DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A MECHANICALLY PRESTRESSED PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE By Byron F. Smith, B.S. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008 Major Director: Karla Mossi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Piezoelectric composites have been investigated for use in a variety of areas, including flow control, structural control, energy harvesting, and fuel ignition systems. While many of the investigations conducted in these areas have utilized traditional piezo actuation systems, such as unimorphs or stack actuators, a growing number of research groups are examining the increased performance derived from the mechanical advantage, and enhanced domain rotation, found in prestressed unimorph designs. Prestressed devices, like Thunder and LIPCA, have been shown well suited for a number of applications; however, the price associated with these devices can often prevent them from being


Current post-processing techniques in high contrast imaging depend on some source of diversity between the exoplanet signal and the residual star light at that location. The two main techniques are angular differential imaging (ADI), which makes use of parallactic sky rotation to separate planet from star light, and spectral differential imaging (SDI), which makes use of differences in the spectrum of planet and star light and the wavelength dependence of the point spread function (PSF). Here we introduce our technique for exploiting another source of diversity: orbital motion. Given repeated observations of an exoplanetary system with sufficiently short orbital periods, the motion of the planets allows us to discriminate them from the PSF. In addition to using powerful PSF subtraction algorithms, such an observing strategy enables temporal filtering. Once an orbit is determined, the planet can be "de-orbited" to further increase the signal-to-noise ratio. We call this collection of techniques Orbital Differential Imaging (ODI). Here we present the motivation for this technique, present a noise model, and present results from simulations. We believe ODI will be an enabling technique for imaging Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars with dedicated space missions.


The structure and superconductivity in a series for YBa/sub 2/(Cu/sub 1-//sub x/Fe/sub x/)/sub 3/O/sub y/ and ceramics GdBa/sub 2/(Cu/sub 1-//sub x/Fe/sub x/)/sub 3/O/sub y/ (0less than or equal toxless than or equal to0.15) have been studied by x-ray diffraction and resistivity measurements. In each family of materials (but more rapidly in the Gd ceramics), increasing Fe substitution leads to the stabilization of the tetragonal perovskite structure and suppression of superconductivity, apparently owing to pair breaking by the Fe moments. Anomalous behavior at higher Fe substitution is attributed to the combined influence of Gd and Fe moments.


This paper presents a multi-functional resistive random access memory (ReRAM) macro using a novel 4T2R bit-cell. The proposed 4T2R ReRAM enables 2-dimensional (2D) memory access, which offers significant latency and energy reductions for many applications such as matrix operations. Besides non-volatile storage, the proposed 4T2R ReRAM can support two types of computing in-memory operations: ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) and logic in-memory (LIM). Evaluations on various matrix operations show that the proposed 4T2R ReRAM with 2-D access capability can reduce memory access latency and energy by up to 88% and 82%, respectively compared with conventional 1T1R ReRAM. For TCAM, the proposed 4T2R bit-cell takes a smaller area than SRAM-based TCAM cell, while achieves a comparable search speed. For LIM, we propose an optimized LIM full adder (LIM- FA) that improves the delay and the power by 3.2* and 1.6*, respectively compared with prior LIM-FAs.


AbstractBulletin 17B and its proposed update, Bulletin 17C, continue to recognize difficulties in determining flood frequency estimates among streamflow records that contain flood peaks coming from...


This paper presents shallow and deep machine learning techniques for recognizing offline handwritten characters of south Dravidian Tulu scripts. Classification and recognition of characters is carried out using shallow learning techniques like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), AdaBoost techniques by extracting zone wise density and gradient features and Deep learning technique called Deep Convolution Neural Network (Deep CNN) classifier. Comparative analysis shows that Deep CNN gives higher efficiency of 98.49% compared with shallow learning techniques for isolated Tulu characters from modern documents and 80.49% for isolated character from Tulu palm leaf manuscripts.


The current load distribution model for cycloid drives based on the Hertz contact stiffness typically assumes a two-dimensional planar problem without considering the tooth longitudinal modification effects, which fails to comply with the practical situation. In this paper, this issue is clarified by developing a semi-analytical load distribution model based on a three-dimensional and linear elastic solution. Unloaded tooth contact analysis is introduced to determine the instantaneous mesh information. The tooth compliance model considering tooth contact deformation is established by combining the Boussinesq force–displacement relationships in elastic half-space with an influence coefficient method. With this, the loads, contact patterns, and loaded transmission error are calculated by enforcing the compatibility and equilibrium conditions. Comparisons to predictions made with the assumption of Hertz contact stiffness are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model, which shows good agreement. At the end, the effect of tooth longitudinal modifications on load distributions is investigated along with various loading conditions. This study yields an in-depth understanding of the multi-tooth contact characteristics of cycloid drives and provides an effective tool for extensive parameter sensitivity analysis and design optimization studies.


Studies in this institute on ion selective electrodes based on ion asso- ciation (IAISE) are summarized. 14 kinds of IAISE were prepared during the past decade and their main characteristics are presented. Some regularities in preparation and application of IAISE, i. e., effects of structure and concentration of ion exchan- gers, relative selectivity sequence for various ions, the general internal reference system and general electrode, are developed. Applications of IAISE in analysing non-ferrous metals, rare metals and other materials, including direct determination of ions, indirect determination of ions by potentiometric titration and kinetic potentiometry using IAISE as indicator electrodes, are illutrated.


As the important carrier of culture literature gradually had great change in its own existing state after the appearance of mass culture in China in the new period.With the emergence and transformation of mass culture the literature gradually had drastic change,different from the traditional categorization in its track of evolution.Except a small section of literature still remains the traditional state of literature,other sections of literature are characterized with the tendency of "Pan-culture",which expands the boundary of literature in the traditional sense,and poses a challenge to the traditional existing mode of literature.


Rickettsia conorii is a gram-negative bacterium responsible for Mediterranean spotted fever, a rickettsiosis transmitted to humans by tick bite inoculation of rickettsiae into the skin [1]. The isolation of rickettsial isolates from various samples including blood, skin or infected ticks can be achieved on shell vial assays [2]. This approach, initially developed for R. conorii, was later successfully applied for several strains, including R. prowazekii and R. felis, the major drawback being related to the selection of convenient animal cell lines and to the choice of appropriate growth condition parameters, among which are temperature, culture medium, and fetal calf serum proportion. The development of standardised culture conditions allowing efficient growth of various strains would be advantageous to investigate the differences among various species of rickettsiae [3]. Moreover, a feature of the post-genomic era is the requirement of important amounts of bacteria for large-scale investigations such as proteomic and transcriptomic approaches [4]. The aim of this work was thus to quantify the growth of R. conorii within three different cell lines and using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). Eukaryotic cells used in this study were the African green monkey kidney cells (Vero cell, American Type Culture Collection ATCC CRL 1587) and the murine fibrobastic L929 cell line (ATCC CCL1), both maintained in Eagle's minimum essential medium (MEM; Invitrogen, Paisley, UK) supplemented with 4% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Invitrogen) and 1% L-glutamine (Invitrogen). We also used 3T3 cell lines (ATCC CCL163) maintained in Dulbecco minimum essential medium (DMEM; Invitrogen) supplemented with 10% FBS and 1% L-glutamine. Confluent cells grown on coverslips were infected with 10 rickettsiae resuspended in 300 lL of the appropriate medium. After centrifugation (3452 · g; 15 min), the supernatants were removed, and following a gentle washing, 500 lL of fresh buffer was added in each shell vial and further incubated at 37 C and under 5% CO2. This point was considered as the starting point (t0) of infection. For each kinetic point, samples were processed four times, two coverslips being used for Gimenez or immunofluorescence staining while quantification of bacteria was carried out on remaining shell vials. DNA was extracted using the QIAamp DNA mini kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and amplification was performed with the 16sRNA primers forward 5¢-TGATGAAGGCCTTAGGGTTG-3¢ and reverse 5¢-TAAACCGCCTACGCACTCTT3¢ using the LightCycler system together with the SYBR Green master mix (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). In some experiments, the determination of the gene copy numbers was also performed using the probes targeting rickA, a gene exclusive for bacteria from the Rickettsia genus (F 5¢-AGTTACAAAAGATAGTAAGTAA-3¢; R 5¢-CCRGYTTTTTAA CCGTAGTAG-3¢). The yield of qPCR was assessed by plotting the cycle threshold values vs. the log10 numbers of input DNA copies, the standard curve being made with genomic DNA of R. conorii (from 1–10 copies) as template and using the same primers. The qPCR data obtained indicated that entrance of R. conorii into the three eukaryotic cell lines tested in this study was not significantly different. Thus, under our experimental conditions, almost all bacteria were taken up into the host cell, the percentages being 94 ± 8%, 80 ± 6.5% and 84 ± 3.2% for Vero, L929 and 3T3 cell lines, respectively. Despite a similar invasion efficacy, we thereafter observed variable replication rates (Fig. 1). Thus, 96 h after the cell infection, the number of R. conorii appeared around six times higher in L929 than in Vero cells or 3T3. These results were confirmed with qPCR assays targeting rickA, as well as through the optical Corresponding author and reprint requests: P. Renesto, Unite des Rickettsies, URMITE IRD-CNRS 6236, Faculte de Medecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France E-mail: email@example.com


The fungal agents Acremonium striatum, Aspergillus niger, Paecilomyces lilacinus and Trichoderma viride, alone or in combination and their culture filtrates were tested for larvicidal and ovicidal action against M. incognita. The in-vitro tests showed that A. niger was toxic against M. incognita while P lilacinus and T. viride were found to he egg parasitic or opportunistic. A. strictum possessed both toxic and egg parasitic properties. A glass house trial with these fungal bioagents both alone and together showed significant promising features. Performance of dual treatment of A. strictum and A niger in improving the health of tomato plant with remarkable reduction in M. incognita population was observed


