1 Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany, E-mail: email@example.com. 2 Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. 3 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. 4 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. 5 Dept. of Physics, Grad. Inst. of Astrophys.,& Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 6 Dept. of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. 7 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI 96822, USA. 8 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. 9 Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. 10 Physics Dept., College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA. 11 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom. 12 Dept. of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. 13 Dept. of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.


Human‐induced loss of environmental heterogeneity may lead to homogenisation of biological communities. However, environmental heterogeneity is important for sustaining current levels of biodiversity. Hence, more ecological research should be directed on understanding the relationships between beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity. Benthic diatoms are among the most extensively studied taxa of primary producers in streams, yet their beta diversity patterns are not well documented at intermediate spatial scales, that is within and among streams, in a catchment. We tested how well one sampling site represents the total diatom diversity of a stream using 10 boreal streams, each comprising 10 sampled riffles. We also examined variation in diatom community structure at two hierarchical scales, within and among streams. Relationships between diatom beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity were studied using a combination of species accumulation curves, canonical analysis of principal coordinates, tests of homogeneity of dispersions and distance‐based redundancy analysis. We found large variation in community structure within each stream, which indicates thatone sample is not adequate to represent the diatom diversity of an entire stream. The variation in among‐stream diatom community structure was larger than among‐stream habitat heterogeneity. Although no positive relationship between within‐stream diatom beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity was detected, we found that diatom community variation was significantly related to physical habitat structure and, surprisingly, also to grazer abundance. We recommend that more than one sampling site is included in analyses aiming to cover the diatom diversity of a whole stream. This is especially true for pristine sites with high diatom diversity. In addition, we suggest that researchers incorporate physical and biological factors as explanatory variables when monitoring diatoms both at the within‐ and among‐stream scales.


Abstract When a nonlinear heat equation is subjected to nonlocal boundary conditions, the difficulty might arise because time-dependent integral conditions present in the problem. To overcome this difficulty, we derive a nonlocal boundary shape function (NLBSF) to satisfy initial condition and two nonlocal boundary conditions. Then, letting the free function in the NLBSF be the Pascal polynomials, the generated new bases automatically satisfy all the specified conditions. The solution is thus expanded in terms of these bases. After collocating points inside the space-time domain to satisfy the nonlinear heat equation and employing a novel splitting and linearizing technique to solve the resulting linear system, we can quickly find accurate solution of the nonlocal boundary conditions problem of nonlinear heat equation. Examples confirm the high accuracy and efficiency of the proposed iterative method.


Acinetobacter baumannii is an intrinsically multidrug‐resistant pathogen that, when existing as a biofilm, confers increased environmental tolerance to desiccation, nutrient starvation as well as increased tolerance to antimicrobials. Outbreaks of A. baumannii infections within the clinical setting are often associated with the biofilm phenotype. This study investigates the role of biofilm biomass in A. baumannii susceptibility to exposure to a kilohertz‐driven, in‐house–designed, cold plasma jet, through the examination of cold plasma treatment efficacy in A. baumannii biofilms grown over various times for up to 72 h. For biofilms grown for 24, 48 and 72 h, D values were 19·32 ± 2·71, 29·18 ± 3·15 and 24·70 ± 3·07 s respectively. Monitoring A. baumannii biofilm biomass over these time periods revealed that the greatest biomass was observed at 48 h with the lowest biofilm biomass at 24 h growth. Enumeration of viable biofilm colony counts at each time point was comparable. Scanning electron microscopy images of plasma‐treated biofilms revealed extensive surface damage of A. baumannii cells. These results describe the role of biomass in mediating A. baumannii biofilm susceptibility to cold plasma treatment, implicating the biofilm matrix as a protective barrier to the antimicrobial effects of cold plasma.


The achiral C_(3v) organic phosphine tris(hydroxypropyl)phosphine oxide (1) crystallizes in the unusual chiral hexagonal space group P6_3. The structure is highly ordered because each phosphine oxide moiety forms three hydrogen bonds with adjacent hydroxy groups from three different molecules. The properties of the crystals and the presence of hydrogen bonding interactions were investigated using single crystal Raman spectroscopy. The crystals show nonlinear optical properties and are capable of efficient second harmonic generation.


In hippocampal neurons, NDCBE is thought to be the major acid‐extrusion mechanism. Little is known about the different splice variants of this transporter, or their function. Our lab cloned the first NDCBE (NDCBE‐B), which encodes a protein of 1044 amino acids (aa). Here, we report the cloning of three new human splice variants of NDCBE. Screening a whole‐brain cDNA library and using 3′ RACE, we cloned NDCBE‐A (human ortholog of a known mouse clone), a 1093aa protein in which 17aa at the extreme C terminus (Ct) of NDCBE‐B are replaced by 66aa. Performing 5′ RACE, we cloned two new variants, NDCBE‐C and ‐D. These are identical to NDCBE‐A and ‐B, but are 53aa shorter at the extreme N terminus. NDCBE‐C/D mRNA are expressed in brain, heart, kidney and skeletal muscle. We expressed NDCBE‐A, ‐B, and ‐D in Xenopus oocytes, and monitored membrane potential (Vm) and pHi using microelectrodes. Oocytes expressing NDCBE‐A or ‐D did not display a Vm change when exposed to extracellular CO2/HCO3− Thus, these transporters are electroneutral. Oocytes expressing NDCBE‐A, ‐B, and ‐D all mediated Na‐dependent pHi recovery from the CO2‐induced acid load. The rates of recovery (dpHi/dt) were nearly identical for the three clones: 13×10−5 pH unit/s for NDCBE‐A, 9×10−5 pH unit/s for NDCBE‐B, and 12×10−5 pH unit/s for NDCBE‐D versus 2×10−5 pH unit/s for water‐injected oocytes.


Geometry models were constructed based on the micron scale structures of the spruce wood showed by the EM photos. To focus on the anisotropy caused by the micron structures, the material that formed by wood fibers was considered isotropic here. The failure envelops obtained by simulations with and without pits structures considered are quite different, shows that these micron structures have considerable effects on the material properties in macroscale.


The sengon wood waste fired stove was installed, to supily energy into certain length of circulating duct of the dryirlg chamber. The utilization of wet slabs (moisture content 163.3 percent) in a wood stove produced drying air tempe- rature in the chamber at 30ᵒC. When jointing board waste (moisture content 12.16 percent) was used to fire the stoue the drying temperature of 70°.C was achiued.The efficiency of the wood waste fired stoue was 39.46 percent, calculated on the basis of the energy produced by sengon wood waste burned, and the energy consumed by the drying wood i.e 3.641 and 1.397 GJ.


.The core of the book is provided by Chapters 4 and 5 which give a qualitative review of the biological effects of electromagnetic fields and an in-depth treatment of possible theoretical models which may explain these effects . Valuable concepts are described which should be of value to investigators in this difficult field of study


We classify and construct all the smooth Kaluza–Klein reductions to ten dimensions of the M2- and M5-brane configurations which preserve some of the supersymmetry. In this way we obtain a wealth of new supersymmetric IIA backgrounds describing composite configurations of D-branes, NS-branes and flux/nullbranes; bound states of D2-branes and strings, D4-branes and NS5-branes, as well as some novel configurations in which the quotient involves nowhere-vanishing transverse rotations to the brane twisted by a timelike or lightlike translation. From these results there also follow novel M-theory backgrounds locally isometric to the M-branes, some of which are time-dependent and all of which are asymptotic to discrete quotients of eleven-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. We emphasise the universality of the formalism by briefly discussing analogous analyses in type IIA/IIB dual to the ones mentioned above. Some comments on the dual gauge theory description of some of our configurations are also included.


According to the practical requirements in line of duty or business affairs,Cambridge Business English tests the examinees 4 language abilities:listening,speaking,reading and writing under normal working condition of business activities.This paper proposes some techniques especially for preparing spoken test of BEC,such as,to practice based on the contents and form of the test;not to neglect grammar and vo- cabulary;to imitate and read aloud to improve one's pronunciation;to practice expressing oneself;to be willing to conmmunicate;to pay attention to the non-language factors in spoken test,etc.


Microorganisms,which distribute widely in lithosphere,hydrosphere,pedosphere and atmosphere,play important roles in weathering processes of minerals and rocks.In this study,Pseudomonas mendocina wass chosen as a representative strain to investigate the phenomenon and mechanism of the interaction between microbe and Fe-containing montmorillonite.The pH value and the element contents of the supernatant was analyzed;the X-ray diffraction spectrum(XRD)and the infrared spectrum(IR)of montmorillonite were measured.The results found that the pH values increased slightly,and that Si,Al and Fe were released continuously.The results also found that the clay structure and surface functional groups were slightly changed,indicating that montmorillonite had been attacked by P.mendocina and presented as an illitization process.According to the analysis results,silico-oxygen tetrahedron tended to be attacked firstly and the dissolution of Si was relatively remarkable.At the same time,P.mendocina was able to reduce Fe3+ in the montmorillonite crystal and thus to release Fe2+ to the solution.


The writer introduced Laser Mastering System (LMS)technology reconstruction in the printing house of TISCO Daily,collocations of hardware and software,comparing of Laser Mastering System with old system,leading points of Laser Mastering System. After this system reconstruction,production value of the printing house was added 40% in 2002,and the labor productivity was also improved.


