As a multigene family, plant aquaporins function not only in water transport but also in transport of small elements that are important for vegetative and reproductive growth of plants. Increasing evidence exhibits the relevance of aquaporins to tolerance against abiotic and biotic stresses such as drought, nutrient deficiency, and herbivore attack. With the accumulation of crop genome sequencing, it is suggested that several aquaporin genes are conserved in subchromosomal locations as tandem duplicated members. In this review, we will discuss the compelling nature of aquaporins as multifunctional transport channels that are often encoded in clustered regions of genomes and relevant to stress resistance in plants.


To fabricate 10-16 Tesla high-field accelerator magnets, the high-Jc Nb3Sn superconductor is one of the most practical choices. However, it is a brittle material and is strain-sensitive. To reduce the potential Jc degradation of the conductor, it is crucial to accurately evaluate the stress of the coils owing to the large Lorentz force during magnet excitation. In the traditional stress analysis of magnets, the coils are usually regarded as homogenized structures using isotropic material coefficients; however, most superconducting (SC) coils have hierarchical and complicated structures. To obtain a more accurate estimation, it is necessary to consider the detailed internal structure of the coils during stress analysis. In this study, the homogenization method was applied to multi-scale stress analysis of a high-field accelerator SC magnet. The effective material coefficients of Nb3Sn coils were calculated using this method. Stress analysis of the magnet was performed using the effective material coefficients and isotropic material coefficients for comparison. Compared with the result obtained using isotropic material coefficients, the Von-Mises stress of the coil using effective material coefficients is larger at different load steps. The stress level of most Nb3Sn filaments in the strand was higher than that of the coil. The maximum stress of the Nb3Sn filaments appeared in the strand contact regions. In addition, there was a significant difference in the average stress of all materials in the strand. These findings will help develop more accurate analysis and simulation models for high-field SC magnets.


Most of the results described in the paper cited above are actually well known. Important references missing from the paper are supplied.


Aquatic macrophytes includes a vast majority of aquatic vascular plants. They are found mainly in the shal- low regions of ponds, lakes, rivers, swamps and streams etc. They are of considerable ecological and economical importance. Macrophytes is an important factors for helping in maintaining ecological balance. Aquatic macrophytes play a pivotal role in maintaining primary productivity of water ecosystem. The present paper describes the biodiversity of macrophytes of three water bodies (Kanhala, Pindavani and Malhara Ponds) of Bhadrawati town located in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra State from Oct. 2005 to Sep. 2007 in which 19 species representing 16 families belonging to 5 groups such as 5 Submerged floating weeds, 4 Rooted floating leaves weeds, 1 Rooted emergent with heterophile weeds, 6 Free floating suspended submerged and 3 Rooted sub- merged hydrophytes. Among different macrophytes, Marsilea sp., Azola sp. and Salvenia sp. were found in abandance in Kanhala pond as compare to Pindavani and Malhara ponds while Eutricularia sp. was not recorded from Kanhala pond.


A simply mimeograph was design with chip microprocessors (8031CPU) and step motors.It can continuously print 9999 pieces of paper and is suitable for middle school in countrysicle.


The purpose of this paper is to explore, from an empirical point of view, the state of entrepreneurship education in Sudan. It examines the existence and scope of entrepreneurship education in the Sudanese higher education public institutions. Data were collected from a sample comprising five public universities by examining their curricula and surveying the opinion of a selected sample from these universities. Respondents were asked 25 questions in order to assess their perceptions about the existence and depth of entrepreneurship education in the Sudanese public universities. It was revealed that there was only one programme of entrepreneurship education in Sudanese public universities. Moreover, entrepreneurship courses were very rare and were not commonly offered by those universities. However, many colleges teach entrepreneurship within different courses. Further, it was found that the public universities suffered from a shortage of qualified staff in entrepreneurship education as well as a lack of a conducive environment for its development. Based on this it is recommended that entrepreneurship education be incorporated into the curricula of higher education institutions in Sudan. The process of its introduction should be gradual, starting with staff qualification and the improvement of the teaching environment.


The author gives an overview of some applications of chaos theory that have been applied in control theory or areas related to control theory. Chaos and chaotic attractors are discussed. Other areas considered are the reconstruction of dynamics; the stability and stabilizability of control systems; control of chaos; and chaos in digital feedback systems.<<ETX>>


We have developed a method for quantifying neural response changes in terms of the Kullback-Leibler distance between the intensity functions for each stimulus condition. We use empirical histogram estimates to characterize the intensity function of the neural response. A critical factor in determining the histogram estimates is selection of bin-width. We analytically derive the Kullback-Leibler distance between two Poisson processes and two dead time modified Poisson processes in terms of the bin-width selected. Our results show that, for constant intensity processes having the same number of expected counts, the distance between the dead time modified processes is larger than between the Poisson processes.


In 'Linking /r/ in the General British Pronunciation of English' by J. Windsor Lewis (JIPA 5.1) the author expressed his view that 'linking' and 'intrusive' r can be regarded as one and the same thing, that both are regular practice in current usage, and that therefore foreigners ought to be taught to use both 'irrespective of traditional orthography'. My purpose is to show that he does not make a convincing case with the evidence he puts forward.


Recently, Arcones and Giné (1992, pp. 13–47, in R. LePage & L. Billard [eds.], Exploring the Limits of Bootstrap, New York: Wiley) established that the bootstrap distribution of the M-estimator converges weakly to the limit distribution of the estimator in probability. In contrast, Brown and Newey (1992, Bootstrapping for GMM, Seminar note) discovered that the bootstrap distribution of the GMM overidentification test statistic does not converge weakly to the x2 distribution. In this paper, it is shown that the bootstrap distribution of the GMM estimator converges weakly to the limit distribution of the estimator in probability. Asymptotic coverage probabilities of the confidence intervals based on the bootstrap percentile method are thus equal to their nominal coverage probability.


The purpose of this thesis is to judge the Biblical lyric as a work of literature in the light of those principles of criticism which have been accepted as the standards of judgement for all good literature.


For a long time, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is still one of the leading causes of death globally. The rise of new technologies such as Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can help with the early detection and prevention of developing CVDs. This study mainly focuses on the utilization of different ML models to determine the risk of a person in developing CVDs by using their personal lifestyle factors. This study used, extracted, and processed the 438,693 records as data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 2021 from World Health Organization (WHO). The data was then partitioned into training and testing data with a ratio of 0.8:0.2 to have an unknown data to evaluate the model that will be trained on. One problem that this study faced is the Imbalance among the classes and this was solved by using sampling techniques in order to balance the data for the ML model to process and understand well. The performance of the ML models was evaluated using 10-Stratified Fold cross-validation testing and the best model is Logistic Regression (LR) with F1 score of 0.32564. Logistic Regression model was then subjected to hyperparameter tuning and got the best score of 0.3257 with C = 0.1. Feature Importance was also generated from the LR model and the features that have the most impact is Sex, Diabetes, and the General Health of an individual. After getting the final LR model, it was then evaluated in the testing data and got a F1 score of 0.33. The Confusion Matrix was also used to better visualize the performance. And, the LR model correctly classified 79.18 % of people with CVDs and 73.46 % of people that is healthy. The AUC-ROC Curve was also used as a performance metric and the LR model got an AUC score of 0.837. The Logistic Regression model can be used in the medical field and can be utilized more by adding medical attributes to the data. Overall, this study gave us an insight and significant knowledge that can help in predicting the risk of CVDs by only using the personal attributes of an individual.


In this study, S-alleles of 16 almond cultivars and genotypes were determined using allele-specific and consensus primers. Likewise, the flowering coincidence among these cultivars and "Shahrood 12", "Shokoufeh" and "K-4-10" were determined. Twelve different S-alleles were distinguished in studied cultivars. Using allele-specific primers five S-alleles S1, S2, S7, S8 and S9, and compatibility allele, Sf, were amplified. In five cultivars both S-alleles, in seven cultivars only one S-allele and in four cultivars no S-allele were amplified. Using second intron consensus primers 31 out of 32 S-alleles of studied cultivars were identified. In 15 cultivars both S-alleles and in "Genotype 7" only one S-allele (S5) were distinguished. S 1 and S 3 were the most frequent S-alleles and found in eight and five cultivars, respectively. Beginning of flowering, full bloom and end of flowering of cultivars and genotypes were recorded and their flowering coincidence with "Shahrood 12", "Shokoufeh" and "K-4-10" were determined. Considering S-allele genotype and flowering coincidence of cultivars, suitable pollinizers were determined. For "K-410"genotypes "K10-11", "K14-12", "K-16-30", "K16-25", "K12-4" and cultivars "Shahrood 12" and "Marcona"; for "Shahrood 12" genotype "K4-10" and "Marcona"; and for "Shokoufeh" cultivars "Supernova", "Sahand", "Touno", and "Genotype 8", "Genotype 7", and "K16-25" are recommended as suitable pollinizers.


Among the most important sectors where self-employment is expanding are the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. Support programs to accompany self-initiative and enable the integration of the informal sector include : the "Moukawalati" program in its new version, the "Infitah" program, the "Imtyaz" program and the "Moussanada" program, in addition to the "Rawaj", "Damane Express" and "Tatwir Express" programs. The possibility of obtaining financing is one of the difficulties for the self-employed and small businesses. In addition to this, there are problems related to management, equipment, supervision, support, lack of regular and rigorous accounting management, insufficient training provided (initial and continuing), problems in the use of new technologies and lack of knowledge related to planning and management. The system, the conditions of risk-taking, coupled with the numerous and slow administrative procedures, not to mention the difficulty in obtaining information, low competitiveness, and high costs of speculation.


