While evaluation of specialized tools can be restricted to the task they were designed to perform, evaluation of more general abilities and adaptation requires testing across a large range of tasks. To be helpful in the development of general AI systems, tests should not just evaluate performance at a certain point in time, but also facilitate the measurement of knowledge acquisition, cognitive growth, lifelong learning, and transfer learning. No framework as of yet offers easy modular composition and scaling of task-environments for this purpose, where a wide range of tasks with variations can quickly be constructed, administered, and compared. In this paper we present a new framework in development that allows modular construction of physical task-environments for evaluating intelligent control systems. Our prototask theory on which the framework is built aims for a deeper understanding of tasks in general, with a future goal of providing a theoretical foundation for all resource-bounded real-world tasks. The tasks discussed here that can currently be constructed in the framework are rooted in physics, allowing us to analyze the performance of control systems in terms of expended time and energy.


The invention provides a display panel and a forming method thereof and a display system. The display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the second substrate is opposite to the first substrate, the first alignment layer is arranged on the first substrate, the second alignment layer is arranged on the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The friction alignment is adopted by the first alignment layer and the first alignment layer is arranged between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and optical alignment is adopted by the second alignment layer and the second alignment layer is arranged between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer.


A novel dual frequency and dual circular polarization multilayer microstrip antenna for satellite communication is presented.The proposed antenna can realize right circularly polarized radiation and left circularly polarized radiation simultaneously at 420±1.5MHz and 450MHz±1.5MH by using the Lange-coupler as an orthogonal feeding network.And,the duplex communication is achieved for the single antenna.The patch coupled feeding and additional lumped filtering network improve isolation effectively.In addition,the antenna is constructed with high permittivity dielectric substrate,which can help to reduce the antenna size.The Lange-coupler size is miniaturized(about 74.6%) with the meander-line structure.A good agreement is achieved between the simulation and the experiment results.In the operating frequency band,the isolation is more than 40dB,VSWR is less than 2.0 and the radiation gain of the proposed antenna is larger than 3dBc.The measured results show that both of the 3 dB axial ratio and the 0 dB gain width reach up to 80 degrees.


The results of repetitive and prolonged trauma are reflected in most musculoskeletal injuries, which are pathologies that can be articular, due to the maintenance of forced postures or the excessive use of the affected joint. These injuries, regardless of the classification, affect the intervertebral ligaments or discs, tendons, bones and muscles. The present research was carried out on masapan craftsmen in Calderón parish, Ecuador, which is characterized by manufacturing decorative figures that have survived over time. The efforts in the joints as a result of repetitive actions in the production process were analyzed. The results associated four risks: Lifting excessive weights very frequently; operate the masapan sheeter manually until the dough takes the necessary consistency to develop the crafts; maintain forced or fixed postures for hours; and perform the same movement pattern every few seconds for hours at a time. With the application of BIOMEC Software it was identified which are the areas of the body that are overloaded, which will allow taking corrective actions to avoid associated injuries.


Marketing Mix (4P) composed of Product, Price, Promotion and Place is a set of tools that should be coherently designated to achieve a company's goals. In order to create brand equity and customer loyalty, any manufacturing or service company should manage and shape product, place, and price and promotion strategies. To create competitive advantage, the relationships between the components of Marketing Mix should be analyzed in detail. The main objectives of this research to find out whether the factor of marketing mix will be influence or not to consumer decision making. A total 200 questionnaires were distributed to University Malaysia Kelantan students as representative of the respondent. Data collected was analyzed using Statical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18.0. Findings show the all factor in marketing mix have influence to consumer decision making which is the price, quality of product, promotion and place. Discussion on findings, conclusion and limitations of study are also included in the report.


The problem of controlling a spacecraft by measuring only the angular position (roll, pitch, and yaw) is considered. A nonlinear observer is proposed which asymptotically reconstructs all the spacecraft state variables; if the spacecraft actuators are reaction wheels, the angular velocities of the wheels also must be measured. It is shown that if the observer is used in connection with asymptotically stable state feedback controllers, the extended system (spacecraft, controller, and observer) is still asymptotically stable. Simulation results are reported to illustrate the dynamic behavior of the observer. >


In this paper, we study the problem of procedure planning in instructional videos. Here, an agent must produce a plausible sequence of actions that can transform the environment from a given start to a desired goal state. When learning procedure planning from instructional videos, most recent work leverages intermediate visual observations as supervision, which requires expensive annotation efforts to localize precisely all the instructional steps in training videos. In contrast, we remove the need for expensive temporal video annotations and propose a weakly supervised approach by learning from natural language instructions. Our model is based on a transformer equipped with a memory module, which maps the start and goal observations to a sequence of plausible actions. Furthermore, we augment our model with a probabilistic generative module to capture the uncertainty inherent to procedure planning, an aspect largely overlooked by previous work. We evaluate our model on three datasets and show our weakly-supervised approach outperforms previous fully supervised state-of-the-art models on multiple metrics.


An apparatus and a method for controlling an image data display device are provided to prevent disorder of images by updating image data within a blanking period. An apparatus for controlling an image data display device includes an image memory(9), a writing control circuit(6), a display control circuit(7), a memory access switchover circuit (8), and a blanking period varying control circuit(5). The image memory stores image data. The writing control circuit writes the image data in the image memory during a blanking period when image data is displayed. The display control circuit reads out the image data from the image memory during a display period. The memory access switchover circuit controls a data accessing to the image memory by the writing control circuit and the display control circuit. The blanking period varying control circuit extends the blanking period in a display frame during a receiving time, which receives start information on the write operation to the image memory.


Cell Biology
Cells exist in varying environments and must respond to specific stimuli. During development, epithelial cells need to rapidly reorganize under tension without compromising epithelial integrity. Yu et al. demonstrate that Drosophila epithelial cells achieve this by transiently stabilizing adhesion at tricellular junctions where three cells meet (see the Perspective by Raghavan and Vasioukhin). The conserved adhesion regulator Canoe/Afadin is recruited to tricellular junctions under tension within seconds and dissociates when tension is released through a mechanism that requires Abl-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation. These results identify an in vivo mechanotransduction pathway that dynamically couples tricellular adhesion with physiological forces, allowing cells to rapidly modulate their behavior in response to mechanical changes in their environment.

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CARE (Coordinated Accelerator Research in Europe) [1] describes a collaboration which aimed at improvements of existing accelerator facilities. It was supported by the European commission in the framework of FP6. The dominant R&D activities within CARE were related to superconducting accelerator systems, especially TTF / FLASH [2]. This report will describe the different SRF activities (cavity fabrication technologies, surface treatments and inspection, industrialisation of electro-polishing, coupler and tuner developments, Low Level RF concepts and beam diagnostics). The most important advances will be high lighted and the impact to new or future SRF accelerator systems will be concluded.


Abstract: Lead is a naturally occurring bluish-gray metal present in small amounts in the earth's crust. It can be found in all parts of our environment. Although lead occurs naturally in the environment, most of the high levels of lead found come from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, mining, and manufacturing. Lead has many different applications and it is currently used in the production of batteries, ammunition, metal products (solder and pipes), and devices to shield X-rays. Acute exposure to lead induces brain damage, kidney damage, and gastrointestinal diseases, while chronic exposure may cause adverse effects on the blood, central nervous system, blood pressure, kidneys, and vitamin D metabolism. Therefore, the aim of the present investigation was to monitor and assess the level of lead in eleven sites of Luanda soil from Angola. To achieve to goal, the Niton handheld XRF analyzer was used to measure the levels of lead in soil samples collected from Luanda. The levels of lead detected were compared to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and regulatory guidelines. We found that the concentrations of lead vary significantly from one site to another. Interestingly, the amount of the lead detected felt below the EPA standards and regulatory guidelines. Based on the EPA standards and regulatory guidelines, we conclude that Luanda soil sites tested during the course of the present study are safe for children activities or exercises.


This paper gives a brief introduction about the characteristics of the profibus-DP fieldbus technology and the network structure of a control system designed for an electric propulsion test-bed based on the Profibus-DP.The paper also describes the communication protocol between the Profibus-DP master station and the inverter,network configuration,the parameter setting and programming method.The Profibus-DP control system is simple in wiring,convenient in maintenance and reliable in operation.The system meets the design requirements.


During the last decades the limited capacity of runways has become an important source for delays on major airports. Particular safety regulations require asymmetric separation times for aircraft during their landing operations. If there are two or more runways available, aircraft can be assigned to runways in such a way that large separation times are avoided. This increases the actual throughput of the system and reduces additional delays. We formulate the assignment problem as a mathematical optimization model. Though we cannot find optimal assignment strategies analytically, we can use the model as a framework for the simulation of strategies and as a tool for the heuristic optimization of strategies. We examine two classes of strategies that reduce the waiting times of arriving aircraft in simulations. In particular, we can show that in realistic simulation scenario of a German airport, one of our strategies performs much better than the manual assignment as it is used by flight operators today. As our strategies are essentially simple look-up tables, they may well be incorporated into future flight assistance systems for airports.


