Up to 3% of the population may have saccular unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs). With increasing use of neuroimaging, the discovery of incidental


The invention relates to a preparation kit for high titer lentivirus and application of the preparation kit. The preparation kit comprises a packaging plasmid, a membrane capsule plasmid, Buffer A for cell transfection: 1M CaCl2, 2*BES, Buffer B most suitable for virus packaging environment: 1M NaHCO3, and Buffer C reducing virus adhesion loss in resuspending of virus: 302 serum-free culture medium, wherein the packaging plasmid is pMDLg/pRRE, pRSV-Rev, and the membrane capsule plasmid is VSV-G. Four plasmid expression systems are used for jointly transfecting an HEK 293T cell, virus supernate is collected and then is centrifuged at ultra-high speed so as to obtain a virus concentrated solution with the titer of 10 TU/mL, and when the virus concentrated solution is used for infecting macrophage in an abdominal cavity of a mouse twice, the infection efficiency can reach 90% or more.


In 2008,Langfang EPRI Toshiba Arrester Company(abbreviated as ETA)successfully installed both tank type and porcelain type arrester for China UHV pilot PJ(Jindongnan-Nanyang-Jingmen 1000 kV transmission PJ).With the improved ZnO elements,the superior protective characteristics and great margin of current withstand capability was realized.With a unique shield structure and precise calculation and measurement technique,the voltage sharing unbalance factor below 1.10 can be realized without ceramic capacitor in tank type arrester.With supporting insulator tube,high mechanical strength is ensured for oscillation at earthquake and transportation.Through 168 h voltage application test at site in December 2008,leakage current was very stable and high reliability was proved for both tank and porcelain type arrester.


AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Knowing TheoryPart 1: Theories of Textuality 1. The Death of the Author2. Structure, Sign, and PlayPart 2: Psychological Theories 3. The Mirror Stage4. Women's TimePart 3: Theories of Society 5. Systems of Constraint6. Simulacra and Simulation7. Lines of FlightConclusion: Talking Back to TheoryNotesIndex


The present invention relates to a new bio-sourced vanillin and/or ethylvanillin, containing specific impurities. The invention further relates to a process for their preparations and the use of such compounds.


Abstract
One of the ways to increase economic and environmental efficiency of drainage systems is water table management. Water table management consists of, controlled drainage and subirrigation. This study examines the effect of controlled drainage on yield, root distribution pattern and water use efficiency of maize (SC 704) in Karaj. The experiment was performed as a randomized complete design with three replicates including three treatments: free drainage (FD) and controlled drainage with 40 cm (CD40) and 60 cm (CD60) controlled water tables. Lysimetric station is equipped with drainage system and water table control system. Irrigation intervals in all of the lysimeters were based on MAD = 0.65 in FD treatment. For all treatments, irrigation depths were determined based on deficiency of soil moisture from field capacity with 70 percent application efficiency. The results showed that 30 percent irrigation losses during implementation of treatments in CD treatments did not cause rise of the water table to the desired control levels, due to extra consumption of plant. So between two water table control treatments there was no significant difference. In free drainage treatment which drainage water discharge was facilitated lower plant consumption were noted. Effect of water table management on yield, irrigation amount, root dry weight and water use efficiency was significant (p<0.01). Volume of drainage water in FD treatment was 34.8 percent of total gross irrigation and in CD treatments was zero percent. Despite the fact that amount of gross irrigation in FD treatment was more than CD treatments, but useful consumption was higher in CD treatments. Dry weight of silage in FD, CD40 and CD60 treatments were 3.94, 6.38 and 6.56 kg/m2, respectively. Total root dry weight of FD treatment compared to CD treatments was 43.7 percent more. Also water table management led to remarkable changes in root distribution pattern in CD treatments compared to FD treatment. Lowest water use efficiency was in FD treatment with 5.32 Kg/m3 while in CD40 and CD60 treatments were 9.87 and 10.16 Kg/m3, respectively. Finally results showed that management strategies of drainage water discharge using controlled drainage, in addition to control of amount of drainage water can be effective on water use efficiency of plants.
Keywords: Controlled drainage, Maize, Yield, Water use efficiency, Root distribution pattern


Objective
To investigate the effects of dimethyloxaloyl glycine (DMOG) on the proliferation and collagen synthesis of cultured human keloid fibroblasts in vitro.

Methods
in vitro cultured keloid fibroblasts were treated with different concentrations of DMOG. The methyl thiazol tetrazolium (MTT) assay was used to detect the difference in their proliferation levels and the median inhibitory concentration (IC50) and the best intervention time. Keloid fibroblasts were divided into control group and DMOG group (IC50=800 μmol/L for DMOG), hypoxia group and hypoxia + DMOG group (hypoxia+ 800 μmol/L DMOG). After 36 h (best intervention time), reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting were used to detect hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α, and mRNA and protein expression levels of type Ⅰ collagen A1 (COL1A1) and type Ⅲ collagen A1 (COL3A1). MTT assay was used to detect the cell proliferation, and cell cycle was detected by flow cytometry. Collagen synthesis was measured by hydroxyproline colorimetric method.

Results
With the increases in the concentrations of DMOG (200, 400, 800, and 1 600 μmol/L), DMOG inhibited the proliferation of fibroblasts in the keloid fibroblasts in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. The expression levels of HIF-1α protein (0.98±0.09, 1.36±0.16, 1.43±0.21) and mRNA (1.14±0.11, 1.24±0.16, 1.27±0.11) in hypoxia group, DMOG group and hypoxia+ DMOG group were higher than those in control group (0.71±0.13 and 1.01±0.02, P<0.01). Flow cytometry showed that the proportion of G0/G1 phase cells in hypoxia group, DMOG group and hypoxia+ DMOG group [(56.7±2.2)%, (61.3±3.3)%, and (73.4±2.5)%] was significantly increased as compared with that in control group [(48.8±2.4)%] (P<0.01), and the proportion of S phase cells and G2/M phase cells decreased (P<0.01). As compared with the control group, the cell proliferation in other three groups were inhibited, and the absorbance of cells in DMOG group and hypoxia+ DMOG group was significantly lower than that in control group after 36 h (0.54±0.01, 0.29±0.02 vs. 1.01±0.02, P< 0.01). As compared with the control group, hydroxyproline, and the expression of mRNA and protein of COL1A1 and COL3A1 were increased in hypoxia group (P<0.01). As compared with the control group, levels of hydroxyproline (11.86±0.64, 14.72±0.03 vs. 15.92±0.22), COL1A1 and COL3A1 mRNA (0.63±0.07, 0.86±0.08, 0.56±0.09, 0.82±0.10 vs. 1.00±0.01, 1.00±0.03), COL1A1 and COL3A1 protein (0.78±0.19, 1.06±0.18, 0.66±0.13, 0.81±0.10 vs. 2.23±0.14, 1.53±0.05) were decreased in DMOG group and hypoxia+ DMOG group (P< 0.01).

Conclusion
DMOG can inhibit the proliferation of keloid fibroblasts in vitro and promote apoptosis, and significantly inhibit collagen synthesis.

Key words:
Dimethyloxaloyl glycinee; Keloid; Hypoxia inducible factor-1α; Proliferation; Collagen


same region that links to the light chain. But the new report shows that an unusual set of fully functional heavy chain–only antibodies do get secreted. The anomalous antibodies escaped to the cell surface because they lacked the chaperone-binding region. The secretion of these antibodies was discovered in mutant mice that lack light chain genes, but the authors also found that smaller amounts were produced in the spleen of normal mice, probably as a result of gene deletion errors during B cell development. The odd antibodies appeared to bind antigen normally and display the normal range of heavy chain diversity.


This study aimed to obtain growth parameters for free-swimming grouper in cage culture by using a stereo camera Underwater Televisual System (UTS) for video recording. The UTS technology, utilizing two cameras, enables 3D perception and triangulation of rays for accurate depth estimation. The collected data underwent de-hazing water correction, preprocessing, and labeling. The length of the grouper was detected using the SSD Mobilenet v3 algorithm, with localization loss of 0.06%, accuracy of 92.00%, precision of 92.00%, recall of 100%, and F1-score of 95.83%. The measured length results indicated averages of 12.65 ± 3.81 cm and 26.00 ± 19.79 cm for two different sizes of free-swimming grouper. The study demonstrated that combining de-hazing water correction with the SSD Mobilenet v3 algorithm allows direct and accurate measurement of free-swimming grouper length. The integration of UTS technology and advanced algorithms significantly enhances the accuracy and efficiency of fish growth measurement in cage culture. These findings have practical implications for the development of sustainable fish farming practices, enabling optimized feed and water management, reduced mortality rates, and maximized production yields. Accurate growth monitoring contributes to the growth of the aquaculture industry, meeting the increasing demand for seafood sustainably.


This paper summarized the pre-processing and determination of multi-residue of veterinary drugs in food of animal origin.Also multi-residue detection of fluoroquinolones,sulfonamides etc.at home and abroad were overviewed.In the end we looked ahead the trend of the analysis of multi-residue of veterinary drugs.


A screw tip (2) is at the front of a screw (1) with an interposed therebetween shaft (3) is provided, and a control ring (6) is mounted around the shaft. The control ring (6) is separated from the front end portion of the screw (1) when the screw (1) is rotated in the forward direction to send the resin forward. The control ring (6) in contact with the front end portion of the screw (1) when the screw (1) is moved forward. A surface of the front end of the control ring (6) is provided with a plurality of teeth (7), and a surface of a rear end of the screw tip (2) is provided with a plurality of grooves (5), in which the respective teeth (7 ) engage. Respectively, a side surface of the grooves (5) and the teeth (7), which are pressed against each other when the screw (1) is rotated in the forward direction are formed vertical to the surface of the front end of the control ring (6), and their side surfaces extending are on the back sides of the respective above-mentioned side surfaces are inclined.


