A ll stem cells can multiply, proliferate, and differentiate. Because of these qualities, leukemic stem cells are the most malignant of all leukemic cells. Understanding how leukemic stem cells are regulated has become an important area of cancer research. A team of Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have now devised a novel biosensor that can isolate and target leukemic stem cells. The research team, led by Michael Milyavsky, PhD, of the Department of Pathology at TAU's Sackler School of Medicine, discusses their unique genetically encoded sensor and its ability to identify, isolate, and characterize leukemic stem cells in a study published in Leukemia (2019; doi:10.1038/s41375-019-0386-z). "The major reason for the dismal survival rate in blood cancers is the inherent resistance of leukemic stem cells to therapy," Milyavsky noted. "But only a minor fraction of leukemic cells have high regenerative potential, and it is this regeneration that results in disease relapse. A lack of tools to specifically isolate leukemic stem cells has precluded the comprehensive study and specific targeting of these stem cells until now." Until recently, cancer researchers used markers on the surface of the cell to distinguish leukemic stem cells from the bulk of cancer cells, with only limited success. "There are hidden cancer stem cells that express differentiated surface markers despite their stem cell function. This permits those cells to escape targeted therapies," Milyavsky explained. "By labeling leukemia cells on the basis of their stem character alone, our sensor manages to overcome surface marker-based issues.


Obtaining the rootstock is one of the time consuming steps in the production chain of citrus seedlings, due to the time required for seed germination and early seedling development. In this context, the objective was to evaluate the effects of the use of plant growth regulator on initial seedling rootstock citrus mandarin "Cleopatra". The treatments were related to the concentrations of the commercial product Stimulate ®: control (without plant growth regulator), 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 mL.kg -1 seed. The seeds were sown in trays of 72 cells. After 70 days of germination, the following characteristics were evaluated: length (cm) and diameter (mm) of the stem, number of leaves, leaf area (dm 2 ), dry weight of leaf, stem and root (g), root length (cm) and concentration of chlorophyll "a", "b" and total (mg.m -2 ). The application of Stimulate ® growth at a dose of 6 mL.kg -1 promoted the growth of seedlings of citrus rootstock 'Cleopatra' mandarin, and its use is promising, leading to a reduction in production time rootstock focus on achieving grafting. Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */
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Strong evidence for the Helling-Downs correlations have been reported by several pulsar timing array collaborations in middle 2023. In this work, we study the state-of-the-art graviton mass bounds by analyzing the observational data of overlap ruduction functions from NANOGrav 15-year data release and CPTA first data release. The data analysis places upper limits on the graviton mass at 95% confidence level, namely, m g (cid:46) 4 . 3 × 10 − 23 eV for NANOGrav and m g (cid:46) 5 . 7 × 10 − 23 eV for CPTA. In addition, we discuss implications of these results for scenarios of ultralight tensor dark matter.


This paper presents a comparison of Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals classification for Brain Computer-Interfaces (BCI). At present, it is a challenging task to extract the meaningful EEG signal patterns from a large volume of poor quality data and simultaneously with the presence of artifacts noises. Selection of the effective classification technique of the EEG signals at classification stage is very important to get the robust BCI system. Support Vector Machine (SVM), k-Nearest Neighbour (k-NN), Multi-Layer Perceptron Artificial Neural Network (MLP-ANN) and Logistic Regression (LR) were evaluated in this paper. A BCI competition IV — Dataset 1 is used for testing the classifiers. It is shown that LR and SVM are the most efficient classifier with the highest accuracy of 73.03% and 68.97%.


In the period since the inception of civil jet transport, during which a dramatic increase in travel and commerce by air has taken place, the research and development directed towards the containment and reduction of aircraft noise has spread across a steadily broadening front. The noise of the simple jet engines which propelled the first civil transport aircraft was almost entirely due to the high exhaust jet velocities that were used to obtain thrust from comparatively small mass flows. This is illustrated in Fig. 1(a), where it is seen that noise from other sources, such as the compressor and turbine, is comparatively insignificant. Thus aero engine noise research in the late fifties and early sixties was concentrated mainly on the prediction of jet noise and the development of noise-reducing propelling nozzles. It was not until bypass engines began to appear, with higher propulsive efficiencies resulting from lower exhaust jet velocities and higher mass flows, that the noise of their larger compressors drew attention to the turbomachinery as an additional source requiring investigation.


The mapping of ecosystems is a significant element in the European Biodiversity Strategy and the results of its implementation should support the maintenance and restoration of ecosystems and their services. The quality of the spatial data is of crucial importance for the achievement of these goals. A methodological framework for Bulgaria in the form of nine separate methodologies has been developed in recent years. In this paper, we analyze the ecosystem typology for Bulgaria and the GIS database to assess the possibilities to develop a common database for the needs of integrated water management. The data analyses were carried out in two dimensions: 1) the typology and attributive data were analyzed by cross-tabular approach; and 2) the spatial data were analyzed by topology rules.  The results of the study reveal three main problems of the typology: 1) for some types it is developed to the fourth level while for others it is to the third level; 2) in some of the ecosystem types, especially in the freshwater ecosystems, different categories are mixed within a single hierarchical level; 3: there are duplicated numerical designations between grassland and forest ecosystems. This necessitates a revision of the typology and the development of a correct uniform classification to be used for the needs of integrated assessment. The topology analyses of the merged data from the eight ecosystem GIS layers show extremely large numbers of gaps and overlaps. The main reason is the use of different sources for the mapping of different ecosystem types. The main conclusion is that it is practically impossible to generate topologically correct integrated GIS layers from the eight ecosystem type layers. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a new approach for mapping all ecosystem types into a uniform database.


trusted in his daily work and duties. He will do these all the more conscientiously and faithfully, and will therefore come to be trusted by his fellow-men. His religion should make him the fitter for the ordinary duties of life, and, as the saying is, 'the stone that is fit for the wall will not be left upon, the road.' Thirdly, the source of sm .pply. There can be no mistaking what Jesus meant as to the source of


In this paper a technique for "instantaneous" reconstruction of state variables of a flexible beam is proposed. The reconstructor uses spline shape functions to interpolate the available measurements and to take into account the boundary conditions. Unlike usual dynamic observers, this technique does not require a copy of the system neither any information about the inputs, hence it is able to work even in the presence of persistent disturbances and uncertain parameters. The spline functions introduce a sort of "spatial filtering" on the high-frequency modes, this phenomenon increases the robustness of the control scheme against spillover. Computer simulations show that this reconstructor, joined to a suitable controller, is able to reduce the vibration of beams subject to persistent multifrequency disturbances acting at unknown beam abscissae.


Abstract : This study is an examination of forced posture changes by combat units. From information gathered from the literature, historical research, and focused discussion groups of veterans, a list of factors associated with such changes of combat posture was compiled. A model of forced posture changes suitable for incorporation into a ground combat model was developed. Two sets of model parameters were derived from historical data. One set is suitable for use in divisional-level engagements and one set for use at the regimental level. The average success rate of correct posture change identification in the historical engagements is 80%. Keywords: Breakpoint, Combat posture change, Combat model, Combat narratives.


We propose a novel DSP-based symbol-wise 3-state cyclic SOP scrambling technique for polarization-multiplexed QAM signals. Simulation shows more than 0.4 dB improvement in the presence of 5 dB of PDL, reducing the SOP-dependent penalty.


4.1. Therapeutic indications Olbetam is indicated as alternative or adjunct treatment to reduce triglyceride levels in patients who have not responded adequately to other treatments such as statin or fibrate treatment for: • hypertriglyceridaemia (Fredrickson type IV hyperlipoproteinaemia); • hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia (Fredrickson type IIb hyperlipoproteinaemia). Olbetam should be used after other measures have been taken such as dietary changes and other non-pharmacological treatment (e.g. exercise, weight reduction). It has not been shown that treatment of hyperlipoproteinaemia with acipimox leads to a reduction of cardiac morbidity or mortality.


Currently, marble waste is valued by incorporating powders, obtained by drying and grinding sludge resulting from marble blocks cutting operation, or the aggregates, obtained by crushing the solid waste, on self-compacting concrete. These two procedures require a lot of energy. This experimental and theoretical work focuses on the direct incorporation of marble sludge in self-compacting concrete. The first part needs the study of the rheological behavior of the marble sludge grout (MSG) as a function of the added water amount. For this, different grouts were prepared and tested by varying the water/sludge ratio. In the second part, four self-compacting concretes (SCCs) were mixed with MSG having different water/sludge ratios in order to validate a new technique of gassing self-compacting concrete with MSG. The test results show that the marble grains of grout is totally dispersed when the water/sludge ratio was equal to 1.2. The results also show that the gassing with MSG allows us to obtain SCC having both self-compacting property and self-leveling property compared to SCC made by adding marble filler to the cementitious matrix.


A new parallel preconditioning algorithm for 3D nonconforming FEM elasticity systems is presented. The preconditioner is constructed in two steps. First displacement decomposition of the stiffness matrix is used. Than MIC(0) factorization is applied to a proper auxiliary M-matrix to get an approximate factorization of the obtained blockdiagonal matrix. The auxiliary matrix has a special block structure – its diagonal blocks are diagonal matrices themselves. This allows the solution of the preconditioning system to be performed efficiently in parallel. Estimates for the parallel times, speedups and efficiencies are derived. The performed parallel tests are in total agreement with them. The robustness of the proposed algorithm is confirmed by the presented experiments solving problems with strong coefficient jumps.