Historical streets are considered as the main spines of the city, it provides cultural knowledge and great income from cultural tourism. Alexandria is one of the most important cities around the world where it embraces a big number of monuments with different styles and history, while the city has witnessed different cultural periods. By studying the map of Alexandria, ElNabi Daniel street was found as one of the oldest spines in the city which made it rich in history by holding many different significant buildings. All this leads the researchers to introduce a designed proposal for a cultural touristic tour in this special spine. This paper aims to enhance cultural tourism in the oldest street in Alexandria "El-Nabi Daniel street" and to revive the street's heritage buildings. The proposed cultural path will present a new experience of Alexandria's Downtown, exploring its multiple points of interests and heritage sites. Keywords— Touristic cultural path, sustainable tourism, Historical street, Urban development.


investigated in nutritional assessment, might be useful in identifying older subjects at high risk of stroke short-term mortality [6] . However, there is still confusion between nutritional risk and malnutrition, as the latter makes it possible to classify patients according to a risk of morbidity and mortality in relation to pathologies often associated with a poor nutritional status. A new prognostic index, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), for identifying elderly subjects at risk of nutrition-related complications (death, infections, bedsores) has recently been designed [7] and proposed, by coworkers and me, for predicting short-term mortality in acutely hospitalized older people [8] . Its formula has been structured to combine: (1) albumin, an index of acute-stress-related inflammatory background, with (2) the real/ideal weight ratio, a more stable indicator of proteincalorie malnutrition and a possible marker of recent (acute or chronic) weight loss [7– 9] . Thus, combining two factors in a single dichotomous index might provide a better prediction of the risk [8] . To the Editor, I read with great interest the article by Zuliani et al. [1] entitled 'Risk factors for short-term mortality in older subjects with acute ischemic stroke'. The authors performed both univariate and multivariate analyses to investigate the association between clinical and biochemical parameters and short-term mortality in older subjects, highlighting, in conclusion, the role of an altered level of consciousness, of a congestive heart failure and of poststroke hyperglycemia [1]. Interested in such matters, I wanted to ask the authors whether they have considered a possible role for the factor 'nutrition-related risk' in designing the study. Older patients, due to their frailty, are often at a high nutritional risk and previous reports have underscored that a poor nutritional status is independently associated with both shortand long-term mortality in aged people [2, 3] . Moreover, improving nutritional intake may be of benefit the clinical outcome [4, 5] . The same authors have previously described in a similar series that the total cholesterol level, a parameter frequently Received: August 14, 2006 Accepted: August 14, 2006 Published online: October 6, 2006


The reaction of the stable thiiranium ion, prepared by the reaction of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and methyl-3-(4-chlorophenylthio)propene with tetraethylammonium chloride in either 3.5 or 36% v/v methanol/dichloromethane with urea as a buffer, forms 2-methoxy-2-methyl-1-propyl 4-chlorophenyl sulfide, 2-chloro-2-methyl-1-propyl 4-chlorophenyl sulfide, and 1-chloro-2-methyl-2-propyl 4-chlorophenyl sulfide as products. While these same products are formed by the addition of 4-chlorobenzenesulfenyl chloride to methylpropene in the same solvents, their proportions differ. This is one of the rare examples in which there is a difference in the product composition of thiiranium ions formed in different ways and allowed to react under identical conditions. One possible explanation for this difference may be that the two thiiranium ions form products by different paths involving different kinds of ion pairs.


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 Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of oral sildenafil citrate for management of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients and Methods: A total of 50 men (mean age 49,2 years) with ED for ESRD participated in this prospective study. Patients on HD for at least 6 months and who had a stable relationship with a female sexual partner were included. Patients older than 70 yr with major ED risk factors were not included. They were divided in two groups of 25 patients receiving placebo or sildenafil. Patients in sildenafil group started on a 50-mg dose, which was increased to 100 mg if there was no response after 2 trials. Patients were asked to complete the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and a global life-satisfaction question before and after treatment. In addition, they reported any side-effects during treatment. Clinical and epidemiologic parameters were similar in both groups. Results:  Improvement was observed in 76% of the sildenafil patients compared to 12% of placebo patients according to the IIEF and global assessment questions regarding patient satisfaction. Sildenafil was associated with improvement in the score of all questions and domains of the IIEF, except those related to sexual desire. Sildenafil use resulted in normal EF scores in 36% of sildenafil patients. No correlation was found between sildenafil failure and patient age, duration of ED and the duration and etiology of renal failure. Sildenafil was well tolerated. Side effects were rare and occurred in both groups. Conclusions: Sildenafil is a safe and satisfactory drug for improving erectile function in selected patients with ESRD and treated by HD. Pretreatment scores on the IIEF may be useful for predicting the success of treatment. Keywords:  sildenafil, kidney failure, hemodialysis, erectile dysfunction.


Techniques are disclosed for enabling operators of communication networks to provide one or more identity services such as, for example, an authentication service. For example, in a communication network, assume that a first computing device is a client device, a second computing device is an application server, and a third computing device is a server under control of an operator of the communication network. A method may comprise the following steps. In response to the first computing device issuing a resource request to the second computing device and the first computing device providing a first identifier to the second computing device for use in authenticating the first computing device to the second computing device, and in response to the second computing device being unable to authenticate the first computing device, the third computing device assisting in the authentication of the first computing device to the second computing device when a correlation exists between the first identifier sent by the first computing device and a second identifier used by the first computing device to access the communication network as a subscriber, wherein the second computing device is able to reply to the resource request sent by the first computing device upon a successful authentication assisted by the third party computing device.


A hybrid input device is described. The hybrid input device includes a stylus for writing on a touchscreen, a writing instrument and a pressure sensor. The hybrid input device also includes an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits an ultrasonic data pattern. The hybrid input device also includes a control element that toggles ultrasonic functionality of the hybrid input device.


Reflective intensity modulation fiber-optic acoustic sensor has a lot of advantages,such simple structure,high sensitivity as resisting to intense electromagnetic interference.A laser diode of a wavelength of 1310nm is used as its light source.The vibrated characteristic of diaphragm is studied based on vibrated theory when diaphragm is clamped at the edge.The diaphragm configuration is simplified and analyzed based on finite element analysis.The relationship of vibrated characteristic and geometric parameter is analyzed.Design methods and parameter selections are gained.A simple construction head of fiber-optic acoustic sensor is designed.Frequeucy respones of fiber-optic acoustic sensor is 350Hz~7.5kHz;Sensitivity is 416.7mV/Pa.


Proteasomes are large (~700kD) intracellular multicatalytic proteases found in eukaryotic cells and some archaebacteria and eubacteria. These proteases are responsible for degrading intracellular proteins for multiple cellular functions. In vertebrates, proteasomes also generate most of the peptide epitopes that are presented to cytotoxic T lymphocytes via major histocompatability complex (MHC) class I molecules on the cell surface. Proteasomes are important in both maintaining immunologic selftolerance as well as facilitating the immune response towards intracellular pathogens. It is believed that the core proteasome particle is latent in cells and therefore requires activator protein complexes to enhance its activity in vivo. The PA28 family of proteasome activators contains three members: alpha, beta, and gamma. PA28 α and β are ubiquitously distributed in the cell and expression is enhanced in vitro following exposure to interferon-γ (IFNγ). PA28γ is localized to the nucleus and its expression is unaffected by IFNγ. We demonstrate that the expression of PA28 α and β along with other proteasome genes are enhanced by IFNγ in vivo. These IFNγ-inducible genes demonstrate true constitutive expression that is only partially dependent on components of the IFNγ signaling cascade, and are completely independent of an IFNγ stimulus. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated in vitro that PA28 may affect the specificity of proteasomes, and work in conjunction with specific catalytic sites to enhance the peptide repertoire generated by proteasomes. To investigate the functions of PA28γ, we generated a PA28γ-deficient mouse strain. These mice display defects in multiple proteasomemediated pathways including MHC I antigen presentation. The effect of PA28γ on antigen processing and presentation is antigen-specific, not global. To better understand the antigen specificity of the PA28 complexes, recombinant protein was generated and the cleavage specificities of the mouse PA28α/β-proteasome complex were examined in vitro using natural peptide substrates. Acknowledgements: I need to extend so many thanks to all the people who have helped me during my tenure at U.C. In particular I must admit that I am terribly grateful to have been mentored by John Monaco. He has been an excellent mentor and friend. He provided me with the freedom and resources to pursue anything I wanted professionally both in and out of the lab, yet he was always there when I need him to keep me focused on the task at hand. Even as I start the next step in my career, I know that I will be able to count on John any time I am in need of his assistance. I would like to thank my committee members both past and present: George Babcock, Edmund Choi, George Deepe, Tom Doetschman, and Ken Blumenthal. My entire committee has also provided me with excellent guidance and great support. The members of the Monaco lab have also made my time here at U.C. very memorable, and I couldn't have accomplished what I have without your help. I would like to thank Jill Beyette, Laura Elenich, David Ginsburg, Jeanna Guenther, Sherry Haley, Timothy Hubbell, Scott McCluskey, Herbert Runnels, Helena Russell, Jay Slack, Scott Wenderfer, Diane Wiginton, and Hiroko Yamazaki. Especially Herb who was also vital in my graduate training for taking me under his wing, training me as a researcher, and being a great friend I need to thank my collaborators, without whom I could not have accomplished the volume of work presented here. Todd Schell and Satvir Tevethia at the Penn State University College of Medicine for the SV40 studies in the PA28γ-deficient mice. Jack Bennink, Yunjung Cho, and John Yewdell at NIAID/NIH for the influenza studies in the PA28γ-deficient mice. Reta Gibbons, George Deepe, and the entire Deepe lab, here at U.C., for helping me perform the Histoplasma capsulatum infection studies. Miguel Cruz and Reshma Rangwalla for initiating the immunoproteasome expression project and providing data for the manuscript. Lastly, but certainly not least, I need to thank Herbert Runnels for generating the constructs and developing the PA28γ-deficient mice, which I was able to characterize and use in a number of studies. I need to thank Carl Huether, Annette Muckerheide, Linda Finke, Tracy Reed, Richard Davis and the entire Preparing Future Faculty program for training me to not only be a researcher, but also a teacher and a mentor. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Annette Muckerheide for taking me under her wing and really advising me on how to balance my teaching, my research, and my personal life. She is an exceptional person and has touched my heart with her kindness and wisdom. I would also like to thank the students, faculty, and staff members of the department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology for their assistance and support throughout the years. Also I would like to thank the Bob Colbert, Tom Griffin, and their lab members for discussions, constructive criticisms, and support. I also need to thank my friends and family, who have stood by my side for the last five years, supported my decisions, listened when I needed them to, advised me on many occasions, and provided pleasant distractions when appropriate. I especially owe gratitude to my parents, who have always supported and encouraged me. I also thank Pamela Buelterman who has provided me with perspective, advice, and who has always been there when I needed her. Her love has made me stronger and more determined to succeed. Dedication: I dedicate this dissertation and all my work over the past five years in the loving memory of my grandfather, Glenn J. Barton. He always supported me, loved me, and always believed in me that I would accomplish amazing things. It is his encouragement and stern support that echoes in my mind and memories and drives me to make him proud. I know that he was, is, and always will be proud of me. His presence is always felt and I know that he is beside me guiding and protecting me even today. Thank you, and I miss you.


