ABSTRACT Argon–arc welds of GH 4169 were produced. Microstructural observations and microhardness tests were performed to distinguish the different regions of the weld. The fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behaviours of the different locations were investigated at 650°C compared with that at 25°C. Besides, the fracture surfaces were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the influences of temperatures and regions on FCP behaviour of GH 4169 argon–arc welded joint were discussed. The welds showed excellent high-temperature resistance to FCP, which related to the columnar crystals formed in the fusion zone. Besides, the FCP rates of welded samples were accelerated at 650°C and the failure mode changed from mixed transgranular and intergranular fracture to wholly intergranular fracture.


The invention relates to a master-slave type intelligent electric device automatic configuration method, belonging to the intelligent electric power protective device technical field, and comprises: performing external circuit connection on each sub-module according to a function demand, and setting the configuration information of the sub-module according to a wiring mode; and the sub-module sending configured information to a main module, and the main module analyzing received configuration information, determining a corresponding module according to the functional type and interval address of the sub-module, and collecting lacked information of other sub-modules according to determined module information until meeting the module. The method substantializes sub-module configuration, and then transmits function description code information to the main module; after sub-module configuration, the information in the main module is automatically updated, furthermore realizing device automatic disposition and configuration, reducing configuration workload in a certain degree, and increasing configuration efficiency.


Aunt Waka's message to Rinko illustrates two of the many potentials of multicultural children's literature: to en able nonmainstream children to see others who are like them reflected in literature they read and hear, and to help them build self-esteem and feel pride in themselves as part of their culture. Yet the underlying message of multicultural literature is one that benefits all children.


This paper presents manufacturing and evaluation of a non-contact rotational torque measurement system which consists of torque cell, telemeter system, transmitter and receiver coil, transmitter, receiver and telemeter indicator. Static calibration test results show that the system has a maximum uncertaintry of 05% or less. A standar calibration system for rotational torque is used to evaluate the measurement system, As a result, the maximum uncertainty for measuring rotational torque by this system is 2% or less. We may conclude that the measurement system is sufficient to measure rotational torque of shaft in industry.


Poly-vanadium-molybdenum acid H2V8.5Mo3.5O32.nH2O xerogel thin films humidity elements were prepared by sol-gel process.There are a better linear relationship and a high sensitivity in total RH range for H2V8.5Mo3.5O32.nH2O at 1 kHz.The hysteric is RH 2.74%.The response time and the recovery time of the described materials when the humidity increases or decreases between 33% and 85% are 8 s and 20 s,respectively.The temperature errors of the humidity in the temperature range 283~303 K is RH 0.4% /℃.The total conductance of H2V8.5Mo3.5O32.nH2O consists of electronic and ionic parts,in low RH range,the conductance is determined mainly by electronic part,the ionic conductance increases with an increase of humidity.


Objective To investigate the effect of ventilation with 100% and 50% oxygen on heart injury associated with valve replacement involving cardiopulmonary bypass.Methods Eighteen patients(aged 19-61,ASAⅡ,Ⅲ)who were undergoing valve replacement were randomized to receive 100% oxygen(group H,n =9)or 50% oxygen(group L,n =9)throughout surgery.During CPB,patients' lungs were detelectasis.On arrival in the intensive care unit(ICU),all patients were ventilated with inspird oxygen concentration(FiO2)=0.5.During surgery,all patients were mechanically ventilated with IPPV model,I:E ratio on 1:2.PETCO2 was kept on(40±2)mmHg by adjusting respiratory frequency.SOD,MDA and cTn T were determined in arterial blood sample before CPB and 60 min after CPB.CO,CI and SV were measured by Swan-Ganz before CPB and 60 min after CPB.Results 60 min after CPB,the CO,CI were significantly higher than the levels noted before CPB in Group L.The change was not observed in Group H.Compared with group H,the production of MDA and depletion of SOD were tepid in group L at 60 min after CPB.At 60 min after CPB,cTn T of two groups were higher than the levels noted before CPB,and the cTn T of Group L was lower than the level of Group H.Conclusion Ventilation with inspired oxygen concentration=0.5 in patients who undergoing valve replacement can alleviate cardiac injury.


Confis cation of corruptor ass ets cannot be performed arbitra rily. It mus t adhere to the s pirit of the TPPU Law, which means that law enfo rce ment officers in s eizing as s ets of the offender is s till obliged to refer to the philos ophy of TPPU La w to track the wealth of crimes . It means the Confis cation of ass ets us ing legal instruments  of TPPU law s hall be proven in predicate crime . Related to principle of jus tice, corruption  cas e happened to Irjend. Pol. DjokoSus ilo is one exa mp le whos e ass ets were deprived  under the pretext of us ing the TPPU La w as a bas is for confis cation which ultimately  deprived. However,  it turned out that in the law enforcement process , some of his as s ets could not be proven to obtained from a crime  o r not. Obvious ly  law enfo rce ment  clearly  cras hed  human  values , and  Human  Rights  (HAM), which in fact the whole values are part of the value of jus tice, es pecially the dignified jus tice that is part of the Pancas ila philos ophy. In the future, la w enforce ment obliged to res pect human rights .


The research in this paper attempts to outline the connection between Hegel's concept of action and the contemporary philosophy of action. Hegel's concept of action has some features in common with the ideas of analytical philosophers, and might open unexpected integration of these different philosophical traditions, which would contribute to the development of both of them. A brief overview of ways to comprehend Hegel's concept of action (from Taylor to Brandom) shows that the cause of ambiguous understandings of this concept lies in the complexity of Hegel's approach. The following article highlights the tension between "deflationary" interpretations and the complexity of Hegel´s original approach. Further, by revisiting the Section "Teleology" in Hegel's Science of Logic, the article illustrates how deflationary interpretations of human action can be improved, so that they are topical for both contemporary practical philosophy and the philosophy of action, beyond the unnecessary split between analytical vs. continental philosophy. Such concepts as "purpose" and "mediation" become crucial, as they have sociological and normative extensions in Hegel's Philosophy of Right, as discussed in the last Section of this article.


Charged-current neutrino interactions with low hadronic recoil ("low-ν") have a cross-section that is approximately constant versus neutrino energy. These interactions have been used to measure the shape of neutrino fluxes as a function of neutrino energy at accelerator-based neutrino experiments such as CCFR, NuTeV, MINOS and MINERνA. In this paper, we demonstrate that low-ν events can be used to measure parameters of neutrino flux and detector models and that utilization of event distributions over the upstream detector face can discriminate among parameters that affect the neutrino flux model. From fitting a large sample of low-ν events obtained by exposing MINERνA to the NuMI medium-energy beam, we find that the best-fit flux parameters are within their a priori uncertainties, but the energy scale of muons reconstructed in the MINOS detector is shifted by 3.6% (or 1.8 times the a priori uncertainty on that parameter). These fit results are now used in all MINERνA cross-section measurements, and this technique can be applied by other experiments operating at MINERνA energies, such as DUNE.


The scenario that emerges from scientific research on the use of BIPV systems in architecture shows that photovoltaic technologies and systems have reached a significant development in production and installation, becoming a strategic approach in the field of energy efficiency and enabling a progressive decarbonisation of the building stock. Still, knowledge and methods of architectural integration are not fully developed, especially in Italy. The present paper reports the results of a research activity that, systematising the main criteria and indicators for assessing the integrability of BIPVs in architecture, has led to the development of BIPV Product and Case Study Catalogues that define an up-to-date state of the art on aspects of design and technological innovation using BIPV systems and components. Catalogues have been created with the objective of contributing to the growth of knowledge on the most up-to-date methods of design by implementing a 'technology transfer' from good practice, in which photovoltaic systems are an integral part of the design concept and construction techniques of the architecture. The analysis related to the production of BIPV systems and components and their application in architectural projects allows one to highlight the main critical factors in the diffusion throughout the country and to identify the main research demand arising from the specific national situation.


Almost more than 60 years ago attempts were made to replace nickel as an expensive alloying element in austenitic steels by nitrogen. Beside a strong stabilizing effect on the austenitic structure other benefits of nitrogen appeared. Interstitially dissolved nitrogen distinctly improves the strengthening of austenites as well as the corrosion resistance. Hence austenitic stainless steels with reduced Cand Ni-contents and enhanced amounts of Mo and N in particular were developed, like 1.4406 (X2CrNiMoN17-12-2) or 1.4439 (X2CrNiMoN17-13-5), which are widely used, i.e., in chemical devices due to their high yield strength and their good corrosion resistance especially in chloridic acid solution. However, normally the beneficial potential of nitrogen as an alloying element is limited due to the rather low solubility of nitrogen in liquid steel. Using the knowledge that the nitrogen solubility depends on temperature, nitrogen partial pressure, and alloy composition this limitation can be conquered by producing high nitrogen steels (HNS).


Increased ionic conductivity at nanoscale planar interfaces of the CaF_2|BaF_2 system was successfully modeled using molecular dynamics simulations. A criterion was established to construct simulation cells containing any arbitrarily lattice-mismatched interfaces while permitting periodic boundary condition. The relative (to the bulk) ionic conductivity increase at the 111 (CaF_2)|111 (BaF_2) interface was qualitatively reproduced. Higher conductivity, by a factor of 7.6, was predicted for the 001 (CaF_2)|001 (BaF_2) interface. A crystalline nanocomposite of the CaF_2|BaF_2 system, in which the [001] morphology is encouraged and crystallite dimensions are approximately 4 nm, was proposed to give ionic conductivity approaching that predicted for the 001 (CaF_2)|001 (BaF_2) interface.


