The numerical analysis of the stress-strain state of the rock massif at different location the longwall erection of recovery rooms are executed. Need of accounting of value of periodic roof weighting is shown. As the pacing factors having the impact on the value of periodic roof weighting durability and power of the main roof and speed of advance of the longwall face are specified. The possibility of use of MARCO electro-hydraulic control equipment systems for exact determination of periodic roof weighting is shown. The recovery rooms erection technology providing decrease span of time and costs of moving of the longwall equipment is offered.


FIELD: tobacco industry. SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a smoking product containing a flavour delivery material, which releases flavourant during heating. Smoking product includes a substrate, generating aerosol, wherein aerosol-generating substrate contains flavour delivery material for thermal release of flavourant, flavour delivery material contains a polymer matrix and multiple areas including flavouring composition inside polymer matrix, wherein flavoring composition contains a flavourant, mixed with triglyceride filler, including at least one fat, including at least 30 wt% triglycerides, containing at least one carboxylic acid having a chain length greater than 12, wherein flavourant has a melting point which is within 15 °C of melting point of said at least one fat; wherein during heating of smoking product, flavourant is released from flavour delivery material. EFFECT: proposal of new materials and mechanisms for releasing flavourant, which exhibit high resistance and better retain flavourants during storage. 18 cl, 4 tbl, 1 ex, 3 dwg


The BCS to Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) crossover of electron-hole (e-h) pairs in optically excited semiconductors is studied using the two-band Hubbard model with both repulsive and attractive interactions. Applying the self-consistent t-matrix approximation combined with a local approximation, we examine the properties of a normal phase and an excitonic instability. The transition temperature from the normal phase to an e-h pair condensed one is studied to clarify the crossover from an e-h BCS-like state to an excitonic Bose-Einstein condensation, which takes place on increasing the e-h attraction strength. To investigate effects of the repulsive interaction and the e-h mass difference, we calculate the transition temperature for various parameters of the interaction strengths, the e-h particle density, and the mass difference. While the transition temperature in the e-h BCS regime is sufficiently suppressed by the repulsive interaction, that of the excitonic BEC is largely insensitive to it. We also show quantitatively that in the whole regime the mass difference leads to large suppression of the transition temperature.


Public accounting profession is a profession of public trust, as a public accountant is responsible for raising the level of reliability of the financial statements of the company, so that the public obtain information reliable financial reporting as a basis for decision making. With the financial case that afflicts many participating companies involving public accountants, public accountants must consider making audit quality it produces. Because of the good quality audit audited report will be produced which is able to present the findings and report the truth about the financial condition of its clients. Audit quality, can be influenced by several factors, both internal factors and external factors. Factors very important role in determining the quality of the audit including the competence, independence, time budget pressure, and audit fees. Therefore, the issues examined in this study is whether there is influence of competence, independence, time budget pressure, and audit fees on audit quality on Public Accounting Firm (KAP) in Surabaya, because public accounting firm in Surabaya is very much based on the determination of the sample all population size of 81 auditors. For the method of data collection was conducted by questionnaire. Data were analyzed with descriptive analysis techniques and statistical analysis. Based on the results of this study concluded that the competence, independence, time budget pressure, and the audit fee effect on audit quality. The effect is positive. Therefore both the auditor and the Public Accounting Firm (KAP) is expected to improve audit quality. To improve the quality of audit is necessary to increase the competence of the auditors with training services as well as to the auditors are given the opportunity to attend courses or an increase in the education profession. To improve the independence, auditor is in charge of his client sought a truly independent, not under pressure from the client and not have the feeling shy with her clients so that in carrying out its audit duties completely objective and can produce a quality audit. In addition, the auditor is expected to complete its work in accordance with the specified time as to avoid the pressure of time that may affect the quality of the audit and the size of the audit fee received is not expected to affect the auditor in performing their duties which will affect the quality of the resulting audit. Keywords: Competence, Independence, Time Budget Pressure, Audit Fee, and Audit Quality


An upscale door similar to the Bel Air Cabinet. This door is perfect for a high end custom project with its wide rails and stiles and its applied molding detail and solid panel.


This tutorial was one of eight tutorials selected to be presented at the Third International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology which was held in the United Kingdom from July 16 to 19, 1995. The authors intend to review the state of the art in the experimental determination of protein 3D structure (focus on nuclear magnetic resonance), and in the theoretical prediction of protein function and of protein structure in 1D, 2D and 3D from sequence. All the atomic resolution structures determined so far have been derived from either X-ray crystallography (the majority so far) or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy (becoming increasingly more important). The authors briefly describe the physical methods behind both of these techniques; the major computational methods involved will be covered in some detail. They highlight parallels and differences between the methods, and also the current limitations. Special emphasis will be given to techniques which have application to ab initio structure prediction. Large scale sequencing techniques increase the gap between the number of known proteins sequences and that of known protein structures. They describe the scope and principles of methods that contribute successfully to closing that gap. Emphasis will be given on the specification of adequate testing procedures to validate such methods.


Systems-on-Chip (SoC) and Systems-on-Package (SoP) are becoming more and more heterogeneous systems. In order to validate systems containing such a variety of components, global multi-domain simulation of different aspects becomes especially important. Hardware/software, analog/digital, and electronic/mechanical/optic mixed simulations must be accessible. This paper presents a methodology to establish an environment for the global modeling and simulation of system-on-chip embedding MEMS devices. This methodology is illustrated in two co-simulation frameworks: the optical cross-connect co-simulation framework and the electro-thermal co-simulation framework.


Nowadays, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are frequently confronted with the difficulty of financing hard and financing expensive. This paper investigates a financing strategy called the purchase order financing together with reverse factoring financing strategy, which is able to fulfill the financing demands of SMEs at different stages. Numerical experiments are conducted in order to compare the supply chain performance and efficiency between this financing strategy and the purchase order financing models in decentralized and centralized decision-making situations, which concludes that models considering the reverse factoring financing, i.e., purchase order financing together with reverse factoring financing two-stage decision-making model and the global decision-making model, have better supply chain efficiency than the benchmark model that only considers the purchase order financing, and the choice between two candidates depends on the standard deviations and the retailer prices.


........................................................................................................................................ xi CHAPTER 1. Statement of Problems .............................................................................................................. 1 2. Review of Literature ............................................................................................................... 10 Epidemiology of iron deficiency and iron overload ............................................................. 10 Iron recycling is a highly regulated process.......................................................................... 12 Different types and causes of iron deficiency ....................................................................... 17 Mechanisms of exercise-related iron deficiency anemia ...................................................... 20 Does exercise induce iron deficiency via increasing hepcidin? ............................................ 22 Cellular hepcidin regulation and iron homeostasis ............................................................... 23 The association between iron regulation and T2DM risks ................................................... 27 The influence of exercise on T2DM and adipose tissue inflammation................................. 30 Mouse model, KK/HIJ polygenic obese mice ...................................................................... 32 Summary of review of literature ........................................................................................... 34


6. Is the data collection process described, also in terms of setting-specific data collection strategies (e.g. whether body temperatures are measured only in the morning; whether some blood tests are performed only in light of a specific diagnostic hypothesis)? Any consideration about data quality is appreciated, e.g., in regard to completeness, plausibility, and robustness with respect to upcoding or downcoding practices © © © © © ©


ABSTRACT This article focuses on integrated pest management (IPM) in historical interiors, where authenticity is an important part of the audience's experience. The brown carpet beetle Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and the Berlin beetle Trogoderma angustum Solier (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) have been permanently present for two decades in the National Museum of Denmark's exhibition The Victorian Home, located in central Copenhagen. Pest control is increasingly challenged in the old flat, originally furnished in 1890. The most recent measures, i.e. treating the premises with diatomaceous earth (DE), provided encouraging results. Using blunder traps, a reduction of A. smirnovi and T. angustum was demonstrated. In rooms where the application of DE was difficult due to heavy, hardly movable furniture, the effect of DE was reduced. A promising plan for future pest control was described for the premises. In addition, a short introduction to The Victorian Home is given.


To suppress the most dominant harmonic currents and compensate for the power factor (PF) of electric generators (EGs), a technique based on passive power filters (PPFs) is presented here. The key feature of the proposed method is the implementation of only a set of PPFs for compensating the power-quality issues of two EGs. This characteristic makes the suggested approach highly cost-effective and considerably reduces the required space for placing PPFs. The performance of the proposed technique is demonstrated using simulation studies under MATLAB/Simulink environment and validated experimentally.


