Cloud computing is a comprehensive Internet-based computing solution. The flexibility of cloud computing is a function of the allocation of resources on demand. While a traditional computer setup requires you to be in the same location as your data storage device, the cloud takes away that step .It makes possible for us to access our information from anywhere at any time. But often the information housed on the cloud is often seen as valuable to individuals with malicious intent. The main concerns voiced by those moving to the cloud are security and privacy. The companies supplying cloud computing services know this and understand that without reliable security, their businesses will collapse. So security and privacy are high priorities for all cloud computing entities. The main focus of this paper is not only to protect confidential data from various malicious modifications but also to give a proof that the computed result is correct as per request. For this, linear programming computations are decomposed into public LP solvers. Here the original LP problem is converted into an arbitrary problem which helps to protect confidential informations stored in the cloud and also facilitates the users with an efficient result verification mechanism.


In this paper we generalize the theory of generic subsets of definably compact definable groups to arbitrary o-minimal structures. This theory is a crucial part of the solution to Pillay's conjecture connecting definably compact definable groups with Lie groups. Date: June 24, 2011. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 03C64; 20E99. The first author was supported by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Financiamento Base 2008 ISFL/1/209. This work is part of the FCT project PTDC/MAT/101740/2008.


We present an elliptic curve analog of the Stark conjecture for the value of the $L$-function at $s=0$. Although implied by the general Beilinson conjectures, the approach here is very concrete. Several cases are proved.


The Journal of Southern History, Volume LXXXIX, No. 2, May 2023 Jefferson needed to bolster his right to own human beings because of rising antislavery sentiment in Europe. Therefore, in the "Laws" chapter of the Notes, Jefferson rhetorically reduced Black Americans to the position of animals in order to subtly justify their continued enslavement. Moreover, Forbes asserts that Notes presented the "earliest plan for the removal and colonization of Black Americans" (p. xix). There are three problems with Forbes's claims. First, earlier colonization plans included a 1773 proposal by four enslaved men in Massachusetts and another by the Rhode Island antislavery minister Samuel Hopkins (see Nicholas Guyatt, Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation [New York, 2016]). Second, there is evidence that Jefferson continued to oppose slavery during and after the publication of Notes—such as his authorship of an antislavery constitution for Virginia in 1783 and his ambitious (but never fully implemented) attempt to utilize tenant farming as a way to transition enslaved people to freedom in the late 1780s (see Cara Rogers, "The French Experiment: Thomas Jefferson and William Short Debate Slavery, 1785–1826," American Political Thought 10 [Summer 2021]: 327–62). Finally, a careful comparison of the different versions of Notes suggests that Jefferson revised his remarks on race and slavery after receiving a prescient critique from fellow naturalist Charles Thomson, who commented that Notes "'might seem to justify slavery'" (p. 298). Thomson suggested that Jefferson delete every remark on racial inferiority; Jefferson instead softened his conclusions, moving from statements of fact to speculation and adding several harsh condemnations of Virginians who owned enslaved people. Rather than using his Notes to alter the antislavery implications of the Declaration of Independence, then, Jefferson used the work to appeal to the sensibilities of racist Virginians, offering them the option of colonization while insisting that slavery was incompatible with republican government. After all, he asked, "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?" (p. 250). Scholars should continue to investigate the various iterations of Notes in order to provide further insight into Jefferson's views; Forbes's edition will aid in the process of discovery.


questions that torment his always soliloquizing soul. He does not know what to be or not to be. A tranquil philosopher like Schopenhauer, or a passionate artist like Wagner? In the most profound of these "observations," Nietzsche touches on the relation of truth and life, but cannot tell us what kind of history could unite them. Can one be true to life and to truth? Perhaps only art, epic art, will unite diem. This man does not know, and may spend all his life trying to find out. If so, he will have become a philosopher. And if he also finds out, he may have become a poet. Already he has left philology behind, and the incompleteness of the unpublished "We Classicists," which his American friend, Prof. William Arrowsmith, has included, shows that Nietzsche will not return. Had he not gone to Basel with tenure, he would not have received it. Even when colleagues agree with him, they will fear his spirit and, like Herr Prof. Dr. Burckhardt, watch, from the port they have reached, this ship in a storm. Will Nietzsche liberate himself from the modernity that vexes him? Will such liberation send him toward antiquity? Or towards some supermodernity? Will he recur to a radical naturalism, of nobility, nature, and reason, or arrive at a radical historicism, of time, or fate, or life? Who knows which suggestion, rejected possibility, or overlooked side road mentioned here he will one day take? Perhaps even the eternal return of the same. We hear lately that Prof. Nietzsche put aside plans for more "observations," gave up teaching, and left Basel. Will the world be the worse, or the better? Will it lose a great teacher? Or gain a great prophet? Will it lose a classicist, but gain a thinker? Was the Professor wise to retire? Was it forced upon him? By body, or by soul? Will he make a good use of his time or furiously swat flies, like Strauss? Will the rest be silence, thunder, or song? Only his later writings, if there are any, can tell us.


When Bednorz and Müller discovered the superconductivity in a compound La-Ba-Cu-O in 1986, it was considered as a
breakthrough in the research of the superconductivity. This leads to the discovery of the other cuprate superconductors,
and immediately the transition temperature of the synthesized materials reached to the liquid nitrogen temperature.
Today the maximum transition temperature of the cuprate superconductors changes from 35 K for La2
−xSrx
CuO4
 to
138 K for Hg1−xTlx
Ba2
Ca2
Cu3
Oy (the highest record under normal pressure, which extends to ∼160K at high pressure).
High-temperature superconductivity in the Non-stoichiometric cuprate lanthanum barium copper oxide . The Tc
 for this
material was 35 K, well above the previous record of 23K. Thousands of publications examine the superconductivity in
cuprates between 1986 and 2001, and Bednorz and Müller were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics only a year after
their discovery. From 1986 to 2008, many cuprate superconductors were identified, the most famous being yttrium
barium copper oxide (YBa2
Cu3
O7
, "YBCO" or "1-2-3"). Another example is bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
(BSCCO or Bi2
Sr2
Can
Cun+1O2n+6-d ) with Tc
 = 95–107 K depending on the n value. Thallium barium calcium copper oxide
(TBCCO, TlmBa2
Can−1Cun
O2n+m+2+δ ) was the next class of high-Tc
 cuprate superconductors with Tc
 = 127 K observed
in Tl2
Ba2
Ca2
Cu3
O10 (TBCCO-2223) in 1988. The highest confirmed, ambient-pressure, Tc
 is 135 K, achieved in 1993
with the layered cuprate HgBa2
Ca2
Cu3
O8+x. few months later, another team measured superconductivity above 150K
in the same compound under applied pressure (153 K at 150 k bar).


An approach to the Greek philosophy is made by emphasizing that such arises in a fortunate period of the western history that has had a huge influence in our way of thinking nowadays. Almost all the concepts that make up the legacy of the western philosophy were in one way or another assumed by the Greeks. In sum, the following article it is displayed the emphasis of the associations between mythic thinking and rational thought by showing the conditions that made possible the emergence of that peculiar type of philosophical discourse that the Greeks introduced.Revista de Museologia "Koot" No.8 2017: 34-44


this material is condensed and focused to lead the reader into the next sections of the book. Rather it is an end unto itself, and one that breaks up the rhythm of the book. The second problem is the photographic illustrations. The maps and drawings are clear, although slightly small. The real problem emerges with the photographs which are too small, too dark and often are lost in a corner. Too often a photograph is not clear enough to be used to illuminate the text. This problem diminishes the value of the book, for these photographs, more than anything else, should be able to present the style and character of the Maya world and culture. This is an extremely well-written and, apart from the illustration problem, well-presented book. I t gives a new view of the ancient Maya world which combines new ideas and research with past theories.


Background: Enterovesical fistula is an abnormal communication between the gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder. It can be due to varied etiologies including benign, malignant, trauma or iatrogenic. Cross-sectional imaging is an excellent method for detection, type, location, and etiology of fistula. Case Report: We hereby present a rare case of iatrogenic ileo-vesical fistula in a middle aged female after cystoscopic removal of urinary bladder calculus in untrained hands. Conclusion: Radiologists should be aware of this entity and keep iatrogenic injury as a possible cause of the fistula in presence of previous surgical history and if no other underlying obvious cause is present.


The invention discloses a trolley type electric resistance furnace and relates to the field of boilers. The trolley type electric resistance furnace comprises a boiler body and a trolley; the boiler body is welded on the trolley; the front end of the boiler body is provided with a furnace door; a furnace door liner is arranged inside the furnace door; the lower portion of the trolley is provided with a trolley travelling device; the upper end of the boiler body is provided with a furnace door switch device; a heating element is arranged inside the boiler body; the voltage required by the heating element is 360 to 390 V; the front end of the trolley is connected with a driving device; the driving device is connected with a remote control device receiver which is divided into a furnace door switch receiver and a trolley mobile receiver. According to the trolley type electric resistance furnace, the opening or closing of the furnace door is mechanized due to the furnace door switch device, the heating rate of the heating element is ensured due to the fact that the voltage required by the heating element is 360 to 390 V, and a furnace door switch and a trolley mobile switch do not need to be closely controlled when the trolley type electric resistance furnace works under the high temperature due to the remote control device receiver and accordingly the staff can less suffer from the high temperature heat and meanwhile the personal security of the staff is ensured.