In this paper, a new analytical method is presented for analyzing cellular networks with connections that change their transmission rate during the session. The method is based on a Markovian model of a single base station and an approximate recursive formula following from the Markov model. This formula is applicable for calculating call level system parameters rapidly with reasonable error. Two simple admission control strategies are also presented and investigated. The accuracy of the proposed approximate method is verified by computer simulations.


This is an obituary of Dr. Jacques Glowinski (1936-2020), one of the last « giants » of Neuropharmacology trained in the sixties in the laboratory of Julius Axelrod (Nobel Prize in 1970). He was a founding father of this discipline in France and his famous laboratory (INSERM Unit 114) at the Collège de France in Paris has trained for 40 years (1966-2006) generations of fellows who became leader neuroscientists in France and abroad. His most important scientific contributions completely revisited the regulatory mechanisms of central dopaminergic neurotransmission and its implications in neuropsychiatric disorders.


BACKGROUND
The quantitative evaluation of the biomolecules transport with multi-physics in nano/micro scale is demanded in order to optimize the design of microfluidics device for the biomolecules detection with high detection sensitivity and rapid diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE
This paper aimed to investigate the effectivity of the computational simulation using the numerical model of the biomolecules transport with multi-physics near a microchannel surface on the development of biomolecules-detection devices.

METHODS
The biomolecules transport with fluid drag force, electric double layer (EDL) force, and van der Waals force was modeled by Newtonian Equation of motion. The model validity was verified in the influence of ion strength and flow velocity on biomolecules distribution near the surface compared with experimental results of previous studies. The influence of acting forces on its distribution near the surface was investigated by the simulation.

RESULTS
The trend of its distribution to ion strength and flow velocity was agreement with the experimental result by the combination of all acting forces. Furthermore, EDL force dominantly influenced its distribution near its surface compared with fluid drag force except for the case of high velocity and low ion strength.

CONCLUSIONS
The knowledges from the simulation might be useful for the design of biomolecules-detection devices and the simulation can be expected to be applied on its development as the design tool for high detection sensitivity and rapid diagnosis in the future.


monophosphate disodium, and hydroxocobalamin, versus isolated treatment with hydroxocobalamin, in patients presenting with compressive neuralgias. J Pain Res 2017;10:397–404. 45. Ling Y, Maile LA, Badley-Clarke J, Clemmons DR. DOK1 mediates SHP-2 binding to the alphaVβ3 integrin and thereby regulates insulin-like growth factor I signaling in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem 2005;280:3151–8.


1. Introduction 2. Reconciliation and Sino-Japanese Relations 3. Sino-Japanese Reconciliation during the Cold War 4. Uncovering the Truth: Textbook Issues and Historical Revisionism 5. The Search for Justice: The 1990s Compensation Movement 6. Settling the Past Conclusion: Towards a Future-Oriented Relationship? Appendix 1: Chronology of Textbook Controversies and Trials Appendix 2: Selected list of NGOs and other Organisations involved in History-Related Issues (Chinese, Japanese and North American) Appendix 3: Important Statements, Treaties, Declarations, and Apologies Bibliography


The geochemical reactivity of uranium, disolved organic nitrogen, Fe, Mn, Ba, V,Sio4, TDN, and PO4 was investigated in the water column, pore waters and across a river/estuarine mixing zone in Tampa Bay, Florida. This large estuary is impacted both by diverse anthropogenic activity and by extensive U-rich deposits. Therefore, the estuarine behavior of uranium may be examined relative to such known U enrichments and anthropogenic perturbations. Water samples were collected within the water column during June 2003, August 2003, and June 2004 from 17 stations within the Tampa Bay Study area.


The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006 was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg for his fundamental study of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription. Roger D. Kornberg spent ten years in developing an in vitro yeast transcription system, and depicted pictures of RNA polymerase II and other complexes containing general transcription factors, Mediator, DNA and RNA by combining crystallography with biochemical knowledge. Furthermore, he firstly illustrated the whole process of how transcription works at a molecular level in a eukaryotic cell. Accumulative evidence demonstrates that the study of molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic transcription plays important roles in the treatment of diseases and the regulation of stem-cell development.


A 1-writer shared variable construction is buffer-optimal if (i) no control information is written in the buffers; (ii) buffers contain only one value from the domain of the variable; (iii) optimum number of 1-reader safe buffers are used; (iv) there is only one reading of a buffer in a read execution; and (v) there is only one writing of a 1-reader buffer, for each reader, in a write execution. In this paper, we consider design of buffer-optimal constructions of 1-writer multireader multivalued atomic shared variables, starting with a (non-buffer-optimal) construction in the literature. An important characteristic of buffer-optimal constructions is conflict-freedom; that is, in each execution, no reading of a buffer overlaps with any writing of that buffer. The constructions in this paper illustrate different ways of accomplishing the conflict-freedom property.


Background Kidney injury in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an uncommon manifestation. Prevalence has been reported to be <4% in some cohorts. The frequency of renal involvement in Hispanic patients with MCTD is not known. Objectives We aimed to describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of renal involvement in Mexican patients with MCTD. Methods We conducted a retrospective single-centre study. We included patients with a diagnosis of MCTD according to the Alarcón-Segovia criteria who regularly attended to a referral centre in Mexico City (2003–2017) and we identified those with renal involvement defined as proteinuria >500 mg/d with or without active sediment, creatinine elevation 50% above baseline or development of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 ml/min, with no other known cause. We collected demographics, clinical manifestations, follow-up time, treatment, outcomes and damage (SLICC/ACR-DI), renal function, serological and histological variables. Results One hundred and thirty one patients with MCTD were followed at our centre. We identified 14 patients with renal involvement with a prevalence of 10.7%. Among those patients, 13 were women (92.8%); mean age at onset of renal involvement was 44±8 years. Most frequent manifestations were Raynaud's phenomenon in 13 (92.8%) patients, arthritis in 12 (85.7%), puffy hands in 12 (85.7%), sclerodactily in 8 (77.1%), sicca syndrome in 8 (77.1%) and myositis in 7 (50%). Median time elapsed from MCTD diagnosis to renal involvement was 83 (2–365) months. In 3 patients, renal involvement was present at MCTD onset. Seven (50%) patients had other signs of MCTD activity at the time of renal involvement onset. Four (28.5%) patients presented with sub- nephrotic proteinuria, 3 (21.4%) with nephrotic range proteinuria and kidney injury, 2 (14.3%) with sub-nephrotic proteinuria and kidney injury, 2 (14.3%) with nephrotic range proteinuria, 1 only with nephrotic range proteinuria and 1 (7.1%) with end-stage renal disease. Microscopic hematuria was present in 9 (64.3%) patients and leukocyturia in 6 (42.8%). Renal biopsy was performed in 8 (57%) patients; pathological diagnoses were: crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis (GN) (2 patients; one of these patients developed positive ANCA antibodies), GN ISN/RPS 2003 class III+V,1 GN ISN/RPS 2003 class III+V with thrombotic microangiopathy,1 GN ISN/RPS 2003 class IV+V and vasculopathy,1 membranous GN,1 minimal mesangial GN1 and chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with vasculopathy.1 Ten (71.4%) patients achieved either total or partial remission at a median follow up of 82 (1–367) months. Only one patients required dialysis. At last follow up the median SLICC/ACR-DI was 1.5 (0–4) points. Two patients died. Conclusions In our cohort of MCTD patients, prevalence of renal involvement was low, although higher than the one reported in other populations. Clinical presentation and pathological diagnoses were diverse. Renal biopsy was helpful, since glomerulonephritis, vasculopathy and overlap with ANCA associated vasculitis were found in several patients; these options should be considered in the differential diagnoses of MCTD patients with renal involvement. Acknowledgements No acknowledgements to report. Disclosure of Interest None declared


It is well known that most of the half-Heuslers with potential thermoelectric properties are n-type due to electron domination in the transport. However, p-type half-Heusler alloys can be prepared by appropriate combination of elements. These alloys are multi-component and exhibit resistivity values 1000-3000 /spl mu//spl Omega/ cm and thermopower values hundreds of /spl mu/V/K. Such values are typical for state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials and the power factor S/sup 2//spl sigma/ can be in the range of 10-15 /spl mu/W cm/sup -1/ K/sup -2/ at room temperature. In addition to the high power factors, low thermal conductivities are expected due to the presence of heavy elements. We have studied a series of such alloys and the details are presented in this paper.


