Based on the model presented here for multimodal text analysis, we have analyzed a number of texts from a variety of subjects. The examples have mainly been taken from printed and digital textbooks, but we have also commented on websites and educational games for young learners. As regards the educational perspective, we have also commented on aspects of the texts that teachers and students can discuss in relation to different aspects of the model. Such discussions can be organized either through classroom discussions, or by way of digital media. Blogs can be utilized, as well as web-based resources enabling anonymity among the users, which can encourage more voices to come through in the collective learning process. What choices to make always depends on the student's age and his or her prior experience of using digital media for similar purposes. The outset of the above analyses is the general structure and setting of the texts. Here we have commented on aspects such as sequencing and thematic orientation. The aim of starting with that is for students and teachers to get an overall impression of the role of different visual resources and what they offer the reader. With regard to the educational perspective in this part, we have tried to point out aspects of the texts that teachers and students can pay special attention to in the classroom, especially regarding potential challenges in the specific texts. As a second step,we have elucidated the interaction between parts of the text. Such interaction can concern visual proximity and congruence between the verbal text and other semiotic resources, but also the congruence between, for instance, the use of concepts in descriptions and explanations. As regards the educational perspective, teachers and students can reflect upon the interaction between resources, and what view of the knowledge area appears to be central in the text, and furthermore to clarify aspects that might be unclear or even lacking in the text for the content to become clear. As a third step of the analysis, we have focused on figurative language, given both through verbal language and through other resources. From the educational perspective, teachers and students can "break up" the content of the figurative language and,


Film pressures and surface potentials have been measured for a series of linear polymers of ω‐hydroxy decanoic acid, ranging in molecular weight from 780 to 25,200. The molecules are oriented parallel to the surface. An improved form of the apparatus of Harkins and Fischer was used. The chief modification in the procedure was the use of two radioactive polonium electrodes over the film. The pressure‐area relations show that the area per molecule in the condensed films is nearly proportional to the molecular weight and that the compressibility of the films is large. The film density is found to be lowest for the polymers of smallest molecular weight. The films are not very sensitive to changes in hydrogen ion concentration, but on changing from an acid to an alkaline substrate the films in the expanded state give higher molecular areas at given pressures, and the pressures for film collapse are considerably higher. Dimensions of the molecules are calculated and a complete table of mean values is included. ...


A simple, direct, and easily computable and convergent series obtained from the screened Coulomb potential is used to calculate the Madelung constants of the NaCl and CsCl ionic crystals structures. Two FORTRAN codes were written and executed, the fisrt, to obtain the series and the second to fit the series to a quadratic polynomial from which the Madelung constant is obtained. The Madelung constants are fond to be 1.746941 and 1.761997 for the NaCl and CsCl structures respectively.


We study the divisibility in generalized Fibonacci sequences $(G_n)_{n\ge0}$ defined by $G_0=0$, $G_1=1$ and $G_n=pG_{n-1}+qG_{n-2}$ for $n\ge2$, where $p,q$ are given integers. As corollaries, we give some divisibility properties on some well known sequences.


Objective To study the clinical efficacy of immunosuppressive regimen with early steroid withdrawal based on basiliximab.Methods 21 renal recipients were treated with basiliximab induction,at the same time combined with tacrolimus(FK506) and mycophenolate mofetil(MMF).Then to investigate the incidence of acute rejection,hyperlipidemia and high-glucose,etc. Results basiliximab combined with FK506 and MMF,all together with early steroid withdrawal,which could decrease the incidence of acute rejection and reduce the incidence of metabolism disorder such as hyperlipidemia and high-glucose.Conclusion It is an efficacy and safety immunosuppress regimen with induction of basiliximab to remove steroid early,which combined with FK506 and MMF,control the concentration of FK506 in therapy extent.


According to the connections between the feature subset and RBF neural network parameter, in order to improve the accuracy rate of intrusion detection, a network intrusion detection model (IPSO-BPNN) improving the article swarm and optimizing the neural network is put forward. Take the network feature subset and RBF neural network parameter as a particle, and discover the optimum network feature subset and RBF neural network parameter through the coordination and information exchange between particles to establish the optimum network intrusion detection model, and adopt KDD Cup99 data set to perform the simulation experiment. The results of simulation experiment show that, IPSO-RBF neural network reduces the feature dimensions, and obtains better RBF neural network parameter, which is a network intrusion detection model of high detection accuracy rate and speed.


Wind turbine blades are inevitable to be eroded in wind-sand environment,so it is crucial to identify the flow conditions under which the erosion happens.Here,the effect of the sand diameter on wind turbine airfoil is first investigated.When the sand diameter is less than 3μm,the sands will bypass the airfoil and no erosion occurs.When the sand diameter is larger than 4μm,the sand grains collide with the airfoil and the erosion happens.Thus,there must be a critical sand diameter between 3μm and 4μm,at which the erosion is initiated on the airfoil surface.To find out this critical value,aparticle Stokes number is introduced here.According to the range of the critical sand diameter mentioned above,the critical value of particle Stokes number is reasonably assumed to be between 0.007 8and 0.014.The assumption is subsequently validated by other four factors influecing the erosion,i.e.,the angle of attack,relative thickness of the airfoil,different series airfoil,and inflow velocity.Therefore,the critical range of Stokes number has been confirmed.


Nakao and others (1988). In this study the mean pregnancy rate to first service was 46-9 per cent. Tennant and Peddicord (1968) recorded a pregnancy rate to first service after treatment of 13 6 per cent and Bretzlaff and others (1983) recorded 20.6 per cent. The 17-0 per cent culling rate for failure to conceive recorded in this study was lower than previous reports of 26 per cent (Pepper and Dobson 1987) and 29 per cent (Steffan and others 1984). It was disappointing, but not surprising in view of the results of previous studies, that the differences in response to the three treatments were not larger. In selecting an appropriate treatment for endometritis it is always important to reconcile cost with efficacy. On the basis of the cost of an increased calving to conception interval, culling for failure to conceive (Esslemont and Spincer 1993), and the cost of the treatments, the treatments with tetracycline and oestrogen would have cost £20 and £48, respectively, more than the treatment with prostaglandin.


Rice has become an important and strategic commodity. The decline in soil fertility is the cause of the low production of rice plants.The use of straw can increase the efficiency of the use of fertilizers (nitrogen), improve soil fertility by providing nutrients, especially (potassium), besides that it can improve the soil. The nutrient content of rice straw is 0.4% Nitrogen, 0.02% Phosphorus, 1.4% Potassium and 5.0% Silicon. The jajar legowo planting system is a new innovation in agriculture.This study aims to determine the best spacing between 2:1 and 4:1 jajar legowo system and to find out the best quality of processed straw from bokashi straw and burnt straw. This research was conducted in Pelangwot village, Laren sub-district, Lamongan district. January to April 2021. This research was conducted using a factorial randomized block design (RAK) method, which consisted of two factors and each factor consisted of 3 levels. From these two factors, 9 treatment combinations were obtained and repeated 3 times. Parameters observed in the vegetative phase include: plant height and number of leaves. Parameters observed in the generative phase include: wet weight of plants, panicle length. dry seed weight, dry seed weight per plot, 1000 seed weight The data obtained from the observations were calculated by analysis of variance with Fisher's exact test (F test at 5% and 1 level). If there is a significant difference, it will be continued with the Least Significant Difference test. The best results in this study were burnt straw treatment and 4:1 row spacing legowo


We review the geometrical framework required for understanding the moduli space of (2,2) superconformal-field theories, highlighting various aspects of its phase structure. In particular, we indicate the types of phase diagrams that emerge for "generic" Calabi-Yau theories and review an efficient method for their determination. We then focus on some special types of phase diagrams that have bearing on the issues of rigid manifolds, mirror symmetry and geometrical duality.


Like other parts of the central nervous system, the adult mammalian optic nerve is difficult to regenerate after injury. Transplantation of the peripheral nerve or a Schwann cell (SC) graft can promote injured axonal regrowth. We tried to develop a new type of tissue‐engineered SC graft that consisted of SCs seeded onto a poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid)/chitosan conduit. Meanwhile, SCs were transfected along the ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) gene in vitro by electroporation to increase their neurotrophic effect. Four weeks after transplantation, GAP‐43 labelled regenerating axons were found in the SC grafts, and axons in the CNTF–SC graft were longer than those in the SC graft. Tissue‐engineered SC grafts can provide a feasible environment for optic nerve regeneration and may become an alternative for bridging damaged nerves and repairing nerve defects in the future. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The report consists of three main parts—an explanation of the method of determining the healthfulness of an occupation by means of mortality statistics, with an exposition of the advantages inherent in this method; an intensive study, for the places and periods selected, of death rates and distribution of population among those aged 15 to 44; and a more general study of the same kind for the whole population aged 10 years and over.


Pipelined ADCs with open-loop residue amplifiers are currently gaining designers' attention due to the simplicity of their design, their low-power and/or high-speed capabilities and their improved deep-submicron compatibility. Although several studies on power optimization of pipelined ADCs with closed-loop amplifiers are reported in literature, none so far addresses the power optimization problem of an open-loop implementation. Therefore, we propose a model for the open-loop pipelined ADC, based on which we perform calculations, resulting in optimum choices for design quantities, such as the number of bits per-stage and the sampling capacitors' rate of scaling along the pipelined chain. Finally, we report on how these choices depend on the total ADC resolution and the technology in which the ADC is implemented.


