To those who know the work of Harry Partch (1901–1974), he was one of the most unique creative artists of the twentieth century. Composer, performer, instrument builder (some say sculptor), iconoclast and creator of stage works that fully integrated music, movement, theater, text and stage design, Harry Partch assembled a musical experience representing his philosophy of total corporeality. Until recently, the only way to encounter his work was through the few available recordings and his book, Genesis of a Music. Now an increased interest in Partch and his music has generated new collections of his writings, such as Harry Partch: An Anthology of Critical Perspectives, which brings together a substantial set of essays about his music by those who worked most closely with him. This alone makes it a significant contribution to the Partch legacy. The anthology presents reprints of important earlier articles, new essays on Partch's work by those who collaborated with him, photos chronicling his life and a CD, which includes an unedited interview for Voice of America and a somewhat extraneous edited interview capturing the accidental collapse of one of Partch's large instruments. Authors include Partch himself, Rudolf Rasch, Ben Johnston, Glenn Hackbarth, Elaine Barkin, Paul Earls, Lou Harrison and Kenneth Gaburo. There are also interviews between Danlee Mitchell and David Dunn and Mitchell and Henry Brant. The material is collected into three categories, based on Partch's selfdescriptive language: "Sound-Magic," "Visual Beauty" and "ExperienceRitual." As stated by the editor, this provides "general topic areas for organizational convenience" (p. xiv) but does not fully describe the essays themselves. In fact, only the second category is well represented, containing a wonderful collection of 15 black-and-white photographs provided by Betty Freeman and chronicling Partch's life from hobo to performer to instrumentbuilder to senior artist. These photos provide the perfect visual backdrop against which the essays can be understood. The essays themselves might better be classified by the author's approach: technical description, personal recollection, comprehensive vision. Each of these categories contains texts of great value. In the first category, that of technical description, Rudolf Rasch's "A Word or Two on the Tuning of Harry Partch" gives a clear and insightful introduction to Partch's use of ratios in determining the tunings of the "Tonality Diamond" and in eventually determining the temperament of his 43-note scale. Paul Earls' essay "Verses in Preparation for Delusion of the Fury," written in 1967, provides a detailed look at the duets, quartets, sextets and octet of verses. Although at times repetitive (like Partch's music), Earls presents an analytical view of this material, including instrumentation, metrical structure, pitch structure and notation. Few of Partch's works have received so thorough an analysis. The second category, personal recollection, is less successful. Recollections by friends and colleagues can often give a reader deep insights into the composer's thinking, placing the work clearly within the milieu of his or her time. Unfortunately, most of the personal recollections here are well meant but contribute little to a better understanding of Partch's world. The primary exception is a reprint of the 1988 essay "I Do Not Quite Understand You, Socrates," by the California composer Lou Harrison. In a succinct and poetic text, Harrison characterizes the various aspects of Partch's music and contributes a personal view, providing insights into both the man and the music. In any discussion of Partch's work, a writer must at some point deal with his comprehensive vision of total integration and total corporeality. Nowhere has this been done more successfully than in the late Kenneth Gaburo's essay "In Search of Partch's Bewitched." As with much of Gaburo's writing, the essay itself is a creative expression of the ideas behind the text. Written in various typefaces and laid out as a


Breast cancer is associated frequently with skeletal metastases, which cause significant morbidity. The main mechanism is an increase in osteoclast‐mediated bone resorption. We postulated that osteoblasts could be other essential target cells and previously showed that conditioned medium (CM) of breast cancer cells (BCCs) inhibits the proliferation of osteoblast‐like cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of BCC‐secreted products on osteoprogenitor cells using a clonal fetal human bone marrow stromal preosteoblastic cell line (FHSO‐6) that expresses alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, type I collagen (COLI), and increased osteocalcin (OC) and osteopontin under treatment with dexamethasone (Dex), 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], or recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP‐2). Treatment with MCF‐7 CM inhibited FHSO‐6 cell survival in a dose‐dependent and irreversible manner. Morphological investigation indicated that MCF‐7 CM increased both apoptotic and necrotic cell number. MCF‐7 CM increased caspases activity and a broad inhibitor of caspase activity (benzyloxycarbonyl‐Val‐Ala‐Asp(OMe)‐fluoromethyl ketone [z‐VAD‐fmk]) partly reversed the CM‐induced inhibition of FHSO‐6 cell survival. Western blot analyses revealed an increased bax/bcl‐2 ratio in MCF‐7 CM‐treated FHSO‐6 cells. MCF‐7 cells exhibit FasLigand as membrane‐bound protein and as a soluble cytokine in the CM. Deprivation of MCF‐7 CM from active FasLigand by saturation with a soluble Fas molecule suppressed the induction of FHSO‐6 apoptosis, whereas fibroblast CM, which did not contain FasLigand, only weakly modified FHSO‐6 cell survival because of increased cell necrosis. These data indicate that FasLigand secreted by BCCs induces apoptosis and necrosis of human preosteoblastic stromal cells through caspase cascade modulated by the bax and bcl‐2 protein level. The induction of apoptosis in human bone marrow stromal cells by BCCs may contribute to the inappropriately low osteoblast reaction and bone formation during tumor‐induced osteolysis in bone metastases.


Author: Leonardo A. Bueno Title: Development & Validation of the Acoustic Analogy Code for Jet Noise Predictions Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering Year: 2003 In this thesis, the numerical code for predicting the far-field sound radiated from a localized sound source is developed based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy theory. The acoustic analogy equation allows calculating the sound intensity in terms of the integral over the volume with distributed Lighthill tensor of unsteady flow fluctuations. A FORTRAN code is written to perform the integration using Simpson's numeric technique. The procedure for validating the code against the test case for the sound source in the form of a Gaussian pulse is examined. Future application of the code to predict acoustic radiation from turbulent jets is briefly discussed.


of tinctura iodi ltv in a tablespoonful of water was instantly rejected, but I immediately gave her another similar dose, and ten minutes later got her to swallow rapidly a tumblerful of sherry whey, and with repeti ion of this every hour, and afterwards every two hours, substituting milk and soda water for the whey, she rapidly improved. No doubt the iodine acts primarily as a sedative to the stomach, but I also think it steadies the poisoned liver cells. After a severe attack of acute alcoholism a similar oondition may occur and often yields to a similar treatment. In pointing out the little benefit derivedc from large doses of sodium bicarbonate, I must admit haVinDg seen benefit follow the washing out of the stomach with alkaline warm water. Diabetic coma is a condition in which acetone is present, and sodium bicarbonate is usually tried, in my experience with no benefit.


Foreword.- Summary of the First NUVA Conference Space Astronomy: the UV Window to the Universe.- The Ultraviolet sky surveys: filling the gap in our view of the Universe.- Observations of the near and far ultraviolet background.- Studying hot gas using the ultraviolet: High ions in galactic halos.- Metal-line system survey: characterizing the low-redshift IGM.- Local Lyman ? emitters and their relevance to high-redshift star-forming galaxies.- Reionization: characteristic scales, topology and observability.- The ultraviolet morphology of evolved populations.- Young circumnuclear disks in elliptical galaxies.- On some prospects of UV observatories for studies of galaxies-IGM mass exchange.- The starburst-AGN connection: the role of stellar clusters in AGNs.- Active galactic nuclei in the ultraviolet.- Galactic dynamos and galactic winds.- Two-dimensional properties of nearby galaxies.- Solving the mysteries of the diffuse interstellar medium with high-resolution UV spectroscopy.- O VI in the local interstellar medium.- The formation of planetary disks and winds: an ultraviolet view.- MHD simulations of accretion disks and jets: strengths and limitations.- Magnetic activity optimal tracers: from radio to X-ray the relevance of UV astronomy.- The dynamic magnetic quiet Sun: physical mechanisms and UV signature.- General Relativity studies through X-ray spectroscopy of the Fe (and others) K ? fluorescent lines.- UV observations of Cataclysmic Variables.- Colliding winds in symbiotics.- Very peculiar wind from BD+53 2790, the optical counterpart to 4U 2206+54.- Outflows from massive blue stars.- AGB star intershell abundances inferred from UV spectra of extremely hot post-AGB stars.- An introduction to the dark energy problem.- Ultraviolet SN observations with Swift.- Optical and UV monitor (OM) on-board XMM-Newton.- The cosmic origins spectrograph: capabilities and prelaunch performance.- WSO-UV-ultraviolet mission for the next decade.- WSO/UV spectrographs: the expected performance of HIRDES.- The Field Camera Unit of the WSO/UV telescope.- The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope: a view of today and tomorrow.- Exotic UV astronomy.- The Stellar Imager (SI) project: a deep space UV/Optical Interferometer (UVOI) to observe the Universe at 0.1 milli-arcsec angular resolution.- The Fresnel interferometric imager.- Stellar and galactic environment survey (SAGE).- CCD cameras and Spacewire interfaces for HERSCHEL/SCORE suborbital mission.- Novel narrow filters for imaging in the 50-150 nm VUV range.- The current and future capabilities of MCP based UV detectors.- Dedication to Willem Wamsteker.- Willem Wamsteker (1942-2005).- FUV spectroscopy of the central star of the planetary nebula Sh?2-216.


