This chapter, based on the theory model derived from bank credit transmission channel and the balanced panel data of 18 Chinese commercial banks from 2008 to 2012, con-ducts empirical test and carries out classified study of China ' s bank credit transmission channel and the effect of capital adequacy ratio on credit channel. Results show that the bank characteristics have, on a micro level, heterogeneity effects on credit transmission channel of monetary policy. Banks of higher capital adequacy ratio and smaller asset size are more vulnerable to the impacts of monetary policy. Therefore, the author pro- poses policy suggestions from the perspectives of optimizing the structure of financial markets and improving the monetary policy effect.


We propose and study a numerical method for time discretization of linear and semilinear integro-partial differential equations that are intermediate between diffusion and wave equations, or are subdiffusive. The method uses convolution quadrature based on the second-order backward differentiation formula. Second-order error bounds of the time discretization and regularity estimates for the solution are shown in a unified way under weak assumptions on the data in a Banach space framework. Numerical experiments illustrate the theoretical results.


OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Underrepresented (UR) biomedical researchers leave research positions at a disproportionate rate. We aim to identify factors associated with confidence in career progression and intent to continue clinical research training in UR post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Building Up is a cluster-randomized trial at 25 academic institutions. In September-October 2020, 224 participants from the Building Up study completed the pre-intervention assessment, which included questions on demographics, science identity, mentoring competency, confidence in career progression, and intent to continue clinical research training. Using multinomial logistic regression controlling for gender and race/ethnicity, we identified factors associated with confidence in career progression, and intent to continue clinical research training. Statistically significant findings are reported. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The cohort (N=219) is 80% female, 33% non-Hispanic Black, and 34% Hispanic. Having mentors that address diversity was associated with belief that career advancement is as open to them as anyone else (OR=1.7) and confidence in ability to overcome professional barriers (OR=1.4). Higher science identity (OR=4.0) and having mentors who foster independence (OR=1.7) were associated with confidence in ability to progress in career. Higher science identity was also associated with confidence in ability to overcome professional barriers (OR=2.2) and intent to continue studying biomedical sciences (OR=3.4). Being faculty (OR=3.8), higher science identity (OR=3.8), and having mentors that align expectations (OR=2.3) were associated with intent to continue clinical research training. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: These findings suggest that science identity and mentoring play key roles in confidence in career progression and intent to continue clinical research training. These factors are important to consider in retaining UR early-career biomedical researchers.


In fractal image compression, an image is coded as a set of contractive transformations, and is guaranteed to generate an approximation to the original image when iteration applied to any initial image. In this paper, according to Jacquin' 5 PIFS algorithm, and by analyzing traditional fractal mapping parameters, a kind of convolution-based fast fractal image coding scheme (CBFC) is advanced. To speed up the encoding and improve the compression ratio, it is combined with quad-tree partitioning neighbor searching algorithm. To improve the real-time performance of the algorithm, it is performed on TMS320C6201. Experiments results of algorithms based on CBFC, and CBFC using quad-tree partitioning structure on DSP are given in this paper as comparisons. The results show that fractal image real-time coding can be realized with the considerable reconstructive image and coding time.


From the late 19th century on, psychological research is interested in humans' sense of sameness, since perceived similarity between objects is fundamental for cognitive processes like object recognition and categorization. Product designers continuously emphasize how important yet difficult it is to create new products with designs similar enough for brand recognition, yet dissimilar enough for a unique positioning. Advancing the understanding of perceived design similarity would greatly help to systematically manage this balance. Design literature provides several concepts, which assess how much a new design deviates from the status quo based on consumers' holistic similarity judgments. For management practice, however, tests of numerous design alternatives with consumers throughout the NPD process are time-consuming, costly and threaten confidentiality. In addition, holistic judgments cannot provide any insights about the design elements that explain perceived similarity. For designers it thus remains unclear which elements should be modified to increase or decrease perceived similarity between new and existing designs. It also prohibits predictions about similarities of alternative product designs, which have not been explicitly tested with consumers. To overcome these drawbacks, we introduce an objective, component-based measurement approach of design similarity. Based on standardized product images, we identify a set of objective measures for all relevant design elements. The results of an empirical study demonstrate that similarity judgments of consumers can be reproduced with these measures. Our approach, thus, makes measurement of design similarity more efficient, uncovers the design elements that drive holistic similarity judgments, and enables managers to predict the positioning of alternative product designs in the perceptual space.


The invention is concerned with the high-power LED dot glue technics. The process is: preheating - vacuum doff and dunk - fill in pin canister - evacuate bubble - air pressure evacuate bubble - origincorrection and position correction - transmission - pinhead descend - crush glue - pinhead raise - leave produce - draw back pinhead - wipe pinhead. The second time and the following repeat the abovesteps. The invention can not damage the produce and happen other bad phenomenon.


The Viggen is a combat aircraft built by SAAB Aircraft Company in Sweden. The first production aircraft is scheduled for the middle of 1971. The third prototype aircraft, containing the complete electronic system made its first flight in April this year. The EMC program is based on sound design, measurements of subsystem characteristics and system tests in a mock-up. Much importance is paid to good aircraft installation. For instance susceptible and interfering wire bundles are separated. The blackbox design is continuously monitored by the maincontractor. Instead of prescribing limits for the subsystem measurements the test results have been collected and combined by the main contractor. In case of obvious interference special measures have been taken. The measurements also serve as support for the system tests. The system tests are made in a mock-up with the same electromagnetic configuration as the aircraft and include marginal measurements. Some measurements are also made in the prototype aircrafts. The subsystem measurements are completed and the system tests in the mock-up and in the third prototype aircraft are now going on. The results are promising so far.


Interest in the informational content of truncation motivates the study of the residual entropy function, that is, the entropy of a right truncated random variable as a function of the truncation point. In this note we show that, under mild regularity conditions, the residual entropy function characterizes the probability distribution. We also derive relationships among residual entropy, monotonicity of the failure rate, and stochastic dominance. Information theoretic measures of distances between distributions are also revisited from a similar perspective. In particular, we study the residual divergence between two positive random variables and investigate some of its monotonicity properties. The results are relevant to information theory, reliability theory, search problems, and experimental design.


The problematic of gender and socioeconomic status biased differences in academic motivation patterns is discussed. Gender identity is understood according to symbolic interactionism perspective: as a result of reflected appraisals, social comparisons, self-attributions, and identifications, shaped by social environment and family context. The effects of socioeconomic status on academic motivation are conceptualized according to Bourdieu's habitus concept, reflecting the role of unconscious and internalized cultural signals, proper to low and high socioeconomic status family contexts. Since families differ by various socioeconomic features, the hypothesis about possible impact of parents' socioeconomic status on their children's academic motivation interfering with gender socialization effects is held. The survey, aiming to seize gender differences in academic motivation and self-recorded improvementoriented efforts as a result of socialization processes operating in the families of low and high socioeconomic status, was designed. The results of Lithuanian higher education students' survey are presented and discussed. Keywords—Academic Motivation, Gender, Socialization, Socioeconomic Status.


Resolving an open question from 2006, we prove the existence of light-weight bounded-degree spanners for unit ball graphs in the metrics of bounded doubling dimension, and we design a simple $\mathcal{O}(\log^*n)$-round distributed algorithm in the LOCAL model of computation, that given a unit ball graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and a positive constant $\epsilon<1$ finds a $(1+\epsilon)$-spanner with constant bounds on its maximum degree and its lightness using only 2-hop neighborhood information. This immediately improves the best prior lightness bound, the algorithm of Damian, Pandit, and Pemmaraju, which runs in $\mathcal{O}(\log^*n)$ rounds in the LOCAL model, but has a $\mathcal{O}(\log \Delta)$ bound on its lightness, where $\Delta$ is the ratio of the length of the longest edge to the length of the shortest edge in the unit ball graph. Next, we adjust our algorithm to work in the CONGEST model, without changing its round complexity, hence proposing the first spanner construction for unit ball graphs in the CONGEST model of computation. We further study the problem in the two dimensional Euclidean plane and we provide a construction with similar properties that has a constant average number of edge intersections per node. Lastly, we provide experimental results that confirm our theoretical bounds, and show an efficient performance from our distributed algorithm compared to the best known centralized construction.


suggests that investigating tolerance under this framework might involve, for instance, questioning the hegemonic norms that are conveyed when Europeans or North Americans discuss tolerance towards Muslims and immigrants. She aims to show that this ongoing discourse only serves to further stigmatize groups by reaffi rming their marginalized positions. On this view, tolerance does not simply describe the activities of actors, or denote a practice whose goal is to alleviate perceived points of tension. Rather, discourses of tolerance have the constitutive power to render the political identities they negotiate ontological. The purpose of Brown's ongoing project is to investigate what the operations of tolerance unearth about points of contention in liberalism by focusing on the way these disputes are strategically framed by hegemonic groups and outgroups. In the epilogue, Blasi and Holzhey carefully examine the effects of depoliticization by considering how confl icts arising from structural biases, as evidenced by social, attitudinal, political, and legal barriers, are treated as issues stemming from individual differences in character, culture, or religion. The exegetical part of this analysis would be of greater benefi t to the reader if their detailed exposition of depoliticization, a notion viewed by Brown and Forst as being at the root of many misunderstandings about tolerance, were included as part the preamble to the debate. That being said, the book demystifi es tolerance, and in so doing, carves out a conceptual space for making contributions to the literature. The epilogue is particularly valuable for this end, as it provides a preview of the magisterial works on the subject by Brown and Forst, along with an extensive bibliography for further reading.