We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions for the generalized Boussinesq equation in a singular framework. We construct a wave operator (inverse scattering) for large profiles ~h belonging to an infinite mass framework based on weak-L spaces. Our solutions converge towards the prescribed scattering state with a polynomial rate. 2000 MSC: 35Q35, 35Q55, 35P25, 35B40, 35L15, 42B35


Harlem, NY, organization recognizes people who engage in high-risk activities won't change behaviors overnight, so it focuses on reducing risk behaviors one step at a time.


In this article is outlined the approach to the research of the most significant concepts of the philosophy of culture, metaphysics and aesthetics by Andrey Belyy who was the prominent Russian philosopher, scholar and symbolist poet. To attain these ends on the basis of the most explicit philosophical conceptions of symbol is elaborated semantic scheme of this notion and by means of it is detected the meaning that was expressed in the philosophical and aesthetical texts by Andrey Belyy.


Purpose of this study.?The purpose of the present study is to measure the educational value of educational radio programs for Intermediate School pupils. The data.?Two groups of pupils were chosen for this study from grades eight and nine in the Nolan Intermediate School, Detroit, Mich igan. Each group was composed of 150 pupils of the white race. The two groups were selected by the matched pair technique so that the groups were equivalent in measured intelligence, sex, and grade. All of the pupils were taking the commercial curriculum. One group, which may be called the radio group, listened to fifteen edu cational programs broadcast by the Detroit Public Schools through local radio stations, by the "Ohio School of the Air" through radio station WLW in Cincinnati, and by the "Columbia School of the Air" through the Columbia Broadcasting chain. The other group, which may be called the non-radio group, was taught the same lessons but was not permitted to listen to the broadcasts. An outline and synopsis, and in many cases a series of questions, were received by the experimenter before the programs were broadcast. From these a test was prepared for each lesson. This test was given before the program was broadcast or the lesson taught and again after the broadcast or after the lesson was taught.


A new, environment-friendly protocol is described for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidine-5-carboxamides in a low-melting deep eutectic solvent from a mixture of betaine hydrochloride with urea.


Amyloids are characterized by a fibrillar β‐sheet secondary structure. Cerebral accumulation of β‐amyloid peptide is proposed to be one of the toxic pathogeneses of dementia, most commonly seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Here we reported patients who presented with status epilepticus and rapid mental deterioration. Their amyloid PET imaging displayed diffuse deposition.


The SINGER pilot randomized controlled trial aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study (FINGER) multi‐domain lifestyle interventions compared to Singaporean adaptations.


Using the rat sciatic nerve model, the difference in outcome using a nerve segment either sliced open or minced with a blade incorporated into a nerve conduit were compared and the relative effects upon the rate and completeness of the nerve regeneration was determined.


Plasmonic interactions in the metallic nanoaperture array allow for rich phenomena, such as concentration and channeling of light in the subwavelength scale structures. We present high-sensitivity surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy based on a metal nanoslit array. Strong confinement of optical fields in the slit region allows sensitive transduction of surface modification into a shift of surface plasmon resonance wavelength. A metal nanoslit array is also designed to provide spectral filtering in a fashion that is highly scaleable in physical dimension and channel capacity. A spectral sensing technology is presented that can shrink a spectrometer down to a chip-scale, yet offering high sensitivity (~lambda/100) in a broad spectral range (visible to NIR). Overcoming the limitations of diffractive optics, the plasmonics technology is expected to revolutionize the biomedical instrumentation area with it's unique capability in spectroscopy, imaging, and sensing and manipulation of biochemicals.


The need to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients with 6-month drug regimens creates problems with adherence, adverse effects, and cost of care. The finding


Videoconferencing has been successfully implemented to teach functional analysis (FA) procedures to service providers who support individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the acquisition of the competencies for implementing FA methodology for special education teachers after participation in a group-format workshop via a videoconferencing program in which the training site and the remote site were located on different continents, connected through the internet. Four special education teachers in Saudi Arabia who did not have previous exposure to functional behavior assessment participated in the study. Teachers received 3 h of group-format training via Skype followed by individualized feedback. Training involved role-playing, video modeling, and reading materials. Results indicate that all four participants mastered the skills across at least two of the conditions with one participant demonstrating mastery across all four conditions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract Piperidine alkaloids continue to challenge the synthetic community by featuring densely functionalized scaffolds that often require careful chemical orchestration. Streptazone A and abikoviromycin are small and highly functionalized piperidine alkaloids, both accommodating Michael acceptors and a labile epoxide. These moieties are loaded into a [4.3.0] bicyclic core also present in other structurally related natural products, including the well-known piperidine alkaloid streptazolin. Here, we cover ring-closing strategies employed in earlier streptazolin syntheses; provide a concise overview of structures, biological properties, and biosyntheses of selected [4.3.0] piperidine alkaloids; and, finally, provide complete coverage of our recent asymmetric syntheses of streptazone A and abikoviromycin. 1 Introduction 2 Streptazolin Syntheses 3 Epo-[4.3.0] Piperidine Alkaloids 3.1 Streptazones 3.2 Abikoviromycin 3.3 Strepchazolin A and B 3.4 Hatomamicin 3.5 Kobutimycin A and B 3.6 Camporidines A and B 3.7 Epostatin 3.8 N-Hydroxydihydroabikoviromycin 3.9 Dihydroabikoviromycin 3.10 Biosynthesis of Streptazone E and Camporidines 4 Syntheses of the Streptazones and Abikoviromycin 4.1 Retrosynthesis 4.2 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion


Ligula Hospital in Mtwara, Tanzania, has enrolled more than 700 patients as part of a national rollout of antiretroviral treatment and AIDS care. This collection of photographs by Dr. Beth Zeeman features the Ligula Hospital.


The GaAsBi heterostructure system has attracted much attention recently, due to large ban gap reduction (62 meV/%) with augmentation of small number of Bi atoms in GaAs. In addition, the growth of GaAsBi on high index substrates instead of (100) GaAs substrates by MBE is expected to change the growth mode drastically, modifying the incorporation behavior of Bi atom into the epitaxial layer. This concept was also applied for GaAsBi growth on GaAs (511), (411) and (111) by MOVPE and on (311)B by MBE for thick GaAsBi layer. However, limited investigation was carried out on this concept to the date. The MBE growth of GaAsBi/GaAs MQWs on high index oriented (411)A and (411)B substrates are good candidates to accomplish; expected from the results reported by us which shows longer PL wavelength for both (411)A and (411)B compared with together grown (100) GaAs sample. In this work, we investigating the growth of GaAsBi/GaAs thick layer on (411)A and (411)B GaAs substrates by MBE at different Bi concentration. The surface morphology of GaAsBi layer was observed by atomic force microscopy. The Bi concentration was calculated by x-ray diffraction. Optical properties are characterized by photoluminescence. After the growth of 500 nm GaAs buffer layers, a thick layer of GaAsBi was grown on (100) and (411)A and (411)B GaAs substrates at Tsub = 350-380 °C. The GaAsBi layer surface morphology was observed for all samples. We found self-assembled three dimensional pyramidal-shaped and dot-like features on (411)A and (411)B sample for 250 nm thick GaAsBi layer grown at 350 °C for 1μm/hr growth rate as seen in fig.1. While sample with 30 nm thickness grown at 350 °C for 0.4μm/hr growth rate shows small dots like surface morphology. These features are probably induced due to the difference in atomic arrangement of the substrate orientation. We have also investigated the p-i-n GaAsBi/GaAs structure and it has 60 nm thick GaAsBi layer grown on (411)A & (411)B at different Bi % from 0.4 to 7% Bi content. We observed the clear PL red shift upto 4.5 % Bi concentration from 926 to 1112 nm for (100), 935 to 1078 nm for (411)A and 922 to 1145 nm for (411)B sample respectively, with sharp PL peak, but for higher Bi%, we obtained double PL peak and broad XRD spectrum, which clearly indicate the presence of structural defects. However, (411)B sample shows comparatively longer wavelength than (411)A and (100).


AIM:To observe the changes of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP)and brain natriuretic peptide(BNP)in patients with patent ductus arteriosus(PDA)treated by transcatherter closure and to identify the correlation between changes of endocrine secretion and ventricular remodeling after transcatheter closure.METHODS:Sixteen patients with PDA underwent transcatheter closure using occluder.Plasma concentrations of ANP and BNP were measured before and after closure at 10 min,2 days and 3 months,respectively.LVEDD,LVESD,LVEF and LVFS were measured echocardiographically before and after transcatheter closure at 2 days and 3 months,respectively.RESULTS:Plasma concentration of ANP and BNP of all patients before transcatheter closure was significantly higher than normal(P0.01).Ten minutes and 2 days after transcatheter closure,plasma concentration of ANP and BNP was higher than before transcatheter closure and of the normal value(P0.01).Before transcatheter closure,LAD LVEDD,LVESD,LVEF and LVFS were significant higher than normal(P0.01).Two days after transcatheter closure,LVEDD,LVESD,LVEF and LVFS resulted lower than before transcatheter closure.Changes of ANP and BNP after closure of PDA were negatively correlated with LVEDD and LVEF.ANP and BNP,as well as LVEDD,LVESD,LVEF and LVFS,returned to normal 3 months after transcatheter closure.CONCLUSION:Plasma concentration of ANP and BNP increases significantly following transcatheter closure of PDA but returns to normal in 3 months.Changes of plasma concentration of ANP/BNP are negatively correlated with changes of LVEDD and LVEF after transcatheter closure.