Objective:Worldwide, there is a high level of ignorance about elevated blood pressure, which contributes to the large percentage of underdiagnosed and untreated hypertensive subject and causes increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Community screening programs combined with simplified dia


The globalisation of the economy and the on-going liberalisation of agricultural trade policy may lead to a considerable re-allocation of agricultural production worldwide. Economists usually try to predict such changes by applying general or partial equilibrium models. The direction and extent of supply and demand changes is highly dependent on the demand and supply elasticities applied. The elasticities are either based on econometric analysis, theoretically sound assumptions, or expert judgement. A farm-level view is usually not included in such a type of analysis.


Laboratory-scale investigations using individual T.latifolia and J. effusus plants in hydroponic systems were carried out to evaluate the potentials and differences in the species regarding the release of oxygen into their rhizospheres. Their oxygen release intensities were found to vary between the species and also to depend on the redox state of the rhizosphere. The highest release rates with mean values of 1.1 mg/h plant for T.latifolia and 0.5 mg/h plant for J.effusus were estimated at Eh - - 200 mV for both species. The amounts of oxygen released were sufficient to be of biotechnological relevance for oxidative processes in constructed wetlands. The plants even released oxygen under oxidized rhizospheric conditions and for individual plants, an intensification of the oxygen release was estimated, forming further local release maxima at Eh = 250-400 mV with about 0.2 mg/h plant. The total size of the root system does not significantly affect the intensity of oxygen release; instead, the oxygen release state was governed by the size of the above-ground biomass. The intensification of illumination causes an increase in the oxygen release rates, which is pronounced for T.latifolia but small for J.effusus. Further investigations involving other wetland species and using laboratory-scale, pilot-scale and full-scale wetland systems to evaluate oxygen release are of biotechnological interest.


Objective To observe the curative effect of Tongru dan and low frequency pulse electric stimulation(LFPES) in treating postpartum hypogalactia(PH) with deficiency of Qi and blood syndrome. Methods 90 PH patients with deficiency of Qi and blood syndrome were randomly assigned to treatment group(n=30), Chinese medicine group(n=30) and physical therapy group(n=30). The treatment group received Tongru dan and LFPES, Chinese medicine group received Tongru dan, and physical therapy group received LFPES for three days. The changes of curative effect, milk yield, TCM symptoms improvement were observed. Results Comparison of comprehensive effect: the total effective rate of treatment group was 93.3%, Chinese medicine group was 83.3%, physical therapy group was 76.7%, and there were significant differences among three groups(P0.05). Comparison of milk yield effect: the total effective rate of treatment group was 93.3%, Chinese medicine group was 83.3%, physical therapy group was 73.3%(P0.05). The TCM symptoms improvement in treatment group, Chinese medicine group was respectively better than that of physical therapy group after the treatment. Conclusion Oral Chinese medicine combined with LFPES which was used to treat PH with deficiency of Qi and blood syndrome could increase the secretion of milk effectively, and improve TCM symptoms significantly. The clinical application of this method is safe and effective, non-toxic and side effect.


By an arc we mean a nondegenerate simply ordered set which is compact and connected in its order topology. A space X is rigid if the only homeomorphism of X onto itself is the identity map. Examples of rigid totally disconnected compact ordered spaces may be found in [1], [2], and [3]. It is the purpose of this note to prove the existence of an arc such that no two of its subarcs are homeomorphic. The proof makes use of arcs of large cardinality and the technique of inverse limit spaces.


Confidentiality is a concept in ethics and law that protects the trust a person places in having private information kept secret. It stems from the premise that information imparted in certain circumstances among a limited number of persons gives rise to an obligation not to disclose that information to third parties.


The goal of the present work is to improve shale reservoir stimulation treatment by using ultra light weight proppants in fracturing fluids. Slickwater has become the most popular fracturing fluid for fracturing shales in recent times because it creates long and skinny fractures and it is relatively cheap. The problem with slickwater is the high rate of settling of common proppants, e.g. sand, which results in propped fractures which are much smaller than the original fractures. Use of gels can help in proppant transport but introduce large formation damage by blocking pores in nano-darcy shales. Gel trapping in the proppant pack causes reduction in permeability of the proppant pack. The light weight proppants which can easily be transported by slickwater and at the same time be able to provide enough fracture conductivity may solve this problem. Three ultra light weight proppants (ULW1, ULW2, and ULW3) have been studied. The


In the face of the impact of covid-19 pandemic, how to conduct efficient teaching and learning based on the Internet is an important research topic. This paper proposes a blended learning model based on MOOC platform, live broadcast platform, experimental platform, WeChat and other tools. This blended learning process includes webcast teaching, online learning, online teaching, online practice, and self-study after class. This paper explains the process of the mixed teaching model, focusing on the learning process of pre-class, in-class, and after-class. This paper gives the learning effect of the blended teaching model. This model reflects the networked teaching and personalized teaching. The student's learning enthusiasm is improved and the grades are improved. This paper provides a good example of network-based hybrid learning and teaching mode.


The typical AC sequence was compared with on-line C.protein databank by Blastp comparison,then the bioinformatics of conserved domain,physicochemical property,cell signal peptide,structure of transmembrane domain and secondary structure was analyzed by SMART and the genetic relationships between typical AC sequence in C.graminicolaand the homologous sequence of other species were compared to provide a reference for development and utilization of new medicines with drug target of C.graminicola.The results showed that CgCap1 in C.graminicolais a homologous protein with Srv2 in S.cerevisiae.CgCap 1located in the plasma membrane with conserved CARP domain and isoeletric point with 5~6range belongs to the sequence of hydrophily,instable protein and without signal peptide.The proportion ofβfold is low in the secondary structure.The genetic relationship between CgCap 1and Colletoreichumis close.


This paper mainly investigates the cointegration relationship and the causal relationship between futures and spot prices in BIFFEX futures market applying Johansen cointegration and Granger Causality Tests technique. The results show that BIFFEX Futures Market is a risk-neutral and efficient, in short term the BIFFEX futures price is the unbiased estimation on spot price, and the spot price is the causal to the future price. We obtain the short term BIFFEX Futures Pricing Formula based on Model, and we find that the currently settlement price has significant explanatory power on the next futures price and there is a leverage effect on BIFFEX Futures Market.


The object of our paper is the formation of optical fringes in a time average hologram produced by vibrating fluid in axi-symmetric tube. Fluid vibrations in axi-symmetric geometry according to the first harmonics are analyzed. This problem has a practical application in the analysis of transverse vibrations of fluid in an axi-symmetric pipe. The numerical model is developed using finite element techniques in axi-symmetric geometry. Irrotational motions of ideal compressible fluid are analyzed. Finite element model of the system is based on the approximation of nodal displacements via the shape functions. Thus the field of the amplitudes of the harmonic variation of the volumetric strain is calculated exploiting conjugate approximation techniques. Obtained volumetric strains are used for the numerical construction of interference pattern of the vibrating fluid. For this purpose the Abel transform which is usually exploited in axi-symmetric problems is generalized for the problems with the periodic variation of displacements. The obtained interference patterns are used in hybrid experimental – numerical procedures and help to interpret experimental results.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


The purpose of this paper is to present influence of two additional control variables (missile position at the time switching on and time switching off) upon missile velocity for coil-gun module of a hybrid electromagnetic launcher with pneumatic assist.


In order to be more competitive city, today, all city governments struggle for building specialized city image. For this, appropriate political efforts, and objective evaluation and analysis of the city condition are being required. In this respect, this study investigates the relationship between city image and satisfaction of city through city image evaluation with the consideration of individual characteristics as one of the variables. This study focuses on Seoul, the biggest global city in Korea. This study divides Seoul into five zones, and the central district of each zone is chosen to complete the survey for data collection. Factorial analysis is fulfilled using the survey data; and the influence between city image and satisfaction of city is identified by the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). This study discusses city image, one of the key components of city marketing that enhances competitiveness of city. This study gets some significance that the relationship between city image and satisfaction of city is subdivided based on how the citizens perceive Seoul.


Hardware sizing is determinated by an increasing rate of operated business and characteristic of adapted technology which are imported systems. Because it is very difficult for intuitive decision of hardware sizing's appropriateness. But in sprite of difficulty, for maximizing the utilization of information resource and the effect of information investment in public sector are need to correctness hardware sizing. In this paper, we proposed hardware sizing method for OLTP server that is make up It's faults of proper proposal method. Our study certainly will act as a catalyst for higher investment-efficiency of future information systems in public sector.


