The density topology on the real line consists of all measurable sets whose all points are their points of Lebesgue density one. A real-valued function of a real variable that is continuous with respect to the density topology on both the domain and the range is termed density continuous. By constructing graphs of density continuous functions as invariant sets of systems of affine maps on the unit square we show that the Hausdorff dimensions of graphs of density continuous functions vary continuously between one and two. The density topology on the real line consists of all measurable sets E such that every point of E is its Lebesgue density point (see Oxtoby [13, p. 90]). It is a completely regular refinement of the natural topology. The functions f: R -* R which are continuous with respect to the density topology on the domain and the range are termed density continuous. Bruckner [2] and Niewiarowski [10] investigate homeomorphisms of the real line whose inverses are density continuous. Ostaszewski [1 1, 12] studies local behavior of density continuous functions. Ciesielski and Larson [4], and independently Burke [3], show that all analytic functions are density continuous. Ciesielski, Larson, and Ostaszewski [7] show that all density continuous functions are in Darboux Baire * 1 class, and the class of continuous, density continuous functions is of the first category in the space of continuous functions, equipped with the topology of uniform convergence. In fact, Ciesielski, Larson, and Ostaszewski [6] show that the class of density continuous functions when equipped with the topology of uniform convergence, is of the first category in itself. Thus the space of density continuous functions is, topologically speaking, rather small. On the other hand, it does include most functions studied in calculus. We will show that despite the rarity of density continuous functions among the continuous functions, there are enough of them to produce graphs of all Received by the editors February 16, 1990. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification (1 985 Revision). Primary 28A75; Secondary 58F1 1.


Fire accidents are dangerous and uncertain. The steel bridges are particularly serious fire threat due to the steel own shortcomings. Steel bridges in the planning, design and operation need a complete set of fire relief measures. For steel bridges, the paper presents fire safety, fire loss distribution function and fire safety design. For a steel bridge, the paper presents specific fire safety measures and rescue processes.


Dendrobium Swartz (1799: 82) comprises approximately 1500 species and is one of the largest genera of Orchidaceae. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Australia, from India to Japan, south to Malaysia and Indonesia, east to Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific islands (Cribb & Govaerts, 2005; Wood 2006; Zhu et al. 2009). Recently, there have been debates about the generic delimitation of Dendrobium (Kraenzlin 1910, Schlechter 1911–1914, Tang & Wang 1951, Brieger 1981, Seidenfaden 1985, Yukawa et al. 2000, Clements & Jones 2002, Clements 2003, Wood 2006, Burke et al . 2008, Adams 2011, Schuiteman 2011, Xiang et al. 2013). Here we follow the broad concept of Dendrobium . There are about 80 species in China, of which 14 species are endemic (Chen, 2009).


This paper presents the performance of a 2·88 kWp household grid‐connected PV system installed in a house at Bangkok. This was one of the 10 houses identified for a household rooftop PV grid‐connected demonstration project by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand in 1997. Data measured over 12 months was used to estimate the PV array output, inverter output, inverter efficiency, system efficiency, yields (reference yield, array yield, final yield) performance ratio (PR) and the losses. The variations of these parameters over time indicate that the yields are high during June and July in Bangkok. The annual final yield and the average performance ratio were found to be 1166 kW h/kWp and 0ċ73 respectively. The monthly highest final yield was 129 kW h/kWp during June and July. The inverter efficiency was greater than 80% throughout the study period and the maximum system efficiency was 5·4%. The result of the study indicates that the system installed in Bangkok worked satisfactorily. Following the success of the demonstration project, a second phase of 50 households has recently been initiated. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Nurses have challenged health minister and former nurse Ann Keen about the failure of Agenda for Change (AfC) to reward them for acquiring extra knowledge and skills.


The use of NMR to characterize structure and dynamics in solids is becoming increasingly important. However, most spin-active nuclei are beset by anisotropic quadrupolar interactions which induce substantial broadening in NMR spectra of powders, leading to overlapping peaks which obscure crucial information such as quadrupole coupling constants, chemical shifts and J-couplings. Recent advances in this area have made it possible to obtain "isotropic" NMR spectra from which these data are available. The most powerful of these is multiple-quantum magic-angle spinning (MQMAS), a unique feature of which is that splittings due to J-coupling are, in some cases, amplified. This phenomenon is demonstrated by the direct observation of 1J(63/65Cu, 13C) in K3Cu(CN)4 and 1J( 11B,31P) in (PhO)3P-BH3 in NMR spectra of the quadrupolar nucleus. Theoretical considerations show that quadrupole-induced residual dipolar distortions do not influence MQMAS spectra, but may introduce differential dipolar splittings in single-quantum satellite transitions. In many situations, however, quadrupolar interactions are simply too large to be monitored directly by NMR. While their spectroscopic observation is the domain of nuclear quadrupole resonance, such nuclei can influence the appearance of NMR spectra of nearby, dipolar-coupled nuclei. For small to moderate quadrupolar interactions, first-order perturbation theory has been successful in describing these effects, but larger quadrupolar interactions demand a more rigorous treatment. The NMR lineshape of a spin-1/2 nucleus coupled to a spin-3/2 nuclide is analyzed by employing full-matrix diagonalization of the combined Zeeman-quadrupolar Hamiltonian operator for cases of axial symmetry. A highlight of this treatment is that the effective dipolar coupling constant may be obtained in favourable circumstances. In a bis(tribenzylphosphine)cuprate salt, its precise measurement facilitates an unambiguous determination of the anisotropic 63/65Cu, 31P J tensor. A careful application of this theory to NMR spectra of solid copper(I) cyanide results in direct structural insight which has not been accessible by more conventional means.


The cultivation of postgraduates is the highist level of education in China,and the innovation ability of postgraduates indicates the quality of the cultivation of postgraduates.Nowsdays,with the size of recruit postgraduates more and more,innovation ability of postgraduates must to be improved.Based on analysing the reasons restricting the development of postgraduate students' ability of innovation,the approaches of improving postgraduates'innovation ability have been put forward.


A quality-based authoring tool is defined by its ability to satisfy its users' needs. In the design and use of such tools in CALL, however, very little reliable information exists about what the tutoring system really does, for example concerning its capacity to create 'interactive' lessons. Linked to this, many teachers lack the time and resources to keep up with the latest technological developments, and invariably feel they are under exploiting the possibilities of CALL. This paper proposes a typology of different types of CALL-based interactivity and interaction to help teachers better assess the possibilities of network-based multimedia authoring tools. In adopting a general social constructivist approach, the system of classification looks at how one can link different learning styles, in this case that of Mumford & Honey (1992) Learning Styles, to different types of: (1) on-line learner accompaniment; (2) evaluation of learner production; (3) organised structures of events/states (scenation); (4) data organisation; (5) information units; (6) frequency of choice; (7) choices made available to learners. Finally, a multimedia authoring system, LEM of Speaker (Intranet version 3.30) will serve as a demonstration of the importance of this mode of evaluation to the design and understanding of such authoring tools in CALL.


Three uncomplicated imaging device is provided, the In two, provided with a movable carrier for accommodating at least one objective lens, in other imaging devices, additional optical elements and at least one fixed objective lens provided. Each embodiment includes a one-dimensional barcode symbol, or label, marking, picture, at least one fixed image sensor array for capturing the other optical code or target. Each imaging device provides a wide operating range of about 5-102Cm. Imaging device has excellent wide operating range than either or comparable to the operating range of the conventional image-based barcode imager, in order to provide a barcode imager uncomplicated in barcode imager it can be incorporated. .FIELD 1


Between 2010 and 2020, over 40% of the RN workforce will be over 50 years of age, and many RNs are expected to retire and withdraw from the workforce. Given that older nurses are the fastest growing cohort of the workforce, the important findings presented in this article deserve careful consideration by policymakers, health care leaders, and managers.


Accurate streamflow data is vital for various climate modeling applications, including flood forecasting. However, many streams lack sufficient monitoring due to the high operational costs involved. To address this issue and promote enhanced disaster preparedness, management, and response, our study introduces a neural network-based method for estimating historical hourly streamflow in two spatial downscaling scenarios. The method targets two types of ungauged locations: (1) those without sensors in sparsely gauged river networks, and (2) those that previously had a streamflow sensor, but the gauge is no longer available. For both cases, we propose the ScaleGNN, a graph neural network based on Attention-Based Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks (ASTGCN). We evaluate the performance of ScaleGNN against a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) baseline and spatial persistence in estimating discharge values over a 36-hour period. Our findings indicate that ScaleGNN surpasses spatial persistence in the first scenario, while both neural network approaches demonstrate their effectiveness compared to spatial persistence in the second scenario.


Over the past decade the profits of 160-odd regional and rural publications that make up the former Fairfax business division known as Australian Community Media (ACM) have fallen steeply. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details Ellingsen, S. "After a dark decade for Australia's regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers." The Conversation 6 May (2019): 1-5. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3873


As a study on the development of Building Embodied Greenhouse Gases Assessment System(SUSB-BEGAS) for supporting Green Building Certification System(G-SEED), Main building materials that consider with cut-off level of ISO 14040 was selected as the target building materials evaluating greenhouse gases emission for building. And national LCI DB and LCI DB of MOLIT was adopted in SUSB-BEGAS to evaluate building embodied greenhouse gases. As a result, Building Embodied Greenhouse Gases Assessment System(SUSB-BEGAS) has been developed as a web version program that support Green Building Certification System(G-SEED).