Based on the basic concepts of the non-linear and finite element method,it discusses how to use the finite element method to analysis nonlinear problems,and it introduces the ANSYS software for non-linear analysis.


Privacy is a booming sector and there is an increasing number of limitations that hinder the centralization of data coming from different sources. Nowadays, having data provides value and an advantage over the rest, since it allows the performance of a wider and more generalizable analysis. Secure Multiparty Computation (SMPC) is a cryptographic technique that allows performing computations with data from different parties while maintaining the privacy of the data and avoiding centralization. This work focuses on the SCALE-MAMBA framework for conducting SMPC and the main objective is its validation in terms of types of operations, the accuracy of the results and execution times. A use case that is directly related to the industry is used, consisting of a manufacturer who wants to implement predictive maintenance on a machine whose data is collected by different users. Two types of scenarios are presented in order to analyze the results, obtaining different conclusions for each of them. On the one hand, the first scenario collects the use cases in which the aim is to compute statistics or simple calculations with data in common. On the other hand, the second scenario focuses on the training of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. The original contribution of this work includes the implementation of these codes within the Mamba language, their application to concrete data, and the comparison of the results with those that would be obtained by performing it in an insecure way, centralizing the data, and using R or Python. The major limitations encountered are around execution times, which might be acceptable for many use cases in the first scenario, but are prohibitive for many of the techniques used in real ML training.

Keywords: cryptography, security, privacy, predictive maintenance, Privacy-Preserving Computation, Privacy-enhancing technologies, Secure Multiparty Computation, SCALE-MAMBA, machine learning, data analysis, prediction, classification, accuracy, efficiency.


Sparse representation has become very popular in fields of signal processing, image processing computer vision and pattern recognition. Sparse representation also has good reputation in both theoretical and practical applications. Images can be sparsely coded by structural primitives and recently the sparse coding or sparse representation has been widely used to resolve the problems in image resolution applications by the -norm and -norm techniques. Sparse representation has been used in pattern classification. Sparse coded a set of bases and classified the signal of a signal based on its coding vector. Sparse representation can be used for the face recognition, the face image is first sparsely coded and then classification is performed by checking the least coding error and also for the pattern recognition. In this paper, using the sparse representations for the analysis of the sequence of images. As per this approach, the sparse representations are used detect the error in each frame of the video which is might be have the anomalous events. This method gives the error detection rates and elapsed time for the video by using the sparse representation algorithms. Keywords— Sparse Representations, Greedy Strategy Approximation, Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, Error Detection


Ocular lateropulsion is common in lateral medullary infarcts.1,2 It is assumed to be due to damage to fibers that project from the contralateral inferior olivary nucleus via the inferior cerebellar peduncle to the Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex.3 Disinhibition of the Purkinje cells leads to decreased activity of the ipsilateral fastigial nucleus in the vermis. The fastigial nucleus projects, via the uncinate fasciculus in the superior cerebellar peduncle, upon the medial and superior vestibular nuclei and the paramedian pontine reticular formation of the contralateral side and accelerates contralateral saccades. Its inhibition results in a motor bias of horizontal eye movements toward the side of the lesion.3,4 The eyes tend to move conjugately to the side of the infarct while there is no limitation in ductions or versions, as opposed to gaze palsy. The ocular drift can be seen as a continuous tendency of the eyes to look ipsilaterally during primary gaze or—in its mild form—can be observed as gaze deviation followed by a corrective movement to the midline when the eyes are opened following lid closure. On saccade testing, the patient performs hypermetric saccades to the side of the stroke and hypometric saccades contralaterally.2

We describe a patient with an old right homonymous hemianopia due to a left temporo-occipital stroke who reported improved vision after a left lateral medullary infarction that caused left ocular lateropulsion.

A 49-year-old man was admitted because of sudden onset of vertigo, dysphagia, vertical diplopia, and loss of coordination in the left limbs. His medical history comprised non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. …


This book contains a variety of techniques for the numerical evaluation of integrals. The methods described may be used to cope with integrands that contain singularities, divergent integrals and the approximation of infinite and semi-infinite integrals. The techniques presented include Newton-Cotes quadrature, various Gauss-type quadrature rules, SINC quadrature and the use of Chebyshev and Laguerre polynomials. are and the numerical technique is these are then followed by worked examples and exercises with


The flower-inducing potencies of different kinds of leaves were studied in 10-h and 16-h photoperiods with two soybean cultivars (Glycine max [L] Merr.), photoperiod-sensitive accession G 2120 and day-neutral accession G 215. Regardless of photoperiod, the day-neutral cultivar produced flowers, pods, and seeds where cotyledon(s) alone, unifoliolate(s) alone, cotyledons and unifoliolates together, or trifoliolate(s) alone were exposed to photoperiodic treatment. Cotyledonary and unifoliolate leaves alone are evidently capable of producing sufficient flower-inducing stimulus and photosynthate to saturate the flowering response of the day-neutral plant. However, the number of pods and seeds produced was greatest in plants having all trifoliolate leaves. The photoperiod-sensitive cultivar did not produce flowers without trifoliolate leaves even under 10-h photoperiods. This cultivar thus has an obligate vegetative phase, i.e., the period from emergence until the first trifoliolate leaf is fully unfolded.


We have done the analysis of the relationship between the redox system and the features of immune response of patients with urogenital chlamydiosis. We considered the indicators of intensity of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant protection of patients (the value of malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutationreduktay). We examined 296 women with urogenital chlamydiosis, aged 19 to 58 in the period 2010–2012. Studies have found that in patients with urogenital chlamydiosis indicators of MDA signifi cantly increased in comparison with healthy women, as in red blood cells and blood plasma. This is an informative indicator of tissue hypoxia. We also defi ned indicators of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), whose values were signifi cantly reduced in the plasma of women with urogenital chlamydiosis. In determining the activity of catalase, which is used as an index of protection and antiradical resistance of the organism was found a signifi cant increase of enzyme level in blood plasma and erythrocytes in women with urogenital Chlamydia occurring in conjunction with enterococci and as monoinfection. Lipid peroxidation of cell membranes is a destructive process, which oppose the antioxidant enzymes, particularly glutathione. All patients were surveyed to determine the level of glutathione reductase activity of red blood cells and blood plasma. The activity of glutathione reductase erythrocytes and blood plasma was signifi cantly decreased, compared with the values of healthy individuals. Thus, our study found that women with urogenital chlamydiosis on the background of high levels of lipid peroxidation products (MDA), a shortage of anti-radical defense enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione reductase) in erythrocytes and plasma of women with urogenital chlamydiosis. The detected changes of LP-AOS support chronic urogenital infections and are involved in the pathogenesis of exacerbations. In this regard, the defi nition of biochemical systems «oxidants antioxidants» should be used to assess the risk, severity and prognosis of urogenital chlamydia.


Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor CDX2 is a specific nuclear transcription factor. It seems to play a key role in intestinal development and differentiation in normal and cancer tissues, and it is important for the maintenance of intestinal epithelium cells, liver-intestine cadherin(CDHIT) as one protein has intimate correlation with invasion and metastasis of tumor, has as well as highly expresses in intestinal-mucosa. Recent studies indicate that CDX2 and CDHI7 is closely associated with tumorigenesis,differentia-tion and metastasis. They might act as a new biomarker of gastric cancer diagnosis and a new target of tumor gene therapy.

Key words:
CDX2; CDHI7; gastric cancer


In the Southwest, during summer, sheep scab mites, Psoroptes ovis (Hering) (Acarina: Psoroptidae), are quiescent and are rarely associated with clinical symptomatology. A search for these mites, conducted each summer from 1961 through 1968 (except for 1965), involved 274 sheep, all of which were known to have heavy winter and spring infestations of scab mites. Each sheep was examined at least once between June and September for mites in suspected hiding places and on the broad body surfaces. Live mites, or dead mites found on swabs after potassium hydroxide maceration, occurred in midsummer in hiding places on only 7% of the sheep. Live mites occurred on major skin surfaces on 32% of the sheep. Thus, P. ovis may survive the summer anywhere on the body surface, including skin invaginations. However, the primary survival areas are the major body surfaces, where mites are in greatest number and where serous encrustations and the wool umbrella provide adequate summer shelter.


Over the past few decades, plenty of visualization software for the structural analysis of disordered/complex systems has been developed, but the uniqueness and correctness of structural quantification for such systems are still challenging. This paper introduces a visualization analysis tool based on the largest standard cluster analysis (LaSCA), which satisfies the three essential requirements for general structural analysis: physical correctness, objective identification, and injective representation. The specific functionalities of LaSCA include the directed graph model of complex systems, novel structural parameters, topologically close-packed structures, arbitrary partial pair distribution functions, the identification of long-range ordered structures, the adaptive selection of graphical elements, the tracking display of atom ID, user-defined view angles, various options for atom selection, and so on. The program is efficiently based on OpenGL hardware acceleration, employing special algorithms to treat bonds as cylinders or lines and treat atoms as spheres, icosahedrons, tetrahedrons, or points. LaSCA can process more than 1.2 million atoms within 50 s on a PC with 1 GB memory and four cores (Intel Core i7-9700). It is robust and low-cost for surveying short-, medium-, and long-range ordered structures and tracking their evolutions.