ABSTRACT Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) is a serious viral disease affecting adult bees. We report here the complete genome sequence of CBPV, which was isolated from a honey bee colony with the symptom of severe crawling. The genome of CBPV consists of two segments, RNA 1 and RNA 2, containing respective overlapping fragments.


The average photon energy (APE) is a useful environmental parameter for analysing spectral effects of amorphous silicon cells. Single junction cells have a higher spectral performance as light becomes more blue shifted. Double and triple junction cells have a maximum spectral performance when the absorption profile is matched to the received spectrum. Their performance drops off when the radiation is either red or blue shifted, as the current produced by a multijunction device is limited by the least productive junction. Such mismatch is statistically more likely, and therefore more pronounced, as the number of junctions in a device increases. The majority of energy received at the Loughborough, UK test facility is delivered at redder APEs than for the optimum spectral performance of amorphous silicon cells.


Herein we report the synthesis and evaluation of a series of new pramipexole derivatives as highly potent and selective agonists of the dopamine‐3 (D3) receptor. A number of these new compounds bind to the D3 receptor with sub‐nanomolar affinity and show excellent selectivity (>10 000) for the D3 receptor over the D1 and D2 receptors. For example, compound 23 (N‐(cis‐3‐(2‐(((S)‐2‐amino‐4,5,6,7‐tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazol‐6‐yl)(propyl)amino)ethyl)‐3‐hydroxycyclobutyl)‐3‐(5‐methyl‐1,2,4‐oxadiazol‐3‐yl)benzamide) binds to the D3 receptor with a Ki value of 0.53 nM and shows a selectivity of >20 000 over the D2 and D1 receptors in the binding assays using a rat brain preparation. It has excellent stability in human liver microsomes. Moreover, in vitro functional assays showed it to be a full agonist for the human D3 receptor.


................................................................................................................................... 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ 4 DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ 5 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ....................................................................................... 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................ 7 LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ 11 LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................. 14 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 14 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Justification and Problem Statement .............................................................................. 15 1.3 Hypotheses ..................................................................................................................... 16 1.4 Objectives of the study........................................................................................................ 17 1.5 Thesis structure ................................................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................................................................. 18


The device density of integrated circuits has progressed with a 3 year cycle. The 256K DRAM was introduced in 1983 and the 4M DRAM will be in full production in 1990. The 5x stepper, which is the main lithography tool has progressed from G-line to I-line and it is said that the I-line will be able to achieve lithography for 16M DRAM's and some part of the 64 Megabit. We show the relation of this device trend compared with the required detection size of a particle and our particle detection system in TABLE 2.


When analysing humans, issues of bias are a major concern affecting the validity of research. Objectivity is never guaranteed since we are observing conspecifics. Questionnaire studies aggravate the problem by adding additional sources of data filtering and bias. This article provides a short outline of the steps that need to be taken in order to ensure that data collected in observational studies are valid. It is aimed to raise awareness for the requirements of observational studies in order to meet the standard definition of ethology, and describes the limits and potential of observation in comparison to questionnaire studies.


The need to understand human impacts on the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and to design sustainable management policies necessitates integrating land-use decision making into an Earth systems perspective. To address this, the Third AIMES Young Scholar's Network Workshop on Modeling Land-Use Decision Making brought together an interdisciplinary group of young researchers from diverse backgrounds, ranging from biophysical to socioeconomic research. Participants came from both developing and developed countries. The workshop sought to (1) improve understanding of land-use decision-making processes and (2) identify knowledge gaps that hamper progress in integrating these processes into Earth system models. The following four major issues were identifi ed during the course of the workshop: 1. The challenge of representing land-use drivers in Earth system models. These drivers include socioeconomic, environmental, and political factors interacting across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Techniques for quantitatively measuring socioeconomic and political parameters exist, but their inclusion in models is problematic. One recommendation was to use an agent-based model (ABM) approach to integrate spatial and nonspatial factors. Construction of an ABM requires an understanding of driving forces of land-use decision making and specifi c responses of different agents to particular drivers, reducing the full spectrum of individual agents to a manageable number of agent "functional" types. 2. Spatial scale. Global land-use models require simplifi cation of processes for model transparency, error reduction, and proper parameterization of complex relationships. Under this philosophy, generalization is introduced in which local geographic variation and local communities' dynamics are diffi cult to represent, despite their signifi cant impact on climate and land-use change. One approach for resolving these spatial-scale "confl icts" would be the development of a nested model, very general at global level and showing more complexity at more local levels. 3. Incorporating socioeconomic vulnerability. Vulnerability of a land system is defi ned as a function of exposure and sensitivity to natural or anthropogenic stress and variability, and the capacity to cope with the consequences. We recommend the development of indicators that include the future states of land systems and link the land system attributes to vulnerability. 4. Model evaluation. Currently, evaluation is limited by a lack of suitable global data sets. As modelers begin to consider key processes infl uencing socioeconomic drivers in different regions worldwide, and as global spatial databases and standards allowing cross-site comparisons continue to be developed, we anticipate progress in evaluating the applicability and limitations of global land-use models. The AIMES Young Scholar's Network hopes to contribute to the ongoing discussions and to apply the gained insights into their current work. The workshop was made possible with support from Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System (QUEST), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the Natural and Environmental Research Council (NERC), and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).


Methods for inducing selfing, and the relation between selfing and the life cycle of Euplotes woodruffi syngen 3 are reported. Three intercrossing stocks were used in this experiment. Selfing was induced with several treatments as follows: cell-free fluid from the cultures of complementary mating types; intact cells of GI or S phase in the cell cycle; heat-killed cells, and lysed cells of GI-, S-, and D-phase cells which were prepared by freeze-thawing. Stock SJ-27 was used as a parental stock from which Fl clones were originated through selfing. The other two stocks, SJ-8 and SJ-19, were used as testers. The period of immaturity varied from clone to clone. The heterotypic conjugation of clones with cells of stock SJ-8 seems to occur earlier in the life cycle than with cells of stock SJ-19. This result shows that this syngen has an adolescent period in the life cycle. The length of selfing immaturity seems to be different from that of crossing immaturity, and selfing appeared slightly later than crossing with testers. But the clones in which selfing 1st occurred are considered to be in adolescence or maturity, not in senility. Once selfing appeared in any clone, the clone continued to produce selfing pairs till just before clonal death. The viability of selfing and of outcrossing were compared and found not significantly different. Inbreeding depression took place in some of the F2 clones by successive selfing. The viability of F2 clones from young parents was significantly higher than that from old parents (220 to 230 fissions) both in selfing and outcrossing. The total life spans which were studied in three F1 clones were 168 to 264 fissions.


Objective The purpose of present study was to investigate the potential mechanism underlying the protective effect of Shenling Baizhu San (SLBZS) on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by microRNA (miRNA) sequencing. Methods Thirty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into a normal control (NC) group, a high-fat diet (HFD) group, and an SLBZS group. After 12 weeks, the biochemical parameters and liver histologies of the rats were assessed. The Illumina HiSeq 2500 sequencing platform was used to analyse the hepatic miRNA expression profiles. Representative differentially expressed miRNAs were further validated by qRT-PCR. The functions of the differentially expressed miRNAs were analysed by bioinformatics. Results Our results identified 102 miRNAs that were differentially expressed in the HFD group compared with the NC group. Among those differentially expressed miRNAs, the expression levels of 28 miRNAs were reversed by SLBZS administration, suggesting the modulation effect of SLBZS on hepatic miRNA expression profiles. The qRT-PCR results confirmed that the expression levels of miR-155-5p, miR-146b-5p, miR-132-3p, and miR-34a-5p were consistent with those detected by sequencing. Bioinformatics analyses indicated that the target genes of the differentially expressed miRNAs reversed by SLBZS were mainly related to metabolic pathways. Conclusion This study provides novel insights into the mechanism of SLBZS in protecting against NAFLD; this mechanism may be partly related to the modulation of hepatic miRNA expression and their target pathways.


During the middle and late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty emperors' relatives and eunuch grabbed all the power in turn and the royal power was alienated.The literati and officialdom showed conspicuous and complicated restriction of royal power,which belonged to that of morality and justice or that of power.Such a phenomenon had great influence on the political situation at that time and reflected the political characteristics of the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty and some features of the early period of the formation and development of literati and officialdom stratum.


Victor Hugo refers to exile as a "long dream of home." In the case of the Russian emigration we encounter parallel dreams, each with its own variants.1 On one hand, there is the exiles' dream of an eternal, unchanging Russia—surely the intellectually less satisfying variant, though it is social integrating and artistically fertile. Parallel in its intensity but later in time appears the dream of a Russia transformed, along whatever lines one favors. On the other hand, confronting these dreams of home are dreams of exile. Visions of the Russian emigration as seen from Moscow amount to nightmares in Soviet historiography; they run toward sweet dreams of fulfillment in some late Soviet or post-Soviet writings.


Solar array candidate configurations (flexible rollup, flexible flat-pact, semi-rigid panel, semi-rigid flat-pack) were analyzed with particular attention to the specific power (W/kg) requirement. Two of these configurations (flexible rollup and flexible flat-pack) are capable of delivering specific powers equal to or exceeding the baseline requirement of 200 W/kg. Only the flexible rollup is capable of in-flight retraction and subsequent redeployment. The wrap-around contact photovoltaic cell configuration has been chosen over the conventional cell. The demand for ultra high specific power forces the selection of ultra-thin cells and cover material. Based on density and mass range considerations, it was concluded that 13 micrometers of FEP Teflon is sufficient to protect the cell from a total proton fluency of 2(10 to the 12th power) particles/sq cm over a three-year interplanetary mission. The V-stiffened, lattice boom deployed, flexible substrate rollup array holds the greatest promise of meeting the baseline requirements set for this study.