Phlebotomine sandflies, like many other hematophagous Diptera, require a source of carbohydrate for sustenance. This paper is an attempt to establish useful criteria for sugar feeding of these flies. Utilizing the Panamanian Lutzomyia Trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertig), a number of parameters associated with experimental feeding were investigated. Of 11 sugars tested, 5 were preferred: sucrose, fructose, maltose, raffinose and glucose. These 5 sugars are primary constituents of nectar, probably the most important energy source in nature for hematophagous flies. Honey was less acceptable than fructose or corn syrup (Karo). Rate of sugar acceptance was unaffected by concentration, pH, NaCI content, color of the solution or temperature. Concentration of sugar solution had no appreciable effect on fly longevity. Higher feeding rates were obtained utilizing a new holding vessel (styrofoam cup).


Four representative Δ20-ginsenosides, namely, ginsenosides Rh4 (1), (20E)-Rh3 (2), Rg6 (3), and Rk1 (4) from Panax Ginseng, were chemically synthesized for the first time. Dehydration of the naturally occurring 20(S)-protopanaxatriol and 20(S)-protopanaxadiol provided all types of Δ20-sapogenins, which were separated due to a judicious choice of protecting groups. The Δ20-sapogenins were then directly glycosylated with glycosyl ortho-alkynylbenzoate donors under the catalysis of Ph3PAuNTf2 as key steps. The neutral conditions of the glycosylations were crucial to prevent the acid-labile Δ20,21 double bond from isomerization.


The response of ion-selective membrane electrodes is usually still described with the semiempirical Nicolskii-Eisenman equation although it cannot correctly reproduce experimental data if ions of different charges are involved. The recently published self-consistent model that was derived for two ions of any charges is now extended to any number of ions of any charge. One single explicit equation is here given for the first time for any number of monovalent, divalent, and trivalent ions. Deviations relative to the Nicolskii-Eisenman equation are shown to be especially high at low interferences and bias calibrations if done in a mixed solution of a target sample as well as multivariate calibrations with sensor arrays.


A kind of small sized HF or VHF/UHF broadband antenna for shipboard communication is designed through experimental studies.The antenna integrates the techniques of construction combination,dual feed and matching with sleeves.The effects of various physical parameters on the antenna's performance were described in detail.In a bandwidth greater than 5 octaves,the antenna's voltage standing wave ratio(VSWR)is under 2.5,and its dimensions are much smaller than those of the traditional discone and discage antennas.


This article documents the experiences of volunteer visitors to Australia's onshore immigration detention facilities, and considers what they reveal about the operation of power within this detention network. While immigration detention systems (including Australia's) have received considerable academic attention in recent years, few scholars have examined the experiences of volunteers. Further, while the existing scholarship points to the negative impacts of immigration detention on detainees, the question of how these outcomes are produced at the level of daily institutional life has gone largely unanswered. The testimonies presented here provide a valuable window onto daily life in Australia's onshore immigration detention centres, highlighting the opaque and capricious mechanisms through which they produce emotional distress in both asylum seekers and their supporters. In documenting these mechanisms and their effects, this article shows how 'deterrence' is enacted through the small and seemingly innocuous details of institutional life.


To investigate geometric and electronic structure, a theoretical study is performed on the Carbz-PAHTDDT (S9) organic dye sensitizer. This dye has a reported promising efficiency when coupled with ferrocene-based electrolyte composition. The present study indicated that the long-range correction to the theoretical model in the time-dependent density functional theory is important to produce accurate absorption wavelengths. In the present study, the chemical structure of the original Carbz-PAHTDDT dye on the {\pi}-conjugated bridge is also rationally changed to produce new dyes aiming at enhancing the spectral response as a desirable property of organic dyes in DSSC application. The theoretical studies on the new dyes have shown a significant red-shifting and broadening of their absorption spectra.


eCoxve. It is a bending downwards of the head of the femur, due to curvature of its neck, so that the head of the bone is nearly as low as, or even lower than, the top of the great trochanter. The bending of the neck is such that it is convex upwards and forwards. The deformity is usually due to rachitis, and is probably a common disorder, although it has but recently been described. Its discovery ranks in import.ance and novelty with that of post-nasal adenoids by Meyer, of Copenhagen, in i868, and just as these vegetations are easily recognised and treated now that an original observer has taught us how to look for them, so we may see many ,examples of coxa vara now that we have been educated as to its existence. There is this difference between the two discoveries: that whereas Meyer gave us in the beginning comparatively full information of the nature and treatment of adenoids, and left but little room for further observers, the discovery of the diseased condition now under consideration, .;although followed by some information about its diagnosis and treatment, still leaves room for an increase of our knowledge concerning it. Coxa vara was first discovered so late as I889 by Ernst Muller, and was more fully investigated and described in 1894 by Hofmeister, of Ttibingen, who gave it its name. So far as I know the condition was first introduced to the notice of British surgeons by Professor Ogston, of Aberdeen.' It is interesting to note that he says he "had previously for several years been collecting records and photographs of this condition under the designation of rachitic deformity of the head and neck of the thighbone," when he found that Hofmeister had also been at work, and had published his results. Professor Ogston's article, however, -threw neiv and original light on the subject, and since the time of its appearance the diagnosis, previously difficult andlargely conjectural, has by the introduction of the Roentgen rays been made quite exact. NATURE OF THE DEFORMITY. The angle of junction of the neck with the shaft of the normal femur varies with age, being more obtuse in early life and approaching more nearly to a right angle as age advances. Thus, in a young adult it is about 128°, in a child is much larger and more open, while in those of advanced years only does it ever approach a right angle. As regards the deformity of coxa vara, it is a condition where the head of the femur may be so depressed that it is below the level of the top of the great trochanter, and that the neck may form an angle with the shaft of even less than go9. In minor varieties of the deformity it may occupy any level between this and the normal elevation, which of course varies with age, the head being higher in proportion to the youth of the subject and the obtuseness of the angle of junction of the neck with the shaft. Also the neck is curved in such a way that its anterior convexity is much increased.


Abstract The authors studied the possible employment of various compounds containing sulfur as masking agents for divalent and trivalent metals, in the titration of thorium with EDTA. Reagents studied were thioglicolic acid, 3-mercaptopropionic acid, 2-mercaptoethanol, 2,3-dimercaptopropanol, BIS (2-hydroxy ethyl) dithlocarbamate, ethylxantate, thionalid, thiourea and thiosulfate. The ones which proved more efficient were 2,3-dimercaptopropanol and BIS (2-hydroxyethyl) dithiocarbamate.


Starting with a stationary point process on the line with points one unit apart, simultaneously replace each point by a point located uniformly between the original point and its right-hand neighbor. Iterating this transformation, we obtain convergence to a limiting point process, which we are able to identify. The example of the uniform distribution is for purposes of illustration only; in fact, convergence is obtained for almost any distribution on [0, 1]. In the more general setting, we prove the limiting distribution is invariant under the above transformation, and that for each such transformation, a large class of initial processes leads to the same invariant distribution. We also examine the covariance of the limiting sequence of interval lengths. Finally, we identify those invariant distributions with independent interval lengths, and the transformations from which they arise.


BACKGROUND: There are special considerations and challenges to approaching the death of a pediatric patient. These circumstances are not often addressed in medical school curricula, which tends to be aimed at the care of adults. Pediatric residents are frequently called on to take care of dying children in the emergency, oncology and ICU settings. However, pediatric residents often do not feel prepared to deliver serious news or provide adequate anticipatory guidance …


Background Bortezomib, a first-in-class proteasome inhibitor, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2003. Bortezomib has come a long way since its development as one of the most effective drugs currently available for treating multiple myeloma. With improved efficacy of combination regimens, we have seen increasing use of its therapeutic spectrum ranging from frontline induction to maintenance therapy. Bortezomib has been integrated into the treatment of myeloma at every disease stage. Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the disease response and survival outcome in patients with multiple myeloma who were treated with bortezomib as first-line or second-line treatment who had recurrent or refractory disease after systemic chemotherapy. Patients and methods This retrospective study included 23 patients with multiple myeloma who were treated at Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Tanta University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, and were diagnosed between January 2012 and January 2016. Nine patients received bortezomib as a first-line treatment, whereas 14 patients received it as a second-line treatment. Results Bortezomib shows better response rate and survival outcome especially in patients who received it as the first line of treatment. About 52.5% of patients show partial response or better response. Conclusion Bortezomib with dexamethasone gives a response rate and survival outcome better than conventional treatment, dexamethasone alone, or bortezomib single agent. However, bortezomib combination with other chemotherapeutic agents gives more response rate than bortezomib with dexamethasone.


Twitter-based messages have presented challenges in the identification of features as applied to classification. This paper explores filtering techniques for improved trend detection and information extraction. Starting with a pre-filtered source (Twitter), we will examine the application of both information theory and Natural Language Processing (NLP) based techniques as a means of preprocessing for classification. Results demonstrate that both means allow for improved results in classification among highly idiosyncratic data (Twitter).


The title molecular salt, C19H34N+·C10H7O5S−, is a charge-control agent used for toners in electrophotography with a high melting point of 508 K. In the crystal structure, the anions form inversion dimers, linked by pairs of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Further O—H⋯O links between dimers generate anionic sheets propagating in (010). One of the n-butyl chains of the cation is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.53:0.47 ratio.


