This approach to human communication consists of several key elements, such as; source or pengirtim message, send a message to the recipient who will receive the message. The recipient is the person who will interpret the message. Lasswell said that a good way to explain communication is to answer the following questions: Who Says What In The Channel To Whom With What Effect? Communication; is a social process in which individuals use symbols to create and interpret meanings in their environment. Verbal communication is a form of communication which is delivered orally or written using a language. Language is defined as a set of words structured so that it becomes a sentence that has meaning. Nonverbal communication is a collection of gestures, gestures, tone of voice, attitude, etc., which allows a person to communicate without words. Communication studies make someone sensitive to various strategies that can be used in various activities. Communication functions as an instrument to achieve personal and work goals, both short-term goals and long-term goals. Short-term goals for example to get praise, foster a good impression, gain sympathy, empathy, material, economic, and political benefits, which can be achieved among others by impression management, namely verbal and nonverbal tactics, such as speaking politely , sell promises, tastes in dress, etc. which are basically to show self-identity to others.


The preform fabricated with T300 carbon fibers weaved into 3-dimensional and 4-directional structure with 22° weaving angle, is deposited pyrocarbon and SiC matrix at 950℃~1*!000℃ with CVI(chemical vapor infiltration) method. Fiber volume fraction is 40%~45%, the thickness of the pyrocarbon is about 0.2*!μm, 3D-C/SiC density is 2.01*!g/cm 3 and porosity is 17%. Finally the thickness 50*!μm of SiC coating is formed on the surface of specimen. Three points flexural experiments are carried out at YKM-2200 super-high-temperature flexural machine with 10 -3 Pa vacuum and 0.5*!mm/min cross head moving speed. The results indicate that flexural strength appeare two peak values, at 900℃ and 1*!700℃ respectively. Maximum value of flexural modulus is found at 1*!100℃. The flexural strains nearly keep constant when temperature lower than 1*!500℃. Above 1*!500℃, the obviously irreversible flexural deformation is obtained. After keeping one hour at 1*!800℃ in vacuum, the flexural modulus decreased obviously at 1*!100℃, whereas flexural deformation increased. Laser Raman spectrum analysis indicates that 3D-C/SiC exists residual compressional stress in carbon fiber, and that residual tensile stress after 1*!300℃ treatment, after 2*!050℃ treatment residual stress disappear. At high temperature the tendency for 3D-C/SiC to destroy interface bond is ascribed to different thermal expansion coefficient between matrix and carbon fiber. It would lead that carbon fiber easily slide, at the same time keep carbon fiber strength because matrix crack unlikely entering into fiber. Therefore flexural deformation increases, flexural modulus decreases and the flexural strength slightly increases when elevating temperature.


Objective:To analyse the patients' condition of affective disorder in the Mongol nationality.Methods:44 cases of the Mongol patients were diagnosed by CCMD-3 standard,and 40 cases of affective disorder from Han nationality were chosen.The symptoms of depression and mania were contrasted.Results and Conclusion: The symptom features,types of disease,family history,temperamental characteristics,predisposition cause and cure efficacy were contrasted between the affective disorder patients in Mongol and Han nationalities.It is found that there is the unique clinical feature in the Mongol nationality.


This article examines land privatization in late nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine through the extension of possession in miri lands, on the one hand, and its transformation into fee-simple property through change in land category classification (i.e., miri to mulk), on the other. Using primary sources, particularly Ottoman documents and correspondence of the German Consulate in Jerusalem, we analyze this process, as reflected in several cases involving foreign subjects and Ottoman authorities. We argue that privatization began as informal violations of the law, proceeded with the struggle of landholders against authorities who tried to reverse the process, and ended in victory for the landholders after the state ceded to their demands, inter alia, as a result of pressure from foreign nations and their consuls. Thus did de facto land privatization become de jure privatization.


The goal of this document is to give a proof of Theorem 1.4. The material of Sections 2 and 4 are well known, but, as far as I'm aware, Section 3 is original. While the standard proof from Atiyah MacDonald bounds each notion of dimension successively by the next, we give a very different proof, first showing the first two notions are equivalent, and then showing the first two notions are equivalent to the third. One reason this proof seems nice to me, is that after black-boxing several standard results from dimension theory, the proof is almost automatic. We first give some definitions, so that we can state the main Theorem 1.4.


Transition-metal dichalcogenides are unique semiconductors because of their exclusive coupling between the spin and the valley degrees of freedom. The spin flip simultaneously requires a large amount of the crystal momentum variation; hence most of the carrier scattering is expected to be the spin-conserving intravalley scattering. Analysis of the quantum interference effects on the magnetoconductivity in ${\mathrm{WSe}}_{2},{\mathrm{MoSe}}_{2}$, and ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ reveals that the spin-relaxation time is orders of magnitude longer than the carrier momentum scattering time, indicating that the valley-spin coupling robustly protects the spin polarization from carrier scatterings. In addition, the electron-spin-relaxation time of ${\mathrm{MoSe}}_{2}$ is found to be anomalously short compared to other members, which is likely the origin of the ultrafast valley scattering of excitons in ${\mathrm{MoSe}}_{2}$.


Diamond powders with grain diameters up to 0.3 μm were obtained by CO2 ‐laser‐induced decomposition of C2H4 at low pressures and temperatures. C2H4 or mixtures of C2H4, H2, and SiH4 were irradiated in a gas‐flow reactor with the 10P14 line (10.532 μm) of a grating‐tunable CO2 laser with 50‐W cw output power. Solid products were produced in a yellow‐to‐orange colored flame (500–550 °C) and collected in filters. The product contained polyaromatic species, high molecular polymers, graphite, amorphous carbon, and spherical diamond particles. Several diamond particle populations, with mean diameters of 6–120 nm, were observed by transmission electron microscopy. Both diamond modifications, cubic and hexagonal, were identified by electron diffraction. Diamond formation is dependent on the residence time in the reaction flame, but relatively independent of the reactant gas compositions. Hydrogen‐free pyrolysis of pure ethylene produced diamond of high purity (no diffraction rings of graphite detectable).


The new political economics takes modern method's research to the politics and the economic interaction of the usage economics as core,becoming a new development of political economics.The political economics in the macro-economics is an important branch of new political economics;its research object is the influence that the political circulates and policy to the macro-economics.The political economics in the macro-economics differs from public choice theories,though all of twos are the branch academics of lately political economics.The emergence of the political economics in the macro-economics is economic to contemporary macro view theoretical of influence,then express be studying a form and studying a method the innovation done.


Council invites Expressions of Interest for the supply and installation of liners for the Corryong Landfill leachate dam and cell.


Nanoparticles of transition metals, particularly noble metals, are widely used in catalysis. However, enhancing their stability during catalytic reactions has been a challenge that has limited the full use of the benefits associated with their small size. In this Feature Article, a general "encapsulation and etching" strategy for the fabrication of nanocatalyst systems is introduced in which catalyst nanoparticles are protected within porous shells. The novelty of this approach lies in the use of chemical etching to assist the creation of mesopores in a protective oxide shell to promote efficient mass transfer to encapsulated metal nanoparticles. The etching process allows for the direct transformation of dense silica coatings into porous shells so that chemical species can reach the catalyst surface to participate in reactions while the shells act as physical barriers against aggregation of the catalyst particles. By using the surface‐protected etching process, both yolk–shell and core–satellite type nanoreactors are synthesized and their utilization in liquid‐ and gas‐phase catalysis is demonstrated. The thermal and chemical stability of the metallic cores during catalytic reactions is also investigated, and further work is carried out to enhance recyclability via the introduction of superparamagnetic components into the nanoreactor framework.


Roof isolated structure with MR damper is put forward.Firstly,control theories of small mass ratio are studied thoroughly.The optimal parameters formulas of the TMD system are extend to big mass ratio range.The foundation of the program is the theories put forward by Sadek in 1997.Based on the control mechanism of big mass ratio TMD system,the dynamic characteristics of roof isolated structure are studied.The main parameters effects are gain and the reasonable system of roof isolated structure is set up.Secondly,isolated floor of the roof isolated system is controlled by MR dampers to avoid the shortcoming that frequency range of the TMD control is very narrow and the displacement responses of the isolated floor are very large.Passive off control,passive on control and semi-active control of MR dampers are adopted to improve the effect respectively.The controlled effects of the MR dampers and the optimal TMD system are compared.Finally,SDOF roof isolated structure with MR dampers is analyzed adopted time-history analysis method under El Centro earthquake records.The results show that:the scheme of roof isolated system with MR dampers,based on the big mass ratio TMD theories,is efficiency.MR dampers in isolated floor can avoid some weakness of the roof isolated method.The displacement and acceleration responses of the original structure and the isolated floor are controlled preferably on the premise of that the whole mass of the original structure is invariable.Under the action both of the roof isolated system and the MR dampers,displacement and acceleration responses of the system are decreased 30 percent approximately.The effects of the semi-active control with MR dampers are excellent generally.


A control arrangement (7) for a roll stand (2) comprises a force controller (8) and a the motor controller (8) subordinate position controller (9). In operation, the control arrangement (7), the motor controller (8) is a rolling force setpoint (F *) and a rolling force actual value supplied to (F). based on the rolling force setpoint (F *) and the rolling force actual value (F) an actuating distance (δs1 *) from the motor controller (8) is determined. The actuating distance (δs1 *), a Exzentrizitatskompensationswert (.DELTA.S2 *) and an actuating distance (s) of an actuator (6) are supplied to the position controller (9). From the position regulator (9) is calculated from the values fed to it (δs1 * * .DELTA.S2, s) output determines a manipulated variable (.DELTA.Q) and to the actuator (6). Due to the manipulated variable (.DELTA.Q) of the travel of the actuator (6) is changed.


