The invention relates to an output shaft (1) for a windscreen wiper drive, having an internal thread (8) for receiving an attachment screw (3) for fixing an engine crank (2). The invention provides that the internal thread (8) is provided in an internal thread part (7) which is fixed in a rotationally secured fashion to an elongate shaft part (6). In addition, the invention relates to a windscreen wiper drive.


Simple Summary Fatty liver syndrome (FLS) in laying hens has brought serious economic losses to the poultry industry. Therefore, research on feed additives to alleviate FLS is necessary. This study investigated the effects of methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM) and selenium yeast (Se-Y) in the diet of laying hens on production performance, liver steatosis, and antioxidant index and explored the biological mechanisms of MSM and Se-Y to alleviate FLS via RNA-seq technology. The results provide a reference for the prevention and treatment of FLS in laying hens during the late peak laying period. Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of MSM and Se-Y on FLS in laying hens during the late peak laying period and the underlying biological mechanisms. Therefore 240 55-week-old Jing-fen No. 6 laying hens were randomly divided into five groups, with eight replicates in each group and six laying hens in each replicate. The hens were fed a basal diet (Control) and diets supplemented with 350 and 700 mg/kg MSM and 25 and 50 mg/kg Se-Y, respectively, for four weeks. The results showed that MSM and Se-Y had no significant effects on the performance of laying hens. With the increasing dosage of MSM and Se-Y, the symptoms of liver steatosis in laying hens were reduced, and MSM and Se-Y could significantly reduce the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) in serum and liver (p < 0.05) and increase the contents of total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in serum and liver (p < 0.05). The RNA-seq results showed that 700 mg/kg MSM significantly downregulated the expression levels of the ATP5I, ATP5G1, CYCS, and UQCRQ genes in the liver, and 50 mg/kg Se-Y significantly downregulated the expression levels of MAPK10, SRC, BMP2, and FGF9 genes in the liver. In conclusion, dietary supplementation with MSM and Se-Y can effectively reduce the FLS of laying hens in the late peak laying period and increase their antioxidant capacity. The underlying biological mechanism may be related to the downregulation of genes involved in liver oxidative phosphorylation and inflammation-related pathways.


A line list for two isotopologues of aluminium monochloride, AlCl35 and AlCl37 are presented covering the wavelength range <0.2 μm, J up to 400 and applicable for temperatures up to 5000 K. The line lists are built using an empirical spectroscopic model consisting of potential energy curves, spin-orbit coupling curves, electronic angular momentum curves and Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown correction curves combined with ab initio dipole moments and covers the four lowest electronic states, X 1Σ+, A 1Π, a 3Π and b 3Σ+. Considerable problems with the assignments of some the laboratory rovibronic spectra are identified. Treatment of the states lying in the continuum is discussed. The YNAT line list is available from the ExoMol database at www.exomol.com.


Direct-sequence code-division mult ip le access (DS-CDMA) is a popular wireless technology. in DS-CDMA communications, all of the users' signals overlap in t ime and frequency and cause mutual interference. The conventional DS-CDMA detector fo l lows a single-user detection strategy in which each user is detected separately w i thou t regard for the other users. A better strategy is mult i-user detection, where in format ion about mult ip le users is used t o improve detection of each individual user. This article describes a number of impor tant mult i user DS-CDMA detectors tha t have been proposed.


The imidate ester obtained from the reaction of methyl 2,3,6-trideoxy-α-L-threo-hex-2-enopyranoside with trichloroacetonitrile undergoes iodonium ion-induced cyclisation, and the dihydroxazole product is subjected to reductive dehalogenation to give a protected from of daunosamine.


Abstract There is considerable interest in the recruitment, training and retention of workers in the field of mental health, as evidence shows significant problems in the retention of highly qualified professionals in this field. Large numbers leave, some leaving the professions for other careers as a result of burnout, caused in part by the emotional burden of work in stressful and emotionally charged environments. We propose a training approach in which students are encouraged to reflect on their own emotional responses to such stressful and upsetting situations. We argue that this approach, in allowing them to be more at ease with themselves, would make them both more available to the emotional experiences of their patients, and in turn enhance their own resilience and capacity to survive stressful situations. We took for our study a cohort of trainees from The Tavistock Clinic in London, a major training institution providing post-graduate mental health courses based in psychoanalytic and systemic theory. We aimed to investigate what the students reported to be the key components in these trainings to enhance their capacity to manage in their demanding and highly stressful work environments, alongside ordinary human experience. The trainees were from a range of backgrounds and included doctors, psychologists, social workers and teachers. The courses had in common the following elements: small work discussion groups providing an opportunity to reflect on their work in practice, lectures on background theory, tutorials, and small seminar groups to which they brought ongoing observations of young children in ordinary settings. Some also had the opportunity to undertake supervised clinical work in the Clinic. We used a detailed qualitative questionnaire to elicit the trainees' expectations and experience of the trainings. In addition, all participants completed the 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and some took part in the Adult Attachment Interview, later rated for Reflective Function.


The excess of norms, regulations, and procedures prevents the realization of an efficient control, and that is why it is necessary to find an optimum balance for the purposes of establishing these norms. Thus, there are situations when precise, clear, strict rules, namely a thorough control, are imperative, but there are also situations when the control should be less restrictive in order to enable the realization of the strategic objectives of the entities. The way these rules are established is influenced partly by the management style and by the capabilities of the hierarchical bodies of delegating responsibilities, and partly by the level of development and culture of the organizations. In this context, communication and monitoring become extremely important.


Research on Marx's"alienation"and Lukacs'"materialization"theory is one of the heated question in academeMainly based on the resources of《Economic and Philosophical Manuscript of 1844》and《History and Class Consciousness》,the paper attempts to clarify three question as follow:Making the mingle and difference among objectificationalienation and materialization distinct;Both alienation and materialization are the philosophical expression of the context of human existence in modern societyand reconsider the inevitability of materialization;On the way to get rid of alienationMarx emphasizes"production way"Lukacs emphasizes"consciousness way"the writer thinks it is one outlet that integrate both Marx's and Lukacs' resources.


In this paper we investigate the structure of certain spaces of operator valued measures and the L p spaces they generate. The work is motivated by our earlier paper [1] in which we studied the L p spaces generated by matrix valued measures. The present results can thus be regarded as a generalization of this "finite dimensional" situation.


In telecommunication systems one of the basic elements is a multiplexer, which connects a number of input lines via a buffer to an output line. We consider a fluid model of a multiplexer loaded by a finite number of heterogeneous on-off sources. Under certain assumptions, the output from the multiplexer looks like another on-off source. Our main result is a generalisation of a result by Kaspi and Rubinovitch [7] characterizing the active periods on the output line by means of Laplace transforms


For an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle model subject to input constraints, this paper is concerned with the application of linear control theory to design its flight control system. In the framework of integral quadratic constraints (IQCs), the standard linear parameter-varying (LPV) control method is generalized to deal with the parametric, dynamic uncertainties and saturation nonlinearities associated with the model. Based on open-loop analysis, an inner/outer loop structure is proposed to design the flight control system that is gain-scheduled over dynamic pressure and Mach number. The inner-loop consists of robust LPV controller and LPV anti-windup compensator to enhance attitude stability and overcome actuator saturation. The outer-loop is designed as a gain-scheduled proportional-integral (PI) controller to achieve precise trajectory tracking performance. The effectiveness of the control strategy is demonstrated on the full nonlinear model.


The section of the Tone River upstream of its confluence with the Watarase River was traditionally called the Kamitone River. On the right bank of this Kamitone River a dyke running between the river and elevated ground, is called the Chujo Dyke. The area upstream of this dyke, where a number of settlements were located, provided a large retardingbasin, wtich served to protect the portion of the Saitama Plain downstream of the dyke, and since before the beginning of the modern era, there has been a long-standing dispute concerning the presence of this dyke between those living upstream and downstream of the dyke. How to assess the retarding effect of the basin above the Chujo Dyke is a major problem in modern flood control planning on the Tone River. The present paper provides a number of observations concerning this problem in the light of the river improvement plans drawn up during the Meiji Era (1869-1912) and the flood control plans of 1939 and 1949.


This paper compares the stabilizing effects of three different materials, namely: rice husk ash, powdered glass, and cement on the properties of lateritic soil. The basic properties of the lateritic soil were first obtained through colour, moisture content determination, specific gravity, particle size distribution and Atterberg limits tests. Each of the stabilizing materials was then mixed with the lateritic soil in varying percentages of 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5% and 15% by weight of the soil. Thereafter, compaction and California bearing ratio (CBR) tests were carried out on the sample mixes to determine the effects of the materials on the lateritic soil. Chemical tests were also carried out on the samples to determine their percentage oxides composition. The compaction test showed that the highest maximum dry densities (MDD) obtained for the mixed samples were 2.32 g/cm 3 (at 2.5% cement addition), 2.28g/cm 3 (at 5% powdered glass (PG) addition) and 2.18 g/cm 3 (at 5% rice husk ash (RHA) addition) with corresponding optimum moisture contents (OMC) of 10.06%, 14.3% and 12.31% respectively. The CBR tests showed that the CBR values increased in all cases as the materials were added with those of the cement and powdered glass giving the highest values and showing close semblance under unsoaked conditions. The chemical test showed that the significant oxides present in the cement, powdered glass and rice husk ash were CaO (53.60%), SiO2 (68.45%) and SiO2 (89.84%) respectively.


Some important technological problems with stable operation of the two side electron beam pumped main amplifier used in the "Heavn 1" high power KrF excimer laser system are described. They are the problems of the electric breakdown of the insulator support for water dielectric transmission lines, anode foil installation of large area electron beam diode, shape of Hibachi ribs that contact the pressure foil, and formation of diode post pulses and their damage to the anode foil and cathode emitter. Emphasis is put on the effect of different main switch breakdown times on diode post pulses and the determination of the optimal breakdown time.