This paper presents a novel algorithm for unsupervised texture segmentation. The proposed algorithm incorporates the local binary pattern operator under a segmentation framework based on the active contour without edges model. The experiments performed, show that it can be used for fast segmentation of two-textured images, outperforming recent texture segmentation algorithms, with a segmentation quality that reaches 99% on average


In order to study the aging property of HTPB propellant in storage and the effect of antioxidant on the storage life of propellant, accelerated aging tests were carried out for two types of propellant. A non-linear aging model was introduced into the classical Arrhenius equation, and the starting point of aging was modified. With the maximum elongation as the evaluation parameter, the storage life at 25 °C is 9.6 years with the critical value is 20%, and the storage life is 17.5 years with the critical value is 15%. By controlling the content of antioxidant in propellant, the formula of type I propellant was modified, and the life of propellant after modification was predicted. The storage life is 12.4 years at 25 °C with the critical value is 20%, and the storage life of propellant is 21.3 years when the critical value is 15%. It was proved that the storage life of propellant could be effectively improved by controlling the content of antioxidant.


Stevia plants (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) became an economically important medicinal plant act as a sugar substitute for diabetic and obese people in many countries. In Egypt, we faced a shortage in sugar production and no more available water for irrigation of sugarcane or sugar beet crops. Stevia, a non-caloric sweetener, is being many times sweeter than sucrose also is required less water. Stevia has difficulties in propagation and improvement through seeds and vegetative methods, so in vitro biotechnology is the protocol has been an efficient alternative for propagation and improvement this plant. Leaf segments as the best explants were used in the present work to in vitro culture of stevia. For surface sterilization, the best exposure time and the combination were found that mercuric chloride )0.1%( for 2 minutes, ethanol )70%( for a one minute, and sodium hypochlorite solution (commercial Clorox ® ) (15%( for 15 min. Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with a wide range of concentration and combination of plant growth regulators (PGR) were tested. MS medium containing 1.0 mg/l 2, 4-D (2,4 Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) + 1.0 mg/l NAA (Naphthalene acetic acid) was the highest and significant callus induction percentage (96c/o). However, the narrow range was observed for plant regeneration (1.8 – 3.6 plantlets/callus) as Ahmed K. Z. et al., 2018 94 well as plantlet length (1.176 – 3.370 cm). A significant variation was observed for leaves number/regenerated plantlet (3.20 to 6.14). MS medium contains 1.8 mg /l BAP (Benzyl amino purine) + 0.12 mg /l NAA resulted the highest regenerated plantlets/callus (3.600). Healthy rooted plants were obtained and transferred to pots for ex vitro hardiness under controlled environmental conditions. The effects of callus induction medium on the activity of mitotic cell division and their mitotic index were evaluated. Wide range and significant variation were observed among mitotic phases and mitotic indexes (MI) grown on different tested MS media. Stevia calli were grown on MS medium + 2.0 mg/l NAA exhibited the highest MI value (9.82%) with a significant difference with all other six used media. Calli cells at metaphase were showed the normal chromosome number 2n=22.


Preface Acknowledgements Author Biographies Introduction A.R.Holmes & J.S.Rofe PART I: THE WAR TIME AMBASSADORS 1938-1946 J.S.Rofe Joseph P Kennedy 1938-40 J.S.Rofe John Gilbert Winant, 1941-45 D.Mayers W Averell Harriman 1946 M.H.Folly PART II: THE COLD WAR AMBASSADORS PART I 1946-1961 J.S.Rofe Lewis Williams Douglas, 1947-50 J.Colman Walter Sherman Gifford, 1950-53 J.Colman Winthrop Aldrich 1953-57 A.Boxer John Hay Whitney, 1957-61 T.C.Mills PART III: THE COLD WAR AMBASSADORS PART II 1961-1981 A.R.Holmes David KE Bruce, 1961-69 J.W.Young Walter H Annenberg, 1969-74 J.Cameron Elliot Richardson, 1975-76 A.Spelling Anne Armstrong, 1976-77 A.Spelling Kingman Brewster 1977-81 A.Spelling PART IV: THE COLD WAR CLOSERS 1981-1991 A.R.Holmes John J. Louis, Jr., 1981-83 P.Trickett Charles Price 1983-89 P.Trickett Henry E Catto Jr., 1989-91 N.J.Cull PART V: THE POST-COLD WAR AMBASSADORS 1991-2001 A.R.Holmes Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz, 1991-94 A.R.Holmes William J Crowe 1994-97 A.R.Holmes Philip Lader 1997-2001 J.Dumbrell PART VI: POST 9/11 AMBASSADORS 2001-2008 A.R.Holmes William Stamps Farish III 2001-04 A.R.Holmes Robert Holmes Tuttle 2005-08 A.R.Holmes Appendices Table of Ambassadors, Presidents and Prime Ministers Index


Aspergillus oryzae A2.104 was used as the original strain for its stronger 2-DG resistance.A2.104-166 was obtained as glucose metabolic inhibition mutant by protoplast mutation breeding.A bench-scale soy sauce brewing experiment showed that both protease and glutaminase activities of the strain A2.104-166 improved and carbohydrate consumption decreased by 33%.The ratios of total sugar to total nitrogen,glutamate nitrogen to nitrogen and free amino nitrogen to total nitrogen of the souce fermented by the mutant were higher than those by the original strain.Sensory evaluation results showed that the soy sauce brewed by A2.104-166 had lighter salty taste but stronger sweet and umami tastes.


The invention provides an inertial platform fast rotating control method. The following steps are carried out during each moment-increasing cycle in the inertial platform fast rotating process: the quaternion between the angle before platform body rotating and the angle after platform body rotating is worked out according to the current frame angle and a target frame angle (the frame angle formed when a platform body is located in a target angle position) of a platform is worked out; the equivalent rotating vector (the absolute value of the equivalent rotating angle is smaller than 180 degrees) between the two angles is worked out according to the quaternion; a moment-increasing angular speed is worked out according to the equivalent rotating vector and the moment-increasing angular speed saturation value of each gyroscope of the platform; then, moment-increasing rotating is carried out on each gyroscope of the platform according to the moment-increasing angular speed calculation value. By means of the method, time for fast rotating is substantially shortened.


Introduction The transferrin receptor is a homodimeric cell surface glycoprotein composed of 90 kD subunits essential for the uptake and recycling of serum transferrin (1). Because of the ubiquitous distribution of this receptor in all dividing cells, its structural characterization is important. Sequence analysis of the cDNA for the human receptor predicts that it contains 3 consensus sequences for addition of Asn-linked oligosaccharides and its sensitivity to endoglycosidases such as N-glycanase and Endo H verified these predictions (2). Some studies have shown that the addition of these N-linked oligosaccharides is essential for efficient dimerization of the receptor and its movement from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus and subsequently cell surface (3). However, the human transferrin receptor clearly contains other post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and acylation, and the contributions of these modifications to receptor function are not clear. For some years now our laboratory has been studying the glycosylation of human cell surface glycoproteins, particularly receptors, such as the receptors for low density lipoprotein and epidermal growth factor. We therefore naturally became curious about the glycosylation of the transferrin receptor and in particular were interested in the possibility that its glycosylation was cell type dependent and illustrative of the types of glycosylation reactions human cells can perform. To this end we began to analyze the human transferrin receptor isolated from several different cell lines. Some human cell surface glycoproteins, such as the LDL-receptor, contain numerous oligosaccharides in 0-linkage to serine and threonine residues (4). These sugar chains may be important for the function of the receptor as evidenced by our recent studies done in collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Michihiko Kuwano at the Oita Medical School in Japan. In our collaborative studies to be published we found that the LDL receptor produced by a monensin-resistant line of Chinese hamster ovary cells contains decreased numbers of 0-linked sugar chains. This defect correlates with a marked reduction in the ability of the receptor to bind LDL. Interestingly, until recently, the human transferrin receptor appeared to be an example of a surface glycoprotein devoid of 0-linked oligosaccharides. However, studies by Neefjes et al., (5) and Poola and Lucas (6) suggested the possiは じめ に


Intermodal transport can reduce the load of the road infrastructure.Knowledge gives it the necessary competitiveness andhelps to control its costs. Fast reaction to changing conditions,opportunities and requirements gives remarkable advantage.Setting up integrated logistic chains using alternative transportmodes requires the trust and close interaction of a variety of actorsinvolved in managing the chain. Especially in the dynamicmobile environment, knowledge has so far not been effectivelyused. FREIGHTWISE tackles this complexity by developing aframework architecture anchored and validated in a range ofdemonstration cases involving commercial and public actors.This paper discusses the general FREIGHTWISE objectivesand its North-East Case, the Logistiikkainfo goods transportservice network information system to be implemented for theEstonian - Finnish transport chain.