OBJECTIVE:To study the sensitivity of hepatic carcinoma cell HepG2.215 to ionizing radiation by using phosphorylated H2AX(γH2AX) as a predictor. METHODS:HepG2. 215 cells were exposed to X-rays of different doses respectively,The proportion of HepG2.215 cells expressing γH2AX was measured by flow cytometry,the number of γH2AX foci in HepG2.215 cells was measured by immunocytochemistry,and the cell proliferation was measured by MTT. RESULTS:After HepG2.215 cells were exposed to X-rays,the expression of γH2AX was dose-dependent and increased linearly with the doses; The level of γH2AX was positively correlated with cell mortality (r2=0.984,P0.05). The more the expression of γH2AX was,the higher cell mortality was. CONCLUSION:It is feasible and reliable to use γH2AX for predicting the sensitivity of HepG2.215 cells to ionizing radiation agents.


Abstract In 1952, Alison and Peter Smithson designed their Soho House in central London. Published by their housemate Theo Crosby in Architectural Design magazine, the Smithsons claimed it as the first example of the "New Brutalism," although it remained unbuilt. At the same time, Crosby designed for himself a small studio house at Strand-on-the-Green, West London that he built but which remains unpublished, even though it shares many of the Soho House's Brutalist characteristics. This article makes use of Rudolf Wittkower's proportional theories – dear to New Brutalist discourse – to analyze and compare the two houses. Through analysis of the original drawings, New Brutalist discourse and the biography of its architect, the article examines Crosby's house for the first time, contextualizes it in terms of the New Brutalist canon and considers possible reasons for its previous oversight.


A novel GNU radio-based software-defined radio receiver using universal serial radio peripheral (USRP) front end and Yagi antenna is developed to record meteor echoes in passive mode using FM broadcast. Pilot observations are made for four days in August–September 2020 to record FM signals at 103.2, 104, and 107.5 MHz with a varying sample rate of 8 and 200 kHz. The in-phase and quadrature signals are processed to obtain the amplitude and phase of the received signals for identification of the meteor echoes. A new algorithm is developed to automatically detect the echoes using a normalized amplitude threshold and a minimum temporal separation between two echoes. Overdense meteor echoes with a plateau-like amplitude response are found using a ratio test and remaining echoes are rejected. Thus, the system can detect almost all types of meteor echoes reported earlier. Notably, signatures of fragmentation and background wind are also observed in the form of different phase patterns. Histogram of the meteor counts shows a peak for shorter durations indicating larger populations of the smaller size of meteoroids. The log–log plot of the meteor duration versus count is found to exhibit a characteristic transition of the slope. An empirical estimate of the height of the echoes is obtained. The echoes show micrometeoroid populations, which may depend upon the transmitting–receiving setup and the geometry. Hence, an inexpensive, low-power, portable, passive and automated meteor detection system is demonstrated, which can be highly useful for understanding the meteor phenomena and estimation of atmospheric parameters.


A field experiment was carried out at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand to find out the effect of different plant densities and integrated nutrient management on N, P and K content and uptake of quality protein maize (QPM) during spring 2010 in factorial randomized block design replicated thrice with three plant densities viz., 66,666, 83,333 and 100,000 plants ha-1 and five modes of nutrition viz., 100% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) inorganic, 125 % RDF inorganic, 100 % recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) through inorganic + 25 % RDN through organic, 75 % RDN through inorganic + 25 % RDN through organic and 50 % RDN through inorganic + 50 % RDN through organic The results revealed that high plant density resulted in reduction of N, P and K content in source as well as sink while fertilizer application either through inorganic alone or in variable combinations with organic did not influence nutrient content neither in source nor in sink.


The case of young primigravida pregnant women with spontaneous gastic rupture in perinatal period was reported. Rapid obsteric intervention during caesarean section made possible the survival of the neonatant. Prompt surgical laparotomy was performed with excision necrosis part of the stomach wall. The wall was repaired what gave the positive therapeutic effect. Authors indicate on diagnostic troubles, the way of obstetric and surgical treatment and complications in postoperative course.


Based on the design of experiments (DOE) and the response surface method, we studied the mesoscopic parameters calibration for hard rocks in three-dimensional particle flow code (PFC). First, using the range analysis and multivariate analysis of variance, the linear relationship between mesoscopic and macroscopic parameters is established. Then, we used the response surface method to obtain the nonlinear relationship between the mesoscopic parameters and the macroscopic response. Finally, this problem was transformed into a nonlinear multi objective mathematical programming problem, and the genetic algorithm was utilized to solve it. To verify our proposed method, we compared the obtained results with the physical tests. The results show that the error of macroscopic parameters was less than 10%. A computer calibration program interface was developed based on the proposed model. This model and the computer program can be used in the rock calibrations for numerical simulations in the future.


This article dedicates a method and its process to simplify the complex agent problems by using reference gamble and to estimate the preference curve of agent by using certainty equivalent.According to the sort of preference curve of agent,the article analyses the risk attitude of agents used to design the encouragement courses.


To solve lexicographic optimization problem,the fitness function with dynamic coefficients is introduced into multi-objective genetic algorithm.Then a multi-objective controller is built based on this genetic algorithm.Simulation results of Shell standard control problem illustrate the proposed algorithm is efficient and its performance is also investigated under uncertainty of gains or big disturbance.


Technology offers promise of increased engagement with individuals in aged care. Reminiscence therapy (RT) stimulates discussion of past events and experiences (Woods, et al., 2018). Google Earth and Street View on a large display is readily available technology to support reminiscence. In this study, technology‐enhanced RT is operationalized as dynamic images panning the environment (High‐Tech condition), compared with static images (Low‐Tech/control condition). Behaviour and cognition were appraised pre and post the 6‐week intervention (called Time Travelling with Technology) using the NPI‐NH and discourse interviews to measure communication. If technology‐enhanced RT supports engagement, then NPI and communication scores will not worsen when pre and post intervention scores are compared.


The invention relates to a Chinese medicinal composition for treatment or adjuvant therapy of Parkinson's disease, and a preparation method thereof, in particular to a Chinese medicinal composition prepared from raw material medicines such as white paeony root, Chinese angelica, tall gastrodia tuber and uncaria rhynchophylla and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of Chinese medicines. The white paeony root, the Chinese angelica, the tall gastrodia tuber and the uncaria rhynchophylla are selected to form a formula, extraction and purification are carried out by a macroporous resin purification technology, and the Chinese medicinal composition is further processed into various clinically available formulations which mainly comprise pills, tablets, granules, capsules, dripping pills and orally disintegrating tablets; and the preparation has effects of dredging collaterals and stopping tremor, nourishing blood and constraining yin, calming liver and suppressing hyperactive yang, and calming endogenous wind and stopping spasm, has an obvious effect for treatment or adjuvant therapy of Parkinson's disease, and can obviously improve the life quality of patients suffering Parkinson's disease.


Objective To compare long-term effects and toxicities of single treatment with randiotherapy and the combined treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy on postoperative patients with stage Ⅲ esophageal carcinoma.Methods Fifty-six postoperative patients with stage Ⅲ esophageal carcinoma.at were randomly divided into radiotherapy group(28 cases)and chemoradiotherapy group(28 case).Both groups were treated by the conventional dissection radiotherapy.5-fluorouracil were used in the chemoradiotherapy group by venous infusion and cisplatin as well as synchronal radiotherapy.One phase consisted of 28 days and each patient received more than 4 phases of chemotherapy.Results The one year,two-year and three-year survival rate for patients in chemoradiotherapy group were 59.1%,46.5%,39.8%,respectively,and those were 59.2%,40.1%,14.2%in single radiotherapy guoup,respectively.Toxicity for patients in chemoradiotherapy group was more severe than patients with single radiotherapy treatment.Conclusions Chemoradiotherapy had synergistic effects in treatment of postoperative patients with stage Ⅲesophageal carcinoma.The present study demonsrated that the three-year survival rate for chemoradiotherapy be promising at the cost of much more toxicity,which should be studed furtherly.


The slow-wave characteristics taking account of space harmonics for confocal corrugated elliptical waveguides are presented. By using the field-matching method, the dispersion equation, and the mean interaction impedance for odd hybrid modes of this structure are derived. Based on our results, changing the waveguide eccentricity can improve the dispersion characteristics and the interaction impedance for oEH01 mode


Exotic optical properties in materials are investigated as a consequence of noncommutative geometry (NCG) originated from deformed Heisenberg algebra. The NCG leads to modified eletromagnetism and then changes the constitutive relations that allow the determination of refractive index and impedance of the medium for different materials. Considering different situations where permittivity and permeability are obtained depending on NCG parameters, in dielectric, nonmagnetic, and magnetic cases, exotic conditions associated with metamaterial properties are obtained as the presence of negative index refraction under a generalized susceptibility depending on NCG. These results show that a class of optical metamaterials can be modeled based on NCG depending on noncommutative parameters.