Culture-dependent and culture-independent methods were used to investigate the diversity of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) catabolic genes in contaminated soils. PAH-degrading bacteria were isolated based on growth at the expense of naphthalene (44 isolates) or phenanthrene (35 isolates). Of these 79 PAH-degraders, 53% (42 isolates) failed to hybridise with three gene probes specific for PAH degradation. The gene for the naphthalene dioxygenase iron^sulfur protein (nahAc) from Pseudomonas putida G7 hybridised to 45% (20/44) of the culturable naphthalene-degrading bacteria of the 'classical' nah-type, whilst analogues of the bacterial glutathione S-transferase (GST) encoding gene of Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505 were associated with culturable phenanthrene-degrading isolates and hybridised to 29% (10/35) of these isolates. Apart from the host strain Burkholderia RP007, we were not able to detect the phnAc gene amongst cultured isolates by hybridisation or PCR, though could directly amplify this gene from contaminated soils. z 1999 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.


Filamentous representatives of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) are major contributors to algal biomass of littoral communities. In the present study, community analysis of a reported bloom in the Ogeechee River in Georgia provided an opportunity to combine morphological and genetic analyses with ecological information related to an understudied nuisance alga. A polyphasic approach of incorporating genotypic and phenotypic methods led to the identification of the algal community as Pithophora roettleri (Roth) Wittrock. Morphological analysis showed a monospecific community based on the average length and diameter of the heterosporous intercalary and terminal akinetes, along with the diameter of the principal filaments. Single-gene and concatenated-gene phylogenetic analyses of the LSU (28S rRNA) and SSU (18S rRNA) markers further confirmed this species identification. In this study, we conducted a morphological treatment of P. roettleri, produced 17 novel gene sequences, and produced a new, schematic diagram illustrating the four steps of the asexual reproduction of an intercalary akinete. Morphological characteristics, like the position and shape of akinetes documented here, and the availability of genetic sequences can improve identification and further ecological understanding of filamentous green algae. Flowing mats of P. roettleri, like those observed in this study, can lower light availability for other biota and structurally alter the habitat.


In this paper, we presented program implementation and evaluation for an I-Corps Site focused solely on engineering undergraduate and graduate students in a large Southwestern public university. The program implementation component included program data associated with curriculum content and format, recruiting approach, and participant data from five cohorts. Due to the delayed employment of the assessment, the evaluation component included findings from two cohorts using preand post-quizzes on knowledge of entrepreneurship terms and preand post-surveys that captured changes in perceptions of entrepreneurship and customer interview. The results of this study indicated that while student interest on entrepreneurship remained constant, there were significant improvements of participants in three areas of self-efficacy: (a) entrepreneurship, (b) marketing and business planning, and (c) customer interview skills. Regarding practice of customer discovery skills through interviews, students identified four areas in which they desired additional improvement: (a) formulating the right question, (b) contact identification within the market, (c) guiding discussion for useful customer feedback, and (d) interview presence. This paper provides valuable information for institutions interested in pursuing an I-Corps Site grant and to those who already have a grant but are looking for additional ways to further enhance program impact on their campus.


Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) is a functional extension of OCT that contrasts the polarization properties of tissues. It has been applied to ophthalmology, cardiology, etc. Proper quantitative imaging is required for a widespread clinical utility. However, the conventional method of averaging to improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast of the phase retardation (or birefringence) images introduce a noise bias offset from the true value. This bias reduces the effectiveness of birefringence contrast for a quantitative study. Although coherent averaging of Jones matrix tomography has been widely utilized and has improved the image quality, the fundamental limitation of nonlinear dependency of phase retardation and birefringence to the SNR was not overcome. So the birefringence obtained by PS-OCT was still not accurate for a quantitative imaging. The nonlinear effect of SNR to phase retardation and birefringence measurement was previously formulated in detail for a Jones matrix OCT (JM-OCT) [1]. Based on this, we had developed a maximum a-posteriori (MAP) estimator and quantitative birefringence imaging was demonstrated [2]. However, this first version of estimator had a theoretical shortcoming. It did not take into account the stochastic nature of SNR of OCT signal. In this paper, we present an improved version of the MAP estimator which takes into account the stochastic property of SNR. This estimator uses a probability distribution function (PDF) of true local retardation, which is proportional to birefringence, under a specific set of measurements of the birefringence and SNR. The PDF was pre-computed by a Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation based on the mathematical model of JM-OCT before the measurement. A comparison between this new MAP estimator, our previous MAP estimator [2], and the standard mean estimator is presented. The comparisons are performed both by numerical simulation and in vivo measurements of anterior and posterior eye segment as well as in skin imaging. The new estimator shows superior performance and also shows clearer image contrast.


Lexis is the fundamental pillar that supports the huge system of a language. From the viewpoint of social functions of a language, cultural distinctions are most prominent and widely-spread at lexical levels. In this paper, the authors will make a contrastive study of some culturally-loaded words and expressions in English and Chinese on the basis of intercultural communication. The main emphasis has been laid on the perception of some culturally-loaded words which differ in word meaning association and culture images as well as finer distinctions in semantic meanings and word connotations in intercultural communication.


The Problem Personality Types of Adolescents Involved in Satanism Risk Factors Associated with Satanism The Satanic Bible Satanism as a Source of Power The Satan-God Duality Rites of Passage Parent Styles: The Beginning Communicating Effectively Satanism and Suicide Summary References Author Index Subject Index


We present the case of a 58-year-old HIV-infected patient with adrenal insufficiency after local injection of triamcinolone, most likely due to drug–drug interaction with his ritonavir-boosted antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is the first case of adrenal insufficiency occurring without prior symptoms of Cushing's syndrome in a patient on a booster-containing ART. We want to draw attention to this seemingly rare, but potentially life-threatening medical condition that can occur even in short-term use of glucocorticoids in low doses in patients on booster-containing ART and summarize some considerations for management.


Virus particles, like metal nanoparticles and organic polymer beads, may be induced to assemble together by virtue of duplex base pairing of attached oligonucleotide chains and to disassemble on heating with unusually sharp temperature profiles. Icosahedral virions of the type used here have the added property of being structurally known to atomic resolution, offering unique opportunities to program assembly characteristics at the level of particle structure.


In this issue of TRANSE'USION, Weiblen et al.' have compared the performance of nine Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-licensed tests for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), by using a panel of 15 plasma or serum samples selected from random blood donors on the basis of low-level reactivity by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and positive reactivity on Western blot. These samples contained only low titers of HIV-1-specific IgG at endpoint dilution in a modified EIA using a class-specific antiglobulin conjugate. In a similarly modified immunoblot, HIV4-specific IgA was found in all the samples and HIV-1-specific IgM in all but one. The finding of some false-negative results with this panel in seven of nine EIA kits appeared to correlate with the narrow specificity of the kit conjugates for human IgG, rather than with the broader Ig class specificity of the conjugates in the more robust assays. Supplementation of the kit reagents with an anti-IgA or anti-IgM conjugate augmented the assay signal of most otherwise false-negative tests. Moreover, significant variation was observed between test results in two participating laboratories. This article addresses a number of issues that are important to users of screening tests for anti-HIV-1. These include 1) the significance of the observed differences in test kit sensitivity; 2) the potential value of enhanced sensitivity for IgM or IgA in EIAs for anti-HIV-1 and the potential problem of reduced specificity; and 3) the role of laboratory controls in ensuring the lot-to-lot consistency of HIV test kits. First, regarding differences among test kits, it bears mention that all commercially distributed lots of antiHIV-1 test kits must pass a test for sensitivity that uses a panel of samples prepared by the FDA. The use of this panel ensures that all kit lots have a minimum sensitivity that is sufficient to guarantee that failure to detect truepositive samples is rare. Indeed, discrepancies among test kits are generally difficult to demonstrate, requiring unusual samples with very low levels of antibodies to HIV-1, which are most often obtained from recent seroconverters. Although Weiblen et al. have not provided data on the frequency of weakly reactive samples that are positive by Western blot, others have found that the rate is quite low. For example, in donor testing by the American Red Cross, only nine samples with EIA optical density sample-tecutoff ratios of 1.0-1.2 have occurred among 3050 true positives since 1985 (Sandler S, written communication, February 1991). In view of these considerations, the discrepancies in kit performance that were obtained in the study may tend to overemphasize a fine difference in clinical sensitivity. An additional caution on the interpretation of these data would apply generally to conclusions based on any small set of samples, which may suffer from either random statistical bias or subtle biases related to the process of sample selection. Cautionary notes notwithstanding, product improvements that might result in earlier detection of antibodies to HIV-1 are certainly desirable. The reported finding of IgM in low-reactive donor samples is entirely consistent with previous findings in samples from persons with early infection.2 In my own laboratory, IgM, but not IgA, was detected in 10 of 18 weakly reactive samples from recently sermnverted homosexual men, and IgM was the only antibody detected in five s a m ~ l e s . ~ A finding of HIV-specific IgA has more often been associated with the diagnostic evaluation of HIV infection in neonatal patients.' Also noteworthy, however, is the fact that none of the 15 samples tested in the reported study lacked IgG, which leaves open the possibility that kit modifications other than broader Ig class specificity of the conjugates could reconcile the observed differences. Indeed, on several occasions, kit manufacturers have improved kit sensitivity by modifications of the HIV antigens rather than by changes in the conjugate. Detectable IgM may, however, antecede IgG in some cases, and, as reported, some weakly reactive samples might be detected more easily by the inclusion of anti-IgMor antiIgA-reactive conjugates. Historically, anti-IgM conjugates have been avoided in most indirect immunoassays. The reasons include the facts that IgG, when present, tends to dominate the assay; that IgM is usually a transient response and is not appropriate as the major target for detection; and that it is more likely that IgM will bind nonspecifically, thus reducing assay specifiicity. IgA detection has often been ignored because it is thought to be neither significant in the early immune response nor unique in the late response. The inclusion of detection conjugates for IgM or IgA in indirect EIAs would require the reoptimization of the assays in clinical trials, and products with increased sensitivity for screening might not be developed commercially if they proved to be less specific. The FDA could encourage development in this area by establishing HIV-specific IgM and IgA reference standards for release of kit lots. Unfortunately, efforts to date have been unsuccessful, either because of a low volume of an otherwise suitable serum or because of an insufficient titer of IgM or IgA in available samples.


