone given multiple comparisons. Longitudinal studies are needed to define the impact of HDP during pregnancy and interventions postpartum. Key Points Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were not associated with metabolic dysfunction. Cardiovascular dysfunction was not consistently seen after pregnancy hypertension. Longitudinal studies with postpartum interventions after preeclampsia are needed.


tigated by rotating bending tests on Cr-Mo structural steel specimens tempered at 600°C. The reason for fatigue resistance improvement was discussed, based on the hardness and residual stress distribution in the carbonitrided specimen. The results obtained are as follows: (1) The thickness of compound layer and nitrogen diffused zone in the low temperature carbonitrided specimen was approximately 18μm and 0.5mm, respectively. The hardness and compressive residual stress in the nitrogen diffused zone attained the maximum values near the surface and they were Hv 575 and -30kg/mmz at 0.025mm depth, respectively. The core hardness of the low temperature carbonitrided specimen was Hv 313, which was equal to that of the quenched-and-tempered specimen. (2) The improvement of endurance limit of plain and notched specimens by low temperature carbonitriding was about 30 and 90%, respectively, in terms of stress amplitude. (3) The S-N relation of the plain carbonitrided specimen was evaluated from the relation between distribution of fatigue strength in the cross section and applied stress in rotating bending. The fatigue strength distribution in the specimen was estimated from the hardness distribution. The evaluated fatigue strength was 10-20% lower than the experimental one. The difference can probably be ascribed to the fact that the fatigue crack initiated at about 0.5-0.6mm depth from the surface and propagated to the surface in compressive stress field. (4) In the case of the notched carbonitrided specimen, fracture initiated on the surface, and the S-N relation gave a knee point at about 105 cycles. In the stress level above the knee point, the fatigue strength is considered to be affected by the hardness distribution in the cross section. However, the endurance limit agreed well with the value estimated from the notch factor and the hardness and residual stress at 0.025mm depth from the surface. (Received June 23, 1976)


Systemic thromboembolism, along with acute multiorgan failure, should raise clinical suspicion for CAPS. Timely management, even in suspected cases, can have a significant impact on mortality.


The invention discloses a novel circumcision cutter which comprises a fixing ring and a ligating ring, wherein the ligating ring is a ring-shaped elastic ring, a locking buckle is arranged on the fixing ring, and comprises a body and a belt buckle body, a locking raised strip is arranged on the body, a clamping sleeve is arranged on the belt buckle body, one end of the body is fixedly connected with the belt buckle body, the other end of the body penetrates out of the clamping sleeve, one end of the fixing ring is provided with a base, a round through hole is formed in the base, and the inner diameter of the round through hole is smaller than the inner diameter of the fixing ring; the novel circumcision cutter further comprises an upper ring matched with the fixing ring and the ligating ring for use, wherein the inner diameter of the upper ring is greater than the outer diameter of the fixing ring. The novel circumcision cutter has the beneficial effects that the fixing ring with the diameter being greater than that of the penis by certain ratio can be selected, so that that penis in the erection state can not be extruded, the skin of the penis is good in breathability, circumcision can be carried out on the middle part or the root part of the penis, and the circumcision part is far away from the glans penis and the coronary sulcus, so that the chalaza not injured, and the buffering space is large.


We study an algorithm for the numerical solution of algebraic matrix Riccati equa- tions that arise in linear optimal control problems. The algorithm can be considered to be a multishift technique, which uses only orthogonal symplectic similarity transformations to compute a Lagrangian invariant subspace of the associated Hamiltonian matrix. We describe the details of this method and compare it with other numerical methods for the solution of the algebraic Riccati equation.


Twenty-one Ayshire cows were randomly assigned to one of three diets to determine the effect of an anionic diet and high potassium (K) intake on mineral metabolism, acid-base status and feed intake of dairy cows fed grass silage based diets during the dry period. Dietary cation-anion balance (DCAB), calculated as milliequivalents [(Na + + K + ) (CI* + S 2 )] , for high DCAB (control), high DCAB + K-supplement (added as KHC0 3 ) and low DCAB treatments were +298, +571 and +107 mEq/kg DM, respectively. Dietary magnesium (Mg) content, equivalent to a daily Mg intake of 33 g, was on average 0.4% (in a DM basis). Cows received grass silage (5.2 kg DM), hay (0.9 kg DM) and concentrate mixture (2.7 kg DM) until calving. Blood and urine samples were collected 4, 3, 2 and 1 week before the expected calving date, at calving, the day and 1 week after calving. Only urinary pH was significantly affected by a low DCAB prepartum. K supplementation decreased fractional excretion of Mg and Na in the urine and significantly increased prepartum urinary K excretion. A dietary K concentration of 34 g/kg DM coupled with a high Mg intake of 4 g/kg DM in the prepartum diet may negatively effect Mg metabolism after parturition.


The 'Kaituna River Re-diversion and Ongatoro/Maketū Estuary Enhancement Project' is seeking consent to re-divert water from the Kaituna River back into Ongatoro/ Maketū Estuary. The existing flap gates at Ford's cut currently allow about 3.4 m/s 1 of water into the estuary, with 87% from the Kaituna River. After the proposed re-diversion about 12.8 m/s of water will enter the estuary via Ford's cut, with 76% from the Kaituna River and the remainder from the sea (DHI 2014, Hamill 2014).