ABSTRACT The glucose analog 2-deoxyglucose (2dGlc) inhibits the growth and multicellular development of Myxococcus xanthus. Mutants ofM. xanthus resistant to 2dGlc, designated hexmutants, arise at a low spontaneous frequency. Expression of theEscherichia coli glk (glucokinase) gene in M. xanthus hex mutants restores 2dGlc sensitivity, suggesting that these mutants arise upon the loss of a soluble hexokinase function that phosphorylates 2dGlc to form the toxic intermediate, 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate. Enzyme assays of M. xanthusextracts reveal a soluble hexokinase (ATP:d-hexose-6-phosphotransferase; EC 22.214.171.124 ) activity but no phosphotransferase system activities. The hexmutants have lower levels of hexokinase activities than the wild type, and the levels of hexokinase activity exhibited by the hexmutants are inversely correlated with the ability of 2dGlc to inhibit their growth and sporulation. Both 2dGlc andN-acetylglucosamine act as inhibitors of glucose turnover by the M. xanthus hexokinase in vitro, consistent with the finding that glucose and N-acetylglucosamine can antagonize the toxic effects of 2dGlc in vivo.


I would like to point out that the flora of Sumatra is in many respects as spectacular as Rafflesia and the giant Amorphophallus make one suspect (Meijer, unpublished). People should learn to attac...


NC-Ge/SiO2 films are prepared by radio-frequency(RF) magnetron sputtering technique and thermal annealing.The films have been characterized by optical absorption spectra and X-ray diffraction.The optical band gap of samples is 1.12 eV,the average size of nanocrystalline germanium in the films is about 16.4 nm.The passive Q-switched operation of a laser diode pumped Nd∶YVO4 1 342 nm laser was achieved by inserting the nc-Ge/SiO2 films as the saturable absorber into the plane-concave resonator.The pulse train with average pulse duration of 40 ns、repetition rate of 33.3 kHz was obtained.With the experimental phenomenon and the structure of the films,the mechanism of samples as saturable absorber was analyzed,that the nc-Ge/SiO2 films defects and interface states are the main reason for generating the passively Q-switched operation.


Laser melting deposited( LMD) TA15 and rolled TA15 were welded by argon arc welding. The microstructure and phase constitution of the welded joint were studied by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The microhardness and mechanical properties of the welded joint were tested. The results indicate that the weld zone( WZ) mainly consists of columnar crystals with thick lamellar structure which epitaxially grow from the substrates. The grains in heat affected zone( HAZ) of rolled TA15 grow seriously because of its sensitivity to heat. The columnar grains in HAZ near weld zone of LMD TA15 turn into equiaxial grains. The microhardness of HAZ of LMD TA15 is the highest,while the WZ and HAZ of rolled TA15 is the lowest. The tensile strength of the welded joint is lower than that of both base metals,but the plasticity corresponds to the rolled TA15. Fracture position locates in the HAZ of rolled TA15.


through the health education effect of individual patients with syphilis in pregnancy, strengthen communication between nurses and patients, mutual trust, in order to carry out effective mental nursing. At the same time, strengthen the intrapartum monitoring and active and effective nursing the birth process, postpartum and neonatal, and strict disinfection and isolation protection measures, and with the anti-syphilis treatment, the maternal and child hospital in Ankang.


A survey of the blood parasites of 20 Liomys salvini revealed 3 types of parasites. Sixty percent of the mice harbored Trypanosoma zeledoni, 5% an unnamed species of Hepatozoon, and 20% of the mice were infected with a species of Haemobartonella.


While computing educators have put plenty of effort into researching and developing programming environments that make it easier for students to create their first programs, these tools often have only little resemblance with the tools used in the industry. We report on a study, where students with no previous programming experience started to program directly using an industry strength programming environment. The programming environment was augmented with logging capability that recorded every keystroke and event within the system, which provided a view on how the novices tackle their first lines of code. Our results show that while at first, the students struggle with syntax -- as is typical with learning a new language -- no evidence can be found that suggests that learning to use the programming environment is hard. In a two-week period, the students learned to use the basic features of the programming environment such as specific shortcuts. Although we observed students using copy-paste-programming relatively often, most of the pasted code is from their own previous work. Finally, when considering the compilation errors and error distributions, we hypothesize that the errors are a product of three factors; the exercises, the environment, and the data logging granularity.


Sensor for measuring the stroke of a valve needle (1) relative to a valve housing (4), said valve needle (1) and valve housing (4) in common a valve (3) form and together constitute a magnetic circuit, which the corresponding to the size of an adjacent stroke valve needle is open differently and means for measuring the inductance in the magnetic circuit, which on the valve needle (1) or at the inner boundary of the valve housing (4) are present.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether the presence of comorbid oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct disorder (CD) alters the correlates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

METHOD
Three groups of children (33 "pure" ADHD, 46 ADHD + ODD, and 12 ADHD + CD) were compared on measures of ADHD, aggression, anxiety, parental psychopathology, self-esteem, school, and social-emotional functioning.

RESULTS
Findings indicated that the presence of comorbid oppositional or conduct problems in children with ADHD altered the correlates of ADHD across a number of areas, including greater ADHD symptom severity and social dysfunction. Nevertheless, some correlates were more closely linked with the comorbid condition of ADHD + CD (e.g., higher aggression, anxiety, and maternal pathology, as well as decreased self-esteem), while others appeared more closely linked with ADHD + ODD (e.g., social withdrawal, elevated academic achievement paired with higher perceived scholastic competence).

CONCLUSIONS
Findings support the distinctive profiles of the disruptive behavior disorder groups and emphasize the deleterious effects on the quality of life experienced by the comorbid conditions. The need for syndrome-specific interventions is stressed.


The article deals with the active integration of cultural traditions, locale and styles of communicative behavior in different models of online-communication functioning in a multicultural agro-space. The authors focus on the situation of linguocultural business-communication influenced by information technology, as all members of society are involved in the international system of business Internet communications connecting people from different cultures, traditions and religious beliefs. Graduates of the Agrarian University considered by the authors have some difficulties in the international market of corporate communications due to insufficient knowledge of the main forms of intercultural interaction in agro-environment. In this regard, we propose to consider blog application as a major platform for closing the knowledge gap in this area. It gives agrarian university students the opportunity to organize their private academic space and enables them to familiarize with the main content of the Internet environment of corporate cross-cultural interaction and to master the skills of corporate intercultural competence through modern forms of interaction in the online environment, namely blog technologies that provide a platform for organizing the learning process. Linguocultural aspects research of corporate communication and basic forms of intercultural cooperation in the agro-environment enable the students to: 1) form a sufficient level of competence and competitiveness in the international labor market; 2) examine the main trends, patterns and forms of intercultural communication in the business environment; 3) acquaint students with the basic problems of linguocultural interactions in today's globalized world; and 4) determine the prospects of their further development; 5) define the role and place of linguocultural values and intercultural interactions in multinational agro-environment.


October 2015 Use Baseline Data for Present Levels of Performance When Developing IEP Goals Each IEP is required to include measurable annual goals designed to meet the child's needs that result from the child's disability to enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum. Measurable annual goals must be in alignment with the child's present level of performance.


The aim of the study was to evaluate the phytotoxic effects of four new forms of MCPA as a ionic liquids. Herbicidal ionic liquids with MCPA were synthesized at the Chemical Technology Institute of the Poznań University of Technology. As a standard two previously known formulations: potassium-sodium salt and 2-ethylhexyl ester were used. All herbicides were applied at doses of 800 g active substance per ha. The results showed slight injury symptoms. There wasn't influence on qualitative parameters. No residues of MCPA was found in winter wheat grain.


The noncentral configuration density under an elliptical model is derived; it generalizes and corrects the Gaussian configuration and some Pearson results. Then by using partition theory a number of explicit configuration densities are obtained; i.e. configuration densities associated with the matrix variate symmetric Kotz type distributions (it includes normal), the matrix variate Pearson type VII distributions (it includes t and Cauchy distributions), the matrix variate symmetric Bessel distribution (it includes Laplace distribution) and the matrix variate symmetric logistic distribution.


ABSTRACT Public concern for farm animal welfare is increasing in the UK, as is evidenced by recent legislation. Calls have been made to enhance awareness of food, farming, and farm animal welfare among school children, yet educators have very little research available to aid meaningful design of farm animal welfare education. Our research used an interdisciplinary approach to investigate Scottish children's welfare knowledge of and perspectives on farm animals. The study set out to explore: a) children's knowledge of the welfare needs of cows, lambs, and chickens, b) beliefs about farm animal sentience, the extent to which children empathized with farm animals, and d) the impact of first-hand experience on attitudes toward farm animals. Data were collected from six focus groups; there were interviews with children aged 6 to 11 years and these allowed both developmental and gender comparisons. While children were not indifferent to the welfare and treatment of farm animals, the study identified very large gaps in their knowledge of the welfare needs of farm animals. While children endorsed animal sentience and readily took the perspective of cows, chickens, and sheep, empathy was cognitive rather than affective. Most children had had little contact with farm animals and perceived of them in a more abstract way than they did pet animals. Our study highlights the potential of direct interaction with farm animals to enhance children's welfare concern and compassion for farm animals. Findings also identified an interest in discussing the ethical aspects of killing animals for human consumption among children aged 10 years and older.


