The concept of assigning special treatment to valued areas is part of the human psyche, particularly with regard to landscape matters (Gold and Burgess, 1982). Its roots in Britain can be traced back to the nineteenth century with the emergence of the Romantic Movement and writers such as Shelley and Wordsworth (Pepper, 1996). The British experience of landscape planning stems from a series of reports commissioned during the 1930s and 1940s which enabled three pieces of primary, post-war legislation-the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, the Agriculture Act 1947 and the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (Cullingworth and Nadin, 1997). The outcomes of these Acts were instrumental in the creation of two separate forms of countryside planning-resource planning and development control planning (Curry, 1992). While resource planning involving agriculture and forestry was largely exempt from many planning restrictions, development control was exercised over all other activities, primarily to protect the countryside from inappropriate development. Curry and Owen (1996) have argued that this led to a 'no development' ethic for the countryside and fostered the neglect of countryside issues in planning circles. Indeed, this is evident within contemporary Planning Policy Guidance (DOE, 1992; Welsh Office, 1999).Such a narrow focus on rural planning resulted in a countryside substantially dependent on agriculture, with a growing number of protected landscape designations reinforcing policies of restraint in the open countryside (Owen, 1994). According to some commentators this approach devalued the very landscapes they were designed to protect. As Bowen-Rees (1995, 41) lamented, 'so great a proportion of Wales is protected that the coinage of designation has already been debased'.This research critically questions the use of non-statutory designations with specific reference to special landscape areas (SLAs).1 Drawing on previous work assessing landscape designations, SLAs are analysed within the Ceredigion local authority area to examine their impact and role using development control data.Methodological issues in development control studiesDuring the 1970s and 1980s a variety of studies examined the operation of statutory landscape designations in the town and country planning system. Development control data were analysed and compared with similar undesignated countryside (Gregory, 1971 [Green Belts]; Anderson, 1981 [AONBs]; Brotherton, 1982 [National Parks]). These studies revealed important findings about the value of landscape designations. Gregory's (1971) Green Belt and Brotherton's National Park studies found that decisions closely followed the restrictive policies of the designation with a larger number of planning refusals. However, the case of AONBs was far less clear cut. Researchers cited in Curry and McNab's (1986) review revealed diverging trends, with Blacksell and Gilg (1977) finding more refusals outside the AONB than within it. Conversely, Anderson's (1981) results found the reverse picture to this trend. Such studies serve to remind the reader that particular case studies have limited applicability and demand special caution in their interpretation, since planning decisions are not made in a vacuum and are derived from a unique set of circumstances (Gilg and Kelly, 1996). Moreover, evaluations of planning designations using such data are fraught with methodological issues and problems (Brotherton, 1982; Curry and McNab, 1986; Preece, 1990; Sellgren, 1990).While it is the view of some researchers that the total number of applications gives a reliable measure of development pressure, the possibility exists that developers may enter into preliminary, informal negotiations with planning authorities or other specialist advisors prior to application, or not even apply at all in areas perceived as 'no win'. Accordingly, a low refusal rate may not signify that the designation is failing (McNamara and Healey, 1984; Curry and McNab, 1986). …


Abstract A few core collapse supernovae progenitors have been found to be yellow or blue supergiants. Weshall discuss possible scenarios involving single and close binary evolution allowing to explain this kind of corecollapse supernova progenitors. According to stellar models for both single and close binaries, blue supergiants, at theend of their nuclear lifetimes and thus progenitors of core collapse supernovae, present very different characteristicsfor what concerns their surface compositions, rotational surface velocities and pulsational properties with respect toblue supergiants in their core helium burning phase. We discuss how the small observed scatter of the flux-weightedgravity-luminosity (FWGL) relation of blue supergiants constrains the evolution of massive stars after the Main-Sequence phase and the nature of the progenitors of supernovae in the mass range between 12 and 40 solarmasses. The present day observed surface abundances of blue supergiants, of their pulsational properties, as well asthe small scatter of the FWGL relation provide strong constraints on both internal mixing and mass loss in massivestars and therefore on the end point of their evolution.


Many educators and parents remain unaware of the value of music and the arts beyond obvious, natural entertainment contexts and find it easy to devalue music and arts programing. This article presents a concise review of significant research that demonstrates strong correlations between the study of music and arts as academic disciplines that improve the development of literacy, language, and math skills while also providing a natural link to improved social and emotional competencies. The material is presented to better inform and aid general music specialist efforts to share the academic value of music for students while highlighting distinct contributions to improved emotional, intellectual, and social areas of cognition that other academic disciplines may not achieve as effectively.


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Lysozyme, acts as a natural "drug," plays crucial role in the innate immune system. Sensitive detection of lysozyme in saliva, serum, and urine has considerable clinical importance. We report a fluorometric "turn-on" strategy for the highly sensitive detection of lysozyme based on a graphene oxide/ssDNA assembly. The anti-lysozyme DNA aptamer labeled with fluorescein (FAM) was used as a probe to recognize target and transduce fluorescence signal. Graphene oxide (GO) was used as an efficient nanoquencher to turn off the fluorescence of FAM. In the absence of target, the FAM-labeled aptamer adsorbs on the surface of GO via weak <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi $ </tex-math></inline-formula>–<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi $ </tex-math></inline-formula> stacking interactions. However, in the presence of target, a turn-on fluorescence signal was observed due to the specific binding of aptamer and lysozyme followed by a subsequent separation from the surface of GO. Compared to the previously reported fluorometric turn-on methods for lysozyme, we obtained the highest sensitivity, and the limit of detection for lysozyme in saliva was estimated to be as low as 21.8 pM. Moreover, the method is convenient and rapid, because there is no need for amplification, washing, and extra procedure of bioconjugation.


The present invention discloses a method for preparing a hydrogenation catalyst, comprising: (1) Production of catalyst carrier; (2) the active ingredient is formulated hydrogenating metal compound-containing solution, the active ingredient hydrogenation Group VIB and VIII metal compound is a or more species, wherein the compound employed VIB metal oxide or acidic ammonium salts, VIII metal compound was soluble halide; (3) step (2) was impregnated metal compound prepared in step (1) carrier material after immersion of dried, and then adjust the properties, and finally drying and calcining to obtain catalyst product. The method of the present invention can solve the problem intractable contaminant emissions in the production process of a hydrogenation catalyst, and the catalyst performance is further improved.


A holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal Bragg grating with a diffraction efficiency of 80% is reported. It showed good electro‐optical properties and fast response time. The threshold electric field was about 2.3 V/μm and the switching electric field was 27.3 V/μm. The contrast ratio obtained was about 21.7 dB. The rising and falling time obtained were 84 μs and 164 μs, respectively. The falling time depended on the driving voltage, which was explained by the shielding effect due to charge migration.


Detached-eddy simulation of transonic flow past a thin section of a fan blade has been carried out. The inflow Mach number is 1.03, and a bow shock forms upstream of the blade. The shock (corresponding to an adjacent blade) impinges on the suction-side boundary layer which causes separation and rapid transition to turbulence. The boundary layer later re-attaches near the trailing edge. The pressure-side boundary layer transitions near the leading edge and remains attached. Mean surface pressure shows basic agreement with a steady RANS calculation; strong shock motion in the DES is the major cause of discrepancy. Surface pressure spectra are investigated, and low-frequency two-dimensional disturbances associated with the shock motion are dominant. Removing the two-dimensional component from the spectra, the pressure-side three-dimensional spectra reproduce the spectral shape given by a correlation for flat-plate boundary layer wall-pressure spectra developed by Goody. 1 The suction-side disturbances produce similar high- and intermediate-frequency scalings despite substantially different boundary layer development. Near-wake results show that disturbance kinetic energy peaks at the suction-side inflection point of the mean profile, and that the energy is concentrated at low frequencies relative to the near-trailing edge surface pressure.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between job satisfaction, interpersonal trust, intrinsic motivation and job‐related tension in this non‐Western context. And to establish whether there is evidence of similarity in the nature of the relationships between these variables and those found in Western contexts.Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from different employees who are working in deterrent organizations in Egypt (N=140). Reliability test is computed for the measures used in the research. Descriptive statistics, inter‐correlations and regression analysis are computed for the variables used in this research to test the research hypothesis.Findings – The findings indicate that employees are satisfied, intrinsically motivated, trust their peers and managers and suffer from relatively low levels of job tension. The significant predictors of job satisfaction are intrinsic motivation, confidence in the competence of management and the lack of work‐related tensio...


The invention relates to a plastic surface treatment technique which comprises the following steps: plastic degreasing, plastic swelling, plastic surface coarsening, primary grit blasting, spraying treatment, hole sealing treatment, secondary grit blasting (carrying out grit blasting on the plastic surface by using a high-pressure spray gun and a sand material), and water washing and drying. The treatment technique is simple, shortens the treatment time, and enhances the high-temperature oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance of the plastic; and the plastic has higher surface smoothness and is beautiful.


With the development of economy and population swelling,water resources is becoming more and more shortage.Baoding is located in north China where is serious water shortage,and water resource is scarce,therefore water saving is imminent in Baoding.Taking universities in Baoding as the research objects,using questionnaire survey method,interview method and brainstorming and related research methods,the water usage and water saving status quo in colleges and universities of Baoding City were summed up,and on this basis,the corresponding` water saving measures were proposed,IC card differential consumption for universities students was implemented and water trading platform was established,in order to plays a positive effect on the water saving in colleges and universities,form good water saving fashion in society,and achieve the objective of the consciousness of water saving.