The main objective of this bachelor´s dissertation was an analysis of financial statements, as a basic resourse for financial analysis, which was later made to company POZIMOS a. s. for the period 2010 - 2013, in purpouse to qualify its financial health and particulary to draft measures, solutions and recomendations for the future. This work is divided into two main parts - part theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, readers can get acquainted with the problems of this topic, with terms, instruments and methods for financial analysis. For the begining of the practical part the company is presented, which is followed by analysis of her own accounting records, so it s own financial analysis. At the end of this thesis, I evaluated the results and propose measures to improve the efficiency of this company.


After the presentation of some figures on the composition and development of infrastructure investments in the Netherlands, the subject matter of this article is assessed from three different points of view. First, the share of infrastructure production in national income and employment is estimated. The exercise is limited to infrastructure facilities provided by the public sector. This approach gives some indication of the size of economic activity related to infrastructure, in proportion to the economy as a whole. Second, the impact of infrastructure on the supply side -in particular the production capacity -of the economy is discussed. Infrastructure can be considered as a complement to economic activity. Consequently, bottlenecks can be disadvantageous to economic development and should be avoided. Furthermore, infrastructure investments are sometimes thought to induce new economic activities. A causality analysis, relating private investments to past infrastructure investments, seems to confirm this view, though the results may equally well be explained by expenditure effects. In addition an attempt was made to introduce infrastructure stock in a vintage production function for different sectors of industry. The basic idea behind this exercise was, that infrastructure investments cause disembodied technical progress. No significant results could however be obtained in this way. So, the effectiveness of infrastructure investments in general as an instrument to induce economic activity, does not seem to be beyond dispute. This may however not be so for certain specified projects. The third approach focusses on the demand side of the economy. The medium term effects of an overall increase in infrastructure investments by the public sector were evaluated, using a large macro-economic model of the Dutch central planning bureau. The additional expenditure was assumed to be financed by the capital market. It turned out that an increase in employment is the result of this policy. The deficit on the budget will increase as well. Moreover, private investments eventually tend to decrease as a result of crowding-out effects. Summarizing the different results, it can be stated that there is no strong argument in favour of an overall increase in infrastructure investments. Nevertheless, specific investment projects may be very beneficial to the economy, especially when serious bottlenecks exist or are expected to develop.(Author/TRRL)


The first step in association-analysis is to form 2 x 2 contingency tables for all species pairs based on presence and absence. In early studies (Williams & Lambert 1959) limitations of computer size led to the omission of data for species occurring infrequently. Later studies usually include all species though Ivimey-Cook & Proctor (1966) and Crawford & Wishart (1966) included only those species occurring in at least two and ten plots, respectively. Sarmiento & Monasterio (1969) have compared results including and excluding species with a frequency of less than 5%. The second step involves calculating x2 values for each contingency table. This causes the first major problem. Normal statistical practice requires a minimum of three observations per cell since with smaller numbers the calculated x2 values are biased even when corrections for continuity are included (Ostle 1963). Values less than the recommended minimum can occur in one or more cells of the 2 x 2 tables for several reasons. The total number of presences or absences for any one species may be less than twice the minimum. Final classes containing less than six plots have been reported frequently (Williams & Lambert 1959, 1960, 1961; Gittins 1965; Ivimey-Cook & Proctor 1966; Greig-Smith, Austin & Whitmore 1967; Poore 1968; Kershaw 1968; Flenley 1969; Sarmiento & Monasterio 1969). In fact many reports include classes with only one plot indicating that x2 has been calculated for contingency tables with one cell equal to


Background and objective:  Evaluation of airway inflammation is important for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma. Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is a minimally invasive method for assessing inflammation and may be useful for monitoring airway inflammation in asthma. The aims of this study were to establish an EBC collection method, to assess biomarkers reflecting asthmatic airway inflammation, and to determine the relationship of these biomarkers with asthma severity and lung function.


We report on the generation of homogenous low spatial frequency LIPSS on fused silica and sapphire with beam-shaped femtosecond pulsed laser irradiation. For the silica specimen, the periodicities of the LSFL generated by a Gaussian and a Top-Hat beam profile are compared with regard to the applied fluence, pulse overlap and angle of incidence. For both profiles, an increasing periodicity is found for an increasing pulse overlap and a decreasing periodicity for an increasing angle of incidence, in turn facilitating a fine-adjustment of the LSFL periodicity for potential applications. Furthermore, for a homogenous surface coverage with LSFL, the silica sample is rotated 40° for an angular irradiation, improving the quality of the periodic structures for Gaussian irradiation. Applying the beamshaped Top-Hat laser profile, superior LSFL with increased line width are observed. For sapphire, we focus on the generation of one-dimensional structures along straight lines with respect to different scanning directions, being either parallel or orthogonal to the laser polarization. We found an excellent quality for parallel scanning using Top-Hat beam profile as well as an increased line width as compared to Gaussian beam profile. From an applicable point of view, these high-quality structures lead to the next step texturing entire surfaces of transparent materials with homogenous microstructures for a specific adaption of the cell growth or wettability.


Oral single dose kinetics of mefloquine was investigated in 16 male volunteers, 3 Caucasians and 13 African natives. Unchanged mefloquine (= M) and one of its metabolites (= MM) were measured in the p


By focusing on a transfer of a museological model from the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro to colonial Indochina, the paper examines the failure to create an ethnographic museum. The paper analyses, on the one hand, the collecting practices in the field and the circulation of knowledge, people, and objects from metropole to colony and vice versa. On the other hand, it seeks to highlight why Rivet and the École Française d'Extrême-Orient focused their research programme on the Montagnards from 1932 onwards at a time when French administration attempted to control the Highlands due to its strategic importance in terms of controlling Indochina. The concern with establishing ethnographic collections in Indochina extending from 1920s to 1938 attests the ways in which museums could be evolved in the governance of colonial populations. However, this concern underestimated the very fact that ethnographic museums differed for metropolitan populations and for colonizers.


— Modern spatial database management systems require a unique Spatial Access Method (SAM) in order solve complex spatial quires efficiently. In this case the spatial data structure takes a prominent place in the SAM. Inadequate data structure leads forming poor algorithmic choices and forging deficient understandings of algorithm behavior on the spatial database. A key step in developing a better semantic spatial object data structure is to quantify the performance effects of semantic and outlier detections that are not reflected in the previous tree structures (R-Tree and its variants). This paper explores a novel SSR O -Tree on SAM to the Topo-Semantic approach. The paper shows how to identify and handle the semantic spatial objects with outlier objects during page overflow/underflow, using gain/loss metrics. We introduce a new SSR O -Tree algorithm which facilitates the achievement of better performance in practice over algorithms that are superior in the R * -Tree and R O -Tree by considering selection queries.


Abstract We present a complete determination of the thermal expansion and the elastic constants tensors in LaP5O14, between 20°C and 200°C, across the 126°C ferroelastic phase transition of this material. The transition is a second order one. Two phenomenological models are consistent with our measurements.


Surface water intakes are a major capital cost for seawater desalination facilities, and their performance can greatly impact the operation of the entire system. Alternative intakes, based on the riverbank filtration concept, are increasingly being implemented because they are less expensive than conventional intakes and can also provide natural filtering of feedwater prior to the entry of water into the treatment plant. The basic concept is to use vertical or horizontal wells or galleries located near the seawater source to produce feed water, while taking advantage of the natural sand filtration provided by the beach sands and other sediments. Although conceptually simple, the successful design of beach gallery intakes must consider a variety of sedimentological and hydrogeological factors. Production rates are dependent upon both the hydraulic conductivity of the beach sediments and the length of the flow path from the seawater source to the gallery. Beach galleries constructed inland above the high ti...


This article describes an arts-based writing project, the Cultural Selfie, used in a pre-service teacher education classroom to explore the concept of funds of knowledge and to develop intercultural awareness. The Cultural Selfie as a visual interpretation provided a space for pre-service teachers to reflect critically on their everyday cultural and literacy practices and their teacher Self. In doing so, they used literacy as a form of meaning-making to examine concepts such as privilege, cultural bias, and discomfort, as well as strength and weakness in relating to different cultures.


High power, high efficiency propulsion equipment with a high shock resilience capability that occupies the minimum volume, with a low weight and a very low noise signature is a "holy grail" of naval propulsion.  Significant steps towards this goal have been made in the area of naval electric propulsion in the last 30 years, but it is hard to combine all these features in a single design since some features tend to militate against others.  Solutions, therefore, require a balance between the thermal challenges of high power in a low volume and the requirement for shock proof, low signature machines. A permanent magnet propulsion motor with a patented novel cooling system designed for power density and low structureborne noise is being developed, manufactured and tested as a technology demonstrator. It is part of a programme part funded by InnovateUK under the Optimised Electric System Architecture project in partnership with the University of Nottingham and the University of Warwick. The primary market for the motor is envisaged to be naval and marine research vessels where power density and low noise is important. The motor is low speed and designed for direct mechanical coupling in the shaft line to the propeller and will be suitable for full electric or hybrid propulsion since the design is inherently scalable from relatively low powers up to those required for full electric warship propulsion. This paper describes the principles of the design and the approaches used to achieve the combination of high power density, high efficiency, high torque and low noise.  It describes the thermal management approach and how the thermal behaviour of the different elements of the motor have been modelled.  It also shows how advanced modelling techniques, combined with laboratory based and simple, practical testing have been used to develop the design and the manufacturing techniques required by this innovative solution.  The paper also describes the testing approach used to validate the machine and its integration into a wider Direct Current or Alternating Current distribution system that could include energy storage elements. Finally, the performance of the motor is discussed along with the probable next stages in its development.