A Shewhart control chart is proposed based on gauging theoretically continuous observations into multiple groups. This chart is designed to monitor the process mean and standard deviation for deviations from stability. By assuming an underlying normal distribution, we derive the optimal grouping criterion that maximizes the expected statistical information available in a sample. Control charts based on grouped observations are superior to standard control charts based on variables, such as X and R charts, when the quality characteristic is difficult or expensive to measure precisely, but economical to gauge.


High magnetic fields, as well as low temperatures and high pressu-res, are important tools for the study of matter. They are used in fundamentaland applied research in various fields: solid state physics, characterization ofsemiconductors and superconductors, biology, physical chemistry, production andstorage of energy, particle physics, etc… This paper is focused mainly on the production of laboratory high magnetic fields excluding the big coils used for the accelerators, tokomaks or storage rings.After a short historical introduction the three means (resistive coils, superconductingcoils, hybrid systems) used at present to obtain high magnetic fields are examined.Two main types of resistive coils can be distinguished: the bitter and polyhelixcoils. The coils with a constant current-density (solenoids or pancakes) are hardlyused any longer and are not discussed here. The main formulas relevent to bitter coils are explained in detail and a fewtypical values of the important parameters are quoted. Then the polyhelix coilsare presented. There is a discussion on the advantages and drawbacks of the twotypes and on their respective fields of application. The superconducting coils can also be divided into two categories: the smalllaboratory coils of common dimensions and the big coils of approximately one tonor even more. The main problems associated with their production are examinedand some famous examples are quoted. A hybrid system is a combination of both types of coils, resistive and super-conducting, which now allows the attainment of the highest continuous. fields, thatis to say 30 T in 50 mm with a power of approximately 10 MW. The best performing operational systems in the world are indicated and thereis a discussion on the problems arising from their design and construction. Possiblefuture developments are also discussed.


Chemical flooding, SP or ASP, is of increasing interest due to the need to increase oil production. Design of chemical processes is very project specific and requires case by case studies including various steps among which reservoir data analysis, chemic


Non-technical skills are now more relevant than ever for students in ICT. Many ICT degree curricula, however, still do not include non-technical education. Furthermore, even when non-technical courses are included, they are extremely compressed in time, and students have a low interest for these subjects. Teachers, as a consequence, face the aggravated challenge of carrying out their task in a context of generally low motivation. In this contribution, we present a novel debatebased teaching method called Technology Battles. We illustrate the theoretical, pedagogical and practical elements that led us to the design of Technology Battles, and discuss some preliminary results. These first results suggest that our teaching method was able to make the course's subject-matter more appealing to otherwise uninterested students, and bridge their initial negative bias. While some limitations remain in the ability to measure the obtained results objectively, we think debates might be a viable tool to introduce ICT students to the ambiguous nature of the socio-economic and ethical impacts of the technologies they work with.


A newcontrol parameter isproposed toachieve output regulation andbidirectional powerflowofaparallel-resonant converter whichemploys acontrolled output rectifier. Thecontrol parameter, 0- angle, isdefined asthedisplacement angle betweenthefiring ofthe inverter switches andtheir corresponding rectifier switches. Employing 0- angle control, thecontrol-to-output characteristics oftheconverter are showntobeloadindependent. Closed-form expressions forthesteady- state operation arederived. Desired operating regions areanalytically defined suchthatallinverter switches arenaturally commutated and output rectifier switches areline commutated.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to reduce the non-linear distortion of a transistor to its input and output ports to aid distortion contribution analysis (DCA). This is especially needed when the internal structure of a device model is complex. Design/methodology/approach – The non-linear distortion generated by all non-linear sources inside a device model are reduced to transistor i/o ports by LMSE fitting techniques. Simulations of an LDMOS power transistor are used to compare the reduced distortion results with the actual non-linear sources. Findings – It is shown, that device models where the current sources are split by intermediate nodes cause superficial results, when distortion contributions are calculated as a superposition of contributions from individual non-linear sources. The proposed iterative fitting technique works. Research limitations/implications – Some non-quasistatic effects and the transfer functions from external terminals to internal controlling nodes are...


cal changes in most parts of the eye and periocular tissues; final chapters deal with tumours, systemic immune disorders, and therapeutic considerations. Classical views and recent papers are reviewed, and original work is incorporated. The figures include illustrative diagrams and immunological pathways while the photomicrographs and electron micrographs are excellent. The authors are to be congratulated on their timely and valuable contribution which will surely be welcomed by ophthalmologists, ocular pathologists, research workers, and many others. The book will be of great assistance in teaching and will probably become the standard work in this specialized field. D. R. BARRY


The legume genus, Desmanthus, comprises many species, some of which may be valuable in western Queensland grasslands where few, if any other sown pasture legumes persist. In the late 1980s, a selection of Alysicarpus, Centrosema, Chamaecrista, Clitoria, Desmanthus, Macroptilium, Stylosanthes and Vigna genotypes were sown in trials across semi-arid/arid western Queensland on clay soils in the Mitchell Grass Bioregion. In the early 1990s the trials ceased and the sites were abandoned but were reassessed 10 years later. Plant density data are presented for two sites from the establishment phase in 1989/90 to 2003. All genera other than several Desmanthus accessions failed in these harsh environments.


In the present investigation, a new series of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines were designed and synthesized and screened for their anti-proliferative activity. An efficient method is described for the synthesis of N-(substituted imidazo [1, 2-b] pyridazine) acetamides that consists of nucleophilic addition of 3-amino pyridazine which raises the electrophilicity of 4-Arylidine-2-methyl-oxazole5-ones followed by ring opening and cyclization steps. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their possible anti-proliferative activity in A375 and colo-205 human cancer cell lines by employing MTT assay and most of the compounds were found to be highly active. The most active compounds of the series on both the cell lines were 5m, 5n with IC50 values of 21 nM, 20 nM on A375 cell lines and 38 nM, 31 nM on colo-205 cell lines respectively. The title compounds were employed to molecular docking studies to position the molecules into B-Raf Kinase v600E (PDBID: 3IDP) and to determine its binding interactions and the most probable binding sites. The results from the binding energies suggest that the compounds have moderate to strong affinity for the BRAFV600E kinase binding site with G-Scores ranging from -9.2 to -6.9 indicating their potential to be antitumor agents. The title compounds were also subjected to molecular toxicity prediction using OSIRIS property explorer. The results indicated that all the compounds are druggable candidates and are free from toxicity and mutagenicity.


Robot integrated microfluidic chip is a key technology for microscale applications. Recently, the technology has been applied to on-chip mixing, which mix solutions on a microfluidic chip because it is a promising tool to analyze not only the chemical reaction with the small sample volume, but also the response of cells to environmental changes. However, these conventional mixing methods require the mixing time of millisecond-order due to the difficulty of mixing in the laminar condition of a microchannel whose Reynolds number tends to be low. In this letter, we propose a high-speed on-chip mixing by the microvortex generated by controlling local jet flow using dual-membrane pumps. First, we confirmed that vortex was successfully generated within 20 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>s by the local jet flow. The velocity and Reynolds number were analytically estimated as approximately 20 m/s and <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\text{1.6}} \times \text{10}^{\text{3}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, respectively. Second, we evaluated the response time of the mixing using the microvortex. We mixed 200-nm nanobead suspension and the DI water in the velocity of main flow of 1 m/s. By measuring the intensity at the certain observation area, we confirmed that our method successfully mixed solutions and the mixing time was approximately 500 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>s, whose speed has not been achieved by conventional robot integrated on-chip mixers. Moreover, we confirmed that our system can control the concentration of mixed flow by controlling flow rate ratio of sample and sheath flow. From these results, we confirmed that we achieved high-speed on-demand on-chip mixing by the microvortex.


After finance and economics talent presents relatively unsalable, the emphasis of talent disposition structure changes from reduction of shortage to promoting the efficiency of talent disposition, now it is the urgent task that perfecting the system of talent disposition and deepening the reform of finance and economics higher education.


(1) Korea Polar Research Institute, Division of Climate Change, Incheon, South Korea, (2) Seoul metropolitan office of meteorology, Suwon, South Korea, (3) Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea, (4) South University of Science and Technology of China, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China, (5) KIST Korea Institute of Science andTechnology, Gangneung, South Korea, (6) KOPRI Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea


Pumice materials are frequently encountered in many engineering projects in the central part of the North Island, New Zealand. Because of their lightweight, highly crushable and compressible nature, existing empirical correlations developed for hard-grained (quartz) sands are not applicable, and therefore they are problematic from an engineering and construction viewpoint. With engineering developments currently on-going in the region, a better understanding of the characteristics and locations of these pumiceous layers has become necessary. This paper attempts to identify the field characteristics of pumice deposits based on conventional geotechnical methods for the purpose of mapping the locations of pumiceous layers across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. For this purpose, existing geotechnical data within the target regions, including standard penetration tests (SPT), cone penetration tests (CPT), seismic dilatometers (sDMT), machine boreholes and associated laboratory testing, are compiled. In addition, pumice deposits are identified within the existing data as well as the extent of the stratigraphic unit(s) and typical trends within the data set and correlations across various test types are analysed. It is envisioned that the outputs presented in the paper will be beneficial to researchers, practising geotechnical engineers, roading authorities and council planners in terms of providing better engineering understanding of these problematic soils.