The synaptic contacts in the inner and outer plexiform layers of the frog retina have been identified and studied by electron microscopy. In the inner plexiform layer, two types of synaptic contact were recognized. One type, believed to be the synaptic contact of the bipolar terminals, is characterized by a synaptic ribbon in the presynaptic cytoplasm. At such ribbon contacts, there are ordinarily two postsynaptic elements, both of which usually contain numerous synaptic vesicles and appear morphologically identical. The second type of synaptic contact in the inner plexiform layer has a more conventional morphology and is observed very much more frequently than are the ribbon contacts. It is characterized by a dense aggregation of synaptic vesicles clustered close to the presynaptic membrane and is thought to be the synaptic contact of the amacrine processes. The conventional synapses are presynaptic to ribbon-containing processes, ganglion cell dendrites, and other amacrine cell processes. Reciprocal contacts between processes making ribbon synapses, and processes making conventional synapses are often observed. Serial synapses between morphologically identical processes, presumably amacrine processes, are frequently seen; and up to four synapses in series between five adjacent processes have been observed. These findings suggest that in the inner plexiform layer of the frog: (1) bipolar terminals synapse primarily with amacrine processes; (2) amacrine processes synapse extensively with the processes of other amacrine cells; and (3) ganglion cells are driven primarily by the amacrine cells. In the outer plexiform layer, processes penetrate into invaginations in the bases of the receptor terminals and lie in close proximity to the synaptic ribbons of the terminals, where the processes presumably receive synaptic input from the receptors. Elsewhere in the outer plexiform layer, knob-like processes, probably from horizontal cells, make conventional synaptic contacts with other horizontal cell processes and probably with bipolar dendrites.


This paper aims at comparing the forecating abilities (as applied to the 1197 Thailand crisi ) of two currency crisi models : Kaminsky Lizondo and Reinhart (1998) and Collins (1984) .The former , more celebrated and more structural, can explain links between macroeconomic variables and currency crise but has no forecating ability. The latter , much less famous and non-structural , does not exlain but has good forecasting power. A way aout of the dilemma between "explanation without prediction " and "prediction without explanation " is suggested for future research.


Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is often a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problem for the physician and a lifethreatening situation for the patient. Radionuclide cisternography [1, 2] has become the most widely used method for localization. However, the low resolution character of radioisotopic studies often limits the ability to precisely define the site of leakage [31. Failure to accurately localize the origin of the leak may require a more extensive exploratory surgical procedure. Metnizamide (Amipaque; Sterling-Winthrop. Rensselaer, N.Y.), the nonionic water soluble intrathecal myelographic contrast agent. can consistently and accurately delineate the basal subarachnoid cisterns on cranial computed tomography [41. This report describes a case in which metnizamide CT cisternography proved efficacious for diagnosing the presence and anatomic site of cerebrospinal fluid of rhinornhea.


In 2006 and 2008 two different outbreaks of measles, both occurring during winter seasons, were reported in the region of Apulia in south-eastern Italy. The second of these epidemics involved both young adults and children younger than 13 mo, the latter being the age range established by the Regional Vaccination Schedule for the first dose of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine 1, 2) . The present epidemiological pattern of measles in Apulia reflects the vaccination efforts conducted in Italy from 2003, when the implementation of the National Elimination Plan for Measles and Congenital Rubella started up. The Plan engaged all Italian Regions in an extra-ordinary effort to reach target coverage of 95% in children at 24 mo of age, to introduce a second MMR dose at 5‐6 yr of age (target: 90% coverage by 2007), and to carry out a catch-up vaccination program making use of all the occasions of contact children had with the vaccination services, including a campaign aimed at inviting all children of school age in primary and lower secondary schools (up to 8th grade) who had not yet received the two recommended MMR vaccine doses 3) . Measles is usually a mild non-life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy children, but it may be severe with complications in infants, adults and people with impaired immune systems. Since the target MMR coverage for the WHO European Region (>95% for both doses) has not yet been reached, there is still the risk of outbreaks in susceptible adult subjects, and this includes health care workers. In Italy the current trends for measles in fact show an increase in the average age of infection. The vaccination of susceptible healthcare personnel against measles is recommended because it protects both the employee from complications and the patient from infection. In March, in an Apulian hospital, a case of measles was reported in a nurse, who worked in the Paediatric Unit where a child infected by measles had been hospitalized. Case Report


Abstract This study focused on the identification and elimination of endophytic bacterial contaminations during in vitro propagation of European bladdernut (Staphylea pinnata). Axillary shoots were propagated on Murashige and Skoog medium with 20 mg ∙ dm−3 FeEDDHA, 5 μM BA and 0.5 μM NAA at 20/18°C (day/night) and a 16-h photoperiod. Clouding by endophytic bacterial colonies was observed where shoots contacted the media. Bacteria were isolated and separated by repeated streaking as two strains. Gram staining revealed that both strains were Gram-negative. The colonies were very precisely identified as Acinetobacter johnsonii, strain ATCC 17909, and Methylobacterium rhodesianum, strain DSM 5687, using VITEK®2—a rapid bacterial identification system—and the 16S rRNA gene sequencing method. The agar disc-diffusion test proved that both bacterial strains were susceptible to 13 antibiotics (out of 25 tested), derived from the groups of fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides and tetracyclines. Doxycycline or gentamicin (100–300 mg ∙ dm−3) was added to the S. pinnata shoot propagation medium to eliminate bacteria. Gentamicin 100 mg ∙ dm−3 showed the best effect, inhibiting the growth of endogenous bacteria (63%) when applied in the medium for 4 weeks. After the following transfer to media without antibiotics, shoots developed axillary buds and bacterial colonies were not observed.


An integrated waveguide-photodiode with an external quantum efficiency as high as 56% (coupled to single-mode fiber) and large bandwidth (5.5-11.2 GHz) at 1.55- mu m wavelength is described. This performance was achieved utilizing a vertical impedance matching design for improved guide-detector coupling.<<ETX>>


In this paper, we suggested a CPW-fed UWB antenna with uni-planar sectoral structure. The area where radiation device face ground is designed to have the shape of tapered slot based on exponential function. We modified a rectangular bow-tie dipole structure antenna and thus formed a multi-resonant mode. From this, we expanded the impedance bandwidth and made a feature satisfying VSWR of less than 2 between . The test result showed that the return loss less than -10 dB was met in the full-band UWB system and maximum gain of was made with the half-power beamwidth of on XY plane(Theta, $Phi


An integrated geophysical approach using non-invasive, non-destructive, and cost-effective seismic and electromagnetic techniques has been implemented to recognize the static and dynamic properties (i.e. eigenfrequencies, equivalent viscous damping factors, and related modal shapes) of the Gravina Bridge and its interaction with foundation soils. The "Gravina" is a bow-string bridge located on outcropping calcarenites in the city of Matera (Southern Italy) and develops for 144 m along a steel-concrete deck. The foundation soil characteristics have been evaluated by means of three high-resolution geo-electrical tomographies, one Vs velocity profile, and two site amplification functions. The main structural characteristics of the bridge have been estimated through permanent and on-demand monitoring using seismic and electromagnetic sensing. The former consisted of accelerometers and velocimeters installed with different geometrical arrangements for permanent earthquake and on-demand ambient vibration test recordings. The electromagnetic sensing was realized by a microwave radar interferometer placed below the deck to measure the displacements of the whole scenario illuminated by the antenna beam providing a continuous mapping of the static and dynamic displacements of the entire target. Acquired data have been analyzed in both frequency and time-frequency domain with the aim to study the stationary and non-stationary response of the monitored bridge. These experimental campaigns allowed us to assess the robustness of the proposed approach and to set up the zero-time reference point of the bridge dynamic parameters.


Abstract An alternative approach to the variance principle of premium determination is explored. The approach rationalises the principle in terms of an economic theory and formalises the notion that loadings in addition to the 'fair' premium are related to competition and expenses.


This research aimed to understand how self-esteem influences the connection between social media use and satisfaction. The research centred on how people utilize WhatsApp as a social networking platform. In this study, we looked at how often people use WhatsApp and how that correlates with how satisfied they are in general. 255 people who regularly use social media were surveyed on their habits, self-esteem, level of satisfaction with life, and other factors. Using structural equation modelling, the data were examined. According to the results, self-esteem moderated the positive association between social media use and contentment. This study underlines the moderating influence of self-esteem between social media use and life satisfaction. To further understand the beneficial impacts of social media use on psychological health, future research should focus on activity theory and the concept of a sense of mastery.


With the rapid development of information technology, the application of big data in the education management has attracted more and more scholars' attention. The widespread use of information recognition methods, especially the Ecards' swiping technology provides an important support for the collection of students' data. In this paper, the data of dormitory access, library access, breakfast consumption, published paper and course grades are combined to describe the characteristics of graduate students. Then academic graduate students are clustered into seven categories, from which data portraits for "straight A student" and "top researcher" are obtained. The colleges are divided into three categories according to the nature of their students' paper, thus we can explore the differences of students' behavior in different colleges. The research shows the prospect of machine learning in education management, and provides some inspiration to managers in this field.


