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Background: Renal tubular acidosis is a group of transport defects secondary to either reduced distal secretion of hydrogen ion or decreased
proximal tubular reabsorption of bicarbonate or both, resulting in impaired acidication of urine with persistent hyperchloremic metabolic
acidosis. Our case is that of a 5-year-old female child presenting with failure to thrive and weakness.Clinical description and Investigations:
Physical examination revealed skeletal deformities with enamel defects. Subsequent blood tests and arterial blood gas analysis revealed
hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with hypokalemia. Urine analysis revealed a positive urinary anion gap with hypercalciuria and hypocitraturia.
Imaging studies revealed skeletal changes secondary to rickets and USG whole abdomen showed bilateral kidney nephrocalcinosis. Oral
ammonium chloride loading was given and blood and urine pH were monitored every hour for the next 6 hours but the urine pH failed to fall below
5.3 which led us to a diagnosis of distal renal tubular acidosis. Bicarbonate and potassium citrate supplementation was given alongTreatment:
with vitamin D and calcium to this child. Timely diagnosis and initiation of appropriate supplementation can help in improving theConclusion:
quality of life of these patients.


To examine the prevalence of α1‐antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to determine whether AATD is associated with higher levels of rheumatoid factor (RF), antinuclear antibodies (ANAs), and anti–citrullinated peptide autoantibodies (ACPAs).


Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major global health problem often caused by the inability of pancreatic islets to compensate for the high insulin demand due to apoptosis. However, the complex mechanisms underlying the activation of apoptosis and its counter process, anti-apoptosis, during T2D remain unclear. In this study, we employed bioinformatics and systems biology approaches to understand the anti-apoptosis-associated gene expression and the biological network in the pancreatic islets of T2D mice. First, gene expression data from four peripheral tissues (islets, liver, muscle and adipose) were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in T2D compared to non-T2D mouse strains. Our comparative analysis revealed that Gm2036 is upregulated across all four tissues in T2D and is functionally associated with increased cytosolic Ca2+ levels, which may alter the signal transduction pathways controlling metabolic processes. Next, our study focused on islets and performed functional enrichment analysis, which revealed that upregulated genes are significantly associated with sucrose and fructose metabolic processes, as well as negative regulation of neuron apoptosis. Using the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) tool of QIAGEN, gene regulatory networks and their biological effects were analyzed, which revealed that glucose is associated with the underlying change in gene expression in the islets of T2D; and an activated gene regulatory network—containing upregulated CCK, ATF3, JUNB, NR4A1, GAST and downregulated DPP4—is possibly inhibiting apoptosis of islets and β-cells in T2D. Our computational-based study has identified a putative regulatory network that may facilitate the survival of pancreatic islets in T2D; however, further validation in a larger sample size is needed. Our results provide valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms of T2D and may offer potential targets for developing more efficacious treatments.


Despite the potential implications of a cropland canopy water content (CCWC) thematic product, no global remotely sensed CCWC product is currently generated. The successful launch of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) in 2012, Sentinel-2A Multispectral Instrument (MSI) in 2015, followed by Sentinel-2B in 2017, make possible the opportunity for CCWC estimation at a spatial and temporal scale that can meet the demands of potential operational users. In this study, we designed and tested a novel radiative transfer model (RTM) inversion technique to combine multiple sources of a priori data in a look-up table (LUT) for inverting the NASA Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) product for CCWC estimation. This study directly builds on previous research for testing the constraint of the leaf parameter (Ns) in PROSPECT, by applying those constraints in PRO4SAIL in an agricultural setting where the variability of canopy parameters are relatively minimal. In total, 225 independent leaf measurements were used to train the LUTs, and 102 field data points were collected over the 2015–2017 growing seasons for validating the inversions. The results confirm increasing a priori information and regularization yielded the best performance for CCWC estimation. Despite the relatively low variable canopy conditions, the inclusion of Ns constraints did not improve the LUT inversion. Finally, the inversion of Sentinel-2 data outperformed the inversion of Landsat-8 in the HLS product. The method demonstrated ability for HLS inversion for CCWC estimation, resulting in the first HLS-based CCWC product generated through RTM inversion.


Subbiah, Anandakumar Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2015. A VariableStructure Variable-Order Simulation Paradigm for Power Electronic Circuits. Major Professor: Oleg Wasynczuk. Solid-state power converters are used in a rapidly growing number of applications including variable-speed motor drives for hybrid electric vehicles and industrial applications, battery energy storage systems, and for interfacing renewable energy sources and controlling power flow in electric power systems. The desire for higher power densities and improved efficiencies necessitates the accurate prediction of switching transients and losses that, historically, have been categorized as conduction and switching losses. In the vast majority of analyses, the power semiconductors (diodes, transistors) are represented using simplified or empirical models. Conduction losses are calculated as the product of circuit-dependent currents and on-state voltage drops. Switching losses are estimated using approximate voltage-current waveforms with empirically derived turn-on and turn-off times. With recent increases in switching speeds, these approximations are no longer valid in many applications. Although it is possible to simulate power converters using physics-based models of power semiconductors based upon coupled drift, diffusion, continuity (CDDC) equations, such simulations are generally prohibitively slow. In this thesis, a variable-structure variable-order simulation paradigm is set forth in which the detailed CCDC-based models are used to calculate the switching transients and corresponding losses. As devices (e.g., diodes) become active or inactive, the structure and order of the simulation is dynamically changed without sacrificing accuracy. A time-step control algorithm is devised such that the overall simulation captures only the relevant transients. Finally, paralleliza-


Effects of crosslinking mode on the radical reactions during tensile deformation of polyisoprene vulcanizates were successfully studied by in-situ ESR measurements. It was found that the number of radicals produced at the stretching process decreased during the retraction of stretched sample. In addition, at a given strain, the decrease of radical concentration with time was accompanied by the increase of stress. Such changes were more prominent in the crosslinked sample by sulfur than by dicumyl peroxide. The tensile modulus of the samples after one cyclic deformation increased with increasing the keeping time at room temperature under tension free. The increase was larger for sulfur vulcanized sample than for peroxide vulcanized one. These results suggest that the broken crosslinking structure induced by the stretching was partly reconstructed during and after the retraction with this tendency more prominent in the sulfur vulcanized sample than in the peroxide vulcanized one.


Heat flow plays a major role in the context of Petroleum System Modeling and the understanding of its structural and thermal evolution represents one of the key factors in the assessment of the exploration risk associated to basin potential prospects. In fact, Earth's evolution reflects the history of heat transfer from the interior, due to plate tectonics and conduction through lithosphere. In particular, the role of heat flow is crucial for the determination of temperature history, which is one of the most influencing controlling factors in the maturation of organic compounds into fossil fuels. Hence, understanding Earth's thermal history is critical in the scope of an oil exploration strategy.


This paper by Joossens, Merriman, Ross & Raw is a timely addition to the public health literature, most notably because of ongoing negotiations on the Illicit Trade Protocol of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The Protocol has the potential to create a global best practice and standards to help reduce the illicit trade in tobacco products. Estimation of the scale of illicit trade on a global level is a difficult exercise with no proven methodology, and thus estimates have wide confidence intervals. However, the magnitudes of the estimates in this paper suggest that even with wide confidence intervals the situation is concerning, with approximately 11.6% of total market lost to illicit trade, and tax revenue losses of more than $30 billion [1]. Researchers and policy makers should pay serious attention to the quality of the estimates. Of the 84 countries included in the sample, data in 41 countries are drawn from private-sector research publications by Euromonitor and the ERC Group. The remainder come from official reports and other published research. The quality of the Euromonitor and the ERC estimates are highly questionable. The methods used to collect the data are not known publicly and as a result the estimates are not subjected to scrutiny, and a recent paper raises serious questions about the credibility of the Euromonitor data in South Africa [2]. Although global estimates are important, especially in the context of negotiating an agreement to reduce illicit trade, greater emphasis needs to be applied to country-level research. A first step would be research to estimate the magnitudes of and trends in illicit trade. Recent literature has provided some interesting and innovative techniques to undertake this. Merriman [3] and Wilson et al. [4] have collected discarded cigarette packs in Chicago and New Zealand, respectively. Gallus et al. [5] use a survey to estimate the scale of illicit trade in Italy, while HM Revenue and Customs [6] and Blecher [2] use a 'gap analysis' to estimate the scale of illicit trade over time in the United Kingdom and South Africa, respectively. Different methods are appropriate in different settings, but nevertheless the methods are transparent and the results hold up to the scrutiny of peer review. In an individual country setting this research is important from a tobacco control perspective, because it provides the evidence to understand whether measures are necessary to curb illicit trade and whether or not those methods are effective. Furthermore, it supports tobacco control by allowing the use of increased taxation as a tobacco control policy tool without the fear that it will promote illicit trade. As the paper indicates, the tobacco industry uses illicit trade as a means to undermine tax increases by lobbying against tax increases on the grounds that increases in taxation will result in increases in illicit trade. The paper draws two important conclusions: first, that countries with higher taxes do not experience more illicit trade than those with lower levels of taxation, and secondly that a reduction in illicit trade through means other than reducing taxation is likely to result in an increase in government tax revenue. Indeed, recent research shows that even high levels of illicit trade would not undermine tobacco control policies in South Africa as tax revenues have risen and total consumption and prevalence has fallen, thus resulting in fiscal and public heath improvements even in the face of significant volumes of illicit trade [2]. Although the goal of eliminating the illicit trade in cigarettes is a noble one, with important fiscal and public health benefits, it is unlikely to be achieved. As long as cigarettes remain a high-value, low-volume and low-weight product, there are likely to be large incentives for people to engage in illicit activities. Even if it were not a specially taxed product illicit trade would occur, just as it does in the markets for music, clothing and pharmaceuticals, even though these products are taxed no differently to other consumer goods. Research can play an important role in reducing illicit trade and the measures suggested in the paper have a proven track record. However, it is likely that the most effective means of reducing illicit trade is to reduce the demand for cigarettes itself. A large body of research has informed us that the most effective means of reducing cigarette demand is raising prices through taxation, and the more knowledge we have delinking increased cigarette taxes from illicit trade the more likely we are to see significant and consistent increases in taxation, and thus declines in the consumption of both legal and illicit cigarettes.