The problem of damage accumulation in fiber-reinforced concrete to structures supporting underground workings and tunnel linings against dynamic loading is insufficiently studied. The mechanical properties were determined and the mechanism of destruction of fiber-reinforced concrete with different reinforcement parameters is described. The parameters of the Concrete Damaged Plasticity model for fiber-reinforced concrete at different reinforcement properties are based on the results of lab experiments. Numerical simulation of the composite concrete was performed in the Simulia Abaqus software package (Dassault Systemes, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France). Modeling of tunnel lining based on fiber-reinforced concrete was performed under seismic loading.


The invention discloses a switching frequency automatic regulating device based on current in a Buck circuit. The switching frequency automatic regulating device comprises a pulse width modulation (PWM) control module for outputting PWM signals, a switching module for outputting switching signals under control of the PWM signal, a current detection module for detecting output current of the switching module, a current value conversion module for obtaining a current value of the output current detected by the current detection module, a control module for selecting corresponding control signals according to the current value of the output current so as to output the control signals and a frequency adjusting module for adjusting control frequency of the PWM signals output by the PWM control module according to the control signals. According to the switching frequency automatic regulating device, the corresponding control signals are selected according to the current value detected by the current detection module, adjustment of the PWM signals output by the PWM control module is achieved, frequency of the switching signals output by the switching module is adjusted, and conversion efficiency of the Buck circuit is improved.


A group of researchers from the EPSRC-sponsored Advanced Knowledge Technologies (AKT) project had independently developed four different ontologies covering the same domain: scientific knowledge management (academics , papers, conferences, etc). A reference ontology was developed to allow communication between these four ontologies. It was proposed that the reference ontology would benefit from incorporating the top level of the OntoClean ontology (Gangemi et al, 1998) because of the meta-properties that this ontology uses to support ontology structuring decisions. A merged ontology structure is proposed and the issues that arise in the merging process are analysed and discussed. The authors and the University of Edinburgh retain the right to reproduce and publish this paper for non-commercial purposes. Permission is granted for this report to be reproduced by others for non-commercial purposes as long as this copyright notice is reprinted in full in any reproduction. Applications to make other use of the material should be addressed in the first instance to Copyright Permissions, ABSTRACT This paper discusses the design and development of a prototype web based expert system for calculating nancial provision awards when a couple divorce in Scotland. The function of the system is primarily to help trainee lawyers to understand the structure and content of the matrimonial property and divorce domain, and to access case law available on the web in a systematic fashion. The system currently focuses on evaluating what property belonging to the parties should be included in " matrimonial property ". We felt that an expert systems approach was appropriate for the domain of nancial provision on divorce, since the modelling and application of expertise by an expert system is thought to be helpful in promoting " active learning ". An e-commerce style interface was used for gathering information, and the complete text of the Family Law (Scotland) 1985 is also available in the system, often with hyperlinks to the main narrative body of the system. The system is designed to support an advisory, negotiating or mediatory role, rather than an adversarial one, since Scottish solicitors have a preference for seeking consensual negotiated settlements. A practical and useful future extension to the system would be to permit the drafting of electronic documents resulting from negotiated settlements, such as minutes or joint minutes of agreement.


We examine experimentally how complexity affects decision-making, when individuals choose among different products with varying benefits and costs. We find that complexity in costs leads to choosing a high-benefit product, with high costs and overall lower payoffs. In contrast, when complexity is in the benefits of the product, we cannot reject the hypothesis of random mistakes. We also examine the role of heterogeneous complexity. We find that individuals still (mistakenly) choose the high-benefit but costly product, even if cheaper and simple products are available. Our results suggest that salience is a main driver of choices under different forms of complexity. JEL codes: C91, D03, D14, G02


The key part of hospital crisis management is crisis prevention. The key way to solve the crisis is the dealing with the relationship between the hospital and the media properly. Application of the function and methods of crisis public relations, properly management of the relationship between the hospital and the media can relief the bad influence from all kinds of crises. Setting up strategy to cope with the media and evaluating the process of crisis management can help the hospital to face the impact from all kinds of crises and create a beneficial media environment for the hospital during the crisis management.


This paper gives an overview of Internet Mapping and discusses its real usage for the supervision of vehicle.First,according to the services offered and to the techniques used,a classification of Internet Mapping is proposed.Then,based on the above discussion,this paper presents an Internet Mapping realized by the author,WebVehicleSuper,which in fact is a supervision system of vehicle based on GPS,GSM,and WebGIS through Internet.As a consequence of object oriented programming and distributed architecture,WebVehicleSuper is very flexible and extensible,which is suitable for the developing tendency of WebGIS.It makes a nice tradeoff between performance and cost.Experimentally,this system can totally satisfy the needs of vehicle supervision with moderate system volume.


The study aimed to identify the role of learning based on community development in the development of women to achieve the goals of sustainable development, by studying the case of women beneficiaries of comprehensive scientific and electronic literacy programs implemented by UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology. The study was based on several assumptions, namely: - Adopting education and learning projects based on community development by targeting the segment of women helps achieve sustainable development goals. - Expanding women's participation in education and learning projects based on community development helps bridge the gaps associated with development needs in the community. - Benefiting from local materials and products in education and learning projects based on community development facilitates the effective contribution of women to development as a result of the availability of their productive needs from the local environment. The research used the descriptive method, which works to describe information and facts and analyze the content in a scientific and objective manner. It also used the case study method, which is based on studying the case of the beneficiaries of learning projects based on community development. The study concluded the following conclusions: 1. UNESCO projects have contributed to reducing the scientific and electronic illiteracy rate among women, which has contributed to achieving Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. 2. The projects contributed to reducing poverty and hunger among women, which contributed to achieving Goal 1 and Goal 2 for sustainable development. 3. The projects contributed to increasing production in many products, which had a positive impact on development, which contributed to achieving Goal 8 for sustainable development .. 4. The projects did not contribute to achieving the goal 13th of a healthy environment due to the lack of implementation of programs that contribute to environmental sanitation, such as waste recycling programs and other similar programmes. 5. The use of local natural resources contributed to the facilitation and availability of production, which helped achieve the 12th goal of sustainable development. 6.Targeting women with education and training to provide job opportunities and increase income contributed to achieving Goal 3 and Goal 5 of sustainable development. The study also recommended the following: 1. The need for more learning programs based on community development. 2. Increasing focus on productive projects from natural resources with the latest technological developments in training. 3. The necessity of training on e-marketing skills for local products . 4.The necessity of training on canning and packaging skills for vegetables and fruits that are abundantly available in certain seasons in order to reduce the waste of natural resources. 5. Creating partnerships between state governments, civil society and international organizations to create national productive projects for the manufacture of natural resources by utilizing the skills and experiences of women beneficiaries and creating job opportunities for them. 6. The necessity to conduct programs contriuting to enviromental sanitation such as. waste recycling programs and other similar programmes. Keywords: Sustainable Development, Learning Based On Community Development


There may be serious current interactions between d and q-axis in synchronous rotating frame for the three-phase voltage source converter. For the first time, the "relative gain" concept is introduced to analyze the coupling and decoupling quantitatively in this paper. Three different decoupling control methods including cross coupling decoupling, series decoupling and state feedback decoupling algorithms are compared in detail based on the "relative gain" concept. The theoretic results are confirmed by simulating Bode diagram and experiment waveform.


Abstract When are perceptions of control over a threatening event maximally adaptive? In a sample of 43 adolescents with diabetes, we predicted that the relation between personal control and adjustment would be greater (a) when perceptions of control are based in reality, and (b) when the threat is severe. We predicted that health behavior would mediate the relation of personal control to adjustment. We also examined the association of vicarious control (i.e., perceptions that others have control) to adjustment. We interviewed adolescents following a routine physician visit and contacted them by phone four months later. Results confirmed predictions. The relation of personal control to adjustment was mediated by better health behavior but the interpretation of this finding was complicated. We concluded that health behavior was used as a way to manage distress rather than a way to influence the disease. There also was some evidence that vicarious control—specifically, perceiving that parents have control —...


Wound healing is a complex cascade reaction process which is frequently delayed or non-healed due to oxidative stress and persistent inflammation. As a natural antioxidant, pine pollen has potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. In this study, we demonstrated that pine
 pollen extract can promote collagen formation, angiogenesis, granulation tissue and hair follicles regeneration, and regulate inflammatory process. Moreover, pine pollen extract performed significantly better than control group in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory features. In addition, the
 concentration of 1 mg/mL is more conducive to promote wound healing. These findings indicated that pine pollen extract has high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity which could speed up skin tissue regeneration and promote wound healing, being useful in regenerative medicine.


This milestone report summarizes the data obtained in FY15 on the major task of quantifying the binding strength of amidoxime-related ligands. Thermodynamic studies of the interaction between U(VI) and amidoxime ligand HLIII were studied to quantify the binding ability of U(VI) with amidoxime-related ligands and help to select grafting/reaction conditions so that higher yield of preferred amidoxime-related ligands is obtained. Besides the thermodynamic task, structural studies on vanadium complexation with amidoxime ligand were conducted to help understand the extremely strong sorption of vanadium on poly(amidoxime) sorbents. Data processing and summarization of the vanadium system are in progress and will be included in the next milestone report.