THE Communist episode in Kerala is interesting for several reasons. First it is because the Communists gained their first (and only) opportunity of governing an Indian province. Secondly, it is because they came to power through the ballot-box; thirdly, because their regime aroused so much controversy and provoked such popular unrest that within two and a half years of their assuming office they were dismissed by the Government in Delhi; and finally because, although in the election that followed they were badly defeated, they increased both their total vote and thenproportion of the poll. In Kerala Under Communism, the Democratic Research Service, which is a private research body devoted to the study of Communist acts and practices, has attempted to describe, under various heads, developments in Kerala under the Communist administration. There are brief accounts of the nature of their administration, their handling of the perennial food problem, their educational and agrarian policies, and their use of the police as a political instrument. The increased incidence of civil disturbances and the final breakdown of law and order are also dealt with. There is a useful background chapter describing Kerala's peculiar caste and class differences, especially between the Nampoodripad Brahmins, the Nairs. and the low-caste Ezhavas. Without some knowledge of Kerala's highly complicated social system, it is difficult to understand the agrarian and other legislation introduced by the Communists. It is a pity, however, that the authors have tended to regard developments in Kerala in isolation, without relating them to parallel developments within the Indian Communist Party. Their experiences in Kerala made a deep impression on a considerable body of Indian Communists; in fact, just one year after the Kerala electoral victory, the Party renounced violence and became non-insurrectionary. While top Communist leaders were thus forced to adapt their policies in the light of the Kerala experience, the Kerala Communists, too, had to make their actions accord, to some extent, with the requirements of their national leaders. Moreover, in the Kerala administration itself, there were occasional differences over questions of strategy and tactics, and it does not do to ignore this and treat the leadership as monolithic. Kerala Under


IN A little more than fifteen years, I,500,000 Americans have become participants in investment-trust companies.3 From I920 through I935, investment trusts of all types absorbed a net amount of about $5,300,000,000 in capital funds4 from the American public, of which about $3,000,000,ooo remained in net assets at the end of I936, scattered among approximately 6oo units. Despite the large losses suffered by the institution as a whole during the I929-33 depression, many units which survived the debacle are apparently to become permanent additions to our investment structure. This is particularly true of the most important segment of the institution-the general management company.5 It is the purpose of this article to analyze the operat-


Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been a popular trend in the online learning landscape. However, MOOC learners have expressed their dissatisfaction with the courses or problems with course management. To develop a widely accepted MOOC, the main aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics of MOOCs by using eight themes: learning outcomes, affective elements, behaviours, design, technology elements, pedagogy, presence and institutional environment. Using the case study approach, we explored the practices of four MOOCs in an Excel specialisation by using student unsolicited feedback, the literature and the analysis of the MOOCs by researchers. We analysed the learners' posts on the official forums with auto-code sentiment and text search functions in Nvivo 12 Plus. The results of this study showed that high-rated MOOCs had approximately 74.7% of positive sentiments on discussion forums, with 1.2% negative and 24.1% neutral. The results indicated that MOOCs helped learners improve their level of knowledge in the subject area. Teachers/instructors also play a very significant role, and they have to provide clear explanations in different concepts. To conclude, this study intends to offer guidelines to researchers, educators, and MOOC designers to create successful MOOCs by focusing on the eight dimensions.


ABSTRACT By using data from the 2011 Oregon Household Activity Survey, conducted in the Portland, OR, metropolitan area, the authors conduct tour-based analyses of commute mode choice and apply them to evaluate and compare the effects of three sets of variables: the built environment at home, the built environment at workplace, and employer-provided financial incentives. The analysis results suggested that compared to the built environment at home, the built environment at workplace showed more additional explanatory power, illustrating the importance of including work-location-related variables in the models that simulate commute mode choice and trip chaining. Furthermore, we found that employer-provided financial incentives, in particular, parking fees at workplaces and the provision of subsidized transit passes, could also be very efficient policy levers to encourage commuters to use more sustainable commute modes, especially public transit. While the model results clearly show that the effects of many variables vary by tour complexity, we did not find strong evidence to the hypothesis that trip chaining creates a barrier to shifting commuters' travel mode from auto to nonauto modes.


Abstract Over the last few decades a number of improvements in prostheses have transformed disability sport. A philosophical, prospective approach reveals three phenomena. Firstly, the public reception of the Paralympic Games has generated what one can call a 'Wow Effect', combining amazement, technological interest and thoughtful states of mind, with both positive and negative effects for the representation of disabled persons. Secondly, the role of prosthetics impels us to perceive many disabled sports as mechanical sports, with different possible patterns of regulation, from prohibition to laissez-faire. Thirdly, the present paper pleads for a sports model that is different from that of able-bodied sports, insisting less on rivalry/hierarchy and more on enjoying new ways of being, new ways of experiencing our relationship with abilities, disabilities, super-abilities and alter-abilities. In fact, disability sport can be viewed as a laboratory for the modular body, which is a topic that concerns all of us.


ICP-AES determination of Nb and Ta in products from oredressing of spodumene was reported in this paper.The mineral sample was ignited with ammonium iodide and the ignition residue was decomposed with HF-H2SO4mixture,and evaporated to about 1 mL.After the addition of tartaric acid,the solution was made up to 50 mL and was ready for use in ICP-AES determination.Determination limit of Nb and Ta(as Nb2O5and Ta2O5) were tested,giving DL.for Nb2O5as 8.4×10-9g and for Ta2O5as 1.1×10-8g.Pricision of the method was also tested and RSD′s obtained were 0.8% for Nb2O5and 1.2% for Ta2O5.Range of determination was reported as from 5×10-4% to 20.00% for both elements.


The installed energy production capacity of wind turbines is growing intensely on a global scale, making the reliability of wind turbine subsystems of greater significance. However, many faults like Inter-Turn Short-Circuit (ITSC) may affect the turbine generator and quickly lead to a decline in supplied power quality. In this framework, this paper proposes a Sliding Mode Observer (SMO)-based Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) scheme for Induction Generator (IG)-based variable-speed grid-connected wind turbines. First, the dynamic models of the wind turbine subsystems were developed. The control schemes were elaborated based on the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method and Indirect Rotor Flux Oriented Control (IRFOC) method. The grid control was also established by regulating the active and reactive powers. The performance of the wind turbine system and the stability of injected power to the grid were hence analyzed under both healthy and faulty conditions. The robust developed SMO-based Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) scheme was proved to be fast and efficient for ITSC detection and localization.Afterwards, SMO were involved in scheming the FTC technique. Accordingly, simulation results assert the efficacy of the proposed ITSC FTC method for variable-speed wind turbines with faulty IG in protecting the subsystems from damage and ensuring continuous connection of the wind turbine to the grid during ITSC faults, hence maintaining power quality.


Research suggests that teachers play a role in the type of citizenship education implemented in schools. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how two high school teachers understood and enacted their civic identities as a dimension of their teacher identities. Findings suggest that factors contributing to an individual's civic identity take on a unique perspective when filtered through the development and enactment of teacher professional identity. Participants' civic identities are discussed through the two dimensions of belonging and responsibility to the community. They ground their civic identities in the local community, encouraging their students to fit into and serve the local community. Participants supported democratic ideals including justice and diversity, but rejected an American identity that they equated with negativity, consumerism, and inhospitable to those who are unfamiliar. In-service teacher education would benefit from building on and reframing teachers' existing community connections to incorporate participatory action research (PAR) and critical service-learning.


Infrared thermal detection systems (ITDSs) have been utilized in several countries to screen for fever in travelers. Since fever screening with an ITDS is rapid and noninvasive, this technology may be useful as an infection control measure in clinical settings during a pandemic.


In this paper we use the so-called static fluctuation approximation (SFA) to calculate the thermodynamic properties of spin-polarized atomic hydrogen. This approximation is based on the replacement of the square of the local-field operator with its mean value. A closed set of nonlinear integral equations is derived for neutral many-bosonic systems. This set is solved numerically by an iteration method for two triplet-state potentials: a Morse- and Silvera-type potentials. It is found that the mean internal energy per unit volume, the pressure, the entropy per unit volume, and the specific heat per unit volume increase with temperature and decrease with spin polarization in the low-temperature region ( 0.1K), and that they are independent of the number density up to 10-3A-3 in the low-temperature region.


Most developed countries have experienced rising wage inequality and falling wage shares, which are often blamed on the same forces - globalisation, technical change, and weakening labour market institutions. This paper shows, however, that wage inequality has risen the most in those countries where wage shares have fallen the least, and vice-versa. It is difficult to plausibly account for this pattern using a range of proxies for the above and other suggested explanations. Excluding the top 1% of incomes from the wage share makes little difference to the results


This paper first analyzes the possibility and necessity of making ethical evaluation of technology.On this basis,it discusses the essence and features of ethical evaluation of technology from the perspectives of human interest and values.It argues that ethical evaluation of technology is,in fact,a judgment passed on humanity,human interest and human values,pointing to the ultimate concern for human interest.It holds that ethical evaluation of technology is characterized by staged-ness,diversity,historicity and concreteness.


For the fault diagnosis of urban natural gas pipeline network, an indoor experimental model of natural gas pipeline network was designed. By periodically testing the gas pressure flow variety of the pipe network node, and using the support vector machine (SVM) classification function which based on the minimum structure risk principle, the corresponding feature vector and kernel function parameters are determined and the samples are selected for training and testing in small quantity samples, in the case of the pipe network failure point to judge. Based on the testing data of multiple experimental models, the paper tests the fault diagnosis method of natural gas pipeline leakage which based on SVM, and compares with neural network (ANN) method under the same experimental data. The actual example shows that the diagnostic accuracy of the SVM method is better than the neural network method under the same experimental test data.


Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired polyneuropathy characterized by demyelination of spinal roots and peripheral nerves, with a progressive or relapsing-remitting course, postulated as caused by an immune attack against peripheral myelin. CIPD can be associated with various pathologies, although the precise relationship to the neuropathy may vary. We report the case of an association of Behçet's disease (BD) and CIDP which is unusual.


Delay-dependent robust strictly dissipative analysis for a class of singular linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems with delays is investigated in this paper. By constructing a proper Lyapunov functional and using matrix inequality techniques, a delay-dependent robust strictly dissipativity criterion for a class of singular LPV systems with delays is derived. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


molecular stoichiometries indicative of dimeric sub-units independent of CCL5 perturbation. These biophysical methods can provide important insights into the structure and function of onco-immunogenic receptors and a plethora of other biomolecules. TIRF microscopy whilst retaining the high signal-to-noise ratio of molecules close to the coverslip surface. We then demonstrate how these methods can be used to investigate the surface expression and aggregation of CCR5 after exposure to the receptor's CCL5 ligand.


