The 1993 publication of findings from the first National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) drew the attention of the nation. Among health researchers, the realization that almost half of U.S. adults have difficulty using common texts to complete everyday tasks spurred interest in health-related consequences. Subsequently, improving health literacy was listed among the objectives of "Healthy People 2010," the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) document, which articulates the health goals and objectives of the nation. The action plan for this objective, contained in Communicating Health: Priorities and Strategies for Progress, notes that partnerships will be required to marshal the necessary resources to make progress (HHS, 2003). A partnership between the health sectors and the adult education sectors is a highlighted goal, and adult educators are called on to augment students' abilities to access and navigate the difficult pathways of health information for themselves, their families and their communities (HHS, 2003). Similarly, the National Academies' Institute of Medicine report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (2004) recommends that adult educators augment their students' abilities to access and navigate the health information and health services. Many health researchers and practitioners awaited the 2005 analyses, in part, because research studies established a link between reading skills and a variety of health-related outcomes (Berkman et al., 2004; Rudd, Soricone, & Santos, 2000) and the hope of documented improvements in literacy skills. Unfortunately, the initial findings from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), announced at the end of 2005, indicated little or no improvement over the 1993 survey findings (Rutner, Greenberg, & Baer, 2005). The need for collaborative work articulated at the beginning of the century becomes even more essential in the face of a growing body of literature that documents health consequences of limited literacy, Since the publication of the NALS, many partnership programs engaged health educators and adult educators in a variety of funded programs focused on health information. Although a focus on health topics is not really the business of ABE, ESOL, or GED programs, health subjects can be incorporated in lessons to enrich discussion and engage students, as long as the focus remains on improving reading, writing, math, and oral language skills. This article reports on collaborative efforts to focus attention, not on health content, but instead on the critical literacy skills needed for everyday life, and most especially for a wide variety of health-related activities and tasks. Background Health literacy is often defined as "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (HHS, 2003, [paragraph] 15). However, the definition has evolved beyond a focus on individuals and is considered to be the interaction of the demands of health systems and the skills of individuals (HHS, 2003; Institute of Medicine, 2004). Assessments indicate that the demands of health systems are high, and that many materials and tools are prepared at reading levels that exceed the average reading skills of U.S. adults. In addition, findings indicate that individuals entering health services are not able to access information, act on information, or understand and follow directions as presented. Studies have firmly linked limited reading skills with higher rates of hospitalization, less understanding of one's disease or regimen, and less control over chronic disease (Berkmann et al., 2004; Institute of Medicine Committee on Health Literacy, 2004; Rudd, Moeykens, & Colton, 2000). Focus on Critical Health Issues In light of these suggestions and findings from policy makers and health literacy research studies, colleagues from public health and adult education fields developed a conceptual model and a professional development approach to address issues of health literacy in adult education instruction. …


The increasing disparity of speed between processor and its main memory makes ways for multi-level cache hierarchies in almost any of today's computer systems; specifically, the second-level (L2) caches with larger capacity but longer access time than the first-level (L1) caches have been adopted to reduce this memory gap. In this study an enhanced one-pass trace-driven simulation technique is used to evaluate the design choices of three L2 cache parameters: associativity, line size, and cache size. The traces are from large workloads of both commercial and scientific applications.<<ETX>>


The fit of elderly is one of indicator to use for determine of elderly healthlty. Gymnastics elderly is one excerise can do as routinely in oder to get fit. The objective this study is to know an effect of gymnastics elderly to fit of elderly between tegalsari posyandu and posyandu Lodalang Siswodipuran of Boyolali. The research is a quasi experiment, with pre test - post test with control group design. The sample were elderly count 20 elderly form posyandu tegalsari as treatment group and 10 elderly from the posyandu elderly lodalang as control group. The measurement of elderly fit use 6 minutes walking test and measured vo2max of elderly. analysis data use wilcoxon and Mann whitney test. The results of research of treatment group that average fit of pre test was 23.23 and post test was 25.84 . results Wilcoxon test obtained p = 0,000. Fit of Pre test control group was 22.84 and post test was 23.64. Results Wilcoxon test obtained p = 0,285 . The results of difference of effect of elderly Gymnastics to fit got p = 0,044. Conclusion their was an effect of gymnastics elderly to fit of treatment group. their was no an different from pre test post test of fit of control group. There was a different effect of gymnastics elderly to fit of elderly between tegalsari posyandu and posyandu Lodalang Siswodipuran Of Boyolali.
Keyword: fit, gymnastics, elderly.


Calculation method about the pressure center of the complex shape in puncher includes analytical method,graphic method and synthetic method,which can determine the pressure center of stamping die.But these calculation methods are very tedious.So the barycenter analysis method based on the CATIA is used to determine the pressure center.The method can reduce the calculation workload and time of designers.


Abstract Zaprionus vittiger Coquillett is the type species of the genus Zaprionus Coquillett. However, the species is only known from five old museum specimens collected from South Africa and Malawi. It has often been confused with many other Zaprionus species, especially with Z. spinipilus Chassagnard & McEvey, a widespread species in Africa known from Madagascar, Malawi, Ethiopia and Cameroon. We have recently collected flies from the type localities of both species (South Africa and Madagascar, respectively). This has prompted us to test the taxonomic boundaries of these two nominal species using molecular (the mitochondrial COII and the nuclear Amyrel genes), chromosomal, morphological (internal and external genitalia), and reproductive isolation analyses. The results suggest Z. spinipilus to be a junior synonym to Z. vittiger.


Intensive farming generally needs large addition of organic matter to maintain fertility and enhance crop yields. Sewage sludge/biosolids are by-products of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and a rich source of organic nutrients. Sewage sludge having high content of organic matter, macro- and micro-nutrients, can be used as fertilizer/soil conditioner for food, vegetable crop, horticultural plants and pasture, which in most cases can be beneficially recycled. In the past sewage sludge was regarded as a waste product due to expected high level of contaminants such as pathogens, pollutants and synthetic materials discharged in sewer from homes and industries, which were often incinerated, dumped in occasion or land fill. As a result of rapidly increasing population, urbanization and industrialization, wastewater production and sewage sludge generation have increased manifold. Due to high cost of mineral fertilizers and escalating trends in their prices, there is an increasing trend of using sewage sludge in agriculture, especially under intensive cropping in arid and semi arid regions of the country. Therefore, application of sewage sludge to agricultural soils may be sustainable and economical due to nutrient cycling and disposal of sewage sludge. However, there may be a risk in use of sewage sludge due to potentially harmful contents present in the sludge such as heavy metals and pathogens. This paper, therefore, presents a review on various aspects of sewage sludge used in agriculture.


This article explains how the cooling system works, how to diagnose some of the more unusual high-pressure cooling-system problems, and how to head off costly cooling-system repairs.


The content of toxic arsenic in rice not only depends on where you get the rice but also how you seen it; that is the result of a new study performed by a UK research group.


105 dpi, and the screen color is grayscale with an optional backlight. The backlight was on during testing. The dependent variables included reading speed, a reading comprehension score, task difficulty and preference measures. No differences between the two mediums were found in this study for both reading speed and reading comprehension. In addition, users rated the reading task difficulty about the same for both the paper and the e-book. When examining preference, nine of sixteen users preferred reading from paper to reading from the e-book. Users commented that they preferred paper because they were familiar with it and were wary of the e-book technology. Other reasons included the paper caused less eye strain and had less glare. Users also stated that they felt more in control with paper than the e-book. The users who preferred the e-book liked the page up/down buttons, felt the e-book was easier to manipulate than shuffling sheets of paper, and liked that they could read in low light levels with the device. The main complaint about the device was that it weighed too much and caused eye strain.


Bernard Witholt was one of the most foresighted, gifted and personable scientists I have ever known in a long academic career blessed by association with many exceptional scholars.

Despite coming from different branches of microbiology – Bernard was a biochemist, I a geneticist – we followed to some extent parallel research paths, working on microbial pathogenesis (e.g. enteric toxins), environmental biotechnology (e.g. degradation of organic pollutants), biocatalysis (e.g. hydrocarbon oxidations), bioplastics (PHA) and development of enabling experimental systems (e.g. Pseudomonas as a cell factory). We also shared young scholars – Marcel Wubbolts, Menno Kok, Auxi Prieto, Birgit Kessler and Sven Panke – to our great mutual benefit and pleasure. However, it was the creation of the European Environmental Research Organisation – the EERO – that really intensified our contacts and cemented our long-term association. Although this organization, created to promote top environmental research in Europe and conceived to be analogous to the European Molecular Biology Organisation, ultimately failed to acquire sustained funding from European governments, it succeeded initially in obtaining significant funds, and in promoting environmental research by providing a number of talented young scientists with long-term postdoctoral fellowships. Bernard, along with Sascha Zehnder, Willy Verstraete, Ivano Bertini, Ralf Hutter, Bernard Dixon and I formed the first EERO Council responsible for developing the basic concept and strategy, and for obtaining funding. While most of us were discussing about the best way to finance the EERO, Bernard and Sascha immediately cut to the chase and posed the rhetorical question: when you need money, where do you go? So they went to see a Dutch banker (and a few other key figures), returning with a commitment of about 5m guilders to serve as matching funds for funds raised in other countries! I am simplifying somewhat (sorry other Council Members!), but illustrating signature qualities of Bernard, namely his can-do attitude, infectious enthusiasm for projects he was convinced about and incredible powers of persuasion. Working with Bernard was exciting and supremely pleasurable: a true privilege.