【Task】 The invention relates to an optical film, its manufacturing method, and a liquid crystal display device including the same. More specifically, the optical film according to the present invention, the cycloolefin-based substrate, the liquid crystal alignment layers, and includes a liquid crystal film, the liquid crystal alignment layer, which can be additionally crosslinking reaction photoreactive polymer by introducing monomer having a functional group, it is possible to maintain cycloolefin-based substrate and the liquid crystal alignment layer, a strong adhesion between the liquid crystal alignment layer and the liquid crystal film. .FIELD 1


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The present invention relates to a Leitmittelzusatzfreie electrode for a secondary lithium ion battery having a lithium titanate as an active material and a secondary lithium ion battery containing an electrode according to the invention.


I. Impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis A series of financial turbulences, triggered o# by the so-called "sub-prime" in the USA, culminated in catching the international financial sector o# its euphoric guard in September 2008. In hindsight, it was obvious that the global financial system had been indulged in a euphoric illusion of safety mainly due to the vague perception that financial experts, traders and regulators were doing their best in getting round the critical situation. Already many papers and books have discussed this issue and related matters, including IMF's WEO (World Economic Outlook) and GFSR (Global Financial Stability Report) issued in April, 2009, etc. The Uzbek presentation, "The Global Economic Crisis, Ways and Measures to Overcome It in the Conditions of Uzbekistan" was explained during May 22's conference in the Central Asian context. Apart from these public papers, most recently, Gillian Tett, British lady journalist, has published "Fool's Gold" focusing on the plight of the world financial sector compounded by financial derivatives and innovations. The impacts of the most recent global financial crisis on the real economy in many countries could be broken down into three-fold processes: (1) pandemic fears in many financial markets, in particular almost free-fall decline in stock markets, steep rise in various spreads between safe and risky assets, and dramatic shrinkage in financial markets, which have invited (2) quick withdrawals of capital from emerging/transitional economies and economic frontiers in mature economies to safe harbors. The resultant serious liquidity squeeze has, in turn, brought about (3) immediate contractive impacts on the real economy in many countries, in particular the export sector and internationally interwoven businesses. The instability in commodity markets has added to the financial and economic turbulences. The (1) and (2) are straightforward in transmission and visible in major economic indicators, while the (3) is somewhat diversified in di#erent regions and countries. The (1) is represented by financial fears, fueled by the collapse of the myth "too big to fail", which became suddenly pandemic in almost all the financial markets, involving many emerging/transitional countries, and inviting the distrust even among banks and


Within the framework of the effective-field theory with self-spin correlations and the differential operator technique, the ground state magnetizations of the biaxial crystal field spin system on the honeycomb lattices have been studied. The influences of the biaxial crystal field on the magnetization in the ground state have been investigated in detail.


• The dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is the largest source of uncertainty in projections of future global sea level rise. • The past evolution of the AIS provides an opportunity to constrain the description of physical processes within ice sheet models. • We therefore use an ice sheet model to explore how past changes can be used to improve predictions of the future evolution of the AIS.


A patient is described who experienced increasing ischemia in the follow-up period of femoral-peroneal artery graft surgery. Transcatheter angiographic management was successful in improving the long-term patency of the graft. The procedure is described, and the applications are discussed.


The role played by infective hepatitis in the causation of cirrhosis of the liver has yet to be fully ascertained. Owing to the lack of a susceptible laboratory animal the. problem cannot be settled by the experimental method. A solution is possible only by clinical and pathological studies from different parts of the world where the disease occurs against different backgrounds. For this reason a clinical study of a series of cases of infective hepatitis met with in Ceylon is here reported with special reference to the complications leading to cirrhosis.


ABSTRACT Children and adolescents admitted to psychiatric inpatient units typically present with severe psychopathology, trauma histories, and risk to self or others. Unfortunately, inpatient care has proven to be largely ineffective in changing the course of mental illness for these youth, with many experiencing readmission or continued risk following discharge. A critical examination of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient practices, and guiding models of care, are greatly needed. This comprehensive review provides an overview of contemporary inpatient care, highlighting specific areas where empirically-informed guidance is present and lacking. The content reviewed includes: scope and structure of inpatient care, intake and evaluation, safety and security, therapeutic interventions, and discharge planning. Following our review, we present the 5S model as a guiding framework for inpatient care and continued research. Lastly, given the critical importance of inpatient care and the sparse empirical literature in this area, we issue a call for research investigating all aspects of inpatient care from admission to post-discharge.


One of the most important tools for reducing or preventing diagnostic errors in the surgical pathology laboratory is the establishment of a quality management system. Risk analysis and quality assurance are important components to ensure the sustainability of the quality management system. Quality assurance ensures the integrity of program design and includes interrelated activities quality control and quality monitoring-evaluation programs. Risk-based thinking is expressed as the planning of risks and how they should be managed by determining the possible dangers and risks in achieving the determined goals and objectives, using the available information systematically. Laboratories must identify and carry out a large number of interrelated activities to maintain their functions effectively. To achieve its goals, it must demonstrate the ability to measure and evaluate process performance, as well as to demonstrate the effectiveness of past decisions, along with improving operational effectiveness and efficiency. With a successful quality management process, the reliability of laboratory results can be increased. In this study, our objective was to develop a roadmap for the detection, monitoring and minimization of diagnostic errors in the surgical pathology laboratory, in line with the views of international regulatory organizations, to develop a quality plan based on risk management that covers the entire analytical cycle. It is not possible to discuss the quality control of laboratories without accepting the possibility of error in surgical pathology. Investing in continuing medical education and patient safety, as well as the training of new pathologists with a critical view to reducing errors is an imperative way to improve the practice of pathology.


The quench dynamics of many-body quantum systems may exhibit non-analyticities in the Loschmidt echo, a phenomenon known as dynamical phase transition (DPT). Despite considerable research into the underlying mechanisms behind this phenomenon, several open questions still remain. Motivated by this, we put forth a detailed study of DPTs from the perspective of quantum phase space and entropy production, a key concept in thermodynamics. We focus on the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model and use spin coherent states to construct the corresponding Husimi-$Q$ quasi-probability distribution. The entropy of the $Q$-function, known as Wehrl entropy, provides a measure of the coarse-grained dynamics of the system and, therefore, evolves non-trivially even for closed systems. We show that critical quenches lead to a quasi-monotonic growth of the Wehrl entropy in time, combined with small oscillations. The former reflects the information scrambling characteristic of these transitions and serves as a measure of entropy production. On the other hand, the small oscillations imply negative entropy production rates and, therefore, signal the recurrences of the Loschmidt echo. Finally, we also study a Gaussification of the model based on a modified Holstein-Primakoff approximation. This allows us to identify the relative contribution of the low energy sector to the emergence of DPTs. The results presented in this article are relevant not only from the dynamical quantum phase transition perspective, but also for the field of quantum thermodynamics, since they point out that the Wehrl entropy can be used as a viable measure of entropy production.


Touch Me exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 16 June-29 Aug 2005. The History Tablecloth and Drift Table were two of about 90 designs selected for this exhibition, which curator Lauren Parker estimates received over 25,000 visitors.


In the previous paper3) changes of failure probability of heavy duty paper sack with dropping times at face drop test was investigated. In this paper it was discussed about relationship between fatigue strength and changes of mechanical properties of paper under repeated impacts. As a result of this, it was found that repeated impact strength of paper n, which was expressed with repeated times of impacts till fracture of paper, was related to the ratio E/eirr., where E is absorbed-energy for fracture of paper and eirr, is dissipated-energy for irreversible strain at one impact. And the relationship between them was approximately expressed according to the following formula


This paper reports studies on dielectric and ferroelectric properties of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films crystallized by conventional thermal annealing (CTA) and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) in air, oxygen and nitrogen atmospheres to better understand, control and optimize these properties. The dielectric constant (ε) and dissipation factor (tan δ) values, at a frequency of 100 kHz, for film crystallized in air by CTA process, were 358 and 0.039, respectively. Considering the same frequency for film crystallized in air by RTA, these values were 611 and 0.026, respectively. The different dielectric values were justified by a space-charge or interfacial polarization in films, often characterized as Maxwell–Wagner type. This effect was also responsible to dispersion at frequencies above 1 MHz in film crystallized in air by CTA process and film crystallized by RTA in oxygen atmosphere. The film crystallized by RTA under nitrogen atmosphere presented an evident dispersion at frequencies around 100 Hz, characterized by an increase in both ε and tan δ. This dispersion was attributed to conductivity effects. The remanent polarization (Pr) and coercive field (Ec) were also obtained for all films. Films obtained from RTA in air presented higher Pr (17.8 μC cm−2) than film crystallized from CTA (7.8 μC cm−2). As a function of the crystallization atmospheres, films crystallized by RTA in air and nitrogen presented essentially the same Pr values (around 18 μC cm−2) but the Pr (3.9 μC cm−2) obtained from film crystallized under oxygen atmosphere was profoundly influenced.