This paper presents a new strategy for Adaptive Iterative Learning Control (AILC), focusing on monotonic convergence of the tracking error. First, we use parameter estimation algorithms to construct a model of the system. Next, we use these estimates to choose design parameters for a time-varying gain in the control update law without violating monotonic convergence of tracking error. Further, we show the performance improvement in tracking error and control energy with multiple parameter estimation models. The efficacy of the proposed strategy is demonstrated using simulation examples.


Repeated fed-batch composting (FBC) processes, which are modifications of traditional composting technology, have in recent years attracted attention not only in their biotechnological aspects but also from ecological viewpoints. FBC processes differ from the conventional batch system in that the biodegradation of solid organic waste proceeds without definitive thermal stages including the thermophilic phase under self-heating conditions. Mesophilic FBC processes for treating household biowaste are also characterized by low moisture contents, alkaline pH and the presence of high population densities of microorganisms under steady state conditions. Kinetic and microbiological studies of the FBC process have increasingly been conducted using commercially available composters as well as laboratoryand bench-scale reactors. Information from recent studies on FBC processes has provided new insight into our understanding of compost microbiology. This article reviews current knowledge of the FBC process with a special emphasis on microbial diversity, succession and activity in garbage composters. The potential application of FBC technology for bioremediation purpose is also discussed.


Selenium is an essential element for many life forms but can cause toxicity when present at high levels in animal diets. The chemistry and particularly the geochemistry of selenium is similar to that of sulfur. Selenate, the selenium analog of sulfate, is the key to understanding selenium toxicity in arid and semiarid areas. Selenate salts of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium are generally more soluble than those of sulfate. Also, selenate is not significantly adsorbed in neutral and alkaline soils (a common characteristic of arid and semiarid soils). Therefore, selenate is highly mobile, causing it to be transferred readily from place to place dissolved in water, where it also enters biological food webs by plant uptake. Within plants (including phytoplankta in surface water), selenium is incorporated into organic compounds by forming C‐Se bonds. Three other factors that control selenium in soil‐water‐plant systems are soil parent material (sedimentary rocks are generally higher in selenium), pH ...


With the widespread application of deep learning technology, its security issue is also gradually paid attention to. To improve the security and reliability of deep learning technology in practical applications, we focus on the vulnerability of deep neural networks against adversarial attacks and address the problems of existing adversarial example detection algorithms that rely on pre-known attack types, and low detection efficiency, and high detection costs. In this paper, we propose an adversarial attack detection method based on sample semantics and model activation features to provide an effective solution sample semantics for the problems of attack dependence and uninterpretable detection results of detection methods. Firstly, normal examples are input into the deep model to obtain the semantic features and model activation features. Secondly, binary classification datasets are constructed separately to train the binary classifier and then divides by the binary classification detector for we construct the adversarial samples in two parts based on relevance features and model activation features to achieve the detection of adversarial samples. Finally, in the experiments, the detection rate against different attacks under different datasets reached higher than 93.00%. At the same time, the detection algorithm in this paper still maintains high performance in the case of the attacker's known detection algorithm, the average detection rate decreases by no more than 5%.


This paper presents the evolution of college English textbooks compilation.By comparing and contrasting three typical English textbooks chosen in different historical periods,it reveals the principles in the evolution of college English textbooks.


The amphoteric hydrophobic association polyacrylamide(HAPAM),AA/AM/HAMC8S/DMDAAC,with hydrophobic carbon chain,sulfonic group and quaternary ammonium group,was synthesized using AA,AM,DMDAAC and HAMC8S as monomers,and the average molecular weight of the polyacrylamide was 5.5×106.The structure was characterized by means of infrared spectrum and 1HNMR.Based on the researches of monomer conversion and molecular weight,the optimum reaction conditions were ascertained as follows:w(total monomer)=30%,w(initiator)=0.1%(based on the total amount of the monomers),reaction temperature 55 ℃,reaction time 5 h.Under such optimum conditions,the productivity could reach 84%.At the same time,the results show that,when the temperature was 80 ℃,the viscosity reserved rate was more than 66%;when the salinity was 8%,the viscosity reserved rate was more than 75%;when the shear-resistant time was 240 min,the viscosity reserved rate increased.These performances were better than those of HPAM.


CO 2 geological storage plays an important role in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but there is a lack of research for CCS demonstration. To achieve the goal of CCS, storing CO 2 safely and permanently in underground geological formations, it is essential to understand the characteristics of them, such as total storage capacity, stabil-ity, etc. and establish an injection strategy. We perform the impedance inversion for the seismic data acquired from the Ulleung Basin in 2012. To review the possibility of CO 2 storage, we also construct porosity models and extract attributes of the prospects from the seismic data. To improve the quality of seismic data, amplitude preserved processing methods, SWD(Shallow Water Demultiple), SRME(Surface Related Multiple Elimination) and Radon Demultiple, are applied. Three well log data are also analysed, and the log correlations of each well are 0.648, 0.574 and 0.342, respectively. All wells are used in building the low-frequency model to generate more robust initial model. Simultaneous pre-stack inversion is performed on all of the 2D profiles and inverted P-impedance, S-impedance and Vp/Vs ratio are generated from the inversion process. With the porosity profiles generated from the seismic inversion process, the porous and non-porous zones can be identified for the purpose of the CO 2 sequestra-tion initiative. More detailed characterization of the geological storage and the simulation of CO 2 migration might be an essential for the CCS demonstration.


It is very important for Hainan province to learn from international experience in construction of International tourism island.This paper takes Florida as a case study which is very similar to Hainan province,firstly analyzes the stages and basic experience of sustained economic and social development in more than 150 years of Florida history,and then puts forward the overall framework of construction of "International tourism island" based on the inspiration of those experience.


Normally subject-verb inversion like (2) (3) is not used in novels, or in poetry now: at present it is preferably used in journalism. Kahn (1985: 321) says of this inversion that it is associated with American news-magazines in particular and that it is now commonly used in the journalism of other English-speaking countries as well. This article is concerned with instances where a subject and a verb are inverted before a quotation in direct speech. It examines how diversely such inversion is used in current journalism, how long it has been used, and how effectively it is used in paragraphs.


Significance Over 90% of cancer cells express telomerase, which is required for their survival. However, telomerase inhibitors alone have so far failed to provide any significant clinical benefit. Therefore, identifying and targeting genes that can enhance the effects of telomerase inhibitors will greatly benefit a large population of cancer patients. We find that simultaneous inhibition of p21 and telomerase synergistically suppresses tumor growth. We also show that our approach is useful for treating p53 mutant cancers, when used with therapies that restore the function of mutant p53. We anticipate that simultaneous targeting of p21 and telomerase will overcome the current limitation of single-agent telomerase therapeutics and provide an effective method to treat cancers that rely on telomerase activity for survival. Tumor suppressor p53 plays an important role in mediating growth inhibition upon telomere dysfunction. Here, we show that loss of the p53 target gene cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A, also known as p21WAF1/CIP1) increases apoptosis induction following telomerase inhibition in a variety of cancer cell lines and mouse xenografts. This effect is highly specific to p21, as loss of other checkpoint proteins and CDK inhibitors did not affect apoptosis. In telomerase, inhibited cell loss of p21 leads to E2F1- and p53-mediated transcriptional activation of p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis, resulting in increased apoptosis. Combined genetic or pharmacological inhibition of telomerase and p21 synergistically suppresses tumor growth. Furthermore, we demonstrate that simultaneous inhibition of telomerase and p21 also suppresses growth of tumors containing mutant p53 following pharmacological restoration of p53 activity. Collectively, our results establish that inactivation of p21 leads to increased apoptosis upon telomerase inhibition and thus identify a genetic vulnerability that can be exploited to treat many human cancers containing either wild-type or mutant p53.


This research aimed to describe the increase in teachers' ability to plan and implement learning and student learning outcomes in learning about writing simple Indonesian media environment in the class II SDN 27 Kakap River. The method used is descriptive method in the form of class action fieldwork conducted by 2 (two) cycles with each cycle consisting of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. Based on the calculation of average scores can be seen that the ability of teachers to plan learning has increased from an average score of 3.00 in the first cycle to 3.65 in the second cycle. Implement the learning ability of teachers has increased from an average score of 3.21 in the first cycle to 3.72 in the second cycle. Similarly, the learning outcomes of students has increased from an average value of 67.66 (enough categories) in the first cycle to 82.33 (both categories) in the second cycle.


