This paper presents and discuss two different Brazilian government (state level) solutions, whose purpose is, mainly, improving the public security, by taking advantage of data collected by cameras, combined with data provided from legacy systems, processed by artificial intelligence algorithms.


The study of failure mechanism of photovoltaic modules is the most important in determining the economic efficiency of the energy generation business. The investigation of the degradation on an encapsulant and cell level is important for the reliability of PV-modules because it could give information about the degradation process even before the electrical and optical properties of a module are changed. This study focuses on the failure mechanism occurred in standard silicon (mono/poly) photovoltaic provoked by the accelerated lifetime testing (ALT) under laboratory condition as well as in the PV field. A detail investigation of power degradation in Si modules has been conducted considering the number of points of view such as power loss, years in service, manufacturing quality, acetic acid formation and distribution through EVA encapsulant decomposition, Na ion migration to the cell surface, and local p-n junction quality and carrier lifetime decreased under the high potential aiming to predict the lifetime of a module. Therefore, the IV characteristics, Electroluminescence (EL), Dark Lock-in Thermography (DLIT) imaging, current density mapping, μ-PCD analysis, transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS), and IR and Raman spectroscopy analysis have been employed in this investigation.


Takes some relative research and the analysis on field work's model with corporation farm transportation and harvest problem, and then designs multi-objective models according to the cost of operation and the working cycle. The farm job scheduling is optimizesed by inte-grated design's multi-objective GA PARETO solution, and is compared with the production practice, which gets a good simulation effect, and has the high application value on the de-sign in the field work question.


According to the demands of heating the CCM tundish with plasma,the authors have studied the structure of four-strand tundish mounting, the anti-wall and argon blowing, done a life size hydraulic modelling experiment and finally determined the rational structure of the tundish.


The infrared absorption spectra of four lime-aluminosilicate glasses have been studied at high temperatures in the spectral range 1 to 5 μm. The glass composition varies essentially by the FeO content. The effect of temperature is pointed out up to 1450 o C. The emission spectrometry technique used is applied to thin slabs of semitransparent materials heated in plane-parallel platinum crucibles exposed to strong temperature gradients. The absorption coefficient is identified, for each wavelength, by a non-linear constraint optimization technique. As an illustration of the major influence of the spectrum on the heat exchanges in semitransparent devices, a modeling of the combined conductive/radiative heat transfer is performed in a glass wall


This article describes the new Venezuelan jury and mixed court systems that were introduced by Codigo Organico Procesal Penal in 1998, in the context of the code's radical transition to accusatorial and adversarial procedure.


In this paper we chose three stations in Medan City , Indonesia to estimate Monthly Rainfall Data i.e. Tuntungan, Tanjung Selamat, and Medan Selayang Stations. We took the data from 2007 to 2016. In this case fitted with Normal, Gamma, and Lognormal Distributions. To estimate parameters, we used this method. Furthermore, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Anderson Darling tests were used the goodness-of-fit test. The Gamma and Normal Distributions is suitable for Tuntungan and Medan Selayang Stations were stated by Kolmogorov-Smirnov's test. Anderson Darling's test stated that Gamma Distribution was suitable for all stations.


The ability to fabricate surfaces with fine control over bidirectional reflectance (BRDF) is a long-standing goal in appearance research, with applications in product design and manufacturing. We propose a technique that embeds magnetic flakes in a photo-cured resin, allowing the orientation distribution of those flakes to be controlled at printing time using a magnetic field. We show that time-varying magnetic fields allow us to control off-specular lobe direction, anisotropy, and lobe width, while using multiple spatial masks displayed by a UV projector allows for spatial variation. We demonstrate optical effects including bump maps: fat surfaces with spatially-varying specular lobe direction.


Image segmentation technology is widely used in automatic driving, smart home and other fields. However, due to the problem of privacy of image methods, they face restrictions when used in private occasions. In order to avoiding private problem image-based method, we proposed a human segmentation method based on commercial Wi-Fi devices named Wi-Seg, which is used to extract human silhouette information and generate pixel-level annotations. So that it can be integrated with existing human- computer interaction schemes using image segmentation, and avoiding the privacy problem of image segmentation methods. In this paper, the channel state index (CSI) in the Wi-Fi signal is collected as the original data, and a encoder-decoder deep neural network is designed to extract the human silhouette information from the CSI signal. Compared with the mainstream image segmentation methods, our Wi-Seg is superior to recent work that using Wi-Fi signal to extract human silhouette information, and performs as well as image segmentation methods.


Results of photon correlation spectroscopy and viscosity measurements performed in trehalose aqueous solutions are reported. The light scattering experimental findings reveal a peculiar behavior of the effective diffusion coefficient Deff which, in the diluite region and in a limited temperature range, shows strong changes. This behavior suggests a great sensitivity of the system structure to temperature changes. On the other hand, the temperature dependence of shear viscosity η confirms the noticeable kinetically fragile character of these systems.


With the rapid development of our economy,educational informationization is developing rapidly.Currently,it has gradually turned from infrastructure construction to resource construction.Generally resource construction is recorded and acquired through recording and broadcasting.The web-based teaching platform with interactive discussion function is a multifunction system integrating with traditional interactive TV,conference system,and recording and broadcasting system.Users could set up groups at will,either combine or split into several sub-systems for satisfying facilitating various teaching demands.In this paper,the design and implementation of teaching platform for interactive discussion are presented.


Summary: The ragged (Ra) spontaneous mouse mutant is characterised by abnormalities in its coat and cardiovascular system. Four alleles are known and we have previously described mutations in the transcription factor gene Sox18 in the Ra and RaJ alleles. We report here Sox18 mutations in the remaining two ragged alleles, opossum (Raop) and ragged‐like (Ragl). The single‐base deletions cause a C‐terminal frameshift, abolishing transcriptional trans‐activation and impairing interaction with the partner protein MEF2C. The nature of these mutations, together with the near‐normal phenotype of Sox18‐null mice, suggests that the ragged mutant SOX18 proteins act in a dominant‐negative fashion. The four ragged mutants represent an allelic series that reveal SOX18 structure–function relationships and implicate related SOX proteins in cardiovascular and hair follicle development. genesis 36:1–6, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In this work we proposed and tested the use of SSL techniques in the AO domain. The SSL characteristics have been exploited to reduce the need for costly supervised samples and the effects of time dependant drift of state‐of‐the‐art statistical learning approaches. For this purpose, an on‐field recorded one year long atmospheric pollution dataset has been used. The semi‐supervised approach benefitted from the use of updated unlabeled samples, adapting its knowledge to the slowly changing drift effects. We expect that semi‐supervised learning can provide significant advantages to the performance of sensor fusion subsystems in artificial olfaction exhibiting an interesting drift counteraction effect.


1567 as a member of the central tribunal of me Inquisition. In the king's service he pursued some remarkably profligate churchmen, notably the prodigious bishop of Tviy (not identified by the author). Presumably he was aware of the extraordinary civil war of the Franciscans of Andalucia—though Lovett does not say as much, and the relevance of this affair to Vazquez's career is not established. He engaged in pluralism on a considerable scale, and in the last three years of his life came to enjoy control, under die king, of ecclesiastical patronage. There is so much to be learnt from die series ofaperfus provided by Lovett that it is particularly to be regretted diat he has not exercised rather tighter control over his material and has been so sparing in his use of other than primary matter. So raw (in the best sense of die word) is his evidence that the reader curious for further information is made especially aware of the absurdity of die conventional footnote instruction to see item such and such in a far-away and allegedly impregnable repository. There are too many instances of slovenly typography here, for not all of which can the publishers be held accountable. Of these the case of buildings 'raised to the ground' is mentioned only as die most picturesque—and picturesque, as Dr. Lovett has shown, Mateo Vazquez most certainly was not.


A PSpice SiC MOSFET model was proposed in this paper,which is suitable for a wider temperature range.The temperature dependent sources are adopted to describe the static characteristics.The effect of negative turn-off drive voltage is also taken into account.The characteristics at low temperature were measured,which provide modeling basis.Thus this model features high accuracy even at low temperature.Key parameters which contribute to static and dynamic characteristics of SiC MOSFET were analyzed in detail.The proposed model was verified by the experimental tests on a Buck converter prototype at different voltages,currents and temperatures(from -25 ℃ to 125 ℃).The simulation results based on the proposed model match well with the test results in waveforms and power losses,which have the maximum error less than 10%.The system analysis and efficiency evaluation of SiC converters can be conducted based on the proposed model.


The paper proposes a new autopilot design for agile missiles flying at a high angle of attack (AoA). A maneuver strategy applicable to 90° AoA flight for agile turning is described prior to the missile modeling. Accounting for the disturbance rejection, the extended state observer (ESO) technique is employed for online estimation of the system uncertainties due to the aerodynamic unpredictability at high AoA regimes. Under the circumstances, linearization with dynamic compensation and non-singular terminal sliding mode control are applied to achieve controllability during 90° AoA flight. Numerical simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed scheme. Additionally, the chattering caused by unmodeled dynamics is obviously mitigated with the action of the ESO.


