The objective of this study is to analyze is reporting the experiences lived by the actors involvedin the deployment of four orchards pedagogical organic in four public schools in the cityof Leiria, with emphasis on educational impacts and economic these devices. Held on-site observationsand interviews semi-structured interviews with the actors involved from the planningstage to the deployment of HOPs. It was noted that after the creation of the vegetable gardensin schools, there was a greater openness to the consumption of vegetables and legumes bystudents. The HOPs functioned as an educational space and a space for the production ofhealthy foods, without the use of chemical inputs. The data obtained indicate that the HOPs positivelyimpact the development of environmental education and food, also promoting aspectsof the solidary economy. Contributing to a style of conscious life, integrating health, solidarityand quality of life.


We present an approach to endow an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with the capabilities to move through unexplored environments. To do so, we propose a computational framework for planning feasible and safe paths. The framework allows the vehicle to incrementally build a map of the surroundings, while simultaneously (re)planning a feasible path to a specified goal. To accomplish this, the framework considers motion constraints to plan feasible 3D paths, i.e., those that meet the vehicle's motion capabilities. It also incorporates a risk function to avoid navigating close to nearby obstacles. Furthermore, the framework makes use of two strategies to ensure meeting online computation limitations. The first one is to reuse the last best known solution to eliminate time-consuming pruning routines. The second one is to opportunistically check the states' risk of collision. ∗J.D. Hernández is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. email@example.com Accepted for publication in Journal of Field Robotics, 2018


After testing on the material compositions which effect the metallic yield in the production of terbium metal, as well as the processing parameters during different stages in the reaction process, the technical conditions which can gain best metallic yield in terbium metal production are defined.


The paper presents results of an explorative study of peasant tree planting in three villages of central Laos that differ with regatd to major bio-physical and socio-economic characteristics. The field research included the analysis of remote sensing data and the assessment of land capability based on inclination and soil type. Empirical social research tools were used to collect primary data of the peasant households. The analysis reveal that woodlots are generally established on abandoned slash-and-burn areas. A shortage of highquality arable land restricts afforestation to less favourable sites, while an extensive land reserve supports tree planting on productive land as well. Large individual land holdings claimed on a customary or legal basis favour commercial tree growing. Similarly, the generation of substantial offjarm income allows for an increased afforestation. Tree growing could be proved to establish and safeguard individual land property. 1.0 Introduction The Government of Lao PDR started to transform the centrally planned economy into a market economy in the 1980s. Although the economic upswing is evident in the vicinity of bigger towns in the Mekong plain, most rural areas have remained substantially disadvantaged. Remoteness, deficient physical infrastructure and poor capital accessibility represent some of the obstacles to economic growth. Large parts of the population still depend upon subsistence agriculture and are excluded from the merits of the current economic development. Intensification and diversification of agricultural production is acknowledged as the means of rural development. Examples of teak-growing farmers in northern Laos (Xayvongsa Lamphoune 2001) show that on-farm cultivation of commercial tree species has a great potential to include rural populations into the market economy. However, farm forestry is a relatively uncommon activity in most regions of the country Lo date. The Authors are from the Dresden University of Technology, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Tharandt, Germany The Authors are thankful to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the financial support to the field research, and extend gratitude to the Laotian and foreign staff members of the development projects who readily assisted fieldwork and data collection.


are to be evaluated under German law. From a European perspective, the fact that a clause is or is not mentioned on the indicative list does not answer the question whether it is unfair, as the list is indicative in nature only. The question ultimately must be decided by the national court. However, the national court is free to take the fact that a clause appears on the list into account when evaluating that clause under its national law. Neither Becker nor Schmidt – who discusses the general clause of § 307 BGB extensively – indicate whether this factor is indeed relevant or not. I have already indicated that the editors of the book have not required their authors to work in one consistent manner when dealing with the possible European private law aspects. What has puzzled me is that they apparently have not required that case law from the European Court of Justice is referred to in a consistent manner. Whereas Ann merely refers to the publication of a case in a national law journal (the NJW) without mentioning the case-number or the name of the parties, Schmidt-Räntsch refers to Gruber/BayWa and to the publication thereof in the NJW. When discussing the Océano case, Schmidt refers to the publication thereof in both the Official Journal and the NJW and also mentions the name of Océano Grupo. I would have expected that in a second edition such discrepancies would have been eliminated. As that is not the case, I would like to take the opportunity to suggest the way to harmonise these references for the future. From the point of view of accessibility of the references to case law of the ECJ, a reference to only the publication in German law reviews is not the best solution. Apart from the fact that such reviews are not always available in libraries abroad and therefore will not always lead the reader to the proper case, such references are not as easily understandable as could be the case. By mentioning at least the name of the parties the reference in most cases is clear immediately. Where also the case number and the publication in the Official Journal are added, it is for anybody easy to ascertain whether the interpretation of the case by the author is correct. Listing also whether the case is reported in the NJW is of course useful, but – at least for a European lawyer – dispensable.


Abstract. The article focuses on the system of Islamic education in Russia in the past and present. It compares the old-school and new-school systems of training of Muslim clergy and analyzes the contradictions between them. In the Soviet period, due to the collapse of Islamic education, students were mostly taught in an underhand way and that was prosecuted by the authorities. In the post-Soviet period, Islamic education was rehabilitated due to the understating of the need to develop Islamic education in Russia, to work out new techniques, methodologies, and to identify the priorities of the Islamic theological education. The articles talks about an increasing relevance of pedagogic innovations developing due to modern information technologies.


BACKGROUND
There is evidence that schooling can influence performance in cognitive assessment tests. In developing countries, formal education is limited for most people. The use of tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), could have an adverse effect on the evaluation of illiterate and low education individuals.

OBJECTIVE
To propose a new version of MMSE as a screening test to assess Illiterate and low education people.

METHOD
A study was carried out enrolling 232 individuals, aged 60 or more of low and middle socio-economic classes. Three groups were studied: Illiterate;1-4 schooling years; 5-8 schooling years. The new version (MMSEmo) consisted of modifications in copy and calculation items of the adapted MMSE (MMSEad) to Portuguese language. The maximum possible score was the same in the two versions: total, 30; copy, 1 and calculation, 5.

RESULTS
In the total test score ANOVA detected main effects for education and test, as well as an interaction between these factors: higher schooling individuals performed better than lower schooling ones in both test versions; scores in MMSE-mo were higher than in MMSE-ad in every schooling group.

CONCLUSION
Higher schooling levels improve the performance in both test versions, the copy and calculation items contributing to this improvement. This might depend on cultural factors. The use of MMSE-mo in illiterate and low school individuals could prevent false positive and false negative cognitive evaluations.


The environmental challenges for business are on rise. Bearing this fact in mind current has explored the relationship between different pressures and green supply chain management practices (GSCMP). In addition current study has considered the GSCMP as a mediator. 220 respondents participated in the study and Smart-PLS was used for data analysis. Results revealed positive link between coercive, normative, mimetic pressure and GSCMP. Furthermore the study also revealed that GSCMP significantly and positively mediates the relationship between coercive, normative, mimetic pressure and operational efficiency. The study concluded that when an organization is forced through the external sources such as legislation, environment protection agencies and customers they tend to follow the GSCMP. These practices in turn lead towards the operational efficiency of the firms. The limitations and future research areas are provided in the study.


This paper introduces a kind of digital photo frame which is based on the RT-Thread and STM32.The system uses the μC/GUI to draw user interface and can display Chinese characters,it can store pictures or font library fles in SPI FLASH and read information through the FATFS,the system uses image decoding to process the pictures,it can realize the function of browsing pictures by the touch LCD.The test shows that the digital photo frame features with easy to operate and maintain,convenient to take and smooth display.


T HE Esterhizy castle in Eisenstadt, for a long time a center of Haydn research, still contains a collection of valuable manuscripts which have been more or less bypassed by scholars. At the end of the First World War, when a portion of western Hungary, the Burgenland with its capital Eisenstadt, was allotted to Austria, Prince Esterhizy removed the bulk of his Haydn treasures to Budapest.' However, he left behind the very substantial collection of church music preserved in the Eisenstadt castle. Perhaps he felt it unnecessary to move this music because it was meant for performance and did not contain autographs. In any case, the sacred music of the castle, preserved in beautifully written parts, is still to be found in large cabinets outside the chapel. As was to be expected, this repertory, which is arranged in alphabetical order, includes a considerable number of compositions by Joseph Haydn, among them some surprising items. Neither the political changes nor the years of the Second World War with the subsequent occupation of Eisenstadt by the Russian army seem to have damaged this collection.


Aims  A 6–8‐fold higher insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) receptor binding affinity in vitro is reported for the insulin analogue glargine compared with human insulin. This study evaluates the in vivo significance by exploring the growth hormone (GH)–IGF‐1 axis. Assuming a higher binding affinity of insulin glargine to pituitary IGF‐1 receptors, serum IGF‐1 concentrations should decrease via negative feedback.