From the perspective of Islam,  women have rights to do some activities in both public and private spheres. In the public sphere, women are encouraged to improve their capabilities. In this regard, they can get involved in any kind of activities according to their talents and capacities. However, Moslem women should put themselves in a proper place in order that they are not being trapped in the current stream of globalization and its impacts. Kata kunci : perempuan, globalisasi


Abstract The European Union (EU) is an open market economy, and against the rise of protectionism globally, the 'Global Europe: Competing in the world' communication of European Commission in 2006 reflected the EU perspective that Free Trade Agreements as alternatives can go further and faster in promoting openness and integration, by tackling issues which are not readily available for multilateral negotiations and by preparing the stepping stones for the next level of multilateral liberalization. After the prolonged negotiations and the EU's legislative processes, the European Parliament gave its consent to both agreements of European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement on 12 February 2020. Those bilateral instruments promote enhanced transparency and regulatory best practices that are consistent with existing international norms or standards, also an important stepping stone and a show-case for the EU's longer-term goal of a region-to-region (EU - Southeast Asia) trade deal. Those agreements have established a new two-level judicial structure with the strong judicial character (Investment Tribunal System – ITS) which Vietnam has accepted via legally binding commitments. It is important for Vietnam to follow the good governance standards and the rule of law principles. If the ITS works well, it will provide additional safeguards and guarantees to investors whereby FDI flows to Vietnam are likely to increase. Finally, the ITS regime provides a powerful incentive or a catalyst to review and modernize the domestic legal system of Vietnam not only to improve the investment eco-system in Vietnam but to pave the way for optimization of its economic potential and competitive power in the region (i.e. in the ASEAN).


Objective:To explore the effects of statins in recurrence cerebral infarction.Methods:579 patients with cerebral infarction were randomly divided into aspirin group(286 cases)and the atorvastatin group(293 cases),and the patients in both groups were given aspirin as routine treatment,however,the patients in atorvastatin group were Also administered atorvastatin 20 mg every night.The duration of follow-up was 6 to 36months.Results:57 patients suffered new cerebral infarction during follow-up period in aspirin group(19.9%); On the other hand,28 patients suffered new cerebral Infarction during follow-up period in the atorvastatin group(9.6%).There was asignificant differentce between the two groups(P0.05).Conclusion:Atorvastatin can decrease the recurrence rate of cerebral infarction on the basis of aspirin treatment.


Computational analysis and prediction of digital media interestingness is a challenging task, largely driven by subjective nature of interestingness. Several attempts were made to construct a reliable measure and obtain a better understanding of interestingness based on various psychological study results. However, most current works focus on interestingness prediction for images. While the video affective analysis has been studied for quite some time, there are few works that explictly try to predict interestingness of videos. In this work, we extend a recent pilot study on the video interestingness prediction by using a mid-level representation of sentiment (emotion) sequence. We evaluate our proposed framework on three datasets including the datasets proposed by the pilot study and show that the result effectively verifies a promising utility of the approach.


Hyoung-kyu Chey is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was a Visiting Research Scholar in the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo during 2003–4, when he was also a Japan Foundation Fellow. During 2004–5 he was a Visiting Scholar in the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University in Taipei.


This study presents and investigates gold nanostructures on a ruthenium substrate by experimental techniques, such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD).


Coumarin belongs to the family of benzopyrone found to have lot of biologically important. The present investigation focused on the synthesis of four derivatives from 4-Hydroxy-chromen-2-one and characterized using spectral (FTIR, H and C-NMR), Thermal (TGA) and morphological studies (SEM).


Purpose: Sustainability disclosures are being increasingly adopted as value relevant by investors but they are still in a budding stage in India. The present study examines the factors affecting emission revelation by Indian companies. Methodology: The emission data disclosed by 39 Indian companies on the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) are taken as samples for this study and the relevant financial data of these companies are collected for analysis. A logistic regression approach has been applied to determine the disclosure possibility of selected companies. Findings: From the findings, it is inferred that the size, profitability and leverage are the key determinants of emission disclosure for the sample firms. While size has a significant positive impact, profitability and leverage are negatively related to emission revelation. Practical Implications: The current research will add value to the existing environmental research, especially in emerging economies. Further, it will assist managers and practitioners in formulating and implementing the disclosure policy. Originality: This article has contributed to the preliminary investigations on carbon emission data, disclosed by Indian companies on CDP. In this study, the size, profitability and leverage along with the environmental sensitivity of the industry were chosen as independent variables to understand disclosure practices in a better way.


We quantitatively analyzed dispersion management to mitigate XPM-induced waveform distortion in a 25-GHz-spaced, 10-Gbps-based dense WDM transmission system using E-LEAF in L-band. Using a well-managed dispersion map, we achieved 1.6-Tbps, 100-km x 30-span transmission.


Campsis radicans is almost completely self-sterile following pollinations of pure self-pollen, but when self- and cross-pollen are present in similar amounts, ca. one in six viable seeds is sired by self-pollen. The amount of selfing depends in part on the identity of the cross-pollen donor in the pollen mixture. Selfed seeds are smaller on average than outcrossed seeds. Seed sizes in fruits from mixed (self + cross) pollinations are more variable than those from cross-pollinations, with a larger number of small, often inviable seeds. Most of these small seeds are presumed to be products of selfing. Selfed seeds do not occur in particular positions along the length of the fruit. After 6-7 wk seedling growth, outcrossed seedlings were taller and heavier than selfed seedlings. Selection for the avoidance of selfing is likely to have been important in the evolution of protandry in Campsis and perhaps in the large "overproduction" of flowers, which permits selective fruit abortion. We discuss the possible roles of late-acting self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression in preventing fruit production following pure self-pollinations. We propose the term "pistillate sorting" to refer to events taking place in or on a pistil that cause the parentage of viable seeds to be other than a random sample from the pollen deposited on the stigma.


This article seeks to shed light on how and why the Cambodian People's Party (the CPP) emerged and became dominant in the multi-party system formally introduced to Cambodia when the United Nations intervened in the early 1990s. Historical factors, relative power, leadership, and tactics matter a great deal. Hun Sen has been in power for more than 30 years and his effectiveness can be attributed to three tactics: coercion, co-option, and control. The post-Cold War environment also made it possible for the CPP government to use these tactics successfully, as major powers preferred to work with Hun Sen or did little to undermine him.


endocrine tissue, and contains a number of nuclei that have either a direct (neuronal) or indirect (vascular) communication with the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is similarly a composite of endocrine and nervous tissue that is located at the base of the brain and connected to the hypothalamus by the pituitary stalk. It weighs less than 1 g under normal circumstances, and lies within the sella turcica, a bony fossa of the skull base. The roof of the pituitary fossa is created by an incomplete fold of dura, the diaphragma sella, through which passes the pituitary stalk. The fossa is limited posteriorly by the clivus and both anteriorly and inferiorly by the bony air sinuses of the sphenoid bone. Important anatomical relationships of the pituitary gland are shown in Figure 1.1 [2]. Laterally on either side lie the cavernous sinuses, various cranial nerves and beyond them the temporal lobes. Superiorly are found the pituitary stalk, the diaphragma sella and the optic nerves/chiasm, and beyond them the hypothalamus and third ventricle. The gland itself is organised embryologically, anatomically and functionally into two parts (Figure 1.2). The anterior lobe (adenohypophysis) is derived embryologically from Rathke's pouch, an upgrowth from the roof of the pharynx, and consists of cords of endocrine secretory tissue organised around an extensive network of sinusoids which arise from a local vascular network that extends from the hypothalamus to the anterior lobe along the pituitary stalk. Classically, cell types of the anterior lobe have been categorised histologically according to the presence and staining characteristics of intracellular granules, this being a reflection of a more fundamental functional characteristic of endocrine tissue that has differentiated into one of five secretory cell types (Table 1.1). The secretory functions of the anterior lobe are under indirect (vascular) hypothalamic control, mediated by releasing Perioperative care of patients with endocrine disease Anaesthesia for patients with pituitary disease


Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is the most commonly affected pituitary hormone in childhood with a prevalence of 1 in 4000–10000 live births. GH stimulation testing (GHST) is commonly used in the diagnostic workup of GHD. However, GHD can be diagnosed in some clinical conditions without the need of GHST. The diagnosis of GHD in newborns does not require stimulation testing. Likewise infants/children with delayed growth and/or short stature associated with neuroradiological abnormalities and one or more additional pituitary hormone deficiencies may not need GHST. This review summarizes the current evidence on the diagnosis of GHD without stimulation tests.


Abstract This article outlines an existential approach to marital psychotherapy with older adult couples as well as the four basic existential treatment activities of holding, telling, mastering, and honoring. The results of a descriptive field evaluation report are also presented as well as some brief clinical illustrations of the described treatment approach.


The transfer-operate-transfer (TOT) project model is used widely as a commercial framework for public-private-partnerships to support provision of infrastructure and enable the delivery of services. However, operational delivery of such projects can encounter certain challenges, such as the need for improved revenue sharing between governmental and private partners. The purpose of this paper is to design a revenue sharing method (RSM) that satisfies the revenue-sharing forecast in the contract design stage and the realized revenue sharing in the contract execution period for an operational TOT project. This approach identifies the impact of external uncertainty and effort level as well as the input ratio on revenue sharing of participants, distributes and reasonably minimizes the project revenue uncertainty among the participants, and achieves an improved matching of the participants' revenue sharing with their risk-sharing, resource input and effort level. The paper utilizes the fuzzy-payoffs Shapley value method for revenue distribution for an operational TOT project, where the fuzzy alliance and input ratio coefficient are adopted to gradually optimize the Shapley value and form the RSM of an operational TOT project. The RSM allows prediction of the revenue sharing of participations under uncertain conditions of project revenue and supports improved decision-making by participants.


ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received February 02, 2021 Revised March 21, 2021 Accepted April 21, 2021 Abstract Due to the rapid advancement of technology, teachers were forced to integrate technological equipment and method in educational strategies, for the main purpose of facilitating the learning experience. Accordingly, this study aimed to answer two main questions namely; 1) How can Zoom Meeting enhance high school students at Salatiga to gain success in ELT? 2) To what extent does use the Zoom Meeting as an asynchronous learning strategy affect the motivation of high school students at Salatiga? For that purpose, the researcher implemented an experimental design with a mixed approach to conduct the current study using a pre-test, and a post-test to measure the change in the levels of EFL learners' English skills, the researcher also spread questionnaires to examine the attitude of the students towards the Zoom meeting. The participants of the current study were 60 high school students at Salatiga who were divided into two groups namely the control and experimental group. The findings indicated that zoom meeting enhanced EFL learners' English skills and motivation


Purpose: Injuries are the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in the childhood population worldwide. Thus, this study was down to investigate the type and the severity of injuries according to the age group in childhood. Methods: A survey of injury information and a chart review were done on 378 children (257 boys, 121 girls) who visited the Emergency Departments of Asan Medical Center from March 1, 2009, to March 31, 2009. To determine differences in injury mechanism, accident place, injury site, New Injury Severity Score (NISS) and Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS), we divided the 378 patients into 4 group: under 1 year, 1 to 4 years, 5 to 9 years, and 10 to 15 years. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the study group was 5.1 (±4.4) years. Two year olds formed the largest group of injured children, with 77 cases (20.4% of the total). The most common cause of injury in childhood was being hit by an object (26.2%). Falls were frequent in the under-1-year group (22.2%) and slip downs (30.1%) were more frequent in 1-to-4-year group. More than half (53.4%) of the injuries occurred in the home, and the most common places of home-related injuries were the living room (41.1%) and the bedroom (31.2%). The mean (±SD) NISS was 1.5 (±1.8), and traffic accidents had the highest NISS (2.8±5.1). Injuries occurred most frequently during the evening. The peak period was 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (33.7%). Conclusion: Patterns of childhood injury by age group were considerably different, and less severe and non-hospitalized injuries were common. Thus, need to improve surveillance of a variety of injuries, promote intersectional collaboration, build institutional capacities and mobilize community support and policy as an investment in prevention. (J Korean Soc Traumatol 2009;22:87-96)


Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide data for the development of Korean medicine (KM) clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for gastric cancer (GC) by identifying the awareness and knowledge needs of KM doctors (KMD) through an online survey.Methods: A survey questionnaire was produced by referring to the previous recognition survey studies for clinical KMDs. The survey questionnaire was composed of questions regarding the current status of clinical care for GC, the knowledge level of clinicians about GC, and other details that clinicians use during practice. The survey was conducted from September 20 to October 22, 2021. An online survey was conducted with 195 KMDs from the Society of Korean Medicine and the Korean Association of Traditional Oncology of KM.Results: A total of 195 respondents participated in the online survey regarding the current status of GC treatment. Of this number, 10.3% of the respondents specialize in GC, but even if they do not currently specialize in GC, they are more likely to treat patients with GC in the future. In terms of the specifics of KM treatment, there was a demand for information on comprehensive KM treatment methods, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and chuna, as well as on analyzing the effectiveness of combined treatment with chemotherapy and radiation.Conclusion: In this study, we were able to understand the clinical KMDs' perception of GC, knowledge level, and requirements in the CPG. The results of this study will provide the basic data for the development of CPG for GC.


Abstract : The research organizations known as 'Think Tanks' are considered as specific of the American policy making process, even if somehow equivalent institutions can be found in France. The policy making processes are different in these two countries. The essay analyses first how these processes produce national security strategy formulations, in the case of the 1994 Presidential report to the Congress on one hand, and the 'Livre Blanc' on Defense on the other hand, issued by the U.S. and French executives respectively in July and March 1994. Then, the specific input of Think Tanks in these processes is assessed, and analyzed according to the main characteristics of these organizations, in the U.S. and in France. Finally, the comparison of the two nations patterns shows that the interaction of Think Tanks in the policy-making process is essentially dependent on the specific ways of making policy, reflecting different systems of government, on both sides of the ocean.


The interactions between adults with profound intellectual disability and staff are described, during sessions when the client's staff member talks with them. Information about 20 staff-client pairs from three different settings is reported. Results showed that, in relatively ideal conditions, clients responded positively during approximately one third of session time; that staff were very responsive to changes in client behaviour; and that clients were most likely to respond negatively to changes in staff behaviour, if they responded at all. No evidence of turn-taking between the interactors was found.


Fear of falling in the elderly has been reported to be more problematic than falling itself. Since conducting numerous living activities on the floor is a Japanese custom, we investigated the influence of vertical downward movement while standing, to clarify factors affecting activities restricted by fear of falling. The subjects were 44 elderly women (aged 74.8±7.1 years) with independent outdoor mobility. As a measure of fear of falling, self-efficacy in the execution of activities was evaluated. A significant correlation was noted between activity self-efficacy and fear of falling (r=0.417, p<0.01). Factors correlated with activity self-efficacy were a) timed up and go test (r= -0.324, p<0.05), b) times required for sitting on the floor (r=-0.321, p<0.05), and c) going up and down a 15-cm step(r=-0.365, p<0.05). It is suggested that vertical movement while standing should be included in the evaluation of and intervention in fear of falling, in addition to mobility.


Laboratory experiments show that the permeability anisotropy (ratio of horizontal to vertical permeability) increases with burial and decreasing porosity (Fig. 1). A similar trend is noted for the resistivity anisotropy, equal to the ratio of the horizontal to vertical resistivity. Laboratory experiments reveal that the conductivity anisotropy, equal to the inverse of the resistivity anisotropy, is directly proportional to the permeability anisotropy. This proportionality applies across the full porosity range for a variety of uniform mudrocks measured (Fig. 2). We use numerical models to show that 1) the permeability anisotropy of uniform mudrocks can significantly increase the permeability anisotropy of layered mudrock systems, and 2) that the proportionality observed between the resistivity anisotropy and permeability anisotropy in uniform mudrocks does not extend to layered mudrocks. This follows because the permeability can vary by orders of magnitude between layers, while the formation factor (pore fluid normalized resistivity) varies only slightly (factor of 2). CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW Fig. 1: Permeability anisotropy of various resedimented mudrocks as a function of porosity. Permeability anisotropy initially increases with decreasing porosity for most mudrocks. With increasing compression, horizontal flow paths become cut off, decreasing horizontal permeability and permeability anisotropy. This trend is especially evident for RBBC (dark blue circles). Fig. 2: Cross plot of conductivity anisotropy (inverse of resistivity anisotropy) vs. permeability anisotropy for 6 mudrocks studied. The conductivity anisotropy can be used to predict the permeability anisotropy within +/20%. Both anisotropy values are limited to a range of 1-3. Fig. 1: Permeability anisotropy of various resedimented mudrocks as a function of porosity. Permeability anisotropy initially increases with decreasing porosity for most mudrocks. With increasing compression, horizontal flow paths become cut off, decreasing horizontal permeability and permeability anisotropy. This trend is especially evident for RBBC (dark blue circles).


The idea that a responsible company should be a good corporate citizen is not altogether a new one: but a number of factors, including the impact of technology, have led to new concepts in the way business conducts its affairs.


Objective: Children with ADHD often tend to underperform in school. This partial study aimed to find out if the school experience of adults with higher ADHD symptomatology differs from those with lower and no ADHD symptomatology. Method: Based on the results of ASRS questionnaires, the respondents were divided into three groups (low, medium, and high) according to the manifested ADHD symptomatology. We explored their school experiences by looking at their grades for behavior at school, notes regarding their attendance, school expulsion, and other school experiences. Results: Children with higher ADHD symptomatology were significantly more likely to be expelled, receive notes for bad behavior, disturbing or forgetting as well as receive reprimands from teachers. Conclusion: Our results show that children with increased ADHD symptomatology experience more difficulties with school behavior, they are frequently reprimanded, and they do receive more negative feedback regarding their attendance and tardiness from teachers.


Upon irradiation of the RNA polymerase-lacUV5 or deoPl promoter complex with short wavelength ultraviolet light (X < 300 nm) the polymerase is covalently crosslinked at an ef- ficiency of > 10% to the first transcribed base of the template DNA strand when this is a thymine. The temperature dependence of this RNA polymerase-T photoreaction strongly indicates a rela- tion to the formatioA of the open complex. It is suggested that open complex formation is preceeded or accompanied by a specific contact between the RNA polymerase and the first transcribed base of the DNA template.


Abstract The pressure drop over a pathological vessel section can be used as an important diagnostic indicator. However, it cannot be measured non-invasively. Multiple approaches for pressure reconstruction based on velocity information are available. Regarding in-vivo data introducing uncertainty these approaches may not be robust and therefore validation is required. Within this study, three independent methods to calculate pressure losses from velocity fields were implemented and compared: A three dimensional and a one dimensional method based on the Pressure Poisson Equation (PPE) as well as an approach based on the work-energy equation for incompressible fluids (WERP). In order to evaluate the different approaches, phantoms from pure Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and in-vivo PC-MRI measurements were used. The comparison of all three methods reveals a good agreement with respect to the CFD pressure solutions for simple geometries. However, for more complex geometries all approaches lose accuracy. Hence, this study demonstrates the need for a careful selection of an appropriate pressure reconstruction algorithm.


An InAs planar diode with an optical window in the upper electrode was fabricated by the selective diffusion of Zn. Diethylzinc (DEZn) was used as a precursor for Zn and the diffusion process was carried out in a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system containing tertiary butylarsine (tBAs) as an As precursor to suppress the thermal decomposition of InAs. Typical diffusion conditions were: temperature 530°C, time 30 min, pressure of DEZn and tBAs 1.0 Pa and 75 Pa, respectively, and ambient pressure 40 kPa. Electrical characteristics of the diode were excellent: the ideality factor was as small as 1.05 for forward-biased current–voltage characteristics at 200 K and the reverse current was less than 10-8 A at 80 K. The peak photosensitivity at 175 K was 0.28 A/W around 3.2 µm in wavelength without antireflection coating. When the diode was driven at 150 mA at 80 K, two mid-infrared emission peaks were observed at 3.04 µm and 3.25 µm.


