Is to provide an improved visibility of the vehicle in the daytime can be effectively utilized, and the lamp body of the vehicle lamp body controlling apparatus applicable to a vehicle: not provided with a main portion and a front side portion of the outside rearview mirror a light source (16a), and an auxiliary light source (16b), and, turned on or off state with the direction indicator switch to display the traveling direction is controlled by the driver operates the direction indicator comprises a main light source (27), when the normal state where the auxiliary light source is lit or dimmed state when the headlight switch (25) is ON, the control means (21) of the auxiliary light source is turned off; when the direction indicator switch is ON, by making the LEDs 1, 2, 3 is repeatedly lit state and off state, or alternately become the normal lighting state and the dimming lighting state, the control means causes the auxiliary light source and the primary synchronization source turned on or off. Further, in this case, the auxiliary light source may be kept constant lighting state.


Method of Rescuing Man Overboard With RTRGT Techniques (Reach, Throw, Row, Go, Tow)
The sea is a place for people to earn a living, move and move goods through sea transportation (ships) in everyday life. Indonesia is a large maritime country, not infrequently the sea in Indonesia is still very high because of the knowledge about safety on the ship. Starting from the safety equipments on the ship, the attitude and action to be taken and the rescue techniques are things that should be a guide on life on board. BASARNAS / BNPP is an agency that deals with search and rescue issues. The agency has the authority to evacuate casualty victims on land and sea. Especially man overboard, BASARNAS / BNPP has a special technique that is RTRGT technique. These techniques are interrelated with others that help the rescuer to help the victim properly and safely. The rescue process must also use special tools such as swimming and how to bring the victim.
Keywords: Man Overboard, Rescuer, RTRGT Technique


The Mg0.6Cd0.4Fe2O4 ferrite powder was synthesized by oxalate co-precipitation method. The crystal structure and surface morphology were examined by XRD, SEM and FT-IR techniques. The nanocrystallite Mg0.6Cd0.4Fe2O4 sensor was tested for LPG, Cl2 and C2H5OH. The sensitivity was measured at various operating temperatures in the range of 100-400 o C. The sensor shows highest sensitivity at operating temperature 225 o C for LPG (~ 78%). It shows good sensitivity at operating temperature of 198 o C for Cl2 (~75%) and ethanol (~ 65%). The sensor exhibits a lower response and recovery time for LPG and Cl2 as compared to C2H5OH. Copyright © 2013 VBRI press.


From the perspectives of time,space and combination of them, the mixed vehicle flow composed of two representative types of heavy and light vehicles is analyzed. Three capacity models of the mixed vehicle flow are set up—time headway model,space headway model and time-space cost model—which are proved identical.


After analyzing noise and disturbance in FBG temperature sensing network, three different kinds of statistical methods are processed in experiment as pretreatment to deal with inaccuracy of data fusion results caused by outliers. After replacing outliers with statistical estimated value of three methods respectively, weight minimum mean square error (WMMSE) algorithm is operated to fuse majorized data. Pretreatment makes full use of sensors' data, meanwhile, accuracy and robustness of measurement system are enhanced. Variances of the fusion results indicate that pretreatment can improve fusion results significantly. Fusion variance without pretreatment is 2.9762, larger than mean value method' variance 1.9525, median method's 1.3341 and trimmed mean method's 1.6016.


(1) Extracts of aortas were shown to contain material with the immunological properties consistent with those of fibrin. Fibrin was frequently found in plaque-free aorta. The impression was obtained that this fibrin was present in greater concentration in severely sclerotic aortas than in mildly sclerotic or uninvolved ones.(2) It was demonstrated in vitro that plasma fibrinogen entered the aorta in increasing quantities with the rise in pressure.(3) Human fibrinogen formed an insoluble complex with mucopolysaccharides extracted from human aortas.(4) The data obtained by us suggest that infiltration of plasma fibrinogen as well as depositon and incorporation can be responsible for the presence of fibrin within the aorta.


This study quantified the effects of rice combine harvester (RCH) on rice output particularly on harvesting-threshing losses and production costs. The postproduction losses using different models of RCH were established following a randomized complete block design with two replications and these were compared with the traditional method of harvesting and threshing rice. Partial budget analysis was employed to determine the benefits derived by farmer-adopters using the data gathered from a one-shot cross sectional survey involving 448 respondents. Results of the field experiments revealed that postproduction losses with the three models of RCH did not differ significantly, ranging from 1.19% to 1.76% of the total yield.  Comparing the harvesting-threshing losses in using RCH and the traditional method, the use of RCH significantly reduced harvesting-threshing losses by 1.02 percentage points. Prevention of postharvest loss was more pronounced during the wet season harvest at 1.54 percent. From the point of view of the farmer-adopters, the use of RCH lowered harvesting costs by PhP 3,908.60/ha/ and gained additional PhP 718.40/ha for losses prevented by using RCH. Thus the farmer-adopter could potentially gains additional benefit of PhP 4,627.00/ha/cropping season. With these, the use of RCH has the potential to enhance rice competitiveness by lowering the production cost and preventing paddy loss by PhP1.12/kg or 9.56% of the current production cost.


Abstract : This report documents work performed during FY 1984 on the DCA-sponsored Defense Switched Network Technology and Experiments Program. The areas of work reported are: (1) development and evaluation of routing and system control techniques for application in the Defense Switched Network (DSN), (2) instrumentation and integration of the Experimental Integrated Switched Network (EISN) test facility, (3) development and test of data communication techniques using DoD-standard data protocols in an integrated voice/data network, and (4) EISN system coordination and experiment planning. Keywords include: Routing algorithms, Experimental Integrated; Switched Network; Defense Switched Network; Mixed-media routing; Preemption; Circuit-switched network; and Packet switching.


The aim of this work is to detect vessels, oil spills and other pollutants in an oceanographic environment using image processing techniques. Hyperspectral Imaging is a known effective tool for automatic target detection, giving a detailed identification of materials and better estimates of their abundance (avoiding false positives). This technique differs from others by recording over 200 selected wavelengths of reflected and emitted energy, making it possible to exploit the spectral signature of a given material, and distinguish between different types of materials. Furthermore, due to its high spectral and spatial resolution one can clearly identify, for example, shoreline features and areas damaged by oil spills. The work presented herein describes an attempt to perform ocean aerial surveillance via Hyperspectral Imaging, based on state-of-the-art techniques, such as unmixing procedure (e.g. endmember extraction), matching of referenced spectral signatures with pixels. An intensive study is done through a different number of papers related to the subject, in order to learn which hyperspectral methods and techniques are the best. With respect to the datasets used, the Portuguese Air Force and Navy have provided sets of videos with different kinds of vessels and slicks, that one can see in a real life situation. An overview of the methods and techniques of the state of the art is presented throughout the report. More in depth there is a discussion about the use of Support Vector Machines in hyperspectral imagery context. Two different approaches are designed: image classification with Support Vector Machines on raw hyperspectral data cube and image classification with Support Vector Machines on abundance maps collected with the Vertex Component Analysis algorithm (state of the art endmember abundance maps estimation and hyperspectral data dimensionality reduction algorithm). This report documents the evolutive process of finding the best methodologies to face the problem formulated, the strategy planned and its application to attain the desired results.


Owing to quite different features and hysteretic behavior of friction pendulum bearings (FPBs) and sloped rolling-type bearings (SRBs), their control performances might not be readily compared without some rules. In this study, first, on the premise of retaining the same horizontal acceleration control performance, the effects arising from different sloping angles and damping forces on the horizontal maximum and residual displacement responses of SRBs are numerically examined. For objective comparison of passive control performances of FPBs and SRBs, then, some criteria are considered to design FPBs with the same horizontal acceleration control performance by referring to the designed damping force and the maximum horizontal displacement response of SRBs under a given seismic demand. Based on the considered criteria, the passive control performances of FPBs and SRBs under a large number of far-field and pulse-like near-fault ground motions are quantitatively compared. The numerical comparison results indicate that the FPB models might potentially have better horizontal acceleration and isolation displacement control performances than the SRB models regardless of whether they are subjected to far-field or near-fault ground motions, while the opposite tendency is observed for their self-centering performances, especially when the SRB model designed with a larger sloping angle or a smaller damping force.


The characteristics of ice packing factor (IPF) at the ice slurry system using one line type are compared with the system using two lines type. The installation space for one transporting line is saved at the one line system. For the one line type, the ice packing factor is reduced along the downstream, but for the two lines type, the ice packing factor is fixed. For the one line system, mass flow rate in the main line is fixed along the down-stream, but for two lines system, the mass flow rate in the main line is reduced along the downstream. For one line system, along the down stream after IPF=0, the temperature at the main steam is increased, and the extracted mass flow is increased. The initial IPF, at which the IPF is not arrived at zero upto the final node, is proposed for the B area.


In this work, the electrochemical synthesis and characterization of rhodium nanoparticles are reported. The Rh nanoparticles were electrochemically synthesized at room temperature by direct electroreduction of rhodium (III) chloride (RhCl 3) salt. We have applied different values of current intensity and potential in order to control the formed size of Rh nanoparticles. We have used tetrapropyl ammonium bromide (TPAB), as the support electrolyte and at the same time, effectively stabilizing the nanoparticles formed in aqueous medium. Size and morphology of nanoparticles formed, are subsequently studied by Transmission Electronic Microscopy (TEM). Electrocatalytic activity and stability for the oxidation of methanol, were studied using cyclic voltammetry. Nanoparticles of Rh synthesized present an electrocatalytical activity toward the electrooxidation of methanol.