In this paper two new species of the family Oonopidae from Anhui Province are described. Type specimens are deposited in the Huizhou Junior Teachers' College and Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.Gamasomorpha nigrilineata sp. nov. (figs. 1-4)Holotype ♂,allotype ♀, paratypes 2♀♀, 3♂♂ Xiuning County (29°47"N, 118°11'E) Oet. 28, 1984.Length of male 1.84-2.04 mm. Garapace brown, with 4 radial dark bands. Six eyes in two rows. PMB darker and smaller than the rest. ALE sepersted from each other by 4/5 diameter of itself. Posterior row rocurved. PMB dosely neared. PLE separated from PME by 4/5 Diameter of PMB. Labium triangle, as wide as long. Sternum with 3 shallow grooves fetween cosae of each side. Pedipalp: bulb) not fussed to tarsus; dis-tal end of tulb drawn out into 2 long procsses; Abdomen ovoid ; plates cover entirely dorsal and ventral surface. The dorsal side of aMomen with 3 transverse black bands, the middle one in chevron pattern.Length of female 1.96-2.30 mm. Very similar in structure to male.The new species is retoted to G. lalama Suman and G. cataphracta Karech, but it differs from Wh in having remarkable black stripes on the cephalothorax and abdomen, and the genitalia of this new species also differs from those of the other two species.Epectris conujaingensis sp. nov. (figs. 5-8)Holotype ♂, allotype ♀, paratypes 2♀♀ 4♂♂. Shictai County (30°13' N, 117°20' E), July 26-28, 1983.Length of male 1.74-1.82 mm. Cephalothorax, abdomen plates pale yellow, body surface with some scatterad hairs. Carapace broadly oval. Sis eyes in two rows, all pale, eye group occupies about 1/2 width of liead. Posterior eye row straight or nearly so. ALB/PLE : PME=5 :4; PMB neared. ALE slightly separated. Sternum scutiform; as wide as long. Legs: tibia l with 4 pair of strong ventral spines; Metatarsus l with 2 pair of ventral spines.Length of female 1.76-1.82 mm. similar to male in structure.The new species reaembles E. aenobarbus Brignoli, but it differs from the latter in structure of the male palp, and the eye group occupies very smali part of the head.


Mobile wireless networks offer numerous possibilities for applications in the current society. Since the radio transmitters become smaller, more and more mobile networks in which persons carry the mobile devices are developed. An example for such an network is given by a data communication network for soldiers or emergency workers, in which positions are exchanged in order to allow all persons to know the positions of their mates. Since each person has to carry its own communication equipment, every decrease in weight of the mobile communication equipment is useful. Since the energy supply, the batteries, forms a main part of the weight of the communication equipment, one aspect of the research to decrease the weight is concerned with developing highly energy efficient communication algorithms that maximize the 'network lifetime'.
In this thesis, we explore the Network Lifetime Problem (NLP). The goal is to maximize the network lifetime, which is defined as the time until the first node runs out of energy. The first part of the thesis gives a classification methodology for algorithms and problems concerning the NLP. This methodology gives insight in the background of the NLP, proposed solutions for the NLP, and also information to compare algorithms fairly. Furthermore, some of the existing algorithms for the NLP are discussed. The main conclusion of the first part is that every algorithm is basically designed for one specific problem.
The second part of this thesis is devoted to Multipoint Relay (MPR) flooding and the ability of MPR flooding to maximize the network lifetime. MPR flooding is a technique that optimizes flooding by reducing the number of retransmissions. In a simple flooding approach all nodes have to relay a packet, but in MPR flooding only the selected MPRS. We present a study on MPRs, a study on MPR flooding and a study on MPR selection algorithms, instead of one global view on MPR flooding. One of the results show that in networks in which the nodes are positioned at a grid, the resulting set of selected MPRs of a non-border node is independent of the MPR selection algorithm. We also prove that in several networks the network lifetime cannot be improved and is fixed, independent of the used MPR selection algorithms, because of the definition of MPRs. Based on this result, we study the relation between the network structure and the effect of MPR flooding with a specific MPR selection algorithm on the network lifetime. We show that the performance of MPR flooding depends on a special property of the network, the so called 'Maximum Forcedness Ratio'. The idea behind the 'Forcedness Ratio' is also used in a proposed MPR selection algorithm, the Maximum Willingness and Minimum Forced MPR selection algorithm. This algorithms is comparable with the Maximum Willingness MPR selection algorithm, as used in OLSR, in terms of network lifetime.


In the southeast coastal region of China,seismicity is of high frequency,and fracture structure is abundantly existent.There is a close relation between seismicity and fracture structure,between epicenter and the spatial distribution of fracture structure.The transmeridional,northeast-striking and northwest-striking faults are respectively considered as'attenuation structure','earthquake-controlling structure'and'Seismogenic structure'by investigating and studying the earthquake examples on the three sets of faults and their relationship with earthquakes.They formed the active epicontinental fracture zone in the southeast coastal region.


Improved process for preparing 1,3-substituted indene which is a useful intermediate in the synthesis of aryl-fused aza polycyclic compounds as therapeutic agents for neurological and psychiatric disorders.


As the competitive environment and businesses have become global, Technology Management has grown in importance. Both corporations and government agencies are more aware of the importance of Technology Management in the emerging "knowledge economy". This has been accompanied by a growing number of educational programmes on technology management around the world. The author manages a Master of Technology Management (MTM) programme in Scotland, which includes an overseas study tour as its final module. This paper reports on observations made on overseas missions to California, Singapore, Korea and Arizona. Significant differences between these locations were observed. It proposes two simple models, one of company technology management and the other of national technology management. It derives four types of company from the technology perspective that seems to conform to the company technology management model. The paper discusses factors pertaining to the different regions Visited. It concludes that the national technology management model provides a good basis for discussing international comparisons, but that local factors are extremely important.


The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between back strength and cardiovascular function response to maximal exercise of chronic low back pain patients(n=13). By using BRUCE PROTOCOL, subjects underwent treadmill exercise test. Their cardiovascular function responses(HR, VCO₂, VE, VO₂, VO₂/㎏) were measured during rest and after maximal exercise. Back strength was measured at angles 0° (degrees) up to a 72° range of motion(72° , 60°, 48°, 36°, 24°, 12°, 0°) by Medx Lumbar Extension Machine. The responses were analyzed using pearson's correlation for SPSS 7.0 program. Results show that : 1. Between rest, VO₂ and back strength at 24° (r=.64), 36° (r=.66), 48° (r=.66), 60° (r=.61) were significantly correlated(p<.05). 2. After maximal exercise, there was no significant correlation between back strength and cardiovascular function.


Adolescence is a dynamically evolving theoretical construct informed through physiologic, psychosocial, temporal and cultural lenses. This critical developmental period is conventionally understood as the years between the onset of puberty and the establishment of social independence. The characteristic skeletal growth spurt generally occurs in females between the ages of 10-12 and 12-14 in males; terminating in adult stature between the ages of 17-19 in females and by the age of 20 in males. Developmental growth includes significant increases in height, weight, and internal organ size as well as changes in skeletal and muscular systems. Since bones are growing faster than muscles, young adolescents may experience coordination and balance issues. Actual growing pains result when muscles and tendons do not adequately protect bones. From the literature search, no well-designed and controlled studies have previously examined the effect of core strength exercise on the balance of female adolescents. Move over, the 360° TitaniUM Core Strength Exercise® is the new invented core strength exercise. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to examine a 12-week of intervention with the 360° TitaniUM Core Strength Exercise® on the balance of female adolescents between pre and post intervention. 20 females age 14 to 16 years old were recruited for this study.Results revealed that 12 weeks 360° TitaniUM Core Strength Exercise® enhanced significant improvements of balance in female adolescents between pretest and post-test [t (19) –5.753, p < .001]. From the current results, we can assume that the 360° TitaniUM Core Strength Exercise® is appropriate and essential training method to improve the balance in female adolescents.


Network simulation is highly indispensable for underwater acoustic network design and research. OPNET Modeler is efficient and popular in terrestrial wireless network simulation, however, suffering from no reasonable and suitable underwater acoustic channel model. Thus most of the network simulation for underwater acoustic networks only focus on routing and MAC protocols but ignore the realistic simulation of physical layer. Thus the results can not precisely reflect the performance of the protocol. In this paper, we take full consideration of the characteristics of underwater acoustic channel such as multipath effect, oceanic noise and frequency-selective fading. A collaborated simulation method is presented for underwater acoustic network simulation, by exploiting the combined advantages of BELLHOP and OPNET Modeler, which could provide a realistic and elaborate underwater acoustic network simulation environment.


The development of new strategies in order to increase the range of fully electric vehicles by minimizing the energy consumption using on-board and off-board sources has been the subject of this work. To do so, an innovative energy management strategy has been developed for intersections regulated by Traffic Lights. EU founded research projects like OpEneR unify efforts of several partners to develop such new technologies. This work contributes to OpEneR project and deals with Traffic Lights. The objective is to develop energy optimal control strategies for the fully electric OpEneR prototypes. It is assumed that Vehicleto-Infrastructure (V2I) communication provides required data about Traffic Lights along considered road segment. Model Predictive Control is used as the framework methodology, which allows for specific powertrain representation and managing of the Traffic Light problem through constraints. In order to test the efficiency of developed control method, the controller is subjected to several representative simulation use-cases, including a real world road in Graz, Austria. The results have shown energy consumption reductions compared to a standard driver varying between 17 and 37 % depending on selected use-case. It is therefore concluded that the presented methodology constitutes an effective approach to the Traffic Light control problem management. Additionally, a Speed Advisory optimization-free algorithm dealing with Traffic Lights was also introduced. It is designed as a real-time implementable alternative to Model Predictive Control formulation. Furthermore, work performed with Human Machine Interface as well as a vehicle mock-up for demonstration purposes are also described. Finally, investigations regarding Explicit and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control are also presented and their strengths and drawbacks are highlighted. The Master Thesis has been written in close collaboration with AVL List GmbH and contributes to the European research project OpEneR.


