The importance of biopsychosocial factors in the genesis and maintenance of disease is increasingly being recognized. Most illnesses should be studied from a multifactorial perspective to facilitate understanding and treating them. Many psychopathological processes involve factors such as loneliness, hopelessness, and lack of social cohesion. As early as the nineteenth century, J.M. Charcot defined those illnesses in which no organic lesion was visible as functional disorders. Today, the anthropological view of illness known as the Heidelberg School provides us with a more global and comprehensible assessment of illness. The anthropological approach is complemented by a bioethical one, a bioethics of daily life which, as a practical science, studies and evaluates the living conditions of individuals, seeking practical solutions and contributing its reflections with deliberation and care. In this paper, we aim to highlight the most important factors that have an impact on illness by providing an anthropological view of illness and bringing bioethics closer to everyday life.


Objective To investigate the part in early renal damage in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods To measure albumin/creatimine(Alb/Cr),urinary albumin and α_(1)-microglobulin(α_(1)-mG) and count albumin/α_(1)-microglobulin(Alb/α_(1)-mG) from 33 diabetes and 20 normal controls.Results(1)Urinary α_(1)-mG was increased more in diabetes with normal urinary Alb than that in control group;Urinary Alb/α_(1)-mG was decreased,but there was no statistic significance.(2)Urinary Alb and α_(1)-mG were increased more in diabetes with micro-albuminuria than that in control group;Urinary Alb/α_(1)-mG was increased,but there was no statistic significance.(3)Urinary Alb,α_(1)-mG,Alb/α_(1)-mG were increased in patients with micro-albuminuria compared with those with normal albuminuria.Conclusion Type 2 diabetes mellitus had approximal damage of tubulus renalis when urine albumin is still within normal range,when at micro-albuminuria urine,the kidney injury involves primarily the renal glomerulus.


Microalgae are well-recognized by many researchers working on bioenergy resources due to its capability to produce high amounts of lipids as biodiesel precursors. Diatoms as a group of microalgae that specifically categorized by their silica valve could be more attractive to the researchers because in addition to high-lipid content, their silica features can be also utilized for wider applications, or used for diatoms bioproduct purification. Identification of some diatom species, such as the diatom genus Chaetoceros, as an initial step in diatom studies were difficult to accurately perform because of the unique morphology of silica frustules. Meanwhile, some candidate universal genetic markers of microalgae could also be used for the identification of diatoms with brittle frustules. In this research, we aimed to identify isolate CBO of tropical marine Chaetoceros CBO strain using morphological and genetic approaches. The isolate CBO of Chaetoceros sp. CBO was successfully obtained from sea region of Bokor Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta, and cultivated in our laboratory as culture stock for further use. Better resolution of the Chaetoceros CBO identification until species level was shown by genetic analysis toward two proposed gene markers for microalgae (rbcL-3P and V4 region of 18S rDNA) rather than by morphological. Specific DNA region for this specimen was found in V4 region of 18S rDNA genetic marker that could be recognized by MspA1I restriction enzyme. Hence, the RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) method could be also used as an initial diagnostic tool for identification of this tropical marine Chaetoceros dayaensis CBO and for stock culture labelling purposes.


This paper studies adoption of interactive media news services among young people in the Nordic countries, focusing on Sweden. The paper aims to reflect the courses of events in terms of usage as ...


This undergraduate thesis aimed to answer the reason why did
European Union decide to stop the import of Crude Palm Oil
for the use of biofuels. Regarding palm oil industry, EU is the
second market of palm oil in global market. The two biggest
palm oil production Indonesia and Malaysia covered more than
70% percent of EU palm oil import. The Renewable Energy
Directive made by EU is a threat to palm oil producers,
especially those that make the export of palm oil as one of the
largest sources of income. The existence of the interests behind
EU policy by raising various environmental issues, makes
Indonesia feel discriminated as the largest producer of palm oil
at this time. Therefore, in this research the writer would like to
find out and explore the reason of EU decision to stop import
palm oil, whether it is purely for environmental reasons or the
protection of local industries. To puzzle out the unusual, this
undergraduate applied Protectionism theory. Thus, this
research discovered the environment issue and EU action based
on their decision making process.


The authors pretreated Poplar(Populus euramevicana) with a surface densification process to improve utilization.The process involved hot pressing for 2.5 hours and heat treatment for 3 hours.The results showed that the samples increased surface hardness,modulus of elasticity,and tangential dimensional stability following surface densification.However,modulus of rupture decreased slightly due to hemicellulose decomposition whereas paint film hardness of poplar flooring increased but coating adhesion and coating wear resistance were unchanged.


The provision of maternal services during the pandemic needs to be a concern to avoid an increase in maternal morbidity and mortality, especially at this time there are restrictions on maternal health services in the form of anxiety during pregnancy during the Covid19 pandemic. The type of research used in this study is descriptive which aims to determine the anxiety of pregnant women about ante natal care services in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic at the Bandar Khalipah Health Center in 2020. The population in this study were all pregnant women who did ANC checks in the Bandar Khalipah Health Center area. The sampling technique used in this study was accidental sampling (sampling when the study was conducted) totaled 34 people. The results of the study found that the majority of respondents had mild anxiety (44%) about Ante Natal Care services in the Covid-19 pandemic era. From the results of this study, pregnant women should seek correct information about safe pregnancy during the Covid-19 pandemic so that they can change the anxiety of pregnant women about Ante Natal Care services in the Covid-19 pandemic era assisted by health workers in health education activities.


This chapter explores the question how the letters of Paul came to be preserved, edited, and collected, so that a corpus Paulinum became broadly available in the early church by the close of the second century. The chapter begins by canvassing the relevant evidence, part of which is external, consisting of references to the letters of Paul in early Christian sources, and part of which is internal, consisting of features of the letters themselves. This overview of the evidence is followed by descriptions and evaluations of a variety of theories about the agents, motives, and methods that may have played a role in the development of the Pauline letter collection and about the various forms it may have taken. Finally, the essay draws some conclusions that seem probable, even though the evidence that is available does not allow for a full understanding of all the attendant issues.


Abstract— —‐(1) The total hexokinase activity present in the mitochondrial fraction can be solubilized completely by incubation with salt and Triton X‐100. This activity cannot be entirely released by washing with sucrose or by freezing and thawing.


Objective: With resident work hour restrictions, there is concern that training is compromised. Nearly all residencies have adopted a night float system, but the program at Banner University Medical CenterPhoenix started an innovative program for PGY-1 residents called Nighttime Alternative Program/Study (NAPS) to meet work hour requirements and enhance knowledge focusing on basic science material. Each PGY-1 resident rotates working 16 hours overnight followed by 32 hours for rest and study. A prepared curriculum for the NAPS rotation includes assigned reading, teaching sessions and exams with a focus on components of basic anatomy and physiology in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Endocrinology.


The covid-19 pandemic ushered the world into what is seen or described as new normal. In addition, it aided what could be seen as increased or rapid adoption of the use of modern and improved technologies in real estate practice. The technologies even though many of them have been in existence, the increased patronage was made possible through the coming of the pandemic. This study however identified or studied the Estate Surveyors and Valuers (ESVs) response in the use of phones-based apps, software, smartphones, and GIS in real estate practice. The identified apps and software used by the practitioners include; Google Earth, QGIS, ArcGIS, MapIt, SW Maps, Map with Us, MapPt, Locus GIS, GCP/GPS among others. The findings indicated that practitioners are familiar with a good number of them adding that the majority has been using them at their own pace i.e., depending on the individual level of knowledge of same. There was also noticeably increased patronage of use of same since the coming covid-19 pandemic. It is expected that practitioners who are yet to key in should as a matter of necessity try to or adopt the same as the practice is going digitized and enhanced technologically.


In India pig farming is one of the profitable livestock businesses and most of the farmers are successful in rearing commercial pig business. But rearing of pig is still unorganized endeavor that requires adoption of science and technology to increase production, monitor the livestock, reduce enterprise cost, automate growth management, monitor healthy environmental conditions for pigs which will leads to increase in farmer's profit and reduce manpower (1,2). In large scale pig farming, counting of pig is also one of the challenging issues. Currently, pig counting is very important in large scale pig production management. Counting pig accurately can help farmers in improving pig management by reducing unnecessary loss in feeding, cost reduction in piggery construction etc (3,4).


We present a detailed comparative systematic study using a sample of 221 narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies in comparison to a redshift-matched sample of 154 broad-line Seyfert 1 (BLSy1) galaxies based on their observations using ROSAT and/or XMM-Newton in soft X-ray band (0.1–2.0 keV). A homogeneous analysis is carried out to estimate their soft X-ray photon indices ( ) and its correlations with other parameters of nuclear activities such as Eddington ratios (REdd), bolometric luminosities (Lbol), black hole masses (MBH), and the widths of the broad component of Hβ lines (FWHM(Hβ)). In our analysis, we found clear evidence of the difference in the and REdd distributions among NLSy1 and BLSy1 galaxies, with steeper and higher REdd for the former. Such a difference also exists in the spectral index distribution in hard X-ray ( ), based on the analysis of 53 NLSy1 and 46 BLSy1 galaxies in the 2–10 keV energy band. The difference in REdd distributions does exist even after applying the average correction for the difference in the inclination angle of NLSy1 and BLSy1 galaxies. We also estimated REdd, based on SED fitting of 34 NLSy1 and 30 BLSy1 galaxies over the 0.3–10 keV energy band, and found that results are still consistent with REdd estimates based on the optical bolometric luminosity. Our analysis suggests that the higher REdd in NLSy1 is responsible for its steeper X-ray spectral slope compared to the BLSy1, consistent with the disk-corona model as proposed for the luminous AGNs.


