The Karhunen-Loeve transform based on calculation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Karhunen-Loeve integral equation is known to have certain properties which make it optimal for many signal detection and filtering applications. We propose an analytical solution of the equation for a practical case when the covariance function of a stationary process is exponentially oscillating. Computer simulation results using a real aerial image are provided and discussed.


The Hayabusa2 spacecraft was launched in 2014 and is expected to arrive at the asteroid Ryugu, which belongs to the C-type asteroids in 2018. One of the objectives of the Hayabusa2 mission is to return with primordial samples from Ryugu. By using reflectance spectroscopy from the ground, Vilas (2008) detected the 700 nm-band absorption of Ryugu, indicating the presence of hydrated minerals. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft performs multi-band spectrum observation using a telescopic optical navigation camera (ONC-T) with seven bandpass filters, and specifies the point at which the 700 nm absorption feature exists for the landing site selection. Thus, it is important to confirm the detectability of the absorption of 700 nm from multi-band spectral observation. Multi-band spectral imaging was performed using the ONC-T flight model on the carbonaceous chondrites having the similar reflectance spectrum as that of the C-type asteroid (Kameda et al., 2015). The ONC-T is equipped with a wheel containing seven bandpass filters that is rotated to perform multi-band spectrum observation. When the filter wheel is rotated to change the bandpass filters, the field of view of the ONC-T at the Ryugu surface drifts owing to asteroid spin; however, previous research that showed the detectability of the absorption of 700 nm did not simulate the drift of the field of view of each band. In this study, this effect is confirmed by using a camera that simulates ONC-T. An experimental system is used in which the x-axis stage is placed beneath the sample holder to simulate the drift of the field of view whereby the camera has the similar CCD and bandpass filters as that of the ONC-T. Multi-band spectral imaging was performed on these carbonaceous chondrites in which the x-axis stage moves with each change the bandpass filter. Moreover, the amount of drift in the field of view varies depending on the altitudes from the Ryugu surface, which in this study are assumed as 20 km (HP) and 5 km, respectively. Therefore, we measure the reflectance spectra and depth of 700 nm absorption feature in the case of 30 m spatial resolution, which is specified as the region at which hydrated minerals are present.


Aim: To compare and evaluate the efficacy of curcumin extract, cow milk and artificial saliva as  storage media for avulsed teeth Methods: In this study,60 premolars undergoing extraction for orthodontic purpose were selected and divided into three experimental groups, each having 20 teeth as Group A:curcumin extract Group B:cow milk,Group C:Artificial saliva. Teeth were stored for period of 4 and 24 hrs. The cell viability was evaluated using DMEM,under light microscopy at 45x magnification. Results: Teeth stored in curcumin extract showed 68%,55% that of Periodontal liagament cells were viable, while cow milk reported 83%, 45% viable cells and artificial saliva showed 39%, 29% viable cells after 4 & 24 hours of storage time respectively. Conclusion: Curcumin extract has the ability of replenishment of metabolites in depleted cells. Moreover it has significant superior properties than the approved evidences of cow milk especially for teeth stored for more than 4hours.


The step-by-step static computation method is a seismic exploration data near-surface static correction processing mthod. Said invention can overcome the defect of one-step method for computing static correction quantity, and proceeds from theory to research the difference of primary wave and reflcted wave in the static correction effect so as to implement step-by-step computation of static correction quantity, make quality monitoring measures of every step to ensure the static correction accuracy. Said invention adopts common-offset gather, common-shot-gather and common receiving point gather to monitor primary correction effect, and adopts common reflected point gather and stacked profile, etc. to monitor the reflected wave correction effect so as to raise procesing accuracy and working efficiency.


This paper puts forward information transmission system and program design as well as information transmission based ond JXTA's P2P,transfer the specific implementation to the railway police as the background,gives the JXTA-P2P-based information transmission system of the communication system,file transfer function,file sharing,collaborative design office functions.Results of this study to other private network P2P application,the design of important reference value.


After joining the WTO, Chinese government has gradually fulfilled various promises, such as cancellation of restrictions on foreign capital share ratio, and opening up of foreign investment areas. There are new changes in foreign merchants' direct investment in China, and it shifts from "green investment" featured by high risk and long period of return on investment to cross-border M&A. Since Coca-Cola failed to complete M&A of Huiyuan Juice in 2009, people have paid close attention to foreign capital M&A of domestic agribusiness. New changes and features appear in both scale and industrial areas, and M&A incidents have mushroomed in the industries of meat processing, wine, dairy and beverage, and the related industries have become the hot areas of cross-border M&A. Through the study of M&A incidents in China's agriculture-related areas in recent years, this paper aims to offer an overview of current foreign capital M&A of China's agribusiness in terms of scale and industry.


The current traditional motor cross-coupling synchronous control method is designed by adaptive control algorithm of neural network observer to achieve synchronous control of multi-servo motors, which leads to poor control effect due to the lack of analysis of the friction force generated in the cross-coupling process. In this regard, a friction compensation-based synchronous control method for multi-servo motor cross-coupling is proposed. The Stribeck friction model is selected as the object of identification and compensation, the virtual spindle synchronization control strategy is adopted as the main strategy, and the fuzzy PID compensation controller is designed. In the experiment, the control accuracy of the proposed control method is verified, and the analysis of the experimental results shows that the synchronization error of the motor is small and has high synchronization control accuracy when the proposed control method is used to cross-couple the multi-servo motor.


Introduction From 12-14 February 2020, the European Union's General Court (the "General Court") heard Google's appeal of the European Commission's 27 June 2017 abuse of dominance decision pursuant to…


There is little question that strategic management is undergoing profound perspective change as the 21st draw to close. What are the forces for change? Where are strategic management going? What are the obstacles to getting there? These are the questions I propose to discuss in this paper. In order to maintain the existence of an organization, the role of strategic management more crucial in many organizations. On one hand, the strategic management is have to be fermulated with high adaption to environment changes and match with their own core capabilities. On the other hand, organizations have an precendented opportunity to refocus their internal activities system as strategic assets. Transforming this conditions into an opportunity, however, requires a new strategic management perspective, especially to formulate the matching strategy. The world is surprised because of new perspective in Strategic management that have specific description.The two perspectinves of strategic management socialized by Michael Porter and Hamel and Prahalad. These two perspectives inspires strategist to find the right strategic concept before their formulate the right strategy for their company. This paper describe and clarify the focus, color and the specific implementation of Porter and Hamel and Prahalad perspective on Strategic Management.


nearly simultaneously by investigators in Miami and New York City in 1984 (1-3). These reports described cohorts of HIV seropositive patients who developed nephrotic syndrome followed rapidly by a progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). The most common biopsy came to be known as collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. In the past 20 years since its first reports, there has been an extensive body of research generated on HIVAN including pathogenesis, epidemiology, and treatment. Despite this knowledge, HIVAN became the third leading cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in AfricanAmericans aged 20-64 by the end of the 1990s. Yet despite this seeming failure, there are favorable reports of therapy, including highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), ACE inhibitors, and steroids. In addition, there has also been an improvement in the prognosis given to patients with HIVAN who require dialysis. There have been numerous excellent reviews on pathogenesis and epidemiology of HIVAN (4, 5). In this review, we shall focus on the clinical issues surrounding the treatment of HIV seropositive patients with renal disease, including future directions.


The diet of the channel catfish, Ictal1l,Tus punctatus Rafinesque, has been the object of many research studies (for selected references see Riggs, 1958). These studies have shown that the channel catfish has 1. highly varied omnivorous diet. Occasionally, small mammals have been mentioned as a miscellaneous food item of channel catfish (Denny, 1946 and Harrison, 1956). Forbes and Richardson (1920) reported the miscellaneous food of channel catfish from the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers included "stillhouse slops, pieces of ham, a dead rat and other animal debris". Buck and Cross (1:952) reported an adult bobwhite quail in the stomach of a one and one-half pound channel catfish from Canton Reservoir, Oklahoma. The present report is concerned with the utilization of cotton rats, Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord, as food of the channel catfish.


We quantify narrative evidence from 20 years of archived corporate reports to construct a novel dataset on the price setting behavior of publicly traded companies. Based on verbal discussions of 1,949 pricing decisions taken by 983 different firms, we obtain four main findings. First, the causes of price changes are highly asymmetric, with raw material costs mainly driving prices up, and considerations about the behavior of competitors mainly driving prices down. Second, considerations about the behavior of competitors are also the main factor preventing firms from raising their prices, followed by weak aggregate demand conditions and existing contracts. Third, the presence of real rigidities is also borne out by a large number of cases in which firms adjust prices after changes in costs but explicitly describe these adjustments as incomplete. Fourth, the number or reported price changes is positively related to the number of reported price rigidities. We discuss our findings and their implications in the context of widely-used price-setting models.


Article by Dr Frank Wooldridge (University of Notre Dame, London) examining the German law pertaining to Executive Board or Director's liabilities including joint liability, actions against directors and compromise of claim. Published in the Letter from … section of Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London


In present research work, the prime interest is to grow highly ordered and vertically aligned titanium oxide nanotubes for potential use in the dye-sensitized solar cells. The aim is to achieve high photovoltaic conversion efficiency and low production cost. We have investigated the formation of TiO2 naonotubes by electrochemical anodization of 25 µm thick and highly pure (99.7%) titanium foil. The electrolyte used is the ethylene glycol with varying concentration of ammonium fluoride (NH4F) and fixed concentration of deionized water. The nanotubes morphology strongly depends upon applied voltage and fluoride concentration. It is found that double anodization of sample in the same electrolyte results in more ordered structures. So far we have achieved nanotubes with 100 nm diameter and 23 µm long. Scanning electron microscopy and current vs time profile (taken by Lab view software) are used to understand the morphology and growth of tubes. X-Ray diffraction and UV- visible spectroscopy techniques are used for structural information and band gap measurement of semiconductor oxide.