Human cloning may become a viable possibility in the far future; it is no longer a spectacular science fiction wisdom. The method is accessible. The dilemma is whether it would be ethical and acceptable in society, considering any associated consequences related to human cloning. Unlike a normal embryo, this one is abnormal, which has a genome derived from a combination of six sources, a human cloned genome would have one source. This procedure would undoubtedly eliminate the distinct qualities that a real child possesses. Its short-term and long consequences, on the contrary, are currently unclear. Cell cloning of human research potentially changes the variety of medical diseases treatment in the soon future. Human cloning or nonsexual human reproduction is a multidisciplinary problem that has been studied by scholars from several perspectives, including ethical elements and science perspectives, religion, and health. Because some scientific discoveries, such as human simulation, are related to human beliefs, several religious scholars have demonstrated distinctive responsivity to religious doctrine and consider such investigations to be contrary to divine verses and religious beliefs; as a result, human cloning has been prohibited. As a result, it is vital to investigate and analyze the reasoning of their contravention to demonstrate that scientific discoveries might not only not diminish but even deepen religion.


Objective To study the effect of photodynamic therapy on immune function of human peripheral blood neutrophil.Methods Using the yeast adhesion test,the adhesion function of neutrophil and the phagocytosis of erythrocytes to neutrophil in normal people were observed under the photodynamic therapy.During the experiment,the isolated neutrophil and erythrocytes were temporarily exposed to small dose hematoporphyrin derivative(HPD) and red light.Then,the adhesion of activated neutrophil with sensitized yeast polysaccharide and the adhesion of activated erythrocytes with neutrophil as well as sensitized yeast polysaccharide was observed by light microscope.Results The immune and adhesion function of neutrophil was obviously enhanced by photodynamic therapy,the rosette formation rate of neutrophil-C3b receptor in experimental group was greatly higher than the control group(22.52±5.79)% versus (14.33±4.56)%,(P0.01).At the same time,the adhesion and phagocytosis of neutrophil accelerated by erythrocyte was increased.Conclusion The study suggests that the photodynamic therapy with small dose may accelerate the C3b receptor activation of human peripheral blood neutrophil and erythrocytes to increase their immune and adhesion function.


The purpose of this paper is to detail the aspects regarding the implementation requirements ofenvironmental management system in accordance with SR EN ISO 14001:2015. There are defined the mainindicators underlying the context and the principles of environmental management system highlighting theimportance of systematic approach of environmental management. The presented study consists ofenvironmental aspects assessment specific to the production processes. By implementing the adequatecorrective actions, the score of the significant environmental aspects decrease falling within the category ofinsignificant environmental aspects


This paper had the objective to evaluate the digestibility of soy protein concentrate (SPC) in broiler chicken feed during pre-starter and starter phases, and the effects of exogenous protease enzyme addition on nutrient digestibility. 240 male broiler chicks were used for the first phase, up to 7 days old, and 160 for the second phase, up to 18 days old, accommodated in galvanized battery cages. Birds were divided into four treatments, with were: negative control (reference feed), reference feed with 40% SPC (SPC) replacement, and its association with two different levels of protease enzyme (0.025%-SPC+E25 and 0.050%), with five repetitions. Feed and water were ad libitum. The total feces collection method was used, and the dry matter (DM) and nitrogen (N) contents of the experimental feeds and feces were analyzed. The results of the pre-starter phase for the dry matter metabolization coefficients (DMMC) were 44.41%, 45.06% and 48.79%, for the SPC, SPC+E25, and SPC+E50 treatments respectively. And the results for the brute protein metabolization coefficients (BPMC) were -23.33%, -15.32% and 17.35%, for the SPC, SPC+E25, and SPC+E50 treatments respectively. The results of the starter phase for the DMMC were 49.64%, 46.43% and 41.39% for the SPC, SPC+E25, and SPC+E50 treatments respectively. And the results for the BPMC were -0.41%, -2.68% and 1.12%, for the SPC, SPC+E25, and SPC+E50 treatments respectively. Comparing the treatments it was observed that the added enzyme on the starter phase didn't affect significantly (P>0.05) the metabolization index of DM and BP of SPC for chickens. However, on the pre-starter phase, there was a statistical difference (P<0.05) for BPMC on the SPC+E25 treatment, indicating that the enzyme at this level of inclusion can be an important tool for the increase of SPC protein digestibility.


The diversion power system intake excavation of Jinchuan Hydropower Station forms a slope of about 160m height; its stability is one of the main geological problems of the project. By detailed site investigation, the engineering geological characteristics of intake slope (including the lithology, slope structure, the structural surface and its combinations, rock weathering and unloading, hydrology etc) is analyzed in this paper. On the basis of site slope ratio statistics, the problem of how to select a safe and economic excavation slope ratio has been studied. The finite element method and rigid limit equilibrium method were used to calculate and analyze slope stability under various working conditions. The results of analysis evaluation provide a scientific basis for the design and construction.


except aerosol optical depth and the vertical profiles of aerosol extinction, are reported at a relative humidity of 55 ± 5%. An overdetermined data set was collected so that measured and calculated aerosol properties could be compared, internal consistency in the data set could be assessed, and sourcesof uncertainty could beidentified. Byadjusting the measured size distribution to take into account nonsphericity of the dust aerosol, calculated and measured aerosol mass and scattering coefficients agreed within overall experimental uncertainties. Differences between measured and calculated aerosol absorption coefficients were not within reasonable uncertainty limits, however, and may indicate the inability of Mie theory and the assumption of internally mixed homogeneous spheres to predict absorption by the ACE-Asia aerosol. Mass scattering efficiencies of non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol, sea salt, submicron particulate organic matter, and dust found for the ACE-Asia aerosol are comparable to values estimated for ACE 1, Aerosols99, and the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX). Unique to the ACE-Asia aerosol were the large mass fractions of dust, the dominance of dust in controlling the aerosol optical properties, and the interaction of dust with soot aerosol. INDEXTERMS: 0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0345 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Pollution—urban and regional (0305); 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere—composition and chemistry; KEYWORDS: aerosol optical properties, aerosol chemical composition, ACE-Asia


HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER IN LAMINA GENERALIZED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS M. D. Mikhailov UNDER UDC 536.24.02 An analytic solution is obtained for a problem in the theory of heat and mass transfer under generalized boundary conditions. The analytic theory of heat and mass transfer was developed in detail by Lykov and others in [1, 2]. In [3] the temperature and moisture distribution was studied in a capillary-porons lamina for zero mass flow and for given temperature on one side and given boundary conditions of the third kind on the other side of the lamina. A similar problem was solved in [4], the one difference being that on the first surface the heat flow was given instead of the temperature. The problem is of considerable interest in the theory of drying; it can also be found in the book of Krasnikov [5]. By using the results of [6] and [7] the exact solution of the problem was obtained and it was shown by numerical examples that the system of equations analyzed in [3] may lead to considerable errors. The problems formulated in [3] and [4] are very special cases of the generalized Prudnikov problem [8]; it was solved by him by using the Datsev approach [9] regarding, first of all, the potentials on both sides of the lamina as given time functions. The system of Volterra integral equations of the first kind was then used to determine these potentials. These equations can, in turn, be reduced to generalized Abel integral equa- tions and also to a system Volterra integral equations of the second kind. In the present article an exact analytic solution is given for the generalized Prudnikov problem [8] which one can easily program for a digital computer. The solution is sought of the Lykov system: 001 (X, Fo) = O~Oa (X, Fo) Ko* 003 (X, Fo) 0 Fo


Crude Oil reserves are estimated to run out in the next few decades. There is an urgent need to look at alternative sources of energy so that mankind does not descent into darkness. One of the most promising solutions to this quandary is 'Shale Gas'. Shale gas is an unconventional source of natural gas that is extracted from the sedimentary rock having the same name. Like conventional Natural Gas it is a mixture of gases that contains a high proportion of methane. It is estimated that the untapped reserves could last many years till a permanent renewable solution is found. Shale gas extraction has been made viable by recent advancements in technology and with further research promises to solve the energy needs of the future. Shale gas is extracted by a process called hydraulic fracture or fracking in which a mixture of water, chemicals and sand at high pressures induce fissures into the rocks enabling the gas to escape easily and thus extract it. Shale Gas has only been used commercially by the US and Canada. It is said to have a huge potential worldwide and especially in countries like India, Indoneasia, China and Poland. Through this paper we try to comprehend the credibility of these claims.


Machine-to-machine (M2M) allows autonomous computation systems to communicate with each other and to collaborately accomplish the works without human intervention. Each node in M2M network may have different communication interface such as Zigbee, Z-wave and Wi-Fi. We design a routing framework that can enable M2M to transmit data across heterogeneous network interfaces via selecting a routing path under given transmission policy. The framework can work in the dynamic network environment, such as including a new node or losting an existin node, the framework will reconstruct the route automatically without developer/administrator instruction at run-time. A new node broadcasts a route exploration message to the network when it joins to the network. Every node updates the routing table to the new node according to the exploration message. Then the new node will send request message to the neighbors to receive the reply messages from them. After collecting the reply messages, the new node can then build the routing table itself. When a node detects a connection failure, it can recover the routing table from nearby neighbors. The experiment results show that we show that the meta-route framework determine throughput policy with high throughput and high energy consumption, and energy policy with low throughput and low energy consumption.