The Yaqui Indian Deer and Pascola dancers enact a lusty drama. The drama is more than a show. It incorporates the music of the woods, and brings into play symbols, movements, and instruments derived from the environment. Through centuries of repetition and variation, the drama has also acquired new motifs. A complete choreography of the drama remains a project for the future, even after years of recollection in tranquility. For the present I shall concentrate on the complex instrumentation and its implications. For this purpose I am using a device invented for certain gestures of Tewa dancers (Kurath, In press). I shall not exploit its various possibilities, spatial or comparative, but will illustrate dance and music excerpts of a unique, aboriginal art. The graphic representations derive from observation and from years of active performance.1 The ecological interpretation relies largely on statements by natural scientists and experts in Yaqui anthropology. Since the dances of the Deer and Pascolas are part of their natural and ritual environment, it is necessary to give a thumbnail account of the setting.


We report a study of the effect of relativity on the tunneling time for the process of the tunneling ionization. Our results indicate that the relativistic effects make the tunneling time nonzero. A time interval of a few attoseconds is required for the electron to traverse the barrier. This finding agrees with the basic postulate of the special relativity that two events which are in causal relationship cannot occur simultaneously.


IMFRAD is an airborne radar system providing unique capabilities in the real-time detection of targets immersed in foliage, targets screened by foliage, as well as targets in open terrain. Careful selection of operating frequencies, combined with state-of-the-art digital processor technology, provides the airborne commander with the ability to penetrate foliage, map terrain, identify moving targets and detect changes in battlefield activity levels. The system may be operated in broadside, aft or forward-looking modes. IMFRAD hardware is presently in the final stages of checkout and in early 1978 will be installed in a C141 aircraft preparatory to a year of flight testing. During the test program the system will be flown against a variety of real targets at a number of sites ranging from open desert to tropical forests. The flight test plan is aimed at establishing a comprehensive data base (target cross sections, foliage attenuation and refraction characteristics, etc.) for design of IMFRAD engineering models. This paper discusses the operational potential of IMFRAD capabilities. It reviews the status of the current hardware and the objectives of the upcoming flight test program.


Introduction: bronchial asthma is the more frequent chronic disease in Pediatrics and one of the major causes of consultation. Objective: to describe the behavior of bronchial asthma as a health problem. Methods: a longitudinal, prospective and descriptive study was conducted in 309 children aged between 0 and 19 diagnosed with bronchial asthmas seen in the 15 medical consulting rooms of A basic work group of "Cerro" University polyclinic from January 1, 2007 to December, 31, 2007. An empirical method was used to obtain the epidemiologic clinical data, and as technique, survey using a questionnaire. Results: one hundred and forty eight patients (48 %) were aged 10 and 14, 175 (56,6 %) of male sex, 136 (44 %) were classified as slight persistent, 140 (58 %) had rhinitis and 57 (24 %) had dermatitis. There were smoker relatives at home of 203 patients (98 %), overcrowding in 290 cases (94 %) and a high level of dust at home of 284 patients (92 %). Conclusions: there was male sex predominance in the 10-14 age groups. As regards disease severity the slight persistent way was more prevalent, the more frequent atopic manifestations were rhinitis and dermatitis, the major risk factors were cigarette smoke, dust at home and overcrowding, the choice treatment was that of crisis. There was a lack or organization and unity of criteria for an integral approach of the inter-crisis politic or of support in patients care.


The effect of broad-range (10 nm) self-sweeping near 2100 nm in Ho-doped fiber laser has been demonstrated experimentally. The narrowband linearly-polarized tunable radiation with average output power of more than 200 mW is obtained. The use of highly-doped holmium fiber allowed to obtain the widest sweeping range. The polarization maintaining elements and temperature stabilization of the active fiber were applied to stabilize the laser operation. The developed source can be used for spectroscopy of Nitrous oxide, having absorption lines in that spectral region.


We present the results of a hard X-ray study of the Be stars gamma Cassiopeiae and HD 110432 based on observations made with the INTEGRAL observatory. These stars are known to be moderately strong, X-ray sources (L(sub x) approx. equal to = 10(sup 32)-10(sup 33) erg per second). These values are at the extreme high end of the known luminosity distribution for active coronal systems, but several orders of magnitude below typical X-ray binaries. The hard X-ray spectra for these systems are quite similar. They can be well fitted by either optically thin thermal plasma models with kT = 12.5 - 14 keV or a cutoff powerlaw + gaussian line model with photon indices in the 1.3 - 1.5 range and a line energy of 6.7 keV. The 20-50 keV light curves show no evidence for flaring and no significant evidence for periodic variability. It has been proposed that the X-ray emission is due to either accretion onto a white dwarf companion or magnetic activity near the surface of the Be star. We discuss in detail the pros and cons of each scenario towards explaining our spectral and temporal results. Given that both thermal and nonthermal models fit the data equally well, we cannot use the spectra to delineate between these two scenarios. Recent observations indicate that gamma Cas has a approx. 1 solar mass companion in a 203.59 day orbit. This is consistent with the white dwarf - Be star binary model but the lack of periodic modulation of the flux on this timescale calls this conclusion into question. On the other hand the lack of flaring activity may rule against the magnetic activity model. We discuss advances in observations and theory that need to be made to resolve the origin of these systems.


This paper considers the problem of zero-rate (fixed number of messages) variable-length coding over a memoryless noisy channel with noiseless feedback. This problem is considered from a control theoretic point of view and is modeled as a special case of active sequential hypothesis testing. Techniques from dynamic programming are applied to characterize the optimal solution to this problem leading to an improvement over previous known results as well as a concise alternative proof for Burnashev's converse bound.


In this work, the effect of some Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) metasurfaces namely, partially reflecting surface structures is analyzed on the radiation pattern of a monopole antenna etched on anisotropic substrates. Several permittivity values were used in different directions depending on the considered anisotropy ratio. Good improvements in directivity and gain have been observed for small values of permittivity in some directions.


Many investigations on speech nonlinearities have been carried out and these studies provide strong evidences to support nonlinear system modelling of speech production. The nonlinear characteristics that these studies point to are analogous to chaotic systems. This paper aims to provide evidence of chaotic nature of speech signal and use it for feature extraction to distinguish synthetic and natural speech. The feature used to extract chaos is Lyapunov Exponent (LE). The synthetic speech is found to have higher values of LE in comparison with natural speech. We propose a new feature based on LE for detection of synthetic speech. The synthetic speech used is from Hidden Markov Model (HMM)-based speech synthesis system (HTS) trained using low resource Indian language-Gujarati. This work may find its application for improving robustness of speaker verification (SV) systems against imposture attack using synthetic speech.


Existing target-based and objectives-based ("strategy-to-task") approaches to mission planning do not explicitly address the adversary's decision-making processes. Obviously, the adversary's courses of action (COA) are influenced in a cause-and-effect manner by actions taken by friendly forces. Given the iterative/interleaved nature of actions taken by enemy and friendly forces, mission planning must clearly take adversarial decision making into account especially during concurrent mission planning and execution. Currently, adversarial behaviour with regards to cause-and-effect are difficult to account for within the framework of existing planning approaches. This paper describes a cognitive architecture for computationally modeling, predicting, and explaining adversarial behaviors and COAs and proposes an integrated framework for mission planning. Our framework fits naturally within the Effects-Based Operations (EBO) approach to mission planning.


We derive a modified dispersion relation (MDR) in the Lorentz violation extension of the quantum electrodynamics (QED) sector in the standard model extension (SME) framework. Based on the extended Dirac equation and corresponding MDR, we observe the resemblance of the Lorentz violation coupling to spin–gravity coupling. We also develop a neutrino oscillation mechanism induced by the presence of nondiagonal terms of Lorentz violation couplings in two-flavor space in a two-spinor formalism by explicitly assuming neutrinos to be Marjorana fermions. We also obtain a very stringent bound (∽ 10-25) on one of the Lorentz violation parameters by applying the MDR to the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) problem.


In recent years, data center network (DCN) architectures (e.g., DCell [5], FiConn [6], BCube [4], FatTree [1], and VL2 [2]) received a surge of interest from both the industry and academia. However, none of existing efforts provide an in-depth understanding of the impact of these architectures on application performance in practical multi-tier systems under realistic workload. Moreover, it is also unclear how these architectures are affected in virtualized environments. In this paper, we fill this void by conducting an experimental evaluation of FiConn and FatTree, each respectively as a representative of hierarchical and flat architectures, in a three-tier transaction system using virtual machine (VM) based implementation. We observe several fundamental characteristics that are embedded in both classes of network topologies and cast a new light on the implication of virtualization in DCN architectures. Issues observed in this paper are generic and should be properly addressed by any DCN architectures before being considered for actual deployment, especially in mission-critical real-time transaction systems.


