Two trials were conducted to study the partial replacement of soybean meal (FS) by urea (U) in diets for late lactation cows. Conventional urea was compared to extruded urea (A150S). In trial 1, 38 late lactation cows were used. The partial replacement of soybean meal by urea sources or the urea processing did not affect milk and 3.5% FCM yields, protein content and yield, total solids yield, and plasma urea N and glucose. Feeding U increased milk fat and total solids content. In trial 2, five dry cows, fitted with ruminal canulas were used. Dry matter intake, total tract nutrient digestibility's, rumen VFA molar concentration, plasma urea-N and plasma glucose were not affected by treatments (p > 0.05). The partial replacement of soybean meal by urea is an alternative to reduce costs of diets for late lactating cows. Extrusion of urea did not show any advantage compared to conventional urea


Previous sexual harassment research and theory have focused primarily upon the individual level of analysis, with little attention to team- or organizational- level processes or outcomes. We propos...


Based on searching the literature widely,the sources,components and main effectiveness of S.polyrhiza were mainly introduced,so as to provide basic data for the further research and development.


Objective Peripheral nerve sensory obstacle neuropathy caused by malignant tumor treated. Methods During 1992~1999 were diagnosed according to UICC (1989) criteria.The testing results of CSF and BCV were used to determine the occurance of nervous system diseases.Results Among 11 cases,8 cases were small cell lung cancer;2 cases were lung adenocarcinoma;1 case was ovarian carcinoma.Albumin in CSF increased in 10 cases;lymphocytes in CSF increased in 2 cases;IgG increased in 6 cases.Conclusions The neuropathy caused by malignant tumor is closely related to small cell lung cancer.The early diagnosis is very difficult and the rate of misdiagnosis is very high.


Background Venous ulcers represent 70% of the lower limb ulcers. They are difficult to heal, requiring a correct diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Many products have been developed to healing, such as homologous platelet gel obtained from the platelet concentrate exceeding from blood transfusion. Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of homologous platelet gel in venous ulcers compared with hydrocolloid dressing. Method A pilot randomized clinical trial in patients with venous ulcers. Randomized groups (homologous platelet gel and hydrocolloid groups) were followed for 90 days and were assessed through the evolution of ulcerated area, qualitative analysis of vascularization and adverse events. Both groups used elastic compression. Results We included 16 participants, with a total of 21 venous ulcers. Both treatments promoted a reduction of the areas of the ulcers in 90 days (mean 69%), there was significant difference between the groups concerning the gradual reduction of the ulcers areas, favorably to the hydrocolloid (70% vs 64%; p <0.01). There were some mild adverse events in both groups. Study limitations Single-center study with a small number of patients, preventing more accurate assessment of the effects of platelet gel. Conclusion The homologous platelet gel associated with the elastic compression can be an alternative to the venous ulcer treatment and is safe due to the occurrence of a few mild local adverse events and no serious adverse events. Clinical trials with larger numbers of patients must be performed to maintain the indication of this treatment for venous ulcer.


Human beings are trafficked within the country or across international borders mainly for the purpose of bodily exploitation or slavery. The victims of trafficking remain vulnerable to various adverse situations such as involvement in sex industry, employment in hazardous employment, unhygienic living conditions, and poor nutrition affecting not only to their physical health in form of disease or injuries, but also the mental health. Poor access to health care facilities also adds to their tragic condition. Many countries have constitutional and legal provisions to deal with the issues of trafficking, therefore whenever the victims of trafficking are rescued they are subjected to medical examination for protection of health, management of disease or injuries, documentation, collection of biological or trace evidences of legal importance and also provided with psychiatric support and access to agencies involved in rehabilitation of such victims. In this article we present a review of health risk and medico-legal issues related to human trafficking along with magnitude of problem and various legislative and constitutional provisions in India.


The formation of a naked singularity during the collapse of a finite object would pose a serious difficulty for the theory of general relativity. The hoop conjecture suggests that this possibility will never happen provided the object is sufficiently compact (approx.


Abstract Introduction: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a condition in which the diaphragm fails to form properly, resulting in a defect through which abdominal contents can herniate into the thoracic cavity. A thoracoscopic approach has been suggested for the repair of small CDH (<3 cm) defects, in hemodynamically stable infants, as it allows for improved visualization, avoids the morbidity of an open operation, and has been associated with shorter postoperative courses; shorter time courses on the ventilator postoperatively; and lower postoperative mortality. Identifying which infants have smaller defects can be difficult as they can present with a significant amount of abdominal organ herniation and mediastinal shift. Patient: This patient is a 3-day-old infant male, born at 38 weeks gestational age weighing 3.95 kg, who required intubation at birth due to significant respiratory distress. He was then transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit at 15 hours of life. A chest radiograph showed...


The Chingshui geothermal area is located about 20 km southwest of Ilan, a city in northeastern Taiwan. This area was first selected for reconnaissance survey of geothermal resources in 1973 by means of geological and geophysical methods. A total of fifteen shallow test wells, ranging from 161 m to 501 m, were also drilled, penetrating aquifers with rather high temperatures of up to 175/sup 0/C. However, further exploration has been subsequently undertaken by the Chinese Petroleum Corporation from 1976 to explore for a usable geothermal resource with greater production for power generation. Up to now, over eight geothermal wells, CPC-CS-4T, 5T, 9T, 12T, 13T, 14T, 15T, and 16T, have been drilled to various depths, ranging from 1505 m to 3000 m, having a roughly estimated thermal water flowrate of about 370 tons/h under the flowing pressure of about 8 kg/cm/sup 2/ on the gauge. Before or during the drilling, several geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods have been conducted by CPC. A reliable geologic feature was realized by geological and gravity data, while a geothermal activity was revealed by microearthquakes, resistivity, temperature gradients, and concentrated mercury data.


We read with great interest the article by Kelly Smith and colleagues about coronary artery bypass grafting in octogenarians and septuagenarians.[1][1] We recently published the results of our experience with coronary artery surgery in octogenarians.[2][2] Between January 1990 and December 2000,


A shift in Government thinking away from individual performance-related pay schemes for nurses in favour of deals based on their trust's wider performance has been dismissed by the RCN as inadequate.


Based on fractal theory,fractal feature of river landscape in different management area of the Wuyishan Natural Reserve was studied.The results showed that: the turn of fractal characteristics of river length was Tongmu management area(1.216 3) Huangkeng management area(1.186 6) Pingshan management area(1.132 6) Da′an management area(1.061 3);the value range of fractal characteristics of river net in 4 management areas was 1.722 3-1.865 4;the turn of dentist of river net was Tongmu management area(3.825 4 km·km-2) Da′an management area(3.052 2 km·km-2) Huangkeng management area(2.566 1 km·km-2) Pingshan management area(2.020 5 km·km-2).The conclusion was the river landscape of the Wuyishan Natural Reserve had better development than other river landscape.


In this paper,the mechanism of chemical mechanical polishing( CMP) was summarized. The development of chemical mechanical polishing of three kinds of substrates( α-Al2O3,SiC,Si) were introduced. The study was mainly focused on the effects of the polishing process parameters and the composition of the polishing slurry( different abrasive,abrasive particle size,oxidizing agent,chelating agent and pH value,etc) on wafer polishing,and the existing problems of CMP were pointed out. Finally,the future prospect of CMP of LED substrate was outlined.


We present a Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite-element formulation with convolutional perfectly matched layer (CPML) absorbing condition suitable to large scale seismic modelling in 3D elastic media. The issues of performance and load balancing of the pr


This paper discusses the role of women's pioneering in public leadership at the organization of the Branch Management of Aisyiyah of West Jenang, Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. Women as pioneers of social movements at both the sub-district and village levels, collaborate intensively with various parties, provide guidance to members, coordinate with mosques and prayer rooms, develop the community economy by forming entrepreneurial communities. In this context, women's pioneering in public leadership is an interesting study to be discussed in this paper. This type of research is qualitative. Data collection techniques used in-depth interview techniques, observation, and documentation. The analytical technique used is descriptive-analytical. The findings of this study are (1) the role of women's pioneering in public leadership in Islamic community organizations has implemented its leadership function, with the implementation of POAC namely Planning, Organizing, Acting, controlling; (2) supporting factors are that women are allowed in social roles by husbands, solid teams, as well as getting support from the community, while the obstacle is the lack of cadres, the management has a dual role domestic and public; and (3) women's pioneering in public leadership is increase in the branches of Islamic community organizations, the existence of self-development in the field of organizational management, public speaking, the ability of community management with various innovative activities.


volcano. People residing on its flanks face many hazards that come with living on or near an active volcano, including lava flows, explosive eruptions , volcanic smog, damaging earthquakes, and local tsunami (giant seawaves). The County of Hawai'i (Island of Hawai'i) is the fastest growing County in the State of Hawaii. Its expanding population and increasing development mean that risk from volcano hazards will continue to grow. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) closely monitor and study Mauna Loa Volcano to enable timely warning of hazardous activity and help protect lives and property.


A high conversion ratio dc-dc converter suitable for renewable energy applications has been investigated and presented here. A high-boost dc-dc converter is designed with high voltage conversion ratio for fuel cell or photovoltaic systems. The proposed system consists of a current-fed half bride at the input side, an active-clamp circuit and an output voltage-doubler with three stages of boosting operations. The reverse-recovery issues of the rectifying diodes are solved by a series resonant circuit of the output voltage doubler. The high voltage spikes of the switches and the effect of energy stored in the leakage inductance of the high frequency transformer have been reduced by an active-clamp circuit. The modes of operation of the proposed converter are analysed and verified using PSIM simulation platform and a hardware laboratory prototype is implemented and results are presented.