Risk analysis of concrete dams and quantification of the failure probability are important tasks in dam safety assessment. The conditional probability of demand and capacity is usually estimated by numerical simulation and Monte Carlo technique. However, the estimated failure probability (or the reliability index) is dam-dependent which makes its application limited to some case studies. This article proposes an analytical failure model for generic gravity dam classes which is optimized based on large number of nonlinear finite element analyses. A hybrid parametric–probabilistic–statistical approach is used to estimate the failure probability as a function of dam size, material distributional models and external hydrological hazard. The proposed model can be used for preliminary design and evaluation of two-dimensional gravity dam models.


Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a serious health problem especially in young children. Frequent night time bottle feeding with milk and prolong breast-feeding are reported to be the possible cause. Purpose The purpose of study was to determine the prevalence of ECC and S-ECC in children at Preschool Gunung Anyar district Surabaya. Methods The subjects were 65 children consist of children aged 6 months (5 children), 1 year (8 children), 2 years (24 children), and 3 years (28 children). All tooth surface is evaluated. If there was one or more DMFs, it was indicated as ECC, whereas if there was one or more DMFs on smooth surfaces, then indicated as SECC. results No caries has found in 6 months and 1 year old children. The higher prevalence of ECC and SECC is in 3 years old children. The most caries was found on mesial maxillary central incisors. Conclusion This study shows that the prevalence of ECC in group of children aged 6 months - 3 years at Gunung Anyar Surabaya was 30.8 % , while the prevalence was 29.2 % SECC .


The general functional reference model in maintenance domain of hydropower plant is brought forwards according to the research status of hydropower plant equipment maintenance.The distributed network architecture of optimal maintenance information system is discussed.And then,a kind of data hierarchical organized and stored strategy is studied.By using this strategy,the data and information which use to do fault diagnosis and to make maintenance decision are classified systemically and stored distributed.It has some advantages such as clear data structure,reasonable storage format and convenient data using.This strategy not only can reduce redundancy of data storage,but also can meet the different functional requirements of all levels in optimal maintenance system and the needs of different users in hydropower plant.


An electrical conduction model for polycrystalline (PX) GaAs is presented to explain the electrical properties of this material. It is predicted that these properties cannot be explained without considering an additional rectangular potential barrier (qϕ) at the grain boundary and an additional mechanism of carrier transport (two-step tunneling process via grain boundary states) across the grain boundaries. It is demonstrated that the grain-boundary material in polycrystalline GaAs films is disordered in nature. Present computations have shown that the dependence of qϕ on doping density is very complicated and it is controlled by the processes of As clustering, and segregation of dopant as well as As atoms at the grain boundaries. It is also shown that the dopant segregation mechanism is present only in n-type PX-GaAs films, whereas it is absent in p-type samples. The dependence of carrier mobility and resistivity of this material on the doping density, temperature, and grain size has also been studied. A...


Cryogenic indirect-drive implosions on NIF have evidenced that the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) is an important driver of hot spot mix [1]. This motivates the switch to a higher adiabat implosion design [2]. Academic tests in physical regimes not encountered in ICF will help to build a better understanding of hydrodynamic instabilities. Under the NIF Discovery Science program, indirect drive experiments were performed to study the ablative RTI in transition from weakly nonlinear to highly nonlinear regime [3]. The unique capabilities of the NIF are harnessed to accelerate planar samples over much larger distances (∼ 2 mm) and longer time periods (∼ 10 ns) than previously achieved. The existence of a turbulentlike regime at ablation front is in fact not precluded by theory. This question is crucial for laboratory astrophysics and supernova of type Ia explosions based on the analogy between the flame front and the ablation front. A modulated package is accelerated by a 180 eV radiative temperature plateau created by a room temperature gas-filled platform irradiated by 64 NIF beams. Simultaneous trajectory and RTI growth measurements are performed. We present measurements made for various two-dimensional patterns (single-mode and broadband multimode modulations) and compare our results with weakly nonlinear analytical theory and FCI2 hydrocode simulations. The dependence of RTI growth on initial conditions and ablative stabilization is emphasized, as well as the possibility of measuring RTI bubble-merger for the first time in indirect-drive. In collaboration with D. Martinez, V.A. Smalyuk, B. Remington (LLNL), L. Masse, S. Liberatore, P. Loiseau (CEA).


Behavior and causal factors affect the rate of antibiotic use without a prescription because self-medicating efforts require the extent to which students' understanding of antibiotic use is good and also correct. The purpose of this study is to find out the behavior of non-prescription antibiotic use among tadulako university students, to find out the causative factors of antibiotic use without prescription among tadulako university students, to find out the relationship of behavior and causative factors of antibiotic use without a prescription among tadulako university students and to find out what antibiotics are most consumed without a prescription among tadulako University students. This study used a descriptive method with a cross-sectional approach with 396 respondents. The sampling technique in this study, namely using purposive sampling data collection using questionnaires in Google Form. The results found that the most widely used antibiotic is amoxicillin. Behavior variables are classified as sufficient categories of (63%). Variable causal factors fall into a sufficient category of (66%). Variable level of causal factors that fall into the category of good assessment, namely sub-variables ease of obtaining antibiotics. When viewed by age, gender and class have sufficient knowledge. In conclusion, the results of the chi-square test obtained a value of 0.000 < 0.05 which means there is a significant relationship between behavior and factors causing antibiotic use without a prescription among tadulako university students.


This is a retrospective case series of 24 patients who underwent surgical excision for histopathologically proven cases of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) at a tertiary care center over a period of two years. The commonest age group involved was 50-60 years (83.3%).Males and females were affected in equal proportion. All patients presented with a growth in the conjunctiva. Impression cytology whenever available was correlated with histopathology(100%).Systemic predisposing factors included xeroderma pigmentosa in one patient(4.16%) and AIDS in two patients(8.33%).Recurrence was found in two patients(8.33%),of which one was managed successfully with topical mitomycin and the other with resurgery.In OSSN,early and prompt surgical intervention is frequently curative.


Launching process of the interception projectile is a complex dynamic process involving multifields and is difficult to be solved. In order to solve the problem field-circuit coupled method was used in this paper. Equation of the electromagnetic( EM) field during the launching process and equation of the control circuit were coupled together to build the systematic model of the dynamic process. The model was simulated with the software Maxwell 3D and Simplore. The current wave of the discharge circuit,the magnetic field and eddy current of the EM launcher as well as the EM force,the velocity and the position varying with the time were obtained through simulation. Launching experiment were completed with EM experimental device.The consistency between the experimental result and the simulation result verified the feasibility of analysis in this paper.


The aim of this bachelor thesis is to solve the distribution in a pharmaceutical company (a part of a logistics chain) and at the same time to identify and analyze the risks that arise in the process. These risks will be evaluated by appropriate methods and their elimination will be proposed. The result of this thesis will be a suggestion for improvement of the distribution status and possible risk elimination in cooperation with the particular company in their application in practice.


Abstract White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of trust, and diffuse victimisation. It also highlights additional aspects for a working definition which can be applied to various and even rapidly changing historical contexts. The history of white-collar crime draws attention to the intersection of business and the law, and to its interaction with innovation, moral discourse and public perception, as well as with the changing nature of state policies during the past two centuries. The article introduces the special issue and discusses methods and approaches suited to analysing 'shady business'.


The implementation of high-speed ptychography on the Australian Synchrotron XFM beamline in presented. It includes a free-run data collection mode where dead time is eliminated and scan time is optimized. This data collection mode is compatible with fast-scanning X-ray fluorescence mapping with extremely high data acquisition rates over large areas, demonstrated at up to 140 µm2 s−1 with 13× spatial resolution enhancement compared with the beam size.


Tomato domestication experienced a severe genetic bottleneck as the crop was carried from the Andes to Central America and from there to Europe. Selection of a horticultural crop like tomato is usually done on a single plant basis and with small numbers of selected plants. Domestication has triggered a wide range of morphological and physiological traits that distinguished domesticated crops from their wild ancestors. These characteristics are collectively referred to as the domestication syndrome (Frary and Doganlar, 2003). Studies on the domestication syndrome and domestication process have revealed that numerous traits that distinguished crop plants from their wild relatives which include a more compact growth habit, increased earliness, reduction / loss of seed dispersal and dormancy, gigantism and increased morphological diversity. These characters are often controlled genetically by a relatively small number of loci with effects of unequal magnitude (Frary and Doganlar, 2003). In tomato, domestication syndrome traits have been studied for growth habit (self-pruning, plant height and earliness) and fruit traits (set, size, shape, colour and morphology) and the qualitative genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlying these syndrome characteristics have been identified (Grandillo and Tanksley, 1996; Doganlar et al., 2000; Frary and Doganlar, 2003; Tanksley, 2004). In the present investigation, mean of the 25 plant, fruit, fruit quality, physiological and seed characters of the 4 wild relatives of tomato viz Solanum pimpinellifolium, Solanum chilense (EC 513698), Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformae (EC 514013) and Solanum peruvianum (EC251790) were compared with that of the 5 cultivated tomato genotypes viz Berika, BCT-115dg, Alisa Craig Aft, BCT-59 (IC 0585694) and BCT 82 (IC 0585697) to test the significance of difference between the two mean by paired 't' test to document the array of characters that distinguished cultivated species from their wild relatives.