Amaranthus cruentus is a tropical leaf vegetable grown in most tropical regions of the world for its vegetable protein. The fresh matured leaves of the plant were harvested and sun dried until a moisture content of between 12-13% was obtained. The sun dried leaves (Amaranthus cruentus leaf meal, ACLM) were milled and analysed for their proximate composition. Crude protein was 23.0%+0.55; crude fat, 5.4%+0.01; crude fibre, 8.8%+0.02; ash, 19.3%+0.01 and gross energy, 3.3+0.01kcal/g all on dry matter basis. Methionine and to a lesser extent, lysine, arginine, leucine and aspartate were high. The ACLM was incorporated into five formulated broiler starter diets at varying inclusion levels. The control diet 1 had no ACLM inclusion. All the six diets including control diet 1 were formulated isocaloric and isonitrogenous and fed to the experimental chicks (n = 540). Birds kept on diet 2 (5% ACLM inclusion level) had
the best average weight gain (WG) of 372.9+29.94g/chick. The feed efficiency (FE) value and the protein efficiency ratio (PER) for birds on diet 2 were similar (P > 0.05) to values obtained for the reference diet. The nitrogen retention (NR) and apparent nitrogen digestibility (AND) values obtained for diet 2 were highest at 1.48+0.24gN/chick/day and 63.12%+10.28, respectively. Except for dressed weight and the back of chicken all the organs weights taken were similar (P > 0.05). Haematological examinations were similar (P > 0.05). Results generally indicated that ACLM could be a useful dietary protein source for broiler starter chicks at 5% inclusion level.


Background. Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are associated with impaired insulin and IGF signaling, which is needed for neuronal growth, survival, and plasticity. We characterized effects of the L-165,041 PPAR-δ agonist insulin sensitizer on cerebellar structure and function in relation to insulin/IGF and neurotrophin signaling in an FASD model. Methods. On postnatal days (P) 2, 4, 6, and 8, rat pups were administered (i.p.) 2 g/kg of ethanol or saline; and on P5, P7, P9, and P11, they were treated with saline or L-165,041. Rotarod tests assessed motor func- tion. Cerebella were studied biochemically. Results. Ethanol-impaired motor function and signaling through the insulin receptor and Akt were abrogated by PPAR-δ agonist treatments, whereas neurotrophin expression was unaffected. Conclusions: PPAR-δ agonists may help normalize cerebellar function in FASD by supporting insulin signaling through cell survival pathways, but additional approaches are needed to restore neurotrophin expression for neuronal plasticity.


Copula is a function which can fully capture the dependence structure and overcome shortcoming of line correlation. Based upon the extreme value theory and Copula function, this paper established an EVT-Copula-CoVaR model to examine the dynamic correlation and spillover effect between banking and real estate, over the period 2000M1-2015M11 in China. The findings of this study suggest the following empirical regularities. First, the correlation between banking and real estate is dynamic. Second, the correlation between the two markets are much more highly in market slump than market boom. Third, the two markets have bidirectional risk spillover effects in extreme situation, the extreme risk spillover effect is over 50%. If a sharp drop off in house prices, it will do great harm to financial markets. As the house vacancies are large and pervasive in recent years in China, the management authorities should take actions to secure the financial system.


In a process of emancipatory collective education proposed by the Urban Boundaries Project, this paper discusses the importance of the educational process not as cloistered but as critical tool to the current hegemonic system, and thus its roots in our situationality (Freire, 1970), as well as in our relations of survival (D'Ambrosio, 2013). The concept of love as a political category (Žižek, 2013) will be argued from the modes of production of the urban human beings and its relations among the productive forces, the relations of production, and the conscious bodies (Mesquita, 2011). Disturbing choices made in the dialogical exercise, from a victimization posture to a free collective subject rooted in or identified with a particular form of life, supports this argument.


The aim is to study the asymptotic behavior of estimators and tests for the components of identifiable finite mixture models of nonparametric densities with a known number of components. Conditions for identifiability of the mixture components and convergence of identifiable parameters are given. The consistency and weak convergence of the identifiable parameters and test statistics are presented for several models.


Here, a fully substrate-integrated dense dielectric patch (DDP) antenna and array is proposed. The DDP resonator based on high-permittivity substrate on the top layer is reasonably constructed and implemented by making full use of the printed circuit board (PCB) technology, whose characteristics are theoretically analysed in detail. Accordingly, the DDP antenna element operating at the dominate TM101 mode (cavity mode) is designed, which is fed by the substrate-integrated strip line (SISL) through a feeding slot. The slot resonant frequency is close to the TM101 mode of the DDP so that the antenna impedance bandwidth (BW) is extended. For further demonstration, a 1 × 4 array based on the DDP antenna element is designed and fabricated. The simulated and measured results are given, showing good agreement. The impedance BW for |S 11| < −10 dB is about 8.4% and the peak gain reaches 11.77 dBi.


Three-channel guidance law was designed for an on-line trajectory generation algorithm.The guidance law which includes pitch,lateral and dynamic pressure,was used for flight path control in terminal area energy management(TAEM) phase.Dynamic inverse methodology was applied to Dual-loop pitch channel controller.Three degree of freedom simulation model which reflects the inner-loop characteristic,and the analysis method of control system for flight task were established.The influences of inner loop dynamics,uncertainty of aerodynamics and mass,and constant wind for trajectory control were analyzed based on the above methodology.Three degree of freedom simulation validates the feasibility and robustness of the trajectory generation and control method.


Presented here is a provenance investigation of the oil and gas reservoir basins of southeast Mexico, focusing on heavy detrital minerals of the Miocene sediments deposited in the Comalcalco and Macuspana basins. Based on petrographic analysis of the samples taken from Comalcalco and Macuspana basins, twelve different heavy minerals were identified. These minerals are amphibole, apatite, chloritoid, chlorite, chromian spinel, epidote, garnet, ilmenite, rutile, staurolite, titanite, and zircon. Microanalysis on the heavy mineral of interest carried on using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Among the identified heavy minerals, amphibole, chromian spinel, garnet, and ilmenite are used for the final interpretation. Garnet grains are chemically classified into four different groups, including G1: those grains with 0% of spessartine and high pyrope and almandine content; G2: grains with less than 10% of spessartine and high pyrope and almandine content; G3: grains with 24-39% of spessartine, variable amount of almandine; and G4: grains with more than 70% of spessartine and with almost the same almandine and pyrope content. Various chemical composition of garnet suggests the probably variability in their origin such as Chiapas Massif, Grenvillian Oaxaca, and Guichicovi complexes. Ilmenite occurs in high proportion in almost all samples. Ilmenite can be originated from the ilmenitites found in the Chiapas Massif Complex, and/or the ilmenite-magnetite-apatite and apatite-ilmenite-rich gneisses of the Grenvillian Oaxacan Complex. Additionally, ilmenite can be sourced from the granulites of mafic composition of the Guichicovi Complex. Ti-rich amphibole is another prominent heavy mineral that is likely sourced by the felsic orthogneisses from the Guichicovi Complex. Also, chromian spinel could be derived from the amphibolites of the Chiapas Massif Complex.


Electrical energy currently comes primarily from fossil fuel combustion and nuclear fission. These energy sources are neither renewable nor suited to small-scale devices. Most important, electrical generators typically do not make use of all energy output, e.g., IR light in the case of solar cells. Energy harvesting aims to address these limitations by making use of background (unused) energy. While the original concept of employing unused energy dates back centuries, vibrational and solar energy harvesting are largely emerging technologies. For example, kinetic energy harvesters employ vibrational energy—commonly electrostatic, electromagnetic, or piezoelectric (the translation of mechanical stress into electricity)—to power small devices, such as a vibrational sensor to control grip forces exerted by a prosthetic hand1 and a small-scale wind power generator.2 With the goal of fabricating commercial energy harvesting technologies, we are conducting long-term applied research in vibrational and solar energy harvesting. An example is our microgenerator (see Figure 1), which is based on fundamental scientific principles.3, 4 Vibrational energy (generated in the environment, e.g., by passing trucks) moves the magnetic core of the microgenerator, and a converter transforms the resulting voltage into electricity for further processing.3 High microgenerator efficiency5 is based on operation in an acceptable resonance band (between 17 and 34Hz). When outside vibrations fall within this range, the generator is able to produce power. Our device is optimized to yield a power output (Pout) of 20mW.5 Figures 2 and 3 present its root mean square potential energy (Urms), Pout, and root mean square current (Irms) as a function of amplitude and vibration frequency, respectively. An especially interesting focus of energy harvesting is solar energy. Approximately 4–8% of solar energy (that which is emitted directly from the sun) falls within the visible wavelength range, while much of the remainder is within the IR. Optimizing solar energy harvesters to collect this vast unused energy Figure 1. The vibration-electrical energy microgenerator. Bottom: Basic dimensions are 25 25 50mm.


The subject of the thesis is UML analysis and software development serving the planning and registration trips of drivers such as vehicles and their online tracking by GPS and mobile technologies. The software also allows dynamic extensions of functionality through libraries. The program is created in Visual Studio 2008 Professional using the programming language C\#. Part of the desktop application is designed for Windows XP and later, part of mobile application for Windows Mobile 6.0 to 6.5. The database type is Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The application is designed as online with access via user name and password. These data are stored in encrypted form on the database server. Each user is allowed only for operations set by permissions which can be changed only by administrator. Environment is created as a multilingual (English, Czech), controlled by mouse and keyboard. The application also allows generating output reports according to user's choice.


