The selection of good vaporizers as essential equipments for LNG receiving terminal is related to whether all operation works will be performed well or not. Analysis on the environment under which how the Zhejiang province develops and the operation parameters of the LNG terminal in this province, this paper discussed on how to choose the proper type of vaporizers and optimize the vaporizing system as well from many aspects including heating source, materials, types, and cost-effectiveness, and so on. Then IFV taken sea water as its heating source and SmartV taken air as heating source can be chosen as baseload vaporizers, with accessorial vaporizers of SCV, featured by low cost and short available machine time. Through calculation and comparison between one-off investment and 25-year operation cost, this paper concluded that compared with the combination of four SmartVs + two SCVs, that of four IFVs + two SCVs could save 50% of the cost, proven to be better in technical effects and easier to operate.


The objective of this study is to investigate the training and qualification of technical health workers in the state of Amapa in order to understand the responsibilities and contributions of the State Health Secretariat (SESA) and the Technical School of the Unified Health System (ETSUS / AP) in the training of workers within the SUS. A documentary and bibliographical research was carried out during the years 2017 and 2018. For documentary research, we had as sources reports from the State Health Secretariat (SESA), State Health Council of Amapa State (CES / AP), made available in electronic websites, as well as books Minutes, ordinances, decrees, organic laws and institutional documents of the school itself. These materials allowed us a first exploration and an analytical treatment that sought to respond to the objective of this work (Oliveira, 2007, apud Sa-Silva et al, 2009). We introduce the work presenting the space in which we are located: the state of Amapa, its health system, the Professional Education Center Graziela Reis de Souza (CEPGRS) and its institution as a Technical School of SUS (ETSUS). In the first chapter we carried out a bibliographical study on the role of the State in the consolidation of public health policies, based on theoretical authors such as Karl Marx (2008: in: Pogrebinschi, 2009), Gramsci (in: Coutinho, 2011), Poulantzas), Mendonca (2012) and Engels (in: Lenin, 1978). We then carried out an exploratory and investigative study on the National Health Policies, the Technical Training of the SUS Workers and the Permanent Health Education in Brazil and in the state (2008), Rizzotto (2015), Pereira (2002), Vieira (2011), Ramos (2012), Rodrigues (2008), Saviani (2003) and Ceccim (2008) , among others. In the third chapter, we discuss the specificities of the Amapa state and the functioning of the health system - its administrative structure and the Permanent Education Policy developed for middle-level technical workers. The fourth chapter presents the contributions of the Professional Education Center Graziela Reis de Souza, before and after becoming ETSUS / AP, its relevance for the training and technical qualification of SUS workers. The research allowed us to verify that health system of the state of Amapa needs to be strengthened in different aspects, since even though there is an institutionalized planning through the State Health Plan (PES) and the Annual Health Plan (PAS), actions and goals for training and professional qualification when executed, never reach the whole. In addition, there is the lack of political interest, planning and articulation among the different institutions - SESA; Ministry of Health (MS), State Department of Education and school management team - which affects the performance of ETSUS and, consequently, the training of SUS workers.


Three issues on the reuse of materials in geotechnical applications in Japan are presented in this paper. First, current status of reuse of excavated soils is presented. Since natural contamination has been a concern these years, several efforts including experimental studies to evaluate the environmental suitability of these materials have been conducted. Second, traceability in environmental geotechnics has been becoming an important consideration. One joint project, in which the excavated soils generated from shield tunnel excavation are utilized as a soil material for reclamation, utilizes the electronic toll collection (ETC) system to track the soil materials. Third, utilization of disaster wastes caused by the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami is required. Challenges include the proper treatment to separate soils from waste mixture and to utilize these soils in geotechnical applications.


Conclusions We construct the classification model based on support vector machine to recognize semantic inference in Chinese text pair using multiple features, including statistical, syntactic and lexical semantic ones. Through further analysis, we find that in our system, we use the same features in BC and MC subtasks, but the characteristics of the BC and MC subtasks should be different, which may cause the dissatisfaction of BC result.  Moreover, we mostly consider statistical features in our system, if we add some rule features, the accuracy may be significantly improved. Euclidean distance


EPILOGUE Prevention of blindness is one of the items the Assembly of the WHO at Geneva has stressed in 1972. The most preventable causes are considered to be xerophthalmia, trachoma, and onchocerciasis. Recently a 'Xerophthalmia Club' has been founded, issuing a quarterly Bulletin. Communications about prevalence and discussion of experience, especially in tropical Africa, would be valued highly by the Secretary of the Xerophthalmia Club, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford. jSee 'News and Notes', page 204'.


Last month (February 2009, p. 104) we posed a trio of brain teasers concerning algorithm termination. Here, we offer some possible solutions. How did you do?


We propose a tool creation support system using evolutionary techniques. Here, a tool is defined as an object which consists of multiple parts and is encoded to a tree structure. The proposed system is composed of two phases: the fundamental-parts-generation-phase where each fundamental part is generated, and the structuring-phase where the generated parts are combined. In each phase, evolutionary techniques which utilize a user's evaluations as decision of fitness are employed. Therefore it is possible to obtain desirable shapes for users. We have implemented this system on the O2 computer, and have evaluated the proposed system. As a result, it is confirmed that various novel shapes can be obtained.


Introduction 1. The description of Athens by Pausanias 2. Of the positions and existing monuments of ancient Athens, concerning the identity of which there can be little or no doubt 3. Of Mounts Anchesmus and Lycabettus. Of Dipylum and the Peiraic Gate 4. First part of the route of Pausanias. From the Stoa Basileius to Enneacrunnus 5. Second part of the route of Pausanius. From the Stoa Basileius to Prytaneium 6. Third part of the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Stadium 7. Fourth part of the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Propylaea of the Acropolis 8. Fifth and last part of the description of Pausanius. The Acropolis, Areiopagus, and Academy 9. Of Peiraeeus, Munychia, and Phalerum. Of the Long Walls, and other fortifications of the city.


Development of water transport is the objective requirement of economic development in Yangtze River basin but the busy construction of bridges in Yangtze River basin hampers the economic development in the basin.We should correctly deal with the relationship between the river and bridges,understand the characteristics of water transport,correctly implement Inland Navigation Standards,put up comprehensive advantage outlook,overcome the contradiction between river and bridges and reinforce the control and management of the built bridges over Yangtze River.


An investigation was carried out to examine the effect of some seed borne fungi on seed germination and seedling emergence of soybean. A total of five fungi species comprising four genera namely Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum. Penicillium chrysogenum and Colletotrichum sp were isolated from the tested seeds. The effects of the mycelial suspension of the isolated fungi on percentage seed germination and seedling emergence was studied. Ten seeds were soaked in mycelial suspension of each fungus for 1hour before placing on Petri-dishes and sowing in bags containing 3 kg sterilized soil in triplicates. It was observed from the study that Penicillium chrysogenum had the highest inhibitory effect on seed germination while Aspergillus niger had no effect on seed germination. Also, the result showed that all the isolated fungi had a significant effect (p<0.05) on length of radicle with A. flavus recording the least length of radicle (2.10 cm) as compared with the control (4.75 cm). Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium chrysogenum and A. flavus significantly reduced shoot length. While all the isolated fungi had significant differences at p<0.05 on root length with P. chrysogenum recording the least root length (5.15 cm) as compared with 10.13 cm observed on the control. The efficacy of both the aqueous and methanol extracts of Aframomum melegueta and Petiveria alliacea was assessed against the mycelial growth of the isolated fungi at 10, 20 and 30% concentration. The methanol extract of both plants most especially that of Aframomum melegueta performed better in inhibiting the radial growth of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum and Colletotrichum sp.


Rotter and Mulry (1965) reported that persons designated "internal" in locus of control took significantly longer than externals to make decisions and choices on skill-related tasks. Individuals with an internal orientation have also been described as more persistent in completing a complex but soluble puzzle (James, 1965). It is reasonable to expect internals to show greater response persistence than externals on a skill-related task in which there is no possibility for successful completion. The I-E scale of Rotter was administered to 24 Anglo male students (mean age, 20.1 yr.) enrolled in an introductory psychology course. The scale is keyed so that higher scores represent greater externality. The experimental task was introduced as an exercise in problem-solving ability which required Ss to assemble 12 parts of a wooden cube puzzle. One piece of the puzzle had been removed and another piece of a different shape substituted for it, making the task insoluble. The product-moment correlation between scores on the I-E scale and response persistence, i.e., the minutes spent working on the puzzle, was -.437 ( P < .05). A logarithmic transformation of the time measure did not appreciably change the value of the correlation. The overlapping linear variance between I-E scores and task persistence was almost 20%. This finding suggests that internal-scoring college males may tend to resist response extinction in the absence of a known extrinsic reinforcer, i.e., successful completion of the puzzle. This is in accord with previous research indicating that internals are more "inner-directed" and less influenced by environmental forces than externals (Cromwell, e t al., 1961 ).


A new type of three-phase induction motor excited by a single-phase power supply has been proposed. A small trial motor with six poles was fashioned with an exciting circuit and two parametric oscillation circuits arranged in the stator. A three-phase rotating field has successfully been generated in the stator. The fundamental characteristics of the motor are also being studied.