To explore physicochemical properties of ultra- high pressure( UHP) gelatin.The basic physicochemical properties,amino acid composition,gelation /melting temperature,viscosity characteristics and spectral characteristics were analyzed.Results indicated that the moisture,ash content,pH and gel strength index of ultrahigh pressure gelatin reached A grade of edible gelatin standard,the transparency and color were much better than commodity gelatin.The content of proline and hydroxyproline of ultra-high pressure gelatin were significantly higher than commodity gelatin.Rheological analysis showed that ultrahigh pressure gelatin had a higher gel and melting temperature,viscosity had high stability to heat and low susceptibility to shear rate.Ultraviolet absorption spectrum and infrared spectroscopy analysis further confirmed that UPH gelatin had the characteristics of collagenic protein,but structural integrity of UHP gelatin was worse than commodity gelatin,which was conducive to structural rearrangement of gelatin in the process of gelation,and thus enhanced gelatin gelling properties.


Stem cell factor is a fibroblast-derived factor that regulates development of mast cells and is a ligand for the c-kit receptor. The c-kit receptor is encoded by the W locus of mice and the Ws locus of rats. Many mutations have been described at the mouse W locus, and we recently found a mutation at the rat Ws locus. Moreover, the mutation at the human c-kit locus has been shown to result in the piebald trait. Heterozygotes at the c-kit locus of mice, rats, and humans are recognized by the presence of white skin spots that lack melanocytes. In mice, typical homozygotes and double heterozygotes of mutant W loci are deficient in melanocytes, mast cells, erythrocytes, and germ cells. Homozygous rats at the Ws locus also showed a reduction in melanocytes and mast cells. Ws/Ws rats showed severe anemia in the suckling period, but the anemia ameliorated significantly in adult Ws/Ws rats. Despite the sterility in typical homozygous or double heterozygous W mutant mice, a nearly normal number of germ cells was observed in the gonads of Ws/Ws rats. The anemia has not been described in human c-kit mutants. Phenotypes of c-kit mutation appear to be influenced by the species in which it occurs. However, when phenotypes of various c-kit mutants were compared within the mouse, a close parallelism was observed between the molecular nature and the number of skin mast cells.


The article deals with researching the theoretic and practical opportunities of Neuro-Linguistic Programming within its projection onto the need to both correct the modern communicative space's aggressive, manipulative tendencies, and discover the ecological mechanisms of empathic interactions.


The internet continues to grow at an ever-increasing rate, with individuals receiving multiple responses to their online travel search queries. More than half of the individuals who search the internet are satisfied with their search results, but are unaware of the fact that the results which may appear first are most likely paid for by advertisers. In order to gain insight into the issues of bias susceptibility, an experiment was conducted to see how the attributes of trust, impatience, and search experience and search skill affected consumers' bias susceptibility. Those with a high degree of bias susceptibility are more likely to be tricked by bias information. Those with a low degree of bias susceptibility are predicted to be more likely to use multiple search interfaces to try to get more accurate and unbiased information.


Abstract Typically, a historic building consists of what today would be considered traditional features, such as fireplaces and chimney stacks, as well as cellular room plans with high ceilings and draught lobbies which reduce air infiltration and heat loss and increase its thermal mass. Such inherent properties should not be overlooked when considering a historic building's future thermal performance, as they may be able to make a valid contribution to improving its energy efficiency. This paper aims to research the link between conservation principles and sustainable refurbishment schemes, appraising the impact of sustainable technologies on historic dwellings. A key theme of the study is the fine balance to be achieved when managing change in refurbishment projects of heritage value. In addition, recent additions or alterations of less heritage value may still form part of the fabric of historic dwellings and must be managed or rectified so as not to detract from the overall character or functionality of the building. This brings to the forefront the role of conservation principles and guidelines as well as energy-efficiency standards and building regulations, and the effect of governmental policy on piecemeal change, in light of the high level of importance given to the sustainability agenda. Home-owners are given incentives and permitted alteration rights that do not always respect the sensitive character of historic dwellings. Currently, if a building is not listed, then its intrinsic features are not protected. Local planning authorities require clearer guidance on how to reach sustainability targets without compromising the heritage value that makes historic dwellings so unique and distinct to the era to which they belong.


Large earthquakes cause widespread damage and can result in substantial direct and indirect economic losses. Previous researchers have proposed separate models for predicting region-wide direct and indirect losses due to future earthquakes; however, comprehensive simulation approaches that include both remain underdeveloped. In particular, the propagation of uncertainty along the various modeling steps has not been previously considered. This article addresses that gap by proposing a three-stage model to assess economic impacts of possible future earthquakes, consisting of regional ground motion simulation, damage and direct loss modeling, and macroeconomic recovery modeling. In this model, economic indicators such as direct asset losses and changes in economic sectors' value added and employment are quantified. The model also captures uncertainty in the spatial distribution of earthquake shaking and damage patterns, which in turn is reflected in post-disaster economic indicators. The results show that considering uncertainty leads to a wide range of possible economic outcomes and high variance in direct and indirect losses. A cross-model sensitivity analysis is performed to evaluate the effect of different model parameters on the quantification of economic consequences.


This study examines the correlation between the values reflected in the principles contained in the school literacy policy and those reflected in teachers' beliefs and practices in the classroom. Evaluation practices, by their very nature, are determined by the values established and acted upon in a given context. Therefore there ought to be correlation between stated policy principles and teachers' evaluation practices. Principles were extracted from the school's stated policies in literacy teaching and evaluation. The teachers were interviewed and observations were made of classroom practices and procedures. Descriptive and inferential reports were written and the categories of beliefs, practices and concerns were formed. The literacy policy principles and the teachers' beliefs, practices and concerns were correlated and incongruencies were noted. The three issues of policy, practice and purpose emerged. These issues have implications for the profession of teaching as it relates to evaluation and implementation of school literacy policies. A set of procedures were established for curriculum analysis which will enable school personnel to make explicit the instances in which review, revision and adaptation are needed.


In the current drilling technology today pointed out the problems associated with the instability of work downhole drilling motors , they stop, short service life of working devices (WD) and accidents (lapels, destruction elements DDM) layout of the drill string (DS). In particular, the timing of the engines, depending on the size and operating conditions, ranging from 90 to 235 hours. Failures DDM according to drilling companies "Gazprom drilling" and "CSA Deutag» - from 5 to 12 per year; which leads to long-term recovery efforts in the well, or the complete elimination of the latter. From the practice of using found that about 50% of all failures associated with DDM wear working devices are a pair of friction rubber-metal (stainless steel rotor - rubbersteel-stator). Solving complex scientific and engineering problems calls for a considerable amount of experimental research and testing in order to study and obtain an objective assessment of the impact of various factors on the change in the studied parameters. In this regard, we install II-5018 was reconstructed to study the tribological properties of the "elastomer - rinsing liquid - the metal" as applied to the interaction of the friction pair "stator - rotor" in the PDM. To this end, as close to reality friction pair "rubber - metal". The article discusses the problem of choosing the methods of laboratory tests, which must meet the requirements and standards applicable standards and regulations to carry out standardized tribological tests and studies to determine the physical and mechanical properties of rubber. The results of complex investigations in the field of studying the processes of friction and wear of friction pairs elastomer-metal with the purpose of improvement of a technique of study of tribological aspects of the power section of screw downhole motors.


This paper presents the results of a LES of turbulent surface jets over a submerged weir. The mean flow and turbulent structures are presented for both flat and deformed bed conditions. LES results with the scour hole reveal that the separated shear layer is extended by about three times, locating the reattachment point further downstream. In addition, the presence of the scour hole increases both total and maximum TKE and decreases near-bed TKE. Quantitatively, with the scour hole, the maximum near-bed TKE is decreased by 50%. It turns out that the area of high instantaneous bed shear stress does not match with that of high time-averaged bed shear stress, but does match well with that of the high near-bed TKE. The vortices generated by the weir propagate differently with and without the scour hole and shed light on the generating mechanism of a scour hole.


A compact microstrip crossover network that occupies an area of 0.027λ×0.027λ at 1 GHz is presented. The network is fully planar and is implemented using printed and surface mount elements. The design is inspired by the idea of a network whose even and odd modes propagate as forward and backward waves, respectively. The resulting circuit is more compact and has fewer elements than any other published planar crossover. At the operating frequency, the proposed crossover was measured in experiment to have 25 dB isolation (ISO), 25 dB return loss (RL), and 0.51 dB insertion loss (IL). The bandwidth (BW) over which the return loss and isolation remained above 15 dB was 5.7% (9.6% in simulation).


The lithium titanate battery, which uses Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) as its anode instead of graphite, is a promising candidate for fast charging and power assist vehicular applications due to its attractive battery performance in rate characteristics and chemical stability. Unfortunately, commonly used battery models, including a large number of enhanced electrical models, become problematic when describing current-voltage characteristics of lithium titanate batteries. In this paper, a novel Butler-Volmer equation-based electric model is employed to outline unique phenomena induced by changing rates for high-power lithium titanate batteries. The robustness of the proposed model for three types of lithium titanate batteries under varying loading conditions, including galvanostatic test and Federal Urban Dynamic Schedule test, is evaluated and compared against experimental data. The experimental results of three types of lithium titanate batteries with common anode materials but differentiated cathode materials show good agreement with the model estimation results with maximum voltage errors below 2%.