The emission of greenhouse gases from fossil‐fueled power plants is a major concern in power generation sector. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions constitute the major portion of the greenhouse gases. Among several opportunities available to reduce CO2, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is considered to be a possible option for CO2 mitigation. However, implementation of CCS increases the cost of power generation significantly. The main effort of this study is to explore the technical and economic aspects of a dual‐stage Selexol process and a proposed process named combined Sulfinol‐Selexol process, for pre‐combustion capture. The combined CO2 capture process utilizes Sulfinol‐M solvent‐based process for the selective capture of hydrogen sulfide and dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol solvent‐based Selexol process for CO2 capture. The performance of both processes is assessed and compared in terms of energy consumptions, operating cost, and capital cost by simulating in Aspen HYSYS V.11. Sensitivity analysis for lean solvent inlet temperature, pressures of multi‐flash system and number of stages of the absorption columns is performed to improve both processes. The proposed combined process is 5.8% more economical than the baseline dual‐stage Selexol process as well as its overall process is simpler. However, after sensitivity analysis, both processes improved, and the dual‐stage Selexol process is found to be 3.31% more economical than the combined Sulfinol‐Selexol process.


Since the second half of the twentieth century, cultural theorists have shown more interest in understanding the interaction between body and culture. This interaction has been studied from the perspective of illness-experience in individuals by Arthur Kleinman and Judith Lorber. Judith Lorber and Lise Jean Moore in Gender and Social construction of Illness advocate illness not merely a bodily event but a social experience –a disturbance in social lives without or without physical dysfunction wherein one feels constraints upon body in pursuing the usual tasks of life. Kleinman in Illness Narrative studies illness as a cultural construct, wherein some bodily conditions are categorized as illness and some are often passed on as normal because what is seen a normal and natural in a culture is based on the shared understanding in that culture.  The present paper aims to explore the role of culture through the lens of illness experience in Pasho in Krishna Sobti's Memory's Daughter.


The Kaczmarz iterative algorithm is widely used to solve inconsistent over-determined linear systems, such as in computed tomography. This paper introduces an algorithm for improving convergence of Kaczmarz's method using projections into orthogonal subspaces from randomly selected measurement hyperplanes. In preliminary simulations, the method is computationally feasible, allows variable convergence acceleration with penalty-cost, but statistically reduces iterative errors. We evaluated our algorithm using simulations of uniform random Gaussian sampling on the unit sphere and the standard phantom image. The algorithm shows promise for inversions in diagnostic methods in biomedical applications and related problems in bioinformatics via parallel high-performance computing platforms.


Capital market investor should considers whether the higher expected return, the more risk should be
taken, to minimize speculative decision. The research objectives are measuring and describes the probability
distribution of market return of IHSG, in July 1, 1997- July 1, 2011, according to availability of public data
provided by Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). Classification were made with several considered assumptions,
results that the largest probability movements of Indonesian Stock Exchange, represented by IHSG percentage of
change, is relatively stable of 89,1%, the cumulative probability of downtrend and market crash is 6.3%,
whether the cumulative probability of uptrend and booming is 4,6%. This research results the expected return
based on probability distribution is 0.049% per day. Assumed 12% pa of time deposits interest rate or 0.033%
per day, it means the market risk premium only 0.17% per day or 6% pa. The Capital market is suitable for risk
seeker rather than risk averter or risk normal. But risk averter and risk normal may use other alternative
instrument such mutual funds when they want to invest their money into capital market.


Recently, remote sensing (RS) technology are becoming an increasingly important technology in estimating forest growing stem volume (GSV), and the saturation issue of spectral variables from various optical sensors severely hinders the improvement of mapping forest GSV, especially in the planted forest with high GSV. Forest canopy height is widely considered as one of the major factors to increase the saturation levels in mapping GSV. However, it is rather difficult to invert the forest canopy height without precisely external DEM for large regions. In this study, the canopy height model (CHM) was derived from ZY-3 stereo images with subtracting open-sourced external DEM and the response of saturation levels was analyzed by adding forest height in the planted coniferous forest (Larch and Chinese pine). To further describe the relationships between the forest height and saturation levels, five datasets with five estimation models (Linear, MLR, SVR, KNN, and RF) and three methods of variable selection (Stepwise, LASSO, and Pearson) were applied to estimate the forest GSV using corrected CHM and 49 alternative variables extracted from ZY-3 multispectral images. Meanwhile, a spherical model was employed to quantitatively describe the saturation levels of combined variables. The results showed that values of relative root means square error were decreased from 29.3% to 25% for Larch and from 26.5% to 22.2% for Chinese pine after adding the corrected CHM, respectively. Meanwhile, the saturation level of each combined variable set was successfully determined by the spherical model. The results illustrated that the saturation levels of GSV were significantly increased by adding corrected CHM from open-sourced external DEM. Specially, the averaged saturation levels were increased from 220 m3/ha to nearly 300 m3/ha for Chinese pine and from 150 m3/ha to 220 m3/ha for Larch, respectively. It is proved that ZY-3 stereo and multispectral images have great potential for accurate estimation of forest GSV by delaying the saturation levels using extracted CHM with open-sourced external DEM.


The wide ranging potential impacts of climate change on sustainable development and vice versa, suggest that the linkages between these two topics need to be critically analysed. Such an analysis was attempted in the IPCC third assessment report (TAR), and while some progress was made, the work was incomplete. This paper summarizes key lessons from the TAR and relevant post-TAR findings, as a starting point for preparations for the fourth assessment report (AR4). Results are presented within a transdisciplinary integrative framework (sustainomics), which is applied to the nexus of sustainable development and climate change.


This episode of the National Security Podcast draws a line through the emerging geopolitical concept of the Indo-Pacific. As security policies evolve, Chris Farnham asks how nations in the region are internalising the Indo-Pacific concept and incorporating it into national strategy.


In article features of influence of a natural factor on development of tourist and recreational activity on an example of republic Altai and Perm Krai are considered. The short characteristic of a natural component of recreational capacity of considered regions from a position of tourist appeal is given. Perspective types of tourism and feature of their development are revealed.


Summary form only given. Trellis coded quantization (TCQ) is incorporated into a transform coding structure for an average encoding rate of 1 bit/pixel. Both fixed-rate and entropy-constrained TCQ-based systems are investigated. 256*256 pixel, 8-bit gray level images and 24-bit color images are encoded using both TCQ- and scalar quantizer-based schemes to provide comparisons on the basis of peak-signal-to-noise ratio and subjective image quality. Iterative codebook optimization algorithms are used to minimize mean square error in both systems.<<ETX>>


Kulong formed from tin mining activities has the potential as a source of water. Kulong in Beluluk Village, Pangkalan Baru District, which can be used as a water source is Kulong Krasak. The use of the kulong as a water source is not only seen from the ability of the kulong to meet the water needs of the community but also must maintain its sustainability. The reliability analysis of the kulong is a way to find out the amount of water release that is allowed so that the sustainability of the kulong is maintained. To determine the availability of Kulong Krasak water for the next 16 years, a prediction of water availability is made, namely from 2022 to 2037. From the results of the analysis, it was found that the water demand in Beluluk Village in 2037 was 7.86 l/s. The maximum water availability occurs in April, which is 20.43 l/s and the minimum occurs in September, which is 6.57 l/s. The results of the standard operating rule analysis show that Kulong Krasak has 100% reliability if the release target is 5.61 l/s of the total water demand, which is 7.86 l/s.


For diffusion of two-dimensional homoepitaxial clusters of N atoms on metal (100) surfaces mediated by edge atom hopping, macroscale continuum theory suggests that the diffusion coefficient scales like DN∼N−β with β=3/2. However, we find quite different and diverse behavior in multiple size regimes. These include: (i) facile diffusion for small sizes N<9; (ii) slow nucleation-mediated diffusion with small β<1 for "perfect" sizes N=Np=L2 or L(L+1), for L=3,4, ... having unique ground-state shapes, for moderate sizes 9≤N≤O(102); the same also applies for N=Np+3, Np+4, ...(iii) facile diffusion but with large β>2 for N=Np+1 and Np+2 also for moderate sizes 9≤N≤O(102); (iv) merging of the above distinct branches and subsequent anomalous scaling with 1≲β<3/2, reflecting the quasifacetted structure of clusters, for larger N=O(102) to N=O(103); (v) classic scaling with β=3/2 for very large N=O(103) and above. The specified size ranges apply for typical model parameters. We focus on the moderate size regime where we show that diffusivity cycles quasiperiodically from the slowest branch for Np+3 (not Np) to the fastest branch for Np+1. Behavior is quantified by kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of an appropriate stochastic lattice-gas model. However, precise analysis must account for a strong enhancement of diffusivity for short time increments due to back correlation in the cluster motion. Further understanding of this enhancement, of anomalous size scaling behavior, and of the merging of various branches, is facilitated by combinatorial analysis of the number of the ground-state and low-lying excited state cluster configurations, and also of kink populations. Disciplines Condensed Matter Physics | Materials Science and Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ameslab_manuscripts/65 PHYSICAL REVIEW B 96, 235406 (2017) Diffusion of two-dimensional epitaxial clusters on metal (100) surfaces: Facile versus nucleation-mediated behavior and their merging for larger sizes King C. Lai,1,2 Da-Jiang Liu,2 and James W. Evans1,2,3 1Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA 2Ames Laboratory–USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA 3Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA (Received 19 June 2017; published 5 December 2017) For diffusion of two-dimensional homoepitaxial clusters of N atoms on metal (100) surfaces mediated by edge atom hopping, macroscale continuum theory suggests that the diffusion coefficient scales like DN ∼ N−β with β = 3/2. However, we find quite different and diverse behavior in multiple size regimes. These include: (i) facile diffusion for small sizes N < 9; (ii) slow nucleation-mediated diffusion with small β < 1 for "perfect" sizes N = Np = L2 or L(L + 1), for L = 3,4, . . . having unique ground-state shapes, for moderate sizes 9 N O(102); the same also applies for N = Np + 3, Np + 4, . . . (iii) facile diffusion but with large β > 2 for N = Np + 1 and Np + 2 also for moderate sizes 9 N O(102); (iv) merging of the above distinct branches and subsequent anomalous scaling with 1 β < 3/2, reflecting the quasifacetted structure of clusters, for larger N = O(102) to N = O(103); (v) classic scaling with β = 3/2 for very large N = O(103) and above. The specified size ranges apply for typical model parameters. We focus on the moderate size regime where we show that diffusivity cycles quasiperiodically from the slowest branch for Np + 3 (not Np) to the fastest branch for Np + 1. Behavior is quantified by kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of an appropriate stochastic lattice-gas model. However, precise analysis must account for a strong enhancement of diffusivity for short time increments due to back correlation in the cluster motion. Further understanding of this enhancement, of anomalous size scaling behavior, and of the merging of various branches, is facilitated by combinatorial analysis of the number of the ground-state and low-lying excited state cluster configurations, and also of kink populations. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.235406


