How to reduce boron concentration to an extremely low level has become a major obstacle during silicon waste recycling. As a simple and efficient method of removing impurities, slag refining plays an increasingly important role for industrial silicon waste recovery. The deboration ability of slag is usually evaluated by boron distribution ratio LB. However, the development of a separation prediction model is challenged by the limitations on the recognition of impurity structure in slag and complexity of slag-silicon reactions. Herein, a novel thermodynamic model for predicting boron distribution ratio between CaO-SiO2 based slags and molten silicon has been developed based on ion and molecule coexistence theory (IMCT), i.e., IMCT-LB model. The reaction abilities of structural units are represented by the calculated mass action concentration. The predictive boron distribution ratio between CaO-SiO2, CaO-Al2O3-SiO2, CaF2-CaO-SiO2 slags and silicon correspond well with experimental data, reflecting the reasonability of IMCT-LB model. According to IMCT, deboration reactions between slags and silicon can be represented by ion couples (Ca2+ + O2–), simple molecule Al2O3 with SiO2 to form eight deboration products as B2O3, 3CaO · B2O3, 2CaO · B2O3, CaO · B2O3, CaO · 2B2O3, 2Al2O3 · B2O3, 9Al2O3 · B2O3, CaO · 2SiO2 · B2O3. With the developed IMCT-LB model, the respective boron distribution ratio LB,i of the eight deboration products can be determined quantitatively. Furthermore, the effect of temperature, mass ratio of CaO to SiO2 (%CaO/%SiO2), Al2O3 and CaF2 content of CaO-SiO2 based slags on LB are fully discussed.


This is the first of three papers dealing with the XX finite quantum chain with arbitrary, not necessarily Hermitian, boundary terms. This extends previous work where the periodic or diagonal boundary terms were considered. In order to find the spectrum and wavefunctions, an auxiliary quantum chain is examined which is quadratic in fermionic creation and annihilation operators and hence diagonalizable. The secular equation is, in general, complicated but several cases were found when it can be solved analytically. For these cases the ground-state energies are given. The appearance of boundary states is also discussed and in view of the applications considered in the next papers, the one- and two-point functions are expressed in terms of Pfaffians.


【Objective】 This paper studied the overlaying performance of wood-rubber composite boards(WRCB) to improve laminate floorings production.【Method】 Using urea formaldehyde resin at 10% content,WRCBs of 0.80 g/cm3 density were made with 10% waste rubber particles at 15-30 mesh(0.55-1.18 mm),and then were overlaid with resin impregnated paper by hot-pressing under 2 MPa and 180 ℃ for 30 s.Surface bond(SB) strength of overlaid WRCBs was tested according to the national standard GB/T 17657-1999.A new index based on the arithmetical mean deviation of the profile Ra′,i.e.,surface roughness Ra′,was defined to quantify the surface roughness of WRCBs before and after overlaying.Simultaneously,micro-surface morphology of WRCBs was drawn using MATLAB.【Result】 The SB strength of WRCBs were 0.95-1.05 MPa,and combination of the waste rubber particles showed no evident influences.Ra′ values of WRCBs(1.10-1.21 μm) were higher than control(0.73 μm).WRCBs partially lost rubber particles under sanding,leaving small pits on the board surface,which led to water mark defects on overlaid WRCB surface.However,all boards after overlaying had similar surface roughness.【Conclusion】 It is technically feasible to make laminate floorings with WRCBs,and combination of rubber particles has no significant impacts on the overlaying performance and surface roughness,which can be effectively quantified by the newly defined index Ra′.


The utility model belongs to the escape devices under emergency conditions of the high buildings. The utility model comprises a centrifugal type overrunning governor and a dually controllable multiplexing steady stopping device which is designed by utilizing this overrunning governor. The centrifugal overrunning governor still adopts the common centrifugal block structure, and the key point is that a cam wheel is added to the centrifugal block on the position of jointed shaft. The cam wheel can grind on the brake-shoe to outward when the centrifugal block rotates, enabling to generate positive pressure multiple of the centrifugal effort. The utility model not only guarantees the reliability of the centrifugal speed governing, but also omits the speeding up mechanism of steel wire and rope pulley. Meanwhile, the steady stopping device designed by this kind of overrunning governor not only has the advantages of compact structure, dependable performance, simplicity, greatly lowering the fabricating cost, but also can realize speed controlling and braking hovering.


Commenting on the thirty or so mixed media pieces of Quebec artist Chabot, a journalist and a sociologist offer personal interpretations which combine mythology and computer sciences to reflect on the future of the world and the meaning of mankind. Biographical notes.


Purpose: Severity of abdominal obesity and possibly levels ofmetabolic activity of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this context, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the reproducibility and repeatability of a semi-automated method for assessment of the metabolic activity of VAT using 2-deoxy-2-[F]fluoroD-glucose ([F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/x-ray computed tomography (CT). Procedures: Ten patients with lung cancer who underwent two baseline whole-body [F]FDG PET/low-dose (LD) CT scans within 1 week were included. Abdominal VAT was automatically segmented using CT between levels L1–L5. The initial CT-based segmentation was further optimized using PET data with a standardized uptake value (SUV) threshold approach (range 1.0–2.5) and morphological erosion (range 0–5 pixels). The [F]FDG uptake in SUV that was measured by the automated method was compared with manual analysis. The reproducibility and repeatability were quantified using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Results: The metabolic assessment of VAT on [F]FDG PET/LDCT scans expressed as SUVmean, using an automated method showed high inter and intra observer (all ICCs 9 0.99) and overall repeatability (ICC = 0.98). The manual method showed reproducible inter observer (all ICCs 9 0.92), but less intra observer (ICC = 0.57) and less overall repeatability (ICC = 0.78) compared with the automated method. Stefanie A. de Boer and Daan S. Spoor contributed equally to this work. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https:// doi.org/10.1007/s11307-018-1211-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Correspondence to: Stefanie de Boer; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com * The Author(s), 2018


Asirtmali Aba Wrestling, which is one of the wrestling types that is made with wearing clothes, expresses itself as an outward reflection of spiritual and physical needs of people as a whole both in previous times and today. It also faces us as a cultural accumulation of Turkish people in their daily lives and values within social dimensions. In other words, practicing wrestling in times when Turks have lived in Central Asia has grown out of the need for the unity of spiritual sentiments and thoughts with body by remaining bound to their living standards and cultural norms of those times. In this research the traditional wrestling of Turks, asirtmali aba wrestling, which is performed in Gaziantep, has been analyzed with its historical background, clothing, rules and techniques. In the research, terminologies have been noticed which originated from asirtmali aba wrestling and gradually gained technical meanings and contributed to the enrichment of the language. Asirtmali aba wrestling receives its name from clothing made by aba, a loose-fitting garment woven of camel or goat hair, which pehlivan, a wrestler of Turkish traditional wrestling, has worn as well as from technical term called 'el asirma', an act performed by the attacker to grab the belt of his opponent in the back by moving his hand over opponent's shoulder and reaching his hand to opponent's belt in the back. Asirtmali aba wrestling is performed in Gaziantep province, especially at the end of harvest, in weddings, festivals and celebrations. Basic games/techniques, which are performed so often in Asirtmali aba wrestling, are shown step by step in pictures. With this study, which asirtmali aba wrestling is introduced and comparisons are made between forms of this wrestling among other Turkic Republics, you will have the view of Turkish world. The fundamental aim of this study is to present the historical development of asirtmali aba wrestling, its terminology, clothing, rules and basic games/techniques which is performed in Gaziantep. These issues, which have been lacking in previous studies, will be filled in this study and therefore, it will constitute weight for the research. In this research, historical and descriptive methods have been used; literature scan and method of interviewing experts in collecting data about aba wrestling have been employed. Since it is widely performed in Gaziantep, an on-site survey has been done by visiting the province


AbstractTransported debris in open channels can lead to accumulations and, therefore, cause blockages at trash racks. Velocity distributions and flow patterns change because of these blockages and ...


The primary device (100) and has an electrical system having a secondary device (102) is provided, a primary device (110) comprises at least three electrical contacts, a plurality of electricity associated with the secondary device different functions has a contact (130), wherein the electrical contacts on the secondary device may mate with the electrical contacts of the primary device in a plurality of orientations, the primary device comprises a voltage supply source (106), the controller (108) , wherein each of the electrical contacts on the primary device has a high switch associated connected between the contacts and the voltage supply, and a low switch associated located between the contacts and the electrical ground, here the controller is connected to each of the switches, and during the alignment operation, is constituted by closing the pair of switches continuously to connect the voltage supply to the secondary device, respectively Record the high switch associated with one of the pair of switch contacts, provided with a row switch associated with one another of the contacts, also the voltage difference between associated contacts to the plurality of pairs of switches, and it is configured to determine the orientation of the secondary device based on the recorded voltage difference for the primary device. .FIELD 1


Abstract Sibling competition was proposed as an important selective agent in the evolution of growth and development. Brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) intensifies sibling competition in the nests of its hosts by increasing host chick mortality and exposing them to a genetically unrelated nestmate. Intranest sibling competition for resources supplied by parents is size dependent. Thus, it should select for high development rates and short nestling periods, which would alleviate negative impacts of brood parasitic chicks on host young. I tested these predictions on 134 North American passerines by comparative analyses. After controlling for covariates and phylogeny, I showed that high parasitism rate was associated with higher nestling growth rate, lower mass at fledging, and shorter nestling periods. These effects were most pronounced in species in which sibling competition is most intense (i.e., weighing over about 30 g). When species were categorized as nonhosts versus old ho...