Forty two rice first filial crosses were generated during rabi 2018-19 period utilizing seven lines and six testers adopting line x tester crossing fashion to get a hold of yield superiority hybrids with blast tolerance. The heterotic components were investigated for yield and quality traits on test hybrids. The results signified the greater heterotic vigour for yield and its component traits while the quality traits particularly length breadth ratio, length elongation ratio breadth elongation ratio and amylase content adjudged to express lower level of heterosis. Thirty five crosses exhibited significantly positive value for relative heterosis while twenty four hybrids showed positive and significant heterobeltiosis. The cross involving White Ponni (128.73 to 157.16), IR 20 (102.85 to 133.32) and CO 50 (95.80 to 125.49) as female parent witnessed to perform extremely superior for yield among the lines deployed. Considering yield and its component traits, the crosses viz., White ponnix Thuyamalli, Whiteponnix Chandaikar, ADT 38 x ADT39, IR 20 xThuyamalli, IR 20 x ADT 39, ACK14072 xSivappumalli, CR 1009 sub 1 x ADT 39, ADT 38 xThuyamalli can be consistently exploited for evolution of great performing rice varieties.


This research conducted to identify the perception of lack of energy towards the new hikers at Gunung Ledang, Johor National Park. The data collected using qualitative method via semi structured interviews towards the 3 certified hiking guides that delivering their guiding services to the top hill of the Gunung Ledang. 3 certified guides as the main source of data in this data collection process. Findings shown that the instant energy foods are very important in supplying the energy after energy highly used in the hiking activity at the challenging and risky areas of the hiking trail. Therefore, it is important for the new hikers to bring the foods that provide the energy while participating in adventure recreation sport activities for better hiking experience and to prevent the lack of energy issue during enjoying the hiking activities at the challenging mountain.


Two types of additives in hot-dip galvanizing, effective additives Ni, V, and Ti used industrially to reduce the coating thickness of zinc−iron, and noneffective additives Mg, Sn, and Ag showing quite different behavior from the former, were studied with density functional theory calculations by using cluster models. The optimized geometric configurations, total energy, electronic density of states, and electronic charge distributions for the additive−zinc associates were obtained. Results indicated (1) the effective additives have much stronger bonding energy with zinc than the noneffective additives, (2) the electronic charges significantly shift from the zinc atoms to the Ni, V, or Ti atoms, while only a little shift to the Mg, Ag, or Sn atoms occurs, and (3) the Fermi energy level and the band gap of zinc clusters obviously change, owing to adding Ni, V, or Ti, but these effects do not occur for the second type of additives. On the basis of the calculated results, the underlying mechanism of additive ...


This talk covers a detailed direction for developing a Roadmap in the discipline of Computer Science for the next Decade. Over the past two decades, the science of computing has changed drastically both in the context of theory and applications. Dr. Iyengar is going to cover his experiences of four decades in areas of Sensor Fusion, Quantum Computing and theory of Machine Learning and AI for various applications. The duration of the talk is 1 hour and there will be time for discussions after the seminar.


The invention belongs to the field of printing technologies, in particular to a two-tone nested printing technology of a panel. The technology comprises the following steps: using a manufactured film for silk-screen of a main color template and a nested color template, conducting paint spraying on the surface of the panel, using the main color template to conduct main color printing on the panel so as to enable the color of every character on the surface of the panel to be in a uniform single color, and using the nested color template to conduct nested color printing on the panel so as to enable the outer outline and the inner outline of every character in the last step to be in a nested trajectory of another color. According to the two-tone nested printing technology of the panel, besides the main color of a main body, the nested trajectory of another color is nested on the outer outline and the inner outline of every single character, so that the characters are made to be rich in color, strong in visual impact on observers, and capable of well drawing people's attention.


In recent years, there has been great interest in optical and electrical properties of conjugated polymers because of their large and fast optical nonlinearities and their role as model compounds for quasi-1-D semiconductors. In the present study, time evolution in polydiacetylenes (PDA-3BCMU and PDA-4BCMU) and poly(3-methylthiophene) (P3MT) was investigated by absorption and luminescence spectroscopies from femtoseconds to microseconds.1-3 The samples of PDA-3BCMU and PDA-4BCMU (butoxycarbonylmethylurethane) are cast films of ~100-nm thickness on glass substrates. About 1µm thick P3MT films were prepared by electrochemical polymerization on glass substrates.


Objective: Determine the level of knowledge and attitudes about organ donation and xenotransplantation in students from a National University of Lambayeque. Methods: The sampling carried out was probabilistic of a simple random type and the sample was made up of 100 university students. An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to assess levels of knowledge and attitudes about organ donation. A survey of 20 dichotomous key questions was applied. Results: 53 women (53.0%) and 47 (47.0%) men were interviewed. It was observed that 76% do not know about the Law on the Promotion of Solidarity Donation of Human Organs and Tissues in Peru. Likewise, 96% know the organs and tissues that can be donated, 61% of the students have talked with their family about the subject of organ donation. 76% would be willing to donate their organs or tissues after life, and 88% would donate their relatives' organs to save the life of another relative. Conclusions: In the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University it was observed that the knowledge of young people about organ donation was acceptable, although certain aspects need to be clarified.


Cultivating college students' perfect personality is one of the key goals of higher education in the day of promoting quality education energetically.Shouldering the special mission,ideological and political theory course teachers should first of all influence students' personality by their own personality to construct personality charm.To analyze connotation,function,significance and constructing elements of ideological and political theory course teachers' personality charm is not only a necessary means for ideological and political theory teachers' self-improvement and development,but also an inevitable requirement for strengthening teaching infectivity,persuasion and improving teaching pertinence and effectiveness.


The HESYRL 200-MeV electron linac was completed in December 1987, and has been running well. A careful study of the single-bunch energy spectrum for the linac was done. The measurement shows that the energy spread of the linac is +or-0.4%. The energy spectrum is quite stable and repeatable, and the resolution and accuracy are found to be satisfactory.<<ETX>>


Abstract : Research activities and accomplishments are reported in two major sections. The first deals with the scientific accomplishments, and is necessarily somewhat brief because the cyclotron was out of operation and being remodelled throughout the period of research; it consists of a report of a study of the Mossbauer effect in beta-tin over the temp-ture range from 1.3 to 370 degrees Kelvin, which did not require cyclo tron operation for its continuation and a report of the analysis of differential cross-sections of several (d, alpha) reactions. The second section reports on the progress of the cyclo tron redevelopment program and describes current operations and projections for the near future. (Author)


The practitioners of tabular data protection methods in national statistical agencies have some familiarity with commonly used table structures. However, they require some guidance on how to evaluate appropriateness of various sensitive tabular data methods when applied to their own table structure. With that in mind, we use a real life " typical " table structure of moderate hierarchical and linked complexity and populate it with synthetic micro data to evaluate the relative performance of four different tabular data protection methods. The methods selected for the evaluation are: 1) lp-based classical cell suppression 2) lp-based CTA (Dandekar 2001), 3) network flow-based cell suppression as implemented in DiAna, a software product made available to other Federal statistical agencies by the US Census Bureau and 4) a micro data level noise addition method documented in a US Census Bureau research paper. The outcome from the comparative evaluation is available from


The activity of extremist organizations on the Internet is continuously growing with the increase of Web's usage for means of communication. Therefore analysis of radical members in social networks provides important information on how to prevent them propagate ideology and recruiting new members in the future. But nowadays terrorists often use confidential chats and private threads to communicate, thus it's quite hard to detect them using only the public messages they generate. In fact, it is usually known that some users of social networks are dangerous, another are innocent, and no information is available about the remaining users. In this paper, we propose an approach for detecting radical users of social network among unknown ones by analyzing their relationships and features as of vertices of social graph without usage of any information about text content they generate. We find that the proposed method is very promising and may be efficiently used for real-time monitoring systems and future terrorism and extremism research.


The crystallographic and magnetic structures of the Ni2XGa (X=Mn, Fe, Co), are systematically investigated by means of the first-principles calculations within the framework of density functional theory using the VIENNA AB INITIO SOFTWARE PACKAGE. The formation energies of several kinds of defects (atomic exchange, antisite, vacancy) are estimated. The Ga atoms stabilize the cubic structure, and the effect of X atoms on the structural stability is opposite. For most cases of the site occupation, the excess atoms of the rich component directly occupy the site(s) of the deficient one(s), except for Ga-rich Ni-deficient type. The magnitude of the variation in Ni moments is much larger than that of Mn in defective Ni2XGa. The value of Ni magnetic moment sensitively depends on the distance between Ni and X. Excess Mn could be ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic, depending on the distance between the neighboring Mn atoms.


Abstract: Many arrangements are possible for developing a heating laboratory installation that will cover as many heating problems as is practical with one primary installation. Montana State College needed an installation of this type so that boiler and heat transfer tests could be made under more controllable conditions than were previously available. In addition, investigation was needed on the, practicability of radiant heating in this area where extremes of climactic conditions are present.


The spontaneous formation of vesicles was detected in aqueous mixtures of two cationic amphiphiles:  the double-tailed didodecyldimethylammonium bromide, DDAB, and the single-tailed dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, DTAC. These aggregates appear in a high-dilution region of the system, intermediate between those where monomers and micelles prevail, and are most easily formed at a considerable excess of the single-chained surfactant (DTAC/DDAB molar ratios ≈ 2−20). Vesicles were characterized at 25 °C by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and dynamic light-scattering (DLS) measurements:  they present a well-defined contour, are mostly spherical and unilamellar, but show a large size polydispersity, with the more frequent population distributions of diameters from ≈40−50 to ≈500−600 nm. Apart from intact vesicles (and in most cases coexisting with them), vesicles with ruptured membranes, small bilayer disks (probably discoidal micelles, rarely found), and globular micelles were also visu...