The intelligibility of sung text is an important component of listeners' enjoyment of vocal music and a central concern for singers and, for example, choral conductors. Expert listeners such as singers and singing teachers may be better than non-singers at perceiving sung text. We replicated and extended an earlier study investigating the intelligibility of semantically and non-semantically meaningful words performed solo and by a small group of trained soloists by carrying out an experiment in which we manipulated listening expertise, type of text, number of singers, and time of hearing. Participants listened twice to four songs with meaningful and "scrambled" lyrics, sung in unison by a choir and solo, and wrote down as many of the words as they could discern. Singers were better at the task than non-singers; more words were recorded on the second hearing and when the words were meaningful. Sung text involves distortions of consonants and vowels to which singers may be more accustomed, so that they find it easier to discern texts even when scrambled. Choirs may be harder to understand than soloists because their phonemes are more variable and less clear. In future research we will use operatically trained soloists and polyphonic choirs.


High resolution, tunable monochromatic X-ray CT based on SR has been constructed and its functions are investigated. Some monolithic (channel cut) type monochromators are used to monochromate SR. An X-ray photo-diode array detector is used as a one dimensional detector and a high resolution X-ray pickup tube as a two dimensional detector. It is demonstrated that the distribution and concentration of a specific element in a sample can be obtained by means of an energy subtruction method, and a spatial resolution of 10 μm is achieved with the X-ray pickup tube.


Abstract E Deposit is located at Area C iron ore operations in the central region of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia. It is hosted by the Marra Mamba Iron Formation, the lowermost unit of the Archaean to Lower Proterozoic Hamersley Group. Mineralisation at E Deposit East is contained within the Mount Newman Member of the Marra Mamba Iron Formation and extends into the lower West Angela Member of the overlying Wittenoom Formation. Use of a combination of geological and geophysical techniques has enabled the geological setting of the deposit to be better understood. Interpretation of detailed mine face mapping, downhole geophysics, geochemistry, geological logging and photography has identified D2-related thrust faulting with substantial south-over-north displacement. Similarly, in-pit mapping at the nearby C Deposit has revealed intense localised D2 deformation including overturning and thrust faulting. The interpreted structure illustrates that iron ore deposits in the central Hamersley Province can be intensely deformed; and they require detailed geological investigation using technical data from mapping and drilling to create robust grade-models for the mining operation.


Having now completed the maximum six years as Editor, as is the tradition of The Royal Society, in this my last editorial, I would like both to reflect on my time as the first editor of Journal of the Royal Society Interface and look forward to its future development. I have been extremely pleased


Headspace solid-phase micro extraction(HS-SPME)technique was used to extract volatile compounds from potato puree. 47 volatile components were isolated and identified successfully by the capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS) from fresh potato puree, while 37 from potato puree stored at 4℃ for 1 day. The aldehyde compounds, which reached 76.94%, were the major volatiles in the fresh sample, followed by furfurals of 8.08% and alcohols of 6.85%. Aldehydes, esters and alcohols, with the contents of 93.27%, 3.45% and 1.03%, respectively, were the major compounds of stored sample. It is evident that a broad range of aldehydes is produced in both freshly potato puree and store potato puree. This is probably due to the breakdown of hydroperoxides formed by lipoxygenase-catalysed oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in the boiling process.


It is long established that "severe winters," or "'hard winters," cause fluctuations in ungulate populations. Annual reports of the British Columbia Game Department have noted since 1912 that such winters may cause serious declines. Roe (1951) reports "hunters' traditions" as early as 1875 attributing bison decreases on the American prairies to severe winters. Published accounts of ungulate mortality due to severe winters or deep snow involve a wide range of species in a large geographic area. Holzworth (1930: 23) notes that blacktailed deer on the islands of southern Alaska die in thousands during severe winters. Spiker (1933) considers deep snow as the only important factor in winter mortality of Adirondack white-tails. Rand (1947) concludes that severe winters with deep snow are the worst enemy of pronghorn antelope in Alberta. Murie (1944) records heavy losses in Dall sheep, and in moose, during severe winters with deep snow in Alaska. Roe (1951) quotes numerous historic references describing American bison declines because of snow, but discredits most of them in support of his thesis that man, not snow, was the bison's chief enemy. Cowan (1950) records a cold winter with deep snow that reduced mountain goat survival in the Canadian Rockies, and later (1952) calls winter the greatest enemy of goats. The latter paper also postulates the near extermination of elk in the Rocky Mountain region as a result of severe winters in the 1870's and in


Si3 N4 film has many good characteristics; and is widey used In the semi-conductor, micro-electronics, the MEMS realm, This text with develop by oneself of LPCVD the craft that the equipments carry on experiment for foundation, the synopsis introduced the making method and the LPCVD legal system of the Si3 N4 thin films to have of the characteristic of the Si3 N4 thin films, introduced low-pressure chemistry spirit in detail mutually to accumulate (LPCVD) the craft of Si3 N4 film. Pass to regulate to accumulate the temperature, craft air discharge, the craft pressure and slice to be apart from etc. the craft parameter, end makes the nitrogen that the batch quantity produce turn the Si3N4 thin film in the even, should dint, bear corrosion, etc. all comes to a the usage request.


There exit such problems in the main fan of Dongfeng Mine of Gukuang Coalmine as too simple monitoring system,low monitoring precision of some key parameters,imcomplete monitoring content and failure to realize information system integration.The automatic monitoring and intelligent management of the main fan is carried out with PLC,which realizes the real-time monitoring and alarming of the performance,status and motor electrical parameters to ensure the economical and reliable operation of the main fan.


SUMMARY A system for storing frozen serum samples using hollow plastic cards is described. This system offers improved economy of materials and storage space and also facilitates rapid retrieval of samples. RESEARCH NOTE


This paper introduces a LED large screen displaying current based on the function transformation. It analyses the systematic current frame, and the method of function transformation. [


A clamping apparatus for a shifting control device (10) includes a clamping unit
and a housing (12) attached to the clamping unit. The clamping unit includes a
clamp member structured to mount a handlebar (8) around a first axis coaxial
with the handlebar (8), a clamp arm member coupled to the clamp member and
extending in a radial direction from the clamping member, and a housing
mounting member disposed on the clamp arm member and spaced apart from the
clamp member. The housing (12) includes a base member structured to mount to
the handlebar (8) around the first axis, a housing arm member coupled to the
base member and extending in the direction of the clamp arm member, and a
pulley coupling member disposed on the housing arm member and spaced apart
from the base member, wherein the pulley coupling member is fixed to the
housing mounting member. A pulley (21) is coupled to the pulley coupling
member for rotation around a second axis that usually is oriented differently
from the first axis. The pulley (21) includes a pulley body having an outer
peripheral surface, a first winding groove formed on the outer peripheral surface
for winding a first transmission element thereon, and a second winding groove
formed on the outer peripheral surface for winding a second transmission
element thereon. The first winding groove is inclined relative to the second
winding groove.


Sortilin belongs to the family of the VPS10P‐domain receptors which mediate intracellular sorting of diverse ligands in various cell types. Sortilin is abundantly expressed in the kidney but little is known about its renal function. In this study we take advantage of sortilin‐deficient (Sort‐/‐) mice to test whether sortilin interferes with renal NaCl‐ or water reabsorption.


As a literary construction, Mark's Gospel has been read and interpreted through many prisms: it has been viewed as a riff on Homeric epic or as a homage to Greek tragedy; it has been argued that the Gospel is a kind of script for performance, the final write-up of a long series of popular public improvisations, and it is also claimed that Mark was writing up a memoir, dictated to him (or at least once told to him) by Peter. All of these approaches imply that Mark has cogency only when viewed through the lens of genre, with the particular emphasis falling on the performative cultures of the Greco-Roman world. To the genre typology can be added literary 'biography' (bios), which is the focus of Helen Bond's new study of the Markan text. Bond, Professor of Christian Origins and New Testament at the University of Edinburgh, is not the first authority to have read the Gospels as biography (since Richard Burridge's 1992 book What are the Gospels?, Mark has popularly been seen as some sort of biographical work) but in her particular analysis of Mark as a bios, Bond sets out new methodologies for approaching the text in which she roots her understanding of the genre in the Greek and Latin literary outputs produced, by and large, between the mid Classical period (c. 420 BCE) to the long Second Sophistic age (c. 70-270 CE). Most importantly she asks what difference does it make in recognising that Mark's Gospel is a biography? To help answer that question, she delves deep into both the key source materials and the maze of scholarship which has developed on the notion of ancient biography in recent years and is influenced especially by the work of Tomas Hägg, one of the foremost scholars of the classical biographic tradition. Bond confidently guides her reader through multitudinous Greek and Roman texts, testing them for structure, detail, and topoi. In doing so, Bond recognises the difficulty we have in defining the genre and is right to emphasise the fact that many authors were not so much writing life-stories as constructing morality tales. It is that approach which underpins her reading of Mark, and her reader quickly grasps that the real life and times of Jesus of Nazareth is not the subject of the Gospel after all; the amazing (that is to say, miraculous) works and deeds of the Jesus-character is its focus. As Bond confirms early on (p. 5), 'I regard Mark's literary activities as a very specific reception of the Jesus tradition' (italics her own). Moreover, eschewing the performative approach to the Gospel, her emphasis is on Mark's bios as an important, if embryonic, stage of the emergence of a Christian 'book culture'. Mark has an omniscient authorial voice, Bond argues, and knows the motivations of his characters, the rationale of their actions, and their placement in the Jesus story, which always privileges the protagonist himself. The many characters in the Gospel, she confirms, are mere foils to Jesus, just bit-players in his story. And 'Mark' himself – perhaps like many of the authors of the old Jewish scriptures remains Mark's Gospel – the First Biography of Jesus 1046492 EXT0010.1177/00145246211046492Book of the Month research-article2021


The emergence of new technologies and systems to "aid" the driver in safely and efficiently controlling his vehicle has raised numerous questions. One concern is that the proposed benefits of such road transport informatics (RTI) systems intended to aid the future driver may be outweighed by negative effects. Several of these systems are currently available, or under development. These include route guidance, intelligent cruise control, lane support and blind spot detection systems, for example. All will undoubtedly change the driver's task in some way in comparison to the present day. As a result, vehicle manufacturers and others need to be able to assess the potential effects of such systems on drivers to optimise system design. However, there are no current widely acceptable methods for conducting such assessments. This paper reviews the current International Standards Organisation (ISO) activity to develop standards related to the design and evaluation of new RTI systems. In particular the status of a standard method for driver visual demand measurement is described. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102207.