This study investigates the relationship of etiological factors to infant sleeping problems during the first year, and at follow-up during the second year of life. The relevant factors for concurrent sleeping problems (in order of importance) were problematic maternal cognition concerning setting limits on the infant, fussy–difficult infant temperament, maternal anxiety–depression, ambivalent attachment, and certain maternal care-giving behaviors involving the use of active physical comforting (cuddling to sleep, settling on sofa or in parental bed, and giving a feed). High initial levels of sleeping problems largely explained the continuity in infant sleeping problems over time. However, this continuity was significantly mediated by the influence of both problematic maternal cognition and infant temperament on the parental use of active physical comforting to settle infants to sleep. In addition, ambivalent attachment had a small but significant independent contribution to persistent problems. Regarding discontinuity in infant sleeping problems over time, infants who developed sleeping problems were those whose parents used high levels of active physical comforting, whereas those infants whose sleeping problems recovered were more likely to have mothers with low depression–anxiety. The significance of these results is discussed with respect to developmental models of infant sleeping problems, and the assessment and treatment of infant sleeping problems. ©2003 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.


We generalize the concept of well-posedness by perturbations for optimization problem to a class of variational-hemivariational inequalities. We establish some metric characterizations of the well-posedness by perturbations for the variational-hemivariational inequality and prove their equivalence between the well-posedness by perturbations for the variational-hemivariational inequality and the well-posedness by perturbations for the corresponding inclusion problem.


The President and CEO of Mobilink called a meeting with the HR team to discuss serious issues regarding the performance appraisal system at Mobilink in January 2015, when the regular performance appraisal cycle had already begun. One such issue was the mismatch between employee and organizational objectives. There was a need to reinforce the link between individual and corporate performance as the organization did not meet its expected revenue growth targets. Still, many people were awarded salary increments, bonuses and promotions. The CEO of Mobilink and the HR team agreed that there was a need for changes in the existing performance appraisal system to bring employee objectives in line with organizational goals. The team was given 48h to develop a new system. Eventually, the team developed a new evaluation system, which was presented to the senior management team. The discussion with top management revealed varying opinions regarding the proposed system. The senior management team highlighted potentially serious pitfalls in the proposed system. The HR team left the meeting thinking: should the proposed system be implemented now or later, and did it need further improvements before implementation? They had a deadline to meet.


The authors extend the idea of iterative design of a globally stabilising adaptive controller introduced by I. Kanellakopoulos, P.V. Kokotovic and A.S. Morse (1990). By giving an interpretation of the scheme of Kanellakopoulos et al. in terms of the control Lyapunov function technique, the authors show that it can be applied to a slightly broader family of systems than the strict feedback systems. By noticing that this design involves implicitly at each step a matching condition which is known to hold not only for one integrator but also for two integrators, they propose an adaptive controller with, in general, half as many parameters to update. A significant aspect of these designs is that, together with an adaptive controller, they result in a corresponding control Lyapunov function.<<ETX>>


Objective To evaluate the effect of various iterative reconstruction methods on phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Methods Thirty consecutive patients scanned by the Philips CardioMD system were recruited into this study. The gated SPECT (GSPECT) data were reconstructed with filtered backprojection (FBP),maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM),three-di-mensional (3D) resolution recovery MLEM (AST),attenuation corrected (AC) MLEM,AC and 3D Monte Carlo scatter corrected (ACSC) MLEM methods. Parameters of left ventricular ( LV ) dyssynchrony ( phase standard deviation and histogram bandwidth) were measured using the software SyncTool. Paired t-test was used to compare the differences of the LV dyssynchrony indices between FBP and MLEM,AC MLEM,ACSC MLEM,AST respectively. Results The phase standard deviations of stress GSPECT MPI for FBP,MLEM,AC MLEM,ACSC MLEM,and AST were 11.6°,10.9°,11.2°,11.6°,11.4° respectively;while the histogram bandwidths were 35.7°,34.3°,35.1°,36.9°,35. 1 ° respectively. The phase standard deviations of rest GSPECT MPI for FBP,MLEM,AC MLEM,ACSC MLEM and AST were 15.2°,14. 5°,15.4° ,15. 4°,14.8° respectively; while the histogram bandwidths were 47.3°,46.4°,46.4° ,47.9°,46.1 ° respectively. No statistical significance was observed between the FBP and various iterative reconstruction methods for both the stress and rest GSPECT MPI study (t:-1. 179 to 1.554,P>0.05 forall). Conclusion The standard FBP reconstruction method is accurate enough for the measurement of LV dyssynchrony indices using the widely used clinical software SyncTool.

Key words:
Tomography,emission-computed,single-photon;  Image processing,computer-assisted;  Ventricular function,left


China has shifted its focus from export-led growth to technology-driven growth. The "One Belt, One Road" initiative (OBOR) is aimed at promoting economic integration with the rest of the world that might boost China's ability to upgrade its manufacturers. We evaluate the impact of the OBOR initiative on the manufacturing industries of China. In other words, we examine whether the greater openness entailed by the initiative has been a catalyst for upgrading China's export portfolio. We demonstrate that the proposition has been such a catalyst formally and adduce some empirical support for the proposition by using a panel of the top 80 exporting countries in the world during the period from 2002–2017 to evaluate the impact of the economic integration brought by the OBOR in terms of upgrades to Chinese manufacturers. Meanwhile, when domestic R&D generates knowledge spillover, the benefits of greater openness become partly indeterminate, thus counterfactual analysis was adopted to preclude potential endogeneity. By relating the values of exports at the two-digit harmonized system level to data on sectors to conduct integration within global production networks, we find that the greater openness brought by the OBOR initiative has actively increased manufacturing complexity and facilitated industrial upgrading in China.


This paper presents a multigigahertz active clock deskewing architecture that uses analog phase interpolation to replace the area-consuming capacitively controlled delay lines used in regional clock deskewing delay-locked loops. It provides a small phase step that is uniform and process-independent over the entire 2/spl pi/ phase deskew range, which reduces the intra-die clock skew. The phase interpolators have virtually zero latency, which leads to a very fast clock deskewing process and allows for the tracking of fast dynamic variations. A bandgap referencing technique was used to provide a tracking mechanism between the phase-locked loop (PLL) time constants to achieve a process-independent PLL damping factor and pole-zero separation. Both feedback and input divider modulus independence of the damping factor was achieved through a combined current and capacitor switching architecture, that provides an optimal compromise between area, power, and spurs. A reset-generation charge-pump architecture was introduced to minimize the dead-zone avoidance pulse width in order to improve the PLL jitter and reference spurs performance. The power supply partitioning exploits the dual gate oxide transistors offered by the current deep-submicron CMOS technologies. The biasing scheme is comprised of a 1.5-V supply for the ring oscillator and digital circuitry for speed considerations, while the analog front-end is biased from a 2.5-V supply to ensure more voltage headroom as required by low-gain oscillators and low-noise loop filters.


Generation in the Nordic power system is dominated by large number of hydro power plants, especially in Norway and Sweden. There are indications that, during the last decade, the frequency quality in the system has deteriorated; the number of minutes when the frequency stays outside the permissible range has been increasing. There is ongoing work to find the root of the problem and solutions to improve the quality of frequency. Among other measures, it is important to know the actual dynamic characteristics of the turbine-governor response of power plants. Regarding this issue, the paper presents the work on using state-of-the-art system identification methods to estimate the transfer function of the turbine-governor systems with ambient data. With only PMU measurements at the high voltage side of generator transformers, the identification methods work properly and provide satisfactory estimation.


Tilapia aquaculture is vulnerable to adverse impacts of unfavorable environmental conditions and microbial agents. Over-wintering is a serious economic challenge in tilapia farming. Exposure to extreme cold water temperature has long been considered a significant constraint to tilapia fish survival. Unprecedented huge mortalities approached 98 % have been recorded only in earthen-pond cultured tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus within Barsiq farm, northern Egypt during the period from December 2013 to February 2014. Other co-cultured fishes weren't surrendered. Succumbed fishes showed distinctive skin darkness and few haemorrhagic patches on the external body surface. The synergistic effects of environmental deterioration and opportunistic pathogens have been accused for these substantial losses. Water temperature approached detrimental levels 5.2 °C. Mortalities were severe in young-aged tilapia 95 %. Losses approached high rats 98 % particularly in shallow water ponds 55 cm in depth compared to 30 % in other ponds (more than 100 cm). The values recorded for dissolved oxygen, NH3, NO2 and NO3 were fare from the optimum recommended levels; 3.5 mg/L, 1.03 mg/L, 0.75 mg/L and 10.1 mg/L respectively. The magnitude of stress formula exaggerated by existence of unfavorable levels of some heavy metals. Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas hydrophila were isolated from succumbed fishes.


In July 2012 a particle with properties consistent with those of a Higgs boson was discovered by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC. In this report I summarise the results of the measurements performed by the ATLAS experiment of the properties and the searches for rare and forbidden decays of this particle using the Run 1 LHC data, before concluding with an outlook on the future perspectives.


Telecommuting and virtual work are modifying the traditional work arrangement. This exploratory research examined the relationships between personality and telecommuting attitudes. We hypothesized that individuals with personality traits that provide a good fit with the typical demands of a telecommuting environment would have more favorable telecommuting attitudes. In Study 1, we developed an internally-consistent scale for measuring telecommuting attitudes. In Study 2, we explored relationships between the Big Five personality dimensions and telecommuting attitudes among a sample (N=333) of upper division business students. Agreeableness was positively related with telecommuting attitudes, whereas emotional stability was negatively related with telecommuting attitudes. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.