Growth hormone (GH)-deficient children have been treated with GH since the late 1950s [1]. GH was originally prepared from human cadaveric pituitaries. The supplies of GH were limited and the treatment was restricted to children with definite GH deficiency. In the mid-1980s, it became clear that pituitary-derived GH was the likely source of transmission of the agent that caused Creutzfeldt–Jacob disease. The human material was immediately withdrawn. Within a year, biosynthetic GH became available through recombinant DNA technique, hence the material became safe and the supply is now unlimited. For the last 30–40 years, routine replacement replacement with corticosteroids, thyroxine and sex hormones has been considered sufficient therapy for adults with pituitary deficiency, although it has been known for many years that GH is secreted throughout life. Thus, GH deficiency in adults has remained unrecognized by endocrinologists the world over, although some of the negative physiological consequences such as a decrease in basal metabolic rate, renal function, blood volume and cardiac output have been known for many years [2]. Only recently have the severe consequences of GH deficiency in adults been delineated and recognized as a specific clinical syndrome [3]. With the advent of rhGH, it has become possible to explore the effects of GH in GH-deficient adults. Growth hormone deficiency in adults is a rare condition and the prevalence in Sweden is estimated at 200 per million inhabitants. The most common causes are pituitary and peripituitary tumours, and their treatment. In the development of hypopituitarism, i.e. from pituitary irradiation, the loss of hormones follows a characteristic sequence. The secretion of GH appears to be most sensitive and is the first to disappear, followed by the secretions of gonadotropins, adenocorticotropins and, finally, thyroid-stimulating hormone [4]. Well-controlled studies have shown that the syndrome of GHD in adults is associated with decreased psychological well-being [5–6], abnormal body composition with an increase in the amount of abdominal and visceral adipose tissue, decreased lean body mass, and extracellular fluid volume [7–8]. Bone mineral content has been found to be reduced both in patients with childhood [9] and adult-onset [10] GH deficiency, suggesting that GH is not only important for the accumulation of bone mass up to peak bone mass, but also for the maintenance of the adult skeleton. Growth hormone deficiency in adults has also been associated with impaired cardiac function [11], reduced exercise capacity [12], increased prevalence of hypertension, increased serum triglycerides, decreased high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations [13], insulin resistance, impaired fibrinolysis [14] and increased prevalence of arteriosclerotic plaques in the carotids [15]. In addition, there is epidemiological evidence suggesting that the life expectancy of adults with hypopituitarism is reduced as a result of a markedly increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. Untreated GH deficiency might explain this increased mortality [16]. Interestingly, there are several similarities between the so-called metabolic or insulin resistance syndrome and untreated GH deficiency in adults. Both are characterized by premature atherosclerosis and increased risk for cardiovascular death, central obes-


This paper presents an easy and fast method of testing force closure when a multi-fingered hand grasps an object. Different from previous methods, we consider approximating the friction cone by using a few ellipsoids. By using this method, the total force/moment set applied to the grasped object can be obtained by a common set of multiple ellipsoids. This method is effective since we can test the force closure by simply calculating the inequalities of quadratic form. Moreover, by using the ellipsoidal approximation, we propose an easy method of evaluating the grasp stability. We show that the grasp stability can be calculated by using simple equations. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by several numerical examples where we show that the proposed method is fairly accurate and can evaluate the grasp stability faster than conventional methods.


First, this paper gives an analysis on evolution of enterprise resource plannig and defines a new concept pattern of collaboration decision of enterprise resource planning, which integrates group decision system(GDSS) into enterprise resource planning in order to achieves collaboration management functions.Second,the paper puts forward the framework of collaboration management pattern of group decision support system in ERP,which perfects the research model brought forward by Lai-Lai Tung. The frame-work may contribute to solving the problem of collaboration management.Third,considering the framework of collaboration management pattern of GDSS in ERP,the paper probes deeply into model of collaboration management,in which defines multi-vector and functions and logic operator.


A novel bending single‐mode fiber attenuator is presented. Organic glass plinths are sticked with several iron rods in order to impose bending on a typical single‐mode fiber. Changing the space between the plinths, we can simultaneously determine bending magnitude and deduce the relationship between pure bend loss and bending‐arc length. The theoretical model is in good agreement with the experimental results is stress‐induced changes are considered. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 114–118, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21280


Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is identified by aggregates of NOTCH3 extracellular domain (N3ECD) along capillaries and the deposition of granular osmiophilic material (GOM). We assessed the pattern of distribution of pericytes in relation to N3ECD deposits in cerebral microvessels of CADASIL subjects.


Although there are several conceptualizations of identity for individuals who identify as gay or lesbian, no existing measures to characterize heterosexual identities have been theoretically derived or empirically evaluated. This is particularly important, given heterosexuals' relative power in society and the fact that heterosexuals' identities as they pertain to homosexuality can have important implications for sexual orientation minorities. In this study, we developed a scale to explicitly measure heterosexual identity in relation to sexual orientation minorities based on Mohr's (2002) conceptualization of heterosexual identities. Across seven phases, we qualitatively examined Mohr's (2002) four dimensions (Democratic, Compulsory, Politicized, and Integrative), developed items to measure these dimensions, established support for content validity, examined these items in a series of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, demonstrated acceptable reliabilities, and found support for both convergent and discriminant validity for our scale.


ABSTRACT Visuo-spatial training is considered a promising approach to provide young children with a sound foundation for later mathematical learning. We developed and implemented a tablet-based visuo-spatial intervention in kindergarten classrooms aiming to foster the development of children's visuo-spatial and numerical abilities. A sample of N = 125 children participated in the present study, 68 children were part of the intervention group and participated in 20 training sessions of 20 min over a 10-week period, 57 children formed a business as usual control group. Results show that, at this young age, visuo-spatial and early math skills are already strongly interlinked. However, the training effects were domain-specific as they only improved visuo-spatial skills, but did not transfer to early math performance in the present setting.


This paper proposes a method to produce silicone rubber moulds for low-pressure wax injection moulding. Wax spilling is one of the most troublesome problems during the wax injection moulding process. From the point of view of green manufacturing, the optimal processing conditions in the wax injection moulding process were investigated using the Taguchi method. The experimental results revealed that the most influential factor affecting the weight of spilled wax is the injection time. The optimal processing conditions in the wax injection moulding process are an injection temperature of 82 °C, an injection time of 2 s, an injection pressure of 0.6 kgf/ cm2 and a mould temperature of 60 °C.


Advertising design course is a theoretical and practical course,and cases teaching method in advertising design course is an effective teaching method.In this paper,advertising design course in the case method in teaching experience,from the principles of case selection,teaching mode design thinking and other aspects of case method to analyze,design of case method teaching in the advertising of specific practical problems.


(Continued) Primary Examiner — Dao H Nguyen Assistant Examiner — Tram H Nguyen (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Jaquez & Associates; Martin J. Jaquez, Esq. (57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumu lated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improve ments in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accu mulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodu lation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise control ling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime. 39 Claims, 22 Drawing Sheets


A simplified model of bearingless rotor was investigated using Hamilton principle. The equations of rotor/body coupling system instability were obtained. Perturbed equations were obtained after linearized perturbation. Stability results of rotor blades were presented using eigenvalue analysis. The shape function matrix was obtained using spline interpolation. The results indicated that the new method is efficiency and can obtain satisfactory results, and is complete in analysis.


Two YEARS AGO the Journal published an article which described early hospital discharge after birth as a major risk factor for postnatal depression.' There was also a strongly worded editorial supporting that conclusion.? In this issue the message is reversed, with the finding by Thompson and colleagues (page 532) that there is no evidence of increased risk.' This is no trivial disagreement. A quarter of a million women give birth in Australia each year, virtually all of them spending less time in hospital than their mothers did, with close to 40% having an "early discharge" by the definition used in both articles (within 72 hours of birth).« Depression is a distressing and disabling condition for those directly affected, and particularly so in women with a new baby, who have just taken on a 24-hour-a-day, sevenday-a-week job. The effects of maternal depression may flow on to other vulnerable family members. Doctors and midwives, hospitals, policymakers and the general public need to know whether early discharge is safe or not. One problem in answering this question is the paucity of evidence from randomised trials on length of hospital stay after childbirth. Not only are there relatively few trials, but those that have been published have rarely measured maternal health outcomes such as depression, breastfeeding duration, confidence, or breastfeeding problems. The limited evidence from trials shows either no difference in depression between women discharged early and late, or a lower proportion of women becoming depressed after early discharge.v" The article by Thompson and colleagues>is the third Australian population-based study which has shown no relationship between early discharge and depression after birth."?" All three of these studies were large enough to detect a twofold increase in the odds of becoming depressed after early discharge, as was found in the Nepean hospitalbased study published in the Journal two years ago.' All three, and the Nepean study, used the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) with the same cut point of a score of more than 12 for probable depression, though the Victorian studies measured the point prevalence with a single score of more than 12 at six or eight months after birth, the ACT group measured the period prevalence from eight through 16 and 24 weeks, and the Nepean group required two or more scores over 12, from six, through 12, 18 and 24 weeks, confirmed by a structured clinical interview to measure the period prevalence of major depression. The difference in findings between the N epean study and the other three studies is surprising. Thompson and colleagues suggest that an important contributing factor might be the routine provision of a postnatal visit from a midwife and more practical help at home in the ACT than at Nepean,> However, this was not the case in the 1993/94 Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers, which found that only 66% of women who went home within 48 hours of birth, and only 27% of those going home on the third or fourth day, had a home visit from a midwifes findings much closer to those of the Nepean study. It is also unlikely that temporal factors explain the discrepancy in findings, as the Victorian survey took place at a very similar time to the Nepean study. Public knowledge and expectations about postnatal stay would have been similar in both study populations. In interpreting non-experimental descriptive and observational studies, the key problem is selection bias in what ways do women who leave hospital early differ from those


This paper develops models of minor-party mobilization and electoral success. Models are estimated with data from Australian Senate elections from 1922 to 1998. Existing literature and the Australian experience demonstrate that long-term minor-party activity is conditioned by election rules, economic conditions and other factors. Australian Senate elections have been conducted under a variety of election rules, and thus provide a rare opportunity for modelling the effects of variation in these forces on minor-party activity. Results demonstrate that minor parties mobilize more candidates and receive more votes when electoral rules reduce the proportion of votes necessary to win a seat. Economic decline is also found to increase the mobilization of minor-party candidates and increase voter support.