Nowadays, the increasing costs in the agricultural sector, increasing public concern about the widespread use of herbicides and the development non-chemical methods of weed control programs are alerting management. In this regard, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of grass pea residues on weed management and crop performance of wheat. The experiment was comprised of three varieties of wheat viz., BARI Gom-30, BARI Gom-31, BARI Gom-32 and six different levels of treatments such as no weeding, recommended dose of herbicide, aqueous extraction of grass pea, 90% recommended dose + aqueous extraction of grass pea,80% recommended dose + aqueous extraction of grass pea, 70% recommended dose +aqueous extraction of grass pea, 60% recommended dose + aqueous extraction of grass pea. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Weed population, weed dry weight and weed control efficacy were significantly influenced by aqueous extract of grass pea crop residues and varieties. The highest numbers of tillers hill-1, numbers of grains spike-1, 1000 grain weight and grain yield were observed where recommended dose of herbicide was used followed by the application of 90% recommended dose +aqueous extraction of grass pea. BARI Gom-31along with 90% recommended dose +aqueous extraction of grass pea produced the highest grain and straw yield among the treatment combination. Therefore, aqueous extract of grass pea crop residues might be used as an alternative way for weed management in effective and sustainable crop production.


In this paper, we continue the study on the ideal analogues of several
 variations of the Hurewicz property introduced by Das et al. [4, 6, 7] for
 example, the I-Hurewicz (IH), the star I-Hurewicz (SIH), the weakly
 I-Hurewicz (WIH) and the weakly star-I-Hurewicz (WSIH). It is shown that
 several implications in the relationship diagram of their concepts are
 reversible under certain conditions, for instance; (1) If a paracompact
 Hausdorff space has the WSIHproperty, then it has theWIHproperty. (2) If the
 complement of dense set has the IHproperty, then theWIHproperty implies the
 IHproperty and (3) If the complement of dense set has the SIH property, then
 the WSIH property implies the SIH property. In addition, we introduce the
 ideal analogues of some new variations of the Hurewicz property called the
 mildly I-Hurewicz and the star K-I-Hurewicz properties and explore their
 relationships with other variants of the I-Hurewicz property. We also study
 the preservation properties under certain mappings.


Understanding the factors that influence temporal variability in water quality is critical for designing water quality management strategies. In this study, we explore the key factors that affect temporal variability in stream water quality across multiple catchments using a Bayesian hierarchical model. We apply this model to a case study data set consisting of monthly water quality measurements obtained over a 20‐year period from 102 water quality monitoring sites in the state of Victoria (Southeast Australia). We investigate six water quality constituents: total suspended solids, total phosphorus, filterable reactive phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate‐nitrite (NOx), and electrical conductivity. We find that same‐day streamflow has the greatest effect on water quality variability for all constituents. Additional important predictors include soil moisture, antecedent streamflow, vegetation cover, and water temperature. Overall, the models do not explain a large proportion of temporal variation in water quality, with Nash‐Sutcliffe coefficients lower than 0.49. However, when considering performance on a site‐by‐site basis, we see high model performance in some locations, with Nash‐Sutcliffe coefficients of up to 0.8 for NOx and electrical conductivity. The effect of the temporal predictors on water quality varies between sites, which should be explored further for potential spatial patterns in future studies. There is also potential for further extension of these temporal variability models into a predictive spatiotemporal model of riverine constituent concentrations, which will be a useful tool to inform decision making for catchment water quality management.


The measurement accuracy of stray field-sensitive sensors on electrical equipment should be improved. For this purpose, an electrical machine is provided, wherein the opposite magnetic stray fields sensitive sensor device (4) on one of the two active parts (1) or is mounted in a defined position relative to the active parts. Between the sensor device (4) on the one hand and one or two active parts (1) on the other hand is arranged a magnetic shielding (6). Thus, the stray magnetic fields have no influence on the sensor device (4) so that the measurement accuracy increases.


Simulation methods for the decays $ B \to {\pi}^+ {\pi}^- V$, where $V$ is a $1^{--}$ vector-meson, are presented in detail. Emphasis is put on the use of the helicity formalism and the use of effective Lagrangians. We show the importance of ${{\rho}^{0}}-{\omega}$ mixing in enhancing the direct $CP$ violation (DCPV) when the pion-pion invariant mass is near the mass of the $\omega$.


Working with students with hearing impairment brings out the solicializacao this process of education, but also carries huge difficulties inherent in the process, thus, the present article, through a literature review, we attempted to systematically analyze scientific subsidize the work with hearing impaired students, trying to remedy the difficulties experienced in day-to-day with a learning difficulty, therefore, it is demonstrated explicitly that there is a real possibility of socialization and inclusion in mainstream education for disabled children hearing, however it is for teachers working professionals seeking the payment within the classroom, as well as the formation of concepts based on their work to remedy the difficulties experienced.


Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common chronic disease in children; in 90 percent of cases, the condition is primary (idiopathic). Toxic nephropathy can be induced by herbal medicines, and is mainly manifested as tubulointerstitial nephritis and rarely, as glomerulopathy. Here in, we describe two cases of steroid-sensitive NS, which developed after the patients received herbal medicines. A 5-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were separately admitted within a short time period with acute onset of generalized edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hypercholesterolemia. Each patient had previously taken herbal medicine, which had been prescribed by different oriental medical clinics for different conditions. The patients were diagnosed with herbal medicine-induced NS and were treated empirically by a standard steroid therapy, with subsequent resolution of their NS. One patient relapsed, but her NS again responded to steroid therapy. We described two unusual cases of prototypical pediatric, steroid-sensitive NS, which was presumed to be minimal-change disease that developed after the administration of herbal medicines. We also reviewed the literature.


Background: Many putative causes and risk factors have been associated with outcomes in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but all attempts at disease-modifying treatment have failed to be clinically significant. Efforts to address this "association—intervention" mismatch have tended to focus on the novel design of interventions. Objective: Here, we instead deal with the notion of association in depth. We introduce the concept of disease-associated process (DAP) as a flexible concept that can unite different areas of study of AD from genetics to epidemiology to identify disease-modifying targets. Methods: We sort DAPs using three properties: specificity for AD, frequency in patients, and pathogenic intensity for dementia before using a literature review to apply these properties in three ways. Firstly, we describe and visualize known DAPs. Secondly, we exemplify qualitative specificity analysis with the DAPs of tau protein pathology and autophagy to reveal their differential implication in AD. Finally, we use DAP properties to define the terms "risk factor," "cause," and "biomarker." Results: We show how DAPs fit into our collaborative disease ontology, the Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Processes and Targets (ADAPT) ontology. We argue that our theoretical system can serve as a democratic research forum, offering a more biologically adequate view of dementia than reductionist models. Conclusion: The ADAPT ontology is a tool that could help to ground debates around priority setting using objective criteria for the identifying of targets in AD. Further efforts are needed to address issues of how biomedical research into AD is prioritized and funded.


ABSTRACT The in vitro bioassay for LH/hCG employing isolated rat testes has been significantly improved by utilization of collagenase-dispersed interstitial cells in the presence of phosphodiesterase inhibitors. The sensitivity of the assay system has been extended to 20μIU (2 picograms) of hCG, and the index of precision of the method (λ) is less than 0.04. The high sensitivity of the interstitial cell assay permits bioassay of circulating gonadotropins in human plasma.


The RFAL Technique The basis for this technique is the behavior of a transistor amplifier operating under nonlinear conditions. At the input, the reflected signal contains both the reflected input signals and the distortion products that are found at its output, as illustrated in Figure 1. In the Reflect Forward Adaptive Linearizer (RFAL) amplifier, the forward signals and the reflected signals are sampled at the input using a directional coupler. These signals are then attenuated and phased properly before combining them at a summing coupler. The "correcting signal" formed at the output of the summing coupler C3 is amplified and injected into the amplifier's output using another coupler. The injected signal cancels the distortion products at the amplifier output, while simultaneously doubling the power output (see Figure 2). The RFAL is ideal for systems requiring gain levels of less than 20 dB. It offers high linearity, high efficiency and lower costs than other configurations such as feedforward or predistortion techniques. The RFAL can also improve the performance of feedforward systems when used in nested loop configuration.


Objective:Make model of vascular dementia rat.Method:Make model by repeated bilateral occlusion of the communis carotis arteria and inject Natrii Nitroprus-sidum intraperitoneally.Observe the change of CAI district in hippocampus of the model rats through HE and Nissil's dying hippocampus.Result:The model rats'number of cells in the CAI district in hippocampus decreased.Conclusion:We make model of vascular dementia rat successfully.There are some main points to make this model.


According to WHO statistics Diabetes has affected about 9% of the world population who are above 18 years. With out proper health care and awareness, this disease tends to reduce the functionality of various systems in the body. As Diabetes effects immune system, it becomes very difficult to cure any ailment if it is diagnosed during later stages. About 15% of diabetic people tend to develop foot ulcers , more than 40% of the ulcers lead to limb amputation. Early diagnosis of foot ulcer can reduce the need for limb amputation to a great extent.


The CMC's mandate is to act as a repository for the music of Canadian composers, as well as information about composers. The CMC has the largest collection of Canadian music in Canada, and their services include a lending library and an on-demand publishing workshop. It is the activities of the on-demand publishing workshop that create challenges for cataloguers. Rather than publish the scores, the CMC produces a facsimile of the unpublished scores in its holdings. This is similar to UMI, who provide reproductions of theses on demand. Like UMI theses, CMC scores fall under the provisions of Library of Congress Rule Interpretation (LCRI) 1.11.