An attacker's ability to covertly control a maritime surface vessel by broadcasting counterfeit civil Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is analyzed and demonstrated. The aim of this work is to explore civil maritime transportation's vulnerability to deceptive GPS signals. It is shown that, despite access to a variety of high-quality navigation and surveillance sensors, modern maritime navigation depends crucially on satellite navigation. A simple innovations-based detection framework for GPS deception is developed, and given real-world environmental and attack parameters, the probability of hazardously misleading information (HMI) is minimized within the framework. A covert attack is designed to have a high probability of HMI and is possible because attacker-induced deviations in the vessel's crosstrack dynamics can be disguised as the effects of slowly-changing ocean currents. A field experiment confirms the analysis by demonstrating covert control of a 65-m yacht in the Mediterranean Sea.


I recently returned from a three-day session of a national working group on democratic practice and community development, sponsored by the Kettering Foundation. The gathering occurred at the Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky (USA). Participants included community development researchers and practitioners from around the USA, as well as from Scotland and Nova Scotia, Canada. The group's purported purpose was to explore the intersections between community development and democratic practice. We also formed or strengthened connections with fellow practitioners and researchers, while engaging in both structured (such as designated small group inquiry) and informal (such as stories shared over a cold bottle of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale) conversations. Incidentally, we learned about the Shakers, a faith-based group that established communal living sites in the USA during the late 1700s and early 1800s. A handful of living Shakers still practice today, but the Kentucky village was dedicated to preserving and sharing their history. The Shakers, I discovered, were distinguished in part by their focus on equality, most particular gender and property equality; by a careful attention to intentionally designed living communities; and by their worship practices centered around moments when the individual receives the holy spirit and is thereby called to movement, dance, song, and celebration. In reflecting on my experience, I realized my takeaways were myriad. I gained a renewed appreciation of the beauty of the early morning sun coloring the upper branches of shagbark hickory trees crowning the low Kentucky hills. I also made specific contacts with people whose experiences and expertise will be of great future value in my work. Since these are my personal takeaways, and our conversations transpired in the context of group sharing and respect, I will honor that privacy and not refer to fellow participants by name. Still, I gained three chief insights about the connections between community development and democratic practice. The insights are relevant for my ongoing work as a community-focused researcher and extension specialist and, interestingly, also overlap with the three Shaker tenets alluded to above: a commitment to equality, a focus on intentionality, and an appreciation for moments. Equality, inequality, marginalization, justice, and diversity, these and other terms were omnipresent in the discussions, but were not employed offhandedly, rotely, or without some critical exploration of their usage and import. Differently stated, most participants recognized our roles in communities as different from that of an activist. However, we also understood our roles as not necessarily impartial. Indeed, most of us voiced the perspective that supporting more democratic communities often entailed deliberately taking the side of those who are or who have been marginalized or excluded from governance and decision-making.


Nanometric sized aluminum-magnesium hydroxide charge-modified materials were prepared by non-steady coprecipitation,with different ratios of raw materials.The change of pH value during the chemical reaction was analyzed,and the nano-particles were characterized.Results showed that aluminum-magnesium hydroxide had its own crystal structure,with the crystal sizes of 12-15 nm.When the molar ratios of Mg/Al in raw material were 1∶1,2∶1 and 3∶1,the chemical formulas of the nano-particles were Mg1.03Al(OH)4.75Cl0.31,Mg2.04Al(OH)6.48Cl0.60 and Mg2.25Al(OH)7.06Cl0.44,respectively.In the meantime,the nano-particles had positive zeta-potential of 42 mV to 47 mV.


Although, today, website design still contains many variable design elements which strongly influence its design outcome, like browser usage, platforms, user preferences, window size, connection speed, computer speed, colour support, software support, and font support, the original design idea still plays an important role. Emotion is difficult to measure or evaluate. Designers need to understand its importance and how to measure emotion efficiently in order to undertake the subsequent design stage.

Positive emotions are as important as negative ones-positive emotions are critical to learning, curiosity, and creative thought, and today research is turning toward this dimension (Norman, 2004b: 19).

To understand users' negative emotions can supply a better solution for design problems. Both users' likes and dislikes are important when exploring the role of
emotional design.

The fieldwork consisted of two pilot tests (the initial pilot test-I. P. T. and the second pilot test-S. P. T. ), a website impression test (W. I. T. ), and an improved website
impression test (I. W. I. T. ).

The research methods involved Think-Aloud usability testing, Emotional Probes testing (EPs testing), and questionnaires. In addition, the evaluation method used a
coding system and statistics. Triangulation was used in making consistent the process methods and evaluation methods.

The research outcomes include a fashion website design reference model, an insurance website design reference model, and the website impression test system. Through conducting the fieldwork, the importance of emotional design can be identified in the website design field. The whole research process and research outcomes supply one solution for researchers and designers to predict users' emotions in design outcomes.


. The present study examined organisational justice, organisational politics and organisational trust as predictors of job involvement of secondary school teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Three were raised and answered in the study. Four hundred and fifty (450) teachers selected from public secondary schools through the use of proportional stratified and simple random sampling techniques were administered with four standardized instruments: Job Involvement Questionnaire, Organizational Trust (OTQ), Organizational justice scale and Perceived Organizational Politics Scale . The data collected were analyzed using multiple regression analysis (MRA) and the result was tested for significance at 0.005 level. The results showed that the predictor variables jointly predicted the criterion variable. Results further showed that there was relative contribution of each independent variable to the prediction. Based on the findings, it was recommended that educational managers should take into consideration teachers' interests and capabilities while assigning courses to them, since teaching courses which is interesting to them is one of the issues that result in job involvement


The principal advantages of waveriders are the high lift-to-drag ratio at the design point and the uniform flowfield on the undersurface. So waveriders are important candidate configurations in the propul-sion/airframe integration design for airbreathing hypersonic vehicles. The waverider-derived hypersonic vehicles enjoy the high lift-to-drag ratio at a high coefficient of lift, and may provide a known uniform flowfield for an airbreathing engine. This paper summarizes the generation methods of waveriders and waverider-derived hypersonic vehicles, and the optimization methods of waveriders and the influential factors in the process of optimization, gives some optimized waveriders, and briefly reviews the research progresses of waverider-derived hypersonic vehicles. The paper concludes with a discussion of some critical issues for the further research of waveriders and waverider-derived hypersonic vehicles.


Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 (CBM 588) is a nonpathogenic, anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus characterized by the production of short-chain fatty acids, including butyrate. The safety and tolerance of CBM 588 was investigated as a feed additive for broiler chickens, weaned piglets, and turkeys. CBM 588 administered to broilers at doses up to 5 × 107 CFU/g feed for 42 days produced no detrimental effects on zootechnical performance, natural mortality, hematology, or biochemical parameters. Piglets receiving CBM 588 at doses up to 5 × 107 CFU/g feed for 42 days showed no significant differences from controls in zootechnical performance, mortality, or morbidity. Finally, CBM 588 administered to turkeys at doses up to 2.5 × 107 CFU/g feed for 84 days produced no detrimental effects on zootechnical performance, hematology, or biochemical parameters. Some improvements in zootechnical performance were seen with CBM 588, including improved average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion for broilers from days 1 to 21 as well as final body weight and overall ADG for turkeys. Overall, CBM 588 administered in feed at dose up to 5 × 107 CFU/g (broilers and piglets) or 2.5 × 107 CFU/g (turkeys) was shown to be safe and well-tolerated in all tested animals and may provide some nutritional benefit when added to standard commercial feed.


th International Congress of The Brazilian Geophysical Society and do not necessarily represent any position of the SBGf, its officers or members. Electronic reproduction or storage of any part of this paper for commercial purposes without the written consent of The Brazilian Geophysical Society is prohibited. Abstract The key aspect limiting resolution in crosswell traveltime tomography is illumination, a well known result but not as well exemplified. Resolution in the 2D case is revisited using a simple geometric approach based on the angular aperture distribution and the Radon Transform properties. It is revised the results that if an interface has dips contained in the angular aperture limits in all points, it is correctly imaged in the tomogram. In the inverse sense, however, if an interface is interpretable from a tomogram, even an aproximately horizontal interface, there is no guarantee that it corresponds to a true interface. Interpretation must be done always taking in consideration the a priori information and the particular limitations due to illumination. An example of interpreting a real data survey in this context is also presented.


CoQ10 is intrinsic to human tissues and is a vitamin, according to the basic science of nutrition. It is known that CoQ10, plays a role in the respiratory process, moreover it seems to be involved in the mechanism of blood coagulation. As a vitamin a deficiency of CoQ10 may be related to some disease, that is, first of all, a disease is bioenergetics. It has been demonstrated that during aging, other than a diminution of EFA (and an increase of palmitoleic and eicosatrienoic fatty acids), a decrease of about the 20-30% in the heart CoQ10 levels occurs in the rat. Perhaps these modifications may be intrinsic to the "biochemical" changes of aging.


THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SHADE AND MATERIAL TYPE AND SHAPE IN DENTAL POLYMER COMPOSITES ON THE HARDNESS AND SHRINKAGE STRESS OF BULK AND TWO-LAYERED RESTORATION SYSTEMS. FOR THIS PURPOSE, SOME BULK AND LAYERED SPECIMENS FROM THREE DIFFERENT SHADES OF DENTAL MATERIALS WERE PREPARED AND LIGHT-CURED. THE EXPERIMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT ON THREE TYPES OF MATERIALS: CONVENTIONAL RESTORATIVE COMPOSITE, NANOHYBRID COMPOSITE AND NANOCOMPOSITE. MICRO-INDENTATION EXPERIMENT WAS PERFORMED ON THE BULK AND ALSO ON EACH LAYER OF LAYERED RESTORATION SPECIMENS USING A VICKER€™S INDENTER. THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE TWO LAYERS WAS STUDIED BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM).
THE RESULTS REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VALUES OF HARDNESS FOR DIFFERENT SHADES IN THE CONVENTIONAL COMPOSITE AND ALSO IN THE NANOHYBRID COMPOSITE. HOWEVER, NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFI-CANT DIFFERENCE WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE HARDNESS VALUES FOR DIFFERENT SHADES IN THE NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES. THE LAYERED RESTO-RATION SPECIMENS OF DIFFERENT RESTORATIVE MATERIALS EXHIBITED LOWER HARDNESS VALUES WITH RESPECT TO THEIR BULK SPECIMENS. THE REDUCTION IN THE HARDNESS VALUE OF THE LAYERED NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES WAS HIGHER THAN THOSE OF THE CONVENTIONAL COMPOSITE AND NANOHYBRID COMPOSITE SPECIMENS INDICATING MORE SHRINKAGE STRESSES GENERATED IN THE NANOCOMPOSITE RESTORATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE SEM IMAGES, A GAP WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE TWO LAYERS IN THE LAYERED RESTORATIONS.


Estimation for the manufacturability of advanced composite parts is the basis for formulating a process scheme for structural manufacturing in aircraft industry.In the evaluation system,cost is an important indicator.In this study,the concept of cost in the manufacturability of advanced composites was summarized and analyzed,and furthermore the constituent parts of cost are given.Theoretical framework and primary model in cost estimation were established by means of process estimation.Moreover,through a detailed analysis of the work-hour estimation theory,we forwarded a work-hour concept related formula, which is applicable to the process estimation method.Consequently,a practical cost estimation model in manufacturability can be effectively established based on the cost estimation theory for the manufacturability of advanced composites.


ABSTRACT We determined the relative abundance of young-of-year (YOY) brown trout (Salmo trutta) from late summer to fall during day and night in stream margin habitats of Douglas Creek, Wyoming. No significant differences in relative abundance were observed from August 14 through October 26. Few YOY brown trout were observed during the day over the entire sampling period, but significantly greater numbers were seen at night. Within stream margins, YOY brown trout of 36–75 mm total length primarily resided in concealment cover among interstices of cobble during the day and emerged at night. Because no significant change in relative abundance was observed throughout the study period, we conclude that a shift to winter habitat did not occur up until three days prior to ice formation when the diurnal range in water temperature was 2.5–7.5°C.


Background: Carbohydrate counting is a key component of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management that is taught at the time of diagnosis, but it is hard to determine how much knowledge is retained during that stressful period. We hypothesize that implementation of a nutrition quiz at one of the first comprehensive diabetes follow-up visits will evaluate knowledge retained and increase carbohydrate counting knowledge in newly diagnosed T1D patients. Methods: A quality improvement project was prospectively conducted to assess nutrition knowledge retained following new onset diagnosis of T1D. We implemented a 16-item nutrition assessment (at the 1st or 2nd outpatient visit), evaluating topics including nutrition label reading, hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia management, and insulin dose calculations. Data was collected from the medical record, and descriptive and summary statistics were performed. Results: Quizzes were administered to 17 patients/caregivers, mean age of patient 8.9y (SD=3.5), 83% NH White, mean HbA1c 9% at time of assessment, and mean time of 2.5 months from diagnosis. Quizzes were completed by parents 53%, parents and child 35%, and child 12% of the time. Mean overall quiz score was 13.5/16, with scores related to questions about insulin of 4.18/5, general nutrition of 3.24/4, nutrition labels of 1.65/2, and symptoms and complications of 4.41/5. The dietitian spent on average 20 min (range 13-30 min) with patient/caregiver. Patient age was not associated with quiz score. Patients with private insurance scored higher on the quiz compared to those with Medicaid (p = 0.05). Ongoing recruitment may further elucidate this association. Conclusions: Implementation of nutrition assessments is feasible and facilitates nutrition education with the patient and/or caregiver in an engaging manner. There is a vast amount of nutrition knowledge to be acquired at diagnosis of T1D, and reinforcement is important for long-term diabetes management and outcomes. Disclosure M. R. Thivierge: None. S. Snow: None. M. Seel: None. E. A. Brown: None. Y. Akhtar: None. R. Wolf: Consultant; Self; NEMA Research.


Edition Number 2 of Volume 14 (2021) presents 6 (six) papers, being 4 (four) extended versions and 2 (two) surveys.


Taking into consideration the lack of circumstantial alertness, automated fault analysis and labor-saving switches, the present-day electrical power grid system has been deteriorating day by day. The backbone technology of this grid system is too ill-fitted to the on-going demand for electricity. Despite the fact that the government of Bangladesh has set a new target of reaching the total power generation to be 40,000 MW by 2030. Hence the infrastructure and corresponding technology of the electrical power sector are required to be modernized to cope with this gigantic target within a short time. Another challenging fact is that the rapid expansion of population and power-intensive industrialization trigger off the carbon emissions that lead to global climate change. Also, the constraints of electricity generation capacity, unidirectional way of communication, failure of power equipment and dropping off conventional sources of energy impose burden on the existing electric power grid. This paper articulates the needfulness of reflection on CO2 emissions or reduction in the electricity bill of the consumer in developing countries by employing a mathematical model and by proposing some fruitful methods to implement AMI for smart grid.


Processability characteristics of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer formulations modified with a flame-retardant 3-(tetrabromopentadecyl) 2,4,6-tribromo phenol (TBPTP) have been studied on a Brabender Plasticorder at various shear rates and temperatures. The plasticizing effect of TBPTP on EVA has been confirmed by the increase in flow behavior index and decreases in melt viscosity, melt elasticity, and activation energy of melt flow. The improvement in processability of the TBPTP-modified EVA over the unmodified sample was reflected in a reduction in power consumption during mixing of the former. The study was undertaken because of the potential of TBPTP-modified EVA for application in flame retardant low smoke (FRLS) cable sheathings.


For finer linewidth patterning, 0.55 numerical aperture (NA) should be used instead of the existing 0.33 NA. In 0.55 NA extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL), to alleviate the mask 3D effect and stochastic noise, which is stronger, it is necessary to develop an optimal phase shift mask (PSM) and multilayer mask for high NA. Mask structure is used PSM with composed of Ru-alloy/TaBO and multilayer composed of ruthenium (Ru)/silicon (Si), which is expected to be effective in mitigating mask 3D effect and improving imaging performance. The absorber reflectance was checked which is changed by variables such as pattern existence, target CD, and pitch ratio. In addition, by examining the relationship between the change in absorber reflectance and normalized image log slope (NILS), it was determined whether the mask structure for high NA was changed by the target pattern changes.


M-learning is the approach of using mobile device to help users engage with learning content. M-learning software exists, but does not have high uptake. This could be the lack of a model that inherited the design guidelines from learning theories. One such learning theory relevant to mobile learning is Transactional Distance Theory (TDT). TDT identifies a number of key aspects and the concept of transactional distance. The research contributes an analysis of how TDT guides the design of mobile learning application. This research also contributes an evaluation to access proof-of-concept mobile learning prototype on their ability to engage learners.


This research described the applying of natural science learning CD which is based on the 5E learning cycles to overcome the problem about low of students' competence achievement in learning natural science. This problem was caused by the limited materials and less interesting learning method used by the teachers so the students are lack of motivation to study and this situation drove to meaningless learning process. This research was Quasi-Experimental research and used Randomized Control Group Only Design. The population was VIII grade students in SMPN 2 Padang registered in 2014/2015 academic year. The samples were chosen by applying purposive sampling. There were two classes chosen as group samples; they are VIII3 class as experimental class and VIII2 class as control class. The data were collected and calculated statistically by using t-test in three domains equality test. The result of the research of three domains showed experimental class had higher average scores than control class. The result of statistical test showed that the differences of two classes had scores 0.05. It can be concluded that there is an effect on applying of natural science learning CD which is based on the 5E learning cycles


In this application note, the Univercells team demonstrates successful transfer of the culture of HEK293 cells for adenoviral vector production from static plasticware to the scale-X TM hydro fixed-bed bioreactor system (2.4 m 2 available growth surface). Cell growth, infection and harvest steps are detailed, with results that validate proof of concept. In the study, a cell line is transferred from a static culture support to a fixed-bed bioreactor, with improved cell growth and reliable viral productivity results. A feasibility study was also performed to assess the impact of Serum-Free Medium (SFM) on production in the fixed-bed bioreactor. This application note focuses on the scale-X hydro bioreactor. Such culture methods are scalable to pilot (30 m 2 ) and production (600 m 2 and above) scales with the full range of scale-X bioreactors. This includes the hydro, carbo, nitro and oxo bioreactors for R&D, clinical and commercial supply of adenovirus-based gene therapies.