This publication contains a collection of papers presented at the IMF's ninth central banking conference, held in September 2002, which discuss key issues and policy challenges to the role of central banks arising from the integration of domestic and international markets and shifts in cross-border capital flows. These include determinations of exchange rates and monetary regimes, what can be done to prevent and deal decisively with financial crises, and considerations to balance monetary and financial-stability policy objectives.


Obesity is associated with a chronic state of inflammation characterized by changes in adipokines and cytokines. We conducted a large, comprehensive profiling of cytokines, chemokines and secreted cytokine receptors in lean and obese individuals, and in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.


Peli prisms are Fresnel prisms for visual field expansion in homonymous hemianopia. They can be dispensed as temporary (press-on) or permanent prisms. In this case series, we discuss the general fitting techniques and report fitting Peli prisms in four unusual scenarios. We show that children and one-eyed patients can be fit with Peli prism. Peli prism can be fit over safety goggles, but fitting in progressive addition lenses can be challenging. Careful counseling, setting realistic goals, giving a proper Peli prism trial, orienting for spatial mislocalization, and demonstrating the visual field expansion are all key ingredients to achieve success.


This systematic review examined the efficacy and safety of intranasal fentanyl (INF) for acute pain treatment in children, adults, and the elderly in prehospital emergency services (PHES) and emergency departments (ED). ClinicalTrials.gov, LILACS, PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Cochrane databases were consulted until 31 December 2022. A total of 23 studies were included: 18 in children (1 PHES, 17 ED), 5 in adults (1 PHES, 4 ED) and 1 in older people (1 PHES subgroup analysis). In children, INF was effective in both settings and as effective as the comparator drugs, with no differences in adverse events (AEs); one randomised controlled trial (RCT) showed that INF was more effective than the comparator drugs. In adults, one study demonstrated the efficacy of INF in the PHES setting, one study demonstrated the efficacy of INF in the ED setting, two RCTs showed INF to be less effective than the comparator drugs and one RCT showed INF to be as effective as the comparator, with no difference in AEs reported. In older people, one study showed effective pain relief and no AEs. In summary, INF appears to be effective and safe in children and adults in PHES and ED. More high-quality studies are needed, especially in PHES and older people.


The thermal anomaly and molecular motion of tetramethylsilane (TMS) confined in a metal–organic framework, [Zn4O(O2CC6H4CO2)3]n (IRMOF-1), have been examined by differential thermal analysis and so...


We report the development of core-shell nanoparticles with the silver core and SiO2 shell for potential applications in fiber optic biosensor. The fluorescence intensity of the fluorescence probe (Fluorescein isothiocyanate, FITC) doped core-shell nanoparticles was approximately 50-fold higher than that without core-shell nanoparticles doping. In addition, four different kinds of organic solvents are used in this study and found to have influence on the fluorescence intensity from 1.3 to over 100 times. We conclude that core-shell nanoparticles have capability to enhance the fiber optic sensing through amplifying fluorescence intensity and expect that their potential applications are used in a variety of biological applications.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the necessity of percutaneous lung biopsy in patients with a single known primary malignancy and multiple pulmonary nodules.

DESIGN
Retrospective study.

SETTING
Tertiary care university hospital.

RESULTS
We reviewed all percutaneous lung biopsy specimens over a 6-year period. One hundred forty-six patients with a single known primary malignancy and multiple pulmonary nodules had biopsies performed up to 19 years following diagnosis of the primary neoplasm. One hundred thirty-seven biopsy specimens (93.8%) were positive for metastases. Eight patients (5.5%) had a nondiagnostic biopsy specimen; however, subsequent imaging studies and the clinical course strongly suggested diffuse metastatic disease. One patient (< 1%) with breast carcinoma developed nodules 3 years after initial diagnosis and had resolution without a definitive diagnosis or therapy.

CONCLUSION
Patients with a single known primary malignancy and multiple pulmonary nodules who present for percutaneous needle biopsy will have pulmonary metastases in the vast majority of cases. Biopsy in these patients rarely changes the clinical course as other diagnoses are rarely established.


The literature is populated with different Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) methods for Photovoltaic (PV) system to obtain maximum power from it. This piece of work provides an artificial intelligence-based fuzzy logic MPPT modeling and control of PV system in a grid connected hybrid power system under different weather patterns. The proposed technique uses seven fuzzy sets with seven linguistic variables applied to a DC-DC converter. Furthermore, a battery module is added as an energy storage system during surplus power and/or backup device during load demand. The overall operation of system is performed by classical logic power management switching algorithm. The performance of proposed method is compared with and without Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) MPPT controllers. MATLAB simulation results show better behavior of proposed method in terms of load tracking and reliability.


Full-beads of multi-layer steel engine head gaskets that are used to seal the combustion gas between the head and the block are subject to cyclic bending stresses due to the variation of the head/block gap during engine operation. The S-N curve for the fatigue durability assessment of the full-bead formed on NBR-coated SUS301 thin plate is deduced from the axial fatigue test results because of the difficulty in conducting the bending fatigue test of thin plate. The experimental verification of the deduced S-N curve is presented. It is shown that the NBR coating increases the endurance limit of the plate significantly. Mechanism of crack nucleation and propagation in the full-bead is discussed with photographs of the fatigue cracks.