17,17-Ethylenedioxy-1,3,5(10)-estratrien-3β-ol (I) was converted into ethyl ester II by reaction with ethyl chloroacetate in the presence of potassium. The ethyl ester II on reaction with hydrazine gave hydrazide III, which on condensation with aromatic aldehydes gave Schiff bases IVa-IVd. The reaction of Schiff bases IVa-IVd with chloroacetyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine afforded β-lactams Va-Vd.


Modeling and prediction of student success is a critical task in education. In this paper, we employ machine learning methods to predict course grade performance of Computer Engineering students. As features, in addition to the conventional course grades we use fine grained student performance measurements corresponding to different goals (ABET outcomes) of a course. We observe that, compared to using only previous course grades, addition of outcome grades can significantly improve the prediction results. Using the trained model enables interpretation of how different courses affect performance on a specific course in the future. We think that even more detailed and systematically produced course outcome measurements can be beneficial in modeling students university performance.


An ac photopyroelectric calorimeter has been used to simultaneously measure the specific heat, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity around the antiferromagnetic to paramagnetic phase transition in KMnF3. It has been found that the critical exponent and the amplitude ratio of the thermal diffusivity are the same as those of the specific heat. Both values agree with the predictions of the three-dimensional Heisenberg model for isotropic magnets, although this transition is not only magnetic but also structural as well. The thermal conductivity shows a broad peak at the Neel temperature that could be related to a reduction of the phonon scattering by the spin fluctuation as the transition temperature is approached.


Well-ordered Co90Pt10 nanotubes and nanowires have been fabricated into anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates by using a dc electrodeposition method. The effects of an external magnetic field on the magnetic properties of Co90Pt10 nanotubes and nanowires are investigated. The results show that the external magnetic field during electrodeposition has a significant effect on Co90Pt10 nanowires, as well as nanotubes. The external magnetic field induces good texture and large grain size in Co90Pt10 nanowires, causing a reduction of coercivity. An obvious uniaxial anisotropy is induced in Co90Pt10 nanotubes, causing the crossover of the easy axis along the directions of an external magnetic field.


Patricia Cooper supplied this explanation and her collection of photographs she donated to the Owens Library. The Greene County collection includes mostly houses and cotton mills.


This paper discussed the technology of data preprocessing in webpage categorization process and put forward a method of webpage pretreatment which parse the page into a DOM tree structure.The characteristics of the webpage noise was extracted through analysising and sorting operation.We finally found out the noise in accordance with the decision rules and removed them.Then,we extracted the text information and links for each target URL,source URL and anchor text and stored them in the database.This method has been proved to be effective on improving the accuracy of classification by our experiment.


In this review of Stephen Seligman's contribution to the literature on disorders of temporality, the patient's ordinary and extraordinary experiences of time in the clinical situation, the reviewer provides both theoretical confirmation and clinical illustration in support of the author's arguments. Infant research, nonlinear dynamic systems theory, and especially a brain-based psychoanalytic perspective taken from the work of Gerald Edelman are introduced to facilitate understanding of memory in general and the second of Seligman's disorders of temporality in particular. Edelman's formulation on the biological evolution of consciousness affords a means to comprehend how the phenomenon of dissociation emerges spontaneously in the clinical situation that matches and offers an explanation Seligman's own understanding.


With more computing workloads being shifted to the cloud, verifying the integrity of remote software stacks through remote attestation becomes an increasingly important topic. During remote attestation, a prover provides attestation evidence to a verifier, backed by a hardware trust anchor. While generating this information, which is essentially a list of hashes, is easy, examining the trustworthiness of the overall platform based on the provided list of hashes without context is difficult. Furthermore, as different trust anchors use different formats, interaction between devices using different attestation technologies is a complex problem. To address this problem, we propose a universal, hardware-agnostic device-identity and attestation framework. Our framework focuses on easing attestation by having provers present meaningful metadata to verify the integrity of the attestation evidence. We implemented and evaluated the framework for Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), AMD SEV-SNP attestation, and ARM PSA Entity Attestation Tokens (EATs).


In 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the California Tiger Salamander as threatened throughout its range. Habitat loss due to residential development was the primary threat cited in their decision to list this species. To improve efforts to conserve this species we have been studying several populations in a landscape that is becoming increasingly urbanized. We report the results of a two-year drift fence census of adults at a large breeding pool in Southwest Park in Sonoma County, California, an area surrounded by varying levels of urban development. Currently, the upland landscape in most directions around this breeding pool is developed or blocked from migrating salamanders by high-density development; the largest contiguous area of accessible grassland remaining is east of the pool. Even with this extensive development, in 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 we estimated the populations of breeding adults at 107 and 90, respectively. In both years, most adults were captured entering and exiting the pool in traps along the eastern shoreline, suggesting that they primarily occupy the grassland habitats east of the pool. Most of this grassland habitat is >100 m from the shoreline. Distribution of capture totals among traps within eight 45° wide sections of drift fence was most strongly correlated with the area of grassland habitat within those same 45° wide regions >100–700 m the pool. For individuals captured as they entered and exited the pool in a given breeding season, the compass heading of entry and exit traps differed by 64° on average, with males deviating significantly more than females. From the perspective of reserve planning, this result suggests that habitat corridors could be valuable, but that broad contiguous sections of undeveloped shoreline will be needed to minimize straying into unsuitable habitats (e.g., >30% of the total perimeter). Although this study suggests that California Tiger Salamanders may persist in landscapes with substantial development, additional studies are needed to understand the impacts of upland habitat conversion on population sizes and especially how individuals navigate these complex landscapes.


The present study aimed to examine whether distributed practice works better than massed practice for proceduralization of grammatical knowledge. Learners of Japanese as a second language were trained on an element of Japanese morphology under either massed or distributed practice conditions. Results showed that massed practice led to accurate utterances to the same extent as distributed practice. It was also shown that massed practice may lead to more rapid utterances than distributed practice. A number of potential factors that mediate the effects of distributed practice are discussed.


A dynamic matrix of rare-gas crystals is constructed on the basis of a nonempirical short-range repulsion potential taking into account the three-body interaction and dipole-type deformation of the electron shells of atoms in the two- and three-body approximations in the model of deformable and polorizable atoms. Ab initio calculations of the phonon energy for compressed rare-gas crystals were performed at the two and ten mean-value points of the Chadi-Cohen method in a wide pressure range. It is shown that the contribution of three-body forces associated with the overlap of the electron shells of nearest-neighbor atoms in the phonon frequencies is small against the background of pair interaction, even at high pressure and most noticeable in Xe. The contribution of the deformation of the electron shells in the two- and three-body approximations is different for the different mean-value points and increases with increasing pressure. Comparison of the zero-point energy calculated by the Chadi-Cohen method for compressed crystals of the Ne–Xe series was performed with the available experiment at p=0 and the results of other authors.


In the deposition chamber of a double tubed coaxial line type microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition system, plasma parameters are measured with a cylindrical probe by varying the area of the substrate table to which DC bias voltage is applied. Electron temperature and electron density remain constant when the area of the substrate table and DC bias voltage are varied. It has been clarified that the dependence of plasma space potential on DC bias voltage varies with varying the area of the substrate table only within a range of the positive DC bias voltage. The saturation current density on the cylindrical probe differs from those on substrate tables. In addition, the saturation current densities on substrate tables differ from each other. It has been clarified that these differences in the saturation current densities can be explained by considering the thickness of single layer sheath formed on the cylindrical probe and the substrate tables.


This chapter provides a review of the currently available archaeological evidence relating to the transition to food production in eastern Africa, and some of the supporting linguistic and genetic evidence. In broad terms, livestock herding preceded crop cultivation in the region, with an initial emphasis on sheep and goats, commencing around 4500 to 5000 years ago. By around 3000 years ago, fullblown pastoralist societies with an emphasis on cattle herding occupied much of the savannah areas. From ca. 2500 years ago, metal using farming communities, practicing hoe cultivation of roots crops and cereals were also present, interacting with both pastoralist and autochthonous hunting-gathering-fishing communities. These interactions gave rise to diverse ethnic mosaics, alongside extensive genetic and linguistic exchanges.


Rice is a major food crop in India and Asian countries. Several insect pests are attacking rice crops and causes considerable damage. Among them rice leaf folders are important defoliator pests which affect rice crop through the year. There are 2-3 leaffolder species prevailing in our country. The difference between three species can be distinguished in larval as well as adult stages. The integrated management strategies comprises of cultural methods, mechanical methods, chemical methods and biological control methods. There are several bio control agents recorded in India and the different group of parasitoids, predators and pathogens attacking rice leaffolder are narrated.


The leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations of terrestrial plants make large contributions to ecosystem function and dynamics. The relationship between aridity and leaf N and P has been established through experimental studies. However, few studies have focused on the large-scale effects of aridity on the leaf N and P of terrestrial plants. In this paper, we used linear regression models to test the effects of aridity on terrestrial plant leaf N and P and the N:P ratio based on global datasets. We found that aridity had significant effects on the leaf N and P and the N:P ratio of terrestrial plants. The strongest relationships were between fern leaf P, the fern N:P ratio, tree leaf P, the tree N:P ratio, vine leaf N, and the tree N:P ratio. Aridity could be used to predict the P and N:P ratio of terrestrial plants, particularly those of ferns and trees, on large scales in arid environments. Our study contributes to maintaining ecosystem functioning and services in arid environments under climate change.


