This paper introduced the recent development on carbonylation using carbon dioxide as carbon resource at home and abroad and evaluates the possibility of the utilization. Normally, the carbonylations of alkenes, alkynes and alkyl-halides et al with carbon dioxide must be carried out at much higher temperature and pressure, while those of unsaturated alkyls, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons can be done under ambient conditions by photo-catalysis.


We propose an iterative solution method for the 3D high-frequency Helmholtz equation that exploits a contour integral formulation of spectral projectors. In this framework, the solution in certain invariant subspaces is approximated by solving complex-shifted linear systems, resulting in faster GMRES iterations due to the restricted spectrum. The shifted systems are solved by exploiting a polynomial fixed-point iteration, which is a robust scheme even if the magnitude of the shift is small. Numerical tests in 3D indicate that $O(n^{1/3})$ matrix-vector products are needed to solve a high-frequency problem with a matrix size $n$ with high accuracy. The method has a small storage requirement, can be applied to both dense and sparse linear systems, and is highly parallelizable.


A new concept is introduced to optimize the performance of the entire powertrain: Integrated Powertrain Control (IPC). In this concept, the synergy between engine, driveline and aftertreatment system is exploited by integrated energy and emission management. As a result, fuel efficiency and drivability can be optimized simultaneously within the boundaries set by emission legislation. This is essential to meet both future CO2 targets and ultra low emission limits. As a first step towards IPC, the potential of the proposed approach is demonstrated for a series hybrid diesel passenger car. The studied powertrain is based on a VW 1.2l TDI engine, which is equipped with a urea-based SCR-deNOx aftertreatment system. For three different energy management strategies, chassis dynamometer results are presented over a European NEDC test cycle. Additional simulations demonstrate the potential of integrated energy and emission management, especially during low temperature conditions. Projections show that 130 g/km CO2 and Euro-6 NOx emission targets can be simultaneously met for the studied C-segment vehicle.


A new method for evaluating the complex propagation constant \beta in a leaky-wave structure comprising thin metallic rectangular strips etched on a dielectric rod of rectangular cross section is described. The radiation pattern of the leaky-wave antenna can be determined once \beta is known, since Re( \beta ) governs the direction of the main beam and Im( \beta ) accounts for the beamwidth and aperture efficiency. In addition the knowledge of the dependence of \beta on frequency allows one to design the antenna for frequency-scanning applications. The method employed in this communication is based on the spectral domain approach that formulates the eigenvalue problem in the Fourier transform domain. Computed results are shown to be in very good agreement with experimental measurements.


Objective To explore the relationship betwee life stress and problem behaviors among Tibetan university students and to provide scientific basis for psychological health education.Methods We investigated 400 Tibetan college students with life stress scale and teenage behavior questionnaire.Results Life stress and problem behaviors were positively correlated(all P0.01) in the students.The study and life stress had significant effect on school maladjustment(β=-0.209) and test anxiety(β=-0.284).Peer relationships affected retreat(β=-0.252) and neuroticism significantly(β=-0.243).The development of the relationship between male and female had significant influence on attack(β=-0.146) and discipline(β=-0.306).Self-identity and self-expectation of life pressure affected four dimensions of school maladjustment(β=-0.213),withdrawn(β=-0.293),neuroticism(β=-0.233) and test anxiety(β=-0.293).Conclusion Life stress influences the generation of problem behavior among Tibetan college students.


A stable earth gravity model with high precision(Grace_sta)was obtained based on 106 months continual Grace(gravity recovery and climate experiment)model,whose spherical harmonic degree and order was 120,after eliminating the monthly,quarterly and annual variations.Among the degree 2~120,the degree variance curve of Grace_sta model was consistent with the EGM2008 and EGM96.But the error degree variance of the former was better than the latter two models between the degree 2 to 100.The geoid undulation of the Grace_sta model has RMS 3cm compared with EGM2008,and about 52cm compared with EGM96 all over the world,which they were only using the earth gravity coefficients until 100 degree and order.The results showed that lower part of the EGM2008 model could be substituted by the new derived stable earth gravity model Grace_sta.This new model can be used as a reasonable reference gravity field for deriving high precision sea surface topography.


Doses of 11–20 mg of the title compound in aqueous formulation were added to barley plants in pots. Radioactivity and biological activity against Puccinia coronata on eight different sections of the shoots as well as the inhibition of Cladosporium spore development on thin-layer chromatograms from methanolic extracts were followed during the first 24 h. Transport velocities, distribution and useful doses are discussed.


Objective: This study was carried out to determine different causes of pleural effusion among children having age up to 5 years. Study design and duration: This is a cross sectional study. Study was started in January 2018 and completed in July 2018 comprising on duration of 7 months. Setting: Study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital Shahida Islam Teaching Hospital Bahawalpur. Patients and Methods: All pediatric patients up to five years of age admitted in study institution due to pleural effusion during study duration were included in this study. These cases were diagnosed with pleural effusion due to different causes. Those cases in which diagnosis was suspected but not confirmed, they were not included in the study. These cases were belonging to male and female both genders. They were admitted in pediatric ward from outpatient-door and emergency department. All relevant data was documented properly such as age, gender, presenting complaints, important points of history taken from parents and important findings on physical examination. All baseline investigations such as CBC, RFTS, LFTS, pleural fluid examination and chest x ray were done from within the study institution. Pleural tap was done in all cases and minimum 5 ml pleural fluid was taken and sent for examination to the hospital laboratory. Proper management gave included antibiotics, intravenous paeds solution and oxygen inhalation. Mechanical ventilation was done in few cases having difficulty in breathing with decreased blood oxygen saturation. Results: Total 105 cases were included in this study. Age range was from one month to 5 years with mean age of 2.7 years. There were 16.2% cases below one year age, 28.6% cases between 1-2 years, 18% cases between 2-3 years, 21.9% between 3-4 years and 15.2% cases were between 4-5 years of age. Presenting signs and symptoms were Fever in 97% cases, cough in 85.7% cases, breathlessness in 75.2%, tachypnea in 80% cases, Pallor in 61.9%, chest pain in 48.6% cases, loss of appetite in 71.4%, vomiting in 36.2% and cyanosis was reported in 25.7% cases. Causes of pleural effusion found in study cases include pneumonia in majority cases (62.8%) followed by other causes such as tuberculosis in 23.8% cases, malignancy in 2.8%, congestive cardiac failure in 4.8% and nephritic syndrome in 5.7% cases. There were 33% cases treated with antibiotics alone, 58% treated with antibiotics and chest intubation while in 8.5% cases decortications was done in which did not respond to conservative treatment. Conclusion: pleural effusion in pediatric patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most common cause of pleural effusion in this age group is pneumonia in which exudative type of pleural effusion is present.


Recently, incremental learning has attracted a lot of interest in both research communities and industries. Generally, given a series of data sets sequentially, it tries to achieve good performance on the new data set while maintaining not bad performance on the old ones. Despite the recent success of incremental learning, existing works mainly assume that the coming data set is from the feature space of old ones, i.e., homogeneous feature space. And they adopt one feature extractor to forcibly project different feature spaces into one space. However, this assumption is hard to hold in real-world scenarios. Especially, the attributes of tables may sequentially increase in tabular learning. Thus, classic incremental learning models may hinder their effectiveness. In this paper, we propose a new method, incremental tabular learning on heterogeneous feature space (ILEAHE) to solve this issue. We first propose the ideas that feature extractors should be decomposed into shared and specific extractors to process the shared and specific features across different data sets respectively. Then, we propose a novel measurement named discriminative ability to measure specific extractors. Thus, two kinds of extractors can be discriminated and the specific extractor will more focus on those domain-specific features. We further demonstrate the effectiveness of ILEAHE through empirical studies.


The stability of highly stratified shear flows is dependent on several parameters including the thickness of the interfacial transition layer. Experimental results show that the thickness of this layer is influenced by the ratio of interfacial to wall friction factors. In this paper experimental results on interfacial instability are examined and compared with several theoretical results.


While fundamental to many scientific and technological applications, capabilities for controlling charge currents remain highly restricted, particularly at modern limiting nanometer spatial and femtosecond temporal scales. Here, we demonstrate a novel method for versatile ultrafast light-based current control within new class of optoelectronic metasurfaces. Local directional charge flows in the graphene layer underlying each gold nanoantenna conspire to millimeter-scale currents, as characterized via terahertz (THz) emission. Implementing largearea vector arrays as efficient sources, we introduce readily frequency- and polarization- tunable broadband cylindrical vector beam generation in the THz range, toward applications in information science, charge acceleration, THz spectroscopies, and THz imaging.


number of iterationg . , because a large number of iIerations leads to images with checkerboard noise . The main advantage of data acquisition in the three −dimensional (3D )mode is the high sensitivity to better exploir the in− trinsic spatial resolution and the 且ower iIljection dose given to paticnts. In the 3D mode , the scatter fraction is higher, and , for a given administered dose, the random fraction is higher than that in the t.wo −dimensional mode , which implies that correction methods need /to be more accurate . Moreover , in clinical oncology iSF −FDG PET


In downtown Salt Lake City, the new 1.5 million sq ft (140 000 m²) conference center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) faced design issues that include height restrictions, a uniquely shaped theater/conference space, and acoustical symmetry. Occupying an entire 10 acre (4 ha) city block, the conference complex includes a multi-use, 21,000-seat assembly building, a 900-seat regional theater, and a 1,300-car underground parking structure.


Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer robust, high-energy-density solutions for soft robotics. The proposed end effector consists of three spring roll configuration DEAs, each acting as a robotic finger, using a 3M VHB-F9473PC adhesive membrane. Spring roll DEAs can be designed to achieve highly specialised actuations depending on the electrode patterning and structural supports. This allows a spring roll DEA-based soft end effector to be tailor-made by simply altering the electrode patterning. The lateral force, bending angle and response time of the actuator are measured experimentally and compared with the predictions of an analytical model. The cylindrical actuator measures 70 mm in length and 15 mm in diameter and achieves a lateral force of 30 mN, a bending angle of 6.8° and a response time of ≈1 s. Spring roll configuration DEAs are shown to reduce the effects of viscoelasticity seen in the membrane, making the actuator more controllable at higher voltages. The dielectric constant of the membrane is shown to be a limiting factor of actuation, with a decrease in dielectric constant resulting in larger actuation. The end effector successfully grips numerous light objects for extended periods, showing the applicability of spring roll DEAs for soft end effectors.


The term vulnerable adult has been used for decades within health or legal scientific reports describing potential subjects of abuse. More recently, it appears in relation to ecclesial abuse, as well as in psychologic and legal discussions in relation to the definition of these adults, and the reparation that they are owed. Admitting that the recognition of adult victims of abuse in the Catholic church is a breakthrough toward acknowledging the damage committed, the author states that the use of vulnerable adults to describe these victims is ambiguous. By redefining the ethical-anthropological category of vulnerability as an inherent human characteristic with a dual conception –anthropological and situational–she claims all people can be in either of these moments of experienced vulnerability, thus the inappropriateness of the term used to describe victims of ecclesial abuse.


Abstract We study the notion of weak canonical bases in an NSOP
$_{1}$
 theory T with existence. Given
$p(x)=\operatorname {tp}(c/B)$
 where
$B=\operatorname {acl}(B)$
 in
${\mathcal M}^{\operatorname {eq}}\models T^{\operatorname {eq}}$
 , the weak canonical base of p is the smallest algebraically closed subset of B over which p does not Kim-fork. With this aim we firstly show that the transitive closure
$\approx $
 of collinearity of an indiscernible sequence is type-definable. Secondly, we prove that given a total
$\mathop {\smile \hskip -0.9em ^| \ }^K$
 -Morley sequence I in p, the weak canonical base of
$\operatorname {tp}(I/B)$
 is
$\operatorname {acl}(e)$
 , if the hyperimaginary
$I/\approx $
 is eliminable to e, a sequence of imaginaries. We also supply a couple of criteria for when the weak canonical base of p exists. In particular the weak canonical base of p is (if exists) the intersection of the weak canonical bases of all total
$\mathop {\smile \hskip -0.9em ^| \ }^K$
 -Morley sequences in p over B. However, while we investigate some examples, we point out that given two weak canonical bases of total
$\mathop {\smile \hskip -0.9em ^| \ }^K$
 -Morley sequences in p need not be interalgebraic, contrary to the case of simple theories. Lastly we suggest an independence relation relying on weak canonical bases, when T has those. The relation, satisfying transitivity and base monotonicity, might be useful in further studies on NSOP
$_1$
 theories .


This paper presents a 60 GHz millimeter wave radar technique for the classification of behaviors related to bed-leaving and bed-lying of elderly adults using real data acquired in nursing care facilities. Time-range and time-velocity distribution images corresponding to short-time data were generated based on frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar signal processing. Then, bed-leaving and other behaviors such as bed-lying and sitting on the bed were classified with 97 % accuracy using the convolutional neural network whose inputs were the generated time-range images. However, in other experiments, the classification of gaits during bed-approaching and bed-leaving using time-range images was failed. To overcome this, we used the time-velocity images calculated based on Doppler radar processing and achieved a 90% accuracy rate for their classification. These results suggest that millimeter wave radar can be a useful tool for monitoring the activities of elderly adults in a non-invasive way for daily monitoring in nursing care.


In August 2008 at a small pond on Isle Royale, Michigan, we saw three Wolves ( Canis lupus ) run towards and leap at or onto a cow Moose ( Alces alces ) standing at the shore's edge in water ca. 1.7 m deep. The Moose swam out into the pond with the Wolves swimming in pursuit while attempting, with occasional success, to climb on the back of the Moose. The chase eventually moved out of our view, but a week later we found a Wolf-eaten cow on the pond's shoreline where we estimated it might have been killed. The animal was ca. 14-yr old with arthritic lesions in the pelvic region. This is apparently the first published report of swimming Wolves attacking and killing a swimming Moose, the kill likely having been made as the Moose emerged from the pond. Remains of a second kill in that pond were found shortly thereafter.


In this paper, we propose a vector input neural network model. The architecture of this network is composed by two parts: single vector immutiply and mix (de-mix) matrix process. The model can be described as a high-dimension neural network operator. Simplify this model bring to a high-dimension array as the kernel of the network. The high-dimension neural network is usable in many fields especially the input signals are vectors. High-dimension immutiply has the physical mean that the victor input channels are filtered at the same sample time. We use this neural network forecasting economic. The economic statistics data such as GDP, CPI composed the input vector and we can use this model (as a high-dimension array) to forecast the data of next year or later.


Four propositions, and their support, which argue for the academic viability and necessity of programs in the discipline of speech communication, are set forth


Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) is a widely explored domain in the world of computer science. With it being a crucial topic during an interview for a software engineer, it is a topic not to take lightly. There are various platforms available to understand a particular DSA, several programming problems, and its implementation. Hacckerank, LeetCode, GeeksForGeeks (GFG), and Codeforces are popular platforms that offer a vast collection of programming problems to enhance skills. However, with the huge content of DSA available, it is challenging for users to identify which one among all to focus on after going through the required domain. This work aims to use a Content-based filtering (CBF) recommendation engine to suggest users programming-based questions related to different DSAs such as arrays, linked lists, trees, graphs, etc. The recommendations are generated using the concept of Natural Language Processing (NLP). The data set consists of approximately 500 problems. Each problem is represented by the features such as problem statement, related topics, level of difficulty, and platform link. Standard measures like cosine similarity, accuracy, precision, and F1-score are used to determine the proportion of correctly recommended problems. The percentages indicate how well the system performed regarding that evaluation. The result shows that CBF achieves an accuracy of 83 %, a precision of 83 %, a recall of 80%, and an F1-score of 80%. This recommendation system is deployed on a web application that provides a suitable user interface allowing the user to interact with other features. With this, a whole E-learning application is built to aid potential software engineers and computer science students. In the future, two more recommendation systems, Collaborative Filtering (CF) and Hybrid systems, can be implemented to make a comparison and decide which is most suitable for the given problem statement.


The results of electron beam processing of Mn-Zn ferrite samples using pulsed and continuous electron beams in the fore-vacuum pressure range (10 Pa) are presented. We find that continuous electron beam processing leads to surface structuring of the ferrite, changes in elemental composition on the surface, and electrical property modification. The degree of ferrite parameter changes exhibits a threshold behavior. For surface processing temperatures below 900 °C, changes are barely noticeable, while for temperatures over 1100 °C the surface resistance decreases by more than an order of magnitude to values of less than 3 kOhm. Electron beam processing with millisecond pulse duration and pulse energy density exceeding 15 J/cm2 results in the formation of low zinc content melt islands, while the remaining surface area (outside the islands) elemental content and ferrite properties remain largely unchanged. The thickness of the modified layer depends on the processing mode and can be controlled over the range of 0.1–0.5 mm. Due to its low resistance, the modified layer can be utilized to enhance the RF-absorbing properties of the ferrite, which is important in the design of modern magnetic elements of electronic equipment.


We present first results on ion acceleration with the BELLA PW laser as well as end-to-end simulation for isochoric heating of solid gold targets using PW-laser generated ion beams: (i) 2D Particle-In-Cell (PIC) simulations are applied to study the ion source characteristics of the PW laser-target interaction at the long focal length (f/65) beamline at laser intensities of ~〖5×10〗^19 Wcm-2 at spot size of 0=53 m on a CH target. (ii) In order to transport the ion beams to an EMP-free environment, an active plasma lens will be used. This was modeled [1] by calculating the Twiss parameters of the ion beam from the appropriate transport matrixes taking the source parameters obtained from the PIC simulation. (iii) Hydrodynamic simulations indicate that these ion beams can isochorically heat a 1 mm3 gold target to the Warm Dense Matter state. Reference: J. van Tilborg et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 184802 (2015). This work was supported by Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provided by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.


BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (IP) -Ex-Forpign Mlnjster Laszlo Ra)k Ollel two former ommunist party officials were sentenced yesterday 10 death on the gallows for a purplllt£>d IJl0t t!J (lverthrow Hungnr,)"s Communist government. 'fhey thernsel ves had test! fied they worked with Americans and Yugoslavs to toss }fungary under the influence or Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito. Two otl1er ml'll were sentenced to ute inlPrisomnE'nt and one to Illne years in this second big Hungarian treason trial ot 1949. AppE'als w£>r£> entered tor all, although Rajk protested that "I co.,sider the verdwt justWed." (Hungary considers any prisoner brought into court is guilty un til proven i nnocen t, the reversc of western procedUre. Statpments made by prisoners during police interrogation are entered as gIltedged f'vldpnce.) 1'lle e[lSp attructed UlI' mo~t International attenliDI~ to Hungry since the treason trial of Josef Cordinal Mindszenty last February . The Roman Catholic Primate is now serving a life tel·m. The sent<'l1ces, delivered by pre~iding. Judge PE'ter Janko before a hushed und crowded courtroom; D ath ror Rajk, a poke!'rnced lIlan 0(: 40 who headed lIun UIIIY'S polit'e OR Interior Minister \Jefore his shitt Lo tile }o'or Igo Ministry; Dr. Tlbor Szoenyl, 46, Lormer mcmber ot Parliament who directed thE' Rungarlan CommunIst Pm·ty's ('odl'E' systf'm supervising rank and file members; and Andras Szalai, 32, deputy to Szoenyi.