The study of plant tissue parenchyma's intercellular air spaces contributes to the understanding of anatomy and physiology. This is challenging due to difficulty in making direct measurements of the pore space and the complex mosaic of parenchymatous tissue. The architectural complexity of pore space has shown that single geometrical measurements are not sufficient for characterization. The inhomogeneity of distribution depends not only on the percentage content of phase, but also on how the phase fills the space. The lacunarity morphometric, as multiscale measure, provides information about the distribution of gaps that correspond to degree of spatial organization in parenchyma. Additionally, modern theories have suggested strategies, where the focus has shifted from the study of averages and histograms to the study of patterns in data fluctuations. Detrended fluctuation analysis provides information on the correlation properties of the parenchyma at different spatial scales. The aim is to quantify (with...


Abstract , broken home's family is the family that function of father and mother do not work functionally. Child that experience this situation called broken home child. This research aim ' s to look at the description of the problems that face by student who wellborn in broken home's family in SMA N 1 Banuhampu. This research is descriptive research , that see problems which are faced by student who wellborn in broken home's family . The subject of this research is 39 students. Research instrument is questionnaire . The results of this research is the student have a problems in academic, themselves, family lives and peer relations. In this situation guidance and counseling teacher could arrange guidance and counseling service program that match with problems of students who from broken home's family.


This paper presents a structural approach to synthesizing, analyzing, and modeling quasi‐resonant converters (QRCs) based on the concept of basic converter units (BCUs). Typical QRCs include the well‐known topologies of buck, boost, buck‐boost, Cuk, Zeta, and Sepic. With proper reconfiguration, these QRCs can be synthesized from either buck‐QRC BCU or boost‐QRC BCU plus certain linear networks. Thus, the BCUs and general configurations of the converters can be identified. Analysis of steady state operation and derivation of small‐signal models for the converters then can be conveniently performed from the general configurations, reducing the complexity significantly. Moreover, the proposed structural approach can explore more physical insights into the converters in a family, and can reveal more relationships among converters over conventional approaches. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The paper gives a simple algorithm that allows us to eliminate correlation between input binary patterns by changing their dimensionality. A neural network that is a variant of vector associative memory is used to recognize redimensioned patterns. Having capacity much greater than conventional neural networks, the resulting associative memory can recognize highly noisy and correlated input patterns.


Abstract : A laboratory study was conducted to determine the stability, wave transmission, wave reflection, and energy dissipation characteristics of reef breakwaters. Reef breakwaters are low-crested structures comprised of a homogeneous pile of stone with individual stone weights in the range of those ordinarily used in the armor and first underlayer of traditional multilayered breakwaters. The study included over two hundred tests, all using irregular wave conditions. Results of the study are discussed and summarized through the use of equations fit to the data. The equations fit the data well, are consistent with the physics of the various phenomena as they are currently understood, and approach logical limiting values. Important findings include: (a) A reef stability model which can predict the degree of - degradation of the structure as a function of severity of irregular wave attack; (b) A wave transmission model capable of predicting the amount of wave energy transmitted over and through the structure for both submerged and nonsubmerged reefs; (c) A wave reflection model which makes accurate predictions of energy reflected from the reef for a wide range of wave conditions and structure heights; (d) A model which predicts the amount of incident wave energy dissipated by the reef.


Diarylperfluorocyclopentenes having 2-methoxy-5-phenylthiophene as the aryl groups were synthesized. Introduction of two methoxy substituents instead of methyl groups at the reactive carbons of 1,2-bis(5-phenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene decreased the photocycloreversion quantum yield by a factor of 103, while the cyclization quantum yield was similar.


Gross and anatomical fentures  of seven wood species from North Maluku were observed and described for  identification purposes. Fibre dimension were also measured and evaluated for  their suitability for pulp and paper. The colour of wood ranges from   white to brown, mostly plain without figure.  Only one species has decorative figure  on its surface, that is Dracontomelon sp.  So it is recommended for fancy veneer of plywood or for furniture. The main anatomical features  of each wood species are as folows : a) vessels are exlusively solitary and aranged in radial groups in Calophyllum inophyllum; a few  vesels are radially multiple up to seven cells in Heritiera sp.;  (b scalariform perforation plates present mainly  in  Elmerillia  sp.and   rarely  in  Horsfieldia  sylvestris;  c) parenchymma  bands  are present   in  Calophyllum  inophyllum, Horsfieldia   sylvestris and Elmerillia sp.  : d) rays uniseriate   in Calophyllum inophyllum;    e).fiber septate in Dracontomelon sp.; f) axical intercelular  canals are present  in Hopea sp.  and Shorea koordersii;  g) oil cells in Elmerillia sp.  and taniniferous  tube in Horsfieldia sylvestris. Five species contain fibres  with medium quality  (Horsfieldia sylvestris,   Dracontomelon  sp.,   Heritiera sp.,  Shorea  koordersii  and Elmerillia sp.). other species contain fibres with poor quality.


A new species of Fumana (DUNAL) SPACH subgenus Fumana, E fontqueri, is described from the region of Rif, Morocco. Notes on its morphology, ecology, distribution and taxonomic relationships are presented. It differs from E procumbens (DUNAL) GREN. et GODR. and E baetica GOEMES, by the indument of the stem, the disposition of pedicels, and the size of the flowers.


The possibilities of using an aerospace simulator Kerbal Space Program as a platform for the implementation of modern study programs and scientific research are considered. The description of the developed study programs, the results of their practical approbation are represented, the content of educational and methodological support is described, examples of dissemination of experience at international conferences are considered. The adaptation of the developed study programs in the field of aerospace modeling, aimed at popularizing knowledge about Astronautics, obtaining of real skills in the program of space modeling, will help to save from stereotypes about the use of outdated knowledge and will raise the authority of Russian education in the international educational environment. The possible areas of use of the aerospace simulator for solving research problems are considered, the results of the development and simulation of a mobile production system for extracting fuel from the lunar soil are presented. Possible directions of further upgrowth are shown.


Background: Mechanics suffer from occupational health hazards. They perform tasks such as spray painting, repairing, cleaning, welding, and servicing. They were exposed to work stressors like radiations, hot and noisy environment, oil, dust and fumes. Objectives: To estimate the non-fatal occupational injuries among mechanics of Udupi Taluk. Methods: Mapping and listing of all the shops in Udupi Taluk was done. About 100 workers were included in the study. Interviewer administered questionnaire was used to assess occupational injuries. Results: There were about 75% reported non fatal injuries. Cuts and scratches were the chief injuries reported. There is significant association between the injury sites and task the mechanics perform at work. Conclusion: There was high percentage of non fatal occupational injuries among mechanics of Udupi Taluk. Therefore, there is a need to articulate functional occupational and safety measures among mechanics of Udupi Taluk ABSTRACT


A cracked orthotropic elastic strip of finite width is analyzed under antiplane shear loading. For four frequently encountered constraint edges, i.e. free‐free, clamped‐clamped, free‐clamped, or clamped‐free edges, the Fourier series method is used to reduce triple series equations, and then to a mixed boundary value problem associated with a mode‐III crack for each case to a singular integral equation. Closed‐form solutions are derived for the resulting equations, and formulae for calculating stress intensity factors are obtained for an internal crack and edge cracks subjected to arbitrarily varying loading. Numerical results of the stress intensity factors for an eccentric, central, and edge crack are shown graphically for the case of uniform loading at the crack faces. Obtained formulae for determining stress intensity factors can be taken as a benchmark of numerical evaluations. The derived results are also applicable to an isotropic elastic strip with an anti‐plane shear crack normal to the edges.


Theoretical and empirical research on corruption generally concludes that corruption is persistent. However, using International Country Risk Guide data for the period 1984-2008 for 101 countries, we find strong evidence that corruption changes over time. In the present study, corruption levels of many countries decline, whereas those of other countries rise over the same period. We find that this convergence process is not continuous: there is an improvement in world corruption in the first part of our sample period, but a worsening in the second half.


Visual pattern recognition and classification is a challenging computer vision problem. Genetic programming has been applied towards automatic visual pattern recognition. An important factor in evolving effective classifiers is the suitability of the GP language for defining expressions for feature extraction and classification. This research presents a comparative study of a variety of GP languages suitable for classification. Four different languages are examined, which use different selections of image processing operators. One of the languages does block classification, which means that an entire region of pixels is classified simultaneously. The other languages are pixel classifiers, which determine classification for a single pixel. Pixel classifiers are more common in the GP-vision literature. We tested the languages on different instances of Brodatz textures, as well as aerial and camera images. Our results show that the most effective languages are pixel-based ones with spatial operators. However, as is to be expected, the nature of the image will naturally determine the effectiveness of the language used.


To clarify the succession of pine forests on Okinawa Island, Japan after typhoon disturbance, the stand structure and species composition of Pinus luchuensis (Luchu pine) forests affected by typhoon disturbance were studied.Based on species composition and stand structural traits,pine forests could be classified into two community types: Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii community,and Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii-Cyathea community. There was thus no clear difference in the severity of the disturbance. The diversity index of tree species and the number of species ( DBH ≥ 3.0 cm) in Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii-Cyathea community were larger (3.51 and 33 species) than those in Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii community (2.55 and 26 species).There was significant difference in the development of undergrowth for the two types of the communities.In Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii-Cyathea community,the coverage of undergrowth reached 55%, particularly for the appearance of many Cyathea species.However,none of Cyathea species appeared in Pinus luchuensis-Schima wallichii community.Evergreen broad-leaved trees, such as species from Theaceae and Lauraceae were frequently present in the shrub layer, while trees belonging to Fagaceae,such as Castanopsis species were rare in both communities.It demonstrates that the typhoon disturbance can accelerate the succession from pine to evergreen broad-leaved forest in Okinawa.