Provision of early childhood education and care services for refugee families took on heightened challenges during COVID-19 restrictions. We undertook a small-scale study to explore how Australian educators worked with and cared for refugee families during the COVID-19 outbreak in an urban Australian setting. This paper emerges from a larger project that aimed to support social inclusion and cultural and linguistic diversity for refugee families in Australia. The paper draws on two group interviews conducted during a COVID-19 lockdown with four educators working with refugee families in early childhood education and care. Data analysis is framed by the ethics of care work of Carol Gilligan and Nel Noddings. On the basis of these theories and the interview data, two vignettes on an ethics of care were developed. The importance of being cared for and cared about and genuinely listening were identified as crucial aspects of the care provided to refugee children and their families. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Early Years: Journal of International Research & Development is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)


Using China's eastern,central and western financial panel data from 1995 to 2007,this paper analyses on the relationship of financial development of China's eastern,central and western and GDP.The results showed that the Midwest's economic growth depended on the expansion of credit's quantity,while the eastern part of economic growth relied on the rising of financial efficiency.


Abstract Lagerstroemia is a genus of plants comprised of deciduous shrubs or small trees native to China southward into Southeast Asia. There is a wide range among cultivars of tolerance to key pests and diseases, such as powdery mildew, Erysiphe australiana (McAlpine), flea beetle, Altica spp., crape myrtle aphid, Tinocallis kahawaluokalani Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). We found variation in bee visitation to 40 cultivars evaluated in a 2-yr study in north Georgia. The cultivars 'Seminole' and 'Victor' were the two most often visited by all bees, including honey bees, carpenter bees, and several small bee species. 'Apalachee', however, was the cultivar most frequently visited by bumblebees. Plant height and flower color also influenced frequency of bee visitation. Dark pink, dark purple, and white were the flower colors most frequently visited among the nine color categories evaluated. Pollinator visitation should be a consideration in cultivar choice along with pest susceptibility and horticultural attributes.


Objective To study the damages made by metal-tip or carbon-tip ultrasonic instrumentation on casting of pure titanium.Methods After polishing,the surfaces of the casting of pure titanium strips were scaled using metal-tip or carbon-tip ultrasonic instruments.The surface profile of titanium samples were checkd by naked eyes?SEM and Profilometer before and after instrumentation.Results Conclusion All of metal-tip and carbon-tip ultrasonic instrumentation had apparent scratches on the surfaces of the pure titanium.Carbon-tip instrumentation has less damages on the surfaces of pure titanium than metal-tip instrumentation.


Code quality assurance is important problem of software engineering. However, it is impossible to control quality without numerical indicators. In this article the mathematical model for calculation of indicators of quality of a program code is offered.


In this paper, we describe key digital RF processing techniques behind the first single-chip Bluetooth and GSM/EDGE radios realized in 130-nm and 90-nm digital CMOS process technologies, respectively. The local oscillator, transmitter and receiver are architectured from the ground up to be compatible with digital deep-submicron CMOS processes and be readily integrated with a digital baseband and application processors. The conventional RF frequency synthesizer architecture, based on the voltage-controlled oscillator and the phase/frequency detector and charge-pump combination, has been replaced with a digitally-controlled oscillator and a time-to-digital converter, respectively. The transmitter employs a polar architecture with all-digital phase/frequency and amplitude modulation paths. The phase/frequency modulation is based on the direct wideband frequency modulation capability of an all-digital phase-locked loop. The amplitude modulation path directly is built on a digitally-controlled power amplifier. The receiver employs a discrete-time architecture in which the RF signal is directly sampled and processed using analog and digital signal processing techniques. The discrete-time filtering at each signal processing stage is followed by successive decimation, such that great selectivity is achieved right at the mixer level.


Introduction: The goal of the study was to analyse the modification of the sagittal lombo-pelvic equilibrium after total hip replacement for osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods: The sagittal lombo-pelvic equilibrium was analysed among 89 patients who underwent total hip replacement for osteoarthritis, using lateral X-rays of the whole spine including the hips performed pre-operatively and at one year post-operatively. Reference values were calculated by carrying out the same analysis among 100 asymptomatic healthy volunteers. The studied parameters were: the sacral tilt (ST), the pelvic version (PV) and the sacral incidence (SI). Results: The mean pre-operative value of STangle was significantly lower in the osteoarthritis group (20.6° +/−6) compared to the reference group (39.4 +/6, p Discussion: Compared to asymptomatic healthy volunteers, patients affected by osteoarthritis had a pelvic retroversion that has decreased post-operatively but still remained lower than the norm. Conclusion: The lombo-pelvic equilibrium is different in case of osteoarthritis. After total hip replacement the pelvis remained retroverted. This phenomenon should be taken into account for the planning of total hip arthroplasty.


Photochemically Induced Valence Bond Tautomerism of Mesoionic s-Triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazines

The mesoionic s-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazines 1–8 possess intensive charge-transfer transitions, whose positions been influenced by the solvents. Some mesoionics fluoresce weakly. The irradiation gives valence isomers with a diaziridin ring. These products react under additional light irradiation to open-chain ketenes, which incorporate methanol. The quantum yields of the valence bond tautomerism are between 0.08 to 0.45. They depend on the irradiation wavelength, the solvents and the substituents in the pyridazine-part of the molecule. Because the oxygen-insensibility and the sensibilisation with benzene and fluorene been supposed that these reaction take place in the S1-state. The photoreaction of the valence isomer 9 of the mesoion 1 have a quantum yield of 0.13.


Appointments.?University of Glasgoic: Mr. Allison D. McLachlan, M.D., to be Lecturer in Dermatology. Glasgow Royal Infirmary: Mr. Eric G. Oastler, B.A.Oxon., M.B., Ch.B., F.B.F.P.S.G., M.B.C.P.Lond., to be Assistant Physician; Mr. Robert Laird, M.B., Ch.B., P.B.C.S.Ed., and Mr. Alexander Lyall, M.B., Ch.B., to be Extra Assistant Burgeons to the Out-patient Department. The Anderson College of Medicine: Mr. David Fyfe Anderson, M.B., Ch.B., M.C.O.G., to the Chair of Midwifery and Diseases of Women; Mr. James Sommerville, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lecturer on Diseases of the Skin.


A new field of the study (or an agglomerate of the old ones) has been emerging in the United States and in other countries since the turn of the last century. This is the field of 'urban design'. Increasingly, however, questions have been raised by academicians, theorists, and professionals concerning the essence, legitimacy, knowledge base and content and methods of inquiry of the field. Lynch (1984), for example, considers city-design as an artistic activity, and based on the way it was taught and practiced in early 1980s calls it as 'immature arts'. Sorkin (2007, 2009), in two controversial statements on the status and fate of urban design states: Urban design has reached a dead end. To justify his claim, he continues: Estranged both from substantial theoretical debate and from the living reality of the exponential and transformative growth of the world's cities, it finds itself pinioned between nostalgia and inevitabilism, increasingly unable to inventively confront the morphological, functional, and human needs of cities and citizens. While the task grows insurgency and complexity, the disciplinary mainstreaming of urban design has transformed it from a potentially broad and hopeful conceptual category into an increasingly rigid, restrictive, and boring set of orthodoxies. Cuthbert (2007) believes that traditional Urban Design 'theory' is anarchistic and insubstantial in the sense that there is no cement binding the pieces together. This is, according to him, the situation, which has been ongoing for the best part of 50 years, offering unprecedented opportunity for debate and resurrection. Cuthbert (2007) suggests that the discipline of urban design should not seek to justify its existence through any of the normal channels adopted by mainstream theory. It should avoid the vain attempt to generate an internally coherent theory and instead reorient its efforts to making connections with social science through the mechanism of political economy, a synthesis discipline which already has a history of two and half centuries. Here in this book, however, the synthesis discipline is language with a much longer history and better qualifications to represent knowledge and construct an integrative theory.


T cells that survive thymic selection express a diverse array of unique heterodimeric αβ TCRs that mediate peptide-MHC Ag recognition. The proportion of the total T cell repertoire that expresses a particular Vβ protein may be determined by a variety of factors: 1) germline preference for use of particular Vβ genes; 2) allelic effects on the expression of different Vβ genes; and 3) HLA effects on the expression of different Vβ genes (acting via thymic selection and/or peripheral mechanisms). In this study, we show that Vβ usage by human CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in neonatal and adult donors is highly correlated between unrelated individuals, suggesting that a large proportion of the observed pattern of Vβ expression is determined by factors intrinsic to the TCR-β locus. The presence of identical TCR alleles (within an individual) leads to a significantly better correlation between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with respect to Vβ expression; these effects are, however, relatively minor. The sharing of HLA alleles between individuals also leads to an increased correlation between their Vβ expression patterns, although this did not reach statistical significance. We therefore conclude that the correlation in Vβ expression patterns between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells can be explained predominantly by germline TCR-β locus factors and not TCR-β allelic or HLA effects.


In this study, a novel ultra‐fast method is developed to fabricate thermoelectric (TE) legs and electrodes from raw elemental materials in just one‐step plasma‐activated reactive sintering (PARS) process. We have demonstrated this approach with TE legs made of Cu2Se and the Ni–Al multiphase composite electrode. The obtained Cu2Se material shows a maximum ZT value of 0.9 at 773 K. The lowest specific interfacial resistivity of the as‐prepared Cu2Se/electrode junction is about 30 mΩ cm2 at room temperature. The interfacial bonding strength is about 10 MPa. This method shows great prospects for large‐scale, low‐cost, and rapid fabrication of thermoelectric modules.