Automatic weed control is becoming a popular tool for agriculture with its potential for boosting crop productivity. Most of the research in this area has focused on developing deep learning systems for weeds recognition, ignoring the possible different stages of their growth. In the meantime, in order to effectively control weeds, it is useful to know their exact species and growth stage. This study presents another effective method for solving this problem. We use the transfer learning approach applied for Dense Convolutional Neural Network to recognize weed and identify their growth stages. In our work, transfer learning helps to pre-train the deep neural network model for learning useful features such as leaf characteristics directly from the input data representation. We explore various convolutional neural networks (ResNet, MobileNet, Wide ResNet, DenseNet) architectures and deep learning approaches for addressing this problem. We used the publicly available dataset with labeled data for 18 different weed species. The results show that the proposed method has good performance and better results in solving the classification task (71.81% top1 accuracy and 93.45% top3 accuracy) than previous methods in terms of memory and precision. We provide access to our code [1] that includes the whole pipeline and can help with tasks of classification, using the transfer learning datasets.


We present VOLVQAD, a volumetric video quality assessment dataset consisting 7,680 ratings on 376 video sequences from 120 participants. The volumetric video sequences are first encoded with MPEG V-PCC using 4 different avatar models and 16 quality variations, and then rendered into test videos for quality assessment using 2 different background colors and 16 different quality switching patterns. The dataset is useful for researchers who wish to understand the impact of volumetric video compression on subjective quality. Analysis of the collected data are also presented in this paper.


For the efficient transmission of power from power plants to consumer loads, the power losses are reduced in modern power system. In order to reduce such losses, a recently evolved FACTS technology is used. In this paper, Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) is selected to enhance the loadability in the transmission line. To improve the maximum power transfer capability by this device an improved gravitational search algorithm (IGSA) is suggested. Velocity of each agent is improved by this proposed algorithm. If the velocity is high then agents move to a better solution or else the optimum solution might not be achieved. Through the mass determination of each agent, all the solutions are contributing to the optimum solution. Here the maximum power loss of the system is considered as a fitness function. The proposed algorithm is validated on IEEE-57 test system using MATLAB platform. Thus with the help of IGSA the maximum power transfer capability is achieved and that with the economic cost of the device.


Abstract HAMMOND and Marsden (1937) described a method for determining the sex of day old turkey poults by cloacal examination. They also prepared wax models, one illustrating a common male type and the other an obvious female. Marsden and Martin (1946) presented photographs of more detailed drawings illustrating one male and one female type. The above were of great value since they demonstrated for the first time that the principles underlying the sexing of day old chicks could also be applied to poults. The demand for sexed poults among commercial growers is increasing as some operators find it advantageous to raise operators find it advantageous to raise the males and females separately or occasionally, as in the case of specialty producers, only one sex is desired. As a consequence of this demand many chick sexers are being called upon to work on poults as well. To aid in this transition it . . .


We fabricated and characterized a two-junction GaInN-based solar cell using a tunnel junction fabricated by crystal growth. This solar cell has two active layers with a differing bandgap energy corresponding to blue or green light. We confirmed that the open-circuit voltage (VOC) in this solar cell was increased by the series connection using the tunnel junction. The short-circuit current density, VOC, fill factor, and energy conversion efficiency of this solar cell were 0.28 mA/cm2, 3.0 V, 0.5, and 0.41%, respectively, under an air mass filter of 1.5 G at 1-sun irradiation and room temperature.


Networks with dependency relations have been shown to be more vulnerable under failure than those without. Due to dependency property among nodes, the failure nodes lead to the immediate failure of nodes depending on them. However, in real networks, the recovery mechanisms play an important role in failure propagation in complex networks. For dependency networks, existing recovery mechanisms focused mainly on how a failed node recovers from failure without considering the dependency relations of nodes in the recovery mechanism. In this study, we present a new cascading process model consisting of failure mechanisms and a dependency recovery mechanism to explore failure propagation. Comparing the existing random recovery mechanism and the targeted recovery mechanism, we find that the dependency recovery mechanism is more effective than these mechanisms for a wide range of topologies with the dependency property. Based on the mean-field approximation and generating function techniques, we provide an analytical framework for random networks with arbitrary degree distribution. For a larger recovery threshold, the network is more robust; and for a smaller failure threshold, the network is vulnerable. Moreover, the size of dependency group has a nonlinear effect on the network robustness. Numerical simulations employing the Erdös-Rényi networks are performed to validate our theoretical results.


The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the compatibility of the hearing screener with pure tone audiometry and its capacity to predict the need and benefit of HAs. The device is a low-cost, easy to handle and safe instrument. It screens at 1 and 3 kHz at three different intensity levels. The outcome of the screen is categorized into six groups according to the number of tones heard and related to eventual fitting of HAs. One hundred and fifty persons (300 ears), with a median age of 65 years (range 20–86 years), consented to a hearing screen prior to pure tone audiometry, which was performed as part of the routine evaluation in the department. A comparative analysis of the pure tone audiometric thresholds and the screen thresholds showed that 27% of ears deviated >10 dB and 4%> 20dB at 1 kHz. At 3 kHz a deviation of >10dB was found in 34% and >20dB in 18%. The screen sensitivity was 92% related to persons and 89% related to ears, whereas the screen specificity was 65% and 62%, respectively. A PPV of 87% was indicated. The benefit of HAs was assured by the IOI-HA and SADL total scores of 3.9 and 4.0, respectively, with significant differences in the scores of the IOI-HA between the screened true and false positives. It is concluded that the screener has potential for use in developing countries and can be used as an alternative lean service delivery in developed countries.


Zuo Si is an outstanding writer and poet in Western Jin,but the people today have few researches involving his thought and don't go far enough.The article uses Zuo Si's works and other related materials to master his state of mind by the ways of analyzing,reasoning and proving in order to recommend an effective way to research an idea or a skill.


A field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2011-12 to highlight the most important and problematic weeds of chickpea crop at District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The density of weeds was determined using standard quadrate method. The data were recorded on Relative weed density (%), weed frequency (%) and importance value of weeds (%). Result showed that the field was infested with Trigonella incisa, Euphorbia dracunculoides, Fumaria indica, Convolvulus arvensis, Cynodon dactylon, Asphodelus tenuifolius, Nonea edgeworthii, Astragalus sp., Cyprus rotundus and Cousinia sp. The highest relative weed density and relative frequency (48.16 %) and (86.6%) both respectively recorded for Trigonella incise. The lowest value of relative weed density was noted for Cousinia sp (0.77%) and lesser weed frequency (0.01%) was recorded for Euphorbia racunculoides. The computation of importance value is a good judgment for deciding the status of a given weed in a community. The data showed that the highest importance value (67.38%) was calculated for Trigonella incise while, for the same parameter Cousinia sp gave the lowest value of 0.83 %. This study provided very helpful knowledge to farmers and scientific community to design a solid integrated weed management plane in chickpea crop in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


The reproduction of the basic capital of the national economy of the USSR is a driving force in the process of expanded socialist reproduction. The rates of reproduction of the basic capital predetermine, to a considerable degree, the rates of development of all branches of the national economy. Expanded reproduction of the basic capital is expressed in planned increase in the scale of capital construction, and the bringing into operation of new and technically more advanced productive capacities, new housing, and also of buildings and structures for cultural purposes and for the purpose of service in matters of day-to-day existence.


Contents: Lidia D. Sciama, Introduction -- Helen Hughes-Brock, Greek Beads of the Mycenean Period (ca. 1650 - 1100 B.C.): The Age of the Heroines of Mythology -- Elena Kingdon, Ornament and Belief -- Margret Carey, Beads and Beadwork in African Societies -- Ann O'Hear, Women and Men in the Production and Uses of Lantana Beads -- Francesca Trivellato, Women at Work: Venetian Glass Beads in the International Markets. An Historical Perspective -- Penny Dransart, A Short History of Rosaries in the Andes -- Carol Wills, What Beads Mean to Craft Producers Supported by Oxfam -- Stefany Tomalin, Bead Terms and their Definitions -- Joanne B. Eicher, Beads, Gender, and Hierarchy among the Kalabari of Nigeria -- Index


Abstract We investigate large amplitude steady water waves in the presence of underlying uniform current with using a numerical continuation method. The two branches of traveling wave solutions, whose existence has been proved recently by Basu [On the existence of two-dimensional irrotational water waves over finite depth with uniform current. Appl Anal. 2018;97(14):2523–2532.] for a parameter or are computed numerically. The numerical results for the case have not been previously reported in the literature. The properties of the waves and flows in this solution branch are discussed as comparison to those in the case of .


The technological developments of the last two decades have made it necessary to reconsider the classical engineering curriculum. The paper discusses how to educate and train the engineers of the next century in the interdisciplinary field of mechatronics. After a brief review of the existing mechatronics programs in different countries, the ongoing efforts at Bogazici University in this respect are discussed and an outline of the curriculum is given. The goals of the UNESCO Chair on mechatronics that has recently been established at this university are also explained.


