The evaluation of learning is an essential part of the teaching-learning process that enables us to direct it, as well as the control and evaluation of the modes of action that students acquire through the development of the teaching process, when verifying the degree with the one that the proposed objectives are reached. The objective of this research is to develop a teaching support manual for the evaluation of learning 1 Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener", Matanzas, Cuba, firstname.lastname@example.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-5961 2 Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Filial de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Eusebio Hernández Pérez", de Colón, Departamento Metodológico. Matanzas, Cuba, firstname.lastname@example.com, https://orcid.org/0000-00033269-007x 3 Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener. Departamento de Enfermería. Matanzas, Cuba, email@example.com, https://orcid.org/00000003-3649-5175 4 Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Filial de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Eusebio Hernández Pérez". Matanzas, Cuba, firstname.lastname@example.com, https://orcid.org/0000-00031866-9434 ISSN: 2661-6831 Julio-Septiembre 2020 Vol. 4, N°3, p. 159-168 Educación para la salud Página 160 www.exploradordigital.org through the use of teaching aids. A development research was carried out at the Matanzas University of Medical Sciences during the school years 2017 2018 to 2018 2019. Methods of the theoretical level were used: analytical-synthetic and inductivedeductive and systemic-structural; and empirical: documentary analysis of the analytical programs of the subjects that make up the Nursing discipline and methodological guidelines, observation of classes, the survey of teachers and specialists. It was evident that there are no specific orientations in the analytical programs of the subjects that make up the Nursing discipline for the development of the evaluation of learning through the use of teaching means; insufficiencies in the learning evaluation process were detected by teachers using traditional and schematic methods, lack of correspondence of questions, objectives to be evaluated and levels of assimilation, and the potentialities of the teaching means for evaluating the learning. A teaching support manual was prepared to help solve the deficiencies detected. The manual was valued by specialist criteria as pertinent, novel, useful and was a valuable tool for the self-preparation of teachers and stimulating developer learning in students.


The use of video in commerce is on the rise. There is good reason to believe that today's students will encounter a task involving the application of an online video at some point in their career. Even though this Millennial generation is more technologically savvy, the average student does not have experience in creating a video that will engage the viewer while also conveying pertinent information. This paper describes a video assignment in which teams are required to create a 10-minute video that demonstrates the application of a concept from the course material. The video assignment may: (a) help equip students for using digital marketing strategies that require the use of video, and (b) provide an active learning exercise in which students can be creative while applying marketing concepts to business situations. Positive side effects of the assignment may include enhanced learning and improved student engagement.


Abstract The dynamics of free and forced inertial waves inside cylinders of different aspect ratios ( $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}A=H_0/2R_0$ ) were investigated experimentally in this study. The liquid metal GaInSn was chosen as the fluid in order to enable a contactless stimulation of the flow by means of alternating electromagnetic fields. A rotating magnetic field generates the rotating motion of the liquid, whereas periodic modulations of the field strength and short pulses excite specific wave modes. Ultrasound Doppler velocimetry was used to record the flow structure and to identify inertial waves in the set-up. Our experiments demonstrate selective excitation of different inertial wave modes by deliberate variation of the magnetic field parameters. Furthermore, it was found that turbulent perturbations in the boundary layers of the swirling flow are able to induce an inertial wave mode that survives over a long time. Experiments at the fundamental resonance have shown that multiple harmonic wave modes appeared simultaneously. The measured inertial wave frequencies were compared to the predictions of the linear inviscid theory.


Axial piston pumps are very important to the hydraulic system on aircrafts, and their reliability plays critical role for ensuring the reliability and safety of aircrafts. The thickness prediction of the film between valve plate and cylinder block has received considerable concerns. This article presents a new dynamic seven-stage model for the thickness prediction of the film between valve plate and cylinder block in axial piston pumps. By dividing the rotation of the cylinder into seven stages, the complete analytical expression of the pressure distributions between valve plate and cylinder block is derived. The lubrication film forces and torques exerted on the cylinder block are then calculated and the film is determined by analyzing the complex dynamics of cylinder block. Experiments have been conducted and the results show that the proposed model is effective.


As regards the common foundation treatment measures in this paper discussion are carried out according to their application scope, key points in design, construction, test and other aspects. Meanwhile, the features and applicability of common foundation treatment measures in Yangquan are mainly summarized.


This paper is concerned with the zeros of sampled-data systems resulting from continuous-time systems preceded by a hold and followed by a sampler. The holds we shall consider are a zero-order hold and a first-order hold. For sufficiently small or large sampling periods, such zeros are called limiting zeros. For sufficiently small sampling periods, they are known to consist of two different types of zeros: the zeros of the first type correspond to the zeros of the original continuous-time system, while those of the second type have no continuous-time counterparts. We first show basic properties of the zeros of sample-data systems for sufficiently small sampling periods. Next, we clarify, in more detail, the correspondence between the former-type zeros of the sampled-data systems and the zeros of the original continuous-time system, including the stability property of these zeros. We also study stability properties of the latter-type zeros. In addition, we study limiting zeros for sufficiently large sampli...