In this paper, we obtain results concerning finitely purely (pseudo)atomic set multifunctions, with special consideration on their measurability and integrability.


A method for sample pretreatment of organochlorine pesticides in soil by accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) ,with two-stage extraction temperature,prior to gas chromatography was developed. The samples were extracted with a mixture of n-hexane and acetone (1∶1,V∶V) and the extracts were cleaned up on a Florisil solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge and desulfurized with copper powder. The analyses were separated on a HP-5MS capillary column and detected with an electron capture detector. Validation of the technique was performed using standard reference materials. Recoveries for these matrices were good (78. 5% ~ 117. 9% ) with all RSD less than 10. 7% . The method also was applied to real samples,and good linearity was obtained for 8 compounds with detection limits ranging from 0. 05 μg·kg -1 to 0. 20 μg·kg -1. Recoveries in spiked soil samples were 74. 9% ~ 124. 8% with RSD of 3. 1% ~ 8. 8% .


An ODMR study at 1.6K shows that the 3.4 eV luminescence of Y2O3 originates in a triplet state. The results are consistent with an intrinsic trapping mechanism for excitons. The nature of the trapping mechanism is discussed. Results of an ODMR study of SC2O3 are also reported, using the 3.6 eV luminescence.


【CMVP(Cryptographic Module Validation Program) validates cryptographic modules to FIPS 140-1, 2, and other FIPS cryptography based standards. This paper gives an overview of the CMVP, cryptographic modules, cryptographic algorithms, and the applicable standards. This provides a brief overview of the security requirements that must be met by each cryptographic module that is submitted to a CMT laboratory for conformance testing and describes the Cryptographic Algorithm Testing.】


Persistent effects of the tradeoff between number and size of offspring per litter were examined by comparing mean mass of northern grasshopper mice ( Onychomys leucogaster ) within litters at the end of complete maternal dependence (age 16 days), at separation from mothers (28 days), and as adults (60 days). Although there was a significant effect of litter size on mean mass of offspring early in lactation, young showed compensatory growth as soon as they began eating solid food. No difference in body size was evident at weaning or among adults. Compensatory growth was fueled by increased consumption of food relative to body mass; smaller offspring in large litters consumed as much food per capita as large offspring from small litters. To the extent that body size can influence reproductive potential, the offspring's capacity for compensatory growth suggests that much of the penalty for large litters is through decreased recruitment or through reduced future reproduction by mothers rather than differences in reproductive potential of offspring as adults.


The downhole oil-gas separator of an oil pump in the oil well consists of a flush tubing, a II separator, a I separator, a packer, a regulator of the length of the tubing, a vent joint and an oil pump, thus solving the problem of the oil-gas separation of the downhole oil production of the oil pump. Because of the utilization of the I separator and the II separator, the utility model improves the oil-gas separation efficiency, the pump efficiency of the oil pump and the oil output of the oil well, and can be used for the aged stripper well and gassy oil well.


The present situation and the drug-delivery applications of biodegradable polymers are reviewed in this paper. Polylactide and poly(e-caprolactone) are emphasized.


Abstract : Document was developed to response to EPA's recently promulgated Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and the Stage 1 Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproduct Rule. These rules were published 16 December 1998. The new rules will impact many Army water systems and the USAEC and USACHPPM partnered to develop this guide to notify installation personnel of the new requirements.


Night vision enhancement devices greatly expand the range and quality of services by extending night operational capabilities. Evolving military tactical concepts for helicopters survivability and battlefield effectiveness necessitate nap-of-the-earth (NOE) flying under both day and night conditions. From a pilot workload standpoint, flying a helicopter NOE in day VFR conditions with minimum clearance between rotors and obstacles is quite demanding. Doing the same job at night is several times more difficult. There are two general categories of night vision devices in operation in helicopter aviation: the Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and forward looking infrared (FLIR) system. The capabilities and limitations of those two devices are discussed.


Digital audio watermarking has been a hot issue in recent years.Current research of audio watermarking mainly focuses on robustness and ignores adaptability.An adaptive algorithm of audio watermarking,based on MPEG psychoacoustics model II,is proposed to solve this problem.The algorithm is robust to noise attack and MP3 compression.


Two 3-terminal gyrator circuits are derived from two published circuits. In contrast to the original circuits, the derived ones cannot attain low-frequency unstable modes.


Based on the numerical solution of the Quantum Lattice Boltzmann Method in curved space, we predicted the onset of a quantized alternating current on curved graphene sheets. This numerical prediction was verified analytically via a set of semi-classical equations that related the Berry curvature to real space curvature. The proposed quantized oscillating current on curved graphene could form the basis for the implementation of quantum information-processing algorithms.


This paper presents a Doherty power amplifier (DPA) based on asymmetric cells using an even input power drive and an appropriate peak fundamental current ratio (FCR) between the peaking amplifier and the carrier amplifier. Using an appropriate output combiner and an even input power drive for the DPA, not only better load modulation but also enhanced power gain can be achieved. After providing an analysis for the fundamental currents, a design guide for the proposed DPA using the peak FCR is presented. For verification, conventional and proposed DPAs were designed using GaN-HEMTs for the 2.14-GHz band. Using a downlink long-term evolution signal having a peak-to-average power ratio of 6.5 dB, comparably better performances were achieved than the conventional DPAs, such as a high power-added efficiency of 55.7% and a power gain of as high as 16.6 dB, at an average output power level of 36.9 dBm.


Objective To investigate the impact of geography on disease by analyzing the status of regional spatial distribution of gastric cancer incidence rate.Methods Collecting baseline information on gastric cancer in Qingzhou from January 2006 to May 2010.ArcGIS,ArcView and Geoda were used to analyze the spatial distribution of gastric cancer incidence,and SPSS was used to analyze the correlation between gastric cancer incidence rate and the average elevation of township in Qingzhou.Results The standardized incidence rate of gastric cancer in Qingzhou was 16.95/105;24.14/105 among male and 9.97/105 among female.The Moran's I index of gastric cancer incidence rate was 0.533683,P0.05.The Pearson coefficient between gastric cancer incidence rate in township and average elevation of township in Qingzhou was 0.708,the confidence level of significant correlation(bilateral) was 0.01.Conclusion There is a high incidence rate of gastric cancer in Qingzhou city.The distribution of gastric cancer was obviously spatial agglomeration.High gastric cancer incidence rate centered in the hilly area,where the bedrock was cambrian limestone.There is a decreasing trend from southwest to northeast in general.


Abstract. Metasurfaces have attracted great attention due to their ability to manipulate the phase, amplitude, and polarization of light in a compact form. Tunable metasurfaces have been investigated recently through the integration with mechanically moving components and electrically tunable elements. Two interesting applications, in particular, are to vary the focal point of metalenses and to switch between holographic images. We present the recent progress on tunable metasurfaces focused on metalenses and metaholograms, including the basic working principles, advantages, and disadvantages of each working mechanism. We classify the tunable stimuli based on the light source and electrical bias, as well as others such as thermal and mechanical modulation. We conclude by summarizing the recent progress of metalenses and metaholograms, and providing our perspectives for the further development of tunable metasurfaces.


The invention discloses a natural washing particle which is prepared by the mixing of a powder material component A and a liquid material component B. The component A is prepared by the following materials by weight percentage: 2.1 to 33.5 percent of calcium carbonate, 1.2 to 25.9 percent of natural zeolite powder, 1.9 to 48.9 percent of powdered seedpod, 2.5 to 37.8 percent of tea saponin, and 0.2 to 15.5 percent of soapberry peel powder; the component B is prepared by the following materials by weight percentage: 2.6 to 37.5 percent of epoxy resin adhesive and 2.6 to 37.5 percent of epoxy resin hardener. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the natural washing particle. The natural washing particle can be repeatedly used for a plurality of times, and is environment-friendly, and the active ingredients are pure plants and extractants thereof, thus having natural sterilization performance no pollution and convenient use.


Abstract Germany hosted a significant number of exiles and foreign students during the period of Nazi rule, among them many Arabs. This article explores the various circumstances of exile in Germany before and during the Second World War. After the war, these compromising sojourns were often used for personal attacks in political battles, not least in the Middle East conflict. To avoid the conventional focus on prominent nationalist leaders in exile, the focus here is on second row political activists and intellectuals, and the short and long termimplications of the incentives and pressures they were exposed to, causing them to enter into various forms of cooperation with the Nazis.