Given a locally constant linear cocycle over a subshift of finite type, we show that the existence of a uniform gap between the <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ i^\text{th} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ (i+1)^\text{th} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> Lyapunov exponents for all invariant measures implies the existence of a dominated splitting of index <inline-formula><tex-math id="M3">\begin{document}$ i $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>. We establish a similar result for sofic subshifts coming from word hyperbolic groups, in relation with Anosov representations of such groups. We discuss the case of finitely generated semigroups, and propose a notion of Anosov representation in this setting.


Hematopoietic stem cells have been at the forefront of stem cell research and its applications. Several advancements have occurred in the field of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation since this was first accepted as a treatment for otherwise incurable hematological disorders. The progress in this field is to the extent that it is unfathomable to a single person be it a scientific researcher or a practicing clinician. In this internet era, most patients are also well informed of the utility of stem cells. There is a need to bridge the gap in knowledge of this science between the scientists, physicians and the public at large. This review aims to summarize the advances in hematopoietic stem cell applications.


The stoichiometric reactions of N-methylpyrrole and N-methylindole with B(C6F5)3 produce the zwitterionic species 2-[tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane]-5H-1-methylpyrrole (3) and 2-[tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane]-3H-1-methylindole (4), in which a C(α)−B bond and an acidic sp3 methylene carbon are formed in the heterocyclic part of the molecule. Both derivatives present a restricted rotation around the C(α)−B and/or B−C6F5 bonds, and their rotational barriers (13.8 and 14.8 kcal mol-1 for 3 and 4, respectively) were calculated from 1H NMR experimental data. A kinetic study of the reaction, carried out by following the conversion by NMR, gave rate constant values (at 298 K in dichloromethane) of 3 × 10-5 and 6 × 10-5 M-1 s-1 for 3 and 4, respectively. Complexes 3 and 4 react quantitatively with triethylamine to give the corresponding triethylammonium salts 5 and 6. Both the zwitterionic complexes and their ammonium salts are efficient activators of Ind2ZrMe2 for the polymerization of ethylene.


The move from social work practitioner to supervisor can cause a crisis in identity for some social workers, a point at which professional values, roles and commitment are questioned and re-analysed. Yet it is an area in which there appears to be little written to assist the worker to normalise their fears and anxieties, or to assist with making the process smoother for both supervisor and supervisee. Drawing on practice experience in a range of health and community service settings, the present study will examine some of the feelings, issues, challenges and dilemmas faced by new social work supervisors. It will also explore the preparation of supervisors, the use of power in the supervisory relationship and the need for training. It will then discuss tips and conditions for improving the supervisory relationship.


The influence of reaction conditions upon the results was investigated through the model reaction of diphenyldisulfuide with 3-methyoxy propyne.The experiments showed that at 0 ℃ or lower temperature in THF in the presence of 20% molar cesium hydroxide,whether under air atmosphere or under nitrogen atmosphere,the reaction always gave a mixture of 3-methyoxy propynyl phenylsulfide and Z-1,2-diphenylthio-3-methyoxy propene in 40% yields;at room temperature under air atmosphere it also gave the mixture,but the yield was up to about 80%;at room temperature under nitrogen atmosphere it only gave Z-1,2-diphenylthio-3-methyoxy propene in 81% yield.The reaction mechanism was discussed.The reactions of other terminal alkynes with diaryldisulfides were performed at room temperature under nitrogen atmosphere,and six compounds of(Z)-1,2-diarylthio-1-alkene were obtained.The method was a convenient and simple path for the high selective synthesis of(Z)-1,2-diarylthio-1-alkene.


The end of December is a time of year when many lose their balance. This, however, is usually due to the numbing of the senses by an exaggerated consumption of alcohol. There are many other ways of losing your balance, and one of them can be caused by an altered architecture of the inner ear. Besides bearing the intricate machinery which allows animals to perceive sound, the inner ear is also responsible for our sense of movement. Those who are stricken with sea-sickness know all too well what this means. Very small regions known as the saccule and the utricle detect both gravity and acceleration, two forces we spend our time dealing with. Deprived of the capacity to perceive them, the simple act of moving our head would prove to be an awesome experience. At the heart of this perception are small stones. And one protein, otopetrin 1, is proving to be essential for their formation.


Information and knowledge organization in Brazil has been historically influenced by theoretical linguistics. However, some aspects related to language theory and its interface with philosophy need to be further investigated, particularly the semiotic interpretation of information and knowledge organization processes. In order to advance a dialogue with the philosophy and semiotics of Charles Peirce (1839-1914), a theoretical and bibliographical study was carried out so as to understand and evaluate the contributions of the Peircean thought to information organization. It was found that several aspects of Peirce's work, viewed as a whole and not just semiotic concepts, suggest fundamental points to explain issues in information and knowledge organization. Basing on the analysis of Thellefsen's studies, this research presents some arguments aimed at reframing Peirce's pragmatism, which should no longer be mistakenly considered as a doctrine of practical results, but as a useful methodological approach for professionals dealing with knowledge organization in the field of Information Science. Received 12 January 2012; Accepted 12 January 2012 Indeed, out of a contribute fallibilism, combined with a high faith in the reality of knowledge, and an intense desire to find things out, all my philosophy has always seemed to me to grow−Peirce 1998, xi, CP 1.14


In a recent article published in this Journal, F tima Caropreso and Richard Simanke (2008) provide an original deconstruction of the death drive [Todestrieb] concept in Freudian metapsychology, which nicely illuminates the theoretical tensions, ambivalences, and contradictions inherent to instinctual dualism. Despite the scholarly strength of their contribution, the authors fail to consider that what Freud was attempting to articulate in his later drive theory was ultimately a dialectical enterprise and not simply a metaphysical dualism. The authors claim that ''the duality between life and death instincts is not at all easily justified'' (p. 985), concluding that there is ''a basic impasse in the theory'' (p. 988). This is a standard interpretation of Freud, one that perpetuates a misunderstanding of the philosophical sophistication of his position. In my opinion, the authors fail to grasp the dialectical nature of the drives, where life and death, being and nothingness, are mutually implicative dialectical relations that constitute the opposing forces that fuel and sustain psychic organization. It is important to note, as I have done elsewhere (Mills, 2002, 2006), that Freud's metapsychology adheres to a developmental monistic ontology, where drive becomes modified, differentiated, and refined from its original primal form (as negation and conflict qua death) to the complex process-system of opposing desires, pulsions, and their phenomenal valences that populate mental life. Here we need to distinguish ontological dualism, itself a philosophical conundrum at best, from the phenomenology of the drives, which Freud is attempting to explain when he posits his dual drive hypothesis: drives appear as antithetical organizations despite emanating from a monistic foundation. The theoretical problematic of his so-called instinctual dualism is adequately reconciled when we realize that original drive modifies itself and is differentiated by competing aims and motives yoked in multiply instantiated forms, yet they are ontologically conjoined in dialectical symmetry. I believe the authors may find a reasonable solution to Freud's theoretic contradictions when viewing drive theory from a dialectical process framework.


Abstract This study examined how job satisfaction affected the link between internal audit effectiveness and human capital dimensions in the context of Jordanian commercial banks. In this paper, from the distributed questionnaire copies distributed to internal auditors working in the commercial banks of Jordan, 102 copies were deemed useable. Data obtained was exposed to Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Based on the results, education, expertise, and training had a direct, positive, and significant influence on the effectiveness of internal audit, while job satisfaction had an incomplete role as a moderator, as underpinned by the Social Exchange theory. The study enumerates the implications for practice and academics, with the study contributions serving as guidelines for bank managers and literature research. On this basis, the study implications are categorized into two major types, theoretical and practical implications. Accordingly, the first contribution to theory is that social exchange theory adoption to examine the human capital dimensions (education, expertise, and training) and their relationship with internal audit effectiveness. Also, practically, the study findings indicate the strategic importance of internal audit, reminding executives and banks directors to enhance internal audit staff expertise and meet their satisfaction to promote the effectiveness of the internal audit.


section 5 thesystemdeveloped usingXilinxSCP MicroBlaze [14]andXilinx MicroKernel [15]OS is Advances inFPGAtechnologies allowdesigning highly analyzed, whilst inSection 6theexperimental results are complex systems usingon-chip FPGA resources and shown. Finally, section 7 presents future workinSMP intellectual property (IP) cores. Furthermore, itispossiblesystems onFPGA. tobuild multiprocessor systems using hard-core orsoft-core processors increasing therange ofapplications that canbe 2.SYMMETRICMULTIPROCESSINGSYSTEMS implemented on an FPGA.Thispaperpresents an implementation ofa symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systemeontatin ofPa usingmamvendr m providedssoft-ce Multiprocessor systems areoften categorized inoneofthe


Methods: A retrospective chart review of all adult patients diagnosed with head and neck cancers that subsequently underwent tumor resection at Wake Forest Baptist Health from 2007-2012 was performed. Patient charts were screened for patient demographics (ie, gender, age), tumor characteristics including size, location, bilaterality, surgical treatment type, and post-operative placement of gastrostomy tube. A multiple logistic regression model was fit using a backwards selection approach to identify the best set of predictive characteristics for gastrostomy tube placement. This model was validated using independent data not included in the initial analysis.