This paper examines the dynamics and control of a variable blade pitch wind turbine during extreme gust wind and subject to actuators saturation. The mathematical model of the wind turbine is derived using the Lagrange dynamics. The controller is formulated using the Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model and utilizes the parallel distributor compensator to obtain the feedback control gain. The controller's objective is to obtain the generator electromagnetic torque and the blade pitch angle to attenuate the external disturbances. The (T–S) fuzzy controller with disturbances rejection properties is developed using the linear matrix inequalities technic and solved as an optimization problem. The efficacy of the proposed (T–S) fuzzy controller is illustrated via numerical simulations.


March 9—Who would be so perverse as to come up with a strategy to launch a nuclear war? The short answer is the British financial oligarchy, whose determination to maintain world domination has historically included not only the threat to deploy the bomb in order to intimidate those in resistance, but the willingness to risk global extinction by use of what they've called "limited nuclear war." Today's U.S. military doctrine derives directly from these utopian ideas. Why utopian? Because these ideas envision an outcome that cannot exist. Under current conditions of nuclear balance between the U.S. and Russia, the consequences of even a "limited" nuclear exchange would not be survival for the launcher, but would result in conditions that would make the planet unlivable for all mankind.


Graphite and metal composite structures were widely used in aerospace, electrical engineering and electronics. Because of its conveniences and less cost, brazing was widely used to bond graphite and metals. Due to the differences in microstructure, graphite was difficult to be wetted by traditional braze alloys. To improve the wettability of traditional brazing alloys on graphite, active brazing process and indirect brazing process were developed to braze graphite to metals. As to active brazing process, active elements (such as Ti, Cr, Zr) were added into traditional brazing alloys, a high brazing temperature, was essential to guarantee the reaction of active elements with graphite. However, the mechanical properties of metals will degrade under high temperature. Electroplating and chemical plating were the general techniques for indirect brazing process. The covered coating had a mechanical combination which decreased the joint strength, rather than metallurgical bonding with graphite. Therefore, in this work, a new metallization method was proposed. On the one hand, a metallurgical bonding was formed between metallization layer and graphite substrate. On the other hand, graphite could be brazed to metal at a relatively low temperature. Firstly, graphite was metalized by Ti-containing Sn0.3Ag0.7Cu metallization powder at 950°C *国家自然科学基金项目51405099和上海航天科技创新基金项目SAST2015045资助 收到初稿日期: 2015-09-25,收到修改稿日期: 2016-03-29 作者简介:付 伟,男, 1989年生,博士生 DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2015.00502 第734-740页 pp.734-740


Spatial modulation (SM) is a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) technique, which was originally introduced to reduce the number of radio frequency (RF) chains in a MIMO transmitter and thereby reduce cost and power consumption. Although it is very appealing in theory, this concept actually has two main problems: The first is that SM involves antenna switching, which degrades the spectral shaping and the Nyquist property of the transmitted signal. The second is the limited spectral efficiency due to the presence of silent antennas. In order to remedy the second problem, enhanced spatial modulation (ESM) was introduced in which multiple signal constellations are used, and information bits are conveyed not only by the transmitted symbols and the indices of the active antennas, but also by the constellation types activated. As for the problem of antenna switching, it actually disappears when SM is combined with OFDM, because the switching operation in frequency-domain SM (FD-SM) occurs at baseband. But the number of RF chains required becomes equal to the number of transmit antennas and the property of reduced number of RF chains, which was the original motivation for SM also disappears. FD-SM turns out to be a particular type of underloaded MIMO-OFDM system, which reduces the power requirements of the transmit power amplifiers rather than their number. In this paper, we introduce frequency-domain ESM (FD-ESM), which avoids both the spectral efficiency limitations and the antenna switching issues of the original SM. Exploiting the property that switching occurs at baseband and no savings in terms of the number of RF chains can be achieved in frequency-domain implementation, we design FD-ESM schemes in which the transmitted codewords do not include any zero-valued components. These designs bridge the concept of SM with spatial multiplexing, and they provide spectacular gains with respect to multi-stream SM (MSM) and also some significant gains compared to conventional spatial multiplexing.


The 2016 Southern African Folklore Society Conference was held from 24–28 October at the Bolivia Lodge in Polokwane. The conference was co-hosted by the School of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Venda, and the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Limpopo. The purpose of the conference was to attract scholars and researchers from various disciplines, and to bring together a cohort of established and emerging researchers in one assembly to deliberate on topics related to the theme and sub-themes of the conference. The theme of the conference was Folklorisation in the Current Emerging Global Space: Quo Vadis?