The article describes the "social competitive status" category. It marks that competitiveness is more and more identified by society socialisation factors. It proves that the social competitive status is a characteristic of social competitiveness of the national economy and is ensured through achievement of such indicators as social security, development of the society, level and quality of life, level of correspondence of the potential of organisation of the "optimal" strategy of its development. The article shows positive and negative features of the international image of Ukraine. It offers a formula for calculation of the social competitive status. It characterises such categories as the "national brand", "international image of the state" and "competitiveness of the nation" by definition of world organisations. It offers effects of ensuring and maintaining the social competitive status of a country, which influence formation of social competitive advantages of countries.


Infants born to mothers who take opioids may have symptoms of opioid withdrawal after birth. Early detection and holistic treatment that incorporates pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions can help improve outcomes for affected infants.


Introduction: Dementia is one of the neurodegenerative disorders which generally affect elderly causing progressive deteriorations of all the acquired skills such as language, cognition, personality etc. This disease can show differential impairment in bilingual individuals as compared to monolinguals since the accessibility and use of verbal communication varies in them. The difficulty varies with respect to use of number of languages and the proficiency in these languages. There is a need to study the effect of each language in the linguistic competence in such individuals. Aim of the study: Present study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of use of two languages by bilingual (Kannada/English) elderly people with dementia using Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT). Method: The study consisted of 20 participants, 10 persons with mild dementia (PWD) and 10 healthy elderly (HE). Included for the study were two test protocols for assessing cognitive linguistic skills in elderly population. Assessment of the effectiveness in linguistic levels and skills in two languages (Kannada and English) was performed using Part C (Bilingual portion) of Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT by Paradis & Rangamani, 1989). Results & Discussion: Paired sample t test was administered for HE to check the effect of language on all the tasks in BAT. Independent sample t test was administered between the groups to compare the linguistic measures including WR (Word Recognition), WT (Word Translation), ST (Sentence Translation), GJ (Grammaticality Judgment), and GJC (Grammaticality Judgment Correction). There was significant group effect in the performances. Few parameters clearly differentiated the group and few did not. Conclusion: To conclude, in bilingual persons with dementia, regression to a primary language may be associated with development of cognitive impairment. Participants with dementia failed to differentiate that they were using two distinct languages at several conditions strongly indicating the retreating of bilingual competence into monlingualism.


The inclusive energy distributions of fragments $(3l~Zl~7)$ emitted in the reaction ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}{+}^{27}\mathrm{Al}$ at ${E}_{\mathrm{lab}}=116\mathrm{MeV}$ have been measured in the angular range ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{lab}}=15\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\char21{}115\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}.$ A nonlinear optimization procedure using multiple Gaussian distribution functions has been proposed to extract the fusion-fission and deep-inelastic components of the fragment emission from the experimental data. The angular distributions of the fragments, thus obtained, from the deep-inelastic component are found to fall off faster than those from the fusion-fission component, indicating shorter lifetimes of the emitting dinuclear systems. The lifetimes of the intermediate dinuclear configurations have been estimated using a diffractive Regge-pole model. The lifetimes thus extracted $[\ensuremath{\sim}(1\char21{}5)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}22}\mathrm{sec}]$ are found to decrease with the increase in the fragment charge. Optimum Q values are also found to increase with increasing charge transfer, i.e., with the decrease in fragment charge.


By adding a suit of nanoparticle surfactant armor to otherwise dull droplets, chemists in South Korea have created tiny reaction flasks that they can maneuver and modify using magnets, lasers, and electrical fields. The droplets offer a new way to do microscale chemical reactions that avoids some of the pitfalls associated with microfluidics, such as difficulty mixing solutions and limitations on the types of solvents that can be used. Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Zhijie Yang, Jingjing Wei, and Yaroslav I. Sobolev, of the Center for Soft & Living Matter at the Institute for Basic Science, create the armored droplets using what they call a nanoparticle surfactant. The surfactant has a nanoparticle core that welds gold to some other nanomaterial, such as Fe3O4. The gold half has a coating of ligands with a polar tail, while the other half is coated with hydrophobic ligands. As a result of these coatings, the particles


The work examines the features to the express the language personality of a movie blogger based on the material of Russian-and English-language movie reviews. As a result of the analysis, the specifics of the speech of movie bloggers at lexical, syntactic and intonation levels are revealed. The relevance of the work is due to the development of clip culture in the modern world and the increasing demand for «intermediaries» in obtaining information, i


Electron microscopic observations of the endosperm of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds revealed that changes in the cell wall structures along with the vacuolation of protein bodies occurred in the micropylar portion of the endosperm prior to germination. No changes were detected at that time in the rest of the endosperm. Endo-β-mannanase activity was restricted to the micropylar region of the endosperm prior to germination. Cell wall digestion by this pregerminative mannanase seemed to be associated with the changes in cell wall structures occurring in the micropylar region prior to germination. The protein content in the micropylar part of the endosperm began to decrease shortly after imbibition and attained about 40% of the initial level by the time of radicle protrusion (38 h after imbibition). On the other hand, only slight changes in the content were detected in the lateral endosperm during the same time; the protein content in the lateral endosperm decreased only after germination started. In conformity with the results on protein contents, proteolytic activity began to develop first in the micropylar portion prior to germination, and then in the lateral portion after germination. Thus, the timing of the biochemical activation of the endosperm after imbibition differed between the micropylar and the lateral region. Some qualitative differences in patterns of polypeptides synthesized in vivo were detected, as analyzed by pulse-labeling and fluorography, between the micropylar and the lateral portions of the endosperm of seeds imbibed for 25 h. This suggests that processes of the biochemical activation of the endosperm may be qualitatively, as well as quantitatively, different depending on the regions of the endosperm.


Summary A method is described which permits cell-free virus or virus-infected cells to be pelleted into the tips of polyethylene tubes in such a way that the pellets can be fixed, plastic-embedded and sectioned in place. This permits successful sectioning of pellets so small that they can not be visualized with the unaided eye. Thus thin-section electron microscopy is possible on specimens containing small concentrations of virus or virus-infected cells.


In this paper, with varying excitation frequency, period-1 motions to chaos in a parametrically driven pendulum are presented through period-1 to period-4 motions. Using the implicit discrete maps of the corresponding differential equations, discrete mapping structures are developed for different periodic motions, and the corresponding nonlinear algebraic equations of such mapping structures are solved for analytical predictions of bifurcation trees of periodic motions. Both period-1 static points to period-2 motions and period-1 motions to period-4 motions are illustrated. The corresponding stability and bifurcations are studied. Finally, numerical illustrations of various periodic motions on the bifurcation trees are presented in verification of the analytical prediction.


I would like to comment briefly on the issue raised by Dr. Wheeler (1) with reference to the review by Tisdale (2) on the use of hydrazine sulfate for the treatment of patients with cancer cachexia. The point, in my opinion, is not whether or not hydrazine sulfate was effective in the clinical trials reported by the authors but whether its use in that contextwas appropriate. We know, in fact, that 1) cancer patients have an increased glucose synthesis from lactate, alanine, and glycerol and 2) energy metabolism of human cancer cells mainly relies on glucose(3–6). Hydrazine sulfate is a gluconeogenic blocking agent that selectively starves tumor cells by interrupting the cycle of tumor energy gain and host energy deprivation at the enzymatic level of phospho enol pyruvate-carboxykinase, thus preventing glucose formation from lactate and amino acids. It seems obvious that if patients have a regular diet (as in the reported clinical trials), the intake of glucose with the diet is enough to maintain the energy metabolism of the cancer cells and to decrease or at least partially compensate the host for the shift of energy from the host tissue to the cancer cells due to the increased gluconeogenesis. It is not surprising that, in such conditions, hydrazine sulfate proved to be ineffective. The efficacy of hydrazine sulfate should be tested when patients are given a complete but otherwise glucose-free diet (consequently, tumor energy metabolism is only supported by the endogenous production of glucose). This nutritional approach may be taken because the brain, which is the main consumer of glucose (110–145 g/24 hours) switches to ketone body utilization after a short period of starvation. Moreover, the brain is able to directly use glycerol, whereas the tumor tissue cannot due to the very low activity of glycerokinase. This approach is the hypothesis that we are currently testing, with good preliminary results with respect to tolerance and feasibility of an intravenous complete glucose-free nutritional regimen plus hydrazine sulfate(7).


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  Relative benefits of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) should be weighed against the risks on an individual basis.  Observational studies have identified disparate risk factors for major adverse events (MAEs), however there are few available tools to aid the clinician risk-stratifying patients.

  The purpose of this study was to develop a machine learning (ML)-based risk stratification system to predict risk of MAEs following transvenous lead extraction (TLE).

  Multiple ML models were derived from a training cohort of 3555 patients undergoing TLE to pre-procedurally identify patients at high and low risk of major adverse events (procedure-related major complication, including procedure-related death). The ML models were then tested on an independent, reference centre cohort of 1171 patients undergoing TLE.  Clinical features were selected based on whether they were available in both datasets without large gaps. For model selection we compared the ML algorithms logistic regression, ridge regression, support vector machines (SVM), gradient boosting classifier and random forest. The best performing of these was then compared to a self-normalising network (SNN).