Optical imaging techniques and systems allows for high fidelity optical imaging of based on optical coherence tomography imaging, can be used for optical imaging in ophthalmic surgery and image-guided surgery . One method of imaging the eye, relative to the spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging system, comprising the steps of: positioning the eye having a first structure and a second structure, SD-OCT imaging comprising the steps of: imaging the eye system, generating a first image portion selects one of the direct image or mirror image of the first eye structure, corresponding to the selected image of the first eye structure, the second It selects one of the direct image or mirror image of the eye structure, and generating a second image portion corresponding to the selected image of the second eye structure, a step of suppressing the non-selected image of the first structure and the second structure by, and a step of imaging the eye SD-OCT imaging system.


The problem of the least-square minimization of the difference between the prescribed and obtained amplitude patterns is solved for the linear antenna in the closed form with a limited number of complex parameters which are calculated from the set of transcendental equations. The number of parameters depends on the electrical length of the antenna. Numerical results are presented. The method is extended to equidistant linear antenna arrays. The results may be applied to other problems described by the continuous or discrete Fourier transformation.


It is effective to solve the limit of indefinite formulas with L'Hospitol law,but it is not convennient to solve certain limits,even unable to solve them.This article discusses all kinds of indefinite limits and gives some resolving methods and skills,then by analysing the limit's solution process with some specific examples,it puts forward some solution methods and principle,which profoundly reveals the solution ideas so that some of the originally complex questions are made simple.


SHS (Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis) process is a new method to synthesis materials. The preparation of high temperature and resisting material with Al-CrO3 system was shown in this paper. According to the orthogonal test, a best sample was obtained with high refractoriness reaching 1800 °C and cold crushing strength 20MPa. The SEM analysis was used to analyze the microstructure of the product. The XRD was used to make sure the components of the product. The product has the characteristics of heat insulation, heat insulation and crush resistance, etc.


Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction by Elizabeth Gehrman. 2012. Beacon Press. Boston, Massachusetts. xi þ 240 pp. ISBN 978-08070-1078-5. $26.95 (hardcover), $19.00 (paperback). ''Imagine if a dodo (Raphus cucullatus) were to suddenly stride out from under the forest canopy of the Indian Ocean Island its ancestors once occupied,'' Elizabeth Gehrman, the author of this engaging book, asks her readers. Recalling the public, scient i f ic , and government uproar in response to recent propositions that Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) might persist, what a sensation it would cause. The equivalent happened on January 28, 1951, when a party led by Robert Cushman Murphy discovered on a small rocky islet an active nest of the Bermuda Petrel (Pterodroma cahow), a species thought by most to have been extinct for three centuries. Supported by philanthropist Childs Frick, who had a home in Bermuda, Murphy and Louis S. Mowbray of the Bermuda Aquarium had brought on their field trip a couple of younger legs in the form of 15-year-old David Wingate, a local youth who had sufficiently demonstrated his devotion to birds to be invited along. For some time there had been hints that the Cahow (as the petrel is more familiarly known) might still exist. Local fishermen had long reported hearing their cries, the origin of their name, but their tales were summarily dismissed by more-knowing British naturalists until William Beebe procured a juvenile specimen in 1935. But then World War II intervened, and a massive American airfield was built on top the birds' habitat; the fate of any remnant Cahow was clearly not a high priority. Eventually, conservationist Richard Pough piqued the interest of Frick and Murphy, and the trip was undertaken, thus beginning the Cahow's road to recovery and Wingate's life work. After gaining his zoology degree at Cornell, Wingate eschewed proffered higher degrees to return to Bermuda because, in his words: ''Bringing back the Cahow is what I was meant to do.'' His efforts were to be a burden he willingly shouldered for some forty years by whatever means he could. The birds' recovery, now being led by Wingate's successor Jeremy Madeiros, as of 2016 had reached a population of more than 100 breeding pairs (J. Madeiros, personal communication). Some of these pairs are a result of Madeiros' translocation of fledging birds to Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, the site of Beebe's field station, Wingate and family's


Numerical analysis was performed for a draft tube flow of a hydraulic turbine. Special attention has been paid for the friction effect through the flow inside the complex geometry of the draft tube, and for the interaction between the vortex structures and the draft tube volute. A draft tube affected could have a large significance on the performance prediction of hydraulic turbines, even on the efficiency of a hydroelectric center. The turbulent model has been applied a standard κ-e two equations model and the two-dimensional Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, are discredited with the second order upwind scheme. The SIMPLE algorithm, which is developed using control volumes, is adopted as the numerical procedure. Calculations were performed for a wide variation of runner velocities. The results reveal that with increasing of the runner velocity, the velocity decreases and the static pressure increases, justifying the total recuperation of kinetic energy at the draft tube outlet. Comparison of numerical results with the experimental data available in the literature is satisfactory. The utilization of the hydraulic force in the domain of the electricity production has long been majority; it has started in antiquity with mills of water. The techniques permitting the exploitation of hydroelectric resources have beneficed important progress during the XX century, in the scope of projects construction of the hydroelectric center of great speed. Through their size, their precision and their efficiency, the equipments of these hydroelectric center and especially hydraulics turbines arrived in first plan of realization. The hydraulic turbine is a mechanic dispositive which is used to transform potential energy and the kinetic energy of water, in mechanic energy. This will then be transformed into electric energy by an alternator. There exist two categories of hydraulics turbine. The turbine of action, which do not constitute a draft tube and function with the kinetic energy of water, and the turbine of reaction, which function with the pressure difference and the energy pressure. With the increasing coast of energy and the high demand of green energy, hydraulic turbine of thin height of falls such as Francis and Kaplan turbines, are those targeted as being economically profitable. They are constituted of distributor,


With the evolution of electronics and the development of embedded devices, automobiles have come to encompass technologies such as the OBDII diagnostic system. As on-board vehicle systems improved, control devices were allocated to a central unit and communicated over a local area network, enabling data transmission from all car modules and facilitating the acquisition of vehicle status data. vehicle. The present work aims the elaboration of a monitoring solution for vehicles, where the obtained information will feed a web system. This information is sent through an Android application, which communicates between the diagnostic system and the database server. Using the Android application is justified by the need to create hardware, thus reducing the cost of the solution. To achieve the proposed objectives, the research and analysis of diagnostic technologies used in automotive vehicles, bench tests and field tests, as well as the study of the construction of the monitoring solution via Android application and web system is performed. At the end of the work, it is concluded that the solution has great potential, enabling a modern monitoring of the state of the vehicle.


As a new exploration method,Ground Penetrating Radar(GPR) is used in the landmine exploration field.However,in the GPR echo signal,there are some noises and weak object echo signal are often obscured with the strong interference signals.In order to improve the signal-to-noise and identifying the landmine,a new method based on information entropy is presented,the method combine with the wavelet packet de-noise method.The experiment results show the direct wave and background noise can be effective reduced and the object signal can be extracted when the methods are adopted.


This study analyzes the situation of KATAKANA learning by using the data of LARP at SCU. In detail, the origins of data are compositions written by three students. The composition's volume is 33, and the period is from the second semester of freshman to the second semester of senior, about three and half years. Extracting the vocabulary of KATAKANA and examining the characteristics of early, middle, latter period. As a result, 1) the intensity of vocabulary of three students is different and the difference between individuals are big. And the proportion of KATAKANA vocabulary's appearance is quite low. 2) It has no adverb usage and ellipsis of the first half in KATAKANA vocabulary. 3) Although these three students use KATAKANA vocabulary in textbook, and are affected by the textbook of beginner's class, it still has many KATAKANA vocabularies that do not appear in textbook. 4) Generally speaking, misuses are not so a lot, it mainly appears on inflection, choosing vocabulary and grammar.


We consider generalized resistive systems, comprising linear Kirchhoff equations and non-linear element equations, depending on the flow through the element and on two adjacent nodal variables. The derivatives of the element equation should possess a special signature. For such systems we prove the global non-degeneracy of the Jacobi matrix and the applicability of globally convergent solution tracing algorithms. We show that the stationary problems in gas transport networks belong to this generalized resistive type. We apply the tracing algorithm to several realistic networks and compare its performance with a generic Newton solver.


PURPOSE: An infiltration trench capable of naturally circulating water and efficiently using a filter media is provided to effectively eliminate a non-point pollution source by horizontally arranging a perforated drainpipe inside a filter media. CONSTITUTION: An infiltration trench capable of naturally circulating water and efficiently using a filter media comprises an inlet part(20), a filter media(30), and an outlet part(40). An inlet pipe(21) is formed in one surface of the inlet part, and contaminated water flows into the inlet part. A filter layer is formed inside the filter media. An outlet pipe(41) is formed in one surface of the outlet part, and the contaminated water flows out through the outlet part.


Since Medicare began covering screening colonoscopy in 2001, use of the procedure in older beneficiaries has risen annually. To assess the incidence of colonoscopy-related adverse events in an older population, investigators studied a representative 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries …


This chapter explores how the public library is emerging as a space for grassroots media production. Not only is a library a space to source information and knowledge, but a place to create and share. This chapter seeks to recognise the value of libraries as an emerging area of grassroots media practice, and the opportunities for sharing community knowledge through engaging in qualitative research in this sector. Drawing on a case study of a recent citizen journalism project at a state library in Queensland, Australia, it describes the learning that occurred for those who delivered the programme, and explores how this is of benefit and interest to those persons involved in embarking on similar projects. This chapter draws on earlier research, 'Co-creating stories in social learning systems: The role of community media and cultural organisations in disseminating knowledge' (Heck, 2015).