Objective To study the therapeutic effect and safeness of zaleplon in the treatment of insomnia. Methods 197 patients suffering from insomnia were randomly divided to two groups;the trial group(n=98) and control group(n=99).Patients of the trial group and control gropu were given each 5-10 mg of zaleplon and 7.5-15 mg of zopiclone PO,q.n.,respectively.The course of treatment in both groups lasted 15 days.The therapeutic effects and adverse reactions were assessed with the Sleep Dysfunction Rating Scale(SDRS),Clinical Global Impression Scale Severity(CGI) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale(TESS) 4,8 and 15 days after the beginning of the treatment. Results The SDRS in patients of both groups were far below the baseline at the termination of the treatment course(P0.01).The rates of excellent therapeutic effects were 82.7% and 81.8% in patients of the trial group and control group,respectively.Differences between patients of the 2 groups concerning the therapeutic effect and incidence of adverse reactions were insignificant(P0.05). Conclusion Zaleplon was shown to be an effective and safe hypnotic.


Due to the holes in law,policy and management,the disputes in rural land right have become the hot and trouble issue in the new land reform.The solution to this case can be sought in the multilateral settlement mechanism.


This is a refl ective study that aims to analyze the daily life of seven children with AIDS who live at a shelter located in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul. Five visits were made from April to May 2008. AIDS has an epidemiological profi le characterized by the intensifi cation in the number of infected heterosexual women in


SUMMARY Greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis Bouche) are an important pest of avocados in New Zealand. The presence of thrips colonies on fruit results in feeding damage which appears as a superficial 'bronze' scar. Any thrips damage covering an area greater than 2 cm 2 will result in fruit being rejected from premium export grade. As part of the development of an Integrated Pest Management system for avocados in New Zealand, a monitoring system and spray threshold is being developed for greenhouse thrips. A requirement of a useful monitoring system for greenhouse thrips in avocados is the ability to predict the accumulation of damage over time. The prediction of damage is necessary as there can be a need to delay sprays to ensure that harvesting of mature fruit is not disrupted by the need to observe withholding periods following the application of sprays which aim to protect immature fruit. Experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of thrips developmental stage and thrips density per fruit on the severity of greenhouse thrips damage. Known numbers of thrips were artificially inoculated and contained on individual fruit using net bags and the resulting area of thrips damage was measured. Fruit infested with 20 adult greenhouse thrips for 2 weeks had significantly more damage than fruit infested with 20 larval thrips (P<0.05) (mean damage thrips-week for adults and larvae was 0.22 and 0.04 cm 2 respectively). There were significant linear relationships (P<0.05) between increasing density of adult thrips (1, 5, 10 and 20 thrips per fruit) and the area of fruit damaged after 1, 2 and 4 weeks feeding. These results suggest that a thrips monitoring system should distinguish between adult and larval thrips. There is also potential to predict the accumulation of feeding damage over time for any given thrips population level.


In this paper, a new design of the combiner and mode transducer in X-band is proposed. A two-step structure is applied within the combiner structure to improve isolation between ports. High isolation and wide bandwidth are the major features of the proposed combiner. The results of this paper, simulated by CST, clearly show that the return loss is within an acceptable range. The model converter structure in this paper, as compared to similar structures, is configured in a way that it has less resonance. In this regard, the resonation of the proposed design has successfully been reduced up to one third of similar structures


Kimchi is one of the fermented foods studied and discussed by researchers for many decades. Several perspectives have been considered while investigating the role of Kimchi. Thus, this demands a scientific review of this domain. This study is an honest attempt to map the scientific production of Kimchi. A descriptive, performance and bibliometric analysis were conducted to achieve the objective based on 924 documents recovered from the Scopus database. The results suggest a steady growth in the number of publications since 2016. The initial data shows that 160 journals have contributed 924 articles between 1979-2022. It is found that South Korea contributes nearly 94% (868 articles) of the total contribution, followed by the United States, China, and Japan. The institution-wise analysis (Figure 4) of the published articles based on the authors' affiliations suggests that most articles have been published by South Korean Institutes, followed by the United States. With 19 publications, the Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition has emerged as the most influential journal in Kimchi literature. The keyword analysis identifies nine themes. This analysis's findings reveal that the properties of Kimchi and the quality and sensory evaluation of kimchi were the most niche topics in this domain. Findings also revealed that the health benefits of Kimchi, the quality of Kimchi, and the bacteria involved in Kimchi fermentation were emerging themes in the Kimchi knowledge base. The findings of this study are helpful for future researchers in identifying the most influential authors, journals, and articles. Further, this study's results also determine future research objectives in the Kimchi studies.


This volume includes key papers in the following areas: Degradation of concrete in structures Assessment and repair techniques Enhancement of existing structures


The aim of the study is to investigate relationships between strategic orientation (SO), involvement in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and operational performance (OP). It tests the proposition that SO is not linked with OP directly but through CSR serving as the mediator. In addition, SO is hypothesized to moderate the association between CSR and OP. The research involves a representative cross-sectional survey of 400 managers of SMEs operating in the Polish food manufacturing industry. Statistical methods include confirmatory factor analysis with AMOS 24 and multiple linear regression using SPSS 24.The study reveals a complete mediation effect by CSR of the links from three aspects of SO to OP. Specifically, aggressiveness, proactiveness and defensiveness are positively associated with CSR, while analysis, future orientation and risk propensity show no relationship. Also, aggressiveness moderates the link from CSR to OP, so that firms with higher aggressiveness display a stronger connection between CSR and OP.The outcomes suggest that part of the positive effects of CSR may come from more general strategic stances and attitudes. Moreover, it seems that certain aspects of strategic orientation might be more effective when implemented in an organizational environment with strong CSR values. In particular, strategies based on aggressiveness and proactiveness appear to be more effective when complemented by heightened social sensitivity.This research validates the role of CSR as a viable managerial approach contributing to greater operational performance of companies. This could help build a stronger case to promote socially responsible business practices not only through its beneficial social impacts but also due to its effects on firms' performance. To the author's knowledge, this is the first research focused on associations between SO, CSR and OP, using a large, representative sample of SMEs.


The present application discloses a valve for selecting a patient with the help of a ring formed shape of the implant and / or the size of the medical device. The apparatus comprises a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least partially disposed with an operating end and a measuring terminal extension member within the catheter. Measuring terminal extending member can extend from the distal end to the catheter and the heart valve of the at least one commissural docking. Measuring terminal member extending annulus comprises means for guiding the implant to at least one commissure formed.


The availability of soil Molybdenum (Mo) especially for acid soil is scarcely found, while their existency determines the process of Nitrogen fixation. Mo is the component of meta-protein nitrogenase which helps the process of biological nitrogen fixation and acts as essential component which needed for N bacteria metabolism. The nitrogenase enzyme needs Mo element in the process of its metabolism, which acts as electron carrier between oxidized and reduction stages. The deficiency of Mo has been reported in several crops, with various appearance, such as chlorosis or yellowish leaves. The paper describes the role of Mo in biological nitrogen fixation. Key words: Symbiotic fixation, molybdenum, legume, nitrogenase


In order to measure more accurately the P and S wave velocities of Daqingsandstone samples in dry, water saturation and oil saturation states under reservoircondition, the pedestal and lag effect which were caused by the nonelasticity of rocksamples and would decrease the measuring accuracy of wave velocity, were carefullyanalyzed, and relative improved method was proposed to increase the measuringaccuracy of wave velocity. The experimental results showed that wave velocityincreased logarithmically with pressure and decreased linearly with increased temperature.Through the analysis and computation of the measured data. two terms, or pressureand temperatUre effection factors were proposed, which were considered to be relatedto some rock physics parameters.


BACKGROUND
The creation of the Biobank, a resource pertaining to the Spanish Renal Research Network (REDinREN) promotes advances in clinical research on kidney disease in Spain. The Biobank's aims are to generate an archive of clinical samples and associated data, furnish those samples to research teams, and coordinate with European biobanks.

METHOD
Applicable legislation had to be complied with in order to launch the Biobank project (Biomedical Research Law, Data Protection Law and Biological Sample Transport Regulations). A strict work protocol and a new database for the Network's clinical data were also implemented.

RESULTS
Over time, the Biobank has acquired additional infrastructure and qualified personnel. In 2010, 2953 new patient samples were collected, giving a total of 37,043 stored vials containing different types of samples. Furthermore, the Biobank is currently participating in eleven research projects.

DISCUSSION
Although the Biobank was originally designed for REDinREN use, we must take joint action to make this biological sample storage system and the many possibilities it offers available to the entire nephrological community with a view to promoting kidney disease research.