This book aims to take a dynamical systems approach to climate modelling. Instead of modelling global climate as a system in equilibrium, the approach is to allow for the variations in 'boundary conditions' over many different time scales. The relevant boundary conditions include such factors as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, solar forcing (solar 'constant' changes and Milankovitch cycles), continental positions and elevations as well as sea level. The book considers in three parts: I, the documented nature of climate changes and adoption of a dynamical systems approach; II, the physics behind different parts of the climate system (especially atmospheric CO2, ice sheets and oceans); and III, …


Romantic Broome — the pearling centre of the North West … the locale of exciting novels! White-sailed luggers skimming across azure seas in the early dawn. Colowful Asiatics jostling in Sheba Lane — the famous street 0' Pearls. And languorous tropical nights beneath the glittering southern Cross.


It is an object of the present invention to provide an oil vapor measuring apparatus and method capable of accurately measuring the concentration of oil vapor by adsorbing and absorbing the entire amount of oil and water constituting oil vapor using an adsorption and absorption technique. The oil vapor measuring apparatus of the present invention for implementing this, in the oil vapor measuring apparatus for measuring the content of the oil and water contained in the oil vapor discharged to the atmosphere passing through the oil vapor treatment apparatus, to collect the oil contained in the oil vapor A first filtration unit made up of a plurality of activated carbon filters for; A second filtration unit made of a moisture adsorption filter including silica gel or zeolite for removing water contained in the oil vapor from which the oil is removed through the first filtration unit; A third filtration unit for finally collecting oil and water of the oil vapor passing through the first filtration unit and the second filtration unit; A flow rate measuring unit measuring a flow rate of the oil vapor suctioned through the first filtration unit, the second filtration unit, and the third filtration unit; A weight measuring unit measuring a weight change of the first filtering unit, the second filtering unit, and the third filtering unit before and after the passage of the oil vapor; And a calculating unit calculating the concentration of the oil vapor based on the measured values in the flow rate measuring unit and the weight measuring unit.


Hydraulic driving system is a new type driving system of control rod based on hydrodynamic pressure.The dynamic response of hydraulic driving system subjected to impacting load is studied.The velocity and displacement of hydraulic driving system are low under the condition of acceleration half-sine shock pulse±30 g for 11 ms.It concludes that hydraulic driving system is stable,which did not move up or down one step after impacting.


PURPOSE: A service providing system including a sensing apparatus, a service providing server, and control method thereof are provided to offer predetermined services based on the current location of a user by sensing the location of the user. CONSTITUTION: A service providing server(200) receives a contact generation signal from a wireless communication terminal connecting to one or more sensing apparatuses. The contact generation signal includes contact generation time related to one or more sensing apparatuses and one or more dedicated identifiers. The service providing server compares information included in the received sensing signal and the received contact generation signal. The service providing server matches the sensing apparatus with a wireless communication terminal. The service providing server provides a service corresponding to the matched sensing apparatus to the matched wireless communication terminal.


magnetic field. The energy source of the plasma consists of two condenser banks. The first bank is used to ionize and preaccelerate the gas in the discharge chamber. At some time after the start, when a fully ionized state has been reached, a second condenser bank is connected to the plasma and a further acceleration takes place. By this arrangement the second acceleration of the plasma can be studied in absence of ionization phenomena and other complications involved in the starting process. When oniy small amounts of energy are extracted from the second bank, the second acceleration takes place without any momentum loss in addition to that which can be explained by viscous forces. On the other hand, when large energies are extracted from the second bank a saturation of the voltage across the plasma is observed. This is followed by a reduced impedance of the plasma, the appearance of irregularities in the discharge, an increasing equivalent capacity and an increasing release of gas from walls and electrodes. The introduction of a copper wall does not remove the voltage saturation. The experiments suggest that the plasma is stable as long as the ratio between the energy of rotation and themore » magnetic field energy is less than 0.2. Above this value the voltage saturation and the increased loss rate can possibly be explained by instabilities, or by some other loss mechanism such as tha produced by an interaction between the plasma and the end insulators. (auth)« less


. For any ǫ > 0, there exists q 0 ( ǫ ) such for any q ≥ q 0 ( ǫ ) and any invertible residue class a modulo q , there exists a natural number that is congruent to a modulo q and that is the product of exactly three primes, all of which are below q 32 + ǫ . If we restrict our attention to odd moduli q that do not have prime factors congruent to 1 mod 4, we can find such primes below q 11 8 + ǫ . If we further restrict our set of moduli to prime q that are such that ( q − 1 , 4 · 7 · 11 · 17 · 23 · 29) = 2, we can find such primes below q 65 + ǫ . Finally, for any ǫ > 0, there exists q 0 ( ǫ ) such that when q ≥ q 0 ( ǫ ), there exists a natural number that is congruent to a modulo q and that is the product of exactly four primes, all of which are below q (log q ) 6 .


Using mathematical theory of survival analysis,Seedling dynamic life data of five L.Chinese seed sources have been dealt with in this paper.We work out the seedling life table of L.Chinese.The contrast curves of mortality density function and the dangerous rate of five L.Chinese seed sources have been drawn. We make survival analysis and put forward the ecological game.


Brazil is a complex federation formed by 26 States, the Federal District and 5570 municipalities, all autonomous and sharing powers and duties in many legislative and administrative matters, such as culture and cultural heritage. On October 5th, 1988, the country adopted its first effectively democratic and pluralist Constitution, known as the "Citizen Constitution". It devotes special attention to the aforementioned topics based on the understanding that cultural heritage encompasses elements of a tangible and intangible nature that make reference to the identity, the action and the memory of the different groups that form Brazilian society, including textual mention of popular, indigenous and Afro-Brazilian cultures. In legal terms, however, it has been observed that since 1937 the country has had a national law for the protection of tangible cultural heritage, but only since 2000 has it issued a Decree on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. In any case, this Decree precedes the UNESCO Convention on this subject, dated 2003 and incorporated into Brazilian law in 2006. At this time, the international regulation acquired a status of supranational to deal with matters pertaining to human rights. The content of the Convention did not result in any abrogation of the pre-existing rules in Brazil, however, it showed that the rules need to be complemented in two aspects. The first one, in a legal sense, to make explicit the humanitarian and environmental protection values that are indispensable in the policy of recognizing cultural manifestations and their elements. The second one, in a political sense given the characteristic of cooperative federalism, involves the necessity for the central government to stimulate the universalization of this policy in other entities of the Brazilian federation, which currently does not occur.


Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) has been used for probing the surface densities and compositions of adsorbed layers of aqueous sodium tetradecanoate, or myristate, at 25 °C. Aqueous sodium myristate normally becomes protonated (myristic acid) to an extent of about 0.5−1%, yielding a natural pH from 8 to 9, depending on concentration. The myristic acid, and possibly an acid−soap complex, are quite surface active compared to myristate, making impractical the application of the Gibbs adsorption isotherm for determining surface densities from tension data. At pH = 12 (in 10 mM NaOH), only myristate is expected in the bulk, and the tension is higher; for 2 mM total surfactant concentration, the tension is ∼ 43 mN/m vs 23 mN/m. IRRAS spectra confirm that only myristate is present in the monolayer at pH = 12. At natural pH (8−9), in addition to the band due to the myristate group, a significant band due to myristic acid is observed. Solutions in D2O were used for observing the carbonyl and ca...


Borrowing from landscape ecology, atmospheric science, and integrated assessment, we aim to understand the complex interactions that determine productivity in montane forests and utilize such relationships to forecast montane forest vulnerability under global climate change. Specifically, we identify relationships for precipitation and temperature that govern the spatiotemporal variability in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) growth by seeking similarities in patterns of growth/climate models across a significant portion of the climatological range of the species. In the 21st century and beyond, sustainable forestry will depend on successful adaptation to the impacts of climate change and climate variability on forest structure and function. The combination of these foci will allow improved prediction of the fate of montane forests over a wide range of biogeoclimatic conditions in western North America and thus allow improved management strategies for adapting to climate change. We descri...