In this essay a model of one-shot multimarket competition between conglomerate firms, competing into a network industry, is presented. Consequently a multimarket oligopoly, defined as a set of oligopolistic markets, is quickly characterised. One of these is a network market where a vertically integrated firm sells unit of access to a competitor. The existence of multimarket competition justifies relevant changes in the socially optimal access charge set by a fully informed regulator. Hence, a possible linkage between access pricing and a new paradigm of competition phases out.


The pore size distribution and the surface of intrafibers have been measured by many workers using various methods. In this report the mercury-intrusion method adopted by Quynn and Burleigh was modified to extend the pressure range from 50 to 3000 kg/cm2 and was applied to the measurement of pore size of viscose and bemberg rayon filaments. Two kinds of mercury porosimeter were used: the one was for measuring up to 500kg/cm2 and the other up to 3000kg/cm2.In the range of pore diameter from 0.3 to 0.025 μ corresponding to the pressure range from 50 to 600kg/cm2, the total pore volume of viscose rayon was 0.0031cc/g whereas that of bemberg rayon was larger, 0.0037cc/g. On the other hand, in the range of pore diameter from 0.025 to 0.005 μ corresponding to the pressure range from 600 to 3000kg/cm2, the total pore volume of viscose rayon was 0.0129 cc/g whereas that of bemberg rayon was smaller, 0.0107cc/g.The measured values up to about 50kg/cm2 were dispersed. This fact seems to be a result of absorption of mercury on the surface of fibers and of intrusion of mercury in the interfiber spaces. In the pressure range at which mercury is absorbed, the influence of the bottle-neck pores or isolated pores should be considered, but such influence may be small because the repeated measurements of a sample were fairly reproducible.Further, at the higher pressure the influence of compression of fibers per se or the deformationn of pores should be considered, and these controversial points are discussed.


Potentiometric studies have been carried out on transition metal complexes of Mn+2, Co+2, Ni+2, Cu+2, Zn+2 with hydrazones synthesized from 4-amino benzoic acid hydrazide and 2-hydroxy acetophenone/2-hydroxy-4methyl acetophenone. The dissociation constants of ligand and formation constants of its metal complexes have been determined by Calvin-Bjerrum pH titration technique, as adopted by Irving and Rossotti at 27±0.1°C and at an ionic strength of 0.1M in 60:40 (v/v) dioxane water medium. The order of the stability of complexes is Cu+2 > Ni+2 > Co+2 > Mn+2 > Zn+2 for ligand AHEH and Co+2 > Cu+2 > Ni+2 > Mn+2 > Zn+2 for AMEH respectively. All the metal complexes screened for their antibacterial activity. The result indicates that the growth of the tested organism was inhibited by most of the compounds.


The talk deals with the analysis of text at syntactic-semantic level to identify a common feature set which can work across various Indian languages for recognizing named entities and their mentions. The development of corpora and the method adopted to develop each module is discussed. The talk includes the evaluation of the common feature set using a statistical method which gives acceptable levels of recall and precision.


The 2022 Intimacy Professionals Census Review seeks to present and analyze the findings of the Intimacy Professionals Census distributed January, 2022. The data gathered included demographic information of working intimacy professionals as well as qualitative data gathered from open-ended responses which collected the opinions of intimacy professionals regarding some of the most pressing topics in the field such as diversity, training, qualifications, finances, availability of work, certification, and more. The information shared in this paper may be used as a snapshot of the state of the field today and the obstacles faced by those working in it. It is our goal that this deep, nuanced understanding of our industry can assist in the tackling of our identified obstacles and in fostering a greater sense of community.


We derive explicit upper bounds for various functions counting primes in arithmetic progressions. By way of example, if $q$ and $a$ are integers with $\gcd(a,q)=1$ and $3 \leq q \leq 10^5$, and $\theta(x;q,a)$ denotes the sum of the logarithms of the primes $p \equiv a \pmod{q}$ with $p \leq x$, we show that $$ \bigg| \theta (x; q, a) - \frac{x}{\phi (q)} \bigg| 10^5$, we find even stronger explicit inequalities, but only for much larger values of $x$. Along the way, we also derive an improved explicit lower bound for $L(1,\chi)$ for quadratic characters $\chi$, and an improved explicit upper bound for exceptional zeros.


Objective: This present study aims to produce cocrystal of paracetamol (PCA)-dipicolinic acid (DPA) using supercritical antisolvent (SAS) cocrystallization process in order to improve tabletability profile of PCA. Methods: The PCA-DPA cocrystal prepared by SAS cocrystallization were compared to those produced using a traditional solvent evaporation. The cocrystals produced were characterized using Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, particle size analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Analysis of flowability, drug content, solubility, dissolution, stability and powder compaction were performed to evaluate the cocrystals. Results: Cocrystal particles with mean diameter of 4.18 µm were produced from SAS process, smaller than those produced by traditional solvent evaporation method (mean diameter of 64.93 μm). The PCA-DPA cocrystal from SAS process showed an enhanced dissolution rate by 2.45 times compared to PCA, higher than cocrystal from traditional solvent evaporation (enhanced dissolution rate by 1.72 times compared to PCA). Tabletability study revealed superior tableting performance of both cocrystals compared to PCA. Conclusion: This study showed the utility of PCA-DPA cocrystal to improve mechanical properties of PCA while also demonstrating that simultaneous micronization and cocrystallization process can be obtained using SAS process.


Cell Formation (CF) is the initial step in the configuration of cell assembling frameworks. This paper proposes a new mathematical model for the CF problem considering aspects of production planning, namely inventory, backorder, and subcontracting. In this paper, for the first time, backorder is considered in cell formation problem. The main objective is to minimize the total fixed and variable costs, including the machine related costs, intercellular movements, deviation between the levels of cell utilizations, inventory, backorder, and sub-contracting costs. The presented mathematical model is validated using GAMS software, and various test problems are solved by Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization (DPSO) algorithm. The performance of the algorithms is compared with the results obtained by the GAMS. The results demonstrate, there is no significant difference between the results of algorithms. Finally, some sensitive analyses are carried out to analyze the effects of backorder and inventory holding costs.


Miniature Joule-Thomson refrigerators consist of a counter flow heat exchanger with double helical tubes and fins, nozzles, a mandrel and a dewar. Typical performance factors for the JouleThomson refrigerator are cool-down time, cold end temperature, running time and gas consumption. The above performance factors depend on operating conditions such as the pressure of the gas, thermal environment and etc. In this study, effects of the ambient temperature on the thermal performance of the JouleThomson refrigerator were investigated by numerical analyses. Effectiveness-NTU approach was adopted to predict the thermodynamic behaviors of the heat exchanger of the Joule-Thomson refrigerator. A one dimensional isentropic model was used to calculate the mass flow rate through the nozzle. In the results, the Joule-Thomson refrigerator in the low ambient temperature has a large cooling capacity and mass flow rate for a regulated supply pressure of the gas. But, the low ambient temperature results in the decrease of the initial pressure of the gas in the vessel. The Joule-Thomson refrigerator, which is installed in the low ambient temperature condition, has a negative aspect in the pressure of the gas, but a positive aspect in the cooling effect. Hence, it has the cooling capacity for achieving fast cool-down.


In this paper, the noise boosted modified third term backpropagation algorithm using inertia employed to train the neural network for small size dataset. The modified backpropagation algorithm contains the third term called inertia, a physical component that boosts up the network to better learn the pattern among the data. It also helps to reduce the problem called enmeshment of local minima. The third term inertia expanded in the form of Chebyshev orthogonal polynomial first order which makes the term as a linear independent one. The Overfitting problem, which means the network started to memorize the relationship between input and output, instead of learning the pattern among the dataset. To avoid overfitting, randomly generated noise is added to the input samples, one form of generalizing the network helps to improve the accuracy of testing samples in a better way. This work, tested the performance of the proposed Noise Boosted Modified Backpropagation algorithm with Inertia for the experimented dataset and it shows better performance compared to the standard backpropagation algorithm and standard backpropagation algorithm with momentum. The Proposed method experimented with multiclass classification datasets such as wheat dataset, iris dataset, Pima Indian diabetes dataset, breast cancer dataset, and wine classification dataset taken from the UCI machine learning repository. The performance of the proposed algorithm proved by presented the statistical measures obtained from the confusion matrix and applied the statistical test called McNemar's test used to compare the performance of the two different algorithms on a single dataset.


Based on the implicitly restarted Arnoldi method for eigenpairs of large matrix, a new method is presented for the computation of a few eigenpairs and their derivatives of large matrix‐valued functions. Eigenpairs and their derivatives are calculated simultaneously. Equation systems that are solved for eigenvector derivatives are greatly reduced from the original matrix size. The left eigenvectors are not required. Hence, the computational cost is saved. The convergence theory of the proposed method is established. Finally, numerical experiments are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Whether man opts for change or has change forced upon him, change is inevitable. Our task is to guide that change for the benefit of mankind everywhere. But that kind of guidance requires much more than simply recognizing the problem; it requires understanding the problem and the causes underlying it, and how it will react to various attempts to alleviate it. And we must be able to evaluate the impact of these attempts on other systems. That's why we need computers, and computer models, and simulation.


Based on the field survey data of Kishiwada City, Osaka, Japan, this paper analyzes the potential role of social capital developed through ritual events in building a disaster resilient community. The preliminary findings show that the ritual events are contributing to the development of trust in the community at Kishiwada. Bonding social capital, bridging social capital and trust are found to enhance disaster awareness and self reliance. It is also found that ritual based organizations in Kishiwada are functioning as a social platform that regularly activates residents for collective actions in civic activities. Implications regarding the social utility of ritual based organizations in disasters are also discussed.