The importance of proverbs in enhancing the students' mastery of a language is well documented.Over time, video-mediated-instructions have boosted students' academic achievement and attitudes when compared with other methods. In Kenya, there is poor achievement by students in Kiswahili proverbs at the KCSE examinations due to the negative attitude towards proverbs instruction that are not motivating. In this paper, the authors review the literature on video-mediated-instructions drawn since 1990. The authors also review literature on how video-mediated-instructions affect students' achievement, attitudes and motivation in learning. The author also discusses how Kiswahili proverbs are taught in Kenya. Although video-mediated-instructions affect students' achievement, attitude and motivation, no studies capture its effect on Kiswahili proverbs teaching. Therefore, this review identifies a gap for future research to find out if the future of teaching Kiswahili proverbs in Kenya lies in video-mediated-instructions. Keywords: video, teaching, Kiswahili proverbs, achievement, attitudes, motivation . [1] Ph D Student Educational Technology  Kabarak University. 2Lecturer, School of Theology, Education and Arts Kabarak University


Teaching young people about artificial intelligence (A.I.) is recognized globally as an important education effort by organizations and programs such as UNICEF, OECD, Elements of A.I., and AI4K12. A common theme among K-12 A.I. education programs is teaching how A.I. can impact society in both positive and negative ways. We present an effective tool that teaches young people about the societal impact of A.I. that goes one step further: empowering K-12 students to use tools and frameworks to create socially responsible A.I. The computational action process is a curriculum and toolkit that gives students the lessons and tools to evaluate positive and negative impacts of A.I. and consider how they can create beneficial solutions that involve A.I. and computing technology. In a human-subject research study, 101 U.S. and international students between ages 9 and 18 participated in a one-day workshop to learn and practice the computational action process. Pre-post questionnaires measured on the Likert scale students' perception of A.I. in society and students' desire to use A.I. in their projects. Analysis of the results shows that students who identified as female agreed more strongly with having a concern about the impacts of A.I. than those who identified as male. Students also wrote open-ended responses to questions about what socially responsible technology means to them pre- and post-study. Analysis shows that post-intervention, students were more aware of ethical considerations and what tools they can use to code A.I. responsibly. In addition, students engaged actively with tools in the computational action toolkit, specifically the novel impact matrix, to describe the positive and negative impacts of A.I. technologies like facial recognition. Students demonstrated breadth and depth of discussion of various A.I. technologies' far-reaching positive and negative impacts. These promising results indicate that the computational action process can be a helpful addition to A.I. education programs in furnishing tools for students to analyze the effects of A.I. on society and plan how they can create and use socially responsible A.I.


In the article, the authors offer an educational model of training for teams of young professionals in engineering and technical specialities with the realisation of the project-oriented approach in their training based on the Industry 4.0 concept. The project-oriented approach allows future specialists of enterprises to adapt to changing modern technologies quicker and more successfully. The article deals with the process of transformation of the concept of engineering training, with the purpose of creating prerequisites for the formation of a fundamentally new approach to engineering education, the current challenges of the global market today and in demand for enterprises in the future. Project-oriented modules implemented within the framework of the CNC-Center project-production workshop as a possible alternative for the corresponding modules of the traditional educational program are provided, which allow completely to excluding the threshold level of competence formation. As the main educational technology is project training. The main carrier of the transformation of educational process is project activities and practical training. Keywords—modeling, project work, Industry 4.0, foresight technologies, look into the future


Video recording of Sally Lloyd-Jones accepting the 2014 Rodda Award from the Church and Synagogue Library Association for her book Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing. The video was made in lieu of Lloyd-Jones attending the luncheon in Portland, Oregon at CSLA's 47th annual meeting where the award was officially announced. The first part of the video is a book trailer for Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing, which features illustrations from the book accompanied by an orchestral score. At the 1:25 mark, the video transitions to an image of Lloyd-Jones speaking while sitting and looking directly into the camera. Lloyd-Jones thanks the CSLA for the award, shares her inspiration for her book, and reads an excerpt.


fever, ulcerations, boils, and eruptions; then follow bowel complaints, chronic dysentery, and diarrhcea; and, lastly, feversthe typhoid and typhus. This sequence obtains, because hardships in diet disorder the bowels; and this disorder is comprised in the terms diarrhcea and dysentery. The anatomical lesions of chronic diarrhaea and dysentery occasion typhoid fever; and typhoid fever may beget the poison of typhus. Our own ex. perience accords with the conclusion that the typhoid poison -will sometimes beget fever in the healthy attendants on the sick. Let us examine how far the facts observed in puerperal fever bear out the validity of our argument in this respect.


It can be particularly difficult to provide students with meaningful laboratory exposures to kinetic and thermodynamic phenomena in solid-state materials in the context of a single quarter or semester course. This paper describes the development and use of a thermo-mechanical simulation device, and its use in a laboratory experience to improve undergraduate students understanding of complex thermodynamic and kinetic issues in a timely fashion. Laboratory procedure for the experiment is described in detail. The laboratory allows students to observe, directly and synchronously, changes in the structure and mechanical properties of materials as a function of temperature, load and strain rate. Students are able to observe materials in the dynamic and non-equilibrium environments encountered in actual service and processing conditions, rather than in the equilibrium or otherwise artificial contexts discussed in the classroom or specially created in the laboratory. The paper discusses the exceptionally positive impact that this immediacy has an on student learning. The laboratory discussed presents theory and application in a linked fashion. They are presented at a crucial stage in student development, kindling latent interest in some students and fanning smoldering interest in others. The course underpins deeper student exploration and provides an excellent segue to a number of other courses.


Background:  Sclerosing cutaneous neoplasms often represent a diagnostic challenge. The monoclonal antibody Ber‐EP4 recognizes two glycopolypeptides found in most human epithelial cells. It is diagnostically highly reliable in the differentiation between basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. In this study, we report its application in the differential diagnosis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma and basal cell carcinoma.


This special issue was motivated by the quality of the works presented at the conference and by the increasing proliferation of service-oriented systems in our society such as e-governance, e-health and e-commerce systems. We believe that the contributions in this volume provide a valuable example of current research in this area. We also believe that the published works will contribute to the main aims of the SOAP track, that is to transform Service-Oriented Programming (SOP) into a mature discipline with both solid scientific foundations and mature software engineering development methodologies supported by dedicated tools.


In Television Scales, Nick Salvato performs an eccentric (his word) version of television studies through a reckoning with anthropologist Marilyn Strathern's writing. This, at least, is how Salvato describes the project.1 In the introduction, Salvato proposes that "the central, unresolved, and finally irresolvable challenges for television studies are indeed scalar ones: how to approach the vast archive of historical television materials, how to reckon with the staggering rate and volume of contemporary televisual output, and, most important, how to decide on a sound negotiation of the many different scales at which one may investigate the ontologically dense and variegated field that is 'television.'"2 Salvato offers Strathern's work, especially her 1991 monograph Partial Connections, as a productive approach to scalar complexity, highlighting Strathern's understanding of objects of analysis and their analytic frames as irreducibly complex and "partial connection" as a way to navigate the complexity.3 "For television studies," Salvato writes, "the implications of such work of Strathern's are thrilling. What could it mean to find, through a Strathernian approach, a rigorous, responsible— yet adventurous, weird— method through which not to compare but to connect items and, in so doing, to shortcircuit the conservative or boring uses to which the standard television taxonomies may tend?"4 In chapter 1, "Strathern (in) Television," Salvato carefully glosses her work, with particular emphasis on aspects of Strathern's writing that address


As is known, GaP is a kind of semiconductors with a wide, indirect gap and is one ofthe dominant materials for fabrication of green luminescence emission diode. It is inevita-ble to form iron impurities in growing the single crystal of GaP. This causes difficulties inimproving the efficiency of the luminesence devices. Undoubtedly, it is very important in


This research aims to examine the effect of religious music-based group counseling to develop the meaningfulness of teenagers' life. The single-subject design was used to obtain data from 40 teenagers, divided into four groups. Furthermore, a religious music-based Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) counseling intervention was administered on each group with a leader and co-leader. Data were collected by determining the scale of meaningfulness of life for oneself that had been tested for validity and reliability. It was also analyzed using the ANOVA repeated measures and SPSS. The results showed that REBT counseling based on religious music influences the development of meaningfulness of teenagers' life, which is higher in women.


Modern product design pays more attention to the manifestation of culture identity. Walking the road that reflect the enterprise cul ture and make clear product identity has been widely recognized. In the early stage of product development , design research for enterprise culture is necessary. The article aims at enterprise culture, discusses the purpose, content and principle of its design research, and explains the importance.


Miniature pressure transducers with diffused, heavily doped silicon strain-gage sensor elements, operates over a wide temperature range. Small thermal mass combined with close coupling between a metallic diaphragm and sensor elements minimizes sensitivity to temperature transients.


This study focused on fire detection factors by confirming the adaptation level of fire detection due to black smoke generated in the case of polyurethane foam fire, and it compared and analyzed the change in combustion products. An experiment was conducted to derive fire detection factors using the UL 268 polyurethane foam real fire test standard. Combustion products were measured using a particulate matter sensor (PMS), combustion gas analyzer (CGA), and gas analyzer (GA). As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that the adaptability of the existing fire detector deteriorated when black smoke was generated. The fire detection factor was derived using the measured values of combustion products. In particular, among the measured factors, the most adaptable combustion products were found to be PM 2.5, PM 10, NO, and CO. They were considered to improve reliability when used as fire detection factors, as compared to existing fire detectors.


This study examines the role of Late-Night Television shows (LNTV) play in the United States and their contributed towards the political polarization society. The study used qualitative content analyses to generate theme emerging from 87 questionnaires that collected from an online survey conducted with 23 LNTV show hosts in the United States. The findings indicate that many LNTVS hosts have a partisan affiliation that they contagiously infuse into their audience. On the other hand, the findings indicate that LNTV hosts have less freedom to create their own content, therefore, providing less ethnical consideration for their audience. Most of all, the findings indicate that LNTV shows rank politics as providing most newsworthy content than any criteria.