As a scholar, Bernard was supremely a pioneer, combining great foresight with a rigorous biochemical approach in grasping new opportunities: he pioneered alkane degradation/oxidation and PHA production (petrochemical biorefineries, biofeedstocks, and bioplastics) years before they became hot topics. He made significant fundamental discoveries and developed proof-of-principle processes for industrial applications. And, as documented in the first tribute, he went the extra mile towards translation, by developing novel two-phase fermentation systems for reactions involving hydrophobic substrates or products, and by optimizing biocatalysis and bioproduction regimes and defining production-relevant parameters, so that he could convince potential industrial partners of the feasibility of the biotechnological processes he developed. He was also incredibly fertile in creating start-ups based on processes and ideas he developed. He was always original and creative, always at the front, and, in those rare cases where competition actually did exist, was generally well ahead.

As a person, he was cosmopolitan, having roots in the Netherlands, Brazil (https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/classpages/1964/spk64/node/539153), the USA and finally Switzerland, but also a patriot with an abiding love of Holland, Dutch friends and the Dutch culture. He was a true gentleman: eloquent, cultivated, elegant, a bon viveur and gourmet. He was convivial and extremely entertaining, with a highly animated manner of articulating, a spontaneous humour and an infectious grin; it was pure pleasure to be in his company. He was a dedicated and successful rower and with Renske lived life to the full.

He treated his illness as a biological activity worthy of study, was frankly open about it to friends and colleagues, and analysed his deteriorating biological parameters with academic detachment. He planned to have lunch with me in Bern only days before his death. His courage was impressive and exemplary.

It is impossible to list and illustrate all the manifold scholarly and personal qualities of Bernard in a short space: suffice it to say that they have enormously enriched academic and applied research, and inspired and moulded generations of young scholars who in the meantime have become successful inspiring leaders in their own right – the Witholt School. Bernard will not have realized it at the time, but his early work, with that of just a handful of other heavyweights, essentially jump-started the emerging field of microbial biotechnology and set high and durable benchmarks of originality, significance and rigour for the field. His group was a beacon. Bernard will be sorely missed by many. But his legacy, long established in his publications and in the Witholt school of scholars, will last as long as microbial biotechnology.


Summary form only given. This paper aims at clarifying the mechanism of R&D processes in organizations. It analyses the organizational processes for developing liquid crystal displays (LCDs) at fourteen organizations in the United States, Europe, Korea and Japan by using patent data, and compares them. It utilizes the methodology of representing the dynamics of R&D organizations on the basis of intellectual products such as patents, which the authors have developed. The R&D organizational processes are shown on charts through structuring co-inventor relations reconstructed from their interrelations between their co-invention teams on the basis of their names searched for in databases without any arbitrary judgments by analysts after fixing a data set.


Cancer is a devastating disease. It results in significant physical and mental suffering and gravely affects the financial status of the affected individuals and their families. Practicing healthy lifestyles can prevent many cancers and greatly ameliorate several adverse effects of ten imparted by the disease and its treatment. Healthy lifestyles can also improve the patients' quality of life and significantly improve outcomes. This brief review looks at the published data on the persuasive benefits of healthy lifestyles on cancer.


An acoustically tuned flame tube was used to measure fundamental flame speed and flammability envelopes of premixed propane/air and methane/air that contain minute amounts of CF/sub 3/Br. The flat propagation boundaries produced by this tube allow one to measure fundamental flame speed directly without having to make complicated velocity adjustments because of irregular flame shape. Measurement data show flame speed decreases exponentially with the concentration of CF/sub 3/Br regardless of the equivalence ratio, and more CF/sub 3/Br is needed to make fuel-rich mixtures inert than to make fuel-lean mixtures inert. Consequently, one can attain significantly lower flame speed on the fuel-rich side of the flammability envelope. The implications of these data for gross extinguishment mechanisms indicate CF/sub 3/Br combines with free hydrogen radicals in competition with oxygen to interfere with chain-branching propagation. 14 figures.


Stereo matching algorithms are based on image segments estimate disparities using local window-based stereo matching methods, and subsequently refine the disparity estimates by introducing smoothness constraints and performing image segmentation. However, such algorithms are sensitive to different image conditions i.e. rotation, scale, occlusion, blurring, illumination, clutter, etc. To overcome the problem, this paper proposes an approach that incorporates the open SURF (Speeded –Up Robust Feature) algorithm to determine the disparity obtained by matching depth points between stereo image pairs. The open SURF algorithm uses a Hessian matrix for depth point detection. Hessian Matrix minimizes the filtering process and speeds up the search for correspondences in stereo image pairs. Then, the open SURF algorithm is integrated with the SAD (Sum of Absolute Differences), local block-matching stereo matching Algorithm to obtain the disparity estimate of each pixel. This HSAD-Hessian-Open SURF algorithm generates highly accurate disparity map with different image conditions. This technique gives a real time performance. Results show that the proposed algorithm is more robust against different image conditions than existing segment based algorithms. All experiments were implemented in MATLAB.


4464. Auer, F. Feb. 22. Dust, fluff, and the like, collecting.-A device for removing fluff, dust, &c. from cloth on its passage to a printing-machine is constructed of two corrugated laths or bars a, b, and lined with plush or the like, and arranged facing each other so that the ribs of one are opposite corresponding depressions in the other, thus forming an undulating path for the cloth. The laths a, b are kept apart by springs l arranged on bolts i fitted with nuts k by means of which the distance between the plates may be adjusted.


This study aims to describe the use of acrolect on the assertive speech function of the presenters and speakers or informant in the Hitam Putih talk show, especially in the online site of YouTube. Specific purpose of this study is to describe the assertive speech function of presenters and speakers on the Hitam Putih talk show. The variation theory of acrolect hold on to the theory stated by Searle and Lonie Agustin and the theory that used as the reference for the assertive speech, of which speech is used as the reference of this study, namely Searle theory. This study used descriptive approach. The type of study was qualitative. Descriptive analysis was used as the method of this study. The data sources of this study were the presenters and speakers or informants. The data were in the form of assertive speechs of the presenters and speakers. The data analysis used Flow model by means of three stages of activities, namely data collection, data selection, data explanation, and deduction (drew the conclusion). The results of this study indicated that the students used assertive function including of: (1) the assertive speech act of stating, (2) the assertive speech act of bragging, (3) the assertive speech act of offering suggestion, (4) the assertive speech act of giving compliment, and (5) the assertive speech act of boasting.


A 40‐year‐old Caucasian man presented to the dermatology clinic at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, in February 2003, for the evaluation of three nonhealing ulcers. The patient's past medical history was significant for hypothyroidism and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the diagnosis of which was made in June 2000. In March 2000, the patient had complained of cough and shortness of breath. A purified protein derivative (PPD) (Mantoux text) was negative. Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest revealed diffuse hilar and mediastinal adenopathy and bilateral interstitial and alveolar infiltrates. Although consistent with sarcoidosis, these findings were insufficient to exclude other etiologies, including disseminated fungal infection. Cultures and stains of subsequent bronchoscopy specimens failed to reveal any organisms, and histopathologic evaluation of the specimens was nondiagnostic. Based on the imaging studies and the negative cultures, a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made, and the patient was started on therapy with prednisone. Before coming to our clinic, the patient had been on several courses of prednisone.


The border area of Srem occupies the western part of Vojvodinas' part of Srem. It is situated, in relation to Vojvodina, on the south-western end, and has a peripheral position. In the eleven settlements of the border area, according to the census in 2002, there lived 25,681 persons. Natural movement of population is characterized by a negative natural population growth. Migrations are expressed in the direction of the municipal centre, but also towards Sremska Mitrovica, Novi Sad and Belgrade. In this way the population of working age and, generally, highly qualified population commutes to work and they are employed outside their place of residence, because of which the border area loses the most important human resource the knowledge and working skills.


We study overall storage overflow problem in sensor networks, wherein data-collecting base station is not available while more data is generated than available storage spaces in the entire network. Existing research designs a two-stage solution to solve this problem. It first aggregates overflow data to the size that can be accommodated by the available storage capacity in the network, and then offloads the aggregated data into the network to be stored. We refer to this naive two-stage solution as DAO-N. In this paper, we demonstrate that this approach does not necessarily achieve good performance. We propose a more unified method that is based upon data replication techniques, referred to as DAO-R, in order to improve the performance of DAO-N. Specifically, we design two energy-efficient data replication algorithms to integrate data aggregation and data offloading in DAO-N. We show via extensive simulations that DAO-R outperforms DAO-N by around 30% in terms of energy consumption under different network parameters.


The conductance of strongly confined one-dimensional constrictions fabricated from Si/SiGe twodimensional electron gases is investigated. Conductance measurements reveal conductance quantization in units of G0=2e 2 /h rather than 2G0=4e /h, as expected in the presence of valley and spin degeneracy. Furthermore, at temperatures below T=400 mK, small steps and peaklike features, superimposed to the conductance plateaus, become visible. The conductance in the presence of parallel and perpendicular magnetic field shows that significant valley splitting is present even at zero magnetic field. The enhanced valley splitting observed in our etched devices is related to the strong in-plane confinement.


Bleomycin, an antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain, has been used as a cytotoxic drug in 16 patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. It has had some worthwhile effect in four of these patients, whose histories are described. There was a minimum of clinically evident side effects, but in five patients out of eight studied, objective evidence of lung damage was obtained. The possible role of bleomycin in combination with other forms of treatment is suggested.


