There are no explicit provisions on paternity testing in china law,which brings about abnormal applio- cable.Paternity testing is a professional technological work with highly liablity,which is related to interests of peo- ple and families and social stability.It is the key to deal with paternity testing that we should standardize paternity test procedure,way and treatment way when one party or the third person refuses to carry on paternity test rational- ly.In order to standardize paternity test in a healthy way,we have to set up the system of parent-offspring's evalu- ation committee,legal qualification department and system of asserting of surveyor's human quality and unifiy pater- nity test technological quality level.It is very important to allot the burden of proof of the party concerned and therefore to protect the best interests of children.


How to reduce disturbance of sensitive electric power consumer caused by voltage sag has become a problem urgent to be solved,dynamic voltage restorer is one of the effective measures to resolve this power quality problem.Considering the capability of voltage inject and energy compensation of DVR,some of voltage compensation strategies of DVR have been analyzed and compared,a new compensation strategy have also been proposed and simulated by MATLAB in this paper.Results of simulation testify the validity and superiority of this scheme.


an expression of irresistible popular outcry, and an augury for drastic departures in the economy and polity. The first two decades of the PRC witnessed an eventful advance, with occasional brakes, towards the professed aim of socialist construction ending in the earth-shaking Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR). The prevailing state constitution (1954), remained suspended in chaos. For nearly a decade following, about one-fourth of the humanity lived with no legal assurance of


The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including an LED backlight unit, a liquid crystal display panel; A printed circuit board to provide a signal to the liquid crystal display panel; LED backlight unit that provides light to the liquid crystal display panel; The LED connected to the backlight unit and the printed circuit board and LED Is provided with a large flat blade of the Lookup Table flexible printed circuit film and; Connecting the printed circuit board and the liquid crystal display panel, and the large and characterized by comprising a comprising panel flexible printed circuit film to the joint that is Lookup Table is bonded, is easy to bond between the panel FPC and LCD FPC, and reduces the bond area It improves productivity and lowers manufacturing costs. Panel FPC, FPC LED, LED backlight, a flexible printed circuit board


The present invention relates to a rotary-type tabletting machine comprising: a rotor rotatable about a vertical rotation shaft is driven, and having a die plate (4), said die plate (4) with a die aperture (5) , by means of the punch for the manufacture of tablets in the interior of the die aperture; at least one filling station; at least one pressing station; and at least one tablet outlet (20), for the removal of the produced tablets said rotary tableting machine, the tablet discharge outlet (13) associated with the discharge apparatus, according to the control signal, the tablet can be supplied as a single tablet to the tablet outlet (20) (21), a first passage or tablet can be supplied as tablets to the tablet outlet of the second flow passage (22) (20). In order to better conform the case of tablets required to achieve an increased production output, the weighing apparatus with a weighing cell (40) is incorporated in the load outlet (20) from a first channel ( 21) by means of a tablet can supply passage (28) supplied to the weighing apparatus.


A great political and economic crisis, as well as a series of armed conflicts during the last decade contributed to degradation and threat to perspective and prosperity in Serbia. Serbia is in the period of economic and political stabilization after a post-conflict stage. The rule of law, which is based on division of power, provides the essential legal framework for democratic governance. The preventive and control mechanisms are therefore efficient, while the judiciary is protected from undesired influences.


The threads of several arguments currently under consideration in various areas of research and practice in counseling are woven together to provide a slightly altered view of the scientist-practitioner model in counseling.


The aim of the research is to assess the influence of a student's access to the internet for the purpose of looking for academic information and how this impacts on their relationship with the lecturer in the classroom environment, including the Expert and Referent relationships. The study also assesses the impact on students, especially the academic engagement within the classroom. Academic engagement in this study includes self-confidence, self-reliance and connectivity.


Successful technology management in the contemporary business environment requires the ability to rapidly translate new ideas into viable commercial products that serve the needs of the market place. Delays experienced during the development of new products only impede the rate of progress that is so critical to the success of the technology-intensive firm. This study identifies the most common causes of schedule delays based on a detailed examination of 451 delays experienced in 22 major weapon system development programs. This study employs a life cycle framework to examine delays associated with the stages of the new product development process. Technical difficulties experienced in the performance of key stage activities were the most often cited category of delays. Changes to the design were also a frequently reported cause of delay and information, as well as parts, material, equipment and tooling are also prominent reasons for delay. This study concludes with action that technology managers can take to reduce the incidence of delay as they arrive to reshape the world through the introduction of new technologies and products.


Bremsstrahlung emitted by charged particles participating in high energy nuclear interactions is computed on basis of the hydrodynamical model of an elementary act. The fraction of radiated energy is found to he constant whereas bremsstrahlung from point charges is found to increase logarithmically with energy. (tr-auth)


Individual States are required to reduce their emissions in order to meet the collective goal of keeping global warming to an increase of no more 2 °C but ideally strive to limit temperature rises to 1.5 °C. States have expressed ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions although largely have yet to translate them into policies. Inadequate climate mitigation policies may fall foul of the obligation to reduce GHG emissions, which is a due diligence obligation. Making any successful determination would depend on the status of the jurisprudence on the formation of a customary obligation on the prevention of the risk of transboundary harm in climate change-related human rights. Progressive norms in human rights jurisprudence inform the content of the due diligence obligation and positive duties thereunder. The implication is that responsibility for inadequate climate mitigation policies, as supported by the recent jurisprudence on the failure of due diligence duties in context of environment-based human rights, may be invoked. It is noted that arguments have been advanced that the obligation to prevent climate change harm presents challenges in establishing the elements necessary for responsibility, particularly in respect to defining the internationally wrongful act and causation. However, developments in international human rights jurisprudence supports positive due diligence obligations in preventing climate risks, raising the theoretical possibilities of an international decision following Urgenda. This article observes the possibility of such a trend within States' customary obligation to prevent transboundary harm with respect to States' inadequate climate mitigation policies.


When patellar dislocation occurs in the knee joint, surgical treatment is needed as soon as possible. The mechanism of patellar dislocation must be elucidated to ensure optimum surgical treatment of each patient. We studied proximal patellar movement in the standing position. The 3-D geometry of the articular surface of the femur and the patella and the attachment point of the tibial tuberosity were constructed from successive cross-sectional plane MRI images. 3-D patellar movement was constructed from front and side images of the knee joint taken by X-ray video imaging. The force exerted on the patella can be determined from these data. As a result, it was found that the direction of the quadriceps force is parallel to the Mikulitz line on the front view of the knee joint, and the magnitude increases monotonically to 800 Newtons and remains constant thereafter.


This book analyzes the choices and constraints of management within the Bangladesh garment industry and how management negotiates these challenges to ensure the global garment supply chain is sustainable. Exploring the international South Asian garment industry and using middle management and the owners of Bangladeshi factories as a case study, the book assesses the limits and costs of globalization for Bangladesh, and outlines the challenges of the fast-fashion business model for the global market. It focusses on the changing dynamics of the entrepreneur class, how they manage factories and their experiences with Accord-Alliance, and the challenges of sustainability. Within these four broader themes, the author critically examines management strategies towards compliance and labour productivity, transnational governance, buyer-supplier relationships, and power dynamics. This book is the first to explore management's perceptions of workers, buyers, and government through an analysis of four factories which demonstrate the role of mid-level management, how supervisors treat production workers, workers' impact on innovation, welfare programmes as well as CSR policies, and the impact of COVID-19. Offering new perspectives on Bangladesh's garment export industry, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of policy studies, labour studies, South and South-East Asian studies, development studies, international trade, and political science. © 2021 Shahidur Rahman. All rights reserved.


In this letter, a novel two-dimensional crest factor reduction (2D-CFR) technique is proposed. It works together with dual-band digital predistortion (DPD) to enhance the performance of concurrent dual-band or broadband power amplifiers (PAs). During peak detection process, this new method introduces the instantaneous difference between the two bands to determine the amount of reduction. Theoretical analysis is performed to compare the proposed approach and the conventional approaches. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, a broadband PA is excited by a dual-band signal composed of a 5 MHz wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) signal and a 5 MHz long-term evolution (LTE) signal with edge to edge separation of 85 MHz. The experimental results demonstrate that the average error vector magnitude (EVM) is reduced from 3.35% to 1.85% without sacrificing the performance of linearity and efficiency.


Objective:To observe the protective effect and mechanism of trimetazidine on viral myocarditis in mice model. Methods:A total of 201 male mice were randomly divided into 5 groups.Normal control group,n=20,Myocarditis group,n=55,the myocarditis was induced by Coxsackievirus B3(CVB3);Trimetazidine control group,n=20,the normal mice were fed with trimetazidine 10 mg/(kg·d),Low dose group,n=53,myocarditis mice were treated with trimetazidine 10 mg/(kg·d) and High dose group,n=53,myocarditis mice were treated with trimetazidine 20 mg/(kg·d).Effect of trimetazidine on serum levels of cardiac troponin I(cTnI),super oxide dismutase(SOD) and maleic dialdehyde(MDA) were examined and Fas mRNA expression in myocardium was analyzed by real-time PCR. Results:At 7 and 14 days after CVB3 infection,compared with Normal control and Trimetazidine control groups,the serum levels of cTnI,MDA and Fas mRNA expression increased,SOD decreased in Myocarditis,Low dose and High dose groups,P0.05 respectively.At 7 days after infection,compared with Myocarditis group,cTnI and MDA decreased in Low dose and High dose groups,P0.05 respectively.Compared with Myocarditis and Low dose groups,SOD increased,Fas mRNA decreased in High dose group,P0.05 respectively.At 14 days after infection,compared with Myocarditis group,SOD increased,cTnI,MDA and Fas mRNA expression decreased in Low dose and High dose groups,P0.05 respectively. Conclusion:Trimetazidine could decrease the myocardium injury in myocarditis mice model,this might be because of its antioxidant activity and the inhibition of Fas mRNA expression.


Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor in children and adolescents, and numerous patients either are not sensitive to chemotherapy or develop drug resistance to current chemotherapy regimens. Therefore, it is necessary to develop several potentially useful therapeutic agents. We investigated the potential for targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3) to improve the therapeutic outcome. In this study, we initially showed that Stat3 is over-activated in a variety of human osteosarcoma cell lines and clinical samples (20/25cases). Moreover, we evaluated the therapeutic response of targeting Stat3 using shRNA or Stat3 inhibitor (napabucasin). Inhibiting Stat3 delayed tumor growth in vitro by inducing the apoptosis. We have utilized chemotherapy regimen to enrich stem cells in osteosarcoma and found Stat3 was further activated in the enriched stem cells. Next studies suggested napabucasin could decrease the sarcosphere formation and target stem cells in osteosarcoma; Downregulation of stemness markers was observed after U2OS were treated with napabucasin by qRT-PCR. Further investigation found that napabucasin inhibited osteosarcoma growth in vivo without severe side effects. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that Stat3 inhibition has antitumor potential and napabucasin is an effective inhibitor of osteosarcoma stem cells.


In recent years, the question of trust has been researched mainly from such five angles as psychology, ethics, sociology, e-conomics and behavioral science in academic community. However, it is found that the studies remain the superficial phase of positive research and descriptive analysis, and they fail to reveal the development mechanism of trust. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect over the question of trust from philosophical views of ontology, axiology, human science, and being - in - tune - with purpose.


Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of Chinese medicine combined with Western medicine on sepsis and blood coagulation.Methods: Patients were randomly divided into two groups.Treatment group were treated with Qingwenbaidu Drink orally on the basis of routine Western medicine method,while the control group were given routine western medical treatment.The clinical curative effect of the patients in each group and the changes on coagulation indexes after seven days were observed.Results: The significant efficiency,improvement of TCM syndrome score and the score of APACHE Ⅱin the treatment group showed better than those of control group,the extended range of PT,TT,APTT and PLT count decreased were less than that of the control group after the seven days treatment.Conclusion: Traditional Chinese medicine combining Western medicine treatment to treat sepsis can further improve clinical efficacy and improve the abnormal coagulation.


Objective:To study the identification methods of primary uterine atony and false labor,absorb experience to teach a lesson,reduce the rate of cesarean section and neonatal asphyxia rate.Method:125 cases of primary contractions fatigue process of delivery were analyzed retrospectively.Result:125 cases of primary contractions fatigue operation rate was 52.8%,occiput posterior position accounted for 44.8%,macrosomia accounted for 11.2%,accounted for 14.4%,fetal distress,neonatal asphyxia,postpartum hemorrhage accounted for 14.4%,accounted for 20%.Conclusion:Primary uterine atony is dystocia warning,should pay attention to the timely processing,analysis of its causes,reduce the cesarean section rate and postpartum complications,reduce the rate of neonatal asphyxia.


As an art that reflects the body language and rhythm of human body, dance also has high interest and creativity, and it is also an effective way to train children's artistic perception and artistic accomplishment in early childhood teaching, therefore, as one of the compulsory courses for pre-school education, dance course is the key point for the optimization of preschool education. So this paper analyzes on the basic concepts and teaching design of pre-school education dance courses taking from the aspects of curriculum orientation, teaching status, deficiencies and innovation development, to help the pre-school professional dance teachers to clarify teaching objectives.


To the Editor:— The decision of the Judicial Council regarding the activities of Dr. Charles E. Smith, is quite revealing ( JAMA 185 :36 [July 6] 1963). It illustrates the uselessness of the Principles of Medical Ethics in all their artificial obtuseness. As a friend of mine is fond of saying, it always comes back to a matter of fundamental honesty in the individual. It would be a mistake for the AMA to attempt to alter the Principles of Medical Ethics in order to protect physicians who might be perverted by or used as tools for political purposes. Let the medical profession learn what the lawmakers never have: Laws, being man-made, never solve any problem of social behavior. The great superstition of this century is belief in the curative power of legislation. As a matter of fact, we would be grateful for physicians with the courage of Dr. Smith. He should


The subject matter disclosed herein, localized environment associated with the mobile device location system for a method, apparatus, and articles or the like. In an exemplary implementation, a method, in a mobile device may include a step of acquiring one or more signals containing information indicative of the position. It is possible to send this information to one or more servers. In response to sending, the mobile device is capable of receiving the location context identifier (LCI) corresponding to the position specified localized environment. It is possible to transmit the LCI to one or more servers. In response to sending the LCI, associated with LCI, it is possible to receive the location-based data for the localized environment. Location of the mobile device based at least in part on the location-based data, can be determined for the localized environment. Other example implementations are described herein.


The study was conducted in 25 sampling sites in 7 typical cities in Northeast China in April,July and October in 2008 and January in 2009,and the adsorbent tube followed by thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass selective detector(TD-GC-MSD) technique were selected to sampling and analyze.Based on the analysis results,the spatial distribution and temporal variation of BTEX in the ambient air of Northeast China was studied.The results demonstrate that the concentration of benzene and toluene [(4.19±2.31) μg/m3 and(3.22±1.14) μg/m3,respectively]was highest in BTEX,which accounts for 70%.The rank order of the concentration of BTEX of functional zones is mixing zone industrial zone traffic zone residential areacultural and educational area clear area.The concentration of BTEX in heating period is higher than that of non-heating period,which attributed to the emission source and meteorological condition.The wind direction frequency influences the BTEX concentration distribution,resulting in the decreasing of the concentration of BTEX to the leeward side.The analyses of the ratio of benzene to toluene shows that the main resource of BTEX in Northeast China was coal burning rather than vehicle exhaust.


For the human-being's body contour distortion problem of the pedestrian object segmentation at the complex indoor and outdoor environment for mobile robot visual applications, a cascaded superpixel pedestrian object segmentation algorithm was proposed for considering background interference. Based on acquiring the global superpixel blocks with the primary superpixel computation, the secondary superpixel achieved the correlation degree of the average color and center point Euclidean distance of each superpixel blocks between inside and outside of the pedestrian saliency detection region, in order to obtain the segmentation of the upright person. With the simulation results, this proposed algorithm is 0.9797 in precision-recall statistical average and has excellent target extraction performance compared to state-of-the-art saliency object segmentation algorithm, so that this algorithm can provide the support for the pedestrian object tracking and autonomous driving applications.


There are results of the histological research of the immune system organs of rabbits after injection with a prophylactic drug «Pneumo-Pro», which includes two components: Streptococcus pneumoniae and 4% ethanol-water extract of propolis. Tentative reseaches on the development of preventive drug «Pneumo-Pro» showed enhancement of post-vaccination immunity in the application on the basis of propolis preparations. Histological reseaches of the diverticulum of the ileum and appendix found a significant amount of lymphoblasts, frequently visualized mitosis of lymphocytes in the center of submucosal lymphoid nodules is. Large, medium and small lymphocytes, macrophages are located in the dome of submucosal lymphoid nodules. The crown of the lymphoid nodules contains mainly lymphocytes of different maturity. Necrotic cells are rare. There is increase the amount of volume crowded lymphoid nodules in the lamina propria and submucosa in compare with the control group. Most of lymphoid nodules are located under the crypts, only a few of them are in contact with the intestinal lumen. Histological reseaches of the appendix of the experimental group of animals injected with «Pneumo-Pro» found B-lymphocytes, macrophages and interdigitive cells  are located in the periphery of the lymphoblasts. Quite often mitosis of lymphoid cells are visualized. Some lymphocytes are exposed with necrotic changes, resulting in small intervals are present between lymphoid elements. The peripheral part of the lymphoid nodules and interfollicular zone contain a significant number of T-lymphocytes. Crypts are placed above the top of many follicles. In the lamina propria and submucosa of the appendix there are numerous, voluminous accumulations of lymphoid tissue, which form the clusters of submucosal lymphoid nodules. The reseaches indicate an increase in the functional activity of nonspecific factors of resistance and immunobiological reactivity of organism of animals after injection with a prophylactic drug «Pneumo-Pro».


Snakes are iterative energy-minimizing splines controlled by both internal constraint forces (internal energy) and external forces (external energy). This paper investigates the use of snakes for the resolution of conflicts in polygonal subdivisions (i.e., polygon maps or polygon mosaics) resulting from the violation of metric constraints which exist if a polygonal object is too small, too narrow, or too close to another polygon. Such metric conflicts are denoted as size and proximity conflicts. In the generalization of polygonal subdivisions, internal energy reflects the resistance of an object to deformation and external energy describes the need for generalization. This paper suggests the usage of a snakes-based algorithm which is triggered in such a way that it achieves the translation, a local and global increase (or decrease) of polygons, or an arbitrary combination of these transformations, depending on the conflicts encountered. Hence, size and proximity conflicts within a group of polygons can be solved simultaneously and holistically. Furthermore, snakes support the propagation of a change of a polygon's geometry to all adjacent neighbors. The proposed algorithm has been implemented in a prototype system that also supports a variety of other polygon generalization algorithms. The main difficulties identified are the intricate setup and fine-tuning of the snakes parameters and the computer resources required by the algorithm. However, the experiments showed that the proposed algorithm is a valuable method for the automated generalization of polygonal subdivisions.