Criteria are suggested for choosing a concentrating system with allowing for the deviation of the density of the radiant flux on the receiving surface from the mean value. For the required concentration levels the application range of conical concentrators with circular receivers mounted in the direct and reflected fluxes is established


Objective: to compare the surgical effectiveness of ventral and dorsal decompressive-stabilizing operations for treatment of lumbar radicular compressive syndrome because of combination of spondylarthrosis and diskal hernia. Material and methods. We performed 170 decompressive-stabilizing operations on lumbar spine in Kemerovo Regional Clinical Hospital (Kemerovo, RF) from September 2008 till March 2012. All patients were divided into two groups: the first group included 83 patients underwent dorsal approach for diskal hernia removal with following stabilization of vertebral movement segment with the usage of transpedicular fixation and interbody cages; the second group consists of 87 patients underwent decompression and vertebral stabilization via ventral (anterolateral retroperitoneal) approach with the usage of implants from porous titanium nickelide (Ni-Ti). Results. The good and excellent treatment outcomes were comparable in both groups. We analyzed the treatment outcomes at 51 (61,4%) patients in the first group and at 69 (83,1%) patients in the second group. The good and excellent treatment outcomes were 86,1% and 84,0% consequently. Conclusion. Thus the ventral decompressive-stabilizing operations with the usage of porous Ni-Ti are not only as effective as posterior decompressive-stabilizing operations for surgical treatment of compressive spondylarthrosis combined with diskal hernias, but also have some advantages due to less expensive.


Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) prepared by present methods are a mixture of semiconducting and metallic ones, which need to be separated and purified to give them full play with their excellent properties and for their attractive applications. Among numerous developed methods, the selective separation of semiconducting and metallic SWNTs by polymer non-covalent interactions is considered to be the most simple, efficient and no-damage to carbon nanotube structure and properties method. So far, a lot of works have been reported, and many polymer systems have been developed. Meanwhile, various separation and purification mechanisms have been proposed, but there are still no unified and convincing understandings. In this review, the reported SWNT solubilization and selective separation works are summarized, the interactions between polymer and SWNTs are analyzed, and the effects of polymer structures, molecular weights, side chain lengths, polymer/SMNT ratio, temperature, and solvent are focally discussed. After comparing various separating mechanisms, our own understandings and views are put forward.


The application of Membrane Anaerobic System (MAS) process treating the sewage sludge and the overall MAS treatment efficiency was investigated.The MAS consists of a cross flow ultrafiltration membrane (Model Micro 240) for solid-liquid separation. Six parameters were investigated.The study showed a good trend for the Membrane Anaerobic System (MAS) treating raw sewage sludge.The removal efficiency of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) was 80 to 95 %, the removal efficiency of Total Suspended Solid (TSS) was 99 % and Volatile Suspended Solid (VSS) removal efficiency was 82 to 93 %. Throughout the study,the pH values were maintained from7.5 to 7.8.The gas production ranged from 7200 ml/d to 16320 ml/d. The percentage of the methane gas production was found to be 75.4 %.The treated sewage sludge was achieved the environmental standard quality.


The occurrences of gas hydrates in pore spaces of sediment change the velocity and resistivity of the sediments. Since the well-log data have high frequency, it contains small scale heterogeneities of gas hydrate bearing sediments. Here, we have incorporated these small scale heterogeneities by generating a stochastic 2D resistivity and density models from well log data in Krishna-Godavari basin. Gas hydrate saturation has been estimated over these simulated 2-D heterogeneous resistivity model using Archie's equation.


The structure and conformational composition for 3,4-epoxy-1-butene have been studied by ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the HF/6-31G* level and a combined least-squares analysis of electron diffraction data and microwave rotational constants. Ab initio calculations showed the presence of three stable conformers, anti, gauche-1, and gauche-2 with the anti form being lowest in energy. The gauche-1 and gauche-2 forms were 0.51 and 2.32 kcal mol-1 higher in energy, respectively. Using calculated values for entropies and zero-point and electronic energies of these three forms, a conformational mixture of 76% anti, 22% gauche-1, and 2% gauche-2 was obtained at the experimental temperature of 298 K. The combined electron diffraction and microwave data analysis indicated the presence of both the anti and gauche-1 forms, with a preference for the anti form [64(17)%]. For this model, the experimental values for the geometrical parameters (rg, ∠α) are as follows (values given for the anti form):  r(C−H)...


The adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) constitutes a paradigm shift in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. Broader BIM adoption will transform construction processes to achieve greater efficiency to improve the quality of life (QOL) of construction stakeholders. This paper seeks to identify determinant factors and implementation gaps of BIM in the AEC industry.  A case study was conducted through a preliminary workshop organised by CIDB among the five potential stakeholders from Malaysian public and private. Finally, the workshop suggested an 'affordable BIM concept' with 'pay-per-use or periodical license' method to be adopted for SMEs contractors. 2398-4295 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Keywords: Building Information Modeling (BIM); BIM influencing model; construction; technology


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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how big data deployment transforms organizational practices, thereby generating potential benefits, in a specific industry: retail.

Design/methodology/approach
To achieve the paper's goal, the authors have conducted several semi-structured interviews with marketing managers of four retailers in Italy, and researched secondary data to get a broader picture of big data deployment in the organizations.

Findings
Data analysis helped identify specific aspects related to big data deployment, data gathering methods, required competences and data sharing approaches.

Originality/value
Despite the growing interest in big data in various fields of research, there are still few empirical studies on big data deployment in organizations in the management field, and even fewer on specific sectors. This research provides evidence of specific areas of analysis concerning big data in the retail industry.


Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by vascular injury, autoimmunity and tissue fibrosis. Usually collagen type V (V Col) is found hidden between the heterotypical fibers. It was discovered in the rheumatology department at the University of Sao Paulo (FMUSP) that deposition of this collagen occurs, however with anomalous morphology in SSc patient's tissue, suggesting that V Col is an important molecule in fibrosis and autoimmunity process. The V Col molecule, which has atypical morphology aspect, exposed after a nonspecific inflammatory damage could result in formation of immune complexes (V Col - anti-V Col), whose deposition on the vascular endothelium, would cause a vascular damage, allowing the influx of cells of innate immunity into the extracellular matrix, resulting in an enzymatic degradation of the heterotypical fibers, with exposure of more V Col and perpetuation of the disease.
Objectives: Assess whether there is a correlation between anti-V Col's presence in the serum of patients with SSc and indexes of activity, severity and quality of life measured by sHAQ.
Methods: Were evaluated 60 patients with SSc diagnostic during the period of January to December 2014. Were applied Medsger severity criteria, Valentini activity criteria and health assessment questionnaire in SSc (sHAQ) in the patients, at initial assessment (baseline) and after 6 months, correlating the presence of anti-V Col with the clinical and laboratory manifestations found.
Results: Most patients were female (98.3%) and had the limited form of the disease (43.3%), average age 51 years, white, average duration of nine years of disease and modified Rodnan Skin Score of 13.08. The main clinical manifestations observed in each organic system of patients were: skin thickening in the hands (78.3%), Raynaud's phenomenon (100%), arthritis (33.3%), esophageal involvement (71.7%), interstitial lung disease (45%), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (19.4%) and scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) (1.7%). The most significant laboratory abnormalities were elevation of inflammatory markers in 41.7% of patients (ESR and CRP), CPK elevation (15%), low complement (C3 and C4) (3.3%), antinuclear antibody (95%), anti-centromere (41.7%), anti-DNA topoisomerase I antibody (26.7%), anti-RNA polymerase III (11.7%), anti-U1-RNP (16.7%) and anti-Ro (SSA) in 11.7% of patients. The anti-V Col was detected in 5 cases (8.3%) and showed statistical correlation with disease activity and scleroderma renal crisis, besides tendency to association with PAH; however, did not correlate with the severity index of disease or any other clinical manifestation, or with specific SSc antibodies.
Conclusions: We suggest that disease activity in SSc patients could be determined by serological analysis, to detect the presence of V Col antibodies in the serum of patients with SSc, facilitating the approach of this serious disease. We suggest further studies with larger number of patients in order to confirm the usefulness of this new marker of disease activity in systemic sclerosis.


Alpha elastically scattered by light nuclei 6,7 Li, 9 Be, and 11 B, has been analyzed in the framework of Coupled Reaction Channel (CRC) and crystal Model (CM) folded with Distorted Wave Born Approximation (CM+DWBA) approach. Also, 6 Li elastically scattered by 12 C at a wide range of energies has been studied with CRC and CM+DWBA. The effect of transfer on the elastic scattering has been studied to extract the spectroscopic amplitudes for 6 Li≡α+d, 7 Li≡α+t, 9 Be≡α+ 5 He, 11 B≡α+ 7 Li and 12 C≡ 6 Li+ 6 Li configurations from backward angles of the experimental data under consideration. The crystal Model has been applied for deuteron elastically scattered by 6 Li and 7 Li where CM+DWBA+DPP (Dynamic Polarization Potential) succeeded to reproduce the differential cross sections for the whole range of angles. The obtained analyses from CRC for alpha elastically scattered by light nuclei 6,7 Li, 9 Be, and 11 B were better than those from CM, which leads to the need for developing the CM in the near future. A fair agreement has been observed between applied models and the considered experimental data.


Isotope labeling is a fundamental staple for the study of cellular metabolism and protein function. The conventional techniques that allow resolution and identification of isotopically-labeled biomarkers, such as mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy, are macroscopic in nature and have the disadvantage of requiring relatively large quantities of material and lacking spatial resolution. Here, we record the vibrational spectra of an {\alpha}-amino acid, L-alanine, using spatially-resolved monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) to directly resolve carbon-site-specific isotopic labels in a scanning transmission electron microscope. The EELS is acquired in aloof mode, meaning the probe is positioned away from the sample (~20 nm) sparing the sensitive biomolecule from the high-energy excitations, while the vibrational modes are investigated. An isotopic red-shift of 5.3 meV was obtained for the C=O stretching mode in the carboxylic acid group for 13C-enriched L-alanine when compared with naturally occurring 12C L-alanine, which is confirmed by macroscopic infrared spectroscopy measurements and theoretical calculations. The EELS experiments presented here are the first demonstration of non-destructive resolution and identification of isotopically-labeled amino acids in the electron microscope, opening a new door for the study of biological matter at the nanoscale.