The characteristic mineralization of the Extensive Mesozoic Granite Province in South China has obvious spatial zonation, such as the Cu-Au-Pb-Zn-Ag multi-metal metallogenic belt across Qinhang, the Cu-FeAu-S-Pb-Zn multi-metal metallogenic belt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the CuAu-Ag-Pb-Zn multi-metal metallogenic belt in the central Zhejiang-Wuyishan and the W(Sn)-Cu multimetal metallogenic belt in the Jiangnan uplift. However, the deep structure of the metallogenic system has always been an unsolved difficult problem and a hot topic of research. The difference of magnetic characteristics of geological bodies can reflect some shallow boundaries and deep structures of metallogenic systems. By enhancing the characteristics of magnetic data, the recognition of these magnetic boundaries is more reliable and the significance of its geological structure can be further understood. In this paper, we perform a downward continuation of satellite magnetic data in South China by means of numerical solutions of the mean value theorem. By comparing the downward continuation results of the satellite magnetic data and aeromagnetic data in South China, the downward continuation enhances the detailed features of the satellite magnetic data. On this basis, the edge detection of the magnetic data is carried out by the obtained results from downward continuation. Thus, the edge of the magnetic difference of a geological body is more obvious. The statistical results of rock magnetism show that the susceptibility of granite and granite porphyry in this area is low, whereas that of intermediatefelsic rocks (such as diorite) is generally high. Five zones and belts can be delineated by magnetic edges: the Lower Yangtze foreland fault-fold belt, the Jiangnan uplift belt, the western Zhejiang depression, the northern Fujian uplift-fold region and the southeastern coastal volcanic rock region. The main faults include the Tancheng-Lujiang fault, Jiangnan fault, Xuechuan-Huzhou fault, Jiangshan-Shaoxing fault, Nancheng-Dayu fault and Lishui-Zhenghe fault. These faults are the main channels for magma upwelling and have important geological significance for the formation of ore deposits.


Grasslands/Rangelands Resources and Ecology ——— Ecology of Grasslands/Rangelands Grassland diversity enhances productivity at low and high levels of nitrogen addition T . Carnus 1 , 3 , J .A . Finn , L . K irw an 1 ,2 A . Cuddihy 1 and J . Connolly 3 1 Teagasc Env ironment Research Centre , Co . Wex f ord , 2 Eugene L aw ler G raduate School o f Computing , W IT , Co . W ater f ord , 3 Env ironmental and Ecological Modelling Group , School o f Mathematical Science , UCD , Dublin 4 .E‐mail : tim .carnus@ teagasc .ie


Although the population-based metaheuristic ontology matching approaches have achieved excellent results on small scale matching tasks, such methods do not solve the large ontology matching problem. In addition, the common practice of the ontology matching community is to divide the large ontology into many small fragments. Although the divide-and-conquer strategy is feasible to reduce time and space complexity, it can easily change the original structure of the ontology, resulting in reduced quality. Further, if the produced fragments are smaller, the number of fragments will increase, which introduces new time and space complexity. In this paper, an effective approach for large ontology matching using multi-objective metaheuristic Grasshopper algorithm is proposed, called GOLOM. In this approach, an ontology pruning technique is proposed to reduce time and space complexity while maintaining the original structure. An effective background knowledge is built to assist the basic matcher in a proper way. In order to demonstrate the performance of GOLOM, three large ontology matching tasks were conducted. Experimental results show that GOLOM significantly reduces time and memory complexity compared to partition-based. In terms of alignment quality, GOLOM outperforms all the state-of-the-art systems.


This paper presents the review of microcontroller and ultrasonic sonar based security system. Considering the high rate of crime and insecurity, there is an urgent need to design a security system that takes proper measure to prevent intrusion, unwanted and unauthorized user(s). Decoder, ultrasonic sonar, LCD and microcontroller as its main components to control the system. The result of these processes led to a security door which can be accessed by entering the corresponding keys of the assigned codes on the LCD screen or by entering the corresponding code. The system allows only that person who has a valid ID and at the same time unconscious the suspected person who is not having their ID proof. The designed system has been proven to be a reasonable advancement in access control and security system technology.


SINCE JANUARY 1966 ALL X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSES OF THE RHEINISCH-WESTFALISCHE KALWERKE, DORNAP, AHVE BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH MRS MULTI-CHANNEL X-RAY SPECTROMETER. ALL THE MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, SUCH AS LIMESTONE, LIME, DRY HYDRATE OF LIME, RAW SLURRY, CLINKER AND CEMENT ARE ANALYZED FOR CALCIUM OXIDE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, SILICON OXIDE, ALUMINUM OXIDE, FERROUS OXIDE, MANGANESE OXIDE AND SULFITE, WITH A MEASURING TIME OF TWO MINUTES. WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER INSTALLED AFTER THE EQUIPMENT THE INCOMING IMPULSES ARE CONVERTED INTO PERCENTAGES WHICH ARE PRINTED OUT ON APPROPRIATE FORMS WITH A NUMBER OF CARBON COPIES. PARTICULARS OF THE PROCEDURE ARE REPORTED, & THE AUTHOR DEALS WITH THE PREREQUISITIES TO BE FULFILLED IN ORDER TO ATTAIN A HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY, ESPECIALLY THE PREPARATION OF THE SPECIMENS, THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC CURRENT AND WATER OF THE EQUIPMENT, AIR- CONDITIONING OF THE WORKING ROOM, AND THE CONSTANCY AND MONITORING OF THE MEASUREMENTS. /AUTHOR/


Abstract A two-stage production line which is both balanced and unbalanced is investigated, where the service times at each station and the interarrival times to the system are independently and normally distributed. Computer simulation is employed in producing interdeparture times of the first station, expected time in the system per arrival and expected queue sizes.


An archaeological watching brief carried out at Swillington, West Yorkshire produced sherds of an unusual Anglo-Saxon or early Medieval handmade vessel (Vince 2006). The date of this vessel could not be determined from internal evidence, since no good parallels were known. Subsequent fieldwork revealed further pottery which clarifies the date of the previously-assessed material, since that material is stratigraphically later than a feature which produced pottery of 10 th -century date.


The inelastic scattering of 375 MeV {sup 17}O projectiles was used to study the giant resonance region in {sup 238}U. The energy, width, and strength of the giant quadrupole resonance (GQR) were extracted from singles spectra and fission probabilities were deduced from singles and coincidence data. Angular correlations between fission fragments and inelastically scattered particles were measured to search for evidence of {ital K} conservation in the fission decay of the GQR.


In this paper, a new optimized implicit two-step hybrid block method with trigonometrically adapted features is presented for the integration of general second-order initial value problems whose solutions are oscillatory. Numerical experiments reveal the good performance of the new method for solving these kinds of problems, in comparison with other methods in the literature.


An Intrusion Detection Systems is an important part of modern network security. Intrusion detection is the monitoring of a computer network with the goal of detecting an attack. There are two major types of IDSs Host and Network-based. Network-based IDSs monitor the whole network or a segment of the network while host-based systems monitor a partic- ular computer. If an IDS is to be installed it must be deployed with the network type and topology in mind. IDSs do this well but must be used in conjunction with two intrusion detection systems.


Recently, the Electrification of Vehicle is grabbing attention in the automobile industry because of its zero-tail pipe emission. But the penetration of EVs causes enormous stress on the Distribution System (DS) in the form of power losses, generating a higher energy cost. Moreover, anxiety among electric vehicle (EV) drivers regarding selecting a proper charging station (CS) to avoid the breakdown of EVs in the middle of the road is resisting the growth of the EV market. Furthermore, the uncoordinated charging process can be costly and as well as stressful for both the DS operator and as well as EV users. Thus, in this paper, an intelligent tri-layer algorithm has been proposed. In the first layer, the suitable location for the charging station has been identified by keeping the power losses minimum. The integration of renewable energy sources (RES) can be incorporated along with the CS to reduce power losses and carbon emissions. After that, the appropriate CS has been identified in the second layer by keeping the battery energy consumption minimal. In the third layer, an optimal charging scheduling has been performed by battering soft computing technique to minimalize the daily expense of charging experienced by Charging Station Aggregator (CSA). The scheduling includes Grid to Vehicles (G2V) and Vehicles to Grid (V2G) modes of operations. Later, the techno-economical benefit of this proposed technique has been assessed with and without incorporating RES.


Reports the results of a survey, fund ed by the British Library, Research and Development Department, of systems librarian posts in UK libraries. Questionnaires were sent to 503 UK public, academic and other libraries, between October and December 1992, to determine the activities of systems librarians and the nature of the employing organi zations. Reports on the survey find ings concerning what systems librarians actually do, the kinds of stress they are exposed to, and the rewards of the job.


The influence of the parasitic current on the nonlinear electrical response of capacitive sensed cantilever beams is analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the parasitic current strongly affects the shape of the nonlinear electrical response of the aforementioned devices. Specifically, we demonstrate that in the electrical measurement, the direction of the jumps from the different transitions between branches of stable solutions, depend on the value of the parasitic current and is independent of the direction of the jump in the mechanical domain.


