Introduction. The arbitrary control of the human posture is an important physiological function of the body. The pose includes, in fact, an integrated set of biomechanical, neurophysiological and neuropsychiatric phenomena that affect each other and are mutually compensated at each point in time. Studying the postural balance of the body can give a huge amount of information about emotions and self-perception of personality.The goal of research — is to identify the psychological characteristics of the persons with the different types of postural organization, which determine the variability of behavior in different life situations and the peculiarities of interaction with the world.Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the Kamchatka State University Vitus Bering in 2017–2018. The study involved 75 respondents aged 20 to 32 years, including 40 men and 35 women. Study design: open, cohort, empirical. A visual analysis of the person′s static posture was carried out using the Barre vertical to determine their postural organization type. To determine the psychological personality characteristics the following methods were used: the «Coping strategy indicator» methodology to determine the prevailing coping strategy, the Plutchik–Kellerman–Conte questionnaire «Life Style Index» (LSI) to determine the leading defense mechanisms, and their general tension, a time perspective questionnaire F. Zimbardo (ZTPI) for determining the temporal orientation of a person, the Dembo–Rubinstein technique modified by A. M. Prikhozhan for studying self-esteem and emotional saturation of life. For each of the methods, scoring was carried out and, further, a statistical analysis. Differences were considered statistically significant at p<0,05.Results. The results of the study revealed the psychological characteristics of respondents with different types of postural organization. The respondents of the front type of postural organization group are characterized by a wider range of psychological defenses, a tendency to compensation and hypercompensation. Respondents with this type of body organization evaluate themselves as confident, happy and successful, through an assessment of their involvement in life. They assess their life as filled with events, but at the same time, the self-confidence indicator in this group is lower than in groups 2 and 3. It can be assumed that the respondents in this group tend to keep their lives under control and worry about achieving future goals, and it is indicated by lower, in comparison with groups 2 and 3, indicators of self-confidence. The respondents of the posterior type of postural organization are characterized by a smaller spectrum of psychological defenses, the predominance of compensation, and the emotional richness of life is important for them. The assessment of oneself as more selfconfident is characteristically. They also consider their life not eventful enough. Respondents with a harmonious type of postural organization are characterized by the variability of protective mechanisms, a balanced time perspective, cognitive fl exibility and attitude to difficulties as an opportunity to draw experience for personal growth and development. In addition, it is likely that the harmonious type of bodily organization is an indicator of the psychological harmony of the personality, which, first of all, is manifested in building relationships in the man—world system, through an adequate assessment of oneself.Conclusion. The study confirms the fact of the individual psychological characteristics relationship with the type of postural organization. Studying the postural balance of the body can provide significant information about self-perception of the personality and the type of psychological interaction with the world. In this regard, it seems promising to expand the spectrum of the personality psychological characteristics study in conjunction with bodily organization, its features with different somatic manifestations, as well as non-verbal communication phenomena.


The deindustrialization helped the occidental countries gradually achieve the shift from low value-added manufacturing industry to high tech knowledge-based service industry,and realized the upgrade of their industrial structure. While long-term deindustrialization has induced the overdevelopment of service industry,result in the shrinking of manufacturing industry relatively. Growth rate increases slowly,finally leading to the internal requirements for reindustrialization. The reindustrialization is not the simple regression of traditional manufacturing industry,but the reconstruction of manufacturing industry chain with an emphasis on high value-added industries. The transition and upgrade of Chinese manufacturing industries must be based on the full-development of manufacturing industry,with a moderate deindustrialization,and by making manufacturing value chain extensive and creative to achieve the shift from a manufacturing power to a great power.


Noble-gas-noble-metal hydroxides NgAuOH (Ng = Kr, Xe) are investigated at the MP2 theoretical level. All species are found to be in Cs symmetry with an approximate linear NgAuO moiety. The noble-gas-noble-metal bond lengths are comparable with covalent limits, and the corresponding binding energies have been computed to be 59.6 and 83.4 kJ/mol for KrAuOH and XeAuOH, respectively. Except the charge-induced dipole contribution to the binding energies, the remainder could be ascribed to the higher-order charge-induction energies, dispersion energies, the contributions of multipole moments on AuOH and covalent effects. The title species are sufficiently chemical bound and are expected to be stable species theoretically. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2008


The article deals with the study of a foreign language by students of non-linguistic faculties in a globalized world and a world of rapidly developing technologies. They should pay special attention to the study of a foreign language to master the specialty in accordance with the specific features of the modern era. The leading role of English among foreign languages is the reality of today's world. A foreign language enables them to compete in the labor market, become familiar with the innovations of modern age in their profession, gain new knowledge and expand their opportunities for cooperation. In this regard, a foreign language appears as a factor of development. A graduate of a non-linguistic faculty must know that in order to deeply master the specialty, he/she must always improve their knowledge and professional skills. Apart from the educational components in the study of a foreign language, the stimulating role of external and internal motivation is essential. There are many reasons for motivation, but all depends on the student's ability. The weak internal motivation impedes learning a foreign language at the higher level. Learning a language requires certain efforts and hard work by students.


Change in local land use policy is generally a necessary precursor to future land use changes. Using the recently opened Century Freeway/ Transitway (I-105) in Los Angeles County as a case study, this article examines the land use policy responses of local jurisdictions traversed by a new transportation facility. Focusing on this local policy context, we analyze former and current general plans and zoning ordinances from the 13 jurisdictions near the freeway! transitway and we interview city managers or directors of community development from each jurisdiction. Changes have most often been to foster commercial and mixed use designation. However, our analysis of zoning changes in the corridor area also indicates that some jurisdictions are attempting to deintensify land uses, and this dynamic is even more evident when a wider analysis area of the affected jurisdictions is employed (one mile band). We offer several reasons for these results and comment on relevance to an understanding of accessibility.


This paper presents high performance control algorithms for a 100 kVA three-phase four-wire online voltage regulator. The 100 kVA voltage regulator is composed of a PWM rectifier, a center-tapped DC bus, and an inverter. The rectifier connects with the grid through an LCL filter, providing power factor correction and DC-link voltage regulation. The inverter output power is fed forward to the rectifier side to generate an accurate instantaneous command for the current inner loop, thus achieving dynamic stiffness with step load. Moreover, the inherent drawback of DC capacitor voltage imbalance along with neutral available PWM rectifiers is eliminated by extracting and feeding back the DC component of inverter output. The inverter supplies a regulated sinusoidal voltage to either linear load or impulsive non-linear load. Load disturbance decoupling is incorporated at the inverter side to augment the state feedback control for better transient response and reduction of total harmonic distortion (THD) under non-linear load. Finally, a 100% power test procedure is presented for hardware design verification in laboratories with less power capacity. Experimental results are given to verify each employed control strategy, showing high stability, low THD and fast dynamic responses.


In this article, it is shown that some new extensions on the Hardy-Hilbert inequality related to exponent function can be established by introducing a parameter λ (1 − q 1) and two exponent functions Aa x (A > 0,a > 1) and Bb y (B > 0,b > 1). In particular, for the case p = 2, an extension of the Hilbert integral inequality is built. As an application, a new Hardy-Littlewood integral inequality is given.


The purpose of this paper is twofold: in the following section, it provides some basic data on comitology and introduces the normative concerns voiced by the European Parliament. Responding to the interinstitutional debate and reacting to the Commissions' proposal concerning a reform of comitology, the paper proceeds by asking for adequate normative justifications of supranational governance and their implications for a reform of comitology. It is argued that convincing normative justifications must not be developed in the void of general reflections about the procedural and substantive requirements of a democracy but need to take account of the very nature of the European polity.


The coercive character of protest policing is a tangible problem in Turkey. Since the resurgence of contentious politics from the late 1980s, major issues in protest policing have been officially recognised, and eventually addressed by public authorities with an agenda of reform. However, the excessive use of force by the police, even in the face of predominantly peaceful protests, lingered on well into the past decade, leaving behind dozens of dead citizens and thousands injured. In this article, I consult two main concepts, militarisation and police knowledge, to understand the institutional factors that underpin the repressive policing practices in Turkey. Among the different aspects of militarisation, I am particularly interested in the proliferation and adoption of less-lethal weapons in the strategies of protest control, while by police knowledge, I largely refer to the role of crowd theory in shaping the mind-set of the police and their behaviour on the street. Drawing on the theoretical debates in the literature and a variety of empirical sources, I argue that the growing reliance on less-lethal weapons, on the one hand, and police knowledge conditioned by classical crowd theory, on the other, encourage, if not propel, coercive styles of policing at public protests in Turkey.


Abstract The purpose of this project was to examine readiness to change (RTC) processes in a sample of substance dependent military service members who completed an intensive substance abuse treatment program. The patients completed the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES), which is an RTC assessment instrument, at intake and completion of the treatment program. It was predicted that patients would show positive changes in their RTC from intake to treatment completion. Scores on two of the three SOCRATES subscales were significantly improved. The findings suggest that RTC processes measurably change during treatment and further suggest that the SOCRATES is an appropriate tool for assessing short term changes in RTC.