Citrus exocortis viroid and other viroids were detected in four of the five major citrus cultivars tested from different South Texas locations. Inoculated Etrog citron indicator plants showed symptoms resembling reactions produced by CEVd, CVdII, CVdIII or CVdIV. The infection level was low or nil in two cultivars. The infection rates of the cultivars tested were 100% in Henderson grapefruit, 80% in Marrs orange, 75% in Navel orange, 27% in Rio Red grapefruit, and 0% in nucellar Ruby Red grapefruit. Spread of the brown citrus aphid (BrCA) into the Caribbean Islands and Central American countries in the 1990s (4) prompted proactive strategies for citrus tristeza virus (CTV) management in Texas. That concern became stronger when the BrCA was detected in Florida in November, 1995. The major citrus crops in Texas are grapefruit and oranges grown on sour orange rootstock. The use of alternative rootstocks is one of the options the citrus industry would take as a CTV management strategy. However, viroid diseases can become a problem with the change of rootstock. Though the presence of viroids had been reported from Texas (3), the current CTV concern prompted additional viroid tests. Inoculum source and viroid indexing. Budwood from three commercial grapefruit cultivars, Henderson, Rio Red, and Ruby Red and two sweet orange cultivars, Marrs early and N-33 navel was selected. In each orchard, 10 to 16 trees were chosen along the two principle diagonals. Four budsticks were collected from each tree and placed in a plastic bag and kept refrigerated until indexing. Indexing was done on rooted cuttings of Etrog citron 861S-1 (5) by T-budding or bark chip grafting. One or two pieces of bark chips from each of four budsticks were grafted onto one or two citron cuttings per sample. A known citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) positive, E9, and a healthy control were used for comparisons. Inoculated plants were kept in a greenhouse at 26.5 to 36.5"C. Bud survival rate was recorded 2 to 3 wks after inoculation. Only plants with live inoculum were used in this test. The latent period and the types of reaction such as leaf epinasty, twisting, tip browning; midvein discoloration, necrosis, and cracking; petiole browning and wrinkle; stem necrosis and splits; and plant height were recorded once a week for the first 10 wks and twice a month thereafter, for a total of 9 mo. Symptoms observed: Symptoms of viroid infection were visible as early as 7 wks after inoculation. Plants showed symptoms which included stunting, leaf epinasty; midvein necrosis and cracking; petiole necrosis, wrinkle, and twisting; as well as stem split and necrosis. Symptoms were detected in four of the five cultivars tested (Table 1). The incidence of viroid infection was 100% in Henderson grapefruit, 80% in Marrs orange, 75% in Navel orange, 27% in Rio Red, and 0% in Ruby Red grapefruits. Inoculated plants showed symptoms resembling reactions produced by CEVd, CVdII, CVdIII or CVdIV (6). Most of the inoculated plants showed the severe stunting, severe leaf epinasty and necrosis in the midveins and petioles that are usuThirteenth ZOCV Conference, 1996Short Communications 361


The article examines the essence of debt sustainability of territorial communities. The main factors of influence on ensuring the debt sustainability of territorial communities are considered, among which are: financial support for the functioning of local self-government bodies; infrastructure development; social protection of the community's population; confidence on the part of investors. The conditions that ensure the debt sustainability of the local budget are defined as follows: rational financial planning; effective cost management; rational management of debt obligations; stability of income; control of risks; economic stability of the community; ability to pay debts. The features that characterize the debt sustainability of territorial communities are considered as follows: the ability to pay interest and the principal amount of debt; stability and balance of the budget; sustainability of income; capability to take into account the risks associated with debt obligations; creation of sufficient reserves; maintaining a low level of debt burden; ensuring and maintaining a favorable credit rating; effective financial management and debt control. An algorithm for diagnosing the current debt sustainability of a territorial community has been developed, which includes the following stages: collection and analysis of indicators of the financial condition of a territorial community; analysis of the debt structure of the territorial community; calculation of debt sustainability indicators; comparison of the actually calculated values of debt indicators with the values of these indicators for previous periods; development of recommendations for the implementation of the policy, taking into account the analyzed indicators of debt sustainability. The calculation of indicators for assessing the current debt sustainability of territorial communities is carried out. Based on their analysis, a number of measures for the effective implementation of debt policy and debt management of territorial communities are proposed.


Sun comes into prominence as both a strong and clean energy source. Because of its being inexhaustible and creating an effect reducing import dependency, a noticeable progress has been made in solar-oriented technologies in recent years. In this regard, Germany as the pioneer in world, China whose installed solar capacity has overtaken Germany, and the USA and Japan which caught up Germany became benefited from solar energy significantly nowadays. Besides, the EU countries like Italy, England, France, Spain and Belgium are also raising their installed solar capacities.
Turkey has relatively high solar potential compared to the EU countries. However, it is not benefiting from solar energy sufficiently. Because its setup costs are still higher than other sources, solar production requires to be carried out R&D activities intensively. For these R&D activities there is a need for big budgets. Developed countries mentioned above could have been successful in allocating these budgets. Turkey as a developing country has difficulties in this respect.
The purpose of this paper is to reveal required policies and works to raise installed solar capacity and benefit more from solar energy in Turkey. In this context, primarily, policies imposed in leader countries in world with regards to benefit from solar energy will be examined. Thereafter, imposed policies and developments in Turkey until today in this respect will be mentioned. Consequently, suggestions will be made for Turkey in light of experiences of the countries that could have succeeded to benefit from solar energy by higher rates in primary sources.


Author(s): Sharma, S; Richard, J; Yuan, T; Gupta, A; Kewley, L; Patricio, V; Leethochawalit, N; Jones, TA | Abstract: © 2018 The Author(s). We present spatially resolved analysis of a lensed galaxy, SDSS1958+5950 at z = 2.225, from the Cambridge Sloan Survey ofWide Arcs in the Sky. We use our new high-resolution imaging data to construct a robust lens model for the galaxy group at z = 0.214.We employ the updated lens model to combine the Integral Field Spectrographic observations on two highly distorted images of the lensed target. We adopt a forward-modelling approach to deconvolve the effects of point spread function from the combined source-plane reconstruction. The approach is adapted to the lens model magnification and enables a resolution of ~170 pc in the galaxysource plane. We propose an ongoing merger as the origin of the lensed system on the basis of its source-plane morphology, kinematics and rest-frame emission-line ratios. Using our novel technique of adaptive coadded source plane reconstruction, we are able to detect different components in the velocity gradient that were not seen in previous studies of this object, plausibly belonging to different components in the merging system.


A qualitative description is given of how 3-dimensional finite-element theory is applied to analyse the resonance of piezoelectric sandwich transducers. This technique yields maps of displacement along the various axes of the transducer and permits the calculation of equivalent electric circuit models.


Isometric and projection view plots, inflow ratio nomographs, undistorted axial displacement nomographs, undistorted longitudinal and lateral coordinates, generalized axial distortion nomographs, blade/vortex passage charts, blade/vortex intersection angle nomographs, and fore and aft wake boundary charts are discussed. Example condition, in flow ratio, undistorted axial location, longitudinal and lateral coordinates, axial coordinates distortions, blade/tip vortex intersections, angle of intersection, and fore and aft wake boundaries are also discussed.


The paper has made a statistic analysis of the main evaluation indexes of the Journal of Beijing Jiaotong University(Science) in recent 5 years,including impact factor,total citation frequency,ratio of the fund papers,preponderant discipline and subject classification.According to the statistic analysis,we can know the development of each discipline and consolidation of academic level.The statistics show that: the academy quality evaluation indexes have been gradually improved in recent 5 years,the journal also published many papers that reflect the preponderant discipline.The scientific research strength of our school has improved in recent years;and the characteristics and impact of the journal is now expanding.The statistic analysis can provide reference for future journal-running.


During the 5th Framework Programme an increasing interest appeared towards the various areas of genomics, bioinformatics and hio-engineering through their multiple specialisations such as molecular, cellular and tissue engineering, biomedical informatics, pharmaco genomics etc. Though the border among those and others different discipline isn't yet fully established both RDT G and INFSO DGs funded research projects and other activities in the area. For what concerning the Telmeatics Applications related to Health, as an unit in the Information Programme, 3 project were already funded in the 5th FP: INFOGENE , EUMED, BIOINFOMED and 3 more, , HKIS, INFOGENMED and BlOGRlD were recently retained and are in their final phase to be signed as Research contracts. For the next future, i.e. for the oncoming 6th FP an even larger interest will he put to clinically oriented research projects in the area of Bio-clinical Informatics.


The objective of this study is to explore a method to improve hydrophilicity of the surface of formers that could be more easily dipped to produce high quality dipped rubber products. Photocatalytic TiO2 composite films were prepared by sol-gel method. Glass formers were coated with nitrogen doped TiO2 nanocomposite film by dipping method and annealed at 600°C for 1 h. Phase formation of TiO2 was characterized by XRD. Morphology of the TiO2 films was observed by using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Optical absorption of the films and degradation concentration of methylene blue had been measured employing UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The hydrophilicity of the thin films was determined in terms of the contact angles of water and NR rubber latex droplets on the coated TiO2 composite films under visible light irradiation. It was found from the experimental study that the TiO2 nano-composite film can improve wet-ability of the coated former surfaces.


The article is devoted to the study of the legislation of Ukraine regulating the procedure of surrogacy and the main legal gaps in this area. In addition, a legal analysis and comparison of the legislation in the field of surrogacy in such foreign countries as Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Israel, Sweden, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Finland, some US states. The main legal cases arising in Ukraine during and after the use of the surrogacy procedure, their causes and consequences are highlighted. The case law of national courts is given and analyzed. In particular, the procedure for legal regulation of the mechanism of registration and registration of a child born as a result of surrogacy needs to be improved in order to avoid the possibility of a surrogate mother entering information about herself as a child's mother in the state register of civil status and further challenging maternity in court. A comparative analysis of the experience of foreign legal regulation of the institution of surrogacy and focused on their pros and cons. The basic provisions and principles which can be borrowed from experience of realization by foreign countries of procedure of surrogacy are offered.
When creating regulations, a number of guarantee norms should be taken into account, which will be the basis for avoiding potential conflicts and negative situations. In particular, they include: the refusal of a surrogate mother to give the child to biological parents; the refusal of the biological parents to pick up the newborn child; cases of birth of two or more children; birth of a dead / sick child; the desire of the surrogate mother to terminate the pregnancy, the refusal of the genetic parents to perform their duties in terms of paying for the services of the surrogate mother. The conclusion about the necessity of the Ukrainian legislation in legal regulation and rationing of surrogacy by creation of the uniform profile regulatory act is carried out.