Purpose – In this fourth paper in a series on emergent drug trends in the UK (2006 ketamine, 2009 MDMA powder/crystal, 2010 mephedrone), the authors consider how the pharmacological landscape has changed since substituted cathinones (including mephedrone) were controlled in April 2010 and in particular assess the prevalence of mephedrone in the general night time economy (NTE) and its relationship to the use of established illegal drugs.Design/methodology/approach – Surveys were conducted with a convenience sample of 207 adults stopped at random in four town and city centres on Friday nights in Lancashire in November 2010.Findings – Of the adults surveyed, one in ten reported having taken mephedrone within the past year and one in 20 within the past month. Those who used mephedrone were also significantly more likely to report using ecstasy pills, cocaine and amphetamines. Regarding the next generation of "legal highs", no clear substitute for mephedrone had emerged; instead, there was uncertainty, confus...


If one of the aims of TQM is customer satisfaction, we can affirm that with dissatisfied customer quality does not exist, but the positive perception of a product/service cannot ignore quality.It is quality that generates customer satisfaction that leads to a competitive position (Reed et. al, 2000).This research aims to demonstrate how to identify the different cluster of customers relatively to quality. Satisfaction also depends on the quality of the product or service.We use a methodological statistical approach; an empirical survey was carried out with a research questionnaire to collect data and a descriptive and multivariate statistical processing was performed.The research has proved quality and satisfaction are linked and different groups of consumers are related to quality dimension.The research needs to be carried out in other shopping centers to validate the outcome. The paper demonstrates that a construct combining quality and customer satisfaction exists, related to specific service sector, though debated in the scientific community.


The exit-time statistics of experimental turbulent data is analyzed. By looking at the exit-time moments (inverse structure functions) it is possible to have a direct measurement of scaling properties of the laminar statistics. It turns out that the inverse structure functions show a much more extended intermediate dissipative range than the structure functions, leading to the first clear evidence of the existence of such a range of scales.


The dielectric permittivity and loss factor of polyvinyl alcohol films in the frequency range of 100 Hz to 1 MHz at room temperature are studied. The laboratory manufacturing technology of polyvinyl alcohol films with thickness of 50–60 microns has been worked out. It has been shown that the dielectric characteristics of the films remain stable for a long time and do not depend on the thermal history of the samples. High values of dielectric permittivity ($\varepsilon^{\prime}\sim 10$) and small losses ($\text{tg}\delta\sim 0.09$) in the frequency range from 1 kHz to 10 kHz allow recommending polyvinyl alcohol as an OFET gate dielectric for devices operating in this frequency range.


inghai Province has for centuries been a peripheral borderland between the Tibetan and Chinese political 'centres'. The presence of different linguistic, ethnic and religious groups, namely Tibetan, Hui, Han, Monguor and small Muslim groups like the Salar, has historically shaped the syncretic profile of the region, which Tibetans refer to as Amdo. Nowadays, attempts carried by the Chinese nation-state to promote social inclusiveness and 'harmonious relations' (Chinese: hexie guanxi) are ideologically motivated strategies to pursue larger plans concerning the modernization and economic development of China's western regions. However, the clash between the Chinese national and the Tibetan local understandings of modernity and development emerges in multiple ways that deny a single broad-spectrum interpretation for the variety of social and political changes that are taking place in China's contemporary minorities' areas like Amdo. In this context, religious rituals, revitalized after the reforms of the 1980s, have become an important ground to negotiate modernity through opposing and competing representations of Tibetan 'tradition' and religious life. Recent scholarship on rituals in Tibetan societies2 has increasingly challenged the assumption of a monolithic Tibetan Buddhist world and has highlighted how rituals are adaptively transmuting in the specific sociopolitical milieus of contemporary Tibetan societies. Rather than being the reiterated expression of immutable religious beliefs, rituals are a privileged way to explore Tibetan communities' transformative encounters with the national and global forces of modernity. Based on participant observation of the celebration of Lurol (Klurol) in the three villages of Sa-dgyid, Sgo-dmar and Gling-rgya in


Metamorphic rocks of Sarawak have been dated and are not Upper Carboniferous or older rocks nor are they correlatives of the Pinoh Metamorphics of Kalimantan. Two newly-dated rocks are Triassic and are named the West Sarawak Metamorphics and a third sample is Cretaceous.


Objective To investigate the prevalence rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and related risk factors among drug users,and to provide evidence for effective intervention on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) on drug users.Methods All of drug users were enrolled in a drug rehabilitation center of Jiangxi province during 2006 to 2008,and they were interviewed face to face.Blood specimens were collected to test for antibodies against HIV.Results Respectively for each year from 2006 to 2008,the positive rates for antibodies against HIV were 3.83%(15/392),0.40%(1/250) and 1.12%(3/268);among the 19 drug users who were positive for antibodies against HIV,injecting drug users (94.74%) and drug users sharing needle or syringe with others (68.42%) account for high percentages;drug users having sexual behavior with the purpose of money or drug (63.16%) also accounts for high percentage;condoms using rate was low.Conclusion The dangerous activities of AIDS commonly exist in drug users.There is a tendency that HIV would transmit from high risk population to general population.The effective intervention on drug users should be taken urgently.


The invention relates to an intelligent interactive toy. The intelligent interactive toy comprises a toy body, wherein a control device is installed inside the toy body, a base control port of the control device is connected with a drive component; the drive component is connected with a motion component, an interactive port of the control device is connected with a communication component, a photoelectric control port of the control device is connected with a light emitting component; an audio output port of the control device is connected with a loud speaking device, a power port of the control device is connected with a power supply component, a standby data port of the control device is connected with a storage device, and the control device is connected with an extension port. Therefore, the toy is able to implement different interactions based on different given applications. Meanwhile, data exchange can be achieved among the same type of intelligent toys, and interactions among toys can be achieved, thus increasing the playability. Moreover, all programs can be compiled by smart phones, tablet computers or other portable equipment.


Diketopiperazines (DKPs) corresponding to cyclic dipeptides have been detected in a variety of natural products as well as in processed foods, beverages, and food and beverage ingredients. A series of seven proline-based diketopiperazines, namely, cyclo(Ala-Pro), cyclo(Val-Pro), cyclo(Ile-Pro), cyclo(Leu-Pro), cyclo(Met-Pro), cyclo(Phe-Pro), and cyclo(Pro-Pro), has now been identified in beer. A marketplace cross-section of five commercial beers was studied, involving products manufactured in different countries using distinctly different raw materials and brewing styles; maximum concentrations of individual diketopiperazines in various beers ranged from below detection limit to approximately 24 ppm. The flavor characteristics of these compounds were described variously as bitter, mouth coating, drying, astringent, salty, metallic, and grainy when evaluated in water at concentrations ranging from 10 to 50 ppm. However, it is questionable whether or not the diketopiperazines reported here make a significan...


The Rabies – a viral disease characterized by severe damage of the nervous system. The analysis of data from the Rospotrebnadzor for 4 years (from 2015 to 2018) on the varmint of animals with rabies in four regions of the Central Federal District with different population densities is carried out. The main carriers of rabies virus in the region are the red fox, raccoon dog, stray dogs and cats; the role of other species is not so significant and rarely exceeds 1% of the total number of animals with suspected rabies. It has been established that in areas with a low population (Tver region) the role of a raccoon dog in rabies transfer can be even more significant than red foxes. To reduce the incidence of human rabies, constant monitoring and regulation of the numbers of foxes and raccoon dogs in the wild, as well as stray dogs and cats, is highly required. Consequently, we consider the current tendency to remove stray dogs from their habitats, their sterilization and return to urbocenosis insufficient; sterilized dogs will remain a source of rabies in populated locations.


The paper is concerned with a new numerical method to solve the in-plane motion problem of elastic solids. An element formulation is derived, which is based on the so-called scaled boundary finite-element method (SB-FEM). In the procedure, only the boundary of the element is discretized. The domain inside the element is described by a radial scaling factor. Applying the weak form in circumferential direction, the governing partial differential equations of elasticity are transformed to the scaled boundary finite element equation, where the unknown displacements are a function of the radial scaling factor. To solve this equation, the isogeometric collocation method is employed. It is directly applied to the strong form of the equation with a finite-dimensional space of candidate solutions (NURBS basis functions) and a number of collocation points. Then, a linear system of equations is attained, which can be solved with common solvers. This procedure is used to evaluate the displacements of a cantilever beam. Comparisons with the analytical solution are presented. Very promising results are obtained, which demonstrates that the method is stable, robust, higher-order accurate and efficient.


Poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium)chloride [poly(DMDAAC)] was prepared in our laboratory and monomer-to-polymer structures were characterized by infrared (IR), proton, and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as well as DEPT techniques. The polyelectrolytes were used to detect the antibodies of red blood cells (RBCs) in human sera and the results were compared with hexadimethrine bromide (polybrene), bromeline, and other methods. This article presents data supporting the use of the manual poly(DMDAAC) test; the 1-min procedure at room temperature provided a rapid and sensitive test. The states of agglutination of RBCs were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results of the morphology were in agreement with the manual poly(DMDAAC) test. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 87: 1957–1961, 2003


It is very crucial for sustainable development of Chinese large-scale construction contractors and construction industry to reasonably evaluate the former's growth.So,the method of Malmquist productivity index based on DEA is used in this article.The result shows that,during 1996-2001,the average annual growth ratio of its Total Factor Productivity(TFP) is 5.4%,while it is up to 7.4% during 2002-2005,which indicates that large-scale contractors have made great progress during the last ten years;the growth of TFP is due to the growth of technical efficiency during 1996-2001,while during 2002-2005,it is caused by both growth of technical efficiency and technology progress;at last,the causes why technical efficiency and technology progress migrate are expounded.