Contents: J.R. Dobrow, Introduction. Part I:The Relationship of VCRs to Other Media Industries: Competition, Cooperation, and Confusion. E. Secunda, VCRs and Viewer Control Over Programming: An Historical Perspective. M. Komiya, B. Litman, The Economics of the Prerecorded Videocassette Industry. B.C. Klopfenstein, Audience Measurement in the VCR Environment: An Examination of Ratings Methodologies. Part II:The Relationship of VCRs to Theoretical Frameworks: Testing, Extending, or Maintaining Existing Media Theories. C.A. Lin, Audience Activity and VCR Use. K.K. Massey, S.J. Baran, VCRs and People's Control of Their Leisure Time. M. Morgan, J. Shanahan, C. Harris, VCRs and the Effects of Television: New Diversity or More of the Same? J.D. Straubhaar, Context, Social Class and VCRs: A World Comparison. Part III:The Relationship of VCRs to Individual Expression, Collective Identity, and Social Patterns. K.E. Heintz, VCR Libraries: Opportunities for Parental Control. A.B. Jordan, A Family Systems Approach to the Use of the VCR in the Home. J.R. Dobrow, The Rerun Ritual: Using VCRs to Re-View. L.J. Vale, Captured on Videotape: Camcorders and the Personalization of Television.


Background: This community service aims to assist and empower the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the UMKM Bumdes Remboko to have highly digital marketing in Yogyakarta. Also, it focuses on maximizing the use of the internet specifically social media and the marketplace for branding, promoting, and selling its products. This study emphasizes that SMEs need to embrace digital technology in performing their business.
Contribution: Empowerment is important because it upgrades the small and medium enterprises to face competition with others.
Method: Several activities including creating a social media account, photography training, webinar, and registering of Go-Food were used to increase the SMEs' abilities in using the internet.
Results: The results showed that these activities help SME partners of Bumdes Remboko use digital marketing through social media and the marketplace.
Conclusion: In conclusion, it is expected that small and medium enterprises increase their business by using digital methods


BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality is one of the most daunting health challenges faced by India. Newborn care is sub-optimal in the slums and the newborns here are victims of various malpractices endangering their health and survival. We wanted to study the existing newborn care practices in slums of Guwahati city and evaluate the various factors influencing them. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 mothers having children below 12 months of age in the slums of Guwahati city, Assam from August 2018 to July 2019. Out of 300 mothers interviewed, majority (63 %) had institutional deliveries and only 37 % of the mothers delivered at home. Out of 111 home deliveries, new blade was used in majority (82.88 %) for cutting the cord. Some material was applied to the cord stump like mustard oil, ash, vermilion, talcum powder etc. as customary practice in 68 % of home deliveries. Majority of the newborns (89 %) were wrapped with clean cloth immediately after birth. However, 59.33 % of the newborns were given first bath within the first day of birth. Majority of mothers (80.67 %) initiated breastfeeding within one hour of birth and 71.33 % of the newborns were given colostrum. However, pre lacteal feed was highly practised (59.33 %) in the study area. All the domains in newborn care were not appropriately practised. These issues need to be addressed effectively through health education and counselling.


Introduction. Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is one of the most dangerous infectious complications of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to some researchers, NP formed 0.5–1 % of hospitalized patients and in patients of ICU – NP develops with a frequency from 15 to 65 %. The aim of our study was to determine the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with NP, developed on the background of severe TBI. Materials and Methods. 166 patients had been examined, including 58 patients with isolated severe head injury (group 1) and 108 patients with traumatic brain injury, which were complicated by the development of NP (group 2). Results. Out of the first group patients 50 (86.2 %) were men, 8 (13.8 %) were women. The average age of patients in this group was 49.2 ± 15.2 years. Out of the first group patients 89 (82.4 %) were men, 19 (17.6 %) were women. The average age of patients in this group was 48.2 ± 16.7 years. The average length of in-patient treatment was 14.1 ± 6.2 days in patients of the 1 st group versus 38.7 ± 17.6 days in patients of the 2 nd group. In the 1 st group 41 (70.7 %) were non-smokers, 10 (17.2 %) smokers 10 cigarettes per day, 10 to 20 cigarettes per day – 3 (5.2 %), more than 20 cigarettes per day – 4 (6.9 %). In the 2 nd group 40 (37.0 %) were non-smokers, 33 (30.6 %) smokers 10 cigarettes per day, 10 to 20 cigarettes per day – 16 persons (14.8 %), more than 20 cigarettes per day – 19 (17.6 %). Conclusions. In demographic structure of the NP, developed on the background by TBI, young men were dominated. The mean duration of hospital treatment of patients with NP increased 2.7 times compared with the patients with TBI uncomplicated by NP. Most patients of both the 1 st and the 2 nd groups were overweight (more than 50 % of patients). There is a significant percentage of the unemployed. A larger percentage of people who consume alcohol in the 2 nd group of patients could be indicative of their poor social adaptation and difficult social conditions. Significantly greater number of smokers among the patients of the 2 nd group confirms the importance of smoking as a risk factor of the NP development on the background of TBI.


Since the dawn of modern medicine, anesthesiologists have been on the forefront of health care innovation with key involvement in the development of hemodynamic monitoring, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, intravenous (IV) fluid management, blood banking (Moore 2005), mechanical ventilation, arterial blood gases, respiratory therapy, critical care medicine, and many types of acute and chronic pain management, to name but a few. Anesthesiology has been put forward as the "poster child" for patient safety (Kohn et al. 1999) as well as leading health care in the application of human factors engineering (HFE) concepts and methods (Weinger and Englund 1990; Weinger and 48


Bleomycin (BLM) and mitomycin C (MMC), potent anticancer agents, were linked covalently to murine monoclonal anti-HLA IgG(1) antibody (H-1) with the use of dextran T-40. Macromomycin (MCR) was coupled to H-1 in the presence of carbodiimide. H-1 alone did not inhihit cell growth. BLM-(H-1) and MMC-(H-1) conjugates showed stronger cytotoxicity to an HLA-bearing cell line than BLM and MMC, respectively. MCR-(H-1) and free MCR showed the same cytotoxicity to HLA-bearing cells, while the conjugate was less toxic than free MCR against cells lacking HLA. These results indicate that BLM-(H-1), MMC-(H-1) and MCR-(H-1) exert antibody-targeting cytotoxicity in vitro.


Rowberry M, Brewer PA, Macklin MG. 2007. The number, form and origin of sub-horizontal surfaces in north Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 87: 271-286.


In the state of Veracruz, the entrepreneurship of an industrial project that achieved the flow of a sustained economy in the agricultural sector to an industrial sector proved to be a lengthy process in the xix century. In the history of failure and success, the period between 1870 and 1910 stands out. During this time, some cities in Veracruz experimented with the establishment and consolidation of industrial units and manufacturing workshops. The objective of this text is to present an argument based on the institutional framework of the role of governors and legislation in the definition of policies based on incentives that tends to favor the establishment of factories in the state.


Taking the information running evaluation and analysis of power supply enterprises as a platform,the combination of the data mining technology and information system quality evaluation in power supply enterprises was studied to overcome the imperfection of the running quality evaluation of current information system in power supply enterprises.By effective data mining of running evaluation index for power supply enterprises,the max-min law is used to establish similar matrices and transmission closure method is adopted for clustering analysis to provide a support of model and method for the running quality evaluation result classification of information system in powersupply enterprises.The experimental results indicate that the model is simple and effective,and can more objectively and truly reflect the running quality of information systems in power supply enterprises.


The relative underdevelopment of Chinese agricultural modernization results from a set of elements, i.e. resources condition, economic system, technological progress, market circumstances and investment inadequacy. Only by renewing development ideas, adjusting economic development strategy, enhancing the management system of urban-rural integration and deepening the reform of agricultural investment-finance system can the agricultural investment be expanded effectively and Chinese agricultural modernization be speeded up.


A modal of the compressor installation local platform of W12-1 was created using finite element software. The experimental results show that the vibration of the compressor installation local platform is caused by the working of the compressors. The modal was reduced due to the consistent vibratory frequency. The modal analysis of W12-1 local offshore platform was carried out using finite element analysis. The results indicate that the insufficient local stiffness of the compressor installation platform is the reason of vibration modal distortion. The methods for removing the distortion were proposed by means of increasing the stiffness of beam and changing the position of the inclined support. The computational results show that the vibration can be restrained effectively. The method for increasing the stiffness of beam can be used to reform the platform that has been built and the method for changing the position of the inclined support can only be used in the platform that is going to be built. That is to say, the second method can be used to direct the dynamic design of offshore platform.