Biclustering is a problem to detect homogeneous submatrices in a given observed matrix, and it has been shown to be an effective tool for relational data analysis. Although there have been many studies for estimating the underlying bicluster structure of a matrix, few have enabled us to determine the appropriate number of biclusters in an observed matrix. Recently, a statistical test on the number of biclusters has been proposed for a regular-grid bicluster structure, where we assume that the latent bicluster structure can be represented by row-column clustering. However, when the latent bicluster structure does not satisfy such regular-grid assumption, the previous test requires too many biclusters (i.e., finer bicluster structure) for the null hypothesis to be accepted, which is not desirable in terms of interpreting the accepted bicluster structure. In this paper, we propose a new statistical test on the number of biclusters that does not require the regular-grid assumption, and derive the asymptotic behavior of the proposed test statistic in both null and alternative cases. To develop the proposed test, we construct a consistent submatrix localization algorithm, that is, the probability that it outputs the correct bicluster structure converges to one. We show the effectiveness of the proposed method by applying it to both synthetic and practical relational data matrices.


In this paper, we present a coding-based Hough transform framework for pedestrian detection in natural images. In traditional Hough transform methods for pedestrian detection, the voting element is represented by a linear combination of codebook entries with uniform probability, which often leads to uncertainty of the reconstruction error in the Hough voting process. To minimize the reconstruction error, we construct a new Hough transform framework to encode the voting element by using the locality-constrained linear coding (LLC) algorithm. Consistently, the voting element casts weighted votes into the Hough image according to its coding coefficients. We evaluated the proposed method on two publically available datasets, namely, the INRIA pedestrian, and TUD Brussels datasets. Experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Objective:To establish an HPLC method for content determination of loureirin A,B and 7,4′-dihydroxy flavone in extract of resina draconis.Method:Kromasil C18 column(4.6 mm ×250 mm,5 μm) was used with a step gradient of acetonitrile-1%glacial acetic acid at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1.The sample amount was 10 μL and the column temperature was maintained at 40 ℃.The detection wave length of loureirin A,B was 278 nm and 7,4′-dihydroxy flavone was 330 nm.Result:There was good linear relationship in the range of 10.05-60.36 μg for loureirin A(r=0.999 8),10.08-60.48 μg for loureirin B(r=0.999 8) and 3.26-19.56 μg for 7,4′-dihydroxy flavone(r=0.999 8).The average recovery of loureirin A was 108.6% with relative standard deviation(RSD) of 0.99%,loureirin B was 109.6% with RSD of 1.03%,and 7,4′-dihydroxy flavone was 102.5% with RSD of 1.24%.Conclusion:This method is simple,accurate and can be used for quality control of extract of resina draconis.


In this paper, we will generalize the Gauss-Bonnet gravity to an energy-dependent Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity, which we shall call the Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow. We will also couple this theory to a Maxwell's theory. We will analyze black hole solutions in this energy-dependent Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow. We will calculate the modifications to the thermodynamics of black holes in the Gauss-Bonnet's gravity's rainbow. We will demonstrate that even though the thermodynamics of the black holes get modified in the Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow, the first law of thermodynamics still holds for this modified thermodynamics. We will also comment on the thermal stability of the black hole solutions in this theory.


The invention relates to a device and process to regulate fuel pressure in a high pressure accumulator (7) in which volumetric flow control and pressure control are combined in order to take advantage of both systems with the result of increased dynamic performance and higher efficiency.


Objective To investigate the effect of Benglouting on uterine hemorrhage in women and its action mechanism. Methods 200 patients with uterine hemorrhage were randomly divided into two groups. 101 patients in treatment group were treated with Benglouting;99 patients were treated with Gongxuening capsule, with a treatment course of 7 days for both groups. The hemostatic effect, routine blood test, sex hormones and fibrinogen were observed before and after treatment for both groups. Results After treatment there was a significant difference in menstrual amount between two groups(P0.01).After one treatment course the cure rate and total effective rate in treatment group were 23.8% and 93.1%,which were 19.2% and 78.8% in control group respectively, there were significant differences between two groups (P0.01) . After two treatment courses the cure rate and effective rate in treatment group were 72.9% and 20.3%,which were 65.4% and 15.4% in control group respectively, there were significant differences between two groups (P0.01) . Conclusion Benglouting has the effects of resolving stasis, relieving toxicity and stopping hemorrhage, which is effective in treating different kinds of uterine hemorrhage.


The work includes an overview of road tunnel risk analysis methodologies that have been developed in Europe as a consequence of several major accidents and subsequent Directive on minimum safety requirements for road tunnels. In our analysis, we used PIARC - OECD quantitative risk assessment model (QRAM), which includes the largest choice of different scenarios, tunnel types and traffic parameters. On the other hand, it does not include several risk reduction measures, which we managed to assess in our methodology by combining the QRAM with scenario based analysis in which we used 1D ventilation model, CFD fire model simulation and evacuation model. Apart from this, we present a calculation of risk acceptability criteria for Slovenia. There is also a description of risk assessment procedure and an example case study in which risk assessment of bidirectional and unidirectional traffic through a tunnel is carried out.


Objective:To investigate the growth inhibition effects of the wild-type p53 gene vector controlled by human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter on targeting gene therapy of bladder carcinoma. Methods:Human bladder cancer cell line T24 and fetus pulmonary fibroblast was transfected with EGFP as reporter gene and wild-type p53 gene as therapeutic gene under control of hTERT promoter. The gene expression was measured of EGFP by fluorescent microscopy; the cell growth was evaluated by trypan blue dye exclusion method, the morphological changes and apoptosis detection were observed with inverted and transmission electron microscope (TEM), and changes of apoptosis rate and cell cycle were assessed by flow cytometry (FCM), respectively.Results:Expression of EGFP driven by hTERT gene promoter was detected in T24 cells with telomerase activity. Recombinant adenovirus phTERT-p53 could selectively infect T24 cells, and the growth of T24 cells was significantly suppressed(P0.05), the cell inhibition rate was raised to 48.5% after being transfected with phTERT-p53 for 72h, and the apoptosis was detected. There were increased proportions of cells in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle.Conclusion:The growth of the bladder cancer cells could be inhibited by the wild-type p53 target gene expression under control of the hTERT promoter through apoptosis, which may well be one of the ideal strategies for targeted gene therapy for bladder carcinoma.


High pressure water-jet cutting technique is increasingly visible in furniture and floor manufacturing process in China.In order to evaluate the surface quality and efficiency of extra-high pressure water-jet cutting,an orthogonal experiment was designed for three wood species to determine the effect of wood density,water pressure,feed-in speed,sand particle size,and cutting thickness on the surface quality.The test result would provide a useful reference to improve rare tropical wood flooring production.


The digital economy is a phenomenon that dictates to all states the standards for the development of new directions in the economy. With the development of the digital economy, the place and role of man in the conditions of a new type of economy are changing most significantly. The digital economy not only frees a person from routine and gives him the opportunity to develop creative potential, but also makes certain adjustments to the working person.


The rapid transfer of CAD data among different CAD systems or engineering applications is of crucial importance for the acceleration of and reduction in the number of iterative steps for product development processes. Conversion of geometric models may require subsequent tedious verification and repair operations within the receiving system. In the present contribution, a concept and implementation aspects are presented for a semi-automatic prototype system which encompasses functionality for conversion, verification and repair of geometric models of CAD data. The methodology developed has been used for processing solids and surface models provided by industrial companies in IGES format. The purpose has been to improve the integrity of CAD data for subsequent engineering tasks such as grid generation for aerodynamic simulation and generation of STL data.


For compressing the headers efficiently, it may be differential coding header. In one embodiment, a difference between the reference and the current field fields reduced header. In another embodiment, it is possible to represent the current field by using the low-order bits of the current field. Upon receiving such a field, in order to restore the field, it is necessary high-order bits of the reference field. Further, the present principles, determine the typical usage scenario there may be benefit in header compression, further, the reduction header determines that may represent remove some of the fields, or fewer bits. Display of the current field by header compression may be limited. This principle is recognized limitations when reduced header used to provide rules and guidelines for applying header compression.


