In this paper we investigate the existence of at least one, two positive solutions by using the Krasnoselskii fixed-point theorem in cones for nonlinear boundary value problem with fractional order.


The waste bank of Politeknik Negeri Samarinda has problems recording transactions, both discrepancies, writing errors, illegible writing and repeated recording. This is because the operation still uses conventional techniques. So the purpose of this e-Sampah program is to make it easier for waste banks and their customers to collect data on waste deposits that can be monitored and reported automatically. By designing using the PHP and MySql programming languages, this activity was carried out in November 2022 at the waste bank of Politeknik Negeri Samarinda. The method used is making e-Sampah applications, application trials, outreach and training related to how to operate e-Sampah applications. With the existence of e-Sampah, the problems complained of by the waste bank management were resolved. In addition, this activity also supports the waste bank program towards going digital.


Objective Edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve (MV) has been described as a viable option used for the surgical management of mitral regurgitation (MR). Based on the significant changes in MV geometry associated with this technique, we hypothesized that edge-to-edge MV repairs are associated with higher intraoperative transmitral pressure gradients (TMPG) compared to conventional methods. Methods Patient records and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) examinations of 552 consecutive patients undergoing MV repair at a single institution over a three year period were assessed. After separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), peak and mean TMPG were recorded for each patient and subsequently analyzed. Results 84 patients (15%) underwent edge-to-edge MV repair. Peak and mean TMPG were significantly higher compared to gradients in patients undergoing conventional repairs: 10.7±0.5 mmHg vs 7.1±0.2 mmHg; P<0.0001 and 4.3±0.2 mmHg vs 2.8±0.1 mmHg; P<0.0001. Only patients with mean TMPG ≥7 mmHg (n = 9) required prompt reoperation for iatrogenic mitral stenosis (MS). No differences in peak and mean TMPG were observed among edge-to-edge repairs performed in isolation, compared to those performed in combination with annuloplasty: 11.0±0.7 mmHg vs 10.3±0.6 mmHg and 4.4±0.3 mmHg vs 4.3±0.3 mmHg. There were no differences in TMPG between various types of annuloplasty techniques used in combination with the edge-to-edge repairs. Conclusions Edge-to-edge MV repairs are associated with higher intraoperative peak and mean TMPG after separation from CPB compared to conventional repair techniques. Unless gradients are severely elevated, these findings are not necessarily suggestive of iatrogenic MS. Thus, in the immediate postoperative period mildly elevated TMPG can be expected and tolerated after edge-to-edge mitral repairs.


INTRODUCTION: MRI facilitates the comprehensive assessment of valvular heart disease providing several pathophysiological parameters and the direct visualization of the valve leaflet morphology [1]. For the latter, usually a black-blood acquisition is applied to reduce flow related artifacts [2]. However, accurate timing is crucial for the adequate visualization of the opening and/or closing phase, requiring accurate trigger delay timing. Blackblood cine images can be use to overcome this problem but they often suffer from flow artifacts and fading signal intensities due to magnetization loss throughout the cardiac cycle. As an alternative, here we propose the use of a radial trajectory with golden ratio profile order [3] to retrospectively select and reconstruct a high spatial resolution image that coincides with the opening/closing of the valve. This acquisition scheme allows the retrospective reconstruction of two different image sets from the same acquired data: a) dynamic images with high temporal resolution that cover a selected part of the cardiac cycle allowing the selection of the right timing and b) a high spatial resolution image at the selected time point.


The paper mainly focuses on the introduction of design,development and structure of the GIS-based information system.Based on the explanation of main functions of affiliated sub-system,such as management sub-system,data-analyzing subsystem,automatic mapping sub-system and forecasting and evaluating sub-system,a case study of the system on the southern margin of Yili basin is detaily presented in the paper.


Object oriented database OODB is the third generation of databases. It was a natural result of limitations on relational database and increasing requirements of software, and business needs. This paper presents the method to apply OODB on ISO 9001:2000 System. It focuses in analysis and design phase by using Unified Modeling Language UML, and how can represent this type of database. This paper provides comprehensive information about applying OODB on software.


Typical office scanners employ a moving linear-sensor array or moving optics. The velocity of the components is generally not constant in time. It may be modulated directly (at one or more frequencies) by dynamic errors of gears, timing belts, and motors, and indirectly by structural vibrations induced by gears, fans, etc. Nonuniform velocity is known to cause undesirable brightness fluctuation and warping in the sampled image. The present paper characterizes the image defects induced by nonuniform velocity. A companion paper utilizes the degradation information to develop an algorithm to restore the degraded image.


This paper considers some of the basic metallurgy associated with predicting and optimizing the behaviour of automotive sheet alloys. The strength of 5000 alloys can be predicted from a knowledge of their Mg content and grain size, and while grain size is not a strengthening factor in 6000 alloys, the T4 and pre-aged strengths, as well as their paint bake strength can also be estimated from their composition. Forming performance is a more subtle phenomenon, involving a range of factors associated with ductility and fracture, such as work hardening, surface roughening, and fracture processes. The paper discusses some recent work in these areas.


Tuberculosis is still the major threat to global health, of which the most important contributing factor is the(multi) drug resistance. New screening methods of novel antituberculotic drugs which are effect on the drug resistant and dormant bacillus was reviewed employing both combinational chemistry and functional genomics.


The optimal active flutter control of supersonic composite laminated panels is studied using the distributed piezoelectric actuators/sensors pairs. The supersonic piston theory is used to calculate the unsteady aerodynamic pressure, and Hamilton's principle with the assumed mode method is employed to develop the equation of motion of the structural system. The controllers are designed by the proportional feedback control method and the linear quadratic Gauss (LQG) algorithm. The optimal locations of the actuator/sensor pairs are determined by the genetic algorithm (GA). The aeroelastic properties of the structural system are mainly analyzed using the frequency-domain method. The time-domain responses of the structure are also computed using the Runge–Kutta method. The influences of ply angle on the flutter bound of the laminated panel with different length–width ratios are analyzed. The optimal design for the locations for different numbers of piezoelectric patches used in the proportional feedback control is carried out through the GA. Meanwhile, the control effects using different numbers of actuator/sensor pairs are investigated. The flutter suppression by the LQG algorithm is also carried out. The control effects using the two different controllers are compared. Numerical simulations show that the optimal locations obtained by the GA can increase the critical flutter aerodynamic pressure significantly, and the LQG algorithm is more effective in flutter suppression for supersonic structures than the proportional feedback controller.


A hypodermic syringe is provided with aspiration effect and comprises a cylindrical member or ampoule, a piston, a piston rod and an aspiration rod, which is connected to the piston. The aspiration rod extends through a channel in the piston rod and is at its remote end from the piston provided with or connected to an actuating member. By means of said actuating member the aspiration rod can be displaced in the channel in the piston rod, thereby displacing the piston or a part of the piston relative to the ampoule, thus performing aspiration.


In the aim to investigate the new and more efficient adsorbents for nicotine
 adsorption from aqueous solutions, nicotine carrier in electronic cigarettes
 and transdermal systems for nicotine release, a) the adsorption isotherms of
 nicotine from aqueous solution on zeolite USY, b) kinetics isothermal
 adsorption curves of nicotine from aqueous solution on zeolite USY, c)
 kinetics isothermal adsorption curves of nicotine from aqueous solution on
 precipitated silicon dioxide, d) isothermal kinetic curves nicotine bonding
 onto poly(acrylic acid) hydrogel (PAA), e) kinetics curves of the isothermal
 desorption of nicotine adsorbed on silicon dioxide, f) kinetics curves of the
 non-isothermal desorption of nicotine adsorbed on silicon dioxide and g)
 isothermal kinetic curves nicotine release from poly(acrylic acid) hydrogel
 are determined. The kinetic models and kinetic parameters for investigated
 processes are determined. The same model was established for the desorption
 of nicotine adsorbed on silicon dioxide under isothermal and non-isothermal
 conditions. Complexity of kinetics of the investigated processes was
 examined. Kinetics of the complex process can be described by established
 kinetic models, because the activation energy distribution is narrow and most
 likely energy is closed to the value of activation energy of chosen models.
 The determined kinetic models for nicotine adsorption and absorption on the
 investigated adsorbents and hydrogeland nicotine desorption and release from
 investigated adsorbents and hydrogel are explained by different mechanisms.
 The values of activation energy for adsorption are correlated with structural
 parameters and the linear correlation between adsorption activation energy of
 the model and average diameter of pores of investigated adsorbents are
 determined. The results showed that the different structure porosity of the
 examined adsorbents and hydrogels have influence on the kinetics and
 mechanism of adsorption and desorption of nicotine. The formation of
 activation complex under adsorption and desorption of nicotine can be
 explained by applying Larsson model of selective transfer of energy.%%%%U cilju pronalaženja novih i efikasnih adsorbenata za adsorpciju nikotina iz
 vodenih rastvora, nosaca nikotina u elektronskim cigaretama i sistema za
 transdermalno oslobađanje nikotina, u radu su određene: a) izoterme
 adsorpcije nikotina iz vodenog rastvora na hidrofobnom zeolitu USY, b)
 kineticke krive izotermne adsorpcije nikotina iz vodenog rastvora na zeolit
 USY, v) kineticke krive izotermne adsorpcije nikotina iz vodenog rastvora na
 taložni silicijum dioksid, g) kineticke krive izotermne apsorpcije nikotina u
 hidrogel poliakrilne kiseline PAA, d) kineticke krive izotermne desorpcije
 nikotina adsorbovanog na taložni SiO2, đ) kineticke krive neizotermne
 desorpcije nikotina adsorbovanog na taložni SiO2 i e) kineticke krive
 izotermnog oslobađanja nikotina iz hidrogela. Utvrđeni su kineticki modeli i
 određene su vrednosti kinetickih parametara za ispitivane…


th July. Abstract. The haematology and serum biochemical parameters in free-ranging Afri- can side neck turtle (Pelusios sinuatus ) in Ibadan, Nigeria was carried out with the view of establishing baseline blood health indices of this species and generating data which could be useful in the comparative physiology of turtles. A total of sixty free ranging turtles comprising juveniles and adults of both sexes were used for the study. The mean values for the RBC, PCV, Hb, MCV, MCH and WBC counts observed in male juvenile were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than those of the females. Neverthe- less, in adult turtles, the mean values for the RBC, PCV, Hb, MCV, MCH and WBC counts observed in females were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than those of the males. Similarly, in juvenile turtles, the absolute heterophil, lymphocyte and monocyte counts in females were relatively higher (P < 0.05) than that of male while in adult turtles there were no significant differences (P < 0.05) in these parameters between the males and females. There were no significant difference (P < 0.05) in the values for the total protein, albumin, globulin, creatinine, serum glutamic-oxalacetic transami- nase (SGOT), serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) and blood urea nitrogen in the males and females of both the juvenile and adult turtles. The outcome of this study presents baseline data on the haematology and serum biochemical parameters in free-ranging African side neck turtle (Pelusios sinuatus ) in Ibadan, Nigeria, which could also serve as a template for the comparative physiology of fresh and sea turtles.