Many numerical methods are carried out to study the nonlinear failure behaviors of the rock; however, the numerical simulation methods for the failed rock are still in the research stage. This paper establishes the damage constitutive equation by combining the bilinear strain softening constitutive model with energy dissipation principles, as well as the energy failure criterion of mesoscopic elements based on the strain energy density theory. When the strain energy stored by an element exceeds a fixed value, the element enters the damage state and the damage degree increases with increasing energy dissipation. Simultaneously, the material properties of the damaged element change until it becomes an element with certain residual strength. As the load increases, the damage degree of an element increases. When the strain energy stored by an element exceeds the established value of the energy criterion, the element is defined to be failed. As the number of failed elements constantly increases, failed elements interconnect and form macrocracks. The rock fracture calculation program on the basis of the preceding algorithm is successfully applied to the fracture simulation process in Brazilian splitting and intermediate crack tensile tests. This method completes the nonlinear calculation process with linear calculation, avoids singularity of numerical calculation in element fracture, and simulates the rock post-peak fracture behaviors. The simulation results agree well with the test results, indicating the accuracy and feasibility of this method for simulating the rock fracture process.


The present work describes the quality of life of the Japanese who live in the State of Jalisco particularly paying attention to the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara, ZMG). For this study we applied a survey designed by Mexico Japan Studies Program (el Programa de Estudios Mexico-Japon: PROMEJ) in 2012. The content of the work, as an introduction, begins with a review about the concept of quality of life and its importance. Practically this study is divided into four parts. The first part is a review of the history of Japanese migration in Mexico and Jalisco, and of the population structure about Japanese population which is related to the increase of Japanese community depending on Foreign Direct Investment (hereafter, FDI). The second part, refers to the methodology and the design of the survey that is structured by 4 sections such as health, education, housing and basic consumption basket. In the third part, a presentation of the results is done descriptively. Lifestyle of the Japanese community in the State of Jalisco 1) Martha Elena Campos Ruiz 2) Maria Guadalupe Limon Herrera 3) 1) This study is mostly based on Campos (2014) and the investigation research of "Mexico Japan Studies Program (el Programa de Estudios Mexico-Japon: PROMEJ)" in the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. 2) M.A. in Teacher planning of higher education by University of Guadalajara. Professor researcher at the Department of Regional Studies: INESER , University Center of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Guadalajara. 3) Research assistant of PROMEJ, University Center of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Guadalajara.


Sharp absorptions at 3881.5 and 262 cm−1 in argon matrices containing HF are shown to depend upon N2. Substitution with DF indicates assignments to the νs and νl modes of the linear N2‐‐‐HF complex.


Using a wireless charging method to charge high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets is a way to solve the existing problem of high leakage heat introduced by charging through current leads. However, the available studies on charging HTS magnets using wireless charging methods rarely involve the role of a Dewar in the charging process. Nowadays, most HTS magnets use a metal Dewar because of the high requirements of the Dewar for gas tightness and mechanical strength. How to charge the HTS magnets wirelessly through the metal walls of the Dewar is an issue that needs to be addressed. In response to the above concerns, taking into account the role of the metal Dewar, a low-frequency wireless charging system with an isolation transformer as the core is proposed in this paper, where the primary coil of the transformer is a copper coil, installed on the outside of the Dewar. The secondary coil is a superconducting coil, installed on the inside of the Dewar. A theoretical model of the proposed wireless charging system is developed, and the prototype is fabricated based on the theoretical model. Both numerical and experimental methods were used to study the operational characteristics of the prototype, and the experimental results proved the validity of the theoretical model and the numerical model in this paper. Experimental results show that the proposed wireless charging system can charge an 8.5 mH HTS magnet with a current of 48.58 A over a 6 cm transmission distance, where the 6 cm gap includes a 1.6 mm thick metal wall. The results in this paper can provide new ideas for research work on charging HTS magnets wirelessly through a metal Dewar.


A secondary treatment for olive mill wastewater coming from factories working with the two-phase olive oil production process (OMW-2) has been set-up on an industrial scale in an olive oil mill in the premises of Jaén (Spain). The secondary treatment comprises Fenton-like oxidation followed by flocculation-sedimentation and filtration through olive stones. In this work, performance modelization and preliminary cost analysis of a final reverse osmosis (RO) process was examined on pilot scale for ulterior purification of OMW-2 with the goal of closing the loop of the industrial production process. Reduction of concentration polarization on the RO membrane equal to 26.3% was provided upon increment of the turbulence over the membrane to values of Reynolds number equal to 2.6 × 104. Medium operating pressure (25 bar) should be chosen to achieve significant steady state permeate flux (21.1 L h−1 m−2) and minimize membrane fouling, ensuring less than 14.7% flux drop and up to 90% feed recovery. Under these conditions, irreversible fouling below 0.08 L h−2 m−2 bar−1 helped increase the longevity of the membrane and reduce the costs of the treatment. For 10 m3 day−1 OMW-2 on average, 47.4 m2 required membrane area and 0.87 € m−3 total costs for the RO process were estimated.


This case study investigates how students do strategy transformation in connective thinking through a process of reflection. This paper aims to anticipate students' failures in connective thinking when solving mathematical problems. Strategy transformation has a positive effect on student success in solving problems, especially mathematical problems. The results of the study show 5 transformation strategies that must be done by students in anticipating failure in productive connective thinking, namely 1) students must be able to develop their ideas to develop more mature planning in order to find several resolution strategies. 2) Students must identify errors made in the calculation process through the data verification process. 3) Students must have a good understanding of the basic concepts in constructing problem solutions. 4) students must carry out a systematic and comprehensive verification of the problem solving process. 5) students must have positive motivation and confidence in themselves to develop connection ideas based on their reflection and experience in solving problems. Therefore, the findings in this study can be used as the basis for each student to anticipate failure in solving mathematical problems that ultimately make students able to achieve success in the learning process.


Refiners can change their fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) operations to increase the yield of light cycle oil. The aim of this article is to present an overview on how to do this and to clear up some misunderstandings about light cycle oil (LCO) yield and quality. The refining industry in the U.S. uses the FCC process primarily to produce gasoline (generally defined as 100/sup 0/ to 430/sup 0/F.-boiling range hydrocarbons). However, in many other areas of the world light cycle oil (generally defined as 430/sup 0/ to 650/sup 0/F. boiling range hydrocarbons) has a higher value because automobiles are less plentiful. And, in the U.S., many refiners seek seasonal means of increasing light cycle oil yields to meet higher winter fuel oil demands. The Davison planning group estimates 1/3 of the LCO produced in the U.S. is derived from cat cracking.


Two major challenges of spatial ecology are understanding the effects of landscape heterogeneity on movement, and translating observations taken at small spatial and temporal scales into expected patterns at greater scales. Using a combination of computer simulations and micro-landscape experiments with Tribolium confusum beetles we found that conventional correlated random walk models with constant parameters severely underestimated spatial spread because organisms changed movement behaviors over time. However, a model incorporating behavioral heterogeneity between individuals, and within individuals over time, was able to account for observed patterns of spread. Our results suggest that the main challenge for scaling up movement patterns resides in the complexities of individual behavior rather than in the spatial structure of the landscape.


Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIR) was used to develop calibration equations to measure the magnesium concentration in perennial ryegrass herbage (Lolium perenne). A subset of 72 samples was selected on the basis of spectral variation from 400 samples grown in 1988-1989. Three alternative equations were chosen using stepwise multiple linear regression, with standard errors ranging from 0.4 to 0.3 g/kg DM with corresponding squared multiple correlation coefficients ( R2) of 0.68 to 0.82. The equations had 2, 4 and 4 wavelength terms respectively. When these equations were tested on an independent population of perennial ryegrass samples, a significant bias existed when using the 4 term equations but there was no bias when the 2 term equation was used. We conclude that NIR can be used to screen large numbers of perennial ryegrass plants for magnesium concentration. However, for the calibration equations to be used for the analysis of other populations equation performance must be monitored by comparing reference and NIR analyses on a small number of samples.


Abstract A nonparametric estimate of the hazard ratio function is developed and applied to the time-dependent survival advantage of having achieved an objective response to treatment for a given disease. The method computes the total exposure to risk of failure, or dying, among patients in either of two disease states (nonresponder/responder). By assuming constant hazard rates between observed failure times, and using smoothing techniques of exploratory data analysis, the log hazard ratio function is computed and plotted versus time. The method is applicable to any binary, time-dependent covariate, of which disease state is a particular example. Continuous-valued covariates may be handled by a plot of updated covariate percentiles for failures. The methods are applied to data on leukemia patients and to a simulated example and compared with standard Cox regression results.