In the late nineteenth century was signed by Princess Isabel on May 13, 1888 the law Aurea, freeingall slaves. Aiming to raise questions and envi-ronmental health experienced by the marooncommunities of the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, this study aimed to research and propose theimple-mentation of a program of care to the health needs identified through comments related toenvironmental education and health, for the maroon communities. The study describes the programof government-Federal ProNEA National Environmental Education Programme, ECCP-SharingEducation Programme of the Secretariat of Rio Grande do Sul and the project-pylon Black Presence inthe Field, developed by Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Makes refer-ence inparticular the Community Quilombola Penna Ernesto Carneiro, located in the district of Palma, SantaMaria. Health Care for the population with emphasis on environmental education. To perform thisresearch used literature search and photographic documentation as well as research cam-po(observation). The latter had the character to compare with the theoretical rea-bility of quilomboErnesto Carneiro Penna.


Drug abuse is detrimental to both physical and mental health of human beings. In recent years, there have been an increasing number of road traffic accidents caused by drug driving. However, the academic circles of China have yet to reach consensus on drug driving and there remains a lack of relevant response and management measures. In view of the above situation, the definition, detriment, influence mechanism and countermeasures of drug driving are studied systematically, so as to provide a certain theoretical basis for the further research on drug driving in China. In order to tackle the increasingly severe situation, it is necessary to further explore the connotation and extension of drug driving, widen the scope of research, improve legislative research, strengthen the application research of new methods of drug driving detection and continue to publicize harms of drug driving.


Metasurfaces provide a novel platform for information encryption due to their incomparable competence for the manipulation of different optical characteristics. Most current encryption schemes, however, decrypt the hidden information through a direct illumination of the metasurface, and the security of which cannot be fully guaranteed since the number of illumination condition is very limited and vulnerable for exhaustive attack. Herein, a cryptographic system based on the indirect‐observation decryption is proposed, the hidden information of which can only be decoded by combining the metasurface‐transformed ciphertext and particular decryption devices based on the digit‐shift images and spatial light modulator, thus possessing ultra‐high confidentiality. In addition, an anti‐counterfeiting label is designed to guarantee the information authenticity. This work builds a distinct bridge between metasurface and other light‐manipulation elements, nanoprint and hologram, and amplitude‐ and phase‐modulated information, thus opening up a new methodology for constructing cryptographic systems in an indirect‐observation way, which may promote the advanced exploration of optical multiplexing and steganography.


implant technology has evolved in the last decade to a great extent changing the traditional protocols pertaining to healing periods which eventually has benefited patients in terms of final prosthetic outcome with better esthetics. This article will demonstrate soft and hard tissue management while treating patients in the anterior esthetic zone by placing immediate implants.


In the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case, Charlotte was charged with maintaining segregated public schools and defying the Supreme Court's decision to desegregate public schools with "all deliberate speed". The Brown v. Board of Education decision was handed down in 1954. Seventeen years later in 1971, Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools were not fully desegregated. The supreme court decided in 1971 that busing was a good method to achieve school desegregation. The court also ordered the school board to create a tangible busing plan that would satisfy the court's goal of school desegregation. Lets take a deeper look into this historic case and its effect on students.


One of the most promising areas of development of the country's economy is youth entrepreneurship. Its role and significance are being actively discussed in federal and regional circles, in the field of education and business. The ongoing changes in the economy determine the continuous accumulation and renewal of knowledge, the ability to use it in a variable manner, constant assessment of the situation and the adoption of responsible decisions in a rapidly changing external environment. Today one needs a specialist who not only possesses academic knowledge, but is also characterized by creative thinking, innovative approach, high technical and technological culture and is prepared for constant changes in the profession. One of the possible solutions to the issue under study is putting forward a hypothesis about the need for active involvement of the student audience in entrepreneurial activity. And the development of student entrepreneurship is one of the priority tasks of the state and the educational community. In recent years, Russian universities have been actively participating in the new agenda and joining the implementation of a program to attract talented youth and develop an ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship. To do this, it is necessary to take into account a whole range of various organizational, financial and technical components that will determine the relationship between all participants and ensure all stages of the development of the business environment. This indicates the need to create special conditions at the university and serious mechanisms for its implementation, starting with the organization of the process itself, document circulation and the entry of an entrepreneur into the market environment. This, in turn, will make it possible to form a system of institutions for the development of educated and highly qualified entrepreneurs as potential drivers for creating a strong economy in the modern world.


Apache Hadoop is one of the most popular MapReduce framework for parallel processing of large data sets. As the job scheduler and resource manager, YARN plays a very important role. Schedulers on YARN are designed to minimize the makespan of MapReduce jobs. The performance of a scheduler in YARN depends not only on whether the resource capacity of the working nodes are fully utilized, but also on the dependencies among those tasks. Therefore it is very difficult to achieve an optimal solution. This paper proposes a new Hadoop YARN scheduling algorithm. The algorithm formalizes the problem as a multiple knapsack problem which takes into consideration of the resource cost and time cost of each task as well as the dependency between different tasks. Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm is adopted to solve the knapsack optimization problem. The algorithm was implemented as a pluggable scheduler on the most recent version of Hadoop YARN and evaluated with several MapReduce benchmarks. The experimental results show that our scheduler could effectively reduce the makespan of Hadoop jobs by 30% compared with some existing scheduling policies.