Hydraulic model test was carried out to study the velocity distribution behind the trashrack in lateral intake/outlet of a typical pumped storage power station. It is found that not only the trashrack but also the arrangement of the dividing piers as well as the configuration of transition section may significantly affect the velocity distribution.The incorrect arrangement of dividing piers and insufficient length of the transitional section are the major factors forming the disadvantageous velocity distribution in the intake/outlet.An improved scheme including the reasonable length of dividing pier and optimal slope of the floor in transition section is suggested.The effectiveness of the improved scheme is verified by experimental result.


Polarimetric correlation pattern has been proposed and utilized for polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) ship detection in this paper. The core idea of polarimetric correlation pattern is to extend the polarimetric correlation of two arbitrary polarization channels at a fixed rotation angle to the rotation domain. Based on the target-to-clutter ratio (TCR) analysis, four features derived from the polarimetric correlation pattern with high TCR are selected. PolSAR ship detection schemes are proposed thereafter, which mainly contain three steps: features selection with high TCR, thresholding procedure, and morphological filtering. Experimental studies with Radarsat-2 data validate the advantages of the proposed detection schemes.


1. The dose dependence of the cholinergic agonist acetylcholine (ACh) and the beta‐adrenergic agonist isoprenaline (Iso) were determined for the hyperpolarization‐activated current (If) and the L‐type Ca2+ current (ICa,L) in single cells isolated from the rabbit sino‐atrial (SA) node. 2. ACh inhibited If by a negative shift of its activation curve with a maximal effect of ‐9.9 mV; half‐maximal effect was produced by 0.019 microM ACh. High ACh concentrations were required to inhibit ICa,L only partially (31% inhibition at 300 microM). 3. In contrast, If and ICa,L responded to Iso over a similar dose range, with concentrations for half‐maximal enhancement of 0.0136 and 0.0070 microM, respectively. 4. The effects on spontaneous activity of ACh (range 0.001‐0.03 microM) and Iso (range 0.001‐1 microM) were investigated. ACh decreased the slope of diastolic depolarization at concentrations similar to those inhibiting If (> 50% at 0.03 microM). Iso enhanced diastolic depolarization at concentrations similar to those affecting both If and ICa,L (half‐maximal effect at 0.027 microM). 5. In a ramp‐clamp protocol simulating diastolic depolarization, the threshold for activation of inward nifedipine‐sensitive current was ‐41.22 +/‐ 0.68 mV. Although enhancing ICa,L, Iso did not affect this threshold. 6. Half‐maximal ACh concentrations for inhibition of automaticity and If are similar and are lower than the threshold concentrations for modulation of ICa,L; this argues against a role of ICa,L in direct muscarinic modulation of pacemaking. In contrast, modulation of If, ICa,L and automaticity occur at similar Iso concentrations. The difference between maximum diastolic potential (‐61.95 +/‐ 0.93 mV) and the threshold for Iso‐stimulated ICa,L (‐39.54 +/‐ 1.03 mV) suggests that this current plays a role only at later stages of diastolic depolarization.


(2019). Teaching Elephantine to Theological Students: A Round-Table. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 277-297.


The tower-line system disconnection impact causes a huge longitudinal imbalance load of UHV transmission lines.In order to study the disconnection impact load effects,the equivalent conductor model of the tower-line system is first established through initial form-finding,and then the mechanical characteristics of the conductor break is analyzed to establish the disconnection dynamic simulation model.On this basis,the transient dynamic numerical simulation is carried out with the ANSYS software for the conductor vibration of tower-line system disconnection impact,so as to analyze the dynamic characteristics of the conductor vibration from the time and frequency domain.The results show thatthe impact effect of the conductor break is significant and the impact energy is mainly focused on high-order vertical vibration.


Polycrystalline diamond films are prepared on Si substrates with various growth times by means of hot-filament chemical vapor deposition. Phosphorus atoms are doped as donor impurities. Field emission characteristics of diamond films are measured. Neither the film thickness nor the surface roughness has any influence on the field emission characteristics. The experimental results suggest internal electron emission from the Si substrate into the conduction band of the diamond. Moreover, it is found that the electron emission from diamond grains occurs at a lower electric field in comparison with that from diamond films.


THE CITY OF TABUK is situated in the far northwest corner of the quadrangular Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is about 2500 m above sea level and located in a tiat, savannah-like region with a Mediterranean climate. The town is dry, with airconditioned houses, upholstered with soft, padded furniture, creating a habitat favorable to mites. The inhabitants have come to associate living in this area with complaints of "allergy", locally called "hasaseyah". Allergic diseases, such as bronchial asthma and atopic eczema, take a —————^——'——^ heavy toll of the Determination of IgE health and economic ., J. , 1 status of any counantibodies to house-dust ^^^ ^^^ /^^^ ^^ mites may be of


DOI: 10.38035/DIJEFA Abstract: This study examines and analyzes the effect of Economics Value Added (EVA) on the price to book value mediated by institutional ownership in retail sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The object of this study is the sector of retail with shares of sharia when listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) period 2015-2019. In order to achieve the goals and objectives, the company increases it's value by increasing shareholders. Improving the walfare on shareholders can be done through investment and financial policies, and is reflected in share price in the capital market. The higher the share price, the better the owner's walfare, and the company's value will also increase. The population of this research is the retail companies as many as 27 companies when the sample is 12 company's by using a purposive sampling method met criteria for the sample. The data is further analyzed using SmartPLS Vs.3.2.9 by looking at the result of descriptive analysis, coefficient path, and path analysis. The result of the study showed that Economic Value Added (EVA) has a negative and significant effect to Price to Book Value (PBV), the Economic Value Added (EVA) has a negative and not significant effect to institutional ownership, the institutional ownership has a negative and significant effect to Price to Book Value (PBV), in addition institutional ownership does not mediate the relationship between Economic Value Added (EVA) and Price to Book Value (PBV).


With the rapid advances in safe, flexible, and even stretchable electronic products, it is important to develop matching energy storage devices to more effectively power them. However, the use of conventional liquid electrolytes produces volatilization and leakage that are dangerous and requires strict packaging layers that are typically rigid. To this end, solid electrolytes that can overcome these problems have attracted increasing attention in recent decades. In this review article, three main types of solid electrolytes (i.e., inorganic, polymer, and composite electrolytes) are first described and compared in terms of their structures and properties. The advantages of solid electrolytes to make safe, flexible, stretchable, wearable, and self‐healing energy storage devices, including supercapacitors and batteries, are then discussed. The remaining challenges and possible directions are finally summarized to highlight future development in this field.


Considering the crisis in the frontier,the Republic of China began to list the frontier issues high on its policy agenda.The Nanjing government decreed that institutions of frontier research should be established,the recruited experts of whom were to conduct researches on the ethnic groups for policy making,and thus in Guizhou the Society of Bianbao(frontier minority nationalities) Culture Research was set up in 1945.The Society was fruitful in the researches on ethnic groups,related propaganda and reform,and particularly their achievements in ethnic investigations are outstanding.This paper is a complete study of the Society using historical records.


PURPOSE: A backbone pulling apparatus is provided to increase pressurization traction force fixed on a user's waist by applying a traction treatment, and to attach to a chair for a practical backbone correction and long-term backbone treatment. CONSTITUTION: A backbone pulling apparatus comprises: a pressurizing belt part (10) surrounding a user's backbone area by a connection means equipped on both end parts; and a guide roller equipped on both sides of the rear part of the pressurizing belt. The lower end part is fixed on both ends of the pressurizing belt part. A drawing means (14) is connected with an upper end supporting body of a chair by being extended upward via the guide roller. The drawing means has repelling force of restitution equipped to tow the pressurizing belt part by extending.


The central proposals of the Advisory Committee on Civil Procedure cover five areas: the use of affidavits in the support of pleas; witness lists; document lists; alternative pleas; and a redefinition of causes of action. I have reservations about the Committee's proposals both on grounds of principle and on specific grounds. (a) The committee's proposals assume that a substantial number of the judicial system's deficiencies are a result of faulty rules of civil procedure. These faults allow litigants to play games of "hide-and-seek" and to conceal the truth, and they hinder an examination of the issues actually in dispute. The committee's approach is a very naive one; in reality, efficient judges who make proper use of the existing rules have no difficulty in conducting a proper hearing of the disputes brought before them.


One-atmosphere melting experiments conducted on lavas recovered from Site 917 on the southeast Greenland Margin define the liquid line of descent for primitive basalts for the continental volcanic succession. The most primitive aphyric lav a from the Lower Series, with 9.1 wt% MgO, defines the crystallization sequence of olivine (1247 ± 5°C), plagioclase (1219 ± 5°C), followed by augite (1182 ± 5°C). A sample from the Upper Series with 10.7 wt% MgO shows a similar crystallization order with plagioclase and olivine appearing at 1228 ± 5°C and augite crystallizing at 1182 ± 5°C. The liquid lines of descent are in close agreement with the compositional relationships for the primitive members of the Lower and Upper Series and the oceanic succession drilled at Sites 915 and 918, but contrast sharply with those of differentiated lavas from the Middle Series of Site 917 modified by crustal contamination. Some differentiated lavas from the Lower Series indicate excessive olivine fractionation due to suppressed plagioclase crystallization at elevated f H2O. Consideration of Fe-Mg exchange equilibrium for highMgO aphyric lavas and picrites recovered at Site 917 confirms the accumulative nature of the picrites and is used to calculate melts in equilibrium with typical mantle source. We show that major element compositions for these calculated primary melts (15-18 wt% MgO) are consistent with previous estimates for rifted margin basalts in the North Atlantic. The production of more Fe- and Ti-rich primary melts with time suggests that the efficiency of melt segregation and potential temperature increased during production of the volcanic succession at Site 917.