Abstract 334 Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease believed to be mediated by autoreactive lymphocytes that invade the Central Nervous System and cause oligodendrocyte, axonal and neuronal damage as well as glial scarring.to and resulting in demyelination, neuronal death and brain atrophy. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) has been tried in the last 15 years as a therapeutic option in patients with a poor prognosis autoimmune disease not responding to conventional treatments. Worldwide ≥600 patients with MS have been treated with HSCT, most of them having been recruited in small, single center, phase 1–2 uncontrolled trials. Clinical and MRI outcomes from case series reports or Registry-based analyses suggest that a major response is achieved in most patients; quality and duration of response are better in patients transplanted earlier in the relapsing-remitting phase. The intensity of the immunosuppression from transplant treatment may be determined by several factors, such as the use of chemotherapy in the mobilization regimen, the intensity of the conditioning regimen and ex-vivo T-cell depletion. Methods: We report here the Italian multi-center experience on 74 MS patients treated with AHSCT between 1996 and 2008, all mobilized with Cyclophosphamide/G-CSF and conditioned with BEAM and rabbit ATG. Clinical and MRI outcomes were reported to the Italian Registry; the median follow-up is 48.3 (range 30–210) months. All patients clinically deteriorated in the year prior to HSCT, with an increase of Extended Disability Scale (EDSS) of at least one point (average EDSS change=1.5 points, range=1–9), Results: Two patients (3.3%) died for transplant-related causes. At 5 years after the transplant, 66% of patients remained stable or improved. Progression free survival (PFS) was slightly better in relapsing-remitting (RR) (5 years PFS=71%) than in secondary-progressive (SP) forms (5 years PFS=62%, p=0.28). Amongst patients with a follow up longer than 1 year, 8 out of 25 RR subjects (31%) had a 6–12 months confirmed EDSS improvement > 1 point as compared to 1 out of 36 (3%) SP patients (p=0.009), Figure 1. Out of 18 cases with a follow up longer than 7 years, 8 (44%) remained stable or had a sustained improvement whilst 10 (56%), after an initial period of stabilization or improvement with a median duration of 3.5 years, showed a slow progression of disability. Conclusions: This study shows in a large cohort of patients with a long follow-up that AHSCT with BEAM/ATG conditioning regimen has a profound effect in suppressing disease progression in aggressive MS cases, unresponsive to conventional therapies. Indeed it results in a sustained improvement of the disability, free of immunosuppression, in a significant amount of RR patients. Clinical improvement is scarcely reported in MS literature as it is rather infrequent with conventional treatments; nevertheless it results in a stable increase of the quality of the life in this subset of young patients and should be considered in the choice of a therapeutic strategy in the early phase of MS. Disclosures: Cuneo:Roche: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau.


This paper describes a new panoramic, 360 degree(s) video system and its use in a real application for virtual tourism. The development of this system has required to design new hardware for multi-camera recording, and software for video processing in order to elaborate the panorama frames and to playback the resulting high resolution video footage on a regular PC. The system makes use of new VR display hardware, such as WindowVR, in order to make the view dependent on the viewer's spatial orientation and so enhance immersiveness. There are very few examples of similar technologies and the existing ones are extremely expensive and/or impossible to be implemented on personal computers with acceptable quality. The idea of the system starts from the concept of Panorama picture, developed in technologies such as QuickTimeVR. This idea is extended to the concept of panorama frame that leads to panorama video. However, many problems are to be solved to implement this simple scheme. Data acquisition involves simultaneously footage recording in every direction, and latter processing to convert every set of frames in a single high resolution panorama frame. Since there is no common hardware capable of 4096x512 video playback at 25 fps rate, it must be stripped in smaller pieces which the system must manage to get the right frames of the right parts as the user movement demands it. As the system must be immersive, the physical interface to watch the 360 degree(s) video is a WindowVR, that is, a flat screen with an orientation tracker that the user holds in his hands, moving it like if it were a virtual window through which the city and its activity is being shown.


It is known that a Banach space has the strong diameter 2 property (i.e. every convex combination of slices of the unit ball has diameter 2) if and only if the norm on its dual space is octahedral (a notion introduced by Godefroy and Maurey). We introduce two more versions of octahedrality, which turn out to be dual properties to the diameter 2 property and its local version (i.e., respectively, every relatively weakly open subset and every slice of the unit ball has diameter 2). We study stability properties of different types of octahedrality, which, by duality, provide easier proofs of many known results on diameter 2 properties.


Speech aerodynamic signal is physiological signal, which plays an important role in articulation process. The current analysis software can not meet the need of speech research completely. The goal of this paper is to present a program for displaying and analyzing aerodynamic and respiratory data simultaneously on speech production. This program was developed in Matlab, which had basic function as reading signal, extracting and analyzing parameters and saving.


Abstract : Academics and practitioners have described knowledge as a primary source for competitive advantage for organizations; however, many attempts at instituting knowledge management programs to increase organizational competitiveness do not succeed. Instituting knowledge management programs generally requires organizations to make significant changes and the concept of readiness has long been believed to be an important precondition for successful organizational change. By linking previous research in enablers for knowledge management and organizational change, it is possible to adapt an established organizational change readiness instrument to measure readiness for knowledge management. This study culminates in the development and field-testing of the resultant knowledge management readiness instrument, filling in an important gap in contemporary literature.


Foreword i Preface iii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Audience Participation: Diminishing the Distance 11 Chapter 2 En la ardiente oscuridad: Blind Hope 23 Chapter 3 La doble historia del doctor Valmy: Tortuous Secrets 37 Chapter 4 El sueno de la razon: Silent Monsters 55 Chapter 5 La Fundacion: The Faces of Trauma 71 Chapter 6 Dialogo secreto: Traumatic Exchanges 81 Chapter 7 Musica cercana: Trauma Revisited 89 Conclusion 99 Bibliography 105


Abstract The time of the opening of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and North America, as dated by deep-sea drilling and sea-floor spreading magnetic anomalies, coincides with the accepted time of the formation of the Louann Salt. Referenced analysis of the Louann Salt indicates formation from a concentrated brine, suggesting a two-stage process. We propose that oceanic waters already concentrated by evaporation to the point of halite deposition on the borders of the Mediterranean were concentrated further by volcanism in the narrow rift of the Atlantic. The resulting brine river flowing continuously in the newly-formed rift was responsible for the deposition of the Louann Salt in the newly-formed Gulf Coast basin. The volume of salt removed from the world ocean system caused a permanent reduction in salinity which may explain extinctions of certain marine species at this time. Paleogeographic reconstruction figures are used to illustrate proposed evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.


The effects of T. Polium leaves extract were evaluated on rats during three weeks of administration. Blood picture and some biochemical parameters were investigated. Significant decrease was demonstrated in red blood corpuscles (RBCs), hemoglobin (Hb), and packed cell volume (PCV). However, other blood indices, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) were not changed. There was significant decrease in the platelets (PLT), while white blood cells showed a significant increase. Serum glucose level change was insignificant while the level of serum cholesterol was significantly reduced. Significant increases were found in the serum activities of glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) while glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) was decreased.


A method of manufacturing a planar optical waveguide assembly: (I) applying a curable polymer composition to the substrate surface, to form a polymeric film; (Ii) curing the polymer film to form a lower coating layer; (Iii) to the lower layer coating layer by applying a silicone composition to form a silicone film; (Iv) in to radiation with a wavelength of 150~800nm and exposed at least one selected region of the silicone film, producing portion exposed film with at least one exposed region and at least one unexposed areas ; (V) using a developing solvent to remove the non-exposed areas of the moiety exposed film to form a patterned film; and (vi) with the patterned film is heated for a time sufficient, to light having a wavelength of 589nm at least one comprises a step of forming a silicone nucleus, methods where the lower layer coating layer, having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the silicone core with a refractive index of 1.3 to 1.7 at 23 ° C. for . Produced by the method of the present invention, a planar optical waveguide assembly.


Background/Aims: Optimal delivery of intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is dependent on adequate drug distribution. An accurate understanding of the limitations of IP distribution is critical if we are to improve cytotoxic delivery through this route.