Purpose: the paper is to characterize stainless steel of modyfied sufrace as a material used in orthopaedics and traumatology on the example of LCP (Locking Compression Plate) used in long bones treatment. Design/methodology/approach: In order to reach the goal biomechanical analyses, both numerical and experimental, were carried out. The results of the analyses are the basis for selecting geometrical features of a plate stabiliser and biomaterial mechanical properties. The degree of stress and deformation also determines areas where corrosion can start to develop. Chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel widely applied for making implants used in orthopaedics and traumatology was selected for testing implant surface modification. Passive and passive-carbon films were formed on the implants. The structure of the created films was tested together with their susceptibility to deformation and resistance to corrosion. Findings: It was shown that formation of passive-carbon DLC coatings is an effective method of increasing steel resistance to pitting, crevice and stress corrosion and of increasing its biocompatibility. Practical implications: The proposed surface treatment seems to be effective method that allow to reduce the risk of post-surgical complications. The coatings can be formed by using electrolytic polishing and passivation and a final RF PACVD process. Originality/value: The author also presents results of the coating surface topography examination, results of tests on its chemical and phase structure as well as mechanical and physicochemical properties.


We have used deep integral field spectroscopy obtained with the GMOS instrument on Gemini-North to determine the spatial distribution of the post-starburst stellar population in four luminous E+A galaxies at z<0.04. We find all four galaxies have centrally-concentrated gradients in the young stellar population contained within the central ~1 kpc. This is in agreement with the Balmer line gradients found in local low luminosity E+A galaxies. The results from higher redshift (z~0.1) samples of luminous E+A galaxies have been varied, but in general have found the post-starburst signature to be extended or a galaxy-wide phenomenon or have otherwise failed to detect gradients in the stellar populations. The ubiquity of the detection of a centrally concentrated young stellar population in local samples, and the presence of significant radial gradients in the stellar populations when the E+A galaxy core is well resolved raises the possibility that spatial resolution issues may be important in interpreting the higher redshift results. The two early type E+A galaxies in our sample that can be robustly kinematically classified, using the LambdaR parameter, are fast-rotators. Combined with previous measurements, this brings the total number of E+A galaxies with measurements of LambdaR to twenty-six, with only four being classified as slow-rotators. This fraction is similar to the fraction of the early-type population as a whole and argues against the need for major mergers in the production of E+A galaxies, since major mergers should result in an increased fraction of slow rotators.


Isolated Cardiac hydatidosis is a rare occurrence [1]. Involvement of left ventricle is more common followed by right ventricle, interventricular septum, left atrium, right atrium and interatrial septum. Here, we present a case report of 26-year-old male patient who was suspected to have left ventricle cystic lesion on 2D-Echocardiography which was confirmed to be Hydatid cyst situated in inter-ventricular septum on Magnetic resonance imaging which is itself a rare phenomenon.


The judge's ruling power and the need to neutralize it or not have been the subject of intense debate in legal doctrine. This way, regarding labor law, a branch in which there is no power equality between the parties, there is a conflict between the conservative view of hermeneutics - that benefits autonomy and legal certainty - and its progressive view, which prioritizes a broad social analysis of the law. Face with that, the present paper will analyze this conflict under law 13.467/2017, regarding its objectives and results concerning collective bargaining.


Last month we invited a panel of three US lawyers to discuss some of the worst antitrust decisions of all time. We now conclude that series, with the second set of candidates for the 'Hall of Shame'. Read the opinions carefully–we'll be picking the worst of the worst in a website survey next month.


The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) selected Westinghouse Health Systems to carry out contraceptive surveys. The primary objectives of the Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys (CPS) are to determine periodically the levels of contraceptive use in the country; to examine the correlates of and differentials in these levels in order to assess the impact of various types of governmental and nongovernmental programs; to identify factors that will facilitate an increase in contraceptive use, particularly factors involved in program planning activities; and to institutionalize in each country the capability to design and implement studies of contraceptive prevalence, to be undertaken at regular intervals by an in-country agency. Each CPS generally collects data on the basic demographic background of the country concerned, knowledge of contraceptive methods, prior contraceptive experience and current method used, past fertility behavior and future fertility intentions, present utilization of various types of service delivery systems, perceived accessibility of contraceptives, and reasons for nonacceptance of contraception. In the CPS project, data collection and field operations have been strongly stressed. Efforts have recently been made to expand the extent and sophistication of CPS data analysis. For example, 2 countries are currently using a series of mathematical techniques called synthetic estimators to estimate subnational levels of contraceptive use by merging CPS and census data. Westinghouse, in cooperation with the University of Michigan, is currently working to develop community characteristics module for inclusion in future CPS projects.


Objective To observe the characteristics of morphosis parameter of the optic disc of physiologie large cup. Methods 100 eyes with physiologic large cup and 74 eyes with normal cup were examined by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph(HRT).The differences of morphosis parameters between two groups were analyzed comparatively on disc area(DA),cup volume(CV),cup/disc area ratio(C/DR),rim area(RA),cup volume(CV),rim volume(RV),mean cup depth(MeCD),maximum cup depth (MxCD),cup shape measure(CSM),height variation contour(HVC),mean retinal nerve fiber layer thickness(mRNFLt),and retinal nerve fiber layer cross-section area(RNFLcsa).The characteristics of the inferior.superior,nasal,and temporal quadrants of the physiologic large cups were analyzed.Results DA,CA,C/DR,CV,MeCD,CSM(P=0.00.respectively)and MxCD(P=0.04)were significantly larger in eyes with physiologic large cup than in eyes with normal cup.RA,RV,HVC,mRNFLt,RNFLcsa(P=0.00,respectively)were significantly smaller in eyes with physiologic large cup than in eyes with normal cup.The temporal quadrant of RV of the physiologic large cup is the narrowest.RNFLcsa decreased as the following order:superior,inferior,nasal,and temporal(P<0.05).Conclusions Morphosis parameter of the optic discs of physiologic large cup has its own representation on characteristics.Compared to normal cups,physiologic large cups had larger discs but smaller mRNFLt.The nasal quadrant of DA was larger than the inferior quadrant.

Key words:
Optic disk/anatomyh  Optic disk/physiopathology


BACKGROUND

Bacillus subtilis 168 was used to express the cholesterol oxidase (EC 188.8.131.52) genes cloned from Mycobacterium neoaurum JC-12 and the bioconversion of cholesterol to 4-cholesten-3-one was realized.

RESULTS

Expression of cholesterol oxidase ChoM1 and ChoM2 from M. neoaurum in B. subtilis was confirmed by SDS-PAGE and enzyme activity analysis. The activities of the recombinant ChoM1 and ChoM2 were 5.27 and 7.44 U mg−1, which were 5.2-fold and 7.3-fold, respectively, of the cholesterol oxidases activities in M. neoaurum JC-12. Enzyme properties showed that the optimum pH and temperature for both ChoM1 and ChoM2 was 7.5 and 40 °C. Both enzymes were stimulated by Mg2+ and Mn2+ and showed higher activity towards the 3β-hydroxy steroids with long alkyl chains at C17. Whole-cells of the recombinant strains were used as catalysts, the recombinant strains B. subtilis 168/pMA5-choM1 and B. subtilis 168/pMA5-choM2 catalyzed the bioconversion of cholesterol to 4-cholesten-3-one with a percentage conversion of 67% and 83% at 21 h.

CONCLUSION

The recombinant strains demonstrated efficient and stable enzyme activities and showed obvious pre-eminence on the bioconversion of cholesterol into 4-cholesten-3-one. As a safe microorganism, B. subtilis 168 would be a promising cell factory to produce 4-cholesten-3-one in the pharmaceutical industry. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry


Ethers reacted with acid chlorides in the presence of a
catalytic amount of MCl5/6 (M = Mo, W, Nb or Ta) to give esters
in 75–98% yield; a stoichiometric reaction of dioctyl ether with
MoCl5 afforded 1-chlorooctane in 93% yield and addition of
benzoyl chloride to the resulting mixture gave octyl benzoate in 49%
yield.


The study of the interaction of positrons with surfaces is important because of the effectiveness of using positron beams as analytical tool to study surfaces. Low energy positrons that have been implanted into a solid target in a vacuum form a unique and sensitive probe of the surface regions of the solids [1–7]. Of particular interest is the abundant positronium formation in the outer surface region. In the experiments a monoenergetic beam strikes a well-characterized singlecrystal surface. The majority of the positrons penetrates the solid and simultaneously loses their energy rapidly within a characteristic stopping distance. The thermalized particles are fairly mobile and a large fraction of them eventually diffuse back to the entrance surface. Some materials have a negative work function for positrons, i.e., positrons are spontaneously re-emitted from the surface. A large fraction of the positrons reaching the surface may capture an electron and thus emerge as positronium rather than a positron.


Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) activity, including waves and turbulence, has been a focus of attention in solar wind research for several decades, owing to the wealth of available relevant spacecraft observations. Characterizations of the turbulence have generally been based on incompressible homogeneous turbulence theory. However, recent observations show that the fluctuations undergo systematic temporal evolution, suggesting couplings to large-scale plasma and magnetic field inhomogeneities. Here we present in detail, and further develop, a theory of transport of small-scale solar wind MHD turbulence, the preliminary results of which have been recently reported (Zhou and Matthaeus, Geophysical Research Letters, 16, 755, 1989). Large-scale plasma velocity and magnetic fields are specified, and small-scale incompressible turbulence evolves in response to the associated inhomogeneities, as well as in accordance with modeled local nonlinear couplings. Dynamical equations based on a two length scale expansion are derived, from which the evolution of various wave number spectra may be computed, including magnetic and kinetic energies, cross helicity, induced electric field, and the corresponding helicities. Several simple analytic solutions predict, with increasing heliocentric distance, a decrease of the preponderance of outward traveling type Alfvenic fluctuations and a lowering of the small-scale kinetic to magnetic energy ratio of small scale. Both of these are consistent with Helios and Voyager observations. The theory provides a basis for further computations that may be compared with statistical features of solar wind observations.