The surface regions of semiconductor single crystals have been examined following laser annealing in an ultrahigh vacuum environment with the output of a pulsed ruby laser. Atomically clean surfaces with impurity levels below 0.1% of a monolayer can be produced by multiple pulse irradiation. Ordered surface structures are produced on low index oriented crystals as well as crystals slightly misoriented. Metastable surface structures exhibiting (1x1) LEED patterns have been produced on (111) orientations and are believed to be a consequence of the rapid coolig rates of 10/sup 9/ degs/sec achieved with the laser irradiation process. The surface and subsurface regions of ion-implanted Si crystals have been examined both before and after laser irradiation and results obtained from Si samples implanted with As are discussed.


To determine whether a strabismus in the amblyopia due to anisohypermetropia is caused by the organic amblyopia, fusional disorder, or both, we reviewed the records of 27 children (age 4 to 10 years) with anisohypermetropia which were defined as a difference of 2 diopter (D) or greater between the refraction of the two eyes. And all the patients had the amblyopic eye having higher degree of hypermetropia with or whithout astigmatism. In the results, 20 children had no strabismus with the unilateral pure amblyopia due to anisohypermetropia, which were mainly caused by anatomical developmental anomaly of the shortend posterior segment of ocular axis only in the amblyopic eye. Five children had exotropia and 2 children had intermittent exotropia. We conclude that the amblyopia due to anisohypermetropia has no strabismus in principle , and that if the patients have strabismus it will be required to examine whether the strabismus is caused by strabismic amblyopia and/or anisometropic amblyopia in indivisual cases.


A number pieces of research show that the wedding tradition of merariq practiced by Sasak community is susceptible for intra-family conflicts, such as the disagreement over the dowry, disputes between the families, subordination of women, violence, polygamy, and divorce. This is understandable, for merariq culturally situates women in the subordinate position. This research, on the other hand, highlights the harmony within families in merariq context. The questions to be investigated is: what factors lead to harmony within families in merariq culture? This is a qualitative research using phenomenological approach. In doing so, the field work was conducted directly over the interlocutors. The data compilation technique was semi-structured interviews that were performed directly over the informants. In addition to that, this research also follows the relevant literature. It argues that there is a discernible struggle to achieve harmony from the part of women (wives). They took this extra effort as inspired by a particular interpretation of the Qurʾān. In addition to that motivation to put the family and children interests above all has structured women to be permissive and succumb. Keywords : Merariq, Lombok, Al-Qur'an, Women, Harmony


Fabry disease (Anderson–Fabry disease) is an X-linked recessive lysosomal storage disorder resulting from deficient activity of lysosomal hydrolase, alpha-galactosidase A, which leads to progressive accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in various cells (predominantly endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells) with clinical manifestations affecting major organs including the central nervous system. Clinical onset of Fabry disease usually occurs in childhood, but many patients are diagnosed in adulthood. Early recognition of symptoms, enzyme activity levels, concentration of Gb3 in the blood, urine and skin bioptates, as well as genetic testing (GLA gene) enable establishment of early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention with enzyme replacement therapy. Early therapy may prevent complications of the disease.


Objective: to study the clinical and diagnostic significance of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin-2 (NGAL) measurement in children with urinary tract infection (я=15) and pyelonephritis (я=15). The patients' age was 1 to 16 years (mean age, 7.32+4.52 years). The diagnosis was verified on the basis of clinical and laboratory findings and medical history and instrumental examination data. Urinary NGAL levels were measured by enzyme immunoassay (a Bio\fendor Laboratory Medicine kit) and calculated with reference to mg of creatinine. Urinary NGAL levels were established to depend on the degree of renal parenchymal damage. The investigation showed a relationship between the excretion of NGAL during the acute phase of pyelonephritis and the detection of renal scarring, as evidenced by statistical DMCA nephroscintigraphy. The acute pyelonephritis group exhibited a moderate direct correlation between the renal excretion of NGAL and the degree of leukocytosis and the blood levels of C-reactive protein. The findings allow recommendations for measuring urinary NGAL levels as an additional noninvasive marker for the early detection of renal parenchymal damage.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a more capable and holistic adjustable autonomy system, involving situation reasoning among all involved information sources, to make an adjustable autonomy system which knows what the situation is currently, what needs to be done in the present situation, and how risky the task is in the present situation. This will enhance efficiency for calculating the level of autonomy.Design/methodology/approach – Situation reasoning methodologies are present in many autonomous systems which are called situation awareness. Situation awareness in autonomous systems is divided into three levels, situation perception, situation comprehension and situation projection. Situation awareness in these systems aims to make the tactical plans cognitive, but situation reasoning in adjustable autonomous systems aim to communicate mission assessments to unmanned vehicle or humans. Thus, in solving this problem, it is important to design a new situation reasoning module for the adju...


Using a nonlocal functional approach the phase diagram of a two-dimensional hard-disk system under the effects of an external field is obtained. This diagram includes order-disorder and commensurate-incommensurate transitions. The evolution of the phase diagram by the inclusion of defects (interstitial and vacancy) and a wall-domain structure is discussed. The phase diagram obtained for krypton on graphite is compared with the results of lattice-gas models and experimental data.


Suntech ecological building located in Wuxi is constructed with BIPV,radiation-type energy-saving air-conditioned terminal and intelligent lighting control together.It is the first low-energy-consumption "green" building in China.The individual controlling systems for temperature and humidity are utilized for the central HVAC,including ground source heat pump and the geothermal energy with in-group pipings for the cold and heat source to raise the air quality indoors and energy-saving operation.The air-conditioning device selection,heat balance analysis,design and calculation of vertical in-ground piping and the energy-saving control system are expounded,supplying with the practical operation data.The data show that the energy-saving coefficiency of heat source in the system reaches by 53%.


This paper argues that many ecological studies could benefit greatly from a phylogenetic approach. For this purpose, cladistics is an appropriate method to reconstruct phylogeny. Case studies from seven research topics in ecology are reviewed. In all studies, historical explanations have played a central role, and mostly, cladograms have been used. Connections to statistical methods for estimating quantitative variation among taxa are discussed. A phylogenetic base would greatly strengthen both problem formulation and analysis. This is true for population studies as well as for all areas where adaptational explanations are invoked; single species studies as well as comparative studies or coevolution studies. Three cladistic procedures useful in ecological research are briefly described. Ecology and systematics have much to offer each other and it is a challenge to bring the two fields together.


Different aspects of the geogenic radon potential in a coal mining area in south-western Germany are discussed. Due to the rather low specific radium activities of rocks and soils varying between 10 and 70 Bq/kg a low geogenic radon potential can be expected. Radon concentrations in soil gas in abandoned mining areas are characterized by a lognormal distribution with a median value of 20 kBq/m 3 . In the neighboring area with deep mining generally younger than two years, radon contents increase up to a median value of 38 kBq/m 3 . The radon background in mining areas can be superimposed by an advective, structurally controlled component. Actually, narrow mining induced fracture zones constant in time and adjacent to the mining area often show radon peaks in soil gas four to five times higher than the background reaching values of more than 100 kBq/m 3 . A positive correlation between methane and radon at methane degassing spots is probably caused by a CH4 flow, which collects radon from the soil and carries it up to the surface. Indoor measurements in about 100 houses over a period of three months were conducted. The radon concentrations on ground floor are not influenced by the mining activities. In the basement, however, higher radon concentrations were detected. A time-dependent spatial shift of high indoor values following the direction of underground coal mining can be explained by the disturbance of the rock system strength in the subsurface leading to tectonic movements just above the recent mining area.


Despite significant short-term pressures such as the recent Coronavirus pandemic with its economic and social disruptions, longer-term environmental un-sustainability and its projected intergenerational consequences remain a major threat for the future of mankind. More and new efforts are required in all social spheres with regard to the universal Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, the present article makes the argument for teaching sustainable development in higher education with a more sensory and artful approach, in order to raise students' awareness of the multisensory reality of human existence and develop skills to engage creatively for sustainability transformations. Rooted in the perspective of sensory and arts-based sustainability science, three experimental bachelor courses—designed and conducted by the author of this article in collaboration with artists—with twenty to twenty-five students in each course from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in environmental studies, cultural studies, and social sciences are presented and discussed. It is argued that the specific course design and the scientific-artistic co-teaching provide an innovative way to teach sustainability topics in a more sensory way. The article ends with an outlook on potentials and challenges of this approach.


Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in nutrient intake between normotensive workers and hypertensive workers to obtain basic data for developing a program of effective hypertension care at work. Methods: The subjects were 338 male workers. We measured physical data by medical examination and collected lifestyle data by questionnaire survey. Dietary intakes were collected using a food frequency questionnaire. We classified the subjects into normal, prehypertension, and hypertension groups, and compared the results of age, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), lifestyles and energy nutrients and lipids intake. Results: There were significant differences in both weight and BMI between the hypertension group and the other two groups (p Conclusion: In this study, there was a significant difference in carbohydrate intake between normotensive and hypertensive workers, and the intake of energy nutrients and fatty acids in the prehypertension group and hypertension groups was unbalanced. Therefore, early diagnosis of workers with hypertension and prehypertension is necessary to improve lifestyles particularly food habit.