An improved large-signal model for the enhancement mode( E-mode) Ga N HEMTs modeling was presented. Both the equations for channel current and gate charge models were all continuous and high order drivable,and the proposed gate charge model satisfied the charge conservation. The channel current model could fit DC performance of devices,such as the positive,negative,cut-off and sub-threshold region. According to the specific physical structure and electrical properties of Ga N HEMT devices,the self-heating,current collapse and the trans-conductance dispersion effects were considered in the model development. The model was compiled and linked into Agilent ADS tools for simulation by using Verilog-A language. The model prediction shows excellent agreement between the data from both simulation and measurement over a wide bias conditions and frequency range.


Let £ be the category of all locally compact abelian (LCA) groups. In this paper, we investigate the splitting of the identity component, the subgroup of all compact elements and the maximal torsion subgroup of a group £. A group £ will be called split full if every closed subgroup of G splits. In this paper, we give a necessary condition for an LCA group to be split full.


We present low-resolution spectra for variable stars in the Cepheid period range from the ROTSE-I Demonstration Project and the All Sky Automated Survey, some of which were previously identified as type II Cepheid candidates. We have derived effective temperatures, gravities, and metallicities from the spectra. Based on this, three types of variables were identified: Cepheid strip stars, cool stars that lie along the red subgiant and giant branch, and cool main-sequence stars. Many fewer type II Cepheids were found than expected and most have amplitudes less than 0.4 mag. The cool variables include many likely binaries as well as intrinsic variables. Variation among the main-sequence stars is likely to be mostly due to binarity or stellar activity.


The effect of Al doping on crystalline and optical properties of semipolar (1−101)GaN was investigated. The samples were grown on a patterned (001)Si substrate by selective metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. The x-ray analyses showed that the strain in the (1−101)GaN layer is reduced substantially by the Al doping. Moreover, the cathode-luminescence (CL) intensity of the band edge emission band was enhanced and the linewidth became narrow. The CL images showed the reduction of dislocation density. These results show that the small amount of Al atoms in GaN improves the crystalline and optical properties. The results are attributed to the dislocation pinning and solution hardening effect due to Al atoms.


This article describes a fast and reproducible approach to synthesize silver nanoparticles with an average size of 12 and 17 nm. The first step in this process involves the formation of an Ag complex by reaction of AgNO3 with diimine ligand. In the second step, oleylamine bonds to Ag complex, reduces Ag+ to Ag°, and subsequently caps the silver nanoparticles. In this process, OLA undergoes metal-ion-induced oxidation to nitriles. FT-IR and UV-vis spectroscopy, TEM, XRD, and EDAX were used to characterize these silver nanoparticles. The concentration of OLA was critical to the formation of silver nanoparticles with various sizes.


Women farmers produce more than half of all food worldwide and currently account for 43 percent of the global agricultural labor force.1 Indeed, the global food and agriculture system depends more on the contributions of women farmers today than ever before. Women produce as much as 50 percent of the agricultural output in South Asia and 80 percent in sub-Saharan Africa.2 (See Table 1.)


【 Purpose 】 To attempt to improve a modern ideal way to spread judo to school children, and to find reasons for the continuation in judo , we investigated the ideas of school children, the judo instructors, and their parents. It is important for the boys and girls who practice judo to understand these ideas. The purpose of the present study is to divide the children, their parents, and the judo instructors into three groups, and to clarify any diff erences of their views on judo. 【 Methods 】 The subjects were 170 school children (4 to 6 grade students) who were registered in judo clubs, 243 parents, and 157 judo instructors. The questionnaire investigated the areas of; "image of judo", "motives for having chosen judo", "anticipated effi cacy of judo", and "participation in other after school activities". Afterwards a comparison between each of the groups was done. 講道館柔道科学研究会紀要 第13輯 2011年 136 Then the responses were totaled, and the ratios were calculated from the number of answers. Moreover, to see the tendency among the three groups or between two groups the statistical analysis software Stat View and a chi square test were used. 【 Results and Discussion 】 First, the most common view in the motive for choosing judo was, "the mind and body is trained" at about 80%, and high values were indicated by all three groups. However, "a performing good grade in the game" was about 20%, and "become a champion" was about 10%. Secondly, in the anticipated efficacy of judo, parents and judo instructors answered "child's physical strength" at 70%, "rule and manners of the society" at about 75%, "make the children positively accept challenges", at about 70%, "mental, physical endurance" at about 60% to 70%, and about 60% answered "to be able to withstand repeated pressure". However, about 50% answered "skill of the judo". As for a common consideration, it seems that the parents and the judo instructors do not intend to promote judo athletes, they rather want children to get abilities children can use in daily lives. The children answered 30% less than the other two groups that "play with the friend" was the motive for choosing judo. Moreover, the three groups in consideration had diff erences in their responses to motivations; (1) "a beautiful judo is acquired" and (2) "for self defense". Regarding question 1, the children answered 20.6% and the judo instructors answered 60.5%. For question 2, the judo instructors answered 32.5%, and the parents answered 62.1%. Those diff erences were about 30~40%. Regarding the answer of the anticipated effi cacy in judo, related to "General motor function" the response was about 10% higher among the judo instructors than the parents. Moreover, the consideration of "Traditional culture of Japan" was about 15% higher among the parents than the judo instructors. This may suggest that the values of the parents and the judo instructors are somewhat diff erent. 【 Conclusion 】 The tendency and the differences of three groups' views on judo became clear for school children, the parents, and the judo instructors in the present study. The desire to train the mind and body was common in all groups, whereas a large difference could be seen among the groups in regards to the technical acquisition of judo, and the activity with friends, in the parents' and judo instructors' categories. I.はじめに 2000年から嘉納師範が提唱された柔道の原点に立ち返り、人間教育を重視した事業として、 全日本柔道連盟と講道館が合同プロジェクトして「柔道ルネッサンス」を全国的に働きかけてお り、競技力、競技成績の向上だけでなく、教育的な意味合いを強く訴えている。 さらに、全国 的な調査で子どもの運動能力の低下や、少年犯罪の増加など、子どもたちを取り巻く環境が心配 される現在、少年柔道は子供の健全育成の場の1つとして注目されている。 これまで、少年柔道に関して子どもを対象にした研究としては、尾形ら(2007)によって報 告されている。子どもたちの柔道観、柔道を始めた動機、練習を続ける中での励みや楽しみ、練 習を続ける中で嫌なことなど、柔道に対する子どもの意識について調査され、試合での勝利に楽 しさを感じ、柔道の競技力や、体力の向上を評価するとともに、精神面での充実をよかったと感 13.柔道における子どもと指導者および保護者の柔道観 2011年 137 じる子どもが多いことがわかった。しかし、尾形らの少年柔道に関して指導者を対象とした研究 (1984)では、少年柔道の現場での指導内容や、指導計画について現状把握でとどまっており、 指導者はどのような柔道観を持ち、指導にあたっているかどうかの報告はない。さらに、少年柔 道に関して子どもたちの保護者を対象とした柔道観の研究は少ない。子ども、指導者、保護者そ れぞれの柔道観について、同時期に比較分析した研究があれば貴重な資料となるだろう。 それに対し、同じ武道である剣道では、少年剣道に関して子どもと指導者の剣道観について境 ら(2007)によって報告されている。子どもについては、剣道に対する価値観について、試合 で勝つことや、上の級に合格することなどの剣道技術向上に対する意欲が最も高い割合となった。 その他に、剣道以外への関心、剣道によって得られた効果、剣道の技能特性、剣道の良さや指導 者に対する意識に関する項目で肯定的傾向を示した。しかし、剣道のみならず武道に共通してみ られる正座や黙想といった伝統的な行動様式に対して、好意的に感じていないことも明らかにな った。指導者については、現在の指導者は気力を重視し、長所を伸ばす指導を心がけつつ、同時 に試合による剣道普及の重要性を強く認めていた。また、剣道は他のスポーツよりも教育的意義 が大きいと捉えていることも明らかになった。 そこで本研究では、少年柔道に取り組んでいる子どもたち、子どもたちを支える保護者、指導 者に対し、柔道に対するイメージ、柔道を行う上での目標、柔道に期待する効果などを調査し、 少年柔道に対する子ども、保護者、指導者の柔道観を明らかにすることを目的とした。 II.研究方法 1.対象 東京都内及び和歌山県、鹿児島県内11の柔道クラブに在籍する小学校4年生から6年生、各 柔道クラブに在籍する小学校4年生から6年生の保護者、柔道クラブ指導者と全国指導者講習会、 第29回全国少年柔道大会、第19回マルちゃん杯関東少年柔道大会、東京都柔道道場連盟大会、 第3回岡田弘隆杯争奪つくばユナイテッド少年柔道大会、熊谷市体育大会柔道大会にそれぞれ参 加していた柔道クラブの指導者を対象とした。回答数は子ども170名、保護者243名、指導者 157名であった。 2.研究方法 (1)調査期間と方法 調査は、無記名で自記式の調査紙を用い、2009年3月から2009年11月にかけて、各柔道クラ ブに質問用紙を配布し、後日回収した。各講習会・大会では、講習会・大会当日に質問紙を配布 し、回収を行った。 (2)質問内容 質問紙は二者択一選択形 式、多肢選択法と自由記述を 用い、質問内容は表1に示し たとおり4カテゴリーであっ た。各カテゴリー内には下位 の質問項目が含まれた. 3.分析方法 子ども、保護者、指導者へ 表1 アンケート調査項目のカテゴリーと対象者 Table 1 Categories of questionnaire and respondents. 講道館柔道科学研究会紀要 第13輯 2011年 138 のアンケート調査の回答を単純集計し、それぞれの質問項目において、回答の割合を算出した。 3群間の回答に偏りがあるかどうかを調べるため、カイ自乗検定を行った。統計解析ソフト「Stat View」を使用し、有意水準は5%とした。 III.研究結果と考察 1.柔道に対するイメージについて (1)「柔道はあぶないスポーツで ある・柔道は子どもには危険なも のである」について3群間での比 較(図1) 子どもでは、「柔道はあぶない スポーツである」について、はい 34%、いいえ66%と、否定的意見 が高い値を示し、実際に柔道を行 っている子どもたちは危険性を感 じていないことがわかった。「柔 道は子どもには危険なものであ る」について、保護者では、「そ う思う・ややそう思う」の肯定的 意見が20.4%、「ややそう思わない・そう思わない」の否定的意見が、79.6%となり、少年柔道 を行う子どもたちの保護者は、柔道に対して危険性の低いものであると感じていることがわかっ た。指導者では、肯定的意見が11.2%、否定的意見が88.8%となった。3群間でカイ自乗検定に おいて5%水準で有意差がみられた(χ=22.749、p<0.05)。 子ども、保護者、指導者の順に柔道は危険でないという意見が増加した。実際に柔道を行って いる子どもは、保護者、指導者よりも、柔道に対する危険性をより感じていると考えられる。子 どもたち自身は実際に柔道をしていく中で、怪我などをする、あるいはその光景を見て、柔道に 対する危険性を感じているのではないかと考える。 (2)「柔道は男の子向けのスポーツである・柔道は男性的な価値観を伝えるものである」につい て3群間での比較 子どもでは、「柔道は男の子向 けのスポーツである」について、 はい31.3%、いいえ68.7%となっ た。「柔道は男性的な価値観を伝 えるものである」について、保護 者は肯定的意見が23.5%、否定的 意見が76.5%となった。指導者で は、肯定的意見が22.0%、否定的 意見が78.0%となった。カイ自乗 検定では、有意差がみられなかっ た(χ=4.265、p=0.1686)。 図1 「柔道はあぶないスポーツである」の回答 Figure 1 The percentage for "Judo is a dangerous sport" . 図2 「柔道は男の子向けのスポーツである」の回答 Figure 2 The percentage for "Judo is suitable for boys" . 34.0