The Solitaire Mystery is a novel that shows Joker revenges to Frode with
his resistance. It happens because Joker wants to regain his existence and
freedom. There is an interesting thing to be discussed. It is about existentialism.
On Joker's resistance, he shows his existentialism through his activity. The result
of Joker's resistance is Frode's death. It means Joker kills his creator with his
statements that shows his existentialism. Here, the writer analyzes two major
problems in the Joker's resistance. They are the reason and the process of Joker's
resistance. The reason of Joker's resistance happens because Joker realizes his
existentialism. It means with his existentialism Joker tries to reveal a truth that
concerning about his derivation and his creator. Finally, Joker finds Frode is his
creator. The process of Joker's resistance happens in the Joker's banquet where all
the dwarfs and Frode gather to celebrate Joker Day. There, Joker proclaims his
existentialism in front of all the dwarfs. Finally, Joker successes to affect all the
dwarfs to kill Frode. Writer uses qualitative research as the method. The approach
used on this research is Sartre's existentialism theory. The writer analyzes the
Joker's existentialism based on Sartre perspective. It concerning with atheist
existentialists' theory that show they do not believe in God existence and they
consider that human just only to exist in this world without God's concept The
result of this study shows that Joker gets his existentialism through any processes
namely: Joker's observation, Joker's questions, and Joker's denial to his creator.
Joker depends on his own ability and believes it as the basic of his existentialism.
Finally, Joker gets out from dream world. It means Frode's imagination, and
appears to the real world. It means, Joker crosses the space and time, from the
card in the magic island becomes the real dwarf who meets Hans Thomas in this
world. It means the real world.


Pyrazolidine 5,3-dione derivatives have a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities and play an important role in the sub-structures of various drugs. They also have inhibitory and antimicrobial properties, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-tuberculosis, anti-hypertensive, anti-cancer, and anti-Alzheimer. The purpose of the current study was to investigate a number of synthesis methods of pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1 phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione in the presence and absence of ultrasound bath and their anti-cancer effects on mcf-7 breast cancer cells.

In this study, pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1-phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione were synthesized using hydrazine, phenylhydrazine, and diethyl malonate by different methods. The advantage of this research compared to other studies is the use of different methods (3 methods and each method were performed in two different conditions, toalling 6 methods) for the synthesis of these two derivatives. The effect of two synthesized derivatives on MCF-7 cell line breast cancer cells was also investigated using MTT (methylthiazole tetrazolium) test. IR, 13CNMR, and HNMR spectroscopy methods have also been used to determine the structure of products.

The results of FT-IR and NMR spectrum analysis confirm the synthesized pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1-phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione. Based on the results in zero doses (control group) and 10 μM of all Samples after 24 hours, no significant difference in the number of cells was observed. However, the number of cells significantly decreased after treatment with 20 μM dose of both pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1-phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione. Also, there was no significant difference in reducing cancer cell proliferation between pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1-phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione samples. In addition, treatment of cancer cells with 40 μM of both hydrazine and phenylhydrazine samples after 24 hours caused approximately 50% cell death and reduced the number of cancer cells by approximately half compared to the control group.

According to the results of this study, treatment of cancer cells with a dose of 40 μM in both samples of pyrazolidine-3,5-dione and 1-phenylpyrazolidine-3,5-dione after 24 hours caused cell death in approximately 50% of cells and the number of cancer cells is almost half that of the control group.


Hydrodynamic instabilities in shallow reservoirs DE CUYPER Anaïs Second year of the Master's degree in Civil Engineering Academic year 2014-2015 This Master's thesis is devoted to the study of ows in shallow reservoirs. The main purpose is to enhance the knowledge of the di erent ow regimes in order to improve the prediction of deposits and thus the reservoir management. To do this, two points are covered in this thesis: the in uence of geometric parameters (length and width of the reservoir) on main characteristics of meandering ows and the applicability of thermodynamic principles to predict the ow regime in reservoirs. Concerning the rst point, three experiments were performed in a shallow horizontal ume, the rst experiment being used to validate the experimental protocol. For each experiment, the surface velocity elds were measured by Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (LSPIV) and the main characteristics of measured meandering ows such as the characteristic lengths or the Strouhal number were obtained using a Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD). Finally, it was shown that for a given ow regime, the characteristics of the ow do not depend on the geometry but only on the shallowness of the reservoir. In the second part, two analytical models were developed to model symmetric and asymmetric ows. Mass and momentum balance equations were established and the power developed by the shear force was determined for each model and compared. Based on this comparison, it was shown that the principle of maximum power could be used to determine the ow regime in reservoirs.


Dimethylamino‐substituted triphenylphosphines show a dual fluorescence in polar solvents. The strong red‐shift of the new fluorescence band in solvents of increasing polarity indicates emission from a species of charge transfer character, by analogy with dimethylaminobenzonitrile. In this study, we give evidence for the fast formation of a polar transient species in the first excited state of substituted triphenylphosphines, by picosecond time‐resolved fluorescence and transient absorption spectroscopy. The risetime of the long wavelength fluorescence band is slowed down in solvents of decreasing polarity, and when the number of dimethylamino substituents increases. Furthermore, time‐resolved transient absorption spectra show the rise of a new transient absorption band in polar solvents which has a profile similar to that of the dimethylaniline cation radical.


Venous malformations (VM) of vulva, perineum and pelvis are uncommon condition which may present with cutaneous varices or aesthetically disabling swelling of external genitalia. Herein, we report a young woman who presented with a large left vulva bluish tinged swelling, progressively increasing in size since birth. Computed tomography of the pelvis and lower limbs confirmed the diagnosis of extensive VM of pelvis and perineum. She underwent selective angiogram which revealed venous malformations of left vulva and gluteal region with no arterial supply to the lesion. Surgical excision was performed but complicated with bleeding which necessitate multimodal hemostatic procedures and blood transfusion. There is no recurrent swelling after 5 years follow up. Surgical excision of vulvar venous malformation offer good cosmetic outcome. However, appropriate planning with axial scan, angiogram and operative technique including multimodal hemostatic measure are important steps to achieve good result with no recurrence. We discussed on challenges on management of this case in relation to the currently available literature.


Objective:To evaluate the diagnosis and treatment means of closed testis trauma Methods: Study the diag hosis and treatment of all the patients during the past 8 years in the author's hospital restrospectively.Results: 14 patients were all examined by B-mode ultrasonic,of the 14 patients,13patients were diagnosed correctly.B-mode ultrasonic showed that testes density were not uniform,and there were strong and weak echoes in the testes.10 patient's teses were saved by oparation.2 patients testes were resected of the 4 patients who were given nonsurgical treatment.Conclusion: B-mode ultrasonic is an important means of diagnosing testes trauma.It can help judge fracture,contasion and haematoma of the testes accurately.Once the closed testes trauma is diagnosed,surgical treatment should be performed as soon as quickly.However,resected ratio is higher in nonsurgical treatment.


Helminthosporium sp. is the cause of brown spot disease in rice. This fungus has a wide host and is easily spread. This disease causes a loss of production reaching 50-91%. The use of resistant varieties is an appropriate solution for controlling this disease. This research aims to test the resistance level of red rice, black rice, local Siamese and superior Ciherang to brown spot disease, identify the length of incubation period and the infection rate of the fungus Helminthosporium sp. until it gives rise to indications of symptoms in each of the rice tested. The types of rice tested were brown rice, black rice, local Siamese and superior Ciherang with 6 replications, in order to obtain 24 experimental units. The results of the research show that all types of tested rice have the same level of resistance, namely susceptible types. The seriousness of the disease in black rice was 41, 11%, brown rice 34, 07%, local Siamese 34, 07% and superior Ciherang 36, 56%. The fastest incubation period occurred in local Siamese, accompanied by brown rice and black rice, on day 2 of inoculation, and the slowest incubation period for superior Ciherang rice was on day 4 after inoculation. Each test rice variety has a different rate of disease growth rate. In this study, the fastest average disease growth rate was red rice 0.344 units/day, black rice 0.186 units/day, local Siam 0.115 units/day and Ciherang 0.141 units/day.


Undated terrigenous strata distributed in northeastern Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, have been correlated with the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group, based solely on lithological criteria. Within the sequence in Toyama Prefecture, the Kurobishiyama Formation conformably overlies the Mizukamidani Formation, and the Uchiyama Formation unconformably overlies the Kurobishiyama Formation. The Shiritakayama and Uchiyama Formations, which are composed of different facies of the same age, are also conformably overlain by the Oyashirazu Formation. The U–Pb ages of zircons in these strata and in dacite dikes intruding the strata constrain the depositional ages of the formations. Based on the youngest U–Pb age of detrital zircons from the Mizukamidani Formation of ca. 123 Ma, and the U–Pb ages of zircons from a dacite dike intruding the Mizukamidani and Kurobishiyama formations of ca. 109 Ma, the Mizukamidani and Kurobishiyama formations are considered to be of Aptian age (126.3–113.0 Ma). The Mizukamidani and Kurobishiyama Formations are correlated with the Nochino and Bessandani Formations, which are the uppermost horizons of the Tetori Group, western Hokuriku District. The Shiritakayama and Uchiyama Formations are younger than the Tetori Group, as the youngest detrital zircons in these strata yield U–Pb ages of ca. 110 Ma.


Based on the theory of Directed Motivational Currents, this study conducted a diachronic investigation on non-English majors with a case study approach and analyzes the development and changes of their motivation of oral English learning.The results show that the motivational dimensions such as goals or visions, facilitative structure and positive emotionality can significantly promote oral English learning. In college oral English teaching, stimulating, maintaining and protecting students' directed motivational currents can help to improve the quality of oral English teaching and students' learning efficiency.


In this paper two two-phase current source open-end asymmetric rectifiers are proposed. These new rectifiers are derived from an improved multi-phase crossed switches current source converter, named X-type CSC. The X-type CSC presents independent full quadrant operation, lower DC-bus current value, high magnetic power density, higher efficiency (when compared to similar ones), and high AC output voltage waveform quality. Being used exclusively as a rectifier, the X-type CSC can be even further improved. One can replace the series switch-diode configurations by only diodes, resulting in an asymmetric converter with only four active switches. With this modification, the efficiency can be increased and the cost reduced. The two-phase asymmetric X-type current source rectifiers are presented with their respective pulse-width modulation technique and also proper control technique. Simulation and experimental results are presented in order to validate the theoretical approach. At last, a comparison of the studied topologies is made and the best converter is selected.