DURING THE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST AND reform that followed World War H, white southern leaders' determined choice of resistance over acquiescence inspired and encouraged defiance among other southerners and undergirded and prolonged massive resistance. Inheritors of both the Lost Cause and the regional development schemes that had offered northern corporations cheap unorganized labor since the 1930s, elite segregationists looked backward for inspiration; most refused to reexamine old ways in the light of new realities or to imagine opportunities for themselves in a racially integrated South. Segregationist leaders built support on misplaced expectations and shifting sands, but their efforts were sanguine, intentional, and contagious. Although many moderate white southerners refused to fall behind them in lockstep, the public attention naturally accruing to elite leaders muted dissent, and grassroots segregationists followed their lead. This article examines organized interstate resistance engineered by elite southern segregationists. It highlights ambitious groups led by political and economic elites who sought, and failed, to stop the expansion of the federal government into areas they deemed protected by the Tenth Amendment. These organizations provide an important key to understanding the evolution and ultimate collapse of southern massive resistance. The most credible efforts to unite sophisticated white supremacists shared several elements. A resistance organization created a cover of respectability and gravity when, in addition to advertising the presence of southerners of substance (especially urban elites) in leadership roles, it made a significant constitutional argument or raised a believable complaint about unequal treatment of the South that obscured race as the primary issue. Segregationist groups also often garnered a measure of approval or influence when their resistance acquired plausible intellectual justification from the legal or academic community; when the group had an active, professional public relations arm; and when the organization gained devoted and generous allies from outside the South. Two relatively small interstate leadership organizations that aspired toward those ends can be seen as the bookends of massive resistance: the Federation for Constitutional Government (FCG), formed in 1955 to fight the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision in the courts and Congress, and the Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms (CCFAF), formed in 1963 to lobby against the proposed Civil Rights Act. The Citizens' Councils of America (CCA), a much better known federation of state groups with extensive grassroots memberships, outlasted both; but the short-lived FCG and CCFAF exhibited definite goals, high-toned leadership from several states, allies from the North and West, and prospects for generous private funding of targeted political work. As legal action for civil rights joined grassroots protests in the 1950s, southern business and professional leaders feared social changes that might incite a subservient and malleable working class, and the desire to preserve a segregated society inspired almost religious fervor among entrenched southern politicians and their constituents. Across the region, moderation became subversion, compromise the equivalent of surrender. Virginia senator Harry Flood Byrd Sr. called for "massive resistance" to protect state sovereignty; the time had come, said Mississippi senator James O. Eastland, for southern white people "to organize and be militant." Both Byrd and Eastland headed wealthy families with living memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction and deep roots in the southern planter class. They typified the ruling southern elites who, as Michael K. Honey has written, "used anti-unionism, racism, and anti-communism interchangeably to stay in power," encouraging their constituents to defend the distinctive white South against the intrusion of liberal democracy. …


Resumen en: The following article is an application of "the language of tourism" paradigm. It is a case study of the multilingual marketing of the Sami region of Nor...


Available online 11 June 2009 Due to the problem of global warming, the green supply chain management, in particular, closed-loop logistics, has drawn the attention of researchers. Although there were logistics models that were exam- ined in the literatures, most of them were case based and not in a closed-loop. Therefore, they lacked generality and could not serve the purposes of recycling, reuse and recovery required in a green supply chain. In this study, the integration of forward and reverse logistics was investigated, and a generalized closed-loop model for the logistics planning was proposed by formulating a cyclic logistics network problem into an integer linear programming model. Moreover, the decisions for selecting the places of manufactories, distribution centers, and dismantlers with the respective operation units were supported with the minimum cost. A revised spanning-tree based genetic algorithm was also developed by using determinant encoding representation for solving this NP model. Numerical experiments were presented, and the results showed that the proposed model and algorithms were able to support the logistic deci- sions in a closed-loop supply chain efficiently and accurately. Statement of scope and purposes This study concerns with operations of 3R in the green supply chain logistics and the location selection optimization. Based oncradle to cradle' principle of a green product, a "closed-loop" structure of a network was proposed in order to integrate the environmental issues into a traditional logistic system. Due to NP-hard nature of the model, a Genetic Algorithm, which is based on spanning tree structure was developed. Test problems from the small size for accuracy to the large scale for efficiency have been demonstrated with comparison. The promising results have shown the applicability of the proposed model with the solution procedure.


The asthma syndrome is influenced by hereditary and environmental factors. With the example of farm exposure, we study whether genetic and environmental factors interact for asthma.


One of the ways to deliver a language course on learners' demand using any computer connected to the Internet at anywhere and anytime is by developing a Web-based instruction (WBI). Besides, it can be more effective if WBI incorporates multimedia components. 'A picture tells a thousand words', thus, a Mandarin WBI that includes multimedia elements will increase the effectiveness in learning Mandarin. The objective of this paper is to describe the process of designing and developing a Hanyu Pinyin (Romanised Mandarin) WBI to teach non-native learners (Malay Mandarin learners) in learning Mandarin at a Malaysian university(UiTM). The Hanyu Pinyin WBI is tailored to tackle the weaknesses and to meet the specific needs of Malay learners. Hanyu Pinyin WBI is designed on the basis of Instructional System Design (ISD) methodology. This approach involves four phases: (1) analysis and design, (2) development, (3) implementation, and (4) evaluation of the instruction.


During law enforcement of maritime police,far away from lands,criminal coercive measures cannot be taken by police without written authorization.When the nature of the cases is not clear,it is much more convenient to take advantage of administrative citation,and make good use of it.


1. Lewis CJ, Gerrand C, Barnes DE, Murray S, Milner RH, Ragbir M. Experience of angiosarcoma in the North of England Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2011;64:884-91. 2. Khodayari A, Khojasteh A. Mandibular pathologic fracture as a first sign of disseminated angiosarcoma: A case report and review of literatures. Oral Oncol Extra 2005;41:178-82. 3. Köhler HF, Neves RI, Brechtbühl ER, Mattos Granja NV, Ikeda MK, Kowalski LP. Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck: Report of 23 cases from a single institution. Otolaryng Head Neck 2008;139:519-24. 4. Yang XJ, Zheng JW, Zhou Q, Ye WM, Wang YA, Zhu HG, et al. Angiosarcomas of the head and neck: A clinico-immunohistochemical study of 8 consecutive patients. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010;39:568-72. 5. Shand JM, Beatty R, Tankersley KL, Costello BJ. Mitek anchors in facial Injury: An approach for soft tissue flap fixation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004;62:619-21.


Objective To explore the antioxidative effects of panax notoginseng saponins(PNS) on rats with acute lung injury induced by oleic acid.Methods 40 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:(1) normal control group(n=8);(2) acute lung injury group(n=8),rats were injected oleic acid(0.12 mL/kg);(3) PNS intervention group(n=24),rats were injected by PNS(25 mg/kg,50 mg/kg,75 mg/kg,respectively) after oleic acid(0.12 mL/kg) injection 15 minutes.Animals of all three groups were sacrificed after 4 hours.The pathological changes,lung wet/dry(W/D) weight ratio,contents of malondialdehyde(MDA) and nitric oxide(NO),and activities of myeloperoxidase(MPO),nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and superoxide dismutase(SOD) were measured in lung tissue.Results(1) Pathological changes of acute lung injury were reduced significantly in PNS intervention groups.(2) Compared with normal control group,W/D,MPO,NO,NOS and MDA in acute lung injury group were all higher(P0.05),SOD was lower;W/D,MPO,NO,NOS and MDA in PNS groups were all lower than acute lung injury group(P0.05),SOD was higher.Conclusion These results suggest that PNS can alleviate lung inflammation,decrease the W/D,MPO,MDA,NO,NOS and increase SOD,and decrease the degree of acute lung injury in rats injecteel by oleic aeid,and that may be involved in increase of lung antioxident action.


Water reservoirs are important source in supplying inhabitants with drinking water of high–quality. In total, there are 8 reservoirs in Slovakia for drinking water supply purpose. The youngest of them is the Turček reservoir located in the middle of Slovakia, which is also the object of this study. In the article, we deal with the thermal stratification in it during 3 seasons (spring, summer, autumn). Based on the analysis of data provided by the operator of the reservoir from its operation start, it came out that the thermal stratification in the reservoir occurs significantly during the summer. In the given hydro–climatic conditions, it starts at the end of April and ends in October. We also analyzed the existence of the thermocline layer, which occurs mainly in the summer, but also in spring and in autumn, but not so significantly and regularly. Thermal stratification can be classified also by Thermocline Strength Index (TSI) that indicates the steepness of the thermocline or the average gradient of the thermocline layer, so the part of the study was focused also to this indicator.