Introduction to the research problem Speech signals are output of a dynamic production mechanism varying continuously with time. The process of speech production is dictated by the linguistic and para–linguistic information being conveyed by speaker. The resulting speech signal captures the characteristics of the time–varying vocal tract acoustic system. Consistent attempts have been made to understand and model the dynamics of the speech production characteristics. Almost all of these modeling analogies assume a stationary behavior of the vocal tract over an interval of time, owing to a limitation with their resolution. The spectral analysis based on discrete Fourier transform (DFT) or filterbank also study the behavior of speech averaged over temporal and spectral bands. These analysis and modeling methods do not incorporate the knowledge of the production characteristics and its transient nature. The scope of the present research spans across studying the dynamics of the acoustic vocal tract system response during the production of speech. The opening and closing of the vocal folds at the glottis and the lowering of velum are events which impart a dynamic nature to the acoustic system response. These articulatory movements result in the production of voiced, nasal and nasalized vowel segments, which comprise a significant volume of speech. The average behavior of the production system characteristics for these segments has been studied and incorporated to develop systems and applications. The present research attempts to study the behavior of acoustic system response during the production of these segments with an improved resolution. The research also proposes new methods to address the identification of the glottal open phase, identification of presence of nasalization and detection of the extent of nasalization in vowels.


The architecture and programming model of current GPGPUs are best suited for applications that are dominated by structured control and data flows across large regular datasets. Parallel workloads with irregular control and data structures cannot easily harness the processing power of the GPGPU. One approach for mapping these irregular-parallel workloads to GPGPUs is using work-queues. The work-queue approach improves the utilization of SIMD units by only processing useful works that are dynamically generated during execution. As current GPGPUs lack necessary supports for work-queues, a software-based work-queue implementation often suffers from memory contention and load balancing issues. In this article, we present a novel hardware work-queue design named DaQueue, which incorporates three data-aware features to improve the efficiency of work-queues on GPGPUs. We evaluate our proposal on the irregular-parallel workloads and carry out a case study on a path tracing pipeline with a cycle-level simulator. Experimental results show that for the tested workloads, DaQueue improves performance by 1.53× on average and up to 1.91×. Compared to a hardware worklist approach that is the state-of-the-art prior work, DaQueue can achieve an average of 33.92% extra speedup with less hardware area cost.


ABSTRACT Library blogs offer a compelling means of reaching out to patrons and engaging them in conversation. However, even the most well-written blog can suffer for lack of an audience if not marketed properly. The marketing concept and the related marketing mix provide useful frameworks for planning and implementing blog projects to give them the best chances of being read by the intended patrons. This article will describe the marketing concept and marketing mix and explain how these ideas can be successfully applied to any library blog endeavor.


A simple current mode controller is proposed for two switches buck-boost converter which performs conversion with lower stresses than the single switch types. In this approach problem of interference between buck and boost switches operations are solved by determining four operation modes for the converter. The experimental results on an 110 V, 40 KW converter show the ability of the proposed control method. The line and load regulation in different situation is below than 0.9%.


In the beginning of the second book of his Politeia (Republic) Plato in passage 2.358e–359a–c raises the issue of the administration of justice as a means of motivating people to behave fairly regarding their relationships and when cooperating with each other because, at the end, this is mutually beneficial for all of them. We argue that this particular passage could be seen as a part of a wider process of evolution and development of the institutions of the ancient Athenian economy during the Classical period (508–322 BCE) and could be interpreted through modern theoretical concepts, and more particularly, game theory. Plato argued that there are two players, each with two identical strategies, to treat the other justly or unjustly. In the beginning, each player chooses the "unjust" strategy, trying to cheat the other. In this context, which could be seen as a prisoner's dilemma situation, both end with the worst possible outcome, that is, deceiving each other and this has severe financial consequences for both of them. Realizing this, in a repeated game situation, with increasing information on the outcome and on each other, they choose the "just" strategy so achieving the best outcome and transforming the game in a cooperative one. We analyze this, formulating a dynamic game which is related to international commercial transactions, after explaining how such a situation could really arise in Classical Athens. We argue that this is the optimal scenario for both parties because it minimizes the risk of deceiving each other and creates harmony while performing financial transactions.


This paper extended the estimations of sea ice export through the Fram Strait to the melting seasons using the combined model and satellite thickness (CMST) data set, which assimilates CryoSat-2 and SMOS thickness products, as well as sea ice concen-tration data. The paper is well written and easy to follow. The CMST data and methods to calculate sea ice export are already published in previous studies. The novelty of this paper might be the sea ice export during the melt season. I expect more elabo-rate analysis and discussion about the uncertainties of the input data during the melt season, and their impact on the estimation of sea ice export. I suggest to consider this manuscript for further publication after more analysis and comparisons are presented in the revised version.


The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of a social skills teaching program, developed on the basis of cooperative learning and drama, in teaching self-introduction skills to students with intellectual disabilities. Multiple probe design across subjects, one of the single subject designs, was used. Three students with intellectual disabilities and nine peers without special needs were participants of the study. Results showed that students with intellectual disabilities learned social skills (initiating relationship skills), maintained the acquired social skills to certain extend at the 1st, 3rd and 4th weeks after the implementation, and generalized the acquired skills across other peers in unstructured free-play activities in their schools.


The present invention relates to an organic phosphate material, additional oral care composition components, e.g., surfactants, and to compositions useful as oral care compositions comprising an abrasive according to desired.