Electrolyte disorders are common in horses with acute abdominal disease, and are a significant cause of morbidity. They are especially prevalent in horses treated surgically for colic, and may be present before, during and after surgery. In one study, 54% of horses admitted for surgical colic had preoperative serum ionised magnesium concentrations below the reference range and 86% subnormal serum ionised calcium concentrations (Garcia-Lopez et al. 2001). Electrolyte abnormalities are particularly prevalent in horses with strangulating obstructions of the intestine. These horses have lower preoperative serum concentrations of ionised magnesium and calcium than horses with nonstrangulating lesions (Dart et al. 1992; Garcia-Lopez et al. 2001). Horses with decreased preoperative ionised magnesium were also more likely to be subjected to euthanasia during surgery. The role of electrolyte derangements in contributing to adverse clinical events in horses with colic is still being investigated. The association between cardiac electrical disorders and blood calcium, magnesium and potassium concentrations is well established in the horse (Harrington 1974; Glazier et al. 1979, 1982; Reef 1999) (Fig 1). Derangements in blood electrolyte concentration might also be associated with a longer hospital stay. Martin et al. (1994) reported that dogs with low serum magnesium concentrations were hospitalised for twice as long as those with a normal serum magnesium concentration. Conversely, Garcia-Lopez et al. (2001) did not find any correlation between serum ionised magnesium or calcium concentrations and length of hospitalisation, incidence of complications or survival in horses treated surgically for colic. The association between serum concentrations of potassium, calcium and magnesium with post operative ileus is still unknown in the horse. Dart et al. (1992) speculated that decreased serum calcium concentrations might contribute to ileus. Garcia-Lopez et al. (2001) found lower serum concentrations of ionised magnesium and calcium in horses that developed post operative ileus, than in those that did not. These decreased electrolyte concentrations may be due to decreased intake and increased loss of electrolytes in gastric reflux. It is now possible to measure electrolytes using 'patientside' portable analysers. The introduction of these cartridgebased systems has enabled results to be obtained quickly and easily when laboratory techniques are unavailable (Grosenbaugh et al. 1998). Different sensors are available to measure different combinations of electrolytes, blood biochemistry, PCV and blood gas tensions. The price of these hand-held devices is rapidly decreasing and they are now affordable for many private practices. The normal range for any electrolyte may vary to some degree between analysers. Therefore, horse specific normal ranges should be obtained from the manufacturers, if possible. In Part 1, we discuss the importance of potassium and magnesium and Part 2 covers calcium, sodium, chloride and phosphorus.


In order to respond to the fear of falling or falling again expressed by a large majority of its patients, the department for follow-up care and rehabilitation in Bazas hospital (Gironde) has set up a "balance" workshop in 2004. An account of this prevention strategy.


Virus‐like particles (VLPs) have emerged as promising drug delivery and imaging scaffolds. VLPs made from the MS2 Bacteriophage Coat Protein (CP) enter cells via receptor‐mediated endocytosis and are believed to accumulate in the endosomal pathway. This pathway involves a decrease in pH levels that can potentially trigger the disassembly of acid sensitive VLPs, leading to cargo release. However, MS2 CPWT VLPs are highly stable in the endosomal pH range (4.5–5.5), which could slow endosomal release of cargo within the cell. Here, we set out to identify an acid‐sensitive variant of the MS2 CP that could lead to faster cargo release in the acidic environment of the endosome. We identified a previously‐unknown double mutant, CPT71H/E76C, that exhibits significant acid sensitivity in vitro at the endosomal pH range, in contrast to MS2 CPWT. The population of CPT71H/E76C VLPs was measured after a 4 h incubation at 37°C in a pH range from 1.0 to 7.3 with High Performance Liquid Chromatography using a Size Exclusion Chromatography column (HPLC‐SEC). Acid screens showed CPT71H/E76C to have 50% less well‐formed VLP at pH 4.9. These mutations alter a key hydrogen bond interaction, which could be the reason for increased acid sensitivity. To explore this hypothesis, capsids were alkylated with N‐ethylmaleimide, a moiety that could restore the hydrogen bond between the residues, and screen for acid sensitivity. Results showed modified capsids had an acid sensitivity similar to CPT71H, suggesting the hydrogen bond is involved in this property. Acid sensitive CPT71H/E76C could potentially improve the delivery of drugs to cancer cells.


In this work, we propose an Asymmetric Kernel Convolutional Neural Network (AKCNN) for Acoustic Scenes Classification (ASC). Its kernel shape is not the traditional square but asymmetric in width and height. It also uses Weight Normalization (WN) to accelerate the training process because it can early converge the training loss and accuracy. The best of all, WN can help increase the accuracy of ASC. TUT Acoustic Scenes 2016 Dataset [1] is used for evaluation. The result shows that AKCNN achieves accuracy 86.7%. If we rank the score in DCASE2016 ASC Challenge, it shows that the system would have a higher score than the 5th place.


The colonizer vegetation was studied six months after fire disturbance in an area of the Campus of the Universidade  Federal de Vicosa (20 o 45 ' S, 42 o 51 ' W), MG. The total burned area of the secondary forest was of 12 ha presenting differentiated levels of vegetation destruction. The study was concentrated in the space where the effect from fire was more drastic, and a total destruction of the vegetative cover occurred. Within the study area, two relief toposequences were compared: concave (ravine) and convex (ridge). In each toposequence, 18 contiguous plots (5 x 5 m) were installed, totalizing 36 plots, where all vascular plants were identified. A total of 75 species pertaining to 26 families were sampled. In relation to the species, the  richest  ones  were:  Asteraceae  (14),  Poaceae  (10),  Malvaceae (7)  and Fabaceae (6). In the  toposequence ridge,  the  species  showing  higher soil  covering values were Sida carpinifolia followed by Melinis minutiflora , Diodia alata and Eupatorium laevigatum , while in ravine they were Melinis minutiflora , Eupatorium laevigatum , Sida carpinifolia and Sidastrum paniculatum . All plots presented more than 90% of the area covered by herbaceous and subshrubby vegetation, so emphasizing the importance of this initial vegetation in protecting the soil against erosion processes on uneven reliefs.


The low-temperature sulfation roasting process was chosen to make the arsenic in arsenic-rich zinc dust volatilized out as As_2O_3 and collected by dust collection system.Zinc,indium and germanium were transformed into sulfates to achieve the separation with arsenic.The factors investigated under batch test conditions included amount of sulfuric acid,roasting temperature and time.The optimum amount of sulfuric acid,roasting temperature and time were found to be 1.2 times the theoretical amount,300 ℃ and 3 h respectively,under these conditions the arsenic removal ratio reached 78.28%.A small amount of arsenic leached into the solution during the calcination leaching process was precipitated with iron by oxidative-hydrolysis precipitation.Arsenic-iron slag was mixed with the zinc dust and roasted again,the removal ratio of arsenic reached 70.39%.


Reinforcement learning (RL) provides a powerful framework for decision-making, but its application in practice often requires a carefully designed reward function. Adversarial Imitation Learning (AIL) sheds light on automatic policy acquisition without access to the reward signal from the environment. In this work, we propose Auto-Encoding Adversarial Imitation Learning (AEAIL), a robust and scalable AIL framework. To induce expert policies from demonstrations, AEAIL utilizes the reconstruction error of an auto-encoder as a reward signal, which provides more information for optimizing policies than the prior discriminator-based ones. Subsequently, we use the derived objective functions to train the auto-encoder and the agent policy. Experiments show that our AEAIL performs superior compared to state-of-the-art methods on both state and image based environments. More importantly, AEAIL shows much better robustness when the expert demonstrations are noisy.


A single-center, open-label, comparative pilot study was undertaken to assess injection-site pain associated with 10 consecutive subcutaneous injections of interferon beta-1b 250 μg every other day or interferon beta-1a 44 μg three times weekly in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Injection-site pain was assessed by the patients with a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) score. Recordings were made before each injection and at 10 minutes, 1 hour, and 24 hours postinjection. Ten patients were enrolled in each treatment group. The proportion of injections associated with no pain or no increase in pain at 1 hour postinjection was higher with interferon beta-1b (47%) than with interferon beta-1a (27%). Mean pain severity was also less intense with interferon beta-1b than with interferon beta-1a. Differences in VAS scores were seen immediately after injection (1.04 versus 3.14 cm, respectively) and at 10 minutes (0.40 versus 1.70 cm) and 1 hour (0.33 versus 1.50 cm) postinjection. These findings indicate that...


Abstract The growing complexity and diversity of the environment in which economic organizations are acting, continuously generates problems whose solution requires the adoption and implementation of scientifically grounded decisions. The best practices for database security are found to have a certain relativity of the updated cognoscibility within this field. Any user who designs an application in a database has assured by the database's managing system the possibility to monitor different events that occur. The frequently encountered events are changes regarding the data, but may also be submitting procedures or functions. The paper focuses on establishing the main methods for database information security as well as ensuring the substantiation of managerial decisions.


The objectives of the study are to describe the obstetric outcomes associated with massive perivillous fibrin deposition (MFD) compared with a control series and to determine if outcome differs according to the extent of fibrin deposition.


Objective. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are a rare population of circulating cells involved in vascular homeostasis. Our aim was to analyze EPC in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC). Methods. EPC were evaluated by cytometry according to guidelines of the International Society for Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering in 17 patients with MC and 36 controls. Results. Numbers of EPC were significantly increased in MC compared to controls and correlated with cryocrit, but not with clinical manifestations of the disease. Conclusion. The high number of EPC might indicate an intact vascular repair ability. Alternatively, EPC might be defective in homing ability and their increase may represent the attempt to restore vascular integrity.