This study titled Function Code of Police in Preventing Abuse of Authority As Law
Enforcement Officers. The problems of this research is the police code of ethics Is already be
applicable to members of the police as law enforcement officers and Are there any obstacles in
implementing sanctions against members of the police who violate the code of ethics of the police.
The benefits of this research are expected to be useful for the development of legal science in general
and in particular to the criminal procedure law of the functioning of the code of conduct of the
police in preventing abuse of authority as law enforcement officers. The method used in this study is
the use of normative legal research. This study examines the Police Code of Conduct. The
conclusion of this study is the regulation of the Police Professional Code of Conduct is not provided
an adequate explanation even no explanation at all, the lack of capacity of personnel members
Bidpropam as the developer for the internal control function can cover all of that is in charge in the
police force. Suggestions from this study is the police who violate the code of ethics police, then
penindakannya must be processed in a transparent, firm and responsible. Police as a state apparatus
that has a number of police discretion has the potential to violate the law so that the necessary
supervision.


Agent technology is applied into constructing distributed GIS.Firstly,the classification and structure of agent in distributed GIS are analyzed;then the model of distributed GIS\|oriented multi\|agent system named as Geo\|Agents is designed and implemented,including its communication mode,architecture and distributed mode; at last,the uses of Geo\|Agents are explored:agent\|based spatial information navigation and spatial decision\|support system.


To investigate reasons for not helping a person experiencing a mental health problem, and explore factors associated with not offering help.


I Whitehead, G. W., these PROCEEDINGS, 32, 188-190 (1946); also Bull. Am. Math. Soc.,. 54, abstract no. 546 (1948). A complete exposition of these results will appear in Ann. Math. The authors are indebted to Professor Whitehead for allowing them access to his manuscript before publication. 8 Whitehead, G. W., Ann. Math., 47, 460-475 (1946). 9-Hopf, H., Fund. Math., 25, 427-440 (1935); also, Whitehead, G. W., Ann. Math., 43, 636 (1942).


As open source software has gained more foothold in the software industry, teaching open source development to the future software professionals has become a practical necessity. A pioneering course was arranged during the academic year 2009--2010 at Tampere University of Technology to teach software engineering students how open source is developed and what makes open source ecosystems special. To allow students to learn the practical side of open source software development, an exercise called the community game was organised. The game is a part of the courses and focuses on community-centric software development. It allows the students to initiate and nurture a small developer community and practise open sourcce development in a safe setting. The game ensures that the students have a good enough understanding on the open source development practises in order to make contributions to actual open source projects.


Rapid urbanization is causing environmental and ecological damage, development thoughtless for the environment, and social and economical issues. It is important to grasp urban growth situations and characteristics, reflect them, and establish a policy for the solution of issues pursuant to urbanization and the sustainable and efficient development of national land. This research aims to be used as basic data in establishing an urban policy by analyzing the situations and characteristics of urban growth for the past 20 years in our entire country rather than an existing district. For this, some urban districts were sampled using a 1980s and 2000s version of land cover map produced by Ministry of Environment, and then pattern analysis for urban growth by administrative district ranks was conducted using GIS and a statistical technique. As a result, the development zone area after 1980s has increased by 2.5 times as compared to that before 1980s, and especially in the farm villages neighboring the national capital region, it has increased by 21.2 times. Special cities and metropolitan cities were developed at the districts being low in altitude, close to the principal road and the major downtown, high in road ratio, and restricted environmentally, ecologically and legally, and were diverted from mountains, forests and grassland to urban land. On the other hand, farm villages neighboring a large city, farm villages neighboring the national capital region, and local farm villages were developed at the districts being high in altitude, far from the principal road and the major downtown, low in road ratio, and not restricted environmentally, ecologically and legally, and were diverted from farmland to urban land. That is, it can be seen that urban development has been actively realized despite the unfavorable topographical conditions in the suburban districts due to lack of available land and various regulations and policies as urban growth around big cities expands.


SIR—The regulation of blood pH depends on lungs and kidneys, but the ability of these organs to function decreases with age. Moreover, polypharmacy (e.g. diuretics) commonly affects acid–base balance in older patients [1]. The present survey was undertaken to see whether full utilisation of blood gas analysis parameters helped in diagnosis or management and also to see whether standard practices are followed before or after doing arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis. The study was carried out in a tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Dublin. The 220 ABG analyses were examined on patients aged between 65 years and 91 years. Patients' records were carefully and critically scrutinised for ABG reports. The patients were chosen from medical wards only. The emergency department, operation theatres, intensive care unit, and coronary care units were excluded from the study. Patients were chosen during their hospital admissions between October 2001 and March 2002, but ABG reports were also included from their previous admissions dating back to January 1995. The analyses of blood samples were done by ABG machines, Radiometer Copenhagen ABL 620 and ABL330. The anion gap was calculated manually. Serum potassium (K) was added to the side of cations in the equation.


BODENHEIMER, F. S. 1938. Problems of animal ecoloy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. GORDON, C., and SANG, J. H. 1941. The relation between nutrition and exhibition of the gene "Antennaless" (Drosophila melanogaster). Proc. Roy. Soc. London, B, 130o:151-84. PARK, T. 1938. Studies in population physiology. VIII. The effect of larval population density of postembryonic development of the flour beetle, T. confusum. Jour. Exper. Zob1., 79:51-70. PEARL, R. 1932. Influence of population density on egg production in Drosophila. Jour. Exper. Zod1., 63:57-84. PEARL, R., and PARKER, S. L. 1922. On the influence of density of population upon the rate of reproduction in Drosophila. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 8:212-19. ROBERTSON, F. W., and SANG, J. H. 1944. The ecological determinants of population growth in a Drosophila culture. I. Fecundity of adult flies. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, B, 132:258-77. SANG, J. H. I949a. The ecological determinants of population growth in a Drosophila culture. III. Larval and pupal survival. Physiol. Zo6l., 22: 183-202. . 1949b. The ecological determinants of population growth in a Drosophila culture. V. The adult population count. Ibid., pp. 210-23. UTIDA, S. 1941. Studies on experimental population of the Azuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis (L). I. The effect of population density on the progeny populations. Mem. Coll. Agr. Kyoto Imp. Univ., 48:1-30. WINSOR, C. P. 1937. Controlling factors in Drosophila population growth. Quart. Rev. Biol., 12:348-51.


A novel approach which utilizes a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based preconditioner in an iterative moment method (MoM) solution of the governing integral equation for the electromagnetic (EM) problems of the radiation and scattering from large finite periodic antenna arrays is presented. The preconditioner is primarily constructed via the block-diagonal approximation of the transformed impedance matrix in the DFT domain, in which that matrix becomes sparse and nearly diagonal due to the properties of the DFT basis functions. The preconditioner in the original spatial domain is simply obtained by the inverse DFT. This preconditioner is shown to significantly improve the convergence rate of the iterative solution. Moreover, it is rather simple to implement and requires relatively small extra computational cost. The performance of the present approach is illustrated through numerical results.


【Objective】 To normalize the international universal Bayley Scales of Infant Development(BSID) in Shannxi central countryside,and work out the norm of Bayley scales of infant development in this region. 【Methods】 According to cluster sampling principle,10 counties or regions were randomly extracted in shannxi central countryside in which altogether 430 healthy infants were enrolled.Infants were tested mental development index(MDI) and psychomotor development index(PDI). 【Results】 The MDI and PDI of 430 infants presented noraml distribution which indicating the fine representation of the norm.Correlation coefficient about intelligent reliability and psychomotor scale items between tester were 0.94 and 0.96 respectively(P0.01).And the coefficient of correlation of intelligence and motion scale between two tests were 0.88,0.79 and 0.92,0.86.The correlation coefficient between BSID scale scores and Gesell scale scores were 0.65(P0.01),indicating moderate correlation.City edition scale was suitable for Shannxi central countryside approximately with some items of age location changed,manifesting retroposition of 30 items in MDI(accounting for 30%).35 items were ahead of schedule and 15 items were retarded in PDI. 【Conclusions】 Revised scale and Gesell scale have better correlation.BSID of Shannxi edition is siutable to utilize in 2 months to 30 months infants in shannxi countryside.


This paper gives an overview of DORAS – an online open access repository of research papers from Dublin City University – and explores how repositories like DORAS are increasing the visibility, and potentially the impact, of research output from educational institutions. In this
paper the main motivations for authors to deposit papers in DORAS are identified: increasing the accessibility of papers, increasing the visibility of papers on search engines and web portals, promotion of cutting-edge research, and the need to comply with research councils' policies on open access.


This thesis begins with the premise that the life and work of a composer need not necessarily be considered in contemporary musicological criticism as distinct entities; rather, this thesis sets out to demonstrate that the life and work of a composer can, within the appropriate critical constraints, be mutually informative sources of information and may be even considered as inextricably linked. The first part of this thesis identifies the historical reasoning behind the rejection of biography by traditional musicologies – namely the perception that biography is both unrelated to musicological enquiry and not a critically viable/empirical source of information. The trend in contemporary 'critical' musicology away from less dogmatic and empirical modes of criticism and towards more subjective lines of enquiry is used as a foundation upon which a new methodology (that allows biographical insight to function meaningfully within musicology) can be built. This methodology is named 'musico-psychobiography' as it proposes that the nascent interpretive field of psychobiography might be better suited to a theoretical construction that demands critical reliability and analytical rigour than traditional conceptions of biography. The first part of this thesis concludes with an exegesis of the key theoretical objections to this pursuit, and offers counterpositions to them in order to secure a stable methodological process.
The second part of this thesis is dedicated to the practical exploration of this methodology by means of a case study of composer Maurice Ravel and his opera L'Enfant et les sortileges. A close reading of the psychological dynamics articulated by L'Enfant in conjunction with an assessment of key psychobiographical saliences in operation in Ravel's life leads us to a number of interesting conclusions; moreover, by modifying the psychodynamic concept of projective identification to apply to a composer and their work, we are able to explore in a different light the dynamics of interaction between Ravel and his opera.


Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate cognitive functions such as allocation and information processing in patients with childhood type chronic fatigue syndrome (CCFS) using modified advanced trail making test (mATMT). To examine cognitive function in chronic fatigue syndrome. The first aim of the present study was to test whether PCFS showed cognitive dysfunction. The second aim of the study was to cognitive function may be a reversible that can improve with therapy after 6 months, if PCFS showed cognitive dysfunction at baseline. Methods: 25 healthy children as controls and 19 patients with CCFS participated in this study. The subjects were 19 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and 25 healthy controls(grades 7 to 9). Both patients and controls had (i) modified advanced trail making test (mATMT; ) which is computerized cognitive test (TaskA,B,C,D,E) and were instructed to indicate (ii) Chalder's fatigue scale to evaluate their fatigue state using Chalder's fatigue scale before and 6months after therapy).CCFS patients were assessed at follow-up(i,e. therapy ). Results: We calculated differences in reaction time as total reaction times on task A, B, C, or E subtracted by that on task D in the mATMT. The results indicate that 4 tasks from mATMT can discriminate CCFS patients from the control group by 70.5% accuracy. Especially, the average reaction time of the Task E contributes to the identification of CCFS. The amount of reaction time in TaskE improved and the amount of metal fatigues score and total fatigue score improved within the past 6 months are correlated. The improvement of their cognitive symptoms and improvement of set shifting function (??) correlated with an overall index of visual memory (r = .353, P = .032 and r= .448, P= .005). Conclusions: It shows that there is a relationship between improvement of cognitive symptoms caused by mental fatigue and improvement of set shifting function. Present findings


The strict "unified theory" cannot be existed. Applying least square method, "partial and temporary unified theory of natural science so far" including all the equations of natural science so far can be established. In this way, the theory of everything to express all of natural laws, described by Hawking that a single equation could be written on a T-shirt, is partially and temporarily realized in the form of "partial and temporary unified variational principle of natural science so far". With the help of "partial and temporary unified theory of natural science so far", this paper successfully deals with some faster-than-light (FTL) problems. From a ray of light to observe another ray of light, the variation range of the speed of another light equals 0 to 2c (c=300,000 km/s). When the speed of an object is close or equal to the speed of light, for breaking the light barrier, the speed of this object could be faster than light as it passes through the Sun's gravitational field. According to Hubble's law, the value of far away speed of a galaxy is the exponential function of time, and therefore it can be faster-than-light. Key words: Unified theory, partial and temporary unified theory of natural science so far, partial and temporary unified variational principle of natural science so far, Hawking, T-shirt, Hubble's law, faster-than-light (FTL)


One of the possible sources of the background in a powder diffractogram is sample fluorescence: characteristic radiation from the sample, excited by the incident beam, which is accepted by the X-ray detection system. In this paper, the influence of the chosen X-ray optical geometry on the fluorescent background is determined experimentally from diffractograms recorded on a series of 10 samples with elements ranging from Ti to Ga. The samples were measured with incident or diffracted beam monochromators, beta filters in the incident or the diffracted beam, for Cu, Co and Mo radiation. A linear X-ray detection system was used. The recommendations how to tackle the problem resulting from these experiments, however, are generally applicable.


The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, causes a respiratory infection disease of rapid transmission through droplets in the air, from person to person, or by contact with contaminated surfaces. Infected people can be asymptomatic or symptomatic, with symptoms like pneumonia, which can lead to hospitalization of these patients. The role of speech therapists in the multiprofessional team has been extremely important in dealing with the pandemic, especially in symptomatic and intubated patients. After extubation, these patients can be affected by serious speech-language pathology consequences, requiring follow-up for rehabilitation with a speech-language therapist. Thus, the aim of this study was to carry out, in an unprecedented way, a review in the literature about the consequences of COVID-19 in the major areas of speech therapy. To meet this objective, a narrative review was carried out, from which it was possible to analyze the major areas of speech therapy in which patients had consequences during or after the COVID-19 infection, such as difficulties in swallowing (dysphagia), tracheostomy, tinnitus, hearing loss, language, and speech delay. It was also possible to present the importance of telephonoaudiology to accompanying patients. Given the above, from the data of this review, it was possible to observe that most of the consequences associated with COVID-19 dealt with the same context: after or during the period of infection, where patients were affected by speech-language pathology consequences which required intervention to assess, rehabilitate and, when necessary, apply appropriate therapy. Furthermore, future investigations, such as randomized clinical trials, are encouraged to better elucidate these consequences, since some information is still found in studies with low scientific evidence such as case reports.


The FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) method is widely used to identify various types of cells. In comparison to cultivation-dependent methods, identification of microbes by FISH is easier
and generally takes several hours. This paper presents a review of improvements to the FISH method, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as examples of applications. Particular consideration was
given to the efficiency of microbes identification in samples taken from sewerage. The effectiveness of the method was confirmed by the results obtained in samples from the membrane bioreactor (MBR).


more confidence placed in the nurse, with a lessening ot the critical hindrance of inspectors. The Disthict Nubse's Unique Position. Miss E. Hancox .(Lady Superintendent. Q.Y. J.N.I., Sheffield) said there had been a very rapid development of district nursing recently, when a different type of woman had been induced to take up fhe work. The history of this sphere of nursing work was closely interwoven with that of civic hygiene, and now the district nurse was nothing if not up to date; she must be well up in all the branches of her profession, and be au fait with all the Acts and amendments to Acts bearing upon public health. The distrist nurse must be broad-minded and sympathetic, and a


M I TCH E L L A . J AC K S O N , M D Infection following a "routine," uncomplicated PRK procedure can be quite disturbing to the surgeon and potentially visually devastating to the patient. It is easy, in retrospect, to look at this case and be critical of why an enhancement was performed on a 42-year-old with a plano -1.00 X 170 correction in one eye. As a result, an unfortunate although rare complication has occurred. The only time I would consider enhancing such an eye in a presbyopic patient would be if it were the dominant eye and were giving the patient a difficult time (the case presentation does not state whether the treated eye was dominant or not). Nevertheless, the treatment of a postoperative infection after PRK is necessary to prevent corneal ulceration, endophthalmitis, corneal scarring, and/or the loss of a previously created LASIK flap if PRK is performed as an enhancement after LASIK. In this case, the patient still has a large epithelial defect on postoperative day 5 and exhibits diffuse stromal keratitis. The acuteness of the infection most likely suggests a bacterial origin, and the most common pathogens causing infectious keratitis following PRK are gram positive (ie, Staphylococcus aureus, including the methicillin resistant variety, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus viridans).1,2 In this case, Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the overly long use of the bandage contact lens must be considered as well. I would immediately remove the bandage contact lens and send it as well as corneal scrapings for culturing. I would have the patient discontinue steroid treatment until the infection was under control. In this case, I would exchange the BY MITCHELL A. JACKSON, MD; KARL G. STONECIPHER, MD; WALTER J. STARK, MD;


Objective To investigate the effect and safety of laparoscopic and open radical surgery in patients with gastric carcinoma by retrospective study.Methods Clinical data of 101 patients with gastric carcinoma underwent radical surgery in our hospital from January 2009 to June 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.Among the patients,51 cases were given laparoscopic surgery(laparoscopic group) and 50 cases were given open surgery(open surgery group).The length of incision,operation time,blood loss,lymph node dissection number,defecating time after operation,hospital stay after operation and complications during perioperative period were observed.The patients were followed up one time a month until December 31,2010.The loss of following up,relapse,metastasis and death were recorded.Results The length of incision,operation time,blood loss,defecating time and hospital stay after operation between laparoscopic group and open surgery group showed statistically significant differences(P0.05).While the difference of lymph node dissection number between the two groups was not statistically significant(P0.05).No complication was found in the open surgery group after surgery,while 2 cases had complication in laparoscopic group,with one case having dysfunction of residual stomach and one case having abdominal infection.The average following up time of the laparoscopic group was(14.3±9.0) months,with 3 cases being lost and loss rate of 6%;the average following up time of the open surgery group was(15.8±10.3) months,with 6 cases being lost and loss rate of 12%.The following up time and loss rate between the two groups showed no statistically significant differences(P0.05).The relapse rate,metastasis rate and mortality rate of laparoscopic group were 4%(2/48),4%(2/48) and 6%(3/48),and they were 4%(2/44),4%(2/44) and 9%(4/44) for the open surgery group.The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion Compared with open radical surgery,laparoscopic surgery has advantages like fewer traumas,less blood loss and rapid recovery,etc,and there is no significant difference on radical degree between the two groups.Besides,the recurrence,metastasis and mortality showed no increase compared with open surgery,so it is worth promoting in clinic.


We demonstrated an active radiation hardening technology for fiber optic source developed for high performance fiber optic gyroscope. The radiation characteristic of erbium-doped fiber was studied experimentally. The radiation induced attenuation (RIA) at 980nm pump light was identified to be the main reason for the degradation and there was photo-bleaching effect in EDF too. A variable parameters control technology was proposed and taken to keep the 980nm and 1550nm light energy stable and high stability and radiation-resistance fiber source with gauss profile spectrum was realized .The source can stand against more than 50 krad (Si) total radiation dose.