This article discusses the algorithm implementing the method of encoding the information transmitted in the signal-to-code designs with minimal "leakage" of energy within a given frequency band and maximum noise immunity. Evaluation of hardware-software complex for the formation of the channel signal developed using programmable logic integrated circuit NI Single Board RIO 9641 in the programming environment LabView.


In the previous payers (Light metals No. 8, 1953-8), one of the authors, Harimoto reported the following current of Al-Mg alloy (52S). We researched on the electrode-potential of this alloy in this paper, after heat treatments which were heated at 100°C, 200°C, 300°C, 350°C, 400°C, 450°C and 500°C. These alloys dipped in the electrolysis of 3%NaCl, 0.1%HCl and 0.5%H2SO4 and then the measured the electrode potential by the Valve Voltmeter.Conclusion:1. The effect of the Heat treatments. The electrode potential indicated the low value in the case of the temperatures of the heat treatment are 100°C to 200°C.2. The effect of the oxide film. The oxide film is thicker, the electrode potential is lower.


There are modern tactic particularities of surgical treatment of advanced cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx mucosa in this task. Combined plastic with 41 complex fasciocutaneous and musculocutaneous vascularizated peduncle flaps implementation of 20 patients was analyzed by us. It was found that in combined reconstruction of penetrated defects should be used at least two flaps such way that for the inner covering formation should be used preference musculocutaneous flaps. Good and satisfactory results were achieved in 90% cases.


Through studying the multi-factor feature,multidimensionality and multivariate nature of the performance,and connecting with the present situation of the performance management of university librarians in China,this paper probes into the ways for improving the working performance of university librarians.


The Environmentally sensitive L-system expresses the shapes of topiary by "Query module". This L-system is hard to model the tree that have multilevel growth domain, because this system confine limited the growth using a unit volume. We extended environmentally sensitive L-system for multilevel and multimodal topiary and added the rule of main-branch and growth-area-variable in this paper. If the main-branch moves into another domain in the growing process, it is branched with the new domain as its growth-limitation area. Growtharea variable is used for checking area. We also designed new L-system for leaves. This designed L-system generated various shaped leaves from same rule by changing parameter value. The proposed tree modelling technique is possible to model various sort of garden tree. The proposed tree modelling technique is possible to model multilevel and multimodal tree.


What happens when distributed sources of information (agents) hold and acquire information locally, and have to communicate with neighbouring agents in order to refine their hypothesis regarding the actual global state of this environment? This question occurs when it is not be possible (e. g. for practical or privacy concerns) to collect observations and knowledge, and centrally compute the resulting theory. In this paper, we assume that agents are equipped with full clausal theories and individually face abductive tasks, in a globally consistent environment. We adopt a learner/critic approach. Previous work in this line mostly relied on some assumptions of compositionality (which allow to treat each piece of exchanged information separately). Because no shared background knowledge is assumed to start with, this does not hold here. We design a protocol guaranteeing convergence to a situation "sufficiently" satisfying as far as consistency of the system is concerned, and discuss its other properties.


A long period fiber grating imprinted in a pure-silica PCF (photonic crystal fiber) by using CO/sub 2/ laser beams is presented. The sensitivities of the resonant wavelength under bending, strain, and temperature were measured to be +16.4 nm-m, -0.95 pm//spl mu//spl epsiv/, and +9 pm//spl deg/C, respectively.


Baijiu is a widely consumed spirit usually distilled from fermented sorghum. Here the use of other cereal grains (wheat, corn, rice and barley) is compared with sorghum. The concentration of ethyl acetate in spirit made from sorghum was found to be higher than in the spirits made using other grains, whereas the concentrations of aldehydes and higher alcohols were lower. Based on sensory evaluations, the flavours were more satisfactory when sorghum was used for making Baijiu. Of the other cereals, the flavour from wheat was better than those of corn, rice and barley for making Baijiu. The ester concentration of the spirit made from the rice was low, whereas aldehyde and alcohol contents were high. An abnormal flavour was found in spirits made from corn or barley. Further work with sorghum showed variations in tannin content, and a correlation between the tannin content and brewing performance. When the content of tannin was <1.94%, the ethyl acetate and ethyl octanoate content were positively correlated with tannin content. In contrast, the ethyl lactate and higher fatty acid ethyl esters content were negatively correlated with tannin content. The results of flavour analysis and sensory evaluation indicated that the ideal sorghum tannin content for producing Baijiu was between 1.0 and 2.0%. Copyright © 2017 The Institute of Brewing & Distilling


Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte theorizes Napoleonic caesarism between 1832 and 1844, although he is only a child at the fall of the First Empire. He takes into account the embedding of the Napoleonic supporters in the broad-ranging Liberal party during the Restoration. Through interpersonal relationships, he is particularly influenced by officers who bend the First Empire's doctrine towards liberalism during the Hundred Days and who engage in national and liberal actions. In this respect, the fight for the unification of Italy is the most important one. The new social networks (secret societies) and the events he himself takes part in (central Italy's revolution of 1831) inspire him particularly. By taking up weapons, he moreover appropriates the image of being his uncle's legitimate heir. That's why two generations of officers, including Italians, must be considered as inheritance's transmitters who inspire legacy reflections used by Louis-Napoleon.


SUMMARYA population of Ophioglossum reticulatum L. growing in an area of c. 1500 sq. metres in Darbhanga (N. Bihar), India exhibited marked morphological differences. Sampling of the morphological variants led to the delimitation of five groups in the population. Of this, three were confined to moist shady place and the other two to open dry condition. Meiotic investigations carried out in these groups revealed differences in chromosome numbers which indicated different ploidy levels. The lowest number of 112–114 bivalents and 8–12 univalents has been encountered in one group and constitutes the first report of a diploid count from this country. Other numbers counted were 194–200 bivalents, 375–380 bivalents and 632–640 bivalents with 6–12 univalents in each. The univalents may represent fragments. Polyploidy has been suggested to be the dominant genetic theme in homosporous pteriodophytes. Storage and release of genetic variability through polyploidy may have provided evolutionary adaptability to this ge...


This paper focuses on explicit considering of motives and goals at the stage of design thinking when designers try to understand the system to be designed as a wholeness. For this, it is advisable to apply the architecture approach, developing an initial complex of the essential views of the corresponding architectural description. The complex must not only provide an initial understanding of the future system but also demonstrates the conditions under which the intended goals will be attained. We propose a version of creating the complex by solving the systems of conceptual equations, any of which corresponds to the cause-and-effect discourse of an abductive kind. The version is realized in the instrumental environment that supports automated design thinking


Abstract Background Long COVID can still be considered as a novel disease. Although several clinical guidelines on the management of this disease have already been published, treatment options are still limited. This has left these patients frustrated in seeking treatment, and they express a willingness to try anything to manage their symptoms. The objective of this study is to analyze the level of activation of these patients in their own health. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed. The sample consisted of 134 patients with Long COVID in Spain. The main variable was the activation of the patient in his own health. It was collected using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). This tool evaluates the skills, knowledge and confidence perceived by the patient when carrying out health self-management activities. It consists of 13 items that are evaluated on a scale from 1 (totally disagree) to 4 (totally agree). The resulting score ranges from 13 to 52, and is stratified into 4 activation levels (level 1, poor activation - level 4, adequate activation). A descriptive statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS v.25 program. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for each of the ranges. Results Although there was a large percentage of participants with low levels of activation in health (28% within level 1, and 17% within level 2 activation), more than half of the study participants showed an adequate level of activation in the management and care of their own health (30% within level 3, and 23% within level 4 of activation). Conclusions Patients with Long COVID present an adequate activation in managing their own health, which can support the actions of the professionals involved in interdisciplinary treatments for this disease. However, excessive activation and the search for any resource for symptoms management (over-the-counter medications, dietary changes, supplements) without professional control could be harmful and worsen their symptoms. Key messages • Patients with Long COVID present an adequate degree of activation in managing their own health. • People with Long COVID express a willingness to try anything in order to control and manage their symptoms.


The need for a transparent and acceptable rate of interest (suitable to a given economic activity) has been reinforced by a new concern with customer protection in microfinance. This theme emerged in response to various crises experienced by the sector in countries as diverse as Bolivia, Nicaragua, India, Morocco and Benin. These crises were often related to over-supply in some markets, with borrowers subject to the debt trap or ponzi type schemes.


: This research aimed at identifying the effectiveness of a program based on differential reinforcement in developing the personal safety and security skills of autistic children. The sample consisted of (5) children with an autism spectrum disorder in early childhood enrolled in Basmat Amal Center in Mallawi, Minia Governorate. The sample comprised one experimental group that was homogenous in terms of intelligence and chronological age (3: 6) years. The scale for diagnosing some self-care skills of the autistic child (prepared by the researcher), the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (C.A.R.S), The Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (5th ed.) (by Mohamed Taha Mohamed, Abdul Mawgoud Abdul Sami, Mahmoud El Sayed Abu El Nil 2011), and a program on differential reinforcement in developing personal safety and security skills for autistic children in early childhood (prepared by the researcher) were applied on the study sample. The program consisted of some activities for developing personal safety and security skills. The program was implemented over 3 sessions per week for a period of two and a half months. Results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the pre-and post-measurements means ranks of degrees of the group under study on the self-care scale for autistic children in favor of the post-measurement, which proved the effectiveness of the program in developing some personal safety and security skills for autistic children. Besides, there were no statistically significant differences between the post- and follow-up measurements, which indicated the continuity of the program effectiveness. The research concluded with some research suggestions and recommendations.