ABSTRACT Triflate Ester of Calix[n]arene (n = 4, 6, 8) (TEC[n] (n = 4, 6, 8)) were synthesized based on a new synthetic route, then TEC[n] (n = 4, 6, 8) were further modified by reacting with low molecular weight Chitosan (CS) to get three kinds of new Calix[n]arene-Chitosan polymers (n = 4, 6, 8) (C[n]CSP (n = 4, 6, 8)) through Buchwald-Hartwig cross coupling reaction. The structures of the polymers were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, Elemental analyzer and 13C SSNMR. And the results found that Chitosan was successfully introduced to Calix[n]arene (n = 4, 6, 8) (C[n] (n = 4, 6, 8)) without any long-chain alkyl between Chitosan and Calixarene. These new polymers are partially substituted calixarene. The substitute degree of C[4]CSP, C[6]CSP and C[8]CSP is 17.75%, 21.08% and 54.53% respectively. And the optimal preparation conditions were discussed and the results were listed as following, molar ratio (1:2), catalyst (0.05 mmol), solvent ratio (1:1.5 (10 mL•1.0 mmol−1)) and reaction time (5h).


The embodiment of the invention discloses a security authentication method and system for a mining service, wherein the method comprises the following steps: an authentication central server receives an authentication request reported by a miner, wherein the authentication request includes output result data and chip ID; the authentication central server obtains working task information from a mine pool, and authenticates the output result data according to the obtained working task information; if the output result data passes authentication, the output result data is signed, so that signature data is obtained; an authentication response message is fed back to the miner; the authentication response message includes the signature data and the chip ID; and the miner determines whether mining operation is carried out or not by judging whether the authentication response message is received or not and whether the signature data in the authentication response message is correct or not. By means of the embodiment of the invention, the security of the bitcoin mining service can be improved.


The paper reviewed the chemical constituents and pharmacological study of Polygonum bistorta L.and then investigated the direction of research and development in the future.


The study of interactions of low frequency and intensity electromagnetic fields (100 Hz and 5.5 mT of LFI-
EMF) with some membrane bound and intracellular enzymatic biomolecules of HeLa cells has revealed an enhancement
of membranary Na+-K+-ATP-ase, intracell LDH, SOD and ALP activities, as well as a repression of cellular ATP-ase,
CAT, ACP activities in the case of cEMF treatment. Moreover, dcEMF has intensified the enzymatic activity of cellular
ATP-ase, Px, CAT, has accentuated MDA levels and has also reduced the functioning degree of membranary Na+-K+-
ATP-ase and of intracellular LDH, SOD and ALP. In the case of Px, GSH-Px and lipid peroxidation interference with
both EMF variants, we assist to the induction of a stimulator effect upon their activities. The different sense and
amplitude of reactivity of neoplastic cells enzymatic systems to the electromagnetic field irradiation were dependent on
the EMF application mode (continuous or discontinuous). These variations of the enzymatic activities could be due to a
direct or indirect interaction of exogenous cEMF or dcEMF with cellular (plasmalemma) or subcellular (organelles)
structures and intracellular biomolecules (enzymes, DNA, RNA etc.), as well as a summation of the exogen and endogen
electromagnetic fields effects. Thus, EMF induces a significant cytostatic effect either by alteration of the HeLa cells
membranary or metabolic processes, or by intracellular increased generation of free radicals.


Abstract Lead zirconium titanate (PZT) powders and thin film capacitors were prepared using a diol-based chemical solution deposition method with thicker dielectric coating capability. The completed crystallization into the perovskite phase was determined at processing temperatures between 600∼700°C. Improved film coating thickness, uniformity and conformal coating ability were reported for the integration of thin film capacitors on patterned platinized silicon with a dielectric constant of 970 at 1 MHz and 920 at 200 MHz. Results were also reported for thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and reliability test.


PURPOSE: A CMOS image sensor is provided to improve sensibility, a dynamic range and resolution. CONSTITUTION: The image sensor comprises a plurality of first and second light detecting elements arranged in rows and columns for generating respective analog signals in proportion to the intensity of the light impinging respectively on each of the light detecting elements, characterized in that the first and second light detecting elements in each row are alternately disposed and activated by first read lines to generate odd field signals, and in that the first and second light detecting elements in two adjacent rows disposed in a serrated manner are activated by second read lines to generate even field signals.


Lasers made with various diffusion schedules are compared and a two-step diffusion process is described which is used in the fabrication of high power (approaching 3 watts CW), at 77°K, high efficiency (15 percent) lasers.


The decline in the quality of ecosystem services in Bogor Regency is indicated by the existence of various natural disasters in recent years. Prudent development must be carried out to minimize the impact of a decrease in the ecosystem services index. The purpose of this research is to map ecosystem services for food supply, water supply, water and flood management, and tourism aspects within 2000-2017. The data used were land cover and land facet maps at a scale of 1:25,000 obtained from BIG, accompanied by a reinterpretation process. The data sources were Indonesia's topographic maps (RBI), Citra SPOT 7, DEMNAS, and field surveys. The ecosystem services index (ESI) is calculated based on an analysis of changes in land use and land facets. The value of ESI was weighted using analytic hierarchy process approaches to each of the variables assessed by experts. The results showed that the largest changes in land use occurred in residential and forest areas. The residential area increased by 1.96%, while the forest area decreased by 1.8% in 17 years. Bogor Regency is dominated by forest and rice fields which are spread over four main landforms, namely volcanic, structural, fluvial, and karst. The most significant increase of 5.65% was found in the clean water provisioning function, while the most significant decrease of 38.47% was found in the tourism and ecotourism sector. Accumulatively, the increase in ESI was 23%, while the decrease was 20.64%.  Mitigation efforts that can be done are to maintain the availability of green open space by implementing strong regulations.


Some problems which nurses have In attaining identity as researchers are discussed from the standpoint of one nurse's experience in a research training program. The conflict inherent in the situation when the clinically-oriented nurse moves into research In the clinical field is examined as well as the use of role models In the development of a research orientation.


The files of the Republic of China lost among the people are large in quantity and good in quality. They record truly and originally the economic, social and cultural situation of that time. The most valuable files include the following three types: files of criminal suit, financial and accounting and other affairs based on family pattern and economic system; files of genealogy; files of folk title deed for house and land and various guilds. They have not only higher file effectiveness and historical data value, but also strong practical significance. It is important and urgent to strengthen the collection, collation and research of these files.


This Viewpoint explains reasons that increased access to hearing aid technology is needed and proposes policy changes that would make such changes possible.


For the generalized Zakharov-Shabat system with the matrix potential a polynomial in the spectral parameter, they construct a generating operator which leads to a compact representation of the nonlinear evolution equations (NEE) associated with the system. The eigenfunctions of the generating operator are obtained as the squares of the solutions of the original system. The Hamiltonian nature of the NEE and the existence of a hierarchy of Hamiltonian structures is established.


In this study, it was evaluated the ingestive behavior of 10 cows with average weight of 500 kg, 5 years of age and producing a mean of 18 kg of milk/day, which were close to 60 days of lactation. The animals were kept in an area of 3 ha, in rotational grazing on Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. The experiment was conducted in a period of four months, in which were evaluated grazing, ruminating and other activities. The behavioral records were taken during a period of 24 hours at regular intervals of 10 minutes. These collects occurred in six times, half at the rainy season an half at the dry season, being used the "scan-sampling" method (Setz, 1991). A completely randomized design was used, consisting of two treatments with 10 replicates. The ingestive behavior of crossbred cows (Holstein/Zebu) was not influenced by the seasons of year.


We study the momentum dependence of static magnetic susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}(q)$ in the paramagnetic phase of Heisenberg magnets and its relation to critical behavior within the nonlinear sigma model (NLSM) at arbitrary dimension $2ldl4$. In the first order of $1/N$ expansion, where $N$ is the number of spin components, we find $\ensuremath{\chi}(q)\ensuremath{\propto}{{{q}^{2}+{\ensuremath{\xi}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}[1+f(q\ensuremath{\xi})]}}^{\ensuremath{-}1+\ensuremath{\eta}/2}$, where $\ensuremath{\xi}$ is the correlation length, $q$ is the momentum, measured from the magnetic wave vector, and the universal scaling function $f(x)$ describes the deviation from the standard Landau-Ginzburg momentum dependence. In agreement with previous studies at large $x$ we find $f(x\ensuremath{\gg}1)\ensuremath{\simeq}(2{B}_{4}/N){x}^{4\ensuremath{-}d}$; the absolute value of the coefficient ${B}_{4}$ increases with $d$ at $dg5/2$. Using NLSM, we obtain the contribution of the ``anomalous'' term ${\ensuremath{\xi}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}f(q\ensuremath{\xi})$ to the critical exponent $\ensuremath{\nu}$, comparing it to the contribution of the nonanalytical dependence, originating from the critical exponent $\ensuremath{\eta}$ (the obtained critical exponents $\ensuremath{\nu}$ and $\ensuremath{\eta}$ agree with previous studies). In the range $3\ensuremath{\le}dl4$ we find that the former contribution dominates and fully determines the $1/N$ correction to the critical exponent $\ensuremath{\nu}$ in the limit $d\ensuremath{\rightarrow}4$.