Bubble point (L + V → L) and dew point (L + V → V) pressures were measured for the binary system CO2 + CHF3, using Cailletet equipment. The measurements were carried out for the whole mole fraction...


Abstract Background and Aims: This study's aim was to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and new cases of diabetes in Roma population compared to ethnic Romanian Caucasians from Călăraşi County in the south part of Romania. Material and Methods: The population included in this study is part of a larger project that aims to evaluate the prevalence of obesity, prediabetes and diabetes in the Roma population from Călăraşi County. So far we have included 344 people: 180 Roma (119 female/61 male), and 164 non-Roma (108 female/56 male) aged between 18 and 85. Results: In Roma population, the prevalence of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity was 4.4% (n=8), 37.2% (n=67), 26.7% (n=48) and 31.7% (n=57) respectively. In Romanian Caucasians, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 37.2% (n=61) and 32.3% (n=53) respectively. Diabetes was diagnosed in 14.6% (n=24) of Romanian Caucasians and in 11.7% (n=21) of Roma population. Risk factors for obesity in Roma population were: lower socio-educational level, smoking, physical inactivity (active less than 30 min/day). Conclusions: High prevalence of overweight (26.7%), obesity (31.7%) and new cases of diabetes (11.7%) among the Roma population in the south part of Romania, Calarasi County was an important finding of our study. We observed a negative effect of lifestyle behaviours on health-related outcomes: smoking, sedentariness, lower socio-educational level.


Although lists of spider species have been compiled for all of Canada's provinces and territories, the spider fauna of Prince Edward Island (PEI) is poorly known. Based on the efforts of citizen scientists, naturalists, and scientists on PEI and researchers at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, we present the first comprehensive list of spider species on the island, increasing the known number from 44 to 198. The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics conducted intensive collection in Prince Edward Island National Park; Nature PEI citizen scientists and naturalists contributed specimens from across the island from several different habitats. This provincial list is dominated by the araneoid families, Linyphiidae, Theridiidae, and Araneidae, with 55, 27, and 22 species, respectively. Several non-native species, such as the theridiid Eurasian False Black Widow Spider (Steatoda bipunctata (L.)) and the araneid Red-sided Sector Spider (Zygiella atrica (C.L. Koch)), have been collected in several locations on the island, suggesting that they are well established. This work highlights the effectiveness of collaboration among citizen scientists, naturalists, and professional researchers to further our knowledge of species diversity and distributions.


Literary forgery is as old as textual authority.Evidence surrounding inauthentic text before 18th century suggests a somewhat more flexible attitude to truth and fiction than seems to be nowadays.Many medieval forgeries are what we would call pious frauds,composed either by monks or mere scholars who concocted for what seemed the best of motives stemming from a genuine desire to re-instate what was believed to be true.The same holds true for many literary geniuses in the 18th century.This paper endeavours to trace the tradition of literary forgery in broader scope.In light of the evolution of authorship and historiography,we also defend as well as argue that literary forgery could be the critical state par excellence.The craft of forgery can be regarded as rhetorical legacy which was picked up again in the 18th century by those who rebelled against the banal canon of imitation.


We study the optical field's quadrature excitation state X m |0 , where X = (a+a+)/ √2 is the quadrature operator. We find it is ascribed to the Hermite-polynomial excitation state. For the first time, we determine this state's normalization constant which turns out to be a Laguerre polynomial. This is due to the integration method within the ordered product of operators (IWOP). The normalization for the two-mode quadrature excitation state is also completed by virtue of the entangled state representation.


The supply chain of coal business and manufacturing industry is different. According to the process of value increment of coal products, Firstly, this paper analyzes the structure of coal supply chain, detailed describes the main contents of each link of supply chain, then puts forward the argument that the coal supply chain has three main characteristics, such as concentrating on insuring the stabilities of coal products and quantity. Finally, the paper points out the problems on the coal supply chain at present.


Let p3 is a prime,D0 be a square free integer with no prime factor p≡1(mod6).In this paper,we give all solutions of the diophantine equations x 3+y 3=pDz 2,(x,y)=1respectively.


By means of Sorensen's index and Renkonen's number, the differences in species composition and abundance of the ground beetles (Carabidae) were specified in 5 forest altitudinal zones (3 rd , 5 th -8 th ) and also the faunal similarity in the linking-up forest altitudinal zones. The entry of some species (Carabus coriaceus, Carabus violaceus, Pterostichus niger and Pterostichus oblongopunctatus) into higher altitudes was much more marked than is mentioned in hitherto published information. The objective of the present study was to explore the potential use of the ground beetles as an ancillary component of the geobiocoenological typological system.


Based on video data included in the transmission command to provide a display device and a driving method thereof, which change is to display small picture with less power consumption. Display timing controller 31 to determine whether it contains the video data update to a command sent from the outside for each one frame period. As a result, if it is determined that no contains the updated video data is, to not to perform the reading of the video data stored in the frame memory 36 and the rest of the screen refresh. In addition, in the case where it is determined that includes the updated video data, reads out the video data stored in the frame memory 36 and carries out a refresh of the screen.


An approach towards the identification of flow structures related to the aeroacoustic source mechanism in turbulent flows is presented. The new methodology is based on an analysis of the generalized intensity which is obtained considering an acoustic analogy and the existence of an energy conservation principle. The intensity distribution in the flow-field is derived from the correlation matrix, resulting from velocity fluctuations in the flow field captured via particle image velocimetry (PIV) and from the pressure field in the acoustic far-field. The approach is applied to two flow cases, namely a cylinder wake and the slat flow of a high lift configuration. Regions of effective production of fluctuation energy are identified, allowing conclusions about noise sources in the turbulent flow region.


Objective To understand medical interns' knowledge of the classification of medical waste and to improve the classification compliance of medical waste. Methods A self-designed questionnaire was applied to investigate medical interns from clinical medicine and nursing department. Results The total score of interns from clinical medicine was 61.22±8.11 and that of those form nursing department 67.62±8.89, which showed statistical significance(t=1.28, P0.0001). Nursing students, though performing better than those from clinical medicine, totally, still had inadequate knowledge of medical waste classification. The main source of knowledge was skill operation in practice, accounting for 78.0% of the source of clinical medicine interns and 86.5% of that of nursing students. Conclusion Medical interns lack sufficient and systematic medical waste knowledge. Thus, systematic education in universities and pre-job training would contribute to the improvement of their knowledge of medical waste classification.


The authors of the vernacular detective novels of Qing Dynasty who performed largely the elements of supernatural beings in their novels, the monstrous phenomenon such as the ghosts and gods were a common occurrence in the works, The authors made an arragement like this, There are some special purposes. That is to say, incarnated the legendry, satire, praise of the stories were the direct purposes of the elements of ghosts and gods in the vernacular detective of Qing Dynasty.


A measuring instrument having a switchable measuring and operating electronics system for transmitting a measurement signal, wherein the measuring instrument comprises at least one measurement transducer having an electrical current regulating circuit (15) for outputting a regulated current, wherein at least one first mode of operation allows a current to be set in a first current range, and an at least second mode of operation allows a current to be set in a second current range, which second current range comprises a wider range than the first current range, wherein the measuring instrument also comprises a microcontroller circuit (13), and the microcontroller circuit (13) is connected to the electrical current regulating circuit (15), wherein the microcontroller circuit (13) is connected to the current regulating circuit (15) via a line (36) for transmitting a digital signal for actuating the current regulating circuit (15), wherein the digital signal has a LOW and a HIGH state, and wherein the actuation of the current regulating circuit by the digital signal can set an output current with a current intensity value in a first current intensity range for the LOW state and with a current intensity value in a second current intensity range for the HIGH state of the digital signal in the first mode of operation, and a method.


The concept of modern civil subject transcends the concrete equality and realizes the abstract equality. Without the concept of equality, there will be no abstract equality. No abstract equality, then no modern civil subject. "Equal subject" reflects the economic existing way of people in the capital production fashion. The basis for the theory of civil subject to form is the recognition of the personal character of labor force and the use of contractual instrument.Contract is the tool for the establishment of modern civil subject. The recognition of the personal character of labor force is the inner theoretical premise for the establishment of modern civil subject. The legal manifesting conformation of the personal character of labor force in civil law develops with the rise of the value of labor force. To guarantee the personal character of labor force is to maintain the system of civil subject, in which the function of constitutional government is basic and indispensable.


Abstract Starting from a readily available, enantiomerically pure 2,6-disubstituted piperidine the synthesis of pyrido[1,2-a]azepines was accomplished. Key reactions for the ring closure were a photochemically induced acyl radical addition or a SmI2-promoted ketyl radical addition to an α,β-unsaturated ester. En route to the cyclization precursor an epoxidiation/ring opening sequence led to an undesired oxazolidinone which turned out to be useful for the configuration assignment. The compound was successfully converted into (+)-methyl dihydropalustramate.


Lifestyle advice, including diet and exercise information, can reduce the number of infants who are born weighing more than 4 kg (8.8 lb) among overweight and obese pregnant women, research shows.