WHIM syndrome (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, myelokathexis) is a rare combined primary immunodeficiency. Here we describe 10 Russian patients with WHIM syndrome that were followed in the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center оf Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology. This study is supported by the Independent Ethics Committee and approved by the Academic Council of the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology. Neutropenia and lymphopenia were observed in all 10 patients, hypogammaglobulinemia – in 7/10 patients. In all cases bone marrow analysis demonstrated myelokathexis features (cytoplasmic vacuolization in neutrophils and eosinophils, hyperlobulated pyknotic nuclear lobes connected by long thin strands, hypogranular and hypersegmented neutrophils). All patients were treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and intravenous immunoglobulin. In 3/10 poor disease control was an indication to perform HSCT. In 2 of 3 patients HSTC was successful and all symptoms of the disease resolved. In conclusion, the diagnosis of WHIM syndrome must be considered in patients with early onset of neutro- and lymphopenia in conjunction with morphological features of myelokathexis. Treatment of this disease is still a challenging problem.


A method of etching a layer formed on a wafer predetermined material layer, comprising: i) adjusting the ambient temperature in the vicinity of a wafer (W) to a first temperature; ii) supplying a reaction gas (on the wafer W) at the first temperature for etching a (on the wafer W formed) predetermined layer; iii) raising the ambient temperature in the vicinity of the wafer (W) predetermined to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature, for separating a portion of the by-products (from the wafer W), the one formed on the wafer during etching layer have been produced in ii); and iv) maintaining the second temperature for separating the by-products from the vicinity of the wafer (W), where i) to iv) (within the same space 400a) are performed in-situ.


— This paper presents the modeling of high efficiency DC-DC converter for distributed generating system with the input voltage of 15V taken from PV cell. To maintain the power generation closer to the consumer, distributed generation is installed and in that distributed PV is one type. Here, that system is modeled and the DC-DC converter is plotted. Using the MATLAB/SIMULINK the is


The paper shows that although EC grade aluminium is finding increasing use in overhead conductors, its use has not been accepted in many electrical applications because of lack of ductility, inferior strength and lower value of electrical conductivity. The use of copper is continuously increasing which is increasing our dependence on its import at the considerable involvement of foreign exchange. The paper describes the industrial development of electric grade aluminium alloy NML-PM2 at the National Metallurgical Laboratory having greater than 61% IACS electrical conductivity. The alloy is an ideal substitute of copper because of unique combination of electrical and mechanical properties. It is finding progressively increasing use in many-electrical applications such as welding cables, underground telephone cables, winding wires etc. (Dr. Rajendra Kumar and Dr. Manjit Singh, Scientists, National Metallurgical Laboratory)


THIS article is the first of two initended to assist the pratctising ' veterinarian who has been called upon by a deer park or farm. Part I is unashamedlI devoted to the international deer farming scene and also general manatgement as the overwhelming majority of disease problems atre managemental in origin. The veterinary surgeon should be able to offer advice to those either contemplating the establishment of a deer herd or wishing to improve the management of an existing herd. A further xerv conimon point of contact between veterinary surgeons and deer farmers arises over the methods of pharmacological restratilnt and deliverv svstems which will be considered in a second paper.


Transgenic mice offer a novel way to probe structure function relationships in healthy and osteoarthritic cartilage. Indentation is a convenient method to measure mechanical properties of cartilage in the mouse. In order to reduce test data to material properties, test model geometry along with a material model needs to be assumed. Most recent developments support the use of a poroviscoelastic (PVE) model for cartilage. However, using this model makes separation of the flow-dependent and flow-independent viscoelastic parameters challenging. For cartilage from larger animals, Huang [1] showed that tensile tests have negligible flow-dependent response and hence can identify the flow-independent material parameters. A compression experiment can then be used to find only the flow-dependent parameters. However, limited cartilage volumes in mouse do not allow for tension tests, so mouse cartilage is primarily tested by indentation. Mak [2] has shown that fluid flow occurs mainly for times comparable to the gel diffusion time T = a2/Hκ where a is the tip size, H is the aggregate modulus and κ is permeability. Consequently, we propose use of two different sized indenters to separate flow-independent and dependent effects in mouse cartilage. One tip is small enough to make T negligible (say <0.1 s), then relaxation data will probe only the flow-independent response, whereas a second considerably larger tip will probe both flow-dependent and fluid flow effects. The data from the small indenter can be used to fit the flow-independent parameters; the data from the large indenter, in conjunction with parameters from the first fit, can be used to fit the flow-dependent parameters.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


The paper studies the crashworthiness of the braking beam in the coking coal workshop,analyzes the influence of the coal loading steel bucket to the braking steel beam,the result shows that the impact action of the coal loading steel bucket is quasi-rectangular impulsive loading,the stress of the lower flange of the beam is big,the stress of the web and the stiffener in the impingement region and the support also is big,which shows that the thickness of the lower flange and the web can be increased and the thickness of the upper flange can be reduced.


In the present report we describe data quality comparing two different information systems in the years 1988 and 1992: abstracts of the medical record and death records of the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).... The most common errors observed were in the diagnosis procedures coding and computerized data entry. (EXCERPT) (SUMMARY IN ENG)


A biochemical genetic study of the mussels Perna perna and Choromytilus meridionalis on the west coast of South Africa revealed the presence of an unreported mytilid mussel that had previously been mistaken, because of its shell colour polymorphism, for either P. perna or a hybrid between P. perna and C. meridionalis. The gene products of 19 protein-coding loci in P. perna. C. meridionalis and in the newly recognized mussel were examined by means of horizontal starch-gel electrophoresis. The results showed that there was no allele-frequency overlap between any of these mussel taxa, thus implying little or no genetic relatedness between them. A morphological examination showed that the previously unreported mytilid has a pitted resilial ridge (similar to that of Perna), an anterior adductor muscle (unlike either Perna or Choromytilus), and an undivided posterior foot retractor-muscle scar (unlike Perna). Such features are diagnostic of the genus Mytilus. The South African Mytilus has morphological traits t...


The development of aerospace and automotive industries requests lightweight, high-paformance materials, and polymer nanocomposites are ideal candidates in this case, which is shown by the increasingly more publications in this research field over the past two decades. However, the performance of nanocompositenot only depend on the properties of their individual constituents, but on their morphology and surface characteristics of fillers as well. Selections of nanofille~ geometries, e.g. particulate, fibrous or layered have a tremendous influence on the properties of nanocomposites and their processing methods. In this paper, we review the chronological works performed in the field of polymer nanocomposites, in particular epoxy nanocomposites reinforced with layered fillers, such as clay and gitiphene. Surprisingly layered fillers are commercially available and more costeffective than nanoparticles and carbon nanofibres, and these make them to the most extensively studied fillers that can be geared toward future applications, particularly in large-scale polymer nanocomposite production.


AbstractOur research was conducted on a sample of 166 Greek manufacturing industries with the objective to extensively examine their strategic reactions in correlation with the national and international market evolvement. We also provide a framework for Porter's tools of value chain and value system (Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior performance, Michael E. Porter, Free Press 1998) and their implementation in executive corporate strategies.


Based on the study of mechanical features of air spring including the nonlinearities in material, geometry and contact process, finite element analysis was applied to study the nonlinear characteristics of air spring. The three-dimensional finite element model of a cystiform air spring was established. The analytical results were confirmed experimentally by use of an air spring test bench. The contributions of different factors to the nonlinear stiffness characteristics of multilayer cystiform air spring were studied. The results show that the inflation pressure, capsule cord angle and additional chamber volume of air spring have distinct influences on the stiffness characteristics, whereas the number of capsule card layers, interval between capsule card layers, clearance in capsule card grid and capsule card material are of little impact.


ABSTRACT We propose a nonparametric procedure to test for changes in correlation matrices at an unknown point in time. The new test requires constant expectations and variances, but only mild assumptions on the serial dependence structure, and has considerable power in finite samples. We derive the asymptotic distribution under the null hypothesis of no change as well as local power results and apply the test to stock returns.


A typical approach to harvesting the excess braking energy of a railway car has been to use a storage system. However, research momentum has been growing in the direction of integrating smart loads like EV chargers into traction networks, and this can offer a more efficient and economical solution to the harvesting of braking energy. This paper examines the case study of a segment of the Amsterdam metro grid with two 350kW integrated DC opportunity chargers for charging electric buses from the traction grid. Of the charging episodes investigated, none of them broke the minimum line voltage requirements of the grid. They managed to greatly offset any additional line losses that they had caused by a successful recuperation of up to 1212kWh per day, depending on the charging duration. In all four schemes, about 22.8% of the picked-up charging energy of the buses per day came from harvesting otherwise-wasted metro braking energy.


A u d r e y s e e m s t o h a v e anticipated that there would be some surprise at the title she has chosen — A Proletarian Life. This is not an autobiography. We are shown those events in Audrey's infancy, childhood and youth which she perceives as having the main significance in shaping her adult development. We see something of her life in the youth movement and the Communist Party, and some major events in which she was a leading participant. And we do little more than glimpse personal relationships. Thus, it is not so m uch the account of a life as of the shaping o f a person, a picture of an era as it affected the au thor and was affected by her. But why "Proletarian"? Audrey asks, "since it is not the most popular of terms these days". She answers in part: I chose it because I wanted to turn away from the fashionable Left thesis o f the death o f 'class' as a concept for today. I wanted to affirm the centrality o f class, to counter the decline o f the Left amongst the workforce, lo challenge anti-socialist marxism and an anti-Soviet socialism, and to confront a politics without a subject, the goat o f which is no longer the socialist transformation o f society, but merely a renovation o f liberal capitalism.


Abstract The formation and evolution of galaxies is strongly influenced by environment, particularly in clusters, where galaxy luminosity functions vary in shape with the dynamical state of the cluster (relaxed or in various stages of merging), with the photometric band considered and with the position in the cluster. We present here results concerning the optical GLFs in several relaxed and merging clusters.