This dissertation studies a new cloud server based approach for mobile gaming, termed Cloud Mobile Gaming (CMG), that enables 3D, multiplayer, Internet video games on mobile phones -- the kinds of games that today require a powerful PC tethered to the Internet. We flipped the traditional client-server architecture for PC-based Internet games on its head and looked to cloud computing, instead of putting most of the storage and computational burden of the games on the mobile device. Though promising, the new CMG approach will impose other challenges, namely to ensure high mobile gaming user experience (as two-way gaming data including video will need to be transmitted through wireless networks in real time), and ensure scalability in terms of cloud servers and network bandwidth, so as to ensure economic viability of the approach. In our work, we have developed key new technologies to address these challenges. We first developed and validated a Mobile Gaming User Experience model, which can quantitatively measure user perceived mobile gaming experience. Next, we develop an adaptive rendering technique which can simultaneously vary the richness and complexity of graphic rendering to adapt the communication and computing needs of each CMG session in responding to the dynamic conditions of the wireless networks and cloud server. Finally, we present a mobile cloud scheduling approach which can allocate resources to meet user experience requirements while maximizing the number of users which can be scheduled concurrently and minimizing cloud cost. The experimental results presented demonstrate that our proposed adaptive rendering technique and the mobile cloud scheduling approach can efficiently address the challenges imposed by the wireless network and cloud server, ensuring the user perceived gaming quality as well as the scalability for the CMG approach. We believe the techniques proposed in this work will not only enable rich Internet cloud gaming, but also other rich mobile multimedia applications using the cloud


Current guidelines for the treatment of blood cholesterol focus on identifying candidates for statin therapy based on 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease. With the exception of those with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥190 mg/ dL, most young adults with moderate elevations in lipid levels do not receive a direct recommendation for treatment. In this study, we found that prolonged exposure to moderate elevation in non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (≥160 mg/dL) between the ages of 35 and 55 was associated with an increased frequency of future coronary heart disease (CHD) events. Future CHD risk beyond 55 years of age was increased by 39% for every 10 years of elevated non–highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol in young adulthood even after adjusting for other risk factors and actual lipid levels at 55 years of age. Thus, not only does a person's current lipid level influence CHD risk, but also the duration of previous hyperlipidemia exposure. Similar findings were noted when hyperlipidemia was defined based on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (≥130 mg/dL). Overall, few young adults would have been identified by current guidelines as candidates for statin therapy. However, the association between years of hypercholesterolemia in young adulthood and future CHD risk persisted even among those for whom statin was not recommended. Clinicians should consider adults with longstanding moderate elevations in non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol at increased risk for CHD, and engage in an informed patient-physician discussion about appropriate lipid management strategies to reduce future risk of heart disease. See p 451.


Background and purpose:The incidence of breast cancer ranks first in the female malignant tumor,and seriously threaten to women's health.The histone deacetylase inhibitor suberic bishydroxamate(SBHA) could inhibit the activity of HDAC1 and HDAC3.The growth of some tumor cells is selectively inhibited by SBHA without adverse effects on normal cells.In this study,we investigated the effects of SBHA on the proliferation and cell cycle of breast cancer cells.Methods:MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were exposed to different concentrations of SBHA for different periods of time.Cell viability was investigated in the breast cancer MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells with SBHA alone at various concentrations and time points by WST-8.Cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry(FCM).Light microscopy was used to observe morphological change.Results:Compared with the control group,the growth velocity was significantly slower in experimental group,and the changes presented concentration(P0.001) and time-dependence(P0.05).Changes of cell morphology were found.G0-G1 phase arrest was been observed,and the percentage of cells in S phase decreased notably in the experimental group.Conclusion:SBHA could repress markedly the proliferation of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells,arrest the cell sycle at G0-G1 phase.


The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has included the oral antiplatelet medication ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) in its updated guidelines for treating patients with acute coronary syndrome, according to the drug?s manufacturer.


On the basis of radiological and histopathological findings with no definitive diagnosis, a wide surgical excision of the lesion was performed under general anaesthesia (Figure 2). The lesion aggressively invaded the internal jugular vein, which has been resected with the lesion. Final pathological evaluation revealed 10 x 6 x 5 cm mass with local infiltration to prevertebral muscle (Figure 3). No postoperative complications were experienced. Volume 8 Issue 1 2018


that power expands to its natural limits. Kings, politicians and capitalists are all presumed to obey this supposed law of history so that the limits of any man's success are those established by the counter-expansionism of others. So it is in the case of George Tupou I, king of Tonga from 1845 to 1893. From a small, disputed inheritance in the Ha'apai group in 1820, his ambition to reunite Tonga after its civil wars which had begun in the 1780s led him first to the conquest of Ha'apai in 1826; he secured the inheritance of Vava'u in 1833, and the inheritance of the Tu'i Kanokupolu title which nominally gave him Tonga tapu in 1845, and thus made himself king of all Tonga. Even before becoming king, it is thought, he was looking beyond the Tongan group, and to this end sent his agents in the guise of Christian missionaries to the neighbouring island groups. In 1835 a party of Tongans went to Uvea to evangelise but their other activity provoked their own massacre. Later, when the Wesleyan Missionary Society withdrew its agents from Samoa, Tongan teachers were sent there, and from the mid-1830s onwards Tongan mission teachers worked in Fiji, where George's cousin, Ma'afu, later built on their influence to gain political advan tage. For a period of nearly 50 years, therefore (from the early 1820s to 1869), King George can be said to have been working towards an extension of his territory, and for over 30 years (from the mid-1830s to the late 1860s) to have been expanding beyond Tonga's logical geographical boundaries. Allegations to this effect were made by George's contemporaries, and are echoed in recent his toriography, although the evidence is often no better than innuendo from sources which inspire little trust. It is significant, however, piat whereas his torians of Samoa and Fiji impute imperialist plans to the Tongan king, historians of Tonga scarcely mention them, and portray a king who was burdened with the worries of internal disunity and preoccupied with staving off imperialist designs from outside ? in particular, from the French. The only substantial evidence for George's imperialism is his planned invasion of Fiji in 1862, and even in that case things might not be quite what they appear. There is in fact very little foundation for the allegations of imperialism. The first possible case of imperialism was the adventure on Uvea in 1835. This affair began when Ngongo, the chief of Niuatoputapu, who had been only recently converted to Christianity, was visited by the Rev. Peter Turner on his way to take up his appointment in Samoa. Shortly afterwards, Ngongo took a


In this two-part paper the problem of evaluating robustness and strength of chaos in thermomechanically-based Shape Memory Oscillators (SMO) is addressed. In the first part, a theoretical analysis of the main features of the pseudoelastic loops exhibited by the underlying Shape Memory Devices (SMD) is accomplished with the aim to establish a predictive framework for accompanying numerical investigations. The analysis is based on the evaluation of suitable synthetic indicators of the SMD behavior that can be computed from the model parameters before the computation of SMO actual trajectories, and provide information about the hysteresis loops and their dependence on temperature variations. By means of such indicators, a detailed analysis of the influence of thermomechanical coupling on the rate-dependent mechanical response is presented. It is shown that a careful interpretation of the synthetic indicators permits to obtain a reasonable estimation of the influence of various model parameters on the hysteresis loop area and slopes of the pseudoelastic plateaus, that are the main global aspects influencing the occurrence of chaotic responses. In the second part, the theoretical predictions based on the synthetic indicators will be exploited to interpret the results of a systematic numerical investigation based on an enhanced version of the Method of Wandering Trajectories.


Oxidation reduction reactions of uranium(V) and (VI) in sodium and caesium carbonate solutions at high pH were studied using the chronopotentiometric technique. Uranium(V) formed by electrolysis of uranium(VI) at constant potential is stable, its rate of disproportionation negligible. The apparent standard redox potential (uncorrected) of the U(VI)/U(V) couple was found to be 0.760V vs. S. C. E. in 1 M Na2C03 and pH = 11.5. The uncorrected overall transfer coefficients for the oxidation of U(V) and rereduction of U(VI) were: 0.64 and 0.42 in 1 M Na2C03, and 0.47 and


Sarawak, a state in Malaysia has long been the key contributor to probable and proven (2P) Petroleum reserves, in which the state bearing and account to 60.8% of total National reserves. Known for its untapped reserves and with sturdy relationship with partners and investors to spur growth to national economy for decades, now it just the right time for the State to focus on its social contribution to Sarawak's young talents in the energy industry.