Cooperative is a business entity consisting of a person or entity other cooperatives and aimed for the welfare of members in particular and society in general. In running his business, the cooperative needs working cap- ital, one of which can be derived from members' savings. The purpose in writing the Job Training Report is to nd savings on service procedures Cooperative Ministry of Co- operatives (KPDK), including procedures for withdrawal of deposits and savings by the members making procedures. Methods of work practices implemented in a way that is by collecting data, either through eld studies and inter- views. Cooperative Ministry of Cooperatives (KPDK) has three types of deposits in the Savings and Loans Unit, are: Main Deposit. Compulsory Savings and Deposit Voluntary. In the service of deposits, the cooperative members can di- rectly go to the store can also deposit the cooperative or through a bank. However, to capture savings, members can only take it through the direct deposit. The third service procedures can be done well and there are no irregulari- ties in the implementation. Nevertheless, there remains the problem of delay savings deposits by members. However this is overcome by the cooperative to distribute the notice to members is problematic. Penamaan File: 41208542


Digital disruption has recently been one of the main focal points of media management scholars. Digitalisation is regarded as the main driver of change that results in enormous managerial and organisational challenges. As the evolutionary view of organisational change (Nelson & Winter, 1982; Winter, 2003) tells us, the best and perhaps only way to overcome path dependencies and rigidities that hamper change is to learn new competencies and capabilities and to explore new business models (e.g. Achtenhagen & Raviola, 2009; Doyle, 2015; Järventie-Thessleff, Moisander & Villi, 2014; Maijanen & Virta, 2017; Teece, 2018). Nevertheless, due to organisational inertia, high uncertainty and rapid changes in business environments these challenges still exist and prevail with the risk of causing competence traps and failures. This special issue of the Journal of Media Business Studies looks at the other side of the coin, asking how digital technologies boost change by creating new revenue models and initiating and enhancing new practices and logics in journalism andmedia entrepreneurship. New technology has created many stories of success, such as Netflix being one of the case examples of this special issue (see also Küng, 2015). This special issue features four papers that, in their early versions, were presented at the 2018 annual EuropeanMediaManagement and Association (emma) conference in Warsaw. The papers aim to look beyond the digital disruption on a more micro foundational level using different approaches and theoretical concepts. However, they all tackle the role of digital technology in enhancing and boosting changes in media. Anders Fagerjord from theUniversity of Bergen and Lucy Küng from the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford provide an important contribution by analyzing the valuecreating process of streaming video services on the micro-level, drawing on Netflix as a case study. As the authors point out, "streaming services are a new and fast-growing element in media industry". These services fundamentally change the habits of media users, which in turn changes the whole competitive environment. Based on company and industry reports as well as press accounts, the study provides a detailed analysis of the core actors and flows between the actors. The study shows the nature of these new complex organisations that the authors call "tech-media hybrids" combining characteristics of a network and platform and having a strong grounding on digital technology. The authors also call streaming video services the "new beasts" that are very reliant on external partners. In such hybrid organisations, data flows and analytics constitute a central source of competitive advantage. Juliane Lischka from the University of Zürich provides a fresh approach by applying the concept of institutional logics to her analysis of digital transformation. Following, e.g. Friedland and Alford (1991) and Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury (2012), Lischka defines JOURNAL OF MEDIA BUSINESS STUDIES 2019, VOL. 16, NO. 3, 163–165 https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2019.1700095


Two years ago at this conference we issued what we said was a "call to arms" to advance automated fact-checking [1]. We said the "Holy Grail" was "a completely automated fact-checking platform that can detect a claim as it appears in real time, and instantly provide the voter with a rating about its accuracy." We acknowledged that goal "may remain far beyond our reach for many, many years to come," but we called on the journalism and computer science communities to redouble their efforts to make progress. Since then there has been remarkable progress and the "Holy Grail" is no longer a distant dream. Although computer scientists and journalists still have significant hurdles to overcome, recent advances with the creation of a global database of structured factchecks and fact-checking tools such as ClaimBuster and iCheck have laid a groundwork for additional advances in the next few years. As we noted in our 2015 paper, fact-checking is a growing form of journalism. According to the Duke Reporters' Lab, the number of fact-checkers has nearly doubled from 64 in 2015 to 126 today. Fact-checking is uniquely suited for automated journalism because the individual articles have value weeks after they have been published because of the tendency of government officials to repeat political claims. During live events such as debates and speeches, fact-checking organizations have typically relied on editors and reporters to manually match new statements with previously published fact-checks. But in a fully automated system, the statements could be detected and, if they had been previously fact-checked, a link or summary of the conclusion could pop up in real time for the reader. A promising development in this effort is the creation of a schema to identify fact-checking articles. This project, which is led by members of our team from Google and Duke University, has created a global open standard known as ClaimReview so that organizations can identify the people and statements they are checking, as well as their conclusion about the accuracy of claims. Google and Bing are now using the schema for search results. Publishers can generate the schema from their content management systems or use the "Share the Facts" widget


Nowadays UHF RFID systems are used in several sensor applications. We present an RFID system that is used in switchgears to monitor the temperature of the contact points of copper busbars. The switchgear is equipped with an RFID reader and several RFID tags. Each tag is build up by an RFID chip, an internal microcontroller and a temperature sensor. This system is designed to withstand and measure temperatures up to 170 C. The paper presents the design of the RFID sensor tag and some insights of the HF path in a full metal enclosure.


We developed a timing synchronization system for injection from the linac of the XFEL machine, SACLA, to the storage ring (SR) of SPring-8. This injection scheme is demanded by the low-emittance upgraded ring in the future. Since the RF frequencies of the linac and the SR do not have an integer multiples relation, we have to introduce a new scheme to synchronize the beam ejection timing of the linac to the desired RF bucket timing of the SR. The timing is roughly adjusted by re-clocking the master trigger signal of the linac with the SR bucket timing. The residual timing difference is compensated by applying frequency modulation to the linac master oscillator. The amount of the timing difference is obtained by sampling the linac reference signal with an ADC where the SR reference signal is used as a sampling clock. We built this synchronizing system with MTCA.4 modules. The system was installed to the linac and the measured timing jitter was better than 4 ps in rms, which was enough to obtain high injection efficiency.


Purpose: To evaluate the success rate of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for epiphora in patients with a clinically patent lacrimal drainage system.


The AITiN ceramic coating was deposited on the surface of medical Titanium alloy by High Ionic Pulse(H.I.P)technology.The Ti6A14V - AITiN was evaluated with electrochemical techniques of three electrodes system in the artificial biological environment of human body and the curve was made and analyzed,it was contrasted with Ti6AI4V alloy.It shows that the corrosion resistivity of Ti6AI4V - AITiN is better.


It has been proven that there is a definite correlation between mortality rates of breast-fed and bottle-fed babies. Research from Manila stated recently that feeds made from powdered milk derived from cows milk failed to make the child immune from later diseases and were responsible for ailments in both early and late childhood. Eczema and gastroenteritis were attributed to use of powdered milk. All professional groups in Britain are overwhelmingly in favor of breast-feeding; working class mothers favor bottle-feeding. Breast-feeding is on the increase in Britain. At a health center which has 24000 patients about 90% of middle class mothers breast-fed their babies. About 80% of the working class mothers bottle-fed theirs. Faced with a falling market for substitute food in the West certain commercial operations are turning to the Third World for their markets. High-tar cigarettes now unmarketable in the West are also being dumped overseas. British mothers are not being bombarded by propaganda encouraging them to bottle-feed their infants and many working class mothers are switching to breast-feeding. The actual proportion of breast-fed is still about 50%.


The author suggests increasing taxes on water usage to shape the budget for creating a system for groundwater fund management.


In 2005 Salerian and Saleri have proposed that a relatively minor alteration in core body or brain temperature may be of significant therapeutic benefit in combating neurodegenerative disorders and prolonging lifespan. In addition, they postulate that brain temperature may rise with mania and fall with depression and propose that therapeutic manipulation of brain temperature may represent a key mechanism in the treatment of mood disorders.


Caustic rings of dark matter were predicted to exist in the plane of the Galaxy at radii a n ≃ 40 kpc /n for n = 1, 2, 3,.... The recently discovered Monoceros Ring of stars is located near the n = 2 caustic, prompting us to consider a possible connection between these two objects. We identify two processes through which the Monoceros Ring of stars may have formed. One process is the migration of gas to an angular velocity minimum at the caustic leading to enhanced star formation there. The other is the adiabatic deformation of star orbits as the caustic slowly grows in mass and radius. The second process predicts an order 100% enhancement of the density of disk stars at the location of the caustic ring.


Vinylogous esters and acid halides have been compared with respect to their rates of hydrolysis and of reaction with ammonia and amines. Under alkaline conditions the vinylogous esters were hydrolysed faster than the comparable acid halides. Conversely the reaction of the vinylogous acid halides with base to give enaminones was generally faster than that of the esters. Great differences in reaction rates were observed: when tertiary enaminones are being prepared it is very advantageous to use vinylogous acid halides as starting materials.


Objective To study the electronic medical record and management deficiencies.Methods All aspects of electronic medical record management deficiencies were analysed.Results Explain the electronic medical record on the authenticity,accuracy,security,and put forward to the norms of the electronic medical record management solutions.Conclusion Strengthen standardization training,and enforce the quality,responsebility,awareness of the law,and explained gatekeeper improve the quality of medical records.


Introduction While the use of elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA PSV) in assessing fetal anaemia is well known, its occurrence is uncommon due to the current practice of giving prophylactic doses of ultrafiltered Rh (D) immunoglobulin (anti-D) in Rh (D) negative women. In mothers who do not receive prophylaxis with Rh immunoglobulin, the overall risk of immunisation for an Rh-positive ABO-compatible infant with an Rh-negative mother is about 16%. With appropriate use of anti-D the incidence of fetal anaemia is approximately 0.1% of pregnancies in Rh (D) negative women. Despite this, maternal Rh alloimmunisation has not been eliminated with subsequent erythroblastosis fetalis and haemolytic disease still occasionally occurring. This article illustrates a case where MCA PSV successfully identified a fetus with anaemia allowing appropriate intervention and a good outcome.