Discusses issues related to Poland's European Union (EU) membership. Views on how the post-accession Polish Euro-debate will evolve; Impact of the issue of EU membership on the future of Polish politics; Expectations associated with EU membership.


The method and the model of biotransformation process of baicalin by white-rot fungi were studied.The dynamic cells and static cells were used to transform baicalin.After ultrasonic treatment on cultivation medium,the product was identified as the baicalein by HPLC.As a result,the transformation enzyme is supposed to be induced enzyme and endoenzyme at the same time.The optimal authire conditions are as follows:the reaction time is 96 h,pH is 5.5,inoculation amount is 4slices of white-rot fungi whose diameter is 10mm。


How to management local area network (LAN) scientifically and effectively is an important question in remote control area. Remote Control to the computers in LAN could relieve the network administrators of some of trivial works and improve the efficiency. An intelligent, real-time controlling management system was designed and implemented. The key control functions of network communication, remote screenshots, mouse and keyboard locking, screen-darkening, opening and shutting down computers were all realized in this remote-control system based on socket network communication and API programming, Trojan horse technology is involved, too. The system is developed by Delphi 6.0 and has already been applied in many areas and produced high effect in practice.


The fundamental purpose of green building design is to protect the environment, reduce pollution and save energy. Among them, energy-saving design is the most concerned one of green building. In this paper, the architectural design of Zhejiang Water Control Museum is selected as a case study, and the optimization design of energy conservation is carried out in the aspects of building orientation design, natural wind application, roof energy conservation design, renewable energy utilization and water resource utilization. This paper comprehensively monitors the energy consumption of the whole building by combining with the building intelligent management system, and dynamically displays the current energy saving effect, emission reduction sewage and sunshade effect. We hope to establish demonstration green buildings through this project research and strengthen the application and promotion of green building energy-saving technology.


This study was a step forward in enhancing the knowledge to quantify installation damage on geotextiles' properties for coastal protection structures. It examines the geotextiles' properties with the Drop Rock Test developed, which replicates construction stress on geotextile during installation process. The thesis investigated the influence of construction stress on geotextiles' robustness, mechanical strength, physical deformation, and filtration properties. The influence of subgrade characteristics (i.e moisture condition) on geotextiles' robustness during installation was examined in this study as well. Design charts to predict the robustness of geotextile during installation was developed which allows engineers and designers to select the appropriate geotextile to minimize the risk of damage during installation process.


Two structurally similar homologous series of chiral esters with partially fluorinated alkoxyalkoxy terminal chains are described. Their synthetic routes and mesomorphic properties, such as phase transitions temperatures and enthalpies, are characterized by polarizing optical microscope and differential scanning calorimetry.


Science to policy of ecosystem based adaptation to manage disaster risk reduction in the context of IWRM is very important in sustainability science concept. It will explain how the science and evidence-base of ecosystem based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) could more effectively inform and influence development decisions. Sustainability Science can be defined as understanding the fundamental character of interactions between nature and society. In brief definition, a sustainable development as the 'ability to make development sustainable—to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'. Understanding core concept related to ecosystems, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, resilience and sustainable development is very important, because: it linkages between ecosystems, disaster risk reduction, and resilience; (2) it linkages between climate change, disasters and ecosystem-based adaptation; (3) ecosystem management approaches/tools in reducing disaster risk and adapting to climate change impact; and (4) mainstreaming Eco-DRR/CCA into development policy, plans and strategies. The paper was also to remind us that ecosystem-based DRR/CCA is often under valued and under-appreciated as part of a comprehensive approach to risk reduction.


1. A method for locating a radio terminal in a mobile radio network, the method comprising: identifying a set of cells about a particular location about the radio terminal to the moving objects; ! identified in the identified set of at least one cell, which is not said radio terminal is a mobile, the remaining cells in the identified set of cells are reported; and! determine the location of the radio terminal with mobile objects on the basis of at least one cell, which is not reported. ! 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a likely reason why at least one of a cell is not reported. ! 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: looking for a network list containing a list of cells that the radio terminal is a mobile should detect. ! 4. The method of claim 3, wherein in the case where a network list is not available suggest that the radio terminal with the moving objects detected by at least one cell, which is not reported. ! 5. The method of claim 4, wherein if the network list is available and the at least one cell, which is not reported to have in the network list, is removed said at least one cell, which is not informed of further consideration. ! 6. A method according to any of claims 1, 2, 4 or 5, further comprising: determines whether at least one cell, which is not reported. ! 7. The method of claim 6, wherein if it is determined that at least one cell, which is not reported, does not work, this is removed by at least one cell, which is not together


Abstract In the township of Crossroads, South Africa, a group of Xhosa women artists have created an extraordinary space of female agency and empowerment. This women's group, called the Philani Printing Project, has formed a place where art and feminist politics intersect with political action. This paper considers a series of five t-shirts that Philani artists created to testify to their individual experiences with violence. Worn in the tradition of the protest t-shirts that were donned by anti-apartheid activists in the 1980s, these shirts bear slogans that call upon other people to join alongside the women and speak out on issues such as gender equity, violence against women, and other forms of women's rights. In presenting these works, this article aims to frame Philani artists as political actors who strive to make visible the conditions of their lives by focusing their artistic efforts on the exploitation and survival of Black South African women despite apartheid policies that discriminated against them, and a current environment which in many ways continues to be hostile towards the emancipation of women.


All the concepts and operations of the rough set are defined by equivalence relations and set operations of the algebra.Under this definition,many concepts and operations of the rough set have poor visualization.Based on the logic algebra,the relationship of attribute set,Boolean matrix and logical relation equation is established.And the necessary and sufficient condition for logical relation equation having solutions and the others for logical relation equation having unique solution and several solutions are obtained.Finally, a new and high efficient attribute reduction algorithm based on logical relation equation's solutions is given.


The expansion of international Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases containing processes from various regions of the world is an longstanding demand of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) community. Managers of the main international databases also acknowledge this demand as they have been investing in making available more LCI datasets of products from non-European countries, such as the case of Brazil. In addition, production of national databases not only provides data, but also promotes LCA practice within the country. In this sense, a strategic partnership between ecoinvent, IBICT (the manager of the National Life Cycle Inventory Database - SICV Brasil), EMBRAPA, CTBE, UTFPR, Espaco Eco Foundation, Agroscope and Quantis Sarl was created in the project called "Life Cycle Inventories of Brazilian agricultural products: a contribution to the ecoinvent database - ICVAgroBR", supported by the "Sustainable Recycling Industries" Program - SRI. Within this project, several representative datasets of important products of the Brazilian agribusiness will be provided to the ecoinvent and SICV databases, i.e. sugarcane, soybean, maize, mango, eucalyptus and beef. The publication in these databases will deliver to the international community LCI datasets with a very good representation of the Brazilian productive processes. This initiative also contributes to increase the reliability of the data, makes LCI more compatible and make possible to compare processes and products by complying with an international methodological standard, while taking into account the specificities of the country.


In this paper,okara's properties and fiber fracture-grinding principle were analyzed,and the effect method of grinding okara,named shear pulverization,was advanced.The application of using high-speed cutting technology to ultrafine grinding fresh okara were carried out by orthogonal experiment,in which the impeller speed,the number of static blade and the cycle times were studied.As a result,in the condition of impeller speed 9 000r/min,the number of static blade 216pieces,the cycle times as 3,the okara were milled to about 72μm.


The aim of this research has been to analyze in deep the building element "false ceiling", in wide rooms, according to technological and performance points of view, in order to study an innovative textile system. This study shows a complete way to solve problems that have different aspects to evaluate. Value Analysis can help to face different solutions between different points of view. The innovative textile system, proposed by the Authors, has reached the highest Value Index (comparing six different commonly used solutions), meaning that it offers the highest quality at the lowest price.


The adoption of sustainable manure treatment technologies (SMTTs) in livestock production helps to reduce agricultural contamination. As such, understanding what determines farmers' adoption of SMTTs is an essential prerequisite for the administrative handling of livestock pollution. Applying a multivariate probit model on a cross-sectional data set of 686 pig farmers in Poyang Lake Region in China, this study discovered that two key factors influencing farmers' decisions to adopt multiple SMTTs are off-farm labor and environmental awareness. In other words, households with a higher share of off-farm labor are less likely to adopt SMTTs. Farmers with higher environmental awareness are more likely to adopt SMTTs. The results also revealed that because of the inappropriateness of government subsidy and insufficient technical training, the impact of Chinese government subsidy on the adoption of biogas technology is negligible, but the subsidy on composting greatly helps to promote the adoption of composting technology. We also found a substitution effect and complementary effects between different SMTTs. These findings can improve policymakers' understanding of farmers' joint adoption decisions. It also helps policymakers to optimize subsidy strategies to encourage farmers' adoption of SMTTs in rural China.


Linestrengths, and nitrogen-collision-induced broadening and pressure shift coefficients of methane's ν3-band singlet lines near 3.3μm have been measured from direct absorption spectroscopy using a tunable cw OPO spectrometer.


An approach to two‐dimensional vector thermal radiative transfer equation for a layer of spatially inhomogeneous, random scattering medium is developed. By using the Fourier transformation and matrix expression, one‐dimensional radiative transfer equation of the spectrum of the Stokes vector is derived. Employing an iterative approach in the approximation of small albedo, the zeroth‐ and first‐order solutions from the integral radiative transfer equation are obtained. Numerical results of polarized brightness temperature of atmospheric precipitation and vegetation canopy with a Gaussian and periodic fractional volumes, respectively, are obtained. The functional dependence of brightness temperature to inhomogeneous scale, frequency, polarization, dielectric properties of the underground medium, etc. are discussed.


