A TRANSITION FRAMEWORK Transition Planning PLANNING AND PREPROJECT ACTIVITIES Effective Development Planning Dealing with Culture Change OBJECT-ORIENTED INSERTION ACTIVITIES Selecting the Right Object-Oriented Technique Selecting the Right Computer-Aided Software Engineering Tool Staffing and Organizing the Project Training Dealing with Legacy Systems Budget for Reuse OBJECT-ORIENTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES Analyzing, Modeling, and Prototyping Effective Project Tracking and Control Defining and Documenting the Development Process Applying Software Metrics Inspecting Object-Oriented Software Products Integrating Software Documentation Appendices Index.


ndustry of our state. Its core components include rocket, aircraft and shipbuilding plants, aircraft and ship engine-building, armored vehicles and radio-electronic equipment, ammunition and special chemicals, repair services. Nowadays the main requirement for the national military-industrial complex which has been focused on the export of its products for many years, is to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in armaments and military equipment quickly and efficiently.But the implementation of the main function of the military-industrial complex is hampered by both chronic problems of the defense industry (a small number of closed research-production cycles for the development and manufacture of weapons, depreciation of industrial equipment and outdated technologies, lack of human, financial, material resources, a large number of counterparties) and new challenges, for the successful overcoming of which, it is necessary to take a number of measures at the legislative level to reform the military-industrial complex and create appropriate conditions for its development, to attract private partners who could provide significant assistance to the defense industry in Ukraine in solving current tasks and related problems due to active implementation of various projects in the military-industrial sphere within the framework of public-private partnership. This is what actualizes the issue of this study.Recent research and publications analysis. The analysis of national and international publications showed that the issues connected with the topic of research are currently covered in the studies of many authors, namely: A. Kalyaev, Y. Shimov, T. Korolyuk, Y. Gusev, A. Abramovichus, M. Zhorokhov and other scientists. However, issues related to the problems of the development of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and ways of overcoming them have not been studied sufficiently. Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The purpose and objectives of the article are to analyze the problems of development of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine as an important component of the country's security as well as to identify ways of improving the situation in the field of the military-industrial complex.Paper main body. Nowadays, in order to defeat the aggressor – Russia, defense enterprises need to unite their assets, resources or technologies. We have been at war for 7 years and during all this period of time each defense enterprise has been strengthening the defense capabilities of our country seperately, because the current legislation which regulates the work of Ukroboronprom does not allow them to get united. The reform of Ukroboronprom will allow enterprises to achieve better results in the production of weapons and military equipment by getting their assets, resources and technologies united. And this in its turn will help simplify and reduce the cost of production processes.Reforming of Ukroboronprom makes it possible to attract foreign direct investments, to create additional value for our products. The Ukrainian military-industrial complex will become an attractive and reliable partner in domestic and foreign markets. The league of defense enterprises will give an opportunity to establish a full cycle of production: precision-guided munitions, radars, ammunition and special chemicals, armored vehicles as well as aircraft and ship repair services.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. The given analysis makes it possible to find out that the future of the Ukrainian military- industrial complex depends on foreign investors, who, despite the war, are providing financial resources for the development and modernization of armaments.Ukraine will benefit from cooperation with foreign investors as all developments will remain the intellectual property of Ukrainian companies. This allows developing samples of military armaments.The current situation with military exports is not hopeless. There are some branches where Ukraine can compete with Russia or Eastern Europe. Everything will depend on the efficiency of Ukroboronprom's top managers and private initiative as small companies have been given the opportunity to enter foreign markets without total control by the state monopolist.The successfully implemented reforms of Ukroboronprom will provide an opportunity to bring defense enterprises as well as design bureaus of Ukraine to life by attracting investments. In fact, they will be attracted by a defense company which will replace the current Ukroboronprom. As long as our companies continuously manufacture, modernize and repair armaments for the needs of our army as the main internal customer, the defense company mentioned above will act as a corporate center or a strategic architect of the entire reform. That is, it will help to get the corporate model of management "on the rails" without stopping the production .Thus, the defense company will take the leadership in all transformations, will control and be responsible for the realisation of the strategy, business plans, the implementation of the established rules and policies. But above all, it will help state-owned defense enterprises to make a quantum leap into the future that has already come.


The lesson plan is one of the effective factors in the educational process. The main purpose of the lesson design is to facilitate learner learning. The present study aims to provide comprehensive information for use in medical science education. Using structured review criteria, this study examines the status of the design of the lesson plan and existing barriers. Using the keywords of the lesson plan, course design, teaching quality, effective teaching, curriculum, and medical science, the search for relevant articles was done in the databases. Databases are Science Direct, Irandoc, Google Scholar, Pudmed, SID, Scopus, Web of Science, Iranmedex, Magiran. Using the process of structured studies, using the process of structured studies, data was studied. In this study, the lesson plan was examined from various aspects. The results showed that more than half of the lessons were in a moderate condition. Most of the weaknesses were related to minor goals and behavioral goals, assessment methods, teaching aid and how to use it. The presentation of the lesson plan in the classroom was not in desirable condition, most faculty members agreed to formulate the lesson plan before the start of the training, but the high workload, the constraints of facilities and training facilities, and the high number of students prevented the preparation of the course. The lesson plans were based on the curriculum, and the classroom teachers were guided by the lesson plan. Considering the necessity and importance of developing lesson plans in improving the quality of students' education, holding workshops on teachers can provide their knowledge and attitudes for the formulation and implementation of lesson plans.


An improved version of the 'GRUMFOIL' code has been developed for the computation of airfoil flows. The method employs a conservative difference scheme for the potential equation, integral methods for the boundary layer, and viscous coupling conditions that fully account for the wake and strong interaction effects at trailing edges. The improved version uses Jameson's 'MAD' scheme to accelerate convergence of the inviscid solution, an improved 2nd order artificial viscosity and far field 'TARE' correction to reduce spatial truncation errors and Carter's semi-inverse method for the viscous solution. Results are presented which demonstrate a factor of ten reduction in computing cost.


The invention provides a network service scaling method and a device. The network service scaling method includes the following steps that: a computer device receives a network service scaling request, wherein the network service scaling request contains a deployment flavor identifier used by the scaling of network services, wherein the network services contain the instance of a first virtual network function (VNF1) and the instance of a second virtual network function (VNF2), wherein the instances of the virtual network functions (VNF) are connected through a first virtual link (VL1); after a deployment flavor is obtained, a new instance of the VNF1 is added; the modification policy of the VL1 is obtained, the descriptive information of a second virtual link is generated based on the connection point information of the new instance of the VNF1; and a second virtual link instance is created according to the descriptive information of the second virtual link, and the new instance of the VNF1 is connected with the instance of the VNF2. With the network service scaling method and the device provided by the technical schemes of the invention adopted, the new VNF instance which has been subjected to service scaling can be connected with the other VNF instance.


between one neuron and another. It is the primary place at which information is transmitted from neuron to neuron in the central nervous system or from neuron to target (gland or muscle) in the periphery. The simplest way for one cell to inform another of its activity is by direct electrical interaction, in which the current generated extracellularly from the action potential in the first cell passes through neighboring cells. Owing to the shunting of current by the highly conductive extracellular fluid, a 100-mV action potential may generate only 10–100 V in a neighboring neuron. This coupling can be improved if neighboring cells are joined by a specialized conductive pathway through gap junctions (see Chapter 15); even then, a presynaptic spike is not likely to generate more than about 1 mV postsynaptically, unless the presynaptic process is nearly as large or larger than the postsynaptic process. This biophysical constraint limits the number of presynaptic cells that can converge on and influence a postsynaptic cell, and such electrical connections can normally only be excitatory and short-lasting, are bidirectional in transmission, and show little plasticity or modifiability. They have limited potential for complex computation, but can be useful when a postsynaptic neuron must be activated with high reliability and speed or when concurrent activity in a large number of presynaptic afferents must be signaled.


The invention relates to a combination of acrylate fluorescence conversion dyes in plastic moldings made from polymethyl (meth) which are used to convert the natural solar radiation into usable for solar cell light. The plastic moldings are produced by injection molding.


This paper critically examines the legitimacy attached to new types of public- private data partnerships occurring in the context of sustainable development. We discuss the input and output legitimacy of two types of data partnerships: open data partnerships where data and/or insights are freely available and hence not restricted to any bilateral and network-based agreements, and closed data partnerships where data and the insights created through the partnership are shared within a network of organizations or through a trusted intermediary. Our findings make two key contributions: First, we develop an analytical framework, which allows to assess the input and output legitimacy of open and closed partnerships. Second, we apply this framework to two cases, the HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange, generating insights for disaster natural settings, (open data partnership) and the Facebook-CIESIN partnership on high-resolution population maps (closed data partnership). Our analysis delivers an initial descriptive ...


The reactions of Si atoms with NH3 molecules have been studied using matrix-isolation FTIR spectroscopy and density functional theoretical calculations. Silicon atoms reacted with NH3 to form the SiNH3 complex spontaneously in solid argon upon annealing. Mercury arc photolysis with a 290-nm long-wavelength pass filter destroyed the SiNH3 absorptions and produced HSiNH2 absorptions. Full-arc irradiation (250−580 nm) destroyed the HSiNH2 absorptions and produced SiNH absorptions. The potential energy surface along the reaction path leading to the observed products has also been calculated. Similar experiments with Ge gave spectra for the analogous product molecules.


