A lot of studies of Lenin's nationality theories have emerged in the academic circle,but few on Bukharin's nationality theory has been seen,and till less on the comparison between the two figure's theories.Thus,in reviewing Bukharin's nationality theory it is necessary to combine his theory with Lenin's criticism.It is also theoretically significant to the studies of Lenin's nationality theory.


This book explores the word meaning as it is used in such expressions as "the meaning of life," "the search for meaning," "ultimate meaning." In many of the metaphysical contexts where we find the word meaning, it appears to mean "purpose," "value," "goal," "direction," and even "God." The book answers the following questions: How did the English word meaning come to carry these various sub-senses, given that its original sense has to do with signifying? When did the notion of a "meaning of life" arise in English and other languages? How does the English word meaning, which is a verbal noun, differ in these usages from the roughly equivalent words in other European languages? How did the word evolve in usage over time? How has it been used in recent decades? The book's chapters show that the usage is relatively recent, arising in the late eighteenth century in German Romanticism and passing into English in the early nineteenth century; that the English word functions differently from the way its European near-equivalents do, thanks to its ability to suggest "signifying" and hence "interpretation"; that it is seldom defined and hence ambiguous and polyvalent; that it functions today in a wide variety of contexts, including psychotherapy and the continuing conversation between secularism and religion; and that ambiguity and polyvalence are actually the source of its power, since those qualities allow for flexibility in the way the word is understood.


This paper expounds the importance of heating measurement under low-carbon economy. With household heat meter as trade settlement, single-family points system is widely used. The paper introduces heat flowmeter components selection principle, installation requirements, and the function of heat flowmeter.


Aim: The present study intends to investigate the relationship between polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and renin anjiotensin aldosteron system (RAS). Material and Methods: It is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted at Gynecology Clinic of Faculty of Medicine in Kirikkale University. The study group consists of a total of 126 patients, aged between 18 and 40. 96 were diagnosed with PCOS, and 30 were non-PCOS patients (control group). All the patients were given a fasting blood test in the morning, and the plasma renin activity (PRA) was assessed. Statistical analyses were performed to see the difference between the groups. Conclusion: PRA was 287(10-693) pg/ml and 213 (50-802) pg/ml in PCOS and non-PCOS group, respectively. Statistically significant difference was identified between the groups (p:0.048). In brief, PRA levels increase significantly in PCOS, which indicates an activity in the RAS in PCOS.


ABSTRACT Although high PhD attrition rates are a matter of international concern, the factors that lead doctoral researchers to leave their programmes are not well understood. The present study addresses that issue by exploring factors that prompted thoughts of discontinuing among 1017 PhD researchers (PhDRs) at a public, research-intensive Australian university. We analyse the prevalence, strength and clustering of the most frequently identified factors, including mental health difficulties, financial pressures, and problems with supervision. The investigated factors were all strongly associated with thoughts of discontinuing; mental health difficulties were among the strongest factors, and financial stress was the most prevalent. An exploratory cluster analysis revealed that the risk factors co-present in distinctive ways such that six discrete groups of PhDRs are identifiable with varying risk profiles and socio-demographic characteristics. We discuss the research, policy and practice implications of these findings.


Eight new polymerized ammonium-based ionic liquids were prepared as thin membrane films and evaluated within the scope of their usage in lithium-ion batteries. The focus of this work is to get a better understanding of the influence of structural modifications of the monomers on the polymerized materials. Further, different concentrations of a lithium-ion conducting salt were applied in order to receive an optimized combination of monomer structure and lithium salt concentration. It was found that an increased side chain length of the studied ammonium-based polymerized ionic liquids leads to a reduction in glass transition temperatures and increased ionic conductivity values. As a result of the addition of conducting salt to the PIL membranes, the glass transition temperatures and the ionic conductivity values decreases. Nevertheless, PFG-NMR reveals a higher lithium-ion mobility for a sample with higher conducting salt content.


Abstract Two internal indicator volumetric methods for the determination of zinc in rubber compounds have been devised and investigated. The first method is a wet-oxidation method employing nitric acid, bromine, and perchloric acid as oxidants, and p-ethoxychrysoidine, a new oxidation-reduction indicator for this use, as indicator. It is of general application to all types of rubber compounds. The second method, less generally applicable to rubber compounds, utilizes either the new indicator or the well-known indicator, diphenylbenzidine. This method depends on ashing of the sample, and cannot be used for the analysis of zinc in rubber compounds containing lead or silicates, since it has been found that no method in which the sample is ashed yields accurate results if these substances are present. Both methods use potassium ferrocyanide as the volumetric precipitant and potassium ferricyanide as an integral part of the indicator system. Both methods are applicable to other organic and inorganic zinc-conta...


1976 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. 1 Acknowledgements It. is my pleasure.to express my warm thanks and deep appreciation to my advisor, Harry Dym. for his guidance and constant friendly encouragement. I would also like to thank Miriam Drory who didn't save any effort to decipher m y .hieroglyphic handwriting and turned it into a beautiful typescript. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 6. Binary operations in the set of solutions of a partial difference equation, Submitted. [Appendix A2]. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A TECHNICAL REMARK "Formula (m,n)" means "Formula (m,n) in the present chapter". If referfence will be made to formulas from another chapter, then it will be preceded by the relevant chapter's number; e.g., 1 (3.2) means: formula (3.2) in chapter I. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. INTRODUCTION This thesis is concerned with discrete analytic functions 2 A function f: Z £ from the two dimensional lattice to the complex numbers is said to be discrete analytic if for o every (m,n) € Z If we embed Z in C by identifying it with the set of Gaussian integers {m + in} we observe that (1) is an 'analyticity' condition: the difference quotients along the two diagonals of each unit square arc the same. Equivalently, discrete analytic functions can be characterized as the solutions of the homogeneous partial difference equation The theory of discrete analytic functions was initiated by Jacquelline Ferrand-Lelcng [13] and further developed by Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. the proofs of most of the classical theorems of Complex Aanalysis do not carry ^over directly to the discrete case because they \ rely heavily upon the fact that the class of analytic functions is closed under pointwise multiplication. This is not the case for the class of discrete …


The effects of teachers' group incentives on student achievement are examined by reviewing theoretical arguments and empirical studies published between 1990 and 2011. Studies from developing countries reported positive effects of group incentives on student test scores. However, experimental studies from developed countries reported insignificant effects. Some of the evidence appears to show a positive association between small group size of teachers and the effectiveness of group incentives. Still, it is uncertain whether the key to successful group incentives in teaching emanates from the incentive size, teacher group size, teacher intrinsic motivation, or type of incentive (rank type vs. non-rank type). Furthermore, most studies show that individual teacher incentives have positive effects unlike studies on group incentives. However, there is a lack of comparative studies of group incentives and individual incentives. We conclude that current empirical evidence has unclear policy implications and recommend additional experimental research.


In the past few decades, the rise in attacks on communication devices in networks has resulted in a reduction of network functionality, throughput, and performance. To detect and mitigate these network attacks, researchers, academicians, and practitioners developed Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) with automatic response systems. The response system is considered an important component of IDS, since without a timely response IDSs may not function properly in countering various attacks, especially on a real-time basis. To respond appropriately, IDSs should select the optimal response option according to the type of network attack. This research study provides a complete survey of IDSs and Intrusion Response Systems (IRSs) on the basis of our in-depth understanding of the response option for different types of network attacks. Knowledge of the path from IDS to IRS can assist network administrators and network staffs in understanding how to tackle different attacks with state-of-the-art technologies.


Background Systematic evaluation of patients with unexplained cardiac arrest can lead to a diagnosis in 50% of cases. However; evolution of clinical phenotype, identification of new disease-causing...


The reason for writing this article is to pull together scattered materials on the growth of a national judiciary in Indonesia during the Japanese occupation, the revolution, and early independence, and to put these materials in some perspective more useful than a merely legal one. This perspective is not in the first place a functional one, since the history of judicial integration had relatively little to do with the explicit work of courts. What it did have to do with, more than anything else, was the adoption of (and conflict over) new institutional symbols of authority that favored new ruling groups and new political and social visions.


A series of substituted 1-arylamino-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines have been synthesized using reactions of 1-methylthio-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines with substituted anilines and 2-aminothiazoles. The products were tested for analgesic and antiinflammatory activity.


The objective of this investigation was to prepare extended release tablet containing interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) formation technique using Eudragit E100 and Eudragit L100 polymers andEE was selected as the cationic polymer. The other cationic types of Eudragit cannot be used because they are insoluble in aqueous solutions. And, EL, which is usually used as an enteric coating, was used as the anionic polymer The main goal of controlled drug delivery systems is to improve the effectiveness of drug therapies. Controlled drug delivery is delivery of drug at a rate or at a location determined by needs of body or disease state over a specified period of time. In which the drug is delivered over an extended time period. to study its in vitro release and in vivo absorption. The design of dosage form was per-formed by choosing Eudragit E100, EudragitL100, Mg Steret and Talk and PVP-K30 as granulating polymers. Granules were prepared by composing drug with interpolyelectrolyte complex. Optimized formulation of Desvenlafaxine succi-nate was formed by using interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) formation technique using Eudragit E100 and Eudragit L100 polymers This extended the release period up to 10 h in vitro study. Similarity factor and mean dissolution time were also reported to compare various dissolution profiles. The network formed Eudragit E100, L100 polymers had been coupled satisfactorily with the controlled resistance. Biopharmaceutical study of this optimized dos-age form in rabbit model showed 10 h prolonged drug release in vivo. A close correlation (R2 = 0.9833) was established between the in vitro release and the in vivo absorption of drug. The results suggested that wet by interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) formation technique, is a suitable method to formulate sustained release Desvenlafaxine succinate and it can Perform therapeutically better than conventional immediate release dosage form.