What will be the ultimate effect of biotic factors on developing forests is a problem of extreme importance in many of the eastern states where reforestation plans are rapidly being materialized. Especially is this true where areas or habitats not wholly adapted for certain desired conifer species are involved. At the present time we have attained a considerable knowledge relative to the effects of such biotic factors as plant succession, disease, insects and man upon forest production in natural habitats, but as yet little information is available relative to the r6le these factors play in afforested areas which have been allowed to revert to nature after years of careful forest management. With this problem in mind, the writer, in September, 1930, began a study of the effects of certain biotic factors in a small and comparatively old afforested area carrying a stand of white pines, Pinus strobus, which were in some cases approximately a century old. From general observations, it was apparent that hardwoods had invaded the stand with such rapidity and success that they threatened to become the dominant species in the near future. Furthermore, it was evident that the white pines were suffering a high mortality, due to biotic or edaphic disturbances. In the course of the investigation, a number of quadrats were laid out and photographs were taken of the vegetation in order to secure data relative to the effects of the plant invasion in the pine grove over a long period of time. It was necessary to discontinue this study in November, 1931, when the city of Syracuse (present owner of the grove) found it necessary to eradicate the invading vegetation in order to prevent the partial or complete destruction of the white pine. The invaders, with the exception of a few cherry and maple trees, Prunus serotina, P. avium and Acer saccharum were removed and the habitat was rejuvenated in many low places by the addition of several inches of fertile soil. Before this change was made, considerable data were obtained which may throw some light on the problem mentioned above. Historically, little is known of the original owner of the pine grove or of the date of the planting other than the annual ring history obtained from the trees. There are, however, two aged residents in the neighborhood who can recall several facts concerning the pine grove as it appeared and was managed 65 years ago. They state that there was at that time (i866) a


Numerous studies have identified emotional abilities as being strongly associated with success in academic achievement, general life experiences, and a wide range of factors related to people's jobs. In the hospitality industry, emotional intelligence of an employee plays an essential role in carrying out duties and ensuring organizational outcomes. In order to interact constructively and effectively with others, it is crucial for employees in the hospitality industry to have the ability to manage, regulate and control their emotions. However, research thus far has focused on the positive aspects of emotional intelligence among the nontask related behaviors of employees. No study has used outcome variables in a negative dimension In particular, since organizational citizenship behavior (OCBs) and counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) as voluntary behaviors are non-task related behaviors that appear as employees' emotional intelligence declines, they will be more significant as outcome variables. Thus, this study identifies the associations among emotional intelligence, CWBs, and OCBs that have not yet been fully explored in the hospitality industry literature. Survey questionnaires were distributed to hotels employees working in the city of Kuala Lumpur. This study will provide a better understanding of emotional intelligence and its relationship to OCBs and CWBs, provide a more informed link between theory and practice and address the gaps currently existing in literature today.


Abstract
The first globalization of Iberian and Portuguese Empires saw the emergence of piracy. Now It comes back. This resurgence is due to the existence of uncontrolled areas, to the explosion of maritime traffic, and to the proliferation of cheap weapons. Piracy is protean, it aims to change the local balance of power in the Gulf of Guinea, it is an entrepreneurial adventure in Somalia. This phenomenon reflects an adjustment of peoples to globalization and a profound transformation of the role of the state. Indeed, if the fight against piracy was traditionally assigned to navy, it is gradually being tackled by new ways, with the development of the outsourcing of functions of sovereignty, the privatisation of defence, and even the return of privateers.


Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for most malaria-related morbidity and mortality, mostly affecting young children, non-immune adults and pregnant women. A characteristic feature of the pathogenesis of infection caused by P. falciparum is the cytoadherence of infected erythrocytes to the endothelial cells lining the microvessels of host organs. This phenomenon, termed ''sequestration'', mainly results from the adhesive interactions between P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1 (PfEMP1) proteins on the surface of infected erythrocytes and various host endothelial receptors such intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), which is hypothesised to have a role in cerebral malaria. PfEMP1 molecules consist of several Duffy binding-like (DBL) and cysteine rich interdomain region (CIDR) domains that have different cytoadhesive functions. The second class of DBL domains, DBLβ, has been associated with adhesion to ICAM-1 receptors.
In the present study, we selected four recombinant PfEMP1ICAM-1-DBLβ domains for mouse immunisations. Thirteen monoclonal (mAbs) and polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) were raised to three recombinant domains (DBL13, DBL31 and DBL41). All mouse mAbs and pAbs comprised IgM antibodies that recognised homologous and heterologous DBLβ domains. Most mAbs and pAbs labelled the surface of erythrocytes infected by P. falciparum isolates, with an IgM labelling capacity ranging from 10.1% to 67.6% of total IEs. Mouse antibodies showed similar patterns of reactivity with ICAM-1-binding and non-binding isolates, and reacted with a parasite isolate from a different genome (3D7). Surprisingly, we detected a remarkable reduction in IE population after incubation with mouse mAbs and pAbs, and this was mainly observed with antibodies that strongly labelled the surface of IEs. We demonstrated that this haemolysis was resulted from an immunological interaction between mouse IgMs and a parasite-derived component on the surface of live IEs.
Antibodies raised to DBL41 were the most effective in all assays. Of these, three antibodies (pAb B5, mAb B4, mAb G6) and an anti-DBL31 mAb (E7) significantly blocked IE adhesion to purified proteins (ICAM-1 and CD36) under static and flow conditions. These antibodies also blocked parasite adhesion to HUVEC under conditions of blood flow. In a separate work, we characterised the immune response of eight semi-immune serum samples obtained from female adults living in Kilifi County, Kenya. Our results indicated that semi-immune sera specifically recognised five recombinant DBLβICAM-1 domains and a VAR2CSA DBL domain, and recognised the surface of erythrocytes infected by diverse parasite isolates with variable levels of reactivity. Some sera, particularly JA225 and JA235, significantly inhibited IE adhesion to ICAM-1 under both static and flow conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the use of PfEMP1ICAM-1-DBLβ domains for the development of mouse mAbs and pAbs that recognise homologous and heterologous parasite isolates and block IE adhesion. However, further work is required to identify the surface ligand(s) involved in interaction with mouse IgM and to investigate the mechanisms of IgM-mediated IE lysis.


SMEs have siginifcant role for Indonesian economic, such as employing many labors and significant contribution to GDP. To support them more productive, Government launched a KUR in 2007, a credit program for SMEs that is feasible but not bankable, and has credit guarantee facility. Government has cooporated with some Banks for credit and with PT Askrindo and Perum Jamkrindo for credit guarantee. Since 2007, KUR has been run over 5 years. The question is how the performance of KUR viewed by Government, Banks, and Credit Guarantee Enterprises perspectives. Bu using descriptive analysis methode, the research shows that for Government perspective, KUR has distributed credit around Rp.97.6 triliun for around 7.6 million debitors during 2007-2013. For perspective of Banks, KUR has given profit because its interest rate (13% for retail and 22% for mikro] above basic lending rate of banks. Credit guarantee facility also has supported banks to penetrate new market or new debiturs. For credit guarantee enterprises, KUR has been able to increase their income.


As has been seen, integral and differential systems in function spaces are ideal mathematical models in many applied problems stemmed from the real world. They have in recent years beenmajor objects of investigations with fast increasing interest.This special issue is dedicated to the dissemination of current significant progresses and new trends in this field. This issue is composed of papers that emphasize different aspects of the theory of the integral and differential systems in function spaces and related issues.The topics addressed by these published papers in the special issue include the stability of delay differential systems; theWiener product on a bosonic Connes space associated to a bilaplacian and the formal Wiener chaos on the path space; multiplicative and additive perturbation of convoluted C-regularized operator families, convoluted C-cosine operator families, and convoluted Csemigroups related to the differential equations in Banach spaces; the local Gevrey regularity of the solutions of the linearized spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equations; the boundedness of some rough bilinear fractional integral on Morrey spaces and modified Morrey spaces; the global bifurcation of positive solutions for semilinear elliptic equations with asymptotically linear function on a unit ball; hybrid gradient-projection algorithm for solving constrained convex minimization problems with generalized mixed equilibrium problems; the pointwise estimates for the sharp function of the maximal multilinear commutators and maximal iterated commutator generalized by m-linear Calderon-Zygmund singular integral operator; and the existence of nontrivial solutions of a quasilinear elliptic equation. Acknowledgment


A 59-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department of the University Hospital of Zurich with an acute onset of severe chest pain during the last 2 h. After sublingual nitroglycerin administration, the chest pain largely resolved. The electrocardiogram showed no ischaemic ST-segment or T-wave changes. Laboratory examination revealed an elevated troponin T (0.019 μg/L).

The clinical presentation was suggestive of a non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and the patient underwent coronary angiography revealing a single coronary artery originating from the right sinus of Valsalva, a rare coronary anomaly, combined with coronary artery disease, with two subtotal stenoses of the dominant right coronary artery (RCA; Figure 1A ). The left …


Plantar verrucae, typically caused by epithelial invasion of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7, are common occurrences in the podiatric physician's office. Treatment modalities depend on size, anatomic location, and physician preference. Conventional treatments include salicylic acid, cryotherapy, curettage, thermocautery, chemical cautery, carbon dioxide or pulsed-dye laser therapy, photodynamic therapy using aminolevulinic acid, and immune stimulation using various agents. Conversely, plantar warts (even resilient mosaics) tend to spontaneously regress within 2 years, even without treatment intervention. This case report describes a squamous cell carcinoma arising from a plantar verruca and illustrates the importance of completing a thorough medical history and ascertaining the efficacy of the chosen treatment modality. In this case report, skin biopsy proved critical for eventual wound healing.