The aim of the article is to argue theoretically and empirically study the relationship between social expectations and psychological well-being of university students. Methodological starting points of empirical research are outlined. Valid and reliable test methods are used to study the psychological content parameters of social expectations and psychological well-being. The results determined that the psychological features of social expectations and psychological well-being of student's youth are theoretically substantiated. It was found that the respondents have an average level of parameters of psychological well-being and social expectations, which indicates moderate life satisfaction and the presence of adequate orientation in the socio-psychological reality. The most formed components of psychological well-being are the balance of affect and meaningfulness, which indicates the awareness of their own lives by student's youth. It is recorded that the respondents have the least formed - self-acceptance, positive attitude and autonomy.


OBJECTIVE To survey the life quality of Korean-Chinese and Han nationality students in Yanbian university.METHODS Using questionnaire,the life quality of Korean-Chinese and Han nationality undergraduate students were surveyed to be analyzed.RESULTS The scores of self evaluation for life quality between Korean-Chinese and Han nationality undergraduate students showed significant different.The life quality of Korean-Chinese students were affected by the life interests,parent's educational background,interpersonal relations,negative feelings,surrounding environment,living conditions and life meanings,etc.And the Han nationality students were affected by the working ability,surrounding environment,self satisfaction,pain,life interests,parent's educational background,behavior ability,medical service,sleeping conditions,etc.


Higher vocational colleges should carry out credit system and make researches , which is an inexorable trend. This essay makes some suggestions on the three aspects of the practice of the point system: principles, process, and management measures.


The LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is a new radio interferometer that consists of an array of stations. Each of them is a phase array of dipole antennas. LOFAR stations are distributed mostly in the Netherlands, but also throughout Europe. In the article we discuss the possibility of using this instrument for solar and space weather studies, as well as ionosphere investigations. We are expecting that in the near future the LOFAR telescope will bring some interesting observations and discoveries in these fields. It will also help to observe solar active events that have a direct influence on the near-Earth space weather.


We determine the intrinsic axial ratio distribution of the gas discs of extremely faint MB < −14.5 dwarf irregular galaxies. We start with the measured (beam corrected) distribution of apparent axial ratios in the H i 21-cm images of dwarf irregular galaxies observed as part of the Faint Irregular Galaxy GMRT Survey (FIGGS). Assuming that the discs can be approximated as oblate spheroids, the intrinsic axial ratio distribution can be obtained from the observed apparent axial ratio distribution. We use a variety of methods to do this, and our final results are based on using Lucy's deconvolution algorithm. This method is constrained to produce physically plausible distributions, and also has the added advantage of allowing for observational errors to be accounted for. While one might a priori expect that gas discs would be thin (because collisions between gas clouds would cause them to quickly settle down to a thin disc), we find that the H i discs of faint dwarf irregulars are quite thick, with mean axial ratio 〈q〉∼ 0.6. While this is substantially larger than the typical value of ∼0.2 for the stellar discs of large spiral galaxies, it is consistent with the much larger ratio of velocity dispersion to rotational velocity (σ/vc) in dwarf galaxy H i discs as compared to that in spiral galaxies. Our findings have implications for studies of the mass distribution and the Tully–Fisher relation for faint dwarf irregular galaxies, where it is often assumed that the gas is in a thin disc.


Background: Within nursing, Emotional intelligence (EI) means
the ability of nurses or nursing students to understand not
only their own feelings and reactions, but also, and more
importantly, the feelings and reactions of the patients in
their care. EI plays an important part in forming successful
human relationships as a part of emotional labour. Emotional
labour is important in establishing therapeutic nurse–patient
relationships but carries the risk of 'burnout' if prolonged or
intense. Objective/Purpose: The assessment of students' views
and perceptions of video-based training as an opportunity to
develop emotional intelligence. Material and methods: Data
about the video-based training in relation to EI were
collected, after the completion of the reflection assignments,
using semi-structured interviews and reflective sheets (ALACT
model /acronym of the basic phases and steps/ - Action, Looking
back on the action, Awareness of essential aspects, Creating
alternative methods of action, Trial). The study included 46
students in total (post-graduate student Intensive care nurses)
in two sequential academic years (2012/13 n = 15 and 2013/14 n
= 31). Results: The results showed that students in both
cohorts considered video as an effective tool for carrying out
self-evaluations and development of EI. The usefulness of video
and peer-feedback for other reflection processes differed in
students' view. Most students (80%) appreciated the opportunity
of viewing some unusual situations from clinical practice and
appropriate ways of communicating. Some students (17%) stated
that they needed more time for similar teaching activities.
Conclusion: 80% of all the students considered video-based
training generally useful for all the reflection processes and
improvement of EI; however they also indicated some limitations
(i.e. time consuming teaching method). The study demonstrated
that student-centric pedagogies and reflective activities on
student learning showed more advanced development of
self-evaluated EI.


Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital disorder and surgery is necessary when the patient is symptomatic or having significant functional obstructions. The two cases referred to our center with severe hydronephrosis on their right sides. In both cases further evaluation with CT scan showed the diagnosis of retrocaval ureter. The retrocaval segment of the both ureters were isolated and after the excision of the narrow segments, end to end anastomosis have been done with transperitoneal laparoscopic technique. The laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure and should be considered as a standard treatment for retrocaval ureter.