One of the key aspects of successful in availability of tourism promotional text (TPT) that enables tourists to understand fully tourism destinations in area. Because each region has a different culture, tourism promotional text (TPT) is very much needed for the convenience of tourists who visit Indonesia. The Government already provides it with 2 languages, Indonesian and English. But most of TPT in Indonesia are Indonesian to English translations. There must be an assurance whether tourists can comprehend cultural aspects that usually become untranslatable items. Mostly untranslatable aspects such as traditional food, traditional ceremonies, traditional objects and place names are not translated or use the original sentence. This problem really needs attention because it really affects the tourists who read TPT. Thus, this paper aims to analyze the translation quality of cultural words in translated TPT of Central Java. This paper also explains how to use translation for cultural words in TPT correctly, so the text can be useful for the tourist. In order to achieve this aim, the authors used descriptive qualitative research along with the utilization of Katan and Nababan techniques of data collection and analysis. The findings show that most cultural words in TPT used environment type based on Katan's theory (2009). For the accuracy, it's shows that most of them are less accurate based on Nababan's theory (2012).


We consider the following phenomenon: with just one multiplication we can compute (3u+2v)(3x+2y) ≡ 3ux+4vy (mod 6), while computing the same polynomial modulo 5 needs 2 multiplications. We generalize this observation and we define some vectors, called sixtors, with remarkable zero-divisor properties. Using sixtors, we also generalize our earlier result (Computing Elementary Symmetric Polynomials with a Sub-Polynomial Number of Multiplications, SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 32. No. 6.) for fast computation of wider classes of multi-variate polynomials, modulo composites.


This essay analyzes the affecting factor,h index and rate of fund papers in journals of 43 colleges and universities in Fujian. The results show that the general level of journals of universities in Fujian proves above the average in our country whereas non-undergraduate colleges evidently fail to reach the average level.The three indicators in statistics vary according to different reputation and academic power of sponsors.The increasing amount of publication with no guarantee of quality certainly reduces affecting factor and rate of fund papers of journals but there is little impact on h index.In addition,this paper also involves investigation and analysis of some highlyvalued journals.


No data were existing concerning the fracture toughness and crack propagation properties of UNS6625 grade 2 alloy or 625 weld metal after long thermal exposures at 520°C. To have a realistic idea of the worst, ageing was performed on base metal and Gas Tungsten Arc (GTA) weld metal up to 10 000 h at 520°C and 700°C. Structures and fracture features examinations, Charpy tests, fracture toughness (20, 520, 700°C) and fatigue crack growth tests (520°C) were performed. The drastic drop of ECVN after ageing at 520°C corresponds to a K1J fall in the same order for the base metal and the joint (≤ 100 MPa m) in relationship with the development level of the γ″ Ni3 Nb phase with a ductile rupture feature. In comparison, the fracture toughness curves at room temperature of the 700°C ageings show an asymptotic trend beyond 6000 h, with K1J ≥ 130 MPa m after 10 000 h and a brittle/ductile rupture feature (δ Ni3 Nb phase +carbides). The J/Δ a curves at 520°C of the 520°C aged states reveal a saturation effect. Finally, in spite of the metallurgical changes that take place, the behaviour after prolonged use of UNS6625 base metal and its welds at 520°C of pressure shell materials is satisfactory regarding an in service risk of brittle rupture.Copyright © 2006 by ASME


U.S. INNOVATIONInfluential Washington policymakers have decided that bolstering U.S. technical know-how and tackling energy challenges should go hand in hand. Their solutions are featured in a series of recent legislative proposals. ([Read more][1].)

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In this book Dennis Dunn examines both Vatican-USSR relations and the condition of the church in the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe during this tragic decade. The study is concise (179 pages of text), thoroughly documented and generally well written. The first three chapters summarize the state of the church in Tsarist Russia before World War I and in the Soviet Union between the wars and also analyze the differing views of Marx and Lenin towards religion. Chapters four through eight discuss the changing status of the Latin, Uniate, and Orthodox churches in the USSR and Eastern Europe during and immediately following World War II. The author adds three chapters on the church in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the intensive persecution of 1948-1949, and he closes with a summary evaluation of Vatican policies during this ten-year Soviet challenge. The book is especially informative in emphasizing the political and international context of Stalin's shifting policies of toleration and repression, in noting the complications in Allied-Vatican harmony caused by Pope Pius XII's establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan in 1942 and in pointing out the particularly harsh treatment suffered by the Uniate churches under Communist control. The author chronicles clearly and in detail the deepening Vatican-USSR confrontation and documents it well from Communist newspapers and periodicals, state radio broadcasts, Actes et documents du Saint Siege relatijs a la seconde guerre mondiale and recent secondary literature. His conclusions are moderate and generally convincing: that the Vatican abhorred the abuses of both Hitler and Stalin but probably saw the first as a temporary aberration of a madman and the latter as a calculating and more permanent evil, that Pope Pius XII hesitated to speak out at times because of a legitimate fear that he might make conditions worse for captive peoples and that the Vatican apparently perceived the uncom promising and totalitarian nature of the Soviet regime earlier than did the western powers. The book has its weaknesses—there are occasional lapses in style and diction, a few typographical errors remain and the index might be more complete—but these do not seriously detract from this excellent and significant work.


The metaphorical strategy of narration through "persuasion by profession" was often used in the communication of advising political persuasion in ancient China.The persuader could often successfully establish connections between the handling of political affairs and professions such as cooking,cattle-raising,sheep-feeding,shooting,and the playing of musical instruments,and thereby,produce a big system of metaphors,so that a double effect could be achieved by making the familiar things new and the new things familiar.


The extensor tendons to the fingers were studied in dissections of 50 fresh cadaveric hands, and the divisions of the tendons, as well as the communications (juncturae), were analyzed. The pattern of distribution most frequently observed was as follows. The extensor digitorum communis provided one tendon to the index finger, one to the middle finger, two to the ring finger, and none to the little finger. The extensor indicis exhibited one tendon, whereas the extensor digiti minimi exhibited two tendons. The extensor indicis tendon was always observed to lack a junctura tendinum. The extensor indicis was absent in both hands of one cadaver. A tendon slip from the extensor digiti minimi to the ring finger was observed in one hand. All surgeons must bear in mind the existence of these variations when performing common tendon transfers.


Alokesh Barua's uncommonly ambitious collection of essays greatly adds to our understanding of the economic history of India's Northeast. Covering over 800 years in almost 500 pages, there is much to read and digest! This tightly edited contribution is a vital part of the ongoing scholarly quest to illuminate the troubling contemporary conditions of India's Northeast. In this volume are lessons on the consequences of long-term economic stagnation and the chaos, insurgency and instability that can result. Marshalling the strengths and knowledge of scholars based both in India and abroad, India's North-East demonstrates the continuing importance of regionally focused and empirically rigorous economic history. Ranging from the Ahom dynasty to the present day, conscientious readers of this dense book will be challenged by its narrative of ongoing poverty and inequality. The history is long—and often disheartening—and is here canvassed in 20 chapters that are grouped into six sections. Each section sets out to clarify a particular historical period or set of thematic issues. The first three sections mark out the traditional delineations of the region's history; that is, the Ahom, colonial, and post-independence periods. The latter three sections describe, in turn, regional resource endowments, population and migration, and trade and industrialisation. Covering the historical character of many issues including commercial systems, agricultural production and resource exploitation, the authors in this volume generally do a marvellous job of marshalling their evidence. The individual chapters abound in technical, economic, anthropological and political discussions that are thoroughly introduced but then quickly refocused on highly specialised issues. For this reason, the sophisticated arguments of India's North-East may alienate non-specialists with no background in regional economic history. To mark out the book's collective agenda, Barua's editorial introduction argues that 'economic development is a historical and an evolutionary process' (p 29). In this context, he clarifies the scholarship in India's North-East as seeking to 'understand . . . in order to put forward a perspective for development strategies' (p 33). Throughout the book, the focus is largely on persistent failures in economic management. These have led to 'grave, regional inequalities' (p 209) with northeastern India now lagging behind other regions. Long-running insurgency and political instability are a recurring target for blame. Many of the authors, however, also identify the problems of the region's unique geography. It shares only 2% of its boundary with the rest of India, and 98% with neighbouring countries. Wedged between these non-Indian cultural and political forces, the Northeast has been left out of much of India's recent economic success. In India's North-East, the predictable difficulties of compiling an edited volume of this size and scope are apparent. Great regional diversity makes thematic consistency and a common argumentative thrust difficult to muster. This volume would have also benefited from a thorough index that would have drawn together the common themes of the chapters as the long Contemporary South Asia 15(4), (December, 2006) 493–510