The invention relates to a polypeptide humic acid chelate sustained-release fertilizer, which consists of the following ingredients in part by weight: 95 to 110 parts of potassium chloride, 170 to 185 parts of monoammonium phosphate, 15 to 25 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, 240 to 260 parts of ammonium sulfate, 260 to 280 parts of urea, 80 to 95 parts of humic acid, 35 to 45 parts of boron calcium powder, 3 to 8 parts of zinc sulphate heptahydrate, 15 to 30 parts of amino acid, 2 to 5 parts of sodium molybdate dehydrate, 1 to 5 parts of chelator, 8 to 15 parts of polypeptide sustained-release agent and 3 to 8 parts of film coating agent. A preparation process comprises the following steps of: mixing and stirring the ingredients in a ratio to obtain powder; and conveying the powder into a granulating machine for granulating, drying, cooling and sieving to obtain the finished product. The polypeptide humic acid chelate sustained-release fertilizer has the advantages of economy, environment friendliness and the like, labor and time are saved, and a preparation method is simple.


Evaluation of suspected child physical abuse . Kellogg N. D. & The Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect ( 2007 ) Pediatrics , 119 , 1232 – 1241 . DOI:10.1542/peds.2007–0883.


Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images were used to interpret hydrocarbon-induced alterations in the northwestern part of the Songliao Basin, northeast China. Spectral enhancements for locating hydrocarbon-related minerals on images included principal component analysis (PCA), band ratioing, optimum index factor (OIF) and false colour composite (FCC). Four principal component (PC) and four band ratio images showed outstanding spectral response of hydrocarbon-induced mineral and sediment assemblages: 1345-PC3 (third PC image on bands 1, 3, 4 and 5), 1357-PC3, 2357-PC3 and 3457-PC4, and band ratios 3/1, 4/3, 7/5 and 4/3–2/3. Five OIF-defined FCCs were informative and clear for anomaly interpretation. Consequently, heavy oil prospect areas totalling 159 km2 were delineated. Acidolysis hydrocarbon measurements of ground soil samples suggest high soil concentrations of light hydrocarbons, indicating that the tonal anomalies in the images have a geological origin. Thus, remote sensing interpretation can be a useful primary exploration tool in hydrocarbon-altered areas, provided that techniques are adapted to site characteristics.


The invention provides an interactive method and a communication device of map location information and belongs to communication field. The interactive method includes that the current position information of the communication device or the position information of a signed site can be obtained, the current position information of the communication device or the position information of the signed site can be coded, and coding results can be emitted in a wireless mode. The interactive method and the communication device of the map location information can base on the electric map function of the communication device, the positioning function and communication function of a global position system (GPS) and achieve the location information interaction through a communication system. Communication device users can position the specific locations of other communication devices on a map conveniently. And the locations positioned by the users can be shared. So the users can use the communication devices more conveniently.


In the past several years there has been increasing the studies using ubiquitous technology as the base technology of IT-convergence. The cooltown, one of the ubiquitous projects, is based on the web technology and the mobile environment. However, in the cooltown system, users only get a pre-made web-page. In this paper, we propose the algorithm improved usability applying the context-awareness based on the sensor network. In this paper, we can provide a custom tailored service overlooked in the existing system from this.


1. Abstract Mesenteric ischemia is a dreadful complication with a high mortality rate. Early diagnosis and management is mandatory to improve prognosis. We report a 72-year-old woman who has undergone a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. She presented an abdominal pain associated to an occlusive syndrome. Angio-CT scan has found initially a functional bowel obstruction without mesenteric ischemia. 3 days later, she became febrile and her abdominal distension increase. The fellow up Angio-CT scan revealed a pneumoperitoneum suggestive of a bowel perforation. A diagnostic laparotomy had found two ischemic ileal perforations. The ischemic origin was confirmed by histo-pathological examination. She underwent segmental ileal resection with end-to-end anastomosis. The follow up was favourable. 2. Introduction Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery are rare, but are associated with significant morbidity and mortality witch varies between 13,9 and 63% [1-3]. Mesenteric ischemia accounts for approximately 14% of post cardiac surgery gastrointestinal complications with a mortality rate of 50-100% in some studies [3]. Early diagnosis allows timely management to improve patient prognosis. However, definitive diagnosis remains difficult in most cases because of the variety and non-specificity of clinical presentations. We presented a case of a non-specific clinical presentation of a postischemic bowel perforation, revealed by an occlusive syndrome after biological aortic valve replacement. She was successfully undergone a surgical resection of the ischemic bowel. 3. Observation A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our department for a severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. Her medical history included diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis and a primary thrombocytopenia. The left ventricular ejection fraction was normal (63%) and coronarography revealed atherosclerosis without significant stenosis. She underwent a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. The cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and cardiac ischemic times were 84 and 55 minutes, respectively. She was extubated 4 hours after surgery and unfractionated heparin was started at 6th hours, replaced by a low molecular weight heparin after drains removal. At postoperaive day (POD) 5, she presented a diffuse abdominal pain associated with an abdominal distension. The clinical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory parameters revealed elevated white blood cell (WBC) count (16,000/μl) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level (27 mg/dl), but a normal lactate rate (1.2 mmol/L). Abdominal angio-CT scan was performed, it showed a functional bowel obstruction with a normal mesenteric vascularization (Figure 1). The general surgery recommended a simple observation. Three days after (at POD 8) she presented fever (38°C) and an increase of abdominal distension with persistent of abdominal pain. At the examination right lower quadrant tenderness developed. Laboratory exams revealed persistent of a high WBC and CRP with a normal lactate. A control angio-CT scan found a significant pneumoperitoneum with air bubbles in bowel wall, suggestive of


The repatriation process is a very complex experience for the individuals as it can imply adjustment difficulties. These problems can affect some organisational results such as the motivation and the performance of these employees. Moreover, due to the repatriation adjustment problems repatriates may think of leaving the company which is a great loss for the organisation because of the international knowledge they have acquired and the money they have invested in these workers. In spite of the importance of the repatriation process, research on this topic is still scant.


In the multi-cell scenario of LTE-A system, interference management is an important subject in Device to Device (D2D) communication when the work is in the underlay mode. In this paper, a multi-cell resource allocation algorithm based on DLIA (Dynamic Interference Limitation Region) is proposed for the interference generated between the D2D link and the cellular link. First, for the intra-area interference, the number of multiplexed cellular users is calculated according to the channel state of the D2D user, and the dynamic interference limitation area is obtained. Then, for the inter-area interference, a priority-based FFR(Fraction Frequency Reuse) algorithm is selected to determine the reuse resources, thus determining the multiplexing relationship. Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can dynamically allocate resources without limiting the number of reusable resources of D2D users, thus effectively improving the overall capacity of the system.


The improved time-stepping finite element method (TSFEM) is coupled with circuit equations to study the DC-biased phenomenon of transformer in this paper. The periodic variation conditions of excitation current and magnetic field are considered, and the locally convergent fixed-point method is used to solve the nonlinear time-varying equation. Besides, a fast solution called series resistance and voltage compensation (SRVC) method is utilized to shorten the transient process and solve the stability problem caused by the small resistance and the drastic change of inductance in the DC-biased calculation of transformers. The method presented in this paper is verified on a square laminated core under DC bias. And some problems brought by transformer DC bias and some measures in term of transformer itself to suppress the transformer DC bias are discussed.


An extensible ground-based GNSS augmentation system architecture is proposed and detailed in this paper. Operational issues related to interoperability of the system are discussed. Restrictions on reference stations site selection are derived from requirements of integrity monitoring center algorithms. Simulation using different combinations of GPS constellations and reference stations configurations indicates that 16 reference stations are enough to provide reliable integrity monitoring service to all users inside China.


A deep learning approach is proposed to detect data and system anomalies using high-resolution continuous point-on-wave (CPOW) or phasor measurements. Both the anomaly and anomaly-free measurement models are assumed to have unknown temporal dependencies and probability distributions. Historical training samples are assumed for the anomaly-free model, while no training samples are available for the anomaly measurements. By transforming the anomaly-free observations into uniform independent and identically distributed sequences via a generative adversarial network, the proposed approach deploys a uniformity test for anomaly detection at the sensor level. A distributed detection scheme that combines sensor level detections at the control center is also proposed which combines local detections to form more reliable detections. Numerical results demonstrate significant improvement over the state-of-the-art solutions for various bad-data cases using real and synthetic CPOW and PMU data sets.


Abstract The perovskite-like ferroelectric solid solutions (Pb, Sr)TiO3, BaTiO3-Pb(Fe1/2 Ta1/2)O3, PbO-MgO-Nb3O5 have been investigated. The electrical properties of the ceramics were measured in the temperature range -60-+100°C at a d.c. biasing field from 0 to 7 kv/mm and frequencies of 1 kc and 1.5 mc. Some solid solutions of the studied systems have diffuse phase transitions. These have high non-linearity of the dielectric constant at d.c. biasing electric fields and a high temperature stability of the dielectric constant. Some compositions of the system PbO-MgO-Nb2O5are the most useful as thermostable ferroelectric variable capacitors.


Provided is a folding apparatus for a flexible circuit board and a folding method thereof. The flexible circuit board folding apparatus enters a divider between a display circuit board and a touch circuit board to separate the two circuit boards from each other, and automatically folds the display circuit board to the rear surface of the display panel to eliminate the defects caused when the circuit boards are manually folded.