Feared for its subversive potential, the English stage was subjected to the pre-production control exercised by the Lord Chamberlain for over 200 years. This inter-disciplinary paper aims to shed light on the principles that led to the establishment of theatre censorship legislation and the politics of inertia of the ensuing governments, hence offering an alternative perspective to the moral argument first utilised by Walpole and later forwarded as a final defence. In doing so, we will explore the gap between the censors' procedures and their discourses, thereby gaining an insight into the means and hidden dynamics of this disciplinary control. This will allow us to gauge how (rapidly) different censors have adapted to internal (i.e. governmental) and external (i.e. theatrical) pressure and how these changes have affected the relationship between authors and censors. Finally, we shall question the remaining existence of censorship in the post-1968 period. The paper is based on archival research carried out at the British Library (Lord Chamberlain's manuscript collection), the National Archives (governmental papers) and on interviews with authors and theatre practitioners.


The article deals with the problem of parametric vibrations of thin-walled curved pipes under internal pulsating pressure. On the basis of semi-momentless theory of anisotropic laminated shells and Lagrange's equations a connected system of homogeneousdifferential equations with periodic stiffness coefficients has been developed. A calculation of natural modes and frequencies has been carried out. The results of the analytical solution have been compared with the data of FEM calculations and experiments. Using the small parameter method the boundaries of parametric excitation regions have been calculated. The disposition of resonance bands of the main simple and combinational parametric resonances has been analyzed depending on the constant pressure component, as well as the structural, geometric factors and damping.


A solar light generating system is provided to construct a solar light generating system having a kW value at low cost by remarkably increasing kW value even if the rated capacity of a solar cell module is lowered. A plurality of solar cell arrangements are constructed in a solar cell module(110). A DC/DC converter(120) boosts DC power outputted from the solar cell module. A power adjust module(130) charges DC power outputted from the DC/DC converter. A DC/AC converter(140) converts the DC power outputted from the DC/DC converter or the power adjust module into AC power and supplies the converted AC power to a system. A control module(150) stores data with respect to a time interval of predetermined peak power consumption, controlling each construction. The control module charges the power adjust module with the DC power outputted from the DC/DC converter except at a time interval of predetermined peak power consumption and discharges the DC power charged in the power adjust module to the system through the DC/AC converter. The control module can include a DC/DC converter module control part for generating a first PWM control signal for controlling the DC/DC converter, a power adjust module control part for controlling the charge/discharge function of the power adjust module, a DC/AC converter module control part for generating a second PWM control signal for controlling the DC/AC converter, and a control data storage part for storing control-related data including data with respect to the time interval of the peak power consumption.


Abstract Parent-child communication about sex and sexuality during adolescence may have long-lasting effects on children's sexual self-concept and sexual health. As such, the present study explored the connection between mother-son communication about sex and sexuality while growing up and emerging adult sons' sexual well-being. The sample consisted of 137 sexually active men between the ages of 18 and 23. The findings revealed that open mother-son communication was negatively associated with sons' sexual anxiety and positively associated with sons' sexual satisfaction, but that sons' sexual self-esteem and anxiety did not account for the association between mother-son communication and sons' sexual satisfaction. These findings provide preliminary evidence that sons' perception that their mother provided an open and non-judgmental communication environment for discussing sex during adolescence is associated with positive sexual outcomes for emerging adult sons later in life. These findings and their implications are explored through the lens of communication privacy management theory.


Bethlehem Christians find that, in the absence of a robust and functioning system of law enforcement, small and fragmented family clans are left in a protection gap, vulnerable to land theft and other forms of abuse at the hands of more powerful groups. As such, internal developments among Bethlehem Christians have contributed to experiences of collective insecurity and vulnerability within their community. In the West Bank, the Israeli occupation represents the primary source of constraint on the lives of Palestinians at large. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with a history of Palestinian defeats, and the humiliations, uncertainties, and sense of injustice that is associated with Israel's ongoing occupation, is part of a collective experience that is shared by all Palestinians, one that structures their internal relationships, and constrains their agency in various ways.Keywords: Bethlehem Christians; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; West Bank


In China, the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is one of the most influential classifications. It had a great impact on the development of Chinese classification. A comparison between DDC and three representative Chinese classifications corresponding to ancient, modern and contemporary times, illustrate the influence of DDC on Chinese classifications. The celebration of the 120th anniversary of the DDC is a good time to review its introduction, application, development and impact in China.