This article presented here is part of a broad horizon that contains the changes introduced by the complex thinking and its impact on the work of science since the mid-twentieth century, updated and completed by the peaceful paradigm. Since that historic change it presents the categories "peace world," "complex peace" and "neutral peace" as a contemporary analysis tools that revolution the field of Peace research and peace studies, refounding schemes of action and reflection to transform reality.


The Internet has emerged as an indispensable tool in both our personal and professional life in our modern day. As a direct consequence of this, the number of customers who make their purchases over the Internet is quickly increasing. Internet users may be vulnerable to a wide variety of web threats because of this fact. These threats may result in monetary loss, fraudulent use of credit cards, loss of personal data, potential damage to a brand's reputation, and customer mistrust in e-commerce and online banking. Phishing is a sort of cyber threat that may be defined as the practice of imitating a genuine website for the purpose of stealing sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers. This research focuses on strategies for detecting phishing attacks. This study apply a machine learning approach to detect a phishing attack. As a result, this study able to detect phishing with accuracy 94%.


The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between information processing requirements and information processing capacity. Additionally, the intention to adopt is examined the mediating role of intention to adopt in the relationship between information processing requirements and information processing capacity in the Thai automobile industry is examined. The study has broached the conceptual model as an application of cloud computing in the Thai automobile supply chain. The SEM-PLS is adopted to examine the model. The Thai automobile industry is taken as the sample of the study. The study is of the view that the industry of cloud computing is growing rapidly to support the supply chain activities. However, there is lack of academic research on analyzing the application of cloud computing in managing supply chain theoretically. It has been revealed through literature review that the focus of researches is on identifying the applications and architectures of cloud environment. Moreover, the study proposes different limitations and opportunities related to cloud computing. The adoption of cloud computing by an organization has been examined theoretically in this research through use of information processing view and classical diffusion theory. Practitioners and academicians are given an understanding of the circumstances, which influence the firm to adopt cloud-computing technology within its supply chain.


A 62-year-old man was referred to a hospital because of back pain, lower limb palsy, sensory disturbance and recto-urinary dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a bone tumor compressing the spinal cord posteriorly. He was diagnosed as metastatic bone tumor and treated with radiation therapy on the day he came to our department. All symptoms subsided with radiation therapy and he returned to the life style he had before the treatment. Radiation therapy is effective for pain control and recovery from nerve palsy.Symptoms due to spinal cord compression can be completely recovered by early radiation therapy.


Objective To investigate different expressions and correlation of HIF-1α and P53 in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma(BAC) and lung adenocarcinoma with bronchioloalveolar features(ADWBF).Methods Clinico-pathological factors and paraffin-embedded samples of BAC and ADWBF patients were collected.Clinical data were compared between the two groups.HIF-1α and P53 expressions were detected using the SP immunohistochemical method.Difference and correlation between HIF-1α and P53 expressions in the two groups were analyzed by χ2 test.Results Statistical analysis showed a significant difference existed in gender and tumor size between BAC and ADWBF(P0.05).Positive rates of HIF-1α expression in the BAC group and ADWBF group were 25.0%(8/32) and 49.3%(34/69),respectively.Positive rates of P53 expression in the BAC group and ADWBF group were 6.3%(2/32) and 26.1%(18/69),respectively.There was a statistical difference in HIF-1α and P53 expressions between the two groups(P0.05).There was a significant positive correlation between HIF-1α and P53 expressions(P0.05,rp=0.338).Conclusion HIF-1α and P53 synergistically play important roles in pathogenesis and progression of lung adenocarcinoma.


In the late 1990s, Vatsal showed that a congruence modulo p between two modular forms implied a congruence between their respective p-adic L-functions. We prove an analogous statement for both the double product and triple product p-adic L-functions, Lp(f ⊗ g) and Lp(f ⊗ g ⊗ h): the former is cyclotomic in its nature, while the latter is over the weight-space. As a corollary, we derive transition formulae relating analytic λ-invariants of congruent Galois representations for Vf⊗Vg, and for Vf⊗Vg⊗Vh, respectively.


Medieval authors negotiated comparative meanings for the women and castles of their texts; this expression became an important metaphor for representing the condition of Arthurian society.1


The traditional model of public administration in developing country was on the base of colony rule.But it became abnormal,due to being short of support.Developing country has adopted new public management since 1990s under in and out press.Public management development in developing Country is from bureaucracy to market.


Wordle, a game in which a player has six chances to find a five-letter word, has become quite popular. In this paper, we present four activities that are based on Wordle and are designed to help students advance their knowledge and skill of a particular concept. Some of the activities could be used for beginning students and some activities could be used for more advanced students. The activities are designed to promote mathematical engagement and interest and can be used individually, or collectively, to fit the specific needs of the intended audience. The first two activities enhance students' knowledge of combinatorics and probability when letter words are chosen at random. In another activity, individual and pairs of letter counts from the list of possible Wordle words are presented in graphical format. More advanced students can replicate these graphs using a computer program, while other students can simply use the graphs that are included. In the fourth activity, students have the opportunity to play Wordle and develop strategies to minimize the number of steps required to solve a particular puzzle. Classroom experience is included and student responses to the activities are presented.


This study aims to determine the standards of the JSIT curriculum implemented in SDIT Al-Fityan School Medan, especially in the Graduate Competency Standards (SKL), coaching standards, and cooperation standards. These educational standards are the superior standards used in Integrated Islam-based (IT) schools which are commonly called IT schools with the central and regional administrations of JSIT (Integrated Islamic School Network), all IT-based schools are of course Islamic and Islamic based so that they are created. JSIT container for each region to develop and add the character of Islamic education, especially to the JSIT curriculum. This type of research uses qualitative research, namely descriptive analysis, in which this research uses research that is full of theory and expert analysis. The data analyzed were the results of interviews, observations, and documents using photo evidence. The data analysis stage was carried out, namely data reduction, data presentation, conclusion, and data verification. The results showed that the implementation of educational standards, especially in graduate competency standards, coaching standards, and cooperation standards adopted by SDIT Al-Fityan School Medan. On the standard of graduate competence, SDIT Al-Fityan School Medan emphasized that students who have finished from the school must be able to call to prayer, iqomah (for male students), night prayer (Qiyamul Lail), fardhu prayer, sunnah prayer, can distinguish between which is good and which is bad, not afraid of spirits, the target of memorizing 10-15 Juz Al-Qur'an is completed from SDIT Al-Fityan School Medan.


Computed tomography (CT) is widely used in humans for the assessment of regional body composition. It was particularly helpful in establishing the metabolic complications associated with high visceral fat volume. Physicists have only recently developed microCT systems dedicated to small animal imaging, with adequate resolution and dose delivery, but precision, accuracy and reproducibility remain to be determined.


The stomach-tube should not be too small; for an adult it should be from 30 to 35 French scale. It should not be too flexible; it should support its own weight held in the upright position for the length of twelve indies without bending. It should have the largest caliber possible without making it liable to bend sharply at an angle when pressed on. A good deal depends on the quality of the rubber; much depends on the character of the tabe. It should have no pumping apparatus connected with it and it should be about 54 inches long. On the introduction of the tube it is occasionally grasped by the esophagus about 8 or 10 inches from the teeth, if this delay is temporary, it depends on spasm, and one may expect to find either cardiospasmus or stricture at the cardia. Finding portions of the test meal returned when


The age-related mortality and morbidity risk of COVID-19 has been considered speculative without enough scientific evidence. This study aimed to collect more evidence on the association between patient age and risk of severe disease state and/or mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Genomic dataset along with metadata (3608 samples) retrieved from GISAID from different geographical regions were grouped into 10 age groups (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90, 91-100 years) as well as high-risk or low-risk according to patient clinical status. Genomic sequences were aligned and analyzed using MAFFT and FASTTREE to build a phylogenetic tree in order to identify age-risk associations based on phylogenetic clustering. Case fatality rates (CFR), as well as the Odds ratio (OR) for high-risk outcomes, were calculated for different age groups. Results revealed that individuals aged between 25-50 years have the best immune response to the infection. On the other hand, disease fatality was higher in patients aging above 50 years. We created an application to calculate the OR of being at high risk given a certain age threshold from GISAID datasets. OR values increased between ages 1-10 years (1.271) and 11-20 years (1.313) but reduced at age range 21-30 years (1.290) and increased again for 61-70 years (2.465). CFR calculated for each of the age groups had peak values at 90-100 years (26.8%) and the lowest at 0-10 years (0%). The CFR for ages above 50 years was about twice greater (11.6%-26.8%) than that for ages below (0-6.6%). The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the majority of samples obtained from India showed low-risk among different age groups and were defined as clade GH. Another cluster from Singapore visualization showed unfavorable patient outcome across several age groups and were classified under clade O. To conclude, this study analyses showed a variety of age-risk associations. As scientists from different countries upload more genomes to globally shared databases, more evidence will reinforce mortality risk associations in COVID-19 patients.