Rapid termination of the synaptic action of glutamate (Glu) and glycine (Gly) is achieved by uptake into the presynaptic terminal and glial cells. In the vertebrate CNS, Gly acts both as an inhibitory neurotransmitter and as a Glu modulator or coagonist at postsynaptic N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptors. We have previously described NMDA receptors in Müller cells of chick retina coupled to the phosphoinositide cascade, the entry of calcium, and the activation of protein kinase C (PKC; López‐Colomé et al. Glia 9:127–135, 1993). A colocalization of Gly transporters and NMDA receptors has been reported in brain tissue (Smith et al. Neuron 8:927–936, 1992); since the concentration of Gly could participate in the modulation of Glu excitatory transmission in the vertical pathways of the retina, transport of Gly in monolayer cultures of Müller cells was studied. Gly transport was found pH‐sensitive with an optimum at pH 7.4. Kinetic analysis of the saturation curve for Gly within a concentration range of 0.01–2 mM, revealed two components of transport: a low‐affinity system with Km = 1.7 mM, Vmax = 30 nmol/10 min/mg protein, and a high‐affinity one with a Km = 27 μM, Vmax = 3 nmol/10 min/mg protein. Both systems were Na+‐dependent; the high‐affinity system proved also dependent on external Cl‐ and was inhibited by sarcosine, characteristic of GLYT1 transporters. The inhibition of low‐affinity uptake by 2‐(methylamino)isobutyric acid (MeAIB) and 2‐aminoisobutyric acid (AIB) suggests the presence of transport system A in Müller cells. The process is energy‐requiring, since Gly transport was decreased by metabolic inhibitors. Data obtained are in keeping with a modulatory role for Müller glia on excitatory transmission in the retina. GLIA 26:273–279, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


This paper described the design of multi-channel and multi-type signal collection system.It introduced the way of separating valid digital data from the others credibly with mark.The paper provided the design of isolated circuit for analog signal with linear photocoupler,sharing reuse bus circuit for multi-channel digital signal collection and collecting circuit for pulsed and step signal.And it also provided the FPGA program of digital signal collection.


abstract:I argue that insofar as Kant describes faith as a free-choice, he is aligned with the medieval tradition, and with his own sources that mediate this heritage (in particular, Leibniz and Locke). The medieval tradition consistently, affirmatively, and systematically invokes freedom and the will, with reference to belief in God, without such a dimension of choice implying any deflation in the degree of commitment to this belief. However, in clarifying that the movement of the will involves "human freedom" alone, without divine action, Kant departs from this tradition. Such divine action, Kant is convinced, would destroy genuine human freedom. This conviction is the source of Kant's repeated insistence that grace follows rather than precedes moral conversion. It is on this point concerning human freedom and grace that Kant departs from the medieval tradition, rather than with his claim that we choose to believe in God.


Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report and summarise various foods consumed with rice that has shown a positive impact on glucose response. The rationale of this review is that it is useful for public health researchers and nutritionists concerning foods that are beneficial in reducing the glucose response for health monitoring. This review is also useful for individuals interested in improving their daily diet for better health. Design: This study searched latest PubMed and ScienceDirect international articles from 2015 to 2020. The articles included in the search were those that include mixed rice meal studies, impact on glycaemic response or index. The selected studies were those that involved healthy participants from various regions. An example of word search in PubMed is "Rice glycaemic index", "oryza" [MeSH Terms] OR "oryza" [All Fields] OR "rice" [All Fields]) AND "glycaemic" [All Fields])). Findings: The key findings of this review are any type of rice (white rice, basmati rice, long grain or red rice) has shown to have a beneficial outcome on postprandial glucose response when consumed with the meals tested. Originality/value: Most of the foods listed in this review are readily available in many parts of the world. This means access to these foods is easy and advocating its consumption is essential. Diversification regarding style or intake of rice across the globe depends on culture and tradition. Understanding glycaemic index and its impact on health particularly diabetes and heart diseases will help reduce the intake of medications. It will also be more cost-effective and improve general well-being and health. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science www.foodandnutritionjournal.org ISSN: 2347-467X, Vol. 08, No. (2) 2020, Pg. 630-639 CONTACT Dr Siti Rohaiza Ahmad email@example.com PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Enviro Research Publishers. This is an Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY). Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.8.2.28 Article History Received: 20 November 2019 Accepted: 30 May 2020


In the final edition of this two-part series, the following article aims to capture a snapshot of a few of the opportunities that PsyPAG Annual Conference 2018 will offer – focusing on workshops. In organising the conference, there was unanimous agreement amongst the organising committee that all workshops should be interactive and engaging, in the hope that, alongside experience of presenting at the conference, delegates will also take home some practical skills and important messages. As of reading – details of all workshops will be available on the conference website –www.psypag2018.com. We look forward to seeing you next month!


The quantized (2+1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson I system with time-independent applied forces has been solved. The authors give the solution for the case when the applied forces are time-dependent.


We give a brief overview of the results and methods used in the study of the statistical distribution of eigenvalues for random Schrödinger operators and random CMV matrices.


STEM careers are constantly facing challenges and changes, but currently, the main problem lies in the low participation of women worldwide. From the above mentioned, the purpose of this project was born, which seeks to solve this problem through a mobile application that motivates and develops skills and knowledge about STEM. This application has two interactive modules to obtain a more significant attraction in girls. The first is called "Motivate yourself", which contains videos and motivational phrases to publicize the experiences of successful and empowered women who have studied STEM. On the other hand, the second module, "Learn while playing", provides us with various interactive games that test their knowledge to enrich the girls' learning about STEM-related topics. These modules were created based on the M-Learning method that focuses on learning through digital platforms. While for the application's architecture, the Scrum methodology is used, which is based on fulfilling tasks with a development team for short periods called "Sprints," using the open-source software React Native with its JavaScript programming language. After developing this application, a pilot test was implemented where the design and content were evaluated, and corrections and improvements were implemented according to the results. Finally, it was possible to create a motivational tool for adolescent girls who are often afraid of studying careers of this type, either because of a lack of knowledge or because they do not feel they have the skills to carry them out.


The excess molar enthalpy HE has been determined as a function of mole fraction x at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure for five (2-butoxyethanol + n-alkane) mixtures. The n-alkanes were n-heptane, n-octane, n-decane, n-dodecane, and n-tetradecane. The mixtures show positive and unsymmetrical HE, skewed towards low mole fractions of 2-butoxyethanol, and whose value increases with the chain length n of the alkane.


3D modeling is a time-consuming and laborious work in virtual assembly. How to reconstruct parts with various shapes quickly and accurately is an important topic in the field of reverse engineering. In this paper, a popgun and its special-shaped parts are reconstructed by using a self-developed surface structured light scanning system and a commercial line structured light scanning system, with an accuracy less than 0.1mm. And the virtual assembly of the popgun is completed according to the high-precision 3D solid models.


Abstract Background Childhood trauma (CT) is associated with an increased risk for psychiatric disorders like major depression and psychosis. However, the pathophysiological relationship between CT, psychiatric disease and structural brain alterations is still unknown. Methods PRONIA ('Personalized Prognostic Tools for Early Psychosis Mangement') is a prospective collaboration project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme (grant agreement n° 602152). Considering a broad set of variables (sMRI, rsMRI, DTI, psychopathological, life event related and sociobiographic data, neurocognition, genomics and other blood derived parameters) as well as advanced statistical methods, PRONIA aims at developing an innovative multivariate prognostic tool enabling an individualized prediction of illness trajectories and outcome. Seven clinical centers in five European countries and in Australia participate in the evaluation of three clinical groups (subjects clinically at high risk of developing a psychosis (CHR), patients with a recent onset psychosis (ROP) and patients with a recent onset depression (ROD)) as well as healthy controls (HC). To investigate the high-dimensional patterns of CT experience, measured by the childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), in HC and our three patient groups (PAT) (n=643), we used a Support Vector Machine (SVM). Furthermore, we tested whether patient-specific CT exposure is associated with structural brain changes by VBM analyses. Results We found that patients and HC could be separated very well by their CTQ pattern, whereas the different patient groups showed no specific CTQ pattern. Furthermore, an association with extensive grey matter changes suggests an impact on brain maturation which may put individuals at increased risk for mental disease. Discussion We have demonstrated in this large multi-center cohort that adverse experiences in childhood contribute transdiagnostically to the riskr for developing a psychiatric disease. The observed association between CTQ scores and structural changes suggests an impact of adverse childhood experiences on brain development. Resulting alterations may add to a neurobiological vulnerability for depression and psychosis. A role of both features for other mental disorders could be assumed and warrants further investigation.


BACKGROUND: Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important chemical product, and this study investigated its synthesis at the cathode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) system using spectrographically pure graphite (SPG) rods as cathode electrode. RESULTS: Electrochemical methods showed that oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on SPG mainly followed the two-electron pathway yielding H2O2, while, the optimal condition for H2O2 production was in 0.1 mol L −1 Na2SO4 electrolyte. When SPG was used as the cathodic electrode in the MFC system, H2O2 concentration reached 78.85 mg L −1 after 12 h operation with an external resistance of 20 (H2O2 production rate was 6.57 mg L −1 h −1 ). Coulombic efficiency, current efficiency and COD conversion efficiency were 12.26%, 69.47% and 8.51%, respectively. Repeated experiments proved this system had a stable operating performance. CONCLUSIONS: H2O2 was synthesized at the cathode of an MFC, and this study provides a proof-of-concept demonstration to realize the process of synthesizing H2O2 with wastewater. c � 2010 Society of Chemical Industry


The history course at primary school could be extremely challenging for both, teachers and pupils: the understanding of history imply the development of a certain mindset and to learn a huge amount of information. Shifting the educational perspective from data learning to cognitive operations could help teachers to find more interactive and effective methodologies of teaching, transforming the 'history course' into an 'history lab'. In particular, among the cognitive operations, 'theming' is the most intriguing and stimulating to teach and learn. Games and board games expressly designed for history classes could help to make it also funny.