Aiming at the problems existing in planning ship-repair,investigation and study are carried out and suggestion in put forward including practicable plan,quickening the steps of disposition strengthening qualified personnel's introducing and fostering,connecting paths for collecting technical materials and making good cooperating between Navy and its cooperating units.


Good water quality is important for normal production processes in industrial aquaculture. However, in situ or real-time monitoring is generally not available for many aquacultural systems due to relatively high monitoring costs. Therefore, it is necessary to predict water quality parameters in industrial aquaculture systems to obtain useful information for managing production activities. This study used back propagation neural network (BPNN), radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), support vector machine (SVM), and least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) to simulate and predict water quality parameters including dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, ammonium-nitrogen (NH3-N), nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N), and nitrite-nitrogen (NO2-N). Published data were used to compare the prediction accuracy of different methods. The correlation coefficients of BPNN, RBFNN, SVM, and LSSVM for predicting DO were 0.60, 0.99, 0.99, and 0.99, respectively. The correlation coefficients of BPNN, RBFNN, SVM, and LSSVM for predicting pH were 0.56, 0.84, 0.99, and 0.57. The correlation coefficients of BPNN, RBFNN, SVM, and LSSVM for predicting NH3-N were 0.28, 0.88, 0.99, and 0.25, respectively. The correlation coefficients of BPNN, RBFNN, SVM, and LSSVM for predicting NO3-N were 0.96, 0.87, 0.99, and 0.87, respectively. The correlation coefficients of BPNN, RBFNN, SVM, and LSSVM predicted NO2-N with correlation coefficients of 0.87, 0.08, 0.99, and 0.75, respectively. SVM obtained the most accurate and stable prediction results, and SVM was used for predicting the water quality parameters of industrial aquaculture systems with groundwater as the source water. The results showed that the SVM achieved the best prediction effect with accuracy of 99% for both published data and measured data from a typical industrial aquaculture system. The SVM model is recommended for simulating and predicting the water quality in industrial aquaculture systems.


Neutrophils are essential for host defense and their programmed cell death and removal are critical for the optimal expression as well as for efficient resolution of inflammation. Delayed neutrophil apoptosis or impaired clearance of apoptotic neutrophils by macrophages contributes to the progression of chronic inflammation. Under most conditions, neutrophils are exposed to multiple factors and their fate would ultimately depend on the balance between pro‐survival and pro‐apoptotic signals. Life or death decisions are tightly controlled by a complex network of intracellular signaling pathways. Accumulating data indicate that receptors, such as the formyl peptide receptor 2/lipoxin receptor or β2‐integrins can generate contrasting cues in neutrophils in a ligand‐specific manner and suggest a hierarchy among these signals. In this article, we review recent advances on how pro‐apoptosis and pro‐survival signals interact to determine the fate of neutrophils and the inflammatory response, and highlight novel pharmacological strategies that could be used to enhance the resolution of inflammation by redirecting neutrophils to apoptosis. J. Cell. Biochem. 108: 1039–1046, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In North-Cameroon, as in all semi-arid regions of Africa, farmers have for a long time been clearing wooded savannah land in order to cultivate it. This clearing has often been selective, in that farmers have retained the trees that cause them least trouble and those that are useful. They sometimes enrich these agroforestry systems later by introducing new species or by conserving part of the natural regeneration. Various types of wooded parklands have been created, depending on the composition of the original tree population, the ecological conditions, the know-how and requirements of the local populations and their socio-economic environment. The most well known are the faidherbia parklands (Faidherbia albida) and the shea parklands (Vitellaria paradoxa). Between 1950 and 1990, the forestry Department had a policy to protect trees located in fields and in indigenous forests, by prohibiting the cutting of trees. Although these conservation policies were effective in preserving the parklands, they also had a counterproductive effect because farmers felt they were being deprived of the right to manage their tree heritage, with the result that they stopped conserving and planting young trees and the stands aged. Research, development and teaching activities conducted in North-Cameroon by various projects have shown that it is possible to revitalise the management of these agroforestry systems at the farm and village community level. The rights of stakeholders to exploit these trees need to be secured, and this could involve the creation of "community forests", provided for in the Cameroonian forestry law of


Problems of organization internal audit service in companies are considered and studied. Methods of organization of internal audit and enhancing its efficiency are marked.


Fig. 1: A dual-route model of repetition (Hanley et al., 2004). 2004; Fig. 1), but pseudoword repetition should exclusively rely on the nonlexical route. The question is still unresolved whether semantic processing of lexical concepts is required for word repetition compared to pseudoword repetition. The roles of semantic processing and cognitive routes in word and pseudoword repetition may be elucidated by analyses of their neural correlates. Therefore, we intended to examine neural regions specific to word and pseudoword repetition. By contrasting word with pseudoword repetition, we can reveal brain areas specific to word repetition, e. g. areas responsible for semantic processing. On the contrary, pseudoword repetition should reveal the impact of the missing lexical entry and the unfamiliarity of the phoneme sequence on cognitive processing. Methods 34 native German speakers (18m/16f), with a median age of 27.5 years (range 18-69) without any neurological or hearing deficit, participated in the study. 19 subjects were right-handed and 15 left-handed. During scanning in a Siemens 3 Tesla MR scanner 60 words and 60 di-and trisyllabic pseudowords (cf. Fig. 2) were presented via headphones, and subjects were instructed to overtly repeat them. The stimuli were balanced for length, syllable structure, stress and frequency of the stressed syllable; real words were also balanced for word frequency, imageability and semantic field. An event-related design with two sessions was used with a trial duration of 8 s. – Fig. 3 shows the experimental design. T1-weighted anatomical images were acquired using MP-RAGE with 160 sagittal slices, 1 mm thickness, no gap, TR/TE of 2200 ms/2.15 ms, flip angle of 12° and a matrix size of 256 x 256. Echoplanar images were acquired with 30 axial slices, 3 mm thickness, no gap, TR/TE of 1600 ms/30 ms, flip angle of 70° and a matrix size of 192 x 192.


We construct global $BV$ solutions to the Cauchy problem for the damped p-system, under initial data with distinct end-states. The solution will be realized as a perturbation of its asymptotic profile, in which the specific volume satisfies the porous media equation and the velocity obeys the classical Darcy law for gas flow through a porous medium.


Abstract Let A be an associative algebra with pseudoinvolution over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and let be its sequence of -codimensions. We shall prove that such a sequence is polynomially bounded if and only if the variety generated by A does not contain five explicitly described algebras with pseudoinvolution. As a consequence, we shall classify the varieties of algebras with pseudoinvolution of almost polynomial growth, i.e. varieties of exponential growth such that any proper subvariety has polynomial growth and, along the way, we shall give also the classification of their subvarieties. Finally, we shall describe the algebras with pseudoinvolution whose -codimensions are bounded by a linear function.


Presentation of Case First admission. A 19-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea. At the age of eight years she noticed that her fingers and toes turned white on exposure t...


Three species of lichenized fungi, Caloplaca dischroa, Rhizocarpon submodestum, and Rimularia intercedens, are reported as new for Estonia; one taxon, Diplotomma lutosum, which was previously considered to be extinct from the local lichen biota, was re-discovered. Two further rare species, Collema crispum and Leptogium plicatile, are additionally recorded. The abbreviations are used as follows: (1) for the country region: NW – northwestern part of Estonia, NE – northeastern part, WIs – western islands; (2) for frequency classes (Freq.): rr – very rare (1–2 localities), r – rare (3–5 localities), according to Randlane & Saag (1999); (3) for the collectors: JM – Juri Martin, LM – Ljudmilla Martin. The specimens are deposited in the lichen herbarium of the Euroacademy (ICEB).


Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) aims at amplifying the resource security of individuals in rural areas by guaranteeing a hundred days of wage-employment during a fiscal year to the rural area, whose adult members volunteer to prepare unskilled manual work. MGNREGA was at the start launched in Gregorian calendar month 2006 within the Uttar Dinajpur district of province plays a vital role to cut back the agricultural migration through providing employment generation and delivers a base of employment security and alternate resource throughout the non-agricultural season. Uttar Dinajpur district is a primarily agricultural district in terms of the principal supply of resource of its operating population. But, lack of irrigational water, works chance in the non-agricultural season, low wage rate, environmental and natural hazards connected vulnerability lead towards rural migration results shifting to figure within the non-farm sector particularly work as centering labour across and around India throughout the non-agricultural season. The wage rate is associated with the frequent of man-days that are provided underneath this theme is simply too low so it forces to migrate and, therefore, the male operating population area unit extremely migrate than female and, therefore, the women of the migrating household want to be added MGNREA theme, which offers the migrating people an alternate financial gain chance in the migrating season within the local areas. This paper attempts to find out the role of the MGNREGA scheme towards the migration reduction and also exhaustively review different aspects behind migration in the perspective of wage rate discrimination in the migrated areas of the migrating household of the centering labour community in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal since last five years period (2011-15), while contextual interpretation changing scenario of socio-economic variables as the impact of MGNREGA scheme in the study area has been considered for studying for a concrete assessment of this scheme as a whole.


Rules developed by experts are widely used in knowledge-based information extraction (IE) systems. The rules are productions consisting of two parts. The left-hand side of a rule is a template that matches a certain syntactico-semantic structure and the right-hand side is an action that is executed when left-hand side template is matched against a particular text fragment. A typical action is to annotate a matched text fragment with a new syntactico-semantic structure. Once the text is annotated in such a way, knowledge is extracted and stored in a particular format. Rule-based approach is described in a number of works. To our knowledge, there are no papers providing the set of rules developed for a particular domain or describing a methodology used to develop the rules themselves. In this paper we describe our methodology for building extraction rules. In particular, we describe the process of building a more complex left-hand side part (further in the paper we will refer to left-hand side as template).