Two novel porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with {M18(Hbtib)36} (M = Ni(II), Zn(II)) as the basic building unit, namely, [Ni(Hbtib)2]n (1) and [Zn(Hbtib)2·H2O]n (2) [H2btib = 4-((2-butyl-5-(2-carboxy-3-(thiophen-2-yl)prop-1-enyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)] were synthesized using solvothermal reactions. Gas adsorption (N2, H2, CO2 and CH4) studies show that the desolvated solid 1 is a highly effective absorbent for CO2 over CH4 at 273 and 298 K. The results suggest that 1 has potential application in gas separation or purification. In addition, the photoluminescence properties of 2 were also investigated.


One-step quantitative self-assembly of aromatic towers consisting of seven to nine discretely stacked aromatic rings is achieved from 25-27 multicomponents via the interpenetration of two identical coordination cages.


Is provided, the crystallinity of the piezoelectric layer is improved, and a piezoelectric element having a homogeneous size of the liquid-jet head as a liquid ejection device not using a piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element. It said piezoelectric element comprising: a lower electrode provided on one surface of a substrate; Lead (Pb), zirconium (Zr) and are made of a piezoelectric material containing titanium (Ti), the upper piezoelectric layer provided above the lower electrode; And the piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode provided above, the cucurbit constant of the piezoelectric layer is 750 to 1500 in the piezoelectric element and the high-pressure electric field of 10 to 40kV / cm of the piezoelectric layer.


Florida doctors soon could soon be seeing caps on medical malpractice awards made to Medicaid patients, as the state legislature appears ready to approve a bill limiting damages paid by doctors and hospitals in such cases to $300,000.


A review of the literature shows that women learn and behave in ways that differ from the norm in engineering, science, and mathematics, but no research has been done specifically on women in engineering technology. In order to determine whether there is a difference between what women in engineering technology perceive as important to them and what exists in their academic programs, we conducted a survey of 100 female students from 2‐year and 4‐year schools throughout the country. Specifically, we were interested in their perceptions of competition and challenge, faculty support, recognition of their abilities, peer support, and inclusion in the program. The results showed significant differences between what was important to them and what they perceive exists in the program in all areas except competition and challenge. Differences were also found based upon demographic variables.


To examine the effect of mode of survey administration on response rates and response tendencies for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey and develop appropriate adjustments.


Abstract Background NHS England now subsidizes pharmaceutical firms to invest in new antibiotic development. Currently, this applies to cefiderocol and ceftazidime/avibactam for treatment of patients with severe bacterial infections non-responsive to other antibiotics. The aims are to reduce the risk of resistance and protect the longevity of antimicrobials by restricting use to certain patients with sepsis, hospital/ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections. Acute hospital trusts bear most of the drug cost but receive a 19%–33% discount. Methods Pharmacy records for ceftazidime/avibactam or cefiderocol from July to December 2022 were accessed. Medical notes and laboratory systems were interrogated for clinical information as part of required Blueteq reporting. Results 15 prescriptions of cefiderocol and ceftazidime/avibactam were reviewed in 14 patients. The total number of days of therapy was 268 (112 + 156 for cefiderocol and ceftazidime/avibactam respectively). Median treatment duration was 11.5 (IQR 7–16.5) and 10 (IQR 5–22) days for cefiderocol and ceftazidime/avibactam, respectively. All infections were considered healthcare associated. Target organisms were Enterobacterales (39%), Pseudomonas spp. (28%), Acinetobacter spp. (11%) and Stenotrophomonas spp. (22%) (Figure 2). Twenty-one percent had polymicrobial infections and 50% of patients received adjunctive antibiotics (25% cefiderocol and 71% ceftazidime/avibactam). In-hospital mortality was 64%. All Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas isolates underwent phenotypic carbapenem susceptibility testing, and 100% of these were found to be resistant to at least one carbapenem. Where phenotypic carbapenem resistance was detected in Enterobacterales, reflex carbapenemase testing in accordance with laboratory protocol was performed for 71%, with a gene detected in 71% of these. For carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates, reflex ceftazidime/avibactam testing in accordance with laboratory protocol was performed in 100%. There is no local protocol in place for reflex cefiderocol/ceftazidime/avibactam susceptibility testing in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas isolates. The median turnaround time from sample collection to result authorization was 2 (IQR 1.75–10) and 7 (IQR 2–9) days for cefiderocol and ceftazidime/avibactam, respectively. Use was empirical at the time of prescription in 40% of cases and appropriate (based on final AST results) in 80%. An infection specialist was involved in the initial prescription in all cases, and bedside review occurred in all cases. Conclusions Use of high-cost antimicrobials is currently led by infection specialists in our Trust, often empirical initially but usually appropriate based on final results. Practices around reflex expanded susceptibility of clinically significant MDR Gram negatives, and carbapenemase testing of Enterobacterales should be improved. Optimizing these processes should be prioritized as the infection sciences laboratory moves to a central hub.


Recently, deep learning has shown powerful learning ability. However, convolutional neural networks still have limitations, and it is difficult for classical deep CNN models to obtain global information and long-term dependencies of the input image (feature map) in the same layer network structure. Although the local perceptual field of the same-layer convolutional structure can be increased to some extent by the superposition of multiple convolutional modules, such a simple stacked structure often results in disadvantages such as computational inefficiency and difficulty in optimization of deep CNN models, and inspired by this, we combine scattering transform with attention-base convolutional neural network to extract deep features, while fully considering the characteristics of the endmember extracted from hyperspectral images, and propose dual attention-based convolutional neural network (DACNN). Here, the endmember bundle is added to the unmixing process to reduce the effect of spectral variability in hyperspectral unmixing, and in addition the scattering transform feature with the attention mechanism allows the network to focus on the deep features, making the unmixing process more interpretative and accurate. Experiments on two different real data sets demonstrate the superiority of DACNN over several advanced unmixing algorithms.


✓ During an anatomical study of 295 cerebral dural sinuses obtained from cadavers, polypoid nodules were found in the superior sagittal sinus in two specimens. In 23 additional specimens, similar but smaller nodules were encountered in the transverse sinuses. The polyps in the superior sagittal sinuses were of sufficient size to cause a dilatation of the sinuses at the level of the masses. The histological evidence indicates their origin to be Pacchionian granulations.


Based on the analysis of the service performance of the DC110 V power,the zero-voltage zero-current-switching(ZVZCS)PWM DC/DC full-bridge converter is selected.The supply circuit and the key component of switch power are designed and calculated.The whole simulation module of control system is built up under the power PSpice platform and the several ways are used in the simulation module.The scheme is verified on the 8 kW prototype converter used in the electric power locomotive engine operating at 20 kHz.The simulative result proves the design is right and feasible.


The paper presents test results and theoretical analysis of non-linear viscoelasticity of asphalt concrete statically loaded at bending. Tests on asphalt concrete were performed at three-point bending under constant load at +10, -10 and -20 degrees C. Load was kept constant for a certain time and creep strains were recorded. Conventional and elastomer modified asphalt concrete were tested. It was found that asphalt concrete subjected to creep under bending at +10 degrees C exhibits non-linear viscoelastic properties. Non-linear effects are greater for greater loading time and greater magnitudes of applied stresses. At -10 and -20 degrees C non-linear effects have not been found. Non-linear effects are more pronounced for elastomer modified asphalt concrete. A non-linear viscoelastic model of asphalt concrete is proposed. The model is an experimental extension of the linear viscoelastic superposition principle presented by Boltzmann. The proposed model enables separation of linear and non-linear components of strain at creep. The model well fits experimental data for material response under loading. It could be concluded that the viscoelastic non-linearity of asphalt concrete is of special importance in analysis of asphalt pavement behaviour at temperatures equal or greater than +10 degrees C and at longer loading time (standing and slowly moving vehicles). In these conditions use of linear elastic or linear viscoelastic analysis may give uncertain results. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 885061.


It is routine practice during bronchoscopic sessions in the Chest Clinic at Hammersmith Hospital, to have a trainee present and to record findings photographically 1. This inevitably prolongs the procedure. The associated anaesthetic problems and a method of safely circumventing them have been described previously.2 A new technique of ventilating through an open bronchoscope was first described by Sanders in 1967.3 Its performance has also been assessed by several others4-8. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Sanders' method of ventilation could be applied successfully, firstly, when using wide-bore photographic telescopes which considerably reduce the pathway available for ventilation and secondly, during the longer operating times necessary for teaching.


Hydrogen produced by nitrogenase consumed 40~60% of energy of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Hydrogenase can uptake and reuse the H 2 produced by nitrogenase, which results in decreasing the loss of energy and increasing the efficiency of nitrogen fixation. The membrane bound hydrogenase from autotrophical cultured Rhizobium japanicum and from the bacteroids of peanut nodule have been purified and characterized. The hydrogenase from R.japonicum consists of two subunits (60 kD, 30 kD). The molecular weight of large and small subunits of hydrogenase from R.arachis is about 65 kD and 35 kD. Both hydrogenases are NiFe hydrogenase. No cytochrome b(559) could be detected in the fractions with the highest specific activity of hydrogenase from R. japonicum. R. arachis L8 3 strains(hup +) expressed high hydrogenase activity when grow autotrophicully in mineral salt vitamins medium and gas mixture containing H 2 and CO 2. It is evident that H 2 uptake by hydrogenase significantly increased the dinitrogen fixation either in free living cultures or in symbiotic nodules. A genomic library of R. arachis L8 3(hup +) has been constructed. Four clones(pZ 27, pZ 55, pZ 60, pZ 61) containing hup gene were screened by PCR and hydrogenase probe. The fragment of insert DNA of recombinant cosmid pZ 55 was about 19.6 kb. When the cosmid pZ 55 was transferred into the hup - strain of R.arachis and hup - strain of R.japonicum by triparental matting, the transconjugants showed high levels of H 2 uptake activities in free living state. Inoculating test was carried out in the field by using the transconjugant containing pZ 55. The result indicated that H 2 uptake activity of nodules inoculated with hup + transconjugant was 4 fold high than those of nodule inoculated with recipient (hup -). The total nitrogen content of peanut leaves and seed increased by 17% and 8.9% respectively. The peanut yield inoculated with transconjugant increased by 9.6% in comparison with that inoculated with recipient.