Question classification, an important component of question answering systems, has a direct impact on the answer extraction accuracy. In this paper, a question classification method is proposed by combined the question feature extracting of term relevance with semi-supervised classification. In detail, the method extracts structure terms in interrogative sentences as the feature space through statistical means, and calculates the relevance among terms by literal similarity method, besides, feature vectors of question classification are obtained by using term similarity relationship to build the questions' feature value in feature space. And then, utilizing unlabeled samples classify questions with the help of Co-training style and semisupervised learning algorithm. Experimented on 20,000 questions in Yunnan tourism domain, the results show that more remarkable effects have been achieved by adopting the method above. The classification accuracy rate reaches 82.34%, which is higher than the TFIDF feature extraction methods and supervised learning methods by 15.4 percentage points and 1.4 percentage points separately.


The high accuracy measurement of static magnetic field is interfered with three-component fluxgate sensor′s nonorthogonality error,and needs to calibrate the measured error of magnetic field.The nonorthogonality error of three-component fluxgate sensor is analyzed and the mathematical model of the errors is introduced.A calibration method based on real-coded genetic algorithm is presented to calibrate sensor′s nonorthogonality error,and the accuracy of sensor measurement of magnetic field is proved.An experiment shows that the calibration of three-component fluxgate sensor′s nonorthogonality error can be improved by the algorithm.


This study aims to understand the impact that Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) may have on the state of Michigan's economy. Econometric aspects of ITS over other industries are sought because presently ITS is perceived as a contribution to transportation industry only. Leontief's Input-Output (I-O) model that establishes an economic measurement through industries is used to ascertain the ITS effects on Michigan. An aggregated industrial I-O model using RIMS II is utilized to compute the Michigan I-O table from the national I-O table. Savings in reduced time delays and fuel costs by employing full ITS products are forecasted to calculate an overall cost reduction factor pertaining to transportation industry. Impact of ITS on the intertwined industries in the I-O model is achieved by modifying the characteristics of Michigan I-O table and maximizing the effect on certain selected industries. Macroeconomic measures are then computed in terms of multipliers for all aggregated industries. These multipliers are obtained for the cases before ITS implementation, conventional improvement methods, and after ITS implementation. A sensitivity analysis is also carried out to gauge the forecast of ITS implementation in the state. Results suggest greater economic benefits that may be achieved for most industries by statewide implementation of the full ITS products.


One of the flagship applications of partial evaluation is compilation and compiler generation. However, partial evaluation is usually expressed as a source-to-source transformation for high-level languages, whereas realistic compilers produce object code.We close this gap by composing a partial evaluator with a compiler by automatic means. Our work is a successful application of several meta-computation techniques to build the system, both in theory and in practice. The composition is an application of deforestation or fusion.The result is a run-time code generation system built from existing components. Its applications are numerous. For example, it allows the language designer to perform interpreter-based experiments with a source-to-source version of the partial evaluator before building a realistic compiler which generates object code automatically.


This paper develops the linear transformation (or precoding) of orthogonal space-time block codes (STBC) for minimizing probability of decoding error, when the channel covariance matrix is available at the transmitter. We build on recent work that stated the optimization problem without solving for the transformation. Specifically, we provide a closed-form solution for the multi-input single-output (MISO) systems, and a numerical solution for the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems. Our results confirm that eigen-beamforming is optimal at low SNR or highly correlated channels, and full diversity is optimal at high SNR or weakly correlated channels.


Mouth and eye plays very virtual role in the analysis of human mood. The proposed method focus on segmentation of these potential features. In this paper, an approach to the problem of facial feature detection based on human face configuration is presented . To recognize facial features from given image. Applying appropriate threshold value to find Facial feature such as eye, and mouth are extracted using statistical features, such as right array division and right array multiplications operations. Experiments are carried out on JAFFE facial expression database [12] and obtained better performance of the proposed approach in terms of accuracy.


In this work, we study the feasibility of using memristor as a synapse in spiking neural networks. A simple voltage controlled model is selected and the effect of several parameters on the I-V characteristics and memristance are studied. Next, the ability of the device to perform synaptic behaviors has been investigated. The Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) learning algorithm is applied to a circuit model which contains LIF pre and post-synaptic neurons and the memristor as a synapse. Components are modeled in verilog-A, and the circuit is simulated in HSPICE. Continuous and analog weight change of synapse is demonstrated. The two most important characteristics of the synapse, i.e the maximum voltage over the memristor and the STDP characteristics, have been extracted from simulations. These results confirm that the proposed memristor model is an attractive candidate for complex spiking neural networks.


A series of copolyesters based on bis(4-hydroxybutyl) terephthalate, terephthaloyl chloride andvarious aromatic diols (i.e. hydroquinone, chlorohydroquinone, bromohydroquinone or dihydroxybi-phenyl) was prepared. ~1H-NMR studies revealed that the monomer units had microstructures closeto random distribution in the chains. The copolymers showed composition-dependent liquid crystal-line properties as verified by visual observation of stir opalescence, polarizing microscope, DSC andX-ray diffration. The copolyesters with aromatic diol contents over a certain extent (for chloro-hydroquinone m≥0.33) were thermotropic with wide liquid crystalline temperature ranges. Theintroduction of chlorohydroquinone into the copolyesters could gradually destroy the crystallinityof the polymers but retain the liquid crystalline characteristics.


This paper will introduce AReViRoad, a virtual reality tool and a traffic road simulator that enables one to determine the impact of the road network on traffic fluidity. The traffic generation is based on a multi-agent system in which each vehicle (an entity) is a software agent with its own behavior (autonomous). This solution offers a credible traffic road that will be used for testing a road network. With a set of given tools one can create one's own road network. Thereafter, one can configure one's own simulation (number of vehicles, tested road network, flow of car generators) and then launch, observe and analyze it with dedicated tools, such as a 3D view, flow meter and timer.


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This research aims at examining determinants of whistleblowing intentions by civil servants. The subject of this research is civil servants who work at the Ministry of Finance in Yogyakarta Regional Office whom 79 were selected based on convenience sampling method. Data were collected through questionnaire survey during October-November 2016. Based on multiple regression analysis, the result shows that personal cost and fraud seriousness are significant in influencing whistleblowing intentions by the civil servants. On the other hand ethical climate-egoism, ethical climate-benevolence, ethical climate-principle, internal locus of control and organizational commitment are not significant.


TH-AADY and saccharifying enzyme were added during mixed-steaming and mixed-heating of Xiangquan Luzhou-flavor liquor for multiple-seasons consecutive production test.The results suggested that the addition of TH-AADY and saccharifying enzyme could improve liquor yield and liquor quality,increase ethyl caproate content,inhibit the formation of ethyl acetate,increase the ratio of ethyl caproate and ethyl acetate,and strengthen ethyl caproate features(main body flavoring substance of Xiangquan Luzhou-flavor liquor).Higher ratio of grains and fermented grains should be applied in spring and summer to keep amylum content for pit entry less than 17.0 % in case of unchanged materials input.On the other hand,smaller ratio of fermented grains should be applied in winter and during turnover of fermented grains to keep amylum content for pit entry less than 16.0 %.The addition of TH-AADY and saccharifying enzyme was of high reliability and could produce good economic benefits.


Objective:To explore the influence of massage on maternity health. Methods:400 primipara who had no chronic diseases as well as psychonosema and deliveried healthy newborns were divided into experimental group and con-trol group randomly. The primipara in experimental group received routine nursing and massage. Those in control group received routine nursing only. Rehabilitation effect of two groups was compared. Results:The postpartum pain, sleeping quality, excretion,uterus recovery, depression degree post partum of experimental group were better than those of control group(P0.05).Conclusion:Massage is useful for primipara postpartum on physical and mental health.


How can current measures, strategies and framework conditions be modified in order to enable a higher quality of life, despite weak Which instruments and strategies are necessary in order to maintain or increase the provision of ecosystem services in times of weak growth? ..


The issues of tectonic structure and oil and gas geological zoning of the Southern oil and gas region of Ukraine are considered, the main differences between the existing schemes of oil and gas geological division are presented, the essence of which lies in different views on the tectonic structure of the region and the taxonomy of its individual elements. The requirements of the current legislation relating to the classification of deposits depending on their condition in the initial reservoir conditions are given and the hydrocarbon deposits of the studied region are described. In the Southern Oil and Gas Region of Ukraine, there are 46 deposits, that is 10.2% of all deposits of Ukraine, of which 10 are oil, 1 is oil and gas, 4 are gas and oil, 7 are gas condensate, and 25 are gas (including 1 underground gas storage). An assessment of the state of reserves and prospective resources of the Southern oil and gas region in relation to all reserves and prospective resources of Ukraine was carried out. Significant discoveries can be associated with the Lower Cretaceous oil and gas complex, amounting to 228,227 million m³ or 69.1% of all prospective hydrocarbon resources of the Southern oil and gas region or 25% of all prospective resources of Ukraine.Summarizing tables of the distribution of reserves and prospective resources of the main hydrocarbon components by depth and stratigraphic division have been compiled. Diagrams of the numerical expression of the distribution of reserves and prospective resources were constructed. The reasons for uneven distribution of reserves and resources of the region depending on depth and stratigraphic division are highlighted.


OBJECTIVE
Endothelial function of a vessel may be impaired by local or systemic inflammation initiated by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The present study was designed to investigate the early effects of CPB on nitric oxide production and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in internal mammary artery (IMA).

DESIGN
Prospective study.

SETTING
University hospital.

PARTICIPANTS
Twenty patients who were scheduled for elective CABG with CPB.