ACHTEMEIER, ELIZABETH, The Community and Message of Isaiah 56 66 (Augsburg) 159 pp. $7.95 (paper). ALDWINCKLE, RUSSELL, jesus-A Savior or the Savior.'! Religious Pluralism in Christian Perspective (Mercer Univ.) 232 pp. $15.95. ALING, CHARLES., Egypt and Bible History (Baker) 145 pp. $5.95 (paper). ALLEN, JUDSON, The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages (Univ. of Toronto) 327 pp. $45.00. ARNOLD, WILLIAM, Introduction to Pastoral Care (Westminster) 221 pp. $10.95 (paper). ATKINSON, DAVID, Homosexuals in the Christian Fellowship (Eerdmans) 127 pp. $4.95 (paper). AYCOCK, DON, Preaching with Purpose and Power (Mercer Univ.) 314 pp. $15.95. BALDWIN, LELAND, The American Questfor the City ofGod (Mercer Univ.) 368 pp. $18.95. BAVINCK;']. H., The Church Between Temple and Mosque (Eerdmans) 206 pp. $5.95 (paper). BEARE, F. W., The Gospel According to Matthew (Harper & Row) 550 pp. $29.95. BLEVINS, JAMES, The Messianic Secret in Markan Research 1901 -1976 (Univ. Press of A.) 227 pp. $9.75 (paper). BODINE, WALTER, The Greek Text ofjudges (Scholars) 204 pp. $15.00. BOER, HARRY, The Bible and Higher Criticism (Eerdmans) 109 pp. $3.95 (paper). BOLING, ROBERT .foshua. THEANCHOR BIBLE, Vol. 6 (Doubleday) 580 pp. $14.00. BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH, Fiction from Prison: Gathering up the Past, Renate and Bethge, eds. (Fortress) 210 pp. $14.95. BOTWINICK, ARYEH, Epic Political Theorists and the Conceptualization of the State (Univ. Press of A.) 41 pp. $4.75 (paper). BROMILEY, GEOFFREY, gen. ed., The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 2 (Eerdmans) 1175 pp. $35.00. BROWN, RAYMOND, The Critical Meaning of the Bible (Paulist) 150 pp. $3.95 (paper). BROWN and SAUERS, Pentecost 3. PROCLAMATION 2, SERIES B (Fortress) 64 pp. $2.95 (paper). CARR, WESLEY, Angels and Principalities (Cambridge Univ.) 242 pp. $27.95. COLLINS, JOHN, Daniel} First Maccabees} Second Maccabees (Glazier) 371 pp. $8.95 (paper). COLLINS and RICE, Pentecost 2. PROCLAMATION 2, SERIES B (Fortress) 64 pp. $2.95 (paper). COUNTRYMAN, WILLIAM, Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny? (Fortress) 110 pp. $5.95 (paper). COUSAR, CHARLES, Galatians. INTERPRETATION: A BIBLE COMMENTARY FOR TEACHING AND PREACHING, Vol. 2 (john Knox) 158 pp. $13.95. CRAGHAN, JOHN, Esther} judith} Tobit}jonah} Ruth (Glazier) 230 pp. $7.95 (paper). CROW, PAUL, Christian Unity: Matrix for Mission (Friendship) 119 pp. $4.95 (paper). DAVIS, STEPHEN, ed., Encountering Evil Oohn Knox) 182 pp. n. p. (paper). DAVIS and ROWATT, eds., Formation for Christian Ministry (Review and Expositor) 200 pp. n. p. (paper). DEIDUN, T. J.,New Covenant Morality in Paul (Biblical Institute) 297 pp. $18.50 (paper). EDWARDS and WILD, eds., The Sentences ofSextus (Scholars) 71 pp. $12.00 (paper). ELLIS, EARLE, Paul's Use of the Old Testament (Baker) 204 pp. $7.95 (paper). FARLEY, EDWARD, Ecclesial Reflection: An Anatomy of Theological Method (Fortress) 380 pp. $29.95. FEHR, WAYNE, The Birth ofthe Catholic Tubingen School (Scholars) 302 pp. $14.95. FRENO, W. H. C., The Early Church (Fortress) 273 pp. $11.95 (paper). FRERICHS, WENDELL, Take It To the Lord (Augsburg) 77 pp. $3.95 (paper). GASPER, LOUIS, The Fundamentalist Movement 1930 -1956 (Baker) 181 pp. $6.95 (paper).


Drinking water quality is a vital public health concern to consumers and regulators alike. This article describes some of the current microbiological, chemical, and radiological concerns about drinking water and the evolution of water vending machines. Also addressed are the typical treatment processes used in water vending machines and their effectiveness, as well as a brief examination of a certification program sponsored by the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA), which provides a uniform standard for the design and construction of food and beverage vending machines. For some consumers, the water dispensed from vending machines is an attractive alternative to residential tap water which may be objectionable for aesthetic or other reasons.


Children facing the Law (ABH) are children aged 0-18 years who are caught in the law, regardless of their role as suspects, victims and witnesses. ABH has the right to get the right treatment in the healing process, but in reality ABH is still often combined with adult prisoners. This condition certainly causes some negative impacts, such as their psychosocial condition is disturbed because they are not properly accommodated in a good and proper environment. To get the proper treatment, the ABH stipulated in the law is placed on Social Rehabilitation specifically dealing with the ABH case. In Jakarta, Social Rehabilitation for ABH has only one Social Rehabilitation, BRSAMPK Handayani, which has handled ABH for the past 44 years. To be able to complete the psychosocial conditions in ABH, the role of architecture is needed to accommodate this phenomenon. To respond to the psychosocial conditions of the ABH, the therapeutic architecture method was used so that when ABH was declared able to return with the family, the psychosocial condition had become better. The use of the therapeutic architecture method will be implemented into the design of the area and the architectural building itself so that the ABH can be more comfortable and feel more relaxed in Social Rehabilitation.

Keywords: Juveniles, Therapeutic Architecture, Social Rehabilitation


This report summarizes the work of the US Solar Thermal Storage LLC ("USSTS") team on SandShifter subproject for Phase 2 of U.S. Department of Energy's FOA #DE-FC36-08GO18155.005. This subproject develops a new-to-the-world, disruptive technology which leverages an abundant, inexpensive, and benign material, Sand, for application in Thermal Energy Storage (TES) in association with power generation from Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) systems. Sand, as a standalone TES media, has a 10 to 25X cost per unit of storage capacity cost advantage over the prevailing technology, molten salt. The work summarized herein suggests that SandShifter, which has a non-linear cost curve favoring higher hours of storage, could likely achieve economics of $15 per kWh-th or less for several hours of storage in high temperature steam- or salt-as-HTF configurations with further technology development.


How do people create overall evaluations for experiences that change in intensity over time? What 'rules' do they use for combining such diAerent intensities into single overall evaluations? And what factors influence these integration rules? This paper starts by examining the relationship between the patterns of experiences over time and their overall evaluations. Within this framework, we propose and test the idea that the rules for combining such experiences depend on whether the experiences are perceived to be composed of single or multiple parts (i.e. continuous or discrete). In two experiments we demonstrate that an experience's level of cohesiveness moderates the relationship between its pattern and overall evaluation. The results show that breaking up experiences substantially reduces the impact of patterns on overall evaluations. In addition, we demonstrate that continuously measuring momentary intensities produces a similar eAect on this relationship, causing us to speculate that providing continuous intensity responses causes subjects to self-segment the experience. Copyright # 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Background and Objective: Currently, due to the development of urbanization and growth of industrial units, the issues of health, safety, and environment are more important. The present study aimed to design and validate a tool for the assessment of staff satisfaction with occupational health, safety, and environmental management system (HSE-MS) status due to the lack of a standard questionnaire in this regard. Materials and Methods: In this study, an initial questionnaire, including 60 items, was designed with the help of scientific resources and expert opinions. Then, the opinions of 12 experts in occupational health, safety, and environment were used to standardize and validate the assessment questionnaire. Content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR) were utilized to validate the questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire, and Pearson's correlation coefficient was utilized to assess the correlation between questionnaire scales. Moreover, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett's tests were applied for the determination of factor loadings. Results: The CVI and CVR of the questionnaire were calculated at 0.88 and 0.83, respectively. Furthermore, the internal consistency and reproducibility of the designed questionnaire were confirmed according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.80). In addition, the results of Bartlett's test showed that there was a significant correlation between the variables, and the KMO value was reported as 0.840. Conclusion: The obtained results of this study showed that the CVI and CVR of the designed questionnaire were higher than the standard values of 0.79 and 0.55, respectively. The obtained Cronbach's alpha coefficient also indicated the strong internal consistency of the questionnaire. Therefore, the designed questionnaire for the assessment of staff satisfaction with occupational HSE-MS status can be useful in present industries with regard to acceptable validity and reliability.


In this paper  we concern in studying chaotic homeomorphisms deals with study and investigate of chaotic homeomorphisms on smooth manifolds. For connections more precisely to chaotic diffeomorphisms maps on smooth manifolds.
New relation between diffeomorphism an chaotic, transitive, dense and nowhere dense in smooth manifolds have been found. Product of two diffeomorphisms dense maps on smooth manifold is dense. Product of two chaotic maps on smooth manifold is chaotic.

http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjps.24.2019.017


ABSTRACT The effect of adjustment period on psychophysically lifting capacity for males had been verified by Wu and Chen [32]. This paper extends Wu and Chen's study to investigate the adjustment periods effects of females and to examine the difference between genders. Eight female participates were recruited to perform 16 different combinations of lifting tasks involving four adjustment periods (20, 30, 40, and 50 min) and four lifting frequencies (1, 2, 4, and 6 lifts/min) from the floor to knuckle height for 8-h work shift. The adjustment period effects on the MAWL, and RPE values were significant. The MAWL decreased significantly as adjustment period increased. The participants lifted 4.2, 7.5 and 11.9% less MAWL when the lifting task was performed at 30, 40, and 50 min adjustment periods, respectively. The RPE value increased as the adjustment period increased. In addition, this paper verified that the effect of gender differences for the adjustment period and lifting frequency was not significant. Generally, this study shows that the MAWLs was overestimated by about 3.6% and 8.1% when the adjustment periods were decreased from 40-min to 30-min and 20-min, respectively.


An automated post-processing system has been developed to facilitate the processing of data recorded with the 1.6m and 3.6m telescopes of the Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing site. This system automatically transfers raw data from these telescopes to supercomputing hardware at sea level, and then the data is processed as imagery, photometry, or both, depending on collection parameters. A new user interface displays the metadata associated with each collection as well as the status of all file transfers and automated processing jobs. This interface also provides access to many additional utilities, including a bispectrum image reconstruction algorithm and other basic image manipulation features. These utilities allow users to create new processing results or to further process and annotate existing results. This new data handling and processing system has significantly enhanced the capabilities of the AMOS site while also reducing the time that it takes for data to be processed and disseminated.