This study presents a comparison of two proposed jamming detection algorithms based on fuzzy C-means (FCM) and support vector machine (SVM) algorithms. Since the SVM classification algorithm needs to be trained for a short period of time before implementation, to improve the performance of the FCM-based jamming detection algorithm, a convenient Doppler shift estimation algorithm has been used in order to recognize the information in the channel. The jamming detection process uses only inherent information which is available in common receivers without any excessive hardware requirements. Using SVM- and FCM-based jamming detection algorithms not only improves the performance of jamming detection, but also reduces hardware complexity. The performance of the proposed algorithms in a TETRA network is modeled and simulations show acceptable results over a wide range of user terminal velocities with comparison to conventional methods.


Mt. Nyiragongo in Goma, DR Congo, exploded on 22 May 2022. In the Philippines, on 1 July 2021, the Taal volcano, considered a restive volcano, spewed a 0.62 mile-high plume of gas and steam into the air, cascading a mass evacuation. Without any prior warning, Goma and central Manila were in a state of emergency, not knowing what to expect and how to react. Volcanoes provide a conduit by which magma – the earth's molten rock, gases and water – may interact with human biological systems. The importance of effective pre-disaster planning cannot be over-emphasised in such situations. The article dwells on the volcanic phenomena, which can cause many health hazards during the eruption and in between eruptions. The vast majority of volcanogenic fatalities in the past few centuries have resulted from events at the proximity – such as pyroclastic density currents, lahars and suffocation or building/roof collapse from ash or debris – and also distal events, such as tsunamis, which may travel for hundreds of miles from the active site, and indirect consequences of eruptions, such as famine or infectious disease outbreaks, including podoconiosis, fluorosis, geophagy, iodine deficiency disorders and rift valley fever. Although technology and geology can give a better lead time, predicting natural hazards and formulating, a plan in advance will obviously be very helpful for public health professionals. This paper is intended for health-care workers to understand the health problems faced due to a volcanic eruption, and this understanding, along with the recommendations given, will enable them to plan and prepare for the management of relief, rescue and medical care.


The problem of time-tagging error of multisensor data fusion strategies was investigated. It is usually encountered with the data collected by sensors having different sample rates, which is caused by processor delays and sample-to-sample timing variations. Kalman filter is a common method of dealing with multisensor data fusion problems. But Kalman filter is sensitive to uncertainty in the system parameters. The filtering problems for uncertainty in the time-tagging is converted into the filtering problems for parametric uncertainty. The design and implementation of three kinds of fusion filters, Kalman filter, robust filter and robust filter with parametric uncertainty, were described. A velocity-acceleration tracking filter is used to illustrate the success of robust filtering in the fusion of data sampled with time-tagging uncertainty. The analysis of the fused state estimate covariances of the three measurement fusion methods shows that the robust filtering scheme is insensitive to uncertainty in the system parameters, while the Kalman filter is degraded.


Yuan Yu explained that DryadLINQ comprises Microsoft's cluster computing framework (Dryad) and the .NET Language INtegrated Query system (LINQ). Together, these tools allow programmers to write in their familiar .NET languages, with integrated SQL queries. In the compilation process, DryadLINQ can produce an executable appropriate for a single core, a multi-core, or a cluster of machines. The tool chain is incorporated into Visual Studio as well, allowing programmers to work in a familiar IDE. The result is an environment for concurrent programming that transparently works in the much more difficult field of distributed programming. In summary, Yuan described the work as a "modest step" toward using the cluster as one would use a single computer.


The article focuses on the use of snow cover as an indication object of geochemical monitoring of the atmosphere in the urban environment during winter. It analyzes the nature of the distribution of water-soluble heavy metals in the snow-falls of the Arkhangelsk Region populated areas during 20112012. The concentration coefficients of mobile forms of heavy metals (K ) and their total pollution indexc( Z ) on these territories have been calculated.


A method for predicting time series based on support vector machines was proposed. The time series, including simulated data and landslide deformation data sets, were preformed for regression and prediction by support vector machine, RBF networks, and elman recurrent neural networks. A comparison of these three methods was made based on their predicting ability. The results show that: when noise level is lower in simulated experiment, support vector machine is perfect relatively, and the Elman and RBF network are of more instability, on the other hand, with the higher noise levels, the greater relative error of two networks models is made. For landslide data sets prediction, the neural networks are limited to predict short term nonlinear time series in terms of their accuracy, whereas support vector machine has a higher precision in the short term and long term.


Thermal processing of green coconut water (GCW) caused non-enzymic browning and development of rancidity. Effect of the addition of several combinations of ascorbic acid (AA) (0 to 100 ppm) and sodium metabisulfite (SMB) (0 to 30 ppm) on brown discolouration and rancidity of GCW during elevated thermal processing (121°C for 5 min at 15 psi) was investigated. Addition of AA and/or SMB significantly (P<0.05) reduced brown discolouration of processed GCW, with SMB being approximately 7 times more effective than AA. Rancidity in GCW was significantly (P<0.05) reduced with the addition of SMB and/or AA, with SMB being the most effective; approximately 35 times more effective than AA, respectively. SMB can be recommended as an effective controller of browning and rancidity in thermally processed GCW.


SYSTEM MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION TIME INCLUDES INCLUDING COMPUTER CENTRAL 3 AND A NUMBER OF TERMINALS ADDRESSABLE 51-56 CONNECTED TOGETHER BY A LINE SIGNAL 6. SAME ADDRESS IS ASSIGNED TO A GROUP OF TERMINALS 51-54, DE SO AS TO ALLOW THE SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL THIS GROUP BY SIGNAL EMISSION SS FROM THE COMPUTER CENTRAL 3. SIGNALS RESPONSE RS1-RS4 FROM TERMINAL RESPECTIVE ARE iSSUED IN DIFFERENT TIME INTERVALS, WHICH ALLOWS THE DETERMINING THE COMPUTER CENTRAL TERMINAL OR COME FROM EACH REPLY SIGNAL.


. Let A be a finite alphabet and f : A ∗ → A ∗ be a morphism with an iterative fixed point f ω (α) , where α ∈ A . Consider the subshift ( X , T ) , where X is the shift orbit closure of f ω (α) and T : X → X is the shift map. Let S be a finite alphabet that is in bijective correspondence via a mapping c with the set of non-empty suffixes of the images f ( a ) for a ∈ A . Let S ⊂ S N be the set of infinite words s = ( s n ) n ≥ 0 such that π( s ) : = c ( s 0 ) f ( c ( s 1 )) f 2 ( c ( s 2 )) · · · ∈ X . We show that if f is primitive, f ω (α) is aperiodic, and f ( A ) is a suffix code, then there exists a mapping H : S → S such that ( S , H ) is a topological dynamical system and π : ( S , H ) → ( X , T ) is a conjugacy; we call ( S , H ) the suffix conjugate of ( X , T ) . In the special case where f is the Fibonacci or Thue–Morse morphism, we show that the subshift ( S , T ) is sofic, that is, the language of S is regular.


: Based on the current situation and the emergence of recent cybersecurity threats, this article presents cybersecurity features to tackle such threats. Updated attack methods, enhanced attack technology, and an expanded attack scope have changed emergency management. The core technology and security assurance in the existing emergency management mechanisms are relatively backward. Learning from conventional emergency response systems for improving the current emergency technical measures becomes a significant part of cybersecurity. In this paper, the authors propose a multilinkage elimination method that can mobilize system strength and protect the system and mechanism against cybersecurity threats.


Perpetual economic growth is an underlying assumption of the contemporary organization of capitalist society. The idea of growth is embedded not only in the corpus of economic thought but also in economic institutions (Binswanger, 2013; Gorz, 2012). The demand for continual growth has been subject to criticism within economic theory (Heinberg, 2011; Herrera, 2011; Jackson, 2009) and the environmental natural sciences (Rockström et al., 2009a; Rockström et al., 2009b). Against this backdrop, there have already been attempts to imagine a sustainable economy beyond growth (see, for example, Daly, 1996; Eisenstein, 2011; Gorz, 1999; North, 2010; Paech, 2012; Rockström and Klum, 2012; Seidl, 2010; Schumacher, 1973). The 'degrowth movement', in particular, has been actively engaged in such efforts (Demaria et al., 2013; Kallis et al., 2012; Latouche, 2004, 2009; Martínez-Alier, 2011). The problem of growth is nothing new and many have drawn attention to the negative effects of perpetual growth (Carson, 2000; Georgescu-Roegen, 1971; Giddens, 2011; Meadows et al., 1972). In fact, calls for research that maps the negative effects of perpetual economic growth and explores alternatives to the current way of organizing our society are increasing.


High energy hadron collider operation requires accurate measurements of the beta functions and phase advances, to check the linear optics and to locate gradient errors. During the RHIC 2003 run, two AC dipoles with vertical and horizontal magnetic field were used to measure the linear optics at storage and at injection energies. The two AC dipoles are set up to adiabatically induce sizable coherent oscillations at a frequency close to the betatron frequencies. The beta functions and phase advances are then calculated from the 1024 turn-by-turn measurements available from all the RHIC BPMs (beam position monitors). Because the coherent excitation is adiabatic, the beam emittance is preserved after the measurement. The algorithm is discussed in this paper, and experimental results are presented.