ABSTRACT We describe the construction of a magnetic separator of fine-grained wet sediments. Components for assembling such a separator are readily available. Suggestions are given on its calibration. The separator distinguishes among minerals having relatively small amounts of iron.


ABSTRACT A non-linear, three-dimensional, finite element model was used to study soil-tool interaction. The model included both effects of soil strength and soil-metal friction behavior. An interface element between the soil and the tool surface was established based upon a hyperbolic model. Laboratory tillage tests were conducted in a soil bin to verify the results of the finite element model. The results showed that the finite element analysis predicted an accurate draft force for a simple tillage tool. The relative prediction error ranged from 0.8% to 10.5%. KEYWORDS. Tillage, Draft force. Finite element model.


Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a major wide band gap semiconductor material for optoelectronic and photonic devices because of its exceptional optical properties, arising from the combination of a wide band gap (~3.37 eV) and a large exciton binding energy (~60 meV). In this paper, the effects of Al doping on the optical properties of the ZnO nanowires are studied. In this paper, the doping effects of Al on the ZnO nanowires are studied. Results show the Al enhanced the UV photoluminescence emission in ZnO. With increasing optical excitation, a clear difference in the NBE photoluminescence peak characteristics of ZnO nanowires is observed when Al is introduced. Undoped nanowires exhibit a clear redshift of this emission peak above a certain threshold corresponding to the onset of bandgap renormalization effect . Furthermore, the measured integrated intensity of the near-band edge (NBE) emission changes from a free-excitonic behavior at lower excitation powers into a bimolecular radiative recombination at higher excitation powers beyond that same threshold level. By contrast, in Al-doped nanowires, there is no such peak shift in the same range of excitation power and only excitonic recombination process is observed, which is attributed to the incorporation of Al donors and the higher exciton binding energy in Al-doped ZnO. This makes Al-doped ZnO a promising platform for room-temperature polariton `lasers' because excitons could be preserved at high pump intensities.


Jprgensen (2001b) has previously treated this ing to standard procedures (White & James genus in China and Japan where it is rather rare, 1985), and type specimens of new species kind only having four species. However, the Erioderly run by J. Elix, Canberra in HPLC (Feige et al. ma flora further south in East Asia, and particu1993). larly on the large islands north of Australia is richer. This area is a second centre of speciation (Jprgensen 2001a: 540), with several interesting The species taxa, four of which are described below as new.


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Since the multispectral palmprint has more spatial and frequency characteristics than the natural light condition, we can extract more feature information and obtain higher recognition accuracy. In recent years, many scholars have committed themselves to multispectral palmprint recognition studying. In this paper, a novel robust p-norm regularization model is proposed to implement the multispectral palmprint recognition. Then, a proximal iterative reweighted algorithm is employed to solve this model. Finally, we utilize the weighted fusion strategy to calculate the representation residual and carry out the recognition task efficiently. Extensive experiments on PolyU multispectral palmprint database illustrate that the proposed algorithm can achieve outstanding recognition accuracy and outperform some conventional representation methods.


According to the model of "puting forward a problem and solving problem",Three Represents has formed its logical structure of interests.Exactly speaking,why does our Party represent the fundamental interests of the people?What are the interests of overwhelming majority of the Chinese people?How do we realize them?


We describe a photonic integrated circuit composed of a distributed Bragg reflector laser and a fast monitoring photodiode operating at 1.54 μm wavelength. The integrated waveguide photodiode has a 3 dB bandwidth of 2 GHz with 1.2 mA/mW responsivity. We demonstrate ''on chip'' monitoring of a digitally modulated laser signal at 2 Gbit/s.


This study deals with the french connecting word "or" and its spanish equivalents (pero, ahora bien, puies bien, sin embargo, no obstante, y eso que, es asi que), in a perspective which combines pragmatical and logical aspects of the question, and which aims at conciliating "new linguistics" and tradition (data from dictionaries and grammar books). As far as pragmatics is concerned our leading methodology is drawn from o. Ducrot's works and the conversational theories as defined by the geneva shool. This study also relies on the mathematician and logician j-b grize's works, in order to compare formal (mathematical) logic and a certain natural logic which is present in speech. This study consists in three parts : first an introduction to the theoretical apparatus, and then the study of the french connecting word "or". The study of its spanish equivalents constitutes the third part, and as a conclusion a balance is proposed. Is it possible to give a single description of the french connecting word "or"? which are the equivalents for it in the spanish language? how far does the equivalence relationship go? in other words, does the spanish language follow the same steps in thinking process as the french on does? all these are the questions the present study tries to answer.


Abstract : This paper deals with the development of vertical and horizontal rows of rectangle surface coils in a cross-hatching called grid array. The purpose of this grid array is for unilateral resonance imaging. Each coil in the horizontal or vertical rows transmits and receives sequentially using switchable array configuration. The coils are tuned, matched, and decoupled to a 28.1MHz resonance using a matchbox pi-circuit with each coil. The results of this paper apply to quadrupole resonance imaging.


Television is a widely adopted source for viewing educational information. Unfortunately, producing a television show on network television can be costly and time consuming. Internet TV offers Extension video content producers the opportunity to create a niche topic channel quickly and at low cost. Internet TV offers viewers a low-cost and comfortable way to watch educational Extension programming on their home television. As of March 2014, there have been a total of 72,063 video views on the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service's sub-channel within the AgSmart Roku Channel.


Background - Exercise training is a well-established, non-invasive method to improve peripheral arterial perfusion and walking capacity in PAD patients. Hypothesis - We designed a prospective rando...


The evidence bearing on the question of the Neanderthal/modern human relationship falls into several categories, each giving only a partial and biased view of reality. Two of these categories are biological--the fossil record and, more recently, DNA analysis. A third major source of data is archaeology--the artifacts and other material traces left by the two populations. In this review I will focus on the biological data, since that is the origin of the recent announcements. As indicated, each source of data has its own limitations and biases. It is a truism in paleontology that "fossils do not reproduce." One key observation to understanding evolutionary relationships among living creatures is genetic isolation--can members of two populations successfully mate with each other and produce fertile offspring? The answer is a fairly straightforward matter with respect to currently living animals. In the example given previously, horses and donkeys can mate and produce mules, but the mules cannot reproduce. There can be no self-perpetuating population of mules. Over time, horses and donkeys will tend to become increasingly different since there can be no natural gene flow between them. On the other hand, domestic dogs, coyotes, and wolves appear to be able to interbreed and create ongoing, hybrid populations. If true, despite notable differences in physical appearance and behavior, these canids all are part of a single, but markedly diverse species. Unfortunately for science, there are no living Neanderthals, at least none that can be identified as such. Neanderthals were first identified by distinctive physical characteristics in fossil bones that differ from those seen among modern humans, either living humans or fossils dating back several tens of thousands of years. In order to make judgments regarding whether fossil specimens belong to the same or different species, paleontologists make careful observations on the available fossils and then compare the degree and consistency of differences in both the physical forms and the implied behaviors to estimate whether the differences are great enough to indicate genetic separation. These interpretations are made by analogy with the known degrees of differences between currently living species. While fairly effective in dealing with markedly different organisms, the distinctions become more difficult when closely related species are under study. Neanderthal bones are, in general, more massive than modern human bones. Neanderthals had pronounced ridges over their eye sockets (brow ridges) as well as other protrusions of the skull not generally seen in modern humans. They were more muscular than modern humans. They had flatter, broader noses than modern humans. They had receding chins. Their brains were somewhat larger than those of modern humans. (Note: this does not necessarily mean they were smarter; brain size and intelligence are not directly correlated.) Do any or all of these differences indicate underlying genetic differences so great that Neanderthals and modern humans could not produce reproductively viable offspring? To add more uncertainty, there is a range of variation in fossil Neanderthals. The above listed characteristics of Neanderthals are most strongly displayed in specimens from Europe, so-called Classic Neanderthals. These characteristics were less pronounced in the Neanderthals of the Middle East, known as Progressive Neanderthals. Does this mean that Progressive Neanderthals were less different from modern humans than were the 'Classics'? If so, could there have been gene flow between modern humans and Classic Neanderthals through populations of Progressive Neanderthals? The more massive build of Neanderthals, and other features such as flatter noses, especially of the Classic form, has been interpreted as an adaptation to the harsh glacial climates of Ice Age Europe. The more limited Neanderthal technology, compared to that of modern humans, combined with the Neanderthal's stockier build are thought by some to indicate a very physical method of hunting, involving running down and spearing or even grappling prey, which consisted of large mammals. Research by Donald Grayson of the University of Washington and Francoise Delpech of the University of Bordeaux (Knight, September 2003, NewScientist.com) suggests that Neanderthals and modern humans took the same range of animal prey when they were both present in Europe. However, much more research would be needed to demonstrate that their hunting methods were equally productive. It may be, however, that the ability of Neanderthals to cope with cold conditions has been overestimated. Research comparing climatic and environmental changes during the last and apparently most severe cold period of the Pleistocene (there were multiple fluctuations between cold and relatively milder climates) indicates that both the Neanderthals and the earliest population of modern humans in Europe, known archaeologically as the Aurignacians, were pushed southward by the advancing ice and colder conditions that preceded it (van Andel, January 2002, Quaternary Research and Olszewski 2006 PaleoAnthropology). Under the extreme stress of this climatic change, large prey species retreated from northern Europe. Since the economies and technologies of both the Aurignacians and the Neanderthals were focused on large mammal hunting, this change in the available food supply is likely to have driven both groups to the limit of survival. However, according to this interpretation, the modern humans' ability to adapt culturally was sufficiently more flexible than that of Neanderthals so that the former survived while the latter did not. The adaptation to changing climatic conditions by modern humans is apparently reflected archaeologically in the shift from the Aurignacian to


Simultaneous measurement of wind noise and the instantaneous wind speed were performed for bare and screened microphones outdoors. Analysis of these measurements demonstrates that the dominant source of pressure fluctuations at the microphone outdoors is the intrinsic turbulence in the flow. This is in contrast to the results of measurements performed in low turbulence environments by Hosier and Donavan and by Strasberg. For low turbulence conditions the fluctuating wake of the screen is the dominant noise source. This finding has important implications for windscreen design for outdoor measurements since the principles described by Hosier and Donavan apply only to low turbulence conditions.