India also has one of the highest rates of oral cancer and WHO predicts that deaths in India may exceed 1.5 million annually by 2020. Counselling in the form of group or individual helps the tobacco addicts to quit the habit of tobacco consumption. Counselling should follow a definite protocol, or else loss of follow up or discontinuation of counselling will result in relapse of tobacco consumption habit. For the very same purpose, 5A's and 5R's have been devised for the people who are willing to quit and unwilling to quit respectively. However along with the counselling, a special emphasis should be given to telephonic counselling and medications as well. It acts as adjunct as well as supportive strategies. But providing practical counselling shall always be the recommended and reliable mode of treatment for the people.


Trends and variations in 1st-time childbearing by women in their 30s and older are presented for the years 1970-1986. The report focuses on the decline in childbearing by women in their 20s particularly well-educated women and the extent to which these women have delayed motherhood. Maternal and infant health characteristics are also discussed. The information presented is drawn from the live birth certificates of all states and the District of Columbia. 1st births to women in their 30s have increased substantially since 1970 doubling tripling and quadrupling in a 16-year period. Throughout the 1970s the increases were largest for women aged 30-34 years. Between 1980 and 1986 the increases in 1st births and 1st-birth rates were much greater for women aged 35-39 years. The number of 1st births to women aged 30-34 years rose from 42404 in 1970 to 112964 in 1980 and then to 181504 in 1986. Increases in births to women aged 35-39 years were also substantial although the numbers are considerably smaller: 1704 in 1979 18241 in 1980 and 44427 in 1986. The 1st-birth rate for women aged 30-34 years increased from 7.3/1000 women in 1970 to 12.8 in 1980 and 17.5 in 1986 an overall rise of 140%. The rate for women aged 35-39 years rose from 2.1 in 1970 to 2.6 in 1980 to 4.7 in 1986 an increase of 124%. During this period of rapidly rising 1st-birth rates for women in their 30s rates for women in their teens and early 20s were declining. The 1st-birth rate for women aged 15-19 years of age fell 23% from 53.7/1000 in 1970 to 41.4 in 1976 with the decline proceeding at a much slower pace during the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s. The trends in the 1st-birth rate for women aged 25-29 years has followed a middle course between their younger and older counterparts. The 1st-birth rate for women in their early 40s has been very low throughout this period and was relatively unchanged until 1980. From 1980 to 1986 the rate increased from .3 to .6 1st births per 1000 women in this age group. As a consequence of these varying shifts in 1st-birth rates by age of mother women aged 30 years and older are accounting for a much larger share of 1st births in the mid-1980s than in 1970: 15% in 1986 compared with 4% in 1970. The data also indicate that the higher educational attainment of older 1st-time mothers is probably the key factor offsetting the higher health risks for older mothers.


Wagner's classification is the most widely used grading system in diabetic foot infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the trace elements in diabetic foot infected patients graded with Wagner's classification. This prospective study was carried out on 50 diabetic patients with variable severity of foot infections and 50 age and sex matched healthy subjects in Dicle University, Turkey, between October 2006 and November 2008. Diabetic foot infections were graded according to Wagner classification and deep tissue cultures were performed from all diabetic foot infected patients. The atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used in the measurement of trace elements in the serum. serum zinc and copper levels were significantly elevated in patients with Wagner 3 and 4 compared to Wagner 2 and 1 graded patients and healthy controls. Also Wagner 1 and 2 graded patients had higher serum zinc levels compared to healthy controls (p < 0.001). This study confirms that trace elements may be used as a leading sign to determine the severity of infections in diabetic foot wounds and may be used to predict outcome of diabetic foot infections.


Surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the role which environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) have played in EU climate change politics, although there are exceptions (e.g. Long et al. 2002; Wurzel and Connelly 2011a; Schoenefeld 2014). This stands in contrast to a reasonably extensive literature on ENGOs in EU environmental policy in general (e.g. Long 1998; Adelle and Anderson 2013). This chapter starts with an overview of the historical development of climate change-related activities by Brussels-based ENGOs. It then assesses the four main themes of this book, namely leadership, multi-level and polycentric governance, policy instruments and the low-carbon economy.


Agents of Translation contains thirteen case studies by internationally recognized scholars in which translation has been used as a way of influencing the target culture and furthering literary, political and personal interests. The articles describe Francisco Miranda, the "precursor" of Venezuelan independence, who promoted translations of works on the French Revolution and American independence; 19th century Brazilian translations of articles taken from the Revue Britannique about England; Ahmed Midhat, a late 19th century Turkish journalist who widely translated from Western languages; Henry Vizetelly , who (unsuccessfully) attempted to introduce the works of Zola to a wider public in Victorian Britain; and Henry Bohn, who, also in Victorian Britain, (successfully) published a series of works from the classics, many of which were expurgated; Yukichi Fukuzawa, whose adaptation of a North American geography textbook in the Meiji period promoted the concept of the superiority of the Japanese over their Asian neighbours; Samuli Suomalainen and Juhani Konkka, whose translations helped establish Finnish as a literary language; Hasan Ali Yucel, the Turkish Minister of Education, who set up the Turkish Translation Bureau in 1939; the Senegalese intellectual, Cheikh Anta Diop, whose work showed that the Ancient Egyptians had African rather than Indo-European roots; the Centro Cultural de Evora theatre group, which introduced Brecht and other contemporary drama into Portugal after the 1974 Carnation Revolution; 20th century Argentine translators of poetry; Haroldo and Augusto de Campos, who have brought translation to the forefront of literary activity in Brazil; and, finally, translators of Bosnian poetry, many of whom work in exile.


Carrying out the system of the responsibility on the first-inquired in the library is an effective way for library to serve the readers actively and initiatively.We should follow the principle of readers' satisfaction,all people's participation,mutual coorporation and supervising ensuring.To carry out the system should improve regnition,renew the thoughts of service,make clear the way of award and punishment;form and perfect the system of supervision,examination,and check;improve the synthetical quality of the librians and so on,in order to improve the quality and level of the service in the library.


Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Different Views on the Process of Subject Cataloging Chapter 3 Presentation of the Research Project Chapter 4 Twelve Personal Approaches to Subject Cataloging Chapter 5 Summarized Approach to Subject Cataloging Chapter 6 A Hypothetical Example of Subject Cataloging Chapter 7 Subject Cataloging: Application, Education, and the Future


The development of environmental law and its impact on industrial and commercial activities in all sectors of the economy has encouraged companies to establish environmental policies and introduce effective environmental management systems and procedures. The British Standard BS7750 and the eco-management and audit scheme both aim to identify key policy areas and draw up achievable aims and objectives with regard to environmental performance and management. The first draft for a British Standard for environmental management was published in June 1991 and described the mechanics of the system designed to achieve as a minimum, compliance with increasingly stringent environmental regulations and to comply with policy and the objectives of those businesses seeking certification. The system also aims to achieve better use of personal and financial resources. The system envisages a policy and commitment to achieving standards that exceed those of current environmental regulations. Compliance is to be assessed by means of internal environmental management reviews. The revised draft British Standard was published in January 1994. The European eco-audit and management scheme (EMAS) also requires businesses to implement adequate management systems and certification arrangements to achieve and demonstrate compliance with the proposed internal environmental review element of the eco-auditing procedure. Clearly, there is scope for the two complementary systems to help business manage environmental issues and perhaps improve environmental performance and reduce the effects on the environment as a whole. Copyright © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment


The development of long-acting inhaled beta agonists has resulted in a new class of asthma medication combining the unparalleled efficacy of beta2-selective inhaled agents with the long duration of action previously achieved only by systemic bronchodilators. The two agents in this class are salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol. Salmeterol was introduced in the United States in April 1994 after several years of availability in Europe and has been enthusiastically embraced by both patients and physicians. Still, as with the shorter-acting beta agonists, concerns persist regarding salmeterol's safety. Formoterol still awaits Food and Drug Administration approval in the United States, but shares many of salmeterol's attributes.


The success of cell‐based therapies to restore joint cartilage requires an optimal source of reparative progenitor cells and tight control of their differentiation into a permanent cartilage phenotype. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP‐2) has been extensively shown to promote mesenchymal cell differentiation into chondrocytes in vitro and in vivo. Conversely, developmental studies have demonstrated decreased chondrocyte maturation by Wingless‐Type MMTV Integration Site Family, Member 5A (Wnt5a). Thus, we hypothesized that treatment of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)‐derived chondroprogenitors with BMP‐2 followed by Wnt5a may control the maturational progression of these cells into a hyaline‐like chondrocyte phenotype. We examined the effects of sustained exposure of hESC‐derived mesenchymal‐like progenitors to recombinant Wnt5a or BMP‐2 in vitro. Our data indicate that BMP‐2 promoted a strong chondrogenic response leading to terminal maturation, whereas recombinant Wnt5a induced a mild chondrogenic response without promoting hypertrophy. Moreover, Wnt5a suppressed BMP‐2‐mediated chondrocyte maturation, preventing the formation of fibrocartilaginous tissue in high‐density cultures treated sequentially with BMP‐2 and Wnt5a. Implantation of scaffoldless pellets of hESC‐derived chondroprogenitors pretreated with BMP‐2 followed by Wnt5a into rat chondral defects induced an articular‐like phenotype in vivo. Together, the data establish a novel role for Wnt5a in controlling the progression from multipotency into an articular‐like cartilage phenotype in vitro and in vivo. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:40–50


On April 24, 2015, the Apple Watch joined a growing list of wearable consumer products designed with imbedded technology that can be used to promote general wellness and healthy lifestyles. Intended to prevent disease by encouraging healthy lifestyles, these technologies blur the lines between


In the present day, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is being used for a multitude of inspection operations, including those in offshore structures such as wind-farms. Due to the distance of these structures to the coast, drones need to be carried to these structures via ship. To achieve a completely autonomous operation, the UAV can greatly benefit from an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) to transport the UAV to the operation location and coordinate a successful landing between the two. This work presents the concept of a four-link parallel platform to perform wave-motion synchronization to facilitate UAV landings. The parallel platform consists of two base floaters connected with rigid rods, linked by linear actuators to a top mobile platform for the landing of a UAV. Using an inverse kinematics approach, a study of the position of the cylinders for greater range of motion and a workspace analysis is achieved. The platform makes use of a feedback controller to reduce the total motion of the landing platform. Using the robotic operating system (ROS) and Gazebo to emulate wave motions and represent the physical model and actuator system, the platform control system was successfully validated.