An investigation on enhanced surface passivation in the existing industrial process line of large area n-type silicon (Si) Passivated Emitter Rear Totally diffused (n- PERT) solar cell has been performed. The Rapid Thermal Process (RTP) optimization for 20 min is conducted in the temperature range of 500–900°C and device evaluation is carried out with respect to regularly processed n-PERT solar cell. The impact of pre-metallization annealing is studied with the support of cell parameters like shunt resistance, reverse saturation current density determined from current-voltage measurements. The enhanced surface passivation via hydrogenation from silicon nitride (SiNx) layer during annealing is established with the help of external quantum efficiency, spectral response measurements and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis. The addition of optimized annealing resulted in improvement by 550% (from 38 to 247 µs), 7.73% (from 630.7 to 678.8 mV) and 84.77% (from 223.3 to 34 cm/s) in effective minority carrier lifetime, implied open circuit voltage and surface recombination velocity respectively. Finally, RTP technique for optimized process line has been successfully incorporated in industrial high-volume batch of 140898 CZ n-type Si wafers, which predicts conceptual validation of the study in mass scale production line with an increment in average efficiency of the device by 0.35%.


Among the classical field theories, general relativity theory occupies a somewhat peculiar place. Unlike those of most other field theories, the field equations in relativity theory are non-linear. This implies that many facts, well known in linear theories, have no analogues in general relativity theory, and conversely. The equations of motion of the sources of the gravitational field are contained in the field equations, a fact which does not apply for the motion of an electron in the electromagnetic field. Conversely, it is difficult to define the notion of a wave (familiar in electrodynamics) in relativity theory; for, the linear principle of superposition is crucial for the existence of waves (at least in the sense that the notion of a wave is normally used).


Compared to subak, subakabian literature/study is still rarely considered in development. In fact, sub-abian plays an important role in the development of one of the leading commodities in Bali, namely Kintamani Arabica Coffee which has received geographical indication certification since 2008. This study aims to analyze the characteristics and performance of sub-abian in the three regencies of MPIG Kintamani Arabica Coffee, as well as compare the characteristics and subakabian performance between the three districts. Characteristics and performance of the subakabian were identified based on Mackay's theory, then analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively through the RRA approach and the calculation of economic impact analysis. The results showed that the subakabians in the research location had the characteristics of binding each other with the traditional village; have the right of autonomy; adaptive to technological developments; subakabaian manners are bound by professional, geographical, and historical unity; based on the philosophy of tri hita karana; based on the principles of togetherness and mutual cooperation; leadership and decision-making are democratic; neoclassical agricultural organization with low formalization; and legal norms with dominant social meaning in subakabian, namely customary law. Subakabian's performance has been effective in achieving its goals and efficiently using resources so as to be able to provide local economic impact. Differences in subakabian members of the Kintamani Arabica Coffee MPIG between Bangli Districts; Buleleng Regency; and Badung Regency is only concerned with local government support and technical implementation of social culture.


OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of the immunity planning work,and to find an easier,more reasonable,more adaptable assessing system to exam the immunity planning work.METHODS The immunity planning work of Yangshuo County in Guilin during 2005 to 2010 was studied.The study focused on KPI system including the staffs,the expenditure guarantee,and immunity planning execution,immunity planning management,and the rate of vaccination.RESULTS After 6 years practicing,the general information of the all the villages and towns of Yangshuo County,were collected well by the end of 2010.The staffs and expenditure were guaranteed,the execution and the management of the immunity planning were getting better and better;the vaccination rate of BCG vaccine,Poliomyelitis Vaccine,Goplani,Robeola,hepatitis B,etc,kept in a high level.100% of the KPI met the standards in the year of 2010.Meanwhile there were still some related indexes need improvements until it was standardized.CONCLUSION Some existing problems are discovered in time,which help the operation improving year by year.In a word,it is feasible to exam the immunity planning workby integrated assessing analysis.


Objective To study the efficacy of Jiajie 10% emulsifiable concentrate against mosquitoes,flies and cockroaches.Methods Laboratory and field efficacy test against mosquitoes and flies with the method of ultra-low volume spray,field efficacy test against cockroaches with the!method of thermos fog.Results Laboratory efficacy test showed that KT_(50) of Jiajie EC was 4.6 mins and 24h mortality was 100% against Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus;KT_(50) of Jiajie EC was 3.4 mins and 24 h mortality was 100% against Musca domestica.Field efficacy test showed that the mosquito density decreased 90.0% and the fly density decreased 94.4% after 1h;the flash time was 2.3 mins and 48 h mortality was 100% against cockroaches.Conclusion Jiajie 10% EC had good effects against mosquitoes,flies and cockroaches.


A reliable, flexible and secure network is essential for the Taiwan Photon Source control system which is based upon the EPICS toolkit framework. Subsystem subnets will connect to control system via EPICS based CA gateways for forwarding data and reducing network traffic. Combining cyber security technologies such as firewall, NAT and VLAN, control network is isolated to protect IOCs and accelerator components. Network management tools are used to improve network performance. Remote access mechanism will be constructed for maintenance and troubleshooting. The Ethernet is also used as fieldbus for instruments such as power supplies. This paper will describe the system architecture for the TPS control network. Cabling topology, redundancy and maintainability are also discussed.


Water level will rise considerably since the impounding of the ThreeGorges Reservoir in year 2003 and that might cause serious geologic hazards, including landslides. having summarized the GPS relative measurement theories and their applications in brief, the paper discusses the problem of landslide stability monitoring with the GPS relative measurement technique in Wanzhou of the ThreeGorges Reservoir. Based on the practice with GPS landslides monitoring networks in Wanzhou district,Chongqing, the methods to improve survey accuracy are summarized and the effectiveness of GPS relative measurement used in landslide monitoring is concluded. At last, regional geology and survey results obtained in last two years in the Experimental School deformation zone are presented and analyzed as an example.


Main-lobe blanket jamming is a challenging jamming pattern in electronic warfare. Based on the difference in spatial correlation between target echoes and jamming signals, signal cancellation has been used to suppress the main-lobe jamming in multistatic radar. However, the cancellation residue and the extra superimposed noise would lead to serious degradation in target detection. In this paper, instead of cancelling the jamming in the power domain, a feature domain, named signal ratio feature domain, is defined to suppress main-lobe jamming with the excepted targets retained simultaneously. The jamming signal is suppressed in the background due to the high correlation among different receivers, whereas the targets will be highlighted on account of its independence. Then, in the defined feature domain, a target detector with constant false alarm ratio in the Neyman–Pearson sense is applied to detect the highlighted targets. Numerical simulation is given to verify the jamming suppression ability of the proposed method, and the performance improvement in target detection compared with the available cancellation methods is also covered.


In 2019, RMS Éditions/Médicine & Hygiène published the book entitled Le bracelet électronique: action publique, pénalité et connectivité [The electronic bracelet: public action, penality and connectivity] as part of the book series of Déviance et Société, one of the leading French-language journals in criminology. This book offers a kaleidoscopic overview of themes around electronic monitoring (EM) that were researched and/or published in other languages (e.g. English, Dutch) during the recent decades. After an extensive chapter explaining the purpose of the book and the choice of selected themes, 11 different contributions are provided by a select international group of authors, from the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and Germany. These contributions are divided into three main parts, namely, (1) Le bracelet électronique comme solution d'action publique et comme marché [The electronic bracelet as a solution for public action and as a market]; (2) Le bracelet électronique comme peine et instrument de surveillance [The electronic bracelet as punishment and monitoring instrument]; and (3) La surveillance électronique comme dispositif sociotechnique de surveillance [Electronic surveillance as a sociotechnical surveillance device]. In the first part of the book, Lilly & Thomas analyze the emergence and evolution of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) market in the United States (1. Prendre la mesure du marché de la surveillance électronique aux États-Unis [Taking on the issues of the electronic monitoring market in the United States]). They see great similarities with the "prison-industrial complex" (or "penal-commercial complex") and the characteristic interdependence between the public sector and the private market. In the United States, EM experienced a strong advance (in frequency of use) in the mid-1980s. Whereas it was applied in 21 states in 1987, it became used in 44 states 2 years later. It is however difficult to estimate the size and value of the EM-market. Moreover, the figures for this market, and by extension the whole correctional market, are very different (due, among other things, to a lack of clarity regarding the field of application (State and/or federal level), different definitions of correctional costs, etc.). Nevertheless, it appears that EM represents only a fraction of the overall "correctional cake." Indeed less than 1% of the total number of persons under judicial supervision are monitored electronically. The globalization of the economy and the development of (international) networks, as well as the 977226 EJP0010.1177/2066220320977226European Journal of ProbationBook review 2020


The private library of the botanist Francisco Antonio Zea was integrated and inventoried into the Library of the Royal College of Medicine and Surgery of Cadiz, between 1808 and 1810, as a result of the confiscation of his property after being accused of being influenced by the French "afrancesado". It is a collection of illusttrated books, whose main theme is the Botany, that its owner used for his studies and research on flora. The copies that are included are in line with the libraries where he began his training, such as Jose Celestino Mutis and Jose Cavanilles. Part of these books are kept in the library of the University of Cadiz.


Use of English loanwords in mass media like newspapers is so prominent. However, the writers still use the words even though the words go through meaning changes. Hence, this study aims to investigate why the writers still use loanwords in their article. Loanwords from the headline of Radar Kediri were taken as data. There were sixty-seven English loanwords variations used in the articles of the headlines in the time span of the study. Close and open questionnaires were administered to the writers and the editors of the headline articles. Questionnaires encompassed the English loanwords which the writers wrote in their articles were administered to them. Interviewing the other editor was also used as data crosschecks. This study found that, first, there are six different categories undergoing a meaning change in the headline of Radar Kediri based on Bloomfield semantic change classification, viz, Narrowing, Widening, Metaphor, Synecdoche, Degeneration, and Elevation. Second, there are six reasons why the writers use English loanwords in their articles: be more effective in conveying a message, be more global/common in use, be more modern, be more educated, to vary vocabulary in a sentence by using synonymous, and to avoid monotony


Jenkins, R., Kiima, D., Okonji, M., et al (2010) Integration of mental health into primary care and community health working in Kenya: context, rationale, coverage and sustainability. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 7, 37–47. Karliner, J. & Geunther, R. (2011) A Comprehensive Environmental Health Agenda for Hospitals and Health Systems Around the World. Health Care Without Harm. Available at http://www.greenhospitals. net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Global-Green-and-HealthyHospitals-Agenda.pdf (accessed 10 March 2014).