D printing leads to the changes in manufacturing process, and the research and development of 3D printing supplies is considered as the core competitiveness of this technology. In this paper, it reveals the wood powder modification by establishing performance index of impulse process model to realize the dy- namic prediction. The wood powder after grinding can not be directly used for 3D printing, wood powder was modified under high temperature heat treatment in order to make the wood powder with even particle size, dispersed shape and good fluidity, which solve the main problems that wood powder can be employed as printing materials to 3D printing. But there were some disadvantages which would affect the 3D printing per- formance after the wood powder had been treated, its wettability degrading, sizing saturation reducing, densi- ty decreasing and color darkening. After the twice modification, it can obtain the modified parameters and technology by characterizing and analyzing the 7 indexes. KEYWORD: wood powder; 3D printing; high temperature heat treatment; hydrophilic fumed silica; pulse process model


Numerical computer data in many applications contain numerous leading and trailing zeros, and this data feature has been neglected in common source models and related data compression methods. A new approach to source modeling, consisting of the description of this data feature by probabilities p/sub ij/ of data values with i leading and j trailing zeros, is proposed. The entropy of this source model is proved to be less than the entropy of the common ones. Based on this model a few codes of different computational complexity are proposed. Experiments on typical computer files show that the coding algorithms based on the new source and data model considerably outperform existing data compression algorithms. >


N THE November, 1926, issue of the Journal of Religion the writer traced the history of attempts at church union among the churches of South India and discussed the current negotiations between the Anglican church, the South India United church, and the South India Provincial Synod of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Up to the time of writing there had been six meetings of the Joint Committee on Union, considering such subjects as the principle of the historic episcopate in constitutional form, the election and power of bishops, the equality of the ministry, the equality of membership, the matter of intercommunion, congregational freedom of worship, and the matter of church government. Although it was the intention of the Joint Committee to hold another meeting in 1927, the convenors felt that sufficient progress had not been registered to make such a meeting worth while, and so the seventh session was delayed until June 29-July 4 of the current year. It will be recalled that the two most difficult problems facing the committee have been the question of the ministry and the question of intercommunion. At its sixth (Trichinopoly) session the Joint Committee recommended "that in order to secure the full mutual recognition of the ministries of the uniting churches the existing ministers of the three churches be accepted as ministers of the Word and of the Sacraments inthe church after union, with the distinct understanding that no minister ordained before the union shall minister temporarily in any church or congregation without the consent of the parish minister and the congregation, or shall be transferred to any new congregation without the con-


The R^2 of yearly regressions of prices on Earnings per Share (EPS) and Book Value per Share (BVPS) has commonly been used to measure the value relevance of accounting information. However, Brown, Lo & Lys (1999) analytically show that the scale effects that are present in levels regressions increase the R-square value and this causes it to be an unreliable measure of relevance. Accordingly, this study examines the value relevance of accounting using a different methodology that does not rely on R^2. Specifically, we measure value relevance using price deflated residuals derived from the estimation of the Ohlson (1995) valuation model. Empirical results based on this methodology clearly indicate the presence of a downward trend in the relevance of accounting during the past 51 years. Further, a comparison of High-Tech companies versus Low-Tech companies suggests accounting information to be less value relevant for companies belonging to high technology industries.


The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) videos have shown unprecedented professionalism in communicating fear and enlisting members to the organization. Unfortunately, counter-media campaigns failed to have a lasting defeat for the organization's social and cognitive impact on the public. Accordingly, the present qualitative study aims to explore how the use of the multiple communication modes in ISIS videos makes the organization's ideology appealing and intimidating. The study employs Kress and van Leeuwen's social semiotic framework as well as Fairclough's and van Dijk's model of critical discourse analysis for analyzing one of ISIS videos that resulted in a global outrage. The findings are significant for understanding how the terrorists' communication strategies are embedded in their professional media techniques. A deep understanding of the ISIS technique has an impact on creating successful counter-media campaigns that persuade the public to resist any new wave of terrorism.


Installation,commissioning,which was finished in advance and accepted by German experts only with one test,of German made wreath formed slit-rinsing system for gas are mainly introduced in the paper.The installation has gained experi- ence for the same systems.


The thrombospondins (TSP) are a family of extracellular proteins involved in tissue genesis and remodeling. The cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), also known as (TSP-5), is expressed in cartilage, tendon, vitreous, and vascular smooth muscle cells (1). Serum COMP may predict joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (2). Increased serum COMP was reported in osteoarthritis (OA), and after cartilage injury (3). In this study, we evaluated serum concentrations of COMP in patients with RA and OA. We also evaluated the diagnostic performance of the COMP test. Sixty-three patients with RA, 40 patients with OA and 100 healthy controls were evaluated. Cases were selected from a database and authorized biobank with diagnosis according to classical criteria for RA (4) and OA (5). Both groups of patients were receiving regular treatment from our outpatient clinics. The control group comprised blood donors 40 years old and above, with no rheumatic complaints. Each patient, or his legal representative, provided written informed consent. Serum COMP was assayed by ELISA (COMP ELISA AnaMar Medical , Lund, Sweden). Concentrations above 12 U/L were considered significant (6). Group comparisons were performed by variance analysis. To estimate the grade of association of serum COMP with disease, odds ratios (OR) were calculated. Diagnostic performance of the COMP assay was evaluated by calculating sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios (LRs). Females predominated in the RA (81%) and OA (88%) populations as compared to controls (45%) (p-0.05). The


Introduction: MRI-based temperature mapping techniques have been applied to detect the temperature changes (∆T ) for a variety of applications, including during the thermoablation of tumors [1], and in verifying minimal temperature increment induced by EEG electrodes and/or its wires during MRI [2]. Although numerical calculations have been used to predict SAR distributions and resulting temperature increase throughout a sample due to excitation with the RF coil [3], experimental measurements with MR thermometry are rarely used for this purpose [4]. In this study, experimentally-acquired temperature maps are used to calculate the SAR distribution from a head-sized transmit-receive birdcage coil in an agar gel phantom at 3.0 T. Method: Figure 1(a) shows the experimental arrangement of phantoms used in this study. Four reference phantoms of vegetable oil were placed strategically to allow for measurement of temporally and spatially varying phase drift in the case of long duration (30 min∼) RF heating. In this study, however, the reference data was not necessary since heating was accomplished in a short enough duration that phase drift was negligible. A rectangular-shaped conductive agar-gel phantom containing 10 g/L of NaCl, 1 g/L of CuSO4, and 7 g/L of agar, (w × h × d 8.5×7×15 cm) was used to measure heating and SAR. One fiber optic thermal sensor (OpSens, Canada) was placed at the center of the phantom (where minimum SAR is expected) to assess when thermal conduction effects became significant. Another thermal sensor was placed at a location of expected high SAR to assess when the temperature increases became nonlinear, also indicating significant impact of thermal conduction. Before the experiment began, the phantom was allowed to equilibrate with its surroundings within the magnet for several hours. A baseline phase image was acquired using a general gradient-echo (GRE) sequence (TR 70ms, TE 20 ms, FOV 175 × 175mm, matrix size 64 × 64, slice thickness 10 mm, NEX = 4, FA 30◦, scan time about 18 seconds). Then, RF heating pulses were applied to the phantom for 2 minutes. A single quadrature birdcage coil was used for both heating and imaging purposes, in contrast to studies in diathermy and ablation using separate coils at different frequencies [5]. After the RF heating, another phase image was acquired as quickly as possible using the same parameters as the first GRE sequence except NEX = 1 (scan time about 4 seconds). During GRE acquisition, two axial slices were imaged at different locations (coil center, or z = 0, and 30mm offset). The temperature change between the two GRE acquisition periods was assessed by the phase change, as according to the proton resonance frequency shift method of MR thermometry [6]. In a phantom, such as this, with no perfusion and no metabolic effects, and when heating rapidly from equilibrium before thermal conduction has a significant role, the Pennes bioheat equation [7] can be reduced to SAR = cagar∆T/dt where cagar is the specific heat capacity of the agar-gel, ∆T is the temperature change, and dt is the duration of RF heating. The specific heat capacity of the agar-gel phantom was 4200 J/kg◦C [8].


On January 27, 2003, amid much publicity, a path-breaking agreement was signed between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Central Council of Jews in Germany. The historical background to, and the historic nature of, such an agreement needs no explanation. This agreement is worthy of scholarly review not only because of the manner in which the agreement came about, its provisions, and its place in the German legal system, but also because of critical assumptions it makes about what it means to be Jewish from the perspective of a modern secular nation-state attempting to respond to the aftermath of the Holocaust. Because it sheds light on the difficulty of framing Jewish identity for purposes of secular law, however, I will first evaluate litigation currently in progress under a different but related agreement with the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. This litigation was brought by a liberal Jewish religious community that claims it has been unjustly excluded from the distribution of state subsidies made available to Jewish organizations under an agreement between that State and the Central Council of Jews. The litigation forces answers to difficult questions: what is the legal status of such agreements, who has the right to decide who counts as Jewish under them, and who speaks for the Jewish community in Germany?


Los Angeles -The kinetics of Borrelia burgdorferi antibody titers in 394 patients with erythema migrans and correlations of IgM and IgG antibody profiles with clinical disease were described at the annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology.


Several ways to accelerate the solution of 2D/3D linear min-max problems in $n$ constraints are discussed. We also present an algorithm for solving such problems in the 2D case, which is superior to CGAL's linear programming solver, both in performance and in stability.


The maximal-decoupling procedure of ~ collective submanifold fQrmulated within the framework of the time·dependent Hartree·Fock theory is applied to a classical Hamiltonian system numerically investigated by Henon and Heiles. The periodic orbits are obtained from the condition that the terms with zero denominators vanish in the collective Hamiltonian and they are in agreement with the numerical results by computer simulation.