The utility model provides a light-emitting diode (LED) down lamp, which comprises a first reflection cup, a second reflection cup, a radiating substrate, an LED light source, and an optical diffusion plate, wherein the second reflection cup is arranged in the first reflection cup; the radiating substrate is arranged at the bottom of the second reflection cup; the LED light source is arranged on the radiating substrate; and the optical diffusion plate is arranged on the top of the second reflection cup. According to the LED down lamp, the second reflection cup arranged on the radiating substrate collects light, the optical diffusion plate uniformly transmits the light, and the first reflection cup controls light beams in a certain light beam angle, so that the effective utilization efficiency of the light is improved and lighting requirements under different conditions are met.


The proposed classifier is a novel skin detector that outperforms most of the existing approaches by dropping most of the non-skin pixels in its earlier stages of weak classifiers. Only the pixels with maximum skin likelihood are processed in later adaptive classifier. Parametric background modelling and validation based online training significantly improves the robustness of the whole classifier in any daily-life lighting conditions.


The fluorescence spectrum from a three-level atom in V configuration driven by strong coherent laser fields and the time-dependent squeezing effect in the fluorescence fields with different mixtures of the spectrum lines are investigated analytically.


A 61-year-old female with a history of bilateral lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis presented with shortness of breath, cough and diarrhea. She was on chronic immunosuppressive medications, including Tacrolimus and mycophenolate, and on apixaban for deep vein thrombosis.


Through the review and analysis on the township reform during the last 20 years, the author found that the town governments would not be able to get rid of the fate-streamlining-expanding-streamlining again-expanding again,as long as they functioned as a state tool to drive the resources from the rural areas,although there were specific historical reasons for their expansion.Hence,the necessary way out for the local government to function regularly is to abolish their duty of scooping taxes.More importantly,the core issue of the township reform actually is to transform its nature and functions.


The utility model relates to a stone hanging seat, which comprises a stone hanging seat body. The stone hanging seat body is in the shape of a square frame with a notch, and the notch is arranged on the left side of the stone hanging seat body. The stone hanging seat comprises a stone lower end hanging piece positioning face, a stone upper end hanging piece positioning face, and a screw and nut adjusting anti-rotating groove. The stone lower end hanging piece positioning face is arranged on the upper portion of the left side of the stone hanging seat body and protrudes upward. The stone upper end hanging piece positioning face is arranged on the lower portion of the left side of the stone hanging seat body. The upper portion of the stone hanging seat body is provided with the screw and nut adjusting anti-rotating groove. The stone lower end hanging piece positioning face and the stone upper end hanging piece positioning face are arranged on the same vertical face. The stone hanging seat has the advantages of being convenient to cut and process, accurate in geometrical shape, sufficient in strength and convenient in examination of planeness and verticality during mounting of the stone hanging seat. Holes are only need to be drilled on the upper surface of the stone hanging seat body, and no tapping is needed, thereby reducing difficulty of onsite construction.


Analyzing the intrametropolitan locations of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) provides insight into the geography of the knowledge economy. This study focuses on the urban spatial structure and implications of KIBS for urban or regional development and planning through a comparison of KIBS' structures in six city-regions representing different global contexts. This includes varied socioeconomic and political frameworks: three European city-regions (London, Paris, and Madrid) and three U.S. city-regions (New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago). The results show that (a) there is a relationship between urban spatial structure and KIBS location; (b) KIBS locate in a polycentric form in search of urbanization economies; but (c) certain KIBS are highly concentrated in just a few subcenters, looking for localization economies; (d) proximity to the core and agglomeration economies are a factor in the location of KIBS; and (e) the European cases have more KIBS subcenters but closer to their central business districts, while the American cases have fewer and larger KIBS subcenters located farther from their central business districts.


The report summarizes a brief analysis of WSDOT weight-in-motion data. The report includes data from ten sites: the four WSDOT bending plate sites and six piezoelectric sites. The intent of this analysis is to provide an overview of the truck loading patterns observed at these sites and to provide improved ESAL loading estimates for use within the WSDOT. The ten sites selected for inclusion in the study illustrate the variety of traffic loading conditions found in the state of Washington.


Objective To investigate the correlations between pulmonary artery systolic pressure(PASP) and MMP-2,TIMP-1,inflammatory factors in patients with hypoxic pulmonary hypertension(HPH),and evaluate the mechanism of HPH.Methods Levels of PASP,MMP-2,TIMP-1,TNF-α,IL-6,hs-CRP were measured in 52 patients with HPH and 50 healthy controls.Results Levels of MMP-2,TIMP-1,hs-CRP,TNF-α,and IL-6 in patients with HPH were higher than those in healthy controls(P0.05).Levels of PASP in patients with HPH were positively correlated with the levels of MMP-2,MMP-2/TIMP-1,hs-CRP,TNF-α,and IL-6.Multiple backward regression analysis showed that MMP-2,MMP-2/TIMP-1,hs-CRP,and TNF-αmay be used to predict PASP. Conclusion MMPs system and inflammation factors may play important roles in the development of HPH.


This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Power System Challenges Solution of the EPNES Architecture Implementation Strategies for EPNES Test Beds for EPNES Examples of Funded Research Work in Response to the EPNES Solicitation Future Directions of EPNES Conclusions Acknowledgments Bibliography


The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between components of organizational commitment and job satisfaction among employee at Higher Learning Education Institutions in Kelantan. Therefore this study could make important contribution to extant research in management and organizational behavior. In the beginning of this study, the purpose, research question, and the need for the study is given. Then, literature is discussed about organizational commitment and job satisfaction that focusing on the relationship between them. The study generated a 96.3 percent response rate from 300 respondents. The result showed that affective, continuance and normative commitment that was not found to have significant positive relationship with job satisfaction.


Concentrated leachate obtained from landfill leachate by membrane separation was treated using technique of aerobic recharge. Variation of effluent COD, NH3-N and pH in concentrated leachate during aerobic recharge was studied. The impact of hydraulic loading on the removal rate of COD and NH3-N was investigated. The results indicate that, after passing through the three stages of rapid declining, smooth declining and stabilization, the variation of effluent COD of the concentrated leachate versus time maintains in the range of 900~2000 mg/L, and the corresponding removal rate is 88%~92%. The variation of effluent NH3-N versus time indicates a trend that it climbs up initially and then declines. The effluent NH3-N starts from 700 mg/L. After 35 days, it declines down to 18 mg/L and maintains in the range of 93%~99% with a corresponding removal rate up to 98%. Aerobic recharge reduces the build up of organic acids in the early stage. After 10 days, the pH value of the leachate maintains in the range between 7.5 and 9.0. The COD removal rate decreases from 94.39% down to 75.75% when the hydraulic loading increases from 12.5 mL / (L·d) to 75mL / (L·d), indicating a strong trend. In the mean time, the NH3-N removal rate decreases from 98.14% down to 90.11%, indicating a weak tread.


Metal foams have drawn an increasing interest especially in applications where weight and energy absorption are critical. Despite the extensive studies available on their characterization and enhanced fabrication techniques, limited work was found on the possibility of producing a porous composite foam. The objective of this article is to investigate two new synthesis techniques for manufacturing metal matrix composite foam that is, powder metallurgy and melt infiltration. Both techniques are studied using Sodium Chloride (NaCl) as a space holder in an aluminum-based metal matrix and graphene nanoparticles as reinforcements. The effect of the quantity added of both the space holder and graphene is studied using designed experiments. Although powder metallurgy provided lower baseline hardness, experimentation results suggest the superiority of the process over melt infiltration in terms of porosity and hardness. Results suggest that baseline aluminum hardness can be increased by up to 21.5% using powder metallurgy and 15% using melt infiltration. In terms of porosity, powder metallurgy porosity increased baseline more than ten folds while melt infiltration only doubled the baseline porosity. Moreover, it is easier to control the macroscopic shape, density, and distribution of the pores using powder metallurgy. It is also easier to disperse the reinforcement homogenously. Results will support several industries such as military, automotive, medical, and aerospace in developing this innovative material with superior properties and coping with their need for advanced applications.


The transportation professionals integrated the concept Green in various dimensions of transportation, such as, green vehicle, green highway. The current study has established a new dimension to green transportation, which is called Green Driver as whom substantially contributes to less emission and fuel consumption, and higher-safety. The research established the driver's Green Adaptive Travel Behaviors (GATB), in particular, that is referred to voluntary personal and lifestyle behaviors on less energy consumption and emission. The methodology was designed into two phases. Phase one was to investigate driver's GATBs through systematic literature review process and content analysis method. The second phase was to verify greenery value impact (GVI) of the finalized list of drivers' GATBs through an expert input study and Grounded Group Decision Making (GGDM) method. Total twenty six (26) GATB factors have been determined. Amongst, the factor 'F27-Dangerous overtaking' has received the highest value (97%) followed with 'F3-Slow once realizing bike lanes for cyclist crossing' (91%). In contrast, F4-Realize visual Obstacles to manage the speed' and F21 - Brake with smooth deceleration' has received the lowest value (77%) among other factors. Two of the initial factors; F5-Use traffic calming devices' (55%), and F24-Change highest possible gear' (69%) could not reach the 70% saturation; hence, they have been dropped from the list of GATB factors. Indeed, the GATB efforts are not limited to technology and practice; but also can include education and enforcement to driving regulations in order to interconnect driver, technology, environment, and vehicle. The research concluded with an innovative technique used as the decision support tool to evaluate the greenery grade of any individual driver on committing to less emission, less fuel consumption, and higher safety in traveling. As future study, the Green driver behaviour index assessment model will be developed based on this study outputs.