Objective To summarize the experiences for resection of huge meningiomas at anterior skull base through unilateral sub-frontal approach. Method 6 patients with huge meningioma at anterior skull base removed through unilateral ( right) sub-frontal approach were reported and body posture, tumor exposure and surgical technique were introduced. Results All the tumors of 6 cases were satisfactorily exposed and removed by Simpson grade Ⅱ. Symptoms of 4 cases were significantly improved. Conclusion Unilateral sub-frontal approach is much simple and convenient for resection of huge meningioma at anterior skull base. This approach is associated with less injury than the traditional accesses, so it could be worthy of recommending to the microsurgical surgeons with experienced hands.


: In difficult classification problems of the z -dimensional points into two groups having 0-1 responses due to the messy data structure, it is more favorable to search for the denser regions for the response 1 assigned points than to find the boundaries to separate the two groups. To such problems of-ten seen in customer databases, we have developed a bump hunting method using probabilistic and statistical methods. By specifying a pureness rate in advance, a maximum capture rate will be obtained. Then, a trade-off curve between the pureness rate and the capture rate can be constructed. In finding the maximum capture rate, we have used the decision tree method combined with the genetic algorithm. We first explain a brief introduction of our research: what the bump hunting is, the trade-off curve between the pureness rate and the capture rate, the bump hunting using the tree genetic algorithm, the upper bounds for the trade-off curve using the extreme-value statistics. Then, the assessment for the accuracy of the trade-off curve is tackled from the genetic algorithm procedure viewpoint. Using the new genetic algorithm procedure proposed, we can obtain the upper bound accuracy for the trade-off curve. Then, we may expect the actually attain-able trade-off curve upper bound. The bootstrapped hold-out method is used in assessing the accuracy of the trade-off curve, as well as the cross validation method.


AbstractThe condition which must be satisfied for conformal projection from the spheroid to the plane is that x + i y = f ( ψ + i ω ) , … … ( 1 ) where x and y are the map coordinates; f is any function; ω the longitude; Ψ a variable which is a function of the latitude only; and i = √(−-1).


A method for making planar avalanche diode oscillators which prevents breakdown at the curved parts of the junction is discussed. Preliminary results concerning the output power and output spectrum are shown.


The size of personal photo-collections has been increasing exponentially due to recent technological advances in camera industry. The current photo-browsers act more as passive querying interfaces where the users can search for their photos and view them. This model relying on human memory to view photos does not work well in the case of large photocollections and many photos, in-turn significant photographs tend to get lost with time. In this paper, we propose the idea of an active photo browser which makes photo-suggestions which could either be picked at random from users' personal collections or related to the current photo being viewed or related to the user's current setting. We first conduct a user survey to identify the need for such a tool and then run a user studies with a prototype photo-browsing tool to get feedback and to understand the users' mental model of connections between the photos. The knowledge of mental model will allow the photo-browser to make more relevant photosuggestions in the future. Author


Hyperthyroidism is commonly seen in primary care settings. However, the management of hyperthyroidism might be unclear to primary care doctors. Various guidelines have been published to assist clinicians in the management of thyroid disorders at various levels of care. The extensive coverage of these guidelines may not appeal to busy clinicians, and the guidelines do not focus on often resource-limited primary care settings. In this article, we aim to describe a practical guide for managing hyperthyroidism in primary care settings using an ABC approach.


Inthispaper, anewspatial methodhasbeen implemented fortheefficient calculation ofthemixedpoten- tial Green's functions associated toelectrical sources, when theyareplaced inside arbitrarily-shaped cylindrical cavities. Thetechnique consists ofplacing electric dipole images and charges outside thecavity, imposing, atdiscrete points ofthe metallic wall, theappropriate boundary conditions forthe potentials. Results showthatthenumerical convergence is attained fast. Thecut-off frequencies andpotential patterns fora trapezium-shaped waveguide arecompared tothose obtained bya standard finite elements technique, showing excellent agreement. Furthermore, a printed planar filter shielded inasquare cavity hasbeenanalyzed withthenew Green's functions, showing thepractical valueofthenew theory. IndexTerms-Greenfunctions, Cavities, Waveguides, Waveguide filters, Printed Circuits


The prenatal and early postnatal neurogenesis of the human climbing fibers of the lateral cerebellar hemispheres have been studied, with the rapid Golgi method, and correlated with the developmental stages of Purkinje cells. A transitional phase has been established in the neurogenesis of the human Purkinje cell between the second and third stages of Cajal. This phase coincides with the arrival of the climbing fibers. It is characterized by the reabsorption and subsequent transformation of Purkinje cell's basal dendrites into somatic spines. Following the arrival of the climbing fibers and the establishment of contacts, the Purkinje cell is progressively transformed from an immature stellate and nonoriented cell into a monopolar and spatially oriented one which acquires all of its mature morphological and functional features.


trans- or cis-β-Trimethylsilylvinyloxiranes are prepared by the reaction of aldehydes with a 3-trimethylsilylated dimethylsulfonium allylide under phase-transfer conditions or with a preformed 3-trimethylsilylated diphenylsulfonium allylide in the presence of LiBr, both in excellent yields and high stereoselectivity.


Glycolic acid chemical peels have been widely accepted as a useful modality in many cutaneous conditions characterized by abnormalities of keratinization.


In this work rank annihilation factor analysis (RAFA) is used to analyze difference spectra of kinetic‐spectrophotometric data. Annihilation of the contribution of one chemical component from the original data matrix is a general method in RAFA. However, sometimes RAFA is not suitable for studying rank deficient data such as kinetic‐spectrophotometric measurements. On the other hand, in order to apply RAFA for the determination of an analyte in an unknown sample, a standard two‐way matrix of the analyte with rank one should generally be available. This is not usually attainable for kinetic‐spectrophotometric monitoring of complexation reactions. Processes monitored by difference spectroscopy always have the spectrum of the initial stage subtracted from each spectrum in the data matrix. In this work we show that, for kinetic‐spectrophotometric data of complexation reactions, the spectrum of ligand (reactant) itself can be used as initial spectrum for subtraction. The obtained difference matrix of sample and that of analyte of interest will be full‐rank and rank 1, respectively. Therefore the system can be analyzed by RAFA. The proposed method was investigated with simulated data at the first stage. The method was then applied in the analysis of experimental kinetic‐spectrophotometric data of a complexation reactions of Co(II) and Ni(II) with chromogenic reagent 1‐(2‐pyridylazo) 2‐naphthol in order to do multi‐component determination of these ions in various real samples. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In order to achieve high-level of competitiveness in today's ever changing market, manufacturers have to maintain high-level of responsiveness to customers' preference. Due to this reason, the appropriate implication of flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is of great significance in determining the success of a company. FMS enables rapid production of various types of products with small scale so as to satisfy customer's requirements for high-level of product variability, however, the high initial investment and unit production cost make it become a challenge especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In this paper, the conceptual design and practical development of an automated and integrated small-scale FMS at the workshop of Narvik University College (NUC) is introduced. This study aims to build up the knowledge in designing and implementing smallscale FMS in practical context, and it also provides the local SMEs with knowledge support in their production.


Information Science will be commemorating Orange Shirt Day. The day is designated as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new federal statutory holiday to honour former residential school students and their families. We encourage all faculty, staff and students to wear an orange shirt during the week of September 27 to 30, as a visual symbol of our awareness of the need for ongoing action toward reconciliation among Indigenous and nonIndigenous peoples in Canada.


This paper aims to reflect upon the potential analytical utility of the political discourse analysis framework proposed by Isabela Fairclough and Norman Fairclough (2012). This framework represents the most recent substantive development upon Norman Fairclough's past work situated within the wider school of Critical Discourse Analysis, building upon his influential position this methodological tradition. Central to this development is the additional emphasis placed upon the necessity to conceptualise all political discourse as 'argumentative' in nature, given that political actors are ultimately proposing or refuting particular courses of concrete future action. This paper will therefore apply Fairclough and Fairclough's model to provisional data derived from an ongoing doctoral thesis which considers the nature of political discourse relating to sport, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Scottish independence, with an ultimate aim of critically considering the benefits and limitations of applying this analytical framework as a methodological tool within this ongoing study.