Aiming at the lateral control problem in the lane keeping assistant system of commercial vehicles, a lane keeping controller based on model predictive control(MPC) and a mass estimator based on Kalman filter(KF) is designed. Firstly, the related vehicle model for the study of lane keeping lateral control and mass estimate is established. Secondly, the mass estimator is designed to estimate the mass of commercial vehicles, and the lane keeping controller of commercial vehicles is designed based on the vehicle model and state variables. Finally, the co-simulation scene is built up based on TruckSim/Simulink to test the effect of the designed estimator and controller. The simulation results show that the mass estimator can estimate the mass of the commercial vehicle accurately, and the lane keeping controller also achieves the expected control effect.


This research aimed to examine the effects of human resources quality, infrastructure, leadership, and communication on e-government implementation. It used statistical methods and multiple regression analysis to figure out the relationships between variables. Data collection was conducted through observation, questionnaire survey, and literature study or documentation. By applying Slovin's formula to determine the sample size, 245 respondents were obtained from a population of local public officers in the Yapen Islands Regency of Papua. The results show that human resources quality and communication had significant effects on e-government implementation, while infrastructure and leadership did not affect e-government implementation.


A dressing comprising a therapeutic agent and a matrix comprising polymers joined by reticles, said reticles comprise, or consist of, oligopeptide sequences which are cleavable by kallikrein such that the rate of release of the therapeutic agent increases in the presence of protease, wherein the oligopeptide sequence comprising or consisting of Phe-Arg-Ser-Ser-Arg-Gin-Ile or -Met-Ser-Leu-Met-Lys-Arg-Pro Gin.


Directed genomic area for release and modification are indicated by the nearness of nuclease explicit PAM sequence. By hindering the signs, Herceptin can slow or stop bosom malignant growth development. The outcomes show 4 top of the line direct RNAs for altering HER2 quality, the objective arrangements that are pertinent for cleavage by that gRNA, likewise 4. The central clarification for the terrible sign of cockeyed cleavage is accepted to be in the arranging of the single guide RNA for the Cas-9 protein. This is extremely basic for researchers to know while planning guide RNA. Albeit the two guys and females are inclined to bosom malignant growth, it is more probable for females to build up this sort of disease. Be that as it may, with such a large number of HER2 receptors, bosom malignant growth cells can assemble an excessive number of development signals. The most widely recognized qualities engaged with bosom malignancy incorporate HER2, BRCA1, and BRCA2. In this manner, we propose the genomic approach of controlling the HER2 quality guided by CRISPR/Cas-9 to guarantee lesser symptoms and increasingly powerful treatment.


This paper presents a robust simmering control for induction hobs. This kind of process is almost impossible to carry out in a domestic cooker where the pot temperature is unknown. We exploit an analytical model of the cooking process to design a QFT-based controller. The resultant controller satisfies all user requirements such as a quick heating up, an accurate temperature control and a fast disturbance rejection. Additionally, the proposed temperature control can also minimize the energy consumption and, as a consequence, it can increase the efficiency of the cooking process. Finally, the effectiveness of our proposal has been verified by means of verification test in real induction hobs.


The surgical treatment of cancer of the middle rectum is still controversial. Several surgical procedures were retrospectively assessed in 90 patients operated from February 1990 to June 1997. Of these, 43 (47.7%) patients were females and 47 (52.3%) males. Age ranged from 20 to 90 years (mean,60.2 years). The main symptoms were tenesmus and straining, passage of blood and lost of weight. The time between the begining of the symptoms and the diagnosis ranged from two to 24 months (mean, 7.5 months). Abdominoperineal resection was done in 17 patients and the main complication was perineal dehiscence occuring in 47% of cases. One patient was submmited to total proctocolectomy. Hartmann procedure was done in 26 patients with 7.6% morbidity and 7.6% mortality caused by clinical complications. Twenty six patients had resection followed by anastomosis. 1n ten cases hand anastomosis had normal course without complications. In others 16, mechanical anastomosis was done with three dehiscences and one death related to clinical complications. Pull-through operation with coloanal anastomosis was done in eight patients with 50% complications, due to necrosis and retraction of the colon stump. One death occurred related to surgical complication. In 12 cases tumor resection was not done because the precarious condition of these patients. We conclude that the best procedure in cancer of the middle rectum depends of efficient evaluation considering the cell differentiation degree. the metastasis existence, the local condition of the tumor the clinical state of the patient and the experience of  the surgeon.


Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has come of age for widespread implementation to firm up the integration of renewable energy sources to smart grids. The substation automation system (SAS) has been the platform for deployment of automation functions for transmission and distribution systems since early days. The current architectures of SASs including those recommended by IEC-61850 do not support the integration of BESS for voltage and frequency supports as a default function. Further, the solutions for BESS integration from the industry have not been standardized owing to the fast pace developments in this field. ABB Australia has been the pioneer equipment supplier of BESS and system integrator for various pilot projects worldwide. In this study, the Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) 540 from ABB and the Power Factory simulation software from DIgSILENT (DPF) are used in a Control-Hardware-In-the-Loop (C- HIL) testing for BESS integration. The C- HIL system in this study will be the platform for ABB to verify the future BESS integration solutions. As a part of this study, the three-term linear controllers of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) with dead - bands and first-order filters are designed for voltage and frequency support functions for the IEEE nine-bus benchmark power system. Simulation results demonstrated the success of the umbilical interfaces between the RTU 540 and DPF platform to be used in the verification of future BESS integration projects of ABB.


The work in NEN Division revolves around proliferation detection. The sponsor funding model seems to have shifted over the last decades. For the past three lustra, sponsors are mainly interested in funding ideas and detection systems that are already at a technical readiness level 6 (TRL 6 -- one step below an industrial prototype) or higher. Once this level is reached, the sponsoring agency is willing to fund the commercialization, implementation, and training for the systems (TRL 8, 9). These sponsors are looking for a fast turnaround (1-2 years) technology development efforts to implement technology. To support the critical national and international needs for nonprolifertion solutions, we have to maintain a fluent stream of subject matter expertise from the fundamental principals of radiation detection through prototype development all the way to the implementation and training of others. NEN Division has large funding gaps in the Valley of Death region. In the current competitive climate for nuclear nonproliferation projects, it is imminent to increase our lead in this field.


Recently new photopolymers that does not require scheduled exposure in the multiple page writing for the holographic memory was introduced. Its sensitivity does not decrease throughout the multiple page writing process. We will explain why this photopolymer has such a property with our reaction model. The key is the existence of the molecules which make seeds of the polymers. At the first exposure process to record the page data, seeds are produced corresponding to the light intensity distribution. Then after writing the information of all multiplexed pages, the seeds are growing to be polymers under the spatially uniform light illumination.


The aim of the study is to design, analyse and carry out a topology optimization of a connecting rod for single cylinder four stroke petrol engines. In order to obtain a 3D CAD model from existing physical connecting rod is developed through reverse engineering. A three dimensional CAD model of a connecting rod has been created using SOLIDWORKS and it is imported to ANSYS for the coupled steady-state thermal structural analysis, to verify the design of a connecting rod before and after weight reduction. For material optimization, three different aluminium alloy materials such as ADC12, LM6 and Al 6061–T6 alloy were used. From the results obtained from coupled steady-state thermal structural analysis and topology optimization, the optimized design of a connecting rod of Al 6061-T6 alloy shows the von-mises stress of 33.17 MPa, factor of safety 8.32 and total deformation 45.023 mm as compared to other two materials. Based on the topology optimization methodology, it is noted that Al 6061- T6 connecting rod material reduced the weight up to 7.98 % as compared with ADC12 without compromising the strength to weight ratio and ductility.


Design of the gas turbine blade includes many disciplines,such as aerodynamics,intensity,oscillation,structure,arts and crafts,material,thermodynamics,etc.Due to the complexity of the design process,the aerodynamic design for some turbine blades is simulated based on three disciplines of aerodynamics,intensity and thermodynamics.Research problems involve parametric modeling,design optimization modeling,simulation optimization integrating,and optimization planning,etc.Meanwhile,the optimization strategy for design variables is analyzed.The optimization simulation and the computation of the coupling flow field,the stress field and the temperature field of the turbine blade aerodynamic design are implemented.Results of optimization variables,constraints and objectives before optimization and after optimization are compared.