The sustainable economic growth of countries is the most important criteria for development of countries. Numerous studies are conducted on investigation of economic growth and factors which affect itin Iran and each of them have investigated this issue through various models. This study aims to investigate the economic growth of Iran according to the indices, namely, the imports, exports, government expenditures, gross capital, etc. This is done according to the interaction of variables in the form of simultaneous equation system for a period of 1978-2011. The results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between the growth of imports and exports and the economic growth. Furthermore, the fitted equations indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between the growth of gross domestic capital and growth of government expenditures with economic growth. Accordingly, it can be argued that the changes in the macro-economic variables such as the government expenditures and oil revenues have significant impact on the size of government size in economy of Iran and proportionally the economic growth of Iran.


Recent economic and socio-political dynamics in the territories that form Equatorial Guinea are related, in different ways, to the extraction of hydrocarbons from its Exclusive Economic Zone since the mid-1990s. These transformations are strongly mediated by specific social groups, especially the family who has occupied the government since 1968 and transnational oil companies, whose relationships are central to the exclusive political configuration in the country. This article analyzes this particular form of extraversion of power, as part of a broader history of the region, in which the role of the state's sovereignty as articulated during decolonization, will prove to be instrumental in the allocation of rights and the political economy of oil today. It will also attend to the spaces that the new political economy of oil has opened for alternative transnational connections around the country.


THE PURPOSE of this communication is to relate Na 24 "space" data with previously reported growth and metabolic studies in normal and thyroid-ablated infant macaque monkeys. 1 Na 24 "space" was sought as a measure of one relatively constant increment of total body mass and was determined at varying intervals during growth and compared in normal and myxedematous subjects. METHODS Techniques of animal care and feeding have been reported in a previous communication. 1a Radiosodium (Na 24 ) was procured from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where it was prepared by neutron bombardment of sodium carbonate. The half-life of Na 24 is 14.9 hours. Samples received in this laboratory were prepared as isotonic sterile solutions and diluted with 0.85% NaCl to contain approximately 10 μc per cubic centimeter at the time of animal injection. The quantity of isotope present in samples was determined with a scintillation counter. This was composed of


ABSTRACT This article explores the tension between religious and political motivations in the strategy of Islamic State. It develops the Arendtian model of politics as a space of appearance through the work of Silverstone, Devji and Cavarero to consider how Islamic State exhibits itself in this space using religious modalities. This space is conceptualized as a global media ecology. Whilst no political actor can control how it is recognized within that ecology, religious and even ethical modalities grant Islamic State a compelling attention-grabbing and persuasive capacity. However, greater exposure of its pragmatic, realpolitik behavior might deflate that identity. The second half of the article sets out several examples of such behavior. The article concludes by suggesting that icons are something all societies live with but the news media that constitute the global space of appearance remain transfixed by iconic acts or icon-smashing. This leaves publics-cum-audiences adrift, uncertain and anxious about the nature, actions and threat of Islamic State.


The security and trustworthiness of data transmitted by sensors within the wireless sensor networks (WSN) are highly crucial, since the sensors' data can be easily accessed and manipulated by intruders or malfunctions. Data security within WSN can be viewed as how the data is protected during transmission, whereas the data trustworthiness represents the confidence of the sensed data. The unfriendly operational environment, insufficient energy, and hardware malfunction may be the cause of sensors' erratic behaviors, thereby making the sensed and collected data unreliable. Thus, data trustworthiness should ensure the confidence of the sensed data. In this work, we have developed an analytical model to represent the data trustworthiness of WSN, which is a first-order polynomial combining two trust factors. The trust factors are derived based on the average value of the previously transmitted data from the sensor, and the average value of the similar sensing data reported by its neighboring sensors. We have developed an algorithm to find the sensible subspace to operate on ensuring the maximum trust, where Simulated Annealing is utilized as a search tool to select the best weighted combination of trust factors. The experimental outcomes with varying deviation of sensing parameters reveal that 67% of the estimated trust-scores are in acceptable region.


Chapter 2 introduces Semantic Web concepts in the context of library data and defines common Semantic Web terminology and acronyms, as well as the primary components of linked data: open data, machine-readable data formats, and the use of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).


CuGeO3, a quasi-one-dimensional S = 1/2 antiferromagnet, is the first inorganic material to display a spin-Peierls transition (SP) in which the lattice of the S = 1/2 antiferromagnetic 1-D chain system undergoes dimerization below the transition temperature to give a singlet ground state. The size-dependent magnetic properties and SP transitions of CuGeO3 are little understood. In this paper, we report the size-controlled synthesis of CuGeO3 nanorods by a hydrothermal method via adjustment of the reaction conditions. The size-effect on their magnetic properties has been investigated. In smaller crystalline CuGeO3 nanorods (ca. 2 μm length) show a weak SP transition. These findings demonstrate that size tuning is an effective tuning parameter for controlling the ground state properties of CuGeO3 and other magnetic materials where spin–lattice interactions are important.


Aiming the development of high toughness polymeric materials, poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile) rubbers (NBRs) with acrylonitrile (AN) contents varying from 32.9 to 45.7% were incorporated to poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN) by monoscrew extrusion followed by injection molding. Addition of NBR resulted in significant improvements in the impact strength and the elongation at break, that were strongly influenced by the blend composition, the AN contents and the NBR melt viscosities, but the tensile strength was slightly decreased. The best impact strength results (157.1 ± 3.7J/m) were obtained with a 70/30 (%w/w) SAN/NBR blend using NBR with 33.1% of AN and Mooney viscosity of 51 ML 1+4 (100°C), being ca. 700% higher than the values for pure SAN (22.4 ± 1.1J/m). Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) from fracture surfaces revealed homogeneously dispersed spherical elastomeric domains, and the appearance of yielding and/or crazing processes for all blends. The size of NBR domains decreased as the AN content increased, while the number of NBR domains decreased as the melt viscosity increased.


Size‐related changes in the relative proportions of the forebrain, optic lobes, and cerebellum occur in Galaxias vulgaris Stokell. The relative increase in size of the forebrain and reduction in size of the optic lobes are associated with a change from the free‐swimming existence of recently hatched fish to the cryptic habits of adults. The relative increase in size of the cerebellum is associated with a move from quiet waters to riffles. Dorsal brain patterns of juvenile and adult G. vulgaris, Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns), and Neochanna burrowsius (Phillipps) are compared and related to the known ecology of these species. Inferences are drawn on the ecology of the less well known Galaxiidae by comparing their dorsal brain patterns with those of G. vulgaris, G. maculatus, and N. burrowsius.


In this work the effect of post-harvesting aerosol spraying with calcium-containing preparations Master Green Ca (1.75 g/l) and Brentax KCa (2.5 g/l) on changes in the indicators of commercial quality and natural weight loss of grape cv. Shokoladniy in the dynamics of long-term storage was studied. The studies were carried out in 2019-2020. Experimental samples were collected on the 30th and 60th day of storage. It has been established that aerosol spraying contributed to a decrease in the natural loss of bunch weight by 5.7- 6.5%. The amount of total sugars in experimental samples decreased to the 60th day of storage by 15.3% and 10.2% compared to the control. The preparations positively impacted organoleptic indicators during the storage: the tasting assessment of experimental batches of grapes to the end of storage exceeded the control by 6.7-10.3%.


SARS-CoV-2 remains life-threatening human pathogen witnessed in the present world. Purpose. The key objective of this research was to incorporate a bioinformatics technique to forecast the molecular docking of the ACE2-associated SARS-CoVs nucleocapsid protein. Methods. Different bioinformatics tools were used in this study in order to compare the chemical structures with their biological behaviour at the levels of atoms and the ligand-binding affinity. This research sought to investigate new data analysis. Results. It was computed the basic 2D structure that occurs in all models, requiring ion ligand binding sites to be predicted. The highlights of the analysis and the associated characteristics are largely responsible for nucleocapsid protein and ACE2 receptor that can be further changed for improved binding and selectivity. Conclusions. The precise functional importance of protein-protein docking cannot be established. But the detection of molecular docking can aid in self-association proteins in our summary, serving as a regulatory switch for the protein's localization.


This article represents an exercise in the translation of accepted sociological concepts into specific principles to be included in a larger framework referred to as sociotherapy. Sociotherapy is presented as a specific branch or subfield of clinical sociology. Although the concepts presented may be generalized to other areas of sociotherapy, the specific focus of the paper is sociotherapy with marital couples. Two dynamics involved in marital conflict and dissolution are described by employing the social constructionist position of Berger and Luckmann and the dramaturgical perspective of Goffman. The process by which couples jointly construct their marital world of reality is discussed, as is the process by which each spouse gains access to the "backstage" area of the other. The implications of both processes for the existence of marital conflict are outlined and suggestions made for effectively employing the resulting insights in undertaking sociotherapy with couples Even a terse perusal of the literature within the nascent area of clinical sociology reveals an interventionist approach committed to the application of generally accepted aspects of sociological knowledge. This interventionism is directed Correspondence to: Nathan Church, Department of Sociology, North Texas State University, Denton, TX 76203. The author would like to acknowledge the suggestions and comments made by the editor, anonymous reviewers, and Leonard Benson, which were helpful in revising an earlier form of this


Lignite plays an important role in Greece's energy sector as it satisfies over 70% of country's needs in electric power. The extraction of lignite takes place mainly in three regions of Greece, namely Ptolemais‐Amyndeon, Megalopolis and Florina. The annual production of lignite is around 60 million tons, out of which 48 million tons derive from the coal fields of northern Greece (Ptolemais‐Amyndeon and Florina). Almost the entire lignite production is consumed for electricity generation, while small amounts of lignite are used for briquettes and other applications. The Greek coal‐fired power plants, which are about 4500 MW, use conventional technology and they are old (an average of 30 years).