In this paper, we present two new approaches for computing exact nonnegative matrix factorizations (NMFs). Exact NMF can be defined as follows: given an input nonnegative matrix V ∈ R + and a factorization rank K, compute, if possible, two nonnegative matrices, W ∈ R + and H ∈ R + , such that V = WH . The two proposed approaches to tackle exact NMF, which is NP-hard in general, rely on the same two steps. First, we reformulate exact NMF as minimizing a concave function over a product of convex cones; one approach is based on the exponential cone, and the other on the second-order cone. Second, we solve these reformulations iteratively: at each step, we minimize exactly, over the feasible set, a majorization of the objective functions obtained via linearization at the current iterate. Hence these subproblems are convex conic programs and can be solved efficiently using dedicated algorithms. We show that our approaches, which we call successive conic convex approximations, are able to compute exact NMFs, and compete favorably with the state of the art when applied to several classes of nonnegative matrices; namely, randomly generated, infinite rigid and slack matrices.


The invention relates to a method for producing spacers from a bone cement comprising the following chronological steps: A) controlling the temperature of a casting mould to a first temperature; B) filling a cement dough, which has a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the temperature-controlled casting mould, into the temperature-controlled casting mould; C) allowing the cement dough to cure in the casting mould to form a spacer; and D) separating the casting mould from the spacer after the spacer is cured. The invention also relates to a device for producing spacers from a bone cement through said method comprising a casting mould and a temperature control facility for controlling the temperature of the casting mould, whereby at least 80% of the inner surface of the casting mould comprises a negative image of the spacer surface to be produced.


Objective:To study six cities for their medical insurance schemes.The aims are to get the similarities and differences of the medical insurance schemes of the six cities.The six cities include Dongguan,and Zhuhai located in eastern China,Qianjiang and Ezhou in central China,Chengdu and Chongqing in western China.Methods:The paper made a comparative analysis focused on the model of medical insurance,coverage,premium levy,beneficisary,medical assistance and administration.Results and Conclusion:In accordance with the various parts of economic strength and local conditions,the cities speed up the integration of urban and rural medical care system.However,there are some problems,such as,risk at merging the two systems,system design flaws,non-smooth of linkage between security schemes,non-scientific of levels on medical insurance level.


This study specifically evaluates organic plastic scintillators abilities to discriminate gamma (γ) from neutrons (n) in comparison with other organic media. It also explores different approaches that would allow to explain photo physical processes brought into play after nuclear interactions to understand the differences in discrimination efficiencies. As a matter of fact liquid and crystal media are known to have significantly higher efficiencies than plastics, and the main goal is to understand the reasons originating these differences. Experimental results, both nuclear and optical are presented and demonstrate respectively, by using pulse shape discrimination methods (PSD), that organic plastic scintillators can achieve, rather high neutron/gamma (n/γ) discrimination efficiency, and by performing nanosecond LASER photolysis up to 30 mJ, that Triplets (T) excited states can be created but no T-T annihilation (TTA) can occur at this intensity of the photon flux. Alternative experiments are considered since obtaining time resolved luminescence and transient absorption results allowing the observation of energy transfers occurring after nuclear interactions for photophysical processes understanding and excited state nature determination, is a crucial investigation for plastic scintillators industrial development to replace liquids, crystals being non-adapted alternatives, especially cost wise. This work is ongoing at CEA in collaboration with the nuclear measurement industry AREVA/Canberra.


There is a growing interest for cellular manufacturing (CM) in the industry. In the last two decades many firms in the Netherlands as well as in other countries have implemented CM. These firms cannot be put into one box. Though the principle of CM in each firm will be basically the same, there may be considerable differences with respect to the starting situation, the characteristics of the cells, the way of implementing the CM structure, the impact on the production control function, the extent of decentralization of support functions, etc. This paper reports the findings of a survey study of 7 firms in The Netherlands involved within cellular manufacturing. The differences between the firms, as well as each specific situation itself, offer insight in the main Production and Operations Management aspects of CM. Furthermore, the survey study shows a gap between theory and practice. On the one hand, several useful theories are only limitedly known in practice. On the other hand, several problems found in practice, are only partly addressed in literature.


Method of producing a nitrated hydrocarbon is provided by reacting aqueous nitric acid with a hydrocarbon feedstock and a carboxylic acid with certain reaction conditions.


Multil-layer Morphological (MLM) neural network can be classified as a feed forward network whose hidden layer is composed of morphological neuron. By taking the maximum (or minimum) operation into the synaptic strengths computation, morphological neural network has the high degree of nonlinearity. Mathematical morphology is a new theory and method applied in image processing and recognition. For two value or gray images, it is a geometric, nonlinear, filtering method based on strict theory.


Relativistic Hartree-Fock results for one-electron energy eigenvalues and (rn), Slater integrals, ionization energies and hyperfine interaction integrals in a number of rate earth atoms and ions are presented. The magnitude of relativistic and exchange contributions in each case is discussed by comparison with relativistic Hartree-Fock-Slater, relativistic Hartee and non-relativistic Hartree-Fock calculations. Inclusion of relativity and a full treatment of exchange are shown to be essential if detailed agreement with experiment is required. However, because the atomic ground states are usually near the LS coupling limit, the authors calculations for single jj coupling configurations are not adequate for quantitatively treating properties which involve the 4f electrons directly.