A one-dimensional theory of ion-acoustic waves in a plasma is developed in the quasilinear approximation by taking collisions into account. An explicit expression is found for the spectral density of ion-acoustic waves as a function of time for a current plasma which is unstable in the linear approximation, and which is located in an external electric field. It is shown that in a stationary state, the wave intensity is determined by the magnitude of collision damping and Landau ion damping. The case of the propagation in a plasma of intense ion-acoustic wave is also considered. It is shown that the character of its damping also depends significantly on the collision frequency.


The article examines the procedural features of the interrogation of an expert in court and the issues that most often arise in the parties to criminal proceedings, the victim and the court during its conduct. During the consideration of criminal proceedings in court, questions often arise that require certain clarifications of the expert's opinion, clarification of the qualifications of the expert involved by the party to conduct the examination. In accordance with Part 7 of Art. 101 of the CPC of Ukraine, each party to the criminal proceedings has the right to apply to the court to summon an expert for questioning in court, in order to clarify or supplement this conclusion. Article 356 of the CPC of Ukraine defines the grounds, procedure for summons, interrogation, as well as the range of issues that may be asked to the expert. Thus, the reason for summoning an expert for questioning in court is precisely the need to clarify the conclusion given by him (Part 1 of Article 356 of the CPC of Ukraine). In paragraph 2 of Part 5 of Art. 69 of the CPC of Ukraine states that the expert is obliged to come to the investigator, prosecutor and court and answer the questions during the interrogation.The subject of the expert's interrogation is his opinion, explanation of the provisions of this opinion and establishment of the expert's qualification. During the trial, two conclusions made by different experts on the same issues, both on behalf of the prosecution and the defense, may be presented as evidence at the same time. In such circumstances, objectively, there may be differences and contradictions in the opinions of experts submitted by the parties to the criminal proceedings in court. One of the procedural forms of verification and evaluation of evidence obtained during several examinations in criminal proceedings, performed by different experts on the same issues, both on behalf of the prosecution and the defense, is the simultaneous interrogation of two or more experts in court , which is provided for in Part 4 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Thus, the interrogation of an expert and the simultaneous interrogation of two or more experts in court is one of the most effective procedural forms of verification and evaluation of evidence obtained during the examination in criminal proceedings.


Virtualization in both computer systems and network elements is becoming increasingly part of the Internet. Aside from posing  the new challenges, virtualization enables new functionalities, and show the future Internet architecture, which contains a physical, but polymorphic, substrate on which  the various parallel infrastructures can be constructed or design on demand. This article explores such a new "architecture of virtual infrastructures". The FEDERICA project and the recent evolution trends in the National Research and Education networks are to be taken as examples of this new type of network infrastructure, which is an evolution of the classic network


Controversy over neonatal drug testing may be due to a lack of agreement on the purposes for such testing. This article examines six issues: (1) the purpose of neonatal testing; (2) the selection of infants for testing; (3) the requirement for parental consent; (4) the concept of prenatal harm; (5) the standard of conduct required of a pregnant woman; and (6) the practical application of such a standard in designing a testing policy. It is argued that maternal consent does not need to be required for testing provided that: (1) adequate drug treatment services are available for the mother and infant; and (2) test results are excluded from use in legal proceedings. If intervention, therapy and research (rather than punishment) guides a neonatal testing policy, the sporadic testing of an infant's urine for the presence of illicit substances clearly falls short of the desired goals.


More than a decade ago, Moller and Tofts published their seminal work on relating processes that are annotated with lower time bounds, with respect to speed. Their paper has left open many questions concerning the semantic theory for their suggested bisimulation-based faster-than preorder, the MT-preorder, which have not been addressed since. The encountered difficulties concern a general compositionality result, a complete axiom system for finite processes, and a convincing intuitive justification of the MT-preorder. This paper solves these difficulties by developing and employing novel tools for reasoning in discrete-time process algebra, in particular a general commutation lemma relating the sequencing of action and clock transitions. Most importantly, it is proved that the MT-preorder is fully-with respect to a natural amortized preorder that uses a simple bookkeeping mechanism for deciding whether one process is faster than another. Together these results reveal the intuitive roots of the MT-preorder as a faster-than relation, while testifying to its semantic elegance. This lifts some of the barriers that have so far hampered progress in semantic theories for comparing the speed of processes.


Water contamination by dyes discharged from many industries is an environmental issue of great matter. Electrochemical oxidation is an advanced approach for wastewater treatment. In this study, the composite electrodes of Ti/SnO2-Sb-Ni/rare earth have been modified using rare earth elements (Re) Gd, Ce, Eu, and Er and various molar ratios of tin and nickel intermediate layer, and their electrochemical oxidation effects were scrutinized. To analyze the decolorization performance of the electrodes, Rhodamine B (RhB) dye was utilized as a target pollutant. Accelerated life testing indicated that the longer service life could be observed in Ni (3.5%)/Re and Ni (5%)/ Re electrodes compared with other modified Ni (0%, 1%, and 2%)/Re electrodes. Compared with the color removal efficiencies of the Ni (2%)/Re electrodes, the decolorization rate of 90% after treatment for 60 min and the low energy consumption of 3.621 kW h·m−3 can be achieved at the Ni (2%)/Gd electrode under the experimental condition of 100 mg·L−1 RhB. The best decolorization rate was observed at the Ni (2%)/Re electrodes among other Ni and no adding Ni-doped Re electrodes. The characterization of the electrodes was described, consisting of surface morphology, oxygen evolution potential, and a crystallographic and elemental combination of the coatings.


Urban surfaces are a complex mixture of different land covers and surface materials; the relative magnitudes of the surface energy balance components therefore vary widely across a city. Eddy covariance (EC) measurements provide the best estimates of turbulent heat fluxes but are restricted to the source area. Land surface modeling with earth observation (EO) data is beneficial for extrapolation of a larger area since citywide information is possible. Turbulent sensible and latent heat fluxes are calculated by a combination of micrometeorological approaches (the aerodynamic resistance method, ARM), EO data, and GIS techniques. Input data such as land cover fractions and surface temperatures are derived from Landsat 8 OLI and TIRS, urban morphology was calculated from high-resolution digital building models and GIS data layers, and meteorological data were provided by flux tower measurements. Twenty-two Landsat scenes covering all seasons and different meteorological conditions were analyzed. Sensible heat fluxes were highest for industrial areas, railway stations, and areas with high building density, mainly corresponding to the pixels with highest surface-to-air temperature differences. The spatial distribution of latent heat flux is strongly related to the saturation deficit of vapor and the (minimum) stomatal resistance of vegetation types. Seasonal variations are highly dependent on meteorological conditions, i.e., air temperature, water vapor saturation deficit, and wind speed. Comparison of measured fluxes with modeled fluxes in the weighted source area of the flux towers is moderately accurate due to known drawbacks in the modeling approach and uncertainties inherent to EC measurements, particularly in urban areas.


Summary 1.Results are presented of two attempts to modify the solvent extraction procedure for the obtaining of fat in lipase studies so as to increase the efficiency of recovery of the lower fatty acids. The two modifications studied were: (a) the saturation of the milk with salts (MgSO 4 and NaCl) before extraction and (b) the acidification of the milk to pH 2 with H 2 SO 4 before extraction. 2.Of these modifications, only the acid adjustment of the milk or cream was found to yield sufficient improvement in recovery as to warrant its adoption as a part of the solvent extraction procedure. 3.A comparison of the solvent extraction method and a procedure involving continuous extraction of milk previously dried in plaster of Paris reveals that the latter method does not remove efficiently the free fatty acids from milk.


The paper presents the tribological aspects of the solid-fluid interaction, in order to develop an easy to use fast diagnoses method for the liquid lubricants, with minimal investments and a high precision level. The test program, using a TIMKEN equipment, analyzed the influence of the lubricant state of degradation, considering the tribological behavior of the friction couple during the working time. Two different lubricants (15W-40 and H46-EPS/1) were tested, in both fresh and used state. Tests were performed using three values of the normal load and two sliding velocities. During the tests, the wear trace (width and depth) was measured. Finally, pictures of the damage area were obtained with NEOPHOT 21 metallographic microscope. Spectrometric analysis was performed to identify the geometry, shape and concentration of the wear particles for fresh and used lubricants. The main result of this research is an altenative method of evaluating and quantifying the wear degree and lubricants durability.


Objective:To set up the method of determining the contents of trace elements in the traditional Chinese medicine,to study the contents of trace elements in the rehmannia dride rhizome and the prepared rhizome of rehmannia.Methods:To digest the rehmannia dride rhizome and the prepared rhizome of rehmannia with the wet method,atomic absorption spectrometry method was established for the determination of trace elements in the rehmannia dride rhizome and the prepared rhizome of rehmannia.Results:The trace elements Zn,Cu and Fe were contained in the rehmannia dride rhizome and the prepared rhizome of rehmannia;the average recovery of standadd addition was: Fe:102.14%,Zn:96.85%,Cu:101.16%,and the relative standard deviation(RSD) was: Fe:3.73%,Zn:2.20%,Cu:3.40%.Conclusion:A lot of trace elements,which are good for our body,are contained in the rehmannia dride rhizome and the prepared rhizome of rehmannia.The method is quick,simple and convenent.The results are satisfactory.