The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of exposure to ionizing radiation and the effect of preexposure treatment with extract of Ginkgo Biloba (EGB) on hepatic tissue architecture and hepatocyte cytoplasmic organelles and DNA. The study comprised of 30 Wistar-Albino rats (2.5 month old) separated into 3 equal groups (n=10). Group I: received EGB at a daily dose of 50-mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection for 8 weeks. Group II: received whole-body Gamma irradiation performed by a Cesium-137 ventilated Gamma Cell-40 at a dose rate 1 Gy/1.5 min.- once a week for 8 weeks and Group III: received EGB at a daily dose of 50-mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection for 2 weeks before and for 8 weeks during irradiation in a dose similar to Group II. Liver section in groupI showed polyhedral hepatocytes with no or mildly vacuolated cytoplasm, containing basophilic granules and central rounded vesicular nuclei and showed moderate PAS+ve reaction. Some hepatocytes contained more glycogen content than the others, by using Pritchard's technique and fat droplets appeared black in color by using Sudan black stain. Hepatocytes were studded with mitochondria, significant increase in DNA content with evident mitotic figures in some cells by using Feulgen reaction. In Group II, liver section showed that most of the hepatocytes were compacted and vacuolated with pyknotic nuclei and large area of cellular infiltration with significant decrease of the +ve PAS reaction and most of the hepatocytes lacked their glycogen content than the others with marked decrease in the fat content (Sudan black stain). Also liver section showed marked decrease in the mitochondrial content (Pritchard's technique) and marked decrease in the DNA content shown as faintly stained nuclei (Feulgen reaction). Most of the hepatocytes in Group III liver were in mitotic state, stages of division, polyploidy could be observed and the cytoplasm became condensed and granulated with significant increase of +ve PAS reaction and near normal black-stained fat droplets (Sudan black stain). By using Pritchard's technique, the liver of Group III showed apparent increase in the


Article errors are widely documented amongst L2 learners of English, and instruction rarely leads to improved accuracy (Snape and Yusa, 2013). Generative SLA research has demonstrated an effect of specificity for learners whose L1s do not have articles. Much of this research has tested Ionin's Fluctuation Hypothesis (2003), which predicts that learners will overuse 'the' with indefinite specifics and 'a' with definite non-specifics. Currently, specificity is not taught to learners of English. This study investigates the effect of delivering such instruction.
Three groups of low-intermediate L1-Chinese learners of English (n=50) were tested before and after a teaching intervention. The Specificity Instruction group was taught about definiteness and specificity using linguistically-informed materials developed in consultation with practising English teachers. The Standard Instruction group received instruction on the definite/indefinite contrast using standard teaching materials. Meanwhile, the No Instruction group was not taught about articles. Testing consisted of an untimed written elicitation task, a timed judgment task and a sample of writing.
All groups showed similar levels of improvement in accuracy on the elicitation task. Results for the timed judgment task differed between the groups. The No Instruction and Standard Instruction groups made significant improvements whilst the Specificity Instruction group demonstrated no significant change. Article accuracy in the written work of all groups, however, tended to reduce between the two time points, possibly as learners began to focus on other aspects of their writing.
I propose that the new instruction on specificity competed with what learners had previously been taught about definiteness and caused the lack of effect. Despite this null result at group level, individual results for the judgment task showed that learners in the Specificity Instruction group tended to improve with indefinite specific contexts, possibly due to the linguistically-informed instruction.


An experimental investigation was made of combined mode locking of a cw laser utilizing a mixture of rhodamine 6G (amplifier) and malachite green (absorber). The action of a saturable absorber shortened the output pulses to 700 fsec, widened the range of existence of the short pulses, and appreciably increased the lasing stability compared with synchronous excitation of pure rhodamine 6G. These characteristics of the radiation of a laser with combined mode locking were associated with the saturation dynamics of the gain and the absorption.


About the authors Mary Kawar Mary Kawar has worked at the International Labor Organization (ILO) for the past 15 years. Her research has focused primarily on issues related to skills and employability, employment policy, gender issues, and youth employment and migration. She had previously served as Advisor to the Jordanian Minister of Labour. Kawar has authored several papers on employment, youth, and gender. Kawar holds a PhD in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.


Two aspects of the non-relativistic dyon-electron system are studied, first the dyon-electron scattering and second, electron capture by a dyon.


This report describes model scale tests conducted to investigate the fire development on a Ro-Ro ferry vehicle deck. The objective was to investigate the conditions that can arise during a fire on a vehicle deck and to suggest suitable tactical measures when fighting the fire manually. The tests mainly focused on the effect of natural and mechanical ventilation as well as the effects of sprinklers on the fire development. The model used was constructed in scale 1:8 of a typical Ro-Ro vehicle deck. Its size, 11.4 m x 2.8 m x 0.6 m (length x width x height) corresponds to an actual vehicle deck of about 90 m x 22 m x 5 m. The model incorporated stairwells, ventilation shafts, large door openings, scuppers (drainage for water), a fan to provide about 10 air changes per hour and a sprinkler system. The fire's source consisted of a wood crib, equivalent when scaled up, to a burning truck with a fire output of about 70MW.


Climate change has become an increasingly important strategic issue for businesses to deal with. The stake is high particularly for those in energy-intensive industries as governments are implement ...


The master thesis focuses on citizen participation and how to support it with the application of ICT. Due to its recent publicity, blockchain and its features have been investigated and were relate ...


An image data processor, for use in a device which plays a battle game, a congeniality divination game, etc., includes a designating unit which is operated to designate respective parts of objects in order to display those object images on a display. A determining unit determines superiority or inferiority between the respective displayed object images on the basis of scores corresponding to part images constituting the respective displayed object images. The respective object images are changed depending on the results of the determination and the resulting object images are then displayed on the display. When the designating unit designates any part of the object, a score corresponding to that portion is read out, and data on the appropriate object image is displayed on the display depending on the read out score. When the designating unit designates the respective parts of the object, the display displays a first object image composed of a combination of the part images corresponding to the respective parts of the object and a second object image congenial to the first object image.


The effects of germanium tetrabromide addition to tetraphenyl porphyrin zinc (Zn-TPP)/fullerene (C60) bulk heterojunction solar cells were characterized. The light-induced charge separation and charge transfer were investigated by current density and optical absorption. Addition of germanium tetrabromide inserted into active layer of Zn-TPP/C60 as bulk heterojunction had a positive effect on the photovoltaic and optical properties. The photovoltaic mechanism of the solar cells was discussed by experimental results. The photovoltaic performance was due to light-induced exciton promoted by insert of GeBr4 and charge transfer from HOMO of Zn-TPP to LUMO of C60 in the active layer.


Why should the Internet be free? All those new software programmes and those big servers all cost money. And if you want content don't you think someone should be rewarded?


As a result of a new development of foil-cooling structures for natural draught cooling towers, it has been possible to attain a significant increase in heat transfer performance with a very small tendency to surface deposition during operation. This result has been subsequently confirmed from a comprehensive series of tests following the conversion of a natural draught cooling tower at Didcot Power Plant in England at the end of 1993, this too being in a large-scale installation. On this initial application of the new NPF foil components, an improvement in discharge temperature of more than 3 K has been measured with use of an optimal configuration of a counter-current arrangement with original operating conditions. The new cooling tower components are suitable for both new constructions and equally for the rehabilitation of existing plant.


The traditional Shamir(k,n)threshold serect sharing scheme needs a lot of complex computation in the Galois field Fp.So it can not be used in the resource-restricted environment such as sensor-networks and RFID.To solve such problems,Y.Fujii and N.Hosaka et al,proposed a new(2,n)threshold secret sharing scheme which is much more efficient than Shamir's one.However,the secret share in their scheme can not be refreshed.With respect to this point,a new(2,n)threshold secret sharing scheme based on xor operation is proposed whose share can be refreshed in every new period.Because of good efficiency and key refreshment,our scheme is suitable to the resource-restricted environment such as sensor-networks,RFID cards and Smart carkds.


The effectiveness of applying partial least squares regression to short-term load forecasting in power system is investigated. This algorithm not only can effectively perform the data preparing and samples pretreating, but also can abstract components from input factors. The abstracted components, having the property of linearly independence, can be used to explain the daily load better and are more favorable for modeling and forecasting. Another feature of this method is that the multicollinearity of input factors can be eliminated, so a lot of samples to input are not needed. The results of calculation example from a real power system show that in short-term load forecasting the presented method is effectual, with this method the high modeling speed and high forecasting accuracy can be obtained.


One of phenomena that occur in the educational world is the issue of discrepancies that occur between theory the pre-service teacher learned in college with implementation when they should teach in thereal fields (schools). Problem Based Learning (PBL) becomes one of the efforts to bridge the existing problems. This research is conducted to find out the extend of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Micro Teaching course since the course must be accomplished by students before carrying out practical activities in the real field in the school at teaching training program. T he writer uses descriptive qualitative method. And in this research the writer uses case study as a research design to find out the purpose of the research. The participants of the the research are 8 students from a class of micro teaching course in English Department of Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati. In this paper, The Students as the Pre Service Teacher(s) are coded PST(s). The writer uses observation as the instruments of the research. Theory of Miles and Huberman are used to collect data from observation . Regarding to the discussion above, the four aspects of competences of effective teacher are shown in the teaching practice done by the students of Micro teaching course that apply Problem Based Learning (PBL). T he majority results of the observation explain that applying Problem Based Learning in Micro Teaching course develops pre-service teachers competence in their teaching in classroom. T his research shows pre-service teachers can integrate their competences and create good performance in their teaching practice .