Catholicism has always maintained a deep, even ontological, relationship with images and their mediations on account and by virtue of its particular interpretation of the dogma of the Incarnation. And yet, in the second half of nineteenth century –especially 'after Lourdes', that is, after the mediatic and popular fortune of the supernatural apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous– the Christian 'scopic' drive spread and grew stronger in France, being redefined in new 'spectacular' modalities and forms. These aimed to bring the divine closer to the spectator's physical and subjective experience, in accordance with the broadest process of subjectivation undergone at this time by the experience of seeing –the 'gaze'– in its whole. My paper will focus, from an archaeological perspective, on three case studies within this remediation turning point: the attempts to photograph a Marian apparition in the small, peripheral village of Tilly-sur-Seulles between 1896 and 1897; the trompe-l'oeil devices employed by the artist Munkacsy and the galleristart dealer Sedelmeyer for the exhibition of lifesized Christological paintings during the 1880s and 1890s that engendered empathic 'spectatorial' reactions; and the emergence of the cinematographic apparatus –and of its phenomenological "train effect"– in conjunction with religious imaginaries, persons, uses and places.


i Denominational and State Conflict: The Experience of the SDMS Board of Education 1952-1996 Vashti Singh This dissertation traces the history and evolution of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) with specific reference to educational conflict experienced between the SDMS Board of Education and the State of Trinidad and Tobago during the years 1952-1996. The purpose of the investigation was to identify those efforts undertaken by the State to deepen the incorporation of the SDMS into the national system of education, and to examine the SDMS responses to the challenges encountered m the process. The Literature Review explored Church-State conflict in three selected countries: Ireland, the United States of America and England. A stud} <>l controversial issues between the SDMS and the State of Trinidad and Tobago in relation to those which occur internationally, allowed for comparative ana!-, r and provided a backdrop for the presentation of solutions proffered b;. authoritative sources. The investigation revealed that in Trinidad and Tobago today, su n i c political elements urge the implementation of a secular education system, although the SDMS' contribution in the field of education is unquestionable I he SDMS will view the nationalization of Hindu schools as a betrayal of the Hindu community in a plural society. The present United National Congress (I NC i


For tidal turbines mounted on floating structures the possibility of
cavitation occurring on the blades is higher than for seabed mounted
tidal turbines. In this study we present Reynolds-Averaged Navier-
Stokes (RANS) solutions of the well-studied Southampton three bladed
horizontal axis tidal turbine (HATT). The numerical simulations were
carried out using the ReFRESCO viscous flow solver using three types
of simulations: (i) steady wetted flow; (ii) unsteady wetted flow and
(iii) unsteady cavitating flow. The wetted flow simulations gave overall
good prediction of thrust and power coefficients over the entire
experimental range of tip speed ratios (TSRs), with the unsteady
solution providing the better result. Low numerical uncertainties were
obtained for medium to high TSRs and larger for low TSR values,
where the flow is transitional and highly separated. The dynamic
cavitation simulation was carried out for the case of a cavitation
number of 0.63 at a TSR of 7.5. The simulations showed a good
agreement of the extent of the sheet cavity. However, the dynamics of
the sheet cavities have not been fully captured and the power and thrust
coefficients are under predicted compared to the experiments. This is
most likely due to lack of mesh resolution outside the wetted flow
boundary layer where the cavity dynamics occur, and due to high
numerical and experimental uncertainties for such a complex flow case.
The simulations showed that existing methodology used for computing
cavitation on marine propellers could be applied to HATTs, yielding
reliable results. Importantly, simulation of cavitation on HATTs could
be used as input for noise and erosion predictions.


In Trustees of the Property of Cummins v Cummins, the High Court of Australia developed an arguably new trusts principle in relation to third-party claims against the family home. This article explores the doctrinal implications of the principle, arguing that it has led to considerable confusion and uncertainty in subsequent case law and in the academic literature. The article also evaluates the substantive effects of the principle, arguing that it is undesirable that some women who attempt to resist third-party claims to the family home are worse off under it. The article concludes by proposing a legislative solution to remedy the doctrinal confusion and substantive deficits in this area of law.


The reaction between Ti(OPri)4 and cis-but-2-ene-1,4-diol [HOCH2CHCHCH2OH] in 1∶1 stoichiometry at room temperature gave [Ti4(OPri)8(µ,η2-OCH2CHCHCH2O)2(µ3,η2-OCH2CHCHCH2O)2] 1 which was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Its molecular structure consists of an open-shell tetranuclear polyhedron with terminal isopropoxide ligands while the unsaturated diolates act as bridging-chelating ligands assembling five- and six-coordinated metals. The Ti–O bond lengths are in the range 1.77(1)–2.12(1) A with Ti–OPri<Ti–η2-OC6H4O<Ti–µ-OC6H4O. Compound 1 was used for doping polystyrene foams elaborated by a emulsion/polymerization (w/o) process with traces of titania. Microcellular polystyrene foams with a low density (0.048–0.055 g cm–3) doped with titania (0.72–1.5 Ti wt%) have been obtained. The influence of a number of parameters such as the nature of the radical initiator, of the precursor, of an electrolyte and of the amount of surfactant, on the properties of the foams has been evaluated. The influence of various polymerizable ligands, but-2-ene-1,4-diolate, 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl acetoacetate and 3-allyloxy-1,2-propanediolate, has been investigated. The results indicate the first of these to give the best results. The precursors were characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, elemental analysis and the foams by IR, elemental analysis, SEM/EDX and compressibility measurements.


Discloses a step protection methods, systems, and computer-readable medium having adaptive resynchronization generator load capacity. According to one method, when a fault condition occurs in the load powered by a generator, the estimated number of resynchronization prior to slide due to a failure of the expected poles in the generator occurs. Determining whether the number of poles of the estimated sliding exceeds a threshold value. Online or offline to control the generator based on the number of poles is determined whether the estimated sliding exceeds a threshold value.


A new type of electronic injector for the DME common rail injection system was developed.It was based on a new working principle and features no plunger assembly and spill port,ability of pre-injection and being driven by 24V power.The corresponding electromagnetic and hydraulic dynamic simulation models were established and applied to study the effects of free lift,effective lift and common rail pressure on fuel injection rate and hydraulic response characteristics,and the design criteria of these parameters was obtained.According to the prototype injector experiment results,both opening and closing response times are 0.7ms.Comparison of the experiment and simulation data indicates for the former the simulation value is a little shorter and for the latter they are very close.The simulation model can well predict the changing trend of fuel delivery characteristics,the error between simulated and measured is quite small in large fuel delivery range.


The article discusses some of the characteristics of materials used in the THz range. First registered thermo orientation effect in centrally symmetric liquids, leading to structural changes that violate the original symmetry of nematic liquid crystals under the action of heat flow.


With consideration of the shortages of output model-constructing method and topological model-constructing method for Static Synchronous Compensator(STATCOM),a switching function mathematical model of this device based on physical characteristics and topology of the converter is constructed by introducing the concept of the single-pole two-valued logic switching function.The parameters of the model are real physical ones of STATCOM device,which makes this model easier to be certain and more general.Simulation results of 380 V double-machine system prove that not only the proposed model and method are correct and effective,but STATCOM plays an important role on voltage stability and reactive supply in power systems.


A concept of public interest is analyzed. The author comes to the conclusion that the effectiveness of the public interest is achieved by the correct formulation of the Millennium Development Society. Effective democratic governance is possible only if the optimal public interests are presented.


Detailed investigation of the spatial structure of duplex (Phn-NH(CH2)2NH) x pd(CCAAACA).pd(TGTTTGGC) having a covalently linked N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-phenazine in aqueous solution was continued by means of one- and two-dimensional 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Distances between the protons of the oligonucleotides as well as distances between the phenazinium and the nearest nucleotide groups protons were determined from the series of one-dimensional NOE experiments. The effective correlation time tau c determined for some proton pairs shows the phenazinium fragment to have greater internal motion than the heterocyclic bases. The deoxyribose protons coupling constants show the sugars to be in 2'-endo-conformation. The restrained molecular mechanics have yielded a possible structure of duplex in the aqueous solution fitting the experimental set of interproton distances.


N-Methylprolines were detected in all fourteen species of Rhamnaceae tested, representing eleven genera and it is probable that these compounds are a chemotaxonomic feature of the family. Various species in different genera of other families previously reported to contain N-methylprolines were examined for their presence, but these were found as constituents of only a limited number of the tested species, although they were a feature of particular genera, for example Annona, Berberis, Phoradendron, Laurus and Trichilia. In most of the species found to contain N-methylprolines, their content was high, the yield from the majority of species being in excess of 0.5 % of the dry weight. In the limited number of N-methylproline-containing species in which both the aerial parts and roots of the same plant were tested separately, these compounds were detected in both, with the yields from the aerial parts being higher than those from the roots. The level of hydroxylation of the compounds in the aerial parts was higher than that in the roots.


The research deploys the application of Neo-Vernacular Architecture Betawi Culture, especially "Ragam Hias" on Resort Hotel. Research methods apllied were study of literature, case studies and survey. Analysis was conducted descriptively. The research outcome of the Neo-Vernacular Betawi Culture concept application at resort hotel is the geometry transformation of Betawi Culture "Ragam Hias" only deformed geometry as a variant of the original form and retains its inherent meaning. (CM).


The proposal that Paracoccus denitrifcans is closely related to the mitochondrion'.' was made originally because of the large number of mitochondrial features shown by the respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation system in Paracoccus. These features either were characterized physiologically or were identified chemically or spectroscopically. Since that initial proposal was made, information at the structural and molecular level has become available on the protein complexes isolated from the respiratory chain of Paracoccus In the present paper I shall take the opportunity to review this new information and to compare analogous components of the mitochondrial and Paracoccus respiratory chains at a deeper level than was possible some 10 years ago. The purpose of the comparison will be to determine what changes in the catalytic and regulatory functioning of the respiratory chain were likely to have accompanied the hypothetical evolutionary transition from a free-living protomitochondrion resembling Paracoccus to the endosymbiotically derived mitochondrion. Before proceeding with that comparison, I shall summarize the current phylogenetic position of Paracoccus in relation to its photosynthetic relatives and I shall compare the mitochondrial affinities of Paracoccus with those of other eubacteria. In their original proposal, John and Whatley emphasized tht none of the mitochondrial features shown by Paracoccus was unique to Paracoccus. but that no other prokaryote possessed as many. ' It was apparent then that the unique position of Paracoccus was challenged by the purple nonsulfur photosynthetic eubacterium Rhodobacter (formerly Rhodopseudomonas)3sphaeroides, which had a mitochondrial type of respiratory chain when it grew aerobically in the dark. It was predicted that future research would reveal that Paracoccus will be viewed as a "representative of a small group of aerobic bacteria (probably including R. sphaeroides) all having an obvious affinity with the mitochondrion."' That small group of aerobic bacteria has now acquired a taxonomic status, as subsequent comparative studies of cytochrome c amino acid sequences (combined with x-ray crystal structure) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) nucleotide sequences have provided strong evidence that Paracoccus and R. sphaeroides are closely related to each other, and that they belong to a subdivision of eubacteria that contains all those bacteria having an obvious affinity with the mitochondrion.