We report the preliminary result of the application of the collisional Ne-like soft x-ray laser as radiation source to induce DNA damage. The goal of this experiment was a test bed study of the damage yields induced by soft x-ray radiation in dried plasmid DNA sample. The saturated Ne-like soft x-ray laser available at the PALS facility, delivering several millijoules in a single 100 ps pulse at 21.2 nm was used to irradiate two different plasmids: pSPl 89 and pBS. The study is centered on the dose effect leading to single and double strand break in DNA.


The Chinese government has announced a trial programme to provide for private purchase of new battery-operated electric vehicles (EVs) and for plug-in hybrids in five cities. We investigate the potential impact of these subsidies and charging facilities on demand for EVs, using data from a survey of potential car buyers in China. Building on the understanding of factors and incentives that would likely encourage households to adopt EVs would help to improve policy interventions. Data collection is based on experimental design and stated choice methods through an Internet survey. Choice alternatives include a conventional gasoline, a plug-in hybrid and a pure electrical vehicle. In addition to subsidy and charging facilities, we also investigate the impact of common vehicle attributes such as purchase price, cruising range, refuelling time and the socio-demographic effect. Applying a multinomial logit (MNL) model, we find that subsidies would significantly encourage households to choose a plug-in hybrid or an EV. Compared to pure EVs, people in China are more willing to accept plug-in hybrids at present. Compared to the price factors, charging facilities are less of a concern when households consider the adoption of an EV. Willingness-to-pay and market share simulation are computed based on the estimated parameters for further analysis.


Milk-clotting activity was screened from leaves of Carica papaya, Mangifera indica and Moringa oleifera in order to use the leaf with the highest milk-clotting activity as a source of the enzyme. The results of the present study showed that milk-clotting activity was only detected in the leaf extracts of Carica papaya and Moringa oleifera and the leaf extract from the leaf of Mangifera indica showed no activity. Ammonium sulfate precipitation was used in this study and the results showed that the highest milk-clotting activity was obtained with 40 % ammonium sulfate saturation. Maximum temperature for the crude extract of Carica papaya and Moringa olifera showed milk clotting activity at 70°C and 65°C respectively and also showed the highest clotting activity at a pH of 7.5 and 7 respectively. There was more than 80% retention of the milk-clotting activity of the crude extract of Carica papaya and Moringa olifera after 1h incubation at 60°C and 55°C respectively and the result also indicated that the crude extract retained more than 80% of its activity between pH 5 to pH 7.5 and pH 5 to pH 6 respectively. Finally the crude extract of Carica papaya and Moringa oleifera has a highest enzymatic activity at a concentration of 70 and 90 grams respectively.


Atmospheric turbulence limits the resolution of conventional astronomical observations through large ground-based telescopes to about 1". Recently, sub-arcsecond resolution has been achieved by estimating the complex spatial spectrum of a stellar object from a sequence of short-exposure images called specklegrams. Speckle interferometry (SI) gives the diffraction-limited modulus [1]. Phase-measuring processes are the Knox-Thompson (KT) [2], the closely related Phase-Gradient (PG) [3] and the Triple-Correlation (TC) [4] algorithms. Because of the narrow bandwidth, Δλ ≈ 10 nm, and short-exposure times, tE ≈ 10 ms, the specklegrams of most stellar objects of interest contain less than 103 photons. Consequently, it is advantageous to record the specklegrams as a list of photon addresses.


Objective
To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL).

Methods
From January to December, 2012, a total of 44 AITL patients admitted to Department of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University were included as study subjects. There were 36 males and 8 females, with age of 18-78 years and median age of 57.5 years. All 44 patients were treated with CHOP (cyclophosphamide + pirarubicin + vincristine + prednisone) regimen, 4 of them were combined with chidamide or bortezomib, 6 of them were combined with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT). Clinical characteristics of AITL patients were retrospectively analyzed. Kaplan-Meier method was used to map overall survival (OS) curves of patients treated with and without auto-HSCT. And univariate analysis of OS rate was performed in patients treated without auto-HSCT using Log-rank test. Influencing factors included gender, age, International Prognostic Index (IPI) score, Prognostic Index for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PIT) score, B symptoms, skin rashes, chest/abdominal cavity effusion, bone marrow involvement, white blood cell count (WBC), hemoglobin (Hb) value, platelet count, serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level, ferritin level, β2-microglobulin (MG) level. Factors with statistical significance in univariate analysis and clinical guiding significance were included in COX proportional hazards regression model for multivariate analysis. The procedure of this study was accordance with the requirement of the revised World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki in 2008 and 2013.

Results
① Among 44 AITL patients, 34 cases (77.3%) had B symptoms. Five cases (11.4%) were Ann Arbor Ⅰ-Ⅱ stage, 39 cases (88.6%) were Ⅲ-Ⅳ stage. Twenty cases (45.5%) had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, performance status (ECOG-PS) score 60 years, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=0.139, P=0.023). The 5-year OS rate in patients with serum β2-MG level 60 years (HR=2.716, P=0.031), bone marrow involvement (HR=2.696, P=0.042), serum β2-MG level≥4 mg/L (HR=4.927, P=0.004) were independent risk factors for AITL prognosis.

Conclusions
Majority of AITL patients are middle-aged and elderly males, often accompanied by skin rash and serous effusion. The disease was first diagnosed late-stage in Ann Arbor. Age>60 years, bone marrow involvement and serum β2-MG level≥4 mg/L, can be used as independent indicators of poor prognosis of patients treated without auto-HSCT. New drugs such as chidamide and bortezomib could improve curative effect of AITL patients. auto-HSCT coukl effectively improve the OS of patients.

Key words:
Lymphoma; Immunoblastic lymphadenopathy; Drug therapy; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Prognosis; Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; Restrospective studies


The purpose of the work is to study the suitability of Zn/sub 3/P/sub 2/ as a photovoltaic material for large scale terrestrial use. Zn/sub 3/P/sub 2/ was chosen for study because those of its physical parameters which could be gleaned from the existing literature matched fairly well the criteria for optimum terrestrial photovoltaic materials. The optimum parameters for growth of large single crystals were determined. Electrical measurements on single crystals and films treated in different ways were carried out to ascertain the mechanism responsible for the p-type conductivity. Optical studies of both crystals and films were carried to the point where the results are now quite consistent. Increased emphasis was placed on studies of Schottky barriers to Zn/sub 3/P/sub 2/.


The purpose of this research is to find out (1) the influence of problem Based Learning and Discovery Learning learning strategies to the learning outcomes, (2) the influence of students' activity on student learning outcomes, (3) The interaction between Problem Based Learning and Discovery Learning strategy student activeness to student learning outcomes. This research is a quantitative research with quasi experimental design. Sampling technique by Cluster Random sampling. The population in the study were all students of class VII MTs Negeri Gondangrejo. The sample of research consisted of two classes namely students of class VII F and VII G. Technique of collecting data is done by method of test, questionnaire, and documentation. The data analysis technique uses two way analysis of variance with unequal cell which previously conducted normality test using Liliefors method and homogeneity test using Barlett method. Results of research with α = 5%. (1) there is influence of learning strategy of Problem Based Learning and Discovery Learning to result of learning, (2) there is no influence of student activeness toward result of learning at low and low student activity, (3) no influence between Problem Based Learning, Discovery Learning and student activeness of learning outcomes.


Basically, engineering structures are required to satisfy predefined performance targets such as successfully resisting external load actions. Due to the randomness nature of both the structure l property and the external attacks, however, the "absolute safety" of a structure cannot be achieved in engineering practice. Rather, the practical strategy is to control the probability of violating the performance requirements (e.g., structural safety) under an acceptable level. To that end, some probability based approaches are essentially needed to quantify the occurrence possibility of such undesired consequences. Under this context, the mathematical formulation of analytical tools for structural reliability assessment is the topic of this book.


Guanethidine is a sympatholytic agent with a hypotensive potency similar to that of the ganglion-blocking compounds. Its effectiveness is further enhanced by the concomitant administration of thiazide derivatives.The decrease in blood pressure obtained with guanethidine is chiefly a postural response.A lower incidence of side effects has been observed with guanethidine than with the ganglionoplegic drugs.Results of a study by the authors have shown that guanethidine is particularly promising for patients with the more severe elevations of diastolic blood pressure.


The development of corn steeping technology was reviewed.The NaHSO3 steeping,SO2 degression steeping,lactic acid steeping,enzymatic steeping,high pressure hydration and synthesized steeping were introduced.These methods can shorten corn steeping timei,ncrease the yield of starch and provide foundation for the application of domestic corn steeping technology.


Purpose

– As a result of advances in DNA and other forensic technologies, police agencies are showing increased interest in cold-case investigations, with larger departments dedicating staff to conducting these investigations or forming cold-case squads. The purpose of this paper is to provide information on how police agencies organize and conduct cold-case investigations.

Design/methodology/approach

– To assess the current practices used in cold-case investigations, an exploratory survey was sent to a stratified random sample of police agencies across the US survey findings are based on 1,051 returns.

Findings

– Results include the following. Most agencies do little cold-case work, with only 20 percent having a protocol for initiating cold-case investigations, 10 percent having dedicated cold-case investigators, and 7 percent having a formal cold-case unit. Cold-case funding is tenuous: 20 percent of cold-case work is funded through line items in the budget, with most funded by grants or supplemental funds. Success rates for cold-case investigations are low: about one in five cases are cleared. Agency factors associated with higher clearance rates included level of funding and access to investigative databases.