Poly(para-phenylene) (PPP) has generated sustained scientific interest due to its potential as a blue-emitting material for use in Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs). However, due to its highly unfavorable solubility, most traditional synthetic routes to PPP are relatively limited in their scope. In Chapter 2 we discuss the synthesis of poly(para-arylene)s via the post polymerization functionalization of a completely soluble and easily accessible precursor polymer, utilizing the metal-catalyzed [2+2+2] reaction. We expect that this versatile strategy could lead to new and interesting PPP derivatives. In Chapter 3, we employed this [2+2+2] strategy once more in the synthesis of an defective, but otherwise inaccessible alkoxy substituted poly(phenylene triptycene). We discuss the limitations of this synthetic route for the installation of the three-dimensional triptycene scaffold along the polyphenylene backbone. Recent interest in belt-shaped p-polyarylene macrocycles, otherwise known as nanohoops, has been high due to their potential as a starting template for the bottom-up synthesis of armchair carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The proposed strategy involves iterative Diels-Alder cycloadditions performed in the bay-region of a structurally appropriate nanohoop. However, the unique geometry of these macrocycles also makes them relatively challenging synthetic targets. Perylene has been identified as the smallest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) capable of undergoing a Diels-Alder in its bay-region. Accordingly, in Chapter 4 we discuss progress towards the synthesis of a nanohoop containing this crucial perylene moiety, from which it is hoped the aforementioned bottom-up synthetic strategy can be successfully implemented. Thesis Supervisor: Timothy M. Swager Title: John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry


ABSTRACT While ample scholarly attention has focused on how, through commemorative journalism during anniversaries, deaths or retirement, the journalistic community mobilize past accomplishments to bolster their cultural authority, very limited attention has been paid to how the journalistic community can mobilize negative memories in dealing with problematic situations that are similar to past journalistic scandals or shortcomings. Examining how financial journalists made sense of accusations that they missed the 2008 Global Financial Crisis story, this study analyzes how the journalistic community makes use of past shortcomings to negotiate its understanding of a new case from its breaking moment to its anniversary a decade later. The study finds that reporters relied on previous moments' incidents to explain and contextualize the Global Financial Crisis coverage as another missed story and use it as an opportunity to restate how they should refine their practice going forward.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for dispensing carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. Proposed device has housing with chamber accommodating container with beverage provided with deformable wall and outlet to connect beverage pour-out line. Device is furnished with dispensing device, closing and sealing means providing airtight closing of space under pressure located between outer wall of container with beverage and inner wall of chamber. Special device to raise pressure in space and provide flow out of beverage from container through outlet is provided. Closing and sealing means are found between outer wall of container with beverage and wall of chamber. Container outlet is located out of pressure space. Closing means has spring-loaded locking sliders for interaction with edge of chamber. EFFECT: simple design, convenience in use, no complex sealing means. 21 cl, 10 dwg


While extensive research has examined plant defense responses to attack by herbivores and pathogens, plant responses to parasitism by other plants are not well characterized. The expression of induced plant defenses is mediated by complex signaling networks in which the plant hormones jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) play key roles. In general, JA-mediated signaling pathways are implicated in the regulation of antiherbivore defenses, while the SA pathway is associated with defense responses against pathogens. However, there are many exceptions to this basic framework, and recent work suggests that interactions between the JA and SA pathways may play important roles in fine-tuning defense responses. The few studies that have addressed plant responses to parasitism by other plants suggest that both salicylates and jasmonates can mediate effective defenses. Here, a review is given of recent work on these defense signaling molecules with relevance for understanding their role in plant responses to parasitism.


An acquaintance, on hearing that I was to review this book, told me the following story. He went into a large London bookstore and said to the assistant, 'I'm looking for happiness'. The assistant looked bemused for a moment and then replied, 'it is not something you often find in the first floor of a bookshop, but if you try the third floor you might have more luck'. My acquaintance went to the third floor and again said to an assistant, 'I'm looking for happiness'. This assistant also looked momentarily puzzled and then replied, 'it is something you only find here occasionally and fleetingly, but if you look on the third shelf over there in the corner I think you may find it'. My acquaintance walked the shelves and there was a copy of Richard Layard's book. The story is a testament to the quick wit of sales assistants in bookshops. It also illustrates a particular conception of happiness. The term 'happiness' refers to a subjective experience, to a feeling. It comes at certain moments – sometimes only occasionally and fleetingly – but by either luck or design it can be had for longer periods of life. This conception of happiness is central to the hedonistic account of welfare classically defended by Jeremy Bentham. Layard's book is concerned with happiness in this sense. The book attempts to revive Bentham's classical hedonistic utilitarianism as an approach to public policy in the light of recent empirical work on the determinants of 'subjective welfare' from psychologists such as Daniel Kahneman, economists such as Bruno Frey and developments in the brain sciences. Layard argues that this work on 'the new science of happiness' requires a radical reappraisal of the traditional policy recommendations of mainstream economics. One of Layard's starting points for this reappraisal is the much noted finding that the overall growth in real income has not been matched in a growth in reported happiness. While growth in relative income is correlated with rises in reported happiness, after a certain point growth in gross national product (GNP) is not. Income operates as a social measure of relative worth with respect to some reference groups with whom people compare themselves. Since comparative position is what matters, as overall wealth grows overall happiness does not improve. The race for status and relative income is self-defeating. Layard takes the proper response to be to examine what the actual social determinants of happiness and unhappiness are so that we can pursue New Political Economy, Vol. 11, No. 3, September 2006


Clamping device for an electrochemical cell stack is provided. Clamping apparatus includes a first plate and second plate. The second plate, the space between the first plate and the second plate is positionable with respect to the first plate so as to be sized to accommodate the electrochemical cell stack. The apparatus also includes a coupling member for coupling the first plate to the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate is movable away from the other plate. Coupling member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The apparatus further includes a arranged elastic member between the first end portion and a second end portion.


The turnout system emerges as the most critical component in railway infrastructure that possesses the function of controlling tracks where its faulty operations should be carefully concerned. The traditional turnout failure diagnosis is conducted manually, field staffs need to monitor thousands of turnout current curves based on expert experience per day, resulting in unstable diagnosis results. Thus, this paper utilized artificial intelligence and the group decision concept to propose a voting algorithm that considered the failure diagnosis results of three machine learning models, aiming to provide a feasible intelligent turnout failure diagnosis system with high accuracy. The training samples were filtered based on an experience-based method and fully cleansed for achieving more stable and reliable classification results. For evaluating the diagnosis performance, Recall and Precision were applied. As a result, the group decision failure diagnosis system indeed revealed high accuracy with low failure case omission.


We wanted to obtain a large amount of cytosine deaminase from Escherichia coli. This enzyme deaminates 5-fluorocytosine and is thermostable. It is needed for trial use in a novel chemotherapy for cancer in combination with 5-fluorocytosine. We improved the conditions of its production by examining the culture conditions. A pH-stat culture with the culture pH controlled at around 8.5 using citric acid gave efficient production of cell mass and enzyme activity. The enzyme was purified 1200-fold from the cell-free extract, to homogeneity, using two kinds of affinity adsorbents prepared for this purpose. The enzyme had a molecular weight of 200, 000 (gel permeation), and seemed to be an SH-enzyme. The purified enzyme was thermostable.


Abstract: Over and above one billion people around the world lack access to grid electricity. Over the last few years, prices solar panel system is decrease dramatically leading to more affordable solar electric systems. The characteristic of PV solar systems is a requisite to get a good performance of systems under different circumstances. The characteristic allows the simulation of PV systems under different temperatures and irradiances level. The solar array for a PV array depends upon the unknown parameters, sometimes, they depends of atmospheric conditions. In this paper a developed mathematical model in MATLAB/ Simulink environment of solar PV array system and plot a different characteristics like Io Vo, Po-Vo and PoIo of solar array PV System. Keywords— Solar PV modeling, Solar cell characteristics, PV systems, MATLAB/ Simulink


1. Device (10) for forming a preform (20) with at least one first and one second structural part (11, 12) between which is embedded under the influence of heat, subject to molding the preform (20), characterized in that the first and / or the second structural part (11, 12) structurally and / or due to the properties of the material are arranged so that their thermal expansion in different directions have different velichinu.2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and / or second structural part (11, 12) which has different extension in various directions, includes layers (30, 31, 32, 33) of different composite materials, in particular total fiber composite materials with different coefficients of thermal rasshireniya.3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the layers (30, 31, 32, 33) are arranged relative to each other in such a way and / or are connected to each other, which thermal expansion takes place in one or more preferred napravleniyah.4. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the layers (30, 31, 32, 33) are arranged relative to each other in such a way and / or are connected to each other, the thermal impact of thermal rasshireniya.5 set value. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the layers (30, 31, 32, 33) are arranged relative to each other in such a way and / or are connected to each other, the thermal impact of thermal rasshireniya.6 set value. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and / or second structural part (11, 12) which has different extension in various directions, includes n


In this paper, we investigate numerically the 3D dimensional laminar flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid into a rectangular channel, including several blocks mounted on the lower and upper walls. To do so, a numerical code based on the lattice Boltzmann method is utilized and it has been validated after comparison between the present results and those of the literature. The adiabatic partitions are arranged in three different manners: in the first one; and by using two blocks, these latter are mounted the one against the other. In the second, the bottom block is disposed next to the flow entry. Whereas, in the third; three parallel (or alternative) blocks are taking place the one close to the other at an equal distance. Regarding the Reynolds number and the partitions' distance effects on the fluid flow inside the channel, our phenomenon is widely analyzed throughout streamlines and velocity profiles, with special attention to the partitions' arrangement and the global drop pressure. It is to denote that the three dimensions D3Q19 model is adopted in this work, based on a cubic lattice, where each pattern of the latter is characterized by nineteen discrete speeds.