Developing learning media by adjusting it to the subject materials' characteristics and students' development needs to be done. Based on this concern, this research is aiming at developing picture story media that is based on value clarification technique (VCT) as an alternative value education in primary school. This research employed Research and Development (R & D) study approach and specifically adapted the study model from Dick and Carey (2001). Data collection was done through documentation note, observation, questionnaire, and try out. Data that had been collected then was analysed by using qualitative and quantitative methods (mix methods). Based on the try out result, it shows that the picture story media that is being developed has fulfilled the criteria of validity, effectivity, and practicality. Besides, based on the observation results of the tests' try out process, it shows that the media has given positive impact towards the expected learning process and results.


With the development of semiconductor techniques,chip designers are capable of interconnecting various IP cores by adopting the method of interconnected networks——Network on Chip(NoC).As the emergence of more real-time applications in NoC,greater prominence should be given to QoS.Connection-oriented,connectionless,and hybrid switching networks are all examples of techniques to improve QoS.And all these techniques,for later reference,are studied from the aspects of resource usage and performance enhancement in this paper.


This work deals with the topological classification of singular foliation germs on $(\mathbb C^{2},0)$. Working in a suitable class of foliations we fix the topological invariants given by the separatrix set, the Camacho-Sad indices and the projective holonomy representations and we prove the existence of a topological universal deformation through which every equisingular deformation uniquely factorizes up to topological conjugacy. This is done by representing the functor of topological classes of equisingular deformations of a fixed foliation. We also describe the functorial dependence of this representation with respect to the foliation.


Two distinct types of cell death have been described: apoptosis and necrosis. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the differences between these two types are far less numerous than initially thought. Morphological analyses might provide important information to distinguish apoptotic from necrotic samples. We recently reported that in necrotic, but not apoptotic, HL‐60 human myeloid leukaemia cells, the nuclear protein topoisomerase IIα concentrated in nucleoli. In order to ascertain whether or not this phenomenon was restricted to a peculiar cell type or could be detected also in cells of lymphoid lineage, we performed an investigation aimed at defining the localization of topoisomerase IIα in apoptotic and necrotic Jurkat human T lymphoblastoid cells. Immunofluorescence staining demonstrated that topoisomerase IIα was excluded from the condensed chromatin of apoptotic cells, whereas in necrotic cells it was localized in discrete nuclear dots. Immuno‐electron microscopy analysis showed that topoisomerase IIα was undetectable in nucleoli of normal and apoptotic cells, whereas it was present in the nucleolus of necrotic cells irrespectively of the type of inducer used (ethanol, H2O2, HgCl2). Taken together, our findings identify topoisomerase IIα as a potential morphological marker useful to discriminate between apoptotic and necrotic cells. Microsc. Res. Tech. 62:192–200, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of β-hydroxy nitriles 1 has been carried out using Candida antarctica lipase B and a ruthenium catalyst. The use of a hydrogen source to depress ketone formation in the dynamic kinetic resolution yields the corresponding acetates 2 in good yield and high enantioselectivity. It is shown that the ruthenium catalyst and the enzyme can be recycled when used in separate reactions. We also report on the preparation of various enantiomerically pure β-hydroxy acid derivatives and γ-amino alcohols from 1 and 2. The latter compounds were also used to establish the correct absolute configuration of 1 and 2.


1. Adenosine analogs with substitutions in the 2-position have been shown to elicit adenosine-like vasodepression in the cat. Several of these analogs were found more potent than adenosine; all caused hypotension of greater duration than that produced by the parent riboside.

2. The relatively transient nature of the hypotension induced by adenosine in the cat has been attributed to the activity of adenosine deaminase. Persistence of vasodepression, characteristic of the 2-substituted congeners, has been attributed to failure of the enzyme to deaminate these analogs.

3. A manometnic method has been described which was employed to study the adenosine deaminase activity of various tissues of cats, rats and rabbits and to ascertain the relative susceptibility of adenosine and its analogs to enzymatic degradation.

4. The influence of molecular alteration on the vasodepressor activity of purine nibosides has been discussed.


Chromosome segregation in fertilized eggs of the zhikong scallop, Chlamys farreri, following polar body 1 (PB1) inhibition with cytochalasin B (CB) was studied. The fertilized eggs were treated with CB (0.75 mg/L) at 7-10 min postfertilization until polar body 2 (PB2) was released in control groups. The embryos were sampled every 5-10 min after fertilization and fixed in Carnoy fixative. Chromosome segregation in both control groups and treated groups were analyzed using a hematoxylin stain method.


We use the market reaction to capital gains tax rate reduction in the 1997 Tax Relief Act to investigate the market reaction to a change in investor‐level tax rates. We find that the positive market reaction was lower for dividend‐paying securities and securities with longer expected holding periods. Our results also support the hypothesis that a longer expected holding period reduces the impact of the dividend‐paying status. These results are consistent with the tax capitalization model and suggest that the expected holding period is a significant variable in explaining the market reaction to a change in capital gains tax rates.


Early in doctors' careers all are taught the importance of recognizing symptoms suggestive of cauda equina compression (saddle anaesthesia, disturbance of bowel and/ or bladder function, lower limb weakness) associated with back pain and its urgent management. These symptoms should be regarded as just as serious even in the absence of back pain to help prevent irreversible damage. This article presents such a case, which led to a diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer.


Sugarcane plants including roots were collected from 21 sugarcane growing locations of Golaghat, Dimapur and Jorhat districts of North Eastern region for isolation of endophytic Gluconacetobacter. Based on the nitrogenase activity, only eight isolates were selected for further characterization of Gluconacetobacter. The nitrogenase activity of the isolates ranged in between 12.4 to 72.4 n mole C2H4 h-1 culture-1. The characteristic yellowish surface pellicles were formed on inoculating the selected isolates into semisolid LGI medium and acetic LGI medium. On enumeration in LGI plates, the frequencies of well recognized Gluconacetobacter like colonies ranged in between 0.75 and 7.68 x 105 (cfu g-1 fresh tissue). Colony morphology of the isolates was irregular flat, irregular raised or circular raised yellow colonies of 1-5 mm in diameter. Light brown to brown pigmentation was observed on potato agar plates and light brown pigmentation with clearing of plates was observed on GYC plates. All the isolates exhibited gram negative and shape of the cells were rods. Reactions to extracellular and intracellular enzymes as well as to the various carbon sources by the isolates explained the diversity among them. The IAR profiles of the eight isolates against twelve antibiotics exhibited wide variation in their response to various antibiotics.


. The ease of use of Surface Brightness-Colour Relations (SBCRs) is a major advantage in the determination of stellar angular diameters. It currently plays a significant role for the distance determination of eclipsing binaries and also for the characterization of exoplanets host stars. Despite the large number of existing SBCRs, strong discrepancies occur on the outer edges of the surface brightness F V versus V − K colour diagram. Challouf et al. (2014) reached a precision of 7% on the estimate of the angular diameter for V − K < 0 mag, while 10% of accuracy only is expected on the other part of the diagram. To overcome these discrepancies, we apply the same methodology to all the angular diameter and photometric estimates available in the literature. We also observe new stars using the CHARA/VEGA and PAVO instruments. We show that the SBCR strongly depends on the spectral type and the luminosity class of stars. An unique SBCR can therefore not be used for any type of star.


" W e've got another one, Mary." So said the lady behind the League of Friends' tea bar to her colleague when I asked for a smoked mackerel salad rather than the usual sausage sandwich and caramel slice. "That must be 12 now," came the reply, "they're all doing it." It was August 2003, and clearly I was just one of the many hospital tea bar regulars who, at the height of the hype, had forsaken carbohydrates and taken up the Atkins diet in a quest to be the next Jennifer Aniston. I had been shocked into action after a rare interaction with the bathroom scales gave me a nasty surprise and a quick calculation suggested my body mass index was nudging 35. …


Recent years provided intense progression in the implementation of molecular techniques in a wide variety of research fields in ecology. Biomonitoring and bioassessment can greatly benefit from DNA metabarcoding and High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) methods that potentially provide reliable, high quantity and quality standardized data in a cost- and time-efficient way. However, DNA metabarcoding has its drawbacks, introducing biases at all the steps of the process, particularly during bioinformatics treatments used to prepare HTS data for ecological analyses. The high diversity of bioinformatics methods (e.g., OTU clustering, chimera detection, taxonomic assignment) and parameters (e.g., percentage similarity threshold used to define OTUs) make inter-studies comparison difficult, limiting the development of standardized and easy-accessible bioassessment procedures for routine freshwater monitoring. In order to study and overcome these drawbacks, we constructed four de novo indices to assess river ecological status based on the same biological samples of diatoms analyzed with morphological and molecular methods. The biological inventories produced are (i) morphospecies identified by microscopy, (ii) OTUs provided via metabarcoding and hierarchical clustering of sequences using a 95% similarity threshold, (iii) individual sequence units (ISUs) via metabarcoding and only minimal bioinformatical quality filtering, and (iv) exact sequence variants (ESVs) using DADA2 denoising algorithm. The indices based on molecular data operated directly with ecological values estimated for OTUs/ISUs/ESVs. Our study used an approach of bypassing taxonomic assignment, so bias related to unclassified sequences missing from reference libraries could be handled and no information on ecology of sequences is lost. Additionally, we showed that the indices based on ISUs and ESVs were equivalent, outperforming the OTU-based one in terms of predictive power and accuracy by revealing the hidden ecological information of sequences that are otherwise clustered in the same OTU (intra-species/intra-population variability). Furthermore, ISUs, ESVs, and morphospecies indices provided similar estimation of site ecological status, validating that ISUs with limited bioinformatics treatments may be used for DNA freshwater monitoring. Our study is a proof of concept where taxonomy- and clustering-free approach is presented, that we believe is a step forward a standardized and comparable DNA bioassessment, complementary to morphological methods.