A Geometric Perspective on Condensed Forms for Hamiltonian Matrices.- Homogenization Techniques and Estimation of Material Parameters in Distributed Structures.- Approximation of the Thermoviscoelastic Control System.- Some Partial Differential Equations Arising in Nonlinear Control and Optimization.- A Root Locus Methodology for Parabolic Distributed Parameter Feedback Systems.- Universal Observability.- Numerical SoLution of Travelling Waves for Reaction-Diffusion Equations via the Sinc-Galerkin Method.- Numerical SoLution of a Control Problem for Optimal Cooling of Viscoelastic Films.- Observability of Perspective Systems: A New Approach to Computer Vision.- A Regularization Method for Inverse Heat Conduction Problems.- Computing Inverse Laplace Transforms Using Convergence Acceleration.- Convergence Acceleration Applied to Sinc Approximation with Application to Approximation of in r.- EigenvaLue Approximations for Numerical Observability Problems.- Approximation of LQR-Problems for Delay Systems: A Survey.- Applications of Homogeneity to Nonlinear Adaptive Control.- Identification of Microscopic Flaws Arising in Thermal Tomography by Domain Decomposition Method.- Parameter Estimation in the Stefan Problem.- Gaussian Quadrature and Linear Systems.- Penalty, Multiplier, and Newton Methods for a Class of Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems.- A Fully Galerkin Method for the Recovery of Stiffness and Damping Parameters in Euler-Bernoulli Beam Models.- Numerical Studies of the Linear Quadratic Control Problem for Retarded Systems with Delay in Control.- Acuity of Observation for Invariant EvoLution Equations.- On Compactifications of Decentralized Output Feedback Spaces.- Dynamic High Gain Output Feedback Stabilization Algorithm.


A series of substituted amides of acrylic acid with various functional groups have been synthesized. On their basis there were obtained synthetic polymers which potentially could be employed as the probes capable of interaction with biomacromolecules. Atomic force microscopy was applied to study the interaction between DNA and the copolymers.


This study developed and evaluated a novel concurrent biofeedback system for the sprint start. Previous studies have investigated sprint start biofeedback applications, but these have either not considered important kinematics, coaching implications or key motor learning principles. The biofeedback system was developed to convey rear knee angle information, obtained from 3D motion capture to novice participants as changes in the colour of an LED start line when they were in the "set" position. Based on initial user feedback, the system indicated whether the participants' rear knee angles were within ± 2° of 130° (green) or not (red). A two-group experimental study was then employed to explore the acute responses of novices to the use of the biofeedback system during the sprint start. When exposed to biofeedback, the experimental group (EXP, n = 10) exhibited less deviation (4.0 ± 2.4°) from the target rear knee angle than they did in either a pre-test (11.9 ± 6.9°) or post-test (10.4 ± 4.4°) condition without biofeedback. The control group (CON, n = 10) with no biofeedback exhibited greater deviation from the target rear knee angle than the EXP group in all three condition blocks (pre-test = 21.8 ± 15.1°, no intervention = 15.6 ± 7.3°, post-test = 14.3 ± 6.5°) but the group × condition interaction effect was not significant (P = 0.210). The novel biofeedback system can be used to manipulate selected "set" position kinematics and has the potential to be incorporated with different input systems (e.g. inertial measurement units (IMUs)) or in longitudinal designs.


. Roseli W, Tanaka Y, Taha H. 2023. Isolation of euryhaline microalgal strains from tropical waters of Brunei Darussalam for potential biomass production. Biodiversitas 24: 4651-4660. Rapid urbanization has increased the accumulation of excess nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in natural water bodies (eutrophication). Microalgae are seen as a viable candidate to resolve the problem due to their ability to absorb nutrients from the eutrophicated water (phycoremediation). Euryhaline microalgae could significantly benefit because they can tolerate various salinities while maintaining high biomass productivity. This study aimed to isolate euryhaline microalgae from tropical waters and evaluate the algae's potential to produce biomass and absorb nutrients in a wide range of salinities. Three strains labelled W1, W2, and W3 were isolated from Brunei waters and confirmed by DNA barcoding as Desmodesmus sp., Micractinium sp., and Chlorococcum sp., respectively. These strains were screened for salinity tolerance by exposing them to eight conditions (salinity 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35) and evaluated for their high growth performance based on optical density. While the growth of Desmodesmus sp. and Chlorococcum sp. decreased from its highest value by 67% and 61%, respectively, the growth of Micractinium sp. was only reduced by 46%, and therefore, Micractinium sp. was considered to be the most euryhaline species and studied further in the next scale-up experiment. Micractinium sp. was cultivated at salinities of 0, 15, and 30 and recorded the highest biomass production of 54.1 ± 6.0 mg L −1 d −1 at salinity 15. Furthermore, they produced high amounts of N and P in their biomass, indicating that they are suitable for the phycoremediation of eutrophic water bodies. Therefore, Micractinium sp. is a potential candidate for open-pond cultivation because of its tolerance to a wide range of salinities and high biomass productivity.


The article analyzes the phenomenon of online shopping as a form of consumption that is rapidly developing in the transformation of modern society. The main factors of the formation of social motivational base for online shopping in the modern Ukrainian situation are examined. The classification of motivational intentions of consumers is proposed in the article. On the basis of this classification the attempt is made to build a cluster of behavioral model that actualizes the need for further theoretical and empirical research of the problem. The research is of particular importance because consumption in the diversity of its manifestations is necessary internal motivation for any social activity.


The hitherto promising finds of oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf have increased the general activity in this area considerably. Consequently, the need for better charts and more precise navigational systems have become more pertinent. During the past few years a number of marine geodetic projects have either been planned or embarked upon by various organizations within both the public and private sectors. This article gives a brief review of the Norwegian projects which have special relevance to marine geodesy; this includes the following areas: recommendations, requirements, precision navigation, satellite positioning, reference systems, boundary problems, bathymetry, geological mapping, marine geoid determination, and data base developments. The reference list will give the reader more detailed sources of information.


Although crop and crop residue management practices are mainly used for increasing crop yield, they and the resulting changes in crop growth affect one or more hydrological components, including runoff. Based on published research in the Canadian Prairies, this paper reviews the effects of crop type, quantity of crops and crop residues, crop variability within landscapes, tillage, and stubble management practices on crop water use (termed including evaporation, transpiration and interception), snow trapping, and water infiltration, with the aim to discuss major impacts of crop and residue management on runoff. Rainfall runoff is influenced by rain interception and crop water use, and it can be reduced by choosing appropriate crop types, increasing above-ground biomass, or increasing coverage on the soil surface, activities which coincide with the farmer's efforts of increasing crop productivity. However, although high stubble and reduced tillage for maintaining good residue cover help conserve soil moisture and improve soil health, they increase snowmelt runoff potential. The review emphasizes the need of future research to assess the agronomic and environmental trade-offs of crop residue management, the linkage between crop water use and runoff, and the impacts of crop and residue management on runoff across various temporal and spatial scales.


Estrogens are a category of hormone responsible for, amongst other things, the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. There are 3 major endogenous estrogens that have estrogenic hormonal activity: estrone (E1), estradiol (E2) and estriol (E3). Estradiol is the most potent and prevalent. Estrogens are believed to be synthesized in all vertebrates and some insects. Quantitatively, estrogens circulate at lower levels than androgens in both males and females, regardless of species. While estrogen levels are significantly lower in males compared to females, estrogens nevertheless have important physiological roles in males. This wide area of prevalence and biochemical importance leads the estrogen group of steroids to be a highly active space in terms of biochemical and metabolic research.


The writer kept a record of spelling errors found in written assignments of 97 student teachers enrolled at Hunter College of the City of New York during a period of six consecutive terms, from the spring term of 1954 through the fall term of 1956. These 97 students comprised the total number of student teachers assigned to the writer during six five-month terms. The words misspelled by these students were recorded from an av?ra g e of nine written assignments per term. No record was kept of the number of times any one word was misspelled by the same student, but a count was made of the number of students who misspelled the same word.


Welding arc,smog,toxic gases,heat and noises produced in welding process,and the safety of the welding equipment have an influence upon people,s health and safety.Based on this analysis,some protective measures are proposed from the performance environment,welding devices,welding technology,personal protection.,etc.


Fifty percent of breast cancer cases now involve women older than 65, but are these women victims of ageism when it comes to research, diagnosis and treatment of the disease? This was one of many issues explored at a recent Vancouver conference on breast cancer treatment involving older women.


This paper provides an ontology-based distributed heterogeneous data integration framework (ODHDIF). The framework resolves the problem of semantic interoperability between heterogeneous data sources in semantic level. By metadatas specifying the distributed, heterogeneous data and by describing semantic information of data source , having "ontology" as a common semantic model, semantic match is established through ontology mapping between heterogeneous data sources and semantic difference institutions are shielded, so that semantic heterogeneity problem of the heterogeneous data sources can be effectively solved. It provides an effective technology measure for the interior information of enterprises to be shared in time accurately.