1. IntroductionNew explanatory paradigms change our perspective on things and open possibilities for analysis and assessment. After a while, however, there is the danger that a familiar rhetoric may become ossified, and cultural criticism predictable and blunt. In this paper I am interested in concepts of mapping as spatial practices and mental processes. After briefly reviewing the usage of mapping in theoretical discourses, I will use a case study to assess some of the advantages and disadvantages of the current ubiquitous metaphoricity of mapping and to ask what the profit and loss of this rhetoric might be. I will analyse the literary example of Reif Larsen's The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet (2009a), which can be regarded paradigmatic for the present discursive conceptualisation. The novel has achieved a remarkable degree of popularity for a text dealing with the time-honored practice of cartography. By incorporating archaic forms of graphic representation and providing readers with an intermedial, multi-modal surface, the novel reflects at one and the same time older modes of visual representation and very recent visual experiences. It achieves this doubling visuality by fictionally attributing it to the mind and skills of an adolescent growing up today. The intermedial strategies of the book belong in the context of a recent shift towards 'modal aesthetics' in fictional literature and other narrative arts, i.e. a shift from a sequential organisation to a spatial conceptualisation, for which mapping is a felicitous metaphor. At the same time, the novel participates in recent reconceptualisations of the map by applying it to entities with blurred boundaries or things being constantly on the move. Its visual and verbal strategies are thus informed, I am going to argue, by the attempt to shift the concept of mapping to processual, dynamic and performative meanings, an adaptation of the concept that has been under way in cultural discourses for some time. The conceptual alterations have the advantage of expanding the meaning of "mapping" to human corporeal and cognitive experience. Yet they also contain the danger of reducing these to an atemporal imaginary.2. Mobility and MappingSince the spatial tum all the humanities have been aware that places and locations are profoundly implicated in the society which produces them and that they are serviced and shaped by that society's techniques of representation. One of these techniques is the rendering of the geographical surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map. The rationalising effort of mapping the world through which unknown land became charted territory played a particularly important part in the colonial and imperial expansion of European nations. Cartography allowed an imaginary subordination of the alien and un- known to its reductive geometrical organisation; it has recently been described as "a technology in the service of imperial hegemony" (Crampton 2010: 9). At the same time, new technologies like GIS (Geographical Information Systems) have made mapping one of the most sophisticated, authoritative and seductive technologies. Yet scepticism about these is required: GIS are one of the great technologies used extensively by administrations and governments. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, they were deployed to assess risks; and, among other projects, the FBI began building a database of all the mosques in the US (Crampton 2010: 9).1 How is it that mapping could become such a ubiquitous concept in cultural criticism and a topos in popular fiction?The term mapping has seen an enormous expansion of meaning in the last fifteen years beyond its traditional field of cartography, surveying, and geography. Along with its transdisciplinary career, the concept of mapping has undergone a tremendous re-evaluation (Crampton 2010: 10). This re-evaluation, which accompanied the spread of spatial and mobile categories through cultural criticism, saw a complete break between scientific and cultural approaches. …


The K nearest neighbor (KNN) method of image analysis is practical, relatively easy to implement, and is becoming one of the most popular methods for conducting forest inventory using remote sensing data. The KNN is often named K nearest neighbor classifier when it is used for classifying categorical variables, while KNN is called K nearest neighbor regression when it is applied for predicting noncategorical variables. As an instance-based estimation method, KNN has two problems: the selection of K values and computation cost. We address the problems of K selection by applying a new approach, which is the combination of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test and cumulative distribution function (CDF) to determine the optimal K. Our research indicates that the KS tests and CDF are much more efficient for selecting K than cross-validation and bootstrapping, which are commonly used today. We use remote sensing data reduction techniques—such as principal components analysis, layer combination, and computation of a vegetation index—to save computation cost. We also consider the theoretical and practical implications of different K values in forest inventory.


The purpose of the study describes the work environment, work discipline, employee performance, and to analyze the significant effect of work environment on employee performance, to analyze the significant effect of work work discipline on employee performance. Population in research at PT. Inkojava is all of the permanent employees of production totaling 70 people and using total sampling. Analyzer used in this research is scale scale analysis tool, multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that low performance, sufficient working environment, adequate work discipline. Hypothesis testing shows that work environment and work discipline have a significant effect on employee performance and work environment have more influence on employee performance. Advice for companies to improve the work environment such as adding ventilation, lighting, and improve discipline on employees, for corporate goals can be achieved.


"Hunji" rocks of the lower part of number 1 of Shahejie Formation,Beach district,Dagang, are dominantly terrigenous clastithic carbonate "Hunji" rock,subordinately carbonatic terrigenous clastic "Hunji" rock and carbonate bearing terrigenous clastic "Hunji" rock. "Hunji" rock of Baishuitou district lies in braided stream fan delta front subfluvial branching river deposits,which mixed by gradual facies change. While Madong Madongdong district is distributed in gravity flow deposit systems, mixed by turbidites. "Hunji" rocks of this area experienced compaction , cementation and dissolution /alteration process. Pore fluid experienced alkaline to acid and return to alkaline. The association of glauconite and micro calcite cement, calcite precipitation and a part of quartz dissolution is with alkaline pore fluid; The association of hydrocarbon emplacement, dissolution, quartz overgrowth and kaolinite precipitation is with acid pore fluid; And the association of illite, chlorite, albitization, pore filling calcite and dolomite is with alkaline pore fluid.


Aims researcher wen wen specialist to arrive at a better extemaRiq methods and models of education to learn skills of sports connect the learner to acqiere arate oryx and mastery and play this is not limited only to learn the skill and mastery but benefit from the model investment of time and effort , the selection of the best model of educational methods to speed up the learning process and increase memory retention skill cognitive performance these methods characterized by learning practical exercies and different images in receiving information and display pictures.


These sorts of privacy harms have not historically been important in antitrust analysis. For a clothing merger, higher prices and lower quality of clothing are relevant harms to consumers. For an auto merger, it is the price and quality of cars. But for a merger that combines world-class databases, the way customer data is used after the merger becomes relevant. This testimony uses examples from the proposed merger to illustrate how a merger or dominant firm behavior might reduce consumer welfare or product quality.


This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The population is all students of class VIII even semester of SMP Negeri 5 Bandar Lampung totaling 187 students. Sampling technique a. The technique used in this study is the cluster random sampling technique. Because the population is more than 100 people, the authors determine the sample in this study is 16% or as many as 30 students. This study aims to: (1) determine the percentage of students' abilities in solving spatial problems, (2) find out the causes of students' difficulties in solving spatial problems, (3) find out how to overcome students' difficulties in solving spatial problems. . Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded: (1) students who are able to solve spatial problems are 62.99% and those who have difficulty are 37.01%, (2) the causes of students experiencing difficulties in solving spatial problems are (1) students do not understand the concept of building space in applying it to a problem, (2) students are not careful in working on every question that exists. As for how to overcome student difficulties, namely: (1) increasing students' ability to understand the concept of building space by giving emphasis when delivering material (2) more evaluation in the form of practice questions at the end of each learning activity, (3) giving homework for finalize the material that has been presented.


Viral involvement in atherosclerosis Recent events indicate that MD has not yet exhausted its possibilities of surprising us. Fabricantetal. (1978) have reported thatMDV infection can lead to occlusive atherosclerosis of large muscular arteries in both hyperand normocholesterolaemic chickens, with lesions resembling those of chronic atherosclerosis in human arteries. Grossly visible, often occlusive, atherosclerosis was seen in MDV-infected chickens with either normal or increased blood cholesterol levels and this gross change was absent in controls. Microscopically, lesions were present in the majority of MDV-infected birds fed cholesterol, but in few fed cholesterol alone. These lesions may have resulted from viral injury to the arterial wall, from an immunological response to virus or tissue, or possibly from oncogenic transformation of arterial smooth muscle. The phenomenon seems to present an exciting new model for studies on the possible role ofvirus infection in the aetiology of atherosclerosis in man. L N Payne Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire


Aim: To determine the prevalence of congenital malaria among newborn babies delivered at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal clinic and labour ward of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria between January and September 2010. Methodology: This study was conducted among 281 pregnant women attending antenatal services at the hospital. Socio-demographic and obstetric information of the mothers was collected. Samples of cord blood smears of babies were stained with Giemsa and examined for malaria parasites. Results: Plasmodium falciparum was the only malaria parasite species. The prevalence of congenital malaria among newly born was 9.6%. This was more prevalent in women of Para 0 (5.3%) compared to other parities (4.3%) (P = 0.048). Malaria parasite was found in 4(16.7%) of preterm and 23(8.9%) of term deliveries (P>0.05). Conclusion: Congenital malaria is still common in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is important that blood smear from neonates are taken and examined for malaria parasite soon after Research Article British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 3(2): 398-406, 2013 399 birth. Malaria prevention measures such as intermittent preventive treatment, prompt management of all malaria cases and use of insecticide treated bed nets should be emphasized for all pregnant women.