Letter from D.S. Kennard to his father regarding his health and the weather. He also discusses the battle where a hundred Yankees died. He mentions the prices of food, shoes, and books. He comments on the poor food they are eating, but is willing to suffer as long as he can fight for independence.


A model of the auditory periphery, designed to fit neural responses to tones, has been shown [K. L. Payton, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 77, S80 (1985)] to predict many response characteristics of auditory‐nerve fibers to vowel sounds in quiet [M. B. Sachs and E. D. Young, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 68, 858–875 (1980)]. This paper examines the effects of background noise on model vowel responses and compares them to neural responses [M. B. Sachs, H. F. Voigt, and E. D. Young, J. Neurophysiol. 50, 27–45 (1983)]. In quiet, both the neural and model average rate responses saturate at high stimulus levels. Representation of vowel formants by the ALSR, a temporal measure of neural responses relatively insensitive to level, is also predicted by the model. When white noise is added, at + 10 dB S/N ratio, both the neural and model average rate responses saturate at lower vowel sound levels. However, the presence of background noise degrades the model ALSR responses more than it degrades the neural ALSR responses. [Work ...


In 2019 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) launched a pilot regional Integrated Water Availability Assessment (IWAA) in the Delaware River Basin (fig. 1). IWAA is intended to explore, test, and refine systems and processes for assessing water availability for human and ecological uses and understanding their underlying controls. Water quality plays an important role in supporting ecological health and determining the suitability of water for human consumption, recreation, agriculture, and industry. Understanding how water quality has changed over time in response to natural and human-induced changes in landscape and climate identifies potential challenges in safeguarding water for all uses. The USGS has evaluated water-quality trends across the Nation, and 22 of the evaluated sites are in the Delaware River Basin (Oelsner and others, 2017; Murphy and others, 2018). These 22 sites are in the Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain Physiographic Provinces (fig. 1). Data from these sites indicate decadal to multidecadal changes in water quality and provide an initial look at how nutrient concentrations, such as total phosphorous, total nitrogen, and nitrate, and salinity indicators, such as specific conductance, sulfate, and chloride, have varied over time in the basin. The time period of the evaluation ranged from 1972 to 2012.


The perioperative anticoagulation strategy during cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) implantation is highly variable without consensus among implanting physicians. A systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library to identify clinical trials in patients on chronic oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy undergoing CIEDs implantation. Bleeding and thromboembolic events were compared among heparin bridging, continued OAC, and interrupted OAC groups. Data were expressed as relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using random effects model. According to the inclusion criteria, totally 14 studies involving 3,744 patients were identified and included in the study. The heparin bridging group showed a significantly higher risk of bleeding events (relative risk [RR] 3.10, 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.02–4.76, P < 0.00001), especially pocket hematoma (RR 3.58, 95% CI, 2.17–5.91, P < 0.00001), but no significantly lower incidence of thromboembolism (RR 1.16, 95% CI, 0.36–3.67, P = 0.81) compared with OAC continuation group. Meanwhile, both unfractionated heparin‐bridged and low‐molecular‐weight heparin‐bridged subgroup exhibited a higher risk of bleeding. There was no significant difference between OAC continuation and OAC interruption group in bleeding (RR 0.90, 95% CI, 0.65–1.24, P = 0.52) and thromboembolic (RR 0.57, 95% CI, 0.16–2.01, P = 0.38) complications. The OAC interruption group had an obviously lower incidence of bleeding in comparison with the heparin bridging group and no statistical significance was observed in thrombus occurrence. Implantation of CIEDs with continuous OAC therapy may offer the best option by combining the lower risk of bleeding with rare thromboembolism compared with heparin bridging and OAC interruption therapy.


Dengue fever has emerged as a major public health problem in India. In recent years, there has been an upsurge of neurological manifestations in dengue. Here, we report reversible acute motor weakness due to hypokalemia in two confirmed cases of dengue infection. Over a course of few hours following administration of potassium, both the patients recovered without any residual neurological deficit.


The molecular pathogenesis in chronic myeloproliferative disorder including essential thrombocythemia (ET) has been recently clarified. We previously identified a novel activating mutation of c-MPL gene (S505N) as a cause of familial ET. The Jak2 mutation (Jak2V617F) is also reported most frequently as a constitutive activating mutation in ET. Here we screened the mutations in the open reading frames of thrombopoietin (TPO), c-MPL and Jak2 in the 26 Japanese (sporadic) ET patients. None had any somatic mutations in TPO. We found Jak2V617F mutation in 7 patients. Interestingly, one of the patients had the c-MPL somatic mutation (W515L). The c-MPL W515L transfectants presented the autonomous STAT5 and MEK1/2 phosphorylation in the absence of the ligand, which show the c-MPL W515L is a constitutive activating mutation for signalling. The concurrent mutations of Jak2V617F and c-MPL W515L are likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of the thrombocythemia in this patient. Now we are focusing on the issue whether the single clone with both of two mutations occupy or the two clones with either Jak2 or c-MPL mutation coexist in the bone marrow of this ET patient (Single cell PCR is on going with the megakaryocytes of this patient).


Description of a new species of yeast (Ascomycetes Saccharomycetaceae ), isolated from beetles living in the decaying stump of a fruit-tree ; comparison with adjacent species.


'It's fitting that Alice B. Toklas, 'wife' and literary impresario of Gertrude Stein, should be the subject of a biography...and this is a good one, sensitive and lively...it's clear from this portrait that through her possessive affection she not only had a dominant influence on Stein's life but (for good or ill) on her highly idiosyncratic prose. With her acid tongue, shrewd judgment, vitality, and intense loyalty she was a fairly remarkable person in her-self' - "Publishers Weekly".'Linda Simon writes beautifully of Alice's early years in California, of her Polish-Jewish family, of her growing alienation from her surroundings and gravitation toward artists, of her awareness of the isolating burden homosexuality would force on her...entertaining, thoroughly researched. and well-written...with a clear gaze fixed on undistorted truth' - "Saturday Review". 'A study that shows Toklas as she must have been, not 'Miss Stein's obedient shadow,'...but a multifaceted and complex creature with her own tastes and standards...her story is an emotionally stirring experience' - "Washington Post Book World".Linda Simon, in her preface to this Bison Book edition, calls Alice B.Toklas 'a woman who, through a mixture of determination and good luck, invented a new narrative for her life' at a time when options for women were few. Simon is the author of "Thornton Wilder: His World" (1979), "Good Writing" (1988), and other books. She is now working on a biography of William James.


: Psychological entitlement refers to a stable and pervasive belief that one deserves favorable treatment and could be waived from social obligations. It could be displayed as academic entitlement, consumer entitlement, workplace entitlement in various domains of life. Psychological entitlement can lead to narcissism, interpersonal conflict, selfish behavior, and aggressive behavior, etc. It can be influenced by situational factors such as life experience, parenting styles, attachment styles, social economic status, organization environments and individual factors such as self compassion, subjective construction, and egalitarian values. Future research is advocated to make a thorough inquiry on the concept and structure of psychological entitlement, improve the research methods, utilize more longitudinal and indigenous research design. Future research is also warranted to further explore the factors that influencing psychological entitlement and the factors to inhibit (or reduce) its negative consequences.


To achieve a competitive advantage, innovation, which provides the possibility to meet the customers' needs a new and higher level, is inevitable for companies. Resources providing the basis of economic development are not widely available and cannot be easily replaced; therefore, expansion of trends focusing on innovation is unavoidable. In the past decade, service sector offered the most knowledge-intensive jobs in the most developed countries of the world. The utilization of research and development results becomes more and more intense that is accompanied by the need that the decision-makers and the actors of the service sector shall have adequate information at disposal. Water is the gold of modern age, and thermal water has been the basis of thermal culture (and business) since ancient times. The Central European region is abundant in thermal water; therefore, the exploitation of such resource is a logical step. In the past decades, developments based on thermal water were carried out in the region. Nowadays, however, it is clear that innovation takes the central role of successful operation in this sector, too. This paper examines the innovation-centred services of spa towns by highlighting on the theoretical background and the necessity for the successful business operation.


In this paper, Operational Trans-Resistance Amplifier (OTRA) based wave active filter structures are presented. They are flexible and modular, making them suitable to implement higher order filters. The passive resistors in the proposed circuit can be implemented using matched transistors, operating in linear region, making them fully integrable. They are insensitive to parasitic input capacitances and input resistances due to the internally grounded input terminals of OTRA. As an application, a doubly terminated third order Butterworth low pass filter has been implemented, by substituting OTRA based wave equivalents of passive elements. PSPICE simulations are given to verify the theoretical analysis.


In arid area, ecological remediation aims at decreasing soil erosion by foresting. Distributed SWAT model is further improved model of integrated model, capable of analyzing the relation between river runoff, sediment and land use change by human activities. In this study, distributed SWAT model is built in the Heihe River Basin to simulate watershed water and sand conditions, and natural state of river runoff and sediment without ecological remediation project is estimated. Significant differences are observed between the estimated natural state runoff and sediment and conditions after the remediation projects. This provides valuable reference for effect assessment of Heihe River Basin ecological remediation project.


increasingly likely to attend their individualized education program (IEP) meetings (National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 [NLTS2], 2003); however, their attendance at meetings does not ensure active participation (Martin, Greene, & Borland, 2004; Mason, Field, & Sawilowsky, 2004; NLTS2; Powers, Turner, Matuszewski, Wilson, & Phillips, 2001). It is likely that students are passive attendees because they are not sure what to expect when they attend their meetings and because they have not received instruction in how to participate in such a meeting (Johnson & Sharpe, 2000). Therefore, in order for students to become meaningful participants in their own IEP processes, they need explicit training. This training might include providing students with background information about the IEP process (e.g., what an IEP is and why a student has one), teaching them strategies for writing IEP goals and objectives, role-playing a mock IEP meeting to give students rehearsal opportunities before the real meeting, and/or teaching students self-evaluation strategies so they can assist in collecting progress monitoring data. The options are numerous and varied, but they do require a substantial time commitment on the part of classroom teachers and families of students with disabilities. [I]n order for students to become meaningful participants in their own IEP processes, they need explicit training.