Monthly average salary, $33. Why the drop in the third year? Vividly remembered is the conversation with a school director, a farmer who occasionally preached funeral sermons. "Mr. Notats, I'd like to teach the Noskan school again. You paid me thirty dollars a month last year. I am applying at thirty-five this year. I get here early in the morning, build fires in the old stove, and I will do all the janitor work." "Board might pay you a little more. But most of the big fellows you had won't be in school this year, just little kids. Not more'n twenty-five all told. We just don't think that's worth over thirty, and we can get a teacher for twenty-five." I was neither so useful nor necessary as I had considered myself. A capable seventeen-year-old lad was employed at thirty dollars a month for six months. The Board saved the district the thirty dollars, got the worth of their money, and no one will ever know whether the school


Using HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) simulation technology during the development of control module for space robot, we can test the software and hardware of the control system, decrease development time and costs. In the paper, the functions and the features of HIL are analyzed, and the structures of HIL are designed. A space robot control system simulation test bed has been developed as a distribute control system. Microprocessor units are adopted to be in charge of the joints and grip running simulation respectively. Central control and dynamics functions are developed on OBC (on-board computer) and an industrial computer. Each modules can exchange data via CAN bus. This test bed can be exploited as a platform for group control strategy research and analysis tools to be used for verifying the kinematics (clearance, interface reach, degrees of freedom), dynamics (computed torque, flexibility), visual accessibility (ability to see the work site) and computation power (control period)


Intracellular signaling is controlled to a large extent by the phosphorylation status of proteins. To determine how human breast cells can be reprogrammed during tumorigenic progression, we profiled cell lines in the MCF10A lineage by phosphoproteomic analyses. A large cluster of proteins involved in RNA splicing were hypophosphorylated as cells progressed to a hyperplastic state, and then hyperphosphorylated after progression to a fully metastatic phenotype. A comprehensive transcriptomic approach was used to determine whether alterations in splicing factor phosphorylation status would be reflected in changes in mRNA splicing. Results indicated that the degree of mRNA splicing trended with the degree of tumorigenicity of the 4 cell lines tested. That is, highly metastatic cell cultures had the greatest number of genes with splice variants, and these genes had greater fluctuations in expression intensities. Genes with high splicing indices were mapped against gene ontology terms to determine whether they have known roles in cancer. This group showed highly significant associations for angiogenesis, cytokine-mediated signaling, cell migration, programmed cell death and epithelial cell differentiation. In summary, data from global profiling of a human model of breast cancer development suggest that therapeutics should be developed which target signaling pathways that regulate RNA splicing.


Abstract Damage caused by lubricant borne particles in rolling/sliding contacts can severely reduce the operational life of machine elements such as cam mechanisms, roller bearings, gears, and pumps. Lubricant supplies frequently contain such contaminating particles, either generated from within the machinery itself or entrained from the surroundings. The particle can be entrained into a lubricated contact and damage the bearing surfaces. Many such individual abrasive actions can lead to significant change in the surface profile of the rolling elements. In this work, a series of experiments has been carried out to investigate the mechanism of this surface damage and abrasion process when the contaminating particles are small and hard. The tests show, how particles are entrained into the contacts, the form of the scratches they produce, and the resulting surface profile changes. On the basis of these observations, a model of the abrasive wear process has been developed. The prediction of abrasive wear compares qualitatively well with observed form change on the bearing surface.


The presence of concomitant nasal disease in the preoperative evaluation of chronic otitis media sugery raises some issues in terms of surgical decision. Empirically a transient tubal dysfunction can result from nasal surgery and it may be associated with failure of tymplanoplasty. This study aims to evaluate the success of tympanoplasty in patients receiving both nasal and tympanomastoidectomy surgery. Retrospective analysis of 6 patients who had undergone simultaneous nasal surgery and tympanoplastic surgery. The overall success rate of tympanic graft and aeration of the middle ear was 83.3%. All patients presented a decrease of the air-bone gap (ABG) with tympanoplasty. The average ABG postoperatively was 23.2 dB. The findings are consistent with the rates described in other studies for tympanoplasty without simultaneous nasal surgery. Our results suggest that concomitant nasal surgery do not impairs the success of tympanoplasty.


Therapy which improves the symptoms and prognosis of chronic heart failure (usually due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction) is currently available. This therapy retards progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to clinical heart failure. When a patient is at risk of clinical heart failure or has features of this condition, it would be valuable to have a readily accessible, cheap, and reliable means of identifying left ventricular dysfunction to accurately direct further investigation or treatment. Measurement of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides, known to be released in greater concentration from the heart in left ventricular dysfunction, might fulfill this role. Unfortunately, many conditions other than isolated left ventricular systolic dysfunction can also elevate plasma concentrations of these peptides. As these conditions often coexist with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, the value of natriuretic peptides in identifying this condition is greatly reduced and makes assays of natriuretic peptide concentrations unlikely to be clinically useful in the primary care setting.


Personal retirement planning is not a mandatory exercise; it is a voluntary preparation for the future. Regrettably, many are unprepared for this. Most people believe retirement planning is necessary just when they are approaching retirement or are too young to consider their retirement years. As such, retirement isn't only about relaxing in the "golden years." Instead, people must plan and invest for retirement to be financially secure during those years. This study will use bibliometric analysis to overview the published scientific literature on retirement planning. The Scopus database compiled all available retirement planning literature. The keyword search yielded 108 documents that were filtered out. In peer-reviewed journals or conference proceedings, all publications were authored in English. Most of these papers were in the subjects of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management, Accounting, and Social Sciences. The bibliometric study summarises the literature on retirement planning and identifies future research opportunities.


Design summer year weather – outdoor warmth ranking metrics and their numerical verification Y Ji, Y Zhang, I Korolija and J Futcher The parametric methods described in the paper will facilitate academics and industry researchers to assess design summer year weather generated by various methods. The research also provides guidance on assessing both overheating occurrence and severity in buildings to assist decision making.


BACKGROUND
Infection is a major complication during circulatory support with a left ventricular assist device (VAD). Changes in device characteristics and treatment practices in the last decade can affect the epidemiology of infection. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) has published recommendations on the prevention and management of VAD infections, but data to support these recommendations remains sparse.

METHODS
We performed a retrospective review of 455 patients who underwent VAD placement from 2009 to 2015. Infection episodes were defined using ISHLT criteria and were also grouped as endovascular or local. Analysis included descriptive statistics.

RESULTS
There were 174 patients (38.6%) with a VAD infection. Infection incidence was 36.9 cases per 100 person-years of VAD support. The driveline was the most common infection site (67.2%). Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria were not satisfied in 29.2% of patients with endovascular infections, and Computed tomography examinations were normal in 37.7% of cases. Gram positive bacteria caused 65.6 % of infections in patients with an available culture. Antimicrobial suppression was used in 72.3% of patients who survived treatment. Median survival after infection was 35 months for patients with VAD-related infections vs 14 months for patients with VAD-specific infections.

CONCLUSIONS
VAD infections continue to be a major complication after implantation. Clinical criteria alone were not predictive of serious infections, and many patients with confirmed infection had normal CTs. Patients with VAD-specific infections had lower median survival than patients with VAD-related infections.


For improving the control of subdivision curves,the method based on employing geometric mean instead of arithmetic mean is proposed in the linear four-point scheme,to obtain nonlinear subdivision scheme,and the parameters is introduced for improving the control of subdivision curves.Convergence theorem of this algorithm and some illustrations will be given at the end of this paper.


In vitro studies indicated that a small amount of propylthiouracil (10-8M) added to the medium significantly increased the total uptake of radioiodine by rat thyroid slices under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and significantly increased radioiodine uptake by sheep thyroid slices under aerobic conditions. Chromatography of the propylthiouracil treated slices indicated a significant increase in total radioactivity, a decrease in the ratio of radioiodide to organic radioiodine compounds (I-/Io), and a decrease in the ratio of radiomonoiodotyrosine to radiodiiodotyrosine (MIT/DIT). There was, in addition, a significant increase in oxygen consumption by rat thyroid slices when treated with small amounts of propylthiouracil. The in vitro results indicate a direct stimulatory effect by small amounts of propylthiouracil on both rat and sheep thyroid slices resulting in an increase in oxygen consumption, radioiodine uptake, and radiodiiodotyrosine formation.


This paper aims to explain the concept of Thomas Lickona's character education based on the study of Islamic psychology. Thomas character education is an educational design oriented to moral knowledge, moral feelings, and moral action. Overall character education can be defined as a way of thinking and behaving based on aspects of knowledge (cognitive), feelings (feeling), and action (action). Islamic psychology is considered relevant in examining aspects of psychology contained in Thomas Lickona's character education. Islamic psychology is literally a science that discusses human behavior and soul based on an Islamic perspective. The existence of a paradigm similarity in the character education of Thomas Lickona and Islamic Psychology is in terms of moral values in Islam called morality. Islamic psychology has three concepts on how to implement a value, namely, aspects of Jismiah, Nafsiyah, and Ruhaniah are concepts in character building, which means there will be integrated structures in realizing the ideal character shape in the scientific frame of Islamic psychology


We present a novel technique to achieve both high efficiency and broad bandwidth in SFG process using adiabatic conversion scheme, adapted from NMR and light-matter interaction. The robustness and tunability of the scheme are discussed.


In recent years,studies on moral education of the one-child family mainly focus on the concept and features of one-child,concept of family moral education and its importance,functions,methods,characteristics and empirical research,etc.Reviewing the research findings are helpful for further study and causes the whole society to concern and value the moral education issue of the one-child families,better improving the comprehensive quality of socialist builders and successors so as to promote their all-rounded development of morality,intelligence physique and aesthetics.