AIN continues to be a significant problem for many patients after major surgery. In addition to improving patient satisfaction and decreasing pain scores, enhanced perioperative pain control can improve clinical outcomes. Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) remains a critical tool for anesthesiologists to use in acute pain management. TEA is particularly effective for reducing pain after thoracic and upper abdominal surgery and likely permits major surgical procedures to be performed on patients with moderate to severe comorbid diseases, who several years ago may have been determined to be too great a risk for surgery. In the past 10 yr, peripheral nerve blockade has improved perioperative analgesia for patients undergoing extremity surgery. Although nerve blocks have reduced the use of continuous lumbar epidural analgesia, anesthesiologists must understand the indications, placement techniques, solutions administered, potential complications, and evidence-based outcomes for TEA in acute pain management. Indications


This paper uses evidence compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Tobacco Industry Committee to examine the impact of the initial implementation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It is shown that the minimum wage was heavily binding, but employment in a BLS sample of Virginia and North Carolina firms actually increased following its passage. This employment increase can not be explained by traditional models but is consistent with the monopsony model. Finally, it is shown that the industry met two important assumptions of the model: workers could not easily relocate to alternative employment and wages were less than marginal revenue product.


The Ge-doped SiO2 films were fabricated by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition,and annealed at different temperatures.The effects of thermal annealing on the properties of Ge-doped SiO2 films were investigated with prism coupler,atomic force microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.It is found that for the Ge-doped SiO2 films annealed at 1 100 ℃,the change of both the positive refractive index and the negative volume increases with GeH4 flow,and the formation of Ge-O-Ge bond also increases,while for the films annealed at 900 ℃,the refractive index does not increase with GeH4 flow,and the surface roughness of the films decreases with the increase of annealing temperature.The results indicate that when too much Ge doping into SiO2 films will decrease the refractive index,but after annealed at 1 100 ℃,the refractive index of the films increases with GeH4 flow,and it is mainly due to the densification and formation of the Ge-O-Ge bond.


The Escherichia coli infecting T7 bacteriophage shares a common dsDNA packaging mechanism with other bacteriophages of the Caudovirales order, Herpesviruses and Adenoviruses. The packaging machinery comprises the portal protein and the terminase complex.
The portal protein is a channel located at a unique portal vertex that provides a conduit for DNA translocation, while the terminase complex recognizes a long concatemer of DNA, performs the nuclease catalytic activity and hydrolyses ATP. Available structural information about portal proteins describes them as oligomeric rings with an axial channel. High quality samples suitable for structural characterization of the portal protein of T7 bacteriophage were obtained and characterized. Both X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data were collected, and an initial model built on the 5.8A cryo-EM map was used to phase the crystallographic data, which allowed the building of a model of a tridecameric particle at 2.8A resolution. The T7 portal particle is 170A tall and 110A wide toroidal protein with a central channel that ranges from 23A to 95A in diameter.
Four domains have been identified in the structure: the wing, the stem, the clip and the crown. The ?10-tunnel loop valve is proposed to play an important functional role. During packaging, it may adapt while DNA is translocated and rotated, and once the genome has been packed the side chain of tunnel loop residue Arg368 may be able to seal the channel and stabilize the DNA inside the capsid before tail assembly.
Interestingly, these mechanisms would not only imply the flexibility of a loop region, but also the kink of the longer helix of the portal structure, ?10.
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The effecs of the tensile rate, bending speed and notched residual breadth of the sample on the mechanical properties, such as tensile, bending and impact strength, of HDPE, HDPE/elastomer and HDPE/E-TMB at 23℃ were studied. The results indicated the effects of the studied test conditions on the mechanical properties of the materials were different, in which the effec of the tensile rate on tensile yield stress and elastic modulus was smaller, but that on elongation at break was great, the effect of bending speed on bending modulus and bending strength was great; the effect of tensile rate on elongation at break was the greatest for HDPE/elastomer, and the smallest for HDPE/E-TMB, the effect of bending speed on bending modulus and bending strength was the greatest for HDPE/E-TMB, and the smallest for HDPE/elastomer; the change of the properties was not uniform with the augmentation of external force speed, different materials and different properties had respective sensitive section; the effect of notched residual breadth of sample on notched Izod impact strength of HDPE/E-TMB was great; the notched residual breadth from 7.8mm to 8.0mm was a sensitive section, the effect of notched residual breadth of sample on notched Izod impact strength of HDPE and HDPE/elastomer was small.


One of the most important issues for power suppliers in the deregulated electric industry is how to bid into the electricity auction market to satisfy their profit-maximizing goals. Based on the Q-Learning algorithm, this paper presents a novel supplier bidding strategy to maximize supplier's profit in a long term. A perfectly competitive day-ahead electricity auction market, where no supplier possess the market power and all suppliers winning the market are paid on their own bids, is assumed here. The dynamics and the incomplete information of the market are emphasized. The impact of suppliers' strategic biddings on the market price is analyzed. Agent-based simulations are presented in this paper. The simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed bidding strategy.


The performance characteristics of a fas t responding electric hygromete r of high sen it ivity are presented in some detail. The hygrom eter is made by evaporat ing, under vacuum, potassium m etaph osphate t o obtain a thin film of material (3 microinches thick) on a specially treated glass blank. The logarithm of the r es istance is approximately linear with relative humidity at constant t emperature. The resistan ces vary from 4x10' t o 1013 ohms. For the temperature range of 40 0 t o + 40 0 C, a group of nearly para llel calibration curves is obtained. The manufacturing process is s ufficiently well controlled so tha t hygromete r elements, made in different batches, closely conform t o a m ean calibration curve. The average hysteresis for the hygrometer element over the t emperature range 0 0 to 40 0 C is 2.7 percent relati ve humidity. The polari zation effect for reversed direct current loading (1 minute cycles) is of t he order of 0.3 percent relative humidity at the end of two hours; it is 1.4 to 2.2 percent for in te rmi t tent direct current loading (15 seconds on, 45 seconds off) ; and it is 3.7 to 6.8 perce nt for co ntinuous direct current loading. Elements aged by humidi ty cyclin g appear to be less subj ect t o polarization. F ollowing a discrete chan ge in r elati ve humidity, t he average response time of the clement for a 63 perce nt change in indica tion a t 20 0 C, wi th a n a ir veloc ity of 800 feet per minute para llel to t he long edge of t he element, is 1.9 seconds for a relat ive humidity cha nge from 41. 1 t o 82.3 percent (with respect to water) ; it is 3.4 seco nds for t he sam e relat ive humid ity change in the reverse directi on. Times for 90 percen t change in indi cation a re 5.0 a nd 16.4 seco nds, res pecti vely . At room temperature, t he a verage response time, for a 63 perce nt chan ge in indication, with a veloc ity of 768 feet per minu te, is 0.10 seco nd for a discret e change in rela tive humidity from 33 to 80 percent, and 0.42 second for the same chan ge in the reverse directi on. Cor responding t imes for 90 percent change arc 0.74 a nd 11.2 econds. In comparison wi t h lithium chloride elements currently produced for radiosonde usc, t he response t ime of t he elem ent was found to be less by a t least an order of magnitude.


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We have built an ac microcalorimeter which uses a diode laser as the heater. The absence of a contact heater reduces the total addendum. This method has several advantages over the typical quartz lamp and mechanical chopper wheel configuration. The laser is modulated by a lock-in amplifier which provides a wider choice of operating frequencies, typically from 0.2 to 50 Hz. The microcalorimeter has been used from near room temperature to 5 K. Single-crystal samples of YBCO with a mass as small as 4 μg have been measured. The device is particularly useful in the study of whiskers and other very small samples.


PURPOSE
To describe the use of half-dose anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy in a patient with giant pigment epithelial detachments.

METHODS
Observational case report. A 76-year-old woman with neovascular age-related macular degeneration presented with massive bilateral pigment epithelial detachments measuring over 1000 μm in height. Her right eye was treated with standard-dose aflibercept, which led to two large retinal pigment epithelium tears. Treatment of the left eye with half-dose aflibercept led to complete resolution of the detachment without tear formation.

RESULTS
Half-dose anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy resulted in resolution of a giant pigment epithelial detachment ∼1500 μm in maximal height and 10 mm in diameter.

CONCLUSION
Reduced-dose anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy may be considered as a treatment option for very large pigment epithelial detachments at high risk for retinal pigment epithelium tear formation.


We propose an implementation of an universal quantum cloning machine [UQCM, V. Buzek and M. Hillery, Phys. Rev. A 54, 1844 (1996)] in a cavity quantum electrodynamics experiment. This UQCM acts on the electronic states of atoms that interact with the electromagnetic field of a high-$Q$ cavity. We discuss here the specific case of the $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{1}2$ cloning process using either a one- or a two-cavity configuration.