Meningiomas are known to be induced by low and high-dose radiotherapy and several studies suggest an inverse relationship between dose administered and time of tumor development. Radiation-induced meningiomas have been usually reported to be histologically atypical, multiple, associated with a poor clinical outcome. We report a case of a young woman operated upon in 1990 at the age of 18 years old for ependymoma in the 4th ventricle. Three years later a local recurrence was detected, and a chemotherapy was began. During follow-up, MRI revealed a meningeal dissemination and the patient was treated with whole brain radiotherapy and intrathecal chemotherapy. She was radiologically stable for 10 years, then she presented another new mass, an acoustic neurinoma, treated with radiosurgery. In August 2010 the patient complained headache which gradually increases over the preceding weeks. A new MRI revealed the presence of multiple meningeal nodules, rapidly growing in a couple of months. The largest one (30 mm diameter) grew from the falx, in right parieto-occipital lobe; this mass was isointense in T1-weighted images, with a definite uptake of contrast enhancement. Histopathological examination showed a transitional meningioma with dural infiltration consistent with radiation-induced meningiomas. Lesions remained unchanged for several months, and, despite of number of nodules, the patient was almost asymptomatic. In our case report, many evidences, such as the younger age, the radiotherapy treatment and the latency interval between radiotherapy and lesions finding, suggest that the multiple meningeal nodules were radiation-induced meningiomas. The lack of information about the clinical and biological features of radiation-induced meningiomas does not actually allow to understand the clinical behavior of these lesions. Considering the increasing number of patients treated with radiotherapy, we believe it is essential to understand which patient features are linked to the development of radiation-induced meningiomas, in order to identify a subset of patients with higher risk.


SUMMARYSwimming is frequently recommended for cardiac rehabilitation, but little is known of its physiologic consequences in ischemic heart disease. Eight males who had had a myocardial infarction 8–17 months before the study were exercised to exhaustion or angina with 10 W/min−1 ramp on a cycle ergometer in sitting and supine positions. Oxygen uptake (V02) was continuously measured to monitor the physiologic power requirement. All eight patients were taking β blockers and four were taking digoxin. During sitting cycling, angina occurred in four and ST depression in five; during supine cycling, angina occurred in five and ST depression in six. VO2 was then measured while they swam at their own comfortable speed (mean 0.43 m/sec−1) in a swimming flume at water temperatures of 25.5°C and 18°C. In six, the water speed was gradually increased until they were limited by symptoms. Comfortable swimming at 25.5°C was 87% (1.28 1/min−1) and at 18°C 89% (1.30 1/min−1) of sitting peak V02, while heart rates were 92% and 91% respectively. The mean peak VO2 and heart rate did not differ significantly between bicycle and swim tests (peak VO2 sitting 1.49 ± 0.23, supine 1.42 ± 0.24, 25.5°C 1.60 ± 0.17, 18°C 1.52 ± 0.19 1/min−1). Only two patients reported angina while swimming in warm water and one in cold water, although ST depression occurred in six in both swims. The subjective comfort and large muscle groups involved make swimming a good exercise, but the high relative energy cost and failure to identify ischemic symptoms indicate caution in cardiac patients, especially if their swimming skills are poor.


The skin innately possesses metabolic pathways and receptors to protect against external assaults. Here, one protective component, 7-dehydrocholesterol or provitamin D, naturally present in the skin, is described, which serves as the precursor for active metabolites that influence the formation and maintenance of barrier function, the activation of antimicrobial peptides, photoprotective activities, and protection against senescence.


Since the beginning of 90's in last century, the market socialism has already developed into the fifth stage. With E.Roemer as the representative of the fifth-generation western market socialists, they have already put forward various modes of market socialism, seeking a viable socialist road that can replace the market capitalism. This article analyzes their various basic theoretical modes so as to provide lessons and inspiration to the reform in our country's current economy.


Tension control system is a time-varying nonlinear system,and its characteristics include variable parameters,variable load and strong disturbance etc.It is widely applied in actual industrial production processes in various fields.In this study,a tension control system based on Siemens Motion Controller(SIMOTION) was designed by analyzing the characteristics of the tension control system of web press.According to the characteristics of the system,the mathematical model of the tension control system and the experimental platform were set up.Experimental results indicated that the system has good stability,high sensitivity,simple structure and convenient to use.


Small-scale enterprises (SSEs) are important for sustainable development at national development and regional levels, and account for a large part of private enterprises and their large contributio ...


Objective To investigate the anxiety level and related factors in patients with facial neuritis and take relative measures to improve their adjusting ability.Methods Self-evaluate sheet and questionnaire were used to investigate 128 in-patients with facial neuritis.Results 89.1% patients had anxiety of different levels,which was affected by facial paralysis,paralysis deflection,lack of knowledge of the disease and economic difficulty.Conclusion The anxiety can be reduced by building up good relationship and improving mental nursing and instructions in healing and life.


As the rival warriors confronted each other for the final battle and Coriolanus was about to strike the first blow with his sword, a nameless Volscian soldier shot him in the back. Coriolanus fell, rose with difficulty, and as he again raised his sword for the attack, he was shot in the back a second time and fell yet again. The mob immediately piled on to complete the desecration, which was signified when one of the assassins held Coriolanus's heart aloft.


According to the American Bar Association (ABA), legal reasoning (also referred to as legal argument) is one of the 'fundamental lawyering skills'; listed among those skills the ABA task force deems most important (Blasi, 1995). However, there is much debate over how best to teach legal argumentation. This study examines the effectiveness of using a computer-supported collaborative argumentation (CSCA) tool, QuestmapTM, to support the development of argumentation skills in second-year law students. 76 secondyear law students were divided into two groups: the treatment group received access to QuestmapTM to help construct arguments throughout the semester while the control group did not receive access. Results provide preliminary indication that CSCA may not support the development of argumentation skills in second-year law students. Using QuestmapTM, students would begin constructing an argument, see another counter-argument appear, and then begin discussing the counter-argument with its creator outside the software. Since not all of the argumentative dialogue is captured within the software, QuestmapTM then becomes a support for the process of argumentation, rather than a representation of it.


This paper found that the callus induction rate of 88% may be obtained with MS+BA 1.0 mg·L~(-1)+NAA 0.1 mg·L~(-1),furthermore,the formed callus was easy to differentiate into seedlings,the bud differentiation rate reached 56.6% in MS+BA 2.0 mg·L~(-1)+NAA 0.1 mg·L~(-1).1/2 MS+NAA 0.2 mg·L~(-1)was rooting culture medium.


Choosing complex sets of tools, usually called learning management systems (LMSs), for creating perfect blends of traditional classroom activities and the most appropriate e-learning course components has become a common practice. Our institutions have opted for open source LMS Moodle. After years of its application in everyday teaching practice we were inspired to analyse the effectiveness of this platform. In this paper, results of the surveys compiled in order to reflect the student and teacher experiences with Moodle are presented. Main focus is providing insights into opinions, expectations and possible reluctance regarding usability and privacy when using its functionalities Povzetek: V prispevku so predstavljene dolgoletne izkusnje in analize sistema Moodle.


The design of a Mars Rover Sample Return (MRSR) mission that satisfies scientific and human exploration precursor needs is described. Elements included in the design include an imaging rover that finds and certifies safe landing sites and maps rover traverse routes, a rover that operates the surface with an associated lander for delivery, and a Mars communications orbiter that allows full-time contact with surface elements. A graph of MRSR candidate launch vehice performances is presented.


International extractive firms are taking part in a modern day 'scramble for Africa'. While the scholarship examining the link between resource wealth and a lack of economic and social development remains divided, it is nonetheless the case that many sub-Sahara African states have failed to capitalise on their inherent natural wealth. The role of private firms in the economies of resource rich states cannot be ignored. However, much of the resource curse literature discounts the role of private firms in influencing developing state governments instead focusing on methods by which governments can alleviate the curse. Through an examination of the resource curse and private authority literature as well as an introduction to two case studies this paper develops an improved framework for examining the paradox of plenty.


Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has been changing inflexible networks in software-based programmable networks for more flexibility, scalability, and visibility into networking. At the same time, it brings many new security challenges, but there are very few educational materials for students in learning about SDN security. In this workshop, we present our newly designed SDN security education materials, which can be used to meet the ever-increasing demand for high-quality cybersecurity professionals with expertise in SDN security. For effective hands-on learning, the security labs are designed in CloudLab, a free open cloud platform supported by NSF. Participants receive handouts describing security problems, lab instructions, techniques to use CloudLab, and worksheets for Q&A, which can be directly used for their networking classes at their home institutions. The workshop proceeds in three sessions in which we: present the way to use CloudLab and to understand SDN; practice in simulating three networking attacks in SDN on CloudLab; and discussion and critique in small groups for new SDN security labs.


ABSTRACT The objective of the present study was to identify physical, chemical, and physicochemical mechanisms at the origin of the NIR spectra modifications recorded during dough mixing. An FT-NIR spectrometer over the 1000–2500 nm range with a fiber optic probe in contact with the dough during processing was used. The NIR spectra collections are analyzed as raw spectra and after second derivative treatment by using principal component analysis (PCA). The analysis of the three first principal components describe high cumulative variance (>95%). The PCA on the raw NIR spectra demonstrate the dominant contribution of physical mechanisms (granular state and surface aspect of the dough) and, to a lesser extent, of physicochemical mechanisms (water and protein modifications). The PCA of the second derivative spectra on the 1000–2325 nm wavelength range and on restricted wavelength ranges (1352–1485 nm, 1778–2052 nm, or 2109–2325 nm) allowed a physicochemical description of the NIR absorbance variations. The N...


Agricultural companies that produce utilitarian products must prioritize corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts to uphold their reputation (Rep) and ensure long-term sustainability through superior performance. This study aims to examine the relationship between corporate responsibility and corporate financial and marketing performance, with differentiation strategy (Diff), firm size (FS), internationalization (Int), perceived external pressure (PEP), and altruism (Alt) acting as drivers of CSR initiatives. Employing a quantitative research approach, this study utilized the fuzzy inference system (FIS) to identify the predictive relationships between variables. Purposive sampling was employed to select five legally incorporated agricultural companies in East Java. The findings indicated that, at specific value thresholds, Diff, FS, Int, PEP, or Alt could serve as drivers of CSR efforts and were associated with corporate financial performance (CFP) and corporate marketing performance (CMP) from the perspectives of CSR, Rep, and PEP. The FIS output models, aligned with the proposed hypotheses, demonstrated that certain values of these input variables positively influence the direction of the output variables. Therefore, company policymakers should carefully consider the value levels of these variables and strive to maintain them to enhance CSR efforts and improve financial and marketing performance effectively. These factors were vital for the sustainability of agricultural companies in East Java.