The professional suitability of a driver in motor transport enterprises is often limited by medical indicators, age and experience. Having a driver's license of category B or C, driving experience of at least 3 years and a candidate who has reached the age of 21, within a few months of training can become a bus driver. Taking into account the increased social responsibility of the bus driver's professional activity, it is important to apply an integrated approach to recruitment. The relevance of the work is confirmed by the results of an experimental study of the influence of the level of development of psychophysiological qualities of drivers on accident rates. It was found that at the enterprise in which professional selection of drivers was carried out using psychophysiological testing, the accident rate is 62.5% less than at the enterprise in which testing was not carried out. The aim of the work is to improve road safety in the conditions of using a set of methods of professional selection of drivers, taking into account psychophysiological qualities. The paper uses methods of mathematical statistics, the content component for which was obtained using the software and hardware complex UPDK-MK "Driving School" JSC (Neurocom). As a result of the conducted research, the possibility of differentiating candidates for the position of driver by types of transport work at the stage of professional selection is proved, which helps to reduce potential driver errors, thereby increasing its reliability and driving safety. Of the total number of candidates, 58% showed a high level of psychophysiological qualities. The distribution of the shares of candidates by types of transport work has been established: urban freight transportation — 31%, intercity freight transportation — 16%, urban passenger transportation — 6% and intercity passenger transportation — 5%. The scientific novelty of the study is the share distribution of successful candidates for the driver's position in the conditions of using a set of techniques that differ from the well-known ones in that at the stage of professional selection it allows differentiating candidates by types of transport work: urban and intercity, freight and passenger transportation. The practical significance of the study is to improve road safety through the use of a differentiated approach to the selection of drivers of motor transport companies, taking into account the transport work performed. Further research is aimed at creating a system for improving the psychophysiological characteristics of drivers and candidates for drivers.


The impact of surges and corrections in residential property prices has been a feature of many international economies in the past two decades and was pronounced as the global financial crisis evolved from 2007 to 2015. Many European states such as Spain and Ireland were severely affected by market corrections, having experienced major property-development surges in the decade to 2007. Factors associated with such surges include a rapid growth in housing demand both for occupation and for investment purposes, often supported by relaxed credit and monetary policy stances. Many jurisdictions, including Ireland, also experienced supportive fiscal regimes, which artificially boosted investment in property acquisition and development, and ineffective planning and zoning regulatory systems for major growth centres leading to sprawl-type patterns of development. Irish residential property prices were at the top range of such international price increases and corrections, with major consequences for the general economy and the property market. This article explores the policy context which shaped the boom and bust and the policy response in place for market recovery.


To study the mechanical performances of HPC beam mixed with CFRP/GFRP rebars during the whole course,a new three-dimensional nonlinear beam-shell composite element was derived.After the degraded shell element theory was introduced,the prestressed CFRP rebar was modeled by a spatial beam element and then based on the compatibility of displacements and rotations of the nodes of CFRP rebar element,the contribution in the stiffness matrix by the prestressed CFRP element to the beam-shell composite element was completed.The GFRP rebar and HPC beam were both modeled by the layered shell element.Combined with Jiang-yielding and Madridhardening criteria which were used to depict the material nonlinearity of concrete,a new nonlinear beam-shell composite element was put forward.The nonlinear analytical procedure was compiled.The calculations are in good agreements with experiment results,which shows the efficiency of the studied nonlinear beam-shell composite element and the reliability of the gained nonlinear procedure and the correctness of the adopted criteria of material nonlinearity of concrete.By the composite element,the configuration of CFRP rebar is precisely expressed and the performances such as tension,suppression,torsion and bending are comprehensively considered,which helps to synthetically embody the reinforcement of assembled rebars to the structure.


Using previously determined optimized reaction conditions, an ultrasound-enhanced bioscouring process was scaled to ten-gallon capacity and a system of rollers was added, which allowed for continuous fabric feed and equipment operation. UV-Vis spectrophotometric data from bioscoured fabric samples confirmed pectin removal and provided evidence that the combination of ultrasound and enzymes was an environmentally sustainable alternative to the present-day caustic scouring method.


With the pace of the Chinese economic integrating into the world economic quickening and the number of enterprises across the industry, the area and the country increasing continually, the standardization requirement on the segmental report preparation has been made constantly.In order to adjust to the quick development of our economic, and standardize the activities of the manufacturing and management of the enterprise, the Ministry of Finance published Accounting Standard of Enterprise-Segment Report(Seeking Opinion Draft) in November, 2001. The papaer discusses the relative issues on the preparation scope, segment division and the analysis of Segment report, then puts forward some advices for the draft.


When a saturated compressible soil of low permeability is loaded, the fluid present in the soil's pore space inhibits the volumetric strain necessary to transfer the load to the soil skeleton, and this phenomenon manifests itself in the development of excess pore pressures in the pore fluid of the soil. This phenomenon has long been recognized in the construction of large earth structures, such as earth dams; however, it is not limited to earth structures and also occurs beneath any structure that applies a load to an underlying soil foundation. Furthermore, the soil need not be fully saturated for pore pressures to develop. The pore water pressures generated in this way dissipate over time; however, they can have an adverse effect on the stability of a structure both during and immediately subsequent to construction. Consequently, it is important for the designer to be able to estimate the magnitude of these pore pressures at any point during construction so the data can be incorporated into conventional slope stability analyses. In addition, the ability to estimate the rate at which pore pressures dissipate enables the designer to develop a plan for staged construction of the embankment if required by the specific site conditions.


Cognitive radio is a promising approach to ensuring the coexistence of heterogeneous wireless networks since it can perceive wireless conditions and freely switch among different network modes. When there are many network opportunities, how to decide the appropriate network selection for CR user's current service is the main problem we study in this paper. We make full use of the intelligent characteristic of CR user and propose a fuzzy learning based network selection scheme, in which the network selection choice is made based on the estimated evaluations of available networks. Multiple factors are considered when estimating these evaluations. Both the outer environment factors directly sensed by CR user (signal strength of the available network and network mode), and also the factor that cannot be determined beforehand and is learnt by our scheme (the bandwidth allocated by the optional network) are considered. From several interactions with the wireless environment, the experience of network selection behavior is accumulated which will direct our scheme to make a proper decision of the network. Two simulations verify that our scheme could not only guarantee a better bandwidth requirement of CR user compared with other three network selection methods, but also shows it to be a reasonable scheme for utilizing the available resources of these networks.


This study investigated the relationship between foot size and human balance performance. The balance performances of 30 female subjects (15 young, 15 elderly) were assessed by a force platform system. Mean sway velocity, balance strategy score and composite equilibrium score (CES) were used to quantify balance performances from three different aspects. Correlation analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between foot sizes and human balance measures. The results showed that most foot size measures (with or without normalizations) have significant correlations on mean sway velocity and balance strategy score, but no relationship with CES. In general, the bigger the foot size, the lower mean sway velocity and the bigger the normalized foot size, the higher balance strategy score (more ankle strategy), especially for the young group.


In photovoltaic(PV) power generation systems,the output of PV array is vulnerable to surroundings.The P-V curve of PV array contains several peaks under partially shaded condition(PSC) so that conventional maximum power point tracking(MPPT) methods can hardly find the real maximum power point(MPP).To avoid that happens,this paper proposes an optimized MPPT strategy,which is not only fit for PSC but also suitable for uniform shaded condition(USC).Comparing the optimized MPPT strategy and conventional MPPT methods,this paper illustrates the improved performance of optimized strategy under PSC.The simulation and experiment results show that the optimized strategy can obtain the evidence that shaded condition has occurred and tracks the global MPP precisely to improve the efficiency of PV systems


To meet growing urbanization challenges, technology offers solutions for the optimization of processes and services in cities via the development of a Smart City. Sensor networks, data repositories, and data analytics are current processes that are used to manage Smart City infrastructure, where complexity, resilience and interoperability are key issues for emergent Urban Operative Systems. This concept can allow for dealing with complexity based on similar principles of computer operating systems. Hence, the work of this thesis is related to creating the foundations of an Urban OS for a Smart City. To validate this concept, we will use the Smart Cities Living Lab at CUCEA UDG. The aim is to implement a sensor network to track different variables of a 50-hectare surface representing a micro city to create city dataset prototypes to measure the Smart City status. To achieve this goal, an Urban Operating System is proposed to carry out the administration of the different types of interconnected devices, referencing the Internet of Things (IoT) in the field of Smart Cities.


Objective: Despite the improved healthcare and frequent community-ridden educational awareness campaigns, the prevalence of diabetes is enormously increasing and 50% of the Malaysian adults with diabetes are still unaware of their disease status. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the awareness of diabetes mellitus (DM) among the general public of Shah Alam, Malaysia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in five urban areas of Shah Alam. A total of 350 participants were conveniently recruited using a pre-validated questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised two main parts, including the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and a 24-item Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Science® using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The overall mean (±standard deviation) score of DM knowledge of participants was 11.11±6.09. Among 350 respondents, more than half claimed that medication is more important than lifestyle modification in DM management. 81.7% did not know about the frequent urination and thirst are signs of DM. 82.3% had a misconception that diabetes is caused by failure of the kidneys to keep sugar out of the urine. The knowledge score was statistically significant difference across the categories of level of education, monthly income, occupations, and family history of diabetes.Conclusion: Majority of enrolled respondents possessed moderate level of awareness and misconceptions regarding diabetes and its management. Hence, there is a need for collective efforts toward improving the level of awareness through community awareness campaigns, to improve the self-management of DM.