The most important point in defining the place of cryosurgical ablation of liver metastases from colon and rectum adenocarcinomas is to define the potential benefits and the costs, both financial and physiological, to patients undergoing more conventional regional chemotherapeutic and surgical resective approaches. First, the demography. The estimate is that more than 160,000 patients were newly diagnosed with colon or rectum adenocarcinoma in 1993. ' Forty to 45% of these patients will be dead either because of or with their disease within 5 years. Also, there is still no question that liver is the most prevalent site of first or only recurrence. However, the important aspect in this discussion is whether or not liver is the only site of recurrence, or at least is the only symptomatic site. At present, this true denominator for the justification of any regional therapy directed only at the liver is probably no more than 18,000 to 20,000 patients at most in North ~merica.' My first interest in regional therapy for hepatic metastases came from a recrudescence of the Cady and Oberfeld approach of hepatic arterial infusion using either 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or fluorodeoxyuridine (FUDR).~ At the conclusion of the first Lahey Clinic experience in the 1970s with a 3-week percutaneous hepatic arterial infusion effort, it became obvious that, although response rates were greater than for patients treated with systemic or oral 5 N , complications were a major limitation. In fact, the 3-week treatment duration was a function of either infection (usually at the percutaneous catheter placement site), mobility of the catheter (again, because of the percutaneous implantation), thrombosis of the hepatic artery, or erosion of the catheter through the hepatic arterial wall due to the polyethylene material used in the early generation of arterial catheter egress materials. The rationales for renewed interest in this regional therapy approach was because of significant mechanical and design improvements that led to the Infusaid pump


Different reconstructions of the polar, cation-terminated (100) surface of Cu2O have been investigated. All surfaces have been fully relaxed employing a pair-potential and shell-model description of the interactions within the crystal. A (1 × 1) missing-row reconstruction gave the lowest surface energy, while the experimentally reported ( × )R45° surface structure could not be made stable. Quantum chemical models of the (1 × 1)-reconstructed surface were studied and the Cu+ (d10 → d9 s1) excitation energy computed; relaxation of the surface leads to an increased excitation energy (1.89 eV) and a more ionic description compared with the reconstructed but unrelaxed surface (1.38 eV). The hydrogen atomic chemisorption energy was also computed; for the relaxed surface the computed binding energy of 2.06 eV is sufficiently below half the binding energy of H2 that hydrogen dissociation can be excluded. This is in agreement with experiment. For the unrelaxed surface the binding energy is higher, 2.26 eV, which w...


The problems of prospective land use in Russia are stated. Economic approaches to land evaluation, and issues of land transfer into the ownership are presented.


The principle of distinction can be applied to armed conflicts in outer space. Under the principle of distinction, combatants refer to armed personnel who directly participate in hostile actions in outer space, and military objects refer to those that have made actual contributions to military operations in outer space and can provide a definite military interest. All other personnel and objects are non-military targets that must not be attacked. Objects on which spaceflight participants depend for their survival, certain areas and cultural relics on celestial bodies, outer space, the natural environment of the earth, and space objects used for humanitarian relief are special protected objects. In order to implement the principle of distinction, the defender needs to effectively differentiate its own personnel and objects, and the attacker also needs to take feasible preventive measures.


Improved health care services can benefit from a more seamless exchange of medical information between patients and health care providers. This exchange is especially important considering the increasing trends in mobility, comorbidity and outbreaks. However, current Electronic Health Records (EHR) tend to be institution-centric, often leaving the medical information of the patient fragmented and more importantly inaccessible to the patient for sharing with other health providers in a timely manner. Nearly a decade ago, several client–server models for personal health records (PHR) were proposed. The aim of these previous PHRs was to address data fragmentation issues. However, these models were not widely adopted by patients. This paper discusses the need for a new PHR model that can enhance the patient experience by making medical services more accessible. The aims of the proposed model are to (1) help patients maintain a complete lifelong health record, (2) facilitate timely communication and data sharing with health care providers from multiple institutions and (3) promote integration with advanced third-party services (e.g., risk prediction for chronic diseases) that require access to the patient's health data. The proposed model is based on a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network as opposed to the client–server architecture of the previous PHR models. This architecture consists of a central index server that manages the network and acts as a mediator, a peer client for patients and providers that allows them to manage health records and connect to the network, and a service client that enables third-party providers to offer services to the patients. This distributed architecture is essential since it promotes ownership of the health record by the patient instead of the health care institution. Moreover, it allows the patient to subscribe to an extended range of personalized e-health services.


Condensation of acetophenone with thiourea in presence of halogen (Iodine) gives 2-amino-4-phenylthiazole (I). 2-Amino-4-phenyl-5-phenylazothizole (II) was prepared by coupling of phenyldiazonium chloride with 2-amino-4-phenylthiazole (I). A series of amide can be synthesized by treatment of appropriate substituted acid chlorides (III) with compound (II) using pyridine as solvent. All the synthesized compounds are characterized by the combination of elemental analysis and standard spectroscopic method. They are screened for anti-bacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as well as screened for antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Apergillus oryzae by cup plate method at 1μg/mL concentration in DMF. All the synthesized compounds showed moderate to good microbial activity.


Abstract The enigmatic machaeridians suffer from a confusing taxonomic situation caused by lack of study and hence also understanding of the structure and arrangement of articulated specimens. Here, Lepidocoleus jamesi (Hall & Whitfield, 1875), the type species of the genus Lepidocoleus Faber, 1886, is re-described and re-illustrated with emphasis on articulated specimens from the Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician) of Ohio State.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to "true reflector" type thermostatic coatings with high resistance to UV radiation, and can be used in spacecraft passive thermal control systems. The thermostatic coating composition contains binder based on 15% solution of acrylic resin AS in a mixture of xylene and butanol solvents in ratio of 85:15 and silicone lacquer, which is a 50% solution of polymethylsiloxane resin in toluene, an organic solvent and aluminium paste TRP. The organic solvent used is a mixture of xylene and butanol in weight ratio 85:15. Components of the thermostatic coating composition are in the following ratio, wt %: 15% solution of acrylic resin AS 42-47; 50% solution of polymethylsiloxane resin 29-33; aluminium paste TRP 20-26; mixture of xylene and butanol in weight ratio 85:15 - up to application viscosity. EFFECT: high resistance to the effect of cosmic space factors, longer active life of spacecraft, obtaining the following values of thermal radiation characteristics on the surface of articles. 1 tbl, 1 ex


Accessible online at: http://BioMedNet.com/karger In this journal, van Kralingen et al. [1] assert that sleep complaints and disordered breathing are common in the obese and can lead to significant perioperative complications. Although the patients studied were being evaluated for weight reduction surgery, the findings are relevant to all sorts of surgery performed in the very obese. In the study of Van Kralingen et al. [1], all of the patients had a body mass index 130 and all but 15 had a body mass index 140. It is important to confirm their results because there are several potential problems with the study itself. The criteria used in the study to diagnose sleep-disordered breathing may not be optimal. It is troubling that sleep complaints were as frequent in those without sleep disordered breathing. Particularly worrisome is the finding that hypersomnolence and observed apneas are about the same in the two groups. Sleep-disordered breathing is rather arbitrarily defined. It would have been important to know the severity of the disturbances in the sleep-disordered breathing group and whether cardiac arrhythmias were ever observed. Besides the one study by Rennotte et al. [2] mentioned by the authors there is little information on the frequency or severity of the perioperative risks in the patients with sleep-disordered breathing. It is unfortunate that no control group of subjects was studied by the authors. They have also provided no data on whether or not the patients they studied received surgery and if they had complications. The authors suggest that respiratory monitoring might be needed in the very obese and that continuous positive airway pressure may be necessary in patients with sleepdisordered breathing to prevent complications. These suggestions may be valid and deserve more investigation to examine whether we have at present the tools to predict which obese patients are likely to encounter difficulties with surgery because of sleep apnea.


The influences of different ratios of Fe and N on the structure, mechanical and electronic properties of Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] compounds were studied by using the first-principles study. Our obtained lattice parameters are in excellent agreement with the experimental data. The calculated density of the Fe[Formula: see text]N1 compounds increases with the Fe content, which is almost consistent with the trend of the experimental results. The elastic constants indicate that the Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] compounds are mechanically stable. The values of [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] and Poisson's ratio indicate that the Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] compounds exhibit ductile manner. As Fe content increases, [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] and Poisson's ratios decrease monotonically. In particular, Fe4N1 has the highest hardness among all the considered Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] compounds. The obtained density of states shows that Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] is metallic in nature. The peak of the state density becomes sharper with the increase of N content, indicating that the localization of these alloys is enhanced. Among the Fe[Formula: see text]N[Formula: see text] compounds, Fe1N1 has been found to be the most stable with respect to the band filling theory calculation.


ABSTRACT The relationship between Muslims and body art has not been a subject of academic inquiry. This is strange since tattooing has become more prevalent in many urban cosmopolitan cities. This article examines the tattooing practices of Muslim men in Singapore. These practices are sociologically interesting because they involve Malay men who are predominantly Muslims, tattooing themselves as part of their membership in gangs that are mostly Chinese-dominated. This article presents the concept of "antipodal tattooing," which can be instructive in understanding the relationships between tattooing and identity formation as expressions of the fragile and fragmented character of minority youth identities in urban life.


The hydraulic permeation of toluene–cyclohexanone and isooctane–CCl4 mixtures through a membrane, a rubber network, was studied. No separation of components occurred in this mode. The mixture flux data were successfully analyzed using a solution–diffusion theory by treating the mixture as if it were a single component with properties of the mixture. Diffusion coefficients determined in this way appear to be governed by frictional forces having a hydrodynamic origin. Slight separation of the components did occur when the pervaporation mode of operation was used. The significance of this is discussed.