Oxytricha sha sp. nov. (Figs. 1-4) The morphology and ciliature of Oxytheha shii sp. nov. from Maoershan Town in Hei longjiang Province are described by using a modified protargol silver staining method. The characteristics of the new species aYe as follows.The character feature in the new species is the 8-9 dorsal kineties, which consists of two groups. Besides with the typical characters of the genus, the present species, possesses the following diagnostic characteristics: 1) the length of peristome is about one third of the body and the AZM composed of 52 mebranellesl 2) dorsal kineties are 8-9 and last 3 of them originated from anterior end of the right marginal cirral row in morphogenesis ; 3) the posterior ends of the two marginal rows do not joining each other, But just in the interval between them the 3 shorter caudal cirri are located. The systematic significance of the char acters was discussed.Type location Small point fresh water areas of Maoershan Town (45°15′N , 127°30′E), Shangzhi County, Heilongjiang Province, China.Type-specimens: Slides of holotype and paratype specimens have been deposited in Re search Laboratory on Portozoa in Harbin Normal University and Fishery College, Ocean University of Qingdao.


Ecker, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006 and a member of the PNAS Editorial Board, has spent much of the last 25 years dissecting the genetics and identifying key signaling components of the ethylene pathway in plants. He was an early advocate of and participant in sequencing the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, which gained a foothold as the plant world's model organism only in the late 1980s. He has also developed many genomic tools and resources for Arabidopsis researchers, such as chips to identify all the transcripts in the genome and a collection of Arabidopsis plants carrying mutations for almost every gene, which have revolutionized plant biology. In his Inaugural Article in a recent issue of PNAS (1), Ecker and his colleagues describe the role of a member of the ethylene pathway.


Abstract Students' knowledge and skills enhancement is impacted by many factors. Among those is instructor's emotional and social intelligence competence (ESIC). However, few studies focus on this crucial instructor competence. In this paper, I reviewed and summarized the literature on the factors that support or promote emotional and social intelligence competencies. Subsequently, I applied the identified literature to discuss the strategies or techniques that teachers or corporate trainers may use to effectively develop competency or talent in educational and corporate settings. The findings suggest emotional intelligence and social intelligence competence has many facets, numerous factors play a role in instruction, students feel connected with instructors if they receive support and encouragement from instructors, and instructors' ESIC contributes toward effective instruction. Finally, I discuss strategies, based on instructors' ESIC, which instructors can be used to enhance instruction delivery and learning outcomes.


We study, in Caratheodoryassumptions, existence, continuation and continuous dependence of extremal solutions for an abstract and rather general class of hereditary differential equations. By some examples we prove that, unlike the nonfunctional case, solved Cauchy problems for hereditary differential equations may not have local extremal solutions.


In this paper, the author presents a complete filmography of the portrayal of Ancient Greece in cinema including movies filmed from 1894 to the present. At the end of this compilation, there is an updated bibliography which would be very useful for studying mythology, literature, history and classical culture through film.


Highlight: At a mountain rangeland site in southeastern Idaho, a mixture of five grasses was drilled at 10 and 2.5 lb facre at six seasons each year for 4 years. The 2.5lb rate produced significantly more seedlings than the I O-lb rate, but 10 lb was slightly more efficient in producing seedlings. Seedling survival was best from seeding in June, followed closely by July 1 and then November 1, October 1, September 1, and August 1. As an average of both seeding rates, per 100 seeds of the mixture planted in June, 12 plants emerged, five were alive at the end of 1 year, and two at the end of 3 years. At each planting time, intermediate wheatgrass seed was placed between nylon strips in the soil to determine the fate of the seeds. For 100 seeds of intermediate wheatgrass in nylon strips in June, 84 germinated, 30 plants emerged, and 12 were alive at the end of 1 year.


ABSTRACT A new concept of stability of materials is introduced by defining the optimum hot forming temperature for any given strain rate. This temperature is obtained through forming maps that are based on Lyapunov concepts and the introduction of a Garofalo equation in the Lyapunov criterion. This new approach is applied to a magnesium alloy AZ61. Torsion tests were carried out in the temperature range 574–734 K and strain rate range 0.7–8.7 s−1 and the microstructures were determined using optical microscopy. Using the peak stress, optimum workability at 630 K is obtained at 12 s−1. The results and the maps are compared with data and maps of other authors for AZ61 alloys in various states.


In this paper, a piezoelectric energy harvesting device with bistable non-linear vibration combined with a switching-type interface (SSHI) are compared to the traditional linear technique. The voltage switching techniques are used to increase the output power of energy harvesting devices for low-coupled structures. However, these devices are efficient only at the resonance. The bistable non-linear technique can broaden the available bandwidth. We used the power flow and work-cycles to simplify the analysis of the non-linear vibration with switching techniques. Numerical simulations of the equivalent circuit of bistable device are shown. Finally, experimental results presented for the SSHI circuit combined with the bistable technique show more energy can be harvested and larger bandwith.


The book follows five 'circles' around the painting (consciously evoking the circle of thorns held behind Christ's head). Each circle looks in turn at the subtexts of the painting, explored by Bosch: (1) politics What is the interplay between religion and power, and what assumptions do we make about their relationship today? (2) science, or elements What is the proper relationship of science and religion in our own day? Is Dawkins the last word on the matter, or does Bosch give us a way of expressing, with renewed confidence, a religious understanding of science? (3) temperaments What challenge does Bosch's painting pose to our personality, and to our modern understanding of human psychology? (4) devotions What was the spiritual atmosphere of Bosch's day, and how does it relate to our own? (5) the final circle, Quiddity, centres on the still subject of the painting: Christ himself. It asks what meaning we can find in the Incarnation and Passion today, and shows how we can transform our understanding of trust and time and their implications for proclaiming the Gospel. The book is not a work of art history, although its art historical conclusions are sound. It draws on writers and artists from Thomas a Kempis to Terry Pratchett, and from St Bonaventure to Bob Dylan and Brian Eno to show how a painting "500 years old but passionately modern" can transform our understanding of what it means to be fully human.


The fundamental of equity,which is one of the significant fundamentals in compensation management,has been neglected in the practice of compensation design.The paper emphasize the significance of the fundamental of equity in compensation management,probe into the connotation of equity on the base of study of the relations among compensation strategies,compensation design and equity.It also provides approaches to implement the fundamental of equity.


In the above titled paper (ibid., vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 211-216), there is a typographical error in the decoding complexity expression for the binary coded (reference) perpendicular magnetic recording channel (PMRC). The correct expression is presented here, along with additional comments.


Enantioselective addition of various aryllithium reagents to aromatic imines was catalyzed (20 mol-%) by readily accessible 1,2-diamines to afford a wide range of protected diarylmethylamines in up to 94 % enantiomeric excess. Furthermore, the absolute configuration of these arylation products was determined by using X-ray crystallography.


How does the law construct consent? This Article explores this question in the context of Supreme Court decisions regarding third-party consent to searches of dwellings. Using textual analysis, a method rarely used in Fourth Amendment law, this Article argues that the Supreme Court employs an a-contextual and gender-blind analysis of consent that is insensitive to power dynamics. Using the feminist scholarship on consent, this Article critiques the notion of consent as developed by the Supreme Court. At the same time it rejects the feminist redefinition of consent as vague and unclear.This Article proposes that the third-party consent to search doctrine involves a triangular relation between the police officer, the consenting third-party, and the suspect. Accordingly, this Article explores each edge of the triangle. This triangular relation analysis shows that the problematic notion of consent is more acute in third-party consent cases than in other consensual search cases. Thus, this Article proposes the abolition of the third-party consent to search doctrine.


The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a motor vehicle door closure with a locking mechanism comprising at least a rotary latch and / or a pawl, wherein the rotary catch and / or the locking blade of at least two stacked blades are formed by stamped packetization. The two stacked slats are each individually made of different materials and have elevations and / or recesses. Publish the single figure.


Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) diagnosis is based on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytological analysis and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); however, low sensitivity was evidenced in some cases delaying prompt and adequate treatments. Brain 18 Ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ( 18 F-FDG PET) was also employed in doubtful cases. We retrospectively described 4 suspected LC cases with uncertain or undetectable MRI and initially negative CSF cytology. Whole-body (WB) and brain 18 F-FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) were used, the latter showing intracranial tracer uptakes suspected for LC in 3/4 cases. In 2 of these 3 cases, WB scan also evidenced spinal cord lesion and pulmonary tumor, respectively, while both procedures were true negative in the fourth case. CSF cytology became positive after repeated exams in the 3 PET/CT-positive cases. In 1 of these 3 patients, it was also confirmed at MRI, while it stayed negative in the Case Rep Neurol 2018;10:45–53 DOI: 10.1159/000486710 © 2018 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel www.karger.com/crn Nuvoli et al.: Intracranial Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis: A Diagnostic Study with 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography 46 remaining PET/CT-negative case with uncertain MRI. 18 F-FDG PET/CT could be a useful supportive diagnostic tool in doubtful intracranial and spinal LC. © 2018 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel


We report a combined experimental and computational study on exfoliated montmorillonite (ex-MMT) nanoplatelet supported palladium catalysts. The experimental results revealed that the Pd/ex-MMT catalysts were more stable than Pd/C catalysts in an acidic environment. The results from the density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that the O atoms from the AlO6 octahedra in ex-MMT act as anchoring sites for Pd nanoparticles (NPs) that are strongly bound to the ex-MMT support. The partial density of state calculations indicated that the Pd-d states and the O(AlO6)-p states have similar energy. Therefore, it is very easy for electrons to transfer between these states and to form Pd–O(AlO6) bonds. In addition, the defective or destroyed SiO4 tetrahedra can be restructured directly by the O atoms from O2 molecules or indirectly by the intermediates from the reduction of O2. The DFT calculations also revealed that the defects in the ex-MMT supports provide anchor sites for the Pd catalysts to tightly ...