Objective:To study the psychological adjustment and stress of nursing intervention mode on malignant tumor patients psychological status and the influence of the long-term prognosis.Methods:200 patients with malignant tumor were randomly divided into observation group and control group,each group had 100 cases and control group patients were given routine psychological nursing intervention,and the observation group patients given psychological adjustment and stress intervention nursing mode.8 weeks later,the SCL-90,SAS and SDS carries on grading,before and after the intervention of two groups were compared.Follow-up of 3 years,and 3 years overall survival,disease-free survival and disease progress time between the two groups were compared.Results:Observation group patients SCL-90,SDS and SAS compared with controls had statistically significant difference(P0.01),the observation group patients 3 years overall survival,disease-free survival rate were higher than those in the control group(P0.05),the disease progress time was later than that in control group(P0.05).Conclusion:The advanced malignancies patients take psychological adjustment and stress intervention nursing mode,can effectively alleviate the anxiety,depression,psychological state,obviously improve 3 years overall survival,disease-free survival,disease progression delay time,and thus it can improve the long-term prognosis significancally.


Consider the Cauchy problem u x t t Hu x t x Z d t with initial condition u x and with H the Anderson Hamiltonian H Here is the discrete Laplacian is a di usion constant and f x x Z g is an i i d random eld taking values in IR G artner and Molchanov have shown that if the law of is nondegenerate then the solution u is asymptotically intermittent This means that limt hu t i hu t i where h i denotes expectation w r t and similarly for the higher moments Qualitatively their result says that as t increases the random eld fu x t x Z g develops sparsely distributed high peaks which give the dominant contribution to the moments as they become sparser and higher In the present paper we study the structure of the intermittent peaks for the special case where the law of is in the vicinity of the double exponential Prob s exp e s IR Here is a parameter that can be thought of as measuring the degree of disorder in the eld Our main result is that for xed x y Z d and t the correlation coe cient of u x t and u y t converges to kw k P z ZZd w x z w y z In this expression while w Z d IR is given by w v d with v Z IR the unique centered ground state of the dimensional nonlinear equation v v log v ground state means the solution in Z with minimal l norm Qualitatively our result says that the high peaks of u have a shape that is a multiple of w relative to the center of the peak It will turn out that if the right tail of the law of is thicker or thinner than the double exponential then the correlation coe cient of u x t and u y t converges to x y resp the constant function Thus the double exponential family is the critical class exhibiting a nondegenerate correlation structure Mathematics Subject Classi cation H C primary F J J secondary


Abstract This paper will consider the connections between different types of theatre and theatricality under conditions of war in Philadelphia in 1778 during the British occupation. The ethical cleansing of the title refers to the Mischianza, the giant medieval tournament and naval regatta on the Delaware organized by the British on the eve of their departure in May 1778. Staged theatre, improvised by the personnel of both sides with army and navy soldiers performing texts from the regular British 18th-century dramatic repertoire, was also a feature common both to the winter encampment in Valley Forge and to the British in their conventional theatre in Philadelphia. The Mischianza was an extension of these types of theatricals. What I will be arguing is that a study of the connections between theatre, performance and theatricality allows us to model the disparate forces at work in a society experiencing the irreversible social and political changes of war. The kinds of theatrical modelling I am suggesting will attempt to describe a distributed, dialogic, set of performance inscriptions out of which Philadelphia emerged as an urban space in the post-colonial phase. In short, both the theatricals on both sides, the Mischianza included, were attempts at territorializing space, inscribing ownership, allegiance and cultural value through the repetition of performance. The most promising theoretical model for analyzing these complex cultural interactions arises from the synthesizing the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in Manuel DeLanda in A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity.


The reaction time of financial markets presently constitutes one of the major challenges facing the state. Using the results of a qualitative research study, this article formulates and discusses an hypothesis concerning the short-termism of financial markets by presenting an analysis of the temporal horizons and cognitive maps of actors who "make or break" prices on emerging markets. Behind the power of the market hides a multitude of actors, analysts, strategists, economists, and portfolio managers who constitute a veritable epistemic community with its own dynamic of opportunity and constraint. The aim in this article is to unravel the various strands in the tapestry that weaves the interactions of those who "make the market." It is not embroidered by the invisible hand of God, or the devil, but, more simply, by the unceasing anticipations and interactions of a myriad of analysts and investors who draw their breath from Wall Street.


3-Methylbenzyl cpds. of formula (I) are new; where Q=CR1R2Me (Q1) or CH(CH2OR3)CH=CH2 (Q2); R1=OH, CH2OH, CH2OMe, CH(OH)Me, CHO or CH(OMe)2; R2=Me or Et; R3 and X=H or Me.


This thesis mainly introduces the application of single chip microcomputer P87LPC767 in intelligentized γ camera detector system,including the measurement of detector′s temperature,PMT′s high voltage and low voltage of power supply,as well as the control of programmable gain in main amplifier and threshold value of energy.The application of the single chip microcomputer makes the γ camera have excellent maintainability and maneuverability.


Oplopanax elatus (Nakai) Nakai has a long history of use as an ethnomedicine by the people living in eastern Asia. However, its bioactive constituents and cancer chemopreventive mechanisms are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to prepare O. elatus extracts, fractions, and single compounds and to investigate the herb's antiproliferative effects on colon cancer cells and the involved mechanisms of action. Two polyyne compounds were isolated from O. elatus, falcarindiol and oplopandiol. Based on our HPLC analysis, falcarindiol and oplopandiol are major constituents in the dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) fraction. For the HCT-116 cell line, the dichloromethane fraction showed significant effects. Furthermore, the IC50 for falcarindiol and oplopandiol was 1.7 μM and 15.5 μM, respectively. In the mechanistic study, after treatment with 5 μg/ml for 48 h, dichloromethane fraction induced cancer cell apoptosis by 36.5% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 3.9%). Under the same treatment condition, dichloromethane fraction caused cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase by 32.6% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 23.4%), supported by upregulation of key cell cycle regulator cyclin A to 21.6% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 8.6%). Similar trends were observed by using cell line HT-29. Data from this study filled the gap between phytochemical components and the cancer chemoprevention of O. elatus. The dichloromethane fraction is a bioactive fraction, and falcarindiol is identified as an active constituent. The mechanisms involved in cancer chemoprevention by O. elatus were apoptosis induction and G2/M cell cycle arrest mediated by a key cell cycle regulator cyclin A.


Microscapha andrzeji sp. nov., the first fossil representative of the genus is described from Eocene Baltic amber. An updated list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) is provided. The presence of Microscapha within Baltic amber suggests some potential for palaeoenvironmental inferences based on the melandryid assemblage within the deposit.


Hypophosphatasia is a rare metabolic disorder which manifests characteristics such as abnormal mineralization of bone and dental tissues, diminished serum and tissue alkaline phosphatase, and increased urinary secretion of PEA. It inherited as an autosomal recessive or dominant trait and occurs in all races. In general, hypophosphatasia can be classified in 4 subtypes which are the perinatal, infantile, childhood, adult type depending upon the age at presentation and severity. In young children with Hypophosphatasia the long bones show irregular defects, and the skull showes poor calcification. In older children with premature closure of the skull sutures there may be multiple lucent area called gyral or convolutional markings, described as resembling beaten copper, presumably resulting from increased intracranial pressure. Examination of the jaws reveals a generalized lucency of the maxilla and mandible. the cortical bone and lamina dura are thin, and the alveolar bone may be deficient. Clinical features of Hypophosphatasia include premature loss of deciduous teeth, especially incisors, hypoplasia or aplasia of root cementum, enamel hypoplasia, irregular calcification of dentin, large pulp chamber, and resorption of marginal alveolar bone and roots. Our report involves a patient with a chief complaint of early loss of both Mx. and Mn. deciduous incisors. After conducting a through clinical and radiographic examination this patient was referred to pediatrics under the suspicion of hypophosphatasia, the diagnosis proved to be correct and successful results were accomplished through a denture made to improve esthetics and function.


In order to improve the control effects upon the revolt habitual violating regulations in safety production management of safety sensitive undertaking,and to reduce occurrence of accidents in safety production,the authors establish the game model for the violators against the rules and safety management personal by means of basic principles of game theory.Through the game analysis of mixed strategy of both the violators against the rules and management personal(supervisors),it comes out with such conclusions that" strengthening the management of safety supervisiors can lower the rate of rule violation occurrence of the in situ workers,and intensify the penalty of the violators against the rules.In the short-run,the rate of in situ occurrence of violating the rules can be inhibited,but in the long-run,the management personal(safety supervisors) will become lazy".Also,this paper suggests a new view to improve safety management level.


Intrusion detection is one of the major necessities of the current networked environment, where every information is available in its corresponding digital form. This paper presents an enhanced tree based approach that can be used to perform intrusion detection faster and with better accuracy. The training data is subject to the random forest algorithm. This algorithm is a combination of tree predictors, and each tree depends upon the random vector generated. Spark based implementations of the Random Forest algorithm is used in a Hadoop cluster on datasets with varied imbalance to obtain the results. It has been observed that the classifier provided results in real time with an accuracy >90%, hence is more appropriate for online intrusion detection.


Background and objective Low back pain (LBP) as a musculoskeletal disorder remains a common health problem and is one of the most prevalent occupational injuries affecting adults living in both developed and developing countries. In order to increase the power and improve the estimates of the prevalence of LBP among working Ethiopian population, a comprehensive meta-analysis was carried out. Methods A comprehensive systematic literature search was conducted in multiple international electronic bibliographic databases such as Web of Science, Pub Med, EMBASE, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Population-based Studies into the Prevalence of LBP among working population living in Ethiopia were included. Methodological quality for included studies was appraised using an adapted tool. Meta-analyses, Meta-regression, and sensitivity analysis were conducted. Funnel plot symmetry visualization followed by Beggs rank correlation and Eggers regression asymmetry test methods were performed to detect the existence of publication bias. Heterogeneity between studies was assessed by using the Cochrane Q and I2-statistics. Results In all 719 articles were identified and 13 articles with 6513 participants met the inclusion criteria for meta-analyses after filtering. The pooled point and twelve-month prevalence of LBP among working Ethiopian population was 49% (95% CI 40; 58) and 56% (95% CI 49; 62) respectively. Conclusion The results showed the high prevalence of LBP among working Ethiopian population, especially among Teachers. We believe that Prevention strategies addressing the early onset of LBP among working population would most likely be the answer to the burden of LBP on future economies in Ethiopia.