Extreme multi-label text classification (XMC) aims to tag each input text with the most relevant labels from an extremely large label set, such as those that arise in product categorization and e-commerce recommendation. Recently, pretrained language representation models such as BERT achieve remarkable state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of NLP tasks including sentence classification among small label sets (typically fewer than thousands). Indeed, there are several challenges in applying BERT to the XMC problem. The main challenges are: (i) the difficulty of capturing dependencies and correlations among labels, whose features may come from heterogeneous sources, and (ii) the tractability to scale to the extreme label setting as the model size can be very large and scale linearly with the size of the output space. To overcome these challenges, we propose X-BERT, the first feasible attempt to finetune BERT models for a scalable solution to the XMC problem. Specifically, X-BERT leverages both the label and document text to build label representations, which induces semantic label clusters in order to better model label dependencies. At the heart of X-BERT is finetuning BERT models to capture the contextual relations between input text and the induced label clusters. Finally, an ensemble of the different BERT models trained on heterogeneous label clusters leads to our best final model. Empirically, on a Wiki dataset with around 0.5 million labels, X-BERT achieves new state-of-the-art results where the precision@1 reaches 67:80%, a substantial improvement over 32.58%/60.91% of deep learning baseline fastText and competing XMC approach Parabel, respectively. This amounts to a 11.31% relative improvement over Parabel, which is indeed significant since the recent approach SLICE only has 5.53% relative improvement.


The time it takes new drugs to penetrate the market is shrinking. David Kao suggests how drug companies' techniques could be used to improve safety surveillance systems


This study focuses on equity, private debt, and asset-backed securities markets in Central America. These markets are generally under-developed throughout the region due to several structural problems, economic and political factors, and weaknesses in regulation and in institutional investor base. The paper identifies key country-specific recommendations to strengthen securities laws, regulatory oversight, market infrastructure, investor base, and new products such as asset-backed securities. Despite these efforts, developing seven viable private capital markets is a difficult goal. The paper thus also explores the benefits and difficulties of creating a single capital market in a region still short of full economic integration.


We revisit the possibility of ``visible sector'' SUSY models: models which are straightforward renormalizable extensions of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), where SUSY is broken at tree level. Models of this type were abandoned twenty years ago due to phenomenological problems, which we review. We then demonstrate that it is possible to construct simple phenomenologically viable visible sector SUSY models. Such models are indeed quite constrained, and have some inelegant features. They also have interesting and distinctive phenomenology. Our models predict light gauginos and very heavy squarks and sleptons. The squarks and sleptons may not be observable at the LHC. The LSP is a stable very light gravitino with a significant Higgsino admixture. The NLSP is mostly Bino. The Higgs boson is naturally heavy. Proton decay is sufficently and naturally suppressed, even for a cutoff scale as low as 108 GeV. The lightest particle of the O'Raifeartaigh sector (the LOP) is stable, and is an interesting cold dark matter candidate.


The objective of this work was to do a deep analysis on the load training using the strength in basketball, just during competitive periods. This analysis was supported dy the use of the following index (mid weight, repeating sections, volume coefficent) for intensity indexes mid and relative intensity were valued. Statistic techni que such stad 0.5 and evalcon 2 were used for the analysis.


Abstract A relationship between the unified primary normal stress difference function and the unified viscosity function curves proposed earlier by the authors is sought based on a strain dependent single integral constitutive equation of the BKZ-type. The predictions of the equation are checked for best fit of the unified primary normal stress difference curves of low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, polypropylene and nylon. The approach is then extended to give theoretical predictions of the unified primary normal stress difference curves for a number of other polymers whose unified viscosity curves are known. The approach provides a method to estimate the normal stress difference versus shear rate curves at any temperature through the unified curves merely from the knowledge of the melt flow index.


The title compound of [Mn(NIT-1'-MeBzIm)3]·(ClO4)2·CH3CH2OH was synthesized and characterized structurally by single crystal X-ray diffraction.This compound crystallizes in Triclinic system,space group P2(1)/c with a=18.349(5),b=21.761(6),c=14.721(4),α =90°,β =97.447(5)°,γ=90°,V=5828(3)3,Z=4,Dc=1.324 g/cm3.The final R value is R1=0.1945,ωR2=0.5138(Ⅰ 2σ(Ⅰ)),F(000)=2432.The Mn(Ⅱ) ion is six-coordinated into a distorted octahedral geometry.Meanwhile,the intermolecular hydrogen bonds result in one dimension chain structure.


Capital has object and social relation attributes.With the object attribute,it is possible to show,in the process of capital operation,the complicated economic relations among market subjects.In previous research on capital operation,the object attribute has been stressed,while its social relation attribute has been unstressed.If only the object attribute is noticed,the operation of capital would intensify the tension between capital and human,and between capital and society,which may disturb economic relation system.To lead the operation of capital with socialist core value system,it is to grasp both object and social relation attributes of capital,to lead the establishment of a sound and harmonious economic relation between or among market subjects,to promote a good operation of capital and a harmonious development,and benefit people.


Heterosexuality, which I define as a romantic and sexual orientation toward persons not of one's own sex, is apparently a very general, though not entirely universal, characteristic of the human condition. In fact, it is so ubiquitous a part of human interactions and relations as to be almost invisible, and so natural-seeming as to appear unquestionable. Indeed, the 1970 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines 'heterosexual' as 'pertaining to or characterized by the normal relation of the sexes.'


Post-operative pain management is a major concern in orthopaedic surgery. Every surgeon has a post-op pain
management protocol, though the ideal regimen or combo was always a debate. NSAIDs and Opioids occupy the
majority in pain management regimen. In this study, the analgesic efficacy of Tramadol hydrochloride (Opioid) and
Diclofenac sodium (NSAID) in patients undergoing a major orthopedic surgery was investigated and compared. A total
of 50 randomly selected preoperatively and were grouped into receiving either one of the drug. Postoperative pain was
evaluated by using a visual analogue scale (VAS) assessing at 6,12,18,24,32,40,48,56,64,72,80,88,96,104,112,120 hours
post-surgery. Tramadol hydrochloride showed significance in the early postoperative period(<40 hours) but later anti-
inflammatory action of Diclofenac sodium indicates to be an enhanced analgesic (64 to 104 hours). However, no
significance was noted in VAS score after 104 hours post-surgery.


Mathematical formalism is the the view that numbers are "signs" and that arithmetic is like a game played with such signs. Frege's colleague Thomae defended formalism using an analogy with chess, and Frege's critique of this analogy has had a major influence on discussions in analytic philosophy about signs, rules, meaning, and mathematics. Here I offer a new interpretation of formalism as defended by Thomae and his predecessors, paying close attention to the mathematical details and historical context. I argue that for Thomae, the formal standpoint is an algebraic perspective on a domain of objects, and a "sign" is not a linguistic expression or mark, but a representation of an object within that perspective. Thomae exploits a shift into this perspective to give a purely algebraic construction of the real numbers from the rational numbers. I suggest that Thomae's chess analogy is intended to provide a model for such shifts in perspective.


What unites political associations? And what are fair criteria for conceding or denying access to citizenship to potential immigrants? This article argues that the socio-political conditions for the unity of political associations should be distinguished from the merely institutional functions of statehood. Focusing on conditions for the unity of political associations, the article critically examines traditional and contemporary ideas about the unity of the people in liberal political theory. Starting with a brief historical sketch of Hobbes' (states make peoples) and Rousseau's (the people is the state) accounts of the unity of the people, the major argument examines the conditions of democratic unity and especially conditions for the acceptance of majority rule. It will be claimed that democratic unity requires neither cultural nor moral homogeneity but first and foremost compatibility of political attitudes and continuous political dependency. Criteria for access to citizenship, accordingly, should focus on residence requirements and political attitudes, unless preferential treatment of particular groups of immigrants is recommended for other reasons such as history of colonialism or past injustice.


In this paper, we investigate the sources of heterogeneity within the euro area. For this purpose, we build an optimization-based multi-country model (MCM) that allows different sources of heterogeneity across countries, both in terms of behavior of economic agents and in terms of asymmetry of shocks. Using Bayesian techniques, we estimate the MCM and several constrained versions of this model. We then test different sources of heterogeneity within the euro area. We show that the main source is the asymmetry of shocks affecting the different economies. In contrast, the heterogeneity of behaviors does not seem to be of empirical relevance for the euro area.


Background To improve equity of service, in line with the aspirations of public policy across the UK, it is imperative that we understand how sociodemographic factors affect the management and care of stroke. Aims To describe the relationship between sociodemographic factors and the epidemiology, clinical factors, diagnosis, treatment, patient experience and outcomes for people with stroke. Methods We conducted a focused review of published literature from 2000 to 2021 looking at stroke and each of the patient protected characteristics, as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, and the relationship to epidemiology, treatment and patient outcomes. Additional patient factors such as socioeconomic status, education and employment were also explored. Results There is plenty of evidence published exploring the relationship of stroke with age, pregnancy, race, sex and gender. There is a lack of evidence exploring that relationship with disability, gender reas- signment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation, geographical variation, socioeconomic status, settlement status, education and employment. Discussion Certain areas within stroke medicine are well researched, with cause and effect relationships established. However, there are certain protected patient characteristics with minimal/no evidence which require further research to ensure equal access for all patients to stroke care.


In this study, a battery and ultra-capacitor (UC) hybrid electric vehicular system is proposed. The battery supplies the long term energy requirements of the vehicle while UC is employed for picking up the transient load variations that can seriously damage the electrochemical structure of the battery. An experimental assessment of the constructed vehicle prototype of such hybrid structure is realized under a real time drive cycle. The proposed system provides the advantages of eliminating of the supervisory control system necessity as well as realizing a more reliable local control approach based on voltage regulation compared to current based control approaches.


The purpose of the current study was to investigate how the phenomenon of war was studied at the history books of secondary education. The method of the research depends on document analysis. For that reason, the history course books were investigated and the wars told in the books were determined. In the course book of Modern Turkish and World History, you can find wars and treaties. Establishment of Bolshevist regime led to new wars in the political history. In this book, it is likely to see something about World War II as well. Following the World War II, the cold war between Soviets Union and the USA had a great impact on era. The civil wars told in the Modern World History mostly intensified in the African countries. As for the twenty first century, the wars have mostly been realized as the civil wars and terrorism.