Gaussian-2
 theoretical and direct density-functional molecular dynamics calculations have been carried
 out to characterize the reaction mechanism on the triplet potential energy surface of the title reaction. The Gaussian-2 procedure is employed to determine accurately the energies of the reactants, collision complexes, transition states and products on the O(3P) + C2H4S(1A1) potential energy surface. The minimum energy pathway
 on the triplet potential energy surface reveals two structural isomers as collision complexes which
 lie approximately 49 kcal mol−1
 below the reactants. Both of these complexes show cleavage of one of the S–C bonds in the three-membered ring. The transition states leading to formation of SO(3Σ−) + H2CCH2(1Ag) lie only 2.8 and 3.3 kcal mol−1, respectively, above the two diradical complexes, indicating that they are short-lived.
 Direct density-functional molecular dynamics study indicates that, as O(3P) approaches the S atom of C2H4S(1A1), an S–C bond in the strained thiirane ring ruptures, giving rise to one of the diradical complexes
 predicted by Gaussian-2 theory, followed within 20–80 fs by rupture of the second S–C bond. The diradical complex is so short-lived that the desulfurization reaction may be viewed as a direct-mode abstraction
 reaction. The results of the combined Gaussian-2 theory and direct dynamics study are consistent with the recent experimental findings that angular distributions are highly anisotropic (Gao et al., J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997,
 101, 187) and that nascent SO(3Σ−) product vibrational state distribution is inverted
 due to short-lived collision complexes (Ravichandran et al., Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 252, 348).


Before 2005, the Constitution of Uganda provided in Article 31(1) that 'men and women of the age of eighteen years and above have the right to marry and to found a family ….' In 2005, Article 31 was amended by inserting clause (2a) to the effect that 'marriage between persons of the same sex is prohibited'. The author gives a historical background to Article 31(1) and shows how the Constituent Assembly treated the issue of same-sex marriages. The author also examines the circumstances leading to the absolute prohibition of same-sex marriages in the Constitution of Uganda. Drawing on social problem theory, the author argues that the absolute prohibition of same-sex marriages in Uganda could be explained by the perceived threat to the established cultural norms from emerging humanitarian norms.


This paper discusses construction proposal,implement principle and main functions of city alarm surveil-lance system in Karamay and how to ensure city security.


The extracellular polysaccharides produced by Cryptococcuslaurentii have been isolated and shown to consist of (A) an acidic polysaccharide containing D-mannose, D-xylose, and D-glucuronic acid; (B) a neutral polysaccharide containing D-glucose only.Preliminary structural studies on the acidic material suggest that it consists of a mannose-containing backbone with xylose and glucuronic acid as end groups, while the glucan contains 1 → 3, 1 → 4, 1 → 2, and (or) 1 → 6 linked residues.


In this paper, we consider the modelling of two-stage automatic transfer lines in which each stage has a different operation cycle time and a different number of machines using the Markov model. In this method, the G. C. M. of the operation cycle times is selected as an observation cycle time in order to observe all the machine transitions in the line. This method is also applied to multi-stage lines with various numbers of machines. From the numerical analysis, it is concluded that the production rate generally increases as the number of machines increases. However, it is also concluded that in the line with a special combination of numbers of machines in stages 1 and 2, the increase in number of machines causes machine interference and decreases the production rate.


During a game the number of presents from 23 severely handicapped children during 10 15-min. interactions were compared. Children in groups of 6 to 12 interacted more with peers than those in groups of 19 to 24. Smaller groups seemed more facultative of play.


Flow of fluid has been studied in various fields of fluid engineering. To hydraulic engineers, the unsteady flow such as pulsation and liquid hammering in pipes has been considered as a serious trouble. So we are supposed to approach the pressure transfer function is represented by the distributed parameter line model for fluid transmission with load impedance. And This study numerically analyzed and experimental analyzed the dynamic characteristics of the frequency response on the transmissin line . Special emphasis was given to the Frequency response characteristics on the pneumatic and hydraulic transmisson line with load impedance. The presnt results indicated that the theorical model is capable of accurately predicting the frequency response characteristics for any configuration of a fluid transmissin line


As the H-2A visa program expands to become a core component of contemporary Mexican migration to the United States, questions emerge about the tradeoffs migrants face between temporary and undocumented statuses. This article employs propensity score matching of participants in the Mexican Migration Project—an extensive binational survey of Mexican migrants and their families—to compare economic and social outcomes of H-2A visa recipients vis-à-vis undocumented migrants. Findings indicate that although H-2A visas offer benefits like a lower cost of living while abroad, they do not produce a discernible effect on wages relative to wages earned by undocumented migrants. While H-2A migrants are more likely to work in the formal economy, they are also less likely to build social capital or language proficiency in the United States than undocumented migrants, indicating a degree of social isolation that can be exploited by employers. This comparison contributes to a growing literature on the proliferation of temporary migratory statuses and the marginality experienced by migrants within these statuses.


Fresh and processed (boiled; boiled with trona – a seasoning agent and tenderizer) African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne) seeds were analysed for their calcium, zinc, and phytate composition, all of which decreased with boiling and boiling with trona. The decrease in phytate concentration during boiling (1466.69 to 902.58 mg/100 g) is thought to be beneficial, since a reduction in phytate concentration will bring about availability of divalent metals such as Fe, Ca, Zn, Mg etc. The inhibitory effect of phytate on calcium and zinc absorption predicted using the calculated [Ca] [Phytate]/[Zn] ratios indicated that the bioavailability of calcium and zinc was not decreased by phytate concentration and that the processing method does not alter the bioavailability of these minerals.


Using melon of "Yujinxiang", the main melon cultivar on grave-mulched field in Ningxia, as the material to determine the diurnal variation of the net photosynthetic rate and the other influential factors such as air temperature, blade temperature, photosynthetic active radiation(PAR), transpiration rate(E), stomatal conductance(Cond), intercellular CO2concentration(Ci) and water use efficiency(WUE) in the periods of fruit-set and maturity. The results showed that in the two growing period, the photosynthetic diurnal variation tendency were different, the diurnal variation of photosynthetic rate in the fruit-set period had double peak curves and midday depression; while in maturity period it presented one peak curve. The stomatal limitation may be the main factor which influences the photosynthesis.


In this letter, a metal object detection (MOD) method with detection coils perpendicular to power coils is proposed. Without a metal object, the induced voltage in the detection coils is ideally zero. When a metal object falls on the top of the Tx pad, an eddy current is induced, and this eddy current in the metal object will induce a voltage in the detection coils. The proposed method can perform well with misalignments between the Tx and Rx pads. No adjustments are required for different winding positions. The concept is well verified with experimental results.


We present the design and implementation of the synchrotron light monitor for the NSLS booster, which expands diagnostics capabilities. The system allows measurement of the orbit, beam sizes and coupling of the electron beam along the ramp.


In preparing students for employment in commerce, the student needs to be aware of many aspects not necessarily included in business programs. In recognizing students often have no or limited exposure to foreign environments, the authors developed an electronic exchange between students in Canada and Kazakhstan. In this exchange, students not only learned about foreign marketplaces but were able to integrate classroom teachings and text knowledge into their actions. This approach resulted in enhanced learning for students through double-loop processes and development in their other courses.


Abstract Background According to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) diagnostic criteria, pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) should be excluded as secondary causes. However, it is unclear whether PPGL screening in the setting of acute TCM is reliable. We aimed to assess the prevalence of PPGL and the reliability of PPGL screening in a cohort of patients with TCM. Method: We retrospectively reviewed data from patients admitted in a tertiary hospital between August 2012 and January 2021 with a diagnosis of TCM proven by typical echocardiography findings and no acute occlusion on coronarography, who were screened for PPGL by plasma metanephrines/normetanephrines (M/NM). If the first screening was positive, a second plasma M/NM sample was used for confirmation. Time between TCM diagnosis and PPGL screening was collected. Results Among 64 patients identified with TCM, 42 underwent plasma M/NM screening. 81. 0% were female, and the mean age was 67.4 ± 9.9 years old. Ten patients (23.8%) had a positive result. Of those, 8 patients had a weakly positive result (1-2×upper limit of normal [ULN]) and 2 had a strongly positive result (>2×ULN). Of those 10 patients, 6 underwent a second screening: 5 had a normal result and 1 had a weakly positive result (plasma NM 1. 06×ULN). This patient underwent a third screening that was negative. In addition, an abdominal CT showed normal adrenal glands, and their chromogranin A levels were normal. Four patients had a positive initial PPGL screening, but they did not undergo a second screening: 3 died of causes unrelated to TCM before a second plasma M/NM sample was taken and one patient was lost to follow-up (his plasma NM was weakly positive at 1.29×ULN). They all had an abdominal CT that showed normal adrenal glands. Average time between TCM diagnosis and PPGL screening in all patients and in patients with a positive initial screening was 4.57 ± 3.91 and 3.38 ± 2.12 days, respectively. A linear regression model suggested an inverse relationship between plasma M/NM and time between TCM diagnosis and screening, with R2 = 0.2275. Conclusion TCM occurring as the initial presentation of PPGL is rare. All patients with a positive screening ended up being false positives in our study. The ratio of false positive results when screening for PPGL in the setting of acute TCM seems to be higher than in the general population, which could be explained by a hyperadrenergic state. It is unclear whether a shorter delay between TCM diagnosis and PPGL screening may be associated with more false positives. More research is needed to determine what is the optimal timing for PPGL screening in acute TCM and if higher cut-offs should be used to minimize false positive results. Presentation: No date and time listed


Tracking the Pareto-front in a dynamic multi-objective optimization problem (MOP) is a challenging task. Evolutionary algorithms are a representative meta-heuristic capable of meeting this challenge. Typically, the stochastic variation operators used in an evolutionary algorithm work in decision (or design) variable space, thus there are no guarantees that the new individuals produced are non-dominated and/or are unique in the population. In this paper, we introduce a novel variation operator that manipulates the values in both objective space and design variable space in such a way that it can avoid re-exploration of dominated solutions. The proposed operator, inspired by the theory of dynamic system identification, is based on integral transformation. Here, we approximate the next expected Pareto-front, and from this expected front, we generate corresponding correct decision variables. We show empirically that our algorithm can approximate the Pareto-optimal set for given static benchmark MOPpsilas and that it can track changes in the Pareto-front for particular dynamic MOPpsilas.