ABSTRACT The time is out of joint in Moonlight (2016). While Barry Jenkins' film appears to divide Chiron's life into three chronological periods, each stage both repeats and anticipates something of the others, on the levels of both form and content – from the recurrence of heteronormative, antiBlack violence throughout Chiron's life to the reprisal of the police-like flashes of light that cinematographically periodize his story, this narrative is (un)structured by repetition. This essay asks how Moonlight's reiterative temporality might intervene in the 'temporal turn' in queer studies. By emphasizing the structuring repetition of antiBlackness, I want to complicate the utopian aspirations of queer futurism, in the vein of José Esteban Muñoz, as well as the psychoanalytic elision of race that defines queer anti-futurism, or the 'anti-social thesis', after Lee Edelman. What is the (non)place of Blackness in romances of queer futurity? In romances of queer negativity? In conversation with prior queer and Black scholarship on Moonlight, I argue that the film stages Blackness as a disruption to both straight and queer temporalities as we know them. Ultimately, I suggest that the film posits a third way out of the futurism/anti-futurism deadlock in queer studies: the iterability that (de)constructs Black(ness)'s narrative gestures toward an absolute open(ended)ness which is unrealizable as futurity and which is inextricable from the endlessly reiterated antiBlack, antiqueer violence of the modern world.


Along the inner wall surface of the cylindrical insulating material as a heat treatment including a heat generating resistor on the spiral it is divided into a plurality of the axial direction of the heat insulating material has a support for supporting the heat generating resistor. Each support may be formed by a plurality of support pieces from radially outwardly through between the pitch of the heat generating resistor on the substrate which is located on the inside of the heating resistors, these gripping the front end edge is embedded in the heat insulating member. Since the simplification of the structure achieved by this is easy to manufacture, and soon as the speed of the production and improvement of the production time is achieved at the same time improving the precision alignment pitch of the heat generating resistor.


Refrigerant compressor having a motor which is arranged in a capsule, and an engine-driven compressor, characterized in that the compressor (2) in a cup-shaped closed mounting sleeve (26) is arranged inserted in a boundary wall of the capsule (6) and is connected with the capsule (6).


Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A solar-wind hybrid power generation system has been presented here. The application based system illustrated in this paper is designed on the basis of the solar and wind data for Pakistan. The power generated by the system is intended for domestic use. The most common source of unconventional power in homes is battery based UPS (Uninterrupted power supply) inverter. The UPS inverter charges the battery with conventional grid power. This system will charge the battery of UPS inverter by using only wind and solar power, which will make the system cost effective and more reliable. Full Text: PDF
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These efforts, along with investments in K-12 education and the persistence of students, have produced results. More than four out of five Ohioans (87 percent) had a high school degree in 2009, triple the number from 1940 when the Census Bureau began tracking these data. During the same period, the number of Ohioans with a bachelor's degree increased more than four-fold, to nearly one in four (24 percent). 1


The specific heat at moderately high temperatures has been calculated for a one-dimensional lattice in which both electrostatic and repulsive forces are taken into account. The Thirring expansion method, which does not necessitate a knowledge of the density of normal vibrations of the lattice, has been applied and the resulting values of the specific heat are compared with those obtained by graphical integration of the frequency spectrum. Thirring's method involves expanding the specific heat in a series in which the terms include summations over the 2nth powers of the normal frequencies. It is found that values of n greater than 4 lead to computations which are excessively laborious. Nevertheless, with four terms, it is shown that reliable results may be obtained over a considerable range of temperature. At lower temperatures the Thirring method becomes progressively less accurate, showing that the number of terms used is insufficient, and a correction is derived from considerations of the remainder of the series after four terms.


This research paper explores Agilemore in terms of its successes, its limitations, myths around Agile and where it could be the best fit. The paper also envisions to demystify the aura around Agile methodology with excerpts gathered from discussions with some of the Agile thought leaders.


Tolerance to heat stress is worth noting considering the constant increase in the ambient temperature and high productivity that elevates the likelihood of heat stress in the dairy herd. Besides exposure to hot temperatures, increase in performance of dairy cows is positively related to heat load which results in heat stress. This necessitates the need to incorporate heat tolerance in the breeding objectives. Measuring heat tolerance is still a challenge and might be complex to assess in the dairy herd. Through regressing phenotypic performance of temperature–humidity index (THI), heat tolerance can be assessed. However, the use of the same THI across region might not be effective due to the differences within and among breeds in either same or different herds. The reason being the differing cow's (Bos taurus) adaptive and productive response to increasing THI value across different areas. There is vast information about the THI values from the tropics and the temperate regions, however, there is still a gap for THI values for semi and arid places under the pasture-based system. Understanding the coping strategies by the dairy cow to heat stress is important. Various studies have outlined much on the coping strategies but there is still a need to relate the homeostatic and acclimation responses to tolerance to heat stress. This review focusses on discussing the heat stress coping strategies in relation to heat stress tolerance and the ways of assessment in a dairy herd.


Abstract The 'Satellite Sites' are a harm reduction intervention in which people who use illicit drugs are employed by a community health centre to run satellite harm reduction programs within their homes. Satellite Sites straddle two worlds, at once sites of illicit and stigmatized activities, while also being sites of public health intervention. They offer a unique opportunity to examine the challenges of medicalizing a place that is still criminalized. Using data collected during 7 months of ethnographic observation and 20 interviews with key members of the program, we explore the tactics of medicalization that are deployed to legitimize the Satellite Sites. Medicalization provides legitimacy to Satellite Sites, and provides people who use drugs who run the Satellite Sites with some protection from the criminal justice system. Our results explore the friction between processes of medicalization and criminalization, with continued criminalization of drug possession and distribution negatively impacting the uptake and effectiveness of public health recommendations. Study findings highlight how the ability of public health authorities to develop safer environment interventions to improve the health of people who use drugs—including measures to address the current overdose crisis - may be severely limited by the continued criminalization of drug use.


Analysis of Early Intervention Services on Adult Judicial Outcomes New-onset psychotic disorders can increase entanglements with the criminal justice system.1 The resulting convictions and incarcerations can increase risk of suicide, delay access to care, and irrevocably impair employment and other opportunities for already vulnerable young adults.1 Specialty team-based services for first-episode psychosis (FES) are effective across a range of outcomes,2 but little is known about their effect on criminality.3 We report a secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of an FES (Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis [STEP]) vs usual treatment (UT) for criminal justice outcomes.4


Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a candidate susceptibility gene to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both from a functional as well as genetic perspective. Moreover, serum VEGF (sVEGF) levels are increased in IBD and correlate with disease activity. Both VEGF expression and sVEGF levels may be influenced by VEGF gene polymorphisms. Aims: To study VEGF polymorphisms in IBD susceptibility and their impact on sVEGF levels. Methods: Four functional VEGF polymorphisms (‐C2578A, ‐G1154A, ‐G634C, and C936T) were genotyped in two independent cohorts (cohort 1: 372 IBD trios; cohort 2: 452 unrelated IBD patients, 271 healthy controls [HC]; and 93 patients with non‐IBD gastrointestinal inflammation [non‐IBD GI]), using polymerase chain reaction with restriction fragment length polymorphism and TaqMan minor groove binding. Phenotypical data on all patients as well as sVEGF levels were correlated with the genetic data. Results: Both the VEGF genotype and haplotype frequencies did not differ between IBD patients and controls, and no distortion of transmission was observed. sVEGF levels were increased in IBD but also in non‐IBD GI patients, compared with HC, and were only influenced by VEGF polymorphisms in patients with Crohn's disease (‐G1154A genotype and ‐2578/‐1154/‐634 AAG promoter haplotype). Conclusions: The VEGF polymorphisms studied are not implicated in susceptibility to IBD and do not predict sVEGF levels. Although increased sVEGF and angiogenesis are important features of IBD, they do not appear genetically determined.


The objective of this study is to examine fatigue strength of the welded details. In order to attain the goal of this study, the bending fatigue tests was performed for four kinds of welded details used in steel bridges, such as in-plane gusset, out-of-plane gusset, cruciform, and cover plate. The effect of the length of welded attachment on fatigue strength was greater in out-of-plane gusset than in in-plane gusset. The fatigue strength of welded details with short attachment was superior to that with long attachment. Fatigue strength of welded details with transversely loaded welds was lower than that with longitudinally loaded welds, and those results were not satisfied with AASHTO specifications. For the fatigue strength of cover plate, cover plate with rectangular section was superior to that with tapered section. It was found that the fatigue crack initiates at the points of stress concentration which are the boun- dary between the base metal and the bead of weld in the part of the longitudinal edge of attachment, and propagates first along the boundary and along the perpendicular to the direction of the principle stress in the base metal of welded tip.