INTERVENTIONS
IMA sections were studied immunohistochemically from these patients. The samples were taken from the distal end of the IMA before the institution of CPB and just before the construction of the IMA-left anterior descending artery anastomosis.

MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS
After CPB, VEGF and endothelial nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity increased significantly when compared with baseline values in the endothelium (p = 0.0156, p = 0.0313) and adventitia (p = 0.0313, p = 0.0001), respectively. No significant change was observed in inducible nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity.

CONCLUSIONS
The increase in eNOS expression may have been induced by the inflammation caused by CPB.


The purpose of this article is to reconcile an apparent discrepancy with points raised by a different author on the basis of some fundamental thermodynamic consideration which go back to some of the thermodynamic works of Gibbs and Duhem .


The following essay contains a more general philosophical reflection on the significance and some main elements of pre-modern Confucian learning. The topic is developed by presenting some essential elements in the whole range from explicit (linguistically expressible) knowledge to symbolic aspects as well as the (philosophical) problem of ineffable knowing. The essay starts with the general conception of man which underlies the mainstream of Confucian learning. On that basis, the more explicit contents and easily explicable subjects or branches of classical Confucian learning are mapped out. This becomes the starting point to move on to reflect on a more symbolic layer of Confucian learning. Finally, the core level of Confucian learning is addressed. This presents us with the problem of ineffability. The reference points of the present essay are restricted to some important classical passages as well as the thought of Wang Yangming 王陽明 (1472–1529).


In terms of the relation between unpremeditated crime and joint crime, in old China, Criminal Law and the theory of criminal law assumed the following patterns, those are, new school-subjectivism-joint action theoryacknowledging unpremeditated joint crime; old school-objectivism-joint crime theory-unacknowledging the unpremeditated joint crime; the new Chinese Criminal Law and theory of criminal law deny the joint unpremeditated crime, but leave some theoretical unsolved problems; judicial practices have automatically acknowledged the unpremeditated joint crimes, but under the existed criminal law, it is hard to acknowledge the unpremeditated joint crime on the basis of interpretation theory; on the basis of legislation theory, it is reasonable to acknowledge the joint unpremeditated crime: when the violating action caused by several people and the action occurred joint unpremeditatedly, the actors should jointly bear the criminal obligation.


In view of the management of loading and unloading machinery lubrication management, this article on the construction of "full participation"in the loading and unloading operation of machinery lubrication management system, loading and unloading goods, machinery lubricants "reasonable"choice and use of oil products of the metamorphism and pollution"targeted" prevention, quality of oil products "dynamic"examination, "Economic and efficient, it will be"in the application of oil detection technology to a number of key issues of good.


Background: Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological malignancy, resulting in approximately 14,000 deaths annually in the United States. Transcriptome data are emerging as an effective tool possibly leading to clinical applications for various cancers.Methods: We collected eight serous ovarian carcinomas (SOCs) and eight normal ovary samples, and generated a whole transcriptome profile of human ovarian cancer using microarrays, including mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs. We constructed a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network involving these three types of RNAs and identified immune-related circRNAs from the network. Moreover, we proposed a gene-pair filtering method to identify significant expression reversals from integrated multi-cohorts, which mitigates the technical variation and improves the statistical power.Results: Three pairs of mRNAs (BIRC5:PRKCQ, PTK2B:OGN, and S100A14:NR2F1) were identified as promising biomarkers and were fused as an indicator (SOC index) for diagnostic prediction. Validation in three independent cohorts demonstrated that the SOC index carries a very high predictive capacity (average ROC, 0.99; sensitivity, 0.98; specificity, 1.00). Additionally, the SOC index exhibited its prognostic potential to discriminate SOC patients between early and late stage disease.Conclusions: Our findings elucidate the repertoire of RNA expressions in SOC and identified three gene pairs for the primary screening of SOC. Further biological experiments of the three gene pairs are warranted in order to investigate the underlying function mechanisms involved in ovarian cancer development.


Iterative solutions of coupled parabolic wave equations are examined to determine the validity of applying this method to predict low‐frequency ocean acoustic reverberation. Solutions for backscattering from a random rough interface between two media of differing wave number are obtained in the form of an expansion in powers of the rough interface excursion from its mean value. This expansion is found to differ significantly from the corresponding expansion obtained by applying perturbation theory to the full elliptic wave equation.


Designed to save energy and expand rail/wheel life, today's lubricants and friction modifiers also ensure a quiet environment and passenger comfort.


We suggest many possible applications of micromechanical sensor and actuator principles or structures to scanned probe microscopy. The micromechanical structures are fabricated by augmented integrated‐circuit planar fabrication techniques. These microscale devices can provide electrically controlled steady or time‐varying linear or rotary motion. They can also transport granular solids as well as fluids and biological substances, and can sense measurands such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, vapor concentration, fluid density and viscosity, and mass accumulations produced by condensation from solution or by electroplating.


This paper presents the design, implementation and performance of a high bandwidth communications channel for both new and existing inductive (contact-less) power transfer (IPT) applications, wherein power is transferred in the frequency range of 10 kHz to 50 kHz. Two novel near field capacitive or inductive antennas are introduced that are specifically designed to operate in close proximity to a communications track and to inject and receive data signals at a data rate of 10 Mbps or higher with an appropriate modem. The channel operates in the frequency range of 100 MHz to 600 MHz and therefore is unaffected by the IPT power frequencies and any associated switching harmonics, enabling all of the advantageous characteristics of IPT systems to be maintained. The ability of the antennas to function reliably when subjected to horizontal and vertical displacements has been proven by extensive measurements. Magnetic coupling theory can be applied to determine both the power transfer and the insertion loss of the antennas to the communications track. These calculations have been verified by both practical measurements and simulations of the channel using an FEM magnetic modelling package. For an inductive antenna and 300 ohm ribbon cable communications track a theoretical insertion loss of 29.6 dB was calculated which compares favourably with a measured loss of 32 dB and a simulated loss of 29.4 dB. The communications system was implemented on an industrial mono-rail system and a high bandwidth channel was successfully achieved.


On the basis of current situation of and the problems existing in foreign language talents cultivation in higher vocational colleges, in consideration of cultivation objectives of compound applied foreign language talents and the characteristics of demand for foreign language talents by "the Belt and Road Initiative" construction in the strategic context of "the Belt and Road Initiative", this paper proposes the training measures of compound applied foreign language talents. The measures are put forward from six aspects, namely making clear the objectives of compound applied foreign language talents cultivation, optimizing foreign language curriculum setting in higher vocational colleges, changing foreign language teaching methods, intensifying foreign language practice training, strengthening construction of foreign language teachers, and expanding the opening-up of education. By detailed analysis, the author aims to provide necessary talent support and think tank guarantee for "the Belt and Road Initiative" of China. Keywords—"the Belt and Road Initiative"; higher vocational colleges; compound applied foreign language talents


We present local and semilocal convergence results for Newton's method in a Banach space setting. In particular, using Lipschitz-type assumptions on the second Fréchet-derivative we find results concerning the radius of convergence of Newton's method. Such results are useful in the context of predictor–corrector continuation procedures. Finally, we provide numerical examples to show that our results can apply where earlier ones using Lipschitz assumption on the first Fréchet-derivative fail.


Some time ago, Bouchaud et al. [J. Phys. I 4, 1383 (1994)] proposed a basic set of equations to describe surface flows. They assumed in particular that the rate of erosion (or accretion, depending on the slope) was proportional to the local amount R of rolling species. This is natural for thin avalanches, but not for thick avalanches. We discuss here the thick limit and assume that for $R\ensuremath{\gg}d$ (the grain diameter) the rates become independent of R. This leads to some different features: (i) filling of a silo, for which the steady-state slope is a (decreasing) function of the feeding rate; (ii) avalanches with a sink at the bottom end (``open cells''), for which the profile starts at a certain angle ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{max}}$ and ends at the neutral angle ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{n},$ where ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{n}$ is the angle at which erosion balances accretion and is smaller than ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{max}}$ $({\ensuremath{\theta}}_{n}={\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{max}}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta});$ and (iii) avalanches with a closed end (where the flow stops), for which the angle of repose is not ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{n}$ but ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{n}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta}={\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{max}}\ensuremath{-}2\ensuremath{\delta}.$ Each avalanche involves a cascade of successive regimes that are described analytically.


The delivery of babies with low birth weight is a prognosis of neonatal mortality, morbidity and poor health outcomes later in life. This study evaluates the levels of cadmium, zinc and calculated cadmium/zinc ratio in non-occupationally exposed pregnant women at delivery and their relationship with birth weight of babies. Blood cadmium, plasma zinc and calculated cadmium/zinc ratio were determined in 200 pregnant women at delivery and 100 non-pregnant women which served as controls. Blood cadmium and plasma zinc were assayed by electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometer and spectrophotometric method respectively. Maternal blood cadmium and cadmium/zinc ratio were significantly higher in those with low birth weight (p<0.001) while plasma zinc was significantly lower than in those who gave birth to babies with normal weight (p<0.001). The anthropometric measurements: birth weight, head circumference and length were significantly lower in babies with low birth weight than in normal birth weight (p<0.05). Blood cadmium and cadmium/zinc ratio correlated inversely with birth weight (r=-0.461; p<0.02) while plasma zinc, head circumference (r=0.392; p<0.05) and length (r=0.390; p<0.05) correlated positively with neonatal birth weight (r=0.482; p<0.02) (r=0.392; p<0.05) (r=0.390; p<0.05) respectively. Concerted effort should be made to check environmental pollutions to avoid their harmful effects on human reproduction and birth weight of neonates.