This study aims to determine the needs of batik designers who have innovations in batik which are communal intellectual property in the form of Floklore. This research formulates the problem of 1) How Floklore batik in the Sidoarjo regency, 2) How the innovations in the development of Mr. Zainul Chodim's batik design in Sidoarjo, and 3) How the legal protection needs of the intellectual property of batik designers in the case of Mr. Zainul Chodim. This study uses a juridical-sociological approach to primary data sources obtained from the field and secondary data sources from documentation and legislation and data collection techniques in the form of interviews with Respondents namely Mr. Zainul Chodim, then the research data is analyzed qualitatively. Based on the results of research in Kampoeng Batik Jetis Sidoarjo, there was found Floklore of batik, and there was innovation from Mr. Zainul Chodim, from the innovation there was originality in his work. In conclusion, the innovation outlined in traditional cultural expression batik by Mr. Zainul Chodim has originality in his work so that it forms a new copyright and deserves the protection of copyright, industrial design and brand. Suggestions even though in copyright adheres to a declarative system, but it is better to do a recording at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights, considering that for now the batik of Mr. Zainul Chodim also requires protection from industrial design.


In the process of carbon dioxide mineralization and seawater decalcification via bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED), HCO3– can act with OH– to form CO32–, and there are complex reactions betwe...


The refractory mineral zircon develops distinct morphological features during shock metamorphism and retains these features under conditions that would anneal them in other minerals. In addition, weakly shocked zircon grains give primary ages for the impact site, while highly reconstituted (polycrystalline) single grains give ages that approach the age of the impact event. Data for a series of originally coeval grains will define a mixing line that gives both of these ages providing that no subsequent geological disturbances have overprinted the isotopic systematics. In this study, we have shown that the three zircon grain types described by Bohor, from both K-T distal ejecta (Fireball layer, Raton Basin, Colorado) and the Onaping Formation, represent a progressive increase in impact-related morphological change that coincides with a progressive increase in isotopic resetting in zircons from the ejecta and basement rocks. Unshocked grains are least affected by isotopic resetting while polycrystalline grains are most affected. U-Pb isotopic results for 12 of 14 single zircon grains from the Fireball layer plot on or close to a line recording a primary age of 550 +/- 10 Ma and a secondary age of 65.5 +/- 3 Ma. Data for the least and most shocked grains plot closest to the primary and secondary ages respectively. The two other grains each give ages between 300 and 350 Ma. This implies that the target ejecta was dominated by 550-Ma rocks and that the recrystallization features of the zircon were superimposed during the impact event at 65.5 Ma. A predominant age of 550 Ma for zircons from the Fireball layer provides an excellent opportunity to identify the impact site and to test the hypothesis that multiple impacts occurred at this time. A volcanic origin for the Fireball layer is ruled out by shock-related morphological changes in zircon and the fact that the least shocked grains are old. Basement Levack gneisses north of the Sudbury structure have a primary age of 2711 Ma. Data for three single zircons from this rock, which record a progressive increase in shock features, are displaced 24, 36, and 45 percent along a Pb-loss line toward the 1850 +/- 1 Ma minimum age for the impact as defined by the age of the norite. Southeast of the structure three shocked grains from the Murray granite record a primary age of 2468 Ma and are displaced 24, 41, and 56 percent toward the 1853 +/- 4 Ma even as defined by coexisting titanite.


In article problems of development of small business in forest sector are considered. In relation to the region the assessment of a condition of small enterprises is given. It is shown that in a low-forest zone there aren't enough tenants of the timberland, steadily and effectively working in modern conditions. The restrictions imposed on logging activity in the woods of a low-forest zone, influence enterprise interests and act as the factor reducing appeal of territories for small enterprises. In spite of the fact that volumes of non-wood forest resources are insignificant, in this sphere development of small business is possible. For this purpose creation of regulatory base for an assessment of stocks of different types of forest resources is necessary. Improvement of legal and standard and methodical base of implementation of the rent relations is the basis for the mechanism of development of small business in system of forest exploitation, by the differentiated approach to establishment of the minimum term of rent of the timberland. The mechanism includes a technique of an assessment of a condition of the timberland on which preparation of non-wood resources is conducted.


On the basis of XRF and ICP-MS analyses for the Lucaogou Formation oil shale samples,this paper investigated geochemical characteristics,including,features of major and trace elements,elements contents and several element-ratios,of the oil shale samples and discussed their implications on rebuilding sedimentary environment history.The results showed that P and B are significantly enriched,together with the value of paleosalinity,indicate a brackish water sedimentary environment;the ratios of B/Ga and Sr/Ba show that the sedimentary environment was affected or intermittently affected by sea water;the ratios of Fe2+/Fe3+,V/(V+Ni),V/Ni,Cu/Zn,Ni/Co and Ni illustrate that sedimentary environment is a salinized weak reducing to reducing environment;the ratios of Mn/Fe and Mn/Ti are small reflecting a near shore sedimentary environment;Sr/Cu value shows that the climate of the main formation period was warm/humid-dry/hot.In summary,the sedimentary environment of oil shale forming can be characterized as brackish water weak reducing-reducing sedimentary environment.


Studying the spatial distribution of bacteria and characterizing the soil chemistry (i.e., elemental, isotopic and molecular composition) underpins the comprehensive understanding of rhizosphere associated processes. During the past decades, several stand-alone methods have been developed to investigate soil chemistry, nutrient cycling and plant nutrition. However, individual approaches as stand-alone are not capable of providing an overall rhizosphere processes involving soil, root and microbes in a spatial context, as there is no common sample preparation method available to satisfy individual needs of each technique. Here, we present i) a sample preparation method, which includes soil embedding, sectioning and ii) a correlative imaging and image registration workflow, which allows for characterization of minerals, roots and microbes by different high-resolution imaging and microanalytical techniques. This allows for conducting rhizosphere studies on different scales, focusing on root-soil-microbe interfaces with spatial resolution of nano-meter scale. Hydrophilic, immunohistochemistry compatible, low viscosity LR White resin was used to embed and stabilize the soil and make it ultra-high vacuum compatible. We employed water-jet cutting as a novel approach to slice the embedded samples, and, by doing so, avoided polishing of the surface which often leads to translocation of sample material (smearing). The quality of this embedding was analyzed by and Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM). Epifluorescence microscopy in combination with Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-Fluorescence insitu Hybridization (CARD-FISH) was employed to accurately identify and determine the spatial distribution of bacteria in the embedded sample, thus avoiding ambiguities from high levels of auto-fluorescence emitted by soil particles and organic matter. Chemical mapping of the rhizosphere was acquired by SEM/EDX, ToF-SIMS, nanoSIMS for elemental, molecular and isotopic characterization, respectively, and μ-Raman microscopy for specific identification of minerals.


n engl j med 366;21 nejm.org may 24, 2012 2036 of stability while he received maintenance ipilimumab. A total dose of 27 Gy of radiotherapy was administered in three fractions to an enlarging internal mammary lymph node, and regression of distant, nonirradiated, and previously progressing left axillary lymphadenopathy occurred. These anecdotal cases support preclinical observations that show synergy between CTLA-4 blockade and radiotherapy.1,2 We are enthusiastically collaborating with Stanford University and encourage participation in the clinical trial to test this hypothesis prospectively. Correlative immunologic analyses of peripheral blood and tumor tissue will be essential to advancing a mechanistic understanding of this potentially promising combination. Michael A. Postow, M.D. Margaret K. Callahan, M.D., Ph.D. Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D.


This paper examines the current trends, successes and challenges facing the arbitration institutions in Africa. Due to the importance of international arbitration and its ever growing popularity across the world, it is important that the African Continent, being a key global economic partner is not left behind in entrenching the practice of arbitration in settling international commercial disputes. The author analyses the international arbitration institutions in the East African region with a view to highlighting the state of legal and institutional frameworks for the effective determination of international disputes through arbitration. The discussion highlights some of the emerging trends with regard to the users of international arbitration in the region. The ultimate goal is to recommend ways of reawakening arbitral institutions for development of arbitration in the East African region and Africa as a whole.


The use and appropriation of technological tools in educational processes occur in different ways, especially when it comes to students with visual impairment. Therefore, this study presents the way the students with visual impairment use and ownership these tools. It also presents the main tools they use, the access to these provided by the university, and the general characteristics presented by thi population. The study is done from a qualitative approach with an exploratory range.


'Omni-shopper' typically decides to buy after getting information through online channels and then visit offline stores to directly experience. Therefore, offline stores should be transformed into hands-on stores that fit the latest trends in user's buying pattern. The Fast Fashion brand requires a large store because there are various types of products, and omni-shopper finds the product they prefer, verify it in the store where various product lines are displayed and uses the fitting room to find the products they want. However, in the course of actual store use, the purchasing process is delayed due to the reasons such as environmental characteristics of large stores and the queues due to the lack of fitting rooms. To solve the above problems, a store management system is required to provide real-time information about the situation that may occur in offline stores to omni-shoppers as well as employees. In this paper, we propose a store management system for improving the shopping process of omni-shoppers of SPA brands. The proposed system provides information on inventory and display location of real-time products, as well as the fitting room reservation management for offline stores with WebApp. Through the proposed system, we can anticipate the effect of improving the entire shopping process by reducing queues at the fitting area, identifying the quantity of products to wear and reducing the shopping delay caused by congestion in the fitting area. To validate the proposed system, the experiment confirmed that Arena simulations improved the time required for the shopping process to 15.7% over the previous one.