Carrier-fluid filled pipette tip, carrier-fluid filled pipette tip processing apparatus, and relates to a pipette tip processing method carrier-fluid filled component for processing using conventional liquid chromatographic or filter, the separation and purification the purpose of being able to perform more efficiently and quickly, the nozzle and communicate possible fitting opening by attaching the connecting tube attachable to or nozzles attached to a nozzle suction and discharge of gas takes place, and a dispensing tip having a mouth portion capable of inflow and outflow of the liquid by the suction discharging of the gas, is enclosed in the dispensing tips, the biological material in the liquid adsorption or capture or biological material reaction or and a carrier capable of binding to, the dispensing encapsulated in a ready opening in the chip of a predetermined liquid or a predetermined gas in contact with the carrier support activation maintaining flow Configured to subjecting the carrier activation maintaining function by having and.


BACKGROUND: Fetal‐neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) diagnosis relies on maternofetal incompatibility and alloantibody identification. Genotyping for rare platelet (PLT) polymorphisms allowed the identification of three families with suspected or confirmed maternofetal incompatibility for the αIIb‐c.2614C>A mutation (Halle et al., Transfusion 2008;48:14‐15).


ITFALLS encountered in the use of Soviet statistics have been the subject of numerous articles on the Soviet Union. At the same time, however, there has been a considerable amount of agreement that data obtained from official pronouncements and statistical publications have meaning and significance.1 At least it is widely held that the Russians do not engage in outright falsification. Some additional evidence concerning the reliability of Soviet statistical data is contained in a recently released docu-


The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an engineering mentorship program on African-American male high school students' perceptions of engineering as a viable career choice. In this study, indicators included students' perceptions of engineering, their self-efficacy in the area of mathematics, and their self-efficacy in the area of science. Using an independent t-test to determine a difference of statistical significance, inferential statistics were provided to answer the following research questions: (a) Is there a significant difference in perceptions of engineering for students who participated in the NCETE/NSBE mentorship program when compared with non-mentored students?, (b) Is there a significant difference in self-efficacy in the area of mathematics for students who participated in the NCETE/NSBE mentorship when compared with non-mentored students?, and (c) Is there a significant difference in selfefficacy in the area of science for students who participated in Cameron D. Denson is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University. He can be reached at email@example.com. Roger B. Hill is a Professor and Department Head of the Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations at the University of Georgia. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. 100 JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEACHER EDUCATION the NCETE/NSBE mentorship when compared with nonmentored students?


In this paper, an effective medical image cryptosystem is discussed. It uses two logistics function mix based on Sine-Tent map for the creation of encryption keys, adding to the Arnold's Cat Map for pixel permutation. The performance analysis shows that the suggested cryptosystem is extremely secure through satisfying theoretical analysis and simulation outcomes.


This chapter examines the closely fought elections of 2010 and 2015, the first of which produced the first British coalition government since 1945 in a period which saw the continued fragmentation of the party system and the rise of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Scottish National Party (SNP).Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister in 2007, and initially impressions were favourable. However, almost as soon as Brown had decided against a 'snap' election to exploit his popularity, events turned against him and his party. The worldwide global financial crisis, which began in 2007, hit Britain particularly hard, and like Major's Conservatives in the previous decade New Labour lost its reputation for economic competence. The Conservatives, under David Cameron who proclaimed himself 'the heir to Blair', won the largest number of seats in the 2010 election, which was particularly noteworthy for the introduction of televised leader debates. However, the 2010 contest resulted in a 'hung parliament' and a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The key events of the ensuing five years are examined, including the introduction of a Fixed-Term Parliaments Act which purportedly deprived Prime Ministers of the right to call elections at times of their own choosing. There were also referendums of Electoral Reform (2011) and Scottish independence (2014), in which the status quo was upheld without seeming to put an end to either question. In particular, the SNP continued to prosper despite the 2014 result, and in the 2015 general election it won almost all of the Scottish parliamentary seats. In England, UKIP had become a very serious threat both to Labour and the Conservatives, who had imposed unpopular cuts in public expenditure ('austerity') in response to the financial crisis. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats had lost much of their electoral appeal during their ill-fated alliance with Cameron's Conservatives. The overall result of the 2015 election was an overall victory for the Conservatives, but by a margin which left Cameron vulnerable to Eurosceptics within his party.


... and signs and the signs of signs are used only when we are lacking things. Brother William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Recreating, as part of doing history, can be a way of reflecting what creating is as part of science. Discussions revolving around historical understanding of the scientific enterprise have recently included strong commitments to turn scientific practice into one of the main objectives of historical study. One specific methodological approach to face up to this assignment is integrating the reconstruction and reperformance of past experiments into the historical analysis of the doing-part in science. This paper deals with the doing-part in history, that is, with the historiographical consequences that might stem from this reconstruction and reperformance of past experimentation. In the course of a four-month period of research I worked with a replica of the so-called 'actinometer', an instrument to measure the intensity of solar radiation, which was invented by John Herschel in 1824. On the basis of this example, I try to trace how recent performances of experimental activities can contribute to historical understanding of human agency in scientific practice.


Background. Routine use of ultrasound methods does not always allow detecting endometriosis in the early stages. It is necessary to develop more accurate criteria for the diagnosis of endometriosis in its initial stages of development. Objective: to assess ultrasound and biological markers of endometriosis "small" forms of different localization in infertile women.Material and methods. Ultrasound examination of 208 infertile patients with initial stages of external endometriosis (1–15 points by revised American Fertility Society (rAFS) classificatoon) was performed (main group). The control group consisted of 195 healthy women of childbearing age. To verify the diagnosis, it is suggested to use a panel of biomarkers, including interleukins (IL) 1β and 6, CA125, HE4 as well as the ROMA (Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm) index in the dynamics of the menstrual cycle.Results. On ultrasound scans, 56 (94.9%) patients had small one- and two-sided ovarian cysts corresponding to endometriosis stage 1–2 (rAFS), and in 3 (5.4%) of them, the ultrasound result was questionable. Detectability during the initial ultrasound examination in the Douglas space was 76.9%, in the rest of cases the ultrasound picture was doubtful. Peritoneal endometriosis was detected only in 5 patients. In the remaining cases (88.9%), additional studies were necessary, including surgical (laparoscopy). The average content of CA125 in the main group on days 3–5 of the menstrual cycle was 42.6 (2.1) U/ml, on days 21–23 – 39.6(2.2) U/ml (p=0.32); in the control group, 5.1 (0.4) and 4.8 (0.7) U/ml, respectively (p = 0.71). The increase in CA125 in the main group was almost 8 times higher than in the control group, however, according to the indicators of HE4 and the ROMA index, statistically significant differences in the groups were not obtained. In the dynamics of the menstrual cycle, the content of ILs in the main group significantly decreased by days 21–23 of the cycle, while the content of CA125 and HE4 remained practically unchanged. Such sharp fluctuations of the considered biomarkers were not detected in the control group. However, even on days 21–23 of the cycle, the average content of ILs and CA125 in women of the main group remained statistically significantly higher than in the control group.Conclusion. In infertile women with dubious ultrasound criteria of external endometriosis, the use of IL1β and IL-6, which stimulate the immune inflammatory response, as well as tumor markers CA125, HE4 and ROMA index allows to differentiate the disease in the initial stages.


Thermal micro actuators are widely used for large displacement, high accuracy and repeatability. The applications of these devices are in the fields of micro assembly, micro surgery and manipulation of micro particles. In this paper, the development of electro thermal micro actuator based on PMMA (Poly Meta Methyl Acrylate) is described. The paper presents the development of a new micro actuator for a microgripper which has a combination of asymmetric arm and bi-layer structure to completely eliminate the undesirable out of plane movement. Three models of electro thermally actuated polymeric micro actuators using low voltage of 0.1 V are designed and analyzed using COMSOL Multiphysics software. The results are discussed and compared to show the efficiency of the hybrid design. The hybrid design gives 2.5 µm of in plane gripping displacement and 0.02 µm out of plane displacement at 0.1 V.


Mr. President and Fellows,?This paper has been suggested by the unique specimen which I have just shown to you?a metal penholder eaten through by the perspiration from the forefinger of a lady suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Haygarth of Bath was the first, in 1805, to point out that the disease was distinct in its pathology from gout and rheumatism, though often overlapping and confounded with these diseases. Garrod, Charcot, and others long afterwards confirmed Haygarth's opinion. About a quarter of a century ago important contributions from the Salpetriere appeared, in which Charcot gave comprehensive accounts of the clinical aspect of the disease. In these he pointed out the relation that exists between diseases of the spine and affections of the joints, the so-called chronic spinal arthropathies, as we meet them in Charcot's disease, locomotor ataxia, osteo-malacia, fragilitas ossiuin of advanced life, and this so-called rheumatoid. The committee recently formed at Cambridge for the study of special diseases have initiated a new stimulus to the study of rheumatoid, and in their bulletins, in which are given the most recent clinical reports, solicit the aid of the general practitioner on the many questions involved. The bulletins give prominence to two views regarding etiology. One is, that the disease arises in the central nervous system, nervous exhaustion predisposing to spinal disease, more particularly if accompanied by any reflex irritation. The other is, that the disease depends upon a materies


Based on matter-element analysis theory,a multi-index matter-element evaluation model for typhoon loss of rubber plantation was put forward,and counted for the application by the loss of typhoon Damrey in 2005 to rubber plantation of Hainan state farms.It was concluded that applying the matter-element model to the loss evaluation of rubber plantation was feasible and valid,which had better prospects.