Tetrapeptides with proline in position 2, asparagine or leucine in position 3, and glycine in positions 1 and 4, with end groups free or blocked on the N‐terminal side, were studied in their various ionic states in 2H2O and in Me2SO‐d6 by 1H‐ and 13C‐nmr. In order to clarify or refine some details, successive substitutions of the residues in these peptides with amino acids enriched to 85% in 13C, or to 85% 13C plus 97% 2H were carried out. The 1H and 13C chemical shifts as well as the 1H‐1H, 13C‐13C, and 13C‐1H coupling constants and the signal intensities show strong similarity of behavior between the tetrapeptides of asparagine and leucine. The main conformational characteristics are (1) the almost total stabilization of the trans conformer in the type I β‐turn structure when the peptide is in the zwitterion state dissolved in Me2SO. This is deduced from the 3J  C 3 αH‐N 3H and the 3J  C 2′‐H 3 α coupling constants, which both furnish a dihedral angle of ϕ3 = −90°, and from the positive value of the temperature coefficient of the glycine‐4 amide protons, which suggests a type 4 → 1 hydrogen bond; (2) the evolution of cis and trans isomer fractions which change with the ionic state of the peptides in Me2SO, whereas they remain constant in aqueous solution; and (3) the conformation of the pyrrolidine ring as it follows the variations in cis:trans isomer populations together with the side‐chain rotamer fractions of the residue in position 3. In the β‐turn conformation the isomer cis is less abundant and the pyrrolidine ring is more flexible; this explains the perfect accommodation of the proline residue in position 2 of a bend. The interdependence of these phenomena where interactive forces play a predominant role underlines the importance of cooperative effects in the molecule. The results also suggest that the cis isomer of proline can adapt itself just as well as the trans isomer to position 2 of a type I β‐turn.


The invention relates to a teaching microphone, and specifically relates to a fixed-distance teaching microphone. A support is connected with a colored ribbon and a snakeskin tube, the other end of the snakeskin tube is connected with a microphone, and the microphone is supported near the mouth of a speaker. The snakeskin tube deforms under force, and the position of the microphone changes as the snakeskin tube deforms. The snakeskin tube does not deform when not under force. The snakeskin tube is fixed to the support or inserted into the support. The support is fixed to the colored ribbon or detachably connected with the colored ribbon. The tail end of the snakeskin tube is provided with anti-rotation mechanisms of which each is composed of a spring, a ball and a block piece. According to the invention, full play is given to the colored ribbon, the colored ribbon is used for two purposes, the cost is reduced, and the decorative function of the colored ribbon makes the microphone beautiful; and the microphone is convenient to carry, the situation in which the voice of the teacher is too large or small is avoided, and the fluctuation of sound is prevented effectively. The fixed-distance teaching microphone of the invention can also be applicable to actors, show hosts, and the like.


The paper reports on outcomes of research into a road concrete containing coal ash powders of thermal power stations located in Krasnoyarsk. The study was focused on characteristics of a fly ash, and ash taken in an ash-disposal area of Krasnoyarsk Thermal Power Station 1, as well as ash of Beryozovskaya GRES. To compare characteristics a standard limestone powder was used. Physical and mechanical characteristics, chemical and mineral composition of these powders were analyzed. Mineral powders differed in a concentration of free calcium oxide (СаОfr.). Samples of a fine-grained road concrete were composed and prepared using materials above. Physical and mechanical properties of formed road concrete samples were tested. A coefficient K was introduced to assess the relation between key characteristics of a road concrete mix and concentration of free calcium oxide, furthermore, it considers a percentage of СаОfr. in ash (m) and percentage of this ash in a road concrete (n), i.e. К= m·n. It has been established a coefficient К ranging 0 to 32 СаОfr. has no significant effect on characteristics of a road concrete mix. A fly ash and ash taken in an ash-disposal area of Krasnoyarsk thermal power station 1 are recommended for the use in industry as a mineral powder in a road concrete mix. Additionally, ash taken in an ash-disposal area is to be dried and grinded, a maximal content of a fly ash in a road concrete mix is estimated to be 4% provided that a concentration of СаОfr. is less than 8%.


ADITRIAN RAHIM. Overlap Graph Construction using Suffix Tree on DNA Sequence. Supervised by WISNU ANANTA KUSUMA and SONY HARTONO WIJAYA. The DNA sequence assembly is very important in genome analysis. This step aims to reconstruct contigous DNA fragment (contigs) from short fragment by concatenating fragments based on the overlap region among them. This method employs overlap graph for solving the problems. In this graph, nodes represent fragments and edges represent overlap. This research developed a software for constructing overlap graph using suffix tree. The evaluation was conducted by measuring the number of nodes, number of edges, and the execution time in many values of minimum overlap. The minimum overlap is defined as the minimum length of substring which is considered as the overlap region between two fragments. The evaluation results showed that the number of nodes, the number of edges, and the execution time were increased with the decreasing of the minimum overlap value.


1,5-Dicarbonyl compounds and their enol silyl ethers were prepared by the reaction of α,β-unsaturated ketones and enol silyl ethers or ketene silyl acetals by using an electrogenerated acid (EG acid) as a catalyst. Similar reaction of 1-trimethylsiloxy-1,3-butadiene with enones produced six-membered adducts as the result of a double-Michael process.


Abstract It is known that the positiveness of topological entropy, the existence of a horseshoe and the existence of a homoclinic trajectory are mutually equivalent, for interval maps. The aim of the paper is to investigate the relations between the properties for continuous maps of trees, graphs and dendrites. We consider three different definitions of a horseshoe and two different definitions of a homoclinic trajectory. All the properties are mutually equivalent for tree maps, whereas not for maps on graphs and dendrites. For example, positive topological entropy and the existence of a homoclinic trajectory are independent and neither of them implies the existence of any horseshoe in the case of dendrites. Unfortunately, there is still an open problem, and we formulate it at the end of the paper.


This study proposes a smart pacifier to save a dehydrated baby's life. The pacifier estimates the hydration level of the baby and notifies the caregiver (e.g. parents) of the baby the baby's total body water (TBW) and guides appropriate action through the mobile app. We designed both the hardware and the software. The hardware consists of a sensor to measure the humidity from babie's lips and a pocket for oral rehydration solution (ORS) to get a baby's body rehydrated for the first aid. In addition, the system by collecting data from app allows a hospital to know infection area by checking a dashboard. In this paper, we propose the smart pacifier and the describe the mechanism.


Electric load forecasting has emerged as a critical enabler of decision-making and scheduling for smart grids. However, most of the existing deep learning electricity prediction methods are trained offline in the cloud, which causes network congestion and long latency. Edge computing has shown great potential in training models at the network edge to ensure real-time. In this paper, we propose a dynamic combined prediction framework based on sparse anomaly sensing with cloud-edge collaboration to exploit the real-time characteristic of online prediction models on edge and the strong predictive ability of offline prediction models on the cloud. The proposed framework can reasonably process abnormal data by incorporating a sparse anomaly sensing approach, thus further improving the model prediction capability. For this demo, we develop an edge computing-based microgrid platform on which we have implemented a dynamic combined prediction scheme based on sparse anomaly sensing. Experimental results verify the practicability and feasibility performance of the proposed scheme.


In light of the current shift in Latin American politics (the Pink Tide), this thesis looks to analyse the role of Pan-Americanism in U.S. foreign policy in the first half of the 20th century. It argues that rather than possessing a genuine belief in the principles of Pan-Americanism, U.S. leaders (namely Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt) used a Pan-American rhetoric to further the overarching policy goals of extending political and economic dominance over Latin America. It also argues that the American appropriation and misuse of the Pan-American movement in the 20th century is responsible for the current exclusion of the United States from new regional organisations such as CELAC, which are primarily designed to emancipate the Latin American states from U.S. guardianship.
The thesis begins by offering an insight into the current political developments in Latin America and then gives a history of the Pan-American movement from its Bolivarian origins to the Americanisation of the movement in the late 19th century. The largest part of the thesis presents a comparative study between Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, two presidents that adopted a clear Pan-American rhetoric to justify their Latin American policies. Primary research was conducted that revealed a continuity in policy goals but differing levels of success in achieving them. There were differences too in the rhetoric used by both men. Roosevelt had a much more well-developed rhetoric and achieved greater success because of this. Wilson appeared to be more rooted in 19th century ideas of manifest destiny and a civilising mission, leaving his rhetoric and his action less appealing to Latin Americans. Roosevelt dealt diplomatically with Latin Americans as equals (at least on the surface). The success of the two was measured by their ability to achieve economic and political goals. Both achieved economic growth, but Roosevelt laid stronger foundations for continued expansion in the post-war years. Roosevelt was also far more successful in achieving political goals. Political goals were generally to keep unwanted influences out of Latin America and cement the region as part of the United States' sphere of influence. The goodwill that Roosevelt's Good Neighbour Policy created showed itself when almost all of Latin America joined the Second World War after the United States were attacked at Pearl Harbour.
To summarise, this thesis argues that Pan-Americanism was used to justify the expansion of the economic and political power of the United States in Latin America. Though this was successful in the short term, it has had lasting effects on the nature of U.S.-Latin American relations. Today, Latin American integration efforts appear to be reviving original Bolivarian ideas of Pan-Americanism and the United States has itself to blame for its exclusion from this movement.