To elaborate solid state supramolecular architecture with the Langmuir Blodgett technique, new molecules are designed to fabricate active edifices with high performances. Strategies for the control of orientation and geometry are described for uni, bi, tridimensional systems.


"Brownfields" are real estate properties with subsurface or surface contamination. The redevelopment of Brownfields is required to clean, improve, and protect the environment. Pile foundations are often used in Brownfields and other contaminated site situations to support structures. Regulators are concerned about the environmental safety of pile foundations in Brownfields sites, since piling in Brownfields may lead to transport of contaminants from the contaminated region to underground aquifers. This investigation is an extension of previous research programs on pile foundations in Brownfields or contaminated sites conducted at the University of New Orleans. The purpose of the overall investigation is to evaluate the potential for contaminant transport due to pile foundations in Brownfields. The current paper summarizes the research carried out to ascertain the potential for contaminant transport from concrete piles of different shape, depth of penetration, and method of installation. The results of ben...


We present EndoNuke, an open dataset consisting of tiles from endometrium immunohistochemistry slides with the nuclei annotated as keypoints. Several experts with various experience have annotated the dataset. Apart from gathering the data and creating the annotation, we have performed an agreement study and analyzed the distribution of nuclei staining intensity.


Distance learning has become widely used around the world and is available in a number of forms thatgreatly reduce the restrictions imposed on by the traditional class room environment. Various platformsallow the professors to hold live lectures, utilize PowerPoint presentations, and provide a learningenvironment that is as close to the campus lecture experience. Distance learning has grown and iscontinuing to grow in popularity as more and more colleges and universities are offering distance andhybrid programs.


Yu S‐C, Chen S‐U, Lu W, Liu T‐Y & Lin C‐W
(2011) Histopathology 58, 896–905
Expression of CD19 and lack of miR‐223 distinguish extramedullary plasmacytoma from multiple myeloma


The InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission landed in western Elysium Planitia on November 26, 2018. Because of its stationary position and a multi-instrument package, InSight offers the unique opportunity of detecting changes induced by aeolian activity and constraining the atmospheric conditions responsible for particle motion.

In this work, we present the most significant changes from aeolian activity as detected by the InSight lander during its first 400 Martian days of operations. We will show that particle entrainment by wind activity around InSight is a subtle process and report simultaneous measurements observed across multiple instruments. The changes observed are episodic and are seen correlated with excursions in both seismic and magnetic signals, which will be discussed further. Our observations show that all aeolian movements are consistent with the passage of deep convective vortices between noon to 3 pm local time. These vortices may be the primary initiators for aeolian transportation at InSight, inducing episodic particulate motion of grains up to 3 mm in diameter.


In 2011, the NTEU's National Council unanimously passed a motion to develop and implement an Indigenous cultural competency training framework to skill all Union staff to work alongside Indigenous members and with Indigenous communities in the footprint of the university.


In view of recent interest in the use of the Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau (DKP) relativistic equation, the authors consider some of its properties which are needed for practical calculations. They also address the unresolved problem of the spinless DKP boson in a central field and derive the system of first-order coupled differential radial equations which enable the energy eigenvalues as well as the full wavefunctions to be evaluated. As an example they calculate the free DKP spherical waves and then solve the problem of a pionic atom with a point Coulomb interaction only.


Twenty taxa of centric diatoms were identified during the study of the phytoplankton in the lower part of the river Ebro. Such great diversity may be due to the variable environmental conditions, mainly associated with variations in flow and salinity. Cyclotella atomus, C. meneghiniana and C. meduanae were the more abundant centric diatoms during spring and summer. SEM observations have revealed interesting variations among the valves of these three taxa. In C. atomus, the two struts of the marginal fultoportulae were exactly disposed above and under the internal openings, while in the two other species the struts were symetrically arranged around them. Moreover, the rimoportula in C. atomus has the internal openings positioned either in a diagonal, when the central fultoportula is surrounded by three struts, or positioned horizontally when there were only one or two struts around the central fultoportula. In C. meduanae the marginal fultoportulae are placed directly on the inside cell wall, but in C. men...


The effect of the gum margin on periodontal tissue is determined. The effectiveness of the use of laser treatment to achieve the most aesthetic result in cases of violation of the height and shape of the gingival margin in the cervical area of the crowns of teeth has been substantiated.


The first cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) photoconductive switches were fabricated from polycrystalline 3C-SiC. The switches had a dark resistivity of 10/sup 6/ /spl Omega//cm. A breakdown field of 250 kV/cm and a peak photocurrent density of 10 kA/cm/sup 2/ through the switch were obtained. The ratio of off-resistance to on-resistance of the switch reached up to 10/sup 5/. The photocurrent had a pulse width as narrow as 15 ns. The trigger gain of the switch was 4.7.


In this paper an efficient algorithm is derived for scheduling real power in systems where the phase angles across lines are not small and, hence, have to be taken into consideration. The approach is based on assigning a cost to the loading on the transmission system. The cost lunction chosen in this paper simplifies the problem of scheduling to a load-flow type problem so that when the solution to the load- flow problem is obtained, the optimal dispatch solution is also automatically obtained. Thus there is no need to alternate between a load-flow step and an optimization step and this results in considerable computational savings.


This study aims to determine the influence of teacher competence and learning motivation on student learning achievement. The population in this study were students of classes X and XI majoring in OTKP SMKN 1 Boyolangu with a sample of 165 respondents using a simple random sampling technique. The method of data collection uses questionnaires. The data analysis technique used is a classical assumption test consisting of a normality test, a multicollinearity test, a heteroskedasticity test, a multiple linear regression test, and a coefficient of determination (R2). Furthermore, the last one is a hypothesis test consisting of the T-test and the F test. Results obtained in this study are that there is a significant and positive influence between teacher competence on student learning achievement, learning motivation has a positive and significant effect on student learning achievement, and teacher competence and learning motivation have a simultaneous and positive impact on student learning achievement.


The article deals with the nature and content of the legal status of the public prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation, examines processes of its formation. Explores the meaning of the Federal law on the amendment of the Constitution of the Russian Federation from 05.02.2014 # 2-FCL in the context of changing the legal status of the Procurator's Office of the Russian Federation.


The immune sysiem is the machinery of defence againsl infeclions and possibly somatic mutations. Ideailj. the on-and-ofTsignalofihe immune system should be conirolled by antigen, i.e. an aniigen alone would provide the necessary and sufficient signal for the initiation of an immune response. However, it has been shown ihat at Ihe single cell level antigen on its own is generally insufficient lo activate immunncompetent cells (.1.1]. Furthermore, substantial evidence indicates that [he presence of antigens alone can result in paralysis of immunout^nipeteni cells [32|. These observations have been predicted by the two-signal, or associative recognttion theory proposed by Bretscher & Cohn (6, 7]. In essence, (his theory argues that paralysis or induction of an immune response involves recognition of one or two determinants on an antigen respectively. This theory provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for self non-self discrimination by the immune system. The induction of nutoimmunity would require the occurrence of somatic mutations generating anti-setf receptors in two subpopulations of lymphocytes simultaneously, each recognizing a dilTerent epitope on the same antigen molecule. Such an event can be considered extremely unlikely. The original version of this theory was proposed when the cellular basis of immune responses was largely unknown. Subsequently, major hisiiKompatibility complex (MHC) class Ii aniigen-restricted CD4' T cells were classed as "helpers': they provide the second signal for both B|12, 17] and T cells [10, 12]. lfCD4' Tcellsare the only helper cells, this raises two problems. First, it has to be assumed that only one signal is required lor activation of CD4* T cells. Secondly, the recent linding that cytoioxicT cells can be generated in the absence ofCD4 ' Tcells [I. 8. 31] is incompatible with the Bretscher-Colin twosignal theory for T-cell activation. In this paper the signal requirements for both Band T-cell responses are analysed and a model is proposed according to which immunological help is delivered reciprocally between dilTerent subsets of lymphtKytes.


The fracture mechanisms in the splitting tensile test (Brazilian test) are studied experimentally with special attention given to the influence of the width of the bearing strips. Tests of an extended size range (1:10) were conducted on mortar square prisms and granite discs. The tests were carried out on a closed-loop control system to obtain stable crack propagation. During the tests, crack initiation and propagation were recorded. The results confirm the existence of two fracture mechanisms in the splitting test: one associated with development of central cracks and the other with a secondary crack system on both sides of the bearing strips. These secondary cracks appear as a consequence of the stress redistribution induced by the central crack growth. The load-displacement curves recorded during the stable test show that two peak loads exist, one for each mechanism. The relative values of these peak loads depend on the specimen size and the width of the bearing strip: with a smaller size and a wider bearing strip, the relative value of the peak load associated with the secondary crack system increases.


To evaluate more detailed information noninvasively through on diffusion and perfusion in prostate cancer (PCa) using triexponential analysis of diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI).