For an ensemble of data points in a multi-parameter space, we present a visual analytics technique to select a representative distribution of parameter values, and analyse how representative this distribution is in all ensemble members. A multi-parameter cluster in a representative ensemble member is visualized via a parallel coordinates plot, to provide initial distributions and let domain experts interactively select relevant parameters and value ranges. Since unions of value ranges select hyper-cubes in parameter space, data points in these unions are not necessarily contained in the cluster. By using a multi-parameter kD-tree to further refine the selected parameter ranges, in combination with a covariance analysis of refined sets of data points, a tight partition in multi-parameter space with reduced number of falsely selected points is obtained. To assess the representativeness of the selected multi-parameter distribution across the ensemble, a linked side-by-side view of per-member violin plots is provided. We propose modifications of violin plots to show multi-parameter distributions simultaneously, and investigate the visual design that effectively conveys (dis-)similarities in multi-parameter distributions. In a linked spatial view, users can analyse and compare the spatial distribution of selected points in different ensemble members via interval-based isosurface raycasting. In two real-world application cases we show how our approach is used to analyse the multi-parameter distributions across an ensemble of 3D fields.


Female doves were held under long (16 h per day), or short (8 h per day) photoperiod and exposed to actively courting males for 4.5 h per day for 15 days. The occurrence of egg laying and nest building was recorded daily. Behavioural observations were recorded for 15 min on alternate days.Seven out of eight long-photoperiod females laid eggs, whereas only one of nine short-photoperiod females began egg laying. Soliciting by the female and nest building involving male and female are the best indicators of a female's readiness to begin breeding. The occurrence of these activities is correlated with the growth of follicles and oviduct. Copulation and associated behaviours are not correlated with follicle and oviduct growth, and appear to be controlled by factors different from those governing courtship behaviour associated with the nest site.


Molecular bistables are strong candidates for long-term information storage, for example, in synaptic plasticity. CaMKII is a highly expressed synaptic protein which has been proposed to form a molecular bistable switch capable of maintaining its state for years despite protein turnover and stochastic noise. It has recently been shown that CaMKII holoenzymes exchange subunits among themselves. Here we used computational methods to analyze the effect of subunit exchange on the CaMKII pathway in the presence of diffusion in two different microenvironments, the Post Synaptic Density (PSD) and spine cytosol. We show that in the PSD, subunit exchange leads to coordinated switching and prolongs state stability of the fraction of CaMKII that is present in clusters; and underlies spreading of activation among the remaining CaMKII that is uniformly distributed. Subunit exchange increases the robustness of the CaMKII switch measured as range of bistability both with respect to protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) levels and protein turnover rates. In the phosphatase-rich spine cytosol, subunit exchange leads to slower decay of activity following calcium stimuli. We find that subunit exchange can explain two time-courses of CaMKII activity decay observed in recent experiments monitoring endogenous activity of CaMKII in the spine. Overall, CaMKII exhibits multiple timescales of activity in the synapse and subunit exchange enhances the information retention ability of CaMKII by improving the stability of its switching in the PSD, and by slowing the decay of its activity in the spine cytosol. The existence of diverse timescales in the synapse has important theoretical implications for memory storage in networks. Significance Statement Despite everyday forgetfulness, we can recall some memories years after they were formed. How are we able to protect some memories for so long? Previous work has shown that the abundant brain protein Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein Kinase II (CaMKII) can form a very stable binary switch which can store information for years. Building on this work, we analyzed the implications of a recently discovered phenomenon of subunit exchange on the state switching properties of CaMKII. In subunit exchange fragments of one CaMKII molecule detatch and exchange with another. We discovered that this improves the information retention ability of CaMKII both in the context where it stores information for long times, and also where it integrates information over the timescale of minutes.


Probabilistic reasoning has been powered by the formalization of causality theory through Bayesian causal models[1]. Even when its semantic is flexible enough to model complex problems, it has to deal with the problem of interoperability between models. In the research community the necessity of contexts for these models has been pointed out. We need means to represent the context on which the causal model is developed and the meaning of causal model events in the real world.


FIELD: oil and gas industry. SUBSTANCE: shoe for installation of shaped overlapping mechanism in a well includes housing with central through channel with a seat and above located annular projection, hollow valve. Hollow valve is blanked off from below, equipped with side channels, located in central channel with possibility of longitudinal upward movement till interaction with the seat. Besides, hollow valve is fixed in lower position with a destructible connection and equipped with spring-loaded fastener interacting with annular projection with fastening in upper position. Besides, side channels are provided with possibility of tight overlapping by means of housing in upper position. Valve is prefabricated and consists of external sleeve with destructible connection and spring-loaded fastener and core with below located tangential side channels. At that, core is inserted into external sleeve with possibility of rotation. Core is equipped with a cone at the bottom, which is convergent downwards, with external screw slots. EFFECT: improving operating reliability.


Curved geometries and the corresponding near‐surface fields typically require a large number of linear computational elements. High‐order numerical solvers have been primarily used with low‐order meshes. There is a need for curved, high‐order computational elements. Typical near‐surface meshes consist of hexahedral and/or prismatic elements. The present work studies the employment of quadratic meshes that are relatively coarse for field simulations. Directionally quadratic high‐order elements are proposed for the near‐surface field regions. The quadratic meshes are compared with the conventional low‐order ones in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The cases considered include closed surface volume calculations, as well as computation of gradients of several analytic fields. A special method of adaptive local quadratic meshes is proposed and evaluated. Truncation error analysis for quadratic grids yields comparison with the conventional linear hexahedral/prismatic meshes, which are subject to typical distortions such as stretching, skewness, and torsion.


PURPOSE: A high efficient steam generating apparatus and a water level control method thereof are provided, which can reduce use of water and electricity and make thermal efficiency excellent. CONSTITUTION: A water level control method of a high efficient steam generating apparatus comprises: a step(S310) of generating steam vapor by heating water in a vertical cylinder through supply of power source to a heater; a step(S340) of deciding whether temperature measured at a temperature sensor arrives to the fixed maximum temperature or not; a step(S330) of supplying the water to the vertical cylinder by operating a pump if the temperature measured at a temperature sensor arrives to the fixed maximum temperature level; and a step(S350) of stopping the operation of the pump if the time measured by a timer arrives to the fixed time.


[1] The sensitivity of Northern Hemisphere blocking features to the use of two different blocking indices is investigated using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalyses (ERA) and data from a climate simulation carried out with the atmospheric general circulation model Action de Recherche, Petite Echelle, Grande Echelle ARPEGE. The seasonal cycle of blocking frequency shows a good agreement between both indices, for both analyses and model, when the seasonal cycle of the 500-hPa geopotential height is previously removed from the data. Furthermore, the blocking frequency seasonal cycle agrees well with the 5- to 45-day band-pass- filtered standard deviation (a proxy indicator of blocking activity) seasonal cycle. In contrast to previous results, this demonstrates that a consensus estimate of blocking features may be obtained with two different blocking indices. Nevertheless, some differences in the results from the two indices have been detected, particularly for the Euro-Atlantic blocking. Regional differences suggest that on some occasions, an index may detect blocking events that the other index misses, and vice versa. An important consequence is that uncertainty in blocking interannual variability estimates, which depend on the index used, is expected to be high. The study shows that the model underestimates the blocking frequency regardless of the index used. However, the model proves to be able to simulate realistic blocks when removing an estimate of the geopotential time-mean bias. Blocking drawbacks in the model are interpreted as a consequence of a specific zonal wind forcing associated with a decrease in the frequency of large-scale ridges over the main blocking regions. These results strengthen the interest of analyzing model blocking as a complex phenomenon with regional dynamical differences and tight links with other atmospheric phenomena.


Objective To explore different facets of echocardiography diagnosis of fetal cardiac malformations.Methods 1 341 cases during pregnancy fetal echocardiography,using two-dimensional,color and spectral Doppler from conventional fetal four chamber heart,the five-chamber,left ventricular outflow tract and right ventricular outflow tract long axis,short axis aorta,aortic arch and arterial arch axis and other facets of fetal heart anatomy and observation of blood flow.With the induction of labor after the autopsy results were compared.Results There were detected 30 cases of fetal congenital heart disease by fetal autopsy after induced abortion and postpartum and newborn follow-up confirmed 28 cases of prenatal fully compatible,accounting for 93.33%(28/30),2 cases of complex malformations basically consistent with the prenatal diagnosis,accounting for 6.67%(2/30).Newborns after birth found two cases of ventricular septal defected,missed 1 case of atrial septal defected,missed diagnosis rate was 9.09%(3/33).Deformity types including 3 cases of ventricular septal defect,atrial septal aneurysm expansion in 3 cases,1 case of endocardial cushion defect,single ventricle in 4 cases,2 cases of transposition of great arteries,double outlet right ventricle in 2 cases,2 cases of persistent truncus arteriosus,left ventricular 3 cases of dysplasia,right ventricular dysplasia in 2 cases,2 cases of tricuspid atresia,Ebstein malformation in 2 cases,1 case of pulmonary atresia,3 cases of serious arrhythmia.Diagnosis by prenatal ultrasound was 90.91%(30/33).Conclusion Different section of echocardiography can be used for prenatal diagnosis of fetal cardiac malformations.


This paper presents an algorithm to extract the image characteristics by using the techniques of wavelet analysis and embedded zerotreewavelet coding. The indexing of traditional database and content-based retrieval technologies are adopted together with the supporting of oracle8i onthe aspect of visual retrieval information. Experiments prove that this method is effective and enhances the performance of traditional database onimage retrieval.