Device (1) assembly and bottle filling (2) of liquid for electronic cigarette comprising at least one filling means (3) of said liquid which are connected to the supply means of the liquid. This device is characterized in that said filling means (3) are connected to means for supplying at least two different liquids in their composition through selection means (4) to select under the impetus means of suitable control, the distribution of a liquid or liquid mixture in varying proportions.


Antiviral nucleosides must be converted to their respective 5 0-O-triphosphate nucleotides through three separate kinases in order to inhibit the viral polymerases. Often, the first kinase for conversion of the nucleoside to its respective 5 0-O-monophos-phate nucleotide is the most discriminating. Nucleotides themselves do not have acceptable pharmacokinetic properties for drug development. Medicinal chemists have long sought to circumvent the first phosphorylation step by creating prodrugs of the monophosphate. In the case of phosphoramidates, 1 the monophosphate is masked by substitution with an aromatic ester and an amine such as an amino acid ester. Phosphoramidate prodrug strategies have been applied widely in the development of treatments for hepatitis C, 2 hepatitis B, 3 and HIV. 4 This prodrug construct provides suitable pharmacokinetic properties for in vivo absorption and in the case of treatments for HCV and HBV provides liver targeting characteristics. Once in the liver, the phosphoramidate is metabolized to the monophosphate nucleotide through a cascade of steps starting with the cleavage of the amino acid ester by esterases. 5 Our second generation nucleoside inhibitor, PSI-7977 6 (3, Scheme 1), utilizes this strategy and has demonstrated clinical proof 7 of concept. PSI-7977 is a single Sp isomer that is obtained by the first selective crystallization of a nucleotide phosphoramidate from the diastereomeric mixture and is the more potent diastereomer. However, this separation-by-crystallization approach is an inefficient method to use in the last step of a multistep synthesis. Therefore, we undertook an effort to develop a diastereoselective synthesis of PSI-7977. Unlike the wealth of information available for stereoselective synthesis of carbon centers, the stereoselective synthesis of phosphorus centers 8 and especially phosphoramidates is limited. For a phosphorus(V) electrophilic reagent such as 2, the phosphorus stereochemistry is already set assuming that the reagent is stable. Nucleophilic substitution on the phosphorus center leads to an inversion of configuration. Using conventional chemistry for our synthesis, the chloro reagent 2 is produced as an even mixture of two diastereomers. Logically, it would be more convergent to develop a synthesis of a single isomer of a phosphoramidating reagent which then could be used to make the desired nucleoside phosphoramidate diastereomer by nu-cleophilic displacement. If any chiral separation were needed, it could be done on the relatively inexpensive reagent. Unfortunately , reagent 2 was not sufficiently stable. As commonly done for other phosphoramidating reagents, 9 2 was prepared as a crude mixture just prior to use. It …


The patient‐relevant minimal important difference for opioid consumption remains undetermined, despite its frequent use as primary outcome in trials on postoperative pain management. A minimal important difference is necessary to evaluate whether significant trial results are clinically relevant. Further, it can be used as effect size to ensure that trials are powered to find clinically relevant effects. By exploring the dose–response relationship between postoperative opioid consumption and opioid‐related adverse effects, we aim to approximate the minimal important difference in opioid consumption anchored to opioid‐related adverse effects.


Fehlauer‐Ale, K. H. & Littlewood, D. T. J. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of Potamotrygonocotyle (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) challenges the validity of some of its species. —Zoologica Scripta, 40, 638–658.


The classical PI controllers are widely used in servo speed-loop and current-loop control structures because of their simple algorithm and stability.The corresponding PI control parametersaffect the performance of the loop responses.We always expect to expedite the response by improving Kp,but too largeKp will not only improve the speed and current responses but also bring oscillations and overshoots; thus the value of Kp is limited.The paper presents a new method to reduce the oscillations and overshoots for speed and current loops by means of low-order observers. The observers are used to extract the oscillation signals as compensation.The principle of the proposed method is explained and the rules of important controller parameters are described.Simulation and experiments are conducted to prove the advantage of the proposed strategy.Both the results have verifiedthe validity of the new strategy.


I, the undersigned, declare that this thesis is my original work achieved through my personal reading and toil of my work, research and personal thoughts. To the best of my knowledge it has not been submitted to any other college or university by anyone for academic credit. All information from other sources has been acknowledged.


The interaction energies of CH/sub 3/COO/sup -/ with protic and aprotic molecules were measured by pulsed high-pressure mass spectrometry. The attachment energies of the first three water molecules are 15.8, 12.8, and 11.8 kcal/mol. The rapid approach to ..delta..H/sub condsn/(H/sub 2/O) shows that ionic interactions are accounted for mostly by the first two solvent molecules. CH/sub 3/COO/sup -/ hydrogen bonds strongly to NH acids such as pyrrole, amides, and aniline, with ..delta..H/sup 0//sub D/ = 25-31 kcal/mol. With the carbon acids CH/sub 3/CHO, CH/sub 3/COCH/sub 3/, and CH/sub 3/CN as ligands, the attachment energies are 14-16 kcal/mol and the interactions may involve multiple O/sup -/..HC bonds. Despite the fact that the ions CH/sub 3/COO/sup -/, Cl/sup -/, CN/sup -/, and SH/sup -/ differ in size, structure, electronegativity, isotropy, and available bonding sites, they bond with similar strengths to most OH, NH, and CH hydrogen donors, from H/sub 2/O to large organic molecules such as the dipeptide analogue CH/sub 3/CO-Ala-OCH/sub 3/. Also, the four ions show similar clustering energies with n H/sub 2/O and HCN molecules (n = 1-4).


Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) are important and ubiquitous in artificial intelligence and generally require some form of backtracking search to solve. This thesis provides a methodology for solving CSPs using object-oriented programming and describes how music composition can be formulated as a CSP. Firstly, we have built, using an object-oriented programming language, a constraint satisfaction system that is applicable to any CSP. By defining a methodology for the conversion of an abstract model of a CSP, namely the constraint graph, into a network of co-operating objects, we have isolated some useful abstractions of constraint programming. This system can solve CSPs involving constraints of any arity, and frees the programmer from the details of tree-search and constraint propagation. The second contribution of this thesis is an observation that music composition can be formulited strictly as a CSP. Recent attempts to develop expert systems for music composition have centred mainly around the rule-based approach, which we argue is frequently inefficienkdue to its reliance on chronological backtracking as the control method. Conversely, when music composition is viewed as a CSP, the complexity of the problem, the usefulness of the musical constraints, and the relationships among notes all become manifest in the form of a constraint graph. Most importantly, consistency techniques can be exploited in an effort to reduce backtracking and thus provide a more efficient procedure for the generation of compositions. The synthesis is the generation of contrapuntal music by modeling first species csnterpoint as a CSP and implementing its solution in our constraint satisfaction system. Using this approach, we have undertaken an analysis of the rules of first species counterpoint by measuring their individual effect on constraining the number of compositions belonging to the genre.


Based on the current development of smart grid, this paper makes an in-depth exploration on the interoperability of microgrid platforms, mainly on the interoperability among institutions. Conduct a hierarchical analysis of different requirements to study different levels of interoperability. In this paper, a private hybrid cloud based SCADA architecture is found based on the interoperability of the microgrid platform while ensuring security limitations. Because data collection and critical monitoring are limited by time in the grid, not as critical monitoring and data collection can be accessed by private cloud partners only after being selected. And the main SCADA function is still controlled by the local server, so the cloud architecture is mixed, and this communication is a service delivery model, a model based on cloud computing.


We have demonstrated high density, 2D (4x12) VCSEL arrays operating at an aggregate data rate of over 480Gb/s in an aerial density of 1400x3750 μm2, or 9.14 Tbs/cm2. These flip-chip, bottom-emitting 990nm VCSELs have low drive voltage, low electrical parasitics, improved thermal impedance and 2D scalability over their wire-bonded top emitting counterparts. Excellent high speed performance was obtained through the use of 1) compressively strained InGaAs MQW active region 2) low parasitic capacitance oxide-confined VCSEL structures and 3) low series resistance, high index contrast AlGaAs/GaAs mirrors. 10Gb/s operation was obtained with low operating current density of ~6kA/cm2 at 70C. Our best results to date have achieved data rates greater than 12.5Gb/s @70C at a current density less than 10kA/cm2. The device results show good agreement with theoretically calculated/simulated values. This work was partially supported by DARPA under contract MDA972-03-3-0004.


A comprehensive dementia service delivery is not well established in Indonesia, even though geriatric teams have been in place since 1997. Psycho-geriatric services are mainly provided by departments of psychiatry, as well as the geriatric division of internal medicine or neurology departments. Screening is routinely performed using the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Abbreviated Mental Test. In the near future, the division of geriatric psychiatry in psychiatry departments will have comprehensive services for dementia, from initial assessment to cognitive and functional rehabilitation. This will comprise screening, home visits, day care, home care, educational seminars, and specific programmes tailored to the needs of the person with dementia. Pre-dementia detection and any activities promoting active ageing should be prioritized in Indonesia.