To investigate apoptosis and Fas expression in thyrocytes from autoimmune thyroid diseases(AITD),thyroid tissues were obtained from 6 patients with Graves' disease(GD),2 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis(HT) and 3 healthy subjects who died accidentally. Thyrocytes were cultured in Eagle'ss medium and apoptosis and Fas expression were detected by flow cytometry. It was found that compared with normal controls,HT thyrocytes showed a significantly higher level of apoptosis associated with a markedly increased expression of Fas,whereas GD thyrocytes only had a relatively higher level of apoptosis. No difference existed in Fas expression between GD and controls. The results suggest that there exists an abnormal apoptosis and Fas expression in thyrocytes from autoimmune thyroid diseases. Fas-mediated apoptosis might be involved in the pathogenesis of AITD,especially in HT.


We discuss, within the Landau theory, the phase diagram of physical systems which display two-dimensionally modulated structures. Specifically, we consider a model appropriate for describing the phase transitions in rare-gas layers adsorbed on graphite. The phase diagram exhibits three phases: a disordered, fluidlike phase, an ordered phase registered with the underlying lattice, and an incommensurate phase. These phases are separated by three phase-transition lines which intersect at a multicritical point. The topology of the phase diagram and the nature of the various transitions are discussed and compared with the appropriate phase diagram for the charge-density-wave layered compounds $2H$-Ta${\mathrm{Se}}_{2}$ and $2H$-Nb${\mathrm{Se}}_{2}$.


Hypertonicity affects many parts of the immune system. Animal studies and experiments in isolated cell cultures show that hypertonicity reversibly suppresses several neutrophil functions and at the same time up‐regulates T‐lymphocyte function. Infusion of hypertonic saline with or without colloids may thus, besides providing efficient plasma volume expansion, ameliorate the detrimental consequences on the immune function of trauma, shock, reperfusion, and major surgery. However, the few clinical studies conducted to date, specifically addressing the immune effect of hypertonic saline infusion, have shown little, if any, effect on markers of immune function, and larger clinical trials have not demonstrated benefit in terms of morbidity or mortality. Thus, as opposed to animal and cell‐culture studies, the immune‐modulating properties of hypertonic saline infusion would appear to be of limited value in clinical practice.


As new type fuel,compressed natural gas(CNG) is welcomed widely and spreaded generally at present because of its burning efficiently、high utilization value and less pollution.But it's easy to bring about great economic loss and casualties when accident occurs for the explosive and inflammable characteristics of CNG.And most of the gas-filling stations locate in densely populated urban area.So the domestic and overseas safety evaluation technology of CNG gas-filling station is researched in this paper,and the truth that we must further improve input and take scientific、systemic and perfect measures to improve the safety evaluation technology and security situation of CNG gas-filling station and to promote its safe running is pointed out.


The article presents the author's interpretation of the new mission of the history of law, and shows the transformation of the history of law through ideas and images into a new science — the history and future of law. Unfortunately, over the years of the history of the Russian Federation, the innovations in domestic higher legal education neither raised its status, nor enhanced its scientific potential. However, a certain semblance of attention to the problem was constantly present in both political and scientific circles. Sometimes the gap between theory and practice further magnifies the notorious formula "Forget  everything you learned." Only historical and legal analysis is capable of  combining the theory and practice of the legal, to infuse the current legislation with meaning.


Scene character recognition is challenging owing to various noise and distortions. In addition, Japanese character recognition requires a large number of training data since thousands of character classes exist in the language. Some researches proposed training data augmentation techniques using synthetic scene character data (SSD)to compensate for the shortage of training data. We proposed multi-scale scheme using multiple dataset consisting of SSD in our previous work to improve recognition accuracy. For further improvement of the scheme, we then proposed Random Filter as SSD generator. This paper enhances the effectiveness of the multi-scale scheme and Random Filter by using larger dataset, JPSC1400, which we have developed by collecting Japanese real scene characters. Experimental results show that the accuracy has been improved from 61.5% to 65.5 % by newly introduced an affine transformation to the SSD generation.


Lessons in Leadership: Fifty Respected Evangelical Leaders Share Their Wisdom on Ministry Edited by Randal Roberts Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications 1999, 288pp., paper, $13.99 Reviewed by James B. Vxgen General editor Randal Roberts poses the key question concerning this project: "Why another book on leadership . . . what more could possibly be said without merely rehearsing the familiar?" (9). Good question. Roberts suggests that Lessons in Leadership is, in fact, a different sort of book than the countless others of the same genre that have poured forth from the presses. In what way? This book does not present theories about leadership or strategies to maximize a leader's programmatic successes. Rather, it seeks to present the acquired wisdom of SO respected evangelical leaders gained from "on the job" experience. Or, to paraphrase a great many of the contributors: "Let me share with you some things which I wish someone had shared with me early on in my career. I had to learn this stuff the hard way." That pretty much sums up the book. The advice given is very much what one would expect, with few startling revelations (at least for this reviewer). The book is self-conscious ly aimed at "a person who [is] either prepar ing for leadership or who [has] just assumed that role" (10). To facilitate the use of the book as a textbook, there is a series of reflec tion questions at the end of each chapter. To summarize the type of advice one finds in these pages, the young leader is advised to keep God first, to stay in the Scriptures, to be constant in prayer, to be sure to have one or more mentors, and not to neglect spouses and children. The book is an enjoyable read, informative, and, at times, insightful. One could wish, however, that the general editor had widened his search considerably to find a more diver sified group of contributors. Over a third of the contributors are related in some way to Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, from which institution the general editor himself comes. Only four of the 50 contributors are women. Of interest to readers of Missiology is that 18 of the contributors have significant global mission experience. Unfortunately, though, few of them speak specifically of what lessons about leadership they learned from their global service. One notable excep tion is, significantly, from one of the female contributors, Bonnie Kopp. The lesson which she learned from her African brothers and sis ters is a lesson which few of the other respect ed leaders mentioned in their list of essential lessons: "Lighten up! Don't take yourself too seriously" (180). Learn to laugh at yourself and your situation. Sometimes it is the only thing that helps. While interesting and informative, this book will not make it into Missiology's annu al list of "Essential Books." However, if one were teaching a seminary course on leader ship, it might well serve as a good text for a case study approach to the subject.


Objective: Analyzing the rate of complications after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for removal of pituitary adenomas in neurosurgery department lady reading hospital Peshawar.
Materials and Methods: Retrospective study of 58 patients who underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas between July 2013 and June 2016. The Criteria for diagnosis of complications were clinical and radiological.
Results: 11 (18.96%) of the 58 patients who underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery developed per-operative or postoperative complications most of which were managed successfully resulting in good outcome.
Conclusion: The rate of complications observed in our hospital are comparable to those in the international literature. There is a drop in the rate of complications with increasing experience of the neurosurgeon.
Abbreviations: Pts: Pituitary Tumors. TSS: Transsphenoidal Surgery. DI: Diabetes Insipidus. CSF: Cerebro-spinal Fluid. ICA: Internal Carotid Artery.


Late Quaternary hillslope and valley evolution of the loess-mantled uplands between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers has produced a landscape composed of surfaces of different ages. Archaeological remains occur in a variety of geological contexts, including intact surfaces that predate the artifacts upon them, as lag on surfaces formed by subsequent erosion, and buried within alluvium, colluvium, and upland loess soil profiles. Holocene channel belts are largely confined to trenches formed by deep stream incision during the late Pleistocene, and much of the alluvial record is intact, especially in valleys with aggraded floodplains. Modest Holocene hillslope retreat in backslope and shoulder landscape settings and temporary storage of footslope colluvium is documented at some sites. Historic land use practices have resulted in severe hillslope retreat and near complete burial of Holocene valleys with a 0.5-1-m-thick veneer of historic sediment. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


The alarming awareness related to environmental and waste management issues around the universe, status and negative effects of fossil resources, are some of the reasons why biodegradable polymers and the need for their usage is increasingly promoted for sustainable development. Moreover, there is no sustainable economic development without a sustainable environment. Researchers universally have proven that fossil resources pose a serious threat to existence of humans, plants and animals by the generation of greenhouse gases and CFC's. Critically observing the scenario, there is no need to exaggerate the importance of the safe and healthy environment to universal sustainable development. It is a prerequisite on which human and other living things existence lies. Biodegradable biopolymers from research results do not pose such a threat to the environment and its inhabitants compared to fossil based polymers, and therefore, there is need for biodegradable biopolymers universally. Abaza et al., cited in Pathak et al.1 opined that any global scheme of development created without taking the environment into account will actually be a house built on sand.


This work presents the conception and analysis of a switch-mode power supply with desirable characteristics of high power factor, low harmonic distortion, regulated output voltage, and high efficiency. An interleaved boost converter associated with a nondissipative snubber is used as a preregulator stage. Additionally, a soft switching full-bridge converter is chosen as DC-DC stage. The combination of both topologies results in the proposed switch-mode power supply. Theoretical background on each one of the converters is presented and analytical results are discussed in order to validate the proposal.