An exposition on how the brain works as theoretical application of the grand unified theory (GUT), this paper applies the new methodology of qualitative mathematics and modeling to trace the signals from the external world through the sense organs where they are encoded on brain waves and transmitted through the nerves to a primitive nodal region in the creative-integrative region (CIR) of the cortex. They form a tree of activated (vibrated) neural chains via resonance that triggers sensation and models a concept (cognition) there even after the signals from an event has stopped coming. The concept is defined by the vibration characteristics of the tree and its components. When thought leaves its focus on it, the tree reverts back to its normal vibration and transfers its components to their respective sensation regions for storage as memory in due course. Then the paper discusses recollection of concepts for use in thought and construction of knowledge and its application to wellness.


ABSTRACT Community leadership in Arctic environmental research is increasingly recognized to contribute to Indigenous self-determination and sustainable development in the Arctic. While experienced Inuit harvesters, hunters, trappers, and other recognized environmental knowledge experts are largely included in research, similar opportunities for Inuit youth remain limited. Our study explored pathways for community-based engagement in environmental research to serve as a form of experiential learning for Inuit youth and enhance capacity in Arctic communities. For that, we examined, through interviews and workshops, the perspectives of 41 northerners from Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik), Nunavut, including 19 Inuit youth aged between 18 and 35 years old. We found that mentor-mentee relationships between researchers and Inuit youth may enhance scientific literacy and complement traditional learning pathways and observational learning. On the other side, by engaging Inuit youth, researchers may benefit from the experiences and knowledge of this new generation of northern Indigenous peoples uniquely positioned to value multiple worldviews in designing studies that address local priorities.


Based on transformation optics and complementary media (folded geometry), levitative carpet cloak and overlapping effects (anti-mirror effects) can be realized. In common case, the levitative carpet cloak is limited by the shape of the hidden object, and the early folded geometry method can just make two objects with different shapes appear as only one. Here, based on transformation optics and finite element simulations, we propose an anisotropic but homogeneous shifting media that can shift an arbitrary-shaped object from original place to another place in terahertz (THz) region. As a result, an arbitrary shaped object levitated on a flat perfect electric conductor ground and covered with the shifting media cannot be detected, leading to the levitative and shape-independent carpet cloak. Furthermore, optical overlapping effects such as making two separated objects with the same shape appear as only one, can be also realized by using this kind of shifting media.


In this article we propose majority pseudo-noise sequence (PNS) acquisition method for multi-carrier direct sequence code division multiple access (MC-DS-CDMA) communication systems, that allows for low hardware requirements and able to operate in low-quality channels. We research this method using specially developеd Simulink model. The proposed method may find application in military and public communication systems.


Aiming at the formation control problem of multiple mobile robots with incomplete characteristics and the geometric center and the center of gravity do not coincide, the algorithm based on the leader-follower model is improved, and the system pose error kinematics equation is obtained, and then a backstepping method is used to design a Cooperative control formation strategy of multiple mobile robots in a nonlinear system. The feasibility of the algorithm is proved through the analysis of Lyapunov's stability theory. Finally, the formation control was realized through simulation experiments, and the effectiveness of the algorithm was verified.


Against the identification issue of the correlation model between coke oven flue temperature and regenerator top temperature,a model identification method based on least square method with pre-estimation of confidence interval was put forward.This method can effectively eliminate the effect of gas reversal on different trends of flue temperature and regenerator top temperature.By using pre-calculation of confidence band,the issues of the correct fitting data brought by compact identification data and incorrect physics meaning can be avoided.


Using the first-principles calculations, we explored the feasibility of using graphdiyne, a 2D layer of sp and sp2 hybrid carbon networks, as lithium ion battery anodes. We found that the composite of the Li-intercalated multilayer α-graphdiyne was C6Li7.31 and that the calculated voltage was suitable for the anode. The practical specific/volumetric capacities can reach up to 2719 mAh g−1/2032 mAh cm−3, much greater than the values of ∼372 mAh g−1/∼818 mAh cm−3, ∼1117 mAh g−1/∼1589 mAh cm−3, and ∼744 mAh g−1 for graphite, graphynes, and γ-graphdiyne, respectively. Our calculations suggest that multilayer α-graphdiyne can serve as a promising high-capacity lithium ion battery anode.


Lee Kyoung-Hae had written about his plight, but few had read his words. He had protested about the way he and other peasant farmers were being bullied out of business, but felt he was being ignored. Yesterday Lee finally got the World Trade Organisation to focus on the ruinous policies that have left farmers in his native South Korea on the brink of disaster, but it took his death – by his own hand – to turn global attention his way. His suicide on Wednesday during a farmer's day march shocked everyone gathered in Cancun for the WTO conference. Lee had been at the head of a delegation of more than 300 Korean farmers and trade unionists marching towards the conference centre. 1


Significance Beyond their functional roles, amyloidogenic assemblies are also associated with a large number of diseases, including neurodegenerative. Over the past decades, essential knowledge about amyloidogenic proteins has been gathered, but we are still limited in understanding external fields' effect on amyloids. This study demonstrates that sound waves can induce chemical modifications and structural perturbations in proteins. We further show that sound energy causes not only the expected nucleation and fragmentation of amyloids but also structural distortion, an observation that may lay the basis for development of therapies. The resultant transformation is determined by the density of the delivered acoustic energy. Our results uncover basic principles underlying sound energy's effect on proteins, which may be exploited in various protein chemistry settings.


The paper describes the testing of an obstacle-detection radar installed on the steerable head of a Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) equipment; the system was developed during the ORFEUS (Operational Radar For Every drill string Under the Street) project co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework programme. HDD is a trenchless method of installing pipes and cables of various sizes, which minimizes disturbance to traffic and people living nearby. The innovative ground probing radar (GPR) based real-time obstacle detection prototype system increases the safety margins of HDD to allow its use in the widest possible range of conditions, providing indications of obstructions in the drill path so that they may be avoided. The radar is implemented using equivalent time sampling technology and integrates transmitting and receiving UWB antennas, hosted within the bore head, with beams angled forwards to provide ahead and side looking capabilities. Depending on soil conditions, it can detect obstacles at ranges further than 50 centimeters in front of and around the bore head. The radar imaging data are transmitted, in real-time, along the drill string to the surface. The hardware development consisted of the antenna design and directional sensing using 3 axes electronic gyroscope, and a communications system utilizing spread spectrum technology. A data collection and processing software suite was developed that is capable of producing a 3-D imaging output easily interpretable by the user. The sensor system was successfully demonstrated in three real operational trials, where surveys were completed resulting in the laying of new pipes and cables. Also, a power cable which was not reported in the maps was detected by the radar, so the system was halted, thus avoiding striking the object.


The present invention relates to a liquid-fuel cell system and the step-up unit, and boosts the first liquid has a fuel cell unit (1) and a first voltage (Vin) outputted from the liquid form a fuel cell unit (1) for outputting a first voltage, and a step-up a second voltage (Vout) voltage step-up circuit 8 is supplied to the electronic device, a first and a control circuit 91, a first output from the liquid form a fuel cell unit (1) by the control circuit 91 first to not compare the threshold voltage (Vcont), and lower than the first voltage (Vin) is a first threshold voltage (Vcont) according to a comparison result, or the first voltage previously set to a first voltage (Vin) is ( Vin) is characterized in that the step-up control circuit 8 so as to keep the first threshold voltage (Vcont) or more.


With the rapid growth of the global demand for low-carbon energy, the development of hydropower has ushered in new development, but the ecological and environmental problems caused by this cannot be ignored. Taking the safe and efficient operation of water conservancy projects as the goal, this paper took the Maling Water Conservancy Project (MWCP) as an example to predict and evaluate the ecological environment risks of water conservancy projects. Based on the on-site geological surveys and experiments, the big well method and the long narrow horizontal tunnel method were used to estimate the water inflow from the underground caverns. The contaminant migration model was used to predict and analyze the groundwater quality. The impact of the MWCP on the surrounding environment was systematically analyzed and evaluated. The results showed that the estimated water inflow from the underground powerhouse and the water conveyance pipeline was about 7403.6 m3/d during the construction period. The groundwater level in the reservoir area could recover after a short drop, which had little effect on the surrounding vegetation. The groundwater quality was affected obviously because the migration speed of contaminants was very fast under abnormal conditions. During the operation period, it had little effect on groundwater level and had certain influence on groundwater flow field in local area. The source of sewage was mainly a small amount of domestic sewage, which could be ignored after taking anti-seepage measures. After storing water in the reservoir area, there was a possibility of small-scale immersion on the right bank. Most of the reservoirs had good stability conditions but the stability of the upper fault valley was poor; however, the possibility of leakage was very small. Overall, the project had little impact on the surrounding environment. The research results could also provide some references for other hydroelectric projects within the basin.