Nowadays it is widely accepted that information and communication technologies can open up new lines of support and enrich later life. But what about robots? In 1985, the book A Robot in Every Home by Mike Higgins was published. It provided an overview of the available first-generation personal robots such as Topo, Hero 1, RB5X, Hubot, Hero Jr., Turtle Tot, FED, Dingbot, Verbot, and Omnibot. Although they were restricted in use, Higgins took up the issue of whether "robots can be companions" and forecasted that pet robots would in the future provide companionship – without the constraints of a living animal or a human being. Robots may be suitable for people with all kinds of restrictions and disabilities (e.g., dementia): They never get tired, they never complain, they are "patient," and they never take personal offense. In the meantime, these ideas have found their way into reality. For about 15 years, Paro, a cuddly therapeutic seal, has been tested in different pilot projects around the world and is now available internationally. Paro was designed for therapeutic purposes and is a good example of a social and emotional robot, defined as a technical system able to interact with human beings in such a way that these interactions can be regarded as "emotional." Its main purpose is to be a companion, of course, though not exclusively, for people with cognitive impairments. Personal and service robotics is advancing quickly, and a variety of prototypes have already been tested in real-life settings. The abilities of these robots are far beyond those of Paro. Both types of robot have in common that people tend to deal with them as if they are real living "subjects." On the other hand, these developments raise concerns and issues that need to be discussed from a scientific perspective. What empirical evidence is available that social and emotional robots do in fact enrich or facilitate daily life, as measured in terms of an outcome related to aging well, such as communication, social exchange, independence, or well-being? Is it ethical to use robots in the provision of care for the elderly? Do these devices really contribute to better care? Can they be regarded as providing a therapeutic intervention? Will they replace professional staff? What outcomes have been postulated, and how can the effects be measured? What will happen to caring processes and society if human interaction is replaced by human-robot interaction? These questions should be dealt with as soon as possible, particularly in view of today's international discussions: China, for example, expects every second household to be equipped with social robots in the very near future (see the discussion at the International Conference of Social Robotics ICSR 2012 in Chengdu, China; Chen, 2012). The debate is necessary in order to participate in and shape robotic developments and their fields of application – especially when these are vulnerable groups. The present issue of GeroPsych sheds some light on these topics by giving an overview of ongoing research and discussions on emotional and social robotics. The first contribution on evidence and deploymentbased research into care for the elderly using socially assistive robots by Thorsten Kolling and colleagues presents a review of evaluation studies on Paro as well as an insight into their shortcomings, and develops ideas to overcome these. The experiences gathered to date with Paro as a therapeutic robot in nursing care homes in Denmark, Germany, and the UK are highlighted in the contribution of Barbara Klein and colleagues. Unlike Paro, Care-O-Bot looks like a robot and has many more functions and capabilities. Patrizia Marti and Jelle Stienstra have studied the extent to which interaction with this robot companion helps elderly people to live independently in their homes in Italy. The difficulties of developing an adequate research design for robot interventions in care homes specialized in psychogeriatric care are reflected in the contribution of Roger Bemelmans and colleagues. Dealing with robots evokes many ethical concerns, which are systematically analyzed in the contribution by Catrin Misselhorn and colleagues. GeroPsych, 26 (2), 2013, 81–82


eHealth is the provision of healthcare with the inclusion of telecommunication techniques. This project looks at the construction of a simple device that will be capable of transferring the data of a patient's vital signs to a remote device wirelessly. The necessity of this project is to alleviate the difficulty that is encountered by medical experts in monitoring multiple patients simultaneously. This project will enable them to observe patients without having to be physically present at their bedside, be it in the hospital or in their home. A patient's body temperature, heart rate and electrocardiography (ECG) are transferred wirelessly through an agent such as Bluetooth technology.


The role of doctor in criminal justice system is vital. More so when the case is ambiguous, it acquires much more importance and as a forensic expert he will have to deliver the goods for administration of justice. The motto of us should be "Let hundred culprits go scot-free, but one innocent should not be punished".


This paper presents the design of a Microgrid test bed platform. The aim of this test bed is to provide a real-time verification and simulation tool for islanded Microgrids. The main characteristics are high architectural flexibility, high reconfigurability of the simulated Microgrid, and low number of inverters required to simulate an islanded Microgrid in hardware. The test bed is composed of a number of unified inverter modules (simulation modules), each simulating one grid participant. Each simulation module consists of a three-phase voltage source inverter, a local controller and a real-time emulation of several generation plants. This approach allows a wide range of studies in Microgrid control and inverter control for Distributed Generation. This paper describes the test bed platform and demonstrates an implementation with four grid participants.


Background The degree to which an individual experiences a positive emotional state after exercise is a measurement of how much enjoyment sports bring to the individual. This can also be seen as the individual's essential motivation for engaging in sports, and an indirect means of improving the individual's physical health. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the factors that affect college students' subjective exercise experience and their effecting mechanism, thereby providing a basis for promoting college students' positive emotional experience after exercise. Methods A questionnaire survey on 600 college students was conducted to examine the mediating effect of sport-confidence on the relationship between college students' sport motivation and their subjective exercise experience, and to investigate whether this process is moderated by the feelings of inadequacy. Results The indirect effect of sport-confidence was significant (95% CI [0.133, 0.276]), and the index of moderated mediation Bootstrap 95% CI [0.003, 0.017] did not contain 0. Conclusion The results indicated that: (1) sport-confidence had a partial mediating effect between college students' sport motivation and their subjective exercise experience; (2) the mediating effect of sport-confidence was moderated by the feelings of inadequacy, and the feelings of inadequacy moderated the latter half path of the mediating process of sport motivation - sport-confidence - subjective exercise experience. Therefore, the influence of college students' sport motivation on their subjective exercise experience is a moderated mediating model.


The concentration of trigonelline in dry seeds of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) was 29±3 μmol/g fresh weight. Trigonelline occurred in cotyledons and embryonic axes of the seedlings, but it was found mainly in the above-ground parts of the young fenugreek plants. 15NH4+-feeding experiments suggest that the de novo biosynthesis of trigonelline from NH4+ occurs mainly in roots. Trigonelline, which is formed in roots using inorganic nitrogen, is transported to the stems and accumulates in leaves.


The increasingly frequent use of computer simulations for the calculations concerning the water supply systems requires accounting for the demand patterns. Determining the coefficients of daily and hourly non-uniformity is indispensable for the correct designing or modernization of pipes in the water supply network. The first goal of article was to obtain the non-uniformity index for the preparation of hydraulic models in rural water systems called "N" system and "CWK" system. In this article, the authors present the results of the water consumption analysis in two rural water supply systems. The article presents the water consumption non-uniformity factors calculated over the course of a year, a month and a day. The article also included the calculated water demand curves over the course of a day, showing the variability of water demand with characteristic morning and evening water consumption peaks and changes of the consumption curve in the prospective development of the water supply network, where industrial consumers would become the main water consumers. The research material consisted of the water consumption measurements in two rural water supply networks situated in northeastern Poland, taken over the years 2010–2017. The article also shows the water demand curves in the studied rural water supply networks for every day of the week. The values of minimum and maximum hourly non-uniformity coefficients were compared to the mean value of these coefficients. The changes in the values of minimum and maximum hourly coefficients with respect to the mean value for the given hour may differ from -89% to +85% for hours of minimum demand. The changes in the values of minimum and maximum hourly coefficients with respect to the mean value for the given hour may differ from -16% to +30% for hours of maximum demand.


A digital asynchronous waveform generator is presented and analysed for FMCW chirp generation. A novel delay line based sequencer is proposed, where the maximum output frequency scales with the gate delay of the process. At 2.9 GHz, OdBm is measured over a 50 Ω load, drawing 8 mA from a single 1.2 V supply. System simulation show the flexible generator can be programmed for either large bandwidth (resolution) or improved dynamic range. With a sweep to 2.9 GHz a free space resolution of 10 cm is feasible.


The difference between the effective. Hamiltonians in two methods, the Dirac and Schroedinger equation method is analyzed. It is shown that the difference between quantum potentials is coming from the existence or vanishing of the uncertainty principle in the direction normal to a subspace embedded in a Euclidean space


We present an effective field theory method to determine secondary massive quark effects in jet production taking the thrust distribution for ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ collisions in the dijet limit as a concrete example. The method is based on the field theoretic treatment of collinear and soft mass modes which have to be separated coherently from the collinear and ultrasoft modes related to massless quarks and gluons. For thrust the structure of the conceptual setup is closely related to the production of massive gauge bosons and involves four different effective field theories to describe all possible kinematic situations. The effective field theories merge into one another continuously and thus allow for a continuous description from infinitely heavy to arbitrarily small masses keeping the exact mass dependence of the most singular terms treated through factorization. The mass mode field theory method we present here is in the spirit of the variable fermion number scheme originally proposed by Aivazis, Collins, Olness and Tung and can also be applied in hadron collisions.


Most of existing power grids are designed neither by latest technologies nor to comply with quickly climate changes, the new intelligent power grids are urgently needed and will soon be applied to the power markets. In the smart grid, the large-scale renewable energy contribution tends to expand vastly. This paper is focusing on the wind energy. Wind's inherent intermittency and unpredictability make its increased penetration into the power system grids an area requiring significant analysis and research. Notwithstanding, because of the changeable nature of the wind energy, this may lead to a high oscillation on the power system frequency. From another aspect, A lot of scientific research is searching for smart solutions and tools to support and enhance the integration of the renewable energy resources into the electrical grids without additional costs for the power system, so the world scientific research is directed to exploit the plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which are considered as the sustainable and environmental friendly transportation system in the next period around the world. PHEVs are considered as the scattered batteries, which will enhance the integrating of the renewable energy resources into the electrical power system. In this paper, the performance of two-area interconnected power system with high wind energy penetration is analyzed in the presence of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles when using Ziegler and Nicholas method (Nguyen & Mitra, 2018).