This article uses local polynomial techniques to fit Whittle's likelihood for spectral density estimation. Asymptotic sampling properties of the proposed estimators are derived, and adaptation of the proposed estimator to the boundary effect is demonstrated. We show that the Whittle likelihood‐based estimator has advantages over the least‐squares based log‐periodogram. The bandwidth for the Whittle likelihood‐based method is chosen by a simple adjustment of a bandwidth selector proposed in Fan & Gijbels (1995). The effectiveness of the proposed procedure is demonstrated by a few simulated and real numerical examples. Our simulation results support the asymptotic theory that the likelihood based spectral density and log‐spectral density estimators are the most appealing among their peers


This study aims at to find out the factors which are purely responsible for the growth, development and sustainability of Tourism Industry of Jammu and Kashmir with special reference to Pilgrimage Tourism. Study uses both primary and secondary data, consisting of 26 different categories of responses from the respondents. Principal Component and Factor Analysis has been used to derive the important factors affecting the growth and development of the pilgrimage tourism. The empirical analysis reveals that eight factors came out to be significantly affecting the pilgrimage tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. Among them, provision of Private facilities came out to be the most significant followed by Public facilities and accommodation facilities. The other five factors which affecting Pilgrimage Tourism, directly or indirectly, were Market infrastructure, Hygiene and Banking infrastructure, Medical and Telecommunication infrastructure, Transport infrastructure and Security and Information and Publicity. Furthermore, the study also shows that there is an urgent need for well-planned strategy by all the stakeholders of the tourism industry of the state.


Before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, minority identity played a minor role in helping the minority leaders enter the CPC Central Committee.After 1949,ethnic representation which was considered as a key political issue began to play a more important role.However,the member proportion of a given minority did not correspond to its proper proportion in the total population of China.The most preferable were those who had typical minority traits and lived in compact communities in the border provinces where they had their political influence.Since the Reform in China,the process and conditions for selecting the senior minority leaders have been quite similar to those for the Han senior leaders.


This chapter focuses on the National Rifle Association's (NRA) efforts during its quasi-governmental phase. Looking at the National Firearms Act and Federal Firearms Act from the 1930s, as well as the Gun Control Act of 1968, the chapter explores how the NRA used this worldview to influence gun policy outcomes during its quasi-governmental phase. The chapter also demonstrates how the NRA harnessed this worldview to advance its political agenda during a period in which it abstained from partisan politics. The chapter then shifts to investigate how these were intertwined with — and often went beyond — other potential sources of power, such as the NRA's financial resources. It digs into a wide range of archival materials to identify how the NRA mobilized gun owners to defeat or weaken gun control legislation in the 1930s through the 1960s. Ultimately, the chapter aims to show that the NRA's ideational resources had independent impacts on key policy outcomes — that they mattered above and beyond any other advantages and resources that the NRA may have had.


Abstract In this paper, we successfully synthesized heterojunction manganese titanate/titanate nanoparticles (MnTiO3–TiO2 NPs)-decorated carbon nanofibers (CNFs) employing the electrospinning process. The morphology, crystallinity, and chemical composition of the MnTiO3/TiO2-decorated CNFs is characterized via SEM, FESEM, STEM, TEM EDX, and XRD techniques. The synthesized nanocomposite exhibits good performance for photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dye and hydrolysis of ammonia–borane complex for hydrogen releasing experiment in a batch reactor under visible light. A mathematical model was developed to predict the photocatalytic activity of the produced nanocomposite with various parameters. The operational parameters include the effect of the initial concentration, catalyst dosage, light intensity, and reaction temperature, which are studied to validate the mathematical model. The reaction rate constant of MB photodegradation is found to be 0.0153 min−1 for an initial MB concentration of 5 mg·L−1 with a catalytic dosage of 200 mg·L−1 at a reaction temperature of 25°C under a light intensity of 25 W·m−2. Similarly, the H2 generation employing TiO2@CNFs and MnTiO3/TiO2@CNFs under visible light irradiation is observed to be 0.31 mol and 2.95 mol, respectively, corresponding to an exposure of 10 min. We also demonstrated that the yield of hydrogen employing MnTiO3/TiO2@CNFs under visible light increases to 2.95 mol compared with 1.51 mol in darkness. Finally, comparisons were made between the experimental and model-predicted values of the reaction rate constant and final concentrations. Theoretical and experimental data of photocatalytic activity are found to be in good agreement for MnTiO3/TiO2@CNFs.


Please cite this paper as: Ducatez et al. (2012) Long‐term vaccine‐induced heterologous protection against H5N1 influenza viruses in the ferret model. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 7(4), 506–512.


B/S/S and ASP is the mainstream technology of web dynamic interactive web page at present.The application of the technology can develop the web application program of efficient server with ease and rapidity.According to the development of the modernized campus,with the combination of ASP dynamic web page technology and databases technology(ODBCADO),P.E.course-selection management and score reports on the network can be achieved.The system structure,key technology,database system design and safety mechanism implementation of this system are introduced.


In this work, first, a family of fourth‐order methods is proposed to solve nonlinear equations. The methods satisfy the Kung‐Traub optimality conjecture. By developing the methods into memory methods, their efficiency indices are increased. Then, the methods are extended to the multi‐step methods for finding the solutions to systems of problems. The formula for the order of convergence of the multi‐step iterative methods is
, where
 is the step number of the methods. It is clear that computing the Jacobian matrix derivative evaluation and its inversion are expensive; therefore, we compute them only once in every cycle of the methods. The important feature of these multi‐step methods is their high‐efficiency index. Numerical examples that confirm the theoretical results are performed. In applications, some nonlinear problems related to the numerical approximation of fractional differential equations (FDEs) are constructed and solved by the proposed methods.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current situation of academic LIS research, specifically in the UK and to provide some thoughts considering the future of the discipline. According to the opinion of the authors, this situation is characterised by a lack of cohesion, the need for justification of academic research in terms of its immediate applicability to the professional education of practitioners, and a disjuncture between the information profession and information research. The paper attempts to offer introductory thoughts regarding these circumstances.Design/methodology/approach – The current situation is briefly reviewed and commented on from the authors' viewpoint. Aspects of Pierre Bourdieu's study of the university as a hierarchically structured field of forces are considered. Some reference is made to previous literature.Findings – The paper advances the view that the role of academic LIS research, debate and theory formation needs to be strengthened and that this needs to be...


A fracture medium is an anisotropic medium; and the anisotropy indicates that physical properties of a medium (such as speed, amplitude and the like of an earthquake wave) vary along with the variation of measurement directions. The prestack seismic data can be used for detecting a fracture. The fracture is a storage space and a transport channel of oil and gas, and the detection of the fracture plays an important role in finding the oil and the gas. A regular fracture detection method often employs wide-azimuth seismic data. That is because the seismic data have noise; if the limited (narrow) azimuth data are used, the existence of the noise can facilitate the ineffectiveness of the inversion; and the wide-azimuth data can be used for getting over the adverse effect of the noise. However, the cost of collecting wide azimuths is very high and perhaps several times higher than the one of collecting limited azimuths; and using the seismic data of the limited azimuth angles for fracture detection is of important economic significance. Based on the regular inversion algorithm, the seismic data of the limited azimuth angles containing noise can be utilized by considering a noise factor and overcoming the adverse effect of the noise on the inversion result; and the density and the orientation of the fracture can be correctly inversed.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for executing a refractory to facilitate the repair of a furnace for an industry and shorten an executing time, to decrease a range where scaffoldings are assembled, exchange only a repair part when the furnace is repaired, and facilitate the execution of a refractory at a furnace building site. SOLUTION: A panel block on which a heat insulation material and a fire resisting material are applied to an iron plate provided with a mounting bolt is manufactured. The mounting bolt is fastened against a support fitting assembled in the shape of a furnace.