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During glint season over the past three years, multiple teams of cadet space researchers have collected spectral measurements of geostationary satellites using the technique of slitless spectroscopy using a single telescope on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy. The spectral data collected over that time showed that the satellite solar panels are the source of the glints observed. When compared to a reflectance blackbody reference, the glint spectra exhibited strong absorption of photons on the red portion of the visible spectrum and shows a definite peak reflectance toward the blue end. This study continues on the previous work; however, this time we present measurements of glint spectra taken simultaneously from two separate telescopes, the Academy's on-campus 16inch, f/8.2 telescope and the Academy's Falcon Telescope Network 20-inch, f/8.1 telescope located in Sterling, Colorado. The spectral data from the two different telescopes are compared to one another to determine similar features. Additionally, we analyze the measurements against reference blackbody to determine a relative percentage of solar energy absorbed by a satellite's solar panels. 1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION An important mission for the United States Air Force that has become very apparent over the past 30 years is Space Situational Awareness (SSA). The Air Force has identified the space domain as a region becoming more congested, competitive, and contested. These characteristics of international competition for space superiority have driven the Air Force to be at the forefront of technology for purposes of national security. One mission crucial to this cause is space object characterization. Although the space-object catalogue maintains orbit data on approximately 22,000+ objects, there are many more unidentified objects that exist. More importantly there is concern of active satellites with unknown capabilities or supposedly inactive space objects suddenly coming back to life that threaten our national security. In order to combat this threat, the Air Force is developing various methods and strategies in order to increase SSA and have measurements to help characterize satellites. One particular area of research interest are geostationary satellites. Geostationary (GEO) satellites exist in an orbit containing the same angular velocity as the earth's rotation. Thus geostationary satellites remain at a fixed point on earth to more effectively conduct missions of communications, global positioning, weather forecasting, and remote sensing. Today there are around 400 geostationary satellites in use and this number is expected to only increase with time. Over the past decade scientists have concerned themselves with identifying characteristics of a space object such as its attitude, material, surface composition, shape, and size. A high-resolution image of the space object aids in this characterization, however a dilemma we encounter is that most satellites, even the larger ones are either too far away or too small in size if close by. Fig. 1 below depicts this predicament which is termed non-resolvable space object identification (NRSOI). Fig. 1. Optical satellite image degrades with increasing distance and decreasing cross sectional size. Standard astronomical measurements such as broadband photometry and spectroscopy have been used for NRSOI research. During the early years of the space age, researchers studied the properties associated with satellite optical detection, such as visibility, photometric orbit determination, and the temperature that a satellite reaches as a Copyright © 2018 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS) – www.amostech.com result of radiation exchange with the environment [1-2]. Additionally, researchers also characterized satellites through the phenomenon of polarization [3] and studying the visible reflectance spectra [4]. Considerable progress has been made in satellite characterization using real and simulated photometry such as classification of GEO satellites and their glint signature [5-7], space debris optical characteristics [8-9], new techniques to separate attitude and shape information or determine basic satellite shape based on a satellite's light curve [10-11], and surface material characterization using multi-band optical signatures [12]. Spectral measurements have also been used to characterize satellites. Satellites exhibit a distinct reddening effect from space aging when compared to laboratory samples [13] or to measurements taken of the pre-flight satellite itself prior to launch [14]. Reflectance spectra of GEO debris also showed profile variations from night to night, but the overall shape of the spectrum seem to be conserved and could thus be used to derive surface materials [15]. However, caution must be taken when using reflectance spectra to inform operational conditions because the solar phase angle greatly impacts the observed spectrum and thus can limit analysis when combining measurements taken over different nights [16]. Obtaining spectra is easier now that the feasibility of slitless spectroscopy have been demonstrated [17] and refined [18]. Spectral measurements of GEO satellite glints have been observed and analyzed confirming that the source of the glint are the satellite solar panels [19]. Solar glints consist of the alignment of three components in order to be viewed: the sun, the satellite, and the observer on earth. These glints are a period of increased reflected sunlight where the observer is able to detect. Solar glints can occur at any time, but ground-based observers will only them during equinox periods [7]. Typically, a glint is a specular reflection off a surface, and thus usually resembles the source of the incident light [20]. For satellite glints, the source of incident light is the sun, which to first order is a blackbody emitter. Fig. 2 shows an example of a solar glint occurring on the Hubble Space Telescope's solar panels. This paper presents data and results taken of a particular GEO satellite during glint season simultaneously from two geographically separated telescopes, comparing those spectra to a blackbody spectra in an effort to determine relative power capacity. In this study, simultaneously simply means that the two telescopes observed the same object roughly during the same time period. No effort was made to synchronize the opening of the camera shutters by a hard trigger (e.g. GPS pulse) as that capability currently does not exist for either telescope. Fig. 2. Solar glint on Hubble's solar panels. Image from hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov 2. INSTRUMENTATION For this research we collected data from two telescopes located in Colorado (Fig. 3 and Table 1). The first telescope is a DFM Engineering f/8.2, 16-inch Ritchey-Chrétien system located at the USAFA Observatory. This telescope has an Apogee Alta U47 CCD camera with a 1024×1024 size focal plane and 13μm pixels, which provides a 0.23 degree (13 arc minutes on a side) field of view. This one has been used for the past four years of satellite Copyright © 2018 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS) – www.amostech.com spectral research at USAFA, but now we are incorporating a second telescope in order to compare and contrast data taken simultaneously. The second telescope is located at Northeastern Junior College (NJC) in Sterling, Colorado and is part of the U.S. Air Force Academy's global Falcon Telescope Network (FTN) [21]. This telescope (NJCFalcon) is a f/8.1, 20-inch Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, equipped with a similar, but newer model CCD camera, the Apogee Alta F47 also with a 1024×1024 size focal plane and 13μm pixels. The design of this telescope and camera provide slightly smaller field of view of 11 arc minutes. We use a nine-position filter wheel mounted in front of the cameras for both telescopes. This filter wheel houses a diffraction grating of 100 lines per millimeter in one of its slots (Fig. 4). The diffraction grating theoretical resolution is 103 < R < 147 for a wavelength range of 350 nm < λ 700 nm. The telescopes are separated by a distance of 232 kilometers or approximately 182 kilometers in latitude and 143 kilometers in longitude. Fig. 3. Map showing the location of the two telescopes used in this study. Table 1. Location of the two telescopes. Education or Research Institute City, State Country Longitude (east) Latitude Elevation (meters) Avg Clear Nights per Year Avg Sky Brightness at Zenith (mag/asec) USAF Academy Colorado Springs, CO USA 255.12 39.01 2204 168 19 Northeastern Junior College Sterling, CO USA 256.80 40.65 1177 164 20 Fig. 4. Schematic of the slitless spectrograph used in this study. We follow the processing procedures previously developed by USAFA cadets and faculty [18]. Data reduction involves rotating the images to align the spectra along the camera's focal plane, since the diffraction grating is Copyright © 2018 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS) – www.amostech.com slightly misaligned with the focal plane. Next, the image is clipped to center it on the zeroth order location, and both bias and thermal noise corrections are made. All images that exhibit satellite spectra contaminated by star streaks or spectra are removed. Finally, a conversion is made from pixel-space to wavelength-space, with the two conversions for the respective telescopes listed here: λUSAFA = 1.646P + 5.752 (1) λNJC = 1.63P + 12.999 (2) where λ is the wavelength and P is the distance from the zeroth order spectra in pixels. The pixel-to-wavelength conversion is determined either by using Wolf-Rayet star emission lines and/or the absorption lines of standard stars (e.g. Alhena). The USAFA-16 conversion was already determined by a previous study [18], however the NJCFalcon conversion was determined using absorption lines present in the spectra of the star Alhena (stellar cla


Smart gating membranes can regulate their permeability with high selectivity by controlling pore sizes based on the opening and closing behavior of their pores in response to external stimuli. This function arises from the volume change of stimuli-responsive polymers, which are immobilized inside the nano-sized pores. Among smart gating membranes, ion-recognition gating membranes are inspired by biomembranes that recognize ion signals; these artificial membranes can control their permeability in response to specific ions. Furthermore, biomolecule-recognition gating membranes, which work in protein recognition with high selectivity, have recently attracted attention because such membranes are of interest for biomedical applications, e.g., diagnostic devices. This chapter explains the design of and the principles underlying ion- and biomolecule-recognition smart gating membranes.


Corporate governance not only states the economic prospects of developing countries but also plays a central role in shaping them. India, despite having one of the best corporate governance laws but poor implementation along with socialistic policies has been affected. Concentrated ownership of shares in limited hands along with movement of funds among group companies marks the Indian corporate Governance lacklustre. Since liberalization, serious efforts have been directed into the system with the SEBI instituting the Clause 49 for dealing with corporate governance. However, considerable room remains for improvement.


A quick confirmative method was developed for determining the residues of Bisphenol A and diethylstilbestrol in infant milk powder by LC-MS/MS. The sample was ultrasonic extracted with alkaline acetonitrile, the HPLC separation was carried out on a MGⅢ-C18 column(2.1×150 mm, 1.8 μm),the mobile phase were 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate solution and methanol with gradient elution, the flow was 0.25 mL/min.The detection of Bisphenol A and diethylstilbestrol was carried outin the negative multi-reaction monitoring(MRM)mode. Under the optimal conditions, good linear relationship was obtained in the range of 1.0 μg/L-25.0 μg/L for Bisphenol A and diethylstilbestrol.The limit of detection was 5 μg/kg. The recoveries at three spiked levels of 5,25,250 μg/kg were between 80.6 % and 102.9 %, and RSDs value were between 1.29 % and 8.83 %.


The eight known species of Agrenia are reviewed and new distributional data are added. Two species groups are suggested for the genus: a bidenticulata-group with a mucronal seta and an agilis-group without a mucronal seta. Four new species of the second group are described from North America: A. falcula, A. parkeri, and A. tarashchukae from forest streams of the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee, North Carolina, and New York, and A. extrema from glaciers in Washington and Alaska. The head of the maxilla is introduced as a useful character for separation of some species. A key to all species is given.