Film-makers verge on the ethnographical in their study of organizations. This paper discusses four films about business, and how the film-makers invoked a narrative strategy to portray contemporary perspectives on organizational life during the emergence of post-modern society. The remembered shards of a life in The Power and Glory (1933) reflected America's ambiguity towards robber barons. The comedy of manners surrounding the middling clerk in The Apartment (1960) conveyed America's questions about White Collar life. The quest for a voice to speak out against the system in The China Syndrome (1979) beat to the electronic countdown pace of the self-destruction of a nuclear reactor. The historical realism of Wall Street (1987) overwhelmed the viewer with information about a system where information is money.


Pulse oximeter is a common and important instrument in medical clinic, which uses the photoplethysmography to measure oxygen saturation ratio (SpO2). However, the photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal is easily corrupted by the motion artifact when SpO2 is measured in a dynamic scenario. Moreover, the probe of most pulse oximeters available in the market is finger-type clip, which is only suitable in the static scenario. This study aims to develop a wearable forehead pulse oximeter which could be used in a dynamic scenario, and uses two classification approaches, support vector machine (SVM) and convolutional neural network (CNN), for evaluating the qualities of its PPG signals. The higher the quality of PPG signals, the higher the accuracy of SpO2 values. The SVM classified the SQI of PPG signal by twelve statistic features calculated from 7-second PPG segment. In the CNN approach, the PPG signals converted to an image was used as the input. The VGG-19 model, was then used to evaluate the SQI of PPG segments. Twenty subjects were recruited to perform the static and dynamic experiments. For the dynamic experiment, subjects ran on a treadmill with three different speeds, 3 km/hour, 5 km/hour and 7 km/hour. Experimental results indicated that the accuracies of SVM and CNN for SQI classifications were 89.9 ± 1.18 % (mean ± deviation %) and 88.7 ± 1.54%, respectively. Then, the dynamic data were used to test the two classification models which were trained by the static data. The accuracies of SVM and CNN for SQI classifications were 89.5 ± 3.87% and 86.2 ± 4.28%, respectively. The error ratios of SpO2 in the case of static condition before and after the SQI classification with the SVM were respectively 5.6 ± 6.6% and 1.9 ± 1.1%. The results suggested that the performance of SVM was better than CNN.


D R. ADLER'S thesis is based on the theory that with the &dquo;~ women's movement, and the growing female ability to make her way in all walks of life-many of which were previously closed to her-she has also shown herself capable of getting to the top in crime. As women lose their image of themselves as the passive, subservient creatures they were in the past, they have risen to the top of every profession, and have also moved into &dquo;hard&dquo; crime, including crimes of violence. The book is very well written and shows wide erudition. It describes in some detail the legal and social discrimination which has been practised against women-much of it originally designed for the protection of women as the weaker and more vulnerable


In the case of (1), we are supposed to have asked Stephen Neale how his dinner party went last night (Neale 1990: 94–95) and received this as the reply. Obviously, we do not take Neale to be saying that everyone in the world was sick; we interpret him as saying that everyone who attended his dinner party was sick. How, then, do we come to incorporate the property of attending Neale's dinner party into the proposition expressed, when it does not seem to be the denotation of any overt lexical items in the utterance? In uttering (2), I might be asserting that I have not eaten dinner today (Bach 1994: 135–136), even though I do not use any audible words meaning 'dinner' or 'today'. (I might thereby intend to create an implicature to the effect that we should go to a restaurant.) And in saying (3), I might be claiming that it is raining at 11.59pm on Halloween 2008 in Arkham, Massachusetts, even though I do not appear to mention any place (Perry 1986, Stanley 2000, Recanati 2002, 2004, 2007, Marti 2006, Neale 2007). I will be concentrating on two questions about implicit content. The first is the question of the level of representation at which implicit content first makes its presence felt. Are there unpronounced items in the syntax of the sentence uttered whose semantic value is implicit content? If so, what are their syntactic properties? Or does implicit content leave no trace, as it were, in the syntax but appear only in conceptual representations or the language of thought?


Traditionally, tuberculosis (TB) has been considered as a pulmonary disorder. But nearly 17.9% of TB cases represent only with extrapulmonary manifestations (1). Breast tuberculosis is variable and nonspecific, so the diagnosis is usually delayed (2). In this paper, we present seven patients with a palpable, tender or non-tender mass in their breasts, in addition, the trend of diagnosis and treatment as cases of breast tuberculosis. Seven married Persian women during 2005 to 2010 were referred to an academic hospital affiliated to Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Northeast of Iran due to breast masses unresponsive to routine antibiotics. They had no remarkable changes in physical examinations except for discharging or dry wounds, nodule or redness in the breast. The mean (±SD) of age was 33.5 (±6.74) years old (range= 27-35). History of pulmonary TB reported in only one of our patients. A lag time of 21-150 days was reported between the symptom onset and the diagnosis. No mammographic abnormalities found in 4 patients. Tissue biopsy was taken from all of them and AFB was extracted from the discharges. All of these cases were treated and recovered after the beginning of anti-TB drugs. Response to treatment was defined as negative cultures. The only risk factor of these patients was young age (27-35 years) that has been reported to increases vulnerability to breast TB in young, married; multiparous women who had breast-feed (34).Only one of our patients reported a previous history of TB. This was in contrast the other literatures where reported the secondary form (patient has a prior history of TB) of breast TB more frequent than the primary form which the breast is the only location of infection (3). Therefore, when a woman in reproductive age presents with a palpable lump in breast, the possibility of tuberculosis must be kept in mind and should be included in the differential diagnosis, especially in endemic area for TB (5).


Abstract This study aims to investigate the opinions of psychiatric patients and the general population on the smoking ban in health service facilities. A cross-sectional study was carried out in a mental health outpatient care unit (MHOC; n = 126), a psychiatric hospital (PH; n = 126), and a basic health unit (BHU; n = 126). The participants in the hospital were less in favor of the smoking ban compared with those attending out-of-hospital units (MHOC, 84%; PH, 69%; and BHU, 100%). Subjects with four or more psychiatric admissions (odds ratio (OR), 3.24) and smokers (OR, 3.18) were most likely to agree that patients have the right to smoke in health service facilities. The psychiatric population was less tolerant of the smoking ban, reflecting the culture of smoking in mental health service facilities.


The main features of creation of Edgar Allen Poe's poem—The Bells—is analyzed from the perspective of stylistics.Four aspects of the poem reflect the unique achievement on stylistics: the use of repetition and onomatopoeia in this poem added to the beauty of language;the rigorous choice of words and sentences and the grasp of the profound meaning of the words make the poem has more cultural depth;the flexible syntactic form reasonably reflects the situation of the poem to express emotion;and the harmonious discourse structure reflects the theme of poem and the creative intent of the poet.


Fernando Oliveira (SFRH/BD/65254/2009) acknowledges Fundacao para a Cioncia e Tecnologia, Portugal, for its doctoral grant financial support. Andrea Zille (C2011-UMINHO-2C2T-01) acknowledges funding from Programa Compromisso para a Cioncia 2008, Portugal.


The aim of this research is to create a Madrasah environment to become a lifelong learning environment by cultivating good reading, listening, writing and speaking activities. The research approach is a mixed method combining qualitative and quantitative using random sampling and interview techniques. Sampling is based on the calculation of 10% of the population, thus getting 46 samples. The population in this study were all students of MTsN 16 Jombang. The data collection technique was by distributing questionnaires. The results showed that there was an effect of literacy on students' foreign language skills through the madrasah literacy movement program


Objective:To investigate the effect of valsartan combined with Sodium Ferulate in the treatment of chronic renal failure(CRF).Methods:90 patients with CRF were divided into two groups;the treatment group was given with valsartan and Sodium Ferulate ;the control group was given with calcium channel blocker(CCB),and other antihypertensive.Blood pressure,urinary protein,BUN,serum creatinine and glomerular filtration gate(GFR) of the patients were observed.The period of observation was 12~15 months.Results:The blood pressure of two groups was decreased.Compared with the control group,the urinary protein,BUN,serum creatine of the treatment group decreased more significantly,and the GFR increased(P0.05),Conclusion:Valsartan combined with Sodium Ferulate can delay the progression of CRF.


The beginning of colonisation was the beginning of the end of Indigenous cultures. They have been in a perpetual state of ending ever since. From the nineteenth century to the present, every generation, in some part of the country has been proclaimed the last holders of classical Indigenous culture. Theories of the end of culture have ranged from social evolution to assimilation, while a counter-discourse of continuity and self-determination contests the notion that culture is ending. But there is complete agreement over what is ending or will never end: the 'oldest living culture' in the world. This paper will explore the strange temporality of Indigeneity within the settler-colonial imaginary. Fabian and others have demonstrated the ways that 'anthropological time' produced a secularised, naturalised and spatialised temporality of the 'primitive' who by definition has no future. Through the anthropomorphising of culture and the culturalisation of individuals, the Indigenous person/culture becomes the 40,000 year history of human occupation of the continent.


The uniqueness of coproduct decompositions for algebras over a field.- Rational homotopy-obstruction and perturbation theory.- Geometric cobordism and the fixed point transfer.- Immersions in manifolds of positive weights.- Bp homology and finite H-spaces.- On immersions CPn?R4n-2?(n).- On the exponent and the order of the groups (X).- Stable decompositions of classifying spaces with applications to algebraic cobordism theories.- Fibre preserving maps and functional spaces.- Characterizing universal fibrations.- On orbit sets for group actions and localization.- On free maps and free homotopies into nilpotent spaces.- Conditions for finite domination for certain complexes.- An introduction to shape theory.- Generating curtis tables.- Flag manifolds and homotopy rigidity of linear actions.- Generalized homological reduction theorems.