  In total 3122 cases with the required features were included from the training cohort with 53 MAEs (1.7%), and 998 cases in the test cohort with 24 MAEs (2.4%).  SVM identified lead dwell time, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), chronic respiratory disease, local infection, heart failure, sepsis and male gender as predictors of MAEs in order of decreasing importance (see figure).  For the training data, the SVM provided a more sensitive result compared with SNN (0.83 vs 0.71) at the cost of specificity (0.63 vs 0.79).  For the test data, the SVM identified MAEs in 12 out of 123 (9.8%) "high risk" patients, 10 out of 552 (1.8%) "medium risk" patients, and 2 out of 323 (0.006%) "low risk" patients.

   Machine learning provided good discriminative capabilities for identifying patients in a "high risk" and "low risk" category for MAEs. Abstract Figure. 8 most important predictors of MAEs


The objective of this study was to analyse cardiovascular medicines utilisation patterns in Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) over the 2002–2006 period.


Oroxylum indicum belonging to family Bignoniaceae and named as Shyonak in Ayurvedic system of medicine is distributed in a foothills of North East India up t o an elevation of 500msl having its occurrence in Arunac hal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura in Northeastern India. Its distribution is very poor in the areas wherever is found. O. indicum is recognized amongst the list of threatened plants. It has wider use in Ayurvedic formulations like Chyavanprash, Dasmularishta, Brahat Panchamulyadi Kwath, Syonaka Putapaka, Syonak Siddhaghrita etc. T he root bark is also used, administered as astringent, bitter tonic, stomachic and anodyne. The plant is used in Northeastern India for the cure of mouth cancer, in traditional medicine. The leaf is used for rearing silk worm. Due to multiple uses the exploitation of the plant from Natural habitat is necessary to seek major ste ps for its conservation in the Natural habitat. Before that population assessment in Nature is required And accordingly the study on distribution, population a t the GPS has been carried out and after getting less population in a big part of the areas in different states to fulfil the Industrial and local traditional healer' s requirement and the methods for conservation and cultivation has been made with the aim to save from extinction from Natural habitat. Citation: Shankar R, Tripathi, A.K., 2015. Exploration, conse rvation and cultivation of Oroxylum indicum Vent. (Shyonak) in North east India. International Journal of Medicinal Plants. P hoton 108,


Abstract Maintaining and restoring the ecological integrity of floodplains remains a priority for many Australian federal and state government agencies. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) introduced the Proposed Basin Plan 2012, the Australian government's latest basin-scale water planning instrument to promote a healthy, working river system. The proposal seeks to limit surface water (consumptive) use to 10 873 GL year-1 on a long-term average. The controversy prompted by this proposed reduction has underscored a need for rigorous and transparent modelling of ecological benefits. In this paper, we investigate the likely ecological outcomes of the proposal for Yanga National Park, one of the most significant environmental assets in the Murray-Darling Basin, using a decision support system. Our results indicate that the proposal will increase the inundation extent with a 33% (or 7000 ha) increase in median flood. The increase in inundation would improve the hydrological conditions in most wetlands in terms of the frequency and duration of events and inter-flood dry periods and enhance the habitat quality for a range of biota, though benefits are not distributed evenly across the wetland. Editor D. Koutsoyiannis; Guest editor M. Acreman Citation Wen, L. and Saintilan, N., 2014. Linking local ecological outcomes with basin-wide water planning: a case study of Yanga National Park, an important Australian inland forested wetland. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59 (3–4), 904–915.


Slices of guinea-pig cerebral cortex, kept in buffered glucose media at 0' for 5-17 hr., lose their normal respiratory response to applied electrical pulses. This response can be restored to a considerable extent by Cohn fraction IV-4 of ox plasma McIlwain, 1959).


[Objective] The aim was to study the effect of different kinds of exogenous auxin on the growth of rice roots under cadmium stress.[Method] Oryza sativa L.cv Zhonghua No.11 was used as experimental materials to detect the effect of different kinds of exogenous auxin on the growth of rice roots.[Result] The results showed that 0.1 mmol/L Cd treatment could not only increase primary,adventitious and lateral root length but also lateral root number,whereas the shoot growth was inhibited.When supplemented with different concentrations of NAA,IAA,IBA and 2,4-D,the growth of root system varied and similar change trend had been found.At the auxin concentration of 10-9-10-7 mol/L in particular 10-8 mol/L,all four kinds of auxin promoted the elongation growth of primary and adventitious roots,but inhibition was observed when auxin was higher than 10-7 mol/L.The decreased shoot growth caused by Cd could not be counteracted by supplementing with the four kinds of auxin.However,at the auxin concentration of 10-9-10-8 mol/L,NAA could improve rice growth under Cd stress condition.The formation and development of lateral roots on primary and adventitious roots was not only similar but also different after applying the same concentration of four auxins.[Conclusion] The addition of suitable amount of auxin under cadmium stress (such as 10-9-10-8 mol/L of NAA and so on) could ease the damage of cadmium on plants to a certain extent.


Abstract Influence to the steel cord conveyor belt strength has many factors. Conveyor belt splice as the weakest link, should be given more attention. In the previous analysis of single steel cord, by comparing the numerical results of splice deformation and maximum pullout force under tension, both simulation and experiment have a good agreement. Based on this, in this paper, we studied the influence of different factors on the strength of splices under multiple steel cords. In addition to the contact surface between the steel cords and the rubber, we should also pay attention to the rubber problem between adjacent steel cords compared to the single steel cord. And we forced on the simulation analysis of the influence strength of splice by two factors of the position and arrangement of the multiple steel cords. The numerical results show that in the total proportion, the pullout force in the middle position of steel cords was about 52%, however, about 47% in the edge position. For the arrangement of the steel cords, with the number of interval steel cords increases, the pullout force of the steel cord increases as well. However, when the interval steel cords with the same number increases, the increase in pullout force does not agree. The above findings are undoubtedly important for us to understand in depth the factors affecting splice strength. And it is guaranteed that we can obtain the maximum splice tensile strength in the most economical way.


We use faunal evidence from Khirbat al-Mudayna al-ʿAliya, an agropastoral settlement located in west-central Jordan, to examine early Iron Age subsistence regimes. Analysis of faunal evidence reveals a low-intensity, nonspecialized animal economy dependent on both domesticated and wild species, including freshwater crabs. The subsistence economy of the settlement, we argue, was structured so as to take maximum advantage of its location overlooking the Wadi al-Nukhayla, a perennial water source supporting a relatively verdant floral and faunal array. This diverse and flexible organization made subsistence in this resource-scarce environment more sustainable. When this profile is compared with other early Iron Age southern Levantine communities, the diversity of ways that animal economies were organized during this period is apparent, signaling the need to investigate the local strategies that communities used to adapt to their immediate environmental circumstances, not only ecologically but also socially.


Using data from over 3,000 public employees in 46 U.S. cities in 1988, this article in vestigates three classes of factors commonly thought to affect computer use: training, friendliness of software, and user computer background. Computer use is analyzed as 11 specific tasks (such as programming, record searching) and is further broken down by organizational role of user, for example, manager and street-level employee. Some findings are that (1) the computer literacy or prior coursework of employees is more important to their computer use than how many years an employee has used computers; and (2) for most employees the user friendliness of programs is relevant, and weakly so, only for generic tasks such as searching a file or entering data. More generally, the data lead us to highlight training because it can be used to compensate for weaknesses in present software as well as in the computer literacy and experience of users. Keywords: computing benefits, friendly software, computer literacy, training.


This research project will determine whether or not Arab Americans are portrayed as members of an out-group, in-group, or victim following the events of 9/11. This study improves upon previous research by analyzing the content of newspaper articles in USA Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post pertaining to Arab Americans. Since the majority of research indicated the mass media has a tendency to perpetuate a negative stereotype of minorities and of Arabs, it was expected that the media would portray a negative stereotype of Arab Americans as well. The content analysis addressed the coverage of Arab Americans in the five years before and the five years after 9/11 in order to determine to what extent Arab Americans were depicted as members of an ingroup, out-group, or victim following that date. A total of 1379 articles were analyzed placed into the social categories of ingroup, out-group, or victim utilizing a clearly defined coding method. Findings showed that overall Arab Americans were depicted as members of an out-group more than they were depicted as members of an in-group or victim. Since the total number of articles dramatically increased following 9/11, the number of articles placing Arab Americans as members of an in-group, out-group, or victim increased accordingly. However, approximately three years after 9/11, the number of articles pertaining to Arab Americans began returning to pre-9/11 levels. While the number of articles placing Arab Americans as members of an in-group or victim increased immediately following 9/11, articles in


Web-based interventions (WBIs) have become increasingly important in mental health treatment. At the same time, WBIs for individuals who committed sexual offenses against children (ICSOC) are increasingly being developed and implemented. Despite this trend, it is unclear which treatment components make WBIs for ICSOC effective and what needs to be considered for successful implementation. Moreover, only few evaluation studies are available. The goal of this viewpoint paper, that includes a comprehensive literature review, is to provide criteria for the development, evaluation, and implementation of WBIs for ICSOC or for individuals who feel at risk of committing sexual offenses against children. The criteria are drawn from guidelines for WBIs in general psychiatry, in forensic psychiatry, and for ICSOC. For the latter, an overview of current WBIs for ICSOC and for individuals who feel at risk of committing sexual offenses against children will be provided.