An experimental study of decaying swirl air flow has been obtained by tangential inlet in a straight tube with Reynolds number range 20,000~40,000. The friction factor, swirl angle, velocity profiles and turbulent intensity are measured by using micro-manometer and hot-wire anemometer. It is found that the swirl flow behaviors depend on the swirl intensity along the test tube.


A fully second-order closure model for turbulent reacting flows is suggested based on Favre statistics. For diffusion flames the local thermodynamic state is related to a single conserved scalar. The properties of pressure fluctuations are analyzed for turbulent flows with fluctuating density. Closure models for pressure correlations are discussed and modelled transport equations for Reynolds stresses, turbulent kinetic energy dissipation, density-velocity correlations, scalar moments and dissipation are presented and solved, together with the mean equations for momentum and mixture fraction. Solutions of these equations are compared with the experimental data for high heat release free mixing layers of fluorine and hydrogen in a nitrogen diluent.


To overcome the problem caused by the large propagation delays of underwater acoustic channel, an asynchronous underwater decode-interleave-forward (UDIF) cooperative strategy is considered for the underwater acoustic cooperative communication system. The UDIF strategy is designed to realize the cooperative transmission and to decrease the end-to-end delay. Aiming at the strategy, a joint multi-branch combining and turbo equalization detector is proposed. To compensate the channel effects and achieve the diversity gain, the turbo equalization, multiuser detection, and combining technique are jointly realized. In the implementation of the detector, the detector is iteratively adapted by switching soft information according to log-likelihood ratio estimates with the turbo processing stage. Moreover, at each iteration, the combining coefficients for the received signals from the source and relay nodes are updated based on the steady-state mean square error, and thus, the proposed detector can effectively combine the received signals without the assumption that full and perfect channel state information of all the links at the receiver is known. The simulation results validate the feasibility and show the advantages of the proposed detector against existing counterparts.


A small amount of N2 gas is needed to increase the efficiency of optical pumping by suppressing radiation trapping. In addition, the intensity of the D2 fluouresnense and the rate of beam induced relaxation also depend on the N2 density.


5019Background: SCNC and a novel pathologic subtype, IAC, comprise a growing proportion of mCRPC patients resistant to androgen signaling inhibitors such as Abiraterone (Abi) or Enzalutamide (Enz). We sought to characterize these non-adenocarcinoma (adeno) subtypes in a prospective biopsy study. Methods: Eligible mCRPC pts underwent a metastasis biopsy (bx), and were followed for clinical outcomes. Tissue was both frozen and formalin fixed/paraffin embedded (FFPE). Independent review of FFPE specimens was undertaken by 3 pathologists. Frozen specimens underwent laser capture micro-dissection prior to RNA sequencing (seq). Machine learning was used to derive histology-specific expression signatures. Signature accuracy was evaluated with leave-pair-out cross-validation and application to an independent data set. Results: 226 of 300 planned mCRPC pts (74% resistant to Abi and/or Enz) have undergone bx (including 123 bone, 61 node, and 23 liver bx) with a 78% evaluable biopsy rate. Adeno was identified in 39%...


Abstract Phosphorylase Phosphatase, Protein Phosphatase, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aphosphatase, active towards phosphorylase a and phosphorylated proteins casein and histone II-A , was isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae 257. The enzyme dephosphorylated glycogen phosphorylase from commercial yeast rendering it inactive. The protein phosphatase activity was not influenced by any metal ions. Phosphorylase phosphatase activity was slightly stimulated by p -nitrophenyl phosphate and inhibited by heparin.


Gas-droplet flow at diesel fuel spraying by superheated steam jet has been experimentally investigated in this work with the use of interferometric method (IPI). Data on the dispersed composition of the steam-fuel jet have been obtained in a wide range of operating parameters (steam and fuel flow rates) corresponding to the area of stable operation of the burner. Dependences of droplet sizes in the flow on the regime parameters have been established.


Design idea of X60 submarine pipe and main process control points during the billet and pipe production is introduced,and the pipe heat treatment process is studied.The result of trial heat shows that,the mechanical properties of X60 submarine pipe is good,anti corrosion performance and welding performance are good.The requirement of related standard is completely satisfied.


The study aimed to design an automatic digital chess timer to be composed of a game clock, time indicator, automatic game buzzer and automatic switch player timer. To establish the functionality of the device, experimental development for the device implementation was done while the descriptive approach was applied through the assessment of purposively chosen evaluators regarding the practicality of the device. Findings showed that the device was convenient to use by chess players and enthusiasts.


In orde to enhance the ability of convective diffusing,this very apparatus has been developed,to get intermittent jet and alternate shear flow field The necessity of entrainment of jet is proved by mathematical_physical principle The compression of air into water is explained by the mechanism of mixing shock Practical data have been presented


A consistency checking-based proxy-report schemes rooted at the BS is introduced, which uses proxy reports to verify the accuracy of data reports sent by a CH to the BS. Proxy reports are periodically sent along non-primary paths, enabling the BS to detect any tampering or dropping of the data reports by malicious nodes on the primary paths.


Higher quality computer graphics in interactive applications in the areas of virtual reality and games is generally assumed to create a more immersive experience for the end user. In this study we examined this assumption by testing to what degree graphical fidelity was associated with physiological arousal as measured by a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor. Thirty-six subjects played two different video games at the highest and lowest graphical quality settings while their GSR activity was measured. No significant difference in GSR was observed that was associated with graphical quality. We conclude that, for applications in which an emotional response is desired, increased graphical quality alone does not predict a physiological arousal response.


The highly specific enrichment of phosphoproteins and phosphopeptides from intricate biological systems is the precondition of in-depth phosphoproteome research. Herein, a novel dual-functionalized magnetic zirconium-based metal–organic framework (MOF) denoted as DFMMOF, with the purpose of combining the affinity of immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) and metal oxide affinity chromatography (MOAC) has been successfully synthesized. The inherent Zr–O cluster of DFMMOF particles acted as MOAC and the immobilized titanium(IV) ions served for IMAC. The obtained DFMMOF exhibited rapid magnetic separation (within 5 s), large surface area (237.9 m2 g–1), high binding capacity (100 mg g–1), and good postenrichment recovery (84.8%). Thanks to the strong affinity, low detection sensitivity (5 fmol) and high selectivity (β-casein/BSA with a molar ratio of 1:1000) for phosphopeptide enrichment were obtained using DFMMOF as absorbent. Moreover, the effective identification of phosphopeptides from real...


Abstract In this study, cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) modified montmorillonite (MMT) which is called as organoclay (OMMT) was mixed with natural rubber, and masterbatches were produced using the acid-free co-coagulation (AFCC) method in the presence of a combined gelling agent, a mixture of CTAB and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The OMMT was further modified by grafting of bis(triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulfide as to reduce the surface energy in silanated organoclay (OMMT-S). As expected, the nanocomposites prepared with OMMT-S compared to those with OMMT exhibited greater mechanical properties due to the development of rubber–clay interactions and due to proper dispersion of small clay layers in the rubber matrix combined with the gelling agent. The improvement of elongation at break, hardness and tear strength of the nanocomposites with OMMT/OMMT-S was an added advantage when the nanocomposites are prepared using the AFCC method without having any adverse effect from the combined gelling agent. Graphical abstract


In coding theory, we study various properties of codes for application in data compression, cryptography, error correction, and network coding. The study of codes is introduced in Information Theory, electrical engineering, mathematics, and computer sciences for the transmission of data through reliable and efficient methods. We have to consider how coding of messages can be done efficiently so that the maximum number of messages can be sent over a noiseless channel in a given time. Thus, the minimum value of mean codeword length subject to a given constraint on codeword lengths has to be founded. In this paper, we have introduced mean codeword length of order and type for 1:1 codes and analyzed the relationship between average codeword length and fuzzy information measures for binary 1:1 codes. Further, noiseless coding theorem associated with fuzzy information measure has been established.


A geomatics based method has been developed to prioritise the land for reforestation considering biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and community benefits. The reforestation sites were identified based on Kyoto Protocal norms using chronological satellite datasets. Surrounding landscape of such sites was then investigated for biodiversity (floral), carbon (tree and soil) and demographic patterns (community). The prioritised sites were those having highest carbon, biodiversity ratings and dominance of tribal population in their surroundings. Biodiversity was characterised using four basic data types i.e. vegetation type, terrain, field and social (disturbance due to road, railways and settlements) using SPLAM software package. Tree and soil carbon pools were estimated in sample plots distributed in homogeneous vegetation strata (HVS). Community demographic patterns were investigated using census linked village maps. The prioritised sites could potentially sequester 76729t of carbon, enough to compensate around 53% of carbon losses that have occurred since 1998. The species like Shorea robusta Roxb., Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth., Tectona grandis L., Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. and Ficus rumphii Bl. were found to be well distributed which together constituted 70% of the existing tree carbon pool of the region thus are potential species for future reforestation projects. The prioritised reforestation sites were surrounded by significant tribal population (57%) that could be effectively engaged in potential REDD+ carbon sink project.