Extensive striatal neuronal loss occurs in Huntington's disease (HD), which is caused by an expanded polyglutamine tract in huntingtin (htt). Evidence suggests that mutant htt directly or indirectly compromises mitochondrial function, contributing to the neuronal loss. To determine the role of compromised mitochondrial function in the neuronal cell death in HD, immortalized striatal cells established from Hdh(Q7) (wild-type) and Hdh(Q111) (mutant) mouse knock-in embryos were treated with 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP), a mitochondrial complex II toxin. 3-NP treatment caused significantly greater cell death in mutant striatal cells compared with wild-type cells. In contrast, the extent of cell death induced by rotenone, a complex I inhibitor, was similar in both cell lines. Although evidence of apoptosis was present in 3-NP-treated wild-type striatal cells, it was absent in 3-NP-treated mutant cells. 3-NP treatment caused a greater loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (deltapsim) in mutant striatal cells compared with wild-type cells. Cyclosporine A, an inhibitor of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP), and ruthenium red, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, both rescued mutant striatal cells from 3-NP-induced cell death and prevented the loss of deltapsim. These data show that mutant htt specifically increases cell vulnerability to mitochondrial complex II inhibition and further switched the type of cell death induced by complex II inhibition from apoptosis to a non-apoptotic form, caused by mitochondrial membrane depolarization, probably initiated by mitochondrial calcium overload and subsequent PTP opening. These findings suggest that impaired mitochondrial complex II function in HD may contribute to non-apoptotic neuronal cell death.


The status of the multi-purpose event generator HELAC is briefly presented. The aim of this tool is the full simulation of events within the Standard Model (SM) at current and future high energy experiments, in particular the LHC. Some results related to the production of multi-jet final states at the LHC are also discussed.


As recently as last July, my young-adult daughter announced herself "transgender". Although there were clues along the way, I was woefully unprepared to respond. What red flags should I have seen? And what advice would I now give my earlier self?


The present invention is excellent in etching resistance of the low refractive index layer, it is possible to stably not to ethoxylated the pattern shape of the transparent conductive layer, a transparent conductive excellent adhesion between the like layer transparent conductive layer laminated for forming member and a task is to provide a transparent conductive film using the same. To address this problem, as high as at least a transparent conductive layer formed such as laminate for having the optical adjustment layer on one surface of a base film, the optical adjustment layer, a value from the base film side and a refractive index of more than 1.6 refractive index layer, with a refractive index of yirueojim by laminating a low refractive index layer which is the value of 1.45 or less in order, and is made to screen the low refractive index layer, to (a) ~ photocurable composition for forming low refractive index layer containing the component (B). (A) an active energy ray curable resin containing a water repellent resin 100 parts by weight (B) 2-120 parts by weight of fine silica particles


This research examined the variables - variables in a business environment that can affect the performance of SMEs. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the business environment significantly influences the performance of SMEs and which variable most dominant influence on the performance of SMEs and to find out how much the relationship between business environment with the performance of SMEs.
Business performance is influenced by several factors, including the business environment factors which consisted of internal and external environment. The external environment consists of one macro environment of political and legal power, economic power etc..and industrial environment one supplier power, buyer power etc. While the internal environment consist of system. Corporate culture and resources
This research was done by conducting a survey of 30 SMEs in the furniture business Bekasi. This research takes the primary data obtained from the respondents which the owner of the furniture business. Primary data is data collected by questionnaire spread using the Likert measurement. After the data is obtained, then tested the validity and reliability prior to knowing whether the question - a question on the questionnaire are valid / reliable or not, and then perform data analysis using the classical assumption aberration test, correlation and multiple linear regression using SPSS 17.0.
Research shows the internal business environment factors (system, corporate culture, and resources) whose influence is more significant and the most dominant than the external business environment, whereas the relationship between business environment with most of the company's performance variables showing strong and significant correlation, although there are some weak correlation variables.


Pine dominated more than 4 million acres of the Missouri Ozarks prior to European settlement. These pineries supported a diverse array of plants and animals, including several taxa no longer present in the state (e.g., Desmodium ochroleucum, Picoides borealis, Sitta pusilla). Intensive logging activity and subsequent land management practices at the close of the 19th century resulted in a complete loss of functional pinery systems, although shortleaf pines continue to be a common component of mixed woodlands in the region.


The obligate mutualism between figs and their species-specific pollinator wasps has been thought to be relatively fragile in the face of population fluctuations of either mutualist. Here we report on the recovery of a Florida fig pollination mutualism devastated by Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. Damage to Ficus aurea included loss of all leaves and fruits and many branches, as well as the presumed local extinction of its pollinator Pegoscapus jimenezi. Within five months, however, fig flowering plenology and fig wasp abundance (measured by the number of pollinators entering inflorescences) had recovered to near prehurricane levels. Unusual phenological traits of F. aurea may have aided in the rapid reestablishment of pollinator populations; in addition, the wasps may have previously underappreciated capacities for long distance movements. This study suggests that obligate interactions can be surprisingly resilient to certain population-level catastrophes.


The location of the anchor node in the wireless sensor network is a key component for calculating the location information of other nodes. An anchor node with GPS location aware is implemented in this study. The power of the anchor node is supplied by two 2600 mAh Li-ion batteries charged by the solar energy. The periodic wakeup scheme with an accelerometer trigger is employed. To determine the decision threshold, the Bayes decision rule is employed. The power consumptions for each components are analyzed and the total power consumption is then formulated. The effects of environment on measured latitudes and longitudes are studied and the variation of the measured data varies in the range of 50 mini-arcsecond. By adjusting the wakeup period, the proposed GPS anchor node can be applied to many outdoor applications that require long last power with little maintenance.


A brief introduction is made on the basic situation of water conservancy state-owned assets in Guangxi. Based on a brief analysis and introduction on the present management system and operating mechanism of water conservancy state-own assets, the author listed the existing problems and put forward the working idea and measures for the supervision, management and operation of water conservancy state-own assets.


Here we present a numerical analysis and the optimization of a multi-pump discrete Raman amplification system based on the use of a Tellurite optical fiber as the gain media. By using previously reported optimization techniques we were able to exploit the high Raman gain of Tellurite optical fibers and its multi-peak spectrum to achieve average gains around 10 dB with ripples in the region of 3 dB in a very broad amplification band from 1520 to 1600 nm, using only 3 pumps with less than 800 mW each. Optimized systems were obtained for different lengths of fiber showing that discrete Raman amplifiers based on tellurite fibers with lengths as short as 100 meters can provide high gains and low ripples in a very broad wavelength band. Lower cost systems using only 2 pumps were also analyzed in this study providing 5.8 dB of gain with only 2.4 dB of ripple for a 80 nm signal bandwidth.


Objective To explore the effects of a seven week combined aerobic and resistance group exercise programme on physical activity participation levels, upper limb function and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in breast cancer survivors.
Design Pre-test/post-test questionnaires.
Setting Oncology Physiotherapy department of the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Participants Breast cancer patients who had completed adjuvant treatment.
Intervention Group based aerobic and resistance exercise.
Measures Scottish Physical Activity Questionnaire (SPAQ), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast+4 (FACT-B+4).
Results Six participants completed the study. There were significant increases in physical activity participation (SPAQ; (t(5) = 4.049, p≤0.01, r = 0.9), and HRQoL (FACT-B+4; (t(5) = 3.448, p 0.05, β = 0.2)) although a clinically important difference was found.
Conclusions This pilot study found that, in female survivors of breast cancer, exercise may have a positive, but not necessarily a statistically significant, effect on physical activity participation levels, upper limb function and HRQoL. Further research with an appreciably greater sample size is warranted.
Key Words Breast cancer, upper limb function, quality of life, physical activity


Abstrac. In the present work, gold nanoparticle (Au NPs) was synthesis by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) by using Q-switched, (Nd: YAG) (E=80mJ) (λ=532,1064nm) and Number of pulses (500)pulse of the gold metal target in deionized water. The optical properties were studied with a UV-vis spectrophotometer which tests the absorbance spectra and comparison of the generated nanoparticles solution. atomic force microscope (AFM) results show that the grain size increase by decreasing wavelength. The optical limiter of the resulting colloidal solution was studied.


ABSTRACT
Gatot Suherman. IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILL OF THE
STUDENTS IN GRADE IV OF STATE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF
SRIWEDARI SURAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011
THROUGH THE USE OF THE COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL OF
JIGSAW TYPE. Skripsi: The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education,
Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, October 2010.
The objective of the research is to improve the speaking skill of the
students in Grade IV of State Primary School of Sriwedari, Surakarta in the
academic year of 2010/2011 through the use of the cooperative learning model of
Jigsaw type.
This research used a classroom action research method. It was
collaboration between the researcher and the class teacher. The data sources of the
research were informant, that is, the class teacher of the students in Grade IV, the
result of observation on the learning process with the cooperative learning model
of Jigsaw type, and official documents. The data of the research were gathered
through observation, in-depth interview, and test of achievement. The validity of
the data was tested by using a data source triangulation and a method
triangulation. The data were then analyzed by using a descriptive comparative
method by comparing the speaking of skill of the students between the cycles by
using a critical analysis, that is, by revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the
class teacher and students during the learning process. The research process
consisted of two cycles, and each cycle comprised four phases, namely: (1)
planning, (2) implementation, (3) observation, and (4) reflection.
The results of the analysis are as follows: The preliminary average score of
the achievement test prior to the treatment is 63.19, and the classical learning
completeness is 36.84%. Following the treatment of Cycle 1, the average score of
the achievement test becomes 68.21, and the classical learning completeness is
63.15%. After the treatment of Cycle 2, the average score of the achievement test
becomes 77.89, and the classical learning completeness is 78.94%.
Based on the results of the analysis, a conclusion is drawn that the use of
the cooperative learning model of Jigsaw type can improve the speaking skill of
the students in Grade IV of State Primary School of Sriwedari Surakarta in the
academic year of 2010/2011.