Greenhouse industry is a fast growing and energy-intensive industry in Canada. The average greenhouse requires about 2.85 GJ/m2/year primarily from natural gas combustion for providing both heat and CO2 for stimulating plant growth, with a total annual CO2 emission in the order of 2.5 million tones. The substitution of natural gas by biofuels will have a great potential for GHG emission reduction. The deterioration of local air quality in regions with intensive agricultural activities, on the other hand, is closely related to the emissions from animal barns, from manure storage, handling and land spreading. Approaches to address energy and emission issues for each industry in isolation have failed in the past because of the higher emissions associated with biomass fuel combustion and higher waste management cost for manure. In this paper, we present a systems approach for solving the demand of low-cost energy in greenhouse operation and the emission control associated with manure disposal by constructing a local eco-industrial network (EIN). In the new integrated operation, the manure waste from the barn will be used as a renewable fuel source for the greenhouse heating, while the increased air emission from the green houses is compensated by the reduction of emissions from manure storage, handling and land spreading. A preliminary analysis based on an average greenhouse of 1000 m2 in size showed that a net reduction of 320 tonnes/year CO2 eq. can be achieved in the integrated system, translating into an potential reduction of 1.2 million tonnes per year in BC and 3.2 million tones per year nationwide if all existing greenhouses are converted to the integrated system. On the other hand, odor gas emissions including NH3 and H2S can be eliminated in the integrated system. For manure-to-biogas energy conversion option, capital and operational cost will be a major concern and needs to be analyzed in the future. For direct manure combustion option, emission control equipment is needed to reduce emissions of particulate matters, SOx and CO to levels acceptable for greenhouse operations before the flue gas CO2 can be directly utilized in greenhouse for stimulating plant growth.


This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of private university digital leadership and information system success models (system quality, information quality, service quality) on the satisfaction of e-learning users of agricultural students. This research method is a quantitative survey, and the number of research samples is 323 agricultural students who were selected by a random sampling system. The sampling technique used is simple random sampling. The analytical method used is SEM with the help of SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results show that the role of digital leadership had a significant positive effect on the three variables of the information system success model. Likewise, system quality, information quality, and service quality have a significant positive and significant effect on user satisfaction of e-learning systems. This finding can increase the exploration ability of agricultural students as users to obtain various agricultural information. This finding confirms previous studies which state that usage has a significant effect on user satisfaction. Suggestions for further research, in this study only involves a single student perspective. Future research is recommended to use the perspective of the organization/institution (e-learning system management unit), lecturers, and university employees and agricultural stakeholders.


It is the peculiarity of the earth that makes it become the only planet in universe with life of high civilization. The natural environment on which the human beings rely has undergone billions of years of changes and development. The evolving history of human beings has very close relation with natural environment. When human beings become the dominant creature on earth, he will receive the double revenge from nature if he pays attention only to its development at the cost of natural law. The development of human society and sustainable economy must be in tune with the sustainable development of nature


Optimising the use of chemical pesticide is required in order to reduce the inevitable environmental and economic costs related to it. The consequences of chemical control are particularly tricky to foresee in the presence of pathogens, displaying heterogeneous traits involved in their life cycle, because its effect will likely differ across the population. In this work, we investigate the effects of trait-dependent pesticide on heterogeneous plant pathogens, by means of a minimal model connecting evolutionary and agricultural states of the system. We model a pathogen population displaying continuous levels of virulence and transmission. Control strategies are modelled by the quantity of pesticide released and its degree of correlation with the pathogen's heterogeneous traits. We show that the pathogen population can adapt towards opposite evolutionary states, that may be reversed by chemical control due to its heterogeneous selective pressure. This dual behaviour triggers saturating effects in yield production, with respect to pesticide use. As a consequence, we show that maximising yield production and minimising pesticide application are conflicting objectives. We identify Pareto-efficient solutions, where the optimal pesticide type depends on the applied quantity. Our results provide a theoretical framework to explore how to harness heterogeneity in pathogen populations to our advantage.


SynopsisThis survey critically evaluates the organisation, the reported long term effectiveness, and the future development of a Marriage Enrichment (ME) program evolved in New Zealand. Information from 73 mailed questionnaires and interview data from an additional 30 respondents is analysed with reference to course content, leadership, course format, and short as well as long term effects. Results indicate that the program is basically sound, with comprehensive content, competent leadership, appropriate organisation, and reported lasting effects. Shortcomings pertain especially to a lack of built-in experimental evaluation.Course alterations, experimental evaluation, program extension, and training developments are discussed.


Starting with the high-frequency vibration of the cylinder,the formation mechanism of cylinder cavitation is analyzed.It is proved by experiment that the major reason of cavitation is the high-frequency vibration of cylinder generating by the percussion between piston and cylinder,which causes cavitation bubbles in the water chamber of cylinder.Some measures are put forward to improve vibration feature of the cylinder and suppress cylinder cavitation.


Enlarged lymph nodes may indicate the presence of illness. Therefore, identification and measurement of lymph nodes provide essential biomarkers for diagnosing disease. Accurate automatic detection and measurement of lymph nodes can assist radiologists for better repeatability and quality assurance, but is challenging as well because lymph nodes are often very small and have a highly variable shape. In this paper, we propose to tackle this problem via supervised statistical learning-based robust voxel labeling, specifically the random forest algorithm. Random forest employs an ensemble of decision trees that are trained on labeled multi-class data to recognize the data features and is adopted to handle lowlevel image features sampled and extracted from 3D medical scans. Here we exploit three types of image features (intensity, order-1 contrast and order-2 contrast) and evaluate their effectiveness in random forest feature selection setting. The trained forest can then be applied to unseen data by voxel scanning via sliding windows (11×11×11), to assign the class label and class-conditional probability to each unlabeled voxel at the center of window. Voxels from the manually annotated lymph nodes in a CT volume are treated as positive class; background non-lymph node voxels as negatives. We show that the random forest algorithm can be adapted and perform the voxel labeling task accurately and efficiently. The experimental results are very promising, with AUCs (area under curve) of the training and validation ROC (receiver operating characteristic) of 0.972 and 0.959, respectively. The visualized voxel labeling results also confirm the validity.


The present invention provides a joint mechanism for connecting the support means at least two support members, the joint mechanism includes a first joint member coupled to the at least two support members of one of the support member is connected to at least two of the other the second joint member by a joint and is pivoted to the first member and movably connected to the first joint member and second joint member to selectively engage with each other or disengaged trigger, effective control of the support means folded and expanded, easy to operate. The present invention further provides a support apparatus having the joint mechanism.


Position information is of vital importance in the various applications in energy‐constrained wireless sensor networks. It has to design a localization mechanism considering both precision and energy consumption factors. In this paper, we propose a hybrid localization system in wireless sensor networks, which is composed of coarse‐grained localization system and fine‐grained localization system. The coarse‐grained localization system takes the wireless signal strength as the reference for distance and gets the rough region as the unknown node. The fine‐grained localization system is in charge of location refinement that takes image to localize the unknown node with camera sensor nodes. On the basis of the hybrid localization system, we furthermore design a hybrid tracking system for localizing a moving object. Finally, we build up a test bed to conduct experiments with our developed sensor network. The experiment results show that the proposed hybrid localization and tracking system can achieve high position precision and low energy consumption. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


When Kathryn Kohnert and José Centeno approached me about the possibility of editing an issue of Seminars in Speech and Language on multicultural issues in the treatment of adult speech and language disorders, I was embarrassed. It was such a no-brainer. Why hadn't I thought about it long before? Well, I hadn't, and so this issue is long overdue. It seems to me that in our profession, we have concentrated our major resources on multicultural and multilinguistic concerns as they relate to children. This focus is neither unexpected nor wrong, but in our increasingly diverse society, it is inadequate. We all know that speech and language disorders are not the sole province of white middle-class American children. An estimated 300 languages are spoken in the United States today, and with those languages come cultures, beliefs, mores, and adult speakers who incur or who grow up sharing the full spectrum of communication disorders with majority white Americans. Race, too, plays a role. For African Americans, the incidence and prevalence rate of a major source of such disorders—stroke—is higher. Further, the American population is aging. Language, culture, race, increasing diversity, and increasing age all demand that individuals who work with disorders of human communication cast a very broad net indeed. This issue is a great place to begin. It is not comprehensive; but it is a fine beginning. As Drs. Centeno and Kohnert suggest, it should serve both as a springboard for more study and research and as a way to introduce the importance of the topic to speechlanguage pathologists.


This question roots directly in the understanding of the nature and function of the Church and of the churches. With one definition and concept of the Church the distinction is inherent, necessary, permanent, and vitally significant. With another conviction and definition the distinction is not original or primary, is purely functional and practical. In this interpretation, while differentiation is practically valuable and inevitable, the distinction is purely functional and must avoid insidious dangers affecting the essential nature of the Church and threatening the simplicity and integrity of Christianity and its gospel.


The economic type of a village is one of the important variables that affect the villagers' public participation. Taking the example of the two villages with different economic types, this paper makes a comparative analysis of the villagers' public participation in contemporary China from the perspectives of the motivation, intention, behavior, attitude, and composition of participants, thereby revealing the different features of villagers' public participation in villages of different economic types.