A series of tests was conducted on two carbon/epoxy systems to assess key factors in the characterization of the thermo-oxidative stability of composite materials. Mechanical properties (open hole compression strength, fracture toughness, and unidirectional compression strength) were determined from specimens aged in air at 177°C (350'F) up to 5,000 hours. Compression properties declined with increasing aging time and did so in a shorter period of time than given in previously reported tensile tests from other workers. Compression strengths were seen to decline by up to 30% with only a 2% weight loss. Thus, percentage weight loss cannot and should not be used as a criterion for material acceptance without corresponding mechanical test data. Moreover, glass transition temperature is shown to be a poor indicator of thermo-oxidative stability. Thermogravimetric analysis gave an activation energy for oxidation roughly 50% that of thermal degradation alone. Glass transition temperatures were observed to rise significantly for specimens aged at temperatures above 121° C (250'F) in air. After 1,000 hours at different temperatures, differential scanning calorimetry as well as glass transition measurements suggest that higher conditioning temperatures lead to more highly cross-linked microstructures which may not be representative of actual aging at use temperatures. Thus, it is recommended that accelerated aging methods should rely more on increased-oxygen pressure and less on higher temperature to obtain meaningful aging mechanical properties.


Maintenance makes up a significant portion of the total life cycle costs of a railway track. The condition of the formation layers of a railway track dictates these maintenance costs to a large extent. The purpose of this study (a final-year BEng research project) was to aid the progression towards more cost-effective railway infrastructure by understanding the strain recovery process of the formation layers.


The application of low-frequency ultrasonic pulse method of non-destructive control for the diagnostic of the technical condition of the multilayer shell of high pressure hoses in hydraulic transmission system, including vehicles and equipment, used in the sphere of housing and communal complex is justified. A method for predicting the residual capacity of the high pressure hoses using low frequency ultrasonic pulse method of nondestructive control.


This study aimed to analyze the effects of good corporate governance
and ownership structure on efficiency of islamic banking . The efficiency is
measured by the method of DEA approach. The value of efficiency is measured by
assuming variable return to scale using DEAP 2.1 software. This study was taken
from the islamic banks listed in OJK. The number of sampling islamic banks from
year 2013-2015 there were 11 banks. The sampling technique is determined using
targeted sampling (purposive sampling), whereas the method of analysis used a
panel data the data worked with eviews 8. Simultaneous significance test
concluded that all independent variables together influences the dependent
variable. Parameter significance tests results good corporate governance and
ownership structure have significant effect to the efficiency.


Female education is ignored in developing societies, which has serious implications on the nations' development. Late school enrolment of children is a common phenomenon in the developing world. The present study examined the educational implications of late females' enrolment in rural Pakistan. The results of this empirical study are based on a sample of 515 female children selected through multistage random sampling technique from two districts, Faisalabad and Jhang, of Punjab province. The dependent variable of the study is the final completed education of the selected female children. The ordinal regression analysis revealed that late age at first enrolment of females has inverse effect on girls' schooling. Enrolment at suitable age reflects the parents' interest in the human capital development of their daughters. The plan of universal primary education under UNESCO should also focus in time school enrolments of girls in the developing world along its other educational targets.


Objective: To revise the national HIV estimates and quantify the magnitude of the HIV epidemic in Ukraine at the end of 2007. Design: Internationally recommended methods—the Workbook and Spectrum—were employed to generate the estimates. This enables comparison of results with other countries using the same methodology. Methods: Estimation of the size of most at-risk populations nationally was performed using capture-recapture, multiplier and triangulation methods. HIV prevalence among most at-risk populations was estimated by linked HIV sentinel and behavioural surveillance among injecting drug users, and men who have sex with men, and unlinked sentinel surveillance among sex workers. The range of HIV prevalence and extrapolation for populations at lower risk were determined by consensus among national stakeholders. Results were reviewed by national stakeholders and endorsed by the government of Ukraine. Results: At the end of 2007, an estimated 395 000 adults (range 230 000–573 000) aged 15–49 were living with HIV in Ukraine. Adult HIV prevalence was estimated at 1.63%, which represents the highest adult HIV prevalence of any country in Europe. Conclusions: The HIV epidemic in Ukraine continues to grow at a record pace, concentrated among most at-risk populations, the majority of whom are unaware of their HIV status. The results emphasise the need to accelerate the coverage and quality of prevention programmes among most at-risk populations and their sexual partners.


The oxygen transport membrane Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ (BSCF) was wetted by the reactive air brazing alloy Ag-14CuO. Triple point phases of different cobalt-copper-oxides are formed in the reaction zone and are origin of micro-cracks and stress concentration. Therefore, their identification is necessary for understanding the microstructure evolution and designing the interface structure advantageously by an adapted brazing process. However, as the cobalt-copper-oxide system can form many different oxides with solubility of Co and Cu respectively, different analytical methods are necessary for identification. TEM diffraction is used for the correct identification of the occurring crystal structures, EBSD is used for analysis of composition, arrangement and orientation of the triple point phases and EPMA is used to confirm the crystal structures identified by EBSD and to determine the elemental concentrations. As the triple point phases consist of small grains with unpredictable forms and especially, Cu-Kα can excite Co-Kα by characteristic secondary fluorescence, different evaluation procedures for EPMA are performed on FIB lamellae: 1) Approach based on standard lamellae, where FIB lamellae from standards are used to determine the k-factor in dependence of the mass thickness t/λ, and 2) Monte Carlo simulation approach, where an iterative procedure is used to calculate the k-ratios, based on bulk standards. The use of FIB lamellae allows excluding the fluorescence effect and incorrect Monte Carlo simulations due to incorrect assumptions of the microstructure below the surface, which is within the excitation volume.


A painting from the collection of the castle museum of gotha, which is attributed to anthonis van dyck, had its original composition restored after examination by x-rays, infrared radiations, uv-rays and microscopic analysis. -- ICCROM


The given thesis includes three independent chapters which all contribute to the theory of public economics. They are linked, theoretically, by the fact that an information asymmetry is included in the presented environment. In the first two chapters agents are assumed to hold private information on their preferences. Making use of a mechanism design approach, applications such as a bilateral trade problem, the provision of a public good and the design of an optimal income tax schedule are studied. More precisely, Chapter 1 relates discrete and continuous formulations of the independent private values model and derives conditions under which these two behave qualitatively the same.
Chapter 2 studies how a Mirrleesian income tax model is affected by the assumption of arbitrary directions of redistribution and addresses the question how the corresponding optimal income tax schedules should be designed. In the third chapter individuals are incompletely informed about the characteristics of a public good. Only incomplete information on the good's productivity and governmental contributions are available such that salience becomes a driving factor for individual behavior and hence, the provision of the good.

A common aim of all three chapters is to disentangle and evaluate the effects of information asymmetry in the respective setting. In an environment as considered in the first two chapters, individuals being privately informed about preferences yields a social cost. Thus, only a second-best situation can be reached where welfare is lower compared to a full information environment. However, this is not true in a situation as studied in Chapter 3. Here, the information asymmetry can be exploited by a benevolent government to improve welfare compared to a situation with complete information. Conclusively, the effects of information asymmetry on welfare and optimal allocations are non-trivial and depend on the considered environment.


Heat-capacity measurements on massive zone-refined samples of lanthanum and neodymium hexaborides have provided further elucidation of the behavior of two important members of the magnetically concentrated lanthanide alloys with high metallic conductivity. Although NdB6 with its two 4f electrons on the Nd atom appears to be a well-behaved Curie-Weiss paramagnetic with a magnetic susceptibility of about 3 x 10-3 at 300 deg K, the true Curie-Weiss temperature appears to be well below 100 deg K. A cooperative lambda-type transition suggestive of ferro-or antiferro-magnetic ordering with a Neel temperature near 7.5 deg K was observed. Resolution of the excess heat capacity by using the lattice contributions of the isostructural lanthanum hexaboride indicates the presence of a complex Schottky transition with a maximum near 50 deg K presumably occasioned by crystalline field splitting.


This article analyses the design of an online mentoring platform - for women by women - in a high-technology, male-dominated UK industry: aviation and aerospace. Based on interviews with professionals and managers, we analyse the journey of the women involved and contribute to the understanding of the role of women (individually and collectively) in challenging gendered norms in a male-dominated industry through the theoretical lenses of 'critical actors' and 'critical mass'. We combine these concepts, usually seen as mutually exclusive, to explain the success of the online platform. We show how a small number of self-selected critical actors represented, listened and responded to the needs of the women in their industry, thus achieving the substantive representation of women. We also argue that while critical actors were key to its inception, the mentoring platform now needs a critical mass of women to ensure its success.


One proposed capsule design for the Laser Megajoule facility is analyzed to determine surface finish specifications required to achieve ignition and propagated burn. We estimate the sensitivity of this capsule to hydrodynamic instabilities by means of direct two-dimensional simulations. Configuring multimode perturbations located at the DT ice and ablator surfaces, the fusion yield is predicted.


The planning of social behavior is not particularly new in human history and is an old story in India, having been practiced by the earliest civilizations. From the third millennium B.C. there is evidence of quite elaborate planning as evidenced in the meticulously laid out street plan of Mohenjo-Daro and in the great granary at Harappa. Even development plans in the sense of deliberately manipulated social change for the general welfare are not new in India. In the third century B.C. the Emperor Asoka planned and carried out communication networks, water improvements and conservation measures through a great part of the subcontinent.


The secretion of milk by the mammary glands normally follows a period of pregnancy, but numerous cases have been cited in the literature of secretion which takes place in animals that have never borne young. Non-pregnant bitches frequently secrete milk several weeks after oestrus (1), and a secretion, apparently similar to milk, takes place after pseudo-pregnancy in rabbits (2). No quantitative analyses have been made of these secretions to show whether they possess the characteristics of true milk or colostrum.