In the nuclear classification,single-nucleus and large quantity nuclei have similarities in chart of nucleus with clusters deuteron and triton.The unit-regions of nuclear distribution have symmetry and succession.They obey law with 1,2,4.The seven nuclei of neutron number N36 ~ N38 is small symmetry region.A unit-region has 6 × 8 even-even nuclei,which includes three regions with 6 × 6 nuclei successively.Seven unit-regions form main part of whole stable region.Where are fourteen small regions with 6 × 6 nuclei on stable region.These centers of the regions rank on four lines with difference K17,K9 and coordinates S33,S37.The centre coordinates(33,20) is radioactive nucleus for stable region.It showed that nuclear stable region has symmetries,wholeness and math-beauties for nuclear system.


Despite all the high-tech equipment money can buy, it is the driver who can keep a collision from occurring in the first place. That is why many companies require their workers, particularly those who drive as a regular part of their job, to go through a driver-training course. These programs can help people sharpen their driving skills, reexamine their attitudes, and refresh their knowledge of traffic laws. For many, a classroom approach is best, because it can accommodate a number of workers at once and offer an opportunity for discussion. Some programs also offer behind-the-wheel training. Workers spend the morning in the classroom learning about collision-avoidance techniques, and in the afternoon head out to a closed course to practice car control maneuvers. A more recent approach to driver training that can reach a wide audience is a personal computer-based course that workers use right at their workstations. No matter the approach, the one constant comment about driver training from companies that use it is that it works. A sidebar discusses the special challenges involved in driver training for sales personnel.


To highlight the increase in the number of cases of clonidine overdose admitted to a specialist paediatric hospital, with particular reference to the clinical features, clinical course and circumstances surrounding the incident.


This article analyzes the lunar mythologem's features in the poetic works of the Ukrainian poet Ihor Kalynets in terms of traditional Slavonic concepts and world mythological traditions. This work also explores the myth poetics of the writer, his ideological continuum and specificity of individual author's myth creation based on the image of the Moon. This also includes an explanation of the said mythological concept as well as its role in the formative process of the myths. The mythologem of the Moon in Ihor Kalynets' poetry embodies the author's philosophical and social views via metamorphic manifestations. The relevance of the topic derives both from the lack of thorough analysis and the necessity for systematic study of the Moon's mythologem in Ukrainian literature in general and in poetry in particular. Synthesis of pagan and Christian thoughts is inextricably intertwined in the author's artistic models of the universe and is peculiar to individual aesthetic system, so that understanding and interpretation of the author's approach to depict the archetypal image of the Moon is one of the major issues of the modern Ukrainian literature.


In the framework of passive multistatic radars, formation-flying synthetic aperture radar (FF-SAR) represents an intriguing remote sensing solution due to the enhanced imaging capabilities with respect to the conventional SAR. In this article, we focus on FF-SAR systems operating in a far-from-transmitter geometry, developing a signal model suited to this specific configuration. Additionally, we present an efficient processing scheme that, by properly combining the received raw echoes in a coherent fashion, enables two peculiar imaging modes of FF-SAR, namely, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement and high-resolution wide swath (HRWS). Simulation results show that achieved radiometric and geometric imaging performances are in line with those offered by an equivalent monostatic SAR. In HRWS imaging mode, azimuth ambiguity suppression and SNR improve as the number of satellites increases and are maximized by specific receivers along-track baselines, whose expression is provided. Finally, we present a statistical analysis of the processing performance parameters for random receivers' positions, both assuming a fixed pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and allowing for an adaptive PRF tuning. This last analysis is also directly applicable to clusters of SAR receivers not far from the transmitter.


Usually, histoplasmosis is clinically suspected only in people who reside in or travel to endemic areas. This report widens the epidemiologic spectrum


A unique heterogeneous palladium catalyst (7% Pd/WA30) supported on an anion exchange resin, which contains N,N-dimethylaminoalkyl functionalities on the polymer backbone, was developed. 7% Pd/WA30 could smoothly catalyze Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of even less reactive heteroaryl chlorides and heteroaryl boronic acids to afford various (hetero)biaryls due to the electron-donating effect of the tert-amines on WA30 to Pd species. It was also applicable as a chemoselective hydrogenation catalyst, showing inactivity for the hydorogenolysis of tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS) ethers, alkyl benzyl ethers, and benzyl alcohols. The tert-amines on WA30 acted as moderate catalyst poisons for Pd, resulting in chemoselective hydrogenation. 7% Pd/WA30 was reused for at least five times without any loss of the hydrogenation catalytic activity.


At this stage, on the power supply system (PSS) terminal and the customer end, there are many kinds of researches of the energy storage's (ES) application. However, the scientific research on the multi-zone collaborative production scheduling of new energy (NE) and ES on the power network is still in the development link. Therefore, the key scientific research on the application of ES on the power network is in this article. Based on clock frequency simulation, the paper creates a long-time multi-zone production scheduling entity model in which NE and ES operate harmoniously in the power network and puts forward the best operation countermeasures for NE and ES in different regions. Based on the power network's data information in a specific place in our country, the simulation tests the entity model and production scheduling countermeasures created in the article. The simulation results show that for the PSS with extensive operation of new ES, the introduction of ES can increase the processing speed of new one and reduce the system's total carbon consumption level (TCCL).


The safety of personnel is of a major concern when using and manipulating hotwire electric detonators. A lot of publications exist regarding the influence of electric fields on electric detonators. Most of them give safety distances in function of the E.I.R.P. (Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power) taking into account several hypotheses, like the maximum electric fieldstrength in the presence of which the detonator is safe, related to the MNFS (Maximum No-Fire Stimulus) and the dipole configuration of the electric detonator wiring. To our knowledge all the standards and guides, military and civil, published up to now take as the worst case for wiring the dipole configuration (with the exception of loop and other antennas without further details). The present paper establishes that the worst case is rather when the wiring is arranged as a V-antenna with an aperture angle between the detonator wires of about 20°. When the angle is close to about 20° the current in the hotwire is higher than in the dipole configuration and reduce the safety margin of demining personnel.


Abstract This article focuses on the Domestic Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland (est. 1909–1910), a small, grassroots union organized by young female domestic servants in the years leading up to the First World War. This union emerged against a backdrop of labor unrest as well as an increasingly militant women's movement. The article looks at how the Domestic Workers' Union drew inspiration from the latter but also encountered hostility from some feminists unhappy with the idea of their own servants becoming organized. I argue that the uneven and ambivalent response of the women's movement toward the question of domestic worker organizing is significant not simply as an expression of the social divisions that undoubtedly characterized this movement, but also as reflecting a wider debate within early twentieth-century British feminism over what constituted useful and valuable work for women. Attitudes toward domestic worker organizing were therefore predicated upon feminists' interrogation of the very nature of domestic labor. Was it inherently inferior to masculine and/or professional forms of work? Was it intrinsically different from factory work, or could it be reorganized and rationalized to fit within the industrial paradigm? Under what conditions should domestic labor be performed, and, perhaps most importantly, who should do it?


We construct an infinite family of odd-symplectic forms (also known as Hamiltonian structures) on the $3$ -sphere $S^{3}$ that do not admit a symplectic cobordism to the standard contact structure on $S^{3}$ . This answers in the negative a question raised by Joel Fish motivated by the search for minimal characteristic flows.


From the beginning, George Eliot conceived of Romola (1862) as an experiment in rehabilitating the historical novel. In the 1860s, this genre was a denigrated narrative form, the realm of hack writers like G. P. R. James and William Harrison Ainsworth. Nineteenth-century reviewers marginalized their novels as disposable and populist, emphasizing historical atmosphere more than exhaustive historical research. More recent critical assessments of these mid-century historical novels often perpetuate these negative stereotypes. Andrew Sanders, echoing Lukacs's antipathy to "costumery" complains that "Ainsworth was little more than a reviver of old clothes." (1) Lukacs argues that the historical novel reaches its apex with Walter Scott and then begins a rapid decline. (2) Ian Duncan has described the popular historical novel after Scott as a "weaker lineage of literal imitation" (3) Eliot, however, thought this tradition could do more. Her novel explores the extent to which women could intervene as historical agents and, subsequently, as shapers of the historical narrative. Eliot's act of intervention, shaping history as a female writer, mirrors Romola's position as a female participant on the public historical stage. I offer Eliot's Romola as an example of the manner in which the historical novel as a genre becomes a site of narrative conflict among different models of historical knowledge. This conflict emblematizes the centrality of history as an imaginative category in the nineteenth century, which James Chandler describes as "the first epoch conscious of itself as such." (4) Romola demonstrates Eliot's struggle to gain satisfaction from any one narrative perspective, and her novel's narrative instability mirrors the larger phenomenon in the time of divergent trajectories of historical practice that never coalesce into an endorsement of one model. Nineteenth-century historical expressions run a broad spectrum from the "literary" historiography of Carlyle and Macaulay, the "philosophical" history of Hume, the county chronicles of local antiquarian societies, the gothic re-imaginings of the past in the novels of Walpole and Radcliffe, to the newly emerging empirical history of later Victorians such as Freeman and Green. Eliot defines her project in Romola in opposition to the historical novel's common current. Writing to John Blackwood on 28 August 1860 concerning her work on the novel, Eliot states, "Mr. Lewes has encouraged me to persevere in the project, saying that I should probably do something in historical romance rather different in character from what has been done before." (5) Blackwood responds that he has confidence in her ability to depart from other specimens of the genre: "You have such a power of imparting reality to every thing you write that your Romance will not read like Fiction. I expect that you will return Historical Romance to its ancient popularity." In writing a historical novel that "will not read like Fiction," Blackwood foresees that Eliot will move the form into the more dignified realm of historiography through her "power of imparting reality," She later writes to Sara Hennell on 14 July 1862, "I myself have never expected--I might rather say intended--that the book should be as 'popular' in the same sense as others." (6) In her letter to Hennell, Eliot's desire to avoid a "popular" audience with this novel signals an intention to distance her novel from the conventions and audience of the contemporary historical novel and thereby dignify the form. Eliot accuses women in particular of degrading the historical novel in her essay "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists,' which first appeared in the Westminster Review in October 1856. Eliot notes women writers' widespread use of anachronism and the arbitrary application of superficial historical detail to creat," a false veneer of historicity. She abhors those novelists who "make their mental mediocrity more conspicuous by clothing it in a masquerade of ancient names. …