PURPOSE: A non volatile memory device and operating method thereof are provided to secure an appropriate read margin suitable by varying a read voltage. CONSTITUTION: An encoder(132) performs a scramble operation to minimize the variance between the occurrence of the number 0 and 1 which are included in data inputted from the outside. A DSV(Digital sum value) generator(134) generates DSV indicating the variance between the occurrence of the number 0 and 1 which are included in the encoded input data. A main cell unit of an n page stores input data which is encoded by the encoder. A spare cell unit of the n page stores DSV which is generated in the DSV generator. A read voltage setting unit(138) compares the DSVs from the main cell unit and space cell to determine a read voltage for the n-page.


the main task of the work was to analyze the possible options for using honeypot lures to protect effectively the network perimeter of a banking system. The analyses have been performed using a low-interactive program honeypot, which purpose is to protect open Secure Shell ports on servers of the banking network infrastructure. As an experimental result of the honeypot's successful using there were received data on the attacker's actions. Their detailed carried out analysis as well as application results have been presented in the graphs and visualizations with additional programs. In particular, the most frequently used types of logins as well as passwords values during active phase of attacks had been analyzed and due to the obtained results were proposed methods and tools allowing avoid such types of attacks. Recommendations for developing network secure perimeter of a banking system according to the modern information security requirements had been proposed.


We present a state-of-the-art survey of parallel meta-heuristic develo pm nts and results, discuss general design and implementation principles that apply to most meta-heuristic classes, instantiate these principles for the three metaheuristic classes currently most extensively used genetic methods, simulate d annealing, and tabu search, and identify a number of trends and promising research directions.


Effect of irrigation quantity(IQ) on growth,yield and quality of Pterocephalus hookeri(C.B.Clarke) Diels in Gannan plateau area,with the single factor randomized block and large scale no-weight-lysimeter were studied.The results showed that IQ improved from 0 mm to 400 mm,the root length,root diameter and dry matte showed an increasing trend,and fresh root yields of Pterocephalus hookeri(C.B.Clarke) Diels improved from 7 087.50 kg/hm2 to 12 429.17 kg/hm2.And the production of irrigation amount of 300 mm was the highest,quality was the best too.


We study energetic particle transport in turbulent magnetic fields. The composite turbulence is modeled by a nonlinear structure (vortex) and a randomly fluctuating background magnetic field. Results of our numerical simulations show that an anomalous diffusion regime (subdiffusion and superdiffusion) occurs when the correlation length of the magnetic field disturbances is about the same or larger than the average particle gyroradius. Subdiffusion of cosmic rays in the vicinity of a quasi‐perpendicular shock can lower the density of particles at the shock front. Particles become temporarily trapped in the turbulent magnetic fields. The particle spectrum in this case can steepen as compared to the spectrum in the classic diffusive acceleration case. We estimate a power law index for the particle spectrum for a number of cases and discuss implications for cosmic ray transport in the heliosphere.


Fruit size and shape are important quality parameters for product appreciation by consumers. However, aspect ratio (width over length) was used to perform the choice of ratios for fruits shape determination and mass for fruit category. This study was carried to quantitative classify Safou size and shape in bush butter (Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam) fruits using fruit mass, as well as outer length and width measurements (aspect ratio). Results obtained showed that mass and aspect ratio can be used to classify Safou fruit size (small, medium and large) and shape (ellipsoidal, Obovate and spheroidal), respectively.Medium-sized fruits were the most represented. Irrespective of thefruit size, the ellipsoidal shape was most frequent and spheroidal shape was mostly found amongst small fruits and not amongst large fruits.


Orthogonal multicode direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) has the flexibility in offering high data rate services. However, in a frequency-selective fading channel, the bit error rate (BER) performance is severely degraded since the orthogonality among spreading codes is partially lost. In this paper, frequency-domain equalization (FDE) and space antenna diversity combining are applied to orthogonal multicode DS-CDMA in order to restore the code orthogonality and improve the BER performance of the system. Two methods of FDE are considered, the first method based on fast Fourier transform (FFT), while the second method based on circulant matrices. Moreover, a channel interleaving method, called chip interleaving is used to improve the performance of multicode DS-CDMA system.


(2000). A state of ambivalence: feminism in a Singaporean women's organisation. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-23.


Mid-infrared vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) emitting above 1 W output power in pulsed mode and up to 17 mW in continuous mode at −172 °C were realized. Emission wavelength changes from 5 μm at −172 °C to 3.6 μm at 20 °C heat sink temperature. The active medium is a one wavelength thick PbTe layer grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a Si-substrate. It is followed by a 2.5 pair Pb1−yEuyTe/EuTe epitaxial Bragg mirror. The cavity is completed with an external curved Pb1−yEuyTe/BaF2 mirror. The VECSEL is optically pumped with 1.55 μm wavelength laser and In-soldered to Cu heat sink. No microstructural processing is needed.


Wu-Chu-Yu, the unriped fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth., is a commonly used Chinese herbal drug, which has been classified as "middle class" in Shen-Nong-Ben-Cao-Jing and for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, headache, abdominal pain, dysentery, postpartum hemorrhage and amenorrhea. We found that three alkaloids, dehydroevodiamine (Ⅰ), evodiamine (Ⅱ), and rutaecarpine (Ⅲ), obtained from Wu-Chu-Yu, possess hypotensive and antiarrhythmic effects, stimulated endothelial cells and inhibit ed macrophages nitric oxide release. While, another bioactive compound, synephrine (Ⅳ), possess hypertensive effect. In this study, a high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for simultaneous determination of these four components in Evodia rutaecarpa and Evodia meliaefolia obtained from mainland China and Taiwan. The analysis was made by using a gradient elution with a mobile phase solution of acetonitrile, water, sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS), orthophosphoric acid (85%) on a C18 column (Reversedphase C18 column), the flow rate was 1.0 ml/min, and detect ed by UV (270 nm). The results demonstrated that 3.00±0.06 mg/g of Ⅰ, 3.39±0.18 mg/g of Ⅱ, 4.02±0.30 mg/g of Ⅲ were contained in Evodia rutaecarpa obtained from mainland China; 1.02±0.06 mg/g of Ⅰ, 0.40±0.01 mg/g of Ⅱ, 0.69±0.03 mg/g of Ⅲ and 0.76±0.13 mg/g of Ⅰ, 1.79±0.37 mg/g of Ⅱ, 0.92±0.19 mg/g of Ⅲ were contained in Evodia rutaecarpa obtained from Taiwan. and Evodia meliaefolia obtained from Taiwan respectively. While, synephrine (0.62±0.06 mg/g) was only detected in Evodia rutaecarpa obtained from mainland China.


It is important for a systems architect to be able to "zoom in" and "zoom out" different levels of details, i.e., to see the enterprise and business level views as well as to go into details of systems and different components of systems. The enterprise knowledge and information systems are two fundamentally different disciplines. An intermediary approach that can connect the two bidirectionally can be very useful in such scenarios. This short paper proposes an intermediary modeling approach that can provide means to computer assisted creation of higher-level business architectural artifacts, that can hold business meaning for the upper management, as well as information system meta-model descriptions that can be used for MBSE (Model Based System Engineering) approaches to develop concrete software systems. This would allow enterprise planning at intermediary level to provide upstream and downstream independence. This preliminary research uses a computer aided planning environment that has repository of multi-disciplinary patterns at different levels of detail for rapid development of these models, capturing various views and viewpoints in a step by step manner. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of SciKA Association for Promotion and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge.


In this paper we introduce a new semicontinuity notion, which is weaker than upper semicontinuity, and assures the closedness of the sets $G(y)=\{x\in K: f(x,y)\not\in -\inte C\}.$ Furhter, this semicontinuity is also closed under addition. These two properties make our new semicontinuity applicable in situations where other semicontinuities, like quasi upper semicontinuity or order upper semicontinuity, fail. The above emphasized properties are some key tools in order to provide new sufficient conditions that ensure the existence of the solution of a perturbed weak vector equilibrium problem in Hausdorff topological vector spaces ordered by a cone. Further, we introduce a dual problem and we provide conditions that assure that every solution of the dual problem is also a solution of the perturbed weak vector equilibrium problem.


The Comit́ e International des Poids et Mesures (CIPM) held its 88th Meeting at the Pavillon de Breteuil on the 7, 8 and 15 October 1999. Three new members of the CIPM had been elected since the last meeting: Prof. Lev Issaev (GOSSTANDART, Moscow), Dr Huseyin Ugur (UME, Turkey) and Dr Joaquin Vald és (INTI, Buenos Aires). These new members filled the vacancies left by the resignations of Prof. Kai Siegbahn, Prof. Rafaael Steinberg and Dr Yuri Tarbeyev. Two other members, Dr Katharine Gebbie and Prof. Ollie Lounasmaa, announced their resignations to take effect from 1 November 1999. The Committee discussed possible candidates for election. At the end of the meeting, which took place on 15 October just after the closure of the 21st Conf érence Ǵeńerale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM), the Committee elected its bureau: Prof. Jean Kovalevsky as President, Dr W. R. Blevin as Secretary (until June 2000 when he will be replaced by Dr Robert Kaarls), Dr Koso Iizuka and Dr Roy VanKoughnett as Vice-Presidents. The Committee also discussed the appointment of the future Director of the BIPM to replace Dr Terry Quinn when he retires at the end of 2003 and approved the vacancy announcement for distribution to directors of national metrology institutes and publication in the international scientific press. The appointment will be made by the CIPM at its meeting in 2000. Most of the business of the CIPM this year was concerned with the 21st CGPM and the meeting of directors, both of which took place the following week. The CIPM gave final approval to proceed with the construction of a new building to house the mechanical workshop and provide extra offices and meeting rooms. It is expected that the building will be completed by October 2001. The Committee received reports from the Presidents of the six consultative committees that had met in 1999: the Consultative Committees for Amount of Substance (CCQM), for Time and Frequency (CCTF), for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM), for Photometry and Radiometry (CCPR), for Ionizing


Dihydroceramide desaturase (Des1) is the last enzyme in the de novo synthesis of ceramides (Cer). It catalyzes the insertion of a double bond into dihydroceramides (dhCer) to convert them to Cer, both of which are further metabolized to more complex (dihydro) sphingolipids. For many years dhCer have received poor attention, mainly due to their supposed lack of biological activity. It was not until about ten years ago that the concept that dhCer might have regulatory roles in biology emerged for the first time. Since then, multiple publications have established that dhCer are implicated in a wide spectrum of biological processes. Physiological and pathophysiological functions of dhCer have been recently reviewed. In this review we will focus on the biochemical features of Des1 and on its inhibition by different compounds with presumably different modes of action. ã 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.