The design of wavelet filter-bank in real continuum domain demands infinite precision to achieve perfect reconstruction (PR). The computations with irrational coefficients in orthogonal filters require a large amount of hardware that result in increased power dissipation, huge memory requirements and reduction in speed of operation. This paper presents a new approach to obtain a complete dyadic (low complexity) 6-tap orthogonal symmetric wavelet filter-bank (FB) with near perfect reconstruction. This is achieved by slightly altering the PR conditions to make orthogonal filters symmetric and to obtain complete dyadic filter coefficients. The proposed wavelet FB has reduced dynamic power dissipation and significantly reduced adder and shifter count. The VLSI architecture of the proposed FB is designed and implemented on Kintex-7 FPGA. The architectural design is carried out using Verilog and functional simulation and synthesis are executed using Vivado 2016.4 software. The proposed FB dissipates 114mW dynamic power and requires only 5 adders and 3 shifters. The effectiveness of the proposed wavelet is verified in three different applications namely image compression, iris recognition system and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The proposed wavelet FB gives comparable performance in image compression and attains superior performance in iris recognition system (feature extraction) and OFDM.


Corn is one of staple food with increasing demand and requires to increase its production. Cultivation of corn plants in tidal land has salinity problems causing crop toxicity. This study aims to determine the effect of low salinity pretreatment on the growth and salinity tolerance of corn plants, carried out at green house of Crop Cultivation Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University. The experimental design was arranged in a split plot with three replications, salinity as the main plot and corn variety as the sub plot. Three varieties used were Arjuna, Bisma, and Sukmaraga. Salinity treatments were control, 15 mM pretreatment for 45 mM salinity treatment, 30 mM pretreatment for 45 mM salinity treatment, without pretreatment for 45 mM salinity treatment, 15 mM pretreatment for 60 mM salinity treatment, 30 mM pretreatment for 60 mM salinity treatment, 45 mM pretreatment for 60 mM salinity treatment, and without pretreatment for 60 mM salinity treatment. The experiment was conducted using a standard Kimura B solution and the pH level was maintained at 5.5 to 5.8 using 0.1 N of HCl or NaOH. The result showed that salinity treatment significantly decreased growth parameters of all corn varieties tested. When the salinity in the field is at the level of 45 mM, salinity pretreatment of 15 mM will increase salinity tolerance of those of three varieties; but when the salinity level is 60 mM, Arjuna and Bisma would rather give their good response at 30 mM pretreatment and those of Sukmaraga was at 15 mM pretreatment. Based on the parameters measured, Arjuna showed better tolerance to salinity compare with Bisma and Sukmaraga.


Summary Solum is a barley adapted to one or two irrigations but the grain produced is often low in test weight. Studies were conducted on two commercial farms near Maricopa and Coolidge in an effort to verify data from previous studies suggesting that delaying the first post-emergence irrigation until boot increases test weight compared to earlier irrigation, but does not affect yield. The irrigation treatments consisted of 1) two irrigations – planting and boot, or 2) three irrigations – planting, 5- to 6-leaf stage, and heading (grower standard). The irrigation treatments had no effect on grain yield, test weight, kernel weight, or lodging at either location, but delaying the second irrigation until boot reduced plant height at Coolidge. Despite the lack of positive results from these studies, applying the second irrigation at boot may still be preferable to earlier applications because of reduced plant height and the risk of lodging. We have not been able to measure a benefit from a third irrigation for Solum barley in these or previous studies.


1. Matsushita S, Uemura T, Imayama S, Sugihara H, Yamasaki M. Giant microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the scalp. J Dermatol 2008; 35: 726-8. 2. Goldstein DJ, Barr RJ, Santa Cruz DJ. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma: a distinct clinicopathologic entity. Cancer 1982; 50: 566-72. 3. Chen J, Yang S, Liao T, Deng W, Li W. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma in a non-Caucasian patient: a case report and review of the literature. Oncol Lett 2016; 11: 2471-4. 4. LeBoit PE, Sexton M. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the skin. A reappraisal of the differentiation and differential diagnosis of an underrecognized neoplasm. J Am Acad Dermatol 1993; 29: 609-18. 5. Chung TA, Lee JB, Jang HS, Kwon KS, Oh CK. A clinical, microbiological, and histopathologic study of trichostasis spinulosa. J Dermatol 1998; 25: 697-702. 6. Sarkany I, Gaylarde PM. Trichostasis spinulosa and its management. Br J Dermatol 1971; 84: 311-5. 7. Bhawan J, Malhotra R. Simultaneous occurrence of intradermal nevus and syringoma. Cutis 1983; 31: 669-72. 8. Chun SH, Bak H, Park CO, Choi EH, Ahn SK. Trichostasis spinulosa arising within syringoma. J Dermatol 2005; 32: 611-3. 9. Tanghetti EA. The role of inflammation in the pathology of acne. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol 2013; 6: 27-35. 10. Tochio T, Tanaka H, Nakata S, Ikeno H. Accumulation of lipid peroxide in the content of comedones may be involved in the progression of comedogenesis and inflammatory changes in comedones. J Cosmet Dermatol 2009; 8: 152-8.


Amodel forTaiLakechlorophyll aconcentrations difficult todesign asingle modelthat gives better estimates of isaddressed herein usingtheChoquetfuzzyintegral that Chl-aconcentration. Therefore, thefusion ofresults obtained combines a setofdifferent kindofBP neural network water frommultiple waterquality classifiers isconsidered tobe quality classifiers. Firstly eachneuralnetworkisemployedto important forestimating Chl-a concentration. modelthe transfer function betweenthe chlorophyll a Thispaperproposesa new methodbasedon Choquet concentrations andtheradiances ofLandsatThematic Mapper data, thenthedegree ofbelief ofchlorophyll aconcentrations fuzzyLntegral (CFI)(5)forestimatng Chl-aconcentraton in distribution andaccuracy (asfuzzydensity ofChoquet fuzzy TaiLake,China. Thismethodfirstly inputs theTM datato integral) isobtained. After that, Choquet fuzzy integral isusedto different trained neuralnetworktoobtaininitial Chl-a fusewithoutputs ofeachneural network, resulting inthe concentration classification estimation, thenusesCFItofuse chlorophyll aconcentrations evaluation. Experiment results on output ofdifferent neural networks toobtain thefinally Chl-a TaiLakeofChinashowthattheperformance oftheproposedconcentration classification estimation inTaiLake. modelout-performs thatofotherconventional techniques.


Information systems development (ISD) is an integral part of organizational agility in today's competitive business environment. High turnover, agile ways of working, and fluid work environments pose challenges for ISD. This paper explores the erosion of knowledge retention (KR) arising from ISD staff churn in a New Zealand-based financial organization in the aftermath of a major earthquake. In this exploratory study, the authors develop a causal model of KR in the ISD context, which articulates the challenges to and consequences of ineffective KR at the routine and exiting stages of KR. The model identifies four challenges—coordination complexity, insufficient resources for knowledge retention, insufficient attention to knowledge retention, and slow staff replacement and handover processes—that can affect the loss of ISD knowledge when routine and exiting KR fall into disarray. This study also reveals that role stress and reduced ISD agility reinforce the cycle of knowledge loss.


Multiparticle coincidences following the absorption on {pi}{sup +} on {sup 4}He were measured using a liquid helium target and a large solid angle detector. Results of the reaction {sup 4}He({pi}{sup +}, x ...) will be presented. The cross sections and angular distributions of all possible processes leading to pp, ppp, ppd, and pd final states were extracted with the help of Geant Monte Carlo simulations modified specifically for this experiment.


Presents the recognition of cycles representing the faces of a wireframe polyhedron configuration using fundamental cycles. The 2D wireframe is considered to be an undirected graph. All the faces around each vertex are selected from fundamental cycles and used to reduce the graph. The unretrieved faces, if any, are recovered by the remaining graph. The time complexity is O(n) for "distributed polyhedra", where n is the number of vertices.<<ETX>>


For detecting the weak fault diagnosis submerged in heavy noise, a new method called multi-scale cascaded multi-stable stochastic resonance (MCMSR) is studied. The method can effectively extract weak fault diagnosis from noise background using multi-scale wavelet noise tuning stochastic resonance (SR). Firstly, input signal with noise is decomposed by multi-scale wavelets transformation, and each scale signal is adjusted by scaling factor, then the decomposed signal is used as the input of cascaded multi-stable systems to achieve the detection of fault diagnosis. If the input signal is a large parameter signal, to conform to the conditions of SR, the decomposed signal must be processed by twice sampling. The simulation and experimental signals are carried out to test the feasibility of the method. From the signal to noise ratio (SNR) comparison curves of original signal, SR output signal and MCMSR output signal plotted together, we can find that the useful signal can be enhanced by MCMSR method than SR method. The experimental results indicate that the MCMSR can extract fault diagnosis from heavy background noise.


Hasan Hâce b. Yusuf was born in the Kocbasan Village of the Rumeli Yenisehir which he left to be a dedicated follower of His Highness Emir Sultan in Bursa to engage in wisdom. After completing the spiritual journey stages, tariqa stages and the mankind stage with a long-lasting asceticism and self-struggle Hasan Hâce was appointed as the


Beryllium is an ablator material used in inertial-confinement fusion and hypervelocity impact studies. The thermoelastic properties, structural factors, and optical properties of beryllium are important in these studies. In this paper, the static structural factors, ion–ion dynamic structural factors, adiabatic velocity, and optical properties of beryllium along the Hugoniot were calculated by ab initio simulations. The static structural factors show that beryllium atoms were randomly distributed. The dynamic structural factors extracted the dispersion relation for collective excitation via the scattering function. By collecting the peak position of the dynamic structural factors, the dispersion relation and adiabatic sound velocity were derived by definition. Using the calculated equation of state, the thermoelastic properties and adiabatic sound velocity have been derived. The two calculated methods for adiabatic sound velocity were verified to be equivalent.