The purpose of this paper is to study the quantitative method of evaluating hepatic function of patients with hepatocirrhosis. The 37 cases of hepatocirrhosis and the 12 controls were arranged to perform the hepatobiliary dynamic imaging with 99mTc-labelled ethylene hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (99mTc-EHIDA). Based on the three compartmental model, we acquired the radioactivity-time curves of the liver cell, and calculated the function indexes of liver cell's uptake and excretion. The peak time and mean residue index for the hepatocirrhosis group were higher than those for the normal controls, P 0.01. Compared to normal controls, the peak value, index of uptake, uptake slope and excretion slope of the time–activity curves for the hepatocirrhosis group were all lower, P0.05. Hence the quantitative evaluation of hepatobiliary imaging was a better method for evaluating the change of liver cell functions of hepatocirrhosis.


Institute of Physics, AS CR, Na Slovance 2, CZ–182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic(Dated: February 7, 2002)We use the density-functional calculations to investigate the compositional dependence of thelattice constant of (Ga,Mn)As containing various native defects. The lattice constant of perfectmixed crystals does not depend much on the concentration of Mn. The lattice parameter increasesif some Mn atoms occupy interstitial positions. The same happens if As antisite defects are present.A quantitative agreement with the observed compositional dependence is obtained for materialsclose to a complete compensation due to these two donors. The increase of the lattice constant of(Ga,Mn)As is correlated with the degree of compensation: the materials with low compensationshould have lattice constants close to the lattice constant of GaAs crystal.


In this paper analysis and comparison of various methods for text detection is carried by using canny edge detection algorithm and MSER based method along with the image enhancement which results in the improved performance in terms of text detection. In addition, we improve current MSERs by developing a contrast enhancement mechanism that enhances region stability of text patterns to remove the blurring caused during the capture of image Lucy Richardson de blurring Algorithm is used.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of work stress on employee performance, the effect of employee performance on turnover intentions, work stress on turnover intentions, and examine the indirect effect of work stress on turnover intentions through employee performance as mediation. This research was conducted on employees of casual-dining restaurants in the city of Malang, East Java. The analysis model uses Partial Least Square. The results showed that work stress has a significant negative effect on employee performance, employee performance has a significant negative effect on turnover intention, work stress has no significant effect on turnover intention. The indirect effect of proven work stress has a significant effect on turnover intention through employee performance as mediation. For the development of science, the results of this study can be the next research reference material related to work stress, employee performance, and turnover intention.


Computational models have been widely applied to simulate complex physical phenomena because of rapid development of computers' abilities and inexecutable conditions of the experiments. Validating the effectiveness of computational models is then essential and significant. Existing validation metrics focusing on a single response may cause confusing results when they are applied for multiple responses simultaneously. The target of this work is to validate computational models with multiple responses via the factor analysis method by considering both the uncertainty and correlation of the multiple responses. Factor analysis aims to explain the correlated multi-dimensional variables with fewer common factors and the latter then can describe the main information the former containing. Briefly, factor analysis has a favorable ascendency——dimensionality reduction, which makes multiple responses validation easy to implement. The proposed method is based on the factor analysis and the concept of "area metric" for validating a single response, which avoids comparing the joint distribution of the computational models and that of the experimental observations. It is applicable for validating multiple responses both at a single validation site and at multiple validation sites. Both numerical example and engineering example are employed to demonstrate the rationality and necessity of the proposed methodology.


In September, 1919, one room for women patients at the Presbyterian Hospital Dispensary was devoted to the care and study of cases diagnosed as obesity. While the result of treatment was not startling, the incidence of hypertension and the influence of diet are here noted. The method employed was a reducing diet calculated to contain sufficient protein and yet to be nonsustaining in calories for the average working woman to maintain her body weight. This relatively high protein diet contained a total of about 1,700 calories, with about 87 gm. of protein. Whenever fewer calories were found necessary to bring about reduction, first the butter (200 calories), then the bread (300 calories), and then the starchy vegetable was removed. Such a diet was found to be far from ideal and not very exact, but nevertheless workable for the patient as well as for the physician. REDUCING DIET Breakfast: One orange


PVA hydrogels can be formed via physical crosslinking (e.g. by cyclic freezing/thawing of aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solutions) or with a chemical cross-linker. Physical crosslinking is more useful for biomedical applications since it contains no harmful cross-linker residues. This work, therefore, focused on studying properties of physically crosslinked hydrogels with different concentrations of polyvinyl alcohol (2.5 to 15 wt%) prepared via cyclic freezing/thawing under different cryogenic conditions: in the liquid nitrogen (–196 °C), in two different laboratory freezers (–80 °C and –18 °C) and the ice bath. Furthermore, the effects of the addition of several cryoprotectants were evaluated. The optical and mechanical properties of the prepared samples were studied, and the microstructure of the hydrogels was observed by scanning electron microscopy after freeze-drying.


This article refered to converting PP to functional PP,examining the influence of monomer content and initia-tor content on the graft ratio and MFR.By blending the PP in different graft ratio with nylon1010,the influences of different graft-ratio on the mechanical properties and compatibilites were investigated.Observing morphology of blends by means of SEM,the sizes of disperse phases of PP-g-GMA/nylon1010blends were reduced obviously compared with those of initial PP/nylon1010blends.


Aims: To investigate the influence of the growth phase, growth temperature, storage time, pH and aw of the treatment medium on the resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to pulsed electric fields (PEF).


In this paper,taken H.erinaceus as tested materials,the effects of temperature and pH on active antibacterial substance,the polysaccharide and protein antibacterial activities in antibacterial ingredients from H.erinaceus were investigated,and the effects of different Solvent on the extraction of antibacterial substanc was compared.The results showed that the active antibacterial substance had good thermal stability,and strong antibacterial activity under acidic conditions.The substance was not sensitive to polysaccharide nor to protease,which was effectively extracted by using n-butanol.


In the vector tracking loop, there is a great error in the output of discriminator owing to the disturbance of noise. Cubature Kalman filter is proposed to replace the discriminator to process I/Q data and generate code phase error and the carrier frequency error in this paper. The present algorithm not only can avoid the nonlinear problem of discriminator, but also can reduce the bad effect of noise. Moreover, using cubature Kalman filter to deal with the nonlinear I/Q data is beneficial to preserve the accuracy of data processing. Because noise is unknown or time-varying, the filter should have the ability to respond to the changes of environmental noise. The innovation of measurements is used to estimate the covariance matrix of measurement noise in real time. Finally, a comparison is carried out between the present algorithm and the vector tracking algorithm based on discriminator. The test results show that the code phase error and the carrier frequency error are smaller, and the accuracy of navigation solution is also higher.


Objective To investigate the technical transformation for MR to get the geometry of the intravital patellar ligament(PL) and anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) ,so as to offer information for the ACL reconstruction surgery with patellar tendon graft. Methods MR scan was performed under 1.5T superconducting with special surface coil and fast spin echo(FSE) . High resolution T1 weighted image(H-T1WI) of ACL was obtained on the sagittal plane with 10°-15° in the inner side of vertical line which was the axial line of the tangent line through the femoral intercondylar fossa. H-T1WI of PL was sagittal image from the center of the lower margin of patella and the center of tibial node. The length of PL and ACL were measured on Radworks 5.1;the data of the left side of PL was measured separately by 3 doctors and was analyzed. Results The whole length of ACL and PL 100% could be obtained with this method. The quality of the images could satisfy the requirements of the measurements. The time used in collecting the sagittal image was 2.25 min. The average length of PL and ACL for male was(42.20±4.21) cm and(36.98±4.12) cm,for female was(40.15±4.00) cm and(35.80±4.67) cm. ICC within the three group data of PL length gotten by 3 difference specialist was 0.997-1.000. Conclusion The technical transformation for MR can be used to measure the geometry data of PL and ACL in vivo,and the data can offer accurate information for ACL reconstructing operation with good stability and repeatability.


1. Introduction 2. Overview of continuous flow routing techniques *2.1. Basic equations of the one-dimensional, gradually varied nonpermanent open channel flow *2.2. Diffusion wave equation *2.3. Kinematic wave equation *2.4. Flow routing methods *2.4.1. Derivation of the storage equation from the Saint-Venant equations *2.4.2. The Kalinin-Milyukov-Nash cascade *2.4.3. The Muskingum channel routing technique 3. State-space description of the spatially discretized linear kinematic wave *3.1. State-space formulation of the continuous, spatially discrete linear kinematic wave *3.2. Impulse response of the continuous, spatially discrete linear kinematic wave 4. State-space description of the continuous Kalinin-Milyukov-Nash (KMN) cascade *4.1. State equation of the continuous KMN-cascade *4.2. Impulse response of the continuous KMN-cascade and its equivalence with the continuous, spatially discrete linear kinematic wave *4.3. Continuity, steady state, and transitivity of the KMN-cascade 5. State-space description of the discrete linear cascade model (DLCM) and its properties: The pulse-data system approach *5.1. Trivial discretization of the continuous KMN-cascade and its consequences *5.2. A conditionally adequate discrete model of the continuous KMNcascade *5.2.1. Derivation of the discrete cascade, its continuity, steady state and transitivity *5.2.2. Relationship between conditionally adequate discrete models with different sampling intervals *5.2.3. Temporal discretization and numerical diffusion *5.3. Deterministic prediction of the state variables of the discrete cascade using a linear transformation *5.4. Calculation of system characteristics *5.4.1. Unit-pulse response of the discrete cascade *5.4.2. Unit-step response of the discrete cascade *5.5. Calculation of initial conditions for the discrete cascade *5.6. Deterministic prediction of the discrete cascade output and its asymptotic behavior *5.7. The inverse of prediction: input detection 6. The sample-data system approach *6.1. Formulation of the discrete cascade in a sample-data system framework *6.2. Discrete state-space approximation of the continuous KMN-cascade of noninteger storage elements *6.3. Application of the discrete cascade for flow routing with unknown rating curves 7. DLCM and stream-aquifer interactions *7.1. Accounting for stream-aquifer interactions in DLCM *7.2. Assessing groundwater contribution to the channel via input detection 8. Handling of model-error: the deterministic-stochastic model and its prediction updating *8.1. A stochastic model of forecast errors *8.2. Recursive prediction and updating 9. Some practical aspects of model application for real-time operational forecasting *9.1. Model parameterization *9.2. Comparison of a pure stochastic, deterministic (DLCM), and the deterministic-stochastic models *9.3. Application of the deterministic-stochastic model for the Danube basin in Hungary 10. Summary 11. Appendix *11.1. State-space description of linear dynamic systems *11.2. Algorithm of the discrete linear Kalman filter 12. References 13. Guide to the exercises