The invention discloses an arc 3D printing device for an aluminum alloy structural member. The arc 3D printing device comprises a three-dimensional linkage mechanism, a three-dimensional linkage closed-loop control unit, an arc sensor, a welding control system, a welding gun, an argon supply mechanism, a water supply mechanism, a wire feeding mechanism and a member substrate, wherein the argon supply mechanism, the water supply mechanism and the wire feeding mechanism are connected with the welding gun; the welding gun and the member substrate are installed on the three-dimensional linkage mechanism, the welding gun is located above the member substrate, and the welding gun and the member substrate can relatively move; and the arc sensor is installed on the three-dimensional linkage mechanism, and the three-dimensional linkage mechanism and the arc sensor are electrically connected with the three-dimensional linkage closed-loop control unit. The arc length can be controlled dynamically, so that the arc length keeps unchanged basically, and the arc stability is improved; and the welding gun can be accurately positioned, and the welding gun is made to conduct bead welding to form the structural member above the member substrate according to the preset path. The invention further discloses a printing method using the arc 3D printing device for the aluminum alloy structural member.


The paper takes the development of Henan Martial Arts Industry under the market economy as research object,describes the present situation of Martial Arts Industry economic growth and analyzes some existing problems at the same time.And then it puts forward thinking about the development of martial arts economy.The research suggests that the economic development of martial arts in Henan Province has come in the domestic front row,martial arts school is vigorous developing,the business trade shows which take martial arts as the core are in the ascendant and martial art supplies have broad market.Meanwhile,there are also many problems need to be solved urgently.We should have a comprehensive consideration and establish the new pattern of martial arts industry structure model in Henan.The economic functions of the martial arts should be fully made use of,at the same time its cultural characteristics should be paid attention to,both of which can be made to complement and promote each other.


The utility model relates to the technical field of tobacco waste processing and discloses a tobacco waste processing device with a maggot material separation function. The tobacco waste processing device with the maggot material separation function comprises a tank body, a fan blade type discharge device, a mixing device, a maggot material separating device and a light inlet window; the fan blade type discharge device is movably arranged at the discharge hole of the lower part of the tank body, and the size of the fan blade of the fan blade type discharge device is matched with that of the discharge hole; the mixing device is arranged at the upper part of the tank body; the maggot material separating device is arranged at an opening in the lateral surface of the tank body; the light inlet window is embedded in the tank body and opposite to the maggot material separating device. The tobacco waste processing device comprises the maggot material separating device, and the maggot material separating effect is good; the tobacco waste processing device is firm and durable, easy to operate, good in mixing effect, high in tobacco waste processing efficiency and capable of meeting the modern production needs of factorization, large scale production and continuous production.


There is a large discrepancy between people's preferred and actual place of death in Japan. To manage this discrepancy, this study aimed to identify the variability in preferred places of death and their associated factors among Japanese older people.


It is very important to select a small set of relevant features from a high dimensional data set and useful to design either an effective classification or prediction model. This procedure involves a series of estimations of the relationship between each pair of variables and between each variable and class labels. Mutual information is widely used to estimate these relationships. However, alternative strategies may be useful to estimate the mutual information with continuous or hybrid data. In this study, we attempt to evaluate the difference between the selection strategies involved with mutual information and fuzzy mutual information. The results indicate that using fuzzy mutual information is more helpful to obtain more stable feature sets and more accurate estimations of the relationship between two variables.


Natural bone has a complex hierarchical structure in which well-organized collagen fibrils are reinforced by apatite nano crystals. Inspired by bone, biomimetic collagen-apatite (Col-Ap) materials such as Col-Ap composite coatings and 3-D porous Col-Ap scaffold have been developed to enhance osteointegration between implant and host bone and facilitate bone repair and regeneration, respectively. First, a bioactive Col-Ap composite coating was created on Ti6Al4V surface using a collagencontaining modified simulated body fluid (m-SBF). The coating achieved was a composite of bone-like carbonated apatite and collagen type I. The coating composition and morphology could be tailored by carefully adjusting the collagen concentration in m-SBF. In vitro cell culture study shows that addition of collagen promotes osteoblast activities, which may lead to early bone formation. Second, biomimetic Col-Ap composite scaffold was prepared using freeze-drying technique. The scaffolds created have tunable structures and compositions suitable for different tissue repair and regeneration applications. The scaffolds are comprised of hierarchically organized collagen Zengmin Xia ̶ University of Connecticut, 2014 fibers and poorly crystalline apatite nanoparticles mimicking the microstructure of natural bone. At the macrostructure level, the Col-Ap scaffolds with either an isotropic equiaxed structure or a unidirectional lamellar structure have been successfully prepared by controllable freeze casting. The pore size of both scaffold types can be easily adjusted. Third, a unique multi-level lamellar scaffold consisting of co-aligned microand macropores has been developed by freeze-drying a mineralized collagen hydrogel. The scaffold preserves the interconnected network-structure of the hydrogel and superior tensile properties of the collagen fibers. This group of novel scaffolds has been found to have bone-like morphology, adjustable structure, improved mechanical strength and good biocompatibility. In summary, a methodology has been successfully developed for preparation of biomimetic composites with both microand macrostructures precisely controlled to meet different requirements in bone tissue engineering applications. Biomimetic Collagen-Apatite Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering


Bovine adrenal medullary dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase binds with concanavalin A and forms an enzymically active precipitate. The formation of the insoluble complex is pH‐dependent and can be inhibited by α‐methyl‐D‐mannoside, D‐mannose and D‐glucose. The insoluble complex can be dissociated into two species with α‐methyl‐D‐mannoside. From the results, it appears that the interaction between dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase and concanavalin A is due to the carbohydrate moiety of dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase. This property was used to purify the enzyme from a soluble lysate of chromaffin granules. Of all the proteins contained in the soluble lysate, dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase was the only one to be retained on a column of concanavalin A covalently bound to Sepharose 4B. The preparation of pure dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase exhibits a very high specific activity of 320 μmol of octopamine formed per 30 min per mg of protein.


In a series of papers, we aim at stepping towards characterizing physical properties of the AGN dust torus by combining IR highspatial resolution observations with 3D clumpy torus models. In this first paper, we present mid-IR imaging and 8−13 μ ml owresolution spectroscopy of nine type 1 and ten type 2 AGN. The observations were carried out with the VLT/VISIR mid-IR imager and spectrograph and can be considered the largest currently available mid-infrared spectro-photometric data set of AGN at spatial resolution <100 pc. These data resolve scales at which the emission from the dust torus dominates the overall flux, and emission from the host galaxy (e.g. star-formation) is resolved out in most cases. The silicate absorption features are moderately deep and emission features, if seen at all, are shallow. The strongest silicate emission feature in our sample shows some notable shift of the central wavelength from the expected 9.7 μm (based on ISM extinction curves) to ∼10.5 μm. We compare the observed mid-IR luminosities of our objects to AGN luminosity tracers (X-ray, optical and [O iii] luminosities) and find that the mid-IR radiation is emitted quite isotropically. In two cases, IC 5063 and MCG–3–34–64, we find evidence for extended dust emission in the narrow-line region. We confirm the correlation between observed silicate feature strength and Hydrogen column density, which was recently found in Spitzer data at lower spatial resolution. In a further step, our 3D clumpy torus model has been used to interpret the data. We show that the strength of the silicate feature and the mid-IR spectral index α can be used to get reasonable constraints on the radial dust distribution of the torus and the average number of clouds N0 along an equatorial line-of-sight in clumpy torus models. The mid-IR spectral index α is almost exclusively determined by the radial dust distribution power-law index a, while the silicate feature depth mostly depends on N0 and the torus inclination. A comparison of model predictions to our type 1 and type 2 AGN reveals that average parameters of a = −1.0 ± 0. 5a ndN0 = 5 − 8 are typically seen in the presented sample, which means that the radial dust distribution is rather shallow. As a proof-of-concept of this method, we compared the model parameters derived from α and the silicate feature strength to more detailed studies of full IR SEDs and interferometry and found that the constraints on a and N0 are consistent. Finally, we may have found evidence that the radial structure of the torus changes from low to high AGN luminosities towards steeper dust distributions, and we discuss implications for the IR size-luminosity relation.


The paper employed entropy method to study the relationship between the industrial structure adjustment and the low carbon economy in Yichang City.The study showes that the production and distribution of electric power and heat power,which belong to renewable clean energy,rank top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be boosted.The sector of foods substantially ranks top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and belongs to the second tier sector and also the sunrise industry,whose healthy development should be effectively supported and facilitated.The sector of machinery manufacture substantially ranks top ten in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and belongs to the third tier sector.As a traditional pillar sector and a pillar of strength in the industry,it should be effectively supported and developed on the premises of low carbon technical innovation;the high-tech industry and light industry such as manufacture of textile in Yichang also substantially rank top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be further supported to strengthen its competitiveness;the chemical sector ranks low in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be managed by means of combining sector adjustment and technical innovation.Processing of petroleum,coking,processing of nuclear fuel,manufacture of paper and smelting of metal in Yichang rank lowest in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and should be adjusted and merged so as to gradually reduce the number and scale of their enterprises.