Internet of Things (IoT) devices usually lack perpetual power supply since they are generally deployed at remote areas with limited battery capacities. Moreover, the computing power of the IoT devices is usually limited and the generated data need to be offloaded to a more powerful computing server for further processing. In this article, we study a novel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled IoT network, where the UAV delivers energy to the ground IoT devices by employing wireless power transfer (WPT) in the downlink and collects data in the uplink. In our work, we try to minimize the total energy consumption of the UAV by determining the trajectory and charging power of the UAV, the resource allocation, and the transmission scheme subject to task collection and resource budget requirements. To make the formulated problem more tractable, we decompose the primal problem into three subproblems (i.e., the transmission association problem, the trajectory design problem, and the resource allocation problem) and utilize the block coordinate descent (BCD) method to solve them alternately. Since the trajectory design problem is still highly nonconvex, we further transform it into a convex one by leveraging the successive convex approximation (SCA) technique. In the simulation, we provide extensive numerical results to corroborate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm.


The invention discloses lonicera japonica and cannabis tea and belongs to the technical field of food beverages. According to a health-maintaining property of centenarians in Fengshan County of a drainage basin and a source of Panyang River which is a longevity core area of Bama County which is a world famous longevity county, an inventor researches the tea by adopting lonicera japonica which has the effects of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, and removing heat to promote salivation, and fructus cannabis which can moisten dryness and lubricate intestines, promote dituesis and treat stranguria, and invigorate the circulation of blood. Polygonatum sibiricum has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying the spleen, moistening the lung and tonifying the kidney. Polygonatum odoratum has the effects of nourishing yin to moisten dryness and clearing liver and improving vision. Imperata cylindrica has the effects of cooling blood and hemostasis, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Lobed kudzuvine roots have the effects of relieving exterior syndromes and bringing down a fever, and helping to produce saliva and slake thirst. Crataegus pinnatifida bunge has the effects of relieving dyspepsia and activating blood circulation to dissipate stasis. Siraitia grosvenori has the effects of tonifying the skin and beautifying, and lowering lipid and sugar. The tea has a sweet taste and a natural aroma. The tea has the health-care effects of relaxing bowels, maintaining beauty and keeping young, nourishing and tonifying the deficiency, lowering blood pressure, lowering lipid and lowering blood sugar, delaying arteriosclerosis, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, improving the eyesight and protecting the liver, prolonging the life, and resisting and preventing cancers. The tea is called as life-prolonging tea and a health-maintaining high-quality product. After being drunk for long, the tea has the effects of relieving diseases and maintaining the health.


A heuristic treatment is given of the Schulkin-Marsh surface loss expression for acoustic propagation in surface ducts. Its application to the Marsh-Schulkin shallow water propagation model is also discussed. Possible explanations of the surface loss are given in terms of scattering by surface roughness and absorption by bubble layers.


Abstract : On 17 November 2011, President Barack Obama announced before the Australian parliament that he had made a deliberate and strategic decision as a Pacific nation, the United States will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future, by upholding core principles and in close partnership with our allies and friends, that the region is a top priority of US security policy, and that the United States is here to stay. 1 In concert with the president s statements and appreciating the importance of the region to US national security, Gen Norton A. Schwartz, US Air Force chief of staff, directed the Air Force Research Institute (AFRI) to undertake a yearlong study that would focus on the role that airpower will play in achieving national strategic objectives in the Pacific region from the present to the year 2020. He additionally directed that the study provide options and make actionable recommendations for how Air Force leaders should organize, train, equip, and present forces for combatant commanders to accomplish the full range of missions that may emerge through the end of the decade.2 Comprehending the complexity of the topic, the AFRI assembled a select team of researchers charged with establishing a sound methodological approach and then conducting a comprehensive review of the subject.


Quantitatively analyzing the susceptibility of disaster-pregnant environmental factors of landslide is beneficial to research on its formation mechanism and space distribution characteristics.Based on variable dimension fractal theory,applying two fractal indices-transformation frequency and fractal dimension,we quantitatively analyzed the relationship between landslide and disaster-pregnant environmental factors to provide the fractal basis for choosing indices to evaluate landslide susceptibility in the study area.Research has shown that factors of NDVI,lithology,slope,etc.effect landslide development more seriously and control the spatial distribution of landslide in the study area;comparatively,factors of fault,river,etc.would less influence landslide development and control its distribution in the study area.


The invention provides a method for treatment and recycling of beneficiation wastewater of polymetallic copper-lead-zinc ores in high altitude areas aiming at the beneficiation wastewater of the polymetallic copper-lead-zinc ores in high altitude areas, coagulating sedimentation or natural sedimentation is adopted at first and then oxidization aeration by means of ClO2 is carried out, pH value is adjusted, sedimentation is performed and the wastewater is recycled for the production of mineral beneficiation. The method greatly reduces use amount of water for mineral beneficiation, and the beneficiation wastewater after the treatment is recycled for the production with excellent mineral beneficiation indicators, the invention provides a new method and initiates a new way for the treatment and the recycling of beneficiation wastewater of polymetallic copper-lead-zinc ores.


The categorisation of natural landscape features places a socialised and ordered lens on the landscape. In the case of natural waterways, it creates a regional hydrological vocabulary, based on physical processes and cultural history. This study uses the unique combination of hydrological and cultural characteristics found in Chile to determine the degree to which local waterway classifications of waterways as rivers (rio in Spanish) provide insights into the cultural role in perceiving and describing such important landscape elements. The results indicate that waterway classification is strongly influenced by different regional cultural perspectives, which are also affected by their regional climates and specific historical processes of cartographic systematisation and nation‐making. This variety of hydrological vocabularies presents distinct zones of waterway classification throughout Chile, with implications of these differences affecting territorial planning, water management and even international relations.


The purpose of the present invention is to provide lighting equipment (1) capable of acquiring illumination light with a stable Feeling of Contrast Index (FCI) independently from a lighting condition. For this purpose, a lighting circuit (4) activates a first red light source (R1) and a white light source (W) while not activating, or barely activating a second red light source (R2) under a first lighting condition where the first red light source (R1) is estimated to emit red light having a first peak wavelength, and activates the second red light source (R2) and the white light source (W) while not activating, or barely activating the first red light source (R1) under a second lighting condition where the first red light source (R1) is estimated to emit red light having a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength that is longer than the first peak wavelength.


316 www.anesthesia-analgesia.org July 2019 • Volume 129 • Number 1 DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004202 Mentoring is a critical catalyst for career advancement and satisfaction in many professions and is increasingly recognized as crucial to success in academic medicine.1 Numerous studies have shown that compared to unmentored or poorly mentored faculty members, mentored faculty staff are more confident,2 express higher career satisfaction,3 and are more likely to report fruitful and productive careers.4,5 Mentoring may also help to increase workplace diversity and inclusivity given that availability of mentors is often cited as an important determinant of career choice.1,3 Improved diversity not only improves the work environment, it also increases the quality of science and academic productivity of diverse groups. Recent data indicate that gender-diverse groups tend to produce manuscripts with higher citation indexes.6 Despite these clear and consistent benefits of mentoring, the subject is infrequently addressed in the anesthesia literature.7 Indeed, most published anesthesia-specific work on mentoring have discussed the importance of mentoring8 and a general "how-to" that is in large part a "one-size-fitsall" approach.7,8 Unfortunately, although well intentioned, many of the steps outlined in these publications may not be applicable to underrepresented minority faculty. To date, we are unaware of any publications in the anesthesia literature specifically addressing the mentoring of underrepresented minority faculty in academic anesthesia.


To investigate the prevalence and prognostic significance of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression and CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in gynecologic carcinosarcoma, 81 cases (68 uterine, 12 ovarian, and 1 fallopian tube) were immunostained with PD-L1 and CD8 using tissue microarrays (3 mm core diameter) from intratumoral areas with the highest TILs. Tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥1% and combined positive score (CPS) ≥1 were considered positive for PD-L1. CD8+ TILs were counted in each core, and CD8+ TIL density (CD8TILD) was calculated. Cases were classified as CD8Neg (<1.4/mm2 CD8TILD), CD8Pos (≥1.4/mm2 CD8TILD) and CD8HIGH (≥14/mm2 CD8TILD) and grouped into 4 tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) groups: (1) PD-L-1Pos/CD8Pos, (2) PD-L1Neg/CD8Neg, (3) PD-L1Pos/CD8Neg, and (4) PD-L1Neg/CD8Pos. PD-L1 expression by TPS and CPS was detected in 19.8% and 39.6% cases, respectively. Kaplan-Meier curves with log-rank analysis showed that higher density of CD8+ TILs were associated with longer overall survival (OS) (P=0.05 for CD8Pos and P=0.014 for CD8HIGH), and CD8HIGH status was associated with longer OS irrespective of tumor stage (P=0.045, hazard ratio: 0.11, 95% confidence interval: 0.014–0.951). Thirty-three percent of patients belonged to TIME group 1. PD-L1 expression and TIME groups were not associated with OS or progression-free survival. We found that high density of CD8+ TILs is an independent indicator of better OS. In 33% cases PD-L1 expression is associated with increased CD8+ TILs ("acquired immune evasion" pattern of PD-L1 expression), hence they may benefit from anti PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. PD-L1 expression alone and TIME groups do not affect survival in gynecologic carcinosarcoma.