Background/Objectives: Recently, several researchers are directed in the area of mobile location estimation in GSM network. The major interests in the research include improving the accuracy of location estimation. Methods/Statistical analysis: Therefore, this paper present the first application of Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis for mobile location estimation in a GSM network and without pre-processing or manipulating the Location Dependent Parameter (LDP) - Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI). The proposed model was developed and evaluated using Received Signal Strength (RSS) and geographical coordinates obtained from drive tests. Findings: The results show that, 67% of the calls, the positioning error is less than 64 m and 95% of the calls will result in positioning error less than 115 m while the maximum error is 275m for the urban area. Application/Improvements: Results show improved accuracy in location estimation. This model can be adopted for any mobile location application including the emergency call services (E-911) that requires very high accuracy level.


Abstract : If there is one constant in expert analyses of the history of modern China, it is the characterization of a country perpetually in the throes of crises. And in nearly all crises, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has played an instrumental role. While China at the mid-point of the 21st century's first decade is arguably the most secure and stable it has been in more than a century, crises continue to emerge with apparent frequency. Consequently, the study of China's behavior in conditions of tension and stress, and particularly how the PLA is a factor in that behavior, is of considerable importance to policymakers and analysts around the world. This volume represents the fruits of a conference held at the U.S. Army War College in September 2004 on the theme of "Chinese Crisis Management." One of the major debates that emerged among participants was whether all the case studies under examination constituted crises in the eyes of China's leaders. The consensus was that not all of these incidents were perceived as crises-a key case in point being the three Iraq wars (1980-88, 1990-91, and 2003). As a result, the rubric of "decisionmaking under stress" was adopted as presenters revised their papers for publication. No matter what rubric is employed, however, the chapters in this volume shed light on patterns of Chinese behavior in crisis-like situations and decisionmaking under stress. Michael Swaine's contributed chapter first establishes a general framework for understanding crisis management based on previous work by Alexander George and J. Philip Rogers. He then proceeds to apply this framework to Chinese crisis management in particular. Swaine identifies five basic variables that influence crisis management behavior-subjective views of leaders and public, domestic environment, decisionmaking structure, information receipt and processing, and idiosyncratic features.


The present invention relates to a formulation comprising ammonium hydroxide, 2-aminobenzothiazole and the remainder as a formulation for removing photoresist, ion implanted photoresist, etch residue or BARC. Preferably, the formulation comprises tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tolyltriazole, propylene glycol, 2-aminobenzothiazole, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether and the remainder, more preferably tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide 1-15 Weight percent, 1-5 weight percent tolyltriazole, 5-15 weight percent propylene glycol, 1-10 weight percent 2-aminobenzothiazole, 20-45 weight percent dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether and the remaining water. The invention also provides a method for removing a material selected from the group consisting of photoresist, etch residue, BARC and combinations thereof from a substrate, the method comprising applying the formulation described above to a substrate to remove the material from the substrate. It is about.


A prosthetic device, called a cochlear implant, can be implanted in the inner ear and can restore partial hearing to profoundly deaf people. Some individuals with implants can now communicate without lip-reading or signing, and some can communicate over the telephone. The success of cochlear implants can be attributed to the combined efforts of scientists from various disciplines including bioengineering, physiology, otolaryngology, speech science, and signal processing. Each of these disciplines contributed to various aspects of the design of cochlear prostheses. Signal processing, in particular, played an important role in the development of different techniques for deriving electrical stimuli from the speech signal. Designers of cochlear prosthesis were faced with the challenge of developing signal-processing techniques that would mimic the function of a normal cochlea. The purpose of this article is to present an overview of various signal-processing techniques that have been used for cochlear prosthesis over 25 years. The signal-processing strategies described are only a subset of the many that have been developed for cochlear prosthesis.


Recently, the valuation of intellectual capital is one of the urgent problems of financial management. This is due to the complexity of determining cash flows and discount rates. The proposed method solves these problems by using the approach based on the logic of the value chain. Draw conclusions on whether the analyzed company-oriented personnel or relies on its key asset, as well as what share of the value of the company generates intellectual capital.


The wed land has functions of flood control, drought control, homogenizing flood, controling soil erosion, promoting deposition and creating land with regard to water resources in the wed land, it has yet purification water effect, so the wed land should be protected.


A health ecosystem is the aim of building a nice Loess Plateau with green mountain and clear river. This paper, taking Zhifanggou small watershed as an example, by using the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) selecting the woodland and pasture cover, area of fundamental cropland, soil anti-scourability, soil organic matter, output/input, crop yield, net incomes of per capita and benefit of reducing the soil erosion etc. analyzed the improvement process in ecosystem rehabilitation. The result showed that after about 20 years of soil conservation practice and restoration, the ecosystem health index of the watershed has improved from 0.178 in 1985 to 0.707 in 1999 experiencing initial restoration, stable improvement and coming to fine development period. This research introduced the new indicators of soil anti-scourability, soil organic matter content and gave the different weight value of indicators in health index calculation in restoration process. Keywords: health assessment, loess plateau, analytic hierarchy process


Widespread ownership of portable, convergent devices is enabling learners to participate in learning at any time and from any location, individually or in contact with others. Mobile learning research attempts to understand the evolving habits and requirements of mobile learners, as well as exploiting the capabilities of the devices. The effects on conceptions of learning and teaching are also being studied. The number of publications and conferences in the field of mobile learning is thus proliferating.


The Hermite–Hadamard (HH)-type inequality plays a very important role in the fields of basic mathematics and applied mathematics. In recent years, many scholars have expanded and improved it. Although we have achieved some research results about HH-type inequality, the research on discrete HH-type inequalities has just begun, and a lot of work needs to be improved. In this paper, we introduce [Formula: see text]-convex function and present discrete HH-type inequalities on time scale with discrete substitution method. In addition, the Hermite–Hadamard–Fejér(HHF)-type inequalities on time scale will be obtained, where the integrand is [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] is [Formula: see text]-convex function on [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is symmetric with respect to [Formula: see text], our results in some special cases yield the well-known classic HHF-type inequalities. Finally, through the discrete substitution method, we get discrete fractional HH-type inequality and discrete fractional HHF-type inequality for [Formula: see text]-convex function.


In the context of establishing some type of relationship between drivers' functional abilities and probability of road accidents, interesting parameter is the useful field of view -UFOV- which ta into account both perceptive and cognitive processes involved in detection, the localisation and the identification of visual information from the external environment. Knowing that ageing ha strong effect on these abilities, our study aims at investigating UFOV on a sample of elderly drivers, under dynamic experimental conditions. This approach allows, firstly, to identify relationsh between the level of attentional demand complexity of the dynamic central task and the efficiency of the detection task, and, secon to specify if detection processes are more efficient in specific localised parts of the field of view. For the covering abstract IRRD E102207.


An AMR magnetic head with eliminating harmonics and sinusoidal wave output was designed. This magnetic head is made from AMR thin film material by micro-fabrication technique. The harmonics analysis and testing of output waveforms of magnetic head were completed.This magnetic head has excellent sinusoidal wave transfer characteristic and sensitivity of magnetic fields and Signal-to-Noise. The magnetic heads are expected to be widely used in the systems of high accuracy displacement measure by magnetic railings ruler and angle measure by magnetic rotary encoder.


Learning outcomes are an essential element in curriculum development because they describe what students should be able to do by the end of a course or program, and they provide a roadmap for designing assessments. This paper describes the development of competency-based learning outcomes for a one-semester undergraduate introductory human physiology course. Key elements in the development process included decisions about terminology, eponyms, use of the word "normal" and similar considerations for inclusivity. The outcomes are keyed to related physiology core concepts and to process skills that can be taught along with the content. The learning outcomes have been published under a Creative Commons license by the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and are available free of charge on the HAPS website.


The ability to rapidly locate useful on-line services (e.g. software applications, software components, process models, or service organizations), as opposed to simply useful documents, is becoming increasingly critical in many domains. As the sheer number of such services increases it will become increasingly more important to provide tools that allow people (and software) to quickly find the services they need, while minimizing the burden for those who wish to list their services with these search engines. This can be viewed as a critical enabler of the 'friction-free' markets of the 'new economy'. Current service retrieval technology is, however, seriously deficient in this regard. The information retrieval community has focused on the retrieval of documents, not services per se, and has as a result emphasized keyword-based approaches. Those approaches achieve fairly high recall but low precision. The software agents and distributed computing communities have developed simple 'frame-based' approaches for 'matchmaking' between tasks and on-line services increasing precision at the substantial cost of requiring all services to be modeled as frames and only supporting perfect matches. This paper proposes a novel, ontology-based approach that employs the characteristics of a process-taxonomy to increase recall without sacrificing precision and computational complexity of the service retrieval process.