The main aim of this study is to describe the different modes in which a myth can be rewritten or reformulated within the thematic universe of a given literary work. Myth is understood here as a model tale which displays a response to typically human problem or conflict, as well as an intertext which creates a framework of reference for the author to conceptualize the myth in his/her the fictional universe so that it better fits his/her personal sensitivity or the contemporary cultural context. In order to tackle the question of intertextuality, it is necessary to establish the differences between the following concepts: ancestral oral myth, literarisized myth, literary myth, explicit ant implicit myths, mythical themes in certain genres, etc. Finally, the analysis of myth rewriting is carried out a mythocritical and comparative literature perspective.


This article presents an in-depth qualitative case study on the negotiations underlying the introduction of an Independent Fiscal Institution and a Constitutional Balanced Budget Rule in Italy. The article looks at the interests of the relevant actors in the negotiation process of the Six Pack, Euro Plus Pact, Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance, and Two Pack by conducting interviews with the negotiators and analyses of parliamentary records and press declarations. The article demonstrates that functional mechanisms explain the outcome of such negotiations better than the consolidated literature of Liberal Intergovernmentalism, which expects that the preferences of the constellation of national actors are the key drivers of EU grand bargains impacting on member states' core state powers. As a matter of fact, Italian negotiators decided to accept the introduction of such instruments because they were potentially helpful in reducing macroeconomic risks both domestically and in other EU member states without having particular political costs, and not because domestic actors showcased clear preferences in favour of them. The results contribute to the academic debate on the integration of the Economic and Monetary Union by testing hypotheses deriving from traditional EU integration and International Relations literature and paves the way for future research allowing for a greater generalisation.


Objective To explore anti-fatigue functions of millet peptides in mice.Methods Totally 120 mice were randomly divided into four groups of control,low,moderate,and high dose and the mice in experimental groups were fed with millet peptides at the dose of 0.2,0.4,and 0.8 g/kg · d for 30 days,respectively.Weight-loaded swimming time of the mice was recorded.Liver glycogen and serum urea nitrogen were determined.Results The results indicated that 0.4,0.8 g/kg · d millet peptides could significantly prolong weight-loaded swimming time by 4.45 and 10.51 min(P0.01),promote synthesis of liver glycogen(9.83±0.10,10.15±0.21 mg/g),and decrease serum urea nitrogen(P0.01).Conclusion Millet peptides has significant anti-fatigue function in mice.


Constant-property laminar flow in the space between two coaxial disks corotating in a fixed cylindrical enclosure is investigated numerically over the Reynolds number range 0⩽Re⩽82 380 for interdisk spacing to disk radius aspect ratios in the range 0.05⩽S⩽0.20. Most of the 3D calculations correspond to regions in the (Re, S) map slightly above the 2D–3D transition, where the 2D (axisymmetric) steady flow can bifurcate into two different families of unsteady 3D flow; (a) at sufficiently large values of S or Re, into a flow that is asymmetric with respect to the interdisk midplane; (b) at intermediate values of S and Re, into a flow that displays shift-and-reflect symmetry with respect to the interdisk midplane. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons with previous experimental and numerical results are established. The structure of the 3D flow is analyzed as well as the jumps in wave frequency when it experiences a change in its circumferential wave length. It is shown that each family of 3D flows is char...


Radiation effects on cubic silicon carbide (3C‐SiC) metal‐oxide‐semiconductor (MOS) structures have been studied with high‐frequency capacitance‐voltage measurements. It was found that interface traps are generated at the 3C‐SiC/SiO2 interface and oxide‐trapped charges are built up in the oxide by 60Co gamma‐ray irradiation. The generation of the interface traps and the oxide‐trapped charges are affected by bias polarity applied to the gate electrode during the irradiation. Absorbed dose dependencies of their generation are discussed comparing with those of Si MOS structures.


The theoretical models of modernization of civil law include from Status to Contract, from Contract to System/Status and from Early Modernization to Modernization, which have some insufficient. The effects of socialization of civil right have the trend of public law of private law, the trend of social law of private law and socialization of civil. The core idea of theoretical model of modernization of civil law is socialization of civil law, whose contents include: civil law puts society in the central position; the individual character and the social character are united; civil law stresses on unequal protection of the weak. Socialization of civil law hasn't denied autonomy of civil law, which is the premise and basis.


The invention provides a scum collecting device. The scum collecting device comprises a scum filtering and collecting component (3), the scum filtering and collecting component (3) comprises a curved face structure and a plane structure. According to the curved face structure, a scum conveying spiral structure (1) is arranged in the curved face structure, an aeration component (5) is arranged at the bottom of the curved face structure, and a baffle (2) is arranged on the vertical face of the curved face structure (2). A traction device (6) is arranged on the plane structure. A floating tank (4) is arranged below the curved face structure and the aeration component (5). By means of the structure, the scum collecting device achieves automatic filtering, collecting and conveying of scum (floating objects) on the water surface, and is widely applied to scum filtering, collecting and conveying in working conditions with water flow changed and on wide water surfaces.


The presence of Cr, Fe, Mn and Co atoms in the silicon volume was found. regardless of the type and state of the introduced impurity, leads to a decrease in the efficiency of the introduction of A-centers and E-centers by several times. In addition, it was found that at high doses of radiation, the kinetics of accumulation of E-centers depends on the charge state of the introduced impurity.


The Kuznets hypothesis, that is, inequality first rises and then falls as the economy advances, is often tested by regressing inequality on income and its squared term (along with other determinants). Findings of a significantly negative coefficient on income and a significantly positive estimate on the quadratic term are commonly taken as evidence supporting the inverted-U Kuznets curve. Although intuitive, Lind and Mehlum (2010) argued that the conventional approach is flawed and proposed an appropriate test for a U-shaped association. We revisit the validity of the Kuznets hypothesis by applying the novel testing strategy of Lind and Mehlum (2010) to annual US data over the period 1917 to 2007. Inconsistent with the Kuznets hypothesis, the test results overwhelmingly reject the combined null hypothesis of an inverted-U or monotone relationship in favour of a U-shaped linkage between income inequality and economic development. Moreover, the results are robust to changes in inequality measures and functional specifications.


Desire is an important theme running throughout the USA writer Roth's novels. In his early works,the subject's emotional desire is prominent in the process of being assimilated; his middle works mainly highlight the subject's carnal desire in its search of self identity; his later works turn to describe the self-actualization of the protagonist. Thus transferring from the natural attribute prompted by instinct to later social attribute,Roth has deeply analyzed the complicated internal world of the characters.


Iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by employing an ultrasonic homogenizer in conjunction to the co-precipitation of Fe (NO3)3·9H2O, FeCl2·4H2O and NaOH. Synchrotron X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra could be fitted with the contributions from hematite (α-Fe2O3) and, to a lesser extent, metallic Fe. The increase in reagent concentrations increased the Fe fraction which partly explained the change in magnetization of superparamagnetic particles. Nevertheless, the α-Fe2O3 composition was increased by using a longer reaction time.


Free clinics are an essential part of the United States health care safety net, and student-run free clinics comprise a significant proportion of free clinics nationally. These clinics operate with limited resources but see a population of medically and socially complex patients. Complex care management is a spectrum of care models targeting high-need, high-cost patients designed to improve outcomes and reduce overutilization of health care which have been implemented in many health care settings. Common features of care management programs include patient selection, specialized care managers, and multidisciplinary medical teams. Patients seen at student-run free clinics would benefit from the principles of complex care management. The principles of complex care management have been incorporated into patient care at the University of Michigan Student-Run Free Clinic (UMSRFC) as part of a pilot care management protocol. Patients seen from May 2016 through April 2017 during the first year of the program's implementation were included in this descriptive report. Approximately 30 patients out of 208 unique patients seen from May 2016-April 2017 were considered complex and managed according to this protocol. Three representative patients were selected as illustrative examples by the authors and their care is described. Features that complicated the care of these patients included uninsured status, insurance ineligibility, poor health literacy, inability to afford medications, multiple comorbid chronic health conditions, mental health disorders, and difficulty with telephone communication. Their outcomes included one patient being successfully transitioned to established health care systems, one patient establishing continuity of care at the UMSRFC with improved management of chronic health conditions, and one patient being lost to follow up. Principles of complex care management may be able to be adapted to fit the limitations of the student-run free clinic model. The implementation of these programs may improve health care outcomes for patients with complex needs.


Chromatographic enantiomer resolution of chiral amines was performed on several covalently immobilized and coated chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on polysaccharide derivatives under the mobile phase conditions containing base or acid or acid/base additive. The chromatographic parameters including separation factors and capacity factors were greatly influenced by the nature of the mobile phase containing base or acid or salt additive as well as the used CSPs. When 0.05% triethylamine/0.05% trifluoroacetic acid as an additive in the mobile phase was used on all CSPs in this study, the greatest enantiomer resolution was observed except for Chiralpak AD. Also, it was shown that the change of base additive into acid or salt in the mobile phase may directly affect chiral recognition mechanisms between the chiral selectors and analytes occurring during enantiomer separation, resulting in the change of elution orders.