This special issue of Culture Machine on Creative Media emerges out of a call-for-papers which was at the same time a call-to-arms and a call-to-arts. It was aimed at intellectuals, writers, philosophers, artists, analysts, scientists, journalists and media professionals who were prepared to say something about the media that extended beyond the conventional forms of media analysis. Our initial search for creative media projects was thus also an invitation to enact a different mode of doing media studies. Taking seriously both the philosophical legacy of what the Kantian and Foucauldian tradition calls 'critique' and the transformative and interventionist energy of the creative arts, we were looking for playful, experimental yet rigorous cross-disciplinary interventions and inventions that would be equally at home with critical theory and media practice, and that would be prepared and able to make a difference – academically, institutionally, politically, ethically and aesthetically.


Abstract Five Beauveria bassiana strains were evaluated for control of western flower thrips. Strain RSB was the most virulent, causing 69–96% mortality at concentrations of 1×104–1×107 conidia mL−1, 10 days after inoculation of first instars. In greenhouse trials, RSB applied to broccoli foliage significantly reduced adult and larval populations.


The way of reshaping the crack growth rate formulae in the form enabling their use in fatigue design at non-stationary loading is demonstrated. This new derived formula suggests an additional damage increase when crossing from one stress block to another. Herein, the reshaped crack growth rate formula is applied for the fatigue design of aircraft components made of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V and subjected to combined HCF/LCF loading. For the stress history simplified in the way that it consists of one LCF stress block at load ratio r = 0, followed by one HCF stress at load ratio r > 0, the closed form expression is derived for estimating the crack propagation life at combined HCF/LCF loading. Smith and Haigh diagrams as design tools for estimating the fatigue strengths for designed fatigue life, known load ratio and various number of HCF cycles per one combined stress block, are obtained and presented for the parts made of titanium alloy Ti6Al-4V and subjected to combined HCF/LCF loading. INTRODUCTION The parts of high-speed engines, especially the turbine and compressor discs and blades, are subjected to the combined low cycle fatigue (LCF) and high cycle fatigue (HCF) loading. LCF stresses are actually the "steady" stresses, which result in one cycle for every start-up and shutdown operation [1], and HCF stresses are caused by in-service vibrations. Thus, the stress history consists of NB stress blocks (one for each operation) with nHCF HCF cycles and one LCF cycle (Fig. 1). Actually, such type of stress history is usual for all machine parts subjected to substantial load due to start-stop operations. The integrity of these parts is particularly critical, because the usually extremely high cyclic frequencies of in-service loading spectra, causes that the fatigue life of e.g. 10 cycles can be reached in few hours. It was one of the reasons that a number of fatigue failures has been detected e.g. in US fighter engines [1]. It is important therefore, to keep looking for the simple procedure enabling designer the reliable estimation of both crack initiation and crack propagation life for a given applied load, or to obtain the (boundary) load (or strain), at which the component would not experience the unpermissible damage during the designed life. This procedure is proposed in this paper.


In the last decade, the problems of pedagogic diagnostics, monitoring, self-monitoring and self-diagnosis have become the focus of academic research. Diagnostic competence is considered to be an important component of the modern professional
standard for a pedagogue. The article is devoted to the currently central problem of modern pedagogy and methodology, i.e. the development of students' diagnostic thinking. The article presents the analysis of the views of Russian and foreign
researchers on the importance of pedagogic diagnostics in the educational process. It is underlined that the organisation of the cognitive activity by a pedagogue involves the transformation of the function of training and education into the function of educational assistance. The authors of the article expand on the concept of mutual diagnosis of students, characterizing its components and listing the skills formed during the educational process. The article summarizes the authors' practical experience, proposes an algorithm for working with diagnostic maps in foreign language classes and analyses a set of measures to test the skills of oral and written foreign language speech. According to the researchers' point of view, when forming diagnostic competence, a number of framework conditions must be observed and certain algorithms, followed. The authors of the article emphasise the special educational value of mutual diagnosis, which implies not only evaluating progress in performance, but also predicting cognitive problems. This technique can be applied to other disciplines of the educational programme.


Scanning with selenomethionine Se 75 revealed an ectopic parathyroid adenoma in the mediastinum of a patient with persistent hyperparathyroidism after a neck exploration in which four normal-looking parathyroid glands had been identified.


The traffic density problem has become one of the most important problems of urban life. The time and fuel spent due to traffic density is a significant loss for vehicle users and countries. Applications developed to reduce the time spent in traffic cannot make successful predictions about long-term traffic density. Traffic data obtained from cameras, sensors and mobile devices highlights the use of artificial intelligence technologies in order to solve the traffic management problem. In this study, a hybrid prediction model has been proposed by using CNN and RNN models for traffic density prediction. The proposed hybrid model has been tested using LR, RF, SVM, MLP, CNN, RNN and LSTM and Istanbul's traffic data for 2020. Experimental results showed that the proposed hybrid model has more successful results than the compared models. The proposed model has 0.929 R2 in the prediction of the number of vehicles passing through the junction, and 0.934 R2 in the prediction of the average speed of the vehicles passing through the junction.


Laissaoui, Jana and Vilokas, Svetlana. Upbringing and education of under school-aged children in Estonia. Case of kindergarten Terake. Helsinki, Autumn 2014, 61 p., 2 appendices. Language: Finnish. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences. Degree: Bachelor of Social Services. The aim of this thesis is to collect and evaluate useful information on the level and quality of the pre-school education of children in the Saku community in Estonia. With this information the Finnish kindergartens are able to adjust their policies towards the ever growing Estonian community and their children in Finland. The research data gathered in the thesis is qualitative by its nature. This data was collected by observing and theme interviews. The interviews with three different kindergarten workers from Estonia were conducted during the month of February in 2014. Finally, Estonian laws were studied in relation to pre-school education and the other literature related to work with children. Thesis revealed that the base for the Estonian pre-school education system policy is in the state laws and regulations. The law demands that there are two workers with a higher education degree in children's education per each group of children under the age of 8. Teachers of music, sport and handicraft have to obtain a higher education degree from their own professional field. The limit for the number of children in a group is by law 24. The children in a group must have the same age. There are no special pre-school groups between kindergarten and primary school, children move straight to primary school after kindergarten. The program for children in Estonian kindergarten lasts 4 years.


Macroeconomic imbalances increase the vulnerability of an economy to adverse shocks, which in turn can lead to crises with severe economic and social costs. We propose an early warning model that predicts such crises. We identify a set of macroeconomic indicators capturing domestic and external imbalances that jointly predict severe recessions (i.e. growth crises) in a multivariate discrete choice framework. The approach allows us to quantify an economy's macroeconomic vulnerabilities at any point in time. In particular, the model would have pointed early on to emerging vulnerabilities in all the euro area countries that registered severe recessions in the years after 2007. We also show that the model can be applied beyond the euro area crisis in that its main results remain robust to changes in assumptions and sample composition.


Cardisoma armatum Herklots, 1851 is a land crab endemic to tropical coastal ecosystems and represents an important fishery resource. C. armatum was collected using traps at the eastern region of the Ebrie lagoon and the estuarine region of the Comoe River in 2009 during the high rainy season extending from mid-May to mid-July and in low dry season from mid-July to September. Some biometric parameters are measured to determine some aspects of population structure and condition of this edible crab. Sexual dimorphism was confirmed with the major chelae of male crabs reaching larger sizes than those of females. The sex ratio that varied with the sampling periods was associated with migrations occurring during the breeding season. Positive, negative, and positive allometric growth patterns were observed for the carapace length-total weight relationship, respectively, in males, females, and the population as a whole. For the carapace width/total weight relationship, negative allometric growth was observed, respectively, in males, females, and the whole population. Our data show an evidence of a serious problem of recruitment in the population of this crab related to degradation of the habitats and heavy harvesting pressures, highlighting the necessity of developing and implanting management and protection strategies of this crustacean. © 2016 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved. Keywords: Cardisoma armatum , Population structure, Condition index, Ebrie lagoon, Comoe River, Cote d'Ivoire


Purpose – Barreling contour variations on the free surfaces of cylindrical upset specimen are to handle measuring for different upsetting reductions and different lubrication conditions in this study. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue.Design/methodology/approach – The materials flow for various materials using different lubricants in upsetting was investigated in this study. SAE 1020 steel, commercially pure copper and CuZn40Pb2 brass were used as the test materials. Upsetting process was applied to the cylindrical specimens using flat end dies. Three types of lubricants, namely grease, graphite and SAE 40 oil, were used in this study. Experiments were performed using a hydraulic press, which has 5 mm/s ram speed, and with a capacity of 150 metric tons.Findings – Variations of barrel radius change clearly with increasing deformation ratio depending on lubricant type. Radius values are different to each other for SAE 1020, Cu and brass specimens. It was understood that surface roughness ef...


We have designed a sounding rocket payload to perform high resolution far ultraviolet (FUV) spectroscopy. The payload will contain a modified Rowland spectrograph, achieving resolution (λ/δ λ) of 60,000 by adding a magnifying secondary optic. We will use this instrument to observe two stars on opposing sides of the Local Bubble wall. Obtaining spectra of the O VI doublet in absorption towards these stars will provide new insight into the processes governing hot gas near the cavity wall.


As the proliferation of digital photography increases, the software used to manage our increasingly large collections of digital photos becomes ever more important. In this paper we present the findings of a study which investigates how people view and interact with a set of photo management features. Specifically, a group of users are set the task of managing their own photos using a system built to encompass a wide range of photo organization functionality. They are then quizzed about their experiences in terms of their feature preferences, the general usability of the system, and other suggestions/requirements. Given these opinions, a basic estimation is then formed on what they like/dislike about the various aspects of the system, towards obtaining a more learned understanding of how we may develop a photo organizer that is optimal in terms of user satisfaction.