Long-form question answering (LFQA) tasks require retrieving the documents pertinent to a query, using them to form a paragraph-length answer. Despite considerable progress in LFQA modeling, fundamental issues impede its progress: i) train/validation/test dataset overlap, ii) absence of automatic metrics and iii) generated answers not being"grounded"in retrieved documents. This work addresses every one these critical bottlenecks, contributing natural language inference/generation (NLI/NLG) methods and metrics that make significant strides to their alleviation.


In this article, the writer tries to explain the historicity of political system formulation and government in Singapore. Besides, the writer also explores the religion role in establishing state institution. Moreover, the writer specifies that social structure of Singapore society-the multiracial country with the majority of Chinese immigrant have been working out nationalism awareness. The political social interaction based on ethnic and religious sentiment had crystallized and ended by separation of Singapore from Malaysia federation, as a free country based on industry and trade. In many sectors, the sake of Singaporean Moslems is accommodated. The accommodated Moslems' aspiration is along with the improvement of Moslems awareness of the important of formal institution to accommodate their aspiration. However, Islam is still paced as a distrustful movement.


To determine the efficacy of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) in neurogenic patients affected by LUTD and or chronic bowel disorders, moreover investigating their sexuality, 41 patients were studied after 2 nd stage SNM. In retentionist post-SNM we calculated residual urine per catheterism and the number of daily catheterizations. In incontinents we evaluated the episodes of urinary and/or faecal incontinence daily. Constipated patients were evaluated through weekly evacuations. For all bowel disorders we used also the Wexner score. We assessed sexual dysfunction including the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF5) and the female sexual dysfunction through a sexual history. We considered remarkable improvement score of IIEF(5) equal or greater than 25% while for females used a self scale improvement from 0 to 100% considering a significative enhancement minimum 40% after SNM. Only retentionists 22 and 9 with detrusor overactivity maintained at least an improvement of >50% also in the long follow-up. In 3 retentionists new implants were needed in the controlateral root due to the disappear- ance of clinical benefits. All 10 patients with bowel dysfunctions and LUTD showed a significant improvement for bowel dysfunctions in the last follow-up. We recorded an erectile impairment in 13/26 patients. Four retentionists achieved and maintained a significant improvement in erectile function, and 3/7 females manteined a remarkable enhancement in sexual function. Clinical results indicate SNM as a therapeutic option in selected neurogenic patients. Moreover we showed a clinical improvement over sexual function in about 30% of the patients.


Abstract In this work, chemical reactions and phase transformations during reactive sintering of Ti – Al and Ti – Al – Si materials were investigated by differential thermal analysis. Kinetics and mechanism of the formation of intermediary phases are described on an experimental model system consisting of a bulk titanium sample exposed to molten aluminium or AlSi50 alloy. The results show that the reactive sintering is a reaction-controlled process in both systems. The reaction rate increases significantly with addition of silicon. According to the kinetics study, reactive sintering of TiAl36 and TiAl15Si15 alloys was carried out. TiAl15Si15 alloy was successfully sintered, while TiAl36 material showed extremely high porosity and presence of unreacted components.


Beyond Fifth Generation (B5G) networks are expected to be the most efficient cellular wireless networks with greater capacity, lower latency, and higher speed than the current networks. Key enabling technologies, such as millimeter-wave (mm-wave), beamforming, Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (M-MIMO), Device-to-Device (D2D), Relay Node (RN), and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) are essential to enable the new network to keep growing. In the forthcoming wireless networks with massive random deployment, frequency re-use strategies and multiple low power nodes, severe interference issues will impact the system. Consequently, interference management represents the main challenge for future wireless networks, commonly referred to as B5G. This paper provides an overview of the interference issues relating to the B5G networks from the perspective of HetNets, D2D, Ultra-Dense Networks (UDNs), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Furthermore, the existing interference mitigation techniques are discussed by reviewing the latest relevant studies with a focus on their methods, advantages, limitations, and future directions. Moreover, the open issues and future directions to reduce the effects of interference are also presented. The findings of this work can act as a guide to better understand the current and developing methodologies to mitigate the interference issues in B5G networks.


The effect of variable sprinkler water application rates on bare soil and the response of the soil infiltration after exposure to a sequence of irrigation events were investigated. A simple empirical model based on the Kostiakov equation was presented. This model will predict soil infiltration rate under variable application rates and a sequence of irrigation events. The validity of the model was tested and supported by the results of laboratory experiments. In addition, the values of the constant k and n in the Kostiakov equation were computed by the model and compared and validated with the measured k and n values.


Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining a precoding matrix. The method comprises: respectively dividing each vertically-dimensional beam group, to obtain vertically-dimensional beam sub-groups, and respectively dividing each horizontally-dimensional beam group, to obtain horizontally-dimensional beam sub-groups; determining a first-stage codebook according to a Kronecker product between each vertically-dimensional beam sub-group obtained by dividing each vertically-dimensional beam group and each horizontally-dimensional beam sub-group obtained by dividing each horizontally-dimensional beam group; and selecting multiple columns of wave beams from the determined first-stage codebook by using a second-stage codebook and performing phase adjustment, to determine a precoding matrix.


ABSTRACT This special issue brings together papers that discuss how teachers deliberate competing institutional, pedagogical and language ideological imperatives in the multilingual classroom. It does so because research on language-in-education policy often singles out teachers who resist and transform monolingual policies, or those who ignore pupils' multilingual resources. Such accounts usefully highlight the possibility of change or the need for intervention. But they risk overlooking the many occasions where teachers waver between both types of conduct to reconcile contrary views on language, teaching, and learning. This issue argues that teacher behaviour must be explained in relation to these contrary views rather than to one of their component parts. Thus, it puts the lens, among other things, on teachers who implement monolingual policies without disregarding the value of multilingualism; on those who take up linguistic authority in congenial fashion; or on those who respect pupils' linguistic repertoires while setting out to improve their skills in named languages. This introduction discusses some broad tendencies in earlier work on language-in-education policy, the chronic nature of contradictions in class and the ambivalence it invites, before presenting the different contributions of the issue.


This paper expounds the importance of public library's information service in the information society,analyzes the development trends of public library's information service,and studies the innovation case of Shanghai Library's information service.


Abstract : A nonlinear, compressible, spectral collocation code has been developed to examine gravity wave breaking and instability processes in two and three spatial dimensions. Initial studies have demonstrated that the preferred mode of instability within a high-frequency gravity wave is a convective instability comprised of counter-rotating vortices aligned transverse to the direction of wave propagation (a horizontal wave number normal to that of the gravity wave). Thus, wave instability is inherently three-dimensional, and two- dimensional models are unlikely to adequately describe either the physics of wave breaking or the implications for wave transports and eddy mixing. A parallel effort has emphasized the statistical effects of wave interactions and dissipation processes and developed a new spectral parameterization of gravity wave transports of energy and momentum and their atmospheric effects. This scheme relies on the approximately universal spectral shape of the gravity wave motion field throughout the atmosphere to assess the potential for wave transports and variations with background wind and stability profiles.


The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority counsults on pillar 2 capital adequacy, including proprosals for a capital charge for banks with weak risk management Market participants have widely welcomed the consultation paper (CP) on assessing capital adequacy under pillar 2, published by the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) this week.


This paper explains that the level of protection which is provided by the ECHR is not completely met by the general principles of the EU law in respect of the undertakings' protection against self-incrimination and right to inviolability of home. The main purpose of my paper is to analyze whether and to what extent the Commission's wide and discretionary investigative powers under Regulation 1/2003, comply with the human rights protection standards laid down in the ECHR, more precisely, the undertakings' right of defense as guaranteed by Article 6(1) and 8 ECHR.


A discretely orthogonal basis set is constructed from Gaussian functions of complex exponent. The basis set is then used in solving the Green function/boundary integral formulation of ultrasonic beam transmission through a water/solid interface, where ray theory is used to evaluate the Green function. Properties of the Gaussian function yield a highly efficient computational algorithm. It is outlined how the resulting algorithm eliminates problems associated with ray theory focusing caustics.


During the last 20 years, 2477 incidents related with the smuggling of radioactive materials have been reported to the IAEA. The implementation of systems for detection of radioactive materials at borders, ports, airports, etc. is a critical issue to contrast the contraband and prevent further consequences. The neutron detector based in 3He has been a common component in radiation portals, but the increasing demand of 3He has caused its shortage with a very large cost increase. This situation has motivated the scientific community to develop a new generation of neutron detectors to replace the 3He-based systems. In this work is reported a complete characterization, based on experiments and Monte Carlo simulations, of a set of modern organic liquid scintillator detectors with neutron/gamma discrimination capabilities. New results with respect to the light output function and the neutron and gamma efficiencies of the EJ-309 scintillator are presented. The EJ-309 scintillator coupled to a PMT H8500C was used also in a prototype of a compact and portable neutron/gamma spectrometer. A complete study of the first commercial plastic scintillator with neutron/gamma discrimination capabilities (EJ-299-33) was performed. The response of the EJ-339A detector (a liquid loaded with 4.6 % of 10B) was studied in order to discriminate between gamma, fast neutron and thermal neutron events coming from a shielded 252Cf source. Finally, as another alternative to the standard 3He systems, the use of the EJ-420 detector (based on ZnS(Ag)/6Li scintillator) for thermal neutron detection was tested. The pulse processing of all the detectors was performed using modern CAEN nuclear electronics based in fast digitizers.