Male 56 years old patient, who initiates clinical pattern in December, 1994, with declining sensitivity in his left hand's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers, and the addition of paresthesias, myalgias and occasional pain along his left upper limb, becoming progressive with decreased capillary and Raynaud's phenomenon, and further formation of blisters and discharge of purulent, foul-odor liquid. The diagnosis was made of gangrenous pyoderma. Left axillary and subclavian thrombosis was found on performing a phlebography. The arteriographies of the left upper limb showed considerable ischemia at the level of the hand, whereas the right upper limb had normal findings, and the right lower limb showed blood flow decrease in the leg and foot. The decision was made to amputate the distal and medial phalanges of the 2nd to 5th fingers, as the necrosis went on advancing despite the treatment. The histopathological diagnosis was compatible with Buerger's disease, which is an uncommon occlusive inflammatory illness, involving the limbs' small to medium lumen arteries and veins, affecting patients with a history of tobacco smoking.


Age effect of male on male mating ability and progeny number has been studied in D. melanogaster. It was noticed that male at young age had inseminated more females and had produced greater number of progeny than middle aged and old males. Thus these studies suggest that in D. melanogaster remating of male increases male fitness. Further male at young age has greater fitness than middle and old aged males. (Abolhasan Rezaei, M. S. Krishna. Age effect of male on male mating ability and progeny production in D. melanogaster. N Y Sci J 2014;7(1):33-38). (ISSN: 1554-0200). http://www.sciencepub.net/newyork . 4


In this paper, the effect of annealing temperatures on electrode surface roughness and on sensitivity of the SAW detectors in SAW GCS(surface acoustic wave gas Chromatography system) were studied. The electrode surface roughness of the surface acoustic wave (SAW) detector was changed by annealing at different temperatures. The annealing temperatures of 25°C, 200°C and 300°C were chosen for the experiment, and we got that 200°C had the largest electrode roughness. Finally, the SAW detectors obtained at different above mentioned annealing temperatures were used in SAW GC system to detect dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP). The responses have shown that with the increase of annealing temperature, the sensitivity improved obviously for DMMP.


This paper proposes an analysis of fractal dimension of potassium deficiency clay soil in Chiangmai province area. The potassium deficiency clay soil is analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) with 35 expansion rates. The fractal dimension of SEM soil image is calculated by using differential box counting method. The fractal dimensions results from SEM image analysis of soil are approximate 2.0889-2.3320 dimensions that show the complex of soil structure with potassium deficiency. The results from this research are applied to soil analysis for utilization in other agriculture purpose.


Arithmetic blocks consume a major portion of chip area, delay and power. The arithmetic sum-of-product (SOP) is a widely used block. We introduce a novel binary integer linear program (BLP) based algorithm for optimising a general class of mutually exclusive SOPs. Benchmarks drawn from existing literature, standard APIs and constructed for demonstration purposes, exhibit speed improvements of up to 16% and area reduction of up to 57% in a 65nm TSMC process.


This paper clarifies the issues and future challenges that Japanese corporations are facing through discussion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan. And it also clarifies the relationship between CSR, corporate governance, and auditing in Japan while it examines the concept of auditing as corporate auditing. In recent years, we see a growing trend toward discussion of CSR. However, CSR varies depending on the country, region, and corporation while the background to discussion about CSR and the issue and future challenges of CSR vary. We need to examine the background to discussion about CSR and the issues and future challenges of CSR in Japan. Thus, I begin by considering the current status of CSR in Japan. Then I argue corporate governance in Japan because it is necessary to ensure the implementation of CSR. Based on the foregoing discussions, I examine how auditing contributes to reestablishing the mutual trust of corporations and society as well as how auditing must be changed in line with CSR, and present a new analytical framework of auditing as a new view in Japan.


Introduction: The benefits of Directional Bremsstrahlung Splitting (DBS) dose variance reduction technique in BEAMnrc Monte Carlo (MC) code for Oncor® linac at 6MV and 18 MV energies were studied. Methods: An MC model of Oncor® linac was simulated using BEAMnrc MC Code and verified by the measured data for 6 MV and 18 MV energies of various field sizes. Then, Oncor® machine was modeled running DBS technique, and the efficiency of total fluency and spatial fluency for electron and photon, and the efficiency of dose variance reduction of MC calculations was measured. Results: With applying DBS technique, the total fluency of electron and photon increased in turn 626.8 (6 MV), 983.4 (6 MV), 285.6 (18 MV) and 737.8 (18 MV); the spatial fluency of electron and photon improved in turn 308.6±1.35% (6 MV), 480.38±0.43% (6 MV), 153±0.9% (18 MV), and 462.6±0.27% (18 MV). Moreover, by running DBS technique, the efficiency of dose variance reduction for PDD MC dose calculations before maximum dose point and after dose maximum point enhanced 187.8±0.68% (6 MV) and 184.6±0.65% (6 MV), 156±0.43% (18MV) and 153±0.37% (18MV), respectively; the efficiency of MC calculations for lateral dose profile remarkably on the central beam axis and across the treatment field raised in turn 197±0.66% (6 MV), 214.6±0.73% (6 MV), 175±0.36% (18 MV) and 181.4±0.45% (18 MV). Conclusion: Applying dose variance reduction technique of DBS for modeling Oncor® linac with using BEAMnrc MC Code surprisingly improves the fluency of electron and photon, and it therefore enhances the efficiency of dose variance reduction for MC calculations.


Abstract Wetland conservation plan has been established to protect ecologically important wetlands based on vegetation integrity, spatial distribution of endangered species, but recently more demands are concentrated on the landscape ecological approaches such as topological relationship, neighboring area, spatial arrangements between wetlands at the broad scale. Landscape ecological analysis and graph theory are conducted to identify spatial characteristics related to core nodes and weak links of wetland networks in Nakdong basin. Regular planar model, which is selected for wetland networks, is applied in the Nakdong basin. The analysis indicates that 5 regional groups and 4 core wetlands are extracted with 15㎞ threshold distance. The IIC and PC values based on the binary and probability models suggest that the wetland group C composed of main stream of Nakdong river and Geumho river is the most important area for wetland network. Wetland conservation plan, restoration projected of damaged and weak links between wetlands should be proposed through evaluating the node, links, and networks from wetlands at the local to the regional scale in Nakdong basin.


The aim of the article is to analyze the theories and studies of the elites in the Soviet and post-Soviet context. The author grounds the analysis on a view that the studies of political sociology, especially the elitology, depends upon the social context and the political regimes. The author attempts to differentiate the liberal schools in Warsaw and Budapest from the conservative school in Moscow and the periphery of the Soviet Union. She develops her analysis by suggesting that the legacy remains an important part of the practice of scientific enquiry.


Predictive tests for the identification of contact sensitizing chemicals have been developed. We measured the sensitization potential with three predictive tests, the in vitro and the in vivo Local Lymph Node Assay(LLNA), ELISA to detect interferon-gamma(IFN-) from supernatant and flow cytometry to detect change of cell surface proteins, using draining lymph nodes of mice. BALB/c mice were exposed to various chemicals or vehicles on the ears daily for 3 consecutive days in all experiments. With some exceptions of propyl paraben, neomycin sulfate, the in vivo LLNA was able to detect the sensitizing capacity of test chemicals and was more sensitive than the in vitro LLNA for chemicals used in the present study. In another experiment, contact sensitivity was assessed by the ELISA to detect IFN-Υ from the supernatants of the cultured LNCs after sensitization with chemicals. There was a good correlation between the LLNA and the IFN-Υ production for test chemicals. We also examined the change of cell surface proteins on LNCs after sensitization by flow cytometry for some cell adhesion molecules(ICAM-1, E-cadherine, B7 molecule), T cell markers(CD3, CD4, CD8, T,T) and B cell markers(LR1, CD45R, I-Ad). The number of ICAM-1 positive cells and B cells in LNCs were increased after sensitization with DNCB, TNCB, isoeugenol and 25%, 50% cinnamic aldehyde compared with that of vehicle as a control. In conclusion, the in vivo LLNA could provide more sensitive screening test for moderate to strong sensitizers and some weak sensitizers including cosmetic raw materials than the in vitro LLNA. The production of IFN-Υ by allergen-activated LNCs might be a values indicators without radioisotopes for the identification of contact allergens. Detection of allergens by testing the increase of ICAM-1 positive cells and B cells in LNCs by flow cytometry might be used as a test method to detect allergens.


Conservation tillage technology (such as tillage reduction,zero tillage,sub tillage and covering) can improve the capability of reserving water,the utilization efficiency of water,and the vaporization of soil water can be reduced by these technology.It can benefit wheat growth and increase wheat yield by more than 10%.The recent decades' researches of effects of conservation tillage technology on wheat's growth,grain yield and the utilization efficiency of water are reviewed.


A solar photovoltaic driving and GPRS wireless communications network to monitor large-scale water-saving irrigation, the irrigation network is divided into pre-stage system for water and substantially watering unit. Pre-water lifting system using solar cell power generated by the wireless networking module of the preceding stage manipulated Control main pump to pump water from the water source, through the main conduit by a diverter valve to each local distribution reservoir; base unit also use a solar irrigation cell generates electric power, the wireless networking module monitoring and control unit, a drive unit for water pumps from the local reservoir, drip irrigation or spray irrigation through the diverter valve and a local network. Computer management center for soil moisture, watering unit of land, water and irrigation water reservoir volume data over the wireless network real-time monitoring of irrigation network around the clock, fully automated intelligent management. The utility model effectively improve without electricity, the feasibility of large-scale water-saving irrigation in dry areas. Watering more traditional way of saving more than 80%, and savings of approximately 3-5% of the traditional irrigation channels occupied by farmland.