Grounding Symbol Structures in Space: Formal Notations as Diagrams David Landy (email@example.com) Department of Computer Science Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA Robert L. Goldstone (email@example.com) Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA Abstract than the element representing B – any relation that is inherently asymmetric and transitive. Representations are extrinsic when their inherent structure is arbitrary. They model the represented world by explicitly building the necessary structure so as to conform to the world. Palmer argues that analog representations are intrinsic; correspondences and inferences between represented and representing worlds come for free because of their shared intrinsic structure. Propositional representations, including language, logic, and mathematics, are extrinsic, and hence come to represent objects by explicitly establishing relations with whatever structure is needed. The only intrinsic relation necessary to propositions is the left-right concatenation of basic symbols. Although traditionally understood as extrinsic, it is possible that representations in mathematics and logics nonetheless possess intrinsic and analog properties, and it is this possibility that we empirically pursue here. Specifically, we propose that formal notations are diagrammatic as well as sentential and the property conventionally described as syntactic structure is cognitively mediated, in part, by spatial information. Elements of expressions are "bound" together through perceptual grouping—often induced by simple spatial proximity. Thus, our claim is that mathematical formalizations of syntax are not themselves the direct cognitive mechanisms typically employed in processing that structure. The former really are concatenative, but we propose that people use space and spatial relationships in representational schemas to facilitate the processing of syntax. To be clear: we are not claiming here that the execution of each individual step in a proof or computation is inherently spatial or processed exclusively using sensori- motor mechanisms. We do suggest that spatial reasoning over the physical layout of notational forms is common in reasoning with formal languages, and that spacing practices play a significant role in human reasoning using notations. We have argued previously that a broadly similar interference of metric (non-order-related) spatial properties on syntactic judgments provides evidence that syntax processing typically involves spatial and perceptual grouping processes (Landy & Goldstone, in press; Kirshner & Awtry, 2004). These works conclude that mathematical reasoners are sensitive to non-formal properties of presented equations, and in particular align close proximity with high operator precedence. For instance, in Landy & Goldstone Although a general sense of the magnitude, quantity, or numerosity is common both in untrained people and animals, the abilities to deal exactly with large quantities and to reason precisely in complex but well-specified situations—to behave formally, that is—are skills unique to people trained in symbolic notations. These symbolic notations employ typically complex, hierarchically embedded structures, which all extant analyses assume are the product of concatenative, rule-based processes. The primary goal of this article is to establish, using behavioral measures on naturalistic tasks, that the some of the same cognitive resources involved in representing spatial relations and proximities are also involved in representing symbolic notations. In short, formal notations are used as a kind of diagram. We examine self- generated productions in the domains of handwritten arithmetic expressions and typewritten statements in a formal logic. In both tasks, we find substantial evidence for spatial processes even in these highly symbolic domains. Keywords: symbolic processing, mathematics, embodied cognition, relational reasoning Introduction It is clear that mathematical equations written in modern notation are, in general, visual forms, and furthermore that they share some properties with diagrammatic or imagistic displays. Equations and mathematical expressions are often set off from main text, use non-standard characters and shapes, and deviate substantially from the linear placement of text. Furthermore, evidence indicates that at least some mathematical processing is sensitive to the particular visual form of its presentation notation (Campbell, 1999, McNeil & Alibali, 2004). Nevertheless, notational mathematical representation is typically considered 'sentential,' and placed in opposition with diagrammatic representations in fields as diverse as education (Zazkis et al, 1996; Stylianou, 2002), philosophy of science (Galison, 1997), computer science (Iverson, 1980), and cognitive studies of problem- solving (Anderson, 2005; Stenning, 2002). The standard conception of mathematical notation is best understood via Stephen Palmer's (1978) classic distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic representational schemes. A representation is intrinsic "whenever a representing relation has the same inherent constraints as its represented relation" (p. 271). Line A being shorter than Line B can be intrinsically represented by the representational element that corresponds to A being shorter, taller, brighter, or larger


This paper presents a novel adaptive controller for image-based visual servoing of a small autonomous helicopter to cope with uncalibrated camera parameters and unknown 3-D geometry of the feature points.The controller is based on the backstepping technique,but its design differs from the existing backstepping-based methods because the controller maps the image errors onto the actuator space via a depth-independent interaction matrix to avoid estimation the depths of the feature points.The new design method makes it possible to linearly parameterize the closed-loop dynamics by the unknown camera parameters and coordinates of the feature points in the three dimensional space so that an adaptive algorithm can be developed to estimate the unknown parameters and coordinates online.Two potential functions are introduced in the controller to guarantee convergence of image errors and to avoid trivial solutions of the estimated parameters.The Lyapunov method is used to prove the asymptotic stability of the proposed controller based on the nonlinear dynamics of the helicopter.Simulations have been also conducted to demonstrate the performances of the proposed method.


The need for salinity tolerance of turfgrasses is increasing because of the augmented use of effluent or other low quality water (seawater) for turfgrass irrigation. Diverse populations including 34 entries of 16 turfgrass species were screened for salt tolerance from Peninsular of Malaysia under sand culture system. Irrigation seawater of different salinity levels (0, 24, 48, and 72 dS m-1) were applied to turfgrass species grown in a plastic pots filled with a mixture of sand and peat (9:1). The different species of grasses were ranked for salinity tolerance on the basis of shoot and root growth, leaf firing, turf colour and turf quality. The most salt tolerant turf species was 'P. vaginatum' (UPM), 'P. vaginatum' 'local', 'Z. matrella, Z. japonica, C. dactylon' 'satiri' , 'C. dactylon' (Kuala Muda) which were able to tolerate high levels of salinity 48 dS m-1, while, the least tolerant group (24 dS m-1) consisted of 'E. ophiuroides', (UPM), 'P. notatum' (UPM), 'A. compressus' 'cowgrass' (UPM), 'A. affinis' (UPM), and 'A. compressus' 'pearl blue' (UPM). The results indicate the importance of turfgrass varietal selection for saline environments.


In this paper, a novel architecture for self-timed analog-to-digital conversion is presented and designed using the NULL Convention Logic (NCL) paradigm. This analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employs successive approximation and a one-hot encoded masking technique to digitize analog signals. The architecture scales readily to any given resolution by utilizing the one-hot encoded scheme to permit identical logical components for each bit of resolution. The four-bit configuration of the proposed design has been implemented and assessed via simulation in 0.18-μm CMOS technology. Furthermore, the ADC may be interfaced with either synchronous or four-phase asynchronous digital systems.


The purpose of the study is to identify how the course that covers the components of the ten-stepwise approach to discourse analysis of political texts helps international students study the political meanings in Ukraine. The study used the structured observation method to collect rather quantitative than qualitative data and observers' reports on the sampled students' performance in the in-class and out-of-class assignments. It also used discourse analysis awareness test, observation report checklist, and assessment checklist to yield the quantitative data. The course that is based on the ten-stepwise approach to discourse analysis of political texts proved to raise the students' overall awareness of analysis of textual-discursive categories and fosters their skills of both discourse analysis and technical skills to use the NVivo 12 software tool. The results of the Discourse Analysis Awareness Test showed that the sampled students' awareness of discourse analysis was generally good. The mean values varied between 0.643 and0.857, which corresponded to 65-85 grades ECTS. The analysis of the observation reports showed that the five most frequent words used in the corpus of the observation reports of seven experts were as follows: students, contributed, equally, succeeded, managed. All of them evoke a positive idea and feeling and reveal success in meeting goals. The quotes yielded from the reports implied that the course sessions were engaging, challenging, and fruitful in terms of learning how to analyze textual-discursive categories found in political texts. The descriptive statistics drawn from the observation checklist and presented by course topic showed that the observers' mean values improved throughout the course sessions that meant that the students progressed in the discourse analysis.


The vernacular romance Belthandros and Chrysantza, one of the six Byzantine popular verse romances, which are, in general, attributed to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, relates closely to the atmosphere and conventions of western romance, despite its Greek features and the fact that no specific model for it in Western European literature has yet been discovered. The central scene of the romance, however, the lengthy "brideshow" or beauty contest set in the Erotokastron, shows traces at least of Byzantine influence in the view of most scholars, either at first or at second hand, and discussion as to the sources and origins of the work has been somewhat inconclusive, since it shows obvious signs both of western literary and cultural influences and of redaction and performance in a bi-cultural milieu. Its geographical setting — Antioch, Asia Minor, Tarsos recalls the twelfth century Eastern Mediterranean of crusader times, and its hero Belthandros is on several occasions said to be "purple-born" and of porphyrogennete rank, his father, Rodophilos, being titled "βασιλεύς", though the names of the male protagonists show possible signs of western origins, which the romance itself feels needs explanation, and Belthandros' name is twice glossed as not Greek and is stated in the romance to have been translated into its Greek form ("την των Ρωμαίων λέξιν"). He is, however, specifically described more than once as "ρωμαίος" or "ρωμαγενής" and is recognised as Byzantine by other characters in the work, especially Chrysantza's father and the imperial envoy sent to look for the hero, through both his appearance and speech, as well as being identified as such by the inscriptions on both the statues of the two lovers in the Erotokastron and by Eros himself. The romance explains too that Rodophilos is the Greek form, "το όνομα ρωμαϊκόν", of the name of the emperor, though his authority is described in appropriately Byzantine terms. Nor, of course, does the work's


In this paper we study properties of functions of triples of not necessarily commuting self-adjoint operators. The main result of the paper shows that unlike in the case of functions of pairs of self-adjoint operators there is no Lipschitz type estimates in the trace norm for arbitrary functions in the Besov class $B_{\infty,1}^1({\Bbb R}^3)$.


We develop in finite case sufficient conditions for weak ergodicity of a nonstationary Markov chain r-states having transition matrices (Pn) n≥1 with Pn → P, where P has 2 irreducible and aperiodic closed classes and,possibly, transient states.


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User churn, characterized by customers ending their relationship with a business, has profound economic consequences across various Business-to-Customer scenarios. For numerous system-to-user actions, such as promotional discounts and retention campaigns, predicting potential churners stands as a primary objective. In volatile sectors like fantasy sports, unpredictable factors such as international sports events can influence even regular spending habits. Consequently, while transaction history and user-product interaction are valuable in predicting churn, they demand deep domain knowledge and intricate feature engineering. Additionally, feature development for churn prediction systems can be resource-intensive, particularly in production settings serving 200m+ users, where inference pipelines largely focus on feature engineering. This paper conducts an exhaustive study on predicting user churn using historical data. We aim to create a model forecasting customer churn likelihood, facilitating businesses in comprehending attrition trends and formulating effective retention plans. Our approach treats churn prediction as multivariate time series classification, demonstrating that combining user activity and deep neural networks yields remarkable results for churn prediction in complex business-to-customer contexts.


The sense of responsibility is a social subject commonly concerned by multi faculties and fields,and is also a complicated one which can be studied from a variety of perspectives and cognitive logics.The development of the act,cognition,affect and attribution of the responsibility and the experimental study of them are of great significance in the traffic security.