Clearance (CL) is the major pharmacokinetic parameter for evaluating systemic exposure of drugs in the body and, thus, for developing new drugs. To predict in vivo CL, the ratio between the maximal rate of metabolism and Michaelis‐Menten constant (Vmax/KM estimated from in vitro metabolism study has been widely used. This canonical approach is based on the Michaelis‐Menten equation, which is valid only when the KM value of a drug is much higher than the hepatic concentration of the enzymes, especially cytochrome P450, involved in its metabolism. Here, we find that such a condition does not hold for many drugs with low KM, and, thus, the canonical approach leads to considerable error. Importantly, we propose an alternative approach, which incorporates the saturation of drug metabolism when concentration of the enzymes is not sufficiently lower than KM. This new approach dramatically improves the accuracy of prediction for in vivo CL of high‐affinity drugs with low KM. This indicates that the proposed approach in this study, rather than the canonical approach, should be used to predict in vivo hepatic CL for high‐affinity drugs, such as midazolam and propafenone.


Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) achieves great success in various domains. Communication in today's DRL algorithms takes non-negligible time compared to the computation. However, prior DRL frameworks usually focus on computation management while paying little attention to communication optimization, and fail to utilize the opportunity of the communication-computation overlap that hides the communication from the critical path of DRL algorithms. Consequently, communication can take more time than the computation in prior DRL frameworks. In this paper, we present XingTian, a novel DRL framework that co-designs the management of communication and computation in DRL algorithms. XingTian organizes the computation in DRL algorithms in a decentralized way and provides an asynchronous communication channel. XingTian makes the communication execute asynchronously and aggressively and takes advantage of the communication-computation overlapping opportunity from DRL algorithms. Experimental results show that XingTian improves data transmission efficiency and can transmit at least twice as much data per second as the state-of-the-art DRL framework RLLib. DRL algorithms based on XingTian achieve up to 70.71% more throughput than RLLib-based ones with better or similar convergent performance. XingTian maintains high communication efficiency under different scale deployments and the XingTian-based DRL algorithm achieves 91.12% higher throughput than the RLLib-based one when deployed in four machines. XingTian is open-sourced and publicly available at https://github.com/huawei-noah/xingtian.


Glucose oxidase (or GOD and galactosidase) and the inclusion complex in which ferrocene is guest and the β cyclodextrin polymer obtained by condensation β cyclodextrin and glutaric dialdehyde is host are covalently immobilized on glassy carbon electrode to give a glucose biosensor (or a lactose biosensor).Because of the formation of inclusion complex,ferrocene is washed out,the stability and the life time of the biosensors are improved greatly.


The problem of constructing nonlinear adaptive H∞ control of constrained robotic manipulators with uncertain input nonlinearities such as dead-zone or backlash, is considered in this paper. In the proposed control scheme, adaptive inverse models are introduced to compensate effects of input nonlinearities, and the trajectory converges to the desired constrained trajectory, and the constraint force also follows the desired constraint one. The resulting control strategy is derived as a solution of certain H∞ control problem, where estimation errors of tuning parameters, errors of constraint forces and residual terms of the inverse models, are regarded as external disturbances to the process.


From the Introduction: "The distribution of fruit in the Fonthill area will be examined and an explanation attempted in terms of the physical environment, economic condition and other criteria affecting the farmers' land-use decision."


public affairs generously and nobly. The capacity to produce men of this type is, as Fortescue saw, the supreme test of an educational system. Such a system can never be built once and for all; each age must build the institutions to produce its own men. Europe has more than once, in the crisis of a new age, created systems of schools that have made men braver, better, and less helpless; the West faces the problem of building such a system for the twentieth century.


This report describes a 1994 demonstration implementation of PVM that uses IP multicast. PVM`s one-to-many unicast implementation of its pvm{_}mcast() function is replaced with reliable IP multicast. Performance of PVM using IP multicast over local and wide-area networks is measured and compared with the original unicast implementation. Current limitations of IP multicast are noted.


We introduce a helix-based metamaterial, a circular polarization converter, composed of pairs of oppositely-handed helices on a square array. We compare our theoretical findings to measurements on samples made by laser lithography and electroplating.


Title Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis Authors(s) Jepsen, Christopher; Mueser, Peter; Troske, Kenneth Publication date 2016-06 Publication information Journal of Political Economy, 124 (3): 621-649 Publisher University of Chicago Press Item record/more information http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7729 Publisher's statement Accepted for publication by Journal of Political Economy on 2016-06. http://dx.doi.org/# Publisher's version (DOI) 10.1086/686245


The heading estimator for a vehicle using accelerometers and Global Positioning SystemGPSis designed in this paper. The accelerometers can be used to obtain attitude
information of the vehicle if they are installed in a suitable
configuration. For the problem of heading estimation, by
measuring the tangential acceleration and the centripetal
acceleration, the heading angle can be computed at a high
sampling ratee.g. 100Hz However, the accumulation errors due to integration make it necessary to perform adjustment periodically. To solve this problem, the GPS observables are used to correct the drift errors corresponding to the accelerometers. From the simulation and experimental results, the proposed accelerometer/GPS integrated heading estimator can indeed eliminate the errors from the drift phenomenon, and provide the accurate heading angle estimate of the baseline vector in real time.


Recently, the zeroing neural network (ZNN) model with continues-time form has been established to solve the time-varying system of linear equation and inequality. For completeness and further investigation, the discrete-time form of such a ZNN is proposed and analyzed in this paper. Specifically, a special difference formula based on Taylor series expansion is constructed. By using the difference formula to discretize the continues-time ZNN model, the new discrete-time ZNN (DTZNN) model is thus developed for solving the time-varying system of linear equation and inequality. Numerical results are presented to further validate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed DTZNN model.


As is the case with many recent monographs on early modern German social and economic history, the global title of this study suggests both more and less than the book delivers. The more modest geographical scope of the subtitle more accurately describes the real value of the work, for it is in fact a study in local regional economic and social changes between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the midto late eighteenth century. While the reasons for the growth of the new residence cities of the consolidating absolutist states is easy to discern and explain, the failure of smaller imperial cities and market towns to restore the economic vigor and influence of the prewar period is open to diverse interpretations, most of which are considered here. Schwabisch Hall provides Terence Mclntosh with an unusually complete data base to work on: the records of assessments of taxes on urban householders based upon their actual possessions. Working from these and other local records where available, Mclntosh has produced an imposing edifice of almost microscopic analysis dealing with virtually every quantifiable variable imaginable: demography, structure of the wealth hierarchy (which proves to be a gender hierarchy as well, as widows are heavily represented in the lower deciles of the population), family wealth accumulation cycles, occupations, the marriage market, and patterns of migration. Schwabisch Hall's original prosperity depended upon the refinement of salt from saline springs, operations which produced a hereditary oligarchy of processors who worked well-defined, privileged portions of the waters. In spite of this specialty, however, the town experienced a pronounced "downward compression of wealth" during the years after the peace of Westphalia, losing the preeminence of its own artisans to increasing competition from rural producers of textiles, shoes, and other common items. By the mid-eighteenth century the town's most successful entrepreneurs were butchers, bakers, and others providing basic supplies for local consumers. Over this period, Mclntosh argues, there had been a fundamental change in the relation between the town and its rural surroundings, a change familiar from many studies of "protoindustrialization." An expanding rural population turned increasingly to cottage industry to provide for its sustenance. Urban artisans, restricted by guild ordinances, lost control of the regional markets.


This study investigated the summertime overheating performance of a new naturally ventilated school in Greater London. Thermal dynamic simulation was used to assess its performance under various UKCIP02 climate change scenarios. The results datasets were subject to a comparative analysis between current and new proposed overheating criteria in the UK. Cross ventilated classrooms under minimum heat gain and maximum daytime airflow profile can maintain adequate thermal conditions until 2060 under the Current BB101 criteria. This highlights the importance of adequate use of space, informed occupants and an optimized control strategy. Distinct differences arose when assessing the risk of overheating against the different overheating criteria, highlighting that the new criteria are more difficult to meet. The outcome of the analysis debates the source and definition of the threshold limits by the different stakeholders and urges the re-consideration of such limits to ensure that they adequately represent the occupants' physiological and psychological needs without having severe implications on buildings' energy use.


In this thesis I examine one commonly used class of methods for the analytic approximation of cellular automata, the so-called local cluster approximations. This class subsumes the well known mean-field and pair approximations, as well as higher order generalizations of these. While a straightforward method known as Bayesian extension exists for constructing cluster approximations of arbitrary order on one-dimensional lattices (and certain other cases), for higher-dimensional systems the construction of approximations beyond the pair level becomes more complicated due to the presence of loops. In this thesis I describe the one-dimensional construction as well as a number of approximations suggested for higher-dimensional lattices, comparing them against a number of consistency criteria that such approximations could be expected to satisfy. I also outline a general variational principle for constructing consistent cluster approximations of arbitrary order with minimal bias, and show that the one-dimensional construction indeed satisfies this principle. Finally, I apply this variational principle to derive a novel consistent expression for symmetric three cell cluster frequencies as estimated from pair frequencies, and use this expression to construct a quantitatively improved pair approximation of the well-known lattice contact process on a hexagonal lattice.


In this paper, we investigate the performance of three unsupervised classification algorithms applied to musical data. They are first evaluated on the direct set of feature vectors that have been extracted from the original songs, and we try to highlight whether this data seems to lie on an embedded manifold or not. Furthermore, we try to enhance the obtained results by applying preprocessing transformations to the data, with encouraging results.