The success of soil management to maintain soil quality depends on an understanding of how soils respond to agricultural use and practices over time. As a result, the important soil quality indicators were investigated under different land use systems to provide base line data for future research in western Ethiopia. The different land use systems were the cultivated land, abandoned land, and the virgin land. One soil profile was opened in each land use system for field descriptions and laboratory studies in 2000. The soil physical properties such as structure, bulk density, total porosity and soil water characteristics showed notable variations due to different land use system, particularly in A-horizon. The highest bulk density (1.57 Mg m) was recorded at abandoned land, whereas the lowest was (1.16 Mg m) in virgin land in the surface horizon. Similarly, soil pH (H2O) was 5.23 in cultivated land as compared to 6.23 in virgin land. The amount of depleted OC and TN from the abandoned land was 79 and 76%, respectively. Likewise, the different forms of P were influenced by different land use systems. The available P was found to be highest, 25.52 and 43.05 mg kg in Olsen, and Bray-II extraction methods, respectively, in abandoned land as compared to 1.90 and 4.78 mg kg in the virgin land, because the abandoned land had received P fertilizer during the past three decades. The depletion of CEC from the abandoned and the cultivated lands was 69.44 and 52.76%, respectively, as compared to the CEC of A-horizon in the virgin land. The essential micronutrients were also influenced due to different land use systems except for Mo that was trace in all the land use systems. In general, intensive mechanized tillage practices along with continuous use of acid forming inorganic fertilizers on acidic Alfisols has degraded most of the important soil quality indicators. Therefore, reducing the intensive mechanized tillage practices and use of integrated inorganic and organic fertilizers could replenish the degraded soil quality for sustainable agricultural production in the study area. Key phrases: Abandoned land, Alfisols, Land use systems, Soil quality, Virgin land


Pilon fractures are associated with varying degrees of injury to the bone and surrounding soft tissues in the distal leg. Management of these injuries has evolved over the past century. Open anatomic reduction and rigid internal fixation using standard plating techniques lead to very high incidence of complications. The importance of appropriate management of associated soft tissue injury has since been realized. This led to development of staged protocols. In the first stage soft tissues are allowed to recover from the traumatic injury, before being subjected to surgical insult of definitive stabilization of the fracture in the second stage. To limit the soft tissue injury during definitive surgery, minimally invasive stabilization techniques can be used. This article describes the author's technique and experience with these evolving ways to manage pilon fractures.


A technique of complement fixation applied to the H-2 antigen system is described.

The X component of the C57BL leukosis E.L.4 did not elicit complement-fixing antibodies.

Extracts of kidney, but not other tissues, were found to fix complement nonspecifically in the presence of hyperimmune but not normal sera.


We try to explicit the causes, the mechanisms and the probable consequences of a situation where a weak dollar (in real terms) does not eliminate a steady trade balance deficit of the United States. We suggest that this situation sterms from an unsufficient level of savings in the United States and that, in the long run, it can lead to a reduction of the world stock of productive capital and to a weakening of the economies of countries outside the United States.


Due to the vast amount of data collected and the very high level of complexity in VLSI design and manufacturing, the implementation using machine learning can be used in physical design has increased significantly. ML can be used to increase the abstraction level that is obtained from complex simulations based on physics models and provide results that represent a significant level of quality. Computer science techniques such as pattern matching and machine learning can reduce the design time of VLSI circuits by working with large datasets.


Although structural ceramics have excellent mectanical properties, it is very difficult to grind with high efficiency and high quality because of their high strength, hardness, and brittleness. Unfortunately machined ceramics often contain surface damages such as micro fracture and crack on account of brittle fracture. Therefore, is is important to minimize the brittle fracture. The present paper examines grinding characteristics of representative structural ceramics,such as Al /sab 2/O /sab 3/, SiC, Si /sab 3/ N /sab 4/. Effects of grinding variables including table speed and depth of cut on the grinding performance were investigated. Experimental results show that the surface quality is related to the specific grindings energy. The higher specific energy results in the better surface quality.


Employment transfers and the visible impact of geographic dislocation have been identified as prevalent aspects of our society. According to the U.S. Census Bureau nearly 40 million Americans, or one out of five, moved every year during the early 1970's. More than one-half of these individuals, or 22 million people, made moves that were job related. It has been estimated that the average person entering the job market today can expect to move 13 times and to change jobs seven times during his career (Gaylord, 1979). Bane (1976) has observed that mobility is not evenly distributed among the entire population. It is the young, upwardly mobile executive who moves most frequently. Packard (1972) concludes that employee transfers contribute heavily to the breakup of upwardly mobile families, the increased isolation of individuals, and disrupt the natural continuity of life. Defenders of employee transfers state that the negative impact of moving is vastly overrated and insist that transfers usually are beneficial to


In this study, we reported a novel biosensor based on direct electrochemistry of glucose oxidase (GOx) on a tannic acid-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode deposited with Pt nanoparticles. Tannic acid (TA) was utilized for the simultaneous green reduction of Pt4+ and graphene oxide (GO), along with modifying the reduced GO for the GOx immobilization, thus constructing a switchable surface with pH and temperature alterations. Upon the electrochemically oxidation of TA to quinone, enhanced electron transfer was obtained, and a third generation biosensor was fabricated using π–π interaction between GO and TA and Schiff-base assisted hydrogen bonds between GOx and TA interactions. The redox peaks were observed at a formal potential of −0.462 V with a peak separation (ΔEp) of 56 mV, which reveals the fast electron transfer. The linear response to glucose oxidation was in the range of 2–10 mM with a limit of detection of 1.21 μM and a sensitivity of 27.51 μA mM–1 cm–2. Upon the...


Object location is investigation, based by which a relative tilt of an object (2) is determined to a reference (3), the method comprising the steps of: containing obtaining phase information of the object (2) strips image data (S1); arithmetic processing of the entire image data strip, or parts thereof, using Fourier transformation, so as to determine an inclination of a frequency of the inclination of the object (2) arising in the strip image data stripe pattern portion (S2, S3); and determination of the inclination of the object (2) corresponding to the tilting frequency (S4).