Design of circular patch antenna with diamond slot is proposed and used for medical application. The antenna is designed to operate in resonant frequency of 4.8GHz which is made to cover and function in the frequency range from 2GHz to 7GHz. The cloth fabric materials are used as substrate. Three different types of cloth fabric material are used namely, jeans, cotton and cordura considering its dielectric constant. Ansoft HFSS software tool is used for designing and simulation. Optimization of the wearable antenna design is done using finite element method using HFSS. The designed wearable antenna is placed in close to human body for investigation. The parameters considered for evaluating the results are efficiency, VSWR, SAR (Specific-absorption rate) and S-parameter. The designed antenna prototype is fabricated and tested for three different fabric material; jeans, cotton and cordura. The results show good performance for jeans material. Comparative study between simulated and measured result is done.


This trial was conducted to evaluate insecticides approved for use in organic production. The trial was conducted on a field managed using practices allowed for organic production since 2008 at Cornell's New York State Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. Broccoli 'Belstar F1' with 3–4 true leaves was transplanted on 2 Jun 2014. The transplants were set by hand using a Water Wheel transplanter (Rain-Flo Irrigation, Lancaster, PA) with a solution of 0.5oz/gal Fertrell fish oil emulsion into raised beds with 1.25 mil black polyethylene and drip irrigation tape. Annual ryegrass was seeded between the rows for weed control and mowed as needed. Six treatments and an untreated check were arranged in a RCB design with four replications. Each plot consisted of six plants spaced 12 inch apart with 7 ft between rows and 2 ft between treatments. Sprays (with the exception of Surround) were applied with a CO …


T o what does biocompatibility of peritoneal dialy sis solutions refer? In hemodialysis the term "biocompatibility" has grown over the last decade to encompass a multitude of biological events defined either by clinical, physiological, or biochemical indices that are attributable to extracorporeal blood-circuit interactions. Events such as activation of the complement, coagulation and kinin pathways, cytokine induction, and neutrophil and platelet activation have all been identified as important mediators not only of acute symptoms observed during dialysis, but also of chronic effects such as susceptibility to infection, osteodystrophy, amyloidosis, and wasting. During peritoneal dialysis, the interface between the patient and the dialysis system is not a blood-tomembrane one, but a peritoneum-to-dialysis solution one in nature. In this issue of Peritoneal Dialysis Internatianal Liberek and colleagues have chosen to study the biocompatibility of a new glucose polymerbased dialysis solution by comparing its effect on the function and viability of human peripheral blood neutrophils and mesothelial cells to conventional glucose-based formulations. Although it has been over 10 years since the in vitro detrimental effects of dialysis solution on phagocyte function were first described, in more recent years there has been an increasing number of reports on a wider variety of aspects of dialysis solution biocompatibility. Paralleling the increase in scientific publications has been the variety of cell types selected for study, experimental designs employed, and parameters measured. The aim of this editorial is to provide a general overview of how dialysis solution biocompatibility research is presently conducted and what is known to date. In addition, suggested guidelines for future research are discussed.


Every computer network needs some of the mechanism to protect itself against the malicious attacks. The common process for this is to divide the whole network into various coverage areas. Every coverage area elects its coverage agent who is responsible to collect the malicious information from its coverage area and share it with the other coverage areas. This will help to protect the computer network against malicious attacks. The core for this process is cooperative agent framework and enhancement of it will lead to increase in the security & performance of the computer network. The paper deals to enhance the cooperative framework in respect of the security of the function of cooperative agent as it will be having the more degree of the sensitivity of the malicious attack.


This paper analyzes how return consistency of a security affects future returns for short horizons. The primary hypothesis is that securities with consistently positive returns are perceived to be riskier, since an investor with diffuse priors regarding the distribution of positive and negative information presumes that most of the favorable information has been released. These perceptions lead to clear predictions for short-horizon returns, which should be higher for stocks with negative consistency and lower for stocks with positive consistency. It is found that stocks with 6 - 12 days of consistently positive or negative returns show strong return predictability over 1 - 4 week investment periods. Positive consistency leads to lower returns than other stocks, while negative consistency leads to abnormally high returns. It is also found that short-term momentum reversals do not exist without consistency, but consistency effects continue to exist without momentum. Controlling for firm size, momentum and liquidity measures, longer periods of consistency lead to more profitable consistency-based trading strategies. Although consistency is clearly distinct from momentum, there is a strong interaction between the two effects, and portfolios formed on both criteria are highly profitable. During the month of January, this interaction is magnified, implying that past return consistency may be a subjective mitigating factor for information asymmetry issues in equity markets. High share turnover serves to exaggerate consistency effects over short horizons. These results have implications regarding how there may be path dependence in the formation of expected returns in noisy equity markets.


The modeling of biochemical reaction networks is a fundamental but complex task in Systems Biology, which is traditionally performed exploiting human expertise and the available experimental data. Because of the general lack of knowledge on the molecular mechanisms occurring in living cells, an intense research activity focused on the development of reverse engineering methodologies is currently underway. This problem is further complicated by the fact that a proper parameterization needs to be associated to the reaction network, in order to investigate its dynamical behavior. In this work we propose a novel computational methodology for the reverse engineering of fully parameterized kinetic networks, based on the combined use of two evolutionary programming techniques: Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). In particular, CGP is used to infer the network topology, while PSO performs the parameter estimation task. To the purpose of applying our methodology in routine laboratory environments, we designed it to exploit a small set of experimental time series as target. We show that our methodology is able to reconstruct kinetic networks that perfectly fit with the target data.


The aims of treatment should be:

These can be achieved by prompt diagnosis, identification of trigger factors, evaluation of severity, establishment of a partnership of management with the asthmatic child and the family, and regular review.

#### Assessment of management

There has been much discussion recently about "self management" and "self management plans." The term is slightly misleading and a better description is partnership in management. The aim is to develop a strategy for management which will help asthmatic children and their families to cope with the day to day care of their asthma. The strategy should be adapted to the severity of the asthma and to the home and school circumstances. Partnership in management comprises:

Trained respiratory nurses working in asthma clinics and in schools have a vital role in partnership management. There are also many educational aids available including written material produced by lay organisations such as the National Asthma Campaign, videos, computer programs, and so on. They are valuable supplements to but not substitutes for regular personal contact between families and appropriately trained healthcare professionals.

The avoidance of cigarette smoke is important. Families with asthmatic children should be encouraged not to acquire pets. Pets have to go when allergy has been …


For meeting the demand in special market for high performance and high speed motorcycle engines,the engine was simulated by the advanced simulation software BOOST to explore the main factors that influences the engine performance at high speed. The intake system was optimized to have a better engine performance at high speed. The bench test shows the expectation that the high speed performance increases 11% and the medium speed performance does not change.


This study examines the impact of joint provision of audit and non-audit services on investors' perceptions of auditor independence in Egypt as one of emerging markets. The findings of the study reveal that investors' perceptions of auditor independence, reliability of financial statements and investment decision are lower when auditor provides both audit and non-audit services compared to the situation in which auditor provides audit service only. The findings also reveal that investors' perceptions of auditor independence, reliability of financial statements and investment decision are lower when non-audit services are provided by the same staff performing financial statements audit.


It has been found that more competition in medical markets improves social welfare, although consumers demand "too much" medical care ex post due to health insurance. While the finding has important implications in government regulation of health care industries, the related analysis has to assume that consumers have an exponential (Bernoulli) utility function. This note shows that the finding remains valid as long as consumers are risk averse.


Designing advanced control systems is a challenging task that requires the integration of numerous simulations and experiments into the design decision-making process. Unfortunately, controls courses are often focused on theory and do not provide students with knowledge, or practical experience, of how to actually implement controllers. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) are often used in industrial applications. PLCs continue to improve their computational abilities and are nowadays capable of running codes generated with MATLAB/Simulink. A two-week curriculum was added to a graduate controls course to teach students operational techniques and programming of PLCs. Students developed skills necessary to design a controller using logic operations, logic gates, PLC programming, and a Human Machine Interface (HMI). The curriculum required the programming of a PLC and HMI to control automated test equipment with electro-pneumatic components.