Over the past decades, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has received unprecedented surge of scientific and military interest worldwide. This paper investigates the problem of opportunistic spectrum access for multi-UAV networks from a game-theoretic perspective. Due to the topology of the multi-UAV networks, the interference may be classified into two parts, i.e., the intra-cluster and the inter-cluster interference. Moreover, since the UAVs in the network have different tasks, the communication demand of each UAV should be taken into account. First, we formulate the demand-aware joint channel-slot selection problem as a weighted interference mitigation game, and then, design the utility function considering features of multi-UAV network, e.g., some rewards due to the channel and slots selection. We prove that the formulated game is an exact potential game with at least one pure-strategy Nash equilibrium. Next, we apply the distributed log-linear algorithm to achieve the desired optimization and overcome the constraint of dynamic communication demand of each UAV. To speed up the convergence, we also propose a low-complexity and realistic channel and slot initialization scheme for UAVs. Finally, the simulation results validate the effectiveness of the formulated game.


The key aspects and features of the new Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA), a single pharmacy board that has replaced eight jurisdictional boards in Australia are discussed. Other issues that the PBA will handle and deal with are highlighted.


Well-known isontropic gas equation has been used in various formulations for several occasions. In this equation, pressure distribution in a cylinder-piston system filled with sand is theoretically found assuming that sand behaves like gases. Some numerical results are also obtained. On the condition that the constant ? is determined experimentally, the results of this paper can also be used in metallurgy.


Google, one of the largest and most valuable companies in the world, is being sued for allegedly anticompetitive practises regarding two of its most popular products: its eponymous search engine and the phone operating system Android. The verdicts in these cases have the potential to change Google's ascendant trajectory, much as it did for another firm that found itself in a similar position some twenty years ago – Microsoft. By analysing Microsoft's historical lawsuits and building models for specific features found in the technologies and actions of Microsoft, a framework for determining "guilt" in an antitrust case can be developed. Applied to Google, this framework predicts a successful conviction regarding Android, but an unsuccessful one for Google's search product.


Dr. John Lovett Morse (1865-1940), Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, published a popular texthook in 1913 entitled Case Histories in Pediatrics. The method of case teaching which had been used in the Harvard Law School from about 1890 on, was introduced into the Harvard Medical School in 1900 at the suggestion of Dr. Walter B. Cannon, then a student in the school. Dr. Morse was an enthusiastic supporter of case history teaching because he believed that "this method of teaching is far superior to recitations, quizzes, and conferences."1 The case history below of a child with diabetes mellitus, taken from the second edition of Morse's book (1916), points out the grim prognosis of this disease in the pre-insulin days.
 Charles W., eleven years old, was the child of healthy parents. One brother was living and well. There had been no deaths or miscarriages. His maternal grandfather had had diabetes, but had died of tuberculosis.
 He was born at full term, was normal at birth and weighed six pounds. He had whooping-cough when one year old, mumps and chicken-pox when small, and measles at four years, but had otherwise been well. He had always eaten much candy and had craved sweet foods. He had passed much more urine during the last month than formerly, and had drunk large quantities of water. He had to get up several times at night to urinate and to allay his thirst. His appetite was large. He had had no itching of the skin and no eruption.


BACKGROUND
To evaluate the glycemia risk index (GRI) as a new glucometry in pediatric and adult populations with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in clinical practice.

METHODS
A cross-sectional study of 202 patients with T1D receiving intensive treatment with insulin (25.2% continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion [CSII]) and intermittent scanning (flash) glucose monitoring (isCGM). Clinical and glucometric isCGM data were collected, as well as the component of hypoglycemia (CHypo) and component of hyperglycemia (CHyper) of the GRI.

RESULTS
A total of 202 patients (53% males and 67.8% adults) with a mean age of 28.6 ± 15.7 years and 12.5 ± 10.9 years of T1D evolution were evaluated.Adult patients (>19 years) presented higher glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (7.4 ± 1.1 vs 6.7 ± 0.6%; P < .01) and lower time in range (TIR) (55.4 ± 17.5 vs 66.5 ± 13.1%; P < .01) values than the pediatric population, with lower coefficient of variation (CV) (38.6 ± 7.2 vs 42.4 ± 8.9%; P < .05). The GRI was significantly lower in pediatric patients (48.0 ± 22.2 vs 56.8 ± 23.4; P < .05) associated with higher CHypo (7.1 ± 5.1 vs 5.0 ± 4.5; P < .01) and lower CHyper (16.8 ± 9.8 vs 26.5 ± 15.1; P < .01) than in adults.When analyzing treatment with CSII compared with multiple doses of insulin (MDI), a nonsignificant trend to a lower GRI was observed in CSII (51.0 ± 15.3 vs 55.0 ± 25.4; P= .162), with higher levels of CHypo (6.5 ± 4.1 vs 5.4 ± 5.0; P < .01) and lower CHyper (19.6 ± 10.6 vs 24.6 ± 15.2; P < .05) compared with MDI.

CONCLUSIONS
In pediatric patients and in those with CSII treatment, despite a better control by classical and GRI parameters, higher overall CHypo was observed than in adults and MDI, respectively. The present study supports the usefulness of the GRI as a new glucometric parameter to evaluate the global risk of hypoglycemia-hyperglycemia in both pediatric and adult patients with T1D.


ABSTRACT Eucalyptus nitens specimens were thermally modified under open and closed systems. The anatomical characteristics from selected modifications that presented similar mass losses were investigated by analyzing images taken from scanning electron microscopy, transmission light microscopy, and X-ray micro-computed tomography. Wood cell wall thickness, fiber, and lumen area were measured and compared to unmodified specimens, and the crack formation after modification was also analyzed. There was only a slight decrease in the measured characteristics when compared to unmodified specimens. The wood cell wall thickness was less affected than the fiber and lumen areas, and both modifications presented similar crack formations. Overall, there were no significant differences between open and closed system modifications in the anatomical structure.


Modern Web Applications rely on architectures usually designed with modular software components whose be-haviour is shaped over fundamental principles and characteristics of the HTTP protocol. Dependency Injection frameworks support designers and developers in the automated management of components lifecycle, binding them to predefined scopes, thus delegating to an outer and independent participant the responsibility of creation, destruction and inter-dependencies definition of runtime instances. In this way, different scopes configurations implicitly act as different software micro-rejuvenation policies, emphasising the importance of choices in the assignment of component scopes; while supporting the stateful behaviour in data-retention mechanism, wider scopes may majorly expose inmemory components to software aging processes. We report a practical experience illustrating how the memory maintained in the business logic of a Web Application may give space to aging processes affecting the runtime behaviour of a stateful web application, and we show how this threat is contrasted by micro-rejuvenation at component level implemented by the container under different assignment strategies for components scopes. To this end, we propose an accelerated testing approach relying on a fault injection process that executes an event-driven simulation of arising soft errors over time. Experimentation on an exemplary web application implemented on the stack of Java Enterprise Edition show how manifestation, correction, and propagation of errors are conditioned by different scopes assigned to components by the software developer.


Abstract : As the Marine Corps looks to the future with its concept of expeditionary maneuver warfare (EMW), shallow-water mines remain a "show-stopper" to the Corps' forcible entry requirement. With limited Naval assets available, MAGTF commanders are still dependent on Marine ground reconnaissance assets for amphibious reconnaissance of potential beach landing sites -- to include the detection of shallow-water mines. However, while the shallow-water mine threat has grown exponentially in number and complexity since World War II, the Marine Corps' mine countermeasure (MCM) capability has not. In fact, reconnaissance Marines are no longer trained or equipped to detect, mark, or clear shallow water mines. At a minimum, this requires training in shallow-water mine detection, to include hand-held sonar, and specialized nonmagnetic dive equipment. This would allow Marines to conduct amphibious reconnaissance in potentially mined areas, determine if a mine threat exists, and look for gaps in the enemy's shallow-water defenses. Time and resources permitting, advanced MCM training could be added to give reconnaissance Marines a limited capability to detonate and clear shallow-water mines and other obstacles. Marine Corps ground reconnaissance assets must develop a shallow-water mine countermeasure capability to support the forcible entry requirement of expeditionary maneuver warfare.


The present invention relates to a method for printing onto a stationary surface, e.g. a molded, three-dimensional, plasticized thermoplastic resin part, which enables a high-quality printed surface to be produced.


The present invention is an electronic steering apparatus; using an active control of the (Electronic Power Steering EPS) relates to a lane data error detecting unit for lane-keeping accessories for controlling to estimate the path which the vehicle target, especially the camera mounted on the vehicle by the information received from the lane parameter generator for generating the relative position of the vehicle and the lane as lane parameters; Receiving a vehicle status information sensed or measured from the respective vehicle sensor or device installed in the vehicle a vehicle status information receiving unit; Receiving the lane parameters from the vehicle parameter generating unit, and receives the vehicle status information from the vehicle status information receiving unit, to analyze the correlation between the time-wise flow between the vehicle parameters and the vehicle condition information, and generating each of the equivalent model equivalent model generating unit; Erroneous detection judgment section for the analysis at the same time for at least one entry for each error in the case where the difference occurs is determined and the classification error detection state of the lane parameters in the equivalent model generated in the equivalent model generating unit; ; And a torque control parameter adjusting section of the O if it is determined that the lane parameter is erroneously detected by a detection determining unit, to adjust the torque control factor according to a preset torque control parameter adjustment setting so as to inhibit or reduce the effect of the five torque It includes.