(1.4) hε(t, x) = ε 1/2h(ε−zt, ε−1x). We will be considering these models in equilibrium, in which case h(t, x)−h(t, 0) is a two-sided Brownian motion with variance ν−1σ2 for each t. There are many physical arguments for (1.3), none of which are good starting points for rigorous analysis, and which are really only convincing in the sense that they are very well backed up by numerical work. Perhaps the simplest is to note that the rescaling εh(·, ε−1x)


The Jesuit Order is one of the most high-powered religious orders in early modern history. From the Order's foundation until its liquidation, the whole of Europe had a network of monasteries, collegiums, and universities. The liquidation of the Order arose the questions of spiritual and educational succession and the fate of movable and immovable property of the Society of Jesus. The abolition of the Order had significant consequences both for the whole organization and for individual components, namely educational institutions (collegiums, universities), for all Order members from the head (general) to the paters, fathers in individual missions. The author considers the reasons for the liquidation of the Society of Jesus. The author also tries to find out how it affected the situation of the Uzhhorod Jesuit Collegium, what happened with the Order's property, and what was the fate of the paters and masters who were providing the functioning of the institution in Uzhhorod. Based on available sources, the author states that after the announcement of the dismissal of the Society of Jesus (1773), the Uzhhorod Collegium continued to work as usual for two years. At first, the property was transferred to the newly created Educational Fund. Later, Empress Maria Theresa donated a part of it to the canonized shortly before (1771) Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo. The official transfer of the Jesuit buildings, castle, and library funds to the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo took place on August 1, 1775. For almost two centuries, from donations or ransoms from local nobles, Uzhhorod Jesuits received land estates, forests, vineyards, meadows, various buildings, mills, etc. After the dissolution of the Order, the majority of lands were given to the educational fund, then sold. Its proceeds were used for the needs of the educational fund.


Ilhamdi ML, Al Idrus A, Santoso D, Hadiprayitno G. 2020. Short Communication: Community structure and diversity of Odonata in Suranadi Natural Park, West Lombok Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 718-723. Odonata is an order of insects. The life cycle of this order is dependent on freshwater habitat. Sensitivity to environmental changes causes odonates to be important bioindicators of ecosystem change. The importance of the ecological role of odonates is not followed by adequate scientific information on Odonata communities, especially in the Suranadi Natural Park (SNP). The study aimed to monitor the existence and community structure of Odonata in the SNP area every six months in period. The data collection technique was using a survey method by following the transect line, namely the waterway transect line (WTL), plantation border transect (PT) and settlement border transect (ST). Data collection was done 4 times from April to May 2019, once every 2 weeks. The sampling was done twice in the morning from 08.00 to 11.00 AM and in the afternoon from 03.00 to 05.00 PM. Data were analyzed using the relative frequency equation and Diversity Index. The results showed that there were 16 species of odonates consisting of the family Libellulidae (11 species), Platycnemididae (1 species), Chlorocyphidae (1 species), and Coegrinidae (3 species). Orthetrum sabina, Neurothemis ramburii, Diplacodes trivialis, Gynacantha subinterrupta, Copera marginipes, and Pantala flavescens, are species that are present in all of each observation sites. The waterway transect has the highest diversity index (2.027), followed by settlement transect (1.367), and the lowest is plantation transect (1.131).


The invention relates to a connector in particular for a hearing device, comprising: a tubular housing; at least one contact, which is arranged in an interior of the tubular housing; and a rotatable sleeve disposed on an outer periphery of the tubular housing and over the tubular housing by at least a predetermined angle is rotatable and engaging means for engaging with a complementary connector bushing has. Furthermore, the invention relates to a connector socket, in particular for arranging in a housing of a hearing aid, said receptacle connector comprising: a projection; at least one contact element which is disposed on an outer periphery of the boss; and an engaging means for engaging with a complementary connector and a plug connector with a connector and a socket.


This study examines the one-way information diffusion and two-way dialogic engagement present in public health Twitter chats. Network analysis assessed whether Twitter chats adhere to one of the key principles for online dialogic communication, the dialogic loop (Kent & Taylor, 1998) for four public health-related chats hosted by CDC Twitter accounts. The features of the most retweeted accounts and the most retweeted tweets also were examined. The results indicate that very little dialogic engagement took place. Moreover, the chats seemed to function as pseudoevents primarily used by organizations as opportunities for creating content. However, events such as #PublicHealthChat may serve as important opportunities for gaining attention for issues on social media. Implications for using social media in public interest communications are discussed.


Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have electrical and mechanical properties that make them highly attractive for actuators. They have the ability to deform elastically by several percent, thus storing very large amounts of energy, thanks to their crystalline nature and to their morphology. A bimorph actuator composed of single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), polyvinylidene difluoride (PVdF) and the ionic liquid (IL) 1‐butyl 3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMIM][BF4] with a polymer‐supported internal IL electrolyte was previously demonstrated by Aida and coworkers. While several experiments were carried out using SWCNTs, PVdF and a number of ILs, the use of multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) instead of SWCNTs is, to our knowledge, a new result that will be presented here. Electrochemical characterizations by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and actuation tests performed applying a square wave of 4 V peak‐to‐peak at frequencies between 0.3 and 2 Hz are reported and discussed.


The natural organic compounds in water resources produce the highly toxic and carcinogenic secondary disinfection compounds such as halomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) during the chlorination process. The properties of organic compounds in water resources not only depend on the time but also the place. In this research,the formation of disinfection byproducts was studied by determining the concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) as a main component of natural organic compounds (NOM) present in the raw water of Chahnimeh lakes in Zabol city which supply the drinking water for Sistan and Baluchishtan province. To achieve this purpose,7 cumultive samples were prepared from Chahnimeh lakes in Zabol city during 8 months from October to May in 2015-2016. Also,the quality of samples was analyzed regarding to the amount of NTU,pH,UV254,EC,DOC,SUVA and the dry remained compounds. The results showed that the concentration of dissolved organic carbon is averagely about 7.52 mg/L. The approximate amount of total organic carbon and the average of SUVA parameter are about 13.04 mg/L and 6.66 L/mg.m,respectively. The highest and lowest concentrations of DOC were in March and December,respectively,and totally they did not follow the special time changes. The results revealed that the high proportion of SUVA parameter produces the disinfection byproducts such as toxic THMs more than HAAs. © 2016,International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.


Information disclosure is the main approach.through which investors would understand listed companie and securities supervision institutions:It is also an important principle of laws in most countries.In China,listed companies are regulated by Company Law and Stock Act,both requiring infomation disclosure.Our essay intend to discover the current situation,carlses and solutions of nonstandard information disclosure.


This article examines how the people of Sumba construct their cultural identity associated with their religiosity in the face of discriminatory processed around them. The Sumbanese with their Marapu religion are discriminated againts because of the cultural identity attached to it, but due to their negative image. Discriminatory categories with all the attributes and roles attached to ithemare not natural constructs, but a history and representation. The cultural identity of the Sumbanese is the result of the interaction between the forces from the "outside" and the practices of their daily life. Marapu is a religion that serve as is the cultural identity of the Sumbanese, and becomes the basis of guidelines or values that organize their lives. Even for the people who do not following the Marapu religion. For them the Marapu is limited to the customs of ancestors only, and not as a faith they profess. For some of the Sumbanese, switching religion are a compromise, which is one form of "cultural protection strategy" that can reduce fear and aggression that arise between the individuals and society. The nature of this compromise culture is activated through the traditional institutions that always put through deliberation and uphold the concepts of togetherness and solidarity. Key words: Marapu, construction, cultural identity, discrimination


In Rosia Montana, Romania, the IFC and EBRD are currently considering financing Europe's largest open-cast mine with open cyanide processing. The project will endanger human health and the environment. Local villagers and Romanian NGOs have started campaigning against the Canadian company Gabriel Resources, which is planning to resettle more than 3000 people. Besides the environmental and social impacts of gold mining, the main concern is that Gabriel Resources, as a junior mining company, has insufficient credentials and experience to carry out such a project.


The morphology of first stage zoea larvae of four species of grapsoid crabs (viz., Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana, 1851, Cyclograpsus lavauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853, Hemigrapsus crenulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), and H. sexdentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)) from Argentina and New Zealand was re-examined. Special attention was given to those characters that have been recently recognized to separate larvae of the families Sesarmidae and Varunidae. In all species studied, the setation of several appendages differed from that presented in the original descriptions of the larvae. The new chaetotaxy agrees well with expectations based on a recent taxonomic classification. The shared 2,2 setal pattern on the endopod of the maxilla and the same type of antenna and telson in all of these species, confirm a close phylogenetic relationship among them and their placement within the family Varunidae.


Objective To investigate possible molecular mechanisms of anti-inflammatory action of nicotinamide and tetracycline in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid(BP). Methods IgG in the blister fluid of BP patients was purified by caprylic acid/ammonium sulfate precipitation. The purified 4mg/ml of BP IgG and keratinocytes were co-cultured for 24h. At the beginning of this incubation,nicotinamide and tetracycline were added to the cultured medium. Cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay,the IL-8 protein level in the culture supernatant was measured by ELISA. Results In their phamacological range,nicotinamide and tetracycline did not reduce the viability of normal keratinocytes. Tetracycline inhibited the IL-8 release from cultured human keratinocytes treated with BP IgG,in a dose-dependent fashion. Conclusion Tetracy-cline exhibits its anti-inflammatory effect in the treatment of BP partly by inhibition of IL-8 release from cultured keratinocytes.