Under increasing pressure from both limited funds and increases in costs, the preservation of community assets such as urban road networks require ever greater attention in order to obtain the best value for funds expended. The level of compaction attainable in a thin, (30mm depth) asphalt overlay is examined, together with an investigation into the reduction in benkelman beam deflections when applying thin (20 - 30mm depth) asphalt overlays in urban streets. In the limited examination on compaction, the high level specified was obtained. The thin asphalt overlays are found to reduce deflection by amounts significantly greater (3 to 4 times) than those quantitatively predicted by two state road authorities (a).


The airborne LiDAR which was introduced in the early 2000's provides the point data. The new methods for the verification of LiDAR materials with high accuracy which is different from the existing airborne survey are needed. In accordance with the rules of airborne laser survey which were enacted in 2009, the verifications by three methods of Unmeasured Rate and point accuracy, point density have been executed, and Unmeasured Rate is to evaluate the rate for the presence of points within uniform grids except non-reflective areas such as watershed areas. For the calculation of Unmeasured Rate, non-reflective areas should be removed by all means, and in case of normal LiDAR materials, as there are scant points for watershed areas, watershed areas should be divided by additional spatial information. So, in this study, the watershed areas were extracted using domain extension technique from the high resolution CIR images of 0.3m grade. In addition, in order to compare the accuracy of Unmeasured Rate calculated, the comparative analysis of the Unmeasured Rate calculated by digital maps has been done. In conclusion, we found that 1I1e accuracy of Unmeasured Rate extracted by domain extension technique is similar to the value extracted by digitizing technique.


PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method are provided to allow for ease of input of special characters and utilization of special characters even in a wireless data communication environment. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus comprises a key input unit(10) for inputting data of the corresponding key; an output unit(40) for outputting consonants, vowels or numeric characters and special characters which are inputted by the key input unit on a document window; a memory(30) for storing the document including the consonants, vowels, numeric characters or special characters, and storing one or more special character arrays allocated to the consonant keys; and a control unit(20) for outputting the special character array allocated to the consonant key stored in the memory to the output unit, and outputting the special character allocated to the number to the document window of the output unit when the numeric key data for selecting special characters are input by the key input unit.


When comparing the labor income shares in China internationally,Chinese scholars usually feel confused in two ways: one is that the workers compensation index set in China's GDP in the income approach contains the mixed income of non-business owners,using a broader concept; while the concept of employees compensation recommended by the United Nations in the SNA1993 does not include mixed income,it is a narrow concept.The other is that the statistical coverage in China's GDP income approach has made some changes in 2004,so that the shares of labor income before and after 2004 in China cannot be compared.Therefore,on the basis of the 2004 economic census data,this paper adjusts the mixed income of the self-employed persons in accordance with the three calibers of wide,medium and narrow,basically eliminating the two incomparable factors mentioned above.Then,based on the adjusted comparable data,it conducts a comprehensive international comparison of China's labor income shares from the wider,medium and narrow calibers,the conclusion is of course more reliable.The results indicate that if the workers compensation concept of narrow caliber is adopted,the share of labor income in China is not only lower than the average level of developed countries by 15 to 20 percent,but also four percentage points below the average of the developing countries.


patient was the fracture fragment< 24% and in only five (5%) was the fracture fragment less than 1/3 of the distal phalanx. There was no correlation with fracture fragment size and measured extensor lag (Figure 2). The study rejected the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the extensor lag of bony and tendinous mallet injuries, and further highlights the differences between these two injuries. The study also shows there is no link with the degree of extensor lag and fracture fragment size. Tendinous mallet injuries are caused by division or rupture of the extensor mechanism to the DIP joint causing an extensor lag. There is significantly less extensor lag with bony mallet injuries, further indicating these are not avulsion injuries. If they were, there should be similar or greater extensor lag than with tendinous mallet injuries. In addition, avulsion injuries should logically pull off smaller rather than larger fragments of bone and there should be range of fragment sizes from 1% upwards. In our study, there were no fracture fragments< 24% of the distal phalanx. This study has important implications because misunderstanding the mechanisms of injury may lead to inappropriate treatment: a bony mallet injury that occurs due to a hyperextension force should not logically be treated with a Stack splint, which applies a hyperextension force (appropriate for a tendinous mallet injury), as this potentially increases the risk of subluxation of the distal phalanx (Giddins, 2016). Furthermore, the classification of these injuries should be separate, as they are often grouped together, both historically (Abouna and Brown, 1968; Tubiana, 1986) and more recently in a randomized controlled study (Gruber et al., 2014). In conclusion, bony mallet injuries have substantially less extensor lag than tendinous mallet injuries and the fracture fragments in the former are mostly greater than 33%. These fit with other evidence suggesting that bony mallet injuries are dorsal impaction fractures and not avulsion injuries, and therefore their different mechanisms of injury should warrant a different treatment strategy.


Product-form closed queueing networks are widely-used analytical models for the performance analysis of computer and communication systems. Since the publication in 1963 of Jackson's theorem, the first significant development in the theory of queueing networks, hundreds of papers have been devoted to the topic. Nevertheless, several important theoretical issues remain open. Among these, the efficient analysis of closed networks, which monopolized the attention of performance analysts for over twenty years. This dissertation presents new results concerning the exact and approximate analysis of closed queueing network models. We propose new algorithms and formulas for computing throughputs and other performance measures, and which have reduced computational requirements with respect to existing methods. The main contributes of this work are: 1. the development of a new algorithm for the exact analysis of multiclass queueing networks that is efficient also with models that have large population sizes 2. the development of new exact load-dependent algorithms for single and multiclass models 3. the definition of a geometric technique for identifying bottlenecks in both open and closed systems 4. the development of a new bounding technique of performance measures that improves on the popular Balanced Job Bounds (BJB) Each chapter presents numerical results that illustrate either the efficiency or the increased accuracy of the proposed techniques with respect to state-of-the-art methods.


The following is an account of an investigation into the role of the enzyme in the succinate-enzyme-fumarate equilibrium. The method consisted in the comparison of the value of the free energy change in this reaction obtained from oxidation-reduction potentials, with that calculated from the entropies and other physicochemical properties of succinic acid and fumaric acid.


Amputation is stated to be a foremost but preventable community health problem causing intense financial, social andemotional effects on the patient and family particularly in developing countries where the prosthetic services are limited. The purpose ofthis study was to identify the causes and levels of amputation in low resource community, Sindh Pakistan. Methods: This was aretrospective chart review study that was carried out at first civilian Institute of physical medicine & rehabilitation-Dow University of healthsciences from October 2007 to June 2012. After verbal informed consent all patients, who underwent major or minor amputation wereenrolled for the study. Data was collected using a pre-tested, coded questionnaire and analysed using SPSS version 16. Results: A total of1115 patients were enrolled into the study. Their ages were ranged between 2–95 years (mean 38.40±17.38). Among total population ofamputees 83.58% were males. The most common cause for major limb amputation was road Traffic accident 38.38%, followed byDiabetes 15.42%, infection 14.26% and trauma 12.37%. Lower limbs (trans-tibial) amputations were in 47.35% of cases and transfemoralin 27.98% of cases. While for the upper limb trans-radial amputation (7.4%) were found to be more common than trans-humeral(5.56%). Other amputations were for shoulder, hip and knee disarticulations. Conclusions: Road traffic accidents, complications ofdiabetic foot ulcers, infections and trauma were the most common causes for major limb amputations found in low resource community,Sindh Pakistan. The majority of these amputations are preventable by endowment of traffic rules, health education, early preventions andappropriate management of the common infections.


All increasing amounts of recording data and data processing requires minimization of sizes of archive memory, which can be effectively reached by raising of optical recording density. Consequently, in the framework of present analysis, central interest is to study a possibility to use speckleograms written with scaling for realizing such tasks in data array processing as subtraction of image. As far as specklegrams are written without any specifically formed reference beam in multiple-mode laser radiation, they display rich optical data processing potential for diffuse reflecting objects in natural conditions.


Improved Tests of Lorentz and CPT Symmetry using Noble-Gas Masers (R L Walsworth et al.) Rotating Experiments to Test Lorentz Invariance in the Photon Sector (M E Tobar et al.) Perspectives on Lorentz and CPT Violation (V A Kostelecky) Lorentz Violation in a Diffeomorphism-Invariant Theory (R Jackiw) Studies of CPT Symmetry with ASACUSA (R S Hayano) Torsion Balance Test of Preferred-Frame and Weak Coupling to Polarized Electrons (B Heckel et al.) Seeking a Solution of the Pioneer Anomaly (M M Nieto) Preliminary Results from a Test of CPT and Lorentz Symmetry using a K-3He Co-magnetometer (M V Romalis et al.) Ives-Stilwell for the New Millennium (R L Walsworth et al.) Summary Data Tables for SME Coeffcients (V A Kostelecky & N Russell) and other papers.