Practical implications

– As new forensic tools are developed, cold-case investigations will become an increasingly prominent activity of criminal investigation units. The survey reported on in this paper gives the first glimpse of how agencies are handling these cases.

Originality/value

– To the knowledge, there are no other empirical studies on how agencies structure and conduct cold-case investigations.


This paper discuses process to get all information about parameter camera, the process only used information from two views of camera about image coordinate. The image coordinate from two views of camera is correspondence with fundamental matrix. For this selfcalibration using fundamental matrix.The fi of fundamental matrix can get the correspondence image coordinate at one view of camera with the epipolar line at another view of camera. All epipolar line intersection at a point called epipole. The methode from this research can be used for process for reconstriction object 3D.


Compost is used mainly as an organic fertilizer, but it is also used as bedding material for cattle. Dairy cattle have been identified as a main reservoir of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Further, E. coli is regarded as an environmental pathogen that causes bovine clinical mastitis. Hence, its growth in compost spread or compost bedding should be avoided. Physical and chemical conditions, available nutrients and microflora in compost change greatly during the composting process. Since pathogen growth in compost seems to be related to these changes, we assessed the possibility of E. coli growth in compost samples collected at 0, 7, 13, 22, 41, 190 and 360 d. Cattle waste composts with and without added tofu residue were collected from static piles and immediately air- dried. Compost samples were inoculated with a pure culture of E. coli, the moisture content was adjusted to 50%, and the samples were incubated for 5 d at 30°C. The numbers of E. coli in compost before and after incubation were determined by direct plating on Chromocult coliform agar. Almost all compost samples supported E. coli growth. Samples collected during or immediately after the thermophilic phase (day 7) showed the highest growth. Growth in samples more than 13 d old were not significantly different from those of aged compost samples. The addition of tofu residue gave a higher growth than its absence in younger samples collected prior to 13 d. To minimize the risk of environmental mastitis, the use of compost in the initial stage of the process is better avoided. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2004. Vol 17, No. 2 : 278-282)


FYJ-2 blowout prevention and sand control agent is a new multi-hydroxyl cationic polymer, it can be used to effectively prevent clay swelling, control sand particle migration and effectively protect the reservoirs and improve the production effect in mid-high permeability reservoirs. The effect of blowout prevention and sand control of FYJ-2 is tested by laboratory experiment of dynamic mud stone particle flushing, sand control experiment and formation damage test. The result shows that the agent has a strong sand control effect and can be used to prevent formation damage, 90% success rate is achieved in field application in Zhengwangzhuang Oilfield.


Presentation for the 2017 Public Administration Theory Network Conference. This presentation discusses how Jane Addams challenged the frontiers of public administration, sociology, social work, peace studies, and philosophy and why it matters today.


Sensor network synthesis means to select certain variables to be measured, to select suitable sensors, to observe all the important variables, and to get reliable and accurate process data. The steady state online data reconciliation can remove the influences of errors in the measurements on the acquired data, and get consistent process data that satisfy the process constraints. These two techniques have been studied often but separately. This paper proposed to integrate these two techniques into a unified system to get better information about the process data. An industrial application of the integrated system to a crude oil distillation unit was also described, where valid process data were obtained and applied for online process optimization system, which led to a profit increase of about four million RMB annually. 


Water quality criteria and many other environmental assessment tools are based on the results of laboratory toxicity tests. For a variety of reasons, these tests are typically conducted using one of several common laboratory species; results from these tests are then extrapolated with the intention of providing protection for other species not tested directly. This surrogate species approach is particularly necessary for threatened and endangered (listed) species, for which direct toxicity testing is often impractical. However, without direct knowledge of listed species sensitivity, it is not possible to be certain whether these species are adequately protected by current environmental practices. Moreover, the level of protection intended by water quality criteria (e.g., 95% of species) may not be sufficient to meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act. The authors conducted short-term chronic toxicity tests using Ceriodaphnia dubia and fathead minnows and two listed species, bonytail chub and Colorado squawfish. Methods for Ceriodaphnia dubia and fathead minnow tests were as described by USEPA for effluent testing under the NPDES program; tests with listed species were patterned after the fathead minnow test procedures. Tests were conducted with; (1) ammonia, (2) carbaryl, and (3) a mixture of carbaryl, copper, 4-nonylphenol, pentachlorophenol, and permethrin. more » Preliminary data analysis indicates that the two listed species respond in a similar manner as the fathead minnow. The sensitivity of listed species to contaminant exposures and implications for regulatory procedures will be discussed. « less


Stanford Health Information Network for Ed ucation (SHINE) integrates online guideline texts, textbooks, journals, bibliographic systems, medical images, digital video, relational databases, and knowledge-based sy stems, which were formerly accessible individually through the Z39.50 protocol, SQL language, HTTP protocol, and full-text search engines. We introduce the architecture that is used to integrate these distributed heterogeneous systems and allows presentation of re sources with non-overlapping content as if they were a single volume. We explain how th e system will be integrated with electronic medical record systems to support medica l decisions. We also discuss SHINE's electronic notebook, and log recording systems that make SHINE a complete system that supports medical decision making and learning. The same concepts can be applied to aggregation of knowledge domains to optimize the fu nctions of other (non-medical) target users.


Abstract The opening of a methylenedioxy group with simultaneous elimination of an oxygen atom during sodium in liquid ammonia reduction is a well established process in the aporphine alkaloid series1. It has furthermore been reported that phosphate esters of phenols are deoxygenated under similar reaction conditions2. The alkaloid bulbocapnine (1) contains an aromatic methylendioxy group and a phenolic hydroxy group; it thus seemed indicated to attempt the direct removal of two oxygen atoms by treating the phosphate ester 2 with an alkali metal in liquid ammonia. We now would like to give experimental details regarding this practical step which was summarized elsewhere3.


We study two-component atomic gas mixtures in one dimension involving both bosons and fermions. When the inter-species interaction is attractive, we report a rich variety of coherent ground-state phases that vary with the intrinsic and relative strength of the interactions. We avoid any artifacts of lattice discretization by developing a novel implementation of a continuous matrix product state ansatz for mixtures and priorly demonstrate the validity of our approach on the integrable point that exists for mixtures with equal masses and interactions (Lai-Yang model) where we find that the ansatz correctly and systematically converges towards the exact results.


into their flicker of contrasted with wild and yellow the of houses and down into the clefts of the street.


We present ellipsoidal light-curve fits to the quiescent B, V, R and I light curves of GRO J1655–40 (Nova Scorpii 1994). The fits are based on a simple model consisting of a Roche-lobe-filling secondary and an accretion disc around the black hole primary. Unlike previous studies, no assumptions are made concerning the interstellar extinction or the distance to the source; instead these are determined self-consistently from the observed light curves. In order to obtain tighter limits on the model parameters, we used the distance determination from the kinematics of the radio jet as an additional constraint. We obtain a value for the extinction that is lower than was assumed previously; this leads to lower masses for both the black hole and the secondary star of 5.4±0.3 and 1.45±0.35 M⊙, respectively. The errors in the determination of the model parameters are dominated by systematic errors, in particular arising from uncertainties in the modelling of the disc structure and uncertainties in the atmosphere model for the chemically anomalous secondary in the system. A lower mass of the secondary naturally explains the transient nature of the system if it is in either a late case A or early case B mass-transfer phase.


This study was designed to observe the role of the self-management aspect of emotional intelligence with work stress caused by work overload. The objective of this research pertains to the underline importance of work overload and the important dimension of emotional intelligence (self-management) amongst the nurses and medical staff of three big hospitals in district Peshawar namely Lady Reading, KTH, complex hospital Peshawar, KPK, and Pakistan. For the underline study, 361 sample sizes out of 1800 staff of nurses and medical staff were selected employing systematic random sampling and stratified random sampling techniques. Smartpls.3.0 was used for data analysis, and path coefficient and T statistic were used to calculate P-value and R square to check the significance of the model. The results show that self-management was inversely related to Work overload with (–0.36) Path Coefficients, (7.3) T-statistic value, and a highly significant (0.000) P-Value. The result proved that self-management significantly decreases the stress caused by work overload.


Autoregressive moving average (ARMA) or pole‐zero modeling techniques are known to provide better spectral estimation capabilities than autoregressive (AR) or all‐pole methods such as linear prediction for nasalized speech and speech corrupted by noise. This paper describes the results of applying two ARMA modeling techniques to synthesized and natural segments of noisy and clean speech. The overdetermined normal equation (ODNE) and the extended‐order singular value decomposition (SVD) methods of ARMA parameter estimation are compared to the covariance method of linear prediction and are evaluated using parametric distance measures in the cepstral domain. Use of the AR part of the ARMA model to estimate the envelope of noisy speech is demonstrated. Coefficient transformations among ARMA, AR, and cepstral parameters are also discussed.


Objective : In this work we report the possibility of synthesizing and simultaneously depositing gold nanoparticles on ITO (Indium tin oxide) coated glass using the electrospray (ESI) method 1,2,3. Method: The starting point of this study is that the ESI/MS spectrum (Figure 1) of an ethanolic solution of HAuCl 4 shows a reduction process of Au (III) strongly dependent on the Cone Voltage (CV) values (20, 80, 150 V), affording to the ion at m/z 197 (Au+). Further, the decrease of the abundance of this ion at the highest cone voltage suggests the subsequent its reduction with the formation of Au 0 . tool


This book examines several sociological perspectives on the defining characteristics of modernity through the construction of conceptual models. Each model specifies the prime movers of the social system and the key agencies of change and development. According to one model, technology is the moving force in society, while another emphasizes metropolitan dominance, and yet another concentrates on materialistic values and consumerism. A growing number of social scientists perceive knowledge to be the driving force of modernity; yet others emphasize cultural pluralism or mass society. Because of the many ways dramatic changes are occurring in so many different directions at the same time, the multiple realities of modernity are recognized and clarified. Accelerations of experimentation and innovation are occurring in all areas of social life. The Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and civil society are emphasized as the pathways to modernity. The themes of relativity, incompleteness, uncertainty, and fragmentation are implicated in postmodernist critiques of the values of the enlightenment.