This session (a) describes current practices in adult education for immigrants in South Korea and (b) seeks to collaboratively develop a research agenda for those interested in investigating the role of adult education research in supporting the individual and societal adaptations necessary for supporting multiculturalism in a society once characterized by homogeneity of cultural and strong social cohesion. Background: Immigrants in South Korea The Republic of Korea (hereafter South Korea) is a country that has recently experienced rapid changes in demographics due to immigrant populations. There are approximately 1.5 million foreigners residing in South Korea as of 2013 and this number is nearly 3% of the South Korean population. Among these newcomers, with respect to size, residential periods, and citizenship issues, the populations that draw the South Korean government's attention are mainly marriage-immigrants and foreign workers. A majority of the immigrant population are foreign workers, in particular nonprofessional workers. There were 479,426 foreigners working in South Korea and holding nonprofessional working visas and 99% of them were from Asian countries: China (Korean-Chinese, 45.6%), Vietnam (11.8%), Indonesia (5.9%), Uzbekistan (5.1%), China (Chinese, 4.2%), Cambodia (4.0%), Sri Lanka (3.9%), Thailand (3.9%), the Philippines (3.8%), and Nepal (3.3%). Because the government has treated them as temporary workers, the government has paid less attention to building a supportive system for them, such as Korean language programs and social integration programs. The next largest increasing foreign population is marriage-immigrants, particularly marriage-immigrant women from Asian countries. International marriages between Asian women and Korean men increased dramatically during the 1990s, largely at the instigation of the Unification Church, also known as the Moonies. At that time, more marriage-immigrants were from Japan and the Philippines, countries where the Unification Church had influence. Then, in the 2000s, local governments in rural areas, which faced a significant decrease in younger populations and had many unmarried bachelors, began building networks with international marriage agencies and encouraged marriages with "mail-order brides", resulting in many Chinese and Vietnamese wives. Since 2002, the number of marriage-immigrants had increased by more than 28% each year until 2007. International marriages comprise 11% of the total number of marriages in South Korea. Korea Immigration and Integration Program The Korean government introduced an adult education program for immigrants, named Korea Immigration and Integration Program (KIIP), in order to respond to the needs for more systemic approaches to foreigners and immigration. The program intends to elevate immigrants' Korean language abilities and to provide a better understanding of Korean society; as a result, it


This study assessed the development ofmonitoring skills in 24 younger (M == 4 years 8 months) and 24 older (M == 7 years 4 months) children. A Monitoring Process Model (MPM) was developed and tested in order to ascertain at which component process ofthe MPM age differences would emerge. The MPM had four components: (1) assessment; (2) evaluation; (3) planning; and (4) behavioural control. The MPM was assessed directly using a referential communication task in which the children were asked to make a series of five Lego buildings (a baseline condition and one building for each MPM component). Children listened to instructions from one experimenter while a second experimenter in the room (a confederate) intetjected varying levels ofverbal feedback in order to assist the children and control the component ofthe MPM. This design allowed us to determine at which "stage" ofprocessing children would most likely have difficulty monitoring themselves in this social-cognitive task. Developmental differences were obselVed for the evaluation, planning and behavioural control components suggesting that older children were able to be more successful with the more explicit metacomponents. Interestingly, however, there was no age difference in terms ofLego task success in the baseline condition suggesting that without the intelVention ofthe confederate younger children monitored the task about as well as older children. This pattern ofresults indicates that the younger children were disrupted by the feedback rather than helped. On the other hand, the older children were able to incorporate the feedback offered by the confederate into a plan of action. Another aim ofthis study was to assess similar processing components to those


Designing hardware accelerators for machine learning (ML) applications is a well-researched problem. This article presents a tutorial regarding new computing architectures, circuits techniques, and multiple promising device technologies for in-memory computing targeting ML workloads.


Background: There is a lack of population-based studies on the effectiveness and durability of the SARS-CoV-2-induced immune protection during the Omicron wave. Methods: This retrospective study included 470 159 cases aged 60 years or older, who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between January 1 and June 30, 2022 in Bavaria, Germany. We examined time to death, measured from the earliest date of reporting/symptom onset until day 60. Cox models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for sex, age, earliest calendar date of documented infection, and level of vaccine-induced or hybrid immunity (LI). Results: We observed 3836 deaths (case fatality rate 0.82%). Risk of death was significantly lower in all LIs than in unvaccinated cases (adjusted HR for a full primary LI achieved within the last six months: 0.30, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.23-0.39;after six months: 0.46, 95% CI 0.35-0.60). Boosting further decreased the risk of death (within the last three months: HR 0.17, 95% CI 0.15-0.20;after three months: HR 0.25, 95% CI 0.21-0.29). Conclusion: In elderly Bavarians, an increasing LI was associated with an increasing protection against death during the Omicron wave. Protection, however, may decrease to some extent after several months.


This paper took the example of rolling force prediction in the cold rolling process to describe the establishment and application of BP neural network prediction system. This system is a prediction model for generic process. Users can select different parameters to train the network structure according to their needs, and can calculate relative rolling force parameters based on the known structure. This system can provide very valuable process information for workers and researchers .


This article focuses on the legal considerations that provide opportunities and restrictions in restructuring and changing employee compensation in a home health agency. With the revolution underway in home care reimbursement, agencies are finding their current compensation structures often do not meet their need to control costs and achieve productivity measured in ways other than a large number of visits in a short period of time.