This article addresses the control of robotic manipulators under the assumption that the desired motion in the operational space is encoded through a velocity field. In other words, a vectorial function assigns a velocity vector to each point in the robot workspace. Thus, the control objective is to design a control input such that the actual operational space velocity of the robot end-effector asymptotically tracks the desired velocity from the velocity field. This control formulation is known in the literature as velocity field control. A new velocity field controller together with a rigorous stability analysis is introduced in this article. The controller is developed for a class of electrically-driven manipulators. In this class of manipulators, the passivity property from the servo-amplifier voltage input to the joint velocity is not satisfied. However, global exponential stability of the state space origin of the closed-loop system is proven. Furthermore, the closed-loop system is proven to be and output strictly passive map from an auxiliary input to a filtered error signal. To confirm the theoretical conclusions, a detailed experimental study in a two degrees-of-freedom direct-drive manipulator is provided. Particularly, experiments consist of comparing the performance of a simple PI controller and a high-gain PI controller with respect to the new control scheme.


Friday 10 May 1940 Neville Chamberlain announced his resignation on the wireless tonight: a dignified effort — Winston is to rule in his stead — so at last that man has gained his ambition: I never thought he would — well — let us hope that he makes good. I have never believed in him: I only hope that my judgement of the man will be proved wrong. He certainly possesses courage, imagination and drive[,] and age and experience and responsibility may give him judgement — then all should be well. One is sorry for Neville but I should imagine that he has only himself (and David Margesson) to blame for his fall: he should long ago have cut the dead wood out of his administration. The Germans invaded Holland and Belgium early this morning — troops dropped from the air appeared to be very busy in both countries. … No doubt we were ready for this coup. The war has now really begun and we are in for a period of strain and tension.


Four types of quasi-isotropic CFRP laminates were tested in this study. Then the fracture behaviours, for example fracture modes and failure processes were observed by microscope and scanning electron microscope after tensile test. As the result, the differences of fracture behaviours between two kinds of reinforcing fibers composites are indicated.


Obtaining channel state information in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is challenging because of significant multiple-access interference and very limited resources available for channel estimation. Most existing equalization schemes for massive MIMO systems assume perfect channel knowledge at the receivers. When channel estimation error is present, however, significant performance degradation will be experienced, which has been demonstrated in the literature. In this paper, we model the maximum-likelihood channel estimation as the sum of real channel and random channel estimation error, and develop a minimum mean-square error (MMSE) based turbo equalization method conditioned on the channel estimate. We demonstrate that our newly developed iterative processing approach is a general expression, whereas existing methods can be viewed as special cases. We further derive an MMSE-sorted QR decomposition (MMSE-SQRD) based turbo equalization to further improve the performance for massive MIMO systems under large user numbers and severe channel estimation error conditions. Numerical results and performance comparison show that the proposed MMSE-based turbo equalization scheme greatly outperforms the existing schemes. With a large number of users being simultaneously served, our proposed MMSE-SQRD-based scheme can further enhance system performance over the MMSE-based turbo equalization scheme.


Novel technological applications often involve uid ows in the Knudsen regime in which the mean free path is comparable to the system size. We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the transition between the dilute gas and the dense uid regimes as the uid density is increased. c © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 51.10.+y; 34.10.+x; 92.20.Bk


Background: Plerixafor (CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonist), is indicated to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to the peripheral blood for collection and subsequent autologous transplantation in patients who are poor mobilizers. In this retrospective analysis, we compared the efficacy of plerixafor 0.24 mg/kg by subcutaneous (SC) injection (1-2 doses) versus plerixafor (3-4 doses) 0.24 mg/kg by SC injection in terms of their effect on the hematopoietic recovery in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collections of 40 consecutive lymphoma and multiple myeloma patients who underwent autologous HCT, who had previously mobilized poorly and were given plerixafor for mobilization. Twenty-six patients received 1-2 doses of plerixafor and 14 patients received 3-4 doses. All patients gave written informed consent for the procedure. Successful engraftment time was defined as neutrophils >0.5x 10 9 cells/L, platelets>20 x10 9 cells/L for three consecutive days. SPSS inc ver. 20 is used for statistics. Results: All of the 40 patients were mobilized promptly after plerixafor administration without any problem. The mean amount of autologous CD34+ PBSC was 3,8 x 10(6)/kg versus 3,2 x 10(6)/kg, for 1-2 doses of plerixafor administration ve3-4 doses, respectively(p=0,4). Median times to the neutrophil engraftment to >0,5x 10 9 /L were 12 and 10 days for the 1-2 doses and 3-4 doses, respectively (p=0,2). Additionally, median times to the platelet engraftment to >20x 10 9 /L were 14 and 15 days for the 1-2 doses and 3-4 doses, respectively (p=0,6). Conclusions: These data show that the lower doses, i.e. 1-2 days of plerixafor administration evaluated in this study are sufficient to mobilize HSCs. This retrospective comparison suggest that larger prospective studies comparing two days vs. four days of plerixafor should be performed in order to further elucidate the role of two days of plerixafor use in HSC mobilization, and hence would a relatively cost effective way of mobilization in poor mobilizing patients. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The artificial spawning material in which Japanese sandfish lays eggs was developed. The 1st purpose is development of the mitigation technology which complements a spawning function until natural seaweed is reproduced. The breakwater to which Japanese sandfish is laying eggs in the present at Tomakomai Higashi port will be moved in the future. The 2nd purpose is the technical development for adding the function of seaweed to a coast structure in the deep place of depth of water where natural seaweed cannot grow.The quality of the material is polypropylene of specific gravity 0.18. Therefore, it stands straight underwater by buoyancy. Although the form referred to the seaweed, the number of branches and the number of roots were made several times more than natural seaweed.Japanese sandfish laid eggs to all of the artificial spawning material installed in 2000.


The digital donation box is a new and innovative approach to the traditional method of collecting donations for charities and non-profit organizations. This system utilizes an Arduino microcontroller, which serves as the brain of the donation box, to automate the donation process and provide greater transparency and security to donors. The system is designed to accept various forms of payment, including all types of coins. The donation box also incorporates an LCD that shows real-time updates on the donation, and a switch is used to display the total amount collected in the box. The entered coins will be separated and collected in different boxes, which will help the management monitor the system. This project can potentially revolutionize how charitable organizations collect donations, making the process more efficient, secure, and transparent


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There were and there still are many drawbacks connected, above all, with effectiveness and quality of crime investigation in the work of preliminary investigation bodies. A prerequisite for effective preliminary investigation is, firstly, legality of actions of interrogating officers and investigators when their actions are based on complete and thorough examination of all circumstances of the criminal case, analysis and evaluation of checked evidence in the course of making procedural decisions. The second prerequisite is a legal opportunity for interrogating officers and investigators to resolve real contradictions between the interests to achieve the aims of criminal procedure and the necessity to guarantee the rights and freedoms of citizens involved in this process. The third prerequisite is the opportunity to react to the majority of causes for instituting criminal proceedings and in the result to satisfy the sense of justice. Preliminary investigation should be economical in terms of any means and expenditures. It's necessary for both interrogating officers and investigators to organize the work in such an optimal way as to achieve qualitative results with the least manpower and timing budget. An essential condition of effective criminal procedure is the possibility to use various sources of information. Criminal procedure cannot be effective if estimated figures and accounting ratio established by the bodies involved in the procedure enable to evaluate the activity of their agencies positively even in such cases where the aim of criminal procedure has not been attained. Therefore, effectiveness of the preliminary investigation implies the level of attainment of aims and tasks at the stage of a preliminary investigation in the result of legal, reliable, economical, optimal and competent organizational and procedural actions of empowered officials. Legal requirements to the quality of crime investigation are: legality, comprehensiveness, completeness and objectivity of examination of circumstances, reasonableness and motivation of charges. Each of the above requirements has its legal content but they make investigation qualitative only when taken together. The quality of investigation is connected with a positive final result and with logically completed proceedings; it includes the investigation in full, is inherent in it and is not reduced to the presence of one property or only separate characteristics. Each of the examined concepts-effectiveness and quality of a preliminary investigation expresses the degree of task solution and the level of aim attainment. It is evident that effectiveness covers, first of all, service expenditures, but quality the requirements for enquiry and preliminary investigation.


BACKGROUND Sepsis is a severe medical condition that occurs when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection, leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction. The "Third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3)" defines sepsis as an increase in sequential organ failure assessment score of 2 points or more, with a mortality rate above 10%. Sepsis is a leading cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and


Research concerning comprehension in early simultaneous bilingualism is still very limited. Thus, this study focuses on describing a bilingual infant's comprehension of adults' verbal input addressed to the child in an Indonesian-German language environment, and the child's understanding of translation equivalents (TEs). The child, who was exposed to Indonesian and German simultaneously from birth, was observed from age 0;9 to age 1;3 using a diary supplemented with weekly video recordings. A "one parent-one language" system was applied in which the child received Indonesian language from the mother and German language from the father from birth. Since the family live in Indonesia and have regular contact to the collective family members, the child received dominant exposure in Indonesian compared to German. The data was transcribed and analysed using ELAN. The results show that the adults' verbal inputs in the form of speech addressed to the child were in the form of short utterances which very often had a high-pitched sound and were rich in repetition. The adults' speech was able to be discriminated by the child. In the pre-production stage, the child could understand approximately 6 (six) proper nouns, 18 (eighteen) Indonesian words and 14 (fourteen) German words. The result reveals that the child could comprehend more words in Indonesian than in German. It was also found that the child could understand some bilingual synonyms, which implies that at the pre-production stage, the child already went through a process of bilingual development.