Image of the house in Rochester, New York, where Chester Congdon was born in 1853. Original photo taken by Laura Congdon in 1893.


Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were fabricated by RF CO plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to avoid hydrogen incorporation into the deposited films. Broadband optical emissions confirmed a hydrogen-free process without atomic hydrogen emissions. The fabricated films were characterized by Raman scattering spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) with elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) methods, and FT-IR spectroscopy with comparison to conventional DLC films fabricated from C2H2 gas. The hydrogen concentration in the DLC films was reduced to 4 at. % using a CO source while the conventional DLC films prepared from C2H2 contained 27 at. %. The DLC films made from CO gas contained a large amount of oxygen, approximately 20 at. %, a larger number of graphite structures than the conventional DLC film, and characteristic triple bonds (C≡C) of carbon atoms in the FT-IR spectrum.


To evaluate the antioxidant potential of less valued green leafy vegetables of Bangladesh, the methanolic extracts of Alternanthera sessilis, A. philoxeroides, A. paronychioides, Glinus oppositifolius and Portulaca oleracea were subjected to assay for total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and DPPH free radicle scavenging activity. Among the studied materials, A. sessilis showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid content. However, G. oppositifolius presented the lowest phenolic content (14.53 ± 0.48 mg of GAE/g of sample) and P. oleracea exhibited minimum (7.005 ± 0.25 mg of RUE/g of sample) flavonoid content. DPPH radical scavenging activity was found to increase with increase in the concentration of each individual material. A. philoxiroides (IC50 = 6.07 ± 0.27 μg/ml) was found as the most active in DPPH radical percentage inhibition, which was followed by A. sessilis (IC50 = 7.17 ± 0.67 μg/ml). Interestingly, A. paronychioides, in spite of having good amount of total phenolic and flavonoid content, showed less DPPH scavenging activity. No linear relationship was found to exist in case of the total phenolic, flavonoid content and DPPH scavenging activity among G. oppositifolius, P. oleracea and A. paronychioides. The results from different methods may differ substantially because each complex chemical reaction generates unique values. However, all the five plants exhibited creditable antioxidant activity and thus consumption of these vegetables may play important role in combating oxidative stresses and thereby help in retaining good health.


Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Love's laborers: the busy heroes of romance and empire 2. Sea-knights and royal virgins: American gold and its discontents in lodge's A Margarite of America (1596) 3. Jack of Newbery and Drake in California: domestic and colonial narratives of English cloth and manhood 4. Eros and science: the discourses of magical consumerism 5. Gender, savagery, tobacco: marketplaces for consumption 6. Inconstancy: coming to Indians through Troilus and Cressida 7. The Tempest, 'rape', the art and smart of Virginian husbandry Coda: the masks of Pocahontas Notes Works cited Index.


With a large tonnage bridge shallow foundation reinforcement as example,the micro steel pipe pile application in foundation reinforcement was studied,through engineering practical verification,the better economic effect obtained,which accumulated experience for future similar engineering design and construction.


The literature on this subject stands currently at over 100 articles; this review seeks to present an overall picture of the subject, using the results of these articles. Concentrated suspensions of nonaggregating solid particles, if measured in the appropriate shear rate range, will always show (reversible) shear thickening. The actual nature of the shear thickening will depend on the parameters of the suspended phase: phase volume, particle size (distribution), particle shape, as well as those of the suspending phase (viscosity and the details of the deformation, i.e., shear or extensional flow, steady or transient, time and rate of deformation). The explanations offered for the phenomenon that are supported by independent physical measurements postulate that the increase in viscosity is due to the transition from a two‐dimensional layered arrangement of particles to a random three‐dimensional form. The transition rarely takes more than one decade of shear rate, but it can be over a much shorter range, ...


Abstract : This project involved making concurrent acoustic propagation & physical oceanographic measurements to determine environmental factors affecting low-frequency acoustic propagation in the shelfbreak front in the Middle Atlantic Bight. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) were used within the front to determine frontal structure as well as the impact of sound speed variability within the front on transmission loss. Successful AUV operations were conducted in three separate cruises. A list of environmental keys were determined which were simple means of determining the impact of shelfbreak frontal structure on acoustic propagation through adaptive sampling via mobile acoustic sources and sonobuoys.


The recrystallization and grain growth in cold rolled 3.25 % Al-Fe alloy sheets were studied with the specimens of three different sulfur contents. On primary recrystallization, the textures were chiefly composed of the components found in as-rolled textures being those of (112)[110], (111)[112] and (100)[011], and (110)[001], and (100)[001] components were also found as minor ones, in which the (110)[001] component showed a tendency to become strong with increasing sulfur content. During grain growth, the (100)[001] component seemed to increase preferentially consuming the other oriented matrix components and the ratio of the (100)[001] to the (110)[001] component increased and the value tended to approach a definite value. It was also made sure that the textures as-rolled and of primary recrystallization of Al-Fe alloys were the same as those of cold rolled 3.25 % Si-Fe alloy as well as iron sheets, whereas the main components shifted towards the major (100)[001] + (110)[001] components during grain growth in contrast to those of Si-Fe alloy whose texture was composed mainly of the (110)[001] component. Heating rate had an influence on the development of texture and the presence of a liquid phase in grain boundaries was assumed in the discussion of grain growth mechanism in the alloy with the sulfur addition. (Received December 27, 1973)


Plasma albumin was purified from the fresh bovine blood using a minor modification of the polyethyleneglycol and ethanol procedure. The resulting protein solution was tested for its purity by both electrophoretic and immunochemical methods and found to contain only the albumin molecules. Each of the four thiol reagents, maleate, iodoacetate, iodoacetamide and glutathione, was incubated with the purified plasma albumin. The electrophoresis on cellulose acetate of those complexes in various buffers with different component and pH demonstrated that the albumin-glutathione complex was separated into two zones in all buffers used except the barbital and sodium acetate buffers, that the complexes of albumin-iodoacetate and albumin-iosoacetamide also into two zones only in pH 4.8 citrate buffer and in pH 4.8 succinate buffer and that the new zone had more positive net charge compared to the native protein in any case. These results might suggest a possibility that the electrophoretic albumin fraction is composed of at least two molecular species with different conformation.


Objective: To determine the gender based differences in quality of life after phase II cardiac rehabilitation in post coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) Material & Methods: A Quasi experimental study was conducted Shifa international hospital (SIH) Islamabad from June 2017 to November 2017 (IRB&: 778-053-2017). The sample of n=30 participants (male = 15, female = 15), were collected through non-probability Convenient sampling method. Male and female participants between 45-60 years of age with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and completed phase I cardiac rehabilitation program were included in the study. To measure quality of life RAND 36-Item Health Survey was used at 0 week and after 8 week. Results: The mean age of study participants in female was 54.53±3.357 and male 55.60±5.20 years. The results showed that there post intervention significant improvement was observed in male than female regarding physical functioning (33.33±4.98 vs. 70±41.40, p=0.028).  Role limitation due to physical health also showed more improvement in male than female (MD=21.66). Role limitation due to emotional showed significant improve in females than male (26.66±45.77 versus 80±41.40, p=0.002). Conclusion: The study indicated that 8 week phase II cardiac rehabilitation programs had significant role in improving all domains of Quality of life (SF-36). But physical function, role limitation due to physical health and role limitation due to emotional problem were more improved in male as compare to female.


the purpose of this paper is to analyze the literature on digitalization, supply chain sustainability practices, and SC integration on overall supply chain performance; likewise, we aim to explore the relationships between those variables from the extant literature. Based on the reviewed literature, this study provides a research agenda on the research gaps and possible future paths in the supply chain, digital transformation and sustainability domains.


Expected characteristics of a novel emission phenomenon at the metal-electrolyte interface are investigated. Two thermoemission mechanisms are considered: transfer into the conduction region of the medium and reduction of the adsorbed acceptor molecules by emitted electrons. Since an irradiating metal electrode with subpicosecond laser pulses heats electron gas to thousands of degrees and is followed by an insignificant increase in the lattice temperature, a specific mechanism of the electrode reaction involving reduction of the acceptor is realized, the mechanism being unrelated to reorganization of the medium. The possibility of using the new emission phenomenon for generating intermediate species and studying fast electrode reactions is discussed


Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling (DVFS) can be applied to modern CPUs. This technique is usually used to reduce the energy consumed by a CPU while computing. Thus, decreasing the frequency reduces the power consumed by the CPU. However, it can also significantly affect the performance of the executed program if it is compute bound and if a low CPU frequency is selected. Therefore, the chosen scaling factor must give the best possible trade-off between energy reduction and performance. In this paper we present an algorithm that predicts the energy consumed with each frequency gear and selects the one that gives the best ratio between energy consumption reduction and performance. This algorithm works online without training or profiling and has a very small overhead. It also takes into account synchronous communications between the nodes that are executing the distributed algorithm. The algorithm has been evaluated over the SimGrid simulator while being applied to the NAS parallel benchmark programs. The results of the experiments show that it outperforms other existing scaling factor selection algorithms.


Solid texture synthesis (STS), an effective way to extend a 2D exemplar to a 3D solid volume, exhibits advantages in numerous application domains. However, existing methods generally fail to accurately learn arbitrary textures, which may result in the failure to synthesize solid textures with high fi-delity. In this paper, we propose a novel generative adversarial nets-based framework (STS-GAN) to hierarchically learn arbitrary solid textures. In STS-GAN, multi-scale discrimi-nators evaluate the similarity between patch from exemplar and slice from the generated volume, promoting the generator synthesizing realistic solid textures. Finally, experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can generate high-fidelity solid textures with similar visual characteristics to the exemplar.