Islamic banking marketing strategy is a marketing activity as a necessity carried out by a bank. Islamic banks themselves are financial institutions that adhere to sharia principles. With the existence of marketing, Islamic banks are able to survive in the future. The marketing strategy of Islamic banks aims to introduce products in Islamic banks to customers in order to meet the level of customer satisfaction in transactions. With the development of marketing strategies there has been a variety of studies that have been carried out in this area. This study adopted a bibliometric analysis based on data obtained from the Scopus database. Based on the keywords used, which are related to the marketing strategy of Islamic banks in the title of the article, this study succeeded in obtaining 60 documents for further analysis. Several tools have been used such as Microsoft Excel to perform frequency analysis, VOSviewer for data visualization. This study reports the results using standard bibliometric indicators such as year of publication, document type, source type, source title, language, field of study, keyword analysis, geographic distribution, authorship, active institution, and citation analysis.


— Mergers and acquisitions are the order of the day. In the traditional time period, consolidations were done in the corporate world to have a large chunk in the market. But in this era of globalisation, several other factors are equally contributing to this phenomenon. Efficiency gains, increasing productivity, consumer welfare, survival in the cut-throat competition, organisation culture are few among them. This paper attempts to explore the views regarding corporate mega mergers that are taking a great deal of space in the current years. Indian economy too is not an exception. Several decision-makers, finance specialists and industrial organisations also hold the view that mega mergers seem an appropriate alternative for curbing market inefficiencies. In a country like India, the wave of mega mergers has become inevitable and is duly affecting the different sectors of the economy. Monopolies and Oligopolies have been emerging rapidly as a result of it. Such effects and the current Indian scenario have been articulated in this paper.


\ISignificant Changes to Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10: An Illustrated Guide\N focuses on the revisions to the seismic load requirements set forth in the latest edition of the Standard for minimum design loads. Mirroring the organization of the seismic chapters in ASCE 7-10, this handy reference briefly summarizes each change to the seismic provisions that might affect actual practice or enforcement and immediately follows up with the precise wording of the change. The impact of each update is explained in clear, straightforward language accompanied by diagrams, examples, and color photographs and illustrations to enrich the reader's understanding.


We give a general and mathematically precise definition of the notion of conditional time delay in scattering theory i.e., a notion of time delay for a given condition of observation of the scattered particle. A formula, generalising the Eisenbud-Wigner time delay formula, is derived. The basic concept entering in the definition of the conditional time delay is that of conditional sojourn time. Although conditional sojourn times cannot be uniquely defined in quantum mechanics because of the uncertainty principle, we show that conditional time delays admit a well defined probabilistic interpretation in the limit of infinitly extended spatial regions. Some comments are presented in relation with the tunneling time problem


This notebook details a submission by OpenSource Connections (OSC) to the TREC 2020 News track's background linking task. OSC's strategies were built around Elasticsearch's More Like This (MLT) Query so they would be accessible to industry practitioners. OSC submitted four runs: MLT with default parameters, MLT with tuned parameters, MLT with a new named entity recognition (NER) field, and MLT re-scored by document embedding similarity. MLT with parameter tuning produced the best results of any OSC runs, but was slightly worse than the task median per topic of all submitted runs. OSC's NER and document embedding runs both produced better results than MLT with default parameters. Introduction News sources are critical to understanding current events. Often the events being covered are not isolated occurrences, they are parts of larger and more complex ones. The TREC 2020 News track is focused on providing news readers with better news context by linking to relevant related articles and Wikipedia resources. There are two distinct tasks in the News track, both operate identical input (a given news story) and evaluation metric (nDCG@5). • Background Linking Retrieve other news articles that provide important context or background information. The goal is to help a reader understand or learn more about the story or main issues in the current article using the best possible sources. • Wikification Identify short passages in the article that should be hyperlinked to either another article, or a Wikipedia article, in order to provide in-context access to information that would help contextualize or add background on the story being read. The OSC team only participated in the Background Linking task. Data The data set for the News track is Washington Post articles from 2013-2017. There are 671,947 articles in the original dump, but after removing files per TREC News guidelines for relevant sections and wire service authorship, our final index had 615,727 documents. Without the vector embedding required for OSC's embed run, the index was 3.5 Gb on disk. After including the document embeddings (768 floats), the index was 14.4 Gb on disk, a 314% increase compared to the original. News articles were provided with their original sections intact, including title, kicker, and body paragraph delineations. News articles follow an inverted pyramid structure, where the importance of information decreases in subsequent paragraphs[1]. OSC's index attempted to take advantage of this intrinsic data, by using separate fields for the first three body paragraphs and a single field with all body paragraphs


470 medical-major-freshman of Jinhua College of Profession and Technology(Jinhua College) were tested with SCL-90,EPQ questionnaire.The results indicate that the factor scores of symptom、anxiety、horror and psychosis of higher vocational medical freshman were all obviously higher than those in normal colleges,but all factor scores were lower than college student norm,relevant ratio of mental problem is 5.8%,while the total level of mental health of higher vocational medical freshman in Jinhua is good.the occurrence of mental problem is related to personality characteristics.


High performance transparent thin-film transistors deposited on glass substrates and entirely processed at a low temperature not exceeding 150°C are presented and analyzed in this paper. Besides being based on an amorphous oxide semiconductor, the main innovation of this work relies on the use of sputtered multicomponent oxides as dielectric materials based on mixtures of Ta 2 O 5 with SiO 2 or Al 2 O 3 . These multicomponent dielectrics allow to obtain amorphous structures and low leakage currents while preserving a high dielectric constant. This results in transistors with remarkable electrical properties, such as field-effect mobility exceeding 35 cm 2 V ―1 s ―1 , close to 0 V turn-on voltage, on/off ratio higher than 10 6 , and a subthreshold slope of 0.24 V decade ―1 , obtained with a Ta 2 O 5 :SiO 2 dielectric. When subjected to severe current stress tests, optimized devices show little and reversible variation in their electrical characteristics. The devices presented here have properties comparable to the ones using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited SiO 2 at 400°C, reinforcing the success of this amorphous multicomponent dielectric approach for low temperature, high performance, and transparent electronic circuits.


The invention provides an online direct quenching technology for producing steel plates with different thicknesses and high durability, which adopts the technical scheme that billets are heated to 1150-1280DEG C; the billets are rolled into steel plates at two stages in an austenitic recrystallization zone and an austenitic non-recrystallization zone, and the finishing temperature is 800-880DEG C; and high-density laminar flow cooling is adopted for realizing the online quenching of the steel plates, the laminar flow cooling is formed by a cooling zone consisting of an upper flow collecting pipe and a lower injection collecting pipe, the cooling zone comprises an intensive cooling section, a rough cooling section and a precise cooling section, the water flow ratio of upper collecting pipes and lower collecting pipes of the rough cooling section and the precise cooling section is fixed to be 1:1.5, and the water flow of the upper collecting pipe and the lower collecting pipe of the intensive cooling section can be freely adjusted within a range of 1:3.0-1:1.4. The invention solves the technical bottleneck of large investment and high cost brought by a traditional quenching and tempering technology of reheating quenching and tempering for producing high-strength steel, and the direct quenching technology has the remarkable efficacy of saving energy sources, shortening a process flow and improving the production efficiency, and is suitable for being popularized and produced in steel industry.


A RESURF stepped oxide (RSO) transistor is presented and electrically characterised. The processed RSO MOSFET includes a trench field-plate network in the drift region that is isolated with a thick oxide layer. This trench network has a hexagonal layout that induces an improved RESURF effect at breakdown compared with the more common stripe (2D) layout. Consequently, the effective doping can be two times higher for the hexagonal layout. We have obtained a record value for the specific on-resistance (R/sub ds,on/) of 58 m/spl Omega/.mm/sup 2/ at V/sub gs/=10 V for a breakdown voltage (BV/sub ds/,) of 85 V. These values have been obtained for devices having a 4.0 /spl mu/m cell pitch and a 5 /spl mu/m long drift region with a doping level of 2.10/sup 16/ cm/sup -3/. Measurements of the gate-drain charge density (Q/sub gd/) for these devices show that Q/sub gd/ is fully dominated by the oxide capacitance of the field-plate along the drift region.