The author in the article analyses specific features of aphorism translation in I.Kaczurowsky's novel «Because Deserters are Immortal» interpreted by Yuri Tkach, studies aphorisms according to genre and style peculiarities. Special attention is focused on the comparative analyses of aphorisms in Ukrainian and English.


This thesis consists of three parts. The first part concisely "the the formation process of the party's basic theory and basic line. It emphatically expounds how the basic line is under the guidance of the basic theory in bee aspects, and meanwhile, emphasizes that the halization of the basic theory shoul polihcally be based on the implementation of the basic line. The second part elabouates on what the basic line and the basic program are, and their relations. It also analyzes the fonnation proness of the basic program on different phases, and discusses the important theoretical and prcatical meaning of the proposal of the basic program in four aspects.The third part clarfies why we must keep firmly in mind the maximum program while insisting on the basic program, from the angle of the "dations between the party's minimum puogram and miximum program. It also theoretically analyzes and rectifies some specious views which weaken the ideal of communism.


Linear and nonlinear analyses are performed on a generic carbon cycle model, exploiting available empirical information and avoiding detailed physics as far as possible. It is shown that the ability to reproduce atmospheric CO2 historical data of past decades is neither necessary nor sufficient to establish credibility for the century-timescale predictions. This is because the relevant historical data is driven by a "rapid" exponential forcing term, while the future forcing term of interest is expected to be flat and slowly time varying. Simple analytical formulas relating long term atmospheric CO2 level and anthropogenic emission are derived, involving only three parameters. In the centurytimescale, there exists no known quick way to empirically determine or validate the values of these parameters. An estimate of the time to breach an user-specified threshold of atmospheric CO2 level in terms of these parameters is provided. ∗The author thanks Professors R. Socolow and F. Dryer for their encouragements and critiques during the course of the research.


As we move from the Industrial Age into the Information Age, foreign language programs are challenged by a lack of curricular emphasis and negligible funding for materials or teachers. In an age when assistive technology is available to translate speech as well as the written word, is the formal study of foreign languages beneficial?


In November 2006, obituaries of American director Robert Altman (1925-2006) named Nashville as his masterpiece, some thirty-one years after the film's initial release. Part of the film's now lustrous reputation rests on its complex interweaving of the stories of twenty-four characters whose interactions in musical, political, religious and social realms in the city of Nashville offered a metaphor for American culture in the mid 1970s. As film scholar Rick Altman noted, Nashville is an "innovative and difficult film" that "provides a terrifyingly effective critique of the mythology which serves as a foundation for the entire enterprise of American life today."


This paper presents a tool to monitor and support the execution of common physical exercise interventions targeting people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and elderly in general. Our tool aims (a) to stimulate and guide patients within physical exercise programs, (b) to monitor patient capacity to perform exercises suggested by clinicians and provide objective feedback and (c) to enable early diagnosis of significant changes in the physical capacity of users over time. Our tool incorporates a virtual 3D trainer, demonstrating prescribed exercises; currently, arms lifting, arms stretching, torso bending and torso twisting are supported. Utilizing a low-cost depth camera and markerless skeletal joint estimation, our tool monitors movement during exercise execution, evaluating patient performance with a set of metrics introduced herein. Through preliminary experimental analysis, our metrics were found of significant potential to discriminate among good and bad executions of the currently supported exercises.


Thermoelectric power (S) studies on a Nd1.82−xSrxCe0.18CuOy:x≤0.18 superconducting system in the temperature range 35–250 K are reported here. In the x=0.09 sample, synthesized in the reduced environment, the small magnitude of S is highly metalliclike and its sign is negative, a characteristic of electron conduction. The sign of S for the x=0.18 sample shows a crossover below 75 K from negative to positive, in apparent conflict with electronic conduction. Interestingly, after oxygenation this sample exhibits a broadened but positive phonon draglike peak. This oxygenated sample shows overcompensation of the carrier (electron) concentration. Critical analysis of the data suggests that Sr doping seemingly causes a competition between electron‐ and holelike conduction. The slope dS/dT is, in general, negative suggesting that the main contribution is coming from the diffusive part. The observed thermopower features seem to fall in line with the theoretical curves of Durczewski and Ausloos [Z. Phys. B 85, 59 (...


The Illinois Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the crack and seat method of pavement rehabilitation. Between 1983 and 1988 six projects were constructed and monitored for the study. The subject pavements were observed prior to and during construction, and were visually inspected biannually after construction to monitor the occurrence and progression of reflective cracking. In addition, deflection tests were run biannually after construction with a falling weight deflectometer. This article describes the construction procedure, the location and details of the six projects, the performance of the test sections, and the project results. This is followed by a brief discussion of the results and conclusions from the study. Based upon the observations made on the six experimental sections, several recommendations are made: a 100-ft test section should be designated on each job; a light spray of water should be applied to the test section after cracking to highlight the crack pattern; certain precautions must be taken when cracking through an existing asphalt overlay (these are outlined); guillotine type hammers of heavy, guided, free-falling drop weights capable of producing full-width, full-depth cracking, are recommended for the cracking process; traffic can safely be maintained adjacent to the pavement breaker and also allowed on the cracked pavement prior to seating and the cracked and seated pavement prior to overlaying; one to five one-way passes per lane with a 35-ton rubber tire roller should be sufficient to seat the cracked pieces; use of the crack and seat process on reinforced concrete pavements is not recommended at this time; and overlay thicknesses should be carefully designed on the basis of traffic, subgrade support, and material properties.


In present study, electroencephalography (EEG) with a high temporal resolution was used to examine the brain activity of the audiovisual integration by four experiments. Mainly, we investigated the effects of specific-modality attention and spatial characteristic of audiovisual stimulus on audiovisual integration. The effects of audiovisual integration were observed by contrasting the ERPs for audiovisual stimulus with the sum of ERPs for the auditory and visual stimuli presented alone.


ABSTRACT OSGi technology has applied to Home Network, but now it is loaded into even heterogeneous devices in various domains. Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with each other framework for offering effective services in distributed OSGi frameworks. However until now, OSGi specification doesn't provide any methodthat can share the services registered on remote OSGi frameworks. In order to solve this problem, there have been several researches that used existing distributed middleware technologies such as JXTA and Web Services. However these technologies have some weakness, that is, they consume lots of computing resources and need additional process to transform the services. A middleware called R-OSGi uses only OSGi technology for sharing remote OSGi services, but R-OSGi may have a communication bottleneck and SPOF (Single Point of Failure) problem, because it has a central service registry. In this paper we present RSP (Remote Service Provider), which is a P2P-based effective service sharing scheme on distributed OSGi framework. RSP doesn't need to install additional software nor have the additional transformation process of the service representation, because it uses only OSGi technology. In addition it doesn't have any bottleneck problem and improves scalability by providing the service discovery mechanism using P2P. RSP can also access remote services transparently and it can guarantee reliability by sending an immediate notice about changes of the remote services. Keywords:OSGi, Service Sharing, Service Discovery, P2P


An assembly for an auto injector device, the assembly including a syringe support for supporting a syringe by limiting forward axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe support, and a guard element attachable to the syringe support by an attachment so that the guard element is axially restrained both axially forwardly and axially rearwardly relative to the syringe support by the attachment. Forwardly directed axial loads received by the guard element are transmitted to the syringe support via the attachment.