Roads are more frequently fragmenting natural habitats increasing the likelihood of collisions between wildlife and vehicles. The Canada Species at Risk Act (2002) lists species that are threatened with regional extinction, and roads have been identified as a significant threat for many of these wildlife species in Ontario, e.g. turtles. In response to negative road impacts on wildlife, we developed a GIS modeling tool that predicts high-risk road mortality locations for selected wetland-forest herpetofaunal species that are representative of the landscape. We obtained a habitat suitability index (sum of weighted habitat scores) within a 12.6 hectare buffer surrounding each 15 x 15 m pixel of road in the landscape. Validation of the final model with dead and alive on-road herpetofaunal data showed animals were more at risk of road mortality when roads bisected large areas of wetland-forest habitat. The tool has been effective to promote proactive mitigation planning within government transportation agencies at the municipal and provincial level. Future work will develop species-specific models that identify road mortality locations along roads that re-connect habitat from a local and metapopulation perspective. In addition, the models will be used to prioritize locations along roads for effective mitigation solutions, e.g. turtle crossing signs and wildlife crossing structures.


Administrators rely on management information systems when making important decisions. The management information system may not contain all the da1a elements necessary to make informed decisions. When the management information system does not contain the necessary data, research projects are conducted to complement existing data. These research projects can be labor intensive and time consuming. Combining Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) technology with SAS can expedite the process. OMR technology is the scanning of forms with darkening dots. OMR technology enables researchers to customize the information gathering forms, develop multi-page booklets. and program the scanner to recognize obvious errors. OMR and SAS can provide more accurate data without keypunching and with minimal time devoted to database creation. Automating database creation and expediting data collection can provide more accurate data with less labor.


According to a common misperception, the U.S. represents anadvanced service economy, France a classic industrial economy. In reality, both arc service economies : both nations for example run merchandise deficits and service surpluses. More alike than is generally thought, both France and the U.S. experienced basic structural economic changes which devastated their traditional « smoke-stack » industries.


The sustainability of an industrial region is rooted in the sustainability of the production process itself. Industrial production is strictly focused on the product, which plays a crucial role in production structure. The instability of production is associated with the delta-result, which should be the subject of scientific research. The delta rule is the difference between the result and the product. It categorically grasps the source of instability of the region's production and industrial development as a whole. The interaction of material production and science, as an ideal production, provides the most optimal conditions for managing the complete result of an industrial region's life activity. The article presents the rationale for using the delta-result assessment methodology in the analysis of sustainable development of the region, including the processes of goal-setting and sustainable development. The work results can be used to improve the efficiency of management of both industrial enterprises and institutions carrying out sectoral or territorial regulation.


A sensor to determine TOC is described. It is based on the photoassisted degradation of organic compounds concurring to TOC and on the determination of the resultant CO2. The sensor was successfully tested on target molecules, demonstrating that the linear correlation constant between TOC values and produced CO2 varies according to the considered compound so that absolute value determination is not possible in largely heterogeneous solutions but can only be referred to reference compounds on the TOC scale.


An on-chip, low-jitter clock technology is essential for future multi-GHz digital electronics. In this article, we describe an on-chip clock technology for superconducting rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) circuits built around an unshunted long Josephson junction (LJJ) oscillator that acts as a master clock source. The clock technology also includes clock frequency divider and selector circuits as well as a clock distribution network. These LJJ oscillators, implemented in linear and annular geometries using 3 μm Nb technology, have quality factors of 106. This clock technology potentially has widespread use in 10–100 GHz superconducting digital circuits and systems, including analog-to-digital converters, time-to-digital converters, correlators, and processors for ultrahigh performance computers.


This flow-chart demonstrates the step-by-step process of predictive analysis for law students. It starts with a Thesis Section providing the big picture, includes "givens" or assumptions of any large-scale rules that apply and provides a roadmap of disputed issues on the large-scale rules. From there it moves to the individual issues and conclusions; mini-thesis, individual rule development; application, analysis and counter-analysis leading to the large scale conclusion.This flow-chart will be presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute (Palm Desert, CA) on June 1, 2012.


S. S., a forty-one-year-old male machinist, had intermittent. dull pain in the left hip in the summer of I 95 1 . Initial noentgenograms revealed narrowing of the hip joint space only. At open biopsy a moderately thickened synovium was observed. Histological examination showed chronic synovitis. The specimen of bone from a femoral head biopsy was reported as normal. Cultures ofsynovial fluid grew no bacteria. The patient continued to have intermittent pain and was first seen at the University of Chicago in January 1953. Diagnosis of degenerative arthritis of the left hip was established (Fig. I). He was advised to lose weight and received two intra-articular injections of 30 milligrams of hydrocortisone. In May 1961 the patient was seen again because of the recurrence of pain. Injections of hydrocortisone gave him no relief. Roentgenograms showed further narrowing of the joint space. osteophyte formation, sclerosis, and cystic lesions of the femoral head and peniacetabular bone (Fig. 2). Roentgenograms of the chest showed no abnormalities. In February 1963 a subtrochantenic displacement osteotomy was performed and fragments were fixed with a Bosworth splint. The postoperative course was uneventful. The osteotomy site was healed clinically and roentgenographically in four months, and full weightbearing was allowed. The patient had episodes of severe hip pain early in 1965. The range of motion of the hip joint decreased considerably. Flexion was 20 to 45 degrees, with little or no motion in other directions. Roentgenograms of the left hip disclosed further narrowing of the joint space. with sclerosis and cystic lesions ofthe bone (Fig. 3). The patient was readmitted in September 1965 for anthrodesis of the left hip. Ten days postoperatively copious amounts of thin pus began to drain from the incision site. The initial culture grew no bacteria, but subsequent cultures grew Pseudotnonas aeruginosa, Paracolon intermedium and beta hemolytic streptococci-group A. Tetracycline and Vicillin were given for about three weeks and the drainage gradually subsided. Initially. a temperature elevation to 38.8 degrees centigrade was observed for three days. The white cell count was elevated to 17,000 with a shift to the left. The sedimentation rate (Westergren) was sixty millimeters per hour. The patient remained in the hospital for one month and then was discharged. He was readmitted in November 1965 following renewed drainage from the left hip. A d#{233}bnidement of infected bone was done and the metal fixation pins were removed. Cultures obtained at surgery grew Coccidioides immitis. On close questioning, the patient remembered that he had traveled by car through the San Joaquin Valley in California in 1946. However, he said he did not have any symptoms of influenza orjoint pain before 1951. * Sponsored in part by a grant from the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute. t Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cook County Hospital. 1 825 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612. :1: Department of Pathology, University of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois.


The spin-exchange-relaxation-free atomic magnetometer (SERF-AM) is a promising new technology that can replace superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) for many applications. However, the characteristic of the SERF-AM that the alkali atom vapor must be in a near-zero magnetic field is a huge obstacle to the applications in an unshielded environment. A real-time magnetic field compensation method can replace the shielding device to allow the SERF-AM to operate in the unshielded environment. For this, the current source that drives the compensation coil should have a high dynamic range at least 120 dB, ultralow-noise below 1 nA/Hz<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\mathrm {1/2}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/A, and bipolar output capability. In this work, we propose a programmable current source with two digital-to-analog converters (DACs), which achieves a high current resolution of 4 nA with a maximum output current of ±202 mA and a fast response within a range of 4 mA. A parallel structure of two-stage current sources is applied to improve the loop stability of the system and a noise level of 28.3 pA/Hz<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\mathrm {1/2}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>@10 Hz was achieved with an output current of 150 mA.


NFC tag can be employed for automation of identific ation of patient and doctors in hospital using smart phones and tablet computers that use the Andr oid platform NFC can be used to explore new ways of real time hospital workflows and data processing in the medical world. Using NFC technology, physicians can e sily view recent ward round results and update informati on without manually paper works. This application s hows how NFC act as unique ID and how mobile devices can be connected to backend services to store and retr iev information. Using this application patient can be assigned another doctor in case of emergency. Remot e access to patient data can be achieved from anywhere.


Online social networks are popularized with people to connect friends, share resources etc. Meanwhile, the online social networks always suffer the problem of privacy exposure. The existing methods to prevent exposure are to enforce access control provided by the social network providers or social network users. However, those enforcements are impractical since one of essential goal of social network application is to share updates freely and instantly. To better the security and availability in social network applications, a novel random walking based access control of social network is proposed in this paper. Unlike using explicit attribute based match in the existing schemes, the results from random walking are employed to securely compute L1 distance between two social network users in the presented scheme, which not only avoids the leakage of private attributes, but also enables each social network user to define access control policy independently. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme can facilitate the access control for online social network.