The stigmata of both female and hermaphrodite flowers of Actinidia deliciosa and of female flowers of A. chinensis var. chinensis are wet. The secretion is produced in the transmitting cells beneath the papillae, in secretory cells lining the stylar groove and canal, and in the inner walls of the locules. The secretion contains polysaccharides, pectins, and traces of protein. In hermaphrodite flowers of A. deliciosa, the degree of female organ development is less than in female flowers, but pollen tube growth is not impaired on papillate stigmata. Time between pollination and fertilization in A. deliciosa is 68 h, and in A. chinensis, 64 h.


This paper is an enhanced application based on history of records. It has been developed for privacy aware cross cloud service composition for processing big data applications. It can be effectively promotes cross cloud service composition in the situation where a cloud refuses to disclose all details of its service transaction records for business privacy issues in cross-cloud scenario. Our composition evaluation approach achieves two advantages. Firstly, our method significantly reduces the time complexity as only some representative history records are recruited, which is highly demanded for big data applications. Secondly, our method protects cloud privacy as a cloud is not required to process all of its transaction records, which accordingly protects privacy in big data. That to cross cloud is the most complex integration. With the help of two cloud servers and one big data database storage we are going to deploy data using an authenticated service. The authentication service is based deployed by assigning the primary key to each user. All this are processed with an RFID card. All the data is split and stored in a balanced way in two servers. So that the data are not clashed with each other and the time is reduced to store and process data.


The paper first introduces the four ways of domestic female studies:the sex thinking of the western feminism,female ownership in traditional Chinese society,the radical consciousness of female cultural expression and the special guiding of female living training,then analyzes the current situation and defects of female studies and finally gives a reasonable reflection of female culture in practical significance.


This study investigated the changes in conceptions on mathematics teaching and
learning of preservice BScEd teachers after 12 weeks of full time teaching practice.
Written answers to open ended questions administered at the beginning and end of
student teaching were triangulated with interviews. The preservice teachers
exhibited more differences in conceptions on teaching than on learning
mathematics. Students' age, class level, the nature of mathematical content and the
need to match students' discursive skills with their achievement in written work
influenced the preservice teachers' pedagogical and epistemological beliefs. The
paper postulates some possible factors that influenced preservice teachers'
conceptions on mathematics instruction.


Objectives To develop a computer-based system for modelling and interpreting plasma antiretroviral concentrations for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Methods Data were extracted from a prospective TDM study of 199 HIV-infected patients (CCTG 578). Lopinavir (LPV) and efavirenz (EFV) pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters were modelled using a Bayesian method and interpreted by an expert committee of HIV specialists and pharmacologists who made TDM recommendations. These PK models and recommendations formed the knowledge base to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could estimate drug exposure, interpret PK data and generate TDM recommendations. The modelled PK exposures and expert committee TDM recommendations were considered optimum and used to validate results obtained by the AI system. Results A group of patients, 67 on LPV, 46 on EFV and three on both drugs, were included in this analysis. Correlations were high for LPV and EFV estimated trough and 4 h post-dose concentrations between the AI estimates and modelled values (r>0.79 for all comparisons; P<0.0001). Although trough concentrations were similar, significant differences were seen for mean predicted 4 h concentrations for EFV (4.16 μg/ml versus 3.89 μg/ml; P=0.02) and LPV (7.99 μg/ml versus 8.79 μg/ml; P<0.001). The AI and expert committee TDM recommendations agreed in 53 out of 69 LPV cases [kappa (κ)=0.53; P<0.001] and 47 out of 49 EFV cases (κ=0.91; P<0.001). Conclusions The AI system successfully estimated LPV and EFV trough concentrations and achieved good agreement with expert committee TDM recommendations for EFV- and LPV-treated patients.


Hyogo Cancer Center has recently established a cancer care support center due to being designated as a regional cancer hospital in January 2007.Since then,the center has been providing consultations to cancer patients and their families.Certified nursing specialists are in charge of initial consultations concerning medical treatment and work together with pharmacists and other professionals as members of a medical team in providing them.By verifying the content of individual consultation records,we were able to understand the feelings of unease and other concerns of cancer patients concerning cancer drug therapy as well as the type of information that they need,and also examined the knowledge and skills pharmacists need to provide high quality consultations.Our findings clarified the role that pharmacists are expected to perform as a member of the medical team in the cancer support center and suggested how they could be even more actively involved in consultations.


The Controlled Retracting Injection Point (CRIP) process for underground coal gasification (UCG) was successfully demonstrated during the Rocky Mountain I (RM I) field test conducted in the winter of 1987-88 near Hanna, Wyoming. The basic features for the CRIP process are its ability to maintain oxidant injection low in the coal seam by utilizing a horizontal, lined injection borehole, and its ability to re-ignite the coal at a given location via a movable igniter/torch assembly, when heat losses to inert overburden begin to degrade product gas quality in the mature cavity. This assembly is positioned to burn through the stainless steel liner at desire locations, creating new injection points for oxygen and steam, thereby allowing for multiple cavities from a single injection borehole. During the field test, thermocouples in the vicinity of the reactors indicated growth of the cavity beginning low in the coal seam. Also, on each of the three occasions that the torch was used to cut the liner and initiate a new cavity, a rapid improvement in gas quality occurred. These results confirm the ability of the CRIP process to operate as planned. In this paper the details of the igniter assembly are described, operating conditions duringmore » the liner cutting maneuvers are presented and data describing the system response to the initiation of new cavities are analyzed. Finally, optimization of the igniter assembly and its use at high pressures and in alternate geometries is discussed. 9 refs., 12 figs.« less


Rank score functions are known to be versatile and powerful techniques in factorial designs. Researchers have established the theoretical properties of these methods based on nonparametric hypotheses, but only scanty empirical results are available in the literature on these procedures. In this paper, four types of rank score functions Wilcoxon-scores, Mood-scores, normal-scores and expected normal- scores are studied in the context of twoiVway factorial designs using asymptotic ƒO2 (Wald-Type) and modified Box- approximation (ANOVA-Type) tests. The empirical Type I error rate and power of these test statistics on the rank scores were determined using Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the robustness of the tests. The results show that there are problems of inflation in the Type I error rate using asymptotic ƒO2 test for all the rank score functions, especially for small sample sizes and distributions studied. The modified Box- approximation test was found to be robust for both validity and efficiency, especially for Wilcoxon, normal and expected normal score functions. It was concluded that the asymptotic ƒO2 test is non-robust for rank score functions in two-factor designs. Keywords : Rank score functions, Type I error rates, Power, Factorial designs.


Abstract Consumer research tends to isolate the impact of marketing and social factors. Little has been done to include both. This paper aimed to find out what would happen when these two sets of factors are included. Two models were built in this paper, Model I with the marketing factors only and Model II with both the marketing and social factors. Data was collected in Ireland among more than 1473 transition year students in a personal survey regarding their willingness to learn Chinese. Data were analysed by using structural equation modelling (SEM). Results showed the two social variables, acculturation and intergenerational influence, significantly consolidated the effects of brand awareness on both brand trust and purchase behaviour; and they diminished the impact of brand trust on purchase behaviour. Empirical evidence suggested the worthiness for marketing researchers to examine both marketing and social factors in consumer research.


In the present work, the different possible interactions between comet tail and the solar wind in the present of the inter-planetary magnetic field (IMF) had been studied. Magneto-hydrodynamic laws (MHD) were used to simulate interactions occurring between comet tail and solar wind using one –dimensional space. The model simulation was achieved using Lax-Wendroff explicit method. The interaction between cometary tail ions and solar wind can be understood by means of spatial distribution of new-generated ions from the comet nucleus with the homogenous flow of the solar wind plasma. The difference between average molecular mass of both types along with step-increase in the number of particles can reproduce the whole shape of the comet tail, thus comparison the results of the MHD simulation can be mode fruitful to understand the specific type of particles interaction. The results show that the molecules weight distributes in such away that fallows the direction of the IMF and decreases rapidly as the distance increases away from the nucleus. Pressure results indicate that the velocity of the particles around the nucleus must decrease. That was explained on the bases of mass conservation laws. Also the effects of the IMF were explained. ةصلاخلا لاــجملا دوــجوب بنذــملا بــنذو ةيســمشلا حاــيرلا نيــب ةــفلتخملا تلاعاــفتلا ةــسا رد تــمت يلاــحلا ثــحبلا يــف بكاوكلا نيب ام يسيطانغملاف (IMF) . كيمانيدوردـيهوتينغملا نيناوـق تمدختـسأ (MHD) تلاعاـفتلا ةاـكاحمل دحاو دعب مادختساب ةيسمشلا حايرلاو بنذملا ليذ نيب ثدحت يتلا . كاحم سكلا ةقيرط مادختساب تمت ماظنلا ةا ةرشابملا فوردنيو . تاـنويلأل يناـكملا عيزوتلا للاخ نم ةيسمشلا حايرلاو بنذملا ليذ نيب ام لعافتلا مهف نكمي ةيسـمشلا حاـيرلا اـمزلابل سناجتملا نايرجلاو بنذملا ةاون نم ةدلوتملا ةديدجلا . نزوـلا ةـلتك لدـعم نيـب قرـفلا نإ نلا لاكل يئيزجلا لـماكلا لكشـلا دـيعي نا نـكمي تاميسـجلا ددـعل ةـئجافملاو ةعيرسـلا ةداـيزلا عـم اـمزلابلا نـم نيعو ماـظنل ةاـكاحملا جئاـتن ةـنراقم كلذـلو ،بنذـملا ليذـل (MHD) تاميسـجلا نيـب لـعافتلا عوـن ةـفرعمل ةرـمثم نوـكت . نغملا لاجملا هاجتأ عبتي هنا ثيحب نوكي يئيزجلا نزولا عيزوت نأ جئاتنلا تنيب بـكاوكلا نيـب اـم يسيطا (IMF) بنذـملا ةاوـن نـع ادـيعب ةفاسـملا داـيدزا عـم ةـئجافم ةروصـب دادزـيو . نأ تـنيب دـقف طغضـلاب ةـصاخلا جئاـتنلا اـمأ لقت نأ بجي ةاونلا لوح تاميسجلا ةعرس . ةقاطلاو ةلتكلا ظفح نيناوق ساسأ ىلع اذه ريسفت مت دقو . مت كلذكو م يسيطانغملا لاجملا ريثأت ريسفت بكاوكلا نيب ا (IMF) . Introduction There are many models used to describe the structure of the comet nucleus [1], of which, the so called "dirty-ice" model [2], is the most acceptable. When the comet approaches the sun, it will suffer from higher solar wind density. This will cause generation of ions from the comet nucleus with extremely high rate. As a result, the comet will have more dense tail as it approaches the sun.