Lifetime reproduction of female transgenic rat growth hormone (TRrGH) mice and their normal siblings was evaluated on a high-protein (38%) diet, a standard diet (23% protein), and the standard diet supplemented with sucrose cubes. Compared with those on the standard diet, normal mice fed the high-protein diet showed significant increases in litter size, number of litters, and lifetime fecundity. Number of litters and lifetime fecundity were also enhanced in normal mice fed sucrose. TRrGH mice showed no significant improvements in reproduction on the high-protein diet, but they were significantly smaller. Sucrose dramatically improved reproduction of TRrGH mice, with no reduction in mature mass. The percentage of fertile TRrGH mice increased from 45% on standard chow to 71% with sucrose. The number and size of litters of TRrGH mice also significantly increased with sucrose, mean lifetime fecundity doubling from 9 pups on standard food to 18 pups on sucrose. However, TRrGH mice did not attain the reproducti...


Objective: To detect coagulative fuction in the early period of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome(HFRS),and analyze its clinical significance.Methods: Coagulative fuction of the experiment group included 65 cases of HFRS patients in our hospital,with the incidence time was from 1 to 5 days and the control group included 65 cases of healthy people was detected,and the results were analyzed.Results: Fib and PLT were lower in the experiment group,and had an inversely proportional relationship with the severity of disease.Difference between the groups was statistically significant(P0.01).PT and APTT in the experiment group were prolonged,and had a positively proportional relationship with the severity of disease.There were significant differences between two groups(P0.05).Incidence of DIC was positively proportional to severity of disease with the total incidence of DIC was 21.5%.The total mortality rate was 3.1%.Conclusion: Early detecting coagulative function in HFRS pateints can predict the severity of the disease.


Saiful Anwar Hospital in Malang is one of A-class hospitals in East Java. Since there are many facilities and personnel offered by this hospital, it makes this hospital become one of the most active hospitals in Malang in serving patients. In order to maintain comforts and services in the hospital, it's necessary to evaluate two-wheeled vehicles parking area characteristics in each motorcycle parking area of RSUD, to find out the available parking spaces to accommodate motorcyle, and also solutions to solve parking problems. The data is taken from the results of the patrol survey which was conducted on June 17 2019. From the results of the survey that has been analyzed the biggest accumulation amount of parking lots was 464 vehicles in the visitor's motorcycle parking building, 150 vehicles on the Emergency Station motorcycles parking, and 205 vehicles on the pavilion motorcycle parking lot with an average duration of parking at each location 4 hours to 5 hours. From the data that has been analyzed, the author provides a solution by expanding the parking space on the Pavilion motorcycle parking lot, where the motorcycle parking area exceeds the capacity or the demand is greater than the available capacity of two-wheeled vehicles parking area.


Classical fictions appeared prosperous at the end of Qing dynasty and the beginning of Republic.The reasons of the appearance of classical fictions were lot.It related with not only the trend of returning to ancient times,but also the change of authors and readers.Scholars took part in novels' production and reading,which changed their ideas to themselves.This change was expressed in their novels.Classical fictions brought people new impression,but failed after the beginning of Republic.Although there was appealing for reviving classical Chinese in 1930s,it could not retrieve classical fictions.However,these fictions provide initial foundation to the engendering of modern Chinese literary history.


PURPOSE: An anti-fuse circuit using a magnetic tunnel junction breakdown and a semiconductor device including the same are provided to reduce a layout size of the anti-fuse circuit by using an MRAM with a small size as a fuse. CONSTITUTION: An anti-fuse array(111) includes a plurality of tunnel magneto-resistance elements and a plurality of transistors. The plurality of transistors are serially connected to the plurality of tunnel magneto-resistance elements, respectively. An anti-fuse array breaks down the magnetic tunnel junction of one or more tunnel magneto-resistance elements and stores fuse information. A sensing circuit(115) senses and amplifies the output signals of the anti-fuse array.


Rotationally inelastic scattering of methyl radicals (CD 3 and CH 3 ) in collisions with helium is examined by a combination of velocity map imaging experiments and quantum scattering calculations. In the experiments a beam of methyl radicals seeded in Ar intersects a beam of He atoms at 90 (cid:1) at a collision energy of 440 (cid:3) 35 cm (cid:4) 1 (CD 3 + He) or 425 (cid:3) 35 cm (cid:4) 1 (CH 3 + He). The methyl radicals are prepared photolytically in a gas expansion that cools them to 15 K, giving a distribution over a small number of initial (low) rotational angular momentum states. By resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization detection, we obtain velocity map images which are speci fi c to a single rotational angular momentum quantum number n 0 of the methyl radicals, but averaged over a small subset of the projection quantum number k 0 . We extract resolved angular scattering distributions for n 0 ¼ 2 – 9 (for CD 3 ). We compare these to predictions of scattering calculations performed based on a recent potential energy surface [P. J. Dagdigian and M. H. Alexander, J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135 , 064306] in which the methyl radical was fi xed at its equilibrium geometry. The fully ( n , k ) / ( n 0 , k 0 ) resolved di ff erential cross sections obtained from the calculations, when combined in weighted sums over initial ( n , k ) levels corresponding to the 15 K experimental radical temperature, and fi nal k 0 levels that are not resolved in the spectroscopic detection scheme, show excellent agreement with the experimental measurements for all fi nal states probed. This agreement gives con fi dence in the calculated dependence of the scattering on changes in both the n and k quantum numbers.


the fruitful exchange of views which has been going on between Catholic and non-Catholic scholars. It rather suggests problems as yet unsolved and indicates the directions which more detailed studies will be obliged to follow. In an interesting preliminary sketch Father Rigaux, O.F.M., deçcribes the evolution of methods and the results acquired in the study of Messianism. Encouraged by the great liberty granted in Divino afflante Spirüu, "ce souffle d'air frais, d'ozone après l'orage" as Bishop Charue called it, the Catholic exegete must now put his hand to a more constructive study of the Messianic hope. The influence of Mowinckel has been enormous in this whole question and, for this reason, Canon Coppens critically reviews his latest and most important work on the origins of Messianic beliefs in Israel. The same author follows with an essay defending, against J. J. Stamm, the traditional, literal Messianic interpretation of Isaiah 7:14-17. His third and final contribution to the symposium is a brilliant summary of Pauline teaching on the Messianic hope, as it has been worked out by Coppens' colleague, Fr. Lucien Cerfaux. Prof. Descamps of Louvain traces the development of royal, Davidic Messianism in the New Testament while Fr. Giblet, in what I consider the best essay in the book, shows how Christ, as Prophet, fulfills and deepens the original and authentic Israelite concept of the Prophet-Messiah. The other contributors maintain the same general standard of excellence and help to round out a very complex picture. Gone is the day when the exegete may look for a neat, mathematical equation between prediction and fulfillment, or for that matter, for a simple, unilinear development of a single filament in the Messianic pattern. Many colors and shades are woven into the tapestry of Messianism—the Prophet, Davidic King, Suffering Servant, Son of Man, and Son of David, to mention only the most familiar. The chief value of this book lies in its unfolding the rich background of the Messianic idea and its transformation in the Person of Christ.


The potency of seven chemical disinfectants, namely; Dettol, Septol, Jik and Z-germicide, on Colletotrichum graminicola (sorghum anthracnose) was evaluated in-vitro using Phenol Coefficient and Disc Diffusion techniques. Results of the experiment have shown that both techniques were effective for the evaluation of all the disinfectants with little but insignificant difference. The various disinfectants were also found to inhibit the growth of the test organism with significant difference (P>0.05) between the various disinfectants. The phenol coefficients of Dettol, Septol, and Z- germicide were 1.8, 1.6, and 1.6, respectively, while that of Jik was found to be 1.3, respectively. In the same vein, all the disinfectants were found to be active at 5000 mm disc concentration against the test organism with inhibition zones of either greater than or equal to 10 mm diameter. Therefore, Phenol Coefficient and Disc Diffusion techniques were efficient techniques for the evaluation of disinfectants' potency in-vitro and that Dettol, Septol and Z-germicide are the most effective disinfectants capable of controlling the growth of Colletotrichum graminicola.


Piezoelectric polymer-ceramic composites are promising materials for transducer applications. PVDF-PZT composite films have been developed with different weight fraction and particle size of PZT using a solvent cast method. Films are investigated using X-ray diffraction technique, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry to study crystal structural changes, distribution of particles within the polymer matrix, the influence of these particles at the molecular level, and the changes induced in the melting transition and in the degree of crystallinity of the composites, respectively. The variation in these properties as a function of weight fraction (10–50%) and particle size (1 μm and ∼25 μm) of PZT has also been investigated. The composite films are tested for their application as acoustic emission (AE) sensor.