We study classification problems for generic isotropic submanifolds. The classification list of simple and unimodal singularities is obtained and the generic evolutions of quasicaustics in small dimension are classified. Examples encountered in geometric optics are presented. 0. Introduction and preliminaries. Let X be a manifold, and ω be a 2-form on X. The pair (X, ω) is called a symplectic manifold if ω is closed, i.e. dω = 0 and nondegenerate [AM]. The representative model of a symplectic manifold is a cotangent bundle T*M, endowed with the canonical 2-form CUM = dϋu, where the 1-form $M on T*M (Liouville form) is defined by (u, ϋM) = (TπM(u), τ r M (u)) , for each u e TT*M. The mapping TUM is the tangent mapping of %: T*M -» M and ττ*M: TT*M —• T*M is the tangent bundle projection. If (#,•) are local coordinates introduced in M, and (p*, q{) are corresponding local coordinates in T*M then O>M has the normal (Darboux) form coM = EU


Conflicting data exist regarding the association between pre-operative monoclonal anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha antibody therapy with infliximab for Crohn disease and chronic ulcerative colitis, and the occurrence of post-operative complications. This report reviews the current literature that supports and refutes this association.


In the current technological scenario of artificial intelligence growth, especially using machine learning, large datasets are necessary. Recommender systems appear with increasing frequency with different techniques for information filtering. Few large wine datasets are available for use with wine recommender systems. This work presents X-Wines, a new and consistent wine dataset containing 100,000 instances and 21 million real evaluations carried out by users. Data were collected on the open Web in 2022 and pre-processed for wider free use. They refer to the scale 1–5 ratings carried out over a period of 10 years (2012–2021) for wines produced in 62 different countries. A demonstration of some applications using X-Wines in the scope of recommender systems with deep learning algorithms is also presented.


This paper deals with the nonlinear finite element analysis of fibre-reinforced plastic poles. Based on the principle of stationary potential energy and Novozhilov`s derivations of nonlinear strains, the formulations for the geometric nonlinear analysis of general shells are derived. The formulations are applied to the fibre-reinforced plastic poles which are treated as conical shells. A semi-analytical finite element model based on the theory of shell of revolution is developed. Several aspects of the implementation of the geometric nonlinear analysis are discussed. Examples are presented to show the applicability of the nonlinear analysis to the post-buckling and large deformation of fibre-reinforced plastic poles.


The significance of the historical novel may be summarily suggested by calling the roll of its greatest masters: Scott and Manzoni; Hugo and Dumas; Thackeray, Kingsley, and Reade; Tolstoi, Coster, and Sienkiewicz. Add those who are rivals of the leading masters: Gogol and Jokai, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and Jens Peder Jacobsen, Hawthorne and Pater, Blackmore and Stevenson; Merimée, Flaubert, and Anatole France. Here, without mentioning many who, like Dickens and George Eliot, were at their best in other forms of fiction, we have a genre rich in masterpieces,—certainly the only great genre in which the nineteenth century so excelled its predecessors as to cast their experiments of a similar kind into oblivion. The public loves it; great authors devote themselves to it. What do the critics make of it? What is its nature, its function, its value? Is this method, apparently so successful, of narrating an action imagined as occurring in an historic past, really a literary art or is it a temporary aberration? Such questions rang out in the nineteenth century as challenges to critical genius. How did the critics respond?


Metastable stainless steels can be characterised by a good combination of corrosion resistance, strength, formability and a large crack resistance. These properties make these materials highly suitable for various applications. As these materials transform, their behaviour is much more complex than that of conventional steel types. Sandvik NanoflexTM is one of these metastable austenitic steels, but it also includes two extra properties


The CMOS current-mode operational amplifier is based on a folded-cascode transresistance amplifier and uses a class AB current output stage with reduced harmonic distortion. The transresistance amplifier provides a 100 dB DC gain and a 9 MHz gain-bandwidth product. Moreover, the current amplifier achieves a THD better than -55 dB with a maximum output current of 7 mA.


We present an efficient method for the calculation of the transmission characteristic of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). A fully Schrödinger–Poisson-rate equation iteration with strained term is presented in our calculation. The two-band strained term of the Schrödinger equation is derived from the eight-band Hamiltonian. The equivalent strain energy that affects the effective mass and raises the energy level is introduced to include the biaxial strain into the conduction band profile. We simplified the model of the electron–electron scattering process and improved the calculation efficiency by about two orders of magnitude. The thermobackfilling effect is optimized by replacing the lattice temperature with the electron temperature. The quasi-subband-Fermi level is used to calculate the electron density of laser subbands. Compared with the experiment results, our method gives reasonable threshold current (depends on the assumption of waveguide loss and scattering processes) and more accurate wavelength, making the method efficient and practical for QCL simulations.


Water use patterns, water sharing practices, household water ownership and community-based initiatives in rural water supply development at the household level have been neglected in Brazil. This paper illustrates how demand continued to outstrip supply until maximum reuse measures were introduced.


In this paper,it was introduced to agricultural utilization as the final disposal of sludge based on the several typical methods of sludge treatment and disposal,and combined with the current situation and the problems on the field of sludge handling and disposal in a sewage treatment plant in Chengdu.


A 55-year-old male patient presented in our service with progressive dyspnea and ascitis beginning 1 year and 8 months previously. He weighed 160 kg (normal weight 95 kg), with ascitis and orthopnea. On admission he presented normal echocardiograms. An electrocardiogram showed diffuse inverted T waves. An endomyocardial biopsy was not elucidative. A new echocardiogram confirmed a very thick pericardium. Surgical pericardial resection was indicated. The postoperative period was uneventful with complete remission of symptoms. The anatomopathological analysis was normal. The pericarditis was classified as idiopathic. This case is a warning for the need of much suspicion in patients with apparent causeless voluminous ascitis. Descriptors: Pericarditis, constrictive. Heart failure, congestive. Cardiomyopathy, restrictive. Echocardiography.


Of the opportunistic infections reported in renal transplant patients, tuberculosis has been infrequently encountered, although its incidence is higher in this group than in the general population.1–3 In our own program, sporadic cases have occurred at the rate of one or two per year. Beginning in October 1990, however, an epidemic of seven cases of tuberculosis was seen with one additional sporadic case. We studied its etiology and epidemiology, and implemented a program of isoniazid prophylaxis to stop the outbreak.


We report on the optical properties of volume Bragg gratings in chloride photo-thermorefractive glass after femtosecond laser bleaching. We show experimentally that irradiation of the gratings with femtosecond laser pulses can expand their transmission into the whole visible range without dramatic decrease of diffraction efficiency. The mechanism of glass bleaching is considered and modulation of refractive index is described in terms of the coupled wave theory for mixed volume Bragg gratings. © 2017 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (220.0220) Optical design and fabrication; (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (350.3390) Laser materials processing; (050.7330) Volume gratings. References and links 1. S. D. Stookey, G. H. Beall, and J. E. Pierson, "Full-color photosensitive glass," J. Appl. Phys. 49, 5114–5123 (1978). 2. S. Kuchinskii, N. Nikonorov, E. Panysheva, V. Savvin, and I. 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Protected areas serve the purposes of protecting nature and providing possibilities for outdoor recreation. In an area with natural assets, protected or not, different interests are interacting.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether nature conservation could enhance environmental benefits as well as provide economic and social benefits to a region. Another aim was to investigate the determinant factors important for the success of projects related to nature conservation in Sweden. Seven successful projects were selected and assessed using a qualitative methodology involving 37 semi-structured interviews with different stakeholders.

The study concluded that nature conservation could contribute to sustainable regional development, i.e. by providing positive economic, environmental and social effects to a region. The identified determinant factors for the success of projects related to nature conservation were local support, networks, knowledge development, tourism strategies, commitment of external and internal actors, a holistic vision, potential existence of conflicts, new working methods, enthusiastic project leaders, visible results, national/international recognition and funding.

Further research and recommendations for decision-makers concerning the practical utilisation of the results were suggested, e.g. an advisory forum where best practices could be benchmarked.


This volume contains the papers presented at TLDI'03, the ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Types in Language Design and Implementation (formerly called TIC, the International Workshop on Types in Compilation). TLDI is a new name for the already well-established TIC workshop on the role of types in all aspects of language design, compiler construction, and software development. In recent years, type systems and type analyses have led to new concepts in compilation techniques for modern programming languages, verification of safety and security properties of programs, code optimization, and many other areas. In recognition of the expanding role of types, TLDI expands on the previous Workshops on Types in Compilation to bring together researchers to share new ideas and results in this area.In response to the call for papers, researchers from the U.S., Europe, and Japan submitted a total of 26 extended abstracts. Each submission was assigned for review to at least three program-committee members. Some submissions were reviewed by more than three members of the committee. In addition, a number of additional experts outside the program committee assisted in reviewing the submissions. The program committee conducted its deliberations via email and the World-Wide Web, during an intensive six day period. As usual, technical excellence, novelty, relevance, and quality were the principal criteria, with special focus on papers that broadened the theme of the previous TIC workshops.While the modest number of submissions made it possible to give each paper an unusually thorough review, The program committee found them to be of extremely high quality. Hence, while the selection process ran exceptionally smoothly, it was actually quite difficult to narrow down the field to a manageable number of papers. Ultimately, the program committee decided to drop its initial plans for an invited speaker so that more papers could be invited for presentation at the workshop. Even so, only 11 papers could be accepted, which meant that several very good abstracts could not be accommodated.