Two types of flow where examined, pressure and combination of pressure and Coquette flow of confined turbulent flow with a one equation model used to depict the turbulent viscosity of confined flow in a smooth straight channel when a finite element technique based on a zone close to a solid wall has been adopted for predicting the distribution of the pertinent variables in this zone and examined even with case when the near wall zone was extended away from the wall. The validation of imposed technique has been tested and well compared with other techniques.


The invention discloses a culturing method capable of promoting grease accumulation in chlorella. The culturing method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: (1) dissolving salicylic acid or 24-epibrassinolide in ethanol to prepare a first mother solution and a second mother solution having the corresponding concentrations of 0.5-2 mg/mL; (2) culturing the chlorella until an OD (Outside Diameter) value reaches to 0.1-3.0; (3) adding the first mother solution, the second mother solution or both the first mother solution and the second mother solution into a chlorella culture solution according to a proportion; and (4) continuously illuminating the culture solution in which the first mother solution, the second mother solution or the mixture of the first mother solution and the second mother solution is added under the conditions of 25 DEG C, 40001x of the light intensity and 12 hours every day of the photoperiod and then continuously culturing for 12 hours under in a dark environment; and culturing the chlorella until the color of the chlorella is changed from green to yellow so as to obtain the chlorella with a relatively high content of the grease. The culturing method capable of promoting the grease accumulation in the chlorella has the advantages of increasing the grease accumulation speed of the chlorella efficiently and increasing the grease content of the chlorella obviously.


We address some of the results of the recent experiments by Izumi et al. where the properties of heterostructures composed of La1 - xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.4, 0.55) layers have been investigated. Anomalies in conductivity and large magnetoresistance measurements for several heterostructures with thin constituent ferromagnetic (x = 0.4) and antiferromagnetic (x = 0.55) layers are explained in terms of existence of the localized (Tamm-type) of states at the interface.


Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by self‐limited bouts of fever and polyserositis. Skin involvement is not common in FMF, and erysipelas‐like erythema is found to be the most frequent skin eruption which is often accompanied by arthritis and fever, and disappears within 12–72 h. We report a 40‐year‐old Japanese woman who presented with a 2‐year history of recurrent fever with general fatigue, polyarthralgia and transient maculopapular eruptions on her lower extremities and trunk. The histological findings of the maculopapular eruption showed lymphocyte infiltration around the capillaries in the entire dermis. Mutation analysis showed a heterozygous E148Q‐P369S mutation of MEFV. These findings suggested a diagnosis of late‐onset FMF variant with atypical skin eruptions. The patient was successfully treated with colchicine. Thus, we should pay attention to repeated atypical skin eruptions for the early detection of atypical FMF.


In an exploratory study, interviews were conducted with fifteen librarians to learn about their perceptions of and experiences with the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education . Participants reported that they are implementing the Framework implicitly rather than explicitly, and their instruction has become more interactive and hands on. A key strategy to success has been getting buy-in from other librarians and faculty. The participants have encountered a number of challenges in implementing the Framework , including time constraints within the one-shot model of instruction and resistance from some librarians and faculty who feel that the Framework is too highly conceptual to be practical for students, many of whom lack basic information literacy skills. Finally, participants indicated it is difficult to assess learning based on the Framework .


Nonparametric techniques for estimation of wave dispersion in buildings by seismic interferometry are applied to a simple model of a soil–structure interaction (SSI) system with coupled horizontal and rocking response. The system consists of a viscously damped shear beam, representing a building, on a rigid foundation embedded in a half‐space. The analysis shows that (i) wave propagation through the system is dispersive. The dispersion is characterized by lower phase velocity (softening) in the band containing the fundamental system mode of vibration, and little change in the higher frequency bands, relative to the building shear wave velocity. This mirrors its well‐known effect on the frequencies of vibration, i.e. reduction for the fundamental mode and no significant change for the higher modes of vibration, in agreement with the duality of the wave and vibrational nature of structural response. Nevertheless, the phase velocity identified from broader band impulse response functions is very close to the superstructure shear wave velocity, as found by an earlier study of the same model. The analysis reveals that (ii) the reason for this apparent paradox is that the latter estimates are biased towards the higher values, representative of the higher frequencies in the band, where the response is less affected by SSI. It is also discussed that (iii) bending flexibility and soil flexibility produce similar effects on the phase velocities and frequencies of vibration of a building. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objective:To investigate the resistance and genotyping of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes(AMEs) in Escherichia coli isolated from the old patients.Methods: Dilution testing was performed to detect the susceptibility of 20 kinds of antimicrobial agents against 20 strains of Escherichia coli Genotypes of AMEs was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction(PCR).Results: 20 strains were multiple-drug-resistance.The resistant rates to aminoglycosides ranged from 60% to 90%.The positive rates of AMEs genes of aac(3)-Ⅱ,aac(6′)-Ⅰb,ant(3″)-Ⅰ,ant(2″)-Ⅰwere 30%,40%,25% and 10%,one of genes or more than genes were 16 strains(80%).Conclusion: The multidrug resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from the clinic was a serious issue,and there were higher positive percentages of genotyping of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes(AMEs) in Escherichia coli.


Frank R. Gunter is a Professor of Economics at Lehigh University, a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and a retired Colonel of the U.S. Marines. The Arabic edition of Professor Gunter's book The Political Economy of Iraq: Restoring Balance in a Post-Conflict Society (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013), based on his two years in Iraq as an economic advisor, will be published next month.


This paper addresses the use of defense technology in automobiles from the perspective of the early General Motors - Hughes Aircraft relationship and experience. In addition to on-board electronics applications, two specific points are discussed: 1) the contribution of defense technology automobiles, and 2) the counter-flow of manufacturing technology from the automotive field to the defense industry.


Glass/ceramic composites prepared from basalt raw material after its modification, as a glass source, with spinel ceramic were studied. Three of these composites, with different amounts of glass and ceramic, were sinteredbetween 900 and 1300°C. Qualitative phase composition by X-ray, microstructure and dielectric constant were examined. The results show that sintering of pyroxenic-basalt based glass with spinel leads to crystallization of augite solid solution (augite ss) and spinel. The effect of glass addition on lowering the porosity has been recognized. By increasing the glass amount, the pores begin to vanish, which consequently lowers the dielectric constant of the composite.


In this paper, we propose a prediction based adaptive load balancing mechanism for mobile ad hoc networks. This mechanism can cooperate with any kind of multipath source routing protocol. It distributes traffic load among multiple disjoint paths based on the measurement and prediction of network traffic. In order to predict network traffic accurately, we first analyze the traffic data collected in our mobile ad hoc network testbed and find out that ad hoc networks traffic is self-similar. Then, we propose a traffic predictor based on wavelet analysis. The simulation results show that our loading balancing approach can distribute traffic properly and lead to a decrease of traffic load imbalance of multiple paths and network congestion. As a result, it reduces the end-to-end packet delay and packet dropping probability and balances the energy consumption of the network.


This study was carried out aimed to see whether there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and peak performance in athletes basketball PIMNAD in Bandung . The sample in this study twenty-five people .
According to Daniel Goleman, there are five aspects of emotional intelligence is recognizing emotions, managing emotions, motivating oneself, recognize emotions
in others ( empathy ), building relationships with other people. Measuring instruments used to measure emotional intelligence is emotional intelligence
questionnaire made by the researcher based on the theory of Daniel Goleman in 2001. Based on test validity and reliability using the Pearson formula using Cronbach alpha formula , obtained 29 items were received with validity ranging from .300 to .629 and reliability 0.712 . Measuring tool to see the performance is to use a scoring sheet to see the value of total efficiency PIMNAD athlete basketball for two seasons PBL ( Premier Basketball League )
From the results of the study found 56 % of respondents have a high emotional intelligence , 44 % of respondents have a low emotional intelligence , as
well as 56 % of respondents had a high performance and 44 % of respondents have a lower performance . The data was then processed using the Pearson formula , and obtained the correlation coefficient negative between emotional intelligence and peak performance is -0141 , the error level of 5 % . This shows there is no relationship
between emotional intelligence and performance in athletes basketball PIMNAD in Bandung .
According to the study , the researchers suggest for the basketball team and coach PIMNAD especially leaders are expected to be further honed his skills as a coach in sports coaching is not only function as a person who gives physical training and skills pad athletes , but also educate the athletes to be able to achieve optimal championships according to their potential . For PIMNAD basketball athletes are advised to focus on the purpose of the club is to win in every game . Skills remain honed , as well as with emotional intelligence .


The aim of this study was to reveal the variation regularity and trend of Contracaecum sp.parasitized in Carassius auratus gibelio in Ergis River.This study could provide basic etiological data for culture and disease prevention of Carassius auratus gibelio in Ergis River.Four investigations of Carassius auratus gibelio parasites in Ergis River were seasonally performed from April 2009 to January 2010.Population ecology of Contracaecum sp.parasitized in Carassius auratus gibelio was studied.Results obtained here showed that:in each season,Carassius auratus gibelio could be infected by Contracaecum sp.;the infection rates in spring and winter were respectively 14.29% and 19.67%,which were relatively high;the spatial pattern of Contracaecum sp.in every season was aggregated distribution and the aggregation intensity increased with host length and average abundance.