Abstract. Wepresented two brothers with craniosynostosis, severe mental retardation,atypical facial appearance, camptodactyly and hypogonadism. In the literature,Lin-Gettig syndrome has been identified in 3 patients so far. To date, only onenovel case was reported in 2002 since 1990 when Lin-Gettig syndrome was firstidentified. These cases have diverse characteristics. The patient who presentedwith growth retardation and his brother with similar clinical characteristicswho recently died were considered as compatible with Lin-Gettig syndrome. Inaddition, our cases have differential clinical characteristics compared to allprevious 3 cases in some degree and double nuchal fold and nail hypoplasia werenovel features. We will discuss these cases as it is an extremely rare entity. Keywords: Lin-Gettigsyndrome, craniosynostosis, hypogonadism, growth retardation


This chapter explores the research behind Man: A Course of Study (MACOS). It provides insight into why, for the people involved, the curriculum project was so profoundly personal. Many of the researchers and teachers involved in its creation embraced the liberal aspirations of the decade. Anthropology promised a means by which students could come to appreciate the cultural patterns of communities vastly different from their own while recognizing the fundamental equality of all peoples. If education held the key to securing the nation's place in world, they imagined, it would also play a significant role in teaching students how to overcome any racial apprehensions they may have acquired from parents or peers. Making visible the careful labor that went into MACOS's creation at every level reveals the political and personal stakes inherent to the administrative vision, the ethnographic footage, and the finalized classroom booklets and films, where each sought to transform the way students thought about themselves and the society in which they lived.


tURING the Great War, the Nations realized the necessity of selling their national aims and policies. They had special marketing problems. The attitudes and actions of their own people, of neutrals and of enemies towards them, depended to a great extent on how effectively they "sold" themselves. They discovered that arms and armaments are not the only weapons, that ideas are weapons too. They recognized in varying degree the importance of a scientific approach to the marketing of national aims and of national policies. From an examination of the past we can learn what the marketing policies of our own nation should be today, what we should do and what we should not do to gain acceptance for our country's aims and ideals. I shall review briefly the story of how Germany, England and the United States marketed their national aims and policies during the Great War to the people of their own countries, to the neutrals and to the enemies. I shall indicate that new developments in psychological approaches and technical media have changed national marketing policies since I917, and I shall discuss activities being carried on in this field today in Germany, England, and the United States. I hope to prove that a scientific approach to the problem of marketing


ZK60 magnesium alloy is produced via submerged friction stir processing (SFSP), and its microstructural characteristics and deformation behaviors at elevated temperature are investigated. Due to the severe plastic deformation with enhanced cooling rate, dynamic recrystallization occurs but grain growth is significantly retarded. Therefore, the as‐cast microstructure is greatly refined after SFSP, and an average grain size of 1.84 μm is attained. High‐strain‐rate superplasticity (HSRS) is observed at temperature of 573–723 K. A maximum elongation of 1205% is obtained at 1 × 10−2 s−1 and 673 K. The excellent HSRS is attributed to the uniform fine‐grained structure and the relatively high fraction of high‐angle grain boundaries (71.5%), which facilitate grain boundary sliding. The comparatively high portion of dispersed fine particles/precipitates also enhances the microstructural stability of the SFSP specimens. Grain boundary sliding is the dominated deformation mechanism for superplasticity and the failure of the deformed samples is due to the coalescence of cavities.


ABSTRACT We have investigated the out-of-plane and the in-plane orientations of the transition dipole moments of merocyanine dye (MS) with various aggregation states including J- and H-aggregates in the mixed LB films by means of visible absorption spectroscopy. The results of the MS orientation estimated using the simple geometrical model suggest that the MS transition dipole moments lie in the film plane in all the aggregation states, and that the relationships between the dichroic behaviors observed and the in-plane order parameters obtained from the model are well recognized in the individual red-shifted and the blue-shifted aggregates.


A few years ago, when Pendleton, Indiana, held its Cen tennial Celebration and Home-coming, the story of the mas sacre of Indians by some pioneer settlers of that locality was retold. Afterwards large city papers presented the account as an historical news feature. Writers have a very imper sonal way of digging up these old tales and giving them out to a sensation-mad public, failing to realize that all the people touched by the crime do not die with the perpetrators. The living generation is frequently confronted with articles and pictures reviewing fully past crimes in their worst details. Such publicity is often a source of great humiliation to many worthy persons. This article is written with no intention to vindicate the murders of 1824, but it seems only fair when any crime of a past period is being reviewed to make public all the things that have a bearing on the situation. Often there are cases, as Sir Roger De Coverly was prone to hold, when "Much can be said on both sides." The tale of the Fall Creek massacre is more or less fami liar to all who have read the old stories of Indiana. There are enough thrills in it to last the average individual the rest of his natural lifetime. Briefly stated, it is to the effect that, in February, 1824, a visiting citizen from Ohio, Thomas Harper, led three Indiana pioneers, James Hudson, Andrew Sawyer and John Townsend Bridge, the group being accompanied by a son of the latter (John Bridge), to an Indian camp on Fall Creek near Pendleton where they killed two adult Indian men, two squaws, two boys and two small girls.


Summary Methodology for implementing the proportional odds regression model for survival data assuming a mixture of finite Polya trees (MPT) prior on baseline survival is presented. Extensions to frailties and generalized odds rates are discussed. Although all manner of censoring and truncation can be accommodated, we discuss model implementation, regression diagnostics, and model comparison for right‐censored data. An advantage of the MPT model is the relative ease with which predictive densities, survival, and hazard curves are generated. Much discussion is devoted to practical implementation of the proposed models, and a novel MCMC algorithm based on an approximating parametric normal model is developed. A modest simulation study comparing the small sample behavior of the MPT model to a rank‐based estimator and a real data example is presented.


In this article, we offer a grounded, interdisciplinary profile of Khmer American women and girls within diasporic, historical, intergenerational, family and community contexts. Our synthesis begins with a critical historical framing and demographic analysis. Through brief case studies of two local Khmer womencentered commitments during the past two decades—one focused on street-based girls' development and one dedicated to documentation of grandmother knowledge—we then foreground the importance of recognizing transnational, traumatic legacies and the power of intergenerational storytelling over time. We conclude with reflections based on our collaborative efforts to develop and document Khmer diasporic women-centered leadership within the structure, culture, and long-term educational praxis of an Asian American Studies academic program at one urban, public, minority-serving university in the United States.


Objective To investigate the clinical effectiveness and tolerance of concurrent three dimensional conformal radiation therapy(3D-CRT)and chemotherapy for stageⅢorⅣnon-small cell lung cancer.Methods 39 patients with stageⅢorⅣnon-small cell lung cancer were categorized into two groups randomly.One group constituted 23 patients who were exposed to concurrent radiochemotherapy and the other group constitued 16 pa tients who were exposed to sequential radiochemotherapy.Chemotherapy consisted mainly of platinum complexes. 3D-CRT adopted 6 MV X-ray and was delivered a total dose of 62-68 Gy with a 2 Gy dose fraction per day,5 days a week.The immediate effect,survival rate,Karnofsky Performance Score(KPS)and marrow toxicity were re- spectively evaluated.Results Comparing the concurrent radiochemotherapy group with sequential chemotherapy group,the complete remission rate,effectiveness and KPS were 17.4%(4/23)vs 12.5%(2/16),73.9%(17/23) vs 62.5%(10/16)and 78.3%(18/23)vs 75.0%(12/16)respectively,which had no significant differences statisti- cally.The incidences of leucocyte reduction,radiochemotherapy-induced esophagitis and pneumonitis were 91.3% (21/23)vs 87.5%(14/16),52.2%(12/23)vs 50.0%(8/16),13.0%(3/23)vs 12.5%(2/16)respectively.The differ- ences between the two groups were also not statistically significant.Conclusion Concurrent 3D-CRT and chemotherapy seems more effective than sequential radiochemotherapy in the treatment for stageⅢorⅣnon-small cell lung cancer.Con- current radiochemotherapy does not increase toxic side effect markedly and is easier to be accepted by majority of the pa- tients.


Attracting new customers means to take novel measures by stores. Nowadays, stores are designed in order to guarantee a fast purchase decision by customers. The current study seeks to understand the role of visual merchandise on decision of purchasers to buy a certain item. The variables taken into considerations are color, landscaping, texture, communication and Décor. Sample of study consisted of 1000 individuals from commercial complexes and malls in Jordan. Through the quantitative approach depending on self-administered questionnaire, results of study indicated that color and landscaping are the most influential factors that may influence the purchase decision of individuals, followed by texture, communications, and décor. The study therefore recommends that store managers should pay more attention to the details of the stores in a way that matches the taste of people who attend these stores.


Abstract We introduce two Ramsey classes of finite relational structures. The first class contains finite structures of the form $\left( A,\,\left( {{I}_{i}} \right)_{i=1}^{n},\le ,\left( {{\underline{\prec }}_{i}} \right)_{i=1}^{n} \right)$ , where $\le$ is a total ordering on $A$ and ${{\underline{\prec }}_{i}}$ is a linear ordering on the set $\left\{ a\,\in \,A\,:\,{{I}_{i}}\left( a \right) \right\}$ . The second class contains structures of the form a $\left( a,\le ,\left( {{i}_{i}} \right)_{i=1}^{n},\underline{\prec } \right)$ , where $\left( A,\,\le \right)$ is a weak ordering and $\underline{\prec }$ is a linear ordering on $A$ such that $A$ is partitioned by $\left\{ a\,\in \,A\,:\,{{I}_{i}}\left( a \right) \right\}$ into maximal chains in the partial ordering $\le$ and each $\left\{ a\,\in \,A\,:\,{{I}_{i}}\left( a \right) \right\}$ is an interval with respect to $\underline{\prec }$ .