Abstract A system which shows a relatively large blue-phase range is investigated. Owing to the small value of the cholesteric pitch the blue-phase shows no Bragg-reflections in visible light. Nevertheless, electric-field induced birefringence shows quite large values. The response times are a few tens of microseconds below 10°C. Crude estimates of the effects lead to values reasonably close to the experimental ones. Zero voltage birefringence effects are encountered, field induced and slowly decaying at higher temperatures and surface induced at lower temperatures where a uniaxial phase appears to be stable.


Bentonite combined with sawdust and other metallic compounds was used to remove phosphate from aqueous solutions in this study. The adsorption characteristics of phosphate on the modified bentonite were investigated, including the effects of temperature, adsorbent dosage, initial concentration of phosphate and pH on removal of phosphate by conducting a series of batch adsorption experiments. The results showed that 98% of phosphate removal rate was obtained since sawdust and bentonite used in this investigation were abundantly and locally available. It is concluded that modified bentonite is a relatively efficient, low cost and easily available adsorbent for the removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions.


Introduction Carbon steel in this article refers to such as carbon steels as: 10 (0.1 %C), 15 (0.150/0C) , 20 (0.20/0C), 25 (0.25%C), 30 (0.30%C), 35 (0.350/0C), 40 (0.400/0C), 45 (0.450/0C), 50 (0.500/0C), 55 (0.55%C), 60 (0.60%C), 65 (0.65%C) etc, with class 6 8 crystals sizes, heated slowly, austenization temperature 800 I050"C, rolling pre-procedure and with an impurity content: Mn£O.06%, Si£O.22%, S£0.0240/0 and P£0.021 %, Ni and Cr, etc are below 0.08%. The practical dynamic phase diagrams and the nonequilibrium lever principle of carbon steel have been established and discussed, the corresponding structures and chemical compositions are analyzed


Background: The Expert Patients Program (EPP) has high non-participation and dropout rates and some uncertainty on its effectiveness.
Aim: To identify, in patients with a cardiovascular event (CVE), the usefulness of participating in the EPP in relation to the quality of life, morbi-mortality and use of specialized healthcare resources during two years.
Methods: The research design is A quasi-experimental study with non-random assignment of EPP with two years of monitoring and the subjects are patients at the first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or ischemic stroke. The measures taken are Clinical and socio-demographic variables and a quality of life questionnaire were registered at starting. During the monitoring, the new CVE, the number of specialized out-patient or emergency consultations and hospital admittances, life questionnaire and death, were reported. Descriptive and comparative bivariate and multivariate analysis was conducted as statistical analysis.
Results: 100 patients with AMI and 69 with stroke were included, 51% refused and 10% dropped out. During monitoring, 21% presented a CVE, 59% went to the emergency, 34% required admittance, and 4% died without any relationship with the participation. There was a significantly higher frequency of scheduled visits in patients who received the intervention. The general health, vitality and mental health worsened significantly regardless of the participation. The physical functioning, social functioning and bodily pain did not undergo significant differences; while the physical and emotional roles changed significantly and in a different way according to the degree of participation.
Conclusions: Despite the low participation in the PPE, we find a significant improvement in the quality of life in the intervention group.


The theoretical analysis and PIC simulation of a new kind of 35GHz gyroklystro n is presented.This gyroklystron has all stages operate at the second harmonic t o avoid the use of cryomagnets or heavy and bulky solenoids,and its three cavit y's structure can greatly enhance its gain.PIC method is used to simulate this gyroklystron,the results shows that this gyroklystron can produce an output pea k power of 249kW with 22.5dB gain and 23.71% maximum efficiency at 35GHz.


Information granules are formed to reduce the complexity of the description of real-world systems. The improved generality of information granules is attained through sacrificing some of the numerical precision of point-data. In this study we consider a hyperbox-based clustering and classification of granular data, and discuss detailed criteria for the assessment of the quality of the combined classification and clustering. The robustness of the criteria is assessed on both synthetic data and real-life data from the domain of traffic control.


As the most important device of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), thrusters are one of the main sources of fault. If the thruster fault can be diagnosed in the early stage, it would give more time to guarantee the safety of an AUV. Fault feature extraction is the premise of fault diagnosis. The traditional feature calculation methods extract fault features from one domain. These methods work well in the case of high fault severity, but poorly in the case of weak fault severity. In addition, for weak faults, the fault features extracted by the traditional methods may not meet the monotonic relationship with fault severity and cannot be used in fault severity identification. Aiming at these problems, through experimental data analysis, this paper excludes the features that do not meet the law from the 52 selectable fault features in the time domain, frequency domain and time-frequency domain. Aiming at the problem that there is no useful feature in the frequency domain, a new feature calculation method is proposed, and the order of magnitude of the available feature is given, which provides concise and accurate information for subsequent fault feature fusion and fault severity identification.


Abstract The asphaltenes isolated from a heavy petroleum fractions were subjected to radiation damage using either neutron bombardment (corpuscular radiation simulating cosmic rays) or γ-rays (high energy electromagnetic radiation). The purpose was to study how the radiation damage changes the spectral, thermal properties and other properties of the asphaltenes in a possible simulation of the destiny of these molecules exposed to the harsh circumstellar and interstellar medium. In fact, the asphaltenes were proposed as model molecules matching the MAONs model (mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles), the supposed carriers of the unidentified infrared bands known also as aromatic infrared bands or the unidentified infrared bands which represent a series of discrete infrared emission bands detected in numerous and different astrophysical environments. Thus, the pristine and radiation-damaged asphaltenes were studied with scanning electron microscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, electronic absorption spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTG) and electron spin resonance.


Group theoretical methods are used to determine the electromagnetic properties of artificial magnetic meta-materials, based solely upon the symmetries of the underlying constituent particles. Point groups for such materials are determined. From the transformation properties of an electromagnetic (EM) basis under symmetries of the particles, it is possible to determine, (i) the EM modes of the particles, (ii) the form of constitutive relations (iii) magneto-optical response of a meta-material or lack thereof. These methods are shown to be useful for determination of the isotropic or bi-anisotropic nature of artificial magnetic particles. The results for several artificial magnetic metamaterials are given. Based upon these methods, we predict an ideal planar artificial meta-material, which eliminates an undesirable electric resonance while still exhibiting a magnetic response. Further we determine the subset of point groups of which particles must belong to in order to yield an isotropic 3D magnetic response, and we show an example.


: Purpose: To investigate the characteristics of endocardial integrated regional fraction area change (RFAC) time curve in healthy adults and establish foundation for assessing the segmental ventricular wall motion of coronary artery disease.Methods: We developed a software that analyzes color kinesis(CK) images of echocardiography and provides quantitative indices of magnitude and timing of regional ventricular wall motion.45 healthy adults were studied and displayed as integrated RFAC time curves. Results: In the midpapillary parasternal short-axis view, integrated RFAC time curves showed almost identical patterns between segments, which were line in early systole and depressed in late systole. In contrast, it was found consistent in all but dispersing slightly in the apical four-chamber view.Conclusion: Integrated RFAC time curves can revise difference of segmental ventricular wall motion and showed waveforms uniform. Analysis of the waveforms allows to obtain quantitative information on the timing of regional left ventricle function. It may be a new index to quantitate the regional ventricular wall motion.


Purpose of the study: Subconscious mind training course has become a phenomenon nowadays. The technique is claimed to be effective and it is made a testimonial to attract more individuals to learn this method. This study aims to examine whether the concept of the subconscious mind and its practices comply with Islamic teachings or otherwise.
Methodology: The methodology applied is purely qualitative as it involves crossover studies such as Sharica, caqidah, tasawwuf, Islamic medicine practice, and psychology. The data gained were analysed by using induction and deductive approaches. The comparison method was also used to test the similarities and differences between the subconscious mind and Islamic approaches.
Main Findings: Results from this study showed that the subconscious mind concept is not a really accurate approach to personality changes. It can be seen from four points: (1) the turning point of the changes; (2) the mechanism of changes; (3) the factor of changes; and (4) the conditions of changes.
Applications of this study: The results of this study will help the authorities to assess and determine the rules relating to the use of the subconscious mind concept and its techniques. This study also will enhance the quality of the service of religious authorities in addressing contemporary issues that require deep research.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The findings of the study show that the concept of the subconscious mind is not totally complied to the Islamic teachings. Hence, a Muslim should choose a better approach as shown in Islam.


Face‐centred cubic (FCC) architecture for Cu unit, SEM morphology of dispersed Cu nanoparticles (NPs) and structure of Cu NPs/ternary blend nanocomposite.


In the topic search system, some of web pages got by crawling are inconsistent with user demands. For this situation, this paper had a research on content-based web filtering technology. This paper proposed a dual feature selection method based on the CHI statistical method and N-gram, and then made binary text classification by SVM in order to achieve Web Filtering. The experiments showed that the proposed web filtering method has better results.


A general class of non-diffusion stochastic models is introduced with a view to providing a framework for studying optimization problems arising in queueing systems, inventory theory, resource allocation and other areas. The corresponding stochastic processes are Markov processes consisting of a mixture of deterministic motion and random jumps. Stochastic calculus for these processes is developed and a complete characterization of the extended generator is given; this is the main technical result of the paper. The relevance of the extended generator concept in applied problems is discussed and some recent results on optimal control of piecewise-deterministic processes are described.