The present invention relates to a method of accurately detecting by using an ultrasonic pointing point of the remote control is pointed on the television. In particular, the present invention is the remote control from inside the calculation a geometric location on the plurality of installed transmission and reception path of the ultrasonic signals between the television and remote from the sensing time difference of the ultrasonic signal between these remote control and the three-dimensional pointer is again remote position sensor combining the geometric location and the direction obtained by the direction of the samples to provide a technique that the remote control is accurately calculate the pointing point represents; According to the invention, not the point at which the user is pointing using the remote control for the television only can do exactly calculated by using the ultrasonic wave, it is possible to accurately analyze the geometric relationship of the 3-dimensional between the TV screen and the remote control number of applications ( for example, has the advantage of 3D games, it can be applied to three-dimensional virtual reality).


This article posits that Alfred Thayer Mahan supplies the "logic" of Chinese maritime strategy, urging Beijing to amass commercial and naval fleets, international commerce, and forward naval stations—the trappings of sea power. Mao Zedong provides the "grammar" by which the People's Liberation Army will prosecute naval operations offshore. The article ranks Wayne Hughes's three generic models of fleet tactics according to Chinese strategic preferences, concluding that Chinese commanders incline to dispersed attack, sequential attack, and massed attack, in that order. By acquainting themselves with Chinese preferences, U.S. naval commanders can glimpse how this prospective naval adversary will wage war.


The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of the ground state of trivalent ytterbium have been observed in eight single crystals with scheelite structure at 4.2\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K and $X$ band frequencies. The crystals used were CdMo${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, CaW${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, CaMo${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, SrW${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, SrMo${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, PbW${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, PbMo${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, and BaW${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$. The tetragonal spectra for ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{171}$, ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{173}$, and the even isotopes of ytterbium were best fitted with an axial spin Hamiltonian. The $g$ factors were found to have a linear dependence on the crystal $c$-axis lattice constant. All ground-state wave functions were found to be ${\ensuremath{\Gamma}}_{5,6}$. The values of $〈{\mathcal{r}}^{\ensuremath{-}3}〉$ were calculated for ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{3+}$ in each of the crystals, and all were found to have the value $〈{\mathcal{r}}^{\ensuremath{-}3}〉=12.5$ a.u. Inclusion of an orbital reduction factor correction changes this value to $〈{\mathcal{r}}^{\ensuremath{-}3}〉=12.8$ a.u.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current state of knowledge management, to study the distribution of key success factors on knowledge management, and to study the relationship between current states of knowledge management and the distribution of key success factors on knowledge management at Mean Chey University. The research is designed around five-point Lickert scale questionnaire based on a conceptual framework constructed from literature review, and administered to random sample of 89 teaching and office staffs at Mean Chey University so as to be able to analyze the study. The study findings provide evidence relating to current state of knowledge management, the key success factors contributing to knowledge management, and its relationship between the former and latter at Mean Chey University.


An optimized design results of a launcher for 94GHz $\mathbf{TE}_{\pmb{62}}$ mode gyrotron quasi-optical mode converter are given in this paper. The launcher is designed by coupling mode theory and has two stages of perturbations. Under the condition that the original perturbation length remains unchanged, the perturbation amplitude is optimized and the variation of the perturbation amplitude along the axis is obtained. The simulation results show that the beam launched by the optimized launcher has no side lobe at the position of mirror 1 compared with that before optimization.


A s a result of the importance of increasing the yield of milk from all available cattle during the late war there was a considerable amount of research on the physiology of lactation. With all the accumulation of facts, however, our knowledge of this common function is still far from complete. This report was stimulated by the inability to explain the persistence of abnormal lactation in the cases presented on the basis of current theories. Historical. There is no dearth of literature on the subject of abnormal lactation. From the earliest times (Hippocrates, Avicenna) lactation was known to occur in virgins, but it is nevertheless a rare event (Briehl and Kulka, 1935). I n relatively recent years several cases have been described in young girls. Noel (1901) reported the case of an unmarried girl who had never had coitus. She nursed a 6-month-old baby and suckled it with consequent secretion of milk. Baudelocque, quoted by Knott (1907), described the youngest case, a girl aged 8 years, who it was claimed suckled her baby brother for 4 weeks. Similar virgin lactation has been reported by Bentolilla (1927) and by del Castillo and Lanari (1933). Numerous reports have appeared of lactation in unmarried or non-pregnant women. In some of these suckling seems to have been responsible. Three unmarried nursemaids who had never been pregnant, after repeated suckling of their mistresses babies, secreted milk which stopped when this practice ceased (Knott, 1907). Margaret Mead (1935) in a study of a primitive tribe in New Guinea states that " women who have never borne children are able, in a few weeks, by placing the child constantly at the breast and by drinking plenty of coconut milk, to produce enough or nearly enough milk to rear the child, which is suckled by other women for the first few weeks after adoption." A negress, aged 18 years, who cared for a baby, put it to the breast regularly and then began to lactate (Richer, quoted by Briehl and Kulka, 1935). An African native woman, reported by Jag0 (1927), was barren but greatly desired a child: after some while, in desperation, she stole a newborn baby from a native village, suckling it regularly with satisfactory production of milk. In another group the mind may be concerned. Reeb (1937) cited a girl of 19 years with normal menses, who suddenly became irregular and started to produce milk from both breasts. She was unmarried but had intercourse with her lover. Reeb maintained that she suffered such psychic trauma from fear of pregnancy that lactation was initiated through the higher centres. No abnormalities were found


We have measured the adiabatic ionization potential of the aluminum dimer, AIP(Al2)=5.989±0.002 eV (±2σ uncertainty), using threshold photoelectron spectroscopy with resonant two photon ionization (ω1 fixed and ω2 scanned). We obtain the Al+2 , X 2Σ+g vibrational constants ωe =178±8 cm−1 and ωexe =2±2 cm−1 (±2σ uncertainty), the first spectroscopic data for a cationic Al cluster. These results are in excellent agreement with ab initio calculations.


Completed in May 2006 by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Environmental Impact of Products (EIPRO) study was conducted from a life cycle perspective. The EIPRO study indentified food and drink, transport and private housing as the highest areas of impact. Together they account for 70–80 % of the environmental impact of consumption. Of the remaining areas, clothing dominated across all impact categories with a contribution of 2–10 %. A study on the Environmental Improvement of Products (IMPRO) for textiles was developed in order to identify technically and socio-economically feasible means of improving the environmental performance of textile products. The objectives of the study were to: identify the market share and consumption of textile products in the EU-27; estimate and compare the potential environmental impacts of textile products consumed in the EU-27, taking into account the entire value chain (life cycle) of these products; identify the main environmental improvement options and estimate their potential; assess the socioeconomic impacts of the identified options. The analysis of the possible improvement options suggest that a significant reduction of impacts can potentially be achieved by targeting consumers. In particular, some of these options would require small behavioural changes. Examples for such changes are: reducing washing temperature, washing at full load, avoiding tumble-drying whenever possible, purchasing eco-friendly fibres, and donating clothes being not used anymore. To achieve such changes it is necessary for consumers to be aware of these issues, and it is imperative that infrastructural requirements can be met. Raising awareness and dissemination therefore become important drivers of change. Promotion of ecolabels, and examples of best practice cases, could therefore be used as tools for the overall improvement of environmental performance. Concerning improvement options related to supply factors, it is more challenging to the accurate assessment and comparison of the improvement potential of single actions is more challenging due to a lack of experience with emerging techniques. Nevertheless, the analysis suggests that significant improvements could be achieved by appropriately encouraging practices which can produce less environment impacts, such as the recycling of effluent water. Environmental policy intervention should aim at either the supply or demand factors considering the overlap between the two areas. At the European level, the initiatives launched so far have mostly focused on the production phase. One can for instance mention the directives and voluntary schemes promoting cleaner production such as the REACH legislation or the EMAS voluntary instrument that As the Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre's mission is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle. Working in close cooperation with policy Directorates-General, the JRC addresses key societal challenges while stimulating innovation through developing new standards, methods and tools, and sharing and transferring its know-how to the Member States and international community. Key policy areas include: environment and climate change; energy and transport; agriculture and food security; health and consumer protection; information society and digital agenda; safety and security including nuclear; all supported through a cross-cutting and multi-disciplinary approach. LF-N A-2316-EN -N ISBN 978-92-79-34554-8 (pdf)


Abstract The Mekong River, one of the largest rivers in the world, is among the few rivers that exist in a nearly natural state, without interference from human influences. The floods of the river are among the major sources of well being for the population, and the annual recurrence of the Monsoon floods is a benefit for the country. However, in some years the benefits are reversed: the floods of the river overflow the banks and inundate vast portions of the land for many weeks. Consequently, it is necessary to adjust human activities to the rhythm of the river. The best people can do is to try to anticipate the flood and to be prepared to live with the floods, both when the floods are beneficial and when they are detrimental. This requires forecasting the flood levels sufficiently ahead of time. However, a mere forecast is not sufficient; an efficient flood management system requires augmenting the forecasting activity with actions. The sum of the preparations for a forecast to make it most beneficial to the people is embodied in an efficient early warning system. A novel approach for obtaining such a system consists of direct interactions of international scientists and regional experts—as has been practiced in an experimental international expert meeting for the Mekong River.


The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics turns out to be necessary result of hard exploration under the leadership of the communist party.The practice shows only socialism can save China and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China.The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics will surely lead China to prosperity and powerfulness.


THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET is recognized today as the world's only ballet company with a continuous living tradition of style, technique, and repertoire dating from the early nineteenth century. This tradition can be traced back to 1829 when August Bournonville returned from Paris to his native Copenhagen and became ballet master at the Royal Theatre there. As a teacher, he imparted to the company the French classical style and technique he had studied with Auguste Vestris, but his choreography reflected a more Danish sensibility. Whereas most French romantic ballet stressed erotic, exotic, or demonic elements, Bournonville emphasized the bourgeois aspects of Danish romanticism: warmth, charm, domestic harmonyart to elevate the mind and refresh the senses. Bournonville ballets still have this uniquely Danish flavor, and a major reason for their survival through several crises in the last century has surely been the Danish public's identification with the tradition and pride in it. But while it has preserved its nineteenth-century heritage into the twentieth century, the Royal Danish Ballet has grown into a company of international stature, with a repertoire of works by foreign as well as Danish choreographers and the versatility to perform them. One of the most persistent and clearly traceable factors in the transformation of the ballet from Denmark's "home team" into the international company that it is today has been the influence, both technical and aesthetic, of the Russian ballet. Recently there has been much discussion about the effect of the


The visual acuity of 30 male and female drivers aged 20-25, 40-45, and 60-65 years was examined under conditions of "high" background luminance, "low" background luminance, and "high" background luminance with added glare. Results illustrate the characteristic decline in visual ability associated with increasing age and decreasing background luminance, and in addition show that strong correlations exist between scores achieved in the various background and glare conditions. Based on the data collected, it is estimated that the proportion of drivers who would fail a 20/40 visual acuity test at a "low" but representative background luminance ranges from less than 10% of the 20-25 year age group to more than 90% of the 60-65 year age group. It is recommended that a testing procedure be made available which would permit drivers to learn the extent of their potential nighttime seeing deficits, especially in the case of professional drivers who may be required to operate at night.


The article presents a historical overview of the implementation of the aesthetic component of the school environment in schools of various types in pre-revolutionary St.Petersburg


In markets with transaction costs, consistent price systems play the same role as martingale measures in frictionless markets. We prove that if a continuous price process has conditional full support, then it admits consistent price systems for arbitrarily small transaction costs. This result applies to a large class of Markovian and non-Markovian models, including geometric fractional Brownian motion. Using the constructed price systems, we show, under very general assumptions, the following ``face-lifting'' result: the asymptotic superreplication price of a European contingent claim $g(S_T)$ equals $\hat{g}(S_0)$, where $\hat{g}$ is the concave envelope of $g$ and $S_t$ is the price of the asset at time $t$. This theorem generalizes similar results obtained for diffusion processes to processes with conditional full support.


This paper surveys 'representations' of Māori in connection with museums and international exhibitions from 1873-1925, in particular through works of art by painters such as Lindauer and taonga (treasures) made by Māori people themselves. It questions the postmodern analysis of objects and public display in terms of representation, along with the politics of identity that go with it, arguing instead that using a framework of visual culture, actor-network theory and indigenous agency illuminates these objects in a different, and altogether more complex way. In particular it draws on historical Māori accounts of their critical but enthusiastic engagement with western cultures of collection and display, and explores how this evidence might underpin new methods of analysis both in the study of colonial art and its histories and contemporary museum practice.


The Distracted Globe is a project in the writing of poetry. It is an example of research conducted through creative practice and comprises a collection of original poetry, The Silent Book, and an accompanying reflective commentary. Thematically, the poems deal with adolescence, education, the English Language, mental health, death and loss, gender representation, sexuality and polarisation. Significant subject matter includes: the English Language, English Literature, places, in particular Blackpool, London and Nottingham, madness, with specific reference to Bipolar Affective Disorder. The poetry explores the recreation and transformation of literary texts and the manipulation of fairy tale conventions. The poems are a mixture of free verse and traditional forms.


In this brief, a high-voltage low-power voltage and current reference for power management is implemented in 0.18μm 80V BCD technology. The circuit can withstand 8 to 80V input voltage and regulate 5V voltage for other blocks, with the capability of current bias, over-current protection (OCP) and over-temperature protection (OTP). The temperature coefficient (TC) of 5.338ppm/°C is achieved over a wide temperature range of −40°C~130°C in bandgap reference. The output voltage varies by 9.4mV over an input voltage range of 8V to 80V, and the power supply ripple rejection (PSRR) at 10 Hz, 1 KHz and 1 MHz is around −81dB, −73dB and −99dB, respectively. Furthermore, current consumption is only 6.01μA to 15.78μA at an input voltage of 8V to 80V at room temperature.


This paper expounds the necessity of the humane education strengthened in medical colleges and universities according to the particularity of medical science,especially the characteristics that the essential attribute of medical sciences is the humane one,and in the light of actual conditions in medical colleges and universities,sets forth the countermeasures to enhance the humane education,heightening students' humane spirit and cultural quality,training more outstanding medical persons of ability and political integrity for the public heath work in our country.

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Medical colleges and universities; Humane education; Countermeasure


In explaining the process of selecting industrial locations in his Industrial Location Theory,Weber systematically analyses rational industrial arrangement and proposes to select the location where the freight charge is the lowest when the source of raw materials,energy base and consumer market are fixed.The location where minimum expenses surpass various clinical isodapanes holds a maximum attraction for enterprises.Agglomeration is in essence an allocation of productivity with industrial enterprises collectively distributed in the space that enables enterprises to gain the cost-saving economic effect.Because of the existence of lots of differences,different enterprises demonstrate fixed directivity in selecting locations for arrangement.


This paper deals with fossil plants collected by a geological party from the Mienhsien Seriesin Huicheng Hsien, S. Kansu in 1958. The region concerned is located on the northern slopeof the Tsingling Range (Approximately 33°50°N. lat. and 105°50°E. long). The thicknessof the formation varies considerably in different regions. In the type-locality (Mienhsien, SWShensi), the whole series may attain approximately 1,000 m in thickness. In Huicheng Hsienwhere the plant fossils described here have been found, the observed thickness of this formationis estimated about 200 m. Only a few Jurassic plants from. Mienhsien Series of SW Shensi havebeen described by Prof. H. C. Sze in 1933. They contain the following species: Equisetites sp. Cladophlebis (Todites) williamsoni (Brongn.) Cladophlebis sp. Podozamites lanceolatus (L. et H.) Pityophyllum nordenskioldii (Heer) Elatocladus sp. According to Prof. Sze, the age of the formation belongs to the Liassic. The flora described in this paper consists of the following species: Neocalami es ?? sp. Coniopteris perpolita Aksarin C. sp. (cf. C. purcherrima Brick) Cladophlebis argutula (Heer) Fontaine Cladophlebis cf. denticulata Brongn. Cladophlebis (Eboracia?) lobifolia (Phillips) Seward Cladophlebls sp. Baiera gracilis (Bean) Bunbury Phoenicopsis aff. angustifolia Heer Poaozamit s lanc olatus (L. et H.) Braun. Pityophyllum cf. lindstroemi Nathorst Carpolithus spp. The number of species is too small to furnish any convincing evidence as to the precisehorizon in the Jurassic system to which the Huicheng Hsien flora should be referred, but theflora as a whole agrees with that in richer collections from Middle Jurassic strata. The dis-covery of Coniopteris perpolita Aksarin in the present locality is of interest, since this species ishitherto only known in Eastern Siberia. Both sterile and fertile specimens of this species have re-cently been found by Aksarin (1955) from the Ust-Balei Series in E. Siberia. The Ust-BaleiSeries which yeilds several forms of Raphaelia and a number of other important Yorkshire species,has been considered by some Soviet geologists to be Middle Jurassic in age. The presence ofCl. lobifolia, Cl. argutula, Baiera gracilis etc. in our collection does not aeem to be in contradictionwith this view. The composition of the Huicheng Hsien flora points clearly to a Jurassic age,it belongs most probahly. to Middle Jurassic rather than to Lower Jurassic.


Background Thyroid lesions are one of the common conditions encountered in clinical practice. In India especially Uttrakhand region Iodine deficiency is a major public health problem so many of the patients presents with solitary or diffuse goitre. FNAC is found to be the most effective tool for the evaluation of these lesion and helps to differentiate infective, inflammatory benign lesions to neoplastic and malignant lesions. Aim& Objectives The aim of the present study was to determine the epidemiological profile of various thyroid lesions Using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at our institute. Material And Method A retrospective study was conducted in Government Doon Medical college ,Dehradun for the duration of June 2012 to June 2015.Total 251 cases were evaluated. Result The most common age group of presentation was 40-50 years with M:F -1:12.8 Out of total 251 cases of thyroid, FNAC revealed 222cases (86.8%) as benign which comprises of 8(3.18%) Unsatisfactory lesion. colloid goitre181 cases (72.1%) and lymphocytic thyroiditis 38 case (15.1%),3 case (1.1%) each as follicular lesion of indeterminate significance,9 cases (3.58%) were reported as follicular neoplasm , 2 (0.79%) as suspicious for malignancy, and 7 cases (2.78%) as malignant. Conclusion Benign thyroid swellings are the most common presentation for which FNAC is a single most effective sensitive tool for diagnosis of these lesions and highly effective in determining the nature of disease.