The problems of waste and management has become a serious issue of concern to many environmental studies. This research paper examines the solid waste management practices inside TAA breeder farm Zone -5 Lindaban Manolo Fortich Bukidnon in terms of: solid waste disposal, waste generation management and solid waste management practices. TAA Breeder Farm is an inorganic poultry business farm. It uses a popular alternative way of laying of eggs using synthetic method accompanied with mixed two type of population of chicken of eighteen thousand to twenty three thousand chicken of Indian River or (LIR ) and the Cobs. The study used the survey type to gather the data needed for the assessment. The findings of the study revealed that the farm is fairly practicing the standards set by the DENR on poultry farm. However, the TAA breeder farm still needs to improve their Waste Management and the monitoring to perfectly implement the standards set by the DENR on Solid Waste Management. Keywords: Solid waste management, waste generation, waste disposal, poultry


The website of Universitas Faletehan as a media for publication of information and documentation as well as one of the student information systems. Currently, several problems have been found on Universitas Faletehan website. Among them are the appearance of the main page that is less organized and less organized, and page navigation that is still empty. For this reason, a design for improving the interface is carried out using the design thinking method. This method is known as a comprehensive thinking process that concentrates on creating a solution that begins with a process of empathy for a particular human-centered need. There are 5 stages in this method, namely Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Testing. The recommended application is built in the form of a prototype using the Figma application. The prototype that was built was successfully tested on 11 respondents by using the System Usability Scale (SUS) test and the application prototype with a score of 60.


Purpose : To investigate the effect of mitomycin C on the proliferation of cultured trabecular cells and its relation to nitric oxide (NO) production. Methods : The effect of NO donor, SIN-1, on the proliferation of primarily cultured porcine trabecular meshwork cells was studied with MTT assay. After treatment with mitomycin C at various concentrations for 1 hour, the proliferation was assessed by MTT assay and the production of nitrite was assessed by Griess reaction after 24 hours and 3 days respectively. Results : SIN-1 significantly inhibited proliferation of cultured trabecular meshwork cells (p0.05). Conclusions : Both NO donor and mitomycin C have an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of trabecular meshwork cells. However, inhibitory effect of mitomycin C was not related to the production of NO.


A ballast water treating apparatus that can satisfy ballast water standards stipulated by IMO credibly at low cost. There is provided a ballast water treating apparatus comprising filtering unit (4) for filtering seawater to thereby capture aquatic organisms; fungicide supply unit (5) for supplying a fungicide to the filtered seawater; and venturi tube (7) for introducing the seawater loaded with the fungicide and generating cavitation in the seawater to thereby not only diffuse the fungicide but also injure or kill the aquatic organisms of the seawater.


Objectives. To develop optimal criteria for the evaluation of the pelvic floor status with ultrasound in case of «normal» perineum and incompetence of the pelvic floor of different degrees, to substantiate the expediency of ultrasound investigation in the postoperative period for the assessment of the performed operation quality. Material and methods. Echographic examination of 80 women with prolapse of various degrees has been conducted. The control group consisted of 20 women who gave birth without any signs of the pelvic floor incompetence. The studies were conducted by means of the ultrasound scanners SonoaceX8 and Aloka 3500 with linear sensor LN 5-12 and vaginal sensor 3D4-9ES. Results. The optimal criteria to evaluate the pelvic floor status using ultrasound have been developed, typical echograms of «normal» perineum and in different degrees incompetence of the pelvic floor have been presented, the expediency of ultrasound study in the postoperative period for the assessment of the quality of the performed operation has been substantiated. Conclusions. The parameters (criteria) of the normal state of the pelvic floor have been defined. The change of at least one of these parameters indicates incompetence of the pelvic floor. The obtained results of ultrasound diagnosis of the pelvic floor should be used in the postoperative period to assess the quality of the performed operation.


At INPE we have developed a HV 100 kV/200 A (nominal) Blumlein pulser with pulse duration of 1 mus in order to achieve higher ion energies in plasma implantation process. High voltage nitrogen glow discharges were obtained with simultaneous ion implantation using the Blumlein pulser as a single source. By using this pulser the obtained results for implanted silicon samples have indicated that N2 + ion penetration depths increase with higher applied voltages and treatment times. Unfortunately, depth values are much less than the predicted by the SRIM (stopping & range of ions in matter) simulation mainly due to the short pulse duration. The basic reason is that the pulse peak duration obtained (800 ns) is of the order of the acceleration & implantation times for the ions coming from plasma sheath formed around the treated sample. Increasing pulse duration of the Blumlein system to encourage its use in aluminum and polymer treatments is a possibility that we are exploring. For this, we are redesigning our pulser to obtain longer pulse duration of the order of 5 mus. The drawbacks of this new design are the reduced nominal voltage characteristic of 60 kV and the necessity of charging the cables up to 30 kV, although in practice (as the generator structure is in air) corona discharges have limited the output voltage up to 50/60 kV for repetition rates of ~100 Hz used in our treatments.


The explicit solvent simulations with MM and QM/MM are summarised in Table 1. The equilibrium (Eq.) simulations were carried out for 40 ns for MM and 20 ns for DFTB3/MM. Three independent FEP simulations were carried out for MM and QM/MM by taking the initial structures at 20 ns (A), 30 ns (B), and 40 ns (C) Eq. simulations for MM and 10 ns (A), 15 ns (B) and 20 ns (C) Eq. simulations for DFTB3/MM.


Research has shown that the haptic perception of orientation is susceptible to systematic spatial bias. Large and systematic deviations have been found in haptic parallelity matching tasks supporting a reference frame based model. It has been suggested that the observed deviations result from the use of a frame of reference that is intermediate to an allocentric and an egocentric reference frame. The systemic bias of the deviations seems be caused by the strong bias produced by the hand-centered egocentric reference frame. In this paper results of studies are discussed showing a strong evidence for the abovementioned model in which egocentric representations exist in parallel to allocentric ones, and in which the former is biased by a hand-centered reference frame. The extent to which each representation is used appears to depend on factors like orientation, distance, gender, task instruction, practice and training. Manipulations stimulating allocentric processing or reducing egocentric processing have been shown to affect haptic parallelity performance.


A least‐squares method for extracting phase shifts due to central potentials from numerical solutions to the radial Schrodinger equation is presented. The method provides a measure of ''goodness of fit'' that is important in checking how well the asymptotic region has been reached. The least‐squares method is useful at all energies, but it is particularly valuable at low energies when the asymptotic wavefunction is slowly varying. The method is illustrated by calculating S‐wave phase shifts for the exponential potential.


Two algorithms of TDOA: Chan algorithm and Taylor algorithm are described.Aimed at the defect of Taylor algorithm,an improved Taylor algorithm which is used in passive underwater acoustic positioning is also described.From the result of system simulation and performance comparision,a better algorithm suited to the actual underwater channel positioning is getted.


Exercise−induced hyperinsulinism (EIHI) is a recently described entity characterised by recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia in− duced by physical exercise. The index patient for this disorder and a matched control were subjected to aerobic and anaerobic exercise tests on a cycle ergometer. Aerobic exercise was per− formed at an intensity of 60% of the respective 4 mmol/l lactate threshold (40 min). Anaerobic exercise with an intensity cor− responding to 130% VO 2max lead to exertion within 2–3 min and elicited comparable maximal lactate levels in both subjects (10– 11 mmol/l). The patient experienced a massive increase in insu− lin from 34 to 649 mU/l after the anaerobic test, and a lower in− crease in insulin from 27 to 79 mU/l during the aerobic test. Insu− lin concentration remained unchanged during both tests in the control. Epinephrine increased in the EIHI patient, which was probably a counterregulatory response to hypoglycaemia. The activity of lactate dehydrogenase of the index patient in isolated leukocytes as well as the response to inhibition of oxamate was normal. The hypothesis of abnormal transport or metabolism of lactate/pyruvate in the b −cells of patients with EIHI was further supported by the parallel increase of lactate and insulin in this study elicited in particular by anaerobic exercise.


Co-60 and heavy ion latch-up tests have been performed on Analog Devices AD9223 and Linear Technology LTC1415 12-bit ADCs. The results show that the AD9223 is susceptible to single-event latch-up but that both devices are otherwise suitable for use in the low dose space environment.


The prestressed steel beam is regardedas a composite system of beam and cables, and theinteraction of the two parts is fully considered. Thevariational method is used to derive the equationsfor calculating the tension increment of external ca-bles under applied loadings. A model test of pre-stressed steel beam is used to verify the calculationresults.


The invention belongs to the fields of a precision measurement technology and optical engineering and relates to a portable laser large-working distance auto-collimation device and method. The device comprises a light source, a collimating mirror, a reflector and a feedback imaging system. The method utilizes reflector adjustment to return reflected light to the image plane center of the feedback imaging system and utilizes an angle deflection measurement device on the reflector to acquire angle change of the surface of an object to be detected. The reflector is used based on the traditional auto-collimation angle measurement system so that measurement failure caused by detected object reflected light deviation from a measurement system is avoided and thus an auto-collimation work range is widened under the same work distance or a work distance is increased in the same auto-collimation work range. Through the collimating mirror, the feedback imaging system and the reflector, the portable laser large-working distance auto-collimation device has a small volume and a high measurement precision, is portable and realizes measurement in an unstable measurement environment and fast measurement.


The tensor surface harmonic method for the treatment of bonding in clusters is refined to take the positions of the atoms into account explicitly. Formulae are derived which greatly increase the accuracy and range of applicability of the original treatment. The method is applied to molecules belonging to both axial and non-axial point groups.


OBJECTIVE
To explore whether it is necessary to choose NIPT-plus for the prenatal screening of pregnant women.

METHODS
The results of NIPT and NIPT-plus sequencing data, fetal DNA concentration, prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy outcome of 50 pregnant women were compared.