Description The TIDEP-0090 demonstrates how TI's single-chip millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology can be used for robust, long-range sensing in traffic monitoring and other applications. The reference design uses the IWR1642BOOST evaluation module (EVM) and integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the IWR1642 device. The processing chain includes the analog radar configuration, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) capture, low-level FFT processing, and highlevel clustering and tracking algorithms. This reference design is intended to be built on top of the TI mmWave SDK for a cohesive software experience including APIs, libraries, and tools for evaluation, development, and data visualization.


Anterior tumor removal, cord decompression and spinal stabilization gain in significance in surgical treatment of vertebral tumors. An implant system, consisting of a basket as vertebral body replacement, plates and screws, was developed using carbon fibre reinforced polysulfone. This system allows to perform individually shaped, stable and short-distance spine fusions from an anterior approach. Moreover its radiolucence facilitates postoperative care and irradiation. Operative technique and clinical experience are demonstrated in two patients.


ABSTRACT The shared memories of the Second World War have played a crucial role in the process of integration of the European Union (EU). After the Enlargement to the East, the EU also sought to accommodate the historical experiences of the former communist countries. The result of this process was an EU memory framework that focused on shared suffering under totalitarian (both fascist and communist) regimes. This article examines the impact of this framework and its equalization of fascism and communism on Croatia (new member state) and Serbia (in accession talks). We conclude that the framework is used locally as an opportunity structure to renegotiate ideological conflicts.


Drivers experience the road network on a route basis, rather than as links or points where data are collected. Route travel times can be calculated by summing simultaneous (i.e. at the same clock time) link travel times along the route. However, drivers do not experience an entire route simultaneously. An algorithm was developed to calculate temporally-stitched route travel times for each departure time period. The resulting estimates involve walking link travel times through time and are compared to travel time estimates derived by simultaneously summing link travel times for common departure times. Route travel times calculated using one-minute link travel time data were compared to the route travel times calculated using five and fifteen-minute average link travel times for routes of varying length. The study found a mean absolute travel time difference less than 6% of the route free flow travel time using one-minute link travel times. As aggregation intervals increased, the mean differences decreased. Lag between peaks of average travel time from each method decreased as length decreased, as aggregation periods increased, and as congestion occurred earlier in the route. The algorithm also tracks bottlenecks experienced in each calculated route travel time. It does so by tracking the maximum length of contiguous congested links and separates route travel times by the maximum length of contiguous congested links creating two distinct travel time distributions. Findings indicate that the congested route travel time distribution may also contain a third distribution of route travel times under extreme congestion due to incidents.


The dynamic growth of multimedia production and multimedia enabling devices increase a need for a way that can store, manage, access and share the multimedia data. The explosion of digital media content is driving the need for more effective solutions for annotation, managing and effective searching large repositories of video to fulfill the demand of viewers. Of all media types only the video is more interesting and can convey the information in a better way because it is not only the collection of still images, but also a complex temporal medium having high level semantic ideas. Today the viewers are interested for a more personalized way of viewing the videos rather than browsing linear and non-linear videos. Instead of predefined subjects, the viewers are comfortable to describe their own interest for the video


Positioning systems for indoor area using the existing wireless local area network infrastructure have been suggested. To provide location aware services, obtaining the position of a user accurately is important. Location fingerprinting schemes are the most promising. In this paper we present some experimental results toward such a systematic study and discuss some issues related to the indoor positioning.


Considering the problem that college in Economy Academy is not attached importance to,this article newly analyses the functions of College Chinese case and on the pratical basis of the Chinese level,interest and hobby of students,expound some methods that aim at reforming college Chinese teaching and arousing the interest of student.


The experiment studied the factors that influencing on softwood cutting survival rate of Hippophaer hamnoides L.The results showed that the most significant method was to collect the semi-lignified cuttings from the middle part of branches between the end of June and the end of July,presoaked them in NAA 50 mg/kg solution or IBA 100 mg/kg solution for 16 hours,the suitable proportion of transplanting medium with soil and sand was 2∶1.And the rooting rate reached 80%.


The invention belongs to the technical field of animal manure comprehensive utilization and culture, and relates to a method for culturing maggot by utilizing livestock and poultry manure slurry. The method comprises the following steps: collecting animal manure in a temporary animal manure lagoon; fermenting effective microorganism (EM) strain, or enzymatic microorganism, or mixed strains of the EM strain and the enzymatic microorganism to ensure that the manure slurry is liquefied to form liquefied manure slurry; putting putrescent food in an outdoor fly concentrated position; putting collected seed maggot on a net chain above a fly cage to collect fly eggs and maggot; and maintaining the temperature of diluted manure slurry in a maggot culture pond, introducing oxygen to ensure that the maggot is cultured for 3 to 4 days and developed into imagochrysalis, and capturing by utilizing a net bag. The culture process has the advantaages of simple process, high animal manure utilization, safe and reliable equipment, high maggot culture benefit, large comprehensive utilization value, high quality of maggot and light environmental pollution, and can be used for large-scale industrial culture.


In this research work triangular shaped broadband patch antenna with high gain is proposed. The proposed is designed by a triangular shaped radiating patch with modified ground plane. The covered frequency ranges from 4.7 GHz to 9 GHz with peak gain 3.47 dBi. Two resonant frequencies at 5.1 GHz and 7.8 GHz with minimum reflection coefficient of -26dB and -33.9 dB are achieved. The simulated design antenna is offered broadband with percentage bandwidth of 62%. The designed antenna is simulated using Ansoft designer software.


 Following footage provided to the department in April 2018 showing unacceptable conditions for animals on a ship carrying live sheep to the Middle East, the Hon. David Littleproud MP, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources initiated an independent review into the capability and culture of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources in relation to the regulation of live animal exports.


The the actual state of the research of Mobile Ad Hoc Network and Multi Mobile Robots System are introduced. Also describes the IEEE802. 11DCF protocol for MAC. Talks about the advantage of combining this two techniques. Based on the premise,a project of the application of Ad Hoc Network in Muti Mobile Robots System is proposed.


This paper points out that the metropolitan growth is one of the major tendencies of American urbanization. Some problems are resulted in this process due to the administrative separation: impossibility to implement the regional plan, difficult in site optimization of regional public facilities, contradiction in business and industrial location, and urban sprawl. To solve these problems such measurements have been taken as annexation of city and county, legitimize a strong metropolitan government, semi-governmental cooperation of localities, special district or agency for specific function, contract between local governments. Suggestions are raised for the urbanization in China: setting up some trans-administration mechanism to strengthen the regional coordination and formulating regional plan to solve existing problems.


Introduction: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic levels globally. Depression as a comorbidity in patients with Diabetes Mellitus has been reported by many studies. The coexistence of diabetes and depression is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare cost. The reports of studies are conflicting and the exact mechanisms linking depression and diabetes are unclear.
Aim and Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence as well as the correlation of depression with socio demographic profile, duration of disease state, presence of complications and effect of therapeutic intervention in patients with Diabetes mellitus.
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted with an aim of assessing depression as a comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus. Depression was assessed using the patient health questionairre-9 (PHQ-9).
Results: Depression as defined by PHQ score ?5 was present in 45% of the individuals. Severe depression (PHQ score ?15) was present in 8% subjects, moderate depression (PHQ score ?10) in 14% subjects, and mild depression was present in 23% of subjects. Coexisting depression in patients with diabetes was associated with decreased adherence to treatment, poor metabolic control, higher complication rates, decreased quality of life and increased disability. Depression was significantly more prevalent in rural subjects (59%) as compared to urban ones (26%).
Conclusion: Coordinated strategies for clinical care are necessary to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the burden of illness. Currently, recognition of depression among individuals with diabetes is suboptimal, therefore global approaches to establish coordinated, multifaceted interventions to improve early recognition of depression and early initiation of treatment for depression are required to reduce the worldwide burden of depression among individuals with diabetes.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Depression,


Basic amenities such as clean water, air and food are essential not only for human livelihood but also for the surrounding biotic habitats in the environment for sustainable development. Due to the human habitation, and the anthropogenic activities, large scale change in land use has affected the hydrologic regime across watersheds. The water resource availability in a catchment depends upon the integrity of the land use, terrain and meteorological parameters such as rainfall, temperature, etc. The land use of the catchment plays an important role in maintaining the water flow in the rivers or streams as either surface or subsurface runoff (Pipeflow and Baseflow), holding water in the sub strata's, recharging the aquifers and hence catering the water demands as per the human and environmental needs. The study was conducted in order to understand the dynamics of land use and its implication on the catchment capabilities in catering the demands of environment (forests), agriculture, domestic and livestock needs on Lakshmanatirtha catchment of the Cauvery river basin which has an area of 3969 km2. The land use assessment using remote sensing and GIS showed the catchment is dominated (61.94%) by agriculture and horticulture, followed by forests with as area of 14.3% followed by other land uses. The Ghats (uplands) of the catchment is dominated by forests where as the plains are with agriculture and horticulture activities. Hydrologic assessment is done using the land use and the meteorological data was carried out at watershed level. The assessment showed that out of five watersheds, four of the watersheds had very high deficiency of water for over 3 months, and one of the watersheds had no deficit. The deficiency of water indicated that the watersheds were not able cater the both the human and environmental needs but also the streams were devoid of water flow which explains the deficiency in maintaining ecological flow.