The laser wire(LW) method has been demonstrated to be an efective non-interceptive technique for measuring transverse profile and emittance of electron beams in colliders,storage rings and dumping rings.In this paper,we present an improved design of high repetition LW system for high average power free electron lasers(HAP FELs) and energy recovery linacs(ERLs).This improved LW utilizes the excess power of the photocathode drive laser,thus making itself much cheaper and simpler.The system main parameters are optimized with numerical calculations and Monte Carlo simulations,indicating that resolutions would be better than 100 μm and scanning time less than 1 minute.Status of the experiment preparation is also presented.


Introduction The follicular unit transplant achieves very good and natural results. In order to avoid a linear scar in the donor area and increase its potential size, follicular unit extraction (FUE) is an alternative technique to strip harvesting (SH).1-3 As FUE requires a high level of artisanship and is much more laborious than SH, in the same surgical time a smaller number of follicular units (FUs) is harvested with FUE, even with powered FUE.4,5 Many surgeons resist FUE due to its long learning curve, technical difficulty, and higher rates of follicle transection, and because it gives fewer FUs than SH4 and patients usually want more hair, especially in an era of mega and gigasessions with three to more than five thousand FUs transplanted in one session.6-8 In more advanced cases of baldness (e.g., Norwood class VI), the patient and doctor know that usually a second or even a third surgical procedure will be necessary to achieve a good density in the larger area of alopecia (Figure 1). In order to improve the number of FUs transplanted, especially in larger bald areas or in cases of poor donor area, a combination of SH and FUE can be done.9 When this combined harvest is done, subsequent procedures that encounter the area where the FUE was done with the first procedure will have 20%-40% fewer FUs and many small punctiform scars. This adds local fibrosis after healing, which can make slivering and FU preparation difficult in the subsequent SHs.10 It can also change the natural anatomy and orientation of the FUs and make a new FUE session in this area more difficult and less productive (Figures 2, 3, and 4).2,10 For these reasons, the number of FU grafts harvested in a second procedure being performed in a previous FUE area can be decreased. The aim of this work is to emphasize the importance of preserving an untouched area with its natural characteristics for the SH of a patient's possible next procedure.


There is limited understanding of the characteristics and operational burden of persons under investigation (PUIs) and those testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) presenting to emergency departments (EDs).


Health care practitioners learn through experience in clinical environments in which supervision is a key component, but how that learning occurs outside the supervision relationship remains largely unknown. This study explores the environmental factors that inform and support workplace learning within a clinical environment.


In this chapter we provide a theoretical framework for understanding two issues central to this book. First, this is the role of care services in the current societal and social policy context, in relation to new social risks, work-life balance and well-being. The second issue is what the factors/drivers are that explain the recent and current developments of care services in contemporary European societies.


SUMMARY AND FURTHER RESEARCH This research should be of value to small and mid-size company managers and the academiccommunity. It will help managers look at their organizations and develop strategic and tacticalplans to more enhance performance. It will help the academic community focus in on the needsof small and mid-size companies and become a valuable resource for these companies. It will alsohelp professors provide students with the skill se ts and knowledge to face these challenges as theybecome the next generation of managers in these companies.The next step in the research process is to validate the list of issues and develop aquestionnaire. The extended research plan is to send the questionnaire to 1,000 small and mid-sizemanufacturing and distribution companies. The results will be analyzed and reported in asubsequent paper. REFERENCES Agarwal, R. (2002). The conditioning effect of time on firm survival: An industry life cycle approach, Academy ofManagement, 45 (5), 971-994.Barkema, H.G., Baum, J.A.C. & Mannix, E.A. (2002). Management challenges in a new time,


Background: The present study was conducted to assess clinical profile of patients with uveitis. Materials & Methods: 62 cases of uveitis underwent Visual acuity by Snellen's chart, refraction, intraocular pressure by applanation tonometry, slit lamp biomicroscopic examination and a detailed fundus examination. Results: Clinical types were acute in 36, chronic in 18 and recurrent in 8 cases. The difference was significant ( P< 0.05). The common etiology was lens induced in 14, herpetic infection in 24, tuberculosis in 8, blunt trauma in 10 and Behcets disease in 4 cases. The difference was significant ( P< 0.05). Conclusion: Maximum cases were observed in males and common etiology was lens induced and herpetic infection.


Within the scope of the research project FVA 729 I "Worm Gear Efficiency", a physically based simulation method for the efficiency of worm gear drives was developed. This method is validated by experiments with different gear sizes and ratios. An extensive parameter study with the use of this simulation program was carried out to specify the magnitude of various influencing variables on the efficiency. The large parameter field for this study was created with design of experiments (DoE) to take into account a wide range of different parameter combinations. Based on the principle of similarity, the method of dimensional analysis was applied to derive an approximation equation for the efficiency in order to make the developed method accessible to the broad practice. The derivation of this new, physically based formula using dimensionless influencing parameters is object of this paper. The resulting tool allows the calculation engineers to compare different drivetrain concepts with regard to the efficiency. These easy-to-handle formulas can be incorporated into the standard DIN 3996.


. – This study describes the process of modernizing the approach of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Men's Soccer coaching staff through the use of location and tracking data from their matches in the 2019 season. This study utilizes a variety of modeling and analysis techniques to explore and categorize the data and use it to evaluate the types of plays that are most often correlated with victories. This study's contribution to college soccer analytics includes the implementation of a model to determine individual players' performance, the production of team-level metrics, and visualizations to increase the efficiency of the coaching staff's efforts. This research can serve as a blueprint for college soccer programs to utilize data science in their coaching.


A method of improving the accuracy of potential finite-element formulations using interface error current sheets or charges at interelement boundaries is presented, including the procedures required for implementation. It is demonstrated that the compensation of the interface error in potential formulations of the finite-element methods by means of surface current sheets or charges in combination with error-oriented adaptive mesh refinement considerably improves the accuracy, reduces the effort, smooths the results, and requires only a few additional iterations ( >


In this work we report the proton affinities (Epa) of water, seven alcohols, and seventeen cyclic and acyclic ethers, as measured by ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy (ICR) with respect to the same 'basicity ladder.' The Epa for selected compounds have been calculated by MNDO, AM1, and ab initio(3-21G and, in some cases, 4-31 G*//4-31 G and 6-31 G*//6-31 G) methods. These results are used for a comparison of the various computational techniques and for the analysis of structural effects on the neutral and protonated species. Methyl and other alkyl affinities of aliphatic alcohols are determined and discussed. The experimental Epa are treated by correlation analysis methods.


Curcumin yellow dye is considered as an antioxidant, susceptible to light and oxidative degradation. Microencapsulation improves its stability and facilitates its use. This work aimed to investigate the effects of different formulation wall materials (gum arabic, a binary mixture of maltodextrin and modified starch, and a ternary mixture of gum arabic, maltodextrin and modified starch) and different drying methods (for spray and lyophilization) on the stability of microcapsules of turmeric oleoresin. The drying method affected retention curcumin powder in the drying process and storage of the microcapsules under incident light. Curcumin retention during lyophilization was greater than spray drying, but showed the opposite behavior during storage; spray-dried capsules had a higher retention of curcumin after 8 weeks under light exposure. As a result, the ternary mixture of gum arabic, modified starch and maltodextrin was more effective to prevent loss of curcumin and color changes in the microcapsules.

Practical Applications
The main function of turmeric oleoresin is to give color and tempered aroma in certain foods such as pickles and mustard. The knowledge of encapsulation techniques allows the control of the bioactive components, the release time and dosage of turmeric oleoresin in the structure of the food. Moreover, the encapsulation of oleoresin helps to reduce oxidation process by exposure to the environment, increasing the shelf life and the solubility. The results of analysis of this work lead to the use of bioactive components for implementation in similar products, thereby improving their stability.


We propose several improvements of the Hermite–Hadamard inequality in the form of linear combination of its end-points and establish best possible constants. Improvements of a second order for the class Φ ( I ) with applications in Analysis and Theory of Means are also given.


A metamaterial based compact super-wide band microstrip antenna in the simulated frequency range from 4.60 to 15.50 GHz for wireless applications is presented in this paper. Microstrip offset feed line with stubs technique is used for proper matching to increase bandwidth. Partial ground introduced with SRR structure and one rectangular slot are used for enhancing the bandwidth and for reducing a size of the proposed antenna. A compact size of the proposed antenna is 24 × 18 × 1.6 mm3. The simulated results of the reflection coefficient, VSWR, peak gain and radiation pattern are drawn. The measured results of the reflection coefficient and VSWR using VNA for the proposed antenna are plotted. The measured and simulated results in terms of the reflection coefficient and VSWR are found to be close. The measured super wide bandwidth for S11 ≤ -10 dB is found to be 10.9 GHz in a frequency range from 4.6 to 15.5 GHz. The simulated maximum peak gain of the antenna is obtained 6.6 dB.