JOHN K. FAIRBANK (Ed.). The Chinese World Order: Traditional China's Foreign Relations. Pp. xii, 416. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1968. $10.00. This book represents a collection of twelve studies on imperial China's relations with non-Chinese states, chiefly during the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1912). The first article, by Lien-sheng Yang, &dquo;Historical Notes on the Chinese World Order,&dquo; deals with traditional Chinese attitudes toward outsiders. The second is by Wang Gung-wu, who treats &dquo;Early Ming Relations with Southeast Asia.&dquo; It is particularly valuable as a survey of evidence concerning pre-Ch'ing tribute relations and the development of China's principle assumption in dealing with other states, that is, the material and moral superiority of the Chinese. In the third study, Mark Mancall provides a wide-ranging survey of &dquo;The Ch'ing Tribute System,&dquo; and this is followed by a series of special studies on the &dquo;SinoKorean Tributary Relations in the Ch'ing Period,&dquo; by Hae-jong Chun; &dquo;The Ryukyu (Liu-ch'iu) Islands as a Fief of Satsuma,&dquo; by Robert K. Sakai; the Chinese &dquo;Investiture of Liu-ch'iu Kings in the Ch'ing Period,&dquo; by Ta-tuan Ch'en; &dquo;Chinese Intervention versus Tribute in Sino-Vietnamese Relations, 1788-1790,&dquo; by Truong Buu Lam; &dquo;China's Relations with Inner Asia: The Hsiung-nu, Tibet,&dquo; by Chusei Suzuki; &dquo;The Origins of the Manchu's Mongolian Policy,&dquo; by David M. Farquhar; and &dquo;China and Central Asia, 1368-1884,&dquo; by Joseph F. Fletcher. There are two studies dealing mainly with Sino-Western relations: &dquo;Ch'ing Relations with the Dutch, 1662-1690,&dquo; by John E. Wills, Jr., and &dquo;The Early Treaty System in the Chinese World Order,&dquo; by John K. Fairbank. Fairbank also contributes a valuable introduction to the book, entitled &dquo;A Preliminary Framework.&dquo; The final study, by Benjamin I. Schwartz, attempts to sum up &dquo;The Chinese Perception of World Order, Past and Present.&dquo; Mr. Schwartz believes that there is a persistent Chinese perception of world order, based on the notion of universal kingship, linked to a widely shared sense of participation in a high culture involving a peculiarly Confucian mystique of rule by virtue and an absolutization of the Con-


Unsatisfied with the dominating shareholders'view, that we find unfitted to build a relevant theory of corporate governance, we propose an enlarged definition of the value which may be called, the stakeholder value. This definition and the associated measure are supposed to be more fitted to the stakeholder view of the firm and more relevant to understand the value creation and sharing mechanisms.


Alumni networks have become of key importance to University competitiveness in the last decades. Investment of human capital and financial resources in alumni relations equips universities with more opportunities for joint scholarships, research projects, laboratories, libraries, new programs, pro-bono services, endowments and venture capital. As a result we argue that alumni networks have direct positive impact on university ranking. This paper reviews the most prominent university ranking systems and achievements of most prominent alumni relation offices. The goal of the study is 1) to prove that former students are remarkable resource for universities, and 2) identify key quality indicators for efficient performance of an alumni office in the current economic context. Findings of this paper can be used for strategic planning of alumni engagement. Review of related literature from Europe, North America and Asia has been done, using deductive and inductive methods of analysis. A broader definition of alumni engagement has been suggested based on five years of empirical data.


Introduction. Two types of data were used for the compiling of the hypsometric map of the Moon hemispheres at a scale of 1:10 000 000 (fig.2). The first type is the data obtained by Clementine altimeter. This database consists of 1036800 high-altitude points with the precision of 0,25. And the second one is the database, obtained from the raster images of the Lunar Subpolar regions (higher than latitude ±60°) where brightness of each pixel depends on its height [1]. Techniques of the map compiling. The main method of planets hypsometric maps compiling and particularly of lunar hypsometric maps is the analysis of stereoimages. There are several types of such analysis, for example [1] or [2]. Through the comparing of both these techniques it was shown that the discrepancy between them totals 1 – 2 km [3]. But using these techniques for this work was impossible for two reasons: 1. There were no free available Clementine images, which might be used for matching stereoimages and obtaining DEMs; 2. There was no special photogrammetric software like GOTCHA [1] or ISIS [2]. Due to these reasons it was necessary to develop the special 10-stage methodology of data processing and map compiling. The flowchart of this methodology and software used are shown at fig.1. On the first stage it is necessary to obtain the data at the Lunar Subpolar areas located not in the Clementine altimeter coverage. To the effect, raster images all over the north and the south Subpolar regions obtained by A. Cook et.al. [1] were used. Since at these images brightness of each pixel depends on its height it is possible to create DEM of Subpolar regions, i.e. to accomplish so-called backward analysis of these rasters or vectorization of each pixel and then convert brightness into height values. Editing of database obtained is fulfilled on the second stage. The problem is there are black areas with NoData pixels which give wrong height values. To extract and then to remove from the DEM these "black" points and adjacent ones, buffer zones are created round "black" points. Map projection and scale are assigned on the third stage. Correlation between DEM of Subpolar regions and DEM compiled from the data obtained by Clementine altimeter is achieved on the fourth stage. The fact is accuracy and number of altimeter points at the lunar Subpolar areas are not high enough [4,5]. According to results of correlation it becomes clear whether it is necessary to merge these DEMs with each other or only to attach them. Generalization of Subpolar DEMs is fulfilled on the fifth stage. For it the special method of "generalization by polygon network" was developed. On the sixth stage two DEMs are attached to each other or merged in a case of high correlation, which had been already estimated on the fourth stage. Correlation between DEM obtained on the sixth stage and the most up-to-date and precise lunar network ULCN 2005 [6] as a reference model is accomplished on the seventh stage. The correlation values were got to be high enough, namely 83,77% for the Nearside and 94,26% for the Farside. Further, on the eighth stage, the map compiling directly begins, i.e., firstly, a high-resolution raster is created on the base of DEM obtained using method of regularized spline and, secondly, vector contours themselves are drawn on the base of this raster. On this stage the contour generalization is fulfilled too and it is important to define the degree of generalization before depending on map scale and print resolution. During this stage height level intervals and colors of height scale are developed as well. Relief shading, coordinate network and selenographic names are plotted on the map during the ninth stage and on the final tenth stage, after developing map layout, the map is being printed. Conclusions. The height data were obtained and the lunar hypsometric map was created according to the 10-stage methodology. This methodology can be used for creation hypsometric maps of other planets with solid surface and their moons. Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Maxim Dubinin (http://gis-lab.info) for help, support and useful discussion.


The main purpose of the analysis is to determine the influence of the weather and operating conditions on the energy and exergy efficiencies of an evacuated tube solar collector, heat pipe type with a mixture of water and propylene glycol (50%/50%) as a working fluid under the Polish climate conditions (the geographical coordinates for Lublin: Latitude 51°15′ N and longitude 22°34′ E), according to the experimental data. The solar collector with an aperture area of 3.6 m2 is a main component of the solar hot water test installation located in the laboratory of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology. Studies have been presented for August. Based on the results, the average daily energy efficiency of the solar collector at the level of 34% (14.3–58.8%) and the average daily exergy efficiency of the solar collector at the level of 2.25% (0.86–3.75%) were established.


Food texture properties affect human swallow significantly. Clinical evaluation and management of swallowing difficulties implies that swallow performance could be improved by feeding proper foods. However, the selection of food for a specific subject is difficult due to risks of in vivo assessment. A novel soft-bodied actuator has been designed to generate esophagus-inspired peristalsis motion for a swallowing robot, which is aim to mimicking human swallowing process and to provide quantitative information for understanding of textured food deformation mechanisms and its interaction with swallow system. To simulate the biological process, the actuator has multiple air chambers regularly distributed in its soft body, which was fabricated with flexible silicon rubber. Circumferential constrictions and wave-like propagation are to be achieved by inflating the embedded chambers in a control pattern. Intra bolus pressures of food fluid with different thickness have been measured in preliminary experiments.


Abstract Colour aberration among Western Jackdaw in urban environments is being increasingly encountered and photographed. For this study individual jackdaws characterised by colour aberrations were recorded by volunteers on the iNaturalist website (a social media website). The jackdaws were classified according to a proposed scale based on the amount and distribution of colour aberration on the bird's body. Using this classification of individual jackdaws, two principal components were computed as general multivariate indicators of plumage whiteness. All individuals included in this study had a form of leucistic phenotype, with the wings showing the highest degree of whiteness. The geographic location of the records was also included in the analyses. The overall percentage of jackdaws affected by colour aberration was quite high at 1.25%. This form of research, using internet-based citizen science, is an effective way of obtaining a large sample of individuals from the entire range of a species. However, further observations and experimental studies are necessary in order to explain the causes of colour aberration in jackdaws.


There exist many uses in the field of industrial utilization, but it was a principle way to make use of energy. Based on thermochemistry, the use grade of biomass energy will be improved by the way of conversion technology from biomass gasification or liquification. If the way of technology is proper, the conversion products will substitute for a part of conventional energy. The crop straws growing for one year belong to biomass materials which are composed of high volatile and low carbonization degree.The content of lignin amount is only to 12% of the biomaterials, however, the content of cellulose over than 75% when heated up, straw can be convered to vaporous volatile in a wide range of temperature(105~550 ℃).The vaporous volatile will then be combusted by hot flame, generating heat energy, but will be condensated into tar and oily dirt by cooling.How to make effective use of agricultural and forest wastes such as straws is well worth to deliberate.


This paper describes the design, implementation and testing of a prototype system that processes and manages games on a remote server and played on a mobile device. The game application is executed on the remote server and video-streamed to a mobile device over WiFi. The mobile keyboard input is relayed to the server to control the game. The prototype test-bed includes a virtualization based infrastructure and the necessary software for both the virtual game server and the mobile device. Performance tests are carried out on this prototype test-bed and the results are evaluated.