I feel obliged to begin by apologizing for my lack of current involvement in that sphere of activity—the university world—which I am to discuss. I have, however, provided information services in two universities in the recent past and have seen many others in operation, and now believe that my position of comparative detachment at Boston Spa is in fact an advantage in as much as it aids a clearer view of the many and often complex problems which beset the provision of information services to universities.


The performance of the milling head is affected by the machining and assembly process of the parts. The key to improving machining accuracy and reliability of swing angle milling head is to establish the precision prediction model. Therefore, a precision prediction model of swing angle milling head under the influence of multiple errors' sources is built. The transmission and accumulation of machining and assembly errors along the assembly sequence path for the transmission system are carried out. All essential components on the assembly sequence path are considered. In addition, the secondary impact of the bearing seat hole is also taken into account. The source of the gear assembly errors is explained. The predicted range of transmission error based on the coupling relationship between assembly errors and transmission error is obtained. A precision experiment is carried out, and the result is within the predicted range. This research demonstrates that the errors' coupling relationship considered in this paper does exist and has an effect on transmission error, which provides a new idea for calculating transmission error of other gear systems.


Donor-derived malignancy (the inadvertent transmission of a tumor from the donor to the transplant recipient) is a rare phenomenon. We present an imaging report showing transmission of small-cell lung cancer from the donor to the recipient via a transplanted kidney.


The rates of autism diagnoses are increasing, as is the use of technology and online interactions, both inside and outside of the classroom. These online interactions frequently include a digital representation of the individual, or avatar. Avatars can take a variety of forms and they can influence an individual's perception of the source as well as the message presented (Nowak, Fox, & Ranjit, 2015). While research indicates that human-looking avatars increase learning and attention in typically developed populations, initial research suggests that this may not be true for those with autism (Begum, Serna, & Yanco, 2016; Moore & Calvert, 2000; Parsons & Mitchell, 2001). The present study will examine the effects of perceived anthropomorphism on information processing, for typically developed individuals and those with ASD. Social motivation theory predicts that those with ASD will perceive social potential differently than their typically developed peers (Chevalier et al., 2017), and this can in turn affect perceptions of anthropomorphism, homophily and copresence. Finally, both information processing theory and the theory of executive dysfunction predict that differences in perceptions of social potential and anthropomorphism can influence instructor satisfaction.


In this paper, an alternative technique for the design of harmonically-tuned, dynamic load-modulated power amplifiers is proposed, investigated and compared against traditional load-pull in simulations. The method exploits the flexibility of "continuous" modes of amplifier operation while it optimises the harmonic terminations for back-off performance. The large signal transistor model of a 10W GaN device (CGH40010) is used to simulate performances at two frequencies of 0.9GHz and 2GHz. The simulated efficiencies and intrinsic waveforms show that the proposed method represents a more comprehensive design path for harmonically tuned dynamic load-modulated PAs. Moreover, it can lead to optimised performance for the amplification of modulated signals.


th , 2012; revised: Jun. 27 th , 2012; accepted: Jul. 7 th , 2012 Abstract: In this paper, the stacked piezoelectric actuator which is used in the main spindle vibration suspension were tested and analyzed. The static displacement with variety pressure, creep characteristics. Hysteresis characteristics of PZT were tested to provide data for the active vibration control system. The results show that this kind of materials will output the largest displacement with a proper force exerted on it. The hysteresis phenomena will be relieved while the force gains. However, its displacement will be reduced at the same time. The linearity of PZT under static pressure is better than it under elastic preload. These outcomes provide a scientific grounding for the follow up study.


The Constitution introduced judicial review of administrative action as a separate jurisdiction distinguishable from every other judicial process. By confining the competence and jurisdiction of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus to judicial review of action or inaction of the Administration, the purity of the system of separation of powers is preserved as well as that of the judicial process. The public domain is contrasted to the private domain of law. Public administration operates as a rule in the public domain but its competencies do not end there. The Constitution introduces a strict time limit within which acts or decisions of the Administration can be challenged by way of judicial review. Decisions of the Court under Article 146.4 are binding upon all organs and authorities of the Republic.Keywords: administrative action; Cyprus; judicial review; public administration; public domain; Supreme Constitutional Court


In Reply .—As stated clearly in our introduction, the purpose of our study was to "investigate the nature of the aerobic and anaerobic flora of core tonsil and adenoid tissue." 1 We are well aware that anaerobic bacteria can be easily overlooked and misidentified unless appropriate procedures for transport, isolation, and identification are used. Our laboratory is fully equipped for the isolation, identification, and susceptibility testing of anaerobic organisms. Brook and Foote claim that anaerobic bacteria have been found in the core of the tonsils by all previous investigators who "employed proper methodology for the isolation of these organisms." The reader should note carefully that seven of ten of the supplied references are from the primary author. In addition, the authors have neglected to mention that other reputable investigators have demonstrated the absence 2 or paucity 3,4 of anaerobes in core tonsil tissue. In the course of our investigation, we followed highly


Firms developing an Operations Strategy need to make decisions across a wide spectrum. Within the field of operations strategy, common practice defines the stratification of these decisions into structural and infrastructural elements. Structural decisions relating to the amount of capacity and facilities a firm deploys can impact a firm's cost competitiveness if implemented incorrectly because of the large capital expenditures and time horizons involved. Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, recognizes the importance of operations strategy in achieving competitive success and continually seeks tools that assist in the creation of strategy as it pursues growth. This thesis discusses the development of a scenario planning tool that is focused on estimation of manufacturing footprint requirements for the company's internal manufacturing network. The tool we develop takes a demand forecast as an input and converts it to a physical space requirement in square feet. Additionally, the tool exhibits significant flexibility in being able to develop multiple scenarios, especially given the ability to modify parameters ranging from growth rates to improvement factors within facilities. The tool also offers a deeper level of detail than previously available, with the critical decision unit being the value stream, rather than an aggregation of data to only present factory or network level results. Whilst this work is applied to the context of a medical device manufacturer, the methodology is easily transferable to a range of industries. The work can be applied to any manufacturing setting where investment decisions for new facilities take significant time and capital. Our research of the literature on this topic identified a gap, and the development of the tool is a positive addition to the field of estimation of manufacturing footprint. Thesis Supervisor: Stanley Gershwin, Thesis Supervisor Title: Senior Research Scientist Thesis Supervisor: Stephen C Graves, Thesis Supervisor Title: Assistant Professor of Operations Management


: The article attempts to analyze the functioning of the Central Police Investigation Bureau in relation to organized crime. The author pays special attention to the historical outline of organized crime in Poland and its types. In addition, ways to combat coherent mafia structures were presented.


An alternative to the conventional linear phase shift in optical testing interferometers is a sinusoidal phase shift, which has the benefit of relaxing requirements on the phase-shifting mechanism. We propose new phase-demodulation algorithms and provide sensitivity analyses to random noise, nonlinearity, vibrations and calibration error to demonstrate that sinusoidal phase shifting can be as robust and computationally efficient as the more established linear phase-shift techniques.


The years between 1865 and 1877, which form the period in American history known as Reconstruction, compose a sort of coda to the traumatic opera of the American Civil War of 1861–65. Reconstruction embraces the twelve years of active effort to rebuild the American Union, though in some sense (because Reconstruction had no official starting or ending date) aspects of it spluttered on well into the 1890s. I use the word spluttered deliberately, because Reconstruction is also the ugly duckling of American history in the eyes of many American historians, and something the public considers vaguely awful if it thinks of it at all. Absent from Reconstruction are the conflict and the personalities that make the Civil War so colorful; it also lacks the climactic battles and dissipates into a confusing and wearisome tale of lost opportunities, squalid victories, and embarrassing defeats. It was, proclaimed one veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, "not peace established in power, but captured in shame; not throned on high by willing witnesses, but pinned to the earth by imperial steel—the peace of the bayonet."1 In many cases, especially for those who regard Reconstruction as an unrelieved misery, almost the worst thing that can be said about someone is that they were prominent in Reconstruction. One reason why Reconstruction has proven difficult to evaluate is that no convenient measuring stick for the success or failure of postwar reconstructions existed then or now. It may be helpful, as a cure for that vagueness, to describe three general standards conventionally used to describe and evaluate Reconstruction. One such device is what we may call Lincolnian Reconstruction. Abraham Lincoln was never at ease in using the word reconstruction—he qualified it with addons like "what is called reconstruction" or "a plan of reconstruction (as the phrase goes)"—and preferred to speak of the "reinauguration


This paper deals with the new services that can be provided by distributed energy storage systems to enhance distribution planning and operation, such as intentional islanding. Although energy storage technologies offer interesting features, they still remain capital-intensive and raise cost-competitiveness issues: they usually cannot be made profitable considering only a single revenue stream. That is why it seems necessary to contemplate the possible services of energy storage not only for distribution system operators, but for some other stakeholders of the electricity value chain as well. In the last part, a new approach to the combination of storage benefits is introduced and its use within the framework of this project is briefly discussed.