Creep damage analysis method of welded joint on the basis of the random fracture resistance model was proposed and was applied to the creep damage evaluation of welded joint of low alloy steel. Firstly a random fracture resistance of grain boundaries, an initiation and a growth driving forces of small defects, which were necessary in the above model, were determined considering the stress-dependent damage progress of the fine-grain HAZ material of 21/4Cr-1Mo steel. Secondly a procedure combining both the stress distribution in the welded joint and the random fracture resistance model was concretely proposed and was applied to the creep damage evaluation of the model test and the actual power piping. Experimental results of both the time history and the distribution of the number density of small defects in the welded joint were successfully reproduced by the proposed method.


This research is motivated by the existence of students who are less aware of the importance of sex education in everyday life. The purpose of this study is to describe: 1) An overview of students' understanding of sex education before being given information services using audio-visual media. 2) Description of students' understanding of sex education after being provided with information services using audio-visual media. 3) The effectiveness of information services using audio-visual media in improving students' understanding of sex education. This research is a pre-experimental design research (Nondesign One Group). The population in this study were 147 students and the sample was 31 students using purposive sampling technique. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Meanwhile, for data analysis using percentage and t-test formula. Based on the results of research on the effectiveness of information services using audio-visual media to improve students' understanding of sex education, the following conclusions can be drawn: 1) The description of students' understanding of sex education before being given information services using audio-visual media is in the low category. 2) The description of the sex education of students after being provided with information services using audio-visual media is in the very high category. 3) The significance of the effectiveness of information services using audio-visual media to improve the understanding of sex education of students at SMKN 4 Sijunjung. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended for BK teachers to help students through information services using audio-visual media so that they can improve students' understanding of sex education.


The recent increased development indirectly has an implication to the increase of the need of gravel materials. Thus, management efforts should be importantly implemented in mining operations, particularly Andesite. To run a new mining operation, an analysis regarding finance planning would be needed in order to determine the minimum selling price, so that the company was avoided from losses. The calculation method used to determine the selling price is Break Even Point and Net Annual Value. Break Even Point is a point or a condition where a company does not make profit and does not suffer losses. In other words, in that situation, the profit and the losses are zero. Meanwhile, Net Annual Value is used to calculate the amount of money that is the same value each year (during the life of the project) in which the value is equivalent to money value throughout the life of the project, at certain rate of return on capital (ith). According to the calculation, the Break Even Point of the operation is Rp. 19,898,009,014 (capital cost). The minimum selling price of andesite is Rp. 411,964.88/m3. Whereas, using Net Annual Value at 12.75% interest rate, the selling price of Andesite would be Rp. 284,224.15/m3 throughout 14 years of the operation.


A novel positive chemically amplified resist containing partially t-butoxycarbonylmethylated poly(4-hydroxy-styrenes)s and 1,2-naphthoquinone diazide-4-sulfonates (NQ4)s was investigated. The resists are effective for a wide region of UV lights including i-line KrF excimer laser lights. The NQ4s photodecompose to form sulfonic acids with accelerate the decomposition of t-butyl moieties of the polymers to form carboxylic acid. Only a few % of NQ4s realize the chemically amplified resists. NQ4s having electron-withdrawing groups give resists with high sensitives which provide excellent subhalf micron patterns when exposed to either i-line light or KrF excimer laser


Active rehabilitation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first bio-signal measuring sensor for measuring the user's motion and exercise intention grasp; Receiving a signal measured by the first bio-signal measuring sensor to predict the rehabilitation exercise information for the user, by comparing the predicted rehabilitation information and the rehabilitation exercise prescription data of the user, for the rehabilitation exercise of the user An intelligent rehabilitation exercise control unit for outputting a driving signal to generate auxiliary power; An electric drive unit configured to receive the drive signal and generate auxiliary power; Rehabilitation exercise unit for performing a rehabilitation exercise for the upper or lower extremity of the user through the generated auxiliary power; A second biosignal measuring sensor configured to measure a physical exercise amount of the user; And a third biosignal measuring sensor for measuring an exercise load and fatigue degree for the user.


Bemisia tabaci, the sweetpotato whitefly, is a serious pest of many horticultural, agronomic and ornamental crops in Florida. This fact sheet aids with identification of the pest.


This paper presents the design and realization of a digital PV simulator with a Push-Pull Forward (PPF) circuit based on the principle of modular hardware and configurable software. A PPF circuit is chosen as the main circuit to restrain the magnetic biasing of the core for a DC-DC converter and to reduce the spike of the turn-off voltage across every switch. Control and I/O interface based on a personal computer (PC) and multifunction data acquisition card, can conveniently achieve the data acquisition and configuration of the control algorithm and interface due to the abundant software resources of computers. In addition, the control program developed in Matlab/Simulink can conveniently construct and adjust both the models and parameters. It can also run in real-time under the external mode of Simulink by loading the modules of the Real-Time Windows Target. The mathematic models of the Push-Pull Forward circuit and the digital PV simulator are established in this paper by the state-space averaging method. The pole-zero cancellation technique is employed and then its controller parameters are systematically designed based on the performance analysis of the root loci of the closed current loop with ki and RL as variables. A fuzzy PI controller based on the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model is applied to regulate the controller parameters self-adaptively according to the change of RL and the operating point of the PV simulator to match the controller parameters with RL. The stationary and dynamic performances of the PV simulator are tested by experiments, and the experimental results show that the PV simulator has the merits of a wide effective working range, high steady-state accuracy and good dynamic performances.