Context Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for developing breast cancer and other secondary cancer. Knowing the risk factors for breast cancer in these women may help to formulate screening policies for them. Contribution Among 6068 women who survived childhood cancer, 95 developed breast cancer at a median age of 35 years. Childhood sarcoma, chest irradiation, family history of breast cancer, and personal history of thyroid disease increased the risk for breast cancer. Implications Women who survived childhood cancer and had sarcoma, chest irradiation, family history of breast cancer, or personal history of thyroid disease should consider early, vigilant screening for breast cancer. The Editors Women treated with chest radiation therapy for childhood and adolescent Hodgkin disease are at increased risk for developing breast cancer at a young age (1-12). However, case reports and preliminary studies indicate that survivors of childhood cancer other than Hodgkin disease may also be at risk for secondary breast cancer (1, 13, 14). Practitioners caring for the growing population of young female survivors of childhood cancer are challenged with assessing breast cancer risk in order to recommend screening and preventive strategies. Although recent studies have shown that the risk for radiation-induced breast cancer is directly related to dose of chest radiation, specific details of previous treatment are not always available to clinicians and may not affect screening decisions (11, 12). In addition, whether primary cancer diagnosis, previous treatment other than chest radiation, or other well-established breast cancer risk factors contribute to a childhood cancer survivor's risk for breast cancer is unknown. Studies of Hodgkin disease survivors have shown that clinical examination and screening mammography can detect early-stage secondary breast cancer in young women (15-17), and although treatment options may be limited by previous therapy, early-stage secondary breast cancer is curable (16, 17). Thus, identifying specific groups of childhood cancer survivors who would benefit from early mammographic screening might reduce the morbidity and mortality of breast cancer in these young women. In this study, we analyzed a large series of women with secondary breast cancer from a cohort of childhood cancer survivors, the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), to describe clinical and pathologic features of breast cancer and to determine breast cancer risk relative to the general population. We hypothesized that breast cancer risk would be modified by previous treatment and factors unrelated to treatment. Thus, in this large cohort of women, we assessed the influence of primary cancer, previous treatment, family cancer history, and menstrual and reproductive history on breast cancer risk. Methods Study Sample: Childhood Cancer Survivors Study The CCSS is a follow-up study of childhood cancer survivors established in 1994. Eligibility criteria included diagnosis at an age younger than 21 years with leukemia, brain tumor, Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, renal tumor, neuroblastoma, or soft-tissue or bone sarcoma and survival of at least 5 years after diagnosis. The 20276 eligible participants received a diagnosis from 1 January 1970 to 31 December 1986 at 1 of 25 collaborating institutions (Appendix). Participants (n= 14054) completed a self-report questionnaire, providing information about their medical history, family medical history, reproductive history, and socioeconomic status. Follow-up questionnaires were sent to patients reporting second cancer diagnoses. Information on the cohort was updated in 2000. We used data available as of May 2002 for this analysis. No men in the CCSS reported breast cancer by that date; thus, this analysis was restricted to women. Detailed information on the study methods and cohort characteristics has been reported (18). The human subjects committee at each participating institution approved the CCSS protocol. Clinical Data We abstracted treatment data from medical records, including chemotherapeutic agents and dose, and radiation therapy dose, and site for primary cancer and relapses. We asked participants who self-reported breast cancer to sign a medical release to confirm the diagnosis. We confirmed all cases of breast cancer in this report and obtained the tumor size, histologic characteristics, hormone receptor status, involvement of axillary nodes, and metastatic sites from pathology records. Statistical Analysis We compared survivors who had breast cancer with those who did not have breast cancer with respect to primary cancer diagnosis, age at diagnosis, years of follow-up, and therapy for the primary cancer. We calculated standardized incidence ratios for breast cancer by using age-, sex-, and calendar-yearspecific incidence rates of the general population (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program [SEER], National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland [19]). We considered survivors to be at risk for breast cancer from 5 years after the childhood cancer diagnosis until 1 of the following 3 events: death, breast cancer diagnosis, or completion of the CCSS questionnaire. To make the definition of incidence comparable in the calculation of the observed and expected numbers, we included only the first primary breast cancer diagnosis. We calculated cumulative incidences of breast cancer by attained age (20). We used Poisson multiple regression models for standardized incidence ratios to assess the modification of risk for developing breast cancer by several variables chosen a priori (21). We considered the following risk factors for breast cancer: age at and years since primary cancer diagnosis; age at menarche (<12 years or 12 years); age at first live birth (never, <20 years, 20 to 24 years, or 25 years), as queried in the CCSS questionnaire; history of breast cancer in first-degree female relatives (yes or no); exposure to chest radiation (yes or no); exposure to pelvic radiation (yes or no); family history of sarcoma (yes or no); history of thyroid disease (thyroid nodules, overactive or underactive thyroid, or enlarged thyroid); and exposure to an alkylating agent (alkylating agent score, measured as previously described, accounted for several drug exposures and dose) (22). The Poisson multiple regression incorporated all time-dependent factors by splitting each survivor's follow-up period into several time intervals, wherein each factor was assumed constant. We initially evaluated the relative rate of developing breast cancer for each risk factor, adjusting for the exposure to chest radiation (yes or no). We then stratified the analysis by the exposure to chest radiation and assessed the modification of risk with age at and years since primary cancer diagnosis, family history of breast cancer or sarcoma, history of thyroid disease, and exposure to pelvic radiation. The years since primary cancer diagnosis variable was the baseline time factor of the model for which we obtained fitted standardized incidence ratios relative to SEER data. For other variables, we calculated relative rates by comparing standardized incidence ratios across categories of each variable. All significance tests were 2-sided. We used SAS software, version 8 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina), and S-PLUS software, version 6 (Insightful Corp.), for this analysis. Role of the Funding Sources The funding sources had no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Results Cohort Characteristics Of the 20276 survivors eligible for the CCSS cohort, 9062 were women. Of those, 6498 women participated, 6068 of whom had signed medical record release to be eligible for this analysis. Of the 6068 eligible women, 95 women had 111 confirmed cases of breast cancer. Primary cancer diagnosis and age at treatment were similar between participants and nonparticipants (Table 1). Survivors with breast cancer were older at diagnosis of primary cancer and at follow-up than those without breast cancer. As expected, a large proportion of the women with breast cancer (65 of 95 [68%] women) were Hodgkin disease survivors, and all but 2 of the 65 women were known to have received chest radiation therapy. However, 30 of 95 (32%) women with breast cancer were survivors of other childhood cancer, and 20 of 95 (21%) women did not receive chest radiation therapy. The proportion of patients exposed to alkylating agents was similar in both groups (49.5% vs. 49.2%) (Table 1). Table 1. Characteristics of Women Who Did and Did Not Develop Breast Cancer and of Eligible Nonparticipants Since the oldest survivors in this cohort were 51 years of age, all cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in relatively young women (median age at diagnosis, 35 years [range, 20 to 49 years]) (Table 2). However, 19% (18 of 95 women) of the breast cancer cases occurred in women 20 to 29 years of age and 64% (61 of 95 women) of cases occurred in women 30 to 39 years of age. Median time from childhood cancer diagnosis to breast cancer diagnosis was 19 years; however, the range extended from 6 years to 29 years after primary cancer diagnosis (Table 2). Table 2. Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics of Breast Cancer Cases Of the 111 cases of breast cancer, 21 cases were ductal carcinoma in situ (Table 2). Of those 21 cases, 19 were diagnosed in Hodgkin disease survivors and 2 in soft-tissue sarcoma survivors. Table 2 shows the distribution of histologic characteristics in the invasive cases. We determined the stage in 66 of 90 (73%) invasive cases from pathology reports (Table 2). Twenty-six (29%) cases involved axillary lymph nodes, and 5 (6%) cases involved distant metastatic disease. Estrogen receptor status was available in 37 cases, and 76% of those were positive. There was no predominant laterality. Sixteen cases (17%) were bilateral, 5 were syn


Authors Helen McGloin is Lecturer in Nursing at St Angela's College, Sligo, Republic of Ireland; Fiona Timmins is Associate Professor of Nursing at Trinity College Dublin; Vivien Coates is Professor of Nursing at University of Ulster and Assistant Director of Nursing at Western Health and Social Care Trust (Joint Appointment); Jennifer Boore is Emeritus Professor of Nursing at University of Ulster. The purpose of this article is to outline the development of a telephone-based health and wellness coaching intervention for people with type 2 diabetes. A specifically modified health and wellness coaching intervention underpinned by the transtheoretical model of behaviour change, motivational interviewing and appreciative enquiry was delivered by telephone to 10 people with type 2 diabetes over 3 months. The coaching showed high acceptability, low cost and effectiveness in increasing patient autonomy and self-efficacy. Coaching training may be useful to healthcare workers, and coaching interventions for people with type 2 diabetes may be effective and warrant further exploration in a large clinical trial.


Soluble dietary fiber was prepared by alkalinity extraction from flammulina velutipes feet.The single factor experiment was carried out including liquid-solid ratio,alkali concentration,extracting temperature,extracting time and extracting time.The best extraction process conditions were determined through orthogonal experiment design.The results showed that the optimum conditions were as follows:liquid-solid ratio was 30∶1mL/g,NaOH concentration was 0.5g/100mL,extracting temperature was 50℃,extracting time was 1h and extracting times was twice.The soluble dietary fiber extraction rate was 11.4%.The hydraulic capacity of water soluble dietary fiber was 1.495g/g and swelling capacity was 55.55mL/g.


This document describes a module that extends the Insight Toolkit, ITK, which reads DICOM Spatial Rogistration Object files in itk::Transform's. Currently, DICOM files are read by applying the DCMTK library as a backend. An itk::DCMTKTransformIO class can be registration with the IO factory mechanism so itk::TransformFileReadertemplate will recognize and read these files.This paper is accompanied with the source code, input data, parameters and output data that the authors used for validating the algorithm described in this paper. This adhere to the fundamental principle that scientific publications must facilitate reproducibility of the reported results.


How to use the power of digital technologies to create new contents, to better communicate, and to access and produce knowledges. First efforts have been done on ubiquity and language processing. Progresses in process on sensitive and perceptive interfaces open the way to a kind of a new information and communication exented human environment, that is going to be more and more entangled with the development of new abilities to exchange, cooperate, and learn. Beyond the revolution of internet, what are going to be the most important evolutions based on new ambient functionnalities, affordable, acceptable and disruptive for the future. Combining technical, usage and prospective points of views, the "target speak" is aiming at bringing some materials to open research tracks and experiments in that field.


A low‐pressure plasma spraying technique for depositing high Tc Y‐Ba‐Cu‐O thick films has been developed. Films with a thickness range of 20–100 μm have been prepared by using Y0.3Ba0.7CuOx powders. After post‐annealing in oxygen for 1 h at 950 °C, the films, which were deposited on a nimonic alloy substrate heated at 650 °C during spraying, exhibited a zero resistance temperature of 90.6 K with a transition width (90%–10%) of 2 K and a critical current density (77 K, 0 T) of 690 A/cm2.


Anthropogenic marine litter is having an alarming impact on marine fauna: more than 700 species have been shown to be affected by litter, primarily by ingestion and entanglement: among these a number are classified as vulnerable or endangered on the IUCN Red List. Urgent efforts to reduce litter in the marine environment and stop these harmful environmental trends are required. The European Commission's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) makes the combat against marine litter a priority in recovering the Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine waters. The MSFD sets out a list of 11 descriptors of environmental status, of which 'Marine litter' is number 10.


Based on related historical data,textual research was did on questions of Peiyang University's original name,founding date,etc.It is pointed out that the grounds of argument related to the founding name,the later altered name in Peiyang University—the History of Tianjin University(Volume One)are weak,and in some degree,the argument is a guess.It is clarified that "Peiyang University" was exactly the name when it was founded in 1895,and the name had never been changed.The study also concluded the period which contained the founding and beginning date of Peiyang University.


Mobile devices proved to be disruptive for businesses. Installing, accessing and buying a new application become easy. Application marketplaces called Application Stores provides security (due to certification process imposed to developers), accessibility, application lifecycle serving as a central point for distribution, retirement, versioning, payment and consent for terms and conditions. Also, it allows capturing users feedback and application ratings. In general, we identify two categories of mobile applications available for installation: zero cost and paid. The way the developers monetize the apps usage can differ significantly, but installations/ downloads are part of an ecommerce transaction intermediated by the platform providers (Application Stores). Some applications offer a substitute to existing services (or extending distribution channels of a business) while others offers unique products or services available only through the platform/ mobile application. So, why some users prefers to buy mobile applications, while others not?
This paper explores the potential value of survey captured open-ended answers by using natural language processing techniques with topic modeling, aiming to identify potential motivational categories. Data was collected as part of a larger study from 361 respondents and 231 responses in free text format that were used a corpus. The research (as part of motivational research in mobile applications buying behavior) was not referring to a specific application. Corpus was explored from the lens of motivational research using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) in the context of Technology Acceptance Model evaluating practical implications of the results.


When inviting contributors for this theme issue of the Transactional Analysis Journal, the coeditors recalled a webinar presented by Steven Kuchuck about the book Clinical Implications of the Psychoanalyst's Life Experience: When the Personal Becomes Professional. The book, which he edited and contributed to, speaks to much of what the guest coeditors had in mind for this journal and inspired their call for papers. Steven Kuchuck generously responded to their invitation to be involved in a dialogue about the book, which was carried out by guest coeditor Steff Oates.