The XI International Conference on AIDS, which took place in Vancouver in July, included more than 5,000 oral and poster presentations covering topics ranging from the prevalence and impact of depression and psychological distress to the role and effects of coping and community support. While these reports rarely broke new ground, they did confirm much of our understanding of the psychosocial issues involved in living in the shadow of the pandemic. The inclusion of participants from many disciplines and cultures also highlighted the importance of human rights, culture and family, and community mobilization as factors fundamental to health and mental health. As is evident from this report, conference presentations did a good job of documenting both aspects of psychological distress among people with HIV disease. However, they did not often take the next step to test interventions aimed at reducing distress and improving functioning. And while conference presentations covered in depth the clinical implications of major medical advances—triple combination therapy, the protease inhibitors, and viral load testing— there was practically no discussion of the psychological impact of what appears to be a dramatic change in HIV treatment.


Favorable climate, landscape and natural resources are believed to be principal factors determining a dispersal of the Early Paleolithic humans in different regions of the Old World. The South Caucasus is well known to be sufficiently rich in the Early Paleolithic sites, which are located mostly in the volcanic upland (Figure 1) surrounded with the ranges of the Lesser Caucasus [1,2]. So, it is of special interest to consider the palaeoenvironmental conditions that made the region quite suitable and even attractive for settling the Early Paleolithic people. In the beginning it should be advisable to present a brief overview of the Early Paleolithic records reported from this territory. Then it will be possible to discuss all the data relevant to the topic under consideration.


Commercial airline cockpit crew (CCC) are potentially exposed to occupational risk factors that may have detrimental health effects. However, available literature on prostate cancer (PCa) as a health outcome is conflicted. Therefore, this review of cohort studies aims to evaluate the incidence of and mortality from PCa in CCC based on studies published to date. PubMed, Medline, EMBASE and SCOPUS were searched from 1946 to April 2021. Cohort studies reporting standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and/or standardized mortality ratios (SMR) of PCa in CCC were included. Military, cabin crew and service personnel data were excluded. Independent data extraction was conducted, and study quality assessed. Standardized ratios were pooled using a fixed effects model and expressed with 95% confidence intervals. 75 studies were assessed for eligibility from which 6 involving 129 374 licensed CCC were included in the final analysis: Two reported incidence only, 1 incidence and mortality and 3 reported mortalities only. The pooled SIR for PCa in CCC was 1.41 (95% CI 1.17 to 1.71) with moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 53%) however, the pooled SMR was not statistically significant (1.08; 95% CI 0.94 to 1.24) also with moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 70%). The available evidence shows that CCC are at a higher risk of developing PCa but there is no evidence to suggest a similarly higher risk of death from the disease. The effect of early detection through PSA testing in this cohort is unclear. Occupational exposure to radiation and sleep disturbance may play a role, but clear evidence of additional risk is lacking. Our review indicates that most evidence is dated and to confidently assess contemporary health outcomes of CCC, further research is required.


T HE following account is fact, not fiction, though if I had read it two months ago I would have insisted that it was the product of some overzealous English teacher's imagination. After the discipline-free utopias of teaching college English for six years, I expected that standard equipment in the junior high school was a whip and a chair. Only a fool would go out armed with books and openly preach reading for fun. But somehow I did and the beasts, at least the majority, are tamed. This fall the English department of Hanover Junior High School instituted an independent guided reading program as an integral part of the student's English course. Guided is perhaps a misleading word. Obviously there is a builtin guide related to the books available; someone else has chosen them. Certain


Ever since Professor L. A. Zadeh's Fuzzy Theory in 1965, a great number of relevant documents have been discussed in such topics: periodicals, magazines, and research papers. They have received compliments to certain degree and most documents, however, were applied in the field of engineering. Systematic researches rarely apply in the education field. This research is systematically conducted to explicate the application of Fuzzy Theory on information education evaluation (IEE) for Taiwan's senior high schools. Based on the Document Analysis Theory, the researcher assembles, analyzes, inducts, and categorizes all the related data to establish various levels of classifications, sorts, and sorting contents about IEE in Taiwan's high schools. Furthermore, this research investigates the experts about developing weight value of various evaluation factors by applying Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process(FAHP), it also sets up a complete index system on IEE for Taiwan's senior high schools. Finally, the researcher selects target schools to carry out the simulative evaluation and conducts a study on the model of Fuzzy Synthesis Theory(FST) on IEE. for Taiwan's senior high schools. To promote the pragmatic value of the numeric evaluation model, this research employs MS Office Excel and PHP web page programming languages to create an e-Evaluation model of calculated weight values and Fuzzy Synthesis Theory, which reduces the errors made by manpower. The result of this research provides an efficient, accurate, and objective device for the information education to the evaluated schools. The outcome proves that the application of Fuzzy Theory is a great use for senior high schools' IEE. Hopefully this research can provide a valuable evaluation model for the authorities concerned to conduct the IEE, which uses the method of synthesis numeric evaluation.


The article presents the results of research on the impact of sowing terms, pre-sowing treatment of seed with Rexolin and foliar fertilization of crops with multicomponent chelate micronutrients Rexolin and Brasitrel on the formation of soybean productivity and yield in the conditions of the Left-Bank Forest Steppe of Ukraine. The research was carried out at the experimental field of Poltava State Agricultural Research Station named by M.I. Vavilov of Institute of Pig Breeding and Аgro-industrial production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences. Field and laboratory experiments were carried out according to the tested methods. Conditions on soybean crops throughout the growing season due to the application of micronutrients for pre-sowing seed treatment and leaf spraying with the different sowing terms had a positive effect on the formation of the yield structure elements, as well as on the yield of the entire crop. The best productivity was provided by the soybean variety Terek on the plots with foliar fertilization with Brasitrel in combination with seed treatment with Rexolin: the number of beans per plant – 15.7–16.5 pcs., the number of seeds per bean – 1.90– 1.95 pcs., the number of seeds per one plant – 29.8–32.2 g, weight of seed per one plant 5.58–6.01 g, weight of 1000 seeds – 182.5–185.2 g. The highest productivity of 2.99 t/ha was provided by crops, where sowing was carried out at a temperature of 12 ° C at a depth of 0-10 cm, seeds before sowing were treated with micronutrient Rexolin, and foliar fertilization with multicomponent chelate micronutrient Brasitrel was performed during the vegetation.


Abstract The results of uniaxial creep tests performed on a structural aluminum alloy at 180°C are presented for steady and variable loading. Continuous measurement of strain throughout the tests has enabled a meaningful comparison of commonly used creep theories for strain accumulation and ruptue to be made. For the material investigated it appears that creep strains are accurately predicated by time-hardening theory and the total-strain theory is likely to be a useful approximation for predicting component behaviour at large strains. Stress relaxation has no effect on rupture times and there is some evidence for strain as a criterion for rupture.


With the proliferation of applications with machine learning (ML), the importance of edge platforms has been growing to process streaming sensor, data locally without resorting to remote servers. S...


My dissertation is composed of three papers on symbolic consumption–how consumers use products, brands, and time to express who they are and signal status. The first paper (Brand Tourists: How Non–Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride) demonstrates the positive impact of non-core users of a prestige brand perceived as "brand tourists" into the brand community. The second paper (The Red Sneakers Effect: Inferring Status and Competence from Signals of Nonconformity) investigates the conditions under which nonconforming behaviors, such as wearing red sneakers in a professional setting, can act as a particular form of conspicuous consumption and lead to positive inferences of status and competence in the eyes of others. The third paper (Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol) further extends this line of investigation on alternative signals of status by uncovering the role of long hours of work and lack of leisure time as a status symbol. I conclude with a discussion of current working papers and future research agenda on symbolic consumption and branding.


136 A 33-year-old woman in the 28th week of gestation was admitted to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of our hospital with a diagnosis of H1N1 influenza and bilateral pneumonia. She developed acute respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation followed by rescue cesarean delivery and transfer to our Department. Wide-spectrum antimicrobial treatment with oseltamivir and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of up to 15 cm H2O led to temporary improvement, but after 9 days, the ratio of arterial blood oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) to fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) dropped below 80 mmHg, indicating severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) according to the Berlin definition.1 Chest X-rays showed extensive bilateral pulmonary consolidations (FIGURE 1A). Despite modifications of ventilator settings and recruitment maneuvers, pulmonary compliance and arterial blood oxygenation CLINICAL IMAGE


Herein, an improved structure of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is demonstrated which is composed of surface modified fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass with graphene (GR) sheets and TiO2 films incorporated with three-dimensional crumped graphene (3-D CGR)/GR sheets. The morphologies of the as-prepared GR sheets on FTO glasses and 3-D CGR/GR sheets/TiO2 films were observed by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Light harvesting and charge recombination kinetics were investigated with a solar simulator and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis. In addition to the reduced charge resistance by the GR modified FTO, the enhanced dye loading capability of the 3-D CGR, and the rapid charge transport by the 2-D GR sheets, the power conversion efficiency was 7.2%, which was an increase of 56% compared to a "conventional" structured DSSC. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2015


Huizhou culture upgraded quality of ancient villages in South Anhui,and made them list on the World Cultural Heritage.With using ideally of Chinese traditional theoretics about painting and poem in village plan,it transformed the nature and architecture to aesthetic image.This created an artistic space and boosted up force of architectural culture.