The composition of core for pouring-forming includes (wt%) 6-18% of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate whose grain size is less than 200 meshes, 30-55% of quartz and/or fused quartz whose grain size is 30/140 meshes, 20-40% of quartz and/or fused quartz whose grain size is less than 200 meshes and 5-12% of magnesium oxide whose grain size is less than 270 meshes. The method for making core by using above-mentioned materials including three steps of preparing slurry material, pouring and demoulding, also must add the steps of firing and removing air. Said core material and water and/or silicon sol can be formed into the slurry material with good fluidity and solidification property, so that said core possesses smooth surface, accurate size and high strength, etc.


The vacuum interrupter (VI) is used for medium-voltage switching circuits due to its abilities and advantages as a compacted environmental friendly circuit breaker. In general, the application of a sufficiently strong axial magnetic field (AMF) permits the arc to be maintained in a diffused mode to a high-current vacuum arc. A full understanding of the vacuum arc physics is very important since it can aid to improve the performance of vacuum interrupter. In order to closely examine the vacuum arc phenomena, it is necessary to predict the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) characteristics by the multidisciplinary numerical modeling, which is coupled with the electromagnetic and hydrodynamic fields, simultaneously. In this study, we have investigated the effect of changing geometrical parameters for electromagnetic behaviors of high-current vacuum arcs with two different types of AMF contacts, which are coil-type and cup-type, using a commercial finite element analysis (FEA) package, ANSYS. The present results are compared with those of MAXWELL 3D, a reliable electromagnetic analysis software, for verification.


Common application infrastructure services are shifting from back-end hosts to the network edges. Cisco Systems application oriented networking (AON) initiative is an example of this emerging trend. Benchmarking such infrastructure and services is expected to play an important role in the networking industry. We present AONBench specifications and methodology to benchmark networked XML application servers and appliances. AONBench is not a benchmarking tool. It is a specification and methodology for performance measurements, which leverages from existing XML microbenchmarks and uses HTTP for end-to-end communication. We implement AONBench specifications for end-to-end performance measurements through public domain HTTP load generation tool ApacheBench and Apache Web server. We present three case studies of using AONBench for architecting real application oriented networking products


The paper analyses the characteristics of user's information demand under the Internet environment,and introduces a kind of Web information organization technology-RSS on the basis.The application of the technology to library information services is discussed,which provides reference for heightening the service level.


Abstract : The subject of this investigation is the extension of the dynamic range of a given measuring instrumentation by external means. If the output-input relation of the instrument is presented in the form of an ordinary differential equation, it is possible to restore the input far beyond the instrumental restrictions by computational means. A main operation involved in this process, differentiation, is treated from an instrumentational point of view. Examples of the input restoration for linear and nonlinear differential equations are presented. (Author)


The reinforced concrete used for construction represents one of the most widely used materials in urban housing. In the case of coastal areas such as Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the behavior of the concrete elements used in housing differs from less aggressive environmental areas, as evidenced by the built heritage. This work presents results in relation to causes-effects of environmental loads such as humidity, temperature, solar radiation, acid rain and carbonation on specimens of hardened concrete with f'c of 20 and 25 MPa, especially in aspects such as variations in mass and durability and even decreased early resistance. The tested specimens show a variety of relationships that illustrate the effect of the studied parameters, before and after being subjected to accelerated weathering tests; additionally, durability aspects were considered on 6 slab models designed and built to microscopically visualize fissures in the exposed faces, registering mechanical resistance through periodic monitoring that is still maintained. The study showed that concrete with f´c of 20 MPa has greater mass losses and advances in the carbonation front after being exposed in an artificial accelerated aging chamber (AAA), as well as greater degradation when exposed to sulfuric acid, although with less adhesion of salts.


Associate Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran Received 3 July 2011; Accepted 29 July 2011 This study aims to investigate the effects of geometric imperfections on buckling of thin cylindrical shells due to global shear. To this end, more than 320 finite element models of cylindrical shells with different diameter to thickness ratios were prepared. Random imperfections with different amplitudes were applied to numerical models. The results revealed that global buckling of cylindrical shells are susceptible to imperfection patterns. It was also shown that Yamaki's expression can be considered as upper band for plastic shear buckling of thin cylindrical shells.


When it comes to the positioning of the higher vocational education training mode,people's opinions differ in the educational circles.As far as Dezhou Vocational and Technical College is concerned,the training of talents will be positioned as "double high",which means high-quality and high-skilled.And according to the demand of Students-oriented,Teachers-dominated,and Ability-based,it is creating a new path for the reform of the training mode of high vocational education.


Describes the steps in the preparation of the Cataiogue-on-Tape forming the input to the computer-based document finding system. The format of the entry for a document, preparation of the punched card, sorting, and transfer of the entries on to magnetic tape to form the store, are explained. The step-by-step procedure and flow-chart in the transfer of the entries on to magnetic tape, and amending this list of documents, are given.


Summary form only given. Using polarized light microscopy, we have observed the magnetic domains of perpendicularly magnetized media under different conditions, including direct observation of the thin-film magnetic layer, and observations through the glass or plastic substrate on which the magnetic film has been deposited. The results show that image contrast is reduced with increasing numerical aperture (NA) of the objective lens. They also indicate that the polarization rotation caused by differences between reflectivity/transmissivity of the p- and s-components of polarization deteriorate the magnetic image contrast.


The authors presented the characteristics of high power handling capability with direct contact MEMS switches. The switch has a movable-waveguide, fabricated on a silicon cavity. Two types of MEMS switches with different number of contact points were fabricated. In high power handling experiments with hot switching mode, a multiple-contact type switch failed at 1.6 W in 7 GHz RF signal, while a single-contact type switch was succeeded up to 2.4 W. These results were considered from the viewpoint of contact force and surface asperities according to the relation between input power and insertion loss.


Stable electrochromic variable light transmission devices have a battery-like structure with two reversible redox electrodes operating optically in series. An empirical model is put forth in which the electrochemical and optical properties of these two electrodes are combined to predict the optical attenuation range and the safe operating voltage as a function of thickness of each material and its initial oxidation level when the device is fabricated. An electrochromic window employing the complementary electrochromic pair WO 3 and IrO 2 is used as an example


We introduce a model of resonant optical systems: a waveguide array doped periodically with resonant four-level N-type atoms. The dopant atoms are driven by external fields which induce the effect of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). In this resonant waveguide arrays (RWA) system, the optical field propagates as quasi-discrete diffraction, breathing beam or stable spatial soliton when different initial amplitude and width of the probe are given. The critical values representing these transformations are obtained by the numerical simulations. In a further study of the oblique incidence, the soliton loses a portion of its energy while a kick (i.e., a transverse wave vector) is initially introduced. As the value of the kick becomes larger than a critical value, the soliton collapses.


Crystallography is a branch of science that deals with the discerning of the arrangement and bonding of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystal structural differences in the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)/excipients in multi - source generics of antimal arials may present differences in their physicochemical properties and ultimately the rate and extent of drug absorption. Tackling the menace of the continuing spread of multi - drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria may require the evaluation of the c rystal structural influences of orally administered drugs on antimalarial bioavailability.


In this paper the transient response of an elastic half space to a non-uniformly moving point load is considered and a solution procedure is developed for the problem of moving loads. By using the well-known Cagniard's technique, a general solution of displacement is obtained in the form of integral for the inner and the surface responses. Then, the title problem is reduced to a simple consideration on "Arrival Time Function, " the behaviour of which governs the range of integration. The solution obtained here should be applied to miscellaneous problems of a moving load, the speed of which is non-uniform and largely arbitrary.


In this paper, Adomian decomposition method is applied to the general Riccati's differential equations. Two test problems were used to validate the reliability of the method and the results showed that Adomian decomposition method is in agreement with the analytic or the classical method of solving quadratic Riccati differential equations. The large scale computing and symbolic representation was facilitated by the Maple 14 software package. (


The research explores the linkages between social capital and community forest management. We used participatory action research (PAR) method to observe the daily community life intensively every day for a month and semi-structured interviews to deepen our knowledge about their forest management activities related to their silvicultural prescriptions linkage with the social capital. We found that social capital, such as norms and trust inter-individual in community, trigger their preference to protect the forest. Meanwhile, a horizontal network applied within this community and bonding its social capital.