In this study, using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we focus on understanding the native defects in pristine 1T -TiSe2 at the atomic scale. We probe how they perturb the charge density waves (CDWs) and lead to local CDW modulated region formation. These defects influence the correlation length of CDWs. We establish a connection between suppression of CDWs, Ti intercalation, and show how this supports the exciton condensation model of CDW formation in 1T -TiSe2.


Hand-drawn cartoon has the characteristics of flexibility, natural expression and so on. We present a multi-viewpoint hand-drawn character modeling method based on the human body structure, which is used to express the cartoon character model of hand-drawn style. Firstly, the two-dimensional skeleton is extracted, the skeleton depth is acquired and the three-dimensional skeleton is generated by the human body structure model. Then, combined with the expansion algorithm and the surface optimization and subdivision algorithm, the local networks matched with the multi-view hand-drawn contour lines are created and combined into the whole network model. Finally, the skeleton subspace deformation is established by using the thermal diffusion algorithm. Thereby a three-dimensional character model is generated. The experimental results show that this method can effectively generate cartoon character model with hand-drawn style.


An interactive TV demands more sophisticated forms of interaction than traditional remotes can provide. A variety of technologies and interaction techniques exist for remote pointing. We introduce an ultrasonic pointing device for an interactive TV that guarantees directness in pointing operations.


It is thought that the warm-temperate vegetation of Korea, which at present is limited to southern coastal areas, was founded by individuals from glacial refugia putatively located in southern Japan and/or southern China. Two scenarios of postglacial recolonization can be hypothesized: 1) extant Korean populations are derived from multiple source populations or, 2) they originated from a single source. To test which of these scenarios is more likely, we surveyed patterns of genetic diversity in 3 congeneric terrestrial orchids that are typical of Korean warm-temperate vegetation, Calanthe discolor, C. sieboldii, and C. reflexa. In total, we studied 14 populations with 17 allozyme loci. To complement the study, we also tested the 2 scenarios with previous population-genetics data reported for other warm-temperate plant species native to Korea. Levels of genetic variation in the 3 Calanthe species were substantially higher than those typical of allozyme-based studies in other terrestrial orchid species, which clearly suggest a pattern of postglacial recolonization fitting the first scenario. However, previous studies with native Korean species showed equivocal patterns and suggest conflicting scenarios. The Calanthe species studied here and the previous genetic surveys conducted on other species indicate that the establishment of contemporary warm-temperate vegetation in Korea has been diverse since deglaciation. From a conservation perspective, C. reflexa should be regarded as endangered in Korea, needing special attention to preserve its current genetic diversity and to prevent further decreases in population sizes.


This study reports the atomization behavior of coal-water slurries at conditions typical of a gas turbine combustor. Slurry atomization characteristics were determined for a plain-jet airblast research nozzle and six slurries. Atomization quality is reported in terms of the spray's Sauter mean diameter and the radial distribution of fuel mass flux


This datasheet on Centaurea melitensis covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Dispersal, Diagnosis, Biology & Ecology, Environmental Requirements, Impacts, Uses, Prevention/Control, Further Information.


African freshwater fish of Cichlidae are parasitized by five genera of monogeneans belonging to the Dactylogyridea (Cichlidogyrus, Scutogyrus, Onchobdella, Enterogyrus and Urogyrus). Cichlidogyrus is the most diverse genus of monogeneans parasitizing cichlid fish distributed among a wide range of cichlid species. Scutogyrus species are restricted to mouthbrooders of the genus Sarotherodon and Oreochromis. The objectives of this study were to perform phylogenetic analyses of monogeneans parasitizing cichlid fish in West Africa based on ribosomal DNA sequences, to investigate phylogenetic relationships within West African cichlid fish based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences and to assess host-parasite cophylogenetic history and reveal the presence of host-parasite cospeciation. All phylogenetic analyses showed the monophyletic origin of the Cichlidogyrus/Scutogyrus group, and suggested that Cichlidogyrus is polyphyletic and Scutogyrus is monophyletic. The phylogeny of Cichlidae supported the separation of mouthbrooders and substrate-brooders and is consistent with the hypothesis that the mouthbrooding behavior of Oreochromis and Sarotherodon evolved from substrate-brooding behavior. The cophylogenetic analyses indicated a significant fit between host and parasite phylogenetic trees using distance-based methods, but no significant cospeciation signal was found using tree-based methods, which suggests the presence of parasite duplications and host switches on related host species.


In the [five-year planning period — 1976 to 1980] being reported on, the directives of the Twenty-Fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) concerning the development of public education were, for the most part, fulfilled.


The interaction of Zn and Cu with dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a significant physicochemical process affecting their sorption as well as mobility in soil. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of DOM from corn straw on the sorption of Zn and Cu by loess through batch adsorption technique. The sorption isotherms of Zn and Cu could be well described by the Freundlich equation, and the partition distribution coefficient (k) in the presence of DOM was reduced by 86% for Zn and 58% for Cu, as compared to the control receiving no DOM, suggesting that DOM had a stronger inhibitory effect on Zn sorption than that of Cu. In addition, the sorption of metal increased with an increase in pH for loess, with maximum inhibition on metal sorption observed at pH > 7.6 for Zn and pH > 5.5 for Cu in the absence ofDOM but Cu sorption of DOM was suddenly decreased with an increase of pH at pH > 7.9 in the presence of DOM. At a DOM concentration of <200 mg L−1, sorption of Zn and Cu was reduced by 46% for Zn and 32% for Cu with an increase in DOM concentration.


In this paper, the authors re-examine the various aspects connected with energy and power flux in the near field of general antenna systems. We review critically the traditional concepts that have found their use in the antenna and propagation community and present the complete analytical solution of the reactive energy problem for general antenna configurations.


Among the many methods available for the determination of inviscid fluxes across a surface of discontinuity, the flux-difference-splitting technique that employs Roe-averaged variables has been used extensively by the CFD community because of its simplicity and its ability to capture shocks exactly. This method, originally developed for perfect gas flows, has since been extended to equilibrium as well as nonequilibrium flows. Determination of the Roe-averaged variables for the case of a perfect gas flow is a simple task; however, for thermal and chemical nonequilibrium flows, some of the variables are not uniquely defined. Methods available in the literature to determine these variables seem to lack sound bases. The present paper describes a simple, yet accurate, method to determine all the variables for nonequilibrium flows in the Roe-average state. The basis for this method is the requirement that the Roe-averaged variables form a consistent set of thermodynamic variables. The present method satisfies the requirement that the square of the speed of sound be positive.


Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over the Mollier diagram. The steam-turbine expansion line on the diagram is discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.


The NRD guide is a promising candidate for a millimeter-wave transmission media. In this paper, the NRD guide was theoretically designed at THz frequencies and its performance was evaluated from the viewpoint of transmission characteristics. At first, polyethylene with a relative dielectric constant of 2.3 was selected as a material of the dielectric strip, and the transmission loss was calculated as functions of loss tangent of the dielectric strip and conductivity of the metal plate. It was found that the transmission loss of the NRD guide was lower than that of the coplanar waveguide, presented in several reports, because the transmission loss of the NRD guide was 1 dB/mm on average at a frequency of 1.5 THz.


The"Chinese Dream"is part of the important strategic thinking introduced by Xi Jinping as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee to put forward the requirement by current development of China.The achievement of this goal demands support and involvement of the people.In the era of revolution and construction,it was by adhering to the people and relying on the grass root masses did the Party make brilliant achievements.In the new historical period of development,education and practice activities to carry out the grass root strategy and a closer connection between the Party and the people will provide solid support for the"Chinese Dream".


Crystallization of 62.5GeS2–12.5Sb2S3–25CsCl glass ceramic was investigated using different techniques from the macro- to nanoscale. A two-step crystallization process was evidenced, allowing for a...


Facing many questions of police intelligence teaching in China,this paper tries to reflect on the practical teaching of police intelligence,form the viewpoints of teaching contents,measures,methods and evaluation.A model of police intelligence practical teaching is put forword,including two modules,three measures,three methods and one evaluation mechanism.


Science fiction prototypes are a great tool for bringing research to life, and they do a much better job of communicating the science and vision of the work than the rather dry treatment of an academic text.


CASE HISTORY The patient, a man of 22 years, was admitted to hospital 25.7.58. Two years before he had noticed discomfort in the breasts, especially on the left, associated with slight swelling. This persisted. One year before he was treated by his private doctor with testosterone injections and the swelling of the breasts subsided. Just before admission to hospital he complained of diminution in the size of the left testicle with some loss of hair from the chest and


This article describes methods for solving problems related to the problem of preparing channel surfaces for forming light guides on an LTCC-ceramic substrate. Technological operations of plasma chemical treatment for complex preparation of channel surfaces with optical requirements are considered. A formalized structural and functional model of the technological system and a mathematical model of the process of cleaning the surface of channels from contamination are constructed.


On the basis of summarizing present cutting temperature testing methods and their fundamental principles、merits and demerits,It analysis their applicabilities on the particularity of aluminium alloy thin-walled cylinder circumgyrating workpiece with real situations.


Code-division multiple access (CDMA) has found widespread applications in various applications such as advanced wireless technologies and digital cellular communications. We consider the error-rate performance of asynchronous direct-sequence CDMA in a wireless radio communications environment that is characterized by Rayleigh multipath fading channels. Because of the system complexity, the performance of CDMA systems in such an environment is difficult to assess analytically. Monte Carlo simulations can offer an alternative performance evaluation tool. Unfortunately, in practice, such an alternative is often limited by an excessive computational burden. Importance sampling is a variance reduction technique which can significantly reduce the computational cost required by Monte Carlo simulations. This paper describes the basic principles behind this powerful technique. In particular, it illustrates its use as a computationally efficient and accurate tool for computer-aided design and analysis of uncoded as well as coded CDMA in wireless communications.