"Alperujo" compost was evaluated as an organic fertiliser for pepper growth under greenhouse conditions. Even though the total nitrogen applied was similar, plants only grown with composts experienced a development decline as compared to those grown with standard nutrient solution. This was perhaps because nitrogen from the compost was essentially organic, and not easily available for roots. When, alternatively, the compost was supplemented with nitrate, a synergetic effect was observed, favouring plant development and fruit yield, simultaneously with the increase of compost rates. Compost affected the oxidative metabolism of pepper plants by increasing their antioxidative enzyme activities catalase and superoxide dismutases and the non-enzymatic antioxidants ascorbate and glutathione. Overall, when nitrogen limitation occurred and only compost was used as fertiliser, an oxidative stress took place, whereas in plants grown with nitrate-supplemented compost it did not. Furthermore, these pepper plants experienced a yield increase and, more importantly, an enhancement of the ascorbate content.


The need for, the development and the structure of the Graduate Certificate and Certificate in Aged Care (Acute Care) are presented. These courses recognise the evolving role of residential care facilities in providing care for acutely ill residents who did not wish to be transferred to acute care hospitals. The input of each member of the partnership ensured the course maintained clinical relevance to all care settings, had academic integrity and focused on current best practice. (non-author abstract)


An innovative semi-analytical approach for three-dimensional analysis of piezocomposites is developed. The displacement fields and the electric potential function are approximated by the sum of a three-dimensional function satisfying the essential nonhomogeneous boundary conditions and another three-dimensional function, which takes into account the symmetries of the problem and satisfies the essential homogeneous boundary conditions. The latter function is the product of a base function and a three-dimensional polynomial with unknown coefficients. Enforcement of the symmetries of the problem results in considerable improvement in the convergence rate. The present method can handle piezocomposite plates with arbitrary nonhomogeneous boundary conditions; moreover, it can easily model the necessary discontinuities at the interfaces. Solution to piezocomposite plates subjected to electric potential will be given for demonstration.


Objective We report a case of cervical rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult and review of literature. Materials and Methods A 44-year-old, premenopausal, white woman, complained of vaginal bleeding for 2 months. The gynecological examination showed a cervical polyp protruding from the vagina. The polyp was partially removed by polypectomy. Pathological examination was diagnostic for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma—botryoid type—of the cervix. Radical class II hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, and pelvic lymphadenectomy were performed. Adjuvant multidrug chemotherapy (vincristine, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, and etoposide) plus external beam radiotherapy were administered. Forty-six months after diagnosis, the patient is disease free. Results Here, we report a new case and a literature review of a fairly rare cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix in an adult. Pathological features and treatment with an aggressive multimodal approach (radical surgery followed by multidrug adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy) are reported. Good treatment-tolerance and optimal results were achieved. Conclusions Every effort should be done during both the diagnostic and therapeutic phase to offer these patients the best chance of survival. Further studies on best approach, chemotherapeutic protocols, and outcome in adults are warranted.


Objective:To establish the c-Abl/Arg double knock-down stable cell line and investigate the effect of c-Abl/Arg RNA on MCF-7 cell cycle progression.Methods:si-STRIKE-c-Abl/Arg Plasmid,which was directed against c-Abl/Arg expression,was transfected into MCF-7 cells.The stable siRNA-mediated c-Abl/Arg knockdown cell lines selected by hygromycin were identified by Western blot.Cell cycle progression was detected by flow cytometry.Results:More than 90% of the decrease in c-Abl expression in c-Abl/Arg-DKD stable cell lines resulted in remarkable S/G2 cell cycle arrest.Conclusion:The results demonstrated that c-Abl tyrosine kinase is involved in the regulation of S/G2 cell cycle transition.


Nine samples of a polymacromonomer consisting of polystyrene with a fixed side-chain length of 33 styrene residues and ranging in total weight-average molecular weight Mw from 1.9×105 to 1.1×107 have been prepared and studied by light scattering in cyclohexane at temperatures between 25 and 45°C. The second virial coefficient is found to vanish at 34.5 (±2)°C, the Θ temperature for linear polystyrene in cyclohexane. The Mw dependence of z-average mean-square radius of gyration 〈S2〉z at this temperature is analyzed on the basis of the wormlike chain to obtain 22 nm for Kuhn's statistical segment length λ−1 and 13000 nm−1 for the molar mass per unit contour length. The chain stiffness as indicated by this λ−1 value is one order of magnitude higher than that of linear polystyrene. Analysis of 〈S2〉z at temperatures other than the Θ point is also made with the aid of the quasi-two-parameter theory for excluded-volume effects. It is found that λ−1 increases gradually with raising temperature or increasing excluded-volume strength.


This paper deals with the comparison of new signal processing tools for power quality analysis. Three new signal processing techniques are considered: the continuous wavelet transform, the multiresolution analysis and the quadratic transform. Their theoretical behaviours are investigated using the basic theory of the Fourier transform. Then, examples of the four most frequent disturbances met in the power system are chosen. Finally, each kind of electrical disturbance is analyzed with example representing each tool. A qualitative comparison of results shows the advantages and drawbacks of each new signal processing technique applied to voltage disturbance analysis. The continuous wavelet transform appears to be a reliable method for detecting and measuring voltage sags, flicker and transients in power quality analysis.


This research is aimed to know the correlation between Family Embeddedness and Turnover Intention to the Y Generation employees. The hypothesis of this research is that there was negative and significant correlation between Family Embeddedness and Turnover Intention to the Y Generation employees. The subjects of the research were 155 people, they were 65 male and 90 female. The data gathering instruments used were Family Embeddedness scale which is proposed by Ramesh and Gelfand (2010) and Turnover Intention scale which was modified by Mobley, Horner, & Hollingsworth (1978) using Likert scale. Family Embeddedness had 0,851 alpha reliability coefficients and Turnover Intention scale was 0,911. These two scales were already translated and validated using professional judgement. The analysis technique of this research was correlation using SPPS program for windows 22 version. The result of this research showed that there was negative correlation (r=-0,554) and significant correlation between Family Embeddedness (p=0,000) and Turnover Intention (p=0,000) to the Y Generation employees. This result means that the higher degree of Family Embeddedness, the lower Turnover Intention for.


Strategy and Sustainability Chapter 1: Operations and Supply Chain Management Chapter 2: Strategy and Sustainability Manufacturing and Service Processes Chapter 3: Strategic Capacity Management Chapter 4: Production Processes Chapter 5: Service Processes Chapter 6: Quality Management and Six-sigma Chapter 7: Projects Supply Chain Processes Chapter 8: Global Sourcing and Procurement Chapter 9: Location, Logistics and Distribution Chapter 10: Lean and Sustainable Supply Chains Supply and Demand Planning Chapter 11: Demand Management and Forecasting Chapter 12: Aggregate Operations Planning Chapter 13: Inventory Control Chapter 14: Material Requirements Planning Appendix A. Linear Programming Using the Excel Solver B. Learning Curves C. Answers to Selected Problems D. Present Value Table E. Negative Exponential Distribution F. Areas of the Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution


Operational performance of the U.S. airline industry has been monitored for the past 25 years by a unique quantitative model of key metrics. As the nation's most comprehensive study of airline performance and quality in existence, the National Airline Quality Rating (http://airlinequalityrating.com) sets the industry standard, providing consumers and industry watchers a means to compare performance quality among airlines using objective performancebased data. No other airline study in the country is based on performance measures. Criteria included in the Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report are screened to meet two basic elements: (1) they must be readily obtainable from published data sources for each airline, and (2) they must be important to consumers regarding airline quality. The resulting criteria include areas such as baggage handling, customer complaints, denied boardings and on-time arrivals. This research utilizes the application of a trend analysis methodology resulting in both industry-wide and airline specific benchmarks. Specific and unique time periods can be accessed for the compressive AQR database which has been maintained on each indicator, on a monthly basis, for more than two decades.


Nano Cu/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by loading active component Cu2+ onto γ-Al2O3,which was co-precipitated from NH4Al(SO4)2,NH4HCO3,and NH3·H2O.The catalytic property of nano Cu/γ-Al2O3 was also investigated.Data from the characterization of SEM showed that the particle dimension of the catalyst prepared via the process mentioned above is less than 100 nm.Results of the catalyst activity from experiments indicated that the catalytic activity of nano Cu/γ-Al2O3 prepared by loading 3% Cu2+ onto γ-Al2O3 precipitated at pH 8.5 was the highest;and the conversion rate of NO reached to 82.3% at 275 ℃.Compared with normal Cu/γ-Al2O3 catalyst,the temperature for the best catalytic activity of the title catalyst decreased by 25 ℃ and the maximal conversion rate of NO increased by 31.8%.


Black and white photograph presenting an aerial view of the William M. Rice Institute stadium, with surrounding parking lots. Both stadium and parking lots are full.