As part of a larger study examining the role of prescribed fire in regenerating upland oaks (Quercus spp.), seasonal prescribed burns (winter, spring, summer, and unburned control) were applied to first-stage shelterwood-harvested stands on Horsepen Wildlife Management Area in the Virginia Piedmont in 1995. Because fire impacts are poorly documented for herpetofaunal communities, we surveyed these stands in 1996 capturing 133 individuals of ten species during over 12,720 pitfall trapnights. We found no significant differences in relative abundance of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) (P = 0.26), American Toads (Bufo americanus (P = 0.93), or all amphibians combined (P = 0.25) among unburned shelterwood stands and those treated with winter, spring, or summer burns. Three species of reptiles (Northern Fence Lizard [Sceloporus undulatus], Ground Skink [Scincella lateralis], and Southeastern Five-lined Skink [Eumeces inexpectatus]) combined were captured more frequently in burned versus unburned stands (P = 0.02). Based on a stepwise multiple regression model, Eastern Red-backed Salamander captures were more strongly influenced by landscape variables (P = 0.0320), including distance to permanent water and mesic (i.e., eastern-northern) aspects, than by fire treatments (P = 0.26). Similar landscape models were not significant (P < 0.05) for toads or reptiles. Based on these results, prescribed fire may not be detrimental to herpetofaunal communities in oak dominated forests in the Virginia Piedmont.


A new approach to tuning the color temperature of white LED by blending warm white,green and blue LEDs is proposed and proved.The color temperature of white LED becomes tunable in wide range when 3 000Kwarm white,green and blue LED is selected.The color rendering of white LED is sharply improved.This method is confirmed by experiments.


This paper introduces an abstract Isaacs property involving the Fourier transform for (possibly non-commutative) fusion rings, extending the one introduced in \cite{lpr1} in the commutative case. A categorical version was also defined in \cite{eno-nec} for any spherical fusion category, and we prove that it matches with our abstract version in the pseudo-unitary case. Then, we prove some Frobenius type divisibility results. Finally, we prove that the Extended Haagerup fusion categories $\mathcal{EH}_i$ are not Isaacs, providing a negative answer to \cite[Question 5.8]{eno-nec}, and recovering that $\mathcal{EH}_1$ has no braiding.


With the exponential growth of LHC (Large Hadron Collider) data in the years 2010-2012, distributed computing has become the established way to analyse collider data. The ATLAS experiment Grid infrastructure includes more than 130 sites worldwide, ranging from large national computing centres to smaller university clusters. So far the storage technologies and access protocols to the clusters that host this tremendous amount of data vary from site to site. HTTP/WebDAV offers the possibility to use a unified industry standard to access the storage. We present the deployment and testing of HTTP/WebDAV for local and remote data access in the ATLAS experiment for the new data management system Rucio and the PanDA workload management system. Deployment and large scale tests have been performed using the Grid testing system HammerCloud and the ROOT HTTP plugin Davix.


Strontium and magnesium-doped lanthanum gallate is a solid electrolyte with higher ionic conductivity than yttria-stabilized zirconia. This perovskite-type ionic conductor has been investigated for application as solid electrolyte in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this work the La0.9Sr0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δ composition was synthesized by a soft chemistry route seeking for a more homogeneous microstructure. Densification was carried out by the conventional method and by fast firing. The ionic conductivity of sintered specimens were evaluated by impedance spectroscopy. The apparent density was about 90% and 94% for fast fired and conventionally sintered specimens, respectively. No significant difference was found for the grain conductivity of specimens fast fired at 1500 oC for 5 min and sintered by the conventional method at 1450 oC for 4 h.


Abstract This article compares the law of foundations (charities) in Germany and Israel. What is a foundation and what it is created for, may receive different answers in different legal systems. When an Israeli jurist refers to hekdesh, he is not referring to the same concepts included in the German Stiftung. These differences find expression both in practical and theoretical matters. For example, German law recognizes the foundation as a legal personality, a characteristic lacking in Israeli law. Moreover, in Germany a foundation managing a business enterprise, or an enterprise adopting the legal form of a foundation, is an accepted phenomenon, but this is not accepted in Israel. To understand what a foundation is, it is necessary to distinguish between the different types of foundations: on one hand public or private ones, and on the other hand religious and secular foundations. This article discusses the methods of creating a foundation (mortis causa or inter vivos) and examines the elements needed to create it: purposes, assets (one of the central points in Foundations Law is to ensure their efficient use) and management. The comparison does not obviate the problem of state supervision, needed to ensure the right of the beneficiaries and of the entire community to correct usage of the endowed resources. In the final analysis, the paper stresses the importance of comparative law as an instrument aimed to broaden legal theory and enrich the dialogue between jurists of different countries.


Abstract This paper concerns the question of the purpose of human life heretofore referred to as life, as it is traditionally viewed by the Shona people of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. To most 'ordinary people', the question has no immediate answer. To others, there are cu de sacs- dead ends in the debate on purpose of life. To partisans of either position, the question is unworthy discussing. The question however has invited and incited serious debates among metaphysicians and philosophers of religion. It continues to provoke debate because of its continued relevance not only in the Shona culture but to others in Africa and the world-over. There is need therefore for comprehensive research on purpose of life especially from an African perspective where research on the issue is sketchy. This concept paper therefore examines how we can seek to understand the purpose of human life on earth. Logic and Shona metaphysics are used to demonstrate that life on earth exists for a purpose. The paper goes further to establish 'love' as the purpose of life that the Shona people of Mozambique and Zimbabwe acknowledge and foster in their respective societies. In the light of this, the paper contends that the purpose of life acknowledged by the Shona can also apply and cut across other cultures in the region and the world over. Key words: Pursuit, Purpose of life, African philosophy, Shona people, metaphysical perspective Introduction The question whether life on earth has a purpose or not has always been central in the history of humanity since time immemorial. It has been considered by Albert Camus (1981) to be one of the most profound and critical of all metaphysical questions. For Camus and rightly so, "whether one is optimistic or pessimistic about life; whether one is a theist or an atheist, the question has to be faced once raised" (ibid). It is a question that affects anyone of us in one way or another. Achebe seems to concur with the idea that life on earth has a purpose. On describing Africans and their philosophy of life, he affirms that "being an African is more than just a matter of passports or of individual volition" (1990) but of sensibility. For Achebe and convincingly so being an African carries penalties or obligations. Okot p' Bitek (2005) picks up this argument and stresses that in African philosophy man and the universe have their origin from God. Both man and the universe were created by God. For this reason, "man is not born free to do whatever he wants: in fact it is not desirable to be so, even if it were possible" (ibid). This is to say that an African is born with duties and obligations or responsibilities to his society and society in turn bestows rights and privileges on its members. The Shonas being part of African society hold the same view. They believe that every member of the society is useful. This is captured in their idioms like Kuwanda kwakanaka, kwakarambwa nemuroyi (the more we are the better, only a witch is against being many) and Munhu munhu (a person is a person, viz no one should look down upon others). In fact, everyone whether poor or rich, physically challenged or otherwise has a duty of service to make the world a better place to live. This philosophy of life by the Shona has also been captured though implicitly by scholars like John Mbiti. Mbiti (1969:145) describing the African traditional view of personhood notes that this can be summed up in the statement "I am because we are and since we are therefore I am". This dictum confirms that personhood in the African context is defined by reference to other members of the same community, both the living and the 'living dead' (Mawere, 2005). Besides, human nature among traditional Africans is defined through virtue and empathy such as 'love' and not merely through biological constitution. The question on purpose of life on earth thus merits serious reflection. From that said, more research has to be done to help people understand the purpose of life in the universe. …


This article analyzes the publications relating to the problem of tax evasion. This topic is attractive not only for the academic community, but also for public at whole. The article explores to what extent the scientific publications on tax evasion correspond to practical issues discussed among the stakeholders. We used the electronic database of e-Library as a source of scientific publications on the subject. The principal stakeholders directly dependent on the taxation are the taxpayers and public authorities. We used the electronic database of publications «Kommersant» publishing house and the «Rossiyskaya Gazeta» to reflect issues discussed among the stakeholders. We selected for analyze 301 publications for the period of 2013-2015. The study was conducted by comparing the publication activity by types and period of publications. In the first stage of the study we have done the qualitative content analysis by identification the common themes discussed in hole sample of publications. Then, a quantitative analysis was conducted by comparing the distribution of publications on a particular topic from each source. We used bibliometric analysis method for the quantitative and bibliographic mapping method to visualize the results of research. Calculations were performed using the software QDA Miner v.5.0 module WordStat v.7.1.7. As a result, studies have concluded that the most popular topics of interest for which no changes are: changes in legislation, legislation and increased enforcement. Using the results of the conducted study, we can identify the main similarities and differences between the monitored sources. We can see the special attention to the: Legislation changes, Law enforcement, Entrepreneurship. Marked reduction of interest can be noted regarding to the following topics: International aspects of taxation, Shadow economy, Ownership, property, investment. The growth of interest can be noted in relation to the following topics: Directorship, Article of the Tax Code, Short-lived companies, Arrears and fines. The study revealed a certain disparity between the topics discussed among academic community and stakeholders. The topics discussed in the majority of scientific texts (shadow economy, corruption, the firm one-day, social security contributions), a much rarer can be found in the publication of «Kommersant» and «Rossiyskaya Gazeta» which focuses mainly on matters of legislation. Analysis of the relationships in the texts according to the source and year of publication showed that research topics converge with issues considered by the public authorities. The business community more involved in discussion the legal issues, because the government notion works upon the impression about tax evasion of the business community and academia. Thus, bibliometric text analysis techniques can be used for research, preparation of literature reviews and thematic information retrieval.