The 1971 San Fernando earthquake led to the failure and large displacement of the Lower San Fernando dam, which was constructed by the hydraulic filling method. Hydraulic filling has been condemned as producing liquefiable sand deposits, and in situ relative densities as large as 60% have been reported in the Lower San Fernando dam. On the other hand, laboratory element tests on loosest specimens of primarily quartz sands, pluviated through air or water (resembling the soil fabric produced by hydraulic filling) have been dilative, which brings into question the failure mechanism of the Lower San Fernando dam. In this paper, the behaviour of the dam during the 1971 earthquake is studied using the results of an improved sliding-block deformation analysis, which incorporates the shearing behaviour from ring shear tests of two sands with different mineralogies: quartz sand, and albite sand with some carbonates. The results indicate that sand particle composition and compressibility may have caused the failure...


Abstract A storm-intercept team from the University of Oklahoma, using the Los Alamos National Laboratory portable, continuous wave/frequency modulated–continuous wave, 3-cm Doppler radar, collected close-range data at and below cloud base in six supercell tornadoes in the southern plains during the springs of 1990 and 1991. Data collection and analysis techniques are described. Wind spectra from five weak-to-strong tornadoes and from one violent tornado are presented and discussed in conjunction with simultaneous boresighted video documentation, photogrammetric analysis, and damage surveys. Maximum Doppler wind speeds of 55–105 m s−1 were found in five of the tornadoes; wind speeds as high as 120–125 m s− were found in a large tornado during an outbreak on 26 April 1991. These may be the highest wind speeds ever measured by Doppler radar and the first radar measurements of F-5 intensity wind speeds. The variation in the spectrum across the 26 April 1991 tornado is presented. Standard and mobile soundings...


In field experiments with large numbers of treatments, inference can be affected by 1) local variation, and 2) method of analysis. The standard approach to local, or spatial, variation in the design of experiments is blocking. While the randomized complete block design is obviously unsuitable for experiments with large numbers of treatments, incomplete block designs even apparently well-chosen ones may be only partial solutions. Various nearest neighbor adjustment procedures are an alternative approach to spatial variation. Treatment effects are usually estimated using standard linear model methods. That is, linear unbiased estimates are obtained using ordinary least squares or, for example when nearest neighbor adjustments are used, generalized least squares. This follows from regarding treatment as a fixed effect. However, when there are large numbers of treatments, regarding treatment as a random effect and obtaining best linear unbiased predictors (BLUP) can improve precision. Nearest neighbor methods and BLUP have had largely parallel development. The purpose of this paper is to put them together.


The paper proposes a method of eddy current analysis which can accurately calculate characteristics of electrical machines including several moving conductors at different velocities. In the formulation of the presented method, different moving coordinate systems are used separately in each conductor region for the purpose of setting relative velocities to be zero between every conductor and the coordinate system. The method can avoid numerical disadvantages of fixed coordinate system which has relative velocity to the conductors. Firstly, the paper discuses the difference of definitions between electromagnetic potentials introduced in moving coordinate system and potentials introduced in fixed coordinate system in order to reveal theoretical background of the proposed method. Potentials introduced in each coordinate system can be same value introducing appropriate gauge conditions. Secondarily, it shows results of numerical tests which clarify the consideration. Finally advantages of the proposed method are discussed through the practical analysis of a canned motor.


Fourteen percent of couples in the UK use vasectomy as their method of contraception.1 Accessing vasectomy services should be made as easy and patient-friendly as possible. Unlike many surgical procedures, it is the patient who decides that it is indicated, not the surgeon. Most men requesting vasectomy are healthy and there are few for whom the procedure is not suitable. Men can assess their own suitability for the procedure with a simple questionnaire, and do not normally need to be examined beforehand. Although the operation carries slight potential for litigation, it has a low risk of serious complications and in most cases the decision on the risk/benefit balance is made by the patient, not a clinician.

Preoperative counselling for vasectomy is mostly about providing information. Therefore it could be argued that men wanting a vasectomy should not routinely need to see a clinician preoperatively, and that requiring them to do so does not enhance the patient pathway. Attending an outpatient appointment is inconvenient for the patient, requiring time off work, travel to the clinic, and potentially causing apprehension.

The Aneurin Bevan Health Board receives around 900 referrals per annum for vasectomy and most of these are self-referrals. Traditionally we have used structured, preoperative counselling in community-based clinic by doctors and more recently nurses. In a pilot survey, most patients in these clinics thought the information could be provided just as effectively by a DVD.

Together with a production company, we produced a DVD that included all the information and advice that local and national guidelines suggest a man should receive before agreeing to a vasectomy.2 We wanted to inform patients fully, enable them to assess their suitability for the procedure and to decide whether or not they were one of the few patients who should be seen for …


The catalytic system of 50% Cu3(PO4)2∙50% Ni3(PO4)2 based on Copper (II) and Nickel (II) orthophosphates was synthesized by the coprecipitation method according to the method developed at the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry of Uzhhorod National University. The synthesized system was investigated by the method of differential thermal analysis. The obtained results can be interpreted in favor of the formation of a new phase, which is formed due to the equiatomic interaction of the initial components. Thus, a number of thermal effects different from Cu3(PO4)2∙3H2O and Ni3(PO4)2∙8H2O are observed on the corresponding thermogram. The only endothermic effect at 117 ° C is not recorded on the thermograms of the starting components. In the case of a solid solution or a simple mixture of phases based on starting phosphates, this effect should be observed at intermediate temperatures in the range from 129°C to 268°C. Probably, the newly formed phase, by the number of moles of water of crystallization, differs from the original individual orthophosphates. Information about a more accurate number of molecules of chemically bound water in hydrated forms of the synthesized complex copper-nickel phosphate catalyst will allow to establish the results of additional studies by derivatographic or gravimetric analyzes, which were not performed in this work. After dehydration with a further increase in temperature, no endothermic effect for a complex catalytic system is observed. Instead, four exothermic effects are recorded at once: the first two - at 456ºС and 564ºС (both insignificant in area), and the next two at slightly higher temperatures - 658ºС and 777ºС (larger in area). The effects at 564ºC and 658ºC can be attributed to the crystallization of dehydrated Cu3(PO4)2. The exoeffect at 777°C corresponds to the formation of the structure of dehydrated orthophosphate Nickel Ni3(PO4)2. Thus, the obtained experimental data of differential thermal analysis confirm the effective modifying role of Ni2+ ions on the structure, phase formation and a number of physicochemical properties of copper (II) phosphate in the synthesis of a complex oxide catalyst. This made it possible to obtain a new cheap and active complex acid catalyst with improved catalytic properties of 50 % Cu3(PO4)2∙50 % Ni3(PO4)2, which can be used for the process of converting natural gas components into valuable products of the chemical industry.
Keywords: differential thermal analysis (DTA); catalysts; сopper (II) orthophosphate; nickel (II) orthophosphate; catalytic 50 % Cu3(PO4)2∙50 % Ni3(PO4)2 system.


Abstract Two new diphosphates, Cd5MIII2(P2O7)4withM= V, Fe, isotypic with FeII5FeIII2(P2O7)4, have been synthesized. They crystallize in the space groupC2221witha∼ 8.8 A,b∼ 9.9 A, andc∼ 24.1 A. The single crystal structure determination of the V phase and the Mossbauer spectroscopy study of the Fe phase, show that the cationic distribution is different from that observed in FeII5FeIII2(P2O7)4, i.e., V(III) or Fe(III) is located in two kinds of sites instead of one kind of site. A detailed analysis of this structure shows that its octahedral layers consist of rock salt type ribbons, themselves built up from infinite chains of edge-sharing octahedra, interconnected through trioctahedral units of edge-sharing octahedra. On the basis of this description, the different cationic distribution compared to the pure Fe phase is then explained by the mismatch between infinite octahedral chains and trioctahedral units, due to the larger size of Cd(II) compared to Fe(II).


An experimental study of electron beams produced by a superemissive cathode in the Back-Lighted Thyratron (BLT) and the pseudospark is presented. This work is motivated by experiments demonstrating very high current densities (>or=10 kA/cm/sup 2/ over an area of 1 cm/sup 2/) from the pseudospark and BTL cathode. This high-density current is produced by field-enhanced thermionic emission from the ion beam-heated surface of a molybdenum cathode. This work reports the use of this cathode as a beam source, and is to be distinguished from previous work reporting hollow cathode-produced electron beams. An electron beam of more than 260 A peak current has been produced with 15 kV applied voltage. An efficiency of approximately=10% is estimated.<<ETX>>


A pleasant morning to everyone. Welcome to the press conference on the BSP's Inflation Report for the Second Quarter of 2018. Today, we wish to discuss with you the developments and the analysis that underpinned the BSP's monetary policy decisions during the second quarter of the year. Our objective is to enable market participants and the general public to better understand the underlying developments as well as the reasoning and analysis behind the BSP's policy actions.


Teaching resources are massively provided to the student through online teaching platform in Qinghai Radio TV University.It's an important problem which the educator faces how to make reasonable use of the learning platform to enable students to gain a wealth of teaching resources and information.It is very significance of the teaching's development of the open education to research the problems and countermeasures exists in the usage of teaching platform.