Abstract Various theories have been proposed to predict how mass loss depends on the stellar rotation rate, both in terms of its strength, as well as its latitudinal dependence, crucial for our understanding of angular momentum evolution. Here we discuss the tool of linear spectropolarimetry that can probe the difference between mass loss from the pole versus the equator. Our results involve several groups of O stars and Wolf-Rayet stars, involving Oe stars, Of?p stars, Onfp stars, as well as the best candidate gamma-ray burst progenitors identified to date.


Finding the largest code with a given minimum distance is one of the most basic problems in coding theory. In this paper, we compute new upper bounds on size of codes in the Lee metric using the linear programming method. We present a recursive formula for obtaining the Lee-numbers, which makes it possible to efficiently compute these bounds. The obtained bounds are useful in determining whether good codes suitable for signal processing applications exist with given parameters.


IO N Deterministic assembly of microdevices by transfer-printing is an advanced manufacturing technology that enables the heterogeneous integration of disparate materials on largearea substrates.[1–5] All active electronic devices generate heat as a byproduct of their operation and thermal management of transfer-printed assemblies must be a consideration whenever the heat flux is large. While the thermal conductivities of most materials used in microelectronics are well known, the thermal conductance of interfaces formed by transfer-printing is unknown. We report studies of the thermal conductance of interfaces formed by transfer-printing of Au and Au(Pd) alloy thin films, 100 μm × 100 μm in area and 100 nm thick, on amorphous SiO2 , hydrogen-terminated Si(001), and singlecrystal Al2O3 substrates. We find that the thermal conductance Gt of transfer-printed interfaces spans a relatively small range, 10 10 kW cm−2. The thermal conductance G of interfaces formed by physical vapor deposition of metal films on dielectric substrates has been studied extensively. G is the transport coefficient that relates the heat flux JQ to the temperature drop ΔT at an interface, JQ = GT . The observed values span a large range, from a low conductance of G ≈ 10 MWm−2K−1 for Bi deposited on hydrogen-terminated diamond[6] to a high conductance[7] of G ≈ 700 MWm−2K−1 for epitaxial TiN/MgO. Often,


Recent high-pressure synthesis of pentazolates and subsequent stabilization of the aromatic [N5] anion at atmospheric pressure had an immense impact on nitrogen chemistry. Here, we present the first synthesis of an aromatic hexazine [N6] anion realized in high-pressure potassium nitride K9N56 at 46 and 61 GPa. The extremely complex structure of K9N56 was solved based on synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction and corroborated by density functional theory calculations. This result resolves a long-standing question of the aromatic hexazine stability and the possibility of its synthesis.


This paper analyzes the accuracy of the zero-order hold (ZOH) model for the digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) in the <italic>s-</italic>domain. The <italic>s-</italic>domain model and the exact <italic>z-</italic>domain model for the current control of a single-phase inverter with an <italic>L</italic>-type filter are elaborated for quantifying the deviation of the ZOH model for the DPWM. The influences of the different computational delay and duty-cycle update modes on this deviation is analyzed in detail. The compensation method for this deviation of the ZOH model is proposed for accurately predicting the stability region of the control system in the <italic>s-</italic>domain. Simulations and experimental tests are executed to verify the effectiveness and correctness of the theoretical analysis.


Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was employed for production of carbohydrates from corn pericarp which is a waste of corn starch production by using hot compressed water as a solvent. Carbohydrates consist of glucose, xylose, arabinose and hemicellulose, while residues were composed of cellulose. By increasing the heating temperature, the solubilization rate increases and reached the value of 75.2% at 220 °C. In order to increase the carbohydrate yield the four independent variables such as heating temperature, come-up time, heating time and solid to liquid ratio were optimized by using the response surface methodology techniques. It includes fractional factorial design, the path of steepest ascent and central composite design. Subsequently, we have applied 2-step of experimental design including fractional factorial design and central composite design for accurate prediction of the optimum condition of MAE of carbohydrates from corn pericarp. In this paper, the total recycle of the corn pericarp have been done by investigating the detailed effects of microwave irradiation on chemical components in corn pericarp. The maximum yield of carbohydrates is about 70.8 % with predominant production of xylo-oligosaccharides. © 2014 Elixir All rights reserved ARTICLE INF O Articl e h istory: Received: 9 May 2013; Received in revised form: 20 January 2014; Accepted: 25 January 2014;


For the situation where the diaphragm of the air operated diaphragm pumps imported for the wet-process phosphoric acid purification unit is easily damaged,and there are no spares in storage,which has created significant difficulty for the production,the research and development of PTFE impact molding diaphragm is proposed.Based on the analysis of the diaphragm structure and its impact molding technique,the diaphragm mould is designed,and the actual application shows that the self-made PTFE diaphragm has a service life up to three months.The result is very good,and meets the requirements for long and stable operation of the wet-process phosphoric acid purification unit,which has gained significant economic benefits.


Bronchial distribution and functional arterial vascularization of the upper lobe of the right lung are subject to many anatomical variations. The control of  these variations is essential for endoscopic and agiographic examinations. It also offers a better guarantee for safe and controlled surgery. In this  preliminary work, the exploitation of 15 heart-lung blocks treated by the injection corrosion method allowed us to study the general arrangement of the  broncho-arteries of the right upper lung lobe and their anatomical variations in the Senegalese population. Our results were as follows: the right upper  lobar bronchus was born on average at 1.25 cm from the tracheal bifurcation, with an average length of 1.13 cm. It ended with trifurcation into apical  (B1), dorsal (B2) and ventral (B3) segmental bronchi in 10 cases (66.66%); in 3 cases (20%), it ended with bifurcation into the dorsal segmental bronchus  and the apico-ventral trunk (B1+B3) (1 case), the apico-dorsal trunk (B1+B2) and the ventral segmental bronchus (B3), finally, in ventral and dorsal  segmentary bronchi giving each one an apical branch (1 case); in a last case, it ended by quadrifurcation, giving an external parabronche. The right upper  lobe was vascularized by 1 to 4 arteries, with eight modes of vascularization. It received more frequently two arteries. The anterior mediastinal  artery was the most common (100%). These results allowed us to discuss anatomical variations in the bronchial tree of the right upper lung lobe and the  pulmonary arterial distribution in that lobe. These variations must be taken into account during endoscopic examinations of imaging and surgery of  pulmonary excision, under penalty of accidents.


13 INTRODUCTION 15 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 16 1. Breast cancer 16 2. Basic aspects of tumorigenesis 17 2.1 Clonal evolution of cancer 17 2.2 Tumor metastasis 18 3. Bone morphogenetic proteins 20 3.1 Structure and function 20 3.2 Signaling pathway 21 3.2.1 Receptors 22 3.2.2 Smad pathway 24 3.2.3 Other pathways 25 3.3 Regulation of signaling pathway 26 3.4 Target genes 27 4. BMPs and cancer 28 4.1 BMP signaling in breast cancer 29 4.1.1 Expression profiles of BMPs and their receptors 29 4.1.2 Possible function of BMPs 30 4.1.3 BMPs and bone metastasis 32 4.2 BMP7 in cancer 33 4.2.1 Expression profile of BMP7 33 4.2.2 Possible function of BMP7 35 AIMS OF THE STUDY 38 MATERIALS AND METHODS 39 1. Breast cancer cell lines and normal mammary epithelial cells (I-IV) 39


This paper discusses the possibility of regulating gene expression by microsatellites of the non-coding part of DNA. The analysis of known SSRs from the "soybase" database for possible manifestation as enhancers has been carried out, since the determination of mechanisms for increasing the expression of certain genes is an important agricultural task. The SSRs analysis was carried out in the open web resource "iEnchancer 2L". As a result, it was revealed that some microsatellites are theoretically capable of being enhancers, an additional study showed that the sequences identified as enhancers have specific binding sites for transcription factors, which can be considered an indirect confirmation of the results obtained. The conducted studies can help to further work on the search for regulatory DNA sites, as well as advance in understanding the significance of the non-coding part of DNA.


The carbon stock has been estimated for the Arkhangelsk region forests based on the forest inventory data and data summary on phytomass structure of the forest stock areas (making 7.8 bln. ton). Negative annual balance of carbon stock (2.63 mln. ton) is caused by a big share of swamp low-productive forest stands.


Host plant quality has a major influence on the performance, and ultimately on the fitness of an herbivorous insect, but may also have indirect effects on the third trophic level by affecting an herbivore's defensive ability against natural enemies. In a three-year field study, we examined the effects of natural food quality on the ability of autumnal moths, Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), to defend themselves against parasitoids. In each year, we confirmed the variation in quality of host trees (mountain birch, Betulapubescens ssp. czerepanovii) by determining the mass of pupae reared in mesh bags attached to the trees and the water content of leaves. Individuals grown on high quality trees possessed significantly higher encapsulation rate of a foreign antigen as pupae compared to those on low quality trees during the first and third study years; a parallel trend was also found in the second study year, although this difference was not statistically significant. However, in spite of observed differences in encapsulation rates, individuals reared on high and low quality trees did not differ in their levels of parasitisation when exposed to hymenopteran parasioids in the wild and thus were equally vulnerable. Accordingly, the encapsulation response seems not to play a major role on the population ecology scale in the studied system. Our findings also stress the importance of direct resistance tests, which should be conducted along with tests of insect immune function.


The concept of the Anthropocene has become increasingly prominent in recent years, but is it best defined as a geological period or as part of a longer-term pattern of human actions? And when did it begin? Todd Braje launches this Debate feature by arguing for a shift away from definitions and toward an emphasis on the human causes and consequences. This piece is followed by a series of reactions from geologists and anthropologists, with a concluding reply from the author.


An X-ray study of DL-α-glycerophosphate sodium salts shows that the α-glycerol residue has the gauche–gauche conformation and the presence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the β-hydroxy-group and an oxygen atom of the phosphate group.