This study explores the determinants of resource sharing and its impacts on organizational performance in Agricultural Cooperative Federation. We claim resource sharing is one of the most critical alternatives in improving internal efficiency and suggest relatedness, competitive strategy, and environmental uncertainty as the determinants of resource sharing. Our argument is having highly related connection, seeking cost-leadership strategy, facing low uncertain environment encourage more resource sharing and lead to increasement of performance. The empirical results support our ideas on relatedness and environmental uncertainty, but we find no evidence in competitive strategy. We also compare our empirical results with those of diversified firms and get the same results. It shows our logic has general applicability. According to the ratio analyses, Agricultural Cooperative Federation shares more resources for the same level of relatedness and less resources for the same level of environmental uncertainty than diversified firms do. The implication of the study is the universality of resource sharing theory is confirmed and a practical proposal for increasing efficiency of resource sharing in Agricultural Cooperative Federation is suggested.


This paper describes a design of a high-speed analog comparator that is realized in 0.5- um CMOS technology. A response time of 1.62 ns was recorded at an average power consumption of 0.58 mW and a supply voltage of 3V. The comparator has been employed in the realization of an 8-bit flash type ADC where a maximum sampling rate of 300 Mb/s was reached.


Electrical measurements on deuterium plasma‐treated germanium samples containing deep level recombination centers show significant neutralization of these defects to depths of ∼80 μm. Chemical measurement of the deuterium profile after similar plasma treatment shows apparent incorporation depths of ∼0.2 μm. We discuss experiments which resolve this discrepancy, and show that hydrogen diffusion into the bulk of the germanium is responsible for the observed neutralization.


We report the following observation of a diffuse kind of colic angiodysplasia in a young subject. Usually to be find in old subjects and regarded as been degenerative origine, angiodysplasiae have been reported in young subjects and we are led to ponder over their nature. The contribution of diagnostic and therapeutic means and their respected place have been specified. In particular the significance of vascular radiology and the angiographic signs of this arterioveinous malformation have been developed.


Inspired by Sun's breakthrough in establishing the nonvanishing hypothesis for Rankin-Selberg convolutions for the groups $\mathrm{GL}_n (\mathbb R)\times \mathrm{GL}_{n-1} (\mathbb R)$ and $\mathrm{GL}_n (\mathbb C)\times \mathrm{GL}_{n-1} (\mathbb C)$, we confirm it for $\mathrm{GL}_{n} (\mathbb C)\times \mathrm{GL}_n (\mathbb C)$ at the central critical point.


An implementation of CAPA (Collective And Point Anomaly) for the detection of anomalies in time series data. The package also contains Kepler lightcurve data and shows how CAPA can be applied to detect exoplanets.


Abstract : Data architectures in legacy systems employed proprietary solutions with tightly coupled software components. Point-to-point solutions enabled exchange between systems, but these solutions were costly to maintain. The current migration toward enterprise-wide, service-oriented architectures calls for the elimination of these "stovepipe" solutions and promotes the use of accepted standards and protocols for data exchange. The Data Mediation Service adopts these standards and protocols, and it employs semantic technology to increase its value in providing data mediation services.


Manipulating and tailoring the electromagnetic wave coupling properties, several interesting properties of Metamaterials Mobius Strips (MMS) envisage, such as reduction in the size for a given operating frequency and suppression of spurious resonance modes, thereby improving the overall performances including reducing the power consumption; validated with the examples of 6 GHz VCO, measured phase noise @ 10 kHz offset is -120 dBc/Hz with more than 10 MHz tuning for compensating the frequency drift over operating temperature (-40 degree C to +85 degree C), typical power consumption of 100 milli Watt (5V, 20mA) and output power is more than 2 dBm.


Stress redistribution locus (SRL )method has bcen proposed to provide a rcasonab ]e estinnate of inelastlc behavior under el 巳 vated terrlperatureR . employing hoth the elastic Finite Element (FE ) analysis and a unique hyperbolic curve : ξr={1〆げ 十 (κ 一1)δ}fκ , where EN and 5 show dirnensionlesR. equivalent strain and stress normalized by elastic ones obtained in the elastic FE anaLysis , In Qrder to investigate applieability of 磁 e SRL rnethod for elastic plastic componer 】ts、 low cycle fatigue tests were concluctcd employing a smooth and four kinds of circurrlferentially nQtched bars. The number of cycles to crack initiation was compared with thc one estimated by the SRL mcLllod . When an adequate e星astic region remained inside the notch root , the crack illitiatioll lif巳 could be well predictcd by the SRL method . However when a ratio of the plastic area in the notch root section occupied 〔〕ver about O,3, the equivalent strain range on the surface of the notch root calculated by the SRL method became to be smaller than thc one by the detailed inelastic FE analysis . On this occasion the crack initiatien life〔:alculated by the SRL methud would be evercstimated . Key IVords : Stress Redistributien Lecus, Simplified Inelastic Analysis, Low Cycle Fatigし1e, Crack Initiation , FE 八nalysis , Circumferentially Notced Bar, Low Carbon Stee1


Background: We have previously combined loss- and gain-of-function approaches to investigate the function of Arabidopsis minichromosome maintenance (MCM) protein subunit 2 (MCM2). However MCM2 loss of function leads to the death of embryos, thus precluding the analysis of homozygous MCM2 mutants.
 Methods: To further understand the function of MCM2, we generated transgenic tomato plants via RNA interference silencing. And microarray slide hybridization was used to compare gene expression level between LeMCM2 -silenced lines and wild-type plants.
 Results: We obtained 4 LeMCM2 -silenced lines. The expression level in LeMCM2 -silenced lines was 20-80% of that of wild-type. And LeMCM2 -silenced lines display loss of apical dominance, enhanced chlorophyll accumulation and reduced leaf cell endoduplication. In addition, the expression levels of genes involved in DNA replication was altered in LeMCM2 -silenced lines significantly.
 Conclusion: In general, the data described here provided additional evidence for the relationship between genes involved in DNA replication and apical dominance and chlorophyll pigmentation.


The security of cloud's database is the most challenge in the cloud models. Encryption is the solution for the data security problem but some encryption techniques do not preserve data order. Order Preserving Encryption (OPE) is a scheme for providing query privacy in search process under encrypted cloud's database services. Several institutes built general Measuring scheme that highlighted the security aspect and identified specifications and properties of security algorithms. As far as we know, an accurate Measuring scheme that clearly identifies characteristics and properties for OrderPreserving Encryption Schemes (OPES) remains unavailable. There have been some attempts to identify some OPES characteristics by Popa and Chenette, However, They did not present a fully comparative Measuring schemes that standardized the OPES. This thesis provides in-depth comparative studies by utilizing available research in this area in an attempt to propose a standardized Measuring scheme. This thesis is based on three surveys covering the period (1991 – 2017) as well as over Two hundred research papers. This thesis studies the main characteristics of (ITU-X800), Popa, Chenette, and OPES characteristics and proposed a new OPES Measuring scheme. According to the outcomes, the researcher proposes three (OPES) measuring schemes. This thesis called the first measuring scheme as the "Must Measuring Scheme" which consists of the mandatory properties that must be available in all (OPE) schemes. The


Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I thank the Society for this wonderful medal, representing as it does a vote of con fidence from those whose respect one covets most. And I thank Marcus Key for his generous remarks, which I hope have not destroyed his credibility. To acknowledge all those with claims on this award would be impossible in the time allotted, so I will name only my dear wife Marjorie, my research assistant, JoAnn Sanner, and three of my closest collaborators, Rich Boardman, Jeremy Jackson, and Lee-Ann Hayek. The joy of this occasion is tempered by the realization that one can look much farther back than forward. This is a tradition to which I shall, as cheerfully and briefly as possible, accede. As I was growing up in the mountains of northern New Mexico, it did not even occur to me that paleontology might be a way of making a living, much less a path leading to my standing before you today. What I see now is a chain of fortunate circumstances brought about, at least in part, by strong public support for sci ence, especially in times of stress. Paleontology has been a ben eficiary of that support, and indeed the renaissance in paleontol ogy we have been celebrating for the past 30 yr may be largely its direct result. One only need remember that such measures as the Sputnik-inspired National Defense Education Act of the 1950s supported students in paleontology right along with those major ing in "rocket science." Thus, I became one of the lucky recipients in 1952 of what E. O. Wilson called "the shower of gold" from the National Science Foundation's inaugural fellowships competition. This good for tune enabled me to study under two of the masters, Norman Newell and George Gaylord Simpson, just as they laid the cornerstone for the renaissance that was to come. Then in the 1960s, the National Oceanographic Program brought me, along with Dick Benson, Marty Buzas and others, to the Smithsonian Institution as part of the expansion of paleontology extolled by G. A. Cooper when he received the Society's Medal in 1964. It was also my good luck to enter the practice of paleontology with a cohort that eagerly embraced the New Systematics, with its emphasis on evolutionary principles. Our most emblematic phrase was Ernst Mayr's "population thinking," an appreciation of the variation among individuals as the reality giving substance to the abstraction of the central tendency or average, to paraphrase Mayr's words. Then, nearly three decades of effort under the prodding of the Eldredge and Gould punctuated equilibria model produced a con siderable body of evidence suggesting that morphological varia tion within species is commonly, perhaps even usually, direction less over millions of years. Thus, the central tendency or average has gained a new respectability and at least a virtual reality, if I may be excused for borrowing a phrase. In retrospect, we may have been too quick to attach the scornful epithet "typology" to taxonomy that seemed to us then to contravene the tenets of the New Systematics. While individual variation still has a far from trivial role in understanding the dynamics of change, one is put in mind of Tom Schopf's metaphorical admonition to keep our eyes on the Gas Laws and not on the Brownian motions of the gas molecules. So I feel grateful, too, to Niles and Steve for making me feel less a fool for not finding adaptive trends within species, despite much searching over the years with tools such as skeletal


XL Axiata PT Tbk is one of the major cellular service provider in Indonesia. One of the
newest Bussines Solution launched by PT XL Axiata is Leased Line. Services that will support
the delivery of information and communication in a company. Many companies using the
Leased Line service, one is Bank Mega. Because the Leased Line service is the latest in XL
Bussines Solution will never performed an analysis of this service. It also has never produced
any documentation that contains the implementation of this topology Leased Line. Therefore on
this occasion made a documentation of its analysis on this and Leased Line services are also
on the implementation of Leased Line network at one of the clients Tbk PT XL Axiata namely
Bank Mega.