This paper
is concerned with a mean-variance hedging problem with partial
information, where the initial endowment of an agent may be a
decision and the contingent claim is a random variable. This
problem is explicitly solved by studying a linear-quadratic
optimal control problem with non-Markov control systems and
partial information. Then, we use the result as well as filtering
to solve some examples in stochastic control and finance. Also, we
establish backward and
forward-backward stochastic differential
filtering equations which are different from the
classical filtering theory introduced by Liptser and Shiryayev
(1977), Xiong (2008), and so
forth.


healthy. brain, any series of cell groups in the cerebral cortex which is sufficiently frequently stimulated in this parrot fashion, may get into the habit of discharging, after the fashion of a barrei organ. But the labour involved in committing to memory a series of facts in this (parrot) way is, for most of us, enormous; few brains, and probably no old brains, are capable of acquiring, and much less capable of retaining, even if they could acquire, a cram knowledge of this kind of the multitudinous facts which go to constitute a knowledge of systematic medicine. And even if a knowledge of medicine were acquired by dint of prodigious labour and innumerable repetitions in this way, it would be of little or no real use in dealing with disease in the living man. In order to recall a series of isolated facts or sentences which are learned by rote in this manner, the repetition must commence at the beginning, the individual links in the chain (the facts or sentences) must follow one another in a definite and constant order. In repeating such a series of facts or sentences, the less the consciousness is brought to bear upon the matter the better. Should the reciter be nervous, should he be interrupted in the middle of his task, the cortical discharge ceases or the association becomes deranged; he is unable by a voluntary effort to recall the next fact, and he has ignominiously to begin again at the beginning. Medical facts which are crammed up by dint of much repetition, and without the aid of the intellect, are acquired and remembered very much in the same manner. The labour involved in acquiring them is (comparatively to that involved in the true and intelligent method of learning by means of the understanding) enormous; the result is eminently unsatisfactory, for few brains can retain for any length of time and recall (remember when required) a large number of isolated facts. Cram knowledge, as everyone knows, is essentially temporary and evanescent; it may and (shall I say unfortunately?) it often does, enable a student to scrape through his examinations, but it is of little or no real use in future life. Now, as I have already told you, what we teachers have to aim at is not merely to supply the.student with the information which will enable him to pass and to get qualified, but what is infinitely more important, we should endeavour to give him such a knowledge of the subject as will be of real and permanent use to him in his future career-in his daily life as a practical physician. Probably at least go per cent. of our students mean to practise medicine-to earn their daily bread by endeavouring to cure and relieve disease in general practice. And each individual lecturer, whether his subject be practical or scientific, should, I venture to suggest, keep this, the main object of the students' wants, constantly and prominently in view. I repeat that what we have to aim at in learning and in teaching medicine is to make the facts hang intelligently together. It cannot, I think, be too forcibly and too emphatically stated that a knowledge of pathology (together, of course, with anatomy and physiology) is the true memory basis-the essential and fundamental key to an intelligent knowledge of the principles and practice of medicine; and that a large bedside experience-a first-hand acquaintance with the phenomena of disease as they occur in the living man-and practical knowledge of the effects of drugs in different diseased conditions and of the methods of dealing with disease and diseased men and women is the only sure foundation for true and genuine success-success in the proper sense of the word-in actual practice. And here let me say that you will find it a most instructive exercise to try to work out for yourselves the clinical phenomena (symptoms and signs) which different pathological lesions produce, When, for example, you are commencing the study of. aortic regurgitation, acute croupous pneumonia, poliomyelitis anterior acuta, or any other disease which has a definite and distinct morbid anatomy and pathology, first endeavour clearly to realise the morbid process, and then try to work out-to picture to yourselves-the symptoms and signs which the lesion will be likely to produce in the living man. If your knowledge of anatomy, pbysiology, and pathology is sound and satisfactory, you should be able to predict many of the leading clinical fpatures of these diseases. After puzzling out, the subject so far as you are able for yourself, you should next read the textbook description. You will then read it with interest. If you find that it differs in any particulars-as of course it is sure to do-from the ideal picture which you had formed in your own mind, do not merely be content to note the fact and accept the correction, but try to find out not only where you were wrong, but why you were wrong. I assure you that if you will only conscientiously endeavour to study disease afterthis method, you will make great and rapid progress; that you will soon get an intelligent grasp of the subject, and you will find that the study of medicine is a pleasure rather than a toil.


In order to find out hydrographical parameters influences over macrobenthic density and diversity, fifteen stations were sampled in Chilika lagoon. They were grouped into macrophytes dominated areas fro m Station 1 to Station 10 (St1 to St10) and Phragmites karka dominated areas from Station 11 to Station 15 (St 11 to St 15).The value of Pearson's correlation matrix in the macrobenthic density was found to be positive significant relationship with transparency (r=0.548, p<0.05), depth (r=0.8006, p<0.01) and pH (r=0.72, p<0.01). Whereas macrobenthic biomass was significant positive relationship with transparency (r=0.656, p<0.01), depth (r=0.8006, p<0.01), pH (r=0.516, p<0.05) and dissolved oxygen (r=0.671, p<0.01). The diversity index values were found highest in between St1 to St 10 and decreased sharply in between St11 to St15. The Non-metric Mu ltidimensional Scaling (NMDS) resulted three clusters of stations in the study area which were characterized as live macrophyte, live and dead macrophyte and Phargmites karka in Cluster I, Cluster II and Cluster III respectively. Progressive decreasing trend was observed in macrobentic density and diversity with the hydrographical parameters of depth, transparency and dissolved oxygen fro m cluster I to Cluster III. The total nu mbers and bio mass of wet weight of macrobenthic were observed 26075 no m -2 (1738 ± 3341) and 277 g m m -2 (18.47±38.83) in the sampling stations. Bivalves follo wed by Polychaets were dominated in the first group of stations where as Polychaet and Chronomid was dominated in the second group of stations.


Three monoclonal antibodies specific to H5 subtype avian influenza virus with HI characteristic were developed by fusing between sp2/0 myeloma cells and spleen cells of Balb/c mice immunized with the condensed and purified H5 influenza virus.Three of them were designed as DD7,FG10 and CB12,which HI titers of supernatant culture and the ascites were 2~(7),2~(8),2~(3) and 2~(13),2~(15),2~(11) respectively.In this study,these McAbs were specific to H5 subtype AIV-,and not reacted with AIV-H1-H4,H6-H14 subtype AIV and others avian viruses by hemagglutinin inhibition test(HI).The monoclonal antibodies have the favorable antigen capture and neutralization faculties to H5 AIV.These results suggested that the monoclonal antibodies would be useful tool in H5 subtype influenza virus surveillance.


SUMMARY Brazil stands out in the ranking of broiler chicken production, holding the positions of the world's largest exporter and the third largest producer, scores that demand continuous attention to market requirements with regard to product quality, including the search for alternative sources of feed ingredients. This research's goal was to examine the effects of using Rubrivivax gelatinosus biomass in the feed of broilers on proximate composition, cholesterol content, and fatty acid profile of the meat cuts. Two hundred Cobb 500 male chicks were randomly assigned to one of the 4 dietary treatments containing zero, one, 2 or 3 g of dried R. gelatinosus biomass per kg of the finisher ration. At the end of the experiment, 20 birds from each treatment were slaughtered and their carcasses were cut into breast and thigh for the analyses of proximate composition, cholesterol, and fatty acids, all performed by standard methodologies. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and t test for the multiple comparisons of means using 5% of significance. Proximate composition and cholesterol concentration in both breast and thigh meats did not differ among treatments (P > 0.05). The biomass at 3 g/kg in the diet increased EPA in breast but decreased it in thigh. Nevertheless, no concentration of the biomass altered the ratio n-6/n-3 in either cut. Thus, the use of R. gelatinosus biomass at 3 g/kg in broilers' rations was shown to be harmless or even beneficial to broiler meat composition.


Barium nitride nanotubes uniformly doped with fluorine have been grown by a novel catalytic method during which the growth of the nanotubes and doping occur at the same time.Examination by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy indicates that the six-numbered BN atomic rings within the BN sheets are strongly destroyed due to the fluoridation and the walls of the nanotubes are composed of highly curled continuous BN sheets.Compared to pure BN nanotubes,the conductivity of fluoridated nanotubes is significantly enhanced,resulting in a typical heavily-doped semiconductor.


INTRODUCTION
Staple line leaks after bariatric surgery occur in less than 3% of cases. Rarely, these leaks result in gastrocolic fistulae which can be difficult to manage. Endoscopic management of the gastric side of the fistula can be attempted, but fistula localization and closure is not always achieved. Often, these patients require laparoscopic or open intervention for fistula takedown. In this video, we examined the technical steps of endoscopic over-the-scope clip therapy in a "kissing clips" configuration for management of a gastrocolic fistula.

METHODS
A retrospective medical record review was conducted to identify patients who had gastrocolic fistulae managed with the use of concurrently placed over-the-scope clips in both the gastric and colonic positions ("kissing clips"). Procedures were performed by one board-certified general surgeon with advanced training in surgical endoscopy. The cases are presented as a video case series.

RESULTS
Two female patients, age 46 and 48, were identified. Both patients developed gastrocolic fistulae as a complication of bariatric surgery. Both patients underwent endoscopic management with over-the-scope clips placed at both ends of the fistula using concurrent upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. Mean procedure time was 93 minutes. Technical success was achieved in both cases, as confirmed with fluoroscopy. Fistula recurrence was noted in both cases at 21 and 62 days, respectively. Neither patient has undergone operative intervention given their medical comorbidities.

CONCLUSION
The cases in this video series highlight a novel technique for the endoscopic management of gastrocolic fistulae. Concurrent upper and lower endoscopy allows for easier identification of fistulae and wire access across a fistula can allow targeted firing of over-the-scope clips. Though recurrence following any endoscopic therapy for fistula tracts is common, the technique remains an option for patients unable to undergo operative intervention.