The aim of this study was to examine the effect of selected psychological intervention techniques on the muscular performance of knee injured athletes during their rehabilitation program using isokinetic dynamometer. The sample was divided in four groups: The 1st group (N=20) practiced the dynamometer using a goal setting technique, the 2nd group (N=20) practiced using a self-talk technique, the 3rd group (N=20) used both of the previous techniques, and the 4th group was the control group that practiced only by 'trying the best I can'. Before and after the application of the exercise all groups were evaluated in isokinetic strength. Statistical analysis of the results was per- formed using MANCOVA and MANOVA with repeated measures. The statistical analysis showed that all groups improved their isokinetic strength. The group that practiced both of the psychological techniques showed the most improvement, followed by the goal setting group, the group of self-talk and finally the control group. The combined application of both the goal set- ting (for the isokinetic parameter of total work) and the self talk techniques is proposed during the whole period of a rehabilitation program using the isokinetic dynamometer. It proved to be the most efficient technique of maximizing the muscular performance of knee injured athletes.


Nano-magnetic seed,normal magnetic seed and surface organic modified magnetic seed were used to treat oily ground water from Hougao3# in Qilu Petrochemical Corporation for the separation of oily ground water.The effects of magnetic seed dosage,flocculants dosage and coagulantaids dosage on oil elimination rate were investigated.The effect of various magnetic seeds used in magnetic separation on the oil removal efficiency of oily ground water was compared.The results showed that when the oil content of ground water was 20~35mg/L,the best effect of oil removal is obtained for surface organic modified magnetic seed.When the modified magnetic seeds dosage is 100mg/L,PAFCS is 0.4g/L,PAM is 0.8mg/L,the oil removal efficiency is 67.3~72.5% and the effluent oil content is 7.2~9.3mg/L.


Blood specimens were collected from a sample of 1882 drivers from 7 States, during 14 months in the years 1990 and 1991. The sample comprised operators of passenger cars, trucks, and motorcycles who died within 4 hours of their crash. Alcohol and 43 other drugs were studied, to determine their prevalence rates, their causal role in the crashes, and associated driver, vehicle, and crash factors. Coroner or medical examiner reports were obtained on all cases to ascertain cause of death, time of death, and other details. Police accident reports and reports from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) were also obtained. Alcohol was found in 51.5% of the specimens, and other drugs were found in 17.8%. Other than alcohol, the most prevalent drugs were cannabis (6.7%), cocaine (5.3%), benzodiazepine tranquilizers (2.9%), and amphetamines (1.9%). Responsibility analysis was used to suggest impairment effects, which were found for alcohol alone and for alcohol-drug combinations. Further research was recommended to follow up indications of alcohol-drug additive effects.


In this study, a simple, sensitive and accurate method was developed for the determination of lead ion by combining ionic liq- uid dispersive liquid-liquid extraction (il-dlle) with flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Tetraethylthiuram disulfide (tetd), acetone and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ((C8mim) (PF6)) were used as the chelating agent, dispersive and extraction solvent, respectively. Under the optimal conditions, the calibration graph was linear in the range of 5-190 μg L −1 of lead and the detection limit was 0.8 μg L −1 with a sample volume of 200 mL. The proposed method was validated by the analysis of one certified reference mate- rial and applied successfully to the determination of lead in real water samples.


The onset of drug resistance represents the leading cause of chemotherapy failure in clinics. In the last decades, natural compounds have emerged as possible anticancer strategies used either alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs, in order to overcome drug resistance. In fact, plant-derived therapies present biological activity and minimal side effects showing promising roles in the resensitization of resistant cancer cells. This work was aimed at investigating the anticancer potential of the natural naphthoquinone plumbagin in a cisplatin-resistant cancer cell line. The results indicated cytotoxic and pro-oxidant activity of plumbagin in both sensitive (A431wt) and cisplatin-resistant (A431/Pt) human cervix squamous carcinoma cell lines. Moreover, plumbagin treatment induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in A431/Pt cells and the inhibition of retinoblastoma complex, suggesting a stronger activity on the cisplatin-resistant cell line. Taken together, the data indicate appreciable in vitro anticancer activity of plumbagin, suggesting that this natural compound could become a tool to overcome cisplatin resistance. Although further studies are necessary, this work underlines a promising role of plumbagin in the resensitization of cisplatin-resistant cancer cells.


FeIII mimochrome I is the prototype of a new class of hemoprotein models characterized by a covalent helix–heme–helix sandwich. It contains deuterohemin bound through two propionyl groups to two identical N- and C-terminal protected α-helical nonapeptides, each of which bears a His residue (a potential axial lig-and of the iron ion) in the central position. In order to understand better the three-dimensional structure of FeIII mimochrome I and its correlation with spectral properties, we have characterized the fully diamagnetic parent compound CoIII mimochrome I by UV/visible, CD, and NMR spectroscopy, coupled with conformational energy calculations. CoIII mimochrome I is a highly water-soluble compound present in solution as two isomers, which slowly interconvert only at very low pH values. These isomers were isolated and separately characterized. Their UV/visible spectral properties are very similar, while their CD spectral properties differ markedly in both the far UV and Soret regions. The isomers were identified by 1H NMR spectroscopy as diastereomers of the δ and δ type. This is the first example of an accurate three-dimensional structure determination in solution of a hemoprotein mimetic that allows a straightforward correlation between structure and spectral properties.


The foraging, breeding behaviour and diet of a family of Black-shouldered Kites Elanus axillaris were studied by 68 hours of observation from the incubation period to the end of the post-fledging period, and by analysis of pellets, near Tamworth on the North-west Slopes of New South Wales in April-July 2004. The male Kite foraged mostly in mid morning and early to mid afternoon, aerially (82% of search time), with 77% of 44 attacks successful. Pellets (n = 30) consisted entirely of House Mice Mus domesticus, and observed prey items were mice (n = 58) or mouse-sized mammals (n = 3). The male's capture, consumption and prey-delivery rates peaked in the week before fledging (mean 0.9, 1.2 and 1.2 captures/h in the incubation, nestling and post-fledging phases, respectively). The female performed most care of eggs and nestlings, though the male performed a minor share of incubation and brooding. The nestling period lasted 36 days, and post-fledging period at least 36 days with parental feeding for at least 22 days. Parental behaviour, vocalisations, hunting behaviour, and development of juveniles are described.


fragments intestine, Abstract To this article it is investigated changes of walls of a small intestine concerning intestinal impassability. In it many various and difficult pathological mechanisms sharp impassability of intestines because of various etiology, estimating depth and reversibility of damage and the microcirculation changes in an intestines wall are revealed.


Abstract : Subscale hydrogen-air fuel cells were successfully operated with 6M TFMSA as the electrolyte at temperatures as high as 60 C. The fuel cell performance was enhanced over similarly loaded electrodes in H3PO4 due to the apparent improved kinetics for the oxygen reduction reaction. A variety of unsupported and supported Pt electrocatalysts could be effectively utilized. TFMSA fuel cells could be operated stably for periods as long as 3000 hours if water balance was maintained. Activity coefficients calculated by the van Laar equations were utilized to predict water partial pressures of dilute TFMSA solutions. (Author)


Abstract Great Spotted Woodpeckers Dendrocopos major typically excavate nest holes in trees with specific physical characteristics, namely with harder outer and softer inner wood. They excavate trial holes before excavating their nest holes, occasionally expanding old trial holes into nest holes. If trees with trial holes always share the same physical characteristics with nest trees, then Great Spotted Woodpeckers should be able to detect these characteristics before excavating trial holes and nest holes. I measured wood hardness and compared it among trees with trial holes, trees with nest holes, and sound trees. The physical characteristics of sound trees, which varied little in hardness, differed markedly from those of trees with trial holes and nest holes, Many trees with trial holes showed the same pattern of wood hardness as nest trees, although one showed the reverse pattern that is with softer outer and harder inner wood. The results of this study suggest that Great Spotted Woodpeckers are able to detect trees and positions on those trees with considerable wood hardness variation, but are unable to sense whether the hardness variation is suitable for nest excavation before they excavate trial holes. Thus, Great Spotted Woodpeckers excavate trial holes and then judge whether the positions where trial holes are excavated are appropriate for nest hole excavation.