The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of fashion curriculums in preparing students' career readiness in the new data-intensive fashion industry. While a few existing studies have evaluated the preparedness of fashion majors for traditional apparel design or merchandising positions, whether the current fashion curriculums have sufficiently exposed students to the topic of data science and improved students' related competencies remain mostly unknown. The findings of the study will fulfill a critical research gap and provide valuable inputs for fashion educational programs to develop a next-generation curriculum suitable for the data-driven fashion industry in the 21st century.


Theories and experiments on secondary losses in axial turbine cascades without end clearance are reviewed. A formula is given which correlates the effect of blade loading on secondary losses more successfully than hitherto. However, it is also shown that secondary losses increase with upstream wall boundary layer thickness. Only a tentative expression for that effect can be suggested. In order to predict secondary losses reliably more must be known about these wall boundary layers.


Abstract In Norway, a positive relationship between spring numbers of lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) and previous June temperatures has been interpreted as an effect of temperatures on woodpecker survival and reproduction during the breeding season. This article considers the possibility that woodpecker numbers are related to the abundance of the moth Argyresthia goedartella in the current year. Larvae and pupae of A. goedartella are important food for lesser spotted woodpeckers in early spring when few other surface-living invertebrates are available. The occurrence of this moth depends on the flowering of birch (Betula spp.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa), which in turn is influenced by June temperatures in the preceding year. Spring numbers of the lesser spotted woodpecker in two regions of Norway were compared with a trapping index of A. goedartella and weather variables assumed to influence the woodpeckers' breeding success and adult survival. The best multiple regression model included December temperatures and moth indices, supporting the hypothesis of a strong impact of A. goedartella on spring survival. Conservation strategies for the lesser spotted woodpecker should therefore focus not only on minimum areas of deciduous forests with decaying wood, but also on the availability of the moths' host trees, birch and alder.


Data Mining approaches have been widely applied in the field of healthcare to facilitate the quality diagnosis. The physiologic state and the complexity of disease of a patient is monitored through diverse variety of symptoms and laboratory test measurements. Data acquisition in healthcare systems is voluminous; they come from many different sources, not all commensurate structure or quality. The performance of the data mining algorithms highly depends on the quality data. In medical domain, missing data might occur as the value is not relevant to a particular case, could not be recorded when the data was collected, or is ignored by users because of privacy concerns or it may be unfeasible for the patient to undergo the clinical tests, equipment malfunctioning, etc. Methods for resolving missing values are therefore needed in healthcare systems to enhance the quality of diagnosis. In this paper, Genetic Chromo dynamic framework GCFIT_MIS_IMPUTE is proposed for the imputation of missing data. The framework is experimented on Pima Indian Type II Diabetes Dataset and the performance is evaluated using Average Imputation Error. Keywordsdata mining, missing data, imputation methods, Genetic Chromo dynamic Framework, Average Imputation Error(AIE), PIMA dataset.


High-resolution remote sensing images can finely express rich surface information. Using the macroscopic and spatial-temporal full coverage advantages of high-resolution remote sensing images for urban building objectification recognition is a current research hot spot in the field of remote sensing image analysis and application. However, the current research still lacks effective technical means to convert surface elements quickly and accurately from remote sensing image space to geographic information space. In this paper, the complementary advantages between image processing and deep learning are combined to research target-level extraction of high-resolution remote sensing urban buildings based on the building element information data. The experimental results achieved the precision of 0.9481 and the recall of 0.9733, indicating that the method proposed in this paper can be applied to the effective extraction of urban-level buildings, which expands the theoretical basis of the object recognition method of remote sensing thematic features based on the idea of object image analysis.


For a better understanding of optical interactions in magnetic layered structures we establish general expressions of both polar Kerr and Faraday first-order magneto-optical (MO) effects. The approach presented here enables the MO response of an arbitrary magnetic layer system to be analytically expressed with an accuracy practically equal (less than ${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}4}$ deg) to that of the full matrix calculations usually employed for modeling MO effects in magnetic multilayers. The formulas for any particular structure are obtained from general MO expressions by introducing associated reflection and transmission coefficients. This procedure is justified here in the simple case of an ultrathin magnetic film sandwiched between two nonmagnetic layers. These accurate expressions are further simplified for ultrathin magnetic films and the limitations of this approximation discussed. The simplified formulas are then used to analyze MO polar Kerr and Faraday data in well-defined Au (5 nm)/Co/Au (25 nm) structures, grown on float glass substrates. The Co layer thicknesses are chosen in the range 0.4\char21{}2.0 nm to preserve a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The simplified expressions, as well as the numerical modeling of the trends in MO spectra with a variation of the overlayer or buffer layer thicknesses, show that the shape of the polar Kerr effect spectrum is mainly dependent upon the optical properties of the Au buffer layer whereas the observed MO amplitudes are reduced consistently with the absorption of the Au overlayer.


Bharathi was a poet who brought about a renaissance in Tamil literature in the twentieth century. Mahakavi Bharathi was a pioneer not only in literature but also for the betterment of society and the emergence of equality. At a time when traditional poetry was gaining influence, he began to see a change in Tamil literature with a new technique called modern poetry. Poets are naturally proud to be intellectual. In Bharathi, it was abundant. All creators are prophets. He is a divine seer. Not stuck in one field called creativity. Armed with the weapons of creation, he sowed freedom; raised awareness. The majority of poets write with the past and present in mind. Bharathi composed poems with visionary thoughts, considering the welfare of society and the country. This article is a study of the visionary thoughts recorded in his poems, such as women's education, women's rights, science, technological development, anti-superstition, social progress, etc.


Abstract The rejection of the 'dialectics of nature' has long been thought of as the most fundamental factor distinguishing Western Marxism from official Soviet-style Marxism. Yet, in Tailism and the Dialectic, Georg Lukacs – perhaps the most influential figure in Western Marxism – strongly endorses the existence of an objective dialectic in nature. A close examination of Lukacs's main writings on science shows, however, that he still in effect denied the possibility of applying dialectical methodto nature. This paradox is bound up with a dualistic conception of natural and social science with distinctly adverse implications for the development of an ecological Marxism.


Shear studs used commonly in steel-concrete composite bridges may not assure full interaction of a steel beam and a concrete slab. This problem is indicated in researches conducted on composite bridges. Using values such as deflections and shear slips in steel-concrete interface for estimation of connection flexibility in bridge structures seems to be ineffective in this case. In the paper authors' own indices used for identification of the flexibility of connection, based on values of strains in steel beams, are proposed. The results if in-situ tests of a steel-concrete composite road bridge, under live static and movable loads are presented. The results give some remarks on local changes of connection flexibility in the bridge, due to live loads.


The normal-hearing human auditory system is able to perceive interaural time differences (ITD) as small as 10 μs. The largest ITD occurring physiologically is about 700 μs. In bimodal users differences in processing latencies of digital hearing aids (HA) and cochlear implants (CI) up to 9 ms superpose these tiny ITD resulting in an interaural stimulation timing mismatch. Our hypothesis in the present study is that this interaural stimulation timing mismatch impairs sound localization in bimodal HA/CI users. To investigate, we conducted localization tests in bimodal users with and without differences in processing latencies. To compensate for individual processing latency differences we designed a wearable programmable delay line based on a circular buffer implemented on a microcontroller in order to delay the faster device (the CI system). In each subject, an initial localization test with the delay line deactivated was conducted. Afterwards the delay line was activated followed by a 1 hour familiarizatio...


We expand on an idea of Vinberg to take a tensor space and the natural Lie algebra which acts on it and embed them into an auxiliary algebra. Viewed as endomorphisms of this algebra we associate adjoint operators to tensors. We show that the group actions on the tensor space and on the adjoint operators are consistent, which endows the tensor with a Jordan decomposition. We utilize aspects of the Jordan decomposition to study orbit separation and classification in examples that are relevant for quantum information.


We use the methods and indexes according to the paper published in 2003 written by Baker, Stein and Wurgler, which does empirical work for the American capital market. By studying the data from financial statements of 66 listed real estate companies, we can obtain: strong equity-dependent companies have a sensitivity of investment to stock price that is 3.33 times as large as weak equity-dependent companies; The company investment behaviors and stock price is positively correlated, moreover, the correlation is more pronounced than that of American market. The irrational capital market in China has an impact on company investment, especially on the equity-dependent companies. Furthermore, influence is more remarkable than that of American market. This paper also studies the relationship between cash flow and company investment behavior. As a result, the sensitivity of investment to cash flow almost keeps the same for the companies of different equity-dependence.