DR. M. M. SIGEL: I will skip mercenene for the moment. I am reminded of other developments in biology, including the one gene-one protein concept. Now we are looking for one site and one lectin, and we end up finding more sites than there is room for in the red cell. Perhaps we should be considering sites not only in the static sense, but also in the dynamic sense, and considering both the affinity of a site and the confirmational changes that occur when two sites interact; when A reacts with anti-A and B with anti-B. You may end up with a product that is C, which might lead you to think that there is a third site called C, whereas you are really measuring the effects of the interaction of A and B. This has been established for other molecules, and I think it should be considered thus in this context. We are now concerned mostly with red cells, and the question just raised by Dr. Cooper about bone marrow is an important one; maybe we should be looking at stem cells and also at other types of blood elements, for common denominators, and for distinctive ones. If Dr. Prendergast's molecule has an affinity for T cells, this gives us a very interesting probe, with which we can perhaps look at other cells and other series to see if they also possess the same type of combining site. This is one new approach. Another approach is the utilization of tissue culture. Dr. Pardoe is using cells in culture, which gives a great opportunity, provided one doesn't get mutations in culture. This, of course, is always one of the problems that arises in using culture: one may not end up with what one started with, but at least it gives one a chance to follow things through. So I am seeking an approach or approaches that will be multidisciplinary and multifaceted : the comparison of diverse cells, or cells of common origin and various conditions, considering the dynamics, kinetics, and affinity of the site; and I feel we should use more highly purified molecules. DR. TRIPP: Would you care to comment on mercenene? Also, with respect to the antitumor substances found in invertebrates, are they all related to mercenene, and are they related to the agglutinins that we have been talking about today? DR. SIGEL: I really know very little about mercenene, and I don't know that we have reached a state of purification that can give us definitive information. It is still being pursued, and ,Dr. Schmeer indicated interest in going to Florida for further studies, and for collecting and fractionating. As regards our work. we have demonstrated the presence of two substances in the marine tunicate Turbinata, neither one of which would qualify as a lectin at the moment. This is why I was groping for a definition of a lectin, but these at least do not stimulate blastogenesis, agglutinate red cells, or bind sugar, so far as we can tell at the moment. We do have a lectin-like substance in a vertebrate, but the invertebrates


In this study,we treat the larch and the poplar by using two kind of preservatives: CCA and ACQ-3,analyses the changes of the treated wood and the influence of the wood-powder to the adhesives.The study shows the treated-wood has litter affect on the wetting property of the adhesives;the wood treated with ACQ is more suitable for API to bond;the wood treated with the CCA is easy for PF and RF to bond.


DFT method was used to investigate the conductivities and thermoelectric properties for platinum metal complexes. The results were showed the type of ligands in the molecular complexes, which play a significant role in electrical and thermal properties calculations. The contact of the molecule with the electrodes along the plane of the molecule was given the molecule high ability to appear high conductance. Therefore, nitrogen atom in pyridyl rings that contacts with gold electrodes is more effective than the sulfur atoms. These molecules exhibit various conductance profiles, low conductance can be identified by molecule 1, and a higher conductance by molecule 4. We showed the molecule in the perpendicular to gold electrodes, and the presence of nitrogen atom in the position of contact with leads in place of sulfur gave the molecule high ability to an electron transfer.DFT method was used to investigate the conductivities and thermoelectric properties for platinum metal complexes. The results were showed the type of ligands in the molecular complexes, which play a significant role in electrical and thermal properties calculations. The contact of the molecule with the electrodes along the plane of the molecule was given the molecule high ability to appear high conductance. Therefore, nitrogen atom in pyridyl rings that contacts with gold electrodes is more effective than the sulfur atoms. These molecules exhibit various conductance profiles, low conductance can be identified by molecule 1, and a higher conductance by molecule 4. We showed the molecule in the perpendicular to gold electrodes, and the presence of nitrogen atom in the position of contact with leads in place of sulfur gave the molecule high ability to an electron transfer.


The microwave spectra of five further isotopic species of nitric acid, H18ONO2, cis‐HON18OO, trans‐HONO18O, cis‐HO15N18OO, and D15NO3, have been investigated. The data have been used to refine the previous structural determination of Millen and Morton. In the calculation of structure, particular consideration has been given to the use of ground‐state moments of inertia in Kraitchman's equations for near‐oblate planar molecules. The structure was calculated using several different methods, including the double‐substitution method due to Pierce, in order to substantiate the following structural parameters: O–H=0.964, (H)O–N=1.406, cis–N–O=1.211, trans‐N–O=1.199 A, ∠HON=102°9′, ∠cis‐ONO=115°53′, ∠trans‐ONO=113°51′, and O···O (NO2 group)=2.184 A.This determination clearly demonstrates a 2° tilt of the NO2 group away from the hydrogen atom. The NO2 parameters are close to those found in a number of related molecules, but there is some evidence that the cis‐NO bond in HNO3 is slightly longer than the trans‐NO b...


A method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, comprising: providing a substrate (1); forming sequentially on the substrate (1) a semiconductor layer (2), a silicon attachment layer (3), and a photolithographic mask layer (4); etching on some regions on the silicon attachment layer (3) to form oblique sections along the crystal surface of silicon (111), constituting a trapezoidal groove with the crystal surface of non-etched silicon (100), until the semiconductor layer (2) is exposed; and finally, depositing a metal in the groove to form an electrode (5). The semiconductor component manufactured with the method utilizes anisotropic characteristics provided by the silicon attachment layer in the etching process to control and optimize the structure and shape of the electrode, allows for improved electric field distribution of the semiconductor layer, thus increasing the breakdown voltage of the component, and at the same time, also allows for effectively reduced electrode size of the component, thus further improving characteristics of the component such as frequency.


Using aggregate and bank level data for several countries, the paper studies what happens to the banking system in the aftermath of a banking crisis. Contemporary crises are not accompanied by declines in aggregate bank deposits, and credit does not fall relative to output, although the growth of both deposits and credit slows down substantially. Output recovery begins in the second year after the crisis and is not led by a resumption in credit growth. Banks, including the stronger ones, reallocate their asset portfolio away from loans.


A novel concept for visual configuration estimation of a continuum robot is presented, using solely an array of miniature cameras mounted to the surface of the robot as only input sensors. A two-step algorithm is implemented, consisting of a configuration estimation refinement step and a full Bundle Adjustment step, where 3D coordinates and robot configuration parameters are estimated optimally and simultaneously. Real-time capability is provided by fast feature matching procedures and a special solver for the sparse Bundle Adjustment problem. Furthermore, stochastically optimal estimates are guaranteed as the robot parameters are directly estimated and a detour via an individual camera pose estimation is spared. Finally, experimental results are presented to confirm the performance speed and accuracy of the proposed approach.


OBJECTIVES
Superantigens have shown potent effects against bladder tumours by inducing Vbeta-specific T-lymphocyte proliferation and massive cytokine release but therapeutic benefit is compromised by cytotoxicity towards non-malignant cells and hypotoxicity to major histocompability complex (MHC) II-negative tumour cells. We are therefore interested in a conjugate preparation of a monoclonal antibody (MAb)-superantigens conjugate for which these drawbacks would be resolved.

METHODS
The Fab fragment of the anti-bladder carcinoma MAb BDI-1 was conjugated to one member of the staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) superantigen using the chemical conjugating reagent, N-succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate.

RESULTS
After HPLC purification through a Superdex-200 gel column, another peak with a molecular mass of 250 KDa was observed before Fab and SEA were eluted. Indirect immunocytochemical analysis and immunofluorescence tests showed that the cell membranes of most human bladder cancer cells were positively stained only by the conjugate, confirming the ability of the conjugate to target human bladder carcinoma. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation and cytokine release were similar with the conjugate and SEA. Cytotoxicity targeting in MHC II-negative bladder cancer cell lines, evaluated by flow cytometry, showed significant differences between the conjugate and SEA, whereas there was no difference in the Lovo colon cancer cell line.

CONCLUSIONS
These findings indicate the conjugate of SEA protein and BDI-1 Fab fragment was prepared successfully and targeted bladder carcinoma in vitro.


Dr Siva Pillay, the IT-savvy, corruption-busting Nelson Mandela Bay doctor and millionaire businessman, has been edged out as Superintendent-General of the controversy-riddled Eastern Cape Health Department, after a long-standing feud with his Health MEC, Sicelo Gqobana.
His (acting) replacement is Mahlubandile Qwase, a teacher, former MEC for Education, former chair of the provincial health portfolio committee and former deputy director-general in Premier Noxolo Kieviet's office. Counting MEC Gqobana, this puts two teachers at the helm of the provincial health department.


Due to the characteristics of accelerometer and widely usage,it becomes a new study of introduce MEMS accelerometer to input device.But the performance of accelerometer itself and data collection circuits are disturbed by surrounding,collected data is comprised of acceleration data and noise data.So the collected data needs to be filtered to eliminate noise.A hybrid filtering method based on EMD is proposed to enhance the accuracy of the input device.The method introduces RBF Neural Network(NN)and wavelet packet transform(WPT)technology which aims at the limitation of EMD,the S-G filter are also used to filtering.Meanwhile,we also validate the validity of the method by Allan Variance.


We consider Euler–Bernoulli operators with real coefficients on the unit interval. We prove the following results: (i) The Ambarzumyan-type theorem about the inverse problems for the Euler–Bernoulli operator. (ii) The sharp asymptotics of eigenvalues for the Euler–Bernoulli operator when its coefficients converge to the constant function. (iii) The sharp eigenvalue asymptotics for both the Euler–Bernoulli operator and fourth-order operators (with complex coefficients) on the unit interval at high energy.