The steady decline in the share of industry in total employment currently seems to be accelerated by competition from low wage countries, which depresses international prices for manufactured products and is being translated into offshore outsourcing and defensive innovation. In order to fully address these issues, we define offshore outsourcing in a broader sense, the one which is generally adopted in the public debate, namely trade in goods with countries where offshoring takes place. We replicate and extend the estimations realised by Rowthorn and Ramaswami (1998) and ask what has been the responsibility of outsourcing in the observed deindustrialisation in sixteen OECD countries. Our estimation strategy, relying on a dynamic panel methodology, leads to the conclusion that net trade with low wage countries is associated with a non-negligible average decrease of around 2 points in the manufacturing employment share between 1970 and 2002. However, this contribution, which substantially varies across countries, represents only a fifth of the deindustrialisation over the period. We did not find any increased impact of imports from developing countries in the second half of the period (1986-2002), other than that due to increased trade.


In the last decade there has been a growing emphasis on the role of pro-innovative climate and culture in organizational adaptiveness and overall company success. In spite of the growing interest among scholars and practitioners, there is a lack of cross-national studies that explore innovative climate and culture differences. The present study is an attempt to examine the content of the differences in innovative climate and culture in various European countries. A questionnaire for measuring several organizational climate and culture orientations was used. In the present article, only items from the climate and culture innovation scales are analysed. Data were gathered - in the context of the international FOCUS (First Organizational Climate/Culture Unified Survey) project - from 21 manufacturing organizations in 11 European countries. Discriminant function analysis was used to discover which climate and culture innovation items are the best predictors of differentiation between countries. The results show that the countries from Central and Eastern Europe have a relatively distinct position from the countries with a longer market economy tradition. Some methodological problems of this study, as well as the implications of the results for organizational change and development, are discussed.


Objective
To analyze the risks of hypertonic glucose injection ( 20%) (hypertonic glucose) in clinical application using failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) method and improve the relevant management measures.

Methods
A study group on risk prevention strategies of hypertonic glucose was established in the First People′s Hospital of Hefei. Domestic and foreign literature on medication error cases, preventive measures or management strategies, and data from questionnaires and on-the-spot investigations were collected. The failure modes in the process of hypertonic glucose application were analyzed and assessed. Severity (S), frequency of occurrence (O), and likelihood of detection (D) of the risks related to these failure modes were scored and the risk priority numbers (RPN) were determined. The failure modes with higher RPN were screened out and the corresponding prevention strategies were formulated. The incidence of medication errors and potential hazards, cognition rate of knowledge on drugs, qualification rate of drug storage, and satisfaction rate for management measures before and after the improvement were analyzed comparatively.

Results
According to the results from literature search, questionnaires, and on-the-spot investigations, a total of 24 failure modes were found in the 6 links relevant with hypertonic glucose application in clinical, which included links of prescription writing and delivery, pharmacist dispensing, nurse dispensing, post-administration monitoring, drug management, and information technology. Ranking the RPN from high to low, 7 major failure modes with higher RPN were selected from the 24 failure modes, including the existence of drugs with similar name and drugs with similar package, wrong drug dispensing, absence of post-administration monitoring, lack of marked labels for drugs, garbles caused by lack of medication knowledge, and untimely record and report of medication errors. The incidences of medication errors and potential safety hazards before and after management improvement were 3.2% (7/216) and 0.4% (1/234), respectively and the difference had no statistical significance (P=0.058). The average cognitive rates of physicians, nurses and pharmacists before and after the improvement were 65.2%(15/23), 54.2%(13/24), 67.9%(19/28) and 95.8%(23/24), 91.7%(22/24), 95.5%(21/22), respectively and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05 for all). The qualification rates of drug storage before and after management improvement were 70.2%(151/215) and 98.7%(230/233), respectively and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The average satisfaction degrees of medical staff with hyperosmotic glucose management were 81.3%(61/75) and 95.7%(65/70), respectively before and after the management improvement and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).

Conclusion
Failure modes in the process of hypertonic glucose use can be effectively identified using the FMEA method, and the risk events can be effectively reduced after the corresponding improvement measures.

Key words:
Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis; Glucose solution, hypertonic; Hospital administration; High-alert medicine


In the Acts of Paul and Thecla ( APTh ) a cloud appears in the most important scenes of the tale. This motif is used to highlight the protection offered by God on behalf of the young woman and echoes that cloud appearing in Exodus guiding and protecting the Israelites. Thanks to these kinds of echoes, the author of the APTh tries to establish a connection between both scenes in his readers' mind s and builds, at the same time, the character of Thecla, portrayed as a virgin, a martyr or an apostle in different scenes of the narration.