Self-handicapping, the claiming or creating of obstacles prior to one's performance in order to influence others' (or one's own) impressions has received increasing attention from scholars because of its paradoxical nature. On the one hand, self-handicapping theoretically provides the self-handicapper with a self-protective benefit in the event of failure; on the other hand, self-handicapping runs the risk of harming the actor's actual performance. In the effort to better understand the cause of self-handicapping, the present research investigated the effects of feedback contingency and valence on individuals' tendencies to engage in self-handicapping. It was hypothesized that individuals would be more likely to self-handicap when they experienced non-contingent as opposed to contingent feedback and that this effect would be stronger in the case of failure as opposed to success feedback. Four experiments were conducted, of which two were conducted in the lab and two were conducted on-line via Amazon's Mec...


Federated learning (FL) has been considered as an efficient yet privacy-preserving approach for enabling the distributed learning. There have been many studies investigating the applications of FL in different scenarios, e.g., Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, and UAV systems. However, due to delivering the trained model via wireless links, FL may suffer from a potential issue, i.e., some malicious users may intentionally overhear the trained model delivered through the wireless links. In this paper, we investigate the energy optimization for nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) assisted with secrecy provisioning. Specifically, we consider that the wireless devices (WDs) adopt NOMA to deliver their respectively trained local models to a base station (BS) which serves a parameter-server, and there exists a malicious node that overhears the parameter-server when delivering the aggregated global model to all WDs. We adopt the physical layer security to quantify the secrecy throughput under the eavesdropping attack and formulate an optimization problem to minimize the overall energy consumption of all the WDs in FL, by jointly optimizing the uplink time, the downlink time, the local model accuracy, and the uplink decoding order of NOMA. In spite of the non-convexity of this joint optimization problem, we propose an efficient algorithm, which is based on the theory of monotonic optimization, for finding the solution. Numerical results show that our proposed algorithm can achieve the almost same solutions as the LINGO's global-solver while reducing more than 90% computation-time than LINGO. Moreover, the results also show that our proposed NOMA decoding scheme can outperform some heuristic decoding schemes.


The main propose of this approach is to evaluate the efficiency of Tc-Ciprofloxacin (Infecton) imaging to detect infection sites induced in foot's rat by staphylococcus aureus susceptible to ciprofloxacin in comparison with S aureus resistant to drug. S aureus bacteria have been isolated from the patients admitted in Imam Khomeini hospital Ahvaz Khuzestan Iran. According to the table of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) the sensitivity or resistant of bacteria to ciprofloxacin was determined. Susceptible or resistant bacteria to ciprofloxacin selected and separated. A total number of forty six adult, Male NMRI rats were chosen. The animals were divided into two groups. Infection lesion in foot's rat was induced by S aureus susceptible or resistant to ciprofloxacin respectively. The 37 MBq (1 mCi) Tc-Infecton administrated intravenously to each animal. Qualitative and quantitative studies have been performed. Infection sites induced by S aureus susceptible to quinolone could be observed and visualized by Tc-Infecton scintigraphy imaging. Qualitative and quantitative assessment indicated that radiotracer has not accumulated at the infection foci induced by S aureus resistant to ciprofloxacin antibiotic agent. Outcome of our assessment indicated that TcCiproflixacin scintigraphy imaging study does not have any value to detect infection, if the bacteria involve in pathogenesis of induced infection lesions are resistant to ciprofloxacin. This study could demonstrate successfully that Tc-Ciproflixacin scintigraphy imaging study can be suggested as an alternative method for investigation of sensitivity or resistant S aureus to ciprofloxacin antibiotic in clinical practice.


The crystal structure of Ta6S has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with unit-cell dimensions a = 14.16, b = 5"284, c= 14.79/~ and fl= 118.01 °. The unit cell contains eight formula units. Refinement of the structure with three-dimensional data was performed by a least-squares treatment of the positional parameters and the isotropic temperature factor coefficients. The metal grouping in the Ta6S structure is unlike that in other known metal-rich chalconide structures with the exception of TazS, to which it is closely related. The structure can be viewed as chains of body-centered pentagonal antiprisms of Ta atoms sharing faces in one direction and interconnected via sulfur atoms in the other two directions. The sulfur atoms are coordinated by seven tantalum atoms, six of which are arranged in distorted trigonal prisms. The seventh coordinated tantalum atom occurs off a rectangular face of the trigonal prism, a very common coordination configuration for sulfur and phosphorus in metal-rich compounds.


Abstract This article presents the perception of human resource (HR) top managers at strategic level in Brazilian corporations regarding labor union activity. It is a quantitative study about the perception of 354 experienced HR top managers on the unionization of employees, influence of the union on the organization, recognition of the union for labor negotiations and the existence of an advisory committee (workers' council) within organizations. The theoretical approach addresses both the fields of study on HR and Industrial Relations (IR). The research shows low unionization and management perceptions that unions have little influence on organizations. On the other hand, the HR managers recognize the union influence for collective bargaining purposes and for defining general terms of employment. These contradictions are related to the fact that collective bargaining is mandatory in Brazilian legislation. In general terms of employment, Brazilian legislation is too rigid, prescriptive and detailed. This strong state of regulation reserves to the union an automatic participation in the negotiation process with employers, although this trade union action is somehow inefficient. In this scenario, the perception of HR managers of a relative union influence, although inefficient, is an expected consequence.


A printed circuit board having a generally box-like carrier plate with a top side and an underside. The board has at least first and second conductor track plane separated by a first distance and an electrical circuit which occupies at least one section of the carrier plate. The section contains a screen for protecting the circuit from electromagnetic interference. The screen has a first screening conductor track which is arranged on the first conductor track plane and surrounds the section, and a second screening conductor track which is arranged on the second conductor track plane and also surrounds the section. The first and second screening conductor tracks are congruent at least in a circumferential region which surrounds the circuit. The screen has, in the circumferential region, a plurality of plated-through holes which penetrate the carrier plate and connect the first and second screening conductor tracks.


Fuel cell system (660) includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (114), a fuel cell body including a fuel electrode arranged on the solid polymer electrolyte membrane (114) (102) and the oxidant electrode (108) ( 100), a fuel storage portion for storing the liquid fuel (124) and (664), having a proton conductivity, a polymer film provided on the fuel storage part (664) (665), the polymer membrane (665 based on the change in the proton conductivity of the) fuel storage part (664) density detector for detecting the alcohol concentration of the liquid fuel (124) in (the first electrode terminal (666), a second electrode terminal (667) ), and a density measuring section (670).


There must now be many people around the world who are alive and well thanks to medical information gleaned from the Internet. Especially with rare conditions, such information has facilitated the recognition of patterns of symptoms whose significance was not apparent even to the patients' own doctors.


The acting chief executive of North Staffordshire hospital, who released signed patient consent forms to a reporter when the hospital was embroiled in a controversy over the trial of a new ventilation system for premature babies, was cleared of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council last week.

Keith Prowse, the hospital's medical director, was standing in as chief executive in 1997 when the row blew up over the continuous negative extrathoracic pressure system. Debbie Henshall, the mother of two premature babies who took part in the trial, claimed her signature had been forged on consent forms.

Continuous negative extrathoracic pressure hit the headlines when it …


Objective To observe and evaluate the efficacy and safety of palonosetron hydrochloride in the prevention of nausea and vomiting after abdominal operation.Methods Fifty patients receiving intravenous analgesia for abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to receive slow intravenous injection with either 0.25mg palonosetron hydrochloride(group P,n=25) or 5mg tropisetron(group T,n=25) 30minutes before the end of operation.Visual analogue scale(VAS) scores,degree of nausea and vomiting and incidence of adverse reactions(abdominal distention,headache,etc.) were recorded.The effective control rates of nausea and vomiting were calculated.Results There were no significant differences in VAS score between the two groups 24and 48hours after operation(P0.05).The effective control rates of nausea and vomiting were,respectively,84.0%and 88.0%in group P,and 76.0%and 80.0%in group T 24hours after operation.No significant differences were found between the two groups(P0.05).Compared with group T,the effective control rates of nausea and vomiting significantly increased in group P 48hours after operation(92.0% vs 64.0% and 92.0% vs 60.0%,respectively;P 0.05).Mild headache occurred in 2patients(8%) in group P and in 1patient(4%) in group T.The difference in the incidence of adverse reactions was not significant between the two groups (P0.05).Conclusion The preventive effect of palonosetron hydrochloride on nausea and vomiting induced by intravenous analgesia is equal to that of tropisetron within 24hours after operation.However,palonosetron hydrochloride is superior to tropisetron for preventing nausea and vomiting 48hours after operation.


Abstract In the present work, a label immunoquantification procedure was developed in order to determine the number of markers introduced into DNA. A non‐enzymatic, in vitro labeling method for introducing the p‐bromobenzoyl radical (label), through transamination and acylation reactions of the cytidine nucleotides in calf thymus DNA, was carried out. Three spacer arms with different lengths were used for separating the label from the nucleotide and three labeled DNA were obtained. Anti‐p‐bromobenzoyl chicken IgY polyclonal antibodies were obtained. The antibodies detected the label, into three‐labeled DNA, with different sensitivities, in relation to spacer arm length used. About 3–11 labels per 4 × 106 bases into thermally denatured DNA were immunoquantified.


In an attempt to obtain information as to how more minority students can be recruited into college deaf education training programs, a questionnaire was randomly sent to programs for the hearing impaired employing more than 100 staff. Data from a variety of black respondents (57%) resulted in suggestions and comments that can be useful in encouraging minority recruitment.


In this paper we introduce continuous $g$-Bessel multipliers in Hilbert spaces and investigate some of their properties. We provide some conditions under which a continuous $g$-Bessel multiplier is a compact operator. Also, we show the continuous dependency of continuous $g$-Bessel multipliers on their parameters.