45 year old Indian male presented with history of swelling in neck and change in voice for one year. He was diagnosed after USG as a case of Multinodular Goitre. Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of swelling was reported as follicular neoplasm. Subsequently he underwent total thyroid ectomy and right neck dissection. 10x6.5x4 cm tumour was removed involving right lobe, left lobe and isthmus. Histopathology was not consistent with FNAC and reported as papillary thyroid carcinoma conventional type. pT3N1bMx. Post surgery patient was ablated with 120 mica of high dose I 131 therapy. (Figure 1). The patient was started on levothyroxine (0.1 mg daily). His thyroglobulin levels were initially low (<4 ng/ml; TSH, 0.3 mU/ liter), but increased during the follow-up period. Four months after the initial diagnosis and treatment, he developed small painless, purple colour dermal nodules (Figure 2). Cutaneous and intramuscular nodule cytopathology was positive for Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (Figure 3). Whole body 18 FDG PET/CT was acquired to assess present status as well as progression of disease. 18 FDG PET/ CT reported -Abnormal focal increased bilateral Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in multiple bilateral lung nodules (Figure 4).Increased focal FDG uptake in followingmultiple intra muscular deposits left 6th intercostal space, Left gluteus intermedius, paravertebral muscle on left side at level of L4 and L5 (Figure 5), right pectoralis major anterior


The invention provides a method for adjusting the brightness of an outdoor display. A relation table representing the relation between the brightness of the environment which the outdoor display is in and the brightness of the outdoor display and the relation between the local time of the area which the outdoor display is in and the brightness of the outdoor display, is stored at a local host, a brightness sensor configured for the outdoor display is used to measure the brightness of the current environment which the outdoor display is in, the local host of the outdoor display determines the current brightness of the outdoor display according to the brightness value measured by the brightness sensor, a clock of the local host and the relation table to and finally a video control module configured for the outdoor display is used to adjust the brightness of the outdoor display according to the brightness value determined by the local host so as to improve the accuracy of the brightness adjustment and effectively reduce the energy consumption of the outdoor display.


This chapter investigates how readers/hearers come to assign a subjective interpretation to a fictional text. It argues that fictional texts use a speech act operator that involves an inference from the text worlds to the reader's reality (Bauer and Beck 2014). The inference is based on a mapping from concepts in the text to real objects, properties, and relations which has isomorphic features, i.e., it is a structure-preserving mapping. We illustrate the workings of our semantic framework by applying it to two poems by Emily Dickinson and offer some generalizations regarding plausible vs. implausible mappings and what governs their choice.


This report defines how a neutron energy (1 MeV) equivalence should be calculated and the limitations of its utility. The differences in the l-MeV equivalence obtained by using Messenger's expression for the damage curve is examined. An experiment was performed to verify the adequacy and utility of using l-MeV equivalence units to compare different neutron spectra. It is shown that for fission spectra close to a bare reactor that l-MeV equivalence provides a slight improvement in the correlation of data taken from devices irradiated at different reactors. However, this improvement in correlation did not extend to devices irradiated with 14 MeV neutrons. The devices irradiated in this experiment showed a fission/fusion fluence ratio for equal damage of about 1.7 rather than the expected value of 2.5.


Suggested Citation: Dominese, Giorgio (2000) : Economic And Regional Cooperation In Southeast Europe: The Seci Study Case Obstacles, Disincentives And Perspectives Of Italian Foreign Direct Investment In The Danubian/Adriatic Area., 40th Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "European Monetary Union and Regional Policy", August 29 September 1, 2000, Barcelona, Spain, European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve


Column strength measurements of backscattering of acoustic waves from the ocean volume were obtained along a triangular track running west from the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca then south to Hawaii, and then roughly northeast to the entrance of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Thirty‐four stations were occupied enroute alternately at midnight and midday. The data were analyzed to yield the spectral characteristics of the scattering for various column lengths at all station locations. The column scattering strength is seen to decrease and the daytime deep scattering layer to become shallower, as one proceeds north from Hawaii. Differences between day‐ and nighttime scattering and distinctive spectral characteristics associated with subtropic and subarctic water masses are illustrated.


Fundamental rights in the Austrian legal order can be differentiated in those solely, in full or limited extend applying to legal persons and those referring only to natural persons. Generally the wording of the norms and the applicability of the protection scope to legal persons is of chief importance. In cases of a connection to the State the nature for the practice is predominant.


Optical fibres have been made by the vapour deposition of P2O5-GeO2-SiO2 glass onto the inside surface of Corning Code 7913 glass tubes. These graded-index core waveguides exhibit low attenuations, i.e. 4.0 dB/km at 0.82µm.


In this work we present di¤erent graphical implementations of tools for teaching logic, which have been developed under the supervision of our group and have shown useful for our teaching to students of the subjects of Logic for Computer Science in the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Málaga.


Medical image analysis plays a more and more major role in medicine. Detection and analysis of risks causing cancer and other medical issues in early-stage help to prevent death. PET, CT, X-ray and MRI are the medical imagining techniques used. There have been a number of researches have done on constructing the 3D model for better analysis of the structure. The paper is proposed about the construction of a 3D brain model using 2D slices of MRI. The 3 different images of the brain are considered (T1, T2 and PD). The image registration is applied to T1, T2 and PD and fusion is done. The fused image includes of the complete detail of the brain, these 2D slices are used to construct the 3D model. The 3D map is created and surface to volume construction is applied to build the 3D model.


Results of lange contests shon that defenceis the wearness for baskctball sport in China. Moreemphasis is Placed on attack than on defence. This has become one of the factors which restricts the development of basketball sport in China. To reach anadveaced world level, We need to lay stress on defeuceand improve defensive skillls. The level of defensiveskills in closely related to effectiveness of coaching.The coach who has a good guiding principle and a dailyTraining plan which is purposeful and systematic will beeffective. The performance in some international anddomestic contests has proved the weakness in defensiveskill for Chinese basketball teams. This article focuseson the auther's thonghts of bow to solve this problem.


The quality of sleep has a great relationship with health. The result of sleep stage classification is an important indicator to measure the quality of sleep. It was found that the average energy dissipation about wake and the first stage of non-rapid eye movement sleep reflect on the changes of sleep stage. And it was confirmed by T test and multi-samples experiments. The average energy dissipation can apply into automatic sleep stage classification. By Multi-parameter analysis it could achieve a higher accuracy of sleep stage classification.


Serious games, electronic games whose purpose is work educational elements, often do not reach this goal because by being included the content and teaching strategies, the fun's dimension and motivation to interact are reduced. In this sense, this chapter presents a proposal for the use of immersion, narrative, and replayability as devices to make serious games more attractive to the student in general. These three elements are explored theoretically and then analyzed and aligned with proposals for instructional design and learning theories. As a result, a development proposal for Serious Game Development Document (SGDD) and a rubric for evaluation of use are presented. With this, it is expected to contribute and assist not only with development, but also with in the analysis of serious games.


In the context of extensible system for small secure embedded devices, we present an extensible type system for typed intermediate languages that unifies in a unique hierarchy type systems from various source high level languages and ensures integrity and confidentiality. To increase execution efficiency and use flexibility, we propose a dynamic binding mechanism that allows the programmer to describe the bindings of his code without breaking the type system


THIS IS A REPORT OF A STUDY OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AT UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND WHETHER IT IS LESS IN MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSS-WALKS. ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE COVERING A 5-YEAR PERIOD WAS STUDIED AT 400 INTERSECTIONS, EACH HAVING ONE MARKED AND ONE UNMARKED CROSSWALK CROSSING THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. IN ADDITION, PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS WERE STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE PEDESTRIAN'S RELATIVE USE OF MARKED AND UNMARKED CROSSWALKS AND HIS EXPOSURE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT DURING THE 5-YEAR PERIOD 177 PEDESTRIANS WERE HIT IN THE 400 MARKED CROSSWALKS COMPARED WITH 31 PEDESTRIANS HIT IN THE 400 CORRESPONDING UNMARKED CROSSWALKS. THIS INCLUDED 18 FATALITIES IN THE MARKED CROSSWALKS VERSUS 3 FATALITIES IN THE UNMARKED CROSSWALKS. IN GENERAL, THE STUDY SHOWED THAT, WITH ALLOWANCE MADE FOR THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS USING THE CROSSWALKS, APPROXIMATELY TWICE AS MANY PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN MARKED CROSSWALKS AS IN UNMARKED CROSSWALKS. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE POOR ACCIDENT RECORD OF MARKED CROSSWALKS IS NOT DUE TO THE CROSSWALK BEING MARKED AS MUCH AS IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE PEDESTRIAN'S ATTITUDE AND LACK OF CAUTION WHEN USING THE MARKED CROSSWALK. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE INSTITUTION OF A PEDESTRIAN EDUCATION PROGRAM AND LIMITATION OF CROSSWALKS TO ONLY THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE WARRANTED. /AUTHOR/


We assess the value of deterministic latency and propose pricing models to monetize this network feature. We show how to achieve a threefold monetary return increase in certain network configurations and time-sensitive application environments.


To improve the handling and stability of vehicle while velocity changing, a dynamic steering model was established, and all of the coefficients of differential equations describing the model changed with velocity change. The influence of velocity change on the handling and stability was quantitatively researched by varying parameter dynamic simulations. Study result shows that when vehicle decelerates, part load is transferred from rear axle to front axle caused by the positive longitudinal inertial force of vehicle, the corner stiffness of front axle increases, the corner stiffness of rear axle decreases, and vehicle steering gain increases, so the handling and stability of vehicle deteriorate. Vehicle steering gain increases more rapidly and obviously with higher early velocity and/or bigger deceleration. When vehicle accelerates, part load is transferred from front axle to rear axle caused by the negative longitudinal inertial force of vehicle, the corner stiffness of front axle decreases, the corner stiffness of rear axle increases, and vehicle steering gain decreases. Obviously, avoiding big deceleration, lowing vehicle mass center and enlarging wheelbase as far as possible during vehicle design and manufacture are effective methods to lessen the degree that the handling and stability become worse rapidly in slowing vehicle down. 3 tabs, 5 figs, 14 refs.