Ecological masculinism has been an interesting concept that has evolved in the recent years which emphasizes the possibility of identifying a particular kind of masculinity that emerges in earthcare. This concept challenges the idea of traditional masculinity by proposing the earth-first concern in a discourse on gender. Within the concept of ecomasculinity, is the problematic of space and location. Fictional space or cultural space too has been very integral in conceptualizing ecomasculinity. This paper makes an attempt to investigate Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia to Show how the writer uses the imaginative freedom of creating a utopia/dystopia to discuss and negotiate boundaries of gender. The paper employs the tools of ecocriticism and Gender Studies to explain the link between the non-place of a utopia and its effect on gender awareness. Ecotopia is an earthcare fantasy that ecologises a posed gendered topography marked with mini-cities, tree worship and zero-tolerance to pollution that replace the urban sprawl of the United States. Such a space urges the protagonist to ecologise his masculinity and to redefine love and sexuality. This paper explains all these themes in detail. Key terms: Ecomasculinity, earthcare, ecology, utopia, dystopia, Eros.  Volume II, Issue I ISSN 2581-5857 GAP BODHI TARU An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal of Humanities


This dissertation is an explorative study into the influence of the Internet, as new communication technology, on the cinema industry. The study aimed to show that the nature of the Internet not only serves as the basis of a new distribution platform and marketing tool, but also creates the syntax by which a new form of entertainment has been developed. Paul Leduc called for Salamander cinema as a means of developing a cinema industry against the dinosaurs (Hollywood) through collective action and the application of new technology. The nature of the Internet creates the opportunity of rethinking the cinema format and reinventing it for a new generation of new media content consumers. At the beginning of the 21st century, cinema, like many industries operates on the industrial principles of producing a product (films), distributing it through as many channels (theatre, television, video) to as large an audience as possible to earn maximum profit on minimum investment. The multinational media conglomerates that make up the Hollywood institution is generally acknowledged as the centre of worldwide cinema industry. This study showed that Hollywood's dominance lies in its control of global film distribution, its powerful marketing and promotion of its high-concept films, its creative assimilation of new technology and the power of the studio system or the (now) world media conglomerates. Non-Hollywood cinema industries, working outside the Hollywood system find it increasingly difficult to exist because of the enormous costs involved in the production, distribution and promotion of film and because the traditional distribution platforms are flooded with popular Hollywood cinema. This has also been the case in South Africa. The 2001 INDABA of the newly found National Film and Video Foundation called for the exploration of new opportunities for film development through new media technologies. This call emphasised the need to analyse the significance of the Internet on the South African cinema industry. This study was mainly conducted through an investigation of literary sources and an extensive investigation into new media entertainment on the Internet. Due to the ever-changing nature of the Internet, information and research examples that was analysed can be invalid or outdated in the near future. The extensive list of web sites at the end of the study serve to facilitate further reading and discovery of the subject. i University of Pretoria etd – Niemand, E C (2003)


Morgan, Pamela J., May, 1996 Weight Suppression and Its Effects on the Management of Eating Behaviors Director: D. Balfour Jeffrey, This investigation examined the effects ei suppression on the management of eating behaviors in a conventional restraint ice-cream taste test paradigm. All 58 female participants were restrained eaters as defined by the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire-Cognitive Restraint scale and classified as either high or low in weight suppression using the Weight Suppression Index (WSI). Weight suppressors are those persons who have successfully employed a weight-1oss diet and have kept the weight off for an extended period of time. The WSI = {(highest weight ever current weight)/ ideal weight X 100}. Under the pretense of a taste perception test, one half of subjects received a high calorie milkshake preload and the other half did not. The amount of ice-cream consumed was the measure of interest. The grams of ice-cream consumed were as follows: the high weight suppression (HWS) No Preload group (mean 97.74 gm, SD 64.01), low weight suppression (LWS) No Preload group (mean 85.33 gm, SD 58.7), the HWS Preload group (mean 79.70, SD 42.58), and the LWS Preload group (mean 78.04, SD 38.32). The 2x2 Analysis of Variance indicated no significant differences between the groups. The investigation failed to replicate many earlier restraint studies in which restrained eaters commonly consume more following a disinhibiting preload than those in the no preload condition, providing further evidence that restraint is not a homogeneous construct. It also failed to replicate a previous weight suppression study which found that high weight suppressors consumed less than low weight suppressors following a preload. Implications for further weight suppression studies are discussed. In particular, the findings question the reliability of using self-report measures for determining an individuals' weight suppression index.


Filtration is one of the dewatering unit operations used in iron ore beneficiation plants. It is used for dewatering of both concentrate and tailing. In present study filtration of iron ore concentrate was investigated by using a novel filter aid FAM-110 developed by M/s: Innocule Materials and Additives Private Limited. The studies were conducted in laboratory scale vacuum leaf and pilot pressure filters. Subsequently, the product was also tried in a plant pressure filtration unit. Plant scale filtration trial showed that addition of FAM-110 was able to reduce the moisture of filter cake from 10.25% to 8.72%, with same operating parameters. Reduction of surface tension and enhancement of contact angle are responsible for improved dewatering. The degree of moisture reduction depends on the particle size, reagent dosage, conditioning, and other process variables. It was found that addition of FAM 110 enables the plant to achieve an additional moisture reduction of around 1.5% without affecting the filtration rate, which is substantial.


Rearing of Heliothis virescens (F.) on diets containing 0.1–10.0 g rubidium chloride (RbCl)/liter had no adverse effects, and the resulting moths were labeled with elevated levels of Rb. However, lower levels of RbCl in males treated with 0.1 g approached the highest levels in insects from untreated diets. Some of the spermatophores transferred by labeled males were labeled.


Individual automated colleagues help diminishing the manual endeavours being put by the people in their everyday errands. In this paper, proposed a review on voice-controlled human right hand robot. The human voice directions are given to the human automated colleague remotely, by utilizing a voice order of client. The robot can perform various developments, turns, start/stop activities and migrate an article starting with one spot then onto the next and offering things to the matured individuals in the home. The voice directions are handled, utilizing an advanced mobile phone. The individual human right hand robot is created on a smaller scale controller based stage and can know about its present area. The viability of the voice control conveyed over a separation is estimated through numerous examinations. Execution assessment is completed with consequences of the underlying investigations. The developments to be forecasted are possibly referring to the applications in ventures, medical clinics and how, including the environmental laboratories.


........................................................................................................................................... ii Dedication ....................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... iv Vita .................................................................................................................................................... v List of Figures ................................................................................................................................. ix Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Scope of the Study....................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Understanding Fun ................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Defining fun for design (fun by design) ................................................. 4 2.2 The Funtinnum — a qualitative visualization of fun .......................... 6 2.3 Describing the Funtinuum ....................................................................... 8 2.4 Illuminating specific fun experiences .................................................... 10 2.5 The importance of friends for having "fun" .......................................... 11 2.6 Other fun research ..................................................................................... 13 2.6.1 Thomas Malone: challenge, fantasy and curiosity ............................................................... 13 2.6.2 Brandtzaeg et al: enjoyable technology ................. 14 2.6.3 John Carroll: why various levels of engagement can be fun ............................................. 18 2.6.4 Darren Reed: social fun ........................................... 19 2.6.5 Patrick W. Jordan: The Four Pleasures ................. 19 2.6.6 Stephen Draper: fun as a software requirement . 21 2.6.7 Fun and games ........................................................... 22 2.6.8 How existing research maps to the Funtinuum .. 24


This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, leverage and company size on the disclosure of corporate social responsibility. The independent variables in this study are profitability, leverage and firm size, while the dependent variable is corporate social responsibility. The population in this study are food and beverage sub-sector manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018 2021. The data used in this study are annual report data and a quantitative approach. The sampling method used purposive sampling method. The analytical method used in this study used multiple linear regression analysis with the help of SPSS (Statistical Product and Services Solutions) version 25. The number of samples in this study were 36 observations in 9 companies observed for 4 years. The results of this study indicate that profitability, leverage and company size have no effect on corporate social responsibility. Taken together, the same profitability, leverage and company size do not affect the disclosure of corporate social responsibility.


Glycosylation of a synthetic aglycone using precursor-directed biosynthesis is facilitated by a chemical ketosynthase "knockdown" of the apoptolidin producer Nocardiopsis sp. This synthetic approach facilitated the preparation of an unnatural disaccharide derivative of apoptolidin D that substantially restores cytotoxicity against H292 cells and deconvolutes the role of the decorating sugars in apoptolidin bioactivity.


Primary Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Appendix: A Case Report Monma SE1*, Shida D2, Taniguchi H3, Ota T1, Iwamoto M1 and Kanemitsu Y4 1Department of Surgery Division, Gyotoku General Hospital, Ichikawa-city, Chiba, Japan 2Division of Frontier Surgery, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku,Tokyo, Japan 3Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 4Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan


Phenomenological Landau-Lifshitz equations with appropriate boundary conditions are applied to the study of nonlinear surface spin waves in a semiinfinite ferromagnet with an easy-axis magnetic anisotropy. It is shown that the number of possible types of spin waves depends on the precession frequency and on the surface magnetic anisotropy


Near optimal decoding of good error control codes is generally a difficult task. However, for a certain type of (sufficiently) good codes an efficient decoding algorithm with near optimal performance exists. These codes are defined via a combination of constituent codes with low complexity trellis representations. Their decoding algorithm is an instance of (loopy) belief propagation and is based on an iterative transfer of constituent beliefs. The beliefs are thereby given by the symbol probabilities computed in the constituent trellises. Even though weak constituent codes are employed close to optimal performance is obtained, i.e., the encoder/decoder pair (almost) achieves the information theoretic capacity. However, (loopy) belief propagation only performs well for a rather specific set of codes, which limits its applicability.
In this paper a generalisation of iterative decoding is presented. It is proposed to transfer more values than just the constituent beliefs. This is achieved by the transfer of beliefs obtained by independently investigating parts of the code space. This leads to the concept of discriminators, which are used to improve the decoder resolution within certain areas and defines discriminated symbol beliefs. It is shown that these beliefs approximate the overall symbol probabilities. This leads to an iteration rule that (below channel capacity) typically only admits the solution of the overall decoding problem. Via a Gauss approximation a low complexity version of this algorithm is derived. Moreover, the approach may then be applied to a wide range of channel maps without significant complexity increase.