1,2 Associate Professor MBA (HR) Kolej Gemilang (Malaysia) Abstract: This paper describes issues related to cross-cultural measurement, and the assessment of aboriginal/expatriate people. We discuss implications as well as suggestions for completing assessments with different cultural groups. The issues described can be generalized to the measurement and assessment of aboriginal/expatriate people across the world. This paper reports on a study conducted among a group of expatriates in few organisation through expats blogs. The objectives of the study are to examine challenges faced by the expatriates and adjustments made to the challenges. Cultural clashes between foreign and local values are inevitable in which expatriates experience challenges. The study highlighted the psychological, socio-cultural and work challenges. Adjustments were based on individual initiatives based on the psychological and mental strengths of the expatriates, combined with efforts of peer expatriates, parent firms and host organizations. Cross-culture issues can be overcome through business education and appropriate training programmes to expatriate.  To recognize and respect cultural diversity.  To know about expatriates issues at work place.  To examine challenges faced by the expatriates and adjustments made to the challenges.  To learn appropriate, effective ways to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds.  To know how to be diplomatic and sensitive to the dynamics of a cross-cultural workplace.  To know how to be adept in a new environment.  To understand ways to cope with constant change.  To know about importance of business educations on cultural issues. Methodology The study is mainly based on published information relation to cross-culture and expatriates in magazines, books, reports, journals and internet based expatriate blogs information. This paper attempts to analyze the impact of expatriates on the work culture and suggests the ways and means to overcome the issues faced on account by business education and appropriate trainings for the expatriate. Limitation of Study:  The research is done only on few expatriates' blogs.  The paper is based on only data available in books, magazines journals and web sites.  The study is done on limited time.  The evaluation of cross culture is dilemma to particular business.


The power of texts and visuals in the repertoire of protests – in both its production and consumption – allows protest movements to not only spread their message faster and mobilise support, but also promote active engagement in the public sphere. The present study examined multimodal discourse of protest by analysing textual and visual resources in protest signs used to express and negotiate feminist ideology at the 2019 Women's March MY in Kuala Lumpur. Following Kress & van Leeuwen's Visual Grammar (2006) and van Leeuwen's Social Actor Network (2008), three themes of the march were selected for multimodal analysis. Findings of the study show that multimodal representations through verbal and visual resources vary in its salience across different themes – where some protest signs lean more towards texts in conveying its messages with minimal visuals, others show a higher reliance on textual and visual convergence to convey meaning as well as to bait the attention of readers. Weighing in on the Malaysian feminist discourse, this study puts forth the potential of multimodal strategies through verbal and visual resources in conveying feminist messages and negotiating social change through the act of protest.


Ozzie Abaye, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Maria Balota, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Tidewater AREC Aureliano Bombarely Gomez, Horticulture Susan Clark, Horticulture Greg Evanylo, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Thomas Fox, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Elizabeth Grabau, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science David Haak, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science Jason Holliday, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Carrie Kroehler, Center for Communicating Science Scott Lowman, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research John McDowell, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science* Patty Raun, School of Performing Arts, Center for Communicating Science M.A. Saghai Maroof, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences David Schmale, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science Dorothea Tholl, Biological Sciences Wade Thomason, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Pratap Tokekar, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Science Richard Veilleux, Horticulture* Boris Vinatzer, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science James Westwood, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science Randolph Wynne, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Bingyu Zhao, Horticulture


Conventional learnings have given way to methods aided by technological advances. The approach known as Student-Centered Learning (SCL) is the foundation of e-learning. Furthermore, SCL demands students to be self-motivated to complete courses and engage with the offered learning content. Programming is one of the most important subjects to study independently and with the aid of an instructor. The need for graduates with programming and computational skills in the field of web design continues to receive widespread attention from the industry. However, problems such as low student engagement are often encountered in learning about programming concepts and syntax. Gamification is an instructional approach to facilitate learning and boost motivation through game elements, mechanics, and thinking. Therefore, this research aims to discuss the development of Gamification-based e-learning to increase student engagement and motivation, especially in HTML and CSS web design. This system was tested with 3 methods, including unit, system, and user testing. In user testing, this study involved 264 students from computer backgrounds to validate the system. The results show that the e-learning system can perform well according to the expected specifications.


Reconstruction has become a common, safe, and very effective treatment for the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. During the past 3 decades there have been numerous advancements in the treatment of this very common injury. Although there is still debate over the best treatment, here we present our preferred approach to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The following describes a single-bundle reconstruction with the use of predominantly bone-patellar tendon-bone graft. The technique is based on the medial portal technique vs transtibial for femoral tunnel placement. In addition, a brief overview of augmentation technique is also described.


Background : The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been used globally เท evaluating clinical competencies. เท a process, two examiners are needed to reduce examiner bias. เท many settings, using two assessors simultaneously is impractical due to the shortage of personnel. VDO rating may be a possible application for OSCE assessment. Objective : To determine correlation of inter-rater reliability between face-to-face and video for OSCE. Methodology : Twenty-nine fourth year medical students who took the formative OSCEs from April to October 2012 were enrolled. Five OSCEs (anemia, headache, influenza, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIFI)) comprised the five-minute history-taking or patient education stations each station with one simulated patient. The students were assessed and scored by two examiners using the standardized checklists. Real time face-to-face assessment was performed first by an examiner who was present in the same room with the student. The video clips were then used afterward for an assessment by a second examiner. Consent forms were obtained from all of the subjects. Correlation analysis using Spearman's rank correlation was applied by setting p-value < 0.05 as statistically significant. Results : The inter-rater reliabilities between face-to-face and video rating for all stations were considerably high as follows: anemia (rs=0.87, p=0.001), headache (rs=0.92, p<0.001), influenza (rs=0.88, p=0.001), COPD (rs=0.92, p=0.001), and UGIH stations (rs=0.80, p=0.005). Conclusions ะ There were high positive correlations of OSCE between face-to-face and video ratings. Keywords : OSCE assessment, inter-rater reliability, video rating


z Abstract andobjectives-At theSTD clinic oftheMunicipal HealthService in Amsterdam,the annualnumber of infections withpenicillinase-pr oducing Neisseria gonorrhoeae(PPNG)strains remained relatively stable from1983until 1990,whilethenumberofnon-PPNG infections declineddramatically. To investigate thePPNG and non-PPNG epidemic, a crosssectional studywas conducted in1989and1990.Thepurpose ofthisstudywastoassessdeterminants ofPPNG infections amongheterosexuals diagnosed withgonorrhoea. Methods-Inaddition toroutinely col- lecteddatain new consultations for STDs,information onalcohol use,drug useandsexualbehaviour wasobtained from patients diagnosedwithgonor- rhoea.The diagnosis of gonorrhoea wasbasedonapositive culture andiso- lateswerescreened forPPNG. Logistic regression analysis was usedtoassess


Dear readers, Following the publication of this article, we identified 18 duplicate samples from muscle between the datasets GSE3307 and GSE11971. Despite having different GSM accession numbers, these samples contained the same underlying data. We removed the dataset GSE11971 and repeated our analysis for muscle tissue. While there are slight differences, for example, in the number of differentially-expressed genes, the overall main results and conclusions of the paper remain unchanged and robust.


This research seeks to examine the role played by talent management in development of economy. More specifically, the paper seeks to examine the impact of educational partnerships between university and industries on the development of economy. Cooperative educational partnerships are innovative ventures where universities join with industry in a working relationship, sharing resources to develop and provide professional development education for the industry employees. The distinguishing feature of a cooperative education partnership is that all partners contribute to the development, design and delivery of academic courses in the workplace. This research assesses the role and key aspects of professionalism developed by professional development education for industry employees.


Aims To establish if new departmental guidelines regarding Anaesthetic to ECT Time Interval (AETI) documentation were being followed. The guideline states that the average time from end of Propofol administration to the time of stimulus delivery should be at least 120 seconds. AETI should be recorded at all ECT sessions including the initial titration sessions when the seizure threshold is being established. The aim of the guidance is to reduce the impact of the Propofol use on seizure threshold and quality. By improving seizure quality, the stimulus dose required to elicit an adequate seizure can be kept to a minimum which is associated with a lower risk of cognitive side effects during ECT. Methods Review of electronic RiO notes and ECT prescription documentation for patients who received ECT treatment using Propofol as the induction agent at Hopewood Park ECT Department over a 4 week period in August 2022. Analysis of data collected and presentation to department. Results 6 patients met inclusion criteria, age range 35-78. The indication for ECT was severe depressive illness (4) or catatonia (2). In total there were 30 ECT treatment sessions included, of those, 23 (76%) had AETI times documented. There was no clear correlation between sessions for patients who did not have an AETI time recorded and those who did. Two were documented as unsuccessful seizures and needed further dose titration. The others happened to be the first treatment dose of ECT given following titration session. The treatments where AETI time was recorded were all equal to or more than 120s (mean AETI was 151.7s). Therefore, 100% of the AETI times that were recorded did meet this standard. Conclusion 76% of patient treatments had AETI recorded and of those recorded 100% met the standard of being >120s. To improve documentation, a prompt box is to be added to the ECT documentation sheet. The AETI guidelines are to be uploaded to the Trust Intranet Page and displayed in the ECT department. The guideline is planned to be rolled out across the other two ECT departments in the Trust in the coming months. Further work is planned to gather data pre- and post- Trust wide roll out to observe any trends in dose escalation or other clinical factors.


The shoot tip of Cymbidium grandiflorium was used as explants to study the tissue culture and regeneration system.The results showed that the optimal medium for protocorm induction was VW + 0.8 mg·L-1 6-BA + 0.2 mg·L-1 NAA + 0.05 g·L-1 AC with 20 g·L-1 sucrose,and pH 5.2.The rooted plantlets derived from protocorm could be transplanted.The optimal transplant mediums were pieces of cortex and lichen.