Marine sponge-associated microorganisms have proven to be a very promising source of biologically active and pharmaceutically important natural products. In this study, we investigated the diversity and antibacterial potential of bacteria from 49 sponge species isolated from the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea, belonging to sixteen genera and several unidentified taxa. Using a variety of selective media, 363 strains with different morphologies were identified to 6 bacterial taxa, including Proteobacteria (α-subgroup 85 and γ-subgroup 59), Actinobacteria (123), Firmicutes (90), Bacteroidetes (5) and Brevundimonas (1). Media ISP2 and R2A were the most effective for isolating Actinobacteria. One hundred and twenty-three actinobacterial strains clustered into 21 genera identified by 16S rDNA gene sequencing, most of which were from the genus Microbacterium, followed by Pseudonocardia, Streptomyces, Kocuria, Aeromicrobium, Brachybacterium, and Nocardiopsis, all of which constituted 82% of total actinobacterial isolates. By using the minimal medium, 92 actinobacterial isolates showed antimicrobial activities, and that 51 strains displayed moderate to strong antimicrobial activity that inhibited the growth of more than half of the bacteria tested in this study. Functional genes related to secondary metabolites were screened, revealing that 10% (12/123) of actinobacterial isolates contained PKS-KS genes, 18% (22/123) harbored NRPS-A genes, and 6% (7/123) had hybrid PKS-NRPS gene clusters. The sponges Haliclona sp., Callyspongia sp., and Desmacella sp., belonging to class Demonspongiae, and Leucaltis sp.from the class Calcarea, were dominant hosts, harboring the most diverse actinobacterial genera with stronger antimicrobial activities and more diverse PKS/NRPS genes.


From the fundamental relations in the power supply of Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP), an optimal control equation of power supply is deduced. By identifying parameters ond solving the optimal control equation, the optimal power supply which will enable ESP to achieve and maintain the highest collection efficiencies can be calculated. Experiments have confirmed that the estimated optimal power supply is very close to the actual one.


A methodology for the study of the biological tissues by means of the matrixes of Mueller is proposed. The methodology is based on obtaining the fundamental ...


Phytophthora root and stem rot of soybean caused by Phytophthora sojae is a destructive disease in soybean production regions all around the world.Utilization resistant cultivar is the most economical and environmentally safe method for preventing against the disease,and screening on resistance germplasm is the basement for resistance breeding.A total of 292 soybean cultivars(including 153 native soybean germplasm and 139 soybean cultivars) and 236 wild soybean germplasm were inoculated with race 3 of Phtophthora sojae isolated from Jiansanjiang where there is serious disease occurring in Heilongjiang Province.A total of 80 cultivars were resistant,93 had intermediate reaction,and 119 were susceptible to race 3,representing 27.4%,31.8% and 40.8% of all the cultivars tested respectively.The number of resistant native soybean was 49,representing 32.0% of all the native soybean germplasm,which means that the percentage of native resistant germplasm was higher.A total of 49 wild soybean germplasm were resistant,55 had intermediate reaction,and 132 were susceptible to race 3,representing 20.8%,23.3%,and 55.9% of all the wild soybean germplasm tested,respectively.These resistant germplasm can be used in breeding for resistance to P.sojae.


The present invention relates to a method for roaming in the main network using IP, a node and a user terminal. Nodes in the subnetwork of the main network receives the registration request including a unique extension identity from the user terminal belonging to the subnetwork. Node is configured to determine whether belonging to the subnetwork of the user terminal the unique extension identity requires. If the extension identity belongs to another sub-network, the node requests the IP address of the home subnetwork for said unique extension identity against routing server subnetworks. Routing server is configured to respond with the IP address of the requested home subnetwork. Nodes, as with the IP address from the user terminal may send a registration request to the home sub-network, transmits the IP address to the user terminal requesting.


Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence and the prognostic value of the radiological signs of microvascular invasion (MVI) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: Between January 2015 and December 2017, all patients (91 patients) with de novo HCC or HCC recurrence occurring at least 2 years after the last treatment in NAFLD (36 patients) or with hepatitis C virus (HCV) liver disease (55 patients) were included. Each HCC was treated with liver resection and transplantation to obtain the anatomopathological confirmation of MVI. All patients had at least one available computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed no more than one month prior to the treatment. The clinical data of each patient, tumor burden (diameter, margins, two-trait predictor of venous invasion (TTPVI), and peritumoral enhancement), the recurrence rate (RR) after a 1-year follow-up, and the time to recurrence (TTR) were collected. Results: The NAFLD–HCC nodules were larger as compared to HCV–HCC (51 mm vs. 36 mm, p = 0.004) and showed a higher prevalence of TTPVI (38.9 vs. 20.0%, p = 0.058). At multivariate analysis, nodule diameter >50 mm was found to be the only independent prognostic factor of TTPVI (hazard ratio: 21.3, 95% confidence interval: 4.2–107.7, p < 0.001), and the presence of TTPVI was confirmed to be the only independent prognostic factors of recurrence (hazard ratio: 2.349, 95% confidence interval: 1.369–4.032, p = 0.002). No correlations were found between TTR and irregular tumor margins or peritumoral enhancement. Conclusion: The NAFLD–HCC patients had larger tumors at diagnosis and showed a more frequent presence of radiological signs of MVI as compared to the HCV–HCC patients. The MVI was related to a more rapid recurrence after curative treatments, demonstrating the prognostic value of this radiological diagnosis.