This study aims to determine the appropriate training program and portion in order to improve the physical performance of athletes.This literature review inquiry was obtained from various PubMed and Google Scholar databases by entering keywords, namely: Sports, Yoga, Basic Physical Components, MDA and IL6. This inquiry reviewed 33 articles published in national and international online journals and have been accredited. The results literature review done on prior studies show basic physical components can be optimally improved through exercises based on the FITT formula, namely interval training, fartlek, weight training, circuit training, plyometrix, rope jump and PNF. In addition, showed that aerobic and anaerobic exercises decreased MDA levels. However, the control group experienced a very significant increase in MDA levels. High-intensity exercise was found able to trigger releasing inflammatory mediators such as TNF-ά and IL-6. Furthermore, some literature showed that long-term yoga practice can reduce MDA levels and IL-6 levels as it as it increases antioxidant levels and anti imflamatory levels. This literature review is expected to provide comprehensive explanation of good and measurable training programs for athletes, coaches and sports institutions. Thereby, athletes' physical performance can be optimally improved and injuries can be avoided so that athletes get sports achievements.


Mineral fillers can significantly affect the application properties of plastic materials. The structural and chemical properties of phyllosilicates provide the conditions to change the properties of polymeric material, e.g. flexural and tensile strength or thermal properties, according to the required application. Mineral fillers frequently used are clay minerals with a two-layer structure (serpentine-kaolin group) or three-layer structure (talc-pyrophyllite group, mica group, smectite group). The mineral fillers can be directly used or after surface modification, depending on the polar nature of the polymer. Polymers containing polar groups (hydrophilic polymers) are water-soluble, like polyvinyl alcohols and polysaccharides or can form hydrogen bonds, like polyamides, polyesters and polyvinyl fluorides. Hydrophobic (non-polar) polymers show an absence of polar groups (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene) or mutual cancelling electrical dipole moments (e.g. polytetrafluorethylene). Minerals with a hydrophilic surface are directly applicable with polar polymers. For the application with non-polar polymers their surface require hydrophobization, whereas non-polar two-layer silicates are directly applicable with these polymers.

Serpentinized rock material is investigated with regard to its suitability as a polymer filler and its influence on the performance characteristics of various polymers. The samples origin from the Kraubath Ultramafic Massif, which represents part of an Early Paleozoic ophiolite, at the basement of the Austro-Alpine. The Kraubath complex is dominated by metamorphosed dunites and harzburgites, which origin from fractionation processes of the primary peridotite magma. Hydrothermal alteration led to a partly or entirely serpentinization of the ultramafic rocks. The serpentinization process of dunite, ortho-pyroxenite and harzburgite transformed Mg-containing silicates, like olivine and pyroxene to serpentine group minerals. Rock material with a high grade of serpentinization offers favourable conditions for the application as mineral filler.

The qualitative and quantitative XRD-analyses reveal a predominant occurrence of the antigorite. Further serpentine group minerals, like lizardite, occur in small amounts. Talc represents the second largest mineral phase. The rock material contains a few percentage of amphibole, chlorite, olivine (forsterite) and less than two percent of chromite and bronzite. In the two-layer structure of the main component antigorite, the charge of the tetrahedral layer is compensated by the charge of the octahedral layer. The three-layer structure of talc is electrostatically neutral, with no interlayer material. Therefore, serpentine minerals and talc are suitable for the application as mineral fillers in non-polar polymers, like polypropylene. Both influence the mechanical and tribological properties of polymers. Serpentine improves elasticity, tensile strength, stress at break, elongation at break, the mass wear rate and the coefficient of friction of the polymer but reduces the impact strength. Talc positively influences rigidity, shrinkage, creep properties, heat distortion under load and the coefficient of linear thermal expansion, however reduces toughness, long thermal ageing, impact strength and tensile strength. The further mineral phases are not considered to affect the application properties negatively. Regarding tensile strength and elasticity the ratio of serpentine to talc can influence the increase and decrease of these properties in non-polar polymers. The applicability of the practical implementation is investigated with nanoparticles of the serpentinized rock material in combination with polypropylene in varying proportions.


Review(s) of: The Darling, Edited by Roland Breckwoldt, Robert Boden and Jenny Andrew, Canberra: Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 2004, 496 pages, paper, ISBN 187683093X.


The emission of a radiating source is virtually delocalized through the use of transformation electromagnetics concept. The electromagnetic device able to perform such a transformation is obtained by a space compression followed by a space expansion. Moreover, the radiation pattern of the virtual source can be modified such that an omnidirectional radiation can be changed into a directive one. Theoretical formulations are presented and full wave numerical simulations are performed to present the approach.


Based on the messages embodied in The Analects of Confucius,this thesis focuses on the teaching process of Confucius instead of his "thoughts on education",and systematically analyzes the relationship between Confucius' teaching and his students' involvement in administrative departments.Therefore,we reach the conclusion that the discussion of political issues is deep-rooted in the in the process of teaching.


In recent years Latin America has gone through a process marked by the display of a new cycle of social conflict stared by collective entities that have contributed to open a neoliberal model legitimacy and an hegemony crisis. This new scenario is the framework for reflection proposed in this paper which we consider contributes, not only to the generation of knowledge from and for Latin America, but also enables a new viewpoint of social work practice, an epistemic-political movement towards the construction of critical and democratizing knowledge, directed to the generation of spaces for transformation and liberation of the diverse forms of domination in Latin America.


Water is the most important requirement for living things. Humans and other living things are very dependent on water to sustain their lives. Based on the results of external supervision carried out by the District Health Office. Tangerang in 2016 found the quality of clean water at Kelapa Dua Health Center containing Mn and Fe with levels that exceeded the quality standard. Based on Permenkes 416 of 1990, Manganese (Mn) levels in permissible drinking water is 0.5 mg / lt, Iron (Fe) 1.0 mg / lt, In this Data Analysis Technique including data processing techniques carried out by linear regression of data set as research variables. Based on the results, the following conclusions are obtained, Efficiency of activated carbon media with a media thickness of 90 cm in reducing Fe content in water by 39.38%, Efficiency of activated carbon media with a media thickness of 90 cm in reducing Mn content in water by 81.82%. There is a Significant Effect of Filtration Treatment on Fe, and Mn Content. The thicker the filtration media, the better degradation of Fe, and Mn.


thinking." He believes this connection to the abstract contributed to many Indians pursuing com-contributed to many Indians pursuing computer science as a career. How did technology in schools get started in India? In "July 1984, some 9,000 students [9ththrough 11thgraders] in 250 schools across the county were introduced to a new genre of teachers-the computer" (Viswanath, 1985, p. 178). Dubbed "Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools" (CLASS 1983-84), an ambitious pilot project acquired 12,000 BBC microcomputers, with British aid. The vision of CLASS 2002 is to expand awareness about computers and their value to teaching and learning. It aspires to build models of computer education in schools, and its immediate goal is universalization of computer literacy among schoolchildren within the next five years. The Department of Education has mandated that all state governments, together with the Computer Education Plan (CEP), an organization responsible for developing technology-based curriculum, must formulate a procedure to monitor and evaluate the progress of computer literacy in the state schools. The government offers grants up to $52,000 (Rs. 25 laklis) per government school for switching over to an integrated technology curriculum (National Policy on Education, 2002). Although these policies are in place, the social stratification of schools is a major impediment for achieving the goals. MODALITY OF INFORMATION GATHERED National Pol icieslHis tory / Innovative Projects Visits to Five Schools Technology in India In terviezuslsu rvey b


This study aims to analyze and prove the effect of experiential marketing on customer satisfaction with experiential value as an intervening variable. In this study, 150 students were active or were still registered at Padang State University and used Xiaomi smartphone brands. The analytical method is used to prove the hypothesis is done by SEM (Structural Equation Model) analysis which is processed with Smart PLS. In accordance with the results of hypothesis testing it was found that experiential marketing had no effect on customer satisfaction with experiential value as an intervening variable on students of Xiaomi brand smartphone users at Padang State University.


3.1 Cathode-ray tubes 205 3.1.1 Principle and structure of cathode-ray tubes 205 3.1.2 Color CRTs 208 3.1.3 Oscilloscope CRTs 211 3.1.4 Other types of CRTs 211 22.214.171.124 Storage tube 211 18.104.22.168 CRT for radar 213 22.214.171.124 Printing CRT 213 22.214.171.124 Flying-spot scanner CRT 213 18.104.22.168 Display tubes 214 220.127.116.11 Projection CRT 214 18.104.22.168 Flat CRT 214 18.104.22.168 CRT for giant screens 215 References 215


of Justice (contract # 2004-WG-BX-0005). The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice. contributed throughout with a practitioner perspective on how courts and batterer programs communicate. Rachel Finkelstein participated during the summer of 2006 as a Research Intern at the Center for Court Innovation. The team coauthored the proposal to NIJ and worked collaboratively throughout all phases of project implementation, analysis, and interpretation.


Detection System (IDS) is an effective security tool that helps to prevent unauthorized access to network resources by analysing the network traffic and classifying the records as either normal or anomalous. In this paper, a new classification method using Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis (FLDA) is proposed. The features of KDD Cup '99 attack dataset are reduced for each class of attacks using correlation based feature selection method. Then with the reduced feature set, discriminant analysis is done for the classification of records. Comparison with other approaches reveals that our approach achieves good classification rate for R2L (Remote-to-Local) and U2R (User-to-Root) attacks.