There is provided a vehicle, the vehicle having a controller, a method of controlling the delivery of oil to the vehicle controller embodiment. The method comprises increasing the flow from the pump to the operatively connected to the transmission or the motor vehicle wheels / oil flow and oil pressure in at least one of the generator, thereby increasing the resistance to rotation of the drive rotor or the motor / generator, and slow the vehicle wheels, and the oil temperature is increased in order to reduce friction losses. Oil delivery is controlled in response to a vehicle operating state, such as indicating an increase in the torque at the vehicle wheels or desired oil temperature is below a predetermined temperature condition.


In this paper, we present an initial design and ana lyses of an extremely scalable multicomputer architecture that s the potential to deliver in the order of petaFLOP perfo rmance. Our design takes advantage of free-space optical technologies, harnessing the features inherent in o ptics, to produce a 3D stack that implements efficiently a la rge, fully connected system of nodes forming a true 3D mesh. E ach node is a complete computer system with both comput e and storage units, and six communication interfaces to the optical medium. This packaging greatly improves den sity and communication performance. In future work, the system will be built to allow failed nodes stay in place w ithout appreciable performance degradation. We investigate in detail the case study for 100 teraFLOP performance and describe the characteristics of the proposed hardwa re components in our case study.


ABSTRACT We consider the problem of estimating and testing a general linear hypothesis in a general multivariate linear model, the so-called Growth Curve model, when the p × N observation matrix is normally distributed. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for the mean is a weighted estimator with the inverse of the sample covariance matrix which is unstable for large p close to N and singular for p larger than N. We modify the MLE to an unweighted estimator and propose new tests which we compare with the previous likelihood ratio test (LRT) based on the weighted estimator, i.e., the MLE. We show that the performance of these new tests based on the unweighted estimator is better than the LRT based on the MLE.


Background: We have previously shown that the majority of survivors treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood recovered their bone mineral density (BMD) despite disease effects and prolonged therapy with steroids and methotrexate. However, for a subset of patients who received higher total doses of methotrexate or prednisone, bone mass remained sub-optimal. This study's objective was to determine whether altered bone turnover was reflected in profiles of bone biomarkers as a cause of their persistently reduced bone mass. Methods: Markers of bone metabolism were measured in 31 survivors of ALL with low BMD. The results were compared to 29 ALL survivors with normal BMD that were matched for gender, age and years since diagnosis. Blood samples obtained at the time of the scan by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for BMD measure were assayed for 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and serum CrossLaps. Results: No difference was found between survivors with low BMD and those with normal BMD for serum 25-OH Vitamin D, PTH or serum C-terminal telopeptide of type-1 collagen (CrossLaps). Vitamin D status was lower than accepted for normal bone health in 37% of subjects and 27% of controls. Conclusion: Survivors of childhood ALL as a whole recover normal BMD. Those that have low BMD after treatments do not have evidence of any permanent alterations in markers of bone turnover. Thus, survivors of childhood ALL who have low BMD likely do so for the same reasons as the general population, such as inadequate Vitamin D status.


In the present study, a series of bioceramic capped manganese doped superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIONs) nanoparticles (mHAP NPs) were synthesized by one pot in situ reduction. The aging of the bioceramic on the SPIONs was optimized to achieve variation in functionality, morphology, magnetic susceptibility, shape and size of the NPs and ultimately remediation effectiveness of arsenite; As(III). Results indicate that among various synthesized NPs, the 6 h aged mHAP NPs with 27 emu magnetic susceptibility, 57.30 m2 g−1 surface area and 75.64 A average pore diameter offer the best option as an adsorbent for posthaste removal of As(III) from synthetically spiked water. Further, predictive modeling using response surface based Central Composite Design (CCD) was applied to achieve and optimize process parameters for the removal of As(III) by mHAP NPs keeping variable operational parameters to a minimum in batch experiments. The individual and collective effect of four process parameters, i.e. pH, mHAP NP dose, contact time and initial As(III) concentration on As(III) adsorption were studied. The results from statistical design signify that, with 0.2 g L−1 of above mHAP NPs adsorbent dose, 98% As(III) (initial concentration 0.1–0.4 mg L−1) removal was possible in 210 min at pH 6.5 which is well within the prescribed value as per WHO guidelines. The adsorption process of As(III) onto mHAP NPs showed excellent correlation with a Langmuir isotherm with a maximum adsorption capacity of 12.0 mg g−1. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies reveal pseudo-second-order kinetics with an exothermic and spontaneous adsorption of As(III) on the synthesized adsorbent. Cyclic regeneration of mHAP NPs indicated positive impact in remediation technology at low production cost.


In this paper we study the property of the operator equations STS = S2 and TST = T 2 where S is dominant operator we show that is S dominant on a finite dimensional Hilbert space and N(S) = N(ST ) then ST is normal and if N(S−λ) = N(T − λ)for each λ ∈ C then A is normal operator where A ∈ {S, ST, TS} and we show that if S is polynomial root of dominant then f(A) ∈ gW for each f ∈ H(σ(A)), where A ∈ {ST, TS, T}.


Abstract Scattering of the resonant x-rays in the ferrielectric phases of chiral smectics is theoretically studied under the assumption of short-pitch helical order. The influence of weak incommensurability together with vector-like distortion on the fine structure of scattering peaks is analysed. General rules for optical selective reflection in such phases are formulated.


New dyestuff moieties are introduced in the textile industry to upgrade the quality and aesthetic properties of dyed fabric. To contribute to this research endeavor, the current project was conducted for the dyeing of cellulosic fabric via new hetero-functional reactive dyes R1 and R2 synthesized in our previous study. Optimization of different process variables (temperature, salt, and alkali concentration) and their interactive study for exhaust dyeing was explored and delineated based on a statistical tool response surface methodology. Results divulged that both dyes displayed maximum exhaustion and fixation at a temperature of 61.50°C on the cellulosic fabric. Reactive dye R1 exhibited 87.62 (±3) exhaustion and 82.85 (±3) fixation percentage at their optimum salt (29.07 g/L) and alkali (32.55 g/L) dosage while R2 displayed 81.50 (±3) exhaustion and 77.21 (±3) fixation at its optimized salt (32.55 g/L) and alkali concentrations (22.84 g/L). All process variables showed a positive and synergistic effect on the dyeing properties. Enhanced exhaustion and fixation percentage of R1 as compared to R2 may be accredited to greater planarity and less steric hindrance of R1. Both dyes presented superb color buildup showing good to excellent color fastness on cotton fabric. Future perspectives of the current study comprised the application and assessment of dyeing parameters of these new reactive dyes on polyester cotton (PC) fabric.


Sir: There is marked variation in the use of intraoperative frozen section (FS) evaluation of adnexal malignancies in the UK. At our Centre FS is done regularly for several indications in gynaecological oncology, with significant workload implications for pathologists. We present the results of an audit of FS for suspected early ovarian cancer. The aim was to assess its accuracy and impact on patient management. We were advised by the Ethics Committee that because this study was an audit, formal National Research Ethics Service approval was not required. Accurate surgical staging is mandatory for optimal treatment of early ovarian cancer. The management options in apparent early ovarian cancer are either to stage all cases surgically, possibly unnecessarily, or to restage proven malignant cases at a second procedure. Reliable intraoperative diagnosis at the first operation enables the informed decision to proceed to full staging when indicated. Between October 2006 and May 2008 FS was considered in 71 patients with suspected early ovarian cancer. Ten cases were excluded: three because of extensive ovarian disease at laparotomy that had not been detected on preoperative imaging and seven because of non-ovarian neoplasms diagnosed through operative findings (three cases) or FS (four cases). Of the 61 cases of primary ovarian tumours, the mean age was 54 years and the majority had intermediate or high risk of malignancy index (RMI) (Table 1). Of these there were 20 (33%) malignant, 10 (16%) borderline and 31 (51%) benign tumours (Table 2). FS performed in 50 ⁄ 61 cases (82%) was found concordant with final pathology in 46 patients (92%). The overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of FS for malignant and borderline ovarian tumours were 93%, 90%, 93% and 90%, respectively (Table 3). The four discrepancies were two mucinous neoplasms, one fibrothecoma with a focus of fibrosarcoma and one serous cystadenofibroma (Table 4). None of the patients in whom FS was carried out required second surgery for the ovarian tumour. It is significant that 40% of cases with borderline tumours in this study were young women keen to preserve fertility. As none was diagnosed as malignant on FS, conservative surgery was performed. The reported FS rate for ovarian lesions ranges from 4% to 47%. In our study this rate was 82%, a significant increase from 11% in comparable cases prior to the introduction in 2006 of current departmental guidelines. Decision not to perform FS shortens Table 2. Histological types of ovarian tumours


This study examines the effects of sport sponsorship on brand equity. More precisely, the impact of sport sponsorship is assessed for each of Aaker's (1991) components of brand equity: brand personality; brand awareness; brand associations; perceived quality; brand loyalty. Research is conducted within the domain of a sports team sponsorship, specifically Nivea Men's sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club. The results demonstrate that all five components of brand equity are positively influenced by sport sponsorship, ultimately supporting the proposition that sport sponsorship has a positive impact on brand equity. While sponsorship may not by itself be sufficient for brand equity building or sales enhancement, sponsors should be able to leverage their association with the team to promote their benefits and motivate fan engagement.


In this paper, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated using a zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconducting layer and different synthetic dyes. Eight different synthetic dyes were used to fabricate the DSSCs. Nanocrystalline ZnO powder was coated on transparent conducting fluorine-doped tin oxide glass using the doctor blade method to form a thin layer. The absorption spectra of the synthetic dyes were investigated. DSSCs were characterized with J -V characteristic curves. The parameters reflecting the cell performance were calculated. The results revealed that eosin Y dye corresponds to the highest conversion efficiency. The dependence of the sintering temperature and the thicknesses of the ZnO layer on the performance of the cell was investigated.