RESULTS
Compared with NIPT, NIPT-plus attained similar fetal DNA concentration and a 4.4-fold increase in sequencing data. NIPT was able to detect 4 cases of 21-trisomy, 2 cases of 18-trisomy, and 9 cases of sex chromosome aneuploidies (SCAs) signaled by NIPT-plus, but missed one 18-trisomy, and failed to detect rare chromosome aneuploidies (RCAs) and microdeletion/microduplication syndromes (MMS). The PPVs of NIPT-plus for 21-trisomy, 18-trisomy, SCAs, MMS and RCAs were 100%, 100%, 44.4%, 30.4% and 0%, respectively. And those of NIPT for 21-trisomy, 18-trisomy, and SCAs were 100%, 100%, and 44.4%, respectively.

CONCLUSION
It is necessary for pregnant women to select NIPT-plus to improve the detection rate of common trisomies, SCAs and disease-specific MMS, therefore reduce the occurrene of birth defect.


Chinese EFL learners may have difficulty in speaking fluent and accurate English, for their speaking competence are likely to be influenced by cognitive, linguistic and affective factors. With the aim to enhance those learners' oral proficiency, this paper first discusses three effective models of teaching English speaking, and then proposes a four-step pedagogical method in which activities are carried out through four stages: Pre-speaking, while-speaking, post-speaking and extension practice.


The three-times pulse composite perforating technology is a high quality technology which integrates the perforation and powder fracturing. The main principle is that the shaped charge and the fracture powder are ignited by detonating cord simultaneously. And the perforating jet is formed along the different phases, the high-pressure gas generated by the deflagration of the solid rocket propellant in the cracker fractures the stratum along the perforated hole [1], which can form high diversion channel and crack in the near wellbore area increasing the jet area. After the application of more than 1000 well fields, this technology has obvious effect of increasing production, which has certain reliability, security and low cost.


The Harter Self-Perception Profiles are anchored to a clear and validated theoretical framework and one of the most widespread used instruments. The purpose of this research was to conduct reliability studies of the Self-Perception Profile. The research assessed the psychometric properties of the instrument on a Danish sample from Copenhagen collecting scores on self-concept measures through five years. The results showed that the Danish version of this instrument is appropriate for individual assessments and in studies of self-concept. The research provided evidence of validity and reliability for this population. Furthermore it is discussed how psychometric tools might be used in coaching contexts


Objective:To study the mechanism of Xunxiyihaofang on the recovery of NGF and bFGF of denervated skeletal muscle.Method: 120 Male SD rats were selected,90 were randomly divided into three groups-Xunxiyihaofang group,Salvia miltiorrhiza group and model group.And another 30 rats were in control group.10 of experimental animals in each group after 7 days,14 days and 21 days were killed,to draw the materials from rectus femoris venter musculi tissue,conventional HE staining,to observe ultrastructural of denervated skeletal muscleultramicrostructure with transmission electron microscopy after changes and NGF and bFGF immunohistochemical staining.Results:(1)The expression of NGF:After seven days,Xunxiyihaofang group,muscle spindle myocyte staining positive,tibroblasts,vascular end Othelial Cells were weak,Salvia miltiorrhiza group muscle Spindle myocyte were weakly positive.Model group muscle Spindle smaller,there was no obvipusstaining.After 14 days,Xunxiyaofang group,myocyte cellul arnucleu is not smooth,Staning positive,fibroblast proliferation and staining positive strongly,vascularendOthelial cellS positive staining,muscle Spindle no obvious staining,Salviamiltiorrhiza group myocyte cellular nucle us invagination,positive staining and fibroblasts positive staining.Model group and control group muscle spindle atrophy,negative staining.After 21 days,Xunxiyihaofang group,staining thin,endocytoplasmic reticulum exvansion and weak positive,Salvia miltorrhiza group myocyte cytolemma shrinkage and no staining.(2)expression of bFGF:After seven days,Xunxiyihaofang group myocyte staining positive,Salvia miltiorrhiza group and model group fibroblastpositive staining.Aner 14 days,Xunxiyihaofang group Skeletal muscle basilemmastaining strong positive,flbroblast cells staining positive,a small amount of myocyte staining positive in muscle spindle,Salvia miltiorrhiza groupnucleolemma staining was positive,fibroblasts stained positive in muscle spindle,model group positiveweak.Aner 21 days,Xunxiyihaofang group Skeletal muscle basllemma stainingpositive,fibroblasts staining strongly positive in the nerve endings,Salvia miltiorrhizagroup with mitochonddal vacuolization positive cells scattered,endotheliocyte positivestaining in muscle spindle,model group and control group not.Conclusion: The repair of denervated skeletal muscle injury related to the changes of NGF and bFGF,skeletal muscle willatrophy if loss the nutrition of neurotrophic factor(NGF),bFGF can promote regeneration of themotorius neurofibra.


Polarized absorption spectra of technetium(IV) and rhenium(IV) in trigonal single crystals of (C2H5NH3)2 [SnCl6] and (C2H5NH3)2[SnBr6] have been measured in the range of 8000 to 2800 Å at 298 and 77 °K. The crystal point group is D3d and the metal ions occupy sites of D3d-symmetry too. The observed excited levels arise from both π24d3 and π23d4 configurations; the different temperature and polarisation dependence of d → d intra-shell and π → d metal reduction transitions is discussed. Experimental values of the parameters Dq (cubic) and υ (trigonal) are reported. The nephelauxetic ratio β55 is evaluated from the 4A2g→2T2g intrasubshell transitions. The electron transfer spectra suggest the optical electronegativity xopt = 2.3 for Tc(IV) and xopt = 2.1 for Re(IV).


This article proposes a generalized neural continual learning-based cybertwin (GNC) modeling framework to realize developing one wind turbine (WT) cybertwin serving multiple modeling tasks in the wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M). A generalized WT cybertwin modeling problem, which considers modeling one cybertwin for multiple tasks without additional computational burden, is studied for the first time. Fully connected neural networks are adopted as the backbone for developing the GNC model. The online elastic weight consolidation method is incorporated to mitigate the catastrophic forgetting phenomenon among different modeling tasks. Computational experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed GNC framework based on the supervisory control and data acquisition data. Modeling tasks in three important problems of the wind farm O&M, the WT gearbox failure detection, WT blade breakage detection, and wind power prediction, are considered in the experiment. Compared with other benchmarking models, such as the multiple neural cybertwins, neural cybertwin, and regularized neural cybertwin, the proposed GNC can achieve high accuracies on both new tasks and existing tasks, which further verifies the WT cybertwin generalization via the proposed GNC.


With the increasing attention to environmental protection, flexible voluntary environmental regulation has aroused extensive discussion. Using the 3432 Chinese A-share listed companies as research samples from 2008 to 2020, we explore the relationship between voluntary environmental regulation and the risk of the stock price crash, and the moderating effect of media attention. We find that voluntary environmental regulation can effectively reduce stock price crash risk, which supports the Porter hypothesis. The media attention further enhances the negative relationship between voluntary environmental regulation and stock price crash risk. We further consider the nature of corporate property rights and find that voluntary environmental regulation can better help state-owned companies reduce stock price crash risk, while the impact on non-state companies is not significant. In addition, we divide the media attention into positive and negative categories, and the results show that both positive and negative media attention positively mediate the negative relationship between voluntary environmental regulation and stock price crash risk. Our conclusions confirm the Porter hypothesis and provide some implications for policymakers to optimize environmental regulation.


Metal nanoparticles (NPs) made of gold, silver, and platinum have been synthesized by means of pulsed laser ablation in liquid aqueous solution. Independently from the metal nature, all NPs have an average diameter of 10 ± 5 nm. The ζ-potential values are: −62 ± 7 mV for gold, −44 ± 2 mV for silver and −58 ± 3 for platinum. XPS analysis demonstrates the absence of metal oxides in the case of gold and silver NPs. In the case of platinum NPs, 22% of the particle surface is ascribed to platinum oxidized species. This points to a marginal role of the metal oxides in building the negative charge that stabilizes these colloidal suspensions. The investigation of the colloidal stability of gold NPs in the presence of metal cations shows these NPs can be destabilized by trace amounts of selected metal ions. The case of Ag+ is paradigmatic since it is able to reduce the NP ζ-potential and to induce coagulation at concentrations as low as 3 μM, while in the case of K+ the critical coagulation concentration is around 8 mM. It is proposed that such a huge difference in destabilization power between monovalent cations can be accounted for by the difference in the reduction potential.


Kiefer (1961) studied asymptotic behavior of empirical distribution using the law of the iterated logarithm. Robertson and Wright (1974a) discussed whether this type of result would hold for a maximum likelihood estimator of a stochastically ordered distribution function; however, we show that this cannot be achieved. We provide only a partial answer to this problem. The result is applicable to both estimation and testing problems under the restriction of stochastic ordering.


candidates. The verification is done by trained 3D CNN models. We have done a series of experiments using artificial data. The results suggest that our method is advantageous over the four traditional methods


: Over 2 years as a part of a surveillance program, 2038 one half milk samples were collected from dairy goats representing 12 German herds. Microbiological investigation of the samples revealed positive bacterial growth in 17.3% of them. Biochemical identification of the field isolates detected Non-Aureus Staphylococci (NAS) in 10.4%, Corynebacteria in 3.2%, Streptococci in 0.8%, S. aureus in 0.7%, other bacteria in 1.0%. Meanwhile, mixed bacterial growth was shown in 2.2% of the samples. To identify the NAS isolates at their species level the detection of their biochemical properties alone using a commercial test kit enabled the correct identification of a randomized selection of the field isolates only in 11.4%. For further identification, a combination of two other identification techniques (antibiotic resistance profiles and molecular assays) was


Drawing on a wide range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint.