Our submission guesses at entailment based on word similarity between the hypotheses and the text. We attempt three kinds of comparisions: original words (with normalized dates and numbers) synonyms, and antonyms. Each of the three comparisions contributes a different weight to the entailment decision. Our results are insignificantly better than chance for the two-way comparison. However, for the three-way comparison they are much better.


This paper investigates the extended meaning of the phrase, including the somatic word "голова (Head)" in Russian and Bulgarian phrases. Humans understand the world phenomena through the sense of the body. Humans perceive the Head as the top point, starting point, container that possesses the space and the capacity. For this purpose, the author selects the 28 examples that contain the somatic word "голова" in Russian phrase dictionary and to compare them with Bulgarian counterparts. On the bases of the results, the author describes that Russian the somatic word "голова" has the same word "глава" and other somatic or non-somatic words like ум(reason), опит(experience) as the counterparts words. Also there are other examples that Russian голова translated by entirely other words or phrases(не бери в голову-не си го слагай на сърце, в первую голову-най-напред). From the intercultural viewpoints, Russian prefers to use concrete object(in this case - head) than abstract objects or meaning words. On the contrary, Bulgarian prefers to use more abstract and diverse expressions in the speech act.


The evolution of orientation distributions of  and ' phases in crept Ni-base single crystal superalloys have been investigated by theoretical calculations with elastic-plastic models and by experiments. As creep deformation proceeds, the crystallographic orientation distributions for both phases are broadened as a result of the waving of the raft structure, which occurs to reduce the total mechanical energy. The broadening of the orientation distribution occurs in such a way that the 001 pole broadens isotropically while the hk0 poles broaden preferentially along <001> directions. Since the extent of the broadening increases almost linearly with the amount of creep deformation, the measurement of the broadening by X-ray diffraction can be utilized in non-destructive methods to predict the lifetime of Ni-base superalloys.


Honor Books:  Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree by Sally M. Walker (Henry Holt and Company)  Pass Go and Collect $200: The Story of How Monopoly was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Stephen Salerno (Henry Holt and Company)  The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola (Candlewick Press)  Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story by Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Melissa Iwai (Clarion Books)  We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrel, illustrated by Frané Lessac (Charlesbridge Publishing)


Objectives Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is responsible for the most severe symptoms of E. coli infections, including hemorrhagic colitis and hemorrhagic uremic syndrome. Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) plays a significant role as a major virulence factor. The genes encoding Stx2 locate in lambda-like prophage on the EHEC genome. Consequently, Stx2 is expressed when production of the phage is induced by the SOS response. Antibiotic treatment is not recommended for curing the bacterial infection, because it is associated with severe hemorrhagic uremic syndrome. If Stx2 production is prevented, EHEC pathogenicity significantly decreases, and antibiotics may be available to treat the infection. Methods We conducted two independent screenings to identify Stx2 production inhibitors for libraries from the RIKEN Natural Product Depository (NPDepo); namely, screening of the Authentic Library, and two-round screening of the Pilot and Analog Libraries. Results The screening of Authentic Library identified niclosamide as a Stx2 production inhibitor. Besides, two naphthoquinoids were identified after the two-round of screening of the Pilot and Analog Libraries. Niclosamide, and quinoclamine, which has structure shared in the two naphthoquinoids, prevented cell lysis via the phage production and ceased Stx2 production in EHEC. The SOS reporter assay indicated that quinoclamine prevented the SOS response in E. coli, whereas niclosamide did not. Conclusions These findings suggest that quinoclamine inhibited Stx2 production by preventing the SOS response, whereas niclosamide was involved in phage propagation following the SOS response. These compounds can be a potential therapeutic option to treat EHEC infections.


This article has carried on the design to the on-line teaching test system through using ASP.NET,ADO.NET as well as Web Service which the platform provides.Considering the network teaching actual demand,it has analyzed the main function which the system should have and realized the establishment which carries on to the basic parameter,real-time analyzes the data which passes on.Carried on the statistical analysis to the student grades,the analysis result presents through the crystal report form,thus understanding the students' answers to the questions and how much knowledge they master,making teaching adjustment and the arrangements promptly.


In a host of mathematical applications, the bounded linear transformation arises. The aim of the present work is to report the definition of continuous for linear transformation by using the idea of G-fuzzy normed linear space (GFNLS) with proving the main theorem regarding the continuity. Besides, the notion of a bounded linear transformation depending on GFNLS is presented and some basic properties related to this notion are proved. Furthermore, the extension of a bounded linear transformation is discussed and proved. Finally, a characterization for the notion G-B(X,Y) which is consisting of all bounded linear transformations is presented and proved that this characterization is a complete GFNLS if the space Y is complete.


Erythrophagocytosis++ test was performed in 45 pregnant Rh-negative women together with routine anti-Rh antibodies assay with indirect antiglobulin test and their concentration determined in an autoanalyser. It was found that the degree of ++phagocytosis of the standard erythrocytes immunized with maternal anti-Rh antibodies by the monocytes from healthy subjects is an important predictive factor enabling to foresee a severity of hemolytic disease in newborn babies. ++Phagocytosis over 50% predicts a severe course of the disease whereas under 20%--a mild form of the serologic conflict.


The invention discloses a textile with flame retardancy and water repellency, and a production method thereof. The textile with flame retardancy and water repellency contains flame-retardant polyester fibers. Bromine element content of the textile with flame retardancy and water repellency is less than or equal to 5 micrograms per gram. Fluorine element content of the textile with flame retardancy and water repellency is less than or equal to 5 micrograms per gram. One or more non-halogen flame-retardant treating agents and one or more non-fluorine water-repellent treating agents are prepared into the textile with flame retardancy and water repellency through functional finishing. The textile with flame retardancy and water repellency is safe and environmentally friendly. After the textile with flame retardancy and water repellency is washed 5 times, the necessary frequency of exposure under flame for burning is great than or equal to 3 and the water repellency reaches or exceeds a second level. The textile with flame retardancy and water repellency can be utilized for preparation of shower curtains, tents, window curtains, outdoor gym suits and the like.


A row of heavily infested Japanese hollies 2-3 ft high at the VA Truck & Orn. research station were selected for treatment. Acaricides were applied Oct 19, using a1-gal BAG compressed air sprayer at 30 psi, applied to runoff. On Oct 20, 5 cuttings showing evidence of mite injury were collected from each treatment and the number of mites counted from 2 leaves per cutting (10 leaves per treatment). Temperature at time of treatment was 71 F and no rain fall occurred between application and evaluation.


The assessment of the consequences of an escaped transgenic insect resistance requires a good understanding of the interactions and structure of the insect community of both the crop plant and its potential mating partners in the intended area of release. This way potential pollen vectors and insect-plant relationships that may be key for determining the fitness effects of an insect resistant transgene in the recipient plant can be identified. Using oilseed rape as a model system we analyzed insect diversity and functional group structure in 6 winter oilseed rape fields in two areas in Switzerland in 2001 from the time of stem extension until the end of flowering. In parallel we determined the insects present on potential mating partners co-occurring with oilseed rape and flowering at the same time in the two regions. We found a high diversity of flower visiting insects in oilseed rape fields in Switzerland including known pollinator species that were present in high relative abundances. Analyzing the temporal dynamics showed a distinct mass movement of insects in and out of oilseed rape fields depending on oilseed rape flower phenology. During flowering period the pollen beetles Meligethes spp. were one of the dominant groups of species in oilseed rape and we identified this group as the most dominant on potential mating partners. Our results indicate that due to the mass movement of insects the critical period for pollen transfer from oilseed rape to related Brassicaceae is towards the end of oilseed rape flowering. During this time pollen transfer may occur and increase in particular with those species that exhibit great mobility between fields and habitats. In the context of transgene flow and its consequences, the Meligethes spp. beetles are a key species' group. For, by moving from oilseed rape to potential mating partners at the end of oilseed rape flowering they may transfer pollen and as pollen feeders they destroy flowers and therefore influence the plants' fitness. In this system an escaped transgenic insect resistance would represent a great selective advantage.


A hybrid prediction approach combining wavelet transform(WT) and mean-generating function period extrapolation(MGFPE) is presented and applied to the long-term prediction of nonlinear time sequences of ship roll motion.In order to obtain the evolvement rule of ship roll motion under different time scales,wavelet transform is employed to the multi-resolution analysis(MRA) of time sequences of ship roll motion.The original sequences are decomposed into relatively simple quasiperiodic signals according to the scale.The trend terms,periodic terms and stochastic terms are separated from the original sequences,then the mean-generating function period extrapolation prediction mode is employed to predict and integrate these quasiperiodic signals.Simulation results indicate that this method can improve prediction time and has better precision.This method can also be used for long-term prediction of other nonlinear time sequences.


Roads are regarded as arteries and veins of a country which are essential for sustainable economic growth. Rapid population growth and industrialization generated the use of transportation facility to carry commercial vehicle loads and repetitive applications of it thereby producing heavier stresses especially on road running in clayey soil areas are known for bed condition and unpredictable behaviour for which the nature of the soil contribute to some extent The failures of pavement in from of heave depression cracking and unevenness are caused by the seasonal moisture variation in subgrade soil. The correct stabilization of foundation soils constitutes an increasingly important issue in the present civil engineering world to alter the properties of soil to meet the desired engineering properties for improving strength and durability. Initially the investigation of soil is carried out to evaluate the physical and engineering properties as per Indian Standard classified as CL (Clay soil having low plasticity) as per Indian Standard (1498 – 1970) by conducting laboratory tests and to evaluate the improvement in properties by the addition of 2 % PPC as stabilizers to be used in pavement design for economy.