The invention relates to the field of network data communication and discloses a server, a client-side, a system and a method of achieving page load of a browser. The server comprises a script injection module, a text extracting module, a memory module and a communication module. After the script injection module receives a request of loading an original page sent by the client-side, the script injection module injects a text load script to the original page sent to the client-side. The text extracting module is suitable for analyzing keywords which are used for expressing mutual relation of texts between the pages from pages browsed by the client-side at present. Interlinkage corresponding to the keywords is extracted. The pages corresponding to the interlinkage are downloaded from a website. The texts of the pages are extracted and stored in the memory module. The memory module is suitable for storing the extracted texts. The communication module is suitable for receiving requests of the pages of the interlinkage corresponding to the loading keywords sent by the client-side and sending the texts corresponding to the interlinkage stored in the memory module to the client-side. The server, the client-side, the system and the method of achieving the page load of the browser is capable of solving the technical problems that useless download traffic is caused in the client-side and network traffic is wasted.


Elaine M. Await Do Smaller Classes Mean Greater Academic Achievement in High School Biology classes? 1998 Dr. Richard Meagher Subject matter Teaching Biological Science The purpose of this study was to determine if students in small classes would show greater academic achievement in high school biology classes. The study involved two high school biology classes, one with an enrollment of 20 students, and one with an enrollment of 25 students. Both groups of students were given pre-tests on the subject of invertebrates. A four week study of this topic followed. Teaching techniques and assignments were identical for the two groups. At the end of the four week study a post-test was given to all students. The results of the pre and post-test were then analyzed using both one and two tailed independent t-tests. The results of these tests showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups.


In the past half century, the theory of automata has established itself as one of the most important foundations of computer science, and its applications have spread to almost all areas of computer science as well as to other disciplines. To celebrate the achievements in the theory of automata and to promote further research in the area, the Hal f C e n t u r y of A u t o m a t a Theo ry was organized as a one-day event at which distinguished pioneers recounted the development of the theory of automata and suggested possible future directions from their personal experience and perspective. After the opening remarks by John Hart and Arto Salomaa, the first session of the day started with a talk by John Brzozowski. In addition to authoring numerous papers he has also contributed to seven books and written two, including "Asynchronous Circuits". His main contributions have been to the development of techniques of analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits using regular expressions, including constructing regular expressions from state diagrams and a method for minimizing finite automata, start-height, dot-depth and decomposition. His current research includes asynchronous circuits, testing, models and algorithms related to VSLI and automata and formal languages. His talk, "Circuits, automata, and mathematics", after briefly overviewing his early research interests, concentrated on one of him current research topics, hazard algebras (joint work with Zoltan Esik). Hazards are unwanted pulses in circuits that can create errors, consume energy and cause delays. As Boolean algebra does not handle hazards well, this work proposes hazard algebras to handle the particularities of circuits with hazards. Hazard algebras turn out to be capable of detecting hazards, identifying and counting them, estimating worst-case energy consumption, and are a unifying framework that includes multi-valued algebras, which were earlier proposed to model these phenomena. The second speaker was Sheila Greibach whose major contributions include the Greibach normal form for context-free grammars, basic results on deterministic context-free languages, AFL theory, a formal language and complexity version of Rice's theorem, stack automata, equivalence of real-time and linear time for nondeterministic Taring machines, that two tapes suffice for nondeterministic complexity classes, and the hardest context-free languages (some of these results are joint work with S.Ginsburg, M.Harrison and R.Book). Her talk, "Origins and early directions of formal language theory", traced the development of formal language theory initially motivated by logic and recursive function theory, modelling of biological systems, mathematical and computational linguistics and programming. Subsequent developments included Turing's definition of the Taring machine, the contribution of Post in defining recursively enumerable sets, the seminal paper by McCulloch and Pitts proposing nerve nets as models of nervous activity, Kleene's definition of finite automata as nerve nets, the appearance of context-free languages, machine translation and its influence on formal language theory, the work of Chomsky (1949) in defining the hierarchy of languages, regular expressions, pumping lemmas, up to the definition of complexity classes. The next speaker was Michael Harrison who, in addition to his contributions to automata and formal languages is best known for his three books on automata. His talk, "Research paradigms in automata theory and computer science", gave a personal account on how he


All the speakers invited to the symposium (see the programme here took part in the event, including the German Secretary of State Peter Altmaier (President of Europa Union Deutschland). Professor…


The invention discloses a GNSS-R-based double-star positioning method for sea-surface targets. The method comprises the following six steps: step one, extracting and storing time delay Doppler maximum correlation values PMax 1 and PMax 2 of two satellites Sat 1 and Sat 2 corresponding to a receiver platform; step two, extracting time layer values and Doppler frequency values of the delay Doppler maximum correlation values, and respectively recording the time layer values and Doppler frequency values as tMa*1, tMa*2 and fMa*2; step three, calculating longitudes and latitudes of mirror spot positions of the two corresponding satellites according to a mirror spot position calculating method; step four, estimating distances between the correlation power maximum value points to the mirror spots according to the time delay Doppler distribution of detection areas, and recording the distances as d1 and d2; step five, calculating longitude and latitude (TLon, TLat) of the corresponding correlation value maximum spot which is a target occurring position spot according to parameters obtained by the steps 1-4; step six, building a multi-satellite optimization model, calculating all the navigational satellites at the moment according to the method of the step five, then fitting results to obtain an optimum value.


The paper investigates the relevance and impact of nanoscale thermal phenomena (e.g., phonon-boundary scattering) on the thermal performance of state-of-the-art semiconductor device technologies. Moreover, the impact of the multilevel copper-dielectric structure on the total thermal resistance of SOI transistors is demonstrated for the first time. The proposed thermal resistance model incorporates the impact of via separation, metal and dielectric layer thickness, and the dimension of the heated region (e.g., device). The predicted thermal resistance values for a multi-level copper-dielectric interconnect system agree well with the three dimensional finite element simulations. It is concluded that the heat conduction through the Cu-dielectric interconnect network can reduce the thermal resistance of a single SOI transistor by a factor of 3-4, depending on the dimension and specifics of the Cu-dielectric structure and the transistor.


The crystallization behavior of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and PET nucleating agents blends during the non-isothermal crystallization process are studied by DSC technology. The results indicate that the crystal peak shifts to the high temperature zone, the half crystal time t_ 1/2 shorts, the crystal rate constant increases, and the degree of crystallization also enhances with the addition of nucleating agents. Organic nucleating agents have better crystallization effect than inorganic ones. However macromolecule polymer and the mixed nucleating agents have the best crystallization effect. Also the morphology of PET nucleating system is observed by Polarizing Optical microscope technology. The crystal nucleus of PET gets smaller and compacter with the addition of organic nucleating agents.


In order to reduce time out of the transformer circuit, implementation of methods for online monitoring is important. Using electromagnetic waves has recently been proposed for on-line monitoring of the transformer. In this paper, a new analytical method based on locus of objects in space to detect the radial deformation of winding, is proposed. The proposed experimental set-up for this method has been modelled using CST (Computer Simulation Technology) software. The simulation results show that exact determination of radial deformation location along the transformer winding height can be detected with good accuracy using this method.


Foreword by Lee Shulman Preface Introduction Imagery Four Methodological World Views 366 Experience Experiments Four Studies Study 1: A Search for Truth Study 2: A Search for Change Study 3: A Search for Meaning (Part 1) Study 3: A Search for Meaning (Part 2) Study 4: A Search for Connection Comparisons and Conclusions Imagery in Four Methodological World Views How Methods Construct Reality Images of Education References Author Index Subject Index


Two distinct species of the thermostable inhibitor of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase, PKIα and PKIβ, exist that are the products of separate genes. The PKIβ form, as first isolated from rat testis, is a 70-amino acid protein, but the genomic sequence suggested that an alternate form might exist, arising as a consequence of alternate translational initiation. This species, now termed PKIβ-78, has been synthesized by bacterial expression, demonstrated to be equipotent with PKIβ-70, and also now demonstrated to occur in vivo. By Western blot analyses, six additional species of PKIβ are also evident in tissues. Two of these represent the phospho forms of PKIβ-78 and PKIβ-70. The other four represent phospho and dephospho forms of two higher molecular mass PKIβ species. These latter forms are currently termed PKIβ-X and PKIβ-Y, awaiting the full elucidation of their molecular identity. In adult rat testis and cerebellum, PKIβ-70, PKIβ-X, and PKIβ-Y constitute 39, 23, and 32% and 15, 29, and 54% of the total tissue levels, respectively. In adult rat testis, 35–42% of each of these three species is present as a monophospho form, whereas no phosphorylation of them is evident in cerebellum. PKIβ-78 is present at much lower levels in both rat testis and cerebellum (∼6 and 2% of the total, respectively) and almost entirely as a monophospho species. PKIβ-78, like PKIβ-70, is a high affinity and specific inhibitor of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. PKIβ-Y and PKIβ-X, in contrast, also significantly inhibit the cGMP-dependent protein kinase.


THERE are already several different techniques described ior the construction of an adequate glottic airway following bilateral abductor palsy. These operations may be performed either by external or transoral approaches (Thornell, 1948) butjrnost suffer from a limitation of access to the arytenoid cartilage. A method providing a wider field of approach was contemplated and the technique devised by Alonso (1952) for partial laryngectomy was modified with this aim in mind. Previous external techniques may be conveniently divided into lateral and midline. The former include those of Woodman (1946), Kelly (1941) and King (1939) and the latter those devised by Hoover (1932) and Lore (1936). A technique of lateral transthyroid arytenoidectomy and cordopexy is described together with a case report.