This study demonstrates the crystal-phase intergradation of InAs nanostructures grown on graphene via van der Waals epitaxy. InAs nanostructures with diverse diameters are yielded on graphene. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) reveals two crystallographic features of (i) wurtzite (WZ)-to-zinc blende (ZB) intergradation along the growth direction of InAs nanostructures and (ii) an increased mean fraction of ZB according to diameter increment. Based on the HR-TEM observations, a crystal-phase intergradation diagram is depicted. We discuss how the formation of a WZ-rich phase during the initial growth stage is an effective way of releasing heterointerfacial stress endowed by the lattice mismatch of InAs/graphene for energy minimization in terms of less in-plane lattice mismatching between WZ-InAs and graphene. The WZ-to-ZB evolution is responsible for the attenuation of the bottom-to-top surface charge interaction as growth proceeds.


This article examines the Canadian Language Benchmarks (Pawlikowska-Smith, 2000; Hajer and Kaskens 2012) within the context of national second language programming. I argue that students and teachers can view such documents as hidden curriculum with which they can engage as complicated conversations (Pinar, 2012).


This report presents a brief summary of recent minimum bias measurements using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Measurements done with inelastic proton-proton collisions at different centre-of-mass energies are shown and discussed. In this report we present results on forward-backward multiplicity correlations, two-particle angular correlation and the azimuthal ordering of charged particles. 900 GeV and 7 TeV measurements have been made of the correlations between forward and backward charged-particle multiplicities in intervals of pseudorapidity ( η ).


Background: Based on Permenkes No. 65 the year 2017, the Banjarnegara Health Research and Development (R&D) Unit is one oft he units under the NIHRD Ministry of Health, which has the task of conducting research and development of health with the advantage of leptospirosis control. The working area includes four provinces:
DI Yogyakarta, DKI Jakarta, West Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi. In addition to conducting excellent research, Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit also has to do health research based on program needs in the target area. The Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit needs to understand its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges
through the identification of internal and external environments that can be using as a basis for developing strategic planning for organizational development.
Objective: Formulate alternative strategies for the development of The Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit.
Methods: Research A descriptive case study by using a holistic single case design plan. Variable research is the internal and external factor of Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit, development issues, and the strategies of develepment. Data obtained through in-depth interviews with the related informants, observation, and study of
documents.
Results: Internal environmental analysis to see the strengths and weaknesses of the Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit. Based on the results of internal environmental analysis, the Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit has considerable strength in terms of organizational as pects, HR experience, a budget that continues to increase every
year, and infrastructure. External environmental analysis opportunities that can be utilized by the Banjarnegara Health R&D Unit are excellent stakeholder support, opportunities to collaborate with various institutions, sources of research funding, availability of information technology, and regulations that support the research
climate. While the threats identified, require large budgets to keep abreast of medical or laboratory equipment technology, the development of potential epidemic diseases, limited recruitment of human resources and the potential to reduce PNBP.
Conclusion: Strategies that can be used Banjarnegara Health R&D
Unit for development are the development of services and products according to the needs of the stakeholders, the development of cooperation with strategic stakeholders, and the development of organizations with public service agency financial management patterns.


Background: The Spontaneous Reporting System (SRS) of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of the United States of America (US), known as the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), is a mechanism for collecting information on safety concerns associated with the use of drugs for redress, as they are used on large scale. The data which is the subject of this paper came from the FAERS database. This paper reports on the analysis of data covering 2013 to 2018 period, but compares the observed trends in the variables during this period with that of the 2007 to 2012 period to ascertain whether the trends change over time; as this paper is, in a sense, a sequel to an earlier one with a similar title as this but covering the period 2007 to 2012. Objectives: The objectives of the study reported in this paper were to: i) explore the trends in the variables involved with the adverse events problem in the 2013 to 2018 period and compare these trends with that found in the study covering the 2007 to 2012 period; ii) determine whether or not the level of missing variable values in the 2013 to 2018 period is lower than, the same or higher than it was in the 2007 to 2012 period; iii) find out how the first twenty principal suspect drugs most cited to be involved in adverse events occurring during drug use in the 2013 to 2018 period compare with that of the 2007 to 2012 period. Methods: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) makes extracts from the FAERS database freely available to the public on quarterly basis. Fourteen (14) out of over fifty (50) variables contained in these extracts were reckoned to be connected with the objectives of the study and were examined using the tools of frequencies, proportions and averages, on account of the nature of the data. Results: For the period 2013 to 2018, adverse events reports submitted to the FDA (US) more than doubled (2.1 times), accounting for an annual average growth rate of 15.8 %, which is considerably lower than the annual average growth rate of 22.1% for the 2007 to 2012 period. However, the reported number of cases for 2015 was 53.8% more than that of 2014. Consistent with the results for 2007 to 2012 period, the 2013 to 2018 period saw Female subjects accounting for over 60% of the annual and the overall number of reports. Overall, non-health professionals appear to have a slight edge over health professionals in reporting adverse drug events in the 2013 to 2018 period, with an indication that reports from non-health professionals are on the decline and that from health professionals is on the rise. Non-health professionals and health professionals were almost equally likely to report adverse events in the 2007 to 2012 period. Also, the findings for the 2013 to 2018 period suggest that the older one gets the more vulnerable one becomes to adverse events associated with drug use, which is consistent with the findings for the 2007 to 2012 period. Conclusion: The dangers that come with the use of drugs is an evolving one and therefore there is the need to examine SRS data from time to time so that emerging drug safety concerns can be dealt with timeously.


The optical properties of coatings pigmented with different black colorants were systematically investigated and their surface temperatures and cooling energy savings were estimated. The black coatings pigmented with chromite iron nickel black and manganese ferrite black spinel colorants are not cool enough to be energy efficient cool black coatings. The cool black coatings pigmented with NIR-transmitting perylene black and dioxazine purple colorants possess a green shade and a violet shade, respectively. The estimated surface temperature reduction values and annual cooling energy savings in Beijing range from 3.0°C and 1.21 kWhm-2yr-1 for the black coating pigmented with chromite iron nickel colorant to 13.8°C and 5.52 kWhm-2yr-1 for the black coating pigmented with dioxazine purple colorant, respectively.


Evaluation of sovereign bonds, like evaluation of corporate bonds, involves the analysis of appropriate financial ratios. In the case of sovereigns, however, the many nonquantifiable factors may outweigh the strictly financial ones.This presentation comes from the Credit Analysis of Nontraditional Debt Securities conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 1994.


Abstract Weight-reduction focused design often leads to a problematic vibration susceptibility of the components. In order to reduce environmental and health risks, the vibrations have to be decreased preferably through lightweight-compatible solutions. The investigations presented in this manuscript aim at the establishment of a new method for almost weight-neutral adaptive tuning of the dynamic behavior. The proposed unique actuating principle is based on structural cavities generating forces and slight structural deformations (evanescent morphing) when supplied with fluid, air, or vacuum. The cavities encapsulate compressible, low-profile viscoelastic elements operating according to an extended principle of the constrained layer damping (CLD). The proposed active vibration mitigation consists of the damping capacity adaptation of the viscoelastic elements through their thickness variation using the evanescent morphing as an efficient actuating mechanism. To validate this mechanism, existing model of a beam with CLD was extended by the compression-driven change of the geometrical and material properties of the viscoelastic layer. The results of the preliminary studies on a generic beam are presented. A very significant reduction of the vibration amplitudes up to 33.5 dB could be observed at the first eigenfrequency, whereas in the whole analyzed frequency spectrum an averaged reduction of 9.2 dB was obtained.


The vital role that the landlord, agent and the tenant play in handling issues of rental and homelessness issues are discussed. The efforts made by Lisa Lodge in setting up apartments for homeless people are highlighted.


We describe a fiber optic humidity sensor comprising a moisture - sensitive overlay on a long period fiber grating (LPFG), tuned at the 1.5 microns band. The hygrosensitive material overlaid was poly(ethylene oxide)/CoCl2 hybrid containing 10 % wt CoCl2 in the form of micro- and nano-particles synthesized in situ in the polymer of 50000 molecular weight. A thin overlay of the material is deposited from an aqueous solution on the unclad region of the LPFG and upon exposure to different ambient humidity levels its spectral properties are modified. The experimental results obtained, show changes of the spectral resonance notch and the transmission strength of the LPFG. The material parameters associated with the sensing mechanism may include those of refractive index, absorption and morphological alterations of the overlaid material. Relative humidity (RH) variations in the range from 50% to 95% can been detected with a resolution better than 0.2% RH. The response time constant is found of the order of few hundred milliseconds.


Nursing needs to define the patterns of health in a community in terms that humanize and personalize the man-environment interaction. Community assessments often rely on quantitative methods to provide statistical data that allow only a superficial insight into the lives of the community members. Seldom is the qualitative aspect considered-those factors that enter into daily living and become the basis for the continuing development of man and the community. The unique focus of nursing includes an understanding of the development of human relationships within the community setting. The nurse is able to observe the man-environment interaction and describe this developmental process in terms of levels of wellness. In this manner, the community health assessment allows for the emergence of a definitive pattern: one that reflects the health of its citizens, is unique for a particular aggregate, identifies needs, and directs nursing interventions. High level wellness is the ultimate goal of nursing for the pop...