Autism and the Potential Role of Immune Function and Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure (April 2006) Nirma Dora Bustamante Department of Biology Texas A&M University Research Advisor: Dr. Louise Abbott Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Methylmercury (MeHg) remains to be a major public health concern because of the presence of widespread contamination of our environment and the severe neuropathological changes that can occur with exposure to the developing central nervous system (CNS). The blood-brain barrier (BBB) represents an important target for MeHg. However, before the BBB is fully formed or if the BBB is compromised once it is formed, it can not effectively isolate the brain from circulating toxins and foreign compounds. The current project examines the hypothesis that there is a correlation between childhood vaccination and the neurotoxic effects of mercury in the form of MeHg in the pathogenesis of autism. The effects from exposure to MeHg and activation of the immune system can affect neuronal survival and development and could result in the faulty wiring that appears to occur in the CNS of autistic children. Mice were exposed to low dose (0.03 μg/kg of body weight of the pregnant mouse) MeHg during prenatal development. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was administered during early iv postnatal development as an immunostimulant. In order to determine the optimal time in which the injection of LPS would be the most effective, mice were injected with LPS then euthanized and injected with Evans Blue dye at 4, 6, 22, and 48 hours. The brain was separated into forebrain, cerebellum, and brainstem. Using a fluorescence micro plate reader, the quantity of Evans Blue leaking into the brain through the BBB was calculated. It was determined the mice should be euthanized 6 hours after administration of LPS. LPS or the control solution, phosphate buffered saline (PBS), was administered at postnatal day 18 into mouse pups that received MeHg prenatally and then the integrity of the BBB was checked 6 hours later. No difference was observed between mice given LPS compared to the mice given PBS most likely due to too much variability. There may be an effect of LPS but it is masked by the variability that occurs when using this assay in such young mice. A radioactive assay using C-labeled sucrose is going to be used in order to acquire better results.


For the interoperability between workflow systems, we have proposed data exchange scenarios based on mobile agents. The scenarios include sequence diagrams and methods defined by UML. The mobile agents are designed based on the mobile agent standard MASIF developed by OMG.


While it is well established that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) co-evolve with their host galaxy, it is currently less clear how lower-mass black holes, so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), evolve within their dwarf galaxy hosts. In this paper, we present results on the evolution of a large sample of IMBHs from the NewHorizon zoom volume, which has a radius of 10 comoving $\rm Mpc$. We show that occupation fractions of IMBHs in dwarf galaxies are at least 50 per cent for galaxies with stellar masses down to $10^6 \rm \ M_\odot$, but BH growth is very limited in dwarf galaxies. In NewHorizon, IMBHs growth is somewhat more efficient at high redshift z = 3 but in general, IMBHs do not grow significantly until their host galaxy leaves the dwarf regime. As a result, NewHorizon under-predicts observed AGN luminosity function and AGN fractions. We show that the difficulties of IMBHs to remain attached to the centres of their host galaxies plays an important role in limiting their mass growth, and that this dynamic evolution away from galactic centres becomes stronger at lower redshift.


We report dual pH‐responsive microcapsules manufactured by combining electrostatic droplets (ESD) and microfluidic droplets (MFD) techniques to produce monodisperse core (alginate)‐shell (chitosan) structure with dual pH‐responsive drug release function. The fabricated core‐shell microcapsules were size controllable by tuning the synthesis parameters of the ESD and MFD systems, and were responsive in both acidic and alkaline environment, We used two model drugs (ampicillin loaded in the chitosan shell and diclofenac loaded in the alginate core) for drug delivery study. The results show that core‐shell structure microcapsules have better drug release efficiency than respective core or shell particles. A biocompatibility test showed that the core‐shell structure microcapsules presented positive cell viability (above 80%) when evaluated by the 3‐(4,5‐dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2,5‐diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The results indicate that the synthesized core‐shell microcapsules were a potential candidate of dual‐drug carriers.


One of the main criticisms against the use of higher order asymptotics is that the algebraic expressions involved are far too complex to be derived by hand in a reasonable amount of time. A further drawback is that the results are so closely tuned to the specific problem at hand that they almost always exclude the possibility of transferring available computer code to a different though similar problem. The aim of this article is to show that higher order asymptotics can be implemented in a general and flexible way so as to provide easy-to-use and self-contained software useful in routine data analysis. The programming strategy we develop easily applies to many parametric models. We illustrate it by describing the design of the core routines of the nlreg section of the S-Plus library HOA which implements higher order solutions for nonlinear heteroscedastic regression models.


This paper introduces the implementation of the communication between PC and PLC based on the cylinder processing machine.Its communication agreement,hardware linking and software design are introduced in the paper.In practice the system is reliable and has good application value.


It is almost eight years since Jacqueline Burgess, then Chair of the Landscape Research Group (LRG), wrote an editorial entitled 'The Future for Landscape Research' (Vol. 21, No. 1, 1996). She had been invited to do so by the incoming editor, Paul Selman, and his deputy, Caroline Mills, at the time the journal joined the Carfax stable and 'came of age'. Burgess was asked to review the research trends that had been prominent in recent years and to try to spot emerging themes. The LRG is such a diverse inter-disciplinary group that this was no easy task, but some of the trends she identified in 1996 have indeed been well represented between the bright orange covers of the Selman–Mills period. As Burgess predicted, we have seen continued interest in sustainability, particularly in the context of landscape ecology and landscape planning. An interest in the meanings which attach to landscape has continued to occupy centre stage and has displaced an earlier enthusiasm for environmental psychology and landscape preference studies. Writing after a surge in interest in environmental economics, Burgess warned that we might have to see off the cruder attempts to value landscapes in terms of 'willingness to pay', just as we had cautioned against the over-simplifications of some landscape evaluation techniques, but in the event Landscape Research saw no flood of papers from economists. Perhaps they chose to publish elsewhere. On the other hand, a broad but clearly identifiable trend has been towards small-scale ethnographic studies of people in landscapes, whether they be members of ethnic minorities using urban parks or children in the inner city. There has been a discernable shift from expert-knows-best approaches towards landscape planning and design using participatory approaches, with the in-depth interview and the focus group becoming the favoured means of investigation. Any selection of papers from the last eight years is bound to be partial and any attempt to spot broad trends is likely to overlook some fascinating minor themes; who could have predicted, for example, that some of the most interesting papers in recent issues would have been concerned with the aftermath of old hostilities, such as Paul Gough's article on commemorative planting and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Vol. 21, No. 1, 1996), Hugh Clout's paper on the reconstruction of the countryside of northern France after the Great War (Vol. 21, No. 3, 1996) and Andrew Charlesworth and Michael Addis's consideration of memo-


Graphene,a novel two-dimensional nanomaterial of sp2-bonded carbon atoms,has interested researchers in physics,chemistry and materials,because of its excellent electronic,optical and mechanical properties.And biological applications of graphene and its derivatives have been in rapid growth.The antibacterial activity of graphene oxide is always a hot topic.In this paper,we study antibacterial activity of graphene oxide(GO) by inhibition zone assay,turbidity estimation by spectrophotometer and plate count method,respectively.The results show that just GO exhibits antimicrobial activity via just the plate count method,with an inhibitory rate of about 80%.Owing to the physicochemical properties of GO,we believe that the plate count method can be used for detecting antimicrobial activity of GO.


The Pattern Storage for the Continuum Features of the pattern can be characterized with the Self Organizing Map and Hopfield Energy Function Analysis. The Competitive Learning for the Self Organizing Map determines the Feature Mapping for the patterns with the Continuum Features. The iterations of the competitive learning between the Input Layer, the Feedback Layer reduce the neighboring region in the processing elements of Feedback Layer. On each iteration of this learning, the states of the feedback processing elements changes. The Energy Function corresponding to these states are determined. The change in Energy Function decreases; it shows that the network is approaches towards the Equilibrium State of the Global Stability. The minimum of the Energy States represents the stored pattern. The Network will able to encode the Pattern Information in the terms of Feature Space of the Patterns. Thus the pattern having the same feature will belong to the same Equilibrium State. This mechanism will help to determine the feature mapping for any unknown input pattern as well as any other prototype or noisy input pattern of the already stored pattern.


Mastering Mandarin is an asset for international business. The purpose of this study was to ascertain therelationships between motivational factors and academic achievement. It provides a numerical estimate of howclosely or distantly these two variables are related. A quantitative analysis was used through a surveyquestionnaire among selected undergraduates learning Mandarin at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.Besides, classroom assessments were also conducted to enrich the data. The findings showed that there was asignificant relationship between Mandarin scores and all the six motivational factors which were futureoccupation, intrinsic value and self-development, friendship, entertainment, Chinese influence and travel,requirement motivation, and Chinese culture and community. The strength of the relationship is moderate andpositive. The results are important in determining the content of Mandarin learning material which may lead toeffective and efficient learning process. Future studies should focus on more variables to enhance performance inlearning Mandarin.


The therapeutic modalities of early-stage and advanced extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) patients are completely different. The former is mainly radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy, while the latter relies on chemotherapy-based systemic treatment.1,2 According to Ann Arbor staging system, approximately 70% of the NKTCL patients are classified as early-stage cases who are promising to be cured.3 Considering NKTCL is sensitive to radiation but may be resistant to chemotherapy, the radiotherapy is considered to be the most important treatment for some early-stage patients with a satisfactory local control rate and could be used alone.4 However, systemic recurrence after radiotherapy in a portion of NKTCL patients seriously affects their long-term survival, and the first-line treatment combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy is considered necessary. Therefore, the use of radiotherapy alone in early-stage NKTCL is still a controversial issue.5,6
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The member of Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the cause of cryptococcosis of human and animal (Buchanan and Murphy, 1998; Kwon-Chung et al., 2002). Among these, Cryptococcus neoformans has been increasingly reported from immunocompromised patients. This encapsulated yeast causes localized or disseminated infections, which may be acute, sub-acute or chronic in nature, in both immunocompromised and apparently immunocompetent patients (Kwon-Chung and Bennett, 1992). The spectrum of predisposing immunosuppression includes connective tissue disorders, malignancies, diabetes mellitus, steroid-dependent pulmonary disorders, immunosuppressive regimens in relation to transplants, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).