The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a to be attached to the surrounding in parallel with the aramid yarn in the axial direction of the optical cable core to improve the tensile performance, immersed in the aramid live epoxy resin solving structural problems of the cable the optical cable, the tension member a method for manufacturing an optical cable by using the step of depositing the tension member with an epoxy resin; And further comprising: parallel to the axis direction of the optical fiber cable attached to the tension member to the optical cable; consists including.


Listed companies in Nigeria were mandated since 2012 to shift from the Nigerian generally accepted accounting principles (NGAAP) to the international financial reporting standards (IFRS). However, it is been debated without consensus whether the adoption of the IFRS lead to the reduction of opportunistic earnings management. This study examines the moderating role of institutional ownership on the relationship between IFRS adoption and earnings management. The study assumes that institutional investors could influence firm to make adequate disclosure because of the IFRS adoption that can minimize asymmetric information that could lead to lower earnings management.


Objective To explore the relationship between phosphotylinosital 3 kinase/protein kinase B 1 / mammalian target of rapamycin( PI3 K / Akt1 / m TOR) pathway and epidermal growth factor receptor( EGFR) gene,and lay the foundation for the related mechanisms of PI3 K / Akt1 / m TOR pathway in EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor( TKI) resistance. Methods Detecting the mRNA expressions of PIK3 CA,Akt1,m TOR and EGFR in 135 non-small cell lung cancer( NSCLC) patients without any treatment,and the correlation was analyzed. Results EGFR,Akt1 and m TOR gene expressions are correlated with each other( r = 0. 342,0. 320 and 0. 281; P 0. 01),other than PIK3 CA gene. Conclusion EGFR gene expression is related to Akt1 and m TOR other than PIK3 CA,which indicate that EGFR gene may activate Akt1 and its downstream directly,not through PI3 K.


ABSTRACT Animals adapt to stress by hormone-metabolite interaction. This is necessary to protect animal health status and subsequent milk production. To investigate this, sixteen healthy late-gestation dry Murrah buffaloes were selected and divided into two groups of eight animals each. One group of buffaloes (Cooled/CL) was managed under fan and mist cooling system during dry period. Another group (Non-cooled/NCL) remained without the provision of cooling during dry period. After parturition, all the animals were managed under evaporative cooling. Milk yield was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL (10.25±0.23 kg/day) relative to NCL (8.92±0.17 kg/day) buffaloes without any significant variation in milk composition. The average dry matter intake was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL as compared to NCL group. The non-esterified fatty acids were significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Significantly (p<0.05) higher glucose level was found on the day of calving in CL as compared to NCL buffaloes. The level of insulin was higher in NCL buffaloes as compared to CL buffaloes. The growth hormone was higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Evaporative cooling in late gestation therefore proves to be a potential tool to alleviate the adverse effect of thermal stress thus affecting subsequent milk production.


Abstract Regenerated cellulosic fibers are obtained by chemical processing of cellulose-based raw materials. They are similar to cotton in terms of their structural properties, but their performance characteristics have changed with the processes they have applied. The principle of vortex spinning is a spinning technique that has become very popular in recent years in terms of production speed and yarn quality. In the study, with the production principle of regenerated cellulose fibers (viscose, modal, bamboo, tencel) and cotton fibers were made into yarn by vortex spinning technique. From these yarns, 18 jersey fabrics with different loop lengths produced by circular knitting machine. In this paper, the structural properties and drapeabilities of the obtained samples were tested and the results were compared mathematically and statistically. Results show that the effect of raw material is more effective parameter than the loop length on the drapeability of plain knitted fabrics.


In this paper, a weak-coupling exciton-phonon system in a polar-crystal slab is studied. A unitary transformation to the Hamiltonian is carried out, the effective Hamiltonian of the exciton-phonon system is obtained by variational technique. The variation of the self-energy and the induced potential with the thickness of the slab is calculated. Eventually, the ground-state and the first-excited-state energy of the exciton in the slab for different thicknesses of the slab are calculated by the variational method.


Despite a rise in awareness and production of open education resources (OER) over the past decade, mainstream media outlets continue to define open in economic terms of consumer cost and not in theoretical terms of remix or appropriation. This period in the open access debate has coincided with a proliferation of free-of-charge video content available on the internet, branded with institutional affiliation and labeled as educational or edutainment resources. Videos from organizations such as TED, Curiosity.com and Upworthy have gained scholastic use and are being labeled as OER, despite a missive from their organizations to limit consumer use of the videos to viewing and sharing. Viewed instrumentally, the lack of remix utility for this edutainment creates only a slight distinction between their product and OER-as-defined. However, when viewed from a critical theory lens, the content-as-brand video edutainment phenomenon is strikingly different from the OER movement, and the lack of mainstream clarity on the delineation has created confusion in the OER movement, potentially a serious problem for the future of the OER movement as a social value rather than only a free tool. This paper utilizes a critical theory framework to identify the sociocultural, economic and political differences between traditional OER and institutionally derived video content. Building upon Jean-Francois Lyotard's criticism of grand narratives in the schema of knowledge, the paper begins with an historical literature review of edutainment in the guise of OER, and how the development and consumption of branded content strengthens a sociopolitical rendering of knowledge as a commodity rather than a ubiquitous public good. The paper then compares contemporary media coverage and cultural cache of OER content with that of branded edutainment content. Efforts to consolidate OER practitioners around a critical definition of OER, as well as opportunities to differentiate between OER and free-of-charge edutainment in the mainstream media, are important issues for further study.


Abstract: Data for 540 rural hospitals from 1982 to 1997 were analyzed to determine whether adoption of long-term-care (LTC) strategies improved hospital financial performance. Adoption of external and internal LTC strategies (other than swing-beds) was generally, but not unambiguously, associated with higher profits, increased occupancy, and/or lower costs.


Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a new instrument of environmental management stipulated by Act 32 of 2009 regarding Environmental Protection and Management. This study observes the response of relevant government regarding the result of SEA studies. In August 2016, President Jokowi governed to conduct SEA for North Kendeng Mountain area due to the conflict between the government and investor preferring the utilization of this area for mining and local people demanding for conservation. North Kendeng mountain area is rich in limestone potentially utilized for cement, cosmetics, paint, and other commercial uses. However, this area is also storage for water that has been widely utilized for potable water and irrigation for local people. SEA is expected to mediate the conflict by recommending the area for exploitation and conservation. All relevant provincial governments: Central and East Java, and regencies: Grobogan, Pati, Rembang, Blora, Tuban, Bojonegoro and Lamongan agreed to follow up President's instruction. However, after the EIA studies finished, the provincial government of Central Java on their revision on spatial planning did not incorporate the EIA studies. The Regency government of Pati also refused to incorporate the EIA studies. Institutional and substantial arrangement are required to make SEA studies workable and implementable.


Objective:To compare the state of mental health and coping strategies between the international students and Chinese college students.Methods:68 international students in China and 68 age-and sex-matched Chinese college students in the Central South University were evaluated by use of the questionnaire on coping strategies and Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90).Results:Compared with Chinese college students,the international students in China had significantly different coping modes,most of whom often selected illusion,withdrawal and other negative coping mode(P0.05) when there were stressful events.Scores of both compulsion and interpersonal relationship stress factors were shown to be significantly higher than Chinese college students and Chinese young norm(P0.05).Conclusion:The international students showed more compulsion,tense interpersonal relationship and anxiety symptoms,which suggested that we should pay more attention on the intervention in these aspects.


In previous papers I have described a method of measuring the charge upon and current through a conductor exposed to the earth's electrical field and maintained at zero potential. The present paper contains an account of a series of such measurements, taken primarily with the object of testing the method, and, in particular, of gaining some evidence as to whether it is legitimate to deduce from the "dissipation factor," found for the exposed "test-plate" of the apparatus, the current from the atmosphere into each square centimetre of the ground when the potential gradient is known. With the object of gaining information on this question, alternate measurements were made with the apparatus in its ordinary condition, and with its test-plate covered with turf. It was thought that if the ratio of the current to the charge on the exposed surface were found to be the same in the two cases, it might with some confidence be assumed that the same ratio would hold for the current and charge per unit area of the ground. As will be seen later, the ratio of the current to the charge remained within the limits of experimental error unaltered when the test-plate was covered with turf.


We report the observation of bistability in a BaTiO(3) total internal reflection phase conjugator. The system makes use of the position of the crystal relative to the input field as the dynamic variable. Switching behavior, induced by intensity changes at the input, is also reported.