ALTHOUGH the pathological entity of renal papillary necrosis was recognized as early as 1877 by Von Friedreich, it is remarkable that prior to 1954 only 6 cases had been reported in which this diagnosis was correctly made ante mortem (Hultengren, 1958). During the last five years, awareness of this condition and improvements in radiological technique have been responsible for an ever-increasing number of case reports. Several excellent and full reviews are now available (Lindvall, 1960; Hultengren, 1961 ; Lauler, Schreiner, and David 1960). Papillary necrosis remains a vague entity to many, and concepts of its aetiology, course, and management are tentative. Of particular importance is whether the pathological lesion of papillary necrosis is part of a single disease entity, or is the result of many different processes, perhaps having a final common anatomical and pathological abnormality as their end-result. Our recent experience with this disease is reviewed both to emphasize the clinical presentation and radiological features of the disease as it is seen here, and to make suggestions, derived from our observations, regarding management. Ten cases are summarized in Tables Z, ZZ. Two broad groups of patients emerged. Cases 1-8 presented as cases of severe loin pain or ureteric colic with pyuria, and this was almost certainly due to the passage or impaction of necrotic papillary fragments. All these patients were women, 6 of them in the third or early fourth decade. They have been labelled Group I. In Cases 9 and 10 the papillary necrosis was discovered incidentally at autopsy, both patients having severe pyelonephritis. These have been labelled Group 2. Case 9 presented as renal failure, without previous history of any urinary disturbance and in Case 10 papillary necrosis was found incidentally at autopsy in a patient who died following a head injury.


In an earlier phase of its editorial history critics variously emended or athetized parts of this passage because they suspected textual corruption underlying the apparently contradictory motivations expressed by the future participle ou rhsómena and the purpose clause i na . . . proanabálhtaí. Such concerns now seem to have dissipated and recent commentators accommodate the received text by explaining that the boys chose to urinate outside because that would give them an opportunity to rehearse a song before singing it at the banquet. I believe, though, that Cantarella's translation—. . . vengono fuori la pipi, come preludio, direi, alle canzoni che canterrano . . .—had already realized more of the comic potential by identifying the urination itself as the prelude to the song. Dramatic, historical, and lexical circumstances suggest, moreover, that there might be still more to the linking of the boys' singing and urination. The first consideration is that the speaker is Trygaios who presents the boys' micturition and/or their intention to sing as his own opinion; the boys themselves express no motive or intention, much less any linking of the two. In the event, the boys do sing at the urging of Trygaios, who then severely criticizes their efforts (1270–1310). This is the same Trygaios who earlier in the play (830–1) told of his encounter with the souls of dithyrambic poets during his beetleback ride through the heavens. Those poets were collecting a nabolaí which Trygaios describes with the mockingly bombastic e ndiaeriauronhcétouv. Having once derided the dithyrambic compositions known as a nabolaí and their authors, he now uses the associated terminology proanabálhtai and a nabaloũ as he announces the entrance of earthly targets of his poetic criticism. What Trygaios announces as the boys' performance is a preliminary a nabolh́, a rehearsal of what they intend to sing (a tt' a 1⁄4setai). Such at least is the sense encouraged by other contexts and by a scholion on this very passage of Pax which glosses proanabálhtaiwith promeleth́sei. It is also the sense accepted by modern interpreters


The changes of curriculum affect all learning aspects including students. It changes the students' communication skill, and it can be a problem. To overcome that problem, cooperative learning model is considered to be a solution because this model has many types of strategies such as think pair share (TPS) and send greetings and questions (SGQ). The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of TPS and SGQ implementation toward students' communicative skills, and to find out the differences of students' communication skill after learning through TPS and SGQ. This study was a comparative and experimental research. The population was students of Indraprasta University into two classes:1st class consisted of 20 students and the 2nd class consisted of 24 students. The data were attained by using questionnaire for communication skills, observation sheet for the implementation of TPS and SGQ cooperative learning model, and documentation for mid and final test. The result showed that (1) there was a significant effect of TPS implementation toward students' communication skills; (2) there was a significant effect of SGQ implementation toward students' communication skills; and (3) there was no difference of students' communication skills between the implementation of TPS and SGQ cooperative learning model.


Strategy development is a rational decision making process, carried out by a group of managers aiming to match the organization's resources to the opportunities arising from its competitive environment. We argue that, in order to develop successful strategic plans, contemporary business organizations should exploit features from diverse disciplines to attain a synthesis of the strategists' highly specialized state-of-the-art knowledge. In this paper, we present a collaborative framework where Decision Support Systems and Knowledge Management Systems features are integrated for the appropriate handling of strategic management issues. Based on a well-defined ontology model that interweaves concepts from the Knowledge Management, Argumentation Theory, Decision Making and Multicriteria Decision Aid disciplines, our framework enables strategists to collaborate and accomplish a common understanding of different user perspectives. Furthermore, it assists them in reaching a decision by exploiting the organization's knowledge resources.


Applications using virtual environment (VE) systems are as diverse as the technologies that enable the systems: They include training; rehabilitation; virtual tours of heritage sites, imaginary places, scientific data, and reconstructed crime scenes; immersive art experiences; and entertainment and games using immersive VEs. Hardware and software technologies include game engines, graphics, trackers, displays, and user input/output devices and techniques. While commodity products are making it easier to build VE systems, there is still research needed to understand how to compute and deliver a VE experience that creates an illusion of being in another world and of being in a plausible world—one that behaves as you expect it to. Research in the Effective Virtual Environments (EVE) group has addressed most of these topics at one time or another.