Implementing variational quantum algorithms with noisy intermediate-scale quantum machines of up to a hundred of qubits is nowadays considered as one of the most promising routes towards achieving quantum practical advantage. In multiqubit circuits, running advanced quantum algorithms is hampered by the noise inherent to quantum gates which distances us from the idea of universal quantum computing. Basing on a one-dimensional quantum spin chain with competing symmetric and asymmetric pairwise exchange interactions herein, we discuss capabilities of quantum algorithms with special attention paid to hardware-efficient variational eigensolver. A delicate interplay between magnetic interactions allows one to stabilize a chiral state that destroys homogeneity of magnetic ordering, making thus this solution to be highly entangled. Quantifying entanglement in terms of quantum concurrence, we argue that, while being capable of correctly reproducing a uniform magnetic configuration, variational ansatz is not able to provide a detailed description to a chiral magnetic background. The latter naturally limits application range of variational quantum computing to solve quantum simulation tasks.


We consider the problem of Bird's Eye View (BEV) segmentation with perspective monocular camera view as input. An effective solution to this problem is important in many autonomous navigation tasks such as behavior prediction and planning, being that the BEV segmented image provides an explainable intermediate representation that captures both the geometry and layout of the surrounding scene. Our approach to this problem involves a novel BEV feature transformation layer that effectively exploits depth maps to transform 2D image features to the BEV space. The framework includes the design of a neural network architecture to produce BEV segmentation maps using the proposed transformation layer. Of particular interest is evaluation of the proposed method in complex scenarios involving highly unstructured scenes that are not represented in static maps. In the absence of an appropriate dataset for this task, we introduce the EPOSH road-scene dataset that consists of 560 video-clips of highly unstructured construction scenes, annotated with unique labels in both perspective and BEV. For evaluation, we compare our approach with several competitive baselines and recently published works and show improvement over state of the art on the Nuscenes and on our EPOSH dataset. We plan to release the dataset, code and trained models at https://usa.honda-ri.com/eposh.


Out-of-Study Practices as Investments in Rivalling Forms of Symbolic Capital : Using specific MCA for mapping differences among Swedish Higher Education Students


Abstract The recognition of human emotions from spontaneous andnon-prototypical real-life data is currently one of the mostchallenging tasks in the field of affective computing. Thiscontribution presents our recent advances in assessing di-mensional representations of emotion, such as arousal, ex-pectation, power, and valence, in an audiovisual human-computer interaction scenario. We propose a fully auto-matic multimodal recognition approach based on context-sensitive modeling of audio and video features. Evalua-tions on the Audiovisual Sub-Challenge of the 2011 Au-dio/Visual Emotion Challenge show how accurately dif-ferent affective dimensions can be recognized. Our ex-periments reveal that the proposed multimodal recognitionsystem outperforms previously introduced techniques eval-uated on the same task. 1 Introduction Since multimodal human-machine communication systemsthat not only take into account what the user says but alsohow the user communicates, are usually perceived as morenatural and more enjoyable to use, automatic emotion recog-nition is attracting more and more attention. Typically,audio and video channels can provide complementary in-formation and tend to improve recognition performance ifthey are used in a combined multimodal setup [1]. The ac-curacy of automatic emotion recognition heavily dependson the considered scenario: Acted, prototypical emotionsrecorded in a laboratory environment typically lead to highrecognition rates. Yet, 'second generation' AER systemsthat focus on realistic data have to face ambiguous non-prototypical emotions which lead to lower recognition ac-curacies. In this paper, we focus on the 2011 Audio/VisualEmotion Challenge (AVEC) [1] which was organized toprovide research teams with unified training, developmentand test data sets that can be used to compare individual ap-proaches applying a defined test scenario and defined per-formance measures. The task was to classify two levels ofarousal, expectation, power, and valence from audiovisualdata as contained in the SEMAINE database [2]. Com-pared to rather 'friendly' test conditions as considered inthe early days of emotion recognition research, this sce-nario is exceedingly challenging and typically leads to re-sults from below chance-level accuracies to around 70%accuracy for a two-class task.As recognizer back-end, we apply so-called Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks which tend to be bestsuited for long-range context modeling in emotion recog-nition [3]. Unlike conventional recurrent neural network(RNN) architectures, LSTM is able to incorporate an arbi-trary, self-learned amount of (long-range) context into thedecoding process by using memory blocks instead of con-ventional hidden neurons (see [3], for example). The audiofeature extraction front-end applied in our study is basedon our open-source toolkit openSMILE [4] which is ableto extract large sets of prosodic, spectral, and voice qualitylow-level descriptors (LLD) combined with various statis-tical functionals in real-time. Linguistic features, includ-ing non-linguistic vocalizations such as laughing, breath-ing, and sighing are extracted with an antomatic speechrecognition (ASR) engine optimized for emotional speechrecognition. In addition, we employ visual features gener-ated by our facial movement feature extractor.The proposed technique is evaluated on both the de-velopment set and the official test set of the AudiovisualSub-Challenge. This allows us to compare our results withother methods proposed for this task, including context-free approaches such as Support Vector Machines (SVM).


This study presents theoretical models of the role of externalities across two and three dimensional regional economy. Two decades ago Krugman (1981) developed a model of uneven regional development. He showed that initial discrepancy in capital-labour ratios of the two adjacent, competing regions will cumulate over time, and will inevitably lead to the division into the capital-rich and capital-poor regions. Kubo (1995) presented an extension to Krugman?s model by incorporating not only scale economies within the regions but also regional externalities across regions. His model provided an explanation for different regional development patterns: uneven, joint and the mix of these two. In this study Kubo?s analysis is extended to study the dynamic properties of the development of the three regions instead of two regions. We characterise dynamics and the stability of steady states in the three-region model. In particular, we show under what conditions steady state is unique, and if there can be multiple steady states. We show that condition for even regional development in Kubo?s model, i.e. regional externalities are stronger than scale economies in each regions, is necessary, but not a sufficient condition for even regional development in a case of three region. Our study sheds light on e.g. the regional development in Northern Finland. A few years ago the idea of the regional network of Northern Finland was launched. That idea was meant to spread the economic growth of the city of Oulu - technologically advanced core region - to smaller peripheral areas. Models of this study offer potentially interesting frameworks to analyse different regional development patterns. Furthermore, our model can be used to analyse, how the domination of core region affects the growth of peripheral regions and what kind of regional policy should be implemented to promote economic growth in the periphery. Keywords: Scale economies, regional externalities, regional development JEL classification: C61, R12


10 unique architecture patterns powered by Oracle Fusion Middleware First-hand technical solutions utilizing the complete and integrated Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite From-the-trenches experience of leading IT Professionals Learn to combine the integrated tools of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite and do away with thousands of lines of code In Detail Enterprise Architecture is seldom simplistic enough to be built on a single technology - it generally encompasses a wide array of technologies, including SOA, Identity Management, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Web 2.0, Content Management, BPM, Distributed caching, Data Integration, and Application Server. What are the key business drivers where you need mix of multiple technologies? What are the best practices (organizational as well as architectural) to meet enterprise needs? How do other organizations approach enterprise challenges that transcend technology and product boundaries? IT Leaders, CIOs, Enterprise Architects are searching for proof-points. This book is an attempt to answer these questions by illustrating ten unique enterprise solution patterns to solve business needs in 3 specific areas: process improvement, business visibility and collaboration & security. Each chapter will introduce a new pattern, along with an architectural overview of a real-world customer solution developed with Oracle Fusion Middleware. What you will learn from this book Examine the key building blocks of Enterprise 2.0 architectures and then outline important integration considerations. Align IT with business processes that benefit from process-driven SOA development Create a unified platform for fast, flexible data analysis by integrating relational and multi-dimensional data. Combine SOA and BI to build intelligent processes with insight-driven agility. Inject high performance into data services by using data-tier caching for SOA performance. Bring about change without developing code for application extensions and integrations. Provide next generation integrated real-time intelligence using Oracle WebCenter, Oracle Coherence, and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring. Build an automated reporting platform with SOA and Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher. Govern business demands and requirements by building agile applications using Fusion Development and Oracle Enterprise Architecture Principles. Approach This book is a compilation of ten real-world case studies, originally published on Oracle Technology Network, and shows how to design and develop business processes efficiently. Throughout the book the authors discuss the revolutionary solutions that are behind the changing face of enterprises. Who this book is written for This book is aimed at Architects and IT managers involved in the design, implementation, and integration of composite applications and end-to-end business processes.


This article highlights three key principles that form the basis of operations for the U.S. Department of State's Purchase Card program. These principles include standardization, centralization and collaboration. The author also provides some practical advice on managing a Purchase Card program in a global environment that could be applied to other card programs.


With prostate cancer representing the most common Male cancer and the second most common cause of cancer‐related death in men in the United States, increasing attention is being directed at providing early detection, as well as improvement in therapy. The third option to decrease cancer‐related deaths, decreasing the incidence, has only recently gained attention.