The present invention relates to a tool in a system for the design of customized 3D model of the dental restoration for the subsequent production. Implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-up, dental restorations, such as a bridge framework. The invention also relates to a computer readable medium for performing such a system on a computer. Control points can be actuated by moving the mouse cursor close to the control point, such as within a distance of 10 pixels from the control point. Grid arrows or control points of the control points, the control points may be displayed only when actuated.


The objective of deep learning is used to recognise crops and weeds on the farm. It can be also termed as smart farming. To reduce the pollution caused by spraying excess fertilizer and herbicide in the rice crops, it becomes necessary to correctly locate the rice seedling and weed. Rice seedling Segmentation remains a difficult process. In this paper, we propose a method called semantic segmentation using FCN, Unet, Fast-SCNN, SegNet to differentiate weed from crops. The average accuracy of SegNet is 92.08% and using Unet is 87.5% which is an evolved model of CNN. We have illustrated different algorithms for this process but the main architecture is SegNet which has shown best accuracy among them.


A high temperature tensile test of high carbon steels was executed in the temperature range of the mushy zone. Results were interpreted from the viewpoint of solidification progress which was estimated by numerical simulation of microsegregation. The minimum temperature among those at which ductility is zero corresponded to a solid fraction around 1 for high purity samples; this is because the brittleness in this temperature range is caused by the remaining liquid. Low purity samples exhibited a different ductility.


An article consisting of a series of reflections concerning the new elements that constitute libraries and presenting the characteristic terminology for the future. What will change is the form of application, and importance will be placed on bringing the information and the user closer together, regardless of the location and the format. Owing to new technologies, user demands are generating specific needs. In view of this, the library of the future will seek to attain access to, and ease of operation for, digitized information for users. It is necessary to analyze the Internet and those telecommunications which have undergone a rapid development of technology, especially in the area of electronics. Finally, attention is drawn to the role of education in resolving the questions related to the changes both at local and at universal level.


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A new type of secondary mutation at the Bβ incompatibility locus of Schizophyllum commune is reported. The secondary mutation Bβ7(1–4) was induced by X-rays from the primary mutant allele Bβ7(1). The mutant Bβ7(1–4) allele showed an exceptional pattern of interactions with wild Bβ alleles, which normally behave as though they are completely equivalent and uniform in their mating interactions with other wild alleles and with mutant alleles of the locus. The new Bβ mutation is compatible with three wild Bβ alleles and incompatible with four wild Bβ alleles.


The Failure Study is a popular and famous school of thought in Japan.This Paper has introduced the historical background in which the failure study has come into being and the major theoretical views on the failure study.While comparing the differences and similarities between the failure studies at home and abroad,the paper tries to expound the wholly new conception and the practical value that the definition,classification and cultural reconsideration of failures have brought us.


controversial institutions such as polygamy. This atlas also illustrates controversial theories on exactly where the ancient peoples may have located in the Americas. Although the Mormon Church itself discourages the determination of locales described in the Book of Mormon, this has not stopped the faithful from identifying them anyway. That such locales are shown in an atlas prepared by Mormon scholars and published by a Mormon institution says much about the increasing transparency of the church itself. For their part, the scholars who prepared this atlas are less interested in advocating any particular theory than in simply showing how others have posited specific locations such as South America and Central America. The Mormon ''Exodus'' to the West following the 1844 assassination of Joseph Smith is covered in dozens of maps; so, too, are the numerous historical sites of importance to nineteenth-century Mormons, from Hill Cumorah, New York, to Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City and into the broader Mormon homeland in the American West. The Mormon Church has had an international emphasis since its inception, and so the Mormons' global presence is emphasized in many maps. This spread has been uneven, indeed, for the Mormons have encountered strong political resistance in places such as the People's Republic of China, as well as strong religious resistance – for example, in most Muslim-majority countries, which prohibit proselytizing by non-Muslims. Ultimately, the text and images in this atlas reveal a world that is considerably more complex than originally envisioned by the early Mormons. Yet Mormons have soldiered forth into it since the 1840s; the church is well established in Europe and South America, and continues to expand into Asia. The resulting maps of Mormon temples and stakes worldwide are informative indeed, revealing the tremendous resources and energy the church has invested overseas. As a testimony to the Mormon concern about quality, the production value of all graphics (maps, tables, photographs) in this atlas is very high; a vast array of data is presented clearly and effectively. In summary, Mapping Mormonism is a tour de force that will be of interest to anyone studying American and world history or the history of religions.


Abstract Reviewed are the characteristic mineralogic features that may be used to identify (both on exposure and in alluvial products) rocks bearing ultra-high-pressure (UHP) assemblages, or having undergone UHP. Among the uncommon features of diamond-bearing [crustal?] rocks is the presence of sodium in garnets coexisting with Na-rich clinopyroxene, and of potassium in clinopyroxene. Attention is drawn to zircon as a very safe container of UHP relics, and to microdiamonds and carbonados (and their isotopic properties) as tracers of "diamond-grade" metamorphism. Diamonds themselves, especially microdiamonds from metamorphic rocks, are different from kimberlitic and lamproitic diamonds in both their dominating cubic morphology and their anomalous isotopic composition of carbon depleted in 13 C. Caution is urged and some advice given for the identification in thin section of microdiamond and of quartz pseudomorphs after coesite. Uncommon or new minerals found as primary phases in coesite-bearing crustal rocks are bearthite, Ca 2 Al-(PO 4 ) 2 OH, an accessory that is also stable at low pressures; ellenbergerite, (Mg, Ti,Zr,□) 2 Mg 6 Al 6 Si 2 Si 6 O 28 (OH) 10 , a rock-forming mineral showing complete solid solution with an isostructural new Mg-phosphate and so offering the first natural example of a complete silicate-phosphate series (the silicate is stable above 27 kbar and below 750°C, and the phosphate above 10 kbar, so providing geobarometric prospect for the Si-P substitution).


Modern acousto-optics (AO) is a highly advanced scienti c and technical direction, having a wide range of practical applications. The physical basis for the majority of AO applications is the e ect of synchronous interaction of sound and light waves in their joint propagation in photoelastic medium, which results in the di raction of the incident light [1 4]. E ciency of AO di raction in this case may be quite high (up to ≈ 100%), the angles of the exiting light beam de ection from the initial beam propagation direction, related with the sound frequency, may vary over a rather wide range, for example, the number of the output beam positions distinguishable by the Rayleigh criterion, may reach N ≈ 500, with the possibility of their rapid (≈ 1 ms) and an arbitrary switching. Currently, many of these properties are widely used in order to control the light beam parameters intensity modulation, polarization changes, deviations and carrier frequency shift, as well as for functional processing of the input optical (acoustic) information such as spectral and correlation analysis of microwave signals with a large base (BT > 10, where B and T the frequency and duration of the signal), the optical tunable band-pass ltering in spectroscopy systems and optical emission spectroscopy, monitoring the composition of the liquid, the environment, etc. However, reviews of the literature in the eld of acousto-optics show that up to the present such areas as the interaction of incoherent polychromatic light with a multi-frequency sound, the possibility of providing the speci ed combinations of the spectral composition of light and sound with the suppression of intermodulation distortions, realization of linear algebra operations


This work studies the influence of experimental conditions on the occurrence and development of oscillations of the open‐circuit potential (OCP) of silicon immersed in aqueous solution of 0.01 M CuSO4 + 0.06 M HF. The oscillations are very regular and last for days without any tendency to diminish. We show that they are quite sensitive to the temperature of the electrolyte, its viscosity, stirring, relative concentration of components, etc. We also present a phenomenological model to explain the oscillatory OCP behavior. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Purpose: To analyze size-dependent hemodynamic factors [velocity, shear rate, blood viscosity, wall shear stress (WSS)] in unruptured cerebral aneurysms using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on the measured non-Newtonian model of viscosity. Methods: Twenty-one patients with unruptured aneurysms formed the study cohort. Patient-specific geometric models were reconstructed for CFD analyses. Aneurysms were divided into small and large groups based on a cutoff size of 5 mm. For comparison between small and large aneurysms, 5 morphologic variables were measured. Patient-specific non-Newtonian blood viscosity was applied for more detailed CFD simulation. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of velocity, shear rate, blood viscosity, and WSS were conducted to compare small and large aneurysms. Results: Complex flow patterns were found in large aneurysms. Large aneurysms had a significantly lower shear rate (235 ± 341 s−1) than small aneurysms (915 ± 432 s−1) at peak-systole. Two times higher blood viscosity was observed in large aneurysms compared with small aneurysms. Lower WSS was found in large aneurysms (1.38 ± 1.36 Pa) than in small aneurysms (3.53 ± 1.22 Pa). All the differences in hemodynamic factors between small and large aneurysms were statistically significant. Conclusions: Large aneurysms tended to have complex flow patterns, low shear rate, high blood viscosity, and low WSS. The hemodynamic factors that we analyzed might be useful for decision making before surgical treatment of aneurysms.


Guo et al, 2023, report that NbOCl2 is a novel thin-material SPDC source, but further optical measurements on thicker samples of the material suggest that NbOCl2 does not behave like conventional SPDC producing materials. In this paper, we report the following: (1) NbOCl2 is not completely transparent at the reported pump wavelength of 404 nm, (2) NbOCl2 behaves as a polarizer at 405 nm, (3) coincidences above noise level around 810 nm were obtained when pumping NbOCl2 at 405 nm and varied with pump polarization, and (4) pumping at the more transparent wavelength of 780 nm fails to yield any detectable SPDC photon pairs.