The journal, Biomedical Materials and the field of biomedical materials science have rapidly grown throughout recent years. I am very honored and excited to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for Biomedical Materials, with my term starting January 2020. I would like to thank IOP Publishing, the journal's publisher, for offering me this great opportunity. The beginning of 2020 marks the 15th year of continued progress for Biomedical Materials. Professor Myron Spector, of Harvard Medical School, served as the Editor-in-Chief since the journal was launched in 2006. It is also important to acknowledge the hard work and input on behalf of Professor Spector's fellow founding Editors-in-Chief (Fu-Zhai Cui of Tsinghua University and In-Seop Lee of Yonsei University), who equally made significant contributions to the planning, launch and crucial early milestones of the journal. Professor Spector is a distinguished scientist focusing on bone and neural tissue engineering research. Throughout his Editorship, Professor Spector has played a leading role in the successful development and growth of BMM into a well-regarded journal for the biomedical materials research community. Both Professor Spector and the dedicated Editorial Board have been handling the receivedmanuscripts with astonishingly high efficiency (median time to first decision of 12 days). The recent increase in the journal's Impact Factor to 3.44 reflects the increasing quality of research published in the journal. For the past five volumes of the journal (2015–2019), the average number of annual papers published was 127 and we expect to see this number grow throughout the coming years. Notwithstanding the recent success, the journal faces common yet increasing challenges to adapt to the rapidly evolving biomedical materials science as well as the launch of new competitor journals covering this field of research. In order to attract more outstanding scientists to publish their work in our journal and increase our readership, we will continually work to improve the peer review service, to expand our international Board of Editors, and to include a larger group of scientists to provide dedicated reviews in their fields. I look forward to working with the dedicated international Editorial Board members and the journal's publishing team to ensure BMM remains a leading global scientific forum for the dissemination of impactful research in the field of biomedical materials. Similarly, I envisage BMM to become a vehicle of timely communication for clinicians and entrepreneurs who are translating research in biomedical materials to products to improve our healthcare systems. We embrace the great opportunities of rapid growth in biomedical materials because of increasing clinical demands and interdisciplinary research. Many traditional biomedical materials have been used for additional purposes and many novel materials are being studied for clinical applications. Biomedical materials are summarized based on various properties as shown in figure 1. They are generally divided into four categories by their sources: metals, ceramics, polymers (including natural, synthetic and hybrid polymers), and composites. These materials can bemanufactured in different forms such asmetals and alloys, ceramics, nanomaterials (including nanoparticles and nanofibers), hydrogels, etc. The surface charge of biomedical materials can be nonionic, cationic, anionic, or ampholytic. Biomedical materials are either biodegradable or non-biodegradable in vivo. In addition, intrinsic tissue interacts with the implanted/administrated biomedical materials, and thus biomedical materials can be described as bioinert or bioactive. Last but not the least, the new-generation biomedical materials, which are also considered as intelligent or smart biomedical materials, can be divided into three types based on their responses to the environmental stimuli and the subsequent changes of their physicochemical properties. These smart biomedical materials show great promising biomedical applications due to their ability to respond to biological, chemical, and physical cues, including pH, enzyme activities, temperature, etc. Thus, the interests and demands for smart


In this study, we work on the order picking problem (OPP) in a specially designed warehouse with a single picker. Ratliff and Rosenthal [Operations Research 31(3) (1983) 507–521] show that the special design of the warehouse and use of one picker lead to a polynomially solvable case. We address the multiobjective version of this special case and investigate the properties of the nondominated points. We develop an exact algorithm that finds any nondominated point and present an illustrative example. Finally we conduct a computational test and report the results.


Labiogingival groove is a congenital morphologic dental anomaly, in which an infolding of the inner enamel epithelium and Hertwig's epithelial root sheath create a groove extending varying depth into root. Epithelial attachment can be breached by gingival irritation secondary to plaque accumulation creating a periodontal defect that spreads to the pulp causing primary periodontal/secondary endodontic. A 12-year-old boy reported with the complaint of painful tooth with pus discharge from labial gingival surface in the maxillary right lateral incisor for 4 months. Intraoral examination revealed bluish red gingiva with loss of contour in relation to maxillary right lateral incisor and purulent discharge in relation to it. A provisional diagnosis of localized gingival abscess in relation to maxillary right incisor (primary periodontic and secondary endodontic involvement) was given, and required treatment was carried out. On exposure of the involved tooth, a labiogingival groove was noticed which could have been a contributing factor for the progression of the condition.


Barbara Mazzolai*, Lucia Beccai Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Italian Institute of Technology, Pontedera, Italy firstname.lastname@example.com Although plants lack muscles, they generate many different kinds of movement in a timescale spanning from days to milliseconds (Forterre, 2013). Moreover, plants have the capability to respond to a wide range of signals. In fact, being sessile, one way plants adapt to the changing environmental conditions (e.g. light, gravity, water and chemicals) is in responding to external stimuli through a differential growth of particular organs. The driving force of these movements mainly results from water absorption and release, as well as from an inhomogeneous structure including differences in the tissue density and the cellulose fibre arrangements (Fratzl and Barth, 2009) which leads to different volume or shape change. Hence, even though plants mobility is different from animals, it is being more and more acknowledged that an increased understanding of how they move in response to different inputs from the environment, will contribute to developments in applied sciences and engineering, particularly towards novel biomimetic actuation and sensing devices (Burgert and Fratzl, 2009). Considering the plant from a system point of view, there are a number of aspects being studied by our research group, with the aim of obtaining artificial motion by growing mechanisms towards a new generation of robots (Mazzolai et al., 2014). Several basic characteristics are being considered, specifically in plant roots, such as: the capacity of directional growth and exploration in response to external stimuli (i.e. tropisms) with high plasticity and morphological adaptation to the environment; the growth from the root tip by adding cells and lateral hairs production (which reduces friction/pressure needed to penetrate the soil); the osmotic actuation principle (used for plant cells elongation and omnidirectional steering); the sensory capabilities to a wide amount of different physical and chemical quantities; the efficient use of energy resources; the capability to penetrate and anchor the soil; and, the emergent behaviour given by coordination of the whole organism towards optimal targets. Our multidisciplinary research effort is focusing on developing robotic solutions that are called "PLANTOIDS", which are robotic systems equipped with distributed sensing, actuation, and intelligence to perform soil exploration and monitoring tasks. We aim at taking advantage of strategies to penetrate and explore soil as well as maintaining good performance in terms of energy efficiency.


Non-rigidly foldable origamis are of great interest to build robotic components, as they are light, offer large deployability and can also be multistable. In this paper, we consider the Kresling tower, and propose an original way to actively modulate its kinetostatic properties. Actuated stiffening mechanisms are embedded on some folds of the origami. By adjusting the axial stiffness of the folds, modulation of the axial stiffness and the force required to switch between stable configurations are demonstrated. This adjustment can in addition be performed independently from the height of the stable configurations, which makes it simple to use. The interest of fold stiffening is outlined experimentally. Three actuation strategies are considered and implemented. Impact on Kresling tower properties are shown, with complementary performances of pneumatic, SMA-based and DC motor actuation.


A TEST ON STORAGE IN ICE SHOWED THAT THE FLAVOUR OF COOKED FISH FLESH IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CRITERION. SHELF LIFE IS THE PERIOD AFTER WHICHAN OFF-FLAVOUR AND AN OFF-ODOUR OF STEAMED MEAT ARE OBSERVED, IE 11-12 DAYS IN THE CASE OF HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS STORED IN ICE. A SERIES OF TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO STUDY THE CHANGES IN SHELF LIFE UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS. TRAWL-DAMAGED WHOLE FISH HAD A SHELF LIFE OF 9-10 DAYS. POOR INITIAL CHILLING RESULTED IN A LOSS OF SHELF LIFE OF 6 DAY STORAGE IN ICE. HEADING AND GUTTING RESULTED IN AN EXTENSION OF SHELF LIFE IN ICE OF 2-3 DAYS. FRESH FILLETS HAD A SHELF LIFE OF 5-7 DAYS AT 273 K (0 DEG C). THE QUALITY OF WHOLE FISH HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON THE SHELF LIFE OF FILLETS. DOUBLE FREEZING/THAWING RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF 2 TO 3 DAYS AS COMPARED TO SINGLE FREEZING.


Summary form only given, as follows. We have recently succeeded measuring the temperature and ionization balance of a previously unexplored regime of high density matter with a proof-of-principal experiment at the Omega laser facility. We used spectrally-resolved 4.75-keV x-ray scattering from solid-density beryllium and carbon plasmas. Spectrally resolved x-ray scattering provides for the first time detailed information on electron densities, temperature, and velocity distributions. In our experiments, we observe the Compton-downshifted spectral line that is broadened by the thermal motion of the electrons in the plasma. These are the first measurements from a solid-density plasma close to the Fermi degenerate state that is a fundamental state of matter occurring in many high energy density laboratory experiments. We compare our results with calculations of the ionization balance using the activity expansion method and an averaged atom model. In this regime, we find that the experimental data test models of electronic properties at high density. These results also suggest that the full range of dense plasmas, from Fermi degenerate, to strongly coupled, to high temperature ideal gas plasmas will now be accessible.


The technical background for the thermally stimulated current (TSC) technique is presented. The effect of metal polymer contacts on the TSC method is discussed. The transitions in amorphous polymers are described. The dynamic properties of polyethylene using TSC method are given.<<ETX>>


Template Detection algorithms use collections of web documents to determine the structure of a common underlying template. Content Extraction algorithms instead operate on a single document and use heuristics to determine the main content. In this paper we propose a way to combine the reliability and theoretic underpinning of the first world with the single document based approach of the latter. Starting from a single initial document we use the set of hyperlinked web pages to build the required training set for Template Detection automatically. By clustering the documents in this set according to their underlying templates we clean the training set from documents based on different templates. We confirm the applicability of the approach by using an entropy based Template Detection algorithm to build a Content Extractor.