Serial quantitative measurements of C‐reactive protein (CRP) were performed by reaction rate nephelometry on cord blood and scrum of 70 babies (60 preterm and 10 full term). There were 41 babies born to mothers with no risk factors for bacterial infection (Group 1) and 29 babies born to mothers with risk factors (Group 2), Maternal risk factors for congenital infection were: a history of prolonged rupture of membranes, maternal treatment with antibiotics, chorioamnionitis or positive cultures from high vaginal swabs. Twelve babies had raised CRP levels (>10 mg/1), 2 from Group 1 and 10 from Group 2, 9 of whom were subsequently found to have bacterial infections. One of the 2 babies without suspected infection had severe birth asphyxia. Specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated for CRP levels and total white cell counts (TWCC). Within Group 2, the specificity of raised CRP for diagnosis of congenital bacterial infection was 95% and the sensitivity was 100%, compared to the specificity of TWCC 95% and sensitivity 55%. CRP can be used as a marker for congenital bacterial infection and appears to be more sensitive than TWCC.


The percentage of Internet users, which was about 10% in 1998, reached about 80% in 2011 (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 2012), and many people now use the Internet on a daily basis. However, the psychological impact that the use of this media has on our lives remains unclear in many ways, and there are many issues to be examined concerning its use. Websites that encourage suicide can be cited as one of the mental health problems that emerged as Internet use became more prevalent. In Japan, events began occurring around 2000 in which Internet users with suicidal ideation sympathized with each other and committed group suicide (hereinafter referred to as an "Internet suicide pact"), and such phenomena continue to occur intermittently at present. In 2008, cluster suicides occurred when viewers of a website that showed a method for generating hydrogen sulfide committed suicide one after another by using the method. The relationship between Internet use and suicide has become problematic not only in 035 和光大学現代人間学部紀要 第6号(2013年3月)


The IL‐23/Th17 axis has been implicated in the development of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). RA and PsA are heterogeneous diseases with substantial burden on patients. Increasing evidence suggests that the IL‐23 signaling pathway may be involved in the development of autoimmunity and erosive joint damage. IL‐23 can act either directly or indirectly on bone forming osteoblasts as well as on bone resorbing osteoclasts. As IL‐23 regulates the activity of cells of the bone, it is conceivable that in addition to inflammation‐mediated joint erosion, IL‐23 may play a role in physiological bone remodeling. In this review, we focus on the role of IL‐23 in autoimmune arthritis in patients and murine models, and provide an overview of IL‐23 producing and responding cells in autoimmune arthritic joints. In addition, we discuss the role of IL‐23 on bone forming osteoblasts and bone resorbing osteoclasts regarding inflammation‐mediated joint damage and bone remodeling. At last, we briefly discuss the clinical implications of targeting this pathway for joint damage and systemic bone loss in autoimmune arthritis.


Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) were employed as a bio-based resin/adhesive. DDGS were defatted with hexane, ball ground, and screened prior to use. DDGS flour was mixed dry with Paulownia wood (PW) to make composites using the following conditions: temperature of 150 to 195 °C, PW particle sizes of  75 to 1700 m, pressure of 2.1 to 5.6 MPa, and using DDGS dosages of 10 to 100%. Molded composites were evaluated for their flexural properties. Composites were examined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction. The best flexural properties were obtained from composites containing 50% DDGS and 50% PW, using 180 to 250 m PW particles, pressed at 5.6 MPa, and employing 185 °C. Flexural properties of DDGS-PW composites were similar to composites fabricated using soybean flour (Prolia) as the resin/adhesive. Dimensional stability properties (water absorbance and thickness swelling) of DDGS-PW and Prolia-PW composites were similar. DDGS-PW composite properties satisfied several European Committee Industry Standards for fiberboards in terms of flexural properties but were inferior in terms of thickness swelling properties.


The present study deals with an unsteady magnetohydrodynamic natural convective flow of a viscous, incompressible fluid past an exponentially accelerated porous plate surrounded by a porous medium with suction or injection. The novelty of the current research is to analyze the behavior of the flow due to mass transfer with first‐order chemical reaction in the presence of a heat source in the energy equation. The existence of suction/injection and radiation parameters in the flow enhances the utility of the research as they are an integral part of nuclear reactors, thermal and chemical engineering processes, and many more. The Laplace transform technique (via Bromwich contour) is applied to solve exactly the governing equations. The nature of the flow velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles due to the impact of pertinent flow parameters are presented graphically. The numerical outcomes of coefficient of skin friction, rate of heat transfer, and mass transfer are obtained in tabular form. The results indicate that the skin friction increases slowly with the reaction parameter and largely with the suction parameter, whereas the concentration gradient increases at a much higher rate with the reaction parameter. The fluid injection has a negative impact on the velocity gradient. It is seen that the heat source enhances both velocity and temperature profiles throughout the flow field, whereas the first‐order chemical reaction acts reversely on the velocity and mass transfer process. The current research can be applied to identify the cause behind the drag force produced in seepage flow due to the heated or cooled accelerated plate.


This paper deals with an experimental investigation on an active vibration control of ahybrid smart structure(HSS) via an electro-rheological fluid actuator(ERFA) and a piezoelectric film actuator(PFA). Firstly, an HSS is constructed by inserting a silicone oil-based electro-rheological fluid into a hollow can- tilevered beam and perfectly bonding piezoelectric films ofn the upper and lower surfaces of the beam as an actuator and a sensor, respectively. The control scheme of the ERFA tuning stiffness and damping charac- teristics of the HSS with imposed electric fields is formulated as a function of excitation frequencies on the basis of field-dependent respnses. On the other hand, as for the control scheme of the PFA permitting control voltages to generate axial forces or bending moments for suppressing deflections of the HSS, a neuro sliding mode controller(NSC) is employed. Furthermore, an experimental implementation activating the ERFA and the PFA independently is established to carry out an active vibration control in both the transient and forced vibrations. The experimental results exhibit a superior ability of the gtbrid actuation system to tailor elastodynamic response characteristics of the HSS rather than a single class of actuator system alone.


The flow curves for four water‐soluble, non‐ionic polymer types have been characterized using rotational viscometers primarily. Molecular weight and solution concentration variations gave a total of twenty‐five curves. Polyacrylamide, poly(ethylene oxide), hydroxyethyl cellulose, and methyl cellulose were studied. A two‐parameter model that gives a good fit to the data over five decades of shear‐rate is: log (ηr)/log (ηr)0=0.68−0.32 erf {[log (τγ)−log B]/2.272} In this equation, ηr is the relative viscosity; (ηr)0, the same at zero shear‐rate, erf, the error function; (τγ), the rate of energy dissipation; and, B, the value of (τγ) at the inflection point of the flow curve. Furthermore, B is independent of concentration.


The method of transmitting to the second rendering device, a media transmission from the media renderer from the first rendering device is based on the network location and the session context information includes the step of establishing a network connection between the media renderer to the second rendering device, . Transfer for the purpose of media redundancy with redundant transmission overlapping the first rendering device as and objectives in light of the user who listens to the two rendering device experience to prevent substantial disruption of the media rendering and the second rendering device It is determined to be transmitted. The transfer is continued to the second rendering device from the media renderer.


Objective To investigate the latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in different populations in Shenzhen area using the established method of tuberculosis-specific antigen-specific IFN-γ Elispot assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis infections at early stage.Methods The levels of the tuberculosis antigen-specific IFN-γ(interferon gamma) in 5 different populations including 34 college students in Shenzhen City,18 medical staffs working at tuberculosis ward or outpatients department of Shenzhen Hospitals,19 IT(information telecom) crews of some Shenzhen Company,36 member staffs of some Shenzhen Biotechnology Company,29 security guards of Shenzhen Company for logistics service were determined by Elispot assay.PPD Results were in all different groups as a control were analyzed.Results The positive rates for IFN-γ detection in 5 groups by Elispot assay were as follows: 5.88% in college students,55.6% in medical staffs at TB ward and outpatient department of some Shenzhen Hospital,31.57% in IT company staffs,31.03%,in safety guards,and 19.44% in staffs of Shenzhen biotechnology,respectively;PPD(purified protein derivative) tests results were: college 20.58% in students,88.90% in medical staffs int TB ward and outpatient department 42.11% in IT staffs,41.38% in safety guards staffs and 41.67% in Shenzhen Biotechnolog. Conclusion Tuberculosis-specific antigen-specific IFN-γ Elispot assay is spurerior to PPD test for early diagnosis of tuberculosis infections at early stage.


Of thirty-five strains of streptococci isolated from milk produced in the Jura mountains, two were strains of Streptococcus cremoris. It appears, therefore, that this organism occurs in the wild state.


Our phenomenological investigation of high energy and  ̅ elastic scattering and study of the gauged Gell-Mann-Levy linear -model using path-integral formalism have led us to a physical picture of the proton structure. Namely, proton is a Condensate Enclosed Chiral Bag. Based on this picture, our prediction of elastic scattering at c.m. energy 7 TeV is discussed against the backdrop of recent measurements of elastic at LHC by the TOTEM Collaboration at √ TeV.


Abstract : Barylucuma decussata, the sole member of the genus, was established in 1925 by Adolpho Ducke. Eyma (1936) suggested its affinity with Pouteria and Baehni (1942) made the new combination Bouteria decussata (Ducke) Baehni. Ducke (1942) revised his opinion regarding the status of his new genus indicating that was untenable but did not suggest its placement in one of the known genera. Aubreville (1961) retained Barylucuma as distinct. Anatomically and physically the wood of Barylucuma is similar to certain species of Neoxythece, Paralabatia and Myrtiluma, but seems to be most closely allied with Podoluma. (Author)