This article is whether and how the world macroeconomic environments influence the world trade disputes. We use two-pronged approach. First, we try to answer the question whether and how global macroeconomic environments are attached to the count of the world trade disputes. Even if the traditional literature captures it at the national-level, global picture needs to be completed. The second question we address is that given the set of trade dispute initiating countries, whether and how differently high-, middle- and low-income countries respond to their macroeconomic environments in their decision-makings of trade disputes initiations. The universe in the second question is a selected set of the filing countries only, not all countries on this planet. One can capture the behaviours of the countries involved in the trade disputes under certain macroeconomic circumstances. The period is from 1995 to 2008, covering all records of trade disputes since the birth of the World Trade Organization (WTO).


In clinical practice, we may feel, metaphorically speaking, like we have to pull rabbits out of hats; but in my family practice, I've been known to perform real magic tricks—and my younger patients love it.


We report on the use of con ict graphs in solving integer programs A con ict graph represents logical relations between binary variables We develop algorithms and data structures that allow the e ective and e cient construction management and use of dynamically changing con ict graphs Our computational experiments show that the techniques presented work very well


Nan-You highway has such features as high embankments and deep road channels possessed by highways located in mountainous areas.According to the local geography and climatic conditions,the side slopes are constructed scientifically and rationally by making reference on the practical construction experience of the relevant highways.Comprehensive protection and consolidation measures,with plants protection as major measures,are taken,which results in good effects.


Author(s): Yinger, Melissa | Advisor(s): Freccero, Carla | Abstract: AbstractEcho-critical Poetic Narcissisms: Being Transformed in Petrarca, Ronsard, and ShakespeareMelissa Yinger "Narcissism" is a term that was popularized by Freud in the twentieth century, but whose roots date back to the first century C.E., to a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses. In Ovid's story, Narcissus is a beautiful youth who falls in love with his image in a pool and wastes away, leaving only the Narcissus flower. Only slightly less famous is the story of Echo, with which Narcissus's story is intertwined. Echo is a wood nymph who, in punishment for her garrulousness, is denied her ability to speak for herself and is permitted only to return the speech of others. Then, later in life she has the supreme misfortune of one day coming across Narcissus by the mirror-pool and falling in love. When he spurns her, she too wastes away, becoming a disembodied voice that reverberates in forests and caves. This project focuses on the Narcissus and Echo myth because, for some of the most canonical Renaissance poets - Francesco Petrarca, Pierre de Ronsard, and William Shakespeare - Narcissus is as important a figure as Orpheus or Apollo. Petrarca develops a particular aesthetic pattern out of the Narcissus myth, which later poets imitate and expand. The first goal is to define the narcissistic aesthetic that Renaissance poets found so appealing. This aesthetic valorized sameness and fetishized mirror images, the formal poetic equivalents of which are rhyme, repetition, and chiasmus. The second goal is to understand the presence of Echo in some of literature's most narcissistic moments. Because Narcissus's rejection of Echo causes her to melt into the landscape and live disembodied in forests and caves, she becomes the voice of the natural world in Renaissance poetry. As an ontologically liminal figure, Echo is able to become a mediator between the human and non-human worlds, and allows poets to think through the stakes of an aesthetic that favors self-love and sameness over caring for non-human others. In Renaissance poetry, she gives voice to a nascent version of the central concerns of ecocriticism. To elucidate this important moment in the genealogy of the growing and evolving field of ecocriticism, Echo-critical Poetic Narcissisms seeks to define the parameters of what I call Echo-criticism, an ethical imperative in the period that questions but does not ultimately displace the era's narcissism. For the poets included in this study, the Narcissus and Echo myth is a source of inspiration as well as anxiety. Significantly, their ambivalence about the myth is mirrored in and perhaps shapes our ambivalence about humanism, which we associate with great art, on the one hand, and on the other, recognize as what Richard Schechner calls, "very arrogant, anthro[po]centric, expansionist, and high-energy ideology." Renaissance poets' engagement with the Narcissus and Echo myth brings this tension into focus and gives us a perspective from which to reevaluate our own aesthetic and ethical values. The ambivalence about Renaissance humanism that these poets bring into focus is becoming magnified, as ecocriticism and posthumanism continue to influence the shape of the humanities. Like tectonic plates that bear stress, shift, and settle, we are again, as were the great humanists, in the midst of a shift. Will anthropocentrism continue to be the reigning worldview in the era of posthumanism? Can we separate positive versions of narcissism from the more ethically and environmentally dangerous forms? This project suggests that if we allow ourselves to learn from humanists' engagement with this myth, their lessons could have an impact on the future of the humanities. A more nuanced understanding of humanism's negotiations of aesthetics and ethics in these poetic contexts will make us more self-aware scholars of the humanities, and may inform our decisions regarding our responsibilities to and for others.


Key Points IL-7Rαlow EM CD8+ T cells are anergy-like cells in vivo. IL-7Rαlow EM CD8+ T cells are defective in aerobic glycolysis. Visual Abstract Effector memory (EM) CD8+ T cells expressing lower levels of IL-7R α (IL-7Rαlow) from healthy individuals are partly compromised in vitro, but the identity of these cells has remained unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that human IL-7Rαlow EM CD8+ T cells are naturally occurring anergic cells in vivo and impaired in proliferation and IL-2 production but competent in IFN-γ and TNF-α production, a state that can be restored by IL-2 stimulation. IL-7Rαlow EM CD8+ T cells show decreased expression of GATA3 and c-MYC and are defective in metabolic reprogramming toward glycolysis, a process required for the proliferation of T cells. However, IL-7Rαlow EM CD8+ T cells can proliferate with TCR stimulation in the presence of IL-2 and IL-15, suggesting that these cells can be restored to normality or increased activity by inflammatory conditions and may serve as a reservoir for functional immunity.


An efficient dispersant, the petroleum-based hydrocarbon distillate aromatic content of greater than 50% of the starting material, is directly reacted with concentrated sulfuric acid residue by hydrolysis, formaldehyde condensates can be prepared mixed type aromatic sulfonate formaldehyde condensate superplasticizer; and the separated oil was distilled to obtain qualified light diesel oil. Superplasticizer raw materials according to the present invention is readily available, cheap, good quality, simple preparation process, and can simultaneously produce qualified light diesel oil.


This paper reports on changes in water supplies in 16 sites in nine East African urban centres (including Nairobi and Dar es Salaam) between 1967 and 1997. The sites included both low-income and affluent neighbourhoods. In most sites, water supplies had deteriorated. For sites that already had piped water in 1967, most received less water per day in 1997 and had more unreliable supplies. For households without piped supplies, the average time spent collecting water in 1997 was more than three times that in 1967. One of the most notable changes when comparing 1997 to 1967 was the much greater importance of private water vending through kiosks or vendors; these had become a booming business in many of the low- and middle-income sites. But on average, those using kiosks were spending almost 2 hours a day collecting water and the water from kiosks was nearly twice the price of piped supplies.


Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become the preferred treatment for patients with acute  ST-elevation  myocardial  infarction  (STEMI).  However,  emergency  PCI  still  could  not  be popularized  or  timely  performed  because  of  the  limitation  of  talents,  technology  and  equipments. Thrombolytic  therapy  improves  the  clinical  efficacy  of  patients  with  acute  ST-elevation  myocardial infarction,  which  has  become  an  indispensable  means  of  primary  reperfusion  therapy.  The  earlier  the thrombolytic  therapy  is  performed,  the  greater  the  benefits  are  for  the  patients.  It  is  of  great  benefit  to choose  the  appropriate  reperfusion  strategy  for  patients  with  acute  ST-segment  elevation  myocardial infarction  under  specific  conditions.  We  will  summarize  the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  various thrombolytic drugs in this paper for the most rational choice of the fibrinolytic strategy and thrombolytic drugs.


The present invention relates to a double-sided glass window cleaner capable of easily and simultaneously cleaning both sides of a glass window using hydroplaning without a magnet. The present invention comprises: a main body (114) comprising a circular disk (108) having a fastening groove (102) on an upper center thereof and having a fastening hole (104) and a screw groove (106) formed along the upper edge thereof at a predetermined distance, a separation prevention partition (110) obliquely extended at a predetermined distance in the upward direction along the end of the circular disk (108) to form an accommodation space, and a connection protrusion (112) protrudes at the center of the bottom surface of the circular disk (108); a rubber blade (120) comprising a ring-shaped removing portion (116) made of rubber for removing moisture on a glass window, obliquely formed at a predetermined distance so as to be closely adhered along the inner circumferential surface of the separation prevention partition (110) of the main body (114), and a separation prevention border (118) made of rubber, inwardly extended at a predetermined distance along the lower end of the ring-shaped removing portion (116); an adhesion means (136) comprising a circular adhesive plate (126) placed on the upper surface of the circular disk (108) of the main body (114) and having an installation groove (122) on the upper center of a body and an injection hole (124) and a screw hole (125) at a predetermined distance along the upper edge of the body, a circular protrusion (128) protruded at the center of the bottom surface of the circular adhesive plate (126) to be accommodated in the fastening groove (102) of the circular disk (108), an injection hole (130) protruded by a predetermined distance along the edge of the bottom surface of the circular adhesive plate (126) to be accommodated in the fastening hole (104) of the circular disk (108) and placed at the same line as the injection hole (124) of the circular adhesive plate (126) to be injected with water, an extension portion (132) placed on the upper surface of the separation prevention border (118) of the rubber blade (120) and outwardly extended at a predetermined distance along the end of the circular adhesive plate (126), and a contact partition (134) obliquely extended at a predetermined distance in the upward direction along the end of the extension portion (132) and coming in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped removing portion (116) of the rubber blade (120); a screw (138) coupled to the screw groove (106) of the circular disk (108) through the screw hole (125) of the circular adhesive plate (126) so as to fix the circular adhesive plate (126) of the adhesion means (136) and the circular disk (108) of the main body (114); a ring-shaped sponge (140) detachably provided between the outer circumferential surface of the installation groove (122) of the circular adhesive plate (126) and the inner circumferential surface of the contact partition (134) of the circular adhesive plate (126) for absorbing the water injected through the injection hole (130) of the circular adhesive plate (126) to transfer water to a glass window and to remove foreign matter and dust on the glass window; a fixing means (148) comprising an accommodation portion (144) detachably and tightly fitted into the installation groove (122) of the circular adhesive plate (126) and having a tumbler-shaped connection hole (142) on the central upper surface of the body, and a fixing border (146) outwardly extended at a predetermined distance along the upper end of the accommodation portion (144); and a transparent adsorption plate (150) made of rubber detachably and tightly fitted into the tumbler-shaped connection hole (142) of the accommodation portion (144) and adhered on the glass window to move a cleaner (100) using the water transferred to the glass window (hydroplaning).