The interaction between a tsunami wave and a large floating artificial island is studied in this paper. Modified threedimensional Boussinesq equations which represent long waves beneath a floating elastic plate are derived. These equations do not take the mass of the plate into account because of the long wave assumption. Applying the matched asymptotic expansion method, conditions for a connection between the ordinary Boussinesq equations for long water waves and the modified Boussinesq equations are obtained. These sets of equations are solved by the finite difference method. Numerical results demonstrate the significance of nonlinear and three-dimensional effects which strongly affect the propagation of tsunami waves beneath a large artificial island floating on a shallow sea.


E-Government systems hold immense potential for revolutionizing the relationships between citizens and government services. Our work aims to firstly lay out and analyze the components necessary for that digital ecosystem and also we propose how a bus transportation system, an important city service, can be enhanced with these methods and technologies. In recent years, significant research has been done in data security, smart city technologies, and digital identity, however, research for how such an ecosystem can optimize bus transportation has been lacking; mainly limited to private ride-sharing technologies. Our introspection into the critical components of digital governance leads us to a framework based on smart card data collection allowing rudimentary algorithm application for bus scheduling optimization. From this, we achieve a testable and tangible methodology to make bus scheduling more data driven; thus, contributing to a multi-faceted e-government society.


Constraint Handling Rules were recently extended with userdefinable rule priorities. This paper shows how this extended language can be efficiently compiled into the underlying host language. It extends previous work by supporting rules with a dynamic priority and by introducing various optimizations. The effects of the optimizations are empirically evaluated and the new compiler is compared with the state-of-the-art K.U.Leuven CHR system.


China automobile consumption picked the rapid development of the automobile glass zero,pull with the development of the market.But chinese automobile glass with the market is not perfect,zero to establish a new kind of automobile glass with the market form - 0 automobile glass chain stores.In the development of automobile glass matchs chain stores in the process of zero to avoid "it",strengthen cooperation with the depth of insurance companies,and improve the quality of workers, strengthen the installation of self-discipline.


Distributed Energy Resources (DER) have been receiving increasing attention over the past decade. DERs are most effective at or near centers of utilization. Eventually, as their penetration increases, they will be inter- connected in a grid-like fashion for stability and enhanced reliability. These grids, called 'microgrids,' will be ex- pected to operate in both grid-connected and islanded modes. This paper presents a rational method of building micro- grids optimized for cost and subject to reliability constraints. The method is based on dynamic programming and con- sists of determining the optimal interconnection between mi- crosources and load points, given their locations and the rights of way for possible interconnections. A new approach, called 'unit link addition,' is also introduced. The paper de- scribes the formulation, as well as its implementation on a parallel computing environment. Applications to both possi- ble situations — design of a microgrid from scratch and ex- pansion of an existing distribution system — are described. The method is demonstrated using a 22-bus system.


Municipal solid waste (MSW)  is a type of general waste that includes households, traditional markets, commercial areas, and the rest from public facilities, schools, offices, roads, and so on. Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) is obtained from the remnants of MSW which cannot be used anymore, which is flammable waste and is separated from parts that are difficult to burn through the process of chopping, sifting, and air classification. RDF has potential as an alternative energy source. In this study, RDF fuel was compared with MSW fuel both by proximate and calorific value, then the gasification process was carried out using a multi-stage downdraft gasifier to see gasification performance indicators such as syngas composition, LHV, cold gas efficiency, and tar concentration. The results showed that the gasification performance indicator for MSW biomass resulted in the syngas composition of CO = 19.08% v, H2 = 10.89% v, and CH4 = 1.54% v. The calorific value (Low Heating Value, LHV ) of syngas is 4,137 kJ/kg, cold gas efficiency is 70.14%, and tar content is 57.29 mg/Nm3. Meanwhile, RDF obtained the composition of CO gas: 18.68% v, H2: 9.5446% v, and CH4: 0% v. The maximum LHV syngas is 3365.08 kJ/kg, cold gas efficiency is 57.19 % and the smallest tar content is 80.24 mg/Nm3. When compared to RDF, MSW produces a better gasification performance indicator. However, RDF can still be used as an alternative energy source using the gasification process. The results of this study can be used to optimize the further RDF gasification process.


The topological structure and related control algorithm of a novel multi-functional 35kV voltage disturbance generator are proposed. Using a 10-stage H-bridge cascade topology in each phase, subsequently a voltage disturbance generator is formed. Combined with the topology of the main circuit, the corresponding control strategy in d-q synchronous coordinates is proposed. The modeling and simulation of the proposed device is implemented by Matlab/simulink, and simulation results show that the topology of the device's main circuit is feasible and the control strategy is effective.


In 1996, the Pipeline Operators Forum (POF) published its first version of an In Line Inspection Specification to standardize how an operator and vendor would undertake a pipeline inspection. Within the POF specification, anomalies have been classified into categories as a function of their length and width in order to allow vendors to state their Probability of Detection and sizing tolerances for each classification. In the latest 2009 revision, there is an increased visibility for all corrosion categories. Previously, when utilizing conventional MFL tools, ILI vendors were not capable of supplying probability of detection and sizing specifications for several categories such as Pinholes and Axial Slotting. Recent advancements with MFL technologies have allowed performance improvements to be made detection and sizing for Pinholes, Pitting, Axial Grooving and Axial Slotting. This paper will summarize experience gained from both pull through and field results of the latest generation MFL Technology leveraging data from a high density array of axial, radial, & transverse sensors. The data will show there is a distinguishable improvement in the Probability of Detection and Sizing tolerances for many of the POF categories which will allow pipeline operators make more informed pipeline integrity decisions.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


hearing aid for equipment using n electrodes implanted in the cochlea in n different selected points to permit identification by the brain of n different frequencies, a receiver coupled to implant electrodes by means of a selector and an outer emitter coupled, by via a single inductor, a single inductor receiver implant. The transmitter comprises n filters tuned to frequencies n identifiable to decompose the sound information signal collected by a microphone, as well as means of sequence analysis and circuits for forming frame signals, each signal frame having at least n pulses whose durations are characteristic energy to be transmitted to each of the n electrodes. The transmission is done by a high frequency alternating signal modulated by the frame signals.


Government played a pivotal role in the process of industrialization after the foundation of People's Republic of China.Based on the historical process of the industrialization,this paper construct of dynamic economic model,in which government taxes the labor intensified industry and subsidies the capital intensified industry in order to intervene the structure change of the industry to boost the industrialization.In numerical simulation,we find that the relationships between tax rate and output in different sectors,capital in different sectors,total capital and total output in steady state are better described as inverse U-shape.In addition,we also find that the relationship between tax rate and government tax income in steady state can also be described as the inverse U-shape.Government's excess subsidy of the capital intensified industry would have adverse impact on the development of labor intensified industry,economic growth and government tax income.It also even would be harmful to the sustainable development of the capital intensified industry.The theoretical model partly explains the reason why the priority development of heavy industry was not able to sustain in Chinese history,and also partly explains the intrinsic mechanism of government's adjusting the current economic structure.


The Cretaceous-early Eocene tectonic stress field in China was reconstructed using the data of 369 large-and medium-scale flexural folds and 157 joint sets. It was found that the maximum compressive principal stress axis in eastern China dips 32 ° NE (nearly horizontal), and strikes SW 212 °, whereas that in western China dips 15 ° NE (also nearly horizontal) and trends SW 195 °. The estimation of the dip angles of fold limbs and the palaeotectonic stress values indicates that there was a tendency of gradual weakening of tectonism from southwestern to northeastern China in the Cretaceous-early Eocene. At the depth of 2-3 km, the differential stress value changes from 183 MPa in Tibet to 100 MPa in North and East China.

The authors consider that the tectonic stress of this period was related to the north-northeastward movement and push of the Indian-Australian plate.


This study explored the relationship of self-esteem, communication apprehension, and classroom participation. Fifty female undergraduate General Psychology students participated in groups of five to provide feedback regarding two children's videos. They were shown two five-minute clips and asked to respond based on the education and entertainment values for preschool aged children (ages 5-7). The number of times each person spoke, as well as the number of seconds each spoke were recorded. Following the video, they filled out questionnaires containing a selfesteem scale, communication apprehension scale and introversion/extroversion scale. A hierarchical regression was used to determine the relationship of global self-esteem to participation while controlling for the effects of the other mediating variables. Self-esteem was not a significant predictor of classroom participation as was expected. However, communication apprehension was a significant predictor of classroom participated.


In this paper a mathematical framework of the control theory of manufacturing systems is proposed. All possible plant structures are classified. A mathematical dynamical model which describes the dynamics of a plant is developed. With the help of this model it is shown how the real time control policy which guarantees the stable work of the plant with the quasi-maximal production rate can be designed.


Patients on haemodialysis have an increased risk of developing diabetic foot problems, as well as difficulties in accessing specialist care. This service evaluation assessed whether educating haemodialysis nurses in foot care resulted in more frequent examination. It also considered whether improvements in patients' self-care behaviour associated with their feet were reported.


Metabacillus litoralis is part of the newly proposed genus Metabacillus. The bacterium was first isolated from a Yellow Sea tidal flat in 2005. As of May 2022, there are five genomic assemblies deposited in GenBank. We report the 5.2-Mbp genome sequence of M. litoralis strain NCTR108, from commercial tattoo ink. ABSTRACT Metabacillus litoralis is part of the newly proposed genus Metabacillus. The bacterium was first isolated from a Yellow Sea tidal flat in 2005. As of May 2022, there are five genomic assemblies deposited in GenBank. We report the 5.2-Mbp genome sequence of M. litoralis strain NCTR108, from commercial tattoo ink.