Objective:To observe the discoloration reaction between kanamycin sulfate and Gongo red to find a simple and sensitive method with high selectivity for the determination of trace kanamycin.Methods: Spectrophotometry was adopted.The interaction of kanamycin sulfate and Gongo red was observed in pH=5.02 Britton Robinson buffer solution.Results: Gongo red has a strong absorbance at 500 nm and the addition of kanamycin sulfate into Gongo red solution resulted in the decrease of absorbance value,and the decrease amount was linear with the concentration of kanamycin sulfate.Under the optimal conditions,Beer's law was obeyed in the range of 0.1~3.0 mg/L,with apparent molar absorptivity of 6.8×104L·mol-1·cm-1 and the detection limit of 0.079 mg/L;The recovery rate was 96.15%.Conclusions: We obtained satisfactory results in determination of sodium injection solution with this method,which shows this method could be applied in the determination of trace kanamycin sulfate.


The method described, used to prepare thin dielectric layers, employs a programmed deposition rate control system based on the frequency variations of a piezoelectric quartz crystal on which a layer is deposited simultaneously with the required coating. The most important parameters of the system are discussed as well as the results achieved with magnesium fluoride and silicon monoxide layers of thicknesses from 1500 A to 3000 A.


Abstract : The homeland security enterprise is still struggling to find a sense of self: the common cause, common language, and common understanding. In effect, the homeland security culture is still elusive. This thesis explores the idea that metaphors can provide a means for conceptualizing, defining, and representing the homeland security enterprise. The use of metaphor encompasses elements of language, philosophy, psychology, and cognition, and therefore how a phenomenon, organization, system, or endeavor is comprehended depends on the metaphors that are applied to aid in that comprehension. To understand what roles metaphors currently play in the homeland security paradigm, a document analysis of seminal and subsequent homeland security writings was conducted in search of the metaphors employed to conceptualize the enterprise. The research found that homeland security metaphors are limited to simple words and/or phrases and no extended metaphors were employed. This thesis advances that metaphors are necessary for the conceptualization of phenomena in general and that there is a need to find and apply alternative and/or additional metaphors to comprehend the homeland security enterprise and culture.


Chapter 1 Geopolitics: A Spatial Science of the Fin de Siecle Chapter 2 From Balance of Power Politics to Geopolitics Chapter 3 Mackinder's Geopolitical Program Chapter 4 Haushofer and the Pursuit of German Geopolitics Chapter 5 Nicholas Spykman and the Creation of an American Geopolitics Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Bibliography: Primary Sources Chapter 8 Bibliography: Secondary Sources Chapter 9 Index


This article introduced the theory of control system on rapid loadout,the distributed control system is composed by using programmable logic controller and through ControlNet fieldbus.The centralized online monitoring and control for the whole loading process is implemented.In addition,by the application of several modern control technology,the traditional control methods is optimized,the accuracy of control is improved.At the same time,the labor is reduced,the quality of product and the security of the production are enhanced.Meanwhile,the operation life of equipment is extended,and excellent economical and social effects are created.


Foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered a strategic policy to reduce unemployment in the host country. Through multinational companies, it is expected to be able to absorb new workers so that they can reduce the unemployment rate. Some studies show that FDI is not only related to capital transfers but also provides several key benefits such as reducing unemployment, transferring technology and managerial capabilities. But the benefits are again questioned, both for developing countries and for developed countries. Some studies have found that FDI can reduce unemployment but other studies have also found different things. So that the interrelationships between foreign direct investment and the unemployment rate are not fully clarified. This study aims to analyze the effect of FDI on the labour market in ASEAN 5. This research focuses on 5 founding countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. This study uses a series of Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) analyzes to analyze the effect of FDI on unemployment rates, both in the long and short term in each ASEAN 5 country. Through the Impulse Response Function (IRF) test in VECM analysis, it can also analyze the impact of FDI shocks on fluctuations in the unemployment rate. The data used is annual data covering the years 1975-2016. The results show that FDI can reduce unemployment in ASEAN 5 countries, but this result is only seen in the long term. While through the IRF it was explained that the results were different in each country.


Formal schooling is a site of cultural socialization where children are taught how to see their world and themselves. As teachers are a primary medium through which this socialization occurs, the present study explores students' perceptions of teachers' care in two schools where a majority of students and teachers differ in cultural heritage. Like many public schools in the nation, students at these schools were predominantly Latin@, while the teachers were mostly white. Students at an elementary school and a high school were interviewed about how teachers communicate care for students. While a majority of elementary students reported that teachers showed care for them by speaking in Spanish, few high school students mentioned this as a way teachers showed care. Older students perceived teachers' care through committed academic support and creation of personal relationships. High school students reported that teachers respected their culture by omitting it from classroom discussion and not using it to discriminate against them. We argue that this conception of teacher's care including restrictive language norms and without mentioning culture suggests that these students have been socialized to perceive learning in schools as a-cultural. The implications of this perspective for students' learning, academic success, and developing identities are discussed.


We report core loss properties of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) with amorphous magnetic materials (AMM) core under inverter and sinusoidal excitations. To discuss the core loss properties of AMM core, a comparison with non-oriented (NO) core is also performed. In addition, based on both experiments and numerical simulations, we estimate higher (time and space) harmonic components of the core losses under inverter and sinusoidal excitations. The core losses of PMSM are reduced by about 59% using AMM stator core instead of NO core under sinusoidal excitation. We show that the average decrease obtained by using AMM instead of NO in the stator core is about 94% in time harmonic components.


Summary This article discusses a small scale research project that investigated how students learn and use English outside the classroom. It was conducted during the 2019–2020 academic year and completed by administering a questionnaire to 47 students enrolled in the B2-level English language course offered at Vytautas Magnus University in the fall semester of 2019. The data were collected through an online survey. The participants were asked to choose the ways which helped them to learn English outside of the classroom and to comment on them based on how useful they were in terms of learning English. The students were also asked to indicate the frequency of such out-of-classroom (OOC) activities, in other words, how often they engage in the chosen OOCs. The results showed that most of the activities that the research participants engaged in outside the classroom were related to popular culture and their free time activities that were fun and entertaining rather than consciously chosen activities with the purpose of learning English. These activities helped to expand vocabulary and listening, but they did not help to practice speaking and writing (productive skills).


This study aims to determine the effect of using worksheets from several publishers IPA Terpadu bookson learning outcomes of studentsin the subject
matter in the class room ecosystem SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi, Kab.
Madina Learning Year 2012/2013. The population in this study were all students of class VII SMP N 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Learning Year 2012/2013,
amounting to 132 students, consisting of four classes. Because the entire
population sampled is then sampled with a total sampling details of the classes do not use worksheets, second grade worksheets using Erlangga, third grade
worksheets using Yudhishthira, and fourth grade worksheets using Tiga
serangkai. Student learning outcomes were measured using a test of 20 questions that have been previously validated. This type of research is quasi-experimental. The results showed value – average student learning outcomes with learning without theuse of LKS is 67,87±13,52, learning to use the worksheets Erlangga 11.89±74.84, learning by using worksheets Yudhishthira 68,78±13,86 while
learning using LKS Tiga serangkai 72,42±13,05. Hypothesis test results showed no effect of the use of worksheets on different publishers books on learning outcomes of students in the subject mattere cosystem in class VII SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Learning Year 2012/2013 and worksheets from the book publishers the most effective in teaching the subject matter in the ecosystem class VII SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi learning Year 2012/2013 is Erlangga to the publisher of the book value average achievement of 74,84±11,89 although no effect in a statistic.


The study aimed at evaluating the effect of supplementing concentrate containing fermented corncob (TTJF) and Zn bio-complex on kacang goat performance. There were 12 kacang does 6-8 months of age with 9,3-15,5 averanging 11,20 kg and CV 13,30%. initial body weight used in the study. Completely randomized design 4 treatment diets offered were: R0 : concentrate feed without fermented corncob + 2,06g Zn bi-complex, R1 : concentrate feed containing TTJF 10% + Zn-Biokomplex 2,06g; R2 : concentrate feed containing TTJF 20% + Zn-Biokomplex 2,06g and R3: concentrate feed containing TTJF 30% + Zn-Biokomplex 2,06g. Data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of all variables measured were : R0 daily body weight gain (52.21g), R1 (66.16g), R2 (46.17g), R3 (42.09g), daily body length gain: R0 (0.17cm), R1 (0.20cm), R2 (0.18cm), R3 (0.14cm), daily girth cycle gain R0 (0.22cm), R1 (0.27cm), R2 (0.23cm), R3 (0.19cm) and daily body height R0 (0.15cm), R1 (0.18cm), R2 (0.15cm), R3 (0.13cm). Statistical analysis shows that the effect of supplementing containing fermented corncob concentrate with Zn bio-complex is not significant (P>0.05) on all performance variables measured. The conclusion is that supplementing containing fermented corncob concentrate up to 30% with Zn bio-complex performs the relative results in kacang does growth performances.
Keywords: kacang goats, corncob, growth, Zn bio-complex


: Low visibility causes haze in images due to fog or dust particles in the atmosphere. The haze causes color distortion and even blurring in the images captured. Machine learning approach has been considered to provide optimized haze removal results to generate higher quality images from where information can be extracted. In this context, machine learning-based random forest regressor algorithm along with post-processing techniques was proposed as a superior solution for de-hazing images and thereby generating higher quality images in comparison to other direct de-hazing methods.