The author presents a work flow diagram that includes a path that begins with taking experimental measurements, and ends with obtaining insight from results produced by numerical simulation. Two examples illustrate this path: (1) Three-dimensional imaging measurement at micron scale, using X-ray tomography, provides information on the boundaries of irregularly-shaped alumina oxide particles held in an epoxy matrix. A subsequent numerical simulation predicts the electrical field concentrations that would occur in the observed particle configurations. (2) Three-dimensional imaging measurement at meter scale, again using X-ray tomography, provides information on the boundaries fossilized bone fragments in a Parasaurolophus crest recently discovered in New Mexico. A subsequent numerical simulation predicts acoustic response of the elaborate internal structure of nasal passageways defined by the fossil record. The author must both add value, and must change the format of the three-dimensional imaging measurements before the define the geometric boundary initial conditions for the automatic mesh generation, and subsequent numerical simulation. The author applies a variety of filters and statistical classification algorithms to estimate the extents of the structures relevant to the subsequent numerical simulation, and capture these extents as faceted geometries. The author will describe the particular combination of manual and automatic methods usedmore » in the above two examples.« less


This issue contains six articles that reflect on various aspects of working life, as it unfolds in contemporary Nordic contexts. They bring out new empirical material and theoretical reflections that – as small mosaics – can help us better understand what is going on in the Nordic labor markets, in business enterprises and public service organizations, and in the private spheres of social life. Some of the articles even suggest how we might change what is going on, in order to improve working conditions and policies. However, I dare not venture to put the mosaics together to get the 'big-picture'. I guess many interesting 'minor-pictures' can be composed upon reading the articles. Instead, let me briefly introduce the themes that the articles touch upon (...)


Currently there are over 164 universities in 31 countries offering undergraduate degree programs (or as an emphasis) in agricultural engineering (AE). Many of these programs are not offered through engineering colleges and thus are not accredited as engineering degrees. Some of the AE curriculums have less than 50% of the coursework in engineering and as a result, inadequate training in engineering is given to AE graduates to compete with those with traditional engineering degrees. Many AE programs place very little emphasis on the areas like bioprocess engineering or biomedical engineering that can make the graduates more marketable. National engineering institutions of some of the developing countries do not welcome agricultural and biological engineers on board for professional membership. This manuscript will critically evaluate such problems and the current situation of agricultural engineering education in developing countries and will attempt to create awareness among universities and professional organizations of what is necessary for a thriving agricultural and biological (systems) engineering profession.


-glucose based ispresented. Nitration and acetylation of the indole nucleosides by acetic anhydride-nitric acid mixture followedby reduction using silver catalyst (SNSM) impregnated on silica gel, afforded the corresponding amino indolenucleosides. The nucleosides were tested for antiviral activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) to show differentdegrees of antiviral activities or inhibitory actions. Key Words : Nucleosides, Nitroindole, Silver nanoparticles, Antiviral activityIntroductionMetallic nanoparticles, especially silver nanoparticles,have attracted much attention because they have alreadyshown promises in catalysis


The invention discloses an OLED manufacturing method and an OLED. The OLED comprises an anode, a cathode and an organic function layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic function layer comprises a first injection layer, a first transmission layer, at least one light emitting layer, a second transmission layer and a second injection layer which are stacked successively. The first injection layer comprises at least one first hole injection strip and at least one first electron injection strip which are arranged in a parallel, alternative and connected mode. The second injection layer comprises at least one second hole injection strip and at least one second electron injection strip which are arranged in a parallel, alternative and connected mode. The at least one second electron injection strip and the at least one second electron injection strip are arranged opposite to the at least one first hole injection strip and the at least one first electron injection strip respectively. Single-color or white light areas corresponding to the at least one first hole injection strip are lightened through alternating-current electricity, after positive and negative electrodes are switched, the single-color or white light areas corresponding to the at least one first electron injection strip are lightened within short time, and accordingly, the time is short, and human can only see the whole single-color or white light emitting layer through eyes.


The enhanced and suppressed optical transmission through aluminum metal with periodic micro-cells (with 3 × 3 [unk] 6 × 6 [unk] 9 × 9 [unk] 12 × 12 and 16 × 16 hexagonal holes array) arranged in a random structures were investigated. The random structure allows multi-peak transmission by adding micro-cells with different lattice constants. Since the periodic structure has only one peak transmission wavelength, the random structure provides multi-color light transmission properties which can be applied to wavelength selective infrared device.


We develop an OFDM receiver for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. The key issues of the OFDM receiver are frequency synchronization and equalization of channel characteristics including tuner phase noise. A new scheme for frequency synchronization is discussed. The synchronization scheme allows simultaneous frequency error estimation of the carrier frequency and the sampling frequency error with a single estimator. The frequency error estimation is based on correlation vectors of OFDM signals and the portion of its replica placed in a guard interval. A two dimensional interpolation filter is employed to equalize the channel characteristics with minimum noise bandwidth. We show the bit error rate performance of the OFDM receiver with the developed schemes in AWGN, statistic multipath, Rayleigh fading channels, and in the presence of tuner phase noise.


The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources (FKASA), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) continues its legacy of being the pioneer in the East Coast of Malaysia by organizing the third annual National Conference on Wind & Earthquake Engineering (NCWE) at Impiana KLCC Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on July 12, 2019.


The nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (nested RT-PCR) was used to study the canine distemper virus (CDV) could be detected in blood samples collected after vaccination. Blood samples were collected from 16 healthy puppies from 4 different litters on days 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, and 24, after vaccination with an attenuated, canine distemper virus, combined vaccine(Nobivac® Puppy DP) and from 3 puppies used as non-vaccinated controls. Vaccines were given subcutaneously either once on day 0 or two times on days 0 and 14, starting at the age of 8 weeks. A total of 152 blood samples were collected. The results revealed CDV could be detected in 2 vaccinated puppies (12.5%) by nested RT-PCR on days 7 and 10 after vaccination, but was not detected in the other 14 puppies (87.5%) or in the non-vaccinated control puppies. CDV-specific antibody titers were investigated before and after vaccination by a serum neutralization test (SN test). The CDV-specific antibody titer of all puppies was undetectable before vaccination. The log2 (geometric mean titers) were 2.00±1.87, 5.91±2.51, 8.33±0.58 and 7.38±2.67 on days 10, 14, 21, and 24 respectively. This study indicated that CDV could be detected by nested RT-PCR 7 and 10 days after vaccination in blood samples of vaccinated puppies that showed no CDV-specific clinical signs.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a night-shooting lecture and night sights in improving nighttime shooting accuracy. The shooting scores of police recruits with and without night sights were compared before and after the night-shooting lecture in three low-light shooting conditions: shooting at a back-lighted target, shooting at a front-lighted target, and shooting with the assistance of a flashlight. The shooting scores did not improve after the lecture for shooting at a back-lighted target and for shooting with a flashlight, indicating that the recruits had not yet mastered the specific shooting techniques taught for these specific low-light conditions. The shooting scores did improve for shooting at a front-lighted target, even though no specific shooting technique, other than what the recruits had previously learned in their firearms training, is required in this lighting condition. Night sights significantly improved the scores when shooting at a back-lighted target.


The utility model discloses a labyrinth-type bearing isolator which comprises a stationary ring, an outer O-ring, a movable ring and an inner O-ring, wherein the outer O-ring is placed in an outer circumferential groove of the stationary ring, the outer circumference of the stationary ring is in contact with a bearing shell, the inner O-ring is placed in an inner circumferential groove of the movable ring, and the inner circumference of the movable ring is in contact with a rotary shaft; a liquid collecting groove and a liquid drainage hole are arranged on the inner circumference of the stationary ring, the liquid drainage hole is positioned at the radial lowest position of the stationary ring when the liquid drainage hole is used, a liquid guide groove is arranged on the outer circumference of the movable ring, the stationary ring and the movable ring are mutually inserted to form labyrinth-type sealing, and the liquid guide groove is inserted into the liquid collecting groove and is not in contact with the bottom surface of the liquid collecting groove. The labyrinth-type bearing isolator has reasonable structure and has good isolation effect when the rotary shaft is in the rotating state and halted state.


Aims: The aim of this study is modeled the ratios of export to imports data in Turkey by using nonparametric regression methods. Study Design: This was Spline, Bayesian Spline and Penalized Spline Regression modeling study. Place and Duration of Study: Turkish Statistical Institute. The ratios of export to import data consist of sixty-seven month periods (May 2007 to November 2012). Methodology: In this study, distribution graph of ratios of export to import between 2007 to 2012 years in Turkey is modeled using spline and Bayesian spline regression methods. The results of these regression models are compared. Then Penalized spline regression is examined with Bayesian approach and models are established for the different values of the smoothing parameter which obtained using prior distributions. We proposed a new smoothing parameter using the information content of normal distribution. Under the assumption of the coefficients of basis functions are normally distributed, the new smoothing parameter ( λ*) is defined as the ratio of the


The top management teams(TMTs) of international joint ventures(IJVs) are characterized by not only demographic heterogeneity but also cultural heterogeneity.These characteristics will influence team effectiveness and organizational performance through team process.This article reports a case study of TMTs in two Sino-foreign joint ventures.We analyze how demographic heterogeneity and cultural heterogeneity of TMT affect team effectiveness through team process.Organizational culture and parent company's control over the subsidiary company and the industry characters moderate the relationship between these heterogeneous characteristics and team process;also the industry characters moderate the relationship between team process and team effectiveness.