Center for Gas Utilization, R&D Center K, orea Gas Co Ky,. unggi-Do Ans, an 425-790, KoreaRecevied March 3, 2006Key Words : De-NOx, Methane, Catalyst, ZSM-5, Layered oxideSelective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with hydro-carbon has received much attention because of its potentialapplication in the removal of NO from exhaust gases. due l e u f ve mti o o t u a to e v i t rna te al e bl a vour a a f s is ga ral u Natto its easy availability, low price and high hydrogen tocarbon ratio. Natural gas fuelled vehicles (NGVs) appear tobe attractive to solve the transportation problems and also toreduce the pollution since compared to diesel, the NGVengines produce less emission of NO


The recent performance improvements of wireless communication systems are presenting possibilites for the use of wireless networks for industrial applications, which typically impose severe restrictions in terms of response time and flexibility. Traditionally most of the industrial protocols employ cable connections, which have limitations in terms of flexibility and development oportunities. The industrial protocol used for this project, is the Modbus protocol. This protocol is developed and implemented on a wireless environment by using data radio modems. The Modbus protocol is a master/slave protocol which provides an industry standard for industrial data transfer. A Modbus driver is designed for radio networks, so that it can function with different PLCs and SCADA packages, supporting Modbus protocol. This enables control and monitoring to be excercised over a long distance, and enables control equipment to be placed as required and not with particular wiring restrictions. Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za


As a newly emerged active flow control technique, micro blowing/suction has shown a great potential in reducing the skin friction of turbulent flows. Throughout comprehensive analyses of active flow control of micro blowing/suction devices for a NACA0015 airfoil by means of CFD technique, the effects on various characteristics such as lift and drag coefficients and separation areas are investigated in this study. The control devices were placed at 12%c, 30%c and 70%c from the leading edge (c is the chord length of the airfoil), respectively. The corresponding trends of flow separation control at these locations were analyzed with a varied range of angle of attacks (AOA). The two- and three-dimensional incompressible unsteady detached-eddy simulation (DES) was used, along with the k-e turbulence model, in solving the flow problem. The numerical computational results have demonstrated that: (1) Installing micro blowing/suction devices near the separation point is more efficient, as blowing can mix the jet flow and the incoming flow to energize the turbulent kinetic energy and suction can mitigate the flow of low turbulent kinetic energy, which leads to a result of reducing the separation. (2) Suction sometime has more effective influence than blowing, when the flow control devices are placed at 12%c and 30%c. When the control device is placed at 70%c, the effects of lift enhancement and drag reduction are almost the same regardless of blowing and/or suction method. When the AOA is less than 18°, both methods can achieve the goal of lift enhancement and drag reduction. When the AOA is larger than 18°, neither blowing nor suction is efficient. (3) The 3-D numerical simulation shows that the vortex structure evolves from a 2-D pattern near the separation point to a 3-D pattern in the downstream. However the characteristics of flow separation control over a 3-D airfoil simulation agrees well with 2-D numerical results. (4) Blowing at 30%c can move the separation point downstream from 70%c to 80%c at AOA=11°.


Measurements by the Cassini spacecraft during a close flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea on March 2, 2010, show the presence of intense plasma waves in the magnetic flux tube connected to the surface of the moon. Three types of waves were observed, (1) bursty electrostatic waves near the electron plasma frequency, (2) intense whistler‐mode emissions below one half of the electron cyclotron frequency, and (3) broadband electrostatic waves at frequencies well below the ion plasma frequency. The waves near the electron plasma frequency are believed to be driven by a low energy (∼35 eV) electron beam accelerated away from Rhea. Their bursty structure is believed to be due to a nonlinear process similar to the three‐wave interaction that occurs for Langmuir waves in the solar wind. The whistler‐mode emissions are propagating toward Rhea and are shown to be generated by the loss‐cone anisotropy (at parallel cyclotron resonance energies around 230 eV) caused by absorption of electrons at the surface of the moon. Scattering by these whistler‐mode waves may be able to explain previously reported depletions of energetic electrons in the vicinity of the moon. The low‐frequency waves may play a role in nonlinear three‐wave interactions with the bursty electrostatic waves.


Antiviral activity of metallic Ag nanoparticles immobilized on textile fabrics were investigated. The Ag nanoparticles synthesized by radiochemical process are firmly immobilized on the surface of support textile fabrics of cotton. Small Ag particles of about 2–4 nm were observed together with relatively large particles of more than 10 nm. The Ag nanoparticles showed antiviral activity against Influenza A and Feline Calicivirus. The antiviral activity significantly depended on the concentration of the Eagle's minimal essential medium. It was implied that the surface passivation by inhibitory agent lead to the deactivation of metallic Ag nanoparticles.


FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics. SUBSTANCE: claimed invention relates to compound of formula (I), its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate, in which R 1 represents lower alkyl, Y represents -S(O)n-, where n equals 1 or 2, R 2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl, R 1 and R 2 together can form lower alkylene, R 7 represents hydrogen, X represents group of formula: [formula 2], where R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 each independently represent hydrogen, group of formula: [formula 3] represents C 5 -C 6 -cvycloalkylene, p and q each independently equals integer number from 0 to 2, p or q is not equal 0, and Z represents optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridyl, optionally substituted pyridasinyl, optionally substituted pyrasolyl, optionally substituted indanyl, optionally substituted benzothiazolyl, optionally substituted benzoxazolyl, optionally substituted thiazolopyridyl, optionally substituted oxazolopyridyl, optionally substituted benzimidasolyl, optionally substituted benzoxazinonyl, optionally substituted chinolyl, optionally substituted isochinolyl, optionally substituted benzoxazolinonyl, optionally substituted benzoxazolinonyl or optionally substituted ftalazinyl. EFFECT: obtaining pharmaceutical composition, obtaining antagonistic activity with respect to receptor NPY Y5, based on said compounds. 14 cl, 1 tbl, 6 ex


The area of the project Lezhe –Shengjin has a combination of recreational tourism and industry development. Promotion of tourism and environmental values of Lezha is a bold undertaking for a region with a diversity of values. Stable ecological development impacts directly in the development of the inhabited area and in the standards of it, while reflecting also in the home prices. Project aims to identify and to study the basic areas of the ecosystem and to present the impact that has the environment to the economy, by analyzing of the home prices of those, their diversity and changes. Methodology that the project will use is based on an indirect approximate method "Hedonic Price Method". The base of these methods lies on questioners made face to face with the residents of the region and a considerable part of the data collection would be the collaboration with the commune and municipality administration offices of the region. Firstly, the project members will identify specifically services and environmental goods that the project will assess. Meanwhile, the meeting with the head officer of the commune would be planned and a contract of collaboration with his office would be signed. An important phase of the project will be the preparation of the questioners, on which behalf, the project members are selected. It is considered to prepare around 2000 Surveys for t h e respective method for areas of the targeted region, Lezhe and Shengjin. Getting the result of the indirect method that will be used, as mentioned, would need the data collection of the surveys and the data taken officially from the commune of Shengjin and Municipality of Lezha. During the data collection period the project members will consider also several meetings with real estate offices of the region and ecological NGOs. All data collected will be considered to be analyzed due to "Hedonic Price Method" and the expected results are considered to conclude in direct relations between the high ecosystem standards and relatively high competitive home prices. As well the result would be a good guide for the evaluation of the agency investments. Result of the project will firstly be presented to the interest group and then will be presented at scientific seminars and conferences within and outside the country and will serve as a starting point for further studies related to this field of study. Key results would provide good material to be firstly presented and published in scientific journals.


The compactness and the high torque-to-weight ratio are common features of Harmonic Drive gears which make them attractive for space applications. Harmonic Drive AG has developed a new series of component sets with focus on improving these features. Stiffness and zero-backlash of the gear are key elements for the precision of the Harmonic Drive gear. A systematic analysis of the gear elements and their impact on the overall transmission accuracy and precision was carried out in order to identify where reduced stiffness and less material results in lower weight without compromising the performance and accuracy characteristics of the gear. The paper presents the approach and results of this analysis, including FE-modelling and deformation values under various loading conditions of the gear. As a result of this analysis, stiffness requirements for the mounting structure are given. A significant reduction in cross-section of the Circular Spline was achieved and the Wave Generator interface design is optimised. The resulting product allows transmitting the same torque as the previous design with a weight benefit of 20 ... 40%, depending on gear size. At the same time gear inertia was reduced by about 40%, allowing a higher dynamic response of the actuator.


Institute of Chemistry, A. Gostauto 9, LT-2600 Vilnius, Lithuania The underpotential deposition (UPD) of Cu onto polycrystalline Pt from acidic CuSO4 solutions without or with H2SeO3 was monitored by electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammetry and potential pulse) in combination with structural investigations (XPS / AES, AFM). In all instances, the molar concentration ratio [Cu(II)] / [Se(IV)] was no less than 1.103. The dual action of H2SeO3 on the Cu UPD was revealed: Cu deposition was markedly suppressed at E more positive than approximately +0.37 V due to a site-blocking effect and, on the contrary, at a more negative E somewhat enhanced deposition of Cu was observed, possibly due to the called CORC mechanism. A transition from the monotonically decreasing current transients recorded in the absence of H2SeO3 in the E range +0.70 to ~ +0.40 V to the formation of a shoulder-like region in the transients at a more negative E was established. This feature of transients was suggested to imply that the dominant adsorption process at a more positive E transforms to a complex adsorption and nucleation / growth process with instantaneous nucleation at a less positive E. In the presence of H2SeO3, only monotonic current transients were recorded, suggesting the adsorption process to be dominant. From the electrochemical and XPS measurements it follows that at +0.35 V the co-existence of elemental Cu° and Se° species onto the Pt surface is possible in parallel with the simultaneous formation of Cu patches and Cu clusters, especially at E close to the reversible potential. The content of Se identified was ca. 9.5 at.%. The formation of Cu clusters proceeding predominantly at Pt surface defects was also monitored by AFM. Addition of H2SeO3 resulted in the formation of distinct chain-like structures composed of separate spherical particles and in an increase in the arithmetic roughness average Ra.