Ten pulsars were observed for pulsed emission of gamma rays at energies greater than 500 GeV, using an atmospheric Cerenkov emission technique. Signals at the levels of 3.85 and 3.56 sigmas were detected from PSR 0950+08 and PSR 0531+21 (Crab pulsar), respectively. If the signal from the Crab pulsar is attributed to the main pulse, a further 2.2-sigma signal is found in the same data, precisely at the place predicted for interpulse by the observations on low-energy gamma rays from COS-B satellite. The statistical significance of the results is discussed.


not, as she later claimed, Wagner's own formulation. Evidently Mathilde was as capable of manipulation as Wagner and, as the chapter's subtitle suggests, was the 'controlling' force in the relationships. In these closing chapters, I was often reminded of Ulrich Dru« ner's recent book (Scho« pfer und Zersto« rer: Richard Wagner als Ku« nstler (Cologne and Weimar, 2003)), which, similarly, is quite speculative, but nevertheless bases the speculation on the thoughtful examination of extant documentation. It is perhaps symptomatic of the fact that, although the life and work of RichardWagner is the best documented of any artist who lived before the twentieth century, we know so little about certain issues, or must struggle through such a dense cloud of misinformation to get to the truth of the matter. The gossip surrounding Wagner's often scandalous life has mutated over time into historical fact, a falsification of the record often initiated by the composer himself, further manipulated by Cosima's wilful destruction of the evidence, and then set in stone byWagner's early biographers. Wagner scholars today are faced with the choice of simply abandoning biographical studies altogether in favour of critical analyses of works, or must undertake the arduous and costly task of going back to the sources and, initially at least, bypassing standardWagner scholarship in order to let the voices silenced by history be heard. While the humanities in general have since the 1970s encouraged and rewarded the move away from biographical studies, the documentation problems specific toWagner studies may in part explain the hesitancy to revisit his biography, notable and sometimes problematic exceptions (e.g. Joachim Ko« hler, RichardWagner:The Last of the Titans, trans. S. Spencer (New Haven, 2004)) notwithstanding. But if the books by Rieger, Dru« ner, andWalton suggest a return to biographyand its judicious inclusion inthe examination of Wagner's works, this is a development that shouldbewelcomed. Last, but not least, the Epilogue. As if freed from formal constraints, Chris Walton writes about Wagner and his long-term impact on Zurich in more general terms, and does so commandingly. One could quibble with a thought here and there, but that would be to miss the point. This was a most satisfying end to a book that will surely be an important source for Wagner scholars for some time to come.


This study aims to analyze the effect of organizational commitment and communication on employee performance in Balung Lor Village. The population in this study were all employees of Balung Lor Village, totaling 30 people and the head of the RW Balung Lor Village as many as 13 people so that the total population was 43 people. The sampling method in this study is a saturated sampling technique or census, so that the total population is a total sample of 43 employees. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. The data analysis method used in this study is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 20.00 software. The results of this study indicate that organizational commitment and communication have a significant effect on employee performance.


Goals. Improving the results of reconstructive operations after colectomy, ultra-low anterior rectum resection, and surgical anal canal mucosectomy by mending of formation ileoendoanal anastomosis technique.


BACKGROUNDTo discuss the nursing experience for the patients with gas gangrene.?CASE REPORT?Out of 3 cases of gas gangrene, 2 cases of male, 1 case of female, and all patients suffered from opened injury of legs, in witch 2 cases with diabetes. 3 patients of gas gangrene were cured through effective treatment and nursing.?DISCUSSION?? Nursing the patients with gas gangrene take control infection, sterilization and isolate as important factors.


• Autokrigeability may play a larger role here than it does in standard MTGP scenarios, especially when the black box function is observed without observation noise. See Bonilla et al. [6] for a longer description of this problem. However, we still get substantial computational enhancements from using the HOGP and Kronecker structure compared to modeling each output with an independent GP model.


System for inputting an object to the electronic device from the set of objects is based on the surrounding first pointer (11) determining, and the first point position on the display 10, as a first plurality of individually representing the object subsets from each of the object sets It is arranged to display a selectable field 12. Selection of the subset is carried out by moving the field (12a) that contains a subset of the desired point. Then, the system, around the selected field (12a), for displaying the previous field (13) selected to at least one further plurality of individually representing the individual objects or more objects subset from the object, a subset shown in the selected fields, respectively that is carried out by alternately moving the pointer to select a field added until the selection field (13a) that indicates the individual objects. Then, the selected individual objects may be input by the user.


The ionic conductivity of AgI films on tri-glycine sulfate (TGS) single crystal substrates was measured at temperature range from 300 K to 425 K. An enhancement of the ionic conductivity was observed in low temperature phase of AgI (β-phase). The ionic conductivity of β-AgI films shows an increase with decreasing the thickness. The conductivity enhancement is dominated by the ionic conduction at the interface between β-AgI films and TGS substrates. Change of physical property of substrates, such as the phase transition and the variation of domain structure of TGS substrate, has no effect on the ionic conduction.


The invention discloses an EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) adhesive film for a heat-resistant solar battery, which is prepared from 100 parts of EVA copolymer, 1-3 parts of peroxide crosslinking agent, 0.01-1.6 parts of antioxidant, 0.05-1 part of light stabilizer, 0.05-0.2 part of ultraviolet absorbent, 0.01-4 parts of silane coupling agent, 0-5 parts of tackifier and 0.2-5 parts of copolymerization agent. The EVA adhesive film disclosed by the invention has better heat resistance, weather resistance and mechanical properties, and is beneficial to prolonging the service life of a photovoltaic component.


It is a very important task to construct a life-saving passage in building ruins rapidly and scientifically in the process of earthquake rescue. Currently, the virtual scene is built to train rescuers to construct the life-saving passage quickly and scientifically. However, there are problems such as high cost, small quantity, and single form. A new method of constructing building ruins and life-saving passage was proposed based on the combined finite element (FE) and finite-discrete element (F-DE) method and restarted function of LS-DYNA program. First, taking the RC frame structure ruins as research objection, the different types of life-saving passages were constructed. What's more, a simple and reasonable optimization method of life-saving passage is proposed based on the rescue technologies with the shortest time. Meanwhile, the timing test of four typical rescue technologies was performed considering the influence factors of various rescue situations. Finally, the practicability and validation of the optimization method was verified through comparing with actual earthquake rescue case. The results show that the restart function of ANSYS/LS-DYNA program can construct the life-saving passage rapidly and reasonably, and simultaneously, the optimal method of life-saving passage can give the optimal rescue route intuitively and accurately. The numerical simulation method of construction and optimization of life-saving passages is expected to provide theoretical guidance for rescue drills for on-site earthquake rescue.


Abstract : A study was made of various administrative and personnel factors in the recruiting process, such as recruiting policies, recruiter background, and geographical differences, that were felt to be related to the recruiting of men into enlistment options in technical occupational areas. Data were collected by questionnaire. (Author)


This paper focuses on the automatic detection of a person's blood level alcohol based on automatic speech processing approaches. We compare 5 different feature types with different ways of modeling. Experiments are based on the ALC corpus of IS2011 Speaker State Challenge. The classification task is restricted to the detection of a blood alcohol level above 0:5 ‰. Three feature sets are based on spectral observations: MFCCs, PLPs, TRAPS. These are modeled by GMMs. Classification is either done by a Gaussian classifier or by SVMs. In the later case classification is based on GMM-based supervectors, i.e. concatenation of GMM mean vectors. A prosodic system extracts a 292-dimensional feature vector based on a voicedunvoiced decision. A transcription-based system makes use of text transcriptions related to phoneme durations and textual structure. We compare the stand-alone performances of these systems and combine them on score level by logistic regression. The best stand-alone performance is the transcriptionbased system which outperforms the baseline by 4.8 % on the development set. A Combination on score level gave a huge boost when the spectral-based systems were added (73.6 %). This is a relative improvement of 12.7 % to the baseline. On the test-set we achieved an UA of 68.6 % which is a significant improvement of 4.1 % to the baseline system. Index Terms: GMM, alcohol intoxication, system fusion


It is generally accepted that static critical phenomena in two dimensions fall into classes characterized by universal critical exponents and amplitude ratios. However, for dynamic critical phenomena the situation is much less clear, because exact and accurate numerical results are scarce. In this Letter, we show that relaxation modes of a class, parameterized by k, of two-dimensional Ising-like models with single-spin-flip dynamics have a universal exponent z and universal amplitude ratios of the corresponding relaxation times. At critically, tLiskd, the relaxation time of mode i of a system of size L, behaves as tLisk d. m k A i L z ,


Abstract The effects of turbulence on the dynamics of dust grains in protoplanetary discs is of relevant importance in the study of pre-planetesimal formation. The complex interplay between gas and dust and the modelling of turbulence require numerical simulations. A statistical study of the noise in SPH simulations of gas-only protoplanetary accretion discs is performed in order to determine if it could mimic turbulence and to what extent.


Stomach contents were analyzed from 109 individuals. A total of 4 Genera and 14 Species were identified. Crustaceans accounted for %N=67.39% , %IRI= 86.37% of the total identified taxa and Teleosts %N=32.61% (%IRI = 13.63%). An ontogenetic change was observed in P. volitans diet.