A vertical-type phosphor-free white-light-emitting diode (LED) with its substrate removed was fabricated using a mixed-source hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method. The bare chipgrowth process at a high temperature (T ≈ 900 ◦C) in the source zone, wihch was controlled by using an RF heating coil, was completed in only four steps: namely, photolithography, epitaxial layer growth, sorting, and metallization. The emission mechanism of the white light emitted from the vertical-type phosphor-free white LED (WLED) without a traditional substrate was investigated. The characteristics of the light emitted from the WLED suggest that the mixed-source HVPE method may be a suitable manufacturing technique for a phosphor-free WLED.


The quality of life of the patients with cancer is a process of adaptation influenced by medical and sociodemographics characteristics of patients that facilitate or difficult the adaptation to the illness. This investigation employed a demographic information questionnaire and the quality of life questionnaire EORTC QLQ C-30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30), to analyze the relation between medical and demographic variables of the patient with the functional areas that compose the quality of life. This study included 122 oooooo. The results indicate that the EORTC QLQ C-30 had acceptable psychometric properties and the emotional and role functional areas are the best predictors of the quality of life in the patient with cancer. Likewise, the principal factors that affect the adaptation to the cancer are: to be in a range of age between 18 and 40 years, to take responsibilities by family members, to present financial difficulties and to receive three different treatments.


While the OECD reports on tax policy reforms in developed countries, Donald Drysdale wonders what impact these might have on Philip Hammond's forthcoming Budget.


WORKSHOP Leaders: Lee Vander Kooi Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, USA Pamela Napier, Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, USA Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com Description: During this workshop participants will gain experience through doing collaborative visualization in a team to articulate values and perpectives, and connect facts, thoughts and ideas. They will develop a shared understanding of how their own personal values connect to a design process and the larger social, economic and environmental contexts in which design decisions are made.


(57) Abstract: The present invention provides a novel cards can be repeatedly displayed many visual information durable on the card surface. At least a portion of the A rigid polyvinyl chloride card substrate surface, through the magnetic recording layer, heat by reversibly changing the opaque state and the phase change between the transparent state and the at room temperature 2 repeated printable card, characterized in that form are laminated a transparent protective layer made of a reversible thermosensitive recording layer and the photocurable crosslinking resin consisting of a polymer composition can hold.


Planar Photonic Circuits can perform many useful functions in optical communications systems, such as wavelength division multilplexing (WDM), optical channel add/drop, fibre/waveguide coupling, and amplifier gain equalization. They perform these functions by the interaction of the device structure with the light inside them. There are very effective and proven numerical methods available for modelling this interaction, such as the Beam Propagation Method (BPM), the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, and coupled mode theory (CMT). However, these methods work on a microscopic level (typically the smallest distance is about 0.1 microns), but photonic circuits, on the other hand, can occupy an entire wafer (scale: 10 cm). The analysis must span 5 or more orders of magnitude in the change in scale. The successful analysis needs to combine the basic microscopic techniques with an approach at a more abstract, or system, level. It is interesting that software designed for the analysis of optical communication systems can be applied to planar photonic circuits. This paper shows an example of a practical photonic circuit, a lattice filter, that cannot be analysed by BPM alone. It will be demonstrated that when used with a system level analysis, the whole device can be simulated.


We studied whether rapid thinning of large pulmonary arteries of neonatal rats is associated with breakdown of collagen. Pulmonary artery extracts from fetal to 21 days of age were assayed for collagen content and matrix metalloproteinases. Within 3 days postpartum, no changes in collagen content, collagenolytic activity, or levels of stromelysin-l or gelatinase A were observed. After day 3, collagen content and total proteolytic activity increased with little change in matrix metalloproteinase expression. Thus, collagen was not degraded, and the late increases in collagen and total proteolytic activity were probably growth related. Unlike adult rats in which collagen is broken down after reversal of hypoxic pulmonary artery remodeling, collagen is not broken down in neonatal pulmonary arteries during adaptation to extrauterine life.


Cu-Zn alloy nano powders were fabricated by the electrical explosion of Zn-electroplated Cu wire along with commercial brass wire. The powders exploded from brass wire were composed mainly of phases while those from electroplated wires contained additional Zn-rich phases as , and Zn. In case of Zn-elec-troplated Cu wire, the mixing time of the two components during explosion might not be long enough to solidify as the phases of lower Zn content. This along with the high vapor pressure of Zn appears to be the reason for the observed shift of explosion products towards the high-Zn phases in electroplated wire system.


The eigenmodes of a resonator with misaligned rooftop mirrors are circular right or left polarized waves which have different resonant frequencies. We discuss effects of the frequency pulling and polarization behavior of the output of the methanol model laser with a three-level homogeneously broadened amplifying medium with rooftop misaligned resonator as a function of the pump intensity and the parameters of the resonator. We show the possibility of a constant in time output of the rooftop laser with its each linearly polarized component modulated in time with a frequency equal to the beat frequency of the Stark -- splitted components of the laser- active transition line. The electric strength vector of the output radiation in this case rotates in time with the beat frequency.


During embryonic development, generation of functional organs is dependent on proper interactions between different cell types. Elucidation of the mechanisms operating during organ formation might ...


Abstract. Title of the paper: The impact of nutrition and non nutrition factors on milk urea concentration. III. A new milk urea model to indicate the dietary crude protein / energy balance in dairy cows The object of this study was to determine the impact of dietary crude protein / energy balance, stage of lactation, parity, milk protein yield, somatic cell count on milk urea concentration under the conditions of routine milk yield recording. From this data a model was created to predict the milk urea concentration for a single dairy cow or a feeding group. The relationship between dietary crude protein/energy balance, milk protein yield, stage of lactation, somatic cell count and milk urea concentration can be described by the following equation: first lactation period y = 156.7 + 42.52 * milk protein yield + 0.34 * day in milk -0.017 * somatic cell count second lactation period y = 186.2 + 43.23 * milk protein yield + 0.04 * day in milk - 0.019 * somatic cell count third lactation period y = 188.3 + 31.17 * milk protein yield + 0.06 * day in milk - 0.015 * somatic cell count The approximate confidence interval for a predicted milk urea content is ± 15 mg/l. If the analyzed milk urea concentration is greater than the predicted milk urea content (interval), this could indicate dietary crude protein excess. If the analyzed milk urea concentration is lower this might be due to a lack of dietary crude protein.


During well operation transient flows develop as soon as production begins and further withdrawal continues to cause disturbances which resulted into flow propagation throughout the period with time. The whole scenario experienced significance changes in energy exchange mechanism of the wellbore and formation which lead to unsteady production. Previous predictions are mostly based on steady state condition but the actual situation of gas well is unsteady due to the operation and geometry of the well. This paper presented a model based on unsteady state flow of gas in the producing well taking into consideration the general physical situation of the well(the formation, the wellbore and surface materials).Systems of partial differential equations which account for the unsteady flow with their necessary boundary conditions are presented and solved by finite scheme method. Copyright © 2015 Penerbit Akademia Baru All rights reserved.


Subconsciously processed fearful stimuli are routed via the limbic system directly from the thalamus to the amygdala and can automatically trigger physical and behavioural fear responses to prevent ...


Due to the physical unrealizability of electronic adding and integrating circuits with ideal characteristics, errors will be introduced in the solution of differential equations obtained by the use of electrical analog computers. Numerical errors in the solution will be introduced by fluctuations in the value of plate and of grid supply voltages, changes in the values of circuit components, and changes in the values of the vacuum tube constants. In addition, the limited frequency response of the machine components will cause the computer to solve a characteristic equation of a higher order than the original characteristic equation whose solution is desired. The error in the solution manifests itself as a shifting in the roots of the original characteristic equation as well as the production of some extra roots. The effect of this change in the root position as well as the presence of the extra roots is experienced in the curve of the solution as a function of the independent variable. In a paper on the accuracy of differential analyzers, Macnee1 has derived an expression which gives the value of the characteristic root shift. The use of this expression is accurate only for certain types of ordinary differential equations. In this paper a new expression for the value of the root shift is derived. The analysis preceding the new root-shift expression is developed in such a manner as to include the Macnee analysis as a special case.


A positive cis-acting DNA elementinthe near 5'-upstream region oftheCYP2B1/B2 genesinratliver was found toplay animportant role inthetranscription ofthese genes.Anoligonucleotide covering - 69to - 98ntmimicked thegelmobility shift pattern given bythefragment - 179to+ 29nt,whichwas earlier foundadequate toconfer theregulatory features ofthis gene.Twomajorcomplexes were seen,ofwhichthe slower andfaster movingcomplexes becameintense underuninducedand Phenobarbitone-induced conditions respectively. Minigene cloned DNAplasmid covering -179to+ 181ntinpUC19andBal31 mutantsderived fromthis parent were transcribed in wholenuclei andcell freetranscription extracts and mutants containing onlyupto- 75ntoftheupstream were poorly transcribed. Transcription extracts from phenobarbitone-injected ratlivernucleiwere significantly moreactive thanextracts fromuninduced ratsintranscribing theminigene constructs. Addition oftheoligonucleotide (-69to - 98nt)specifically inhibited thetranscription oftheminigene construct (-179to+181nt)inthecell free transcription system. Itistherefore, concluded thattheregion - 69to- 98 nt actsas a positive cis-acting elementinthe transcription oftheCYP2B1/B2 genesandinmediating theinductive effects ofphenobarbitone.