What are the possibilities of snowball sampling, if one desires valid statistical inference without making probabilistic assumptions on the network structure? In a critical review of the possibilities of snowball sampling for a population of vertices connected by a network of arcs, it is argued that the snowball method is much more suitable for the estimation of parameters of the network structure (or parameters of the population of arcs) than to estimate parameters of the population of vertices. Further work needs to be done to relax the assumption of randomness of the initial sample of the snowball.


This guideline is a priority and was identified as such by the Maternal Guidelines Committee after publication of the 2002 and 2006 Saving Mothers Report (Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Mortality in South Africa). The off-label use of misoprostol as alternative to the much more expensive registered drugs for induction of labour caused concern as there is no single provincial guideline ensuring safe use of the drug, even though there is extensive published evidence available. About 20% of pregnant women will require induction of labour, which usually requires more than one intervention and will present challenges to clinicians, health care workers and mothers. As most mothers requiring induction of labour have an underlying medical problem, safe delivery in the appropriate setting is a priority.


Information on combining ability is derived from data on twelve yield and yield contributing characters in fifteen male and three female parents utilised in line x tester fashion to estimate combining ability of rice genotypes under coastal saline condition. Forty Five hybrids generated from crossing three lines with fifteen testers were studied along with their parents for combining ability and gene action involved in the expression of characters in rice. The gca and sca effects were significant for all the characters. The magnitude of sca variance was higher than the gca variance for all the characters revealed the presence of predominance of non-additive gene action for all the characters under study. Halchal (-12.29) was found to be good general combiners for days to 50% flowering and early maturity, Halchal (-13.39). However, IR-24 (1.88) was good general combiners with significant positive effect for tallness. Magic (-12.05) good general combiners for dwarfness and Shriram 434 (1.57) was good general combiners for test weight however, Moti was best general combiner with gca estimates of 7.07 for harvest index and Kuber (3.48) was the good general combiners for yield/hill. Cross combinations RHR 27 x IR 24 (4.04) was significant and positive effect for yield/hill, performance for ear bearing tillers per plant were Original Research Article Shukla et al.; CJAST, 39(12): 34-44, 2020; Article no.CJAST.56521 35 RHR 27 x IR 24 (1.88). In general, the crosses showing significant and desirable combining ability effects were associated with better per se performance for the respective traits. These hybrids could be utilized in heterosis breeding to exploit hybrid vigour.


Project Description: Dementia caregivers tend to underutilize community support services (e.g., support groups, respite care) and may overuse healthcare resources (e.g., physician and hospital visits). We developed a telephone-delivered intervention, Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking Caregiver (FITT-C), which has been shown to reduce caregivers' depressive symptoms and reactions to care recipients' behavioral problems. This study examined the effects of FITT-C on community support and healthcare use. Participants were 250 (M age 1⁄4 62.72, SD 1⁄4 12.99; 78% female; 95% Caucasian) distressed informal dementia caregivers who were randomly assigned to receive the FITT-C or Telephone Support (TS). Participants in both interventions received a resource packet containing educational materials about dementia and local services/resources. Both groups received 16 telephone contacts from a trained master's level therapist over 6 months. The FITT-C intervention provided psychoeducation, problem-solving, and other directive therapeutic approaches based on assessment of key areas. TS provided supportive therapeutic strategies (e.g., venting, reflective listening). Outcome measures were caregivers' report of community support service use, total number of visits to the emergency department, and total hospital stays for themselves and care recipients during the interventions. Intervention groups did not differ in demographic characteristics, use of support services, or use of healthcare resources at baseline. Caregivers who received the FITT-C showed significantly greater use of community support services at end of treatment compared to those receiving TS (FITT-C M 1⁄4 8.95, SD 1⁄4 12.05 vs. TS M 1⁄46.13 SD 1⁄48.33, p 1⁄4.046). FITT-C caregivers also showed fewer total emergency department visits (FITT-C M 1⁄4.13, SD 1⁄4.39 vs. TS M 1⁄4.32 SD 1⁄4.78, p1⁄4.030) and number of hospital stays (FITT-C M 1⁄4.09, SD 1⁄4.33 vs. TS M 1⁄4.26 SD 1⁄4 .64, p1⁄4.025) over the 6month course of the intervention compared to TS caregivers. Care recipients' use of community or medical resources did not differ by group. An entirely telephone delivered intervention shows efficacy for increasing caregivers' engagement in community resources and for reducing caregivers' use of healthcare resources. In conjunction with previous findings showing positive mental health effects of FITT-C, these results highlight FITT-C's potential impact on healthcare utilization.


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Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool UniversityAbstract This paper presents a model predictive control (MPC) based on a neural network (NN) model for air/fuel ration (AFR) control of automotive engines. The novelty of the paper is that the severe nonlinearity of the engine dynamics are modelled by a NN to a high precision, and adaptation of the NN model can cope with system uncertainty and time varying effects. A single dimensional optimization algorithm is used in the paper to speed up the optimization so that it can be implemented to the engine fast dynamics. Simulations on a widely used mean value engine model (MVEM) demonstrate effectiveness of the developed method.


The topic of finding and understanding anomalous values in categorizing databases, has been analysed in this paper. An attribute value is considered to be unusual if its frequency is out of the ordinary within the general frequencies and percentages. As the first major addition, the concept of frequent occurrence is introduced. This metric may be viewed as a variant of Kernel Density Estimation adapted to the frequencies. Additionally, an outlierness measurement is constructed for categorical data based on the frequency occurrences distribution's cumulated frequency tables. This metric can detect two types of anomalies: lower and higher outliers which correspond to lower or higher frequency values. In addition, interpretable explanations for unusual data values are given. This work emphasises that giving open to interpretation for the information extracted is a desired component of any knowledge extraction strategy, despite the fact that most classic outlier identification methods do not.


The electrochemical process generated by simulation experiments of Venusian lightning

Hongkun Qu1,3, Alian Wang1, and and Elijah Thimsen2

1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, 2McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA. One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA. 3Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong,264209, China. (email@example.com )

Introduction

Lightning (one type of electrostatic discharge), as an important electrical process for planets with atmosphere, which has been detected on many planets in our solar system, e.g., Earth, Jupiter [1], Saturn [2], Uranus [3], and Neptune [3], and might occur on Mars [4], Venus [5], and Tian [6]. The earliest observation of Venus lightning was reported by Ksanfomaliti … mission name [7]. Afterward, many more ground-based [8] and mission observations on electrical and optical evidence of Venus lightning were reported [9]. The Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) and Planet-C, observed an intense optical flash that was assigned to lightning in 2020 [10].

Electrons with high kinetic energy generated by Venusian lightning would collide with atmospheric gaseous molecules and dissociate, excite these radicals, including atoms and molecules at excited states, have high chemical activity. Electrochemical reactions among these species would create new species that would not be produced in common Venusian chemical reactions.

Experimental results

We conducted a series of simulation experiments on Venusian lightning in a newly designed Venus-ESD-Chamber (VEC). We report here the radicals detected during ESD in VEC under CO2 and gas mixture of N2, O2, CO2, H2O, Ar. Different types of discharges would generate numbers of radical species which indicate that electrochemical reactions take place during and after discharge.

In collected plasma spectra of ESD in gas mixture, the emission lines of N2, N2+, N, N+, NO, OH, O, O+, Ar, and Ha were observed and may be generated by the following reactions:

N2 + e → N2* + e             (1)

N2 + e → N2+ + e             (2)

N2 + e → N + N + e            (3)

N + e → N+ + e               (4)

O2 + e → O + O + e            (5)

O + e → O+ + 2e              (6)

N2 + O → NO + N              (7)

H2O + e → OH + H + e        (8)

Ar + e → Ar* + e                   (9)

Emission lines of CO2+, CO, CO+, C, C2, C+, O, O+, and OH were observed in spectra of CO2 electrostatic discharge, the possible electrochemical reactions are as follows:

CO2 + e → CO2* + e                      (10)

CO2 + e → CO2+ + 2e                     (11)

CO2 + e → CO + O + e                  (12)

CO2 + e → C+ + O2 + 2e                 (13)

CO2 + e → CO+ + O + 2e               (14)

These active radicals would play significant rules in the evolutions of the Venusian atmosphere.

Further Work: For the next step, we will conduct ESD in SO2 gas and in SO2 + CO2 gas with different concentrates for investigations of sulfur species generated in ESD.

Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the CSC scholarship (NO. 201906220244) for HKQ to support his joint-training Ph.D. study at Washington University in St. Louis, and by spectral funding 94351A of WUSTL_MCSS to AW to maintain a collaboration with planetary scientists and students from Shandong University in China.

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