This paper presents an overview of the research activities performed to develop a new scaled variant of the Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring (LOAM) system for small-to-medium size Unmanned Aircraft (UA) platforms. This LOAM variant (LOAM+) is proposed as one of the non-cooperative sensors employed in the UA Sense-and-Avoid (SAA) system. After a brief description of the LOAM system architecture, the mathematical models developed for obstacle avoidance and calculation of alternative flight path are presented. Additionally, a new formulation is adopted for defining the uncertainty volumes associated with the detected obstacles. Simulation case studies are carried out to evaluate the performances of the avoidance trajectory generation and optimisation algorithms, which demonstrate the ability of LOAM+ to effectively detect and avoid fixed low-level obstacles in the intended path.


This article analyzes two ways of solving environmental problems in the fuel industry, which arose due to the need to stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. According to the first direction, the ways of using various non-traditional types of raw materials and waste containing sugars for the purpose of producing environmentally friendly types of fuel are considered. According to the second direction, the possibilities of integrated use of ethanol and all by-products formed during its production are analyzed to improve ecology in the fuel industry. We have established the possibility of using the by-products of ethanol production, fuel oil and fuel alcohol, to improve the operational properties of motor fuels used in carburetor and diesel engines. It has been stated that the additives of fuel alcohol and fuel oil increase the octane number of gasoline, improve its fractional composition, as a result of which the completeness of fuel combustion and the uniformity of its supply to the engine cylinders increase. The optimal concentrations of alcohol additives to gasoline are as follows: 5 vol.% and 10 vol.% for fuel alcohols and fuel oil, respectively. It has been established that the addition of fuel oil to diesel fuels increases their cetane number, this causes the mixture to ignite faster and the diesel engine to start. Moreover, with the addition of fuel oil, the temperature of the beginning of boiling decreases which facilitates the starting properties of the fuel, and the viscosity of the fuel mixture decreases which improves the completeness of mixing and transportation in the engine system. The optimal concentration of fuel oil additive to diesel fuel is 10 vol.%.


Improved confinement caused by Ne injection is investigated in EAST. The safety factor q profile and electron-scale turbulence are studied with a polarimeter-interferometer system and CO2 laser collective scattering system in a series of Ne injection experiments in EAST. Ne with a suitable injection rate can lead to negative magnetic shear in the plasma core, which promotes electron-scale turbulence suppression. The continuous injection of Ne under the reversed shear condition further reduces the electron-scale turbulence intensity. Core electron temperature increase and confinement improvement are observed. QuaLiKiz is applied to model the influence of an impurity and reversed q on turbulence. The combination of stabilization effects of negative magnetic shear and Ne on turbulence is much stronger than the impurity's own effect, which could explain the experimentally observed electron temperature (T e) increase and turbulence suppression. Besides, the relationship between pedestal structure induced by Ne injection and lower hybrid wave (LHW)-driven current deposition is discussed. These results provide a new perspective to improve the confinement in the case of Ne injection, i.e. to adjust the Ne injection to modify the ideal plasma equilibrium.


This study researched on "Intent to participation" prior to tour activity in Suwon and Hawseong areas to examine possibility of developing the local tourism if tourist attraction is to be developed around the scattered cultural heritage from the era of king Yeongjo and Jeongjo. To that end, the study conducted cross tabulation analysis with two groups which were divided into two subgroups respectively by whether they had experience of visiting Suwon and Hwaseong areas, and whether they had experience of visiting sites of cultural heritage. As a result, "Intent to participation" in tourist attraction was presented by percentage to show differences and potential groups to contribute to develop historic and cultural tourism were examined.


The chlorinity in tidal estuary mainly depends on the factors such as upstream runoff discharge,tidal strength at the estuary,downstream chlorinity,water-diverting discharge and river topography.This paper uses a probability statistics method to determine the supply dependability of water supply at the intake.The water chlorinity at the water-intake in Qiantang River estuary has been analyzed and forecasted by means of chlorinity observations and one-dimensional mathematical model of chlorinity.The result can provide the decision-making support for the selection of the second-stage salinity-resisting and water-intake project in Hangzhou City.The method used has reference effect on salinity-resisting project of similar strong tidal estuaries.


Abstract Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is the tendency to react negatively to uncertain situations or events, and it has been found to be an important maintaining factor in a number of different anxiety disorders. It is often included as a part of cognitive behavioural interventions for anxiety disorders but its specific contribution to treatment outcome has not been examined. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a brief treatment specifically targeting IU in a 25-year-old man with comorbid diagnoses of social phobia, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder and dysthymia. A single case design series was utilised. Six sessions of individual therapy were provided with symptom measures administered weekly throughout the 3-week baseline, treatment and 1-month post-treatment phase. Clinically significant improvement occurred on measures of IU and social anxiety but not on a general measure of anxiety. The clinical implications of this finding and di...


In earlier papers, a theory of gravity was developed in which the space-time metric depends on a unit vector field and a scalar potential. The formalism becomes much simpler if one uses just a vect...


Naviaux et al. (1) report on a distinct metabolic signature present in patients who have myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) compared with healthy controls. Metabolic pathway analysis is a growing field of interest, and could offer relevant pathophysiological or diagnostic clues in complex illnesses such as CFS. However, reviewing the patient selection and statistical methods used, we have some concerns.


Adhesives are widely used in optomechanical structures for bonding optical components to their mounts. The main advantage of using adhesives is the excellent strength to weight ratio. Adhesive bonding is seen as a desirable joining technique as it allows for greater flexibility in design. A disadvantage of adhesives however is the limited dimensional stability and loadability. To design stable optical mounts, accurate prediction of stresses and deformation is therefore needed. Adhesives show strong temperature and loading history dependent behavior. Viscoelastic material models are needed for accurate prediction of stresses and strains in bonded joints. However, representative material data for adhesives is difficult to find. In this research, an experimental framework is build up to determine relevant mechanical properties of adhesives for improving stress and deformation prediction. This paper shows the results of the characterization experiments and modeling techniques. Also the implementation of material models in finite element code is briefly discussed. The obtained models are used in the mount design in the EUCLID and TROPOMI programs as described in "Ultra stable isostatic bonded optical mount design for harsh environments, J.A.C.M Pijnenburg et al" (this conference).


This paper combines simplified Harrod-Domar and Mahalanobis-type models, first to show that the internal consistency of a development plan may well depend on supply relationships that are usually ignored in aggregate planning, and second, to suggest the value of a more general version of the "two-gap1t model [11]. An empirical application of this analysis, to be published separately, will look at these supply relationships and their influence on Pakistan's development. The argument of the paper is simple and not unfamiliar. To the extent that installed capital is specific in what it produces and the products themselves are specific and non-substitutable between investment and consumption uses, the pattern of investment in one period may determine the allocation of subsequent income to saving or consumption and, therefore, the rate of growth of national income.


Remote sensing data, DEM, land use and land cover GIS data are used to monitor soil erosion in Mingjing River valley. Instead of using the field sample sites parameters for the USLE model calculation we extracted the parameters from satellite data. Landsat TM and ETM temporal data were used to investigate the changes in between 1993 and 2000. The results prove that there was /spl plusmn/5% soil erosion difference between our calculation results from ETM data in 2000 and field statistical results in 1999.


Chemistry is generally viewed negatively by elementary school students. This problem in many cases is the result of the lack of applicability of methodologies that instigate the interest of students and guarantee the inclusion of all of them. Therefore, the work on screen aimed to report the development of an accessible and contextualized experimental class, in one of the 4th year of the Technical Course Integrated to the High School of Environmental Control of the Federal


Emami S, Huang E, Kuo H‐T, Kamgar M, Bunnapradist S. Multivariate analysis of antibody induction therapy and their associated outcomes in live donor kidney transplantation in the recent era.
Clin Transplant 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399‐0012.2011.01517.x.
© 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.


We have investigated the origin of nanostructures formed on metals by low-fluence femtosecond laser pulses. Nanoscale cracks oriented perpendicular to the incident laser polarization are induced on tungsten, molybdenum, and copper targets. The number density of the cracks increases with the number of pulses, but crack length plateaus. Electromagnetic field simulation by the finite-difference time-domain method indicates that electric field is locally enhanced along the direction perpendicular to the incident laser polarization around a nanoscale hole on the metal surface. Crack formation originates from the hole.


ABSTRACT Enabled by Industry 4.0, new forms of productive value creation emerge in urban spaces. But how the value creation of new digital urban production (DUP) differs from that of incumbent manufacturing and how it benefits from urban contexts remain unclear. Closing this gap, we study DUP firms in selected cities of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Results indicate that DUP integrates production and design, and it displays circular problem-based value creation to develop complex production-related solutions. At urban locations, DUP draws particular advantages from proximity to customers, employees and knowledge – conducive context qualities which outweigh the 'footloosening' powers of digital tools.