Copy of the 44th issue of the 44th volume of Missileer. Included are articles about celebrating Veteran's Day, World War One, spacecraft launching programs, action being taken on Air Force Space Command's credit card abuse, identity theft, the Red Cross sending care packages to soldiers, and the WASP and a recent visit to fly on the HC-130 orientation flight.


This paper proposes a model for manufacturing systems, which is based on Petri net formalism. It relies on the bottom-up and modular approaches to synthesis and analysis. The designer may define elementary tasks and then connect them with one another with three kinds of connections. A theoretical framework is established for the analysis of the liveness and reversibility properties. The boundedness one can be trivially verified. The analysis is based on the modular decomposition of the net. This framework allows a guided synthesis and diagnosis in the design stage, while giving the designer more freedom than other similar approach proposed in the literature. The model here illustrated proved to be wide enough to encompass other known similar models. This work is an extension of preceding works, related to a research commenced a few years ago.<<ETX>>


This paper outlines the method for estimating Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emissions from wood handling and storage operations at a pulp mill. Fugitive particulate matter emissions from wood handling and storage operations are due to material load/dropout operations, wind erosion from storage piles and vehicular traffic on paved roads. The particulate matter emissions are a function of a number of variables like windspeed, surface moisture content, material silt content, and number of days of precipitation. Literature review attributes VOC emissions to biological, microbiological, chemical, and physical processes occurring in wood material storage pile. The VOC emissions are from the surface of these piles and the VOC released during retrieval of chips from the pile. VOC emissions are based on the chip throughput, number of turnovers, moisture content and surface area of the pile. The emission factors with the requisite calculation methodology to be utilized for quantifying VOC emissions from chip piles has been discussed in this paper.


The purpose of this study is to measure Age of air and Local Air-change Effectiveness which are used to analyze the local ventilation effectiveness of multiple locations. Prior studies for Local Air-change Effectiveness are limited in CFD methods. In this study, the measurement method to analyze the local ventilation effectiveness will be described. In this paper, the concept of Age-of-air and Local Air-change Effectiveness will be addressed and the results of Local Air-change Effectiveness by measurement will be suggested.


The cereal crops in India has responded very well to the application of major nutrients. The works attempted on the fertilisation of ragi, which occupies 2.35 million hectares in India including 0 32 million hectares in Tamil Nadu, are very few. Positive responses for N on rogi had been recorded by Ranganathan (1962), and Kolandaiswamy (1964), upto 100 kg N/ha. Govindarajan and Venkat Rao (1952) and Raniperumal et al (1969) had observed P to increase grain yield of ragi. The interaction effects of N with P and K, especially at higher levels, had been attempted by very few on ragi. To augment the meagre agronomic data that are already available and to exploit the full potentiality of the strain CO7, rogi, the present study was taken up.


According to fast increasing of the area of impermeable regions, the change in rainwater runoff patterns in cities has increased sharply. Therefore, the risk of urban flooding has increased, a distortion of the water cycle has occurred, and the heat island effect becomes serious. A green roof is an appropriate tool for supplying a green area and for managing rainwater to reduce rainwater runoff. However, the reduction in rainwater runoff from green roofs has been reported based on small-scale experiments or simulation studies. Therefore, a study is needed based on a real life scale under various rainfall conditions. In this work, we measured the reduction of rainwater runoff on a green roof that was constructed at a university. The ratio between the measured runoff and the calculated runoff was about 0.9 for a concrete rooftop. In contrast, the ratio for the green roof was 0.35–0.45. The rainwater runoff from the green roof was 38~50% of the runoff from a concrete roof. Moreover, a retardation in the runoff peak flow was also observed for the green roof. This effect was also observed using rainwater storage tanks to reduce the rainwater runoff. Therefore, green roofs are considered to be an alternative to rainwater storage tanks in places where there are spatial limitations in a city. Future research into maximizing the reduction in runoff and on the runoff water quality for rainwater usage is required.


Under what might be one of the most well‐known new consumer protection activities in the USA, people can register their phone numbers with the "Do‐not‐call" registry that assures to block most commercial telemarketing calls. While it is hard to find a member of the general public who is opposed to the program, the telemarketing companies claim that it would cause a massive loss of jobs and some legal scholars assert that it violates provisions of the US Constitution. However, the regulation could actually improve telemarketing practice and the general efficiency of the business, making it more profitable.


The discovery of a sizeable asymmetry in the ū and d distributions in the proton was one of the more consequential experimental findings in hadron physics last century. Although widely believed to be related to the fundamental role of chiral symmetry in QCD, a definitive verification of this hypothesis has remained elusive. We propose a novel test of the role of chiral symmetry in generating the sea flavor asymmetry by comparing the d-ū content in the proton with that in the Δ+ baryon, where a significant enhancement is expected around the opening of the Nπ decay channel. Recent developments in lattice QCD suggest a promising way to test this prediction in the near future.


The thought of Rabbi Elia Hayyim ben Binyamin of Genazzano concerning the question of the transmigration of souls provides an interesting glimpse into the ratio-mystical kabbalah of the Italian Renaissance and the question of the place of philosophy and other forms of "alien" knowledge in relation to the 'received' secret traditions of the Jews. For Genazzano, two valid lines of transmission stand open for the reception of the truth claim of the doctrine of gilgul. The first is philosophically bent, stemming from the ruminations of the patriarch Abraham and leading into the philosophies of the nations of the world, while the second is based on the reception of the direct command of God himself and manifests itself in its true form in kabbalistic books such as the Midrash Ruth, Recanati's writings, and Genazzano's own Iggeret Hamudot.Keywords: Elia Hayyim ben Binyamin of Genazzano; gilgul; Italian Renaissance; Jewish mystical tradition; kabbalists; Metempsychosis; Midrash Ruth; philosophical thought; Prisca theologia


Abstract : At present there are a variety of computer modeling tools designed to assist the military analyst. However, these models are cumbersome to use and require a high degree of operator expertise, significant investment in input parameter preparation and skilled analysts to interpret the results. Furthermore, the models do not allow the addition of novel threats, and they do not consider changes in performance or capabilities resulting from changes in technology. Also, these models are not structured to consider risk, cost and time to field for any anticipated changes in the input parameters. In essence, they are not structured to answer resource allocation questions. To both resolve the equipment questions and optimize the development of the Soldier System, a Soldier System Architecture (SSA) Multicriterial decision Aid (MCDA) is being developed. The SSA will consist of two modules. The first will quantify the changes to soldier capabilities from changes in the items, equipment or technologies available to the Soldier System. The second will assist in he determination of optimal resource allocations based on trade-offs.


The widths of 284 lines in a 193 nm resist were measured by two methods and the results compared. One method was scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of cross-sections. The other was a model-based library (MBL) approach in which top-down CD-SEM line scans of structures are compared to a library of simulated line scans, each one of which corresponds to a well-defined sample structure. Feature edge shapes and locations are determined by matching measured to simulated images. This way of determining critical dimensions makes use of known physics of the interaction of the electron beam with the sample, thereby removing some of the ambiguity in sample edge positions that are assigned by more arbitrary methods. Thus far, MBL has shown promise on polycrystalline silicon samples [Villarrubia et al., Proc. SPIE 4689, pp. 304-312 (2002)]. Resist lines, though important in semiconductor manufacturing, pose a more difficult problem because resist tends to shrink and charge upon electron beam exposure. These phenomena are not well characterized, and hence are difficult to include in the models used to construct libraries. Differences between the techniques had a systematic component of 3.5 nm and a random component of about 5 nm. These differences are an upper bound on measurement errors attributable to resist properties, since they are partly attributable to other causes (e.g,. linewidth roughness).


activity during exercise with progressive hyperthermia Perceived exertion is associated with an altered brain You might find this additional info useful... physiology, especially those papers emphasizing adaptive and integrative mechanisms. It is published 12 times a publishes original papers that deal with diverse area of research in applied


In order to predict future subsidence value,by employing polynomial and Tchebyshev polynomial expression to carry out regressive analysis towards subsidence monitoring data,the Tchebyshev polynomial can obtain preferable extrapolated result.Applying feed-forward back-propagation network to carry out approximation of nonlinear function towards two different single factorial input mode,and proceeding comparison of different sampling step,experiments prove that taking point in time as network input can obtain preferable result.


previous from this Laboratory al. 1937] it was shown that the well known colour reaction given by woody tissues with sodium sulphite following chlorination was not characteristic oflignin only but could also be given by certain tannins. It was concluded that the reaction was probably specific for phenolic compounds containing the 1:2:3-trihydroxybenzene nucleus but, although such a nucleus is known to occur in the gallotannins, there is no evidence that it occurs as such in native lignin. Great interest is therefore attached to the isolation by Freudenberg [1938] of substances containing a modified 1:2:3-trihydroxybenzene nucleus such as syringic acid and also to the identification by Leger Hibbert of pyrogallol 1:3-dimethyl ether among the degradation products of lignin. It was considered that, if any of these substances could be shown to give the characteristic colour reaction with chlorine and sodium sulphite, additional proof would be forthcoming for the occurrence in native lignin of a modified trihydroxybenzene nucleus as a recurring unit for the reason that, during the delignification of hardwoods by the Cross and Bevan procedure, the coloration persists until the last traces of lignin have been re-moved. This would, of course, involve the assumption that lignin is composed for the most part of aromatic units. the publication the of


Fatigue is the most common symptom negatively affecting the quality of life of patients with cancer. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and safety of 10.6‐μm infrared laser moxibustion for cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).