Activation assembly may include an outer body, that the outer body having an internal passage between the first end, a second end, and first and second ends can. Starter canister may be at a first end can be connected to the outer body, defining a charge chamber, which may include a pair of pins extending therefrom. And molding an insulating material in the passageway, an insulating structural member for connecting the canister and pins to the outer body, the insulating structural member for insulating a portion of the pin and starter canister from electrical contact with the outer body it can be formed. ESD dissipation device may be formed of a conductive material can be molded into the outer body. The dissipation device may provide a controlled dissipation path for electrostatic discharge energy activation assembly transports.


PURPOSE: To eliminate arsenic from hydrocarbons at very high efficiency by bringing sulfur-containing hydrocarbons together with hydrogen into contact with a retention mass carrying a metal such as Fe, Ni or Co and containing a reducing agent and a sulfiding agent. CONSTITUTION: Hydrocarbons containing 0-1,000 mg/kg of sulfur together with hydrogen are brought into contact with a retention mass at a temperature of 120-250°C, a pressure of 1-40 bar and a space velocity of 1-50 h -1 to remove arsenic. The retention mass is prepared by adding a metal such as Fe, Ni, Co, Mo, Cr and Pd present in the form of a sulfide in a rate of 5-50% to a porous carrier such as alumina or silica, impregnating this with an aqueous or organic solution containing a sulfiding agent selected among an organic reducing agent, an organic polysulfide, an organic disulfide, an organic or inorganic sulfide and elemental sulfur, heat-treating the impregnated product at a temperature of about 150°C for 30 min to 3 hr and reducing the heat-treated product at a temperature of 140-400°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO


Machine learning, and specifically Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) impact all parts of daily life. Although DNNs can be large and compute intensive, requiring processing on big servers (like in the cloud), we see a move of DNNs into loT-edge based systems, adding intelligence to these systems. These systems are often energy constrained and too small for satisfying the huge DNN computation and memory demands. DNN model quantization may come to the rescue. Instead of using 32-bit floating point numbers, much smaller formats can be used, down to 1-bit binary numbers. Although this largely may solve the compute and memory problems, it comes with a huge price, model accuracy reduction. This problem spawned a lot of research into model repair methods, especially for binary neural networks. Heavy quantization triggers a lot of debate; we even see some movements of going back to higher precision using brainfloats. This paper therefore evaluates the trade-off between energy reduction through extreme quantization versus accuracy loss. This evaluation is based on ResNet-I8 with the ImageNet dataset, mapped to a fully programmable architecture with special support for 8-bit and 1-bit deep learning, the BrainTTA. We show that, after applying repair methods, the use of extremely quantized DNNs makes sense. They have superior energy efficiency compared to DNNs based on 8-bit precision of weights and data, while only having a slightly lower accuracy. There is still an accuracy gap, requiring further research, but results are promising. A side effect of the much lower energy requirements of BNNs is that external DRAM becomes more dominant. This certainly requires further attention.


These are notes from our reading group on homotopic descent, mainly following the preprint of Kathryn Hess [Hes10]. The talks were given by Michael Ching, while the notes were typed by Niles Johnson and Tiago Macedo. source file: UGA-descent-notes.tex


The Kappala sewage treatment plant, situated in rock in the north eastern region of Stockholm, was completed 1969. The process since 1980 has been pre/simultaneous precipitation, activated sludge and post precipitation. Ferrous sulfate is used for precipitation of phos phorus. About 330 000 people are connected and industries contribute with another 130 000 population equivalents. The effluent requirements are 10 mg/l for BOD7 and 0.3 mg/l for phosphorus.


In this present era, the continuously increment in power demand results expansion of power system network which makes the existing system more sensitive and prone to instability. An important issue associated with the stability of multi-area power system is the inter-area oscillations from a multi-machine system. Generally, Power System Stabilizer (PSS) are used for power system oscillation damping, but local PSS not have global observability so Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices with supplementary controller are used for effective damping of power system oscillations. In this paper, presents the coordination control of PSS and STATCOM to damp out the inter-area oscillations from a multi-machine system. In the past era, to damp out such type of inter-area oscillations used PSS as a local controller in multi-machine system. Reactive FACTS devices, such as static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) are considered and assessed for their damping controller design. STATCOM is reactive power compensator based upon a voltage source converter which uses power electronic devices with turn-off capability as switching devices. Its main function is to support bus voltage of which it is connected to the system by providing quick response to supply or absorb reactive power. For damping power oscillations purpose, it is required to employ power oscillation damping (POD) function wherein its output is summed to voltage reference as input of STATCOM. This paper focuses on implementing POD function in STATCOM controller to damp inter area oscillations mode. Some simulations results are carried out on Kundur Two-Area Four Machine system under small disturbance. From the simulation results, it reveals that the proposed controller damp-out the inter-area oscillations effectively under small disturbance conditions.


The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I (B-FS Ⅳ) and beta-2 microglobulin (β2m-S) genes were cloned respectively from Sanhuang chicken line, and the allelic polymorphism in the population was investigated. The amino acid homology among 14 B-FS IV alleles was from 82.0% to 99.2%. Comparison of the cloned B-FS IV with human HLA-A2 showed that 7 of key amino acids of the peptide binding sites were conserved in B-FS Ⅳ. The 12 sites of high substitutions of amino acids were found in the peptide-binding domain (PBD) of B-FS Ⅳ. The substitutions of amino acids exceeded eight was found at positions 9 and 113. The substitution ratios in PBD were lower in B-FS Ⅳ than that in B-F Ⅳ of Leihang chicken. Based on the genetic distance, the α1, α2 and α3 of B-FS Ⅳ could be subdivided to 5 lineages. In addition, the homology of amino acids in α2 domain of B-FS 07 was similar to B-F 21 resistance to MDV (91.2%), and the α1 domain of B-FS 01 was similar to B-F 2 resistance to RSV (93.2%). The homology ratios of amino acids of β2m genes were from 81.2% to 99.2% comparing with Leihang chicken. The results suggested that both B-FS Ⅳ and β2m-S exist the special molecular characters.


Abstract: Watch young children at play. With bright eyes and boundless energy, they rush like whirlwinds from place to place, accompanied by a constant stream of excited chatter as they explore their surroundings with a wholehearted zest for life. This article grows out of a fascination for the innate learning style of children and the wonder created by a unique and diverse wetlands setting. It explores how a group of educators, from Jacobs Well Field Study Centre (in south-east Queensland), developed an arts-aesthetic approach to environmental education as a joint project with the staff of Numinbah Valley Field Study Centre. 'Project Ozone' and the Boat Project are described as examples of what can be achieved by insight, and commitment to new directions in environmental education.


This thesis focuses on Midang Seo Jeong-ju's poetry and clarifying the modern characteristics of it through the narcissism in his. The range of it is limits to his early works. The characteristic of Midang's early poetry is the view of strong body-nature and primitive vitality in the way of sexual sensualities. This proves that the Korea poetical circles began aesthetic takeoff in the new ways of its own poem in 1930s. The strong narcissism on the base helps them to achieve this. I think that narcissism reveals an original energy of life as the instinct of selfpreservation, the narcissism of Midang also causes them to manifest basic human voice by introverted concentration. That narcissism divides it into self-absorptive narcissism and self-destructive narcissism. The two are deeply related to the formation of a modern subject and the birth of a poetic ego. Especially, the series of 〈A rooster〉 are great works. It formed the rough process for being born the poem poetic subject symbolical at the same time mythological. The birth of the poetic subject shows an aspect of consciousness to be independent from unconsciousness as well as the process of rebirth from the power of tradition to modern subject. Thus his early poetry seems to be an obvious result that built modern aesthetic over sentimental romanticism at that time.


Perhaps no Supreme Court decisions about the criminal justice system have provoked more criticism than those involving the exclusionary rule. According to the Court's most recent pronouncements, the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule is a judicially-created mechanism whose sole purpose is to deter future police misconduct by excluding from trial evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures. Apart from jurisprudential concerns, the rule's bare utilitarian premise and simplistic approach render it morally and prudentially objectionable, and, therefore, in need of radical reconsideration or abandonment. These deficiencies can be exposed, in part, by a hypothetical "suppression lottery," which will be presented later in this article. Before considering the lottery and addressing the modern exclusionary rule's impoverished normative basis, it is useful to sketch its history and describe its stunning conceptual transformation.


The article considers the problems of influence o f t h e researches of D. Yume, W. Robertson and E. Gibbon on historical works of N.M. Karamzin. The beginning and further development of the native historical science can't be understood adequately without considering the models created in the second half of the XVIIIth century.


Cryptographic primitives have been widely used in critical computer systems and infrastructures for security. However, various side-channel analysis (SCA) attacks are developed to break the cryptosystems by utilizing the sensitive information leaked during the cryptographic implementations. Modeling and quantifying the information leakage to evaluate the resistance of cryptosystems against SCA attacks become a very important topic.


The present study deals with the 2D and 3D steady state Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Strokes (RANS) simulations for the fixed tilt ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) module system by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Here, we are considering shear stress transport k-omega (SST k-ω) turbulence model and the system is supposed to be immersed in atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Initially the 2D and 3D numerical models are validated with the available experimental results of the literature. The work focuses on the evaluation of drag and lift coefficients on photovoltaic systems mounted over the inclined terrain (hills). Three different profile of hills were considered with height of 100m and ratio of height to length 0.5, 0.75 and 1 respectively over the consecutive seven rows of solar panel array. It is observed that with the increase in stiffness of hill, drag and lift forces increases respectively. So, implementation of solar panels on the stiff hills is not recommended. Also, the influence of panel length, spacing factor between consecutive panels, clearance height from the ground, wind speed and angle of tilt are studied parametrically.