The final thesis of my PhD journey concerns an issue that is part of the Air Law. In particular, it addresses the issue of liability for damage to third parties on the ground surface, caused by aircraft flights. After framing the institute, the analysis begins with examining the sources. These are mainly formed by uniform regulations, and the resulting adjustment to the same by the internal regulations. It proceeds with the deepening of aspects characterizing the institution. Which involves, the nature and the conditions of the obligation for compensation, the qualification of the harmful event, the type of liability where the damage determines the start with the related assumptions exclusion and compulsory insurance expected in relation to the institute, with the related method of determination and limitation. The first part of the paper concludes with the examination of the draft revision of the uniform rules. These are inspired by the need to balance the refund of the possible damage with the needs of civil aviation security and stability, also considering increase by specific episodes that can cause such damage.
In order to better clarify the characteristics of the institution object of analysis, the second part of the work raises the relative discipline in connection with a number of other issues, in respect of which we highlight the relative similarities and differences. It is, in principle the responsibility regarding the noise determined by the flight of aircraft, the responsibility for collision of aircraft, the peculiar rules established in relation to the equipment used for pleasure or sports flight, military aircrafts and the liability arising from damage caused by space objects.


The invention relates to a composite herbicide containing cyhalofop-butyl and pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, which is divided into three types of water dispersing granules, a suspending agent and a wettable powder. The composite herbicide comprises active components, composite additives and fillers. When the composite herbicide is respectively the water dispersing granules, the suspending agent and the wettable powder, the mass fractions of the three components are respectively and differently controlled and proportioned; and the active components are prepared from the cyhalofop-butyl and the pyrazosulfuron-ethyl with the proportion of 1:(0.1-0.6) or also being compounded with 1-3 of pendimethalin. The water dispersing granule type composite herbicide and the suspending agent type composite herbicide are respectively applied with the dosages of 5-15g/acre and 15-30g/acre and are both applied preemergence or post-emergence after seeding. The wettable powder is applied with the dosage of 10-15kg/acre and is applied from a green-turning tillering phase to a booting beginning stage of rices post-emergence. The composite herbicide has the advantages of favorable weeding effect, high safety, long effective drug duration, wide weeding range, low cost and the like.


Commentary on : McEvoy CT, Guyer H, Langa KM, et al . Neuroprotective diets are associated with better cognitive function: the health and retirement study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2017;65:1857–62.

Dementia is one of the grand challenges of the 21st century. Since no curative therapy is available yet, prevention by lifestyle factors such as diet is of utmost importance. Therefore, effective dietary strategies that can slow down cognitive decline and reduce the incidence of dementia need to be identified. The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been associated with slower cognitive decline and a …


Gabbay's separation theorem about linear temporal logic with past has proved to be one of the most useful theoretical results in temporal logic. In this paper, we establish an analogous statement about Moszkowski's discrete-time propositional Interval Temporal Logic ( ) with two sets of expanding modalities, namely the unary neighbourhood modalities and the binary weak inverses of 's chop operator. We prove that separation holds for both with and without its loop construct chop-star.


Throughout its history, special education has been constantly besieged with "new trends" and "panaceas." Some have improved programs for the handicapped, while others have only sidetracked us. However, during the past decade, special education has been participating in one of the most exciting trends in educational history. It was too long in coming, but is gaining momentum with each day. The movement is, of course, the present attention which is now being given to early education. The critical role of early experiences in the total development ( cognitive, socialemotional, and physical) of the young child no longer needs to be documented. We no longer need to ask the question, "Does early education produce positive effects?" The answer has been given to us by such investigators as : Hunt ( 1961), Bloom ( 1964), Skeels ( 1966), Kirk ( 1958), Gray and Klaus ( 1968), Caldwell and Richmond (1968), Weikart (1967), Bereiter and Engelmann (1966), Nimnicht and Meier (1969), Karnes (1969), and many others.· It has been clearly shown that incalculable gains can indeed accrue to the young child and thereby to the entire community by the early and judicious use of appropriate intervention strategies. Today's composite question must be, "Which intervention techniques are best employed with which children, at what point of time, and under what kinds of situations?" With the prudent use of advancing technology, the possibilities for optimizing the learning environment of young handicapped children are limitless. It is now needless for these children to suffer profound learning failure in the classroom and in every day commerce with their environment.


Objective To study the P gene characteristics of 16 strains of rabies virus in Guagnxi,and to explore the possible reasons for high incidence of rabies in Guangxi.Methods Totally 3,961 brain samples of healthy dogs were collected in 14 cities of Guangxi from 2005 to 2008.DFA and RT-PCR methods were used to detect the rabies virus.Results The P genes of 16 samples were sequenced,their identity was 86%~100% on nucleotide level and 93%~100% on amino acid level.The phylogeny analysis showed that 16 strains of rabies virus belonged to genotype I,which were divided into 3 sub-groups,and multiple amino acid residues were substituted in P gene.Conclusions At least 3 different sub-groups of rabies virus were prevalent in Guangxi.It may be one of the main reasons for high incidence of rabies in resent years in Guangxi.


The Stewart parallel mechanism is used in various applications due to its high load-carrying capacity, accuracy and stiffness, such as flight simulation, spaceship aligning, radar and satellite antenna orientation, rehabilitation applications, parallel machine tools. The dissemination of such parallel robots is however limited by three factors: the limited workspace, the singularity configurations existing inside the workspace, and the high cost. In this work, a simulation environment to support the design of a cost-effective Stewart Platform-based mechanisms for specific applications and to facilitate the choice of suitable components, e.g., linear actuators, plate sizes, is presented. The optimal design here presented has multiple objectives. It intends to maximize the payload and minimize the forces at each leg needed to counteract external forces applied to the mobile platform during positioning or manufacturing applications. These objectives can be achieved through a dynamic optimization. It also aims at avoiding reduction of the robot workspace through a kinematic optimization.


Draw the experience as reference from developed countries,the development of the mangerial organ of securities is from small pattern and scattered pattern move touards large pattern、shareization and blocization.The annexation and reorganization of securities commerce、socialization increase capital and enlarge shares of the securities market of China is the internal requisition of the development of securities market of China for the managerial organs of securities and it is the only road for the securities market of China move towards ripe、standardization and with high efficiency.


This paper presents the design and implementation of an experimental electric vehicle platform. The platform is intended for demonstrating and testing highly integrated power electronics drivetrain components in an actual vehicle, rather than just in laboratory and test bed environments. Most of these components were created in earlier research projects. The high voltage network topology is flexible enough to incorporate future developments and additional power electronics systems. A central vehicle control unit routes the signal flow between the vehicle's electronic control units. It also controls the interaction of the drivetrain power electronics systems. Adding and exchanging devices is supported by the modular design of the vehicle control unit software. Special attention is given to the battery system, which was purposely designed for the vehicle platform.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of arousal on the nystagmus response of normal children to vestibular stimulation. Arousal level was manipulated by verbal instruction in 12 subjects (six boys and six girls) during a standard set of sinusoidal angular acceleration stimulation. Electronystagemographic data reflecting the nystagmus response differed significantly during "aroused" and "relaxed" conditions. Implications for the use of nystagmus as a measure of vestibular responsively are discussed.


An electrostatic printer is a digital computer output device that combines the capabilities of rapid alphanumeric printing and, using suitable software, full plotter-like graphics.It can also be used to produce good simulated shades of gray for the display of scintiscan data.That these three forms of hard copy output can be made by a single peripheral makes an electrostatic printer a desirable piece of equipment in a nuclear medicine and computer complex.


In connection with the synthesis of disperse dyes for polyester fibre, 5, 6-benzanthraquinone derivatives were prepared and the effect of annellation on some properties of 1, 4-dihydroxy-, 1, 4-diamino-, and 1, 4-dimethylamino-anthraquinone was studied.1, 4-Dihydroxy-5, 6-benzanthraquinones (1) were synthesized from 1, 2-naphthalenedicarboxylic anhydride and hydroquinones, and 1, 4-diamino-5, 6-benzanthraquinones were obtained by amination of (1).5, 6Annellation ef 1, 4-disubstituted anthraquinone derivatives shifts the UV absorption maximum by 30N40 nm toward the long wave length.1, 4-Disubstituted 5, 6-benzanthtaquino. nes shgwJed bbtter aMnity to polyester fibre and better fastness to sublimation and light than those of the corresponding anthraquinones as a disperse dye. From these observatiens together with the result on 2, 3- and 6, 7-benzanthraquinones, annellation effects on the colour, dyeabi1ity on polyester fibre, and the fastness to sublimation and light were discussed.