This review synthesizes relevant research dealing with the processes of learning and suggests its applications to compliance gaining. The two major issues addressed are: (1) to what degree can learning theories explain the acquisition of new attitudes and behaviors, and (2) to what degree are attitudinal and behavioral changes governed by learning theory principles? The learning theories discussed are grouped into three categories: stimulus-response or connectionist approaches; cognitive approaches; and stochastic, mathematical, and cybernetic approaches. The stimulus-response models, which encompass most of the research examined in this paper, are further broken down into four types: (1) classical conditioning, (2) contiguity models, (3) instrumental (or operant) conditioning and (4) models including drive and drive reduction. Principles and major research evidence from numerous learning theories are reviewed and analyzed, and suggestions are made as to how this evidence may aid in the construction of more complete theories of persuasion and attitude change.


Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have been a focus of study due to the impressive performance of methylam- monium lead iodide (MAPI) in photovoltaic (PV) applications. These materials family also provide a new versatile platform for other optoelectronic applications such lasers. In this work we studied exciton dynamics that leads to lasing in various perovskite structures using time resolved absorption, THz conductivity and time resolved photoluminescence experiments. Hybrid perovskite thin films with different morphologies processed to exhibit polycrystalline morphologies with multiphasic nature. These studies reveal the exciton transfer dynamics into lower energy domains, and formation and recombination kinetics of the population inverted state.


ABSTRACT While numerous studies have examined the importance of technology innovation in supporting the aging society, few have been specifically conducted on the emerging technologies that forecast for the elderly. Moreover, existing related research lacks consideration of public users' demands, and the forecasting results have not been linked with the actual technology supply in the market, which may easily lead to waste of resources and deviation of R&D focus. Given that, we present a novel method to forecast and evaluate emerging technologies based on technology supply and demand (S&D) matching. In the case study of China's gerontechnology, we first systematically excavate the elderly's demands and match them with the emerging gerontechnologies. Then, we analyse technology supply to filter out S&D oversaturated technologies and screen out S&D undersaturated results by the text semantic mining and similarity matching. Among the results, 27.68% do not have an effective supply yet, 33.04% have saturated or oversaturated. Besides, we use the TRIZ theory to filtrate key emerging areas and find the evolution path, and six significant evolutionary trends are extracted. This paper will help decision makers to accurately target the most promising emerging technologies. Highlights A framework to forecast emerging technology based on supply and demand match. Considering aging population in the technology forecasting and foresight. Monitoring emerging technology trends by using social user's demands analysis. 75 emerging technologies and 6 evolution trends of China's gerontechnology. Filter out 33.04% supply saturated and oversaturated of forecasted results.


The utility model discloses variable satin cloth fabric, which is formed through interweaving warp yarns (1) and weft yarns (2) in a plain weave way. The warp yarns (1) adopt a 50D/144F fully drawn polyester filament, and the glossiness adopts semi-dull. The weft yarns (2) adopt a 50D/144F fully drawn polyester filament, and the glossiness adopts semi-dull. The warp yarns (1) and the weft yarns (2) are interweaved in a cross twill way, and the fabric is provided with a jacquard pattern surface. The warp density of the fabric is 88 to 120 pieces per centimeter, and the weft density of the fabric is 38 to 52 pieces per centimeter. The product of the utility model adopts polyester filament multi-fiber raw material, the fabric structure is designed into fabric weaved by a variable satin face, the product is smooth and soft, and has strong simulated cortex feeling, the surface of the product displays lightsome fashionable light, and the product meets the newest international and domestic fashion trends. The application range of the fabric is wide, the product is especially suitable for jackets, cold protective clothing and cotton-padded clothes to demonstrate the characteristics of the products; wearing the produced product, not only the person is fashionable and beautiful, but also the fashionable glamour is added to the person.


Postcopulatory sexual selection can generate coevolutionary arms races between the sexes resulting in the rapid coevolution of reproductive phenotypes. As traits affecting fertilisation success diverge between populations postmating prezygotic barriers to gene flow may evolve. Conspecific sperm precedence is a form of such isolation thought to evolve early during speciation yet has mostly been studied between species. Here we show conpopulation sperm precedence between Drosophila montana populations. Using genomic data to estimate divergence times and patterns of gene flow between populations, we show gene flow has played a considerable role during divergence. We find conpopulation sperm precedence is asymmetric and is concordant with asymmetry in non-competitive postmating prezygotic reproductive isolation. These results suggest these phenomena have a shared mechanism, but we show that this asymmetry is unrelated to the strength of postcopulatory sexual selection acting within populations. We tested whether overlapping foreign and coevolved ejaculates within the female reproductive tract altered fertilisation success but found no effect. Our results show that neither time since divergence nor sperm competitiveness predicts the strength of postmating prezygotic reproductive isolation. We suggest that divergence of postcopulatory phenotypes resulting in postmating prezygotic isolation is potentially driven by cryptic female choice, or mutation order divergence.


The past trends in capital and credit requirements of U.S. agriculture are well documented. While farm numbers and farm labor declined by more than fifty percent from 1950 to 1973, total assets for the U.S. farming sector Increased from $132,5 billion to $385.5 billion and debt from $12.4 billion to $73.6 billion [l4, p.l ] During this period of substantial growth in the agricultural capital market, there has also been a significant change in the market share of debt held by various financial intermediaries. In the non-real estate debt market. Production Credit Associations have Increased their share of the total outstanding debt report ed by financial institutionsfrom 13.7 percent in 1950 to 30.1 percent in 1973, Commercial banks* share of this farm debt category has decreased from 72,3 percent to 65,2 percent during the same period. [l4, p, 20] A similar shift has occurred in the real estate market. While the market share for Federal Land Banks Increased from 16.2 percent in 1950 to 26.1 percent in 1973, the share held by conmerclal banks decreased from 16.8 percent to 13.9 percent. [U, p. 15] Disciplines Agribusiness | Agricultural and Resource Economics | Agricultural Economics This report is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_economicreports/30 THE USE OF NON-DEPOSIT FUNDS BY RURAL COMMERCIAL BANKS: AN APPLICATION OF POLY-PERIOD LINEAR PROGRAMMING


Although many computing algorithms have been developed to analyze the relationship between land use pattern and driving forces (RLPDF), little has been done to assess and reduce the uncertainty of predictions. In this study, we investigated RLPDF based on 1990, 2005 and 2012 datasets at two spatial scales using eight state-of-the-art single computing algorithms and four consensus methods in Jinjing rive catchment in Hunan Province, China. At the entire catchment scale, the mean AUC values were between 0.715 (ANN) and 0.948 (RF) for the single-algorithms, and from 0.764 to 0.962 for the consensus methods. At the subcatchment scale, the mean AUC values between 0.624 (CTA) and 0.972 (RF) for the single-algorithms, and from 0.758 to 0.979 for the consensus
methods. At the subcatchment scale, the mean AUC values were between 0.624 (CTA) and 0.972 (RF) for the single-algorithms, and from 0.758 to 0.979 for the consensus methods. The result suggested that among the eight single computing algorithms, RF performed the best overall for woodland and paddy field; consensus method showed higher predictive performance for woodland and paddy field models than the single computing algorithms. We compared the simulation results of the best - and worst-performing algorithms for the entire catchment in 2012, and found that approximately 72.5% of woodland and 72.4% of paddy field had probabilities of occurrence of less than 0.1, and 3.6% of woodland and 14.5% of paddy field had probabilities of occurrence of more than 0.5. In other words, the simulation errors associated with using different computing algorithms can be up to 14.5% if a probability level of 0.5 is set as the threshold. The
results of this study showed that the choice of modeling approaches can greatly affect the accuracy of RLPDF prediction. The computing algorithms for specific RLPDF tasks in specific regions have to be localized and optimized.


We propose an interesting assignment of positive modular wights for fields in a modular non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetry. By this assignment, we can construct inverse seesaw and linear seesaw models without any additional symmetries which possess good testability in current experiments. At first, we discuss probabilities for positive modular wights from a theoretical point of view. Then we show concrete examples of inverse seesaw and linear seesaw scenarios applying modular $A_4$ symmetry as examples and demonstrate some predictions as well as being consistent with experimental results such as their masses and mixings.


The research status of evaluation indicators and methods and the existing problems of sustainable agriculture overseas and at home are analyzed.And it is pointed out that the dynamic monitoring,study of scale effect,varied evaluation and evaluating model should be strengthened and improved in the evaluation of sustainable agriculture in the future.


Organisations of today must track all the changes closely in order to comply with changing environment, the existing competition and to keep their existence. Thus, the organisations don't need only the strife of their managers, but also the skills and creativeness of all employees. In this aspect, when the organisations are restructured to compete efficiently and productively, they focused on teams that are better ways for utilising the skills of the employees. For this purpose, teamworks are one of the most important steps taken in this direction. In parallel with this, in recent years there has been a fast increase in the number of organisations that practice teamwork. In order for them to get advantages in this competitive environment, they need to benefit from the teams comprised of employees with different skills. Besides, teamwork is important for the employees in terms of making innovations and creating synergy. In our day, teams have become the main assets of the organisations in organisation of works. In this study, it was tried to specify the reasons why teamwork is important for an organisation, its phases, types; and in the practice part of this study, it was tried to determine the tendencies of the students to the teamwork by utilising all the three factors that has been developed to measure the efficient teamwork at Gaziantep University