Chirality, i.e., handedness, pervades much of modern science from elementary particles, DNA-based biology to molecular chemistry; however, most of the chirality-relevant materials have been based on complex molecules. Here, we report inorganic single-crystalline Ni3TeO6, forming in a corundum-related R3 structure with both chirality and polarity. These chiral Ni3TeO6 single crystals exhibit a large optical specific rotation (α)—1355° dm−1 cm3 g−1. We demonstrate, for the first time, that in Ni3TeO6, chiral and polar domains form an intriguing domain pattern, resembling a radiation warning sign, which stems from interlocked chiral and polar domain walls through lowering of the wall energy.


This passage bases modern education technology theory , by the numbers investigate trait, type, producing tools and making flow of multimedia teaching courseware, introduces the multimedia courseware making should be noticed problem and the viewpoint of theory guidance,science design and practice test.


Network coding is a new paradigm in data transport and promises to change many aspects of wireless sensor network (WSN). Thanks to the recently developed network coding techniques, a high-throughput low-complexity hierarchical protocol can be facilitated due to the multiple-source relay-based data transmissions built on the network coding schemes, especially for the data communications between the source node and destination node. In this paper, we propose an Energy efficient that carefully couples Network coding and Multipath routing algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks (ENM-WSN). Through an analytical study, we provide guidance on how to choose parameters in our scheme and demonstrate that the scheme is efficient in both multipath and energy consumption. We also present an algorithm for deciding the network coding scheme for a node to further reduce energy consumption by minimizing redundant packet transmissions. Simulation results show that, with the proposed energy efficient with network coding in WSN multipath routing protocol (ENM-WSN), energy consumption, packet delivery ratio, and network lifetime can be improved in most of cases. It is an available approach to multipath routing decision.


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Natural abundance in vivo13C NMR spectra were obtained from spores of three species of VA mycorrhizal fungi: Glomus intraradix Schenck & Smith, Glomus etunicatum Becker & Gerdemann and Gigaspora margarita Becker & Hall. The presence of trehalose was established in the spectra of Gl. etunicatum and Gi. margarita. HPLC analyses supported these observations and indicated that Gl. intraradix spores also contained small amounts of trehalose, not readily detectable by 13C NMR. Trehalose constituted between 0.06% and 1.6 %(w/w) of the spore dry weight, depending on the species. Only trace amounts of other sugars, including glycerol, were detected. An in vivo NMR time course experiment indicated that trehalose was readily utilized during spore germination.


Can governance impact directly on well-being? In this paper we examine subjective well-being (SWB) as measured by both life satisfaction and happiness using the World Values data set. We then also analyse the differences between these two measures, what we term the happiness gap which is further linked to an "aspirations gap". Significant determinants of this include settlement size, marital status, income, unemployment and being part of a linguistic minority/majority grouping. Satisfaction with the state of democracy and the way the country is being run are also both significant. The use of the happiness gap as the dependent variable rather than happiness or satisfaction per se reduces potential problem of simultaneity. Finally, we disaggregate the functions looking at SWB for men and women separately, for the poor and rich and finally for poor and rich countries..


Nepal Himalayas is one of the most seismic vulnerable zones. The active tectonic action impels the assessment of structures in possible seismic hazards including the bridge structures. This paper presents the impact of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake on the existing reinforced concrete arch bridge at Chobhar, Nepal. A three-dimensional model of the bridge is constructed using Open Sees platform. Nonlinear pushover analysis was performed to find the displacement capacity of the bridge. Ground motion from the main shock of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake is used in this study. Nonlinear time history analysis is performed with three orthogonal ground motions applied in the transverse, longitudinal and vertical direction of the bridge. The study investigates the safety of the bridge scaling up the ground motion to potential PGA in Nepal Himalayas; the result demonstrated the necessity of retrofit to ensure the safety level. Moreover, the horizontal seismic force obtained from the time history analysis is compared with the force obtained from the design code of the bridge. Also, the design force as per the present code (revised code) is presented.


Things aren't what they used to be, and almost any physician who retired 10 years ago on what then seemed an adequate income will tell you so. Particularly badly hit are those who took advantage of the government's policies to build up funds in a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) and then converted the nestegg into an annuity. That annuity has remained at the same dollar level since; the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 98% from November 1968 to November 1978. At the recent hearings of the Senate committee on retirement age policies the formal brief for the Government of Canada came from the minister of national health and welfare, Monique Begin. Much of her concern, rightly, was for those over 65 who have poverty-level incomes 54% of all pensioners, she told the committee, are poor enough to be receiving guaranteed income supplement payments, and 19% are totally dependent on these supplements and the old age pension. Miss B6gin blamed the elderly's lack of income primarily on failure of employer-sponsored pensions to produce adequate retirement income. She mentioned incomplete coverage, inadequate portability and vesting arrangements, lack of survivor benefits and the failure to index pensions as the most serious problems. While we can applaud these thoughts, we also have to deplore the lack of attention to those who fund their own retirement incomes physicians, dentists, lawyers, shopkeepers and other self-employed people. Because while there has been a steady, if slow, approach toward a better deal for the retired-but-for-


The validity of the basic formula for the voltage fluctuation in network systems, expressed in terms of the quantum correction of the non-local couductivity, is discussed. The characteristic features of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillation in such a system with a ring, where no transport current flows, are presented.


To benefit from the complex oligosaccharides found in human milk, an infant relies on microbial metabolism of these compounds. The main objective of this study was to determine the abundance of Bifidobacterium infantis human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) metabolizing genes in infant fecal samples.

 Fecal samples from 40 6-mos-old infants were collected. Genomic DNA was extracted, and quantitative real-time PCR was used to determine the abundance of several genes in B. infantis. B infantis specific primer sets were used to target 5 HMO metabolizing genes as well as the 16S rRNA gene. Additional 16S rRNA primer sets were used to target overall bacteria, overall Bifidobacterium, B. breve and B. longum. Abundances of each qPCR reaction were compared by infant human milk exposure, solid food intake, and mode of delivery.

 Mode of delivery was not associated with any PCR targets. Two HMO genes, a sialidase and a glycoside hydrolase, as well as a B. infantis 16S rRNA gene were more abundant in the feces of human milk fed infants (p < 0.05). The sialidase and a B. infantis 16S rRNA gene tended to be less abundant when a larger percentage of an infant's diet consisted of solids (p < 0.10). When accounting for solid food intake, human milk exposure continued to be positively associated with the sialidase and a B. infantis 16S rRNA gene abundance (p < 0.05) and tended to be related to the abundance of the glycoside hydrolase (p < 0.10). An assessment of 5 B. infantis specific primer sets targeting HMO metabolizing genes demonstrated that the stools of human milk fed infants harbored a more diverse set of these genes than those of non-human milk fed infants (p = 0.02).

 Herein, we have identified a qPCR primer set targeting a sialidase that is consistently associated with human milk exposure even in the presence of solid food intake. With further development and validation in additional populations of infants, these assays could be used to group samples by dietary exposure even where no record of dietary intake exists. Thus, this assay would provide a method by which infant human milk intake proximal to sample collection can be assessed quickly in any well-equipped molecular biology lab.

 This research was partially supported by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program as well as the Max Gonzenbach Research Scholarship.


Microstructural influences on various aspects of fatigue and fracture behavior of Al-Li-X alloys are reviewed .13; Precipitation hardening and the effect of aging on13; microstructure are briefly discussed. Anisotropy in mechanical properties is found to be a texture related13; phenomenon . Recryystallization . plays a dominant role in13; reducing texture and hence anisotropy. Fine delamination is shown to be dependent on the relative misorientation of13; grains in the short transverse direction and therefore texture-related . Low ductility and low fracture toughness,13; especially in the short transverse direction, are due to13; intergranular fracture . Effects of aging on intergranular13; fracture are discussed . Influence of microstructure on low13; cycle fatigue, fatigue crack growth behavior of long and13; short cracks in Al-Li alloys are reviewed . Microstructural13; features which are detrimental from crack initiation point13; of view are seen to improve long crack growth resistance and do not have significant effect on short surface cracks.


Abstract Environmental concerns over trace levels of estrogens concentrations in water environment have increased because of their adverse effects on humans, animals and aquatic life. In this contribution, we developed a simple and highly sensitive analytical protocol for trace analysis of 3 important estrogens namely 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), 17β-estradiol (E2), and diethylstilbestrol (DES) in water, resulting in pg/mL level detection. Microextraction by packed sorbent (MEPS) using a C18 sorbent in combination with HPLC-UV was applied to extract/enrich, separate, identify and quantify the estrogens at pg/mL level in water. Achieved recoveries in spiked water samples ranged from 85.02 to 98.07 % with RSD (%) ranged from 5.11–9.12. Limit of detection (LODs) were as low as 0.09–0.47 pg/mL in spiked samples. To investigate the real world application, the protocol was applied to a total of 9 real water samples including drinking water, private well water, hospital waste water, and river water, and yielded concentrations ranging for two estrogens (EE2 and E2) from 2.21 to 3.75 ng/mL, and DES was not found in any real sample studied.


This article highlights the 1966 "Highway Safety Program Manual 14" which provides valuable guidance for assessing many of the basic needs of a pedestrian program and for taking inventory of existing programs. For the attorney, it provides a very good road map for assessing potential liability of a client's case, whether plaintiff or defendant. The manual, when combined with the federal standard it was drafted to support, sheds lignt on ways to handle the problem of providing safe, convenient and interconnected pedstrian facilities in residential areas.


Various aryl(phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridinyl)ethanediones are selectively obtained with a new C—C bond formation via Kornblum oxidation followed by nucleophilic attack of a imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine on the in situ generated phenylglyoxal.