Around the world, particularly in the United States, debates about environmental protection have become ever-more fractious and polarized, following a radical shift in the collective understanding of environmental challenges and the appropriate responses to them. Whereas in the 1970s and the 1980s, environmental protection took the form of government-led action and intergovernmental treaty making, today it comes primarily under the heading of market capitalism and technological optimism. Sabin's The Bet traces the growing politicization of, and free-market triumphalism around, environmental matters since the late 1960s in the context of the highly public wager between Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon that has become the stuff of legend in environmental circles.


Natural disasters such as hailstorms are now frequent and negatively impact smallholder farmers' livelihoods. In these events, there is a need for robust and innovative techniques for monitoring the extent of their damage in smallholder croplands to optimise production. In this regard, this study sought to evaluate the utility of drone-derived multispectral data in estimating crop health elements (i.e., equivalent water thickness (EWT), chlorophyll content, and leaf area index (LAI) of maize crops in smallholder croplands using the random forest regression algorithm. A hailstorm occurred in the study area during the reproductive stage 2 -3 and 3 to 4. EWT, Chlorophyll content and LAI were measured before and after the storm. Results of this study showed that there could be optimally estimated Equivalent water thickness, Chlorophyll content, and leaf area index based on the red edge and its spectral derivatives. Specifically, EWT was estimated to a RMSEs of 5.31gm -2 and 27.35 gm -2 , R 2 of 0.88 and 0.77, while Chlorophyll exhibited RMSEs of 87.4 and 76.2, and R2 of 0.89 and 0.80 and LAI yielded a RMSEs of 0.6 m 2 m -2 and 0.19 m 2 m -2 , before and after the hail damage, respectively. The findings of this study illustrate the prospects of utilizing UAVs in proximal sensing of crop productivity.


The unit selection problem aims to identify a set of individuals who are most likely to exhibit a desired mode of behavior, for example, selecting individuals who would respond one way if encouraged and a different way if not encouraged. Using a combination of experimental and observational data, Li and Pearl derived tight bounds on the"benefit function", which is the payoff/cost associated with selecting an individual with given characteristics. This paper extends the benefit function to the general form such that the treatment and effect are not restricted to binary. We propose an algorithm to test the identifiability of the nonbinary benefit function and an algorithm to compute the bounds of the nonbinary benefit function using experimental and observational data.


This paper introduces the development of international marine standard and the challenge to China's shipbuilding standardization,and expounds that we should recognize the differences,solve the main problems and increase technology content if China wants to become a shipbuilding power.And it points out that to develop shipbuilding standard by the systematic method of comprehensive standardization is a practical way to enhance the quality of the industry.


The improvement of the mechanical properties of the hot rolled products is directly related to the rolling process, concerning the reduction schemes and cooling conditions. These operational parameters influence the steel internal microstructure and therefore mechanical properties. In order to link the mechanical properties of the final product with plant operational conditions there are some intermediate variables that must be solved, like thermal field in the steel section and its microstructure evolution. Recrystallization, grain growth, precipitation and phase change models, which are dependent on steel composition and process variables, are able to predict the microstructure evolution along the rolling process. At the same time, the thermal field prediction can be solved by an appropriate mathematical model that takes into account all related effects such as roll contact, volumetric heat generation during the strip reductions or scale effects, apart from the thermal conduction in the strip thickness. Once these models get solved, it is straight forward to obtain another important data like roll power or roll torque, which are the key for considering roll wear and other economical aspects. The global idea is to get operational plant data and steel composition, and to calculate the prediction of the thermal history of the process, the microstructure during the processing time and the final mechanical properties. An overview of the lay out is presented in figure1.


This study aims; 1) to describe Masudul Alam Choudhury and Milton Friedman version of monetary policy, 2) to describe the comparison of Masudul Alam Choudhury and Milton Friedman thoughts on monetary policy, 3) to describe the relevance of Masudul Alam Choudhury and Milton Friedman version of monetary policy to monetary policy in Indonesia. The research method used is a qualitative method with a literature review type. The results showed that; 1) Choudhury put forward the endogenous theory of money in Islam, where the central bank as the monetary authority only facilitates the circulation of the money supply volume so that the amount is accordance with actual spending and not spending demand expectation, 2) Friedman argues that money only affects inflation and does not affect economic growth, therefore monetary policy must be directed only affects at controlling inflation and not directed at influencing real economic activity, 3) The relevance of Choudhury and Friedman economic thinking regarding monetary policy on monetary policy in Indonesia can be seen from the implementation monetary policy implemented by Bank Indonesia.


The structure of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP; 1methyl-2-pyrrolidinone) was determined at 168K. Crystal data: m.p. 249K, monoclinic P2 I/c, a = 6 . 2 2 1 ( 3 ) , b = 1 2 . 0 7 6 ( 2 ) , c=7 .529 (4 ) ,~ , f l = 111.03 (2) °, V = 527.9 (4) ,~3, Z = 4, D x = 1.247 Mg m -3, /x = 0.082 mm -I, R = 0.058 for 1190 unique reflections. It adopts a slightly puckered ring conformation in the solid state, which is intermediate between a twist and an envelope conformation. The N-methyl group takes part in two almost linear intermolecular C H. • .O hydrogen bonds to neighbouring keto groups [d(H. • -O) ~ 2.57 (2)/ 2.65 (2) A, d(C. • .O) = 3.552 (2)/3.482 (2) A, angle (C--H. • .O) = 160 (1)/148 (2)°], which cause a notable deviation from its usually preferred conformation with one C H bond being almost eclipsed to the adjacent N C amide bond. These findings are substantiated by force-field and high-level ab initio calculations on isolated NMP molecules.


Background Previous studies have examined symptom clusters in children with acute leukemia, yet a knowledge gap persists regarding central symptom clusters and their influencing factors. By identifying these central clusters and associated factors, healthcare providers can enhance their understanding and effective management of symptoms. Our study seeks to address this gap by identifying symptom clusters, exploring central clusters, and investigating the demographic and health-related factors associated with these clusters in children with acute leukemia undergoing chemotherapy. Methods A total of 586 children with acute leukemia from January 2021 to April 2023 were recruited from China. They were investigated using Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale 10-18 during chemotherapy. The principal component analysis was used to identify the symptom clusters. An association network was conducted to describe the relationships among symptoms and clusters. A multiple linear model was used to investigate the associated factors for the severity of overall symptoms and each symptom cluster. Results Five clusters were identified, including oral and skin cluster, somatic cluster, self-image disorder cluster, gastrointestinal cluster and psychological cluster. Gastrointestinal cluster was the most central symptom cluster. Age, sex, clinical classification, number of having chemotherapy and education degree and marital status of the primary caregiver are associated with the severity of these five symptom clusters. Conclusion Our study highlights the importance of evaluating symptom clusters in children with acute leukemia during chemotherapy. Specifically, addressing gastrointestinal symptoms is crucial for effective symptom management and overall care.


Human Body Communication (HBC) technique uses human body as communication channel for transferring various physiological data. Like humans, plants are also composed of different types of tissues with highly specialized functions. For feasibility study of electrical signal transmission through plant body; two pair of electrodes viz. one pair for the transmitter and one pair for the receiver involving stem of full Mangifera Indica plant by using capacitive coupling has been setup. The signal transmission through the different parts of stem of different thickness has been analyzed in time domain at 100 kHz. Different channel lengths have been used for capacitive coupling and different electrode distance has been used for galvanic coupling under similar environmental conditions at room temperature. Effect of positioning the ground electrode in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to signal electrode in galvanic coupling has also been investigated and reported in this paper.


The authors have conducted shaking table tests for full-sized furniture generally provided in offices, hospitals and apartments. The test results showed that there was a significant correlation between floor excitation amplitudes and furniture damages. Also, the test results proved that seismically isolated buildings exhibited noticeable performance to protect indoor furniture from serious earthquakes. While, response vibration of a building floor to a certain ground motion requires the construction of adequate model for time history analysis. The paper introduces a method to estimate maximum response values of a general building by providing only the number of stories, story height, major structural material, ground motion intensity, and a little additional information. By combining the shaking table test results and this response evaluation method, the authors propose a simple prediction method to evaluate damages of furniture placed on the floor of the building in concern. This prediction method is further coded to a visual aided computer program, thus not only structural engineers, but also architects, owners and inhabitants can easily grasp the seismic safety of their furniture subjected to earthquake excitations.


AIM
To dress biologic and histopathologic aspects of the prostatic cancer in urologic hospital center about a set of digital transrectal guided biopsies.

METHODOLOGY
It is a prospective study realized between January 2002 and March 2002 (26 months) studying patients with positive prostatic biopsy.

RESULTS
Seventy two cases of prostatic cancer were noticed. Mean age of these patients was 69,9 years (54-91 years). Mean rate Total PSA was 134,8 ng/ml (6-2500 ng/ml). Repartition according Gleason score has revealed that only 35% of tumors were well differentiated. The study of correlation between Total PSA rate and Gleason grade has revealed that up to 10 ng/ml Total PSA rate, only 33% of patients had a Gleason grade between 2 and 4 (well differentiated tumor).

CONCLUSION
Actual biologic and histopathologic profile of prostatic cancer lays emphasis on later management.