For every n divisible by 4, we construct a square matrix H of size n, with coeecients 1, such that H H t nI mod 32. This solves the 32-modular version of the classical Hadamard conjecture. We also determine the set of lengths of 16-modular Golay sequences. 0. Introduction Hadamard matrices can be constructed from various binary sequences, either from Golay complementary sequences, or Williamson quadruples or even from simple quadruples of binary sequences with vanishing correlations. These constructions (which will be recalled below as we need them) may of course be interpreted modulo some integer m > 1 and produce modular Hadamard matrices. Given a modulus m > 1, an m-modular Hadamard matrix of size n is an n n square matrix H with entries 1, such that the dot product of any two distinct rows is congruent to 0 modulo m, i.e. such that H H t nI mod m. (We let I denote the identity matrix of the appropriate size and X t is the transpose of the matrix X.) Modular Hadamard matrices have been introduced in 1972 by O. Marrero and A.T. Butson ((MB1], MB2]). It is not diicult to see that if the modulus m is divisible by 4, then the size n 3 of an m-modular Hadamard matrix must be divisible by 4, as is the case for ordinary Hadamard matrices. It is therefore natural to consider the m-modular version of the celebrated Hadamard conjecture, namely the question: Given m, does there exist an m-modular Hadamard matrix of size 1 n for every n 0 mod 4 ? In their papers, O. Marrero and A.T. Butson considered mostly cases where m is odd or m 2 mod 4. One of their results states that 6-modular Hadamard matrices exist for every even size. In this paper, we investigate moduli m of the form m = 2 e , and the special case m = 48. Our main result is perhaps that Hadamard matrices mod 32 can be obtained in any size n divisible by 4. In order to get this result we had to appeal to all 3 kinds of binary sequences: Golay pairs, Williamson quadruples, and complementary quadruples, which we propose to name Golay quadruples, and which yield Hadamard matrices by the remarkable construction of Goethals and Seidel GS]. Modular Golay pairs modulo 16 already appeared in EKS]. As stated in Proposition (7.9) of …


We study the effect of transition-metal intercalation of graphene on the formation of a two-dimensional topological insulator with experimentally measurable edge states. Our first-principles calculations reveal that the spin-orbit-coupling (SOC) gap in Re-intercalated graphene on SiC(0001) substrate can be as large as 100 meV. This value is five orders of magnitude larger than that of pristine graphene. A similar effect should also exist in Mn- or Tc-intercalated graphene. A tight-binding model Hamiltonian analysis establishes the role of orbital coupling between graphene $p$ states and transition-metal $d$ states on the formation of the SOC gap. Remarkably, the gap can be larger than atomic SOC, as is the case for Mn. This finding opens the possibility of designing topological insulators comprised of only relatively light elements. Our study also reveals that the presence of the substrate should induce a splitting between the $K$ and ${K}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ valleys with the potential to integrate spintronics with valleytronics.


Ameloblastoma is a benign odontogenic tumor of epithelial origin, it represents 1% of all tumors and cysts of the jaws. It is located in the mandible in 80% of cases and in the maxilla in 20% of cases. The WHO, in its classification of odontogenic tumors in 2017 divides ameloblastoma into 3 groups: unicystic ameloblastoma, peripheral ameloblastoma and conventional (or multicystic) ameloblastoma. The histological types of the latter include: the follicular and the plexiform. The surgical management of these tumors represents a real challenge for the surgeon, who wants to be as conservative as possible. The treatment of ameloblastoma is surgical, enucleation, curettage or interruptive resection are applicable depending on the size and the type of lesion. The objective of this article is to report the diagnostic and therapeutic attitude towards a mandibular plexiform ameloblastoma in a young 29-years-old patient treated in the oral surgery department of the dental consultation and treatment center of Casablanca


The recovery of industrial waste heat has drawn a lot of attentions, and integrating it into district heating and cooling (DHC) systems is a very attractive option for low-grade waste heat recovery. Most of the related studies used Pinch Technology to design the waste heat recovery networks for heating or refrigeration. However, district heating and cooling is a multi-period problem, and few of studies can provide specific operation plans in each different periods. In this study, a multi-period mathematical model has been established for the waste heat recovery, in which hot water is the intermediate fluid, and waste heat can be utilized in the entire year by integrating with DHC systems. The minimisation of total annual cost (TAC) of the system is regarded as the object function in the model. Operation parameters in each period including the mass flow rate and the temperature of hot water can be obtained by mathematical programming method. A case study has been conducted, and the optimal integration schemes were obtained by solving the mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model. The results show the significant potential economic benefits of the integration.


The spin configuration of the ground state of a two-dimensional electron system is investigated for different fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) states from an analysis of circular polarization of time-resolved luminescence. The method clearly distinguishes between fully spin-polarized, partially spin-polarized, and spin-unpolarized FQHE ground states. We demonstrate that FQHE states which are spin unpolarized or partially polarized at low magnetic fields become fully spin polarized at high fields. Temperature dependence of the spin polarization reveals a nonmonotonic behavior at {nu}=(2)/(3). At B{gt}4 T and {nu}{le}1 the electron system is found to be fully spin polarized. This result does not indicate the existence of any Skyrmionic excitations in the high-magnetic-field limit. However, at B{lt}2 T the observed spin depolarization of the electron system at {nu}=(2)/(3) and (4)/(3) becomes broader for lower magnetic fields, so that full spin polarization remains only in a small vicinity around {nu}=1. Such a behavior could be considered as a precursor of Skyrmionic depolarization, which would dominate for smaller ratios between Zeeman and Coulomb energies. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}


Experiments and methods used to determine power coupling of test fuel to the TREAT reactor during six recent metal-fueled sodium loop tests (M2-M7) are described. Previously reported calibration work on a three-pin test configuration with uranium-fissium fuel is updated (M2CAL). Additional results on a two-pin test configuration with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) reference fuel (uranium-zirconium and uranium-plutonium-zirconium) are reported (M7CAL). The peak axial low-level, steady-state (LLSS) fresh fuel pin power coupling factors for the IFR fuel compositions were determined from radiochemical analysis of fuel segments. A large data base of uranium-zirconium neutron flux monitor wire measurements were compiled to extend the fuel measurements to high-power transient conditions by comparing the measured power couplings from high and low-power wire irradiations. Power coupling results were obtained in both a full-slotted and a half-slotted TREAT core configuration. Relative power coupling measurements are compared to calculations for the three different types of fuel; U/Fs, U/Zr and U/Pu/Zr. Estimates of power coupling including corrections accounting for the effect on the power coupling of isotopic depletion and fuel swelling as the fuel undergoes burnup are presented for planning and analysis of tests M5, M6 and M7.


Two (Al_2O_3+TiB_2+Al_3Ti)/Al composites were made from Al-B_2O_3-TiO_2 and Al-B-TiO_2 raw powders by hot pressing. The microstructure of the two composites was analyzed by OM, SEM and TEM. The results show that coarse Al_3Ti blocks with size of several tens of micrometers are formed during hot pressing, and the fine equiaxed Al_2O_3 and hexagon TiB_2 particulates are formed simultaneously. On the other hand, there are fine Al_3Ti precipitates in the composite fabricated from Al, B and TiO_2 powders. After extrusion, the coarse Al_3Ti blocks are broken into small pieces. Al_2O_3 particles are formed on the surface of TiO_2 or B_2O_3 powder, TiB_2 particles are formed on B or B_2O_3 powders, and they are fine and dispersively distributed. The formation of coarse Al_3Ti block is resulted from long-distance diffusion of Ti in liquid Al.


The fiber systems of the globus pallidus and the nucleus entopenduncularis were studied in normal brains of the cat and of the brown bear, stained by the Häggqvist method.


The translation of fiction and folklore works has its own specific character. It covers poetry and prose, lyrics and drama. Modern translators use the advice and creative heritage of their predecessors, in particular Maksym Rylskyi, who has combined scientific and folkloristic activities with translation from Slavic and non-Slavic languages, made a number of valuable comments on the issues of translation, its adequacy, transmission of the national identity of works, etc. Attention of the other translators and researchers has been also drawn to the issue of the translation of folklore works into Hungarian and Ukrainian. É. Grigássy, Zs. Rab, I. Petrovtsii and others are among them. They testify that besides the language competence, this work requires certain extralinguistic knowledge of ethnology, history, local studies, etc. They talk about two main dangers in such translations: on the one hand, it is the leveling of the national flavor of the work, its transformation into one's own work; on the other hand, the text should not sound foreign, but should be natural and easy to read. The translation of various genres and types of folklore has its own specificity. Thus, significant difficulties arise when translating the Slavic heroic epos into Hungarian, the volumetric form of dumy and byliny, their epicness, dynamism, etc. Reproduction of the flavor of folk songs is demonstrated in the article exemplified by the translations of Hungarian calendar and love songs into Ukrainian. Then the authoress presents a number of samples of her own translations from the bilingual collection Hungarian Folk Fairy Tales of Uncommon Beauty, commenting the transmission of realia, proper names, phraseological units, language formulas – initial, medial and final. Despite certain doubts about the ability to translate folklore works into very different (not close) languages successfully, it can be said with certainty that it is possible, but this process requires, in addition to deep linguistic and discourse knowledge, extralinguistic, as well as poetic skill and talent of the translator.


The object of the invention is a method of producing a panel for acoustic treatment, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: - assembling the two plates at least one is deformed so as to move the plate localized way to form between the two plates of the cavities of a cellular structure, said cavities being defined by facets (48) and walls formed by at least one of the deformed plates, - providing at least one orifice (62) on the facets (48) of the two plates, and - to press an acoustically resistive layer (64) against the face of the honeycomb structure having holes (62).


The author reviewed the traditional measurement technology in self-regulated learning with its strengths and weaknesses.And then the author reviewed the current new measurement technologies of SRL in western countries.The purpose was to track the most recent development in the field and foster the technology innovation in China.


The bilingual teaching of International Payment becomes one of the important tasks of Chinese education innovation because of the gradually great needs to the high-quality talents for international affairs. This essay discusses the necessity of bilingual teaching of International Payment and offers the suggestions on the teaching target, practical teaching mode and teaching methods.