In this paper, a brief analysis of "The energy conservation design standard for public building(DGJ08-107-2004)"published in Shanghai was carried out and a comparison of this design standard with other energy conservation design standards for buildings was made. In addition, suggestions on energy conservation design were offered. Some well-developed and effective techniques for energy conservation ought to be spread according to the relevant clauses in the energy conservation design standard.


Swallowing is achieved by a sequence of actions performed by cervical structures. Although a lot of patients suffer from dysphagia in the world, the mechanism and kinematics of swallowing are not elucidated sufficiently. This study aims to segment intervertebral disks (IDs), which are ones of representative cervical structures, in videofluorographic (VF) images by use of convolutional neural network (CNN). The proposed method consists of three steps: extraction of cervical masks, CNN-based segmentation of candidate regions of IDs, and the elimination of false positives. This segmentation method was applied to actual VF images of eleven participants that have fifty-one not-occluded IDs, and forty-three IDs were segmented successfully.


Defect-engineered UiO-66-NH2 was introduced into a polyamide layer to form a thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane. Simultaneous enhancements in permeance and selectivity to Na2SO4 solution were achieved.


A novel molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor was constructed for the determination of lidocaine, which has a porous and three-dimensional nanostructure. Firstly, dendritic Pt–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) and porous Pt nano-networks (NWs) were prepared using hexadecylpyridinium chloride as a structure-directing agent. Then, the dendritic Pt–Pd NPs were embedded onto porous Pt NWs and the resultant mixture was coated on a carboxyl graphene modified glassy carbon electrode. Afterwards, the suspension of aminated multi-walled carbon nanotubes loaded with dendritic Pt–Pd NPs was dropped onto the modified electrode surface to reinforce such porous NW and enlarge electrode surface area. Subsequently, a molecularly imprinted polymer film was fabricated by cyclic voltammetry at the modified electrode, using lidocaine as the template and o-phenylenediamine as the monomer. Under optimal conditions, the obtained electrochemical sensor offered an excellent response for lidocaine, the linear response range was from 5.0 × 10−9 to 4.8 × 10−6 mol L−1 and the detection limit was 1.0 × 10−10 mol L−1. It was successfully applied to the detection of lidocaine in real samples with satisfactory results.


By analyzing the logistic model of survey data in four Chinese cities,it is found that the contribution comes from social demography characteristics (such as gender,age,education etc.) to the participate logistic model is relatively small,the system characteristics(such as unit-sort,whether or not sign contract,the frequency of profession moving and the city which rural-urban migrant work) have larger contribution to the model.Saving,having children against age and rural pension system seem as have some substitute effect on rural-urban workers participate pension system.Commercial insurance almost has on effect on rural-urban workers participate pension system.


Approximate repeats in genomic sequences are important to identify regions of genomes with similar functionality and understand how they are preserved over time. Previous work on this topic, such as RePuter and Vmatch, was focussed on the fixed error bound version of this problem. The percentage error version has not been effectively tackled yet. Our work tries to give scheme for finding long approximate repeats, which are of greater biological importance, where the bound on the errors is a percentage of the size of the repeat. We made the fact that every approximate repeat can be decomposed into a chain of maximal repeats the basis of our scheme. It involves computation of maximal repeats as seeds and the extension of the seeds by a process of stitching together of maximal repeats. Suitable algorithms for fast edit distance calculation, required for the stitching process, were also integrated. For the purposes of evaluating the performance, the entire scheme was implemented and executed on sequences of various lengths and with varying error rates. Analysis of the results obtained showed that our scheme performed well, both in terms of the quality of approximate repeats obtained and time required for the computation. We also present a method to find approximate occurrences of a given pattern in a database sequence using a specified inter-character distance/similarity matrix.


By analyzing the reuse ways of the reclaimed materials in BedZED project, the article concludes that operability and economic costs of construction restrict the reuse of the reclaimed materials, and it recommends increasing the construction operability by selecting materials that are easy to use and to refurbish, and it also recommends selecting a reasonable way to reduce construction costs.


The invention provides an adhesive tape cartridge and an adhesive tape roll. The adhesive tape cartridge (11) comprises a housing, and an adhesive tape roll (14) with a double-sided adhesive tape (150) wound around an axis in the housing (11A), the double-sided adhesive tape (150) having, in cross section a transparent or semitransparent film layer (151), a first adhesive layer (161; 161A; 161B; 161C; 161D; 160) disposed on one surface of the film layer (151), a second adhesive layer (170; 171; 171A) disposed on an opposite surface of the film layer (151), and a separation material layer (152) disposed on one surface of the second adhesive layer (170; 171; 171A), and a pigment being added to at least one of the first adhesive layer (161; 161A; 161B; 161C; 161D; 160) and the second adhesive layer (170; 171; 171A).