Noah, of Ondergang der Eerste Weerelt is the last play Vondel wrote, and he never saw it performed. The first act is set somewhere in the Caucasus, at the gates of 'Reuzenburgh'. The next act introduces Achiman, 'ruler of the East', who is preparing his royal wedding to Urania and who is told by Noah's 'Bouwmeester' that he had better prepare for a swim. The third act Achiman is forced to swallow his original libertine response to Noah's epiphany. At the opening of the fourth act we meet Noah's son Ham, who has apparently just been at the party and has spoken to Urania, and who now meets up with his father. The final act brings back to the court of Achiman. As soon as Vondel turns to the language of theology and philosophy, he rejects the Radical Enlightenment emphatically, as is evident from his Bespiegelingen van Godt en Godtsdienst . Keywords:Achiman; Bespiegelingen; Noah; Radical Enlightenment; Reuzenburgh; Urania; Vondel


A plethora of deep learning models have been developed for the task of Alzheimer's disease classification from brain MRI scans. Many of these models report high performance, achieving three-class classification accuracy of up to 95%. However, it is common for these studies to draw performance comparisons between models that are trained on different subsets of a dataset or use varying imaging preprocessing techniques, making it difficult to objectively assess model performance. Furthermore, many of these works do not provide details such as hyperparameters, the specific MRI scans used, or their source code, making it difficult to replicate their experiments. To address these concerns, we present a comprehensive study of some of the deep learning methods and architectures on the full set of images available from ADNI. We find that, (1) classification using 3D models gives an improvement of 1% in our setup, at the cost of significantly longer training time and more computation power, (2) with our dataset, pre-training yields minimal ($<0.5\%$) improvement in model performance, (3) most popular convolutional neural network models yield similar performance when compared to each other. Lastly, we briefly compare the effects of two image preprocessing programs: FreeSurfer and Clinica, and find that the spatially normalized and segmented outputs from Clinica increased the accuracy of model prediction from 63% to 89% when compared to FreeSurfer images.


The invention relates to a method for mix design of a hot-mix asphalt mixture produced with an intermittent mixer and is characterized in that: the process mix design method comprises the following steps of: mineral mix design, Marshall test, determination of optimal asphalt dosage or oil-stone ratio, mix design test, correction of optimal asphalt dosage or oil-stone ratio and determination of final process mixing proportions of minerals. The step of mineral mix design comprises the procedures of determining initial proportions and designing mineral mixing proportions. The mix design method provided by the invention maintains consistency between process mix design and target mix design, and achieves quantization and visualization of the comparison between process mix design and target mix design. The mix design method effectively prevents the problem of material overflow, reduces loss, increases the running efficiency of equipment, reduces the consumptions of asphalt and mineral powder, ensures the construction quality and reduces the construction cost.


A monoclinic phase is the bridge between the rhombohedral and tetragonal phases in the Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PIN–PMN–PT) single crystal near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), which is related to the superior piezoelectric performance. In this paper, the different phase transition process in the unpoled PIN–PMN–PT single crystals near MPB induced by composition variation was presented first. Based on this, direct current poling (DCP) and alternating current treatment (ACT) were applied on these samples. Also, the crystals by DCP–ACT have shown a more complex ferroelectric phase transition process than that by DCP, which is related to the induced monoclinic phase by applying an AC electric field. The transverse piezoelectric properties of the PIN–PMN–PT single crystal with various compositions by DCP and DCP–ACT were compared. ACT enhanced the electromechanical coupling coefficient k31, elastic compliance constant S11E, and dielectric permittivity e33T/e0 of the pre-DCP PIN–PMN–PT single crystals in the macrorhombohedral phase. As a result, the transverse piezoelectric constant d31 of the crystals with various compositions was enhanced to be −1240, −1663, and −1252 pC/N by DCP–ACT, which were 61.7%, 73.0%, and 60.8% higher than that by DCP. However, ACT has little effect on the pre-DCP PIN–PMN–PT crystal with macrocoexistence of rhombohedral and monoclinic phases. The AC electric field could be a useful way for tuning the coexistence of rhombohedral and monoclinic phases in the PIN–PMN–PT crystal near MPB to achieve high transverse piezoelectric performance.


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Elements distribution,microstructure and structure of W-Mo-Ti FGM are studied by electron probe microstructure analysis(EPMA) and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The experiment results show that the main element such as W,Mo,Ti element are changed gradually in W-Mo-Ti FGM.In Mo-Ti layer rich in Ti and layer in rich in Ti,there are more polygonal α-Ti.


Under the simulation of electricity market and the generation electricity market which will soon be established, there is a new problem, i.e., how to optimize the allocation of the use of natural resources, use the energy source reasonably and control the cost of electricity production, improve the economic effect of the power industry and realize the comprehensive interest of the whole society through the electricity dispatching. The actual and potential benefit of the above mentioned items are very great. A practical method for active power dispatch scheduling based on generation optimization is presented. By this method, the whole daily consumable electricity can be decomposed into three patterns of power purchase through optimum calculation of K T method, the purchase curves can be got with coefficient method, when the variant t is small. The purchase curves vary in small steps. Since Jul. 1, 1998, the method has been applied to the daily scheduling of generation in the simulation of Hunan electric power pool, and in Hunan power system the goal of decreasing the power supply cost is implemented. The comprehensive power purchase price is decreased. The method may give useful indication for the power purchase in the future electricity market because of considering the electricity price ordering.


Quality of service(QoS) is ability of network suppling different traffic with different level of service assurance.Design of differentiated service(diffserv) based on layer3 switch is proposed,classifier and scheduler,the main modules of diffserv are analysed and described,meanwhile,the results of test are given.


In this article a series of solutions with higher baryon numbers in the chiral quark soliton model are reported. The chiral quark soliton model is a simple quark model that incorporates the basic features of QCD. The B=2 axially symmetric soliton solution within this model was obtained numerically. For $B \ge 3$, in a series of our papers we obtained $B=3 \sim 9,17$ minimal energy soliton solutions with point-like symmetries and $B=3 \sim 5$ axially symmetric saddle-point solutions, using rational map ansatz constructed for multi-baryon number skyrmions. An interesting property of the solutions is that the symmetry of the background configuration is reflected in the degeneracy of the valence quark spectra. We also confirm the existence of the quark shell structure. The shells consist of the four-fold degenerate ground state and higher levels with various patterns, which are realized by the interplay of two symmetries, $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R$ symmetry for the quarks and the symmetries of the chiral fields. To obtain correct physical observable, the quantum corrections are necessary. We shall show the quantum states of the axisymmetric solitons within the collective quantization. Upon quantization, various observable spectra of the chiral solitons are obtained. According to the Finkelstein-Rubinstein constraints, the quantum numbers of the solitons coincide with the physical observations only for B=2 and 4 while B=3 and 5 do not. The SU(3) extension of the B=2 soliton is also studied to predict various strange dibaryon states within this model.


Paul Fain (2011), cited community college leaders who overwhelmingly voted at the Reimagining Community Colleges invitation-only conference held September 23, 2011 in New York City, for team teaching and other innovations as the most important fix for remedial education in community colleges. Team teaching is not common in postsecondary education and is difficult to do well. This paper presents the argument that it is the contextualized material that leads to team teaching success. Contextualized learning has not been rigorously researched, and it is far from having enough research for most community colleges to learn from and adapt. Although Perin (2011) found that contextualized learning had been used in various ways in educational literature, this paper focuses on the integration of remedial education materials into a community college career technical skills coursework.


We consider a continuum model for collective cell movement. Each cell is modelled by a phase field active polar gel model and the cells interact via steric interactions. We provide a finite element implementation with a parallel efficiency of at least 0.5 in the number of cells. This is achieved by considering each cell on a different processor and various improvements to reduce the communication overhead to deal with the cell-cell interactions. We describe implementation details and demonstrate results for up to 768 cells.


The purpose of the article is to conduct an objective quantitative assessment of environmental, economic and social externalities created by the Ukrainian hydropower industry for society, other sectors of the economy and the environment. Research methods. As research methods, standard indicators for assessing the efficiency of the energy sector are used, namely the criterion of area efficiency of electricity generation different types, the criterion of efficiency of installed capacity in hydropower, the criteria for assessing the comparative unit cost, elements of econometric analysis and physical analogues. Research results. It is shown that the declared low cost of electricity generated in hydropower is achieved by the price of transferring the losses generated by the industry to other sectors of the economy and primarily to the agricultural sector. Losses of agricultural production are based on unused flooded areas, and practically destroyed the Dnieper as a powerful transport artery of the country. However, in general, social losses from cheap hydropower are much greater and include losses of historical identity and communication of the population of the coastal areas of the Dnieper. Scientific novelty. Based on the econometric analysis, the existence of a declining exponential trend in hydro generation volumes is shown, which is explained by the siltation of shallow water particles of the Dnieper reservoirs. The process has accelerated recently due to climate change and increasing pollutant discharges. As a result of these processes, the generation of renewable energy will soon exceed the volume of hydropower. Practical significance. On the basis of world experience and analysis of the external industry, the inefficiency of the strategy for the development of hydropower until 2026 is shown, which, in practice, is built on the principles of the era of planned economies. Tabl.: 2. Figs.: 4. Refs.: 32.


Etiquettes in applying for a job has become more and more important in recruitment.Improving students' job hunting skills can get twice the result with half the effort for the employment.This paper introduces the etiquettes in the recruitment processes,analyzes manners and listening and speaking etiquettes and expounds some useful skills which can lead to successful employment for the applicants.