We report the rare occurrence of a progressive fetal axillary cystic lymphangioma coexistent with an overlying naevus flammeus. The fetus at 22 weeks gestation was found to have a 37 × 35 mm left axillary multiloculated mass without colour‐flow imaging. Amniocentesis showed a normal 46.XX karyotype. Multiple fine‐needle aspirations of the mass in the second and third trimesters obtained blood‐stained chocolate‐coloured fluid containing numerous erythrocytes and lymphocytes but proved ineffective in lessening the progressive growth of the mass. The mother underwent caesarean delivery and a healthy neonate was born with a 141 × 81 mm left axillary cystic lymphangioma and a 50 × 35 mm coexistent naevus flammeus. The neonate was well after simple excision of the lesions. Although cystic lymphangiomas arising in the axilla enlarge progressively during fetal life. our case suggests a good prognosis and except for genetic evaluation. no prenatal intervention is required.


A low jitter three electrode gas spark gap is studied. One of the important characteristics of the three electrode gas spark gap is stability, which depends on gas type, pressure, electrode shape and material. With investigation, N 2 is chosen, geometry of trigger electrode is designed as diamond,main electrode and trigger electrode material is brass. Experimental results confirm the validity of the methode. Switch jitter which is less than 2ns has been achieved.


The experiment comparatived three methods, which included high temperature, high temperature and pressure disinfection and solid-state fermentation by Agpergillus niger, dealing with cottonseed meal respectively. The results showed that there were no significant difference between solid-state fermentation with uncooked cottonseed meal compared and high temperature detoxication(P0.05), which was significant differences than disinfection after fermentation were extremely(P0.01).


The abundant vegetation in Imo State could be more properly harvested through animal husbandry that is handled with high level of management skill. Traditionally in Imo State, goats are reared as open free range animals or confined in small pens where food is provided, but often in insufficient quantities. No special skill is employed and people of all ages are engaged in the industry. Attempts at commercialization of the industry have been difficult because of their slower growth rate, low fecundity and problems associated with keeping a large number of such animals in a place, which do not allow for a quick realization of profit expected by the huge investors, to be made. In order to hasten the growth rate and make the industry more profit-oriented, a feeding method and supplement feed meal, at reasonable cost have been worked out through intensive investigation. Improved traditional goat husbandry is an asset to quick industrialization of the rural areas and upliftment of the living standard of the people because of the high potentialities of the product. Goat products include milk and meat are of high nutritional value and therefore required to offset the nutritional imbalance among the rural populace in particular. (Onyirioha, J.N N. Ph.D, Iwu R. U. Ph.D, Azoro A.V., and V. O. Ogwo. An Improved Method of Traditional Goat Husbandry in Imo State, Nigeria. New York Science Journal 2011;4(1):79-82). (ISSN: 1554-0200). http://www.sciencepub.net/newyork .


On almost every account people with mental health problems are among the most excluded groups in society and they consistently identify stigmatisation, discrimination and exclusion as major barriers to health, welfare and quality of life. The links between poverty and ill health are well known. Poverty and illness together make people much more vulnerable and needy at all stages of their lives, and even more so in old age. Mental health is often both a cause and a consequence of poverty, compromised education, vulnerability, difficulty accessing housing, health care and employment, and lack of access to welfare, social security, and community public services. Inequalities between social classes in the incidence of chronic illness and mental illness and in life expectancy are also well documented. The working class poor with health problems are a particularly vulnerable group. Moreover people with mental health problems are more likely to experience physical health problems, which can further compromise the efforts of the individual in an already disadvantaged situation. When the experience of mental illness is the cause or a factor in the experience of exclusion, the effects can be still more damaging. This mutual interaction linking mental health and development can work positively with good mental health facilitating the active and successful involvement of individuals and communities in development, and negatively with poor mental health increasing the risk of descending into a vicious cycle of poverty and adverse social and health outcomes. Designing social policies and interventions - both within and outside the health sector - which strengthen social inclusion, represent a key action recommended by the European Pact for Mental Health and Wellbeing. This paper explores the situation of persons affected by severe mental illness on regional level in Romania. The need for policy development and improvement strategies are also highlighted.


By documenting the erasure of W.E.B. Du Bois's scientific contributions to sociology, Aldon Morris's The Scholar Denied was a catalyst for scholars to rethink how we teach and understand social theory and a call to recognize the racialized origins of our discipline. How can we incorporate these insights into our teaching beyond a token addition of Du Bois to classical theory courses? Drawing on comments from anonymous student evaluations and completed assignments including essay exams, final papers, and end-of-year reflections from one classical theory course, the authors argue that teaching classical theory requires teaching about race, ethnicity, and gender and outline three pedagogical principles. First, we assert that it starts with the syllabus. Second, we demonstrate how incorporating theorists' biographies situates them in their sociohistorical contexts. Finally, active learning observational assignments reveal how research is a scholarly conversation and demonstrate the enduring importance, and limitations, of classical