The main purpose of the article is to substantiate the restrictive content of a sustainable development concept and to show how it is implemented in the theoretical foundations of the agriculture. Today, the initial restrictive content of the concept has changed beyond recognition in a continued large-scale consumption of natural resources. Consequently, the very concept of sustainability requires clarification. It is necessary to look for its signs in natural ecosystems, where the main indicator is life itself, maintained by the biosphere in a state of stable dynamic equilibrium. Introducing monoculture, people deliberately impoverish biodiversity in agroecosystems, by transforming natural into agro-landscapes. Adaptive technologies could be the means to achieve a stable balance. In that case, the mechanisms of matter-energy metabolism in agroecosystems will be closer to the biosphere. The article lays out a set of measures through which the use of nature can be closer to general scientific ideas of sustainability.


In order to improve the machining accuracy of Roots blower,a method based on error compensation in NC program is introduced to solve the lack of planer rigidity.Then taking 3L5 mode roots blower for example,the procedure of average circle fitting involute curve is described in detail.On the/this foundation,the error area is shifted to execute secondary correction for ensuring the final machining accuracy.The application proves the method is a feasible way to machine high quality rotors for economic CNC planner.


The article is devoted to the greatest ideologist of PanSyrianism —  Antun Sa'adeh (1904–1949). The author considers Sa'ade's biography, political activity, and ideological principles of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) which he created. The party SSNP expressed the resurgence of the revival of the Syrian nation and the creation of a single state on the lands of the Graceful Crescent. The doctrine of PanSyrianism is one of the most interesting examples of Middle Eastern nationalist ideologies, which largely determined the political development of the region in the 20th century.


Currently, noise control aims to optimise the psychoacoustic characteristics of aircraft interior noise to improve comfort and security during a flight. This study investigates the influence of transmission loss of aircraft panels on the sound quality of the cabin. We established an
 aircraft cabin acoustic model based on the statistical energy analysis method. The psychoacoustic parameters (i.e., loudness, sharpness, roughness, psychoacoustic annoyance, and articulation index) were simulated with the varying thickness of the aluminium alloy layer. Results showed that
 loudness and roughness significantly reduced, whereas sharpness increased with increasing thickness. The noise annoyance also declined as the thickness increased. However, the articulation index appeared a sudden drop when the thickness increased.


In the late 1990s, powerful economic forces led to the adoption of commodity desktop processors in high-performance computing. This transformation has been so effective that the June 2013 TOP500 list is still dominated by x86. In 2013, the largest commodity market in computing is not PCs or servers, but mobile computing, comprising smartphones and tablets, most of which are built with ARM-based SoCs. This leads to the suggestion that once mobile SoCs deliver sufficient performance, mobile SoCs can help reduce the cost of HPC. This paper addresses this question in detail. We analyze the trend in mobile SoC performance, comparing it with the similar trend in the 1990s. We also present our experience evaluating performance and efficiency of mobile SoCs, deploying a cluster and evaluating the network and scalability of production applications. In summary, we give a first answer as to whether mobile SoCs are ready for HPC.


The emergence of cloud computing in big data era has exerted a substantial impact on our daily lives. The conventional reliability-aware workflow scheduling (RWS) is capable of improving or maintaining system reliability by fault tolerance techniques such as replication and checkpointing based recovery. However, the fault tolerant techniques used in RWS would inevitably result in higher system energy consumption, longer execution time, and worse thermal profiles that would in turn lead to a decreased hardware lifespan. To mitigate the lifetime-energy-makespan issues of RWS in cloud computing systems for big data, we propose a novel methodology that decomposes the complicated studied problem. In this methodology, we provide three procedures to solve the energy consumption, execution makespan, and hardware lifespan issues in cloud systems executing real-time workflow applications. We implement numerous simulation experiments to validate the proposed methodology for RWS. Simulation results clearly show that the proposed RWS strategies outperform comparative approaches in reducing energy consumption, shortening execution makespan, and prolonging system lifespan while maintaining high reliability. The improvements on energy saving, reduction on makespan, and increase in lifespan can be up to 23.8%, 18.6%, and 69.2%, respectively. Results also show the potentiality of the proposed method to develop a distributed analysis system for big data that serves satellite signal processing, earthquake early warning, and so on.


Abstract The marking of arguments is semantically oriented in Georgian. The basic concept of the argument marking is the activity hierarchy of the arguments. The opposition active/inactive underlies the distinction of the two patterns of Georgian person markers and governs all specific rules of the distribution of their allomorphs. Syntactic function plays almost no role in the morphological marking of arguments. Three TAM Series of Georgian verb system distinguish different types of argument marking. The problem of the diachronic relationship between the constructions of different Series is discussed in the paper from the viewpoint of the theory of markedness and the hierarchy of the parts of the clause.


Through the analysis on the actuality of usable water resource in the Pishihang Irrigation Area,this article tries to figure out the solution to sustainable usage from five aspects:enhancing the protection of water resource and soil,quickening the construction of relative project,generalizing the technique of water-saving irrigation,strengthening the management of construction in the Irrigation Area and adding projects in the fountainhead.


This paper presents a kinematic analysis and simulation of a hybrid structure applied to the new design cable-suspended feed structure (CSFS) for the next generation of large spherical radio telescopes. First, considering the requirement that feeds should be tilted from 40° to 60° and that the tracking precision in steady state is 4mm, a novel design of the feed supporting structure including a cable-cabin structure, an AB axis structure and a Stewart platform is performed. Next, kinematic analysis and the simulation of the CSFS are done. Simulations have been developed in combination with the 50m CSFS model, which demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed three-level cable-suspended feed system.


After present study evaluation of 2000 undergraduates and teachers in Central South University using questionnaire,the collected data are analyzed detailedly,and suggestions on emending present study evaluation of undergraduates in Central South University are made,i.e.establishing tropism of study evaluation based on aim of undergraduate development,implementing dynamic evaluation and process evaluation,adopting diversified manner of(evaluation,)giving prominence to main status of undergraduates,increasing social evaluation,applying information measures to evaluation.


For most parts of human history, death was an integral part of life, something that prehistoric and premodern man had no other option than to live with as best as possible. According to historians, death was familiar and tamed, it was at the center of social and cultural life. With the coming of modern secular society, death was increasingly sequestrated and tabooed, moved to the outskirts of society, made invisible and forbidden. Death became a stranger, and the prevalent attitude towards death was that of alienation. At the threshold of the 21st century, the topic of death again began to attract attention, becoming part of a revived death attitude described as 'Spectacular Death'. In the article, the authors diagnose, analyze, and discuss the impact of the return of death during the current 'Corona Crisis', arguing that despite the fact that the concern with death is at the very core of the management of the crisis, death as such remains largely invisible. In order to provide such a diagnosis of the times, the authors initially revisit the prevailing death attitudes in the Western world from the Middle Ages to the present day.


In order to constrain the metamorphic evolution of deeply subducted impure marble from the Kokchetav massif, we investigated mineral inclusions in zircon, which is known to protect ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) phases from late-stage overprinting. Consequently, diamond, coesite, diopside, garnet, phlogopite, calcite, dolomite, graphite and apatite were identified as inclusion in the zircons. Silica phases were absent in the matrix, indicating they were completely consumed by the following prograde reaction: \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(Dolomite\ {+}\ 2\ SiO\_{2}\ =\ Diopside\ {+}\ 2\ CO\_{2}\) \end{document}.

The relict of coesite inclusions in zircon indicates that prograde P-T trajectory crossed cut the quartz-coesite transition before the decarbonate reaction. Matrix diopsides contain abundant exsolved phengite lamellae, whereas the exsolution is absent in the inclusions in zircon. The diopside inclusions contain higher amounts of K2O (up to 0.56 wt%) and CaEskola component (up to 3.5 mol%) than those of the matrix (0.14 wt% and 2.1 mol%, respectively). Thus, phengite exsolution occurs in matrix pyroxene with low K2O and CaEskola components compared to inclusions in zircon. This observation indicates that decreasing K2O and CaEskola components during decompression resulted in the phengite exsolution in diopside. A trace of hydroxyl in phengite needles was perhaps initially incorporated within the precursor clinopyroxene under high-pressure conditions. The peak metamorphic P-T conditions of the impure marble are estimated to 60-80 kbar and 960-1050°C, derived from K2O solubility in diopside buffered by phlogopite and from the garnet-clinopyroxene geothermometer.


Simplification is analyzed in regards to content analysis methods of television archives, derived from various factors such as the restructuring of the documentary-making organization changes to human and economic resources and the acquisition of content analysis description from creative companies such as producers, audiovisual and news agencies. Both factors, symbiotically, have changed documentary description by removing the thematic description, geographic and onomastic content as well as terminology and documentary control by means of the tools of documentary language. These changes result in serious problems for standardization and recovery, which do not seem to be solved by automatic identification techniques for audiovisual content (biometric tools).


This thesis explores, from a critical perspective, how a Spanish political party, Partido Popular, builds its discourse on immigration. In particular, this study presents how the members of this political party socially represent migrants and how they legitimize and justify their policies, opinions and attitudes towards immigration. In the same way, this paper studies how ideology shapes and determines their political discourse. The aim of these analyses is to offer the necessary tools to assess the role of this party in the formation of opinions and attitudes in Spanish society towards immigration. In order to do so, we will develop a discourse analysis which will focus on semantic macrostrategies, lexical-semantic microstrategies and rhetoric-argumentative microstrategies which emanate from Partido Popular's discourse on immigration. The results will show that the political discourse of this party projects several prejudices and stereotypes, by means of a highly manipulative discourse determined by Partido Popular's ideology and interests.


A Vertical seismic isolation system using disk spring is designed.The experiment is conducted in dynamic character and it is analyzed using the time-history analysis method.The maximum acceleration and the displacement response between story and story are provided.The differences between the isolated building and the non-isolated building are discussed.It is proven that the disk spring device can work efficiently in vertical seismic isolation.