(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.)Empowering the People of God: Catholic Action Before and After Vatican II . Edited by Jeremy Bonner , Christopher D. Denny , and Mary Beth Fraser Connolly . New York : Fordham University Press , 2014. x + 389 pp. $65.00 hardcover.Book Reviews and NotesAll at once, it seemed, American Catholics in the early twentieth century enthusiastically began using the phrase "Catholic Action." Across the landscape, there were study groups, college courses and textbooks, and new parish organizations, all claiming to march under that banner. In 1930, the standard library bibliography covering the popular Catholic press needed five densely packed, double-column pages of small print to account for all the stories that had been published on the subject. The concept meant many things to many people, and it had derived vaguely from a pronouncement by Pope Pius XI, who had spoken of the "participation of the laity in the apostolate of the hierarchy." Bishops and priests were still in charge, but lay people, increasingly well-educated and moving out of their old ethnic neighborhoods, had their own role to play in advancing the religious and social mission of the church. In Europe, this might include overt political activity, but in the United States its fruit was a burst of organizational energy. There was an Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, a Catholic Rural Life Movement, a Christian Family Movement, a Catholic Youth Organization, a Catholic Interracial Council, and scores of other associations, formed under official auspices but run and sustained by ordinary Catholics. While some of the larger, national groups have received due scholarly notice, the virtue of this collection is that it looks at smaller, local efforts, thereby demonstrating the protean nature of the movement. These essays are also helpful for two other reasons. They lengthen the time frame, stretching both before and after the pivotal Second Vatican Council, which formally redefined the relationship of lay people to their church in the 1960s; they also expand the map, offering case studies in places outside the Catholic heartland of the northeast and midwest.As with any collection, some of the essays speak more directly to the matter at hand than others. The Catholic Club of the City of New York, for instance, first organized in the 1890s, consisted largely of businessmen who had made it, and their form of Catholic Action was perhaps the kind that hierarchs liked best: lay men would raise the money, and bishops would spend it. Elsewhere, Catholics studied church documents closely and defined for themselves a broad role in church and public square. In San Francisco, for example, labor organizers, women's groups, and political leaders worked together to promote civic reform, culminating in the mayoral terms of Joseph Alioto, a Catholic Action alumnus of long standing. …


The present invention includes a stripper blade having a handle 2, relates to paint-stripping device 1 for scraping the paint. The present invention are that dissector blade 3 comprises a combination of performing motion advancing A and backtracking B direction generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle 2, the means for peeling device 1 generates hot air, hot air the discharge in the vicinity of the dissector blade 3, it is the paint that has been heated by the hot air I cooperation with and in that the denudation in accordance with the movement of the blade 3.


In a set of balanced, experimental growth trials, cuttings of Posidonia oceanica, a Mediterranean seagrass, were transplanted on three types of substrate: dead matte, sand clear of vegetation and fine sand bearing Cymodocea nodosa. The following arrangements and spacings were also tested: lines of transplants 5, 10, 15 and 20 cm apart; circles of 3, 6 and 12 transplants, with both leaves oriented inwards and leaves outwards; arrangement in staggered rows (quincunx); and arrangement head-to-lbot. All sets of trials were carried out on both orthotropic and plagiotropic cuttings. Survival and development was followed approximately every 3 months for 3 years. The best survival and development were obtained for cuttings transplanted close together, with survival rates after 3 years of 84% or more in plagiotropic cuttings planted on matte, 5 and 10 cm apart. On fine sand with C. nodosa, 85% survival was obtained with 5-cm spacing and all the surviving transplants bore new ramifications after 3 years. On clear sand, high mortality was caused by bioturbation produced by the burrowing prawn Callianassa tyrrhena. Arrangement in circles gave no better results than in lines.


The present invention has a cross-sectional circular shape around the pod axis (L-L), the inside of the after part (10R) of the inner fairing (10), out of the fan duct passageway (13) come in contact cool air flow (9) on the outside, cooling air flow drawn from the cold air flow (9) (29) and close contact with pre are arranged cooler about (30). .The


Aim Presentation of experience and results due to application of transabdominal onlay mesh (TOM) approach in treatment of inguinal hernia. Materials and Method In the Center of Mini-invasive Surgery Hospital Podlesí-Třinec has been laparoscopically treated inguinal hernia since October 1992. Till December 2004, 5203 patients with 5727 inguinal hernias were operated. Since January 1999 till December 2004 we have operated TOM procedure 3878 inguinal hernias on 3476 patients (367 bilateral cases). Results In case of uncomplicated lateral inguinal hernia the average operation length was 21.4 minutes and in case of bilateral inguinal hernia it was 31.5 minutes. The percentage of complication was 1.263% (peroperative 0.284% and postoperative 0.979%). The average age of patients was 51.3 years (17 to 91 y). There were 87.8% of males and 12.2% of females. In the program of 1-day surgery, 185 patients were included. Conclusions We are convinced that the TOM method is essential in laparoscopic treatment of inguinal hernia and it will be applied more frequently when new prosthetics will be developed.


A distributed intelligent decision and management system is erected which incorporates the technologies of decision support system, expert system and database based on the theory of multi-agent. The system is able to support more rational, more effective and more scientific decision-making and schedule strategy, and it also can do attribute to the automation and intelligence of mobile manipulator. Also, in this paper, we use Neural network as the intelligent controller of the hierarchical intelligent system, because it is near to the method of person dealing with information and has the ability of imitating person's image thinking. This paper utilizes the excellent characteristics of neural network in studying and fault-tolerant to solve the coupling between manipulator and mobile vehicle and compensating the torque in order to realize the coordination movements between manipulator and mobile vehicle of mobile manipulator.


The Cityringen project will link the historic old city centre of Copenhagen with the outskirts and provide rapid and safe transport for 240,000 passengers per day. The existing Metro network will be extended with 17 new stations with average dimensions of 65 m × 20 m. Two single‐track tunnels each 15.5 km long and 5.50 m diameter will be bored by altogether four EPB‐TBMs working at the same time. In addition, three construction and ventilation shafts, a ramp structure and subsidiary structures are to be constructed.


Low functional capacity is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) is the gold standard evaluation to determine functional capacity through maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) measurement. However, the high financial cost, the material and the time spent on this method difficult its use in a large number of clinicals. In this sense, it is possible to determine VO2max via the equivalence formulas. The aim of this study was to verify the agreement between indirect calculation of VO2max using American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) equation and the directly measure of maximal oxygen uptake in metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients.


Silicified tree trunks lie scattered in the nonh of Site BG-X where Kenyapithecus occurred. The Site GB-X is situated at 200 m north from the road, about 5 km WNW of Nachola (Ishida, 1984 ; Makinouchi et a/., 1984 ; Pickford et a/., 1984). There, silt and sand stones inserted between aphyric basalt lavas outcrop about 17 m thick and dip less than 10 degrees to west (Fig. I, 2). Silicified trunks are not found in situ, but they are estimated to occur from the siliceous beds upper than the lowest silt stone including Kenyapithecus fossils. Thirty five silicified trunks were numbered in 1984's survey. The chips of 26 of them were collected. Most of them are not completely preserved peripherally and big in diametre. The diametre of trunks is equal or more than the long width (Table I). However, 2 specimens are completely preserved peripherally and were pressed. and other 2 specimens branched. It appears that the bark is twisted and all trunks are same kind of tree. The annual rings are obscure, but some rings are observed. Thin sections from 16 specimens collected in 1984 and 4 specimens collected in 1982 were observed under microscope and were identified a single species of Family Euphorbiaceae, Subfamily Crotonoideae (Suzuki. 1987). It seems that the fossil beds of Site BG-X connect with the cherty limestone with silicified tree trunk (Baker, 1963) outcropping at the southeastern foot of a hill near Muruilem, 3 km northeast from Site BG-X. Baker described the geological mccession of Muruilem as follows:


Aerostatic bearings have been successfully applied to ultra precision machine tools and precision measuring equipments because they have higher accuracy of motion and lower friction than another types of bearings. Spindles of these precision machines are generally supported by both journal and thrust bearings. However, spindles with separated thrust and journal bearings are hard to be miniaturized because separated tubing for both bearings are needed. Therefore, thrust/journal combined type of aerostatic porous bearings that have simpler tubing are proposed. In this paper, the static characteristics of thrust/journal combined type of aerostatic porous bearings with surface restricted layers are investigated theoretically and experimentally.


The author holds that under the new circumstances attention should be paid to the following aspects of IPW in hospitals. ①IPW should be integrated with the deepening of hospital reform. ②IPW should transform in form from the "large scale and centralized" type to the "flexible and diversified" type. ③IPW should make wide use of new carriers. ④Reform of IPW should keep in step with hospital reform. ⑤IPW should be advanced and scientific in nature. And ⑥ IPM should attach importance to unconscious education.


In order to realize the diversified development and innovation of online experiments and experimental teaching of industrial robots, a remote experimental platform for industrial robots based on B/S architecture is designed. The D-H method is used to establish the motion equation of the ABB IRB120 industrial robot, which can obtain the forward and inverse kinematic equations through the transformation of the homogeneous matrix. The robot 3D simulation system using HTML5 language and X3DOM technology realizes real-time graphic simulation and remote control of the robot.


2554Background: Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression has been linked with chemotherapy resistance. Nonclinical and clinical studies have suggested that a GR antagonist (GRA) can enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. Relacorilant (formerly CORT125134), a potent selective GRA, is being evaluated in solid tumors in combination with nab-pac. Methods: This ongoing phase 1/2 study is evaluating the tolerability, anticancer activity, and Phase 2 dose of relacorilant + nab-pac. Nab-pac is administered weekly for 3 of 4 weeks of a 28-day cycle. The study includes assessment of 2 relacorilant dosing schedules: continuous (CON) daily dosing and intermittent (INT) dosing (the day before, of, and after nab-pac). Pts ≥18 y old with advanced solid tumors, up to 3 prior lines of therapy in the advanced setting, ECOG status 0-1, and adequate renal, hepatic, and marrow function are included. Prior treatment with nab-pac is allowed. Results: As of Jan 1, 2018, 25 pts were enrolled; 17 had prior taxane. In CON dosing, 16 ...


The upper labial fren um can vary in shape, size and position. A thick frenum can be associated to a median diastema and can i nterfere with brushing and speech. The frenum correction can be performed by surgery like frenectomy, which consists of partial or total removal of the frenum or frenotomy, which just requires the replacement of the frenum. This paper presents a case of a female patient, 8 years old, which due to the thick frenum and diastema,, the frenotomy technique was indicated to facilitate diastema r eduction and toless invasive and to require less operative time surgery.