This work describes the suitability of vapor phase polymerized Parylene HT ®on a variety of electronic components and devices through characterization of its thermal, electrical and other physical and chemical properties. Components of electronics, including integrated circuits, sensors, batteries, semiconductor devices, and other passive devices, are being packaged into smaller sizes with better performance and minimal weight. Overall system reliability and efficiency of the electronics depend on the quality of materials, packaging and how these devices are used. Parylenes, both as a coating and as a structural material, are known for their inertness, gas phase deposition, pinhole free application, adherence to metals, composites, plastics, elastomers, ceramics and excellent barrier properties. Parylenes commonly available to the market have been found to be useful up to 130oC. The demand, however, is growing for a Parylene that is more stable at higher temperatures with excellent electrical properties. The data and evidence provided in this paper indicate that Parylene HT is suitable and capable of meeting the growing requirements of protection and reliability of advanced electronics up to 350oC long-term and up to 450oC for short-term exposures.


This essay examines the contemporary architecture of conventional arms transfer restrictions and concludes that it is deficient. In part this is simply due to the absence of political will to effectively implement existing arms transfer restraint. However, it is also the case that the globalization of the defense industry, the growing employment of dual-use technology and the pervasiveness and flexibility of illicit networks are, in combination, substantially eroding the utility of existing restrictions on arms circulation. It is argued, therefore, that such trends require a shift from a predominantly supplier-oriented model of restriction to a system of regulatory diffusion that matches the reality of arms diffusion in the international system. Such a system encompasses a variety of initiatives but particularly includes a greater emphasis on recipient initiatives, an enhanced role for civil society and the incorporation of an outputs/impacts model of arms regulation.


The achievement of profitable growth comes from pinpointing and exploiting synergistic opportunity. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological research study was to explore opportunities for synergistic growth using a single case study of a multi-unit firm by examining how a multinational organization could exploit operative synergy to realize growth in a dynamic market. During the study twenty-one propositions were listed as theory building elements for operative synergy exploitation in a multinational. Strategic enactment is critical for timing in dealing with business opportunities in light of the fact that product and service life-cycles are decreasing. Sustainable outcomes are achievable across multiple product or service life-cycles if strategic leadership within the sequence of life-cycles is optimized to achieve revenue opportunity.


This work deals with the impact of birth order on family relationships. The theoretical section outlines the current research dealing with birth order, i.e. sibling constellations. The work includes a basic description of this concept, within which factors affecting constellation in the family are clarified. The individual characteristics of only children, first borns, second borns, middle and youngest children are described in detail. Part of the work is dedicated to the family as an institution, its functions and significance, as well as to specific roles of father and mother in the family. The work also focuses on upbringing in general and upbringing according to sibling constellations. The objective of the empirical part is to find connections between the birth order of siblings and its impact on the quality of mutual relationships within a specific family. In order to implement the mixed research, drawing projective techniques (drawing of family, drawing of enchanted family and three trees test), interviews with family members and the family environment scale questionnaire were applied.


The Frank-Starling mechanism is one of the most fundamental properties of cardiac muscle for exerting intrinsic control over contractile force on a beat to beat basis. According to this law, the systolic contractile force depends on the preceding diastolic blood loading. In other words stretching the ventricular muscle induces an increase in contractility. In multicellular preparations the mechanisms that underlie the length-force relationship in the myocardium have been the subject of considerable discussion and controversy.1-7


Multiple myeloma is an incurable disease characterized by the proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Daratumumab (DARA), a monoclonal antibody that targets the CD38 antigen expressed on malignant myeloma cells, has been approved as a promising new treatment for patients with this disease. Although it is an e ff ective medication, DARA presents challenges in transfusion medicine. Because normal red cells weakly express the CD38 antigen, panreactivity is observed during antibody-detection workups on patients treated with DARA; the panreactivity can mask the presence of any underlying alloantibodies. The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) has issued a method on how to resolve DARA interference by managing reagent red cells with dithiothreitol (DTT), which cleaves the disul fi de bonds of the CD38 antigen. The primary objective of this study was to develop a protocol for resolving DARA interference in pretransfusion testing at the University of North Carolina Medical Center ' s Transfusion Medicine Services based on the method described by the AABB. Optimal procedural conditions required 4 drops of DTT to 1 drop of packed phosphate-bu ff ered saline – washed reagent red cells incubated at 37 °C for 45 minutes. An antibody screen using untreated and DTT-treated reagent red cells with appropriate quality-control results indicated that DTT was successful at eliminating DARA-induced panreactivity. A cost analysis was performed to consider the expenses and time required for the implementation of an in-house procedure.


Background and Objective: Caring for patients with stroke brings about a lot of tension for the caregivers and the family. Implementation of an empowerment program leads to self-control and preventive behaviors. This study aimed at determining the effects of a family-centered empowerment model on self esteem of care givers of stroke patients.
Materials and Methods: This quasi experimental study was done on 88 care givers of stroke patients who were divided into the experimental group and control groups. Family-centered empowerment model was applied for one month and then the questionnaires of self esteem of the participants were collected. The obtained data was analyzed by means of SPSS software (version 16) and dedicational statistical tests at the significant level of P<0.05.
Results: Independent T-test revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean of self esteem scores in the experimental group and control groups before intervention (P>0.05); whereas the difference was significant one months after intervention (P=0.001). Besides, mean self esteem scores of the caregivers in the experimental group significantly increased one month after intervention (P=0.001), but there was no significant difference in the mentioned factors in the care-givers of control group after one month (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Empowerment of caregivers for patients with stroke promotes their self esteem leading to more efficient care for these patients. Planning and implementing more effective programs for those caring for chronic diseases is recommended.


Petri net is an effective description language for model.It has been applied in almost every aspect of computer science.The paper explaines the basal theory of Petri net and presentes the development of Workflow,then poses a thought of Workflow modeling based on Petri net.With the thought,a model of Warehouse management flow is made by step-by-step method.


Stochastic implied volatilities from option prices and GARCH models are two ways of capturing the time variation of conditional variances. However, what volatilities they predict is still an unanswered question. This paper finds that implied volatilities obtained from options using the Black-Scholes formula are best viewed as predictions of the intraperiod or high-frequency components of volatilities. In contrast, GARCH models capture the low frequency components better. Thus, changes in implied volatility reflect future changes in variations of returns within a period.


McKinley & Hathaway (1940) published the Hypochondriasis or Hs Scale as a means of understanding physical symptoms reported by the patient. They also developed the Hysteria or Hy scale (McKinley & Hathaway, 1944) to measure the expression of physical complaints in the context of hysteroid personality characteristics (e.g. denial). Hundreds of articles have been published on the use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 scales in assessing patients in medical contexts. This Highlight File notes some of the special contributions that were made showing the utility of MMPI scales in describing and predicting behavior pertinent to compensation seeking or personal injury litigation or PTSD compensation. Numerous contributions to this forensic assessment could have been included. Several major research studies are highlighted and their findings/implications for personal injury litigation are noted here. HIGHLIGHTS 1948 Brozek and Schiele conducted an early MMPI study that provided information pertinent to using the test in work evaluations. As part of the WW II study to examine the effects of semi-‐starvation on mental health 1 Citation: Butcher, J. N. (2013). Historical highlights on use of the MMPI/MMPI-‐2 in personal injury or compensation evaluations. Retrieved from


Single crystals of acetyltetralone grown from a solution containing a small amount of Cu(II) ions are studied by ESR. The corresponding g, 63Cu magnetic and quadrupolar hyperfine tensors are obtained and are consistent with the trapping of a square planar copper(II) complex. X-ray diffraction shows that pure acetyltetralone crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca (a — 8.893 A, b = 20.301 X, c = 10.715 A). Comparison of the ESR eigenvectors with the bond directions obtained from this crystal structure study shows that the Cu(II) complex experiences some constraint from the crystal matrix. The present complex is a model for one of the complexation sites of tetracyclines.


The invention discloses a high voltage filter and dynamic reactive power compensation control system combining a PPF with a TSC and a control method thereof, belonging to the technical field of power electronics. The invention solves the problems that a traditional independent PPF technology has reactive power compensation reactive power over compensation, and an independent TSC technology adopts classification switching and is not adapted to reactive power continuous variation of a power grid. In a device thereof, a passive filtering unit and a reactive power dynamic compensation unit are in parallel connected between the input end and the load end of the power grid, a signal conditioning circuit is used for detecting three-phase current and voltage signals of the power grid, the output end of the signal conditioning circuit is connected with the input end of a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) and CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) control circuit, the output end of the DSP and CPLD control circuit is connected with a level conversion circuit, and the output end of the level conversion circuit is connected with a control signal input end of the reactive power dynamic compensation unit. In the method, a reactive power compensation capacitor is controlled to be thrown into the power grid according to the position of obtained power grid parameters in a space nine zone. The invention is used for reactive power compensation of the power grid.


We present recent results on semileptonic B decays from the B A B AR experiment, with emphasis on B → D ( ∗ ) τ ¯ ν and the implications that these decays have on our understanding of the Standard Model and New Physics effects.


A dispatch-oriented risk perception and fault disposal decision support technique for online monitoring and control is proposed in this paper. It helps to improve the sensitivity and accuracy of risk perception by multi-source information mining based on data from SCADA, relay, WAMS and other measurement systems. And it provides a direct means to grasp the whole process of incident handling by online fault perception, analysis, assessment and decision-making technique. Visualization scheme including information integration, function integration, hierarchical display and multi-theme window display technology are also introduced to enhance the capability of fault disposal of operators and help them to master the grid operation from a global perspective.