In an effort to optimize both the optical properties and chemical stability of plasmonic platforms for surface-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy, a series of multilayered heterometallic structures were prepared. Gold–silver multilayered array of prisms were designed, where the gold layers acts as protective layers for the silver and extends the spectral range of the resulting localized surface plasmon resonances. Herein, we report an experimental study of the enhanced near-field fluorescence from quantum dots deposited at the surface of these platforms. This was performed using near-field scanning optical microscopy yielding simultaneous measurements of topographical features and near-field fluorescence of the prismatic arrays. Hence, the individual localized fluorescent hot-spots could be imaged and spatially correlated with the geometry of the nanostructures for distinct polarization configuration of the excitation light with respect to the orientation of the structures. Furthermore, the fluorescence e...


Domain wall mobility in Permalloy films has been calculated as a function of thickness at 10, 80, and 160 nm which reflects the structure change of Neel, symmetric Bloch and C-shaped (asymmetric Bloch) domain walls. The mobility has been derived from the dynamics of a single nonperiodic domain wall using direct integration of the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation in a Cartesian lattice. This investigation allows for a detailed examination of spin precession, wall motion and overall magnetization distortion as the wall is moved in the presence of fields ranging from 0.5 to 5 Oe applied in the easy axis direction. At 10-nm-thick films, the mobility of a Neel wall is 30 m/s Oe. Wall motion takes place without noticeable distortion in the magnetization distribution in the vicinity of the Neel wall. For 80 nm-thick films, the mobility of a symmetric Bloch wall is 5 m/s Oe, or 20% less than the theoretical prediction for the mobility of a 180° domain wall model. At dynamic equilibrium, the symmetric Bloch wall h...


Software Defined Radio (SDR) is considered to be ultimate solution for future of commercial and military wireless and medical wireless communication systems. The application of SDR over wide frequency bands is constrained at the RF front end especially antenna. CST design is a powerful and easy to use schematic design tool that speed up analysis. In this project we are using CST software to design a reconfigurable antenna for SDR applications. We designed a O shape antenna for switching the frequencies by ON and OFF by micro strip feed connection mode through proper dimension material. In this project we use flexible structure, feed max gain and antenna parameters. The frequency here we took is 2.4GHZ. When it's in ON state the frequency range is above 2.4-2.53GHZ while when it's in OFF state the frequency is 5-5.8GHZ and above. So through this we can achieve required radiation and antenna which is flexible enough to get two frequencies through. Which get less return loss is obtained and antenna is designed for SDR applications.


This study aimed at describing the effectiveness of the implementation of brain-based learning model using scientific approach in Mathematics learning of grade VIII students at SMPN 4 Sungguminasa of Gowa District. This study employed pre-experiment research. The population was the entire students of grade VIII at SMPN 4 Sungguminasa of Gowa District. The sample is selected by employing cluster random sampling and obtained grade VIII B as the experiment class. Data collection consists of data of students' activity in learning, data of students' learning creativity in Mathematics, and data of students' response on learning. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The instrument used in this study were observation sheet on learning implementation, observation sheet on students' activity, learning test result to measure cognitive ability and learning activity on Mathematics, and questionnaire of students' response. The results of study reveal that the students' activity is in very good category by the mean score 3.6, the students' learning outcome is in high category by the mean score 80.93 and the deviation standard 6.95, the classical completeness degree is 91%, the normalized gain of learning outcome is in high  category, the students' learning creativity result is in fair category by the mean score 66.18, the normalized gain of students' learning creativity is in fair category, the students' response on the implementation of brain-based learning model with scientific approach is in positive category by the mean score 3.6. In general, the conclusion of the study is the brain-based learning model using scientific approach in Methematics learning of grade VIII students at SMPN 4 Sungguminasa in Gowa district is implemented effectively


Bloody unelected Brussels bureaucrats, right? It's common knowledge that the EU system is notoriously lacking in democracy. The biggest secret that national-level political elites have is that…


Background: Depression is a mental disorder that is influenced by
psychosocial stressor and needs serious attention. There is a tendency
that depressed people do not pay attention to eating pattern and have less
physical activities which lead to weight gain. Managing good eating is as
important as managing stress


Non reciprocal devices using the dynamic surface mode can operate on a broad frequency band. However, beyond a given frequency, some higher order modes can propagate and this fact limits the operational bandwidth. A theoretical and experimental investigation of the influence of ferrite slab roughness on modes conversion is presented. A perturbation method, developed in the case of an anisotropic medium, allows the computation of direct and reflected fields in the structure, for a given roughness. A good agreement between theory and experiment has been found with three different roughness. Two examples of particular applications for isolator structure improvement, i.e. very low insertion losses and very broad band devices, are given.


At present,city commercial banks are in a satisfactory development,but because their formation is based on some specific historical reasons,inevitably there are some inherent flaws.Balanced Scorecard is produced in the 20th century 90's,the most influential of modern management theory.This article attempts to analyze the applicability for China's city commercial banks using this theory to be out of the woods.


Henry Jenkins, director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and keynote speaker at the 2007 American Library Association's Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium in Chicago is a visionary leader in the areas of new media and media convergence. Jenkins explained in an American Libraries (2007) interview, "The new media tools have made it much easier to learn through remixing and to circulate what you have produced to a larger public." Taking this a step further, Web 2.0 applications are communicative, collaborative, documentative, generative and interactive. They are making an impact in how libraries deliver information and the services provided. In an white paper on digital media and learning entitled, "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: media education for the 21st century," Jenkins et al. (2006), defined participatory culture as "a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one's creations, and some type of information mentorship where by what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices" (p. 3). Jenkins also suggests that participants feel their contributions matter and that there is some degree of social connection with one another. Participatory cul-


MSME development is a much required function for the development of an economy. Insurance is very old business cum service that supports the commercial activities by owning the risk associated in exchange for premium. The objective of this paper is to find out whether any relationship exists between the insurance and development of MSMEs in Indian context. The study uses Ordinary Least Square method to draw the regression equation and Granger Causality test to check for causality between Non-life Insurance sector development and development of MSME. It was found that non-life insurance and MSME are highly positively correlated. Though there is no causal relationship between these two variables but insurance has a positively significant influence on the development of MSME. The finding of this study indicates the requirement of favorable policies to develop the Insurance market in order to promote MSME leading to economic growth.


Suppression of reverse recovery ringing from 3.3kV Si-IGBT SiC Schottky barrier diode hybrid was verified. Reducing loop inductance, consisting of internal module, busbar connection and capacitor, is effective. To realize low inductance within the module and external connection with busbar, the gap between p and n terminal is minimized whilst maintaining the creepage and clearance required by regulation standards. Functional isolation is adopted instead of basic isolation. We achieved an inductance value 9nH for a 3.3kV, 450A dual IGBT, that leads to the extinction of reverse recovery oscillation. Details of switching characteristics of Si + SiC hybrid module is compared with that of Si IGBT module with low inductance.


In Reasons and the Good (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006), Roger Crisp presents answers to some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. The book is sparklingly clear and contains abundant insights and interesting arguments. One strength is that it does not require substantial acquaintance with the literature in order to follow and benefit from the discussion, although those versed in the current debates will doubtless get more out of the book. The breadth of the book is also impressive. It tackles a dizzying array of topics, any one of which could have warranted a book. But therein lies the rub. The book discusses so many topics that it does not always feel like a coherent whole. It also covers so much in such a comparatively small space that the reader cannot help wondering whether important complications have been omitted or objections left unconsidered. Given the large range of topics that Crisp covers and arguments he deploys, I will not attempt to summarise the book. Instead, I will consider objections to what I consider to be the main tenets of Crisp's theory.


The Russian music profession emerged through a conscious attempt bythe Russian Musical Society(RMO) to create the institutions and legal framework to support it. Although the process of musical professionalization in Russia had much in common with that in Western Europe, the peculiarities of Russian social, political, and cultural life stronglyshaped the character of the Russian musical profession. RMO conserva-tories and music schools were dominated bystudents, particularlywomen and Jews, who did not fit the preconceived ideal of the professional musician, complicating the RMO's professionalization project. An examination of class, gender, and ethnicityin the shaping of the Russian musical profession highlights the interaction between the broader processes of social evolution and the narrower musical developments.


Based on Maxwell's pioneering work, on the electrical conduction through heterogeneous media a fundamental approach utilizing the electrical properties of soils to charcterize their grain (particle shape) and aggregate (porosity and fabric anisotropy) characteristics is presented. Correlations between mechanical properties relevant to the analysis of soil liquefaction and electrical indices defining the structure of a soil are given, and the influence of fabric anisotropy on mechanical behavior of soils is demonstrated. The nondestructive nature of the proposed method provides a means to predict in situ properties and thus overcome the difficulty of retrieving undisturbed samples. Level ground soil-liquefaction analysis, which considers the pore pressure generation and dissipation during and after an earthquake, utilizing the method presented herein to obtain the necessary input properties, is presented in a companion paper (Arulanandan and Muraleetharan 1988).


Human cells from normal and xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) patients were used to investigate host-cell reactivation (HCR) of two animal viruses possessing double-stranded DNA. Lower than normal survival of u.v.-irradiated herpes virus in XP cells implied that HCR was present in normal cells. HCR occurred to equal extents in both components of the survival curve (contrary to the case for bacteriophage where HCR is manifested primarily in the second component). The amount of HCR was quantitatively different from that previously reported for the tumour virus SV 40 . The XP cells provided normal levels of survival for u.v.-irradiated vaccinia virus. Little, if any, HCR was apparent for x-irradiated herpes virus.