The need to maximise energy efficiency (EE) for device-to-device (D2D) communication has become an urgent necessity for the fifth-generation wireless networks. In this study, the power allocation problem is considered for the cellular system underlaid with D2D users (DUs) to maximise the EE for the whole network. Firstly, the random distribution of DUs and cellular users (CUs) are described by utilising the homogeneous Poisson point process based on stochastic geometry. Secondly, successful transmission probabilities are deduced. Finally, the optimisation problem for maximising EE is formulated to determine the optimal power values for both D2D and CUs. An adaptive mesh size algorithm is suggested to solve the non-convexity of the EE optimisation problem. Simulation results prove that the suggested technique has the ability to accomplish the near-optimal EE. Furthermore, it has superior performance when compared with the related algorithms.


Actinic Keratosis is a skin lesion that presents as a coarse and scaly patch due to frequent exposure to ultraviolet radiation, its importance lies in the fact that the lesion can become squamous cell skin cancer, so it is very important its treatments in early stages. Computer-assign diagnostic (CAD) system leads to a pre-diagnosis of the lesion based on information regarding clinical criteria. In this work it is proposed develop a CAD system that allows the identification of Actinic Keratosis in lesions of the skin by dermatoscopy images analysis using spatial domain methods and pattern recognition. the proposal of a CAD system that allows the detection of Actinic Keratosis in skin lesions of dermatoscopic images. The work was divided in three modules: 1) Methods in the spatial domain were used for the segmentation module, 11 statistical characteristics were sued for the feature extraction module, and a model base on cellular automata was used for the classification module and compared with the K-NN algorithm for different values of k, using the values produced by de confusion matrix, the ROC curves and the metrics of Sensi-bility (SE), Specificity (SP) and Accuracy (ACC). The AC model showed an accuracy of 0.985, just like the K-NN algorithm for k = 3 , this value was higher than those shown for the other k-values of K-NN. It is also observed that the ROC curve for the AC model is above each of the ROC curves of the K-NN model from the 1 - SP value, since for previous values, the ROC curve for k = 3 is by above, this compensates for the fact that both algorithms showed an accuracy of 0.985. The exposition in this work shows that the AC algorithm yields acceptable results in comparison to the K-NN algorithm applied to the detection of skin lesions of the Actinic Keratosis.


The former Nebraska Ordnance Plant has groundwater contaminated with a mixture of trichloroethylene (TCE) and the high explosive RDX that is treated in a system of eight granular activated carbon (GAC) contactors. A mathematical model was utilized to simulate alternative operating scenarios along with variable influent concentrations. In this study, blending effluent from parallel columns resulted in the lowest GAC usage rate when the target effluent C∕ C0 was >0.3 . Lead-lag operation was best when the target effluent C∕ C0 was <0.1 . Only between a target effluent C∕ C0 of 0.1 and 0.3 did the percent of the mass transfer zone (MTZ) contained in the column become important. Even then, selection was more sensitive to changes in the target effluent C∕ C0 value than the percent of the MTZ contained in the column. Decreasing the TCE influent concentration prior to the GAC treatment system by air stripping may reduce the GAC replacement costs but has significant new capital costs. Because contaminant levels i...


We present ongoing doctoral work on automatically understanding the positions of politicians with respect to those of the party they belong to. To this end, we use textual data, namely transcriptions of political speeches from meetings of the German Bundestag, and party manifestos, in order to automatically acquire the positions of political actors and parties, respectively. We discuss a variety of possible supervised and unsupervised approaches to determine the topics of interest and compare positions, and propose to explore an approach based on topic modeling techniques for these tasks.


Non-Player Character (NPC) is one of the important elements in the game, because NPCs can liven up the atmosphere in the game by means of intense interaction with players with various functions. This has an impact on the game experience which is more immersive than the game being played. This study provides an overview so that NPCs are able to have dynamic dialogue with players, and this study also discusses chatbots as a communication technology that is currently emerging and its impact when combined with NPC.


Objective To evaluate the effect of different feeding patterns on the long chain polysaturated (LCP) status of plasma and red blood cell membrane in newborns. Methods The four essential fatty acids of cord and venous blood on the 14th day after birth were measured in 16 breastfed and 12 formularfed full term normal delivered babies by gas chromatography. Results Plasma levels of LA, ALA, AA and DHA at 14 days after birth in breastfed infants were siglificantly higher than those of the cord blood; the levels of AA and DHA in breastfed group were higher than those in formula fed group. Conclusion Breast milk enrichs essential fatty acid and is the best diet for infants.


Contrary to recent reports, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn, according to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.


The content, reserves and profile distributions of microbial biomass in the different soil types and subtypes of the Republic of Moldova have been investigated in the connection of the soil carbon sequestration and environmental protection. Sampling was carried out in 11 profiles per soil horizons to a depth of 170 200 cm and from 0 30 cm layer separately. Database was evaluated statistically by the variance and correlation analysis. The negative effects on soil microbial biomass were observed as a result of erosion processes and long-term land management practices without of organic fertilizers. The content and reserves of microbial carbon in soil profiles decreased with its depth. The reserves of microbial biomass in virgin and fallow soils were 5.9-12.7 t ha -1 , in arable soils with the normal profile – 3.6-7.2 t ha -1 , in eroded arable soils – 1.6-1.9 t ha -1 in the 0 100 cm layer. The microbial biomass was connected with the humus content and amounts of agronomic valuable aggregates. Correlation coefficients constitute 0.58-0.97 and 0.86 respectively. The significance of microorganisms in the formation of the water-stable structure in soils is discussed. The organic farming system with the application of 50 t ha -1 of manure and green manure crops returns the organic matter to the soil and creates conditions for the carbon stock. The microbial carbon content in the arable layer of the leached and ordinary chernozem increases by 1.5 times. The use of organic fertilizers has been recommended for the restoration of the microbial communities and improvement of carbon fluxes into degraded soils.


The objectives of the research are: (1) to find out the influence of environment education towards  IPS students' learning motivation at SMK 1 Martapura, (2) to find out the influence of the school organization climate towards IPS students' learning motivation at SMK 1 Martapura? (3) to find out the influence of both the environmental education and school organization climate simultaneously towards IPS students' learning motivation at SMK 1 Martapura. This research used survey method with quantitative research approach. The research samples were taken with proportion stratified random sampling technique of the population of 1,341 students, from which 308 students were obtained as samples. This research found that (1) the value of t count> t table (3.240> 1.971) means that the environment education partially affects IPS students' learning motivation, (2) the value of t count> t table (2.083> 1.971) means that the school organization climate partially affects IPS students' learning motivation, (3) F count> F table (7.488> 3.886) means that the environment education and climate of student organization simultaneously affect IPS students' learning motivation, (4) based on the output, the obtained scores of Adjusted Square was 0.041 or (4.1%). Based on these results, it can be concluded that: (1) Environment education partially affected IPS students' learning motivation. The value of t count was positive. It means that the effect was positive. This means that the implementation of environment–based education, the motivation of IPS students at SMK 1 Martapura increased more, (2) School organization climate partially affected IPS students' learning motivation. The value of t count was positive. It means that the effect  was positive. This means that the more comfortable the climate of the school  organization, the more the increase of the motivation of IPS students at SMK 1 Martapura  increase, (3) the environment education and the student organization climate simultaneously affected IPS students' learning motivation. Keywords : environment education, school organization climate, learning motivation, social studies.


ABSTRACT This paper considers the problem of flocking with connectivity preservation for a class of disturbed nonlinear multi-agent systems. In order to deal with the nonlinearities in the dynamic of all agents, some auxiliary variables are introduced into the state observer for stability analysis. By proposing a bounded potential function and using adaptive theory, a novel output feedback consensus algorithm is developed to guarantee that the states of all agents achieve flocking with connectivity preservation.


Customer Relationship Management system is now a very essential tool for any business of any field. With the increase in competition and with the availability of the varieties of products and services along with the offers that comes with them in the form of online offers or in offline offers CRM plays a crucial role in the success of any business these days. CRM deals with the study of the consumer needs and analyses the sales records of previous years of its lifecycle and shows its performance graphically for the previous years and also if it has sufficient data it can predicts its life cycle too in the upcoming recent months or even for years.


With the rapid development of real estate, the improvement of consumers' brand awareness, the implementation of macro-control policies on stabilizing house prices and the increasingly intense competition, real estate enterprises focus on continuously strengthening brand building. Based on the brand value assessment method of income multiplier, this paper designs evaluation index system for real estate brand according to real estate brand's own characteristics, constructs the value evaluation model of real estate brand and makes further empirical analysis.


n Traditional Chinese Medicine we learn the theories of yin and yang and the relationships between the two: (1) opposition: that all things have two aspects; (2) interdependence: yin and yang create each other; (3) mutual consumption: yin and yang control each other; (4) inter-transformation: yin and yang transform into each other. These relationships can arise in health and in illness when Yin and Yang have been left in an unbalanced state for a period of time. However, when the balance is impaired for a long enough time another possibility occurs: the loss of relationship between Yin and Yang, and their separation. It is this process and stage that is often poorly understood. Many assume that once this happens, death is the inevitable result. Contemporary Oriental Medicine® (COM) and Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD) are used to diagnose this 'separation' in its many varied stages from mild to moderate to severe and can intervene accordingly to reestablish the relationship between these two factors, thus preventing death or serious illness and/or treating chronic diseases. It is this topic that will be discussed in the following article with a look at the manifestations of this separation in the organ systems and systemically ('Qi wild'), as well as their findings on the pulse.