The utility model relates to a device for adjusting interval between pressing rollers of a noodle press. The utility model comprises a fixing pressing roller and a moving pressing roller making reverse rotary motion at constant velocity under the dynamic effect, both ends of a rotary shaft of the moving pressing roller are respectively provided with bearing seats, and two identical archimedes' spiral cams are synchronously fixed to a rotary shaft and are respectively pushed to the bearing seats of both of the two ends of the moving pressing roller; one end of the rotary shaft used for fixing the cams is provided with a set of regulating device which is composed of a worm wheel, a worm screw and a rotary hand wheel. One hand wheel of the utility model only needs rotating, the interval between the two pressing rollers can be regulated, and the utility model can ensure that any place of the interval is equal.


Abstract. The classical model of viscoelastic body is reconsidered. As well known the deformation response of a material is termed viscoelastic when it does not depend only on the status of the material in the considered time, but also on its deformation history. Furthermore, the system is dissipative: such dissipative nature induce the use of viscoelastic materials in devising anti-seismic dissipators. Aiming to model new and innovative materials different forms of the relaxation modulus which characterises the response of the material are considered. Cases of a non-classical relaxation modulus are studied. Thus, a relaxation modulus which may be unbounded or less regular or modified to describe a material whose mechanical response is changed when the material with time, this phenomenon is usually termed "aging" are investigated. Finally, the viscoelastic response can be controlled on devising magneto-viscoelastic materials via injection of micro or nano particles magnetically sensible.


A review is presented of theoretical and experimental studies of composite propellant combustion. The theoretical investigations include a model of the combustion of a nonmetallized ammonium perchlorate (AP) propellant (noting time scales for vapor-phase combustion and the condensed phase) and response functions in pressure-coupled oscillations. The experimental studies are discussed with reference to scale-modeling apparatus, flame standoff distance versus velocity as a function of pressure, and results from T-burner firings of a nonmetallized AP/polysulfide propellant. Research applications including problems with nitramine propellants, the feasibility of stop-restart rockets with salt quench, and combustion problems in large boosters are outlined.


Under the circumstances of the financial crisis and the tough employment outlook,the current situtation represents higher requirements for the Korean language learners.It is necessary for all the Korean language teachers to consider how to carry out language teaching to train the high-qualified Korean majors.


The position of sulphur within a cured epoxy amine network and its impact upon the thermal, mechanical, chemical and physical properties has been investigated in this study. Sulphur-containing epoxy resins, diglycidyl thioether of bisphenol A (DGTEBA) and diglycidyl ether of dithio diphenyl (DGTED) have been synthesised, cured and characterised and then compared with the benchmark epoxy resin, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA). DGTEBA has two sulphur atoms located terminally to the epoxide groups, whilst DGTED has a sulphur atom located centrally between two phenyl groups. Evaluation of the properties and cure mechanism using 4,4′-diamino diphenyl sulphone (4,4′-DDS) as the hardener showed that when the sulphur was terminally located, the glass transition temperature, cure conversion, thermal stability, yield strain and stress decrease substantially, whilst the rate of cure and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) ingress was comparatively higher. Near-infrared spectroscopy revealed that a competing hydrogen abstraction reaction mechanism deactivated the epoxide ring to nucleophilic attack to produce a heterogeneous network and poorer properties. In contrast, the properties and network structure of the DGTED-cured network, which had sulphur placed centrally between the diphenyl groups were similar to DGEBA except that MEK fluid ingress was reduced. The DGTEBA epoxy was also cured with other amines of varying reactivity to reveal that the hydrogen abstraction mechanism was dependent upon the reactivity of the hardener. Less reactive hardeners were dominated by the hydrogen abstraction mechanism, whilst the more reactive amines displayed a step-growth mechanism more typically associated with epoxy amine cure.


Every year a great amount of unaccompanied children flee their homelands without their parents or guardians. This means a journey filled with danger and difficulties. The difficulties don't only ex ...


304 Abstract — In this paper, proposed structure of ferrite common mode choke for suppression of conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) will be presented. The proposed chokes can be realized in low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) technology. LTCC technology is chosen in order to achieve better performance passive components, with excellent thermal and high frequency electrical performance. Proposed choke consists of two highly conductive multilayer quadratic spiral type inductors, embedded in ferrite material 40012. To obtain the optimal design of choke, the simulation tool ILCMC for calculation of insertion loss of common mode choke is used. Simulations have been conducted for different geometrical dimensions of structure of the common mode choke using software tool ILCMC. Insertion losses of proposed components are calculated and compared.


A whiskered screech-owl (Megascops trichopsis), the second smallest owl of the genus Megascops in Mexico, was admitted at the Wildlife Care Center of El Pedregal de San Angel Ecological Reserve. After performing the physical examination we found no pathologies, but the owl was not able to fly or to hunt successfully. Based on these we determined that the owl was candidate for rehabilitation for the purpose of reintroducing it to the wild. During the rehabilitation, short indoor, long outdoor and vertical flights were carried out. In addition, we offered different live preys to simulate hunting behavior. After rehabilitation, we take blood and fecal samples. Also, a complete ophthalmological examination was carried out. Before the release, a general physical evaluation was carried out where the owl showed an adequate weight (120 g). We did not find endoparasites, or alterations in the ophthalmological exam. The owl was alert and elusive, with no signs of habituation to human contact. Also, a successful flight and hunting behavior was observed. Their hematological values were within the optimal ranges reported for Megascops asio and Asio flammeus. This is the first report of hematological and biochemical values of this species.


In this paper the author introduces a novel method that automatically solves multiple choices for English exams. The algorithm is based on the idea that if a language usage instance is correct, it will appear on the world wide web frequently. Therefore, the Web hit counts of such a language usage instance, which is composed of the stem of the multiple choice together with one of the chosen options, is used as the main evidence for selecting the best answer. Moreover, the author suggests a cascade model that includes a number of different decision functions that not only consider the Web hit count of each instance, but also the domains it appears, the windows size for searching and whether to use exact or inexact match in searching, etc. Evaluations are done on a set of multiple choice questions from College Entrance Examinations for high school students. Evaluation results indicate that this approach can also be applied to improve English writing or other related applications.


This historical cohort study investigated whether dimensions of the expanded Health Belief Model (HBM), the theoretical framework most applicable to the Women's Center Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Program for Adolescent Mothers, can be applied to predict the occurrence of repeat pregnancies among teen mothers. A random sample (n = 260) of primiparous Jamaican adolescent mothers 16 years and under who gave birth in 1994 in the parishes of Kingston & St. Andrew, St. Catherine, and Manchester was selected from vital records and interviewed in 1998 for this study. Multivariate analyses indicated that in addition to WCJF program participation, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, and perceived benefits were significant (p < .05) independent predictors of repeat pregnancy. We recommend the HBM as a useful tool to identify participants who are more likely to experience one or more repeat pregnancies.


The invention relates to the field of communication and discloses a method and a device of converting a media coding manner for improving a success rate of session setup. The method comprises the following steps of when an SBC (Session Border Controller) receives an SDP (Session Description Protocol) negotiation request for the first time, compensating first media type information of a calling party, comparing the first media type information before compensation and second media type information selected by a called user based on the first media type information after compensation, when determining that the two have no intersection, selecting a first media coding manner used by the calling party based on the first media type information before compensation, selecting a second media coding manner used by the called party based on the second media type information, and converting the media coding manner of a media data stream between the calling party and the called party based on the first media coding manner and the second media coding manner. According to the method and the device, the problem of incapability of establishing the session due to failure of media format negotiation is avoided, and the success rate of session setup is improved, so that the system service performance is improved.


This paper provides innovative analysis of rectangular plates having various aspect ratios and boundary conditions based on a true understanding of the two-way action. Nine plates with different boundary conditions, each having 11 aspect ratios were uniquely analysed using SAP2000 software. The finite element analysis results were validated against mathematical solutions showed a satisfactory agreement. The hydrostatic point phenomenon was established as the reference point for identifying plates with actual twoway action and as the growth reference for other cases, allowing for the use growth models for both the hydrostatic and deviatoric moment tensors. The innovative selection of the extreme positive point moment facilitates the introduction of material nonlinearity into the design. The plate shorter dimension was used for moment normalization in both directions to preserve the directional influence of the dimensions and to isolate the hydrostatic phenomenon. It was found that for any boundary conditions, through starting at a hydrostatic phenomenon occurrence and via fixing a dimension and extending the perpendicular dimension, the extreme point Mohr circle develops from the hydrostatic point phenomenon as a growth in the hydrostatic component and a more radical growth in the deviatoric component. The largest principal moment develops a higher magnitude as the aspect ratio increases. The presence of non-identical boundary conditions in the plate on two perpendicular directions results in a deviation of the two-way action.