We present a Sr chemostratigraphic reference section for the late middle to late Miocene (14–5 Ma) from Ocean Drilling Program site 926 on the Ceara Rise. This site combines a precise, orbitally tuned timescale with a high sedimentation rate (15 m/m.y.), continuous deposition, and excellent biostratigraphic control. The Sr isotope curve is based on measurements of cleaned, planktonic foraminifera at 100–200 kyr sample intervals and it illustrates periods of rapid change in 87Sr/86Sr alternating with periods of little change. Chemostratigraphically-defined ages for these intervals can be determined within +/−0.8 m.y. and +/−1.6 m.y. respectively. There is excellent correlation with the published curve for site 588 [Hodell and Woodruff, 1994]; however the curve for site 747 [Oslick et al., 1994] exhibits less structure, which may be due to small errors in age estimates related to slow sedimentation rates, high-latitude fauna and an interval of complicated magnetics. Late Miocene data compare favorably with data from site 758 [Farrell et al., 1995].


It is my pleasure to get the opportunity of organizing the IEEE Power, Communication and information Technology Conference (PCITC-2015) at ITER, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The topic of this conference is timely as the host country and the state of Odisha are facing severe energy crisis, environmental hazards. Further new and emerging technologies in the area of Power, communication as well as the information technology are being seriously considered by the utilities as well as the power grid corporation of India.


Zinc-plated parts are typically passivated with chromate-based solutions to reduce corrosion. Chromates, however, are a cause of environmental concern, for their toxic effects on plants and wildlife, and allergic effects on workers who come in contact with them. A molybdate-based alternative has been developed that can be used to replace chromates in a wide range of applications. The process has been tested in a project set up by the Danish Government in 1989, at the Centre of Advanced Electroplating (CAG) in Denmark. Procedures used for the alternative process are similar to those used in chromating. The corrosion protection provided by the process on zinc-plated parts is comparable to chromates. Depending on test conditions, especially pH value, the molybdate/phosphate process was found to be better than chromate at low pH values, equal to chromates in outdoor exposure tests and prohesion tests, but not as good in neutral tests, such as salt spray. This edited version of a presentation from the joint AESF/EAST Session at SUR/FIN@ '94--lndianapolis, discusses the effectiveness, cost, stability, chemistry, layer composition, and performance of this alternative process.


Using the standard Quantum Monte Carlo technique for the Hubbard model, I present here a numerical investigation of the hole propagation in a Quantum Antiferromagnet. The calculation is very well stabilized, using selected sized systems and special use of the trial wavefunction that satisfy the "close shell condition" in presence of an arbitrarily weak Zeeman magnetic field, vanishing in the thermodynamic limit. It will be shown in a forthcoming publication1 that the presence of this magnetic field does not affect thermodynamic properties for the half filled system. Then I have used the same selected sizes for the one hole ground state. I have investigated the question of vanishing or nonvanishing quasiparticle weight, in order to clarify whether the Mott insulator should behave just as conventional insulator with an upper and lower Hubbard band. By comparing the present finite size scaling with several techniques predicting a finite quasiparticle weight (see Fig.1) the data seem more consistent with a vanishing quasiparticle weight, i.e. , as recently suggested by P.W. Anderson2 the Hubbard-Mott insulator should be characterized by non-trivial excitations which cannot be interpreted in a simple quasi-particle picture. However it cannot be excluded , based only on numerical grounds, that a very small but non vanishing quasiparticle weight should survive in the thermodynamic limit.


The gate densities offered by today's silicon technology are enabling designers to put entire systems on a chip. While there are many potential benefits to using this capability, there is also an increased responsibility for the chip designer to fully address system-level concerns when architecting and implementing the silicon design. The merging of system and chip design responsibility creates a need for tools and design methods that allow the designer to fully explore the system design from the architecture level through implementation. In this paper, we discuss the elements of a system design methodology needed for successful implementation of a system-on-a-chip (SOC) design.


Author(s): Gallagher, Megan Katherine | Advisor(s): Campbell, Diane R | Abstract: With an estimated 87% of angiosperms depending on animal-mediated pollination, plant-pollinator mutualisms play a key role in maintaining ecosystems and supporting global crop production. Climate-driven changes in flowering phenology and water availability, however, may disrupt these ecologically and economically important relationships. This dissertation investigates the mechanisms through which altered water availability and flowering phenology impact pollination and plant reproductive success of Mertensia ciliata (Boraginaceae).First, I tested the hypothesis that impacts of climate on plant-pollinator interactions operate through changes in water availability, and specifically that such effects occur through alteration of floral attractants. Through a multi-year water manipulation experiment, I found that changes in water availability can impact pollinator visitation through pollinator responses to differences in floral attractants, and that the effects of water on visitation can be non-linear. Seed set, however, increased linearly with water (Chapter 1). By manipulating the onset of flowering, I tested the hypothesis that phenological shifts alter pollination and seed set through changes in the frequency and composition of pollinator visitors. I found that despite a five-fold decrease in pollinator visitation over four weeks, there was no significant difference in conspecific pollen receipt or seed set among phenology treatments. Measurements of single-visit pollinator effectiveness revealed that, on a per-visit basis, each bumblebee transferred more conspecific pollen than did a solitary bee or a fly. Thus, while the total pollinator visitation rate declined over the season, because the proportion of visits by more effective worker bumblebees increased, differences in flowering phenology had no effect on seed set (Chapter 2). Because changes in phenology and water availability are often co-occurring responses to environmental change, I hypothesized that they might have interactive effects on pollination and seed set. Through a factorial experimental manipulation, I found that changes in water interacted with differences in phenology in their effects on pollinator taxonomic composition, but their effects on pollinator visitation and seed set were additive (Chapter 3). Taken together, these results highlight the importance of determining the separate and potential interactive effects that co-occurring ecological responses to environmental change may have on pollination and plant reproductive success.


The last twenty-five years of the twentieth century was a period of extraordinary change in organizations and the economies of the developed world. This continues today. Such has been the scale and momentum of events that, for some analysts, the only comparable periods are the early part of the twentieth century in which the shift to mass production and large-scale organization was accomplished, or the industrial revolution itself a hundred years earlier. Researchers in Europe and the USA in particular have been studying change in work and organizations, but there has been little attempt to systematize and draw together the results of their work. So far, the emphasis amongst writers on organizations considering the problem of contemporary change has been on ways of conceptualizing events, rather than also considering evidence. But what has actually happened? How much of the flux of events is real change, and how much mere change in emphasis in which apparent change is overlaying organizational continuity? How far are changes in particular events and sectors connected, and is an overall understanding of complex processes possible? The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization aims to bring together, present and discuss what is currently known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. Issues of conceptualization are not neglected but, in contrast to other comparable volumes, the emphasis is firmly on what is known what and has been observed by researchers. The volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, written by leading authorities in their respective fields, giving comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations. It constitutes an invaluable overview of the accumulated understanding of research into work, occupations and organizations in recent decades. It shows that in almost every aspect of economic institutions, change has been considerable. The subject area of work, occupations and organizations is considered in four major sections of the volume: I, Work, Technology, and the Division of Labour; II, Managerial Regimes and Employee Responses; III, Occupations and Organizations; and IV, Organizations and Organized Systems. In this way the contemporary situation in work and organizations is considered extensively in its different dimensions and interconnections. The contributors have been selected for their expertise and include many leading authors in organizational analysis and substantive research. The handbook is thus an authoritative statement, and offers a valuable account of organizations at this time. Contributors to this volume - Jill Rubery, UMIST Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, Michigan State Arne Kalleberg, University of North Carolina Leslie McCall, Rutgers Colin Crouch, Warwick Business School Richard Badham, Woollongong University Rosemary Batt, Cornell David Strang, Cornell Young-Mi Kim, Cornell Gideon Kunda, Tel Aviv University Galit Ailon-Souday, Bar-Ilan University Karen Legge, Warwick Business School Alan McKinlay, St Andrews University Harry Katz, Cornell John Kelly, Birkbeck David Collinson, Lancaster University Stephen Ackroyd, Lancaster University Virginia Doellgast, Pamela Tolbert, Laurie Graham, Indiana University Stepen I. Frenkel, Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney Steve Barley, Stanford University Robert Hinnings, University of Alberta Paul Osterman, MIT Diane Burton, MIT Stephen Procter, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Mats Alvesson, Lund University Paul Thompson, University of Strathclyde Grahame Thompson, Open University Bob Hebdon, McGill University Ian Kirkpatrick, Leeds University Glenn Morgan, Warwick University William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts and INSEAD Chris Smith, Royal Holloway, London


Progress on classifying small index subfactors has revealed an almost empty landscape. In this paper we give some evidence that this desert continues up to index . There are two known quantum-group subfactors with index in this interval, and we show that these subfactors are the only way to realize the corresponding principal graphs. One of these subfactors is 1-supertransitive, and we demonstrate that it is the only 1-supertransitive subfactor with index between 5 and . Computer evidence shows that any other subfactor in this interval would need to have rank at least 38. We prove our uniqueness results by showing that there is a unique flat connection on each graph. The result on 1-supertransitive subfactors is proved by an argument using intermediate subfactors, running the "odometer" from the FusionAtlas' Mathematica package and paying careful attention to dimensions. This is the published version of arXiv:1205.2742.