Christian theologians, because they work within specific traditions, have a paradoxical kind of freedom: they must listen to the past, yet be responsible to both the past and future. Each theologian is trained in a specific "school", yet ultimately must have the courage to transcend the borders of that school and respond to the specific issues of the contemporary place and time—remaining "bound" to the past and future, yet "free" to respond to the needs of the present.


PREFACE IC3E 2019 was held in Shanghai, China during Mar. 14-16, 2019. IC3E 2019 was co-organized by International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS) and Asia Pacific Institute of Science and Engineering (APISE), sponsored by Xiamen University of Technology and Fujian Smart City Association. The conference provides a useful and wide platform both for display the latest research and for exchange of research results and thoughts in Environmental and Energy Engineering. The participants of the conference were from almost every part of the world, with background of either academia or industry, even well-known enterprise. The success and prosperity of the conference is reflected high level of the papers received. The proceedings are a compilation of the accepted papers and represent an interesting outcome of the conference. This book covers 3 chapters: 1. Environmental and Ecological Engineering; 2. Sustainable Natural Resources Management; 3. Energy Engineering. We would like to acknowledge all of those who supported IC3E 2019. Each individual and institutional help were very important for the success of this conference. Especially we would like to thank the organizing committee for their valuable advices in the organization and helpful peer review of the papers. We sincerely hope that IC3E 2019 will be a forum for excellent discussions that will put forward new ideas and promote collaborative researches. We are sure that the proceedings will serve as an important research source of references and the knowledge, which will lead to not only scientific and engineering progress but also other new products and processes. Gordon Huang, University of Regina, Canada Conference Chair


Microstructural modification and grain refinement due to addition of ternary scandium and quaternary zirconium and titanium in Al6Mg alloy has been studied. It is seen from the microstructure that the dendrites of the cast Al-6Mg alloy have been refined significantly due to addition of scandium. In case of Alloy containing zirconium and titanium, the amount of second phase constituents is seen to have increased. Transmission electron microscopy is used to understand the microstructure and precipitation behaviour in Al6Mg alloy doped with scandium and zirconium. The age hardening effect in scandium added Al-6Mg alloys has been studied by subjecting the alloys containing 0.4 wt% of scandium and trace addition zirconium and titanium to isochronal and isothermal ageing at various temperatures for different times. It is observed that significant hardening takes place in the aged alloys due to the precipitation of scandium aluminides.


Memristor memories provide non-volatile and high density solutions that can overcome some of the challenges faced by CMOS technology. Memristor memories use the memristor as a resistor and depict a logic 1 by a high resistance state and a logic 0 by a low resistance state. Typically, the memristor's resistance range is divided in half, and a state falling in the lower half depicts a logic 0 and the higher half depicts a logic 1. We show in this paper that it is better to use an unequal division of the range to define the resistance state corresponding to a given logic state. We show how this division can be optimized to provide the highest noise margin.


An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the Sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received Sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a Sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone Signal to produce an output Signal in a form Suitable to operate the output device, wherein the Sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a Setting which causes the output Signal of the Sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the prefer ence of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.


Ayahuasca has gained the attention of researchers over the past decade as psychedelic-assisted therapy for MDMA and psilocybin have progressed through FDA approved clinical trials. In spite of the increase in research, there are relatively few clinical studies of ayahuasca and little qualitative research on the therapeutic or healing uses of psychedelics in general. The present study included 41 Western participants who were interviewed about their participation in facilitated group ayahuasca experiences (e.g., in shamanic, neoshamanic, spiritual, and religious settings). Participants were interviewed about their intentions for participating, along with the perceived impact of the experiences. In particular, we focused on impacts that participants perceived to be sustained and enduring. We identified an impressive range of beneficial impacts, including improvements in areas that are often a focus of psychotherapy, such as mental health and substance use, health behaviors, interpersonal relationships, sense of self, attitude. Extratherapeutic effects were also observed in areas such as changes in creativity, somatic sensations, physical health/pain, sense of connection to nature, spirituality, and concern for the greater good. Two participants also reported problematic experiences, apparently related to set and setting. Implications for research and practice, along with a humanistic framework for interpreting these findings is provided.


source: http://cedejsudan.hypotheses.org/530 The Sudan, five years after the independence of South Sudan: which reconfigurations, transformations, and evolutions in the "North"? South Sudan officially gained independence on the 9th July 2011. This was the outcome of the peace agreement signed in January 2005 and in accordance with the national referendum of January 2011. This historic event, which should have put an end on the historical conflict between the Northern and Southern regions and ...


During the past decade, a substantial and rapidly expanding literature has documented that a diversity of hymenopterans have the ability to recognize their conspecific nestmates (22). As recognition research enters its second generation, investigators are turning their attention to elucidating the mechanisms of nestmate recognition and how the features of these mechanisms, as well as recognition ability itself, relate to an animal's sociobiology. Such studies are important not only because of their relevance to an understanding of the evolution and ecology of hymenopteran sociality, but also because of their potential application for control of economically important social insects. In our review, we summarize the evidence for nestmate recognition ability in social wasps, and examine in detail the mechanism of female-female nestmate recognition using primitively eusocial wasps (Polistes) as a model. We also compare the Polistes mechanism with mechanisms proposed for other social Hymenoptera nd ,with the major theoretical models of kin recognition developed for animals in general. This is followed by a discussion of the possible adaptiveness of both female-female nestmate recognition ability and the specific mechanisms underlying this ability. Finally, we explore the preadaptations


Abstract If wastes have strong toxicity, high organic content, and a deep hue, they are difficult to handle in the waste disposal. It is very practical that waste of this kind is treated by Subcritical Water Oxidation (SWO). In our work, caprolactum (CPL) waste, purged from a petrochemical plant, and dyeing waste, purged from a textile plant, were individually treated by a semi‐batch SWO process. Within a one‐hour treatment, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) reduction reached 89% for CPL waste (6.90 MPa, 260°C) and 95% for dyeing waste (6.90 MPa, 240°C). There is also a great improvement in hue, especially for the dyeing waste. When CPL wastewater was treated by the SWO process using a chromium metal powder as a catalyst, COD reduction improved further under the same operating conditions. A kinetic model was used to illustrate the oxidation mechanism and the effectiveness of the catalyst. The oxygen concentration in the effluent showed that oxygen consumption corresponded to COD reduction. With the monitoring ...


Quad-morphing is a new technique used for generating quadrilaterals from an existing triangle mesh. Beginning with an initial triangulation, triangles are systematically transformed and combined. An advancing front method is used to determine the order of transformations. An all-quadrilateral mesh containing elements aligned with the area boundaries with few irregular internal nodes can be generated.


Utilization of amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis because of the indication of advanced maternal age (≥ 35 years at delivery) was examined in the population of B.C. over an 8‐year period (1976–1983). As of 1983, approximately one out of three eligible women (≥ 35 years at delivery) is having the test. In the older group (≥ 38 years at delivery) approximately one out of two eligible women is having the test. The data do not indicate that the proportion of eligible women having amniocentesis has reached a plateau; utilization is continuing to increase. It appears that prenatal diagnosis is an ethically acceptable alternative for a large proportion of the population.


We have investigated variability of the New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent(NGCUC) flowing northwestward along the New Guinea coast, and the Antarctic Intermediate Water(AAIW) with a salinity minimum around .SIGMA..THETA.=27.2 (around 700m depth in this region) using on-board observation results along 142.DEG.E line and mooring observation results at 2.DEG.30'S, 142.DEG.E. Temperature and salinity during boreal summer are lower than during boreal winter at the depth of 700-800m near the New Guinea coast, and water property of the AAIW varies seasonally. Westward current velocity at 700m and 850m depths is also large during boreal summer. Much AAIW appears to be advected during boreal summer from southeast by the strong NGCUC. (author abst.)


This article examines the plight of migrants by conversing Brian Wren's poetic song, Travellers, with a missio-political reading of Exodus 1:8 – 2:10. Most migrants are people on the move fleeing from untenable threats to their lives from dysfunctional states of the Global South. The article argues that the socio-economic and political forces that deny the Hebrew migrants in ancient Egypt fullness of life as described in Exodus 1:8-2:10 are still at work in the threats that contemporary migrants face. Wren's poetic song offers a life-affirming discourse that postulate an alternative missio-political response that affirm human dignity, human rights, human respect and a commitment to justice that facilitate "fullness of life".


The trade-off between relevance and fairness in personalized recommendations has been explored in recent works, with the goal of minimizing learned discrimination towards certain demographics while still producing relevant results. We present a fairness-aware variation of the Maximal Marginal Relevance (MMR) re-ranking method which uses representations of demographic groups computed using a labeled dataset. This method is intended to incorporate fairness with respect to these demographic groups. We perform an experiment on a stock photo dataset and examine the trade-off between relevance and fairness against a well known baseline, MMR, by using human judgment to examine the results of the re-ranking when using different fractions of a labeled dataset, and by performing a quantitative analysis on the ranked results of a set of query images. We show that our proposed method can incorporate fairness in the ranked results while obtaining higher precision than the baseline, while our case study shows that even a limited amount of labeled data can be used to compute the representations to obtain fairness. This method can be used as a post-processing step for recommender systems and search.


Philippe Desportes was a master of Petrarchist imitation, drawing from a wide variety of Italian poets he read mainly in anthologies. Among these numerous potential sources, Desportes demonstrates a strong predilection for the poetry of Angelo Di Costanzo, which he read primarily in the Fiori dei poeti illustri , an anthology that showcased Neapolitan poets. Desportes is particularly attracted to Di Costanzo's poems that demonstrate over-the-top comparisons