The self-assembly of polymers is a powerful tool for producing various functional materials with a high precision from nano- to macroscale [...].


The mechanism of formation of Li+ and Cd2+ catenates involves two kinetically observable steps; the slower one consits of two processes and has a negative activation enthalpy, supporting a preequilibrium between two complexed species in the mononuclear rearrangement leading to the catenate structure.


This case of study offers to Medellin General Hospital (MGH) a guide to comply with the National Techno-Surveillance Program. The Ministry of Social Protection with the support of the National Drug and Food Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) designed this program. It is regulated by the 4816 Resolution of 2008 and its mainly focused on patient safety. For the development of this project, reference visits at different health institutions in the city of Medellin-Colombia were made. During these, a guided consultation was carried out to establish the current state of techno- surveillance programs and regulatory schemes in Colombia and the world. Using this information and the institutional quality management system at the MGH, the authors performed an analysis of the hospital techno- surveillance situation. Further, it was possible to design an improvement plan with strategies, actions and tools that are to be taken into account by the MGH to implement the planned institutional program and that are expected to improve their health care quality services and strengthen patient safety.


The foundation of the higher education of China is the administrative system.With the development of market economy,the administrative system does not meet the requirements of the development of higher education institution gradually.The higher educational reform of our country is still controlled by administrative system at present.The disadvantages become more and more obvious.It is reflected by power inversion,core inversion,value inversion,spurious phenomenon,superfluous personnel and resource waste.


In this manuscript, the authors analyzed the spatial variability of the isotopic composition of soil water at different depths in the Three-River Headwater Region (China). The isotopic composition of soil water was compared to the isotopic signatures of precipitation and ground ice, and it was related to elevation, soil moisture and soil temperature. In addition, the authors quantified the contribution of precipitation and ground ice to soil water.


Purpose: The current study reports the clinical results of total elbow arthroplasties (TEA) which were Performed on patients with poor clinical and radiological results after initial surgeries for elbow fractures or dislocations. Materials and Methods: The clinical outcomes of twelve consecutive patients who underwent TEA after failed surgeries for elbow fractures or dislocations from january, 1995 to December, 2005 were evaluated. The initial diagnoses were distal humeral fractures in 8 cases and fracture-dislocations in 4 cases. The Mean period from the initial operations to the TEAs was 12 months. The mean folloow up period after TEA was 43 months. Results: The mean range of motion, in terms of active extension, activeflexion, supination, and pronation, improved from , , and to , , and , respectively (p


The paper analyzes the problem of college computer basic course of non-computational specialities in our university.A network teaching model based on differential specialities direction was proposed as the supplement of classroom teaching.The module takes fully into account the the different needs of computer knowledge by the students of different specialities and rich professional learning resources are provided in the model.So that the self-learning of students and interactive teaching by teachers and student was truly unified.It is provided an idea for the teaching reform of basic computer course for my university.


As the development of China economy,the number of vessels navigating in China territorial water is increasing in an astonishing speed,which is importance pollutant source to pollute Chinese ocean.This paper reviews the legal framework of sewage pollution prevention in China,and analyzes the chief problem about the implementation of these standards as well as provides some recommendations for improvements


Ms. Patricia M. Sarenas and Ms. Rechin Narangerel, representative from the Philippines and Mongolia respectively, addressed the issue of women's right during the 6th General Assembly of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and development. According to Ms. Sarenas, the struggle for women's rights and gender equity, peace and development was an unfinished business. She stressed that women parliamentarians had a bigger role to play in defying condescension, criticize patronizing attitudes, assert women's issues and voice women's concerns, and insist on more meaningful participation of women at all levels. They must also stand unafraid to denounce loud and clear, violations of human rights, especially in Asia. Ms. Sarenas's greatest hope was that parliamentarians would continue to explore the different experiences and perspectives within the solidarity of their shared struggles in Asia as a group of people who were in a position to do something for women and men everywhere. On the other hand, Ms. Narangerel noted that Mongolia had always had a tradition of respect for women's status and conditions as manifested by the relatively high rates of literacy, access to health services and employment opportunities. Women's NGO were very active in sensitizing high-level government officials on the need to establish mechanisms to accelerate women's equal participation and equitable representation at all levels of the political process and public life. On her last note, she made mention of the importance of men's support for women's empowerment.


Ecological networks (ENs) are able to mitigate the negative effects of commercial forestry on terrestrial biodiversity, yet this remains untested for the aquatic fauna. Understanding the anthropogenic and natural variables that drive dragonfly diversity at the landscape and habitat scales, allows the design and implementation of ENs that minimise biodiversity loss across production landscapes. Here, we determine the relative contribution of anthropogenic disturbances and natural environmental variables to dragonfly assemblages within ENs. Sixty sites, of various freshwater body types, were sampled for adult dragonflies across ENs in a commercial forestry landscape. Overall, species richness was significantly influenced by river width, water turbidity, water depth and the presence of invasive plants. Nevertheless, overall species composition was influenced by water body type, flow rate and substrate type. Further differences were found when analyses were conducted separately for Anisoptera and Zygoptera. Counter‐intuitively, anthropogenic disturbances had less effect on dragonfly species richness and composition than did natural environmental variables, emphasising the importance of conserving natural heterogeneity. Overall, dragonfly diversity can be successfully conserved in ENs provided that conservation planning incorporates appropriate local scale variables. These results also suggest that impacts on water quality and dragonfly diversity are minimised by well‐designed ENs within this production landscape.


This paper explores the potential of successful school-community partnerships between urban schools and community organizations as a method for better meeting the needs of Latino students in urban areas.


This paper deals with Navier–Stokes simulations for a supersonic pro jectile with base bleed. A separate species continuity equation is solved for the bled gas in order to obtain detailed information about the mixing of the jet and the external flow field. A thermodynamic model based on curve-fit equati ons for the specific heats of the individual species is developed to describe accurately the properties of the mixture. Since the mixture is not a-priori homogeneous, the construction of the model is done locally for each compu tational cell during every iteration cycle. Results for three geometries are presented at two Mach nu mbers with two base-bleed specifications.


Objective
To evaluate the commutability of 22 processed materials for serum alanine aminotransferase measurements which were performed in 11 routine assays without and 2 assays with pyridoxal-5′-phosphate.

Methods
100 serum specimens were collected in Beijing Hospital, Zhao Yang Hospital and Tong Ren Hospital from May, 2017 to August, 2017. 50 individual specimens together with fresh frozen human serum pools (HSPs), external quality assessment (EQA) materials, commercial calibrators and controls were measured by 11 routine assays without pyridoxal-5′-phosphate. Measurement results of the 50 individual samples were pairwise analyzed by Deming regression for slopes and intercepts, and 95% prediction interval (PI) were calculated to evaluate the commutability of processed materials. Another 50 individual specimens and 22 above-mentioned materials were analyzed by 2 assays with pyridoxal-5′-phosphate as the evaluated methods and internationally recognized reference method as the comparative method. The ordinary linear regression (OLR) and 95% PI were used to identify the commutability of 22 materials.

Results
The Deming slopes ranged from 0.879 to 1.064 and intercepts from -1.96 to 3.30; the OLR slopes were 0.905 and 0.955 while intercepts were -6.71 and 9.53. The HSPs were commutable for 51/57 and 56/57 assay pairs. The EQA materials, commercial calibrators and controls showed noncommutability from 8/57 to 47/57, 38/57 and pairs after that, and from 13/57 to 43/57 assay pairs, respectively.

Conclusion
The lyophilized materials including EQA materials, commercial calibrators and controls demonstrated poor commutability in different degrees.(Chin J Lab Med, 2018, 41: 227-231)

Key words:
Alanine transaminase; Reference standards; Communication


This text discusses, in the first place, the construction of the "people" by diverse populisms, keeping in sight the constitution of a collective identity and the articulation of commonness derived from a sense of exclusion. This construction is double-sided: on the one hand, it activates the "people" by an interpellation convoking it to affirm an original sovereignty that has been sequestered by corrupt and oppressive elites; on the other hand, it deactivates it through an identitarian closure that refers the "people" to its charismatic leader. The sense of exclusion characteristic of populism determines an antagonistic relation toward the aforementioned elites and/or other groups in a struggle that opposes a "we" to a "them", which in fact entails the exclusion of a third one, on whose behalf populism claims to speak. The notion of antagonism is discussed by way of referring to a couple of discursive instances: the Schmittian concept of the politic, and a conference by the lawyer, philosopher, politician and educator Valentin Letelier, which offers a sort of performative critique of the distribution of the political field in two antagonistic parties. The text ends addressing the question of democracy and the signification that populism may have in this respect. This is attempted discussing the concept of exception in Carl Schmitt with a view to suggest that democracy cannot be based on a sense of exclusion, acknowledging at the same time that the populist allegation is grounded on the limitations of liberal democracy. In these terms, democracy has to be conceived as radically non-excluding, and that means that democracy is radical democratization in the form of the promise not to exclude the third one.


Occupational coding in Germany is mostly done using dictionary approaches with subsequent manual revision of cases which could not be coded. Since manual coding is expensive, it is desirable to assign a higher number of codes automatically. At the same time the quality of the automatic coding must at least reach that of the manual coding. As a possible solution we employ different machine learning algorithms for the task using a substantial amount of manually coded occupations available from recent studies as training data. We assess the feasibility of these methods by evaluating performance and quality of the algorithms.