RIVERS AS SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY. THE close approach of cholera, and the facts which have already come to light as to its causation in some of the Continental towns striken by the pestilence during the present year, have not unnaturally revived the terrible memories of the effect of water-borne poison during former epidemics in this country, and given fresh publicity to the dangers inseparable from the use of a water supply liable to contamination by sewage. The increasing pollution of rivers has driven most of our large towns to seek other sources, but some continue to draw their supply from rivers which notoriously receive sewage from towns and villages higher up. It is now a matter of common knowledge not only that cholera and enteric fever can be spread by means of drinking water to which the evacuations of cholera or typhoid patients have gained access, but that the bacilli, which are generally accepted as the actual cause of the disease, can live and flourish in water, and especially in impure water. Given a case of cholera or enteric fever in one of the towns, villages, or houses draining into a river, the safety of water consumers down stream must depend upon the chapter of accidents, supplemented by such filtration as may be in operation at the waterworks, and the filtration or boiling which may be, but usually is not, practised at home. How far filtration is capable of affording an effectual barrier against the passage of every disease germ, no matter at what moment or in what numbers or condition it may arrive, is a question upon which an important inquiry now in progress may be expected to throw some light. It is at least clear that where a pure supply can be procured at moderate cost it is contrary to all hygienic principles and all common sense to rest content with one which must of necessity from time to time receive the germs of disease along with other impurities, even if the former be infallibly strained off, and the latter oxidised by filtration. The case is clearer still if the water, after undergoing the filtration upoh which so much depends, occasionally presents itself to a consumer in a form which is unpleasant to smell and taste, and 'gives the usual analytical evidences of organic impurity. That such indications of imperfect filtration occur chiefly after floods ceases to be reassuring as an explanation, when it is remembered that is precisely at flood times that the danger of mischief is often greatest, owing to the washing down of impurities deposited in or near the stream, as witness Dr. Barry's demonstration of the havoc wrought at Middlesbrough by the water of the Tees in flood. If filtration is to be the sole line of defence againstwater-borne poison, it should be equal to the maximum strain which can be thrown upon it. Strong public feeling upon this subject has been aroused at Chester. The water supply is taken from the Dee, above the city, of course, but at a point where, according to Dr. Ballard, there is danger of pollution by reflux of sewage. Apart from this, however, it is admitted on all hands that during its somewhat long course the Dee receives the crude drainage of several small towns and villages. The Water Company express regret that the river is polluted, but point with confidence to their filtration works. The -Corporation, on the whole, take the same view, but, yielding to the pressure of public opinion, they have nominated representatives to serve on a joint Committee of Investigation. The movement counts among its most active leaders the Duike of Westminster, the Bishop of Chester, and Dr. Dobie, and has the weighty support of Dr. Ballard. The local press, too, appears to be exerting its influence in the same direction, besides publishing the full and clear arguments which have been put forward by Dr. Dobie and others. It is alleged that the water, as delivered through the mains, is sometimes bad in quality. So far the arguments advanced in reply have not been convincing nor always relevant. Analyses, some of them very incomplete in the form in which they appear in the local press, have been brought forward, and the usual strained inferences have been drawn from them. The chief raison d'etre of [water analysis-the assurance that the water has or has not been polluted-is wanting, since antecedent pollution is admitted. What the analyst has to tell us in such cases is how far the filth which, in large or small quantity, has been poured into the river has become oxidised, not at its best or even at its average, but at its worst. That being ascertained. it has still to be considered whether the germs of disease, of which chemical analysis can tell us nothing at all, can get past the filters when the conditions are at their worst. Here experiment fails to guide us, except, indeed, experiments of the kind which the disciples of Miss Cobbe would have us believe to be all-sufficient, namely, experiments on the lives and health of the water consumers. It was well said by Dr. Elliott at an important public meeting of the citizens, that if the sewage daily passing into the Dee should at any moment begin to carry with it the bacilli of cholera or enteric fever, the analytical data would remain precisely the same as before, the only difference being the addition to the river water of a deadly ingredient of which chemical analysis takes no count. From the somewhat high'average death-rate of Chester, we may safely infer that there are in operation causes adverse to health, of which impure water mayor may not be one. That the mortality is low in selected weeks or years is nothing to the point. An analysis of the causes of death, and of its incidence according to age, sex, occupation, and season, and still more the statistics of notified cases of enteric fever, would throw such light upon the question as is possible from this side. Doubtless all this has been done thoroughly by Dr. Kenyon, the able and experienced health officer for the city, who years ago was the first to call attention to the pollution of the Dee as affecting the water supply of Chester, but the statements before us deal only with crude death-rates, and upon these nothing stronger than hypotheses can be based. We have already referred incidentally to Dr. Ballard's inquiry and report made a few years ago. His conclusions, in the main unfavourable to the water supply, are in themselves an irresistible argument for the action now being taken. The investigation is to be carried out by a strong and representative committee, to whom the Water Company have promised all facilities. It is stated that should the outcome be a condemnation of the present source of supply, it would be possible to substitute others without prohibitive expense.


For the first time in our working history, we are asking so much more of ourselves. Not only what we can learn, what we can do, how we can progress, but what we should truly be doing with our lives. We crave to have our interior yearnings made congruent with our outward manifestations. We want


In the frame of a joint 3 year program, supported by the Bayerische Forschungs Stiftung BFS, the 4 partners, TuiLaser AG, Germering/Munich; Thales Electron Devices GmbH, Ulm; the Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching/Munich and the GSF-Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt, Oberschleissheim/Munich, have undertaken to develop "Compact Excimer Light Sources for the Vacuum Ultra Violet and their Application in the Environmental Analytic and Process Control". In this co-development Thales Electron Devices GmbH is responsible to develop and build electron guns for two types of light sources: (a) for a compact and brilliant VUV point source in a volume smaller than 1 mm/sup 3/ (b) for a very small VUV laser with an active volume smaller than 1 mm/sup 2/ /spl times/ 40 mm. The second item requires an electron gun producing a 40 mm broad electron band beam. This is considered to be technologically more complex than the gun for the rotational symmetric electron beam required for the VUV point source and therefore is left for the second half of the program. This paper will report the concept technologies and the results achieved so far for the two electron guns.


The least squares estimate for the unknown regression coefficients are constructed with the help of validation data.Then input estimators are used to estimate the mean of the response.It is shown that the proposed estimators are asymptotically normal.


Students of the generation Y actively use new technologies every day, communicating mainly through social media with the help of smartphones or tablets. Thanks to the development of new media, modern students have at their disposal a wide and comprehensive range of tools to improve information, communication, education and integration of the academic community. The purpose of this article is to review the modern mobile applica tions that assist students in the learning process. The article is enriched with the results of the research con ducted among students of the Czestochowa University of Technology, which aim was to determine their level of knowledge on mobile applications dedicated to higher education, the level of interest in them and the scope of their use by students. For this purpose, the authors conducted a survey among 181 respondents. For the research, non-random method of sampling – convenient sampling was chosen. sequentially Google Drive, OLX and WhatsApp.


The Japanese motorcycle industry produces more than 70 percent of the world's motorcycles and enjoys the position of one of the most competitive industries in Japan. This case history aims to single out the distinctive characteristics of the industry and presents an economic analysis of its evolution from 1945 to 1965.After World War II, the market for motorcycles rapidly expanded when merchants employed them as a tool for lightweight transportation. New entry firms numbered over 200, which were mostly small- and medium-sized firms. The nature of motorcycle production then resembled bicycle making rather than automobile assembly. The entire process was basically a network of component suppliers and motorcycle manufacturers specializing in the final assembly. But Honda Motors first introduced mass production through an integrated system in its Saitama and Hamamatsu plants. This rapid expansion pushed Honda close to bankruptcy, owing to financial crises in 1954. By contrast, Tohatsu, a conservative but efficient firm, increased its market share to 20.2 percent in 1955 and became leader of the industry.While obtaining emergency financing from Mitsubishi Bank, Honda rationalized its management and plant system. Furthermore, Honda invested 7 billion -yen to build a new plant in Suzuka in 1960 in order to manufacture Super-Cub, which became a dominant model in emerging the moped market. This plant, which aimed to achieve the maximum production economy, was designed to produce only Super-Cubs and adopted a highly automated mass production system. This strategic decision by Honda resulted in increasing its market share from 18.9 percent in 1957 to 63.5 percent in 1963. Other small- and medium-sized firms were outclassed by the operation of Suzuka plant and were wiped out from the motorcycle market. This was the formation of oligo-polistic competition among the so-called Big Four and of the distinctive characteristics of the Japanese motorcycle industry, which is far larger in production size relative to all other nations and which brought the advantages of the scale economy.


Land cover products are the important background for scientific researches. There are several land cover data sets at regional or global scales. However, in the Southwestern China where are the typical mountainous regions, it is usually more difficult to map land cover products because of the high proportion of complex terrain area, conspicuous landscape heterogeneity and difficult image acquisition and preprocessing. Supported by Land Cover Monitoring Project (CLCP) funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences, land cover product of Southwestern China in 2010 was mapped through an object-oriented method combined with the decision tree rules, and the land cover products in 2000 and 2005 were obtained by the change detection. The validation shows that the overall accuracies of the primary and secondary classes reach 95.09% and 90.34% respectively. Taking Sichuan province and Tibet autonomous region as case, the CLCP product analysis indicates that a total of 14,580 km2 and 8,174 km2 area, accounting for 3.04% and 0.68% of the region respectively, had changed in the last 20 years. The main driving forces including climate change, human activities and natural disasters are also discussed.


On line partial discharge (PD) measurements provide information on the dielectric integrity of the high voltage insulation of oil insulated power transformers during service. These PD measurements are performed using a broadband antenna on an oil valve and UHF detection of PD signals. The sensitivity of this new detection technique is high and immunity for electromagnetic (EM) interference and corona discharges in air outside the transformer is very good. Dielectric faults can be detected in this way in an early stage of development and are classified in four categories. Automatic pattern recognition techniques of phase resolved pulse sequence (PRPS) data are very useful in risk assessment of dielectric faults.