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Twenty-seven semi-guided office hours' consultations between lecturers and Spanish-speaking undergraduate students were recorded at five different universities in Europe where English is the medium of instruction. The linguistic data gathered show that metaphor plays a significant role in the way that lecturers explain to visiting Erasmus students how assignments, exams or course contents should be approached and understood. When mentoring their students, lecturers often frame the advice they are giving in metaphorical ways; occasionally this is done overtly, through establishing analogies or non-literal comparisons, but more often it is done covertly, through the use of conventional metaphorical expressions that are not accompanied by words or phrases that signal that the lecturers' words should be understood as metaphors. This article examines extracts of talk from 5 academic conversations, looking at the different ways that ideas are framed metaphorically and the kind of responses they provoke in a conversational partner. The initial hypothesis was that overt metaphors would be a particularly effective means of communicating an idea in these cross-cultural mentoring sessions. However, when we compare this with covert uses of metaphor in the corpus, there is only weak evidence that it is so. Rather, the communicative success of any use of metaphor seems to depend very largely on the way that the conversational partners enact their roles as collaborative partners in an academic conversation.


X-ray optics in Kirkpatrick Baez arrangement represent promising alternative to Wolter optics in common use. We present briefly recent status of design, developments, and tests of this kind of X–ray optics including Kirkpatrick Baez module developed and tested within the EU AHEAD project.


Comparing With World Strong teams,the Rubber Rowboat game system of China appears to be inefficient,resulting in a failure in increasing speed with the current game system. In order to win the first Rubber Rowboat medal in the Olympic for China, it is necessary to change the current situation andincrease the number of Rubber Rowboat games.


Currently, there are a lot of delinquency that has become a violation in the school environment, and it is known by the child himself that if his actions were discovered by the legal officer he could be subject to punishment. Delinquency that results in an offense usually begins with a deviant behavior among students. This study allows researchers to find the correlation value between data violations among students of the Purwodadi Adventist High School, by using the Association Rule method and also using FPGrowth as the algorithm. As for combining violation data based on attributes, namely the types of violations committed. The data used is data on student violations from 2016-2020 at the Purwodadi Adventist High School. The results show that the implementation of the correlation violation using the Association Rule method gets 27 association rules with the minimum value of support being 0.08 or 8% and the minimum confidence value is 0.7 or 70%.


To effectively implement an information security (InfoSec) program, businesses must follow a security policy and management best practices. This course examines the concepts underlying security policy design, implementation, and management. It addresses the steps in security model design, data classification, threats and vulnerabilities, quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, evaluating countermeasures, and the standards to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA).


This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the physical dimensions of ear and age for swine. The physical dimensions of ear and weight for twenty pigs were investigated on 1, 20, 40, 90, 120, and 150 days of age, respectively. The thickness of ear was measured at the upper, middle, and lower part of fore perimeter, and the middle and lower part of hind perimeter. The length of ear was measured for width and height. The thickness of ear increased rapidly from 1 day to 20 days of age, then it developed gradually after that period of time. The thickness at the lower part of fore perimeter increased most rapidly from 1 day to 20 days of age. In the length of ear, width increased gradually whereas height increased rapidly from 1 day to 90 days of age and then they almost did not. All the regression equations between the physical dimensions of ear and age were best represented by . These results suggest that RFID has to be installed on the middle part of hind perimeter and an ID chip has to be installed on the lower part of fore perimeter.


Karyotypes of Ophiopogon reversus (Convallariaceae) collected from four localities in Taiwan and one locality on Yonaguni-jima Island in the southern Ryukyus of Japan were reported for the first time. Those of O. jaburan collected from three major islands (Amami-oshima, Tokuno-shima and Okinawa-jima) of the central Ryukyus were also investigated for comparison. All plants of O. reversus and O. jaburan investigated were diploid (2n=36) based on the basic chromosome number of x=18. Among 36 chromosomes of O. reversus, one pair of short chromosomes with submedian centromeres had secondary constrictions at the proximal region of the long arms. Based on this character, O. reversus is cytologically distinguishable from O. jaburan, in which one pair of short metacentric chromosomes had secondary constrictions at the proximal region of the short arms.


Proper management and genetic monitoring of the modern European bison (Bison bonasus) population is one of the most important responsibilities for this species' conservation. Up-to-date, complex genetic analysis performed using a consistent molecular method is needed for population management as a tool to further validate and maintain the genetic diversity of the species. The identification of the genetic line when pedigree data are missing, as well as the identification of parentage and individuals, are crucial for this purpose. The aim of our research was to create a small but informative panel of SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) markers that can be used for routine genotyping of the European bison at low cost. In our study, we used a custom-designed microarray to genotype a large number of European bison, totaling 455 samples from two genetic lines. The results of this analysis allowed us to select highly informative markers. In this paper, we present an effective single nucleotide polymorphism set, divided into separate panels to perform genetic analyses of European bison, which is needed for population monitoring and management. We proposed a total of 20 SNPs to detect hybridization with Bos taurus and Bison bison, a panel of 50 SNPs for individuals and parentage identification, as well as a panel of 30 SNPs for assessing membership of the genetic line. These panels can be used together or independently depending on the research goal and can be applied using various methods.


A diesel EGR system intelligent pressurized cooling device, comprising EGR mixer (3), a mechanical pump (4), electrically controlled fan (5), a radiator (6), the thermostat (. 11), EGR cooler (13 ), electrically controlled EGR valve (14), the engine ECU (18), a temperature sensor (19), the exhaust gas cooler (8) and a two-way electrically controlled valve (12), electrically controlled two-way valve ( 12) and the EGR cooler inlet (13) communicating an air outlet, an outlet (12) both ends of the electrically controlled two-way valve respectively EGR mixer (3) in the exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas cooler (8) is connected to the intake port through the exhaust gas cooler (8) and the EGR mixer outlet (3) through the exhaust gas inlet is connected, electrically controlled EGR valve (14), electrically controlled fan (5), a temperature sensor (19) and electrically controlled 3/2 valve (12) are electrically connected to an engine ECU (18).


ABSTRACT In a 68-yr-old female with diabetes mellitus and idiopathic cerebral atrophy, therapeutic doses of chlorpropamide or tolbutamide induced a hyponatremic syndrome identical with that of inappropriate secretion of ADH (serum Na 117 mEq/1). Metabolic studies revealed that the hyponatremia was due in part to negative sodium balance. There was no evidence of acute fluid retention since body weight, free water clearance and isotopic extracellular fluid volume were identical during control and drug periods. Diuresis was also absent, indicating inappropriate ADH activity during sulfonylurea-induced hyponatremia. Physicians using sulfonylurea drugs in the management of diabetes mellitus must be alert to the possible complication of hyponatremia.


Background and Purpose— Pulmonary embolism is thought to be associated with a small but definite risk of paradoxical embolism in patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Although neurological complications are infrequent, the incidence of clinically silent brain infarction is unknown. We assessed the rate of clinically apparent and silent cerebral embolism in patients with pulmonary embolism in relation to the presence or not of a PFO. Methods— We used diffusion-weighted MRI in patients hospitalized for a pulmonary embolism to assess cerebral embolic events. Sixty consecutive patients were evaluated at diffusion-weighted MRI. All patients underwent neurological assessment before diffusion-weighted MRI and a contrast echocardiography to detect PFO the next day. Results— Diffusion-weighted MRI showed bright lesions in 6 patients among the 60 consecutive patients with pulmonary embolism in a pattern consistent with embolic events. There was only one patient with a neurological deficit. After contrast echocardiography, a PFO was diagnosed in 15 patients (25%). The frequency of silent brain infarcts in patients with a PFO was significantly higher than in patients without PFO (5 [33.3%] of 15 versus one [2.2%] of 45 patients, P=0.003). By logistic regression analysis, PFO was identified as an independent predictor of silent brain infarcts (OR, 34.9 [3.1 to 394.3]; P=0.004). Conclusions— In pulmonary embolism, cerebral embolic events are more frequent than the apparent neurological complication rate. The prevalence of silent brain infarcts is closely related to the presence of a PFO suggesting a high incidence of unsuspected paradoxical emboli in those patients.


This paper mainly focuses on the numerical simulation of particles trajectories aiming at obtaining the movement regulations of particles with different diameters. The article takes advantage of random orbital model of phase coupling under Lagrange coordinate, and figures out that the movement of small particles has large randomness, meanwhile particles with the same diameter and different initial positions can reach various final positions, some of which can escape or be captured from the exhaust pipe. Particles trajectory can be different even if it has same diameter and initial position. The conclusion of this thesis also puts forward that three different phenomena of presentation of gray ring, short-circuit of exhaust pipe and back-mixing of dust exhaust can appear under any conditions. Almost all large particles can be captured by the cyclone separator, and few particles show retention and short time rotation in the lower part of exhaust pipe.


Academic scientific writing is essential to graduation and post-graduation. Many graduate students suffer from a lack of systematic technique. An effective and efficient writing skill and technique guide the students to produce a good article and thesis in a short period. Keyword, Sequence, and Importance (KSI) is a robust academic writing technique. The study investigated the KSI model's effectiveness in academic writing using the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) model. The authors of articles and dissertations are sometimes in a fix on how to start, how to flow, how many citations are needed, how many words to be included in a paragraph, which should come first, and the sequence, etc. A total of 55 students (Ph.D., Masters, and others), who participated in the workshop to learn the KSI model in the workshop, participated in this study, and provided necessary data. SPSS statistical tool was used to analyze the collected data to examine KAP's impact on authors' writing performance. The results of multiple regression showed that attitude and practice had a significant effect on scientific writing performance. The findings implicate that the KSI model is a persuasive writing technique with which the supervisors can adequately guide their students. The students can produce scientific writing in a minimum time. The KSI model, practically, benefits a student to get graduate on time (GOT). The study findings also contribute to the KAP model to support its theoretical assumptions in the education sector.