This article builds a model of the actual engineering using Midas/Civil, and makes an analysis of the impact on the deformation and stress of the bridge of concrete shrinkage and creep. Midas/Civil software uses the shrinkage and creep formulas in the "highway reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridge and culvert design specifications (JTG D62-2004). First, through changing the two parameters of relative humidity and creep coefficient of the model in the shrinkage and creep formulas specified in JTG D62-2004 specification, it analyses the effects of the shrinkage and creep on bridge deformation. Second, in and without the consideration of shrinkage and creep, it makes simulation analysis of the internal forces of the bridge to determine the degree of the influence of shrinkage and creep on bridge stress. By contrasting the parameters under different conditions, it obtains that the linear influence of the different relative humidities on the bridge is 25% in maximum. The concrete shrinkage and creep may also exert a relative great impact on the internal forces of the whole bridge. The stress of the upper flange decreases 1.9 MPa at most and the lower decreases 3.81 MPa at most. Through making an analysis on the impact of changing parameters and considering the shrinkage and creep on the actual engineering model linear and internal force, the author obtained the conclusion of the rule in the influence on a continuous girder bridge under the action of concrete shrinkage and creep, which provides a direction for the design and construction of continuous girder bridge using prestressed concrete.


In this paper, we prove that four star graph G = K_(1,a_1 )∪K_(1,a_2 )∪ K_(1,a_3 )∪ K_(1,b)  where a_1≤a_2≤a_3is a skolem mean graph if |b - (a_1+a_2+a_3)| = 4


Abstract Uptake and loss of 45Ca2+, 22Na+, and H2 32PO4 - by tea pollen tubes precuitured for 20 h were studied to clarify the pattern of ion uptake by pollen tubes. Uptake of 45Ca2+, 22Na+, and H2 32PO4 - which increased with the incubation time became maximum after 5, 1, and 8 h for 45Ca2+, 22Na+, and H2 32PO4 -, respectively. After the maximum uptake, the ions were excreted. The 45Ca2+ uptake was highest at pH 7.5 and the 22Na+ uptake increased as the solution pH increased up to 7.8. The H2 32PO{8in4}- uptake was greatest at pH 5.5. The uptake of 45Ca2+ and H2 32PO4 - was maximum at 25°C. The uptake of H2 32PO4 - was more affected by the temperature than that of 45Ca2+. Metabolic inhibitors [2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), ouabain, chloramphenicol, and cycloheximide] suppressed the uptake of 45Ca2+ and H2 32PO4 -, but had no effect on the uptake of 22Na+. The 22Na+ uptake was reduced by the addition of Ca2+ but not K+. The loss of 45Ca2+ from the pollen tubes which showed three successive phases, was prevente...


Abstract : Many organizations, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Defense, want to use constellations or fleets of autonomous spacecraft working together to accomplish complex mission objectives. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate is now developing architectures for commanding and controlling a cluster of cooperating satellites through autonomous software development for the TechSat 21 program. Many space missions require large, monolithic satellites. This often results in costly, complex, failure-prone vehicles whose physical size constraints limit their performance characteristics. Recently, various organizations have begun to explore how distributed clusters of cooperating satellites can replace their larger monolithic counterparts to reduce overall costs, enhance mission performance, and increase system fault tolerance. Large clusters of satellites flying in formation must have some level of onboard autonomy to fly within specified tolerance levels; avoid collisions; address fault detection, isolation, and resolution (FDIR); share knowledge; and plan and schedule activities. Commanding and controlling a large cluster of satellites can be very burdensome for ground operators as well. This article describes the authors' efforts to address these issues through the technology development for TechSat 21 program.


Process analysis is a transdisciplinary technology. Process chemists, process engineers, chemometricians, and many other technologists must work together and put more emphasis on the essentials of science of each discipline. This perspective analyzes potential strategies for intelligent production in the future. It emphasizes the need for a holistic approach where multimodality will be a bedrock supporting the production of smart materials in smart factories. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Background: In relation to family planning issue, birth control is achieved through use of any contraceptive methods. Vasectomy is one of the terminal surgical procedures. Materials and methods: The study was cross-sectional in design. Vasectomised patients attending Post-Partum Unit had been selected in this study. Record review of the respective patients from the admission cum record register was taken. A schedule had been utilized. Data were analyzed manually. Results: The people belonging to Islam religion were 7.88% other than Hinduism. Mean age of the population undergone vasectomy was found 40.1 ± 8.9 years. Most of the families were found with two children with the range from one child to five children. The most of the clients were illiterate (54.9%). The most of the clients belonged to poor economic class as per Modified B G Prasad scale (55.4%). All were found addicted to tobacco. A sizable number was found with different kinds of addiction combinations (Alcohol, shoe polish, Amrutanjan, valium, phensydil, corex, grilinctus CD). Conclusions: Clients of vasectomy came from poor socio-economic status. These productive people were addicted to substance. Initiation of programme is required to attract the conscious people of middle class for No Scalpel Vasectomy.


To be effective in protecting against the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR), many photoprotective strategies have been used. Inadequate physical protection, amount of topical application, and allergic reactions to topical agents are limitations asso - ciated with current photoprotective strategies. Systemic agents are an emerging alterna -tive, providing promising protection against UVR. This chapter will thoroughly review photoprotective outcomes of oral naturally derived agents from randomized controlled trials using evidence-based method. From total 24 clinical trials with 850 participants, two categories of naturally derived agents were identified. Plant-derived agents include beta-carotene, green tea, golden serpent fern, tomato, cocoa bean, and vitamin E, whereas animal-derived products consist of nicotinamide and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. In conclusion, systemic plant and animal-derived photoprotective agents may be a promising alternative in addition to conventional photoprotection.


This paper examines young Canadian women's conceptions of political power through qualitative interviews with participants of the McGill University's Women in House Programme, 2001–2005, which documented the women's first-hand experiences of shadowing women parliamentarians. I examine the female students' social representations of political power within the Parliamentary process, and notably, how their internalisation of the influence that gender plays in shaping their own interest in engaging in formal politics. In spite of high levels of political knowledge and direct exposure to the political system, these young women continue to accept the dominant political and social discourses that portray them as excluded from the public sphere on the grounds of their gender, age, and in some instances, ethnicity and social class. I also explore how young women conceptualise and understand the social networks, and forms of capital and resources which are associated with access to the elite political community.Drawing on Nancy Fraser's theory of subaltern counterpublics, I argue that young women are in need of women-only spaces such as the Women in House programme in order to develop the sites of dialogue and deliberation needed to create counter-discourses that will enable them to challenge the discursive representations of social power within contemporary Canadian political processes. This paper draws on social psychological approaches and makes an important empirical contribution to the political science literature about the engagement and public participation of an under-represented political group.


A convenient and efficient method for strengthening and stiffening existing reinforced concrete beams is to adhesively bond steel plates to their surfaces. However, tests have shown that adhesively bonded plates tend to peel away prematurely due to flexure and shear. Flexural peeling can be prevented by terminating the plate at a region of zero moment, in which case the plate is prone to shear peeling which is the subject of this paper. Eight tests on the shear peeling of side-plated beams are described, and design procedures are developed for predicting the shear peeling resistance. These procedures can be used to ensure that reinforced concrete beams that are retrofitted by adhesive bonding steel plates to their sides do not debond prematurely.


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Predatory mammals and birds from several phylogenetic lineages use prey rustling sounds to detect and locate prey. However, it is not known whether these rustling sounds convey information about the prey, such as its size or profitability, and whether predators use them to classify prey accordingly.

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We recorded rustling sounds of insects in Madagascar walking on natural substrate and show a clear correlation between insect mass and several acoustic parameters.

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In subsequent behavioural experiments in the field, we determined whether nocturnal animals, when foraging for insects, evaluate these parameters to classify their prey. We used field-experienced Grey Mouse Lemurs Microcebus murinus in short-term captivity. Mouse Lemurs are generally regarded as a good model for the most ancestral primate condition. They use multimodal sensorial information to find food (mainly fruit, gum, insect secretions and arthropods) in nightly forest. Acoustic cues play a role in detection of insect prey.

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When presented with two simultaneous playbacks of rustling sounds, lemurs spontaneously chose the one higher above their hearing threshold, i.e. they used the rustling sound's amplitude for classification. We were not able, despite attempts in a reinforced paradigm, to persuade lemurs to use cues other than amplitude, e.g. frequency cues, for prey discrimination.

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Our data suggests that Mouse Lemurs, when foraging for insects, use the mass–amplitude correlation of prey-generated rustling sounds to evaluate the average mass of insects and to guide their foraging decisions.


In this paper, we investigate the problem of space synchronization, i.e., synchronizing inertial readings from multiple mobile devices in the spatial dimension, in other words, multiple mobile devices are space synchronized to have the same 3-D coordinates except that each device is the origin of its corresponding coordinate. We propose a scheme called MObile Space Synchronization (MOSS) for devices with two sensors: an accelerometer and a gyroscope, which are available on most mobile devices. Accelerometer readings from multiple mobile devices on a human subject are used to achieve space synchronization when the human subject is moving forward, such as walking and running. Gyroscope readings from multiple mobile devices on a human subject are used to maintain space synchronization when the human subject stops moving forward, which means that we can no longer obtain the consistent acceleration caused by body moving forward. Experiment results show that our MOSS scheme can achieve an average angle deviation of 9.8° and an average measurement similarity of 97%.


These are the closing remarks I prepared for the annual conference of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science on June 25, 2021. The conference was held online.


The vessel for the synthesis of peptides by the solid-phase method consists of a round flask with one side-arm and three stopcocks. The side-arm is used to attach the vessel to a wrist-shaker and to insert a gas dispersion tube for the cleavage of the synthesized peptide. Solvents and reagents are introduced from the stopcock on the top and removed from the one at the bottom, by applying negative pressure and by opening the lateral stopcock at the same time.