Objective We investigated the clinical markers for the prediction of residual tumors at repeat transurethral resection (re-TUR) for patients with T1 bladder cancer and evaluated the effect of the residual tumor on the prognosis of the disease. Methods We reviewed the clinical data of the patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) from 2008 to 2015 in our department. Of these, 72 patients with the T1 tumors received re-TUR 2-4 weeks after the initial TUR. A total of 65 patients were followed up, and we recorded the events of tumor recurrence, tumor progression, radical cystectomy and cancer specific death. Results On re-TUR, 33.3% (24/72) of the patients had residual tumours. A statistically significant difference was noted between tumour size and possibility of residual tumors at re-TUR. Residual tumors tended to be detected in patients with larger tumors (diameter ≥4 cm) and might be unrelated to tumor grade or number. The mean follow-up period was 24.0 months. Tumour recurrence occurred in 43.1% of the patients (28/65), with 45.0% (9/20) in the patients with residual tumours and 40.0% (18/45) in patients with not (P=0.71). The overall median recurrence-free survival (RFS) was 21.0 month, and there was no significant difference between patients with residual tumours and patients with no residual tumours in RFS (P=0.11). A total of 7.7% (5/65) of the patients suffered recurrence within 3 months, and the rate of tumor progression, the rate of radical cystectomy and cancer specific mortality was 6.2% (4/65), 7.7% (5/65) and 3.1% (2/65), respectively. We noticed that the presence of residual tumours at re-TUR was related to the rate of tumor recurrence within 3 months (P<0.001), but was not related to overall recurrence rate, progression rate, rate of radical cystectomy and cancer specific mortality. Conclusions For patients with T1 bladder cancer, larger tumors could be a predictive marker for residual tumors on re-TUR. The presence of residual tumors is associated with early recurrence, but has no relationship with prognosis of the disease.


Apparent recoveries of fertilizer N by crops were studied as their treatment in simulation models is a serious problem. Multi-level N fertilizer experiments in which fertilizer was broadcast and incorporated in soil immediately before drilling were carried out on a range of vegetable crops on adjacent sites of the same field. At final harvest, apparent recovery always declined approximately linearly with the increase in fertilizer N even when less was applied than was needed for maximum uptake; this contrasts with the well-known constancy of apparent recovery of Gramineae (winter wheat and grass) over widely different rates. At the seedling stage (of vegetables), when N-uptakes were very small, N-uptake and invariably dry weight, unexpectedly increased with the increase in fertilizer N until very high levels were reached. A single simulation model, with species differences accounted for by variations in the value of only one coefficient, defined, at least qualitatively, all the various phenomena. It is ar...


Regional Differences in Melanoma There are some differences in the occurrence of melanoma across Europe. Figure 1 shows rates of incidence and mortality for both sexes in four different areas. Incidence rates vary substantially between the regions, with highest rates in Northern and Western Europe, whereas mortality rates are more similar between regions (Figure 1). The estimates for individual countries are shown in Figures 2 & 3.


Purpose – This paper aims to research the effects of market orientation in the use of social networking and its relationship with organisational learning.Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study was carried out in 132 recently created Brazilian biotechnology companies. Structural equation models were used in order to test the hypotheses.Findings – The findings suggest that market orientation is positively related to social networking and organizational learning. The study also examines businesses that employ social networks and generate learning procedures within the organisations.Practical implications – Statistically speaking, the use of social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have significant effects on the internal variables of the organisation, which is why businesses should develop new profiles that better reflect the company's corporate strategy.Originality/value – Currently, studies carried out on technologically based social networks are a new feature of the field of man...


Abstract The desire for increased student involvement in the learning process extends to the arena of assessment. This study examined peer and self-assessment as alternatives to instructor assessment of class participation in the MBA strategy course. Data from three samples did not provide unequivocal support for their use in formal grading procedures. However, the study suggests that the use of peer assessment provides a necessary feedback to students and instructors and supports the broader objectives of class participation.


The activity of designing begins with contexualised problems. These are usually heuristic concepts that enable the designer to proceed to a solution. He must understand the complex cultural categor...


This article describes basic orientations of adult learners, developmental stages that may influence learning in community college level instruction, and ways the speech communication program is especially suited to meet the needs of the adult learner.


The ability to achieve the limit values of the klystron efficiency based on COM-bunching mode being considered. It is shown that the most important parameter affecting the transition to this regime is the lumped bunching length (LBL). The dependence of optimal LBL value on the number of cavities was obtained by the step-by-step optimization of different klystrons. It was shown that such a dependences of the different klystrons are almost the linear and pretty the same. The results of the simulation and optimization of klystrons of different types and for different purposes with an efficiency of about 90 % are presented.


Bacteria capable of producing creatininase were isolated from soil. Strain 42-1 showed higher yield of creatininase that was more heat-resistant than that of others. Studying on the conditions for fermentation showed that higher enzyme activity was obtained using yeast extract and corn-steep liquor as nitrogen sources. The easily used carbon sources such as glucose had no catabolic repression effect on the creatininase production. Creatininase could be induced by the reagents such as creatinine, creatine, sarcosine, choline chloride and urea. Mn~(2+_、Co~(2+_ could remarkably increased the productivity of creatininase.


The important water-supply ecological function area of Yellow River in South Gansu is located along the northeast edge of Qinghai—Tibet Plateau.It has the total area of 3 057 000 hm2 and is a sensitive change zone of ecological environment in arid territory.The Maqu wetland,once honored as "the reservoir of the Yellow River",tends to be dry up and its ecological environment becomes very fragile.Based on the present ecological situation and the distribution of natural pasture,an appraisal system of ecological frangibility in the area is established by using the related ecological fragility appraisal method and analyzing the meadow ecological environment.The ecological function area can be classified as a medium or serious fragile region.Finally,the causes of ecological fragility are analyzed.It is expected that the study may provide a reference to ecological environment protection.


This thesis contains three sections discussing different areas. Spin wave interactions in iron garnets are described in section one. Mathematical analysis of a magnetic oscillator is presented in section two. In the final section, the source of noise in Josephson Junctions is investigated. The three sections are indexed separately. (JDH)


Purpose – This paper attempts to underpin the theoretical claim of the viable system model to specify the necessary and sufficient preconditions of organizations for viability.Design/methodology/approach – A number of case studies are explored.Findings – The evidence documented in the paper both corroborates the model's claim and provides evidence of its enormous diagnostic power.Originality/value – The cases documented here cover a wide range of applications, thus underlining the vast potential of the VSM. The case studies exemplify the unparalleled strength of the model as a conceptual framework for better organizational diagnosis and design, and can therefore be used for didactic purposes.


ABSTRACT The gerA, gerB, and gerK operons, which encode germinant receptors in spores of Bacillus subtilis, were transcribed only in sporulation, and their mRNA levels peaked initially ∼3 h before the initiation of accumulation of the spore's dipicolinic acid. After a rapid fall, levels of these mRNAs peaked again ∼5 h later. In one wild-type strain (PS832), gerA mRNA was the most abundant, with levels of gerB and gerK mRNAs ∼50% of that of gerA mRNA, whereas gerB mRNA was the most abundant in another wild-type strain (PY79). The synthesis of gerK mRNA in sporulation was abolished by loss of the forespore-specific RNA polymerase sigma factor, σG, and induction of σG synthesis in vegetative cells led to synthesis of gerK mRNA. SpoVT, a regulator of σG-dependent gene expression, repressed gerK expression. The gerK promoter showed sequence similarities to σG-dependent promoters, and deletion of elements of this putative promoter abolished gerK expression in sporulation.


Abstract We study the relationship between two types of spectra associated with invariant subspaces of the Bergman space L2a( D ) and the function theoretic properties of the invariant subspaces themselves. For instance, we prove that if an invariant subspace J contains a function that is bounded away from 0 on some neighborhood of a point λ on the unit circle T , then the spectrum of z[J], multiplication by z when regarded as operating on the quotient space L2a( D )J, does not contain the point λ. A consequence of this result is that the spectrum associated with the invariant subspace of all functions vanishing on a prescribed Bergman space zero sequence coincides with the closure of the sequence.


Electric cars are considered as the most ecologically friendly and low-cost means of transportation in the future. As a result, battery technology advancement is of interest for many researchers. Lithium-ion batteries are mostly used for electric vehicles. However, if the Remaining Useful Lifetime (RUL) drops below capacity degradation, devastating device failure will occur. Hence, it is important to predict the RUL to prevent such problems. Data-driven methods are demonstrated to be superior to model-based methods for this reason. This paper provides a review on Machine Learning (ML), one of the data-driven methods, and summarizes various approaches that have been used in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries RUL prediction. In addition, comparison of model-based and ML methods are discussed. In particular, the comparison of three ML methods,i.e., Support Vector Machine (SVM), Neural Networks (NN), and Deep Learning(DL) are also presented. Simulation results show that SVM is able to provide higher RUL accuracy than LSTM and ANN.


This is a case report of a young female patient who presented with pigmentary demarcation lines type A on the anterolateral aspect of both arms, which were satisfactorily treated with a Q‐switched alexandrite laser with no adverse effects.


The invention discloses a physical method for preserving the freshness of waxberry fruits. The method includes the following steps: 8 to 9 ripe waxberry fruits are sequentially processed by sterilization, precooling, anaerobic pretreatment and packaging and then are stored at the temperature from 0 to 2 DEG C, wherein the treatment of sterilization is 8 to 10 minutes of air-tight ozone treatment with concentration ranging from 2 to 4 mg/m ; the precooling treatment lasts for 15 to 20 minutes at the temperature ranging from 0 to 5 DEG C under the vacuum pressure ranging from 0.06 to 0.08 MPa;the anaerobic pretreatment adopts nitrogen flow with the concentration ranging from 98 to 100 percents and is continuously carried out for 15 to 20 hours; and the packaging adopts PE perforated filmbags. The method of the invention belongs to physical methods for preserving the freshness, dispenses with any preservative or other chemical agents, is safe and environmentally friendly, and can be popularized and applied to fruit growers, sales persons and manufacturers; and the storage period of the obtained waxberry fruits can reach 15 days, the rot index is lower than 10 percents, and the nutrient contents, such as Vc and the nutritive index thereof can also be favorably maintained.