The behavior of defect chalcopyrite CdAl2S4 at high pressures and ambient temperature has been investigated in a joint experimental and theoretical study. High-pressure X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements were complemented with theoretical ab initio calculations. The equation of state and pressure dependences of the structural parameters of CdAl2S4 were determined and compared to those of other AB2X4 orderedvacancy compounds. The pressure dependence of the Raman-active mode frequencies is reported, as well as the theoretical phonon dispersion curves and phonon density of states at 1 atm. Our measurements suggest that defect chalcopyrite CdAl2S4 undergoes a phase transition above 15 GPa to a disordered-rocksalt structure, whose equation of state was also obtained up to 25 GPa. In a downstroke from 25 GPa to 1 atm, our measurements indicate that CdAl2S4 does not return to the defect chalcopyrite phase; it partially retains the disordered-rocksalt phase and partially transforms into the spinel structure. The nature of the spinel structure was confirmed by the good agreement of our experimental results with our theoretical calculations. All in all, our experimental and theoretical results provide evidence that the spinel and defect chalcopyrite phases of CdAl2S4 are competitive at 1 atm. This result opens the way to the synthesis of spinel-type CdAl2S4 at near-ambient conditions. ■ INTRODUCTION A vast number of compounds exist with AB2X4 stoichiometry, where A and B refer to cations and X corresponds to the anion, depending on the cation and anion valences to fit the octet rule. All of the families of AB2X4 compounds have one thing in common; namely, they have an unbalanced number of cations (three) and anions (four) per formula unit. Therefore, from the point of view of structural phase transitions at different temperatures or pressures, these compounds are prone to suffer order−disorder processes, in which cations can get mixed with vacancies at cation sites to fulfill the requirements of highly coordinated structures. Chalcogenides with the AB2 X4 VI stoichiometry constitute a vast family of compounds crystallizing under ambient conditions in a great variety of structures. However, they can be classified into three main groups: (i) compounds crystallizing in the spinel or related structures; (ii) compounds crystallizing in tetrahedrally coordinated structures, derived from the diamond and zincblende structures with ordered vacancies in the unit cell and known as adamantine-type ordered-vacancy compounds (OVCs); and (iii) compounds crystallizing in structures not related to those of spinels or OVCs, such as layered materials. Usually, oxides belong to the first group, selenides and tellurides to the second group, and sulfides to any of the three groups. Adamantine OVCs crystallize in tetragonal structures resulting from the doubling of the cubic zincblende unit cell along the c axis. These tetragonal structures, mainly with defect chalcopyrite (DC) [space group (SG) I4 ̅, No. 82, Z = 2, Figure 1a] or defect stannite (DS) [SG I4̅2m, No.121, Z = 2] structures, confer on the OVCs special properties not present in cubic zincblende-type compounds. Consequently, adamanReceived: April 17, 2014 Revised: June 23, 2014 Published: June 24, 2014 Article


The invention relates to a Chinese medicinal preparation, namely a liver-cleansing yellow-removing medicament for treating acute icteric hepatitis. Active ingredients of the medicament are prepared from the following raw medicinal materials in part by weight: 8 to 12 parts of oriental wormwood, 2.4 to 3.6 parts of gardenia, 0.8 to 1.2 parts ofrhubarb, 1.6 to 2.4 parts of sticky potentilla and 4.8to 7.2 parts of honeysuckle flowers. The observation of 60 clinical patients taking the medicament by the Changchun Railway Hospital shows that the total cure obvious-effective rate of the medicamentis 81.67 percent and the total effective rate of the medicament is 91.67 percent.


Violence against women, especially by intimate partners, is one of the main problems throughout the world. Based on data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) almost 30% of women worldwide are sexually or physically abused by their partners at least once in their lifetime: up to 38% of women's deaths are caused by intimate partners, and only 11% of victims report the violence to the authorities. Women of any age are also exposed to various forms of violence in their homes by family members, usually referred to as 'domestic violence'. Crises and times of unrest have been linked to increased interpersonal violence, including incidents of violence against women and children (Fraser, 2020 [1]). Pandemics are no exception. In fact, the regional or global nature and associated fear and uncertainty of pandemics provide an enabling environment that may exacerbate or spark diverse forms of violence. Fraser, E. (2020 [1]). Peterman et al. (2020 [2]) document nine (direct and indirect) pathways linking pandemics and violence to women. This paper presents a transdisciplinary approach to the problem of domestic female violence in Azerbaijan especially during COVID-19. It discusses the literature in terms of transdisciplinarity and then, with this as a contextual basis, considers how Azerbaijan might act. The advantage of a transdisciplinary approach to gender violence is that it analyses the problem as well as its possible causes and considers the consequences from different points of view and hence, can put forward various proposals to diminish the gender violence rate. Flood and Pease (2009 [3]) in an Australian study found two clusters of factors associated with domestic violence and these were; gender and culture. These had an influence at multiple levels of the social order on attitudes regarding violence. Additional factors operate at individual, organizational, community, or societal levels in particular, although their influence may overlap across multiple levels. They proposed five ways of approaching the problem but none are possible as a disciplinary response. They require, although they don't call it as such, transdisciplinary problem solving. We have paraphrased them as:


Structural MRI has long been used to characterize local morphological features of the human brain. Coordination patterns of the local morphological features among regions, however, are not well understood. Here, we constructed individual‐level morphological brain networks and systematically examined their topological organization and long‐term test–retest reliability under different analytical schemes of spatial smoothing, brain parcellation, and network type.


Scholars have largely dismissed the postwar Vietnam rhetoric of American presidents. Rhetorical analysis of this discourse, however, reveals recurrent failure topoi used by Nixon, Ford, and Carter to console and compensate the nation after Vietnam. This study explores the limitations of these topoi in postwar situations. It argues that even as they purge the nation of wartime failure and reassert foundational myths and ideology, these topoi restrict historical judgments about the wartime experience and perhaps even perpetuate climates that make future confrontations likely. This essay concludes by locating the constraints upon presidential discoursing about failure within the culture and within the institution of the Presidency itself.


The alcohol fuel, denatured anhydrous bioethanol or just bioethanol can be obtained from different renewable raw materials, such as substrates bearing simple sugars, starch and lignocellulose, requiring the use of specific microorganisms (biomass) that synthesize the organic matter contained therein. This work focuses on obtaining hydrated bioethanol (ethanol at 94,8 % by volume, just before azeotropic point) from sugar cane by using quebranta grape's yeast, byproduct of Pisco-UNI process. The hydrated bioethanol obtained could then be used as a main input for the production of bioethanol (dehydration), biodiesel (transesterification), among others. The results demonstrated the desired objective satisfactorily, as well as achieved obtaining improvements in the process efficiency through pretreatment, both the sugar cane juice and the yeast used, allowing to have by this way a scientific basis for the design of an unconventional process to produce hydrated bioethanol.


Three searches for direct top squark pair production are presented. They target different decay modes, each with two leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state. The searches use 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No excesses over Standard Model expectations are observed, and the results are interpreted under the separate assumptions that the light top squark decays to a b -quark and the lightest chargino, or to a t -quark and the lightest neutralino.


Introduction:
 University Hospitals Health System (UHHS) has seen an interest by nursing in using simulation and case studies as an adjunct to classroom education to instruct in emergency situations and mock codes. UHHS is currently expanding neuroscience services at 2 community hospitals while maintaining services at the quaternary care hospital. There is a need for further neuroscience education of both experienced nurses who have limited neuroscience exposure and novice nurses employed in neuroscience specialty areas. Patient simulators have been used in a variety of education settings, yet their effectiveness in training nurses to manage neurologic patients and neurologic emergencies has not been widely examined. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the use of high-fidelity simulation on nurses' assessment skills, critical thinking and comfort in caring for neuroscience patients.

 Methods:
 A pre and post survey design was used for this project with nurses completing a survey immediately prior to and after participating in 3 simulation scenarios: intracerebral hemorrhage with intracranial pressure, subdural hematoma with seizures, and brain tumor complicated by pulmonary embolism. After completion of each scenario a debriefing occurred. Surveys allowed nurses to assess their confidence levels in responding to neurologic emergencies using a 5-point Likert-type scale (1= strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree).

 Results:
 Comfort level was assessed in five different categories. Comfort in performing a neurologic assessment improved from a pre-survey average of 4.02 to a post-survey average of 4.59, a variance of 11.4%. Comfort in managing a stroke patient improved from 3.98 to 4.45, a variance of 9.5%. Comfort in administering emergency medications improved from 3.02 to 3.98, a variance of 19.1%. Comfort in identifying neurologic changes improved from 3.82 to 4.43, a variance of 12.3%. Comfort in communicating neurologic changes to the provider improved from 4.00 to 4.66, a variance of 13.2%. There was an overall improvement in the variance in all 5 categories of 13.1%.

 Conclusion:
 The use of high-fidelity simulation allowed nurses to gain comfort in assessment, management, and provider communication specific to neuroscience patients.


A 3d regional density-driven flow model of a heterogeneous aquifer system at the German North Sea Coast is set up within the joint project NAWAK ("Development of sustainable adaption strategies for the water supply and distribution infrastructure on condition of climatic and demographic change"). The development of the freshwater-saltwater interface is simulated for three climate and demographic scenarios.Groundwater flow simulations are performed with the finite volume code d 3 f++ (distributed density driven flow) that has been developed with a view to the modelling of large, complex, strongly density-influenced aquifer systems over long time periods.


This paper applies game theory to multi-robot hunting target problem. A coordinated multi-robot hunting model based on extended cooperation game is established. And obstacle avoidance model and two kinds of target searching strategies--roaming search and regional search are proposed. Then an effective escape strategy for the target is also presented. Finally the whole process of the hunting task is analyzed. The hunting algorithm using non-formation movement to execute the task is more flexibly. The simulation verifies the feasibility of the method.


An experiment was conducted on four genotypes of Cenchrus ciliaris, two genotypes of C. setigerus and one genotype each of Panicum maximum, P. antidotale and Lasirus sindicus grasses at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana, India in 2003 and 2004. Two cuts were taken in the months of September and November in each year. Measurements were made of seven morphological characteristics and the nutritive value of the grasses. The total green fodder yield was highest in C. ciliaris cv. IGFRI in 2003 and in C. ciliaris cv. CAZRI 75 in 2004. Total dry matter (DM) yield was highest in P. maximum cv. IGFRI and C. ciliaris cv. CAZRI 75 in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Crude protein and digestible DM yields were highest in C. ciliaris cv. CAZRI 75. It was concluded that C. ciliaris cv. CAZRI 75 can be recommended as the one with the most potential among the studied grasses for use in the arid regions of south-west Haryana, India.


We present the results of a high-resolution neutron diffraction experiment with a fully deuterated methane hydrate type I at temperatures of 2, 100, and 150 K. Precise crystallographic parameters of the ice-like D 2 O lattice and the thermal parameters of the encaged methane molecules have been obtained. The parameters of the host lattice differ only slightly from values found for hydrates with asymmetric guests included, which leads to the conclusion that the host lattice of structure I is only a little adaptive. At low temperatures (2 K) the methane molecules in both types of cages present in structure I occupy positions in the center of the cages. At higher temperatures the thermal parameters in both types of cages reflect the surrounding cage geometries or more precisely the translational potentials of the cages. The orientational scattering length density of the CD 4 molecules has been analyzed in terms of a multipole expansion with symmetry adapted functions [Press and Huller, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. A: Cryst. Phys., Diffr., Theor. Gen. Crystallogr. A29, 252 (1972); Press, ibid. A29, 257 (1972)]. In both types of cages we found only small modulations of a spherically symmetric scattering density accounting for almost free rotations of the methane molecules. The large and asymmetric cage leads to a somewhat more pronounced modulation of the orientational density than in the small dodecahedral cage. The orientational probability distribution function (PDF) remains nearly unchanged from 2 to 150 K. At 200 K we observed the time-resolved decomposition of the hydrate structure I into hexagonal ice Ih.


Let β>0 and let α be an integer which is at least
2. If f is an analytic function in the unit disc D which has power series representation
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Object detection-based deep learning by using the looking and thinking twice mechanism plays an important role in electrical construction work. Nevertheless, the use of this mechanism in object detection produces some problems, such as calculation pressure caused by multilayer convolution and redundant features that confuse the network. In this paper, we propose a self-recurrent learning and gap sample feature fusion-based object detection method to solve the aforementioned problems. The network consists of three modules: self-recurrent learning-based feature fusion (SLFF), residual enhancement architecture-based multichannel (REAML), and gap sample-based features fusion (GSFF). SLFF detects objects in the background through an iterative convolutional network. REAML, which serves as an information filtering module, is used to reduce the interference of redundant features in the background. GSFF adds feature augmentation to the network. Simultaneously, our model can effectively improve the operation and production efficiency of electric power companies' personnel and guarantee the safety of lives and properties.


Particulate matter is one of the factors that can affect air quality. The air quality can be determined by the Air Pollution Index, which has several parameters including PM 10 and ozone (O 3 ). Air pollution can be overcome by using a filtration system based on electrostatic precipitation when particles are attached to the static charges. In this study, we have developed a prototype of electrostatic filter based on fuzzy logic control to reduce air pollution of particulate matters. The electrostatic filter is an ozone generator consisting of plate-type corona discharge and a high voltage dc generator. The experimental results showed that the more ozone generators used as electrostatic filters, the faster the particulate concentration decreases. However, the use of ozone generators may increase the concentration of ozone in the air that can be harmful to human health. Therefore, we have developed an electrostatic precipitation-based air pollution control using fuzzy logic. Semiconductor gas sensor and laser dust sensor are used as feedback signals for the system in regulating the amount of charges released by ozone generators. Implementation of this control system can reduce the particulates of PM 10 by 80% within 10 minutes while maintaining a low level of ozone during air purification process.


: The key challenge of flow control on aircrafts is to provide reliable power over a long period to influence the aerodynamic characteristics over the airfoil. There are several approaches and types of fluidic flow control devices. The most convenient option is the implementation of synthetic jet actuators (SJAs) in airfoil structures. In particular, SJAs based on piezoelectric materials are currently achieving promising results. All types of piezoelectric jet actuators consist of basic elements like substrate, piezoelectric transducer element and a cavity with a nozzle. Advantageous is the symmetrical composition of SJAs. Such a design has many benefits in load performance and offers a compact, space-saving installation. Each symmetrical module of SJA has a separate nozzle or cavity and generates alternating pulsed airflow without requiring pressurized air. Thus, the blowing frequency of the entire construction is twice higher than the operating frequency of the actuator. For this purpose, the novel design of SJA regarding performance and robustness is studying. The improvements for future development are derived.


Digital media environment has changed the concept of classical museum by constructing a vast amount of database that enables spectators to approach any objects whenever they want to see. In other word, museum of digital age needs absorbent space to attract the audience of digital age who are accustomed with operating exhibitions with duplication capability. Postmodern museums intend to attract the audience by experimental use of spectacle effect. However, the concern with such visual overwhelm is that it may limit the audience to stay as mere onlookers rather than bringing them into immersion. The major issue of modern exhibition storytelling is how to utilize spectacle effect necessary for attracting the audience, at the same time with being cautious with their becoming onlookers. This research investigates the possibility to solve this problem that enable the audience themselves to become spectacle, by introducing storytelling that induce active interactivity from uses'side. The museum of Lotte Sky Park, which will be built in Kimpo international Airport, will materialize a new kind of exhibition storytelling with the use of filed display technology. With the analysis of exhibition space and the suggestions for storytelling, this research will contribute to the pursuit of systematical methodology of new exhibition storytelling in museums where they project to a new kind of exhibition style that connects exhibition material, story, database, and narrative.


between creatinine clearance at 1 and 8 weeks after angiographybetweenthehaemodialysisgroup(n =7)andthecontrol group (n = 10) could be observed. Furthermore, two patients developed end-stage renal disease and requested permanent dialysis during follow-up in each group [4]. Finally, Reinecke et al. reported that haemodialysis after the administration of radiocontrast neither prevented contrastinduced nephropathy nor did it provide any evidence for an outcome benefit. In their large study, mean baseline glomerular filtration rates were 49 mL/min/1.73 m 2 in the haemodialysis group (n = 138) and 47 mL/min/1.73 m 2 (n = 140) in the control group [5]. From all these studies it had been concluded that prophylactic haemodialysis after radiocontrast administration does not make sense.


A non-linear non-ideal model, taking into account non-linear competitive isotherms, axial dispersion, film mass transfer, intraparticle diffusion, and port periodic switching, was developed to simulate the dynamics of simulated moving bed chromatography (SMBC). The model equations were solved by a new efficient numerical technique of orthogonal collocation on finite elements with periodical movement of concentration vector. The simulated SMBC performance is in accordance with the experimental results reported in the literature for separation of l,1'-bi-2-naphthol enantiomers using SMBC. This model is useful for design, operation, optimization and scale-up of non-linear SMBC for chiral separations with significant non-ideal effects, especially for high solute concentration and small intraparticle diffusion coefficient or large chiral stationary phase particle.


Let ( ,d) be a metric space and let B be a partition of . For every set B of B with positive and finite Hausdor outer measure in its Hausdor dimension, a coherent conditional measure of risk is defined as the Choquet integral with respect to Hausdor outer measure. Two risks are defined to be s-independent if the atoms of the classes generated by their weak upper level sets are s-independent. The given notion permits to capture dependence between risks that are stochastically independent according to the axiomatic definition. Two risks which are surjective and injective are proven to bes-dependent and a sucient condition


The invention discloses a dynamic detection method and system of sampling accuracy of electric quantity of a merging unit of a substation. The system comprises a standard detecting device, a measuring data comparing module, an error region interval acquiring module and a detecting result identifying module, wherein the standard detecting device is used for respectively measuring the electric quantity at the same time point with the merging unit; the measuring data comparing module is used for comparing the measuring data at the same time point to acquire the measuring errors of N numbered time points; the error region interval acquiring module is used for acquiring the region interval 2*a of the measuring errors; and the detecting result identifying module is used for judging whether the region interval 2*a of the measuring errors is in the range of the corresponding intervals of the measuring grades set by the merging unit or not, if the region interval 2*a of the measuring errors is in the range, the merging unit meets the grade requirement thereof, and if the region interval 2*a of the measuring errors is not in the range, the merging unit does not meet the grade requirement thereof. According to the invention, the dynamic detection of the sampling accuracy of the electric quantity of the merging unit can be realized, thereby filling the blank of the technical field.