The present study dealt with Islamic jurisprudence inputs in transactions and their impact on reducing the economic causes of crime. It concerned with studying some financial legislation as a major and important part of financial transaction inputs that contribute to reducing the economic causes of crime. An inductive descriptive approach has been adopted to analyze the economic causes of crime from poverty, unemployment, obscene richness and disparity in incomes and the ways to address them from the Holly Qura'an and al-Sunnah.


Abstract Administrators and supervisors in Alabama libraries were asked to share their thoughts about the role of paraprofessionals in their libraries on the email@example.com listserv. Their responses follow.


Incubation temperature has been shown to control sex determination (TSD) in both suborders of living turtles, including freshwater, terrestrial, and sea turtles. This study combines field and laboratory data from four neotropical endemic species (Dermatemys mawii, Staurotypus triporcatus, Claudius angustatus, and Kinosternon leucostomum) and two of temperate zone origin (Chelydra serpentina and Trachemys scripta). The sex of hatchlings incubated in natural nests and controlled laboratory temperatures was studied. Adult sex ratios in natural populations were determined by mark and recapture studies. Staurotypus and Claudius appear to have genetic sex determination (GSD) while TSD occurred in the other four species. Threshold temperatures of both Trachemys and Chelydra were lower in these Neotropical populations than in those studied in Temperate Zone climates. Natural populations of species with TSD were found to have variable adult sex ratios, skewed towards one sex or the other. These variations in sex ratio could sometimes be explained by nest site ecology.


Published to coincide with the opening of the new V&A, The Story of Scottish Design acknowledges more than 5,000 years of Scottish design history. The gallery includes accomplished objects whose design consciously references Scotland's earlier heritage, such as a George Bain carpet, an Alexander Ritchie firescreen, and metalwork designed by John Duncan – all showcasing the two Celtic revivals of the late 19th century and post-war period after 1945.


e19525 Background: Hematologic malignancies are not included in the Nigerian Health insurance scheme. All persons diagnosed of these diseases will receive treatment from out of pocket expenses. The...


A 56-year-old man developed chronic breathlessness which persisted for years after he suffered acute pulmonary embolism (PE) despite all investigations being subsequently normal. This case illustrates a very common complication which occurs in up to half of all patients after an acute PE which has been labelled 'post pulmonary embolism syndrome', yet it is not well recognised and at present there is not much research into the prevention or even possible treatment options for patients who develop these symptoms.


The main problem arising in energy experimentation of NET (Next European Torus) or ITER (International Thermoneuclear Reactor), is the choice of materials that can cope with the very high loading due to high-energy plasma. Loading on the so-called divertor can reach 30 MW/m. The required material is expected to possess a high melting point, good thermal conductivity, low tendency to erosion in collision with hydrogen ions and sufficient resistance to high-energy radiation of 14 Mev of neutrons. For the first construction-layer of the divertor, for energy experiment, a composite structure graphite CFC 222 was selected because of its specific properties. Graphite CFC 222 was bonded to TZM molybdenum alloy to form part of the cooling system that extracts heat from the graphite (figure 1). Considerable problems arise in the bonding because of the fivefold difference between their respective coefficients of linear expansion. This calls for good ductility solder and the forming of the soldered joint of sufficient thickness to compensate for the residual stresses during the joint cooling. The selected solder should also be highly active and thus, capable of wetting the surface of the graphite. This condition is fulfilled by solders which contain elements such as chromium, titanium, silicon and zirconium. It is in this order that the efficacy of these elements in reducing the solder's limiting wettability-angle on the graphite surface is most noticeable. The wettability test serves to select a suitable solder. Properties of bonded materials


Starting with an accurate pseudopotential description of the single-particle states, and following by configuration-interaction treatment of correlated electrons in vertically coupled, self-assembled $\mathrm{InAs}∕\mathrm{GaAs}$ quantum dot molecules, we show how simpler, popularly practiced approximations, depict the basic physical characteristics including the singlet-triplet splitting, degree of entanglement (DOE), and correlation. The mean-field-like single-configuration approaches such as Hartree-Fock and local spin density, lacking correlation, incorrectly identify the ground-state symmetry and give inaccurate values for the singlet-triplet splitting and the DOE. The Hubbard model gives qualitatively correct results for the ground-state symmetry and singlet-triplet splitting, but produces significant errors in the DOE because it ignores the fact that the strain is asymmetric even if the dots within a molecule are identical. Finally, the Heisenberg model gives qualitatively correct ground-state symmetry and singlet-triplet splitting only for rather large interdot separations, but it greatly overestimates the DOE as a consequence of ignoring the electron double occupancy effect.


The article is devoted to the development of the concept of the stranger in sociology; the article reveals significant characteristics of the concept and discusses some theoretical issues related to its identification and the evolution of its content.


This paper describes an efficient contention resolution algorithm and its distributed implementation for large capacity input queuing cross-connect switches, which will establish virtual paths in future broadband ATM networks. The algorithm dynamically allocates sending time to cells held in input queues when no contention is indicated in the designated output ports. An expression for the mean delay and the cell loss probability for random traffic are derived through an approximate analysis. Input cells are served on a first-come, first-served basis as conventional contention resolution algorithms whose throughput saturates at 58 per cent because of head of line blocking in input queues. The proposed algorithm achieves a maximum throughput of 76 per cent.


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 Percutaneous leaflet repair with the MitraClip device (Abbott Vascular, Menlo Park, CA) is safe and effective in patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). Residual or recurrent MR may occur in up to 40% of patients and is associated with persistent symptoms and impaired survival. The anatomical characteristics associated with residual or recurrent MR after MitraClip are not well defined by computed tomography angiography (CTA) in FMR population.

 A retrospective analysis of patients with significant FMR, who underwent retrospective-gated CTA at Minneapolis Heart Institute between July 2015 to January 2020, identified those who underwent percutaneous leaflet repair with MitraClip. Anatomical and functional parameters were assessed by pre-procedure CTA and compared between those with and without residual (≥2) MR.

   A total of 25 patients were included (median[Q1, Q3]; age, 80[75, 85]; 44% men) and classified into ventricular FMR (V-FMR, n = 12) and atrial FMR (A-FMR, n = 13) according to anatomical and functional characteristics by CTA. 50% of V-FMR and 38% of A-FMR had residual/worsening MR. Among V-FMR patients with residual/worsening MR, shorter coaptation length was observed (2.2[2, 2.3] mm vs. 3.5[3, 4], p = 0.006) (Figure). No differences in anatomical or functional characteristics were seen in A-FMR patients.

 Longer coaptation length in V-FMR is predictive of successful MitraClip procedure, whereas mitral annulus size and cardiac volumes are not.
 <Ventricular FMR> Total (N = 12) No residual/no worsening MR (N = 6) Residual/worsening MR (N = 6) P value Septal-lateral diameter, mm 31.9 (30.5, 37.9) 32.2 (30.1, 39.8) 31.9 (29.5, 35) 0.749 Annulus area, cm² 11.2 (10.4, 13.6) 11.3 (10.1, 14.6) 11.1 (9.6, 12.6) 0.631 Tenting area, cm² 1.6 (1.3, 2.1) 1.6 (1.2, 2.2) 1.7 (1.2, 2.3) 0.873 Tenting height, mm 8.5 (6.5, 9.7) 8.5 (6.6, 9.3) 8.3 (6.3, 10.1) 0.749 Coaptation length, mm 2.6 (2.1, 3.5) 3.5 (3.0, 4.0) 2.2 (2.0, 2.3) 0.006 <Atrial FMR> Total (N = 13) No residual/no worsening MR (N = 8) Residual/worsening MR (N = 5) P value Septal-lateral diameter, mm 32.3 (29.5, 39.0) 32.0 (29.2, 39.9) 34.3 (30.8, 39.02) 0.464 Annulus area, cm² 10.3 (9.2, 14.7) 10.2 (9.0, 14.6) 12.4 (9.4, 14.7) 0.661 Tenting area, cm² 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) 1.1 (0.7, 2.2) 1.3 (0.7, 1.8) 0.884 Tenting height, mm 5.5 (4.1, 6.9) 6.3 (4.1, 8.7) 4.6 (3.7, 5.8) 0.213 Coaptation length, mm 2.3 (1.5, 2.8) 2.5 (1.4, 3.5) 1.9 (1.5, 2.6) 0.464 Comparison of baseline CT parameters between no residual/ no worsening MR and residual/ worsening MR Abstract Figure.


In case of College Art Hall that was made for their rehearsal or public performance or so for Art College Students, this necessitates more of countermeasure for sound-insulation also soundproof than other common buildings. However, without any accurate classification between Sound-Insulation and Sound-Absorption, most of them recognizes that if merely the sound-absorption material is used thereat, the transmitting sound into the adjacent chamber can be intercepted, so that it is the actual circumstances that they prepare the countermeasure for Sound-Absorption only. Accordingly, due to such imprudent measures, those sounds and voices which performing at the neighboring room are travelling to the exercise room, a lot of difficulties should be suffered when they exercise. This Research has measured the sound-insulation characteristics in accordance with its existence or nonexistence of the 'opening' on wall-body for the object of various wall-bodies in recently built College Art Hall, and on the basis of the above, this Study willing to present a fundamental data for establishment an efficient sound-insulation measures, by comparison and evaluation with the standard table on boundary-noise, domestically on current.


The Chukotko-Kamchatkan, or Chukchi-Kamchatkan languages spread in Russian Far East are divided into Chukotkan and Itelmen clusters. These two branches show us both similarities and distinctions. Because of these distinctions, some scholars spoke out doubts about the possible relationships between these clusters and interpreted the Chukotko-Kamchatkan unity as a sprachbund explaining similarities as borrowings. One of key arguments against the relatedness of Itelmen and Chukotkan clusters was that there are no composition and incorporation in Itelmen while they are widely used in Chukotkan languages. However, really in Itelmen there is incorporation and composition, and in the current paper I show examples of compounds and incorporative complexes in Itelmen. Composition and incorporation in Itelmen aren't as well-developed as in languages of Chukotkan cluster, but anyway they exist in Itelmen.


This analysis of criminal behaviour in the use and abuse of social networks focuses, firstly, on the crimes that this behaviour can lead to (epigraphs 3 to 6) – some of which have been introduced recently, such as child grooming – where users of these networks can be both the offender or victim in the violation of the fundamental rights affected by such behaviour (epigraph 2). Secondly, it looks at the question of the possible criminal responsibility of social network managers – who are taking on an increasingly incisive role and becoming more important agents in the system's evolution, and, thus, also in the strategies for preventing and controlling criminal activities on the web (epigraph 7). The main critical aspects arising from this research highlight initial indications for how to adapt the criminal law regulating this area to the current needs.


Peter Spradbrow grew up on a small farm at Montville, then at Maroochydore in south-east Queensland, where he matriculated from Nambour High School. He graduated in veterinary science from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1957. While at UQ he became a keen bushwalker and that is how he met Gwen; they married in 1960. Following graduation he undertook a PhD working on leptospirosis in the then Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. His PhD, awarded in 1961, was the first from the relatively young Faculty.


The overwhelming majority of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) fall into two clearly defined classes characterized by distinctive secondary structures and sequence motifs. A small group of diverse ncRNAs, however, shares the hallmarks of one or both classes of snoRNAs but differs substantially from the norm in some respects. Here, we compile the available information on these exceptional cases, conduct a thorough homology search throughout the available metazoan genomes, provide improved and expanded alignments, and investigate the evolutionary histories of these ncRNA families as well as their mutual relationships.


FromIerz to 1992, 518 cases ojsalivary gland tumors (major andminor) were registered in the Department of Surgical Pathology of Cancer Institute. Of these, 103 cases were minor tumors (56 female and 44 male). Three cases were excluded from the study because of the controversy regarding tlteir diagnoses. TIre most common pathology was mixed tumor (69%) (benign pleomorphic adenoma) and the remaining 31%, were malignant There were 20% adenoid cystic carcinoma and 7% mucoepidermoid carcinoma, with only 3% (or 3 cases) malignant mixed tumor, and finaUy 1% observed as acinic cell adenocarcinoma. The most common anatomic sites a/these tumors were tlte hard and soft palate of 36% and 17%, respectively.


Composites Industry mainly uses kinematic draping software such as FibreSIM [1], ignoring the forming forces. PAM-FORM [2] does incorporate forming forces. However, measurement of input constitutive properties such an in-plane shear is unreliable. This paper presents a multi-scale modelling approach starting from fibre properties to full drape model. Based on fibre properties and inter-fibre friction, mechanical models of various modes of yarn deformation have been developed. The output of these models constitutes the inputs of the mesoscale model for fabric deformation. Finally the results of both yarn and fabric deformation models are used to simulate draping of woven fabric composites on complex surfaces. Figure 1 illustrates the state of the materials for the various models.


The corn and soybean markets have had a week to absorb the surprisingly large USDA production forecasts. Attention will gradually shift to the rate of consumption of these large crops. Prices have not come under as much pressure as anticipated when the production forecasts were released on October 12. December corn futures traded to a new contract low, but quickly rebounded and by the close on October 15 were higher than the day before the report was released. The average central Illinois overnight cash bid traded to a low of $1.735 on October 4 and again on the day of the report, but was $.04 higher on October 15. The lowest cash price to date is well above the lows seen in the low price years of 1997-98 through 2000-01. Lows in those years ranged from $1. Given the size of the USDA production forecasts and the size of the projected year end inventories, corn and soybean prices have held up rather well. One reason may be that the market anticipates stronger demand than in previous years. That demand strength could be in the form of larger consumption at the projected price levels or a willingness of end users to pay higher prices for consumption at the projected levels. For corn, the USDA has projected increased consumption in all three categories of use: feed, industrial, and export. Few would question the potential for a significant increase in the amount of corn used for ethanol production. Livestock numbers and prices will provide some hint of the potential for feed use, but the first indication of the rate of use in that category will come with the USDA's December Grain Stocks report to be released in early January. For the most part, the market will focus on the rate of corn exports and export sales. Relative to the pace of a year ago, the pace of export inspections and new sales have started slowly. Inspections during the first 6 weeks of the marketing year were about 8 percent smaller than during the same period last year. Cumulative shipments reported in the weekly Export Sales report, however, have exceeded the inspection figures. Unshipped sales as of October 7 were 14 percent smaller than on the same date a year ago. New sales should be large over the next few weeks in


Objective To describe early CT features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA).Materials and Methods Plain CT scanning of the chest was performed in 9 cases with clinically and pathologically proved IPA. CT findings were analyzed.Results Of the 9 cases, subpleural wedge shaped consolidation was seen in 8, multi nodular shadow in 7 (of which halo sign was seen in 4), and spotted or patchy opacification in 3.Conclusion The early characteristic CT signs include subpleural wedge shaped consolidation and nodular shadow with halo sign.


We may be in a state of global crisis, but Trumpf's Ian Fletcher believes the time has never been so ripe for exploiting the potentials of sheet metalworking. Speed and flexibility are the keys!


Abstract : The flow phenomenon involved in the production of spray by a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft hovering over smooth water is examined, and a method for predicting spray height is developed from a correlation of the limited amount of large-scale data available. The method is limited to conditions where the spray height does not exceed the nozzle or rotor height and includes VTOL concepts ranging from the helicopter to jet VTOL'S. Application of the method shows that the spray height is primarily dependent on the operating weight of the aircraft and is only slightly dependent on the disk loading.


| Intensive usage of antibiotics in the poultry sector has become a major area of concern with the consequent emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and accordingly their access into the food chain, thus threatening the human health. In the current study, A total of 250 specimens from different local hatcheries of Luxor province (southern Egypt) have been examined for the incidence of Staphylococcus aureus using standard microbiological methods and biochemical tests. The overall prevalence was 27.60% ( n = 69/250). Only 30 isolates have been screened for in vitro drug sensitivity bioassay against 18 antimicrobial discs. Our findings revealed that all isolates showed high resistance against β -lactams, including oxacillin (83.33%, n = 25/30), ampicillin (80.00%, n = 24/30), penicillin (73.33%, n = 22/30), and amoxicillin (60.00%, n = 18/30). On the other hand, the highest susceptibility was shown for vancomycin (93.33%, n = 28/30), trimethoprim sulpha methoxazole (80.00%, n = 24/30), and chloramphenicol (70.00%, n = 21/30). Results from a pathogenicity study conducted on 300 one-day-old chicks (SPF) manifested the highest mortality rate of 34.00% in one infected group, and most deaths were in the first three days of all infected groups. Based on the current study, constant monitoring of antibiotic susceptibility phenotypes is deemed prudent and necessary for evaluating the utility of certain antibiotics for treating S. aureus infections. Additionally, any alteration of resistance over the years should be identified, and all centers in charge must determine their own resistance profiles, as reducing the rate of antibiotic resistance will contribute to reducing the cost of treatment. Such measures can lead to improvement of the poultry industry, which represents a vital source of economy in Egypt.


Ultrasound imaging (USI) has become a disruptive element in medicine. To achieve a safer USI application, professionals need sound practical training. This chapter presents the keynotes in the development of a teaching-learning ecosystem, where students (future specialist physicians) and teachers participate, with the concrete educational contents. The ecosystem is supported by a LMS that includes recourses and activities for collaboration, implemented by a multidisciplinary team of health and ICT experts. Practical skills are acquired through a computer-based simulator for the training of the USI-based interventional procedures that the student can handle autonomously at any time and is highly realistic. As a main result, the ecosystem is applied to a real experience, focusing on the treatment of spasticity by botulinum toxin infiltration. Learning outcomes have been evaluated through academic grades and a survey of students who have participated in a specialist course.


ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the study was to assess intestinal inflammatory measures, urinary intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (IFABP), and fecal calprotectin (FC) by gestational age (GA) and postmenstrual age (PMA) and determine the association between intestinal inflammation and growth in preterm infants from birth to hospital discharge. We hypothesized that intestinal inflammation is associated with adverse growth in preterm infants. Methods: We assayed repeated measures of IFABP and FC in 72 hospitalized preterm infants (<34 weeks' gestation). We calculated weight and length z scores at birth and discharge using the Fenton growth reference. Associations between mean IFABP or FC, growth z scores at discharge, and growth faltering (weight or length z score difference <−0.8 from birth to discharge) were assessed using mixed linear and logistic regression models, adjusted for intrafamilial correlation and potential confounders: GA, sex, birth z score, race/ethnicity, and maternal age. Results: Mean IFABP was greater among infants born at earlier GA and decreased with increasing PMA. Mean FC did not vary by GA or PMA. Higher mean IFABP and FC were associated with lower discharge growth z scores and greater likelihood of growth faltering significant only for mean IFABP and discharge length z score (β = −0.353, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.704 to −0.002) and mean IFABP and length faltering (odds ratio [OR] 1.99, P = 0.018). Conclusions: Intestinal inflammation, measured by IFABP, was associated with lower length z scores and length faltering at discharge. Interventions to prevent intestinal inflammation may improve linear growth among preterm infants.


This project studies the effects of a variety of parameters that influence the process in injection molding applications. The objective of this experiment is ti carry out the investigation the optimal parameters of injection machine to reduce warpage defect. Besides, it aims to find the most significant parameters of injection time, packing time, melt temperature and mold temperature. It aims to find the appropriate parameters for reducing the problem of warpage on the surface of plastic products of "dumbbell" have two cavities right and left side, a specimen used in the tensile test. The material used to produce this product is of Polypropylene (PP). The experiment has been done in the Polymer Lab, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. The machines used to produce this product is Injection Moulding Machine, Arbug 420C (800-250). Type a concept of Design of Experiment (DOE) has been applied and the Taguchi method has been used to determine the suitable parameters in the search results to the injection parameters. To measure the physical properties of the dumbbell products, optical comparator harizontal type was used to test for defects in the product. At the end of this project, the optimum parameter that can minimize the warpage defect on the right side was injection time at 1.0 seconds, packing time at 4.0 seconds, melt temperature at 255˚c and mold temperature at 41˚c. After a verification tests, the percentage of warpage is 5.41%. and while the optimum parameter on the left side that can minimize the warpage defect was injection time at 1.0 seconds, packing time at 5.0 seconds, melt temperature at 270˚c and mold temperature at 21˚c. After a verification tests, the percentage of warpage is 10.34%. Thus, this result shows that the right and left sample have difference warpage due to the cooling channel difference location.


Abstract We give an embedding of the space B ( T ) of hyperfunctions on the unit circle T in a differential algebra H ( T ) whose elements are called generalized hyperfunctions. This allows us to define the product of two hyperfunctions without any restriction. We also define pointvalues of a hyperfunction: these pointvalues are elements of an algebra C whose set of invertible elements is denoted C *. In Section 2 we recall and make precise some basic results on classical spaces of functions on T . Section 3 is devoted to our main results: we characterize the set H *( T ) of invertible elements of H ( T ), and, since a generalized hyperfunction may vanish at all classical points without being zero, we give a vanishing theorem. We conclude our work with the study of the Cauchy problem: u′ + fu + gu2 = 0; u(z0) = μ, where f, g ∈  H ( T ), z0 ∈  T , and μ ∈  C *, by giving an existence theorem for a solution u ∈  H *( T ).


Abstract:This essay examines the relation between neoliberalism and the alt-right, showing that their shared cynical amoralism elevates irresponsibility to the level of absolute morality, such that the Democrats' exhortation to shame proves counterproductive. The alt-right's outrage-inducing effect on the Democrats is due to its double relation to biopower: insofar as biopower governs the society of shameless jouissance, the alt-right conforms to the biopolitical rules and flaunts its own modes of jouissance; but insofar as biopower must hide its political nature, the alt-right breaks the rules by revealing biopower's hidden (sovereign) underside. This raises the question of whether resistance should operate according to the rules of overt or covert sovereignty.


During the 1980s in Mexico the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers widened. The authors assess the extent to which this increased wage inequality was associated with Mexico's sweeping trade reform in 1985. Examining data on 2,354 Mexican manufacturing plants for 1984–90 and Mexican Industrial Census data for 1965–88, they find that the reduction in tariff protection in 1985 disproportionately affected low-skilled industries. Goods from that sector, the authors suggest, may have fallen in price because of increased competition from economics with reserves of cheap unskilled labor larger than Mexico's. The consequent increase in the relative price of skill-intensive goods could explain the increase in wage inequality.


2 This is an appeal from orders made by Sidis DCJ dismissing proceedings commenced by the appellant, a coal miner, in the District Court Common Law Division for common law damages for injuries he sustained in the course of his employment with the respondent. The basis of the dismissal was that the appellant, by filing earlier proceedings in the District Court Coal Miners' Workers Compensation List, had, by operation of the provisions of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, s 151A(3), elected to claim permanent loss compensation and was bound by that election.


Risk-taking behavior plays a significant role in the lives of adolescents. Adolescents engaging in risk behaviors such as substance use and risky sexual activity are at increased risk for contracting STDs, unplanned pregnancy, and other health problems. Consequently, children of substance abusers are at even greater risk for engaging in maladaptive behaviors given their social environment and the potential exposure to parental substance use/abuse. Although the empirical literature on adolescent risk-taking behavior is vast, less empirical research has examined how parental substance use is associated with the health outcomes of adolescent children of substance abusers, especially children of parents who use illicit substances. This study proposes a framework to synthesize the research on the health outcomes of adolescent children of substance abusers and provides recommendations for future study.


The leaf extract of C. alata showed antifungal activity by inhibiting five pathogenic fungi. Saprolegnia sp. attack was one type of fungus that inhibits the hatchability of eggs. The leaves extract also can inhibit the growth of fungi on gouramy eggs. The objective of this study was to determine the effect and the optimal concentration of Cassia alata L. leaf extract on hatching rate, hatching time, prevalence, and survival of silver barb eggs (Barbonymus gonionotus) infected with Saprolegnia sp. This research was conducted at Balai Budidaya Ikan Krueng Bate, Aceh Barat Daya District in August 2020. Data were analyzed using a completely randomized design with ten treatment levels and two replications. The extract concentrations namely 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 ppm. The fertilized eggs of silver barb were infected by Saprolegnia sp. then treated by immersing in the extract. The result of ANOVA test showed that the Cassia alata L. leaf extract had a significant effect (P <0.05) on hatching rate, hatching time, prevalence, and survival of silver barb eggs. The best concentration of Cassia alata L. leaf extract was 60 ppm.


The tractor-trailer wheeled robot is an articulated nonholonomic vehicle. This paper presents a novel PID-based tracking control law for the tractor-trailer wheeled robot. Theoretical anticipations do not always match the behavior of real systems. This is as a result of the existence of various uncertainties and disturbances. Consequently, controllers that are less dependent on systems' theoretical models are more desirable that is aimed at this research. Therefore, a PID-based kinematic controller is proposed as a non-model based controller to navigate the tractor-trailer wheeled robot follows desired trajectories. Subsequently, a computed torque dynamic controller is investigated to produce kinetic control inputs. The proposed method is implemented on a real-time experimental testbed and obtained results are discussed. These results present the merits of the proposed algorithm.


We investigate the problem of incremental maintenance of an SQL view in the face of database updates, and show that it is possible to reduce the total time cost of view maintenance by materializing...


Abstract Two dimensional electromagnetic fields in the presence of a conducting cylinder of arbitrary cross section, with a finite number of sharp corners, is found in terms of an integral equation of the induced currents. It is shown that, in general, a transformation of the strip on to o circular cylinder can be used to remove the singularities of the surface current by introducing an auxiliar function into the integral equation. A solution of these non-singulur integral equations thus yields more accurate numerical values for the singular induced currents and consequently, the resulting fields.


In the paper, a novel practical analog modeling of multiple-switching fractional order systems based on recursive fractional variable order integrals, is introduced. Presented circuit, based on domino ladder approximation of half order impedance, allows to multiple-switching between orders 0.5 and 1. Moreover, numerical scheme for solving variable order differential equations is introduced. Experimental results of modeling are also presented and compared with numerical simulations.


The present invention provides a mobile terminal and omnidirectional key setting method, the method wherein: the mobile terminal whether a real-time detection inversion occurs; if the inversion occurs, the inversion of at least one element or combinations of elements displayed on the display screen; while generating the physical keys of the mobile terminal having the same functions virtual keys, on-screen display of the virtual key forward. Embodiments of the invention by physical keys of the mobile terminal virtualized detected in the normal direction display virtual keys on the mobile terminal screen is rotated upside down, so that the screen is equivalent to, together with the rotation icon with physical buttons to the forward direction, greatly convenient for users to operate and enhance the user experience.


Horizontal convection in a rectangular enclosure driven by a linear temperature profile along the bottom boundary is investigated numerically using a high-resolution spectralelement discretization in space and a third-order time integration scheme for velocity and temperature fields. A Boussinesq approximation is employed to model buoyancy. The emphasis of this study is on the scaling of Nusselt number and boundary layer quantities with aspect ratio and Rayleigh number. At low Rayleigh number, Nusselt number and boundarylayer thickness are found to be independent of Rayleigh number, but do vary with enclosure aspect ratio. At higher Rayleigh numbers, convective flow dominates, and Nusselt number, boundary layer thickness and peak boundary layer velocity become independent of the enclosure aspect ratio. In this regime, the Rayleighnumber scaling of these quantities agrees well with exponents predicted by theory, with trends consistent with exponents of 1/5, -1/5 and 2/5 for Nusselt number, boundary-layer thickness and boundary-layer velocity, respectively, being found. Unsteady flow develops at a critical Rayleigh number independent of aspect ratio, and the development of unsteady flow is found to lead to an increase in the Nusselt number scaling exponent from 0.2 to approximately 0.3, which is closer to the theoretical upper bound than has yet been reported in the study of horizontal convection flows.


Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the Yoruba linguist and Anglican missionary bishop, interacted in the 1870s with communities of multilingual Islamic scholars on the north fringe of Yorubaland. This essay uses contemporary scholarship on the book culture of Ilọrin to shed light on Crowther's letters, in particular his triumphant account of a formal audience with the emir of Ilọrin in 1872, during which his performance centred on the bilingual collection of Christian books he bore. He emphasized the uniqueness and novelty of his Christian books and their associated practices. Yet his accounts invite us to begin viewing Africa's Christian and Islamic book histories through the same analytical frame, which reveals how they were constituted in part through their interactions. This allows us to see they had more in common than Crowther assumed and than many scholarly accounts of African book history assume, particularly in the areas of the physicality of books, the modes of performance associated with books, and the interpersonal transactions that books facilitate.


1) The following method of application is intended to provide guidance only for treatment settings which are not prescriptive for any condition. The operative needs of each patient should be individually evaluated based on the specific indication, treatment location, and patient-specific characteristics. If uncertain of expected clinical response, always start with conservative settings and increase laser power and/or duration settings in small steps.


Gallium nitride can be synthesized by a solvothermal route using ammonia as solvent and a nitriding additive (such as hydrazine hydrochloride NH 2 NH 3 Cl or sodium azide NaN 3 ) encapsulated in melt gallium as chemical reagents. The involved temperature and pressure are respectively 600 °C and 150 MPa. The synthesized products are then characterized by X-Ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The synthesis parameters influence the powder morphology and purity.


Objectives:  To explore whether physicians behave differently regarding ethics and respect for privacy depending on children's age. We explored whether physician behaviours contributed to child uneasiness.


In the article discusses the work done on the implementation of modern digital technologies in courts, electronic document flow in courts during a pandemic, the activities of electronic sites, statistics on the electronicization of the judicial system, problems in practice, legislation, domestic and foreign experience, improvement of legislation.


Feed is an important factor in fish rearing. Basically, the feed given must be easily digested and have high nutrition. In fish farming, especially ornamental fish, natural feed is one of the supporting factors in the success of ornamental fish farming. Daphnia magna is one of the commonly used natural feeds for freshwater fish. Additives in the form of carophyll have the main composition of synthetic coloring materials, which are dominated by free astaxanthin (free astaxanthin) which can improve the quality of color in freshwater ornamental fish. The main parameters observed were natural food culture techniques, harvest and post-harvest, Damoph production process and the effectiveness of Dampoh on improving the color quality of freshwater ornamental fish. Based on observations made every week for approximately 2 months, the color brightness level of Albino Full Red guppies is getting brighter.


The structure and theory of the main circuit ,control circuit and protection circuit of the intelligent charger composed by AT90CAN32SCM Singlechip are introduced in this paper.The charger performs multi-stage charging, high-speed data-acquisition, complicated control algorithm and output control; moreover, it can monitor the charge current, voltage and temperature.


This paper proposed a method of real-time path planning for UAV based on model predictive control and self adaptive differential evolutionary algorithm First the model of three-dimensional path planning of UAV was built by model predictive control Then the encoding method based on deflection angle was given. The constraints were combined with the self adaptive differential evolutionary algorithm to make the path more rational and the searching more efficiently. The simulation analyses showed that the method of path planning is available and efficient, that could satisfy the requirements of terrain following and threat avoidance.


Manned spacecrafts usually use active thermal control system to dissipate waste heat through pumped single phase fluid loops.The design tasks of active thermal control system including loop schemes,selection of working fluid,components of loops,system parameters and control algorithms are analyzed.Principles of the system design including adaptability requirements,safety requirements,reliability requirements as well as economic requirements are presented.It is pointed out that design of thermal control system is equivalent to a constrained optimization problem with objective to minimize the total weight.The design method is also introduced and discussed.Finally,the design process and a case are given.


The common reduplications of syllabic verbs in Fuling dialect are composed of reduplicated forms of VV,VV儿,VVV,VVVV,V了V,V倒V倒,V伙V伙,V起V起 etc.There are both morphemic and lexical reduplications;there are also both grammatical and pragmatic reduplications.Apart from the grammatical meanings of "large amount and long time",the reduplications of monosyllabic verbs in Fuling dialect also describe actions and express the subjective mood of the speaker.


The universal method of voltage transformation from EHV levels to lower voltage systems is through the use of the autotransformer. The characteristic of the autotransformer is profoundly influenced by the tertiary winding or the lack of it. This paper discusses the influence of the tertiary winding and its placement, fault magnitude and short circuit duty, autotransformer loading, overexcitation, protection of unloaded tertiaries, loading of paralleled autotransformers, and the use of single-phase units while presenting a circuit for studying unequal impedances in paralleled banks.


Physiotherapists work in a variety of settings around the world and exhibit great satisfaction in their work. Challenges of everyday practice may be a contributing factor to compassion fatigue (CF) and lower professional quality of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate CF among physiotherapists (PTs) around the world and discuss coping strategies utilized. Mixed methods included a survey and phenomenological interviews. Participants (n= 116) completed the Professional Quality of Life (PROQOL) survey and nine participants engaged in phenomenological interviews. The PROQOL was used to assess the level of compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout (BO), and secondary trauma (STS) experienced by PTs around the world. CF was considered a combination of STS and BO. Group mean CS, BO, and STS scores were low compared to normal populations of caregivers. CS and BO were negatively correlated (r = - 0.535, p < .001). BO and STS were positively correlated (r = 0.530, p < .001). Three main themes emerged from interviews and included work environment stress, protective coping strategies, and the effects of compassion satisfaction. Better understanding CS, as well as CF in healthcare environments may help therapists develop better coping strategies for mitigating CF.


The decline in the character of students today is due to the impact of the flow of globalization of information and technology such as no passion in learning, noisy when the teacher explains, low self-confidence, lack of sense of responsibility for the tasks given by the teacher, and tends to be passive so we need a new changes to implement character education in the mathematics learning process.This study aims to determine the implementation of character education in the mathematics learning process, to find out the obstacles to implementing character education in the mathematics learning process, and to find out strategies to overcome obstacles in implementing character education in the mathematics learning process in class X MAS Hajijah Amalia Sari Padangsidimpuan.This research is a qualitative research with the approach used is descriptive ethnography. The primary data sources were the mathematics teacher and class X student of MAS Hajijah Amalia Sari Padangsidimpuan. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews and documentation.The results showed that character education for students in class X MAS Hajijah Amalia Sari Padangsidimpuan had been applied in the mathematics learning process. Specific findings obtained are a lack of student motivation, lack of enthusiasm for learning, lack of infrastructure and lack of time discipline. The strategy in overcoming these obstacles is to familiarize students with applying character values, providing good examples, giving warnings, making conditioning such as posters or slogans that show character values and completing infrastructure facilities that can build character education values in the mathematics learning process.


The objective of this research was to improve of social attitudes and knowledge at class V SDN Jatibening IV Kota Bekasi. Method of the researc is action research. The data were collected through participant observation using interview, observation, test, and recording. The data analysis and interpretation indicates that: (1) Syntax of role-playing model: warm up the group, select participant, set the stage, prepare the observers, enact, discuss and evaluate, rerenact, discuss and evaluate, share experiences and generalize. (2) Students have a positive response to the learning of role playing methods. (3) Learning through role playing methods can improve social attitudes and knowledge. The findings lead to the recommendation to practice continous education, to increase social attitudes and knowledge through role playing methods.


Contents: Biography Introduction to Heaven Forbid Heaven Forbid in religious discrimination Heaven Forbid in the United Nations Heaven Forbid in Australia and New Zealand Heaven Forbid in Africa and South Africa Heaven Forbid in Canada, Mexico and the United States Heaven Forbid in the North American Free Trade Agreement Heaven Forbid in the United Kingdom and Ireland Heaven Forbid in the European Union Conclusion to Heaven Forbid Bibliography Index.


Parking proposals are progressing well in the borough with plans to more than double the capacity of one of Maidenhead's main car parks as well as providing temporary car parking during regeneration works.


With the increasing popularity of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), especially electric quadcopters used in commercial deployment, there is a demand for a solution that allows for automatic landing and recharging of UAVs as needed to extend the operation range. In this paper, we propose a novel system design that can automatically land and wireless charge of the UAV. We design a computer vision based landing guidance system enclosed in a charging platform, and a charging attachment for universal fit on a UAV. We demonstrate the design by building a landing and charging platform and testing it with a UAV. Our system achieves accurate landings and successfully recharging of the UAV battery. We share our source code online to foster further developments in assisted landing and wireless charging in UAV communities.


This paper reports on the use of two distinct evaluation metrics for assessing a stochastic parsing model consisting of a broad-coverage Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG), an efficient constraint-based parser and a stochastic disambiguation model. The first evaluation metric measures matches of predicate-argument relations in LFG f-structures (henceforth the LFG annotation scheme) to a gold standard of manually annotated f-structures for a subset of the UPenn Wall Street Journal treebank. The other metric maps predicate-argument relations in LFG f-structures to dependency relations (henceforth DR annotations) as proposed by Carroll et al. (Carroll et al., 1999). For evaluation, these relations are matched against Carroll et al.'s gold standard which was manually annnotated on a subset of the Brown corpus. The parser plus stochastic disambiguator gives an F-measure of 79% (LFG) or 73% (DR) on the WSJ test set. This shows that the two evaluation schemes are similar in spirit, although accuracy is impaired systematically by mapping one annotation scheme to the other. A systematic loss of accuracy is incurred also by corpus variation: Training the stochastic disambiguation model on WSJ data and testing on Carroll et al.'s Brown corpus data yields an F-score of 74% (DR) for dependency-relation match. A variant of this measure comparable to the measure reported by Carroll et al. yields an F-measure of 76%. We examine divergences between annotation schemes aiming at a future improvement of methods for assessing parser quality.


Bone like hydroxyapatite (nHAp) was synthesized via an in situ biomimetic process in presence of wheat starch. The effect of polymer concentration alteration on the final structure of nHAp was investigated. Formation of the nHAp at room temperature was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Size and morphology of the nHAp samples were characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM). Starch as a template agent has influence on shape of the HAp precipitated in its aqueous solution. It leads to formation of rode like nHAp which is similar to this inorganic component in natural bone.


This paper proposes an effective construction method based on the complete tree enclosure box. Using the vector unit and CPU vector expansion function, the geometry crossing test is quickly and effectively realized through ray tracing. Due to the large consumption of ray tracing resources, it can be executed in parallel under multiple CPU through the complete tree enclosure box. The experimental results show that the geometric structure of the proposed method has some advantages, and some aspects over the classical algorithm, which can be used for collision detection in virtual space.


At this time when the illegal copying by Internet users is continuously active, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST) reported that illegal works of overall online contents downloads reached 54.9 percent in 2008. It seems the increase in Internet speed and the supply of laptop are connected by the increase of consumers' convenience, spreading more illegal movie downloads in the years ahead. The purpose of this study is to put forward specific measures against illegal downloads that illegal downloaders think, figure out how the Korean film industry is revitalized through them, and look for an solution that can use reasonably without shutting down the existing illegal download sites. The results are summarized as follows. Although an punishment-oriented legal solution could prevent illegal downloads strongly, crackdown-oriented prevention measures were not desirable in this situation that many of movie consumers implement illegal downloads and they don"t see it as illegality. A social solution, which will freshen up consumers' perception through public relations and education of illegal download, should be preceded. Various prevention solutions, which can satisfy Korean movie consumers' desires, not a standardized form, should be also put forward as alternatives.


Conventional physics-based modeling is a time-consuming bottleneck in control design for complex nonlinear systems like autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). In contrast, purely data-driven models, though convenient and quick to obtain, require a large number of observations and lack operational guarantees for safety-critical systems. Data-driven models leveraging available partially characterized dynamics have potential to provide reliable systems models in a typical data-limited scenario for high value complex systems, thereby avoiding months of expensive expert modeling time. In this work we explore this middle-ground between expert-modeled and pure data-driven modeling. We present control-oriented parametric models with varying levels of domain-awareness that exploit known system structure and prior physics knowledge to create constrained deep neural dynamical system models. We employ universal differential equations to construct data-driven blackbox and graybox representations of the AUV dynamics. In addition, we explore a hybrid formulation that explicitly models the residual error related to imperfect graybox models. We compare the prediction performance of the learned models for different distributions of initial conditions and control inputs to assess their accuracy, generalization, and suitability for control.


IT has been reported that there are changes in tolerance to an oral glucose load at different times in the menstrual cycle (Jarrett and Graver, 1968). Tolerance is greatest in the early part of the cycle when oestrogen production is at its lowest level. Because of the findings of impaired carbohydrate tolerance in women who were taking preparations containing oestrogen or oestrogen combined with progestogens (Gershberg et al., 1964; Buchler and Warren, 1966; Spellacy and Carlson, 1966; Wynn and Doar, 1966; Posner et al., 1967a and b; Javier et al., 1968) it was suggested that variations in endogenous oestrogen production in the normal menstrual cycle might be associated with changes in carbohydrate tolerance (Jarrett and Graver, 1968). Recently it has been reported that there are cyclical variations in the fasting level of plasma amino acids in normal women (Craft and Wise, 1969). The levels are lowest in the secretory phase of the cycle when progesterone levels are at their highest. It therefore seemed of interest to see whether there are variations in amino acid tolerance at different phases of the menstrual cycle in normal women. We reported here variations in tolerance to an oral and intravenous load of the amino acid glycine in a small group of healthy women.


AIM: To explore the immunoreactivity and neutralization against king cobra venom of anti-king cobra venom IgY. METHODS: The anti-king cobra venom IgY was developed by thiophilic adsorption chromatography .The biological activity of anti-king cobra venom IgY was detected by indirect ELISA. In vivo and in vitro protective experiments in mice were used for evaluating the neutralization against king cobra venom of anti-king cobra venom IgY. RESULTS: The anti-king cobra venom IgY developed by thiophilic adsorption chromatography showed good biological activity and immunoreactivity,and it also neutralized king cobra venom well. A dose of 6 mg/kg anti-king cobra venom IgY could neutralize 4 LD50(about 1.6 mg/kg)of king cobra venom in vitro, and neutralize 3 LD50(about 1.2 mg/kg)of king cobra venom in vivo. CONCLUSION: The anti-king cobra venom IgY can neutralize king cobra venom,and the present study provides experiment data for further study of anti-king cobra venom IgY.


In this paper we introduce and study the formal punctured neighborhood of infinity, both in the algebro-geometric and in the DG categorical frameworks. For a smooth algebraic variety $X$ over a field of characteristic zero, one can take its smooth compactification $\bar{X}\supset X,$ and then take the DG category of perfect complexes on the formal punctured neighborhood of the infinity locus $\bar{X}-X.$ The result turns out to be independent of $\bar{X}$ (up to a quasi-equivalence) and we denote this DG category by $\operatorname{Perf}(\hat{X}_{\infty}).$
We show that this construction can be done purely DG categorically (hence of course also $A_{\infty}$-categorically). For any smooth DG category $\mathcal{B},$ we construct the DG category $\operatorname{Perf}_{top}(\hat{\mathcal{B}}_{\infty}),$ which we call the category of perfect complexes on the formal punctured neighborhood of infinity of $\mathcal{B}.$
The construction is closely related to the algebraic version of a Calkin algebra: endomorphisms of an infinite-dimensional vector space modulo endomorphisms of finite rank. We prove that the DG categorical construction is compatible with the algebro-geometric one.
We study numerous examples. In particular, for the algebra of rational functions on a smooth complete connected curve $C$ we obtain the algebra of adeles $\mathbb{A}_C,$ and for $\mathcal{B}=D^b_{coh}(Y)$ for a proper singular scheme $Y$ we obtain the category $D_{sg}(Y)^{op}$ -- the opposite category of the Orlov's category of singularities. Among other things, we discuss the relation with the papers of Tate \cite{Ta} and Arbarello, de Concini, and Kac \cite{ACK}.


The surface hardness and wear resistance of aluminum alloy are both improved by means of scanning electron beam. In this paper, the strengthen treatment of the ADC12 aluminum surface, which is added nano-sized Al2O3-Al powder, was carried out by scanning electron beam. The microstructures and phase structures of ceramic layers were analyzed by using optical microscope, scanning electron microscope(SEM) and energy disperse spectroscopy(EDS), respectively. The surface hardness and friction wear of ceramic layers were measured. The research results show that the 2mm ceramic layer, the complex compounds and the new phases were generated. At the same time, the re-melting microstructures were also formed on the interface between ceramic layer and the base material. The surface hardness is as 1.56 times as the substrate. The wear resistance was obviously improved through electron beam modification.


Here we prove that under a lower sectional curvature bound, a sequence of manifolds diffeomorphic to the standard $m$-dimensional torus cannot converge in the Gromov-Hausdorff sense to a closed interval.


In spite of its far-reaching, border-crossing cultural significance, Italian-Jewish history is still rather unknown outside Italy. Especially in Germany, there has been a lack of research into the topic. While it is true that more than ten years ago, in 1993, the Leo Baeck Institute in collaboration with several Italian institutions made the attempt to arouse interest in the field by organizing a conference in Rome that aimed at a comparison between the Jewish experience in Germany and in Italy during the period from Enlightenment to Fascism, the impact of the event did not really go beyond a small group of experts, neither did the comparative approach prove to be successfully applied. All the more welcome was the recent invitation by Michael Brenner (Munich) and Martin Baumeister (Munich) to an international conference on the history of Jews in Italy, covering the period from Roman times to the present days, which took place on 16 and 17 June 2005 in Munich. The conference focused on the tension between exclusion and integration, peaceful coexistence and discrimination, which can be regarded as the paradigmatic question for research not only into the history of Italian Jewry but the Jewish minority in Europe in general. Besides leading experts from Germany, Italy, Israel, the US, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain, prominent guests such as Amos Luzzatto, President of the Council of Jewish Communities in Italy, were among the participants. After the welcoming remarks by Michael Brenner, Martin Baumeister, and Francesco Scarlata (Consul General of the Republic of Italy), who recalled some of his personal experiences as counselor of the Italian embassy in Tel Aviv twenty-five years ago, David Ruderman (Philadelphia) opened the conference with a lecture on Beyond the Dialectic of Ghetto versus Integration: Towards a New Vision of Jewish Cultural History. Impressively, Ruderman demonstrated the different viewpoints in interpreting the historical experience of Italian Jewry by looking back at his own longstanding disagreements with the eminent scholar Robert Bonfil, who has seen Jewish life in Renaissance Italy as characterized by marginalization and often violent exclusion, whereas Ruderman has emphasized the cultural exchange and inspiration between Jews and non-Jews in Italy. Ruderman explained that although the underlying ideological differences according to which scholars had tended towards either the former or the latter interpretation had not disappeared, a certain consensus had emerged in the last years that viewed the categorical opposition between exclusion and integration for the history of Italian Jewry as flawed. Instead, the polarization between integration and ghetto segregation is increasingly replaced by a nuanced perspective that sees cultural interaction intensified rather than diminished by the ghetto experience. On the basis of three texts two from the late 15th century by Judah Messer Leon, one by Elijah Benamozegh from the early 20th century Ruderman illustrated the complex linguistic and ideational relationship between minority and majority culture in Italy. With these observations, the opening lecture prepared the ground for the following debates, equally indicating the general significance of this "new" approach for the study of Italian Jews, which should recognize their ability to adopt and elaborate movements of the surrounding non-Jewish culture such as humanism, while preserving a specific Jewish identity at the same time. The first section (chair: Martin Zimmermann, Munich) focused on Italian Jews in Antiquity. In his lecture The Expulsions of Jews from Rome: Why the First Century? Daniel Schwartz (Jerusalem) examined the reasons for the expulsions of Jews from Rome in the first century AD. Although the expulsions are reported or reflected in a number of sources, there is still much scholarly debate as to what caused them, some focusing on religious matters, others on issues of law and order. On the basis of previously rather unknown Roman sources, Schwartz tried to give evidence for the causal and temporal relationship between the growing violence in Judaea, which was to culminate in the Jewish rebellion of 66-73, and the expulsions of the Jews from Rome. Arguing that in the first century Jews were understood by the Romans primarily as being "Judaeans", Schwartz interpreted the expulsions from Rome as a result of the growing Roman exasperation with the Jews of Judaea, "punitive moves", as he put it, against "Judaeans", the "trouble-makers", in Rome.


This paper clarifies the process of transition in the concept of ʻconsumer' in Japan by analyzing the practice of a consumer cooperative movement before WWII. In social science, this concept has frequent-ly been used as an analytical category. However, why was this concept, originally a term representing a recipient of goods, used as a category that people identified with. In this paper, we analyze this transition by focusing on the socio-economic discourse in Japan. This concept was used not only as a trading entity but also as an actor of social change in the consumer cooperative movement of the 1920s. Moreover, faced with the problem of a lack of commodities in WWII, activists in the women's movement identified themselves as "Consumers" serving the nation.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: present invention pertains to ester lipids of halogenated adenine nucleotides with formula I, which can be used in treating cancerous diseases. (I), where R 1 - C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, can be substituted with C 1 -C 6 -alkoxyl radical, C 1 -C 6 -alkylmercaptan radical, C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfenyl or C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl groups, R 2 - C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, which can be substituted with C 1 -C 6 -alkoxyl radical, C 1 -C 6 -alkylmercaptan radical or C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl group, R 3 - amino group, X - sulphur atom, sulfenyl or sulfonyl group, Y - oxygen atom. EFFECT: obtaining new biologically active compounds. 3 cl, 9 ex, 1 tbl


The position and momentum probability densities of a multidimensional quantum system are fully characterized by means of the radial expectation values ⟨r α ⟩ and pα , respectively. These quantities, which describe and/or are closely related to various fundamental properties of realistic systems, have not been calculated in an analytical and effective manner up until now except for a number of three-dimensional hydrogenic states. In this work we explicitly show these expectation values for all discrete stationary D-dimensional hydrogenic states in terms of the dimensionality D, the strength of the Coulomb potential (i.e. the nuclear charge) and the D state's hyperquantum numbers. Emphasis is placed on the momentum expectation values (mostly unknown, specially the ones with odd order) which are obtained in a closed compact form. Applications are made to circular, S-wave, high-energy (Rydberg) and high-dimensional (pseudo-classical) states of three- and multidimensional hydrogenic atoms. This has been possible because of the analytical algebraic and asymptotical properties of the special functions (orthogonal polynomials, hyperspherical harmonics) which control the states' wavefunctions. Finally, some Heisenberg-like uncertainty inequalities satisfied by these dispersion quantities are also given and discussed.


Context. Recent observations from NASA's Kepler mission detected the first planets in circumbinary orbits. The question we try to answer is where these planets formed in the circumbinary disk and how far inside they migrated to reach their present location. Aims. We investigate the first and most delicate phase of planet formation when planetesimals accumulate to form planetary embryos. Methods. We use the hydrodynamical code FARGO to study the evolution of the disk and of a test population of planetesimals embedded in it. With this hybrid hydrodynamical-N-body code we can properly account for the gas drag force on the planetesimals and for the gravitational force of the disk on them. Results. The numerical simulations show that the gravity of the eccentric disk on the planetesimal swarm excites their eccentricities to much higher values than those induced by the binary perturbations only within 10 AU from the stars. Moreover, the disk gravity prevents a full alignment of the planetesimal pericenters. Both these effects lead to high impact velocities, beyond the critical value for erosion. Conclusions. Planetesimal accumulation in circumbinary disks appears to be prevented close to the stellar pair by the gravitational perturbations of the circumbinary disk. The observed planets possibly formed in the outer regions of the disk and then migrated inside by tidal interaction with the disk.


Due to the power interaction between the phase-shifted dual active bridges (PSDABs) and series resonant dual active bridges (SRDABs) in the hybrid modular dc Transformer (HMDCT), it is difficulty to optimize current stress based on the transferred power. An extended-state-observer based model predictive control (ESO-MPC) strategy with the extended phase shift (EPS) is proposed to optimize the current stress of the PSDABs in the HMDCT. The MPC is employed to calculate the optimal transferred power of the PSDABs. Moreover, a first-order ESO is introduced to observe the uncertain output current of the PSDABs. Based on the calculated transferred power, the optimal phase-shifted duty ratios of each PSDAB under EPS, which achieves optimal current stress, are obtained by the Lagrange multiplier method. Because of the ESO-MPC strategy, it enables to achieve the current sensorless control of the HMDCT. Simulations on a four-cell 3kV/500V HMDCT and the extensive experiments of a downscale laboratory platform, using DSP OMPL138 -EZW + FPGA XC7A75T as the core controller, validate the feasibility of the proposed control strategy.


Introduction: Intra-uterine vascular deficiency of the upper limbs is very rare. Materials & Methods: Thirty two cases collected by 118 paediatric surgeons (GEOP) over the last 20 years were presented Results: This series illustrates the large range of presentations of vascular deficiencies, from total ischaemia of both upper limbs to small scars of the hand. Three infants had diabetic mothers; nine children had a cerebral infarction; non disturbed haematologic screening was found; three new born had an intra-uterine thrombotic event. Discussion: Our hypothesis is that such an intra-uterine thrombotic pathology can lead to thromboembolism. The embolus passing through the foramen ovale, arrives in the high pressure circulation and is transported directly to the upper limbs and brain. The size of embolus corresponds with the extent of the necrosis.


The article updates the role of interdisciplinary approach in linguistics, and considers the possibilities of using musicological analysis in multi-paradigmatic modelling of a creative linguistic personality. In the semiotic triad music — language — personality the peculiarities of artistic world-view of homo scribens (the man who writes) are analyzed. The love songs of Great Russian composers made on A.S. Pushkin's poem "The beauty, don't sing in my presence" are taken as an example. The similar tendencies in the semantic organization of the material structure in music and poetic works are justified, and semantic dominants of "oriental" love songs are defined. Keywords and general patterns in the interpretation of cultural constants concepts that translate the national picture of the world are revealed. The hypothesis is proved that musicological analysis has great potential in the process of representing the linguistic picture of the world not only of the creator of music (composer), but also of the author of the text (poet).


Chapter 1 Introduction: Weimar Modernism Chapter 2 Ernst Bloch's Theory of Nonsimultaneity Chapter 3 Berlin Dada, Carl Schmitt, Georg Lukacs and the Critique of Contemplation Chapter 4 From Contemplation to Distraction. The Culture of Inflation and the Inflation of Culture Chapter 5 The Art of Disappearance: Adorno's Aesthetics of Modernism and Alban Berg's Music Chapter 6 From Distraction to Mobilization: Ernst Junger, Photography, and the Imperial Gaze of the Worker Chapter 7 From Mobilization to Interruption: Dialectic at a Standstill or Walter Benjamin on the Politicization of the Aesthetic in Brecht's Epic Theater


We propose an efficient scheme for constructing arbitrary two-dimensional (2D) cluster states using probabilistic entangling quantum gates. In our scheme, the 2D cluster state is constructed with starlike basic units generated from 1D cluster chains. By applying parallel operations, the process of generating 2D (or higher-dimensional) cluster states is significantly accelerated, which provides an efficient way to implement realistic one-way quantum computers.


For the purpose of displaying arbitrary display patterns, periodic control signals are applied in an electrooptic display device which contains a display, which is constructed from display elements arranged in the form of a matrix, and a drive circuit, to the electrodes, which are connected to one another in an electrically conductive fashion by row and column. In this arrangement, a drive signal which is independent of the display pattern to be displayed is applied to each of the n row electrodes, and a further signal is applied to each of the m column electrodes, this further signal being selected from 2 1) different signals whose temporal variation depends at each instant on the desired display pattern of the display elements belonging to the relevant column electrode. This mode of operation can be performed using a very low number of electrode terminals and is suitable for the exceptionally contrasty representation of arbitrary display patterns.


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Considerable awareness of strategic tools among UK SMEs is not reflected in the low usage levels that prevail. In addition, deployment is generally more for operational than strategic purposes. But if firms could overcome the formidable obstacle of resource scarcity and adopt a more structured approach, better exploitation of strategy tools and a focus oriented towards growth rather than mere survival would become possible.

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A microbial fuel cell(MFC)was fabricated with the original strains from anaerobic sludge,840 h later,the maximum power density reached 1900 mW·m-2.Then an electricity generation bacterium was isolated from anode for which the cells were spherical and the growth pattern was facultative anaerobic.The strain was identified belong to Staphylococcus and was named as Staphylococcus NJUST-1.Then a single bacterium MFC was made using Staphylococcus NJUST-1,and its stable maximum power density reached 520 mW·m-2,much lower than that of the mixed bacteria MFC,and the polarization curve showed that the voltage rapidly declined when the current density reached 0.18 mA·cm-2,which indicated that the electricity generation performance of NJUST-1 was hampered at a higher current.Metabolizing 1.0 g·L-1 glucose for 5~15 h,the external voltage still maintained at a high level,but significantly reduced when the glucose concentration was lower than 0.1 g·L-1,and it could be detected yet with the glucose concentration approaching zero.


This paper analyses simultaneous regulation of cost and quality when firms have private, correlated information about productivity and the regulator receives a signal about quality. It is shown that managerial effort and expenditures on quality are positively correlated in the optimal contract. The higher is firm productivity the more should the firm spend on quality improvement and the more efficiently should it produce. Optimal yardstick competition reduces distortion of both effort and quality. Under product market competition expenditures on quality should be increasing in the firm's own productivity and decreasing in the competitor's productivity.


This paper uses a new data set in order to explore micro-level patterns of household borrowing in Croatia. By analyzing cross-section data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, conducted for the first time in Croatia in 2017, we present the structure of household debt holdings and identify several household characteristics associated with debt participation in three types of bank debt: secured debt, non-collateralized loans, as well as overdrafts and/ or credit card debt. Our results indicate that: a) households with middle-aged heads tend to participate more and hold larger amounts of all three debt types; b) credit constrained households are more likely to take non-collateralized loans; c) inability to finance consumption and willingness to take risks when making saving and investment decisions contribute to participation in overdrafts and/or credit card debt.


We consider functions f and g which are holomoxphic on closed sectors in C where they admit an asymptotic representation at ∞ in the form of power series in z‐1. We give a simple geometrical condition under which the Hadamard product f*g of f and g porsesses again an asymp totic expansion at ∞. It turns out that the asymptotic expansion of f*g is essentially the formal Hsdamd product of the asymptotic expansions of f and g. Our result yields a slight generaliestion of a well known theorem of W. B. Ford.


Abstract A three-dimensional finite-volume calculation procedure for incompressible flows in complex geometries is presented. The scheme is based on the modified Rhie and Chow momentum interpolation method [1], in which the original scheme has been modified to employ the curvilinear covariant velocity components as cell face velocities to provide always a simple and diagonal dominant pressure or pressure correction equation. The coupling between the continuity equation and the momentum equations is effected using the SIMPLE algorithm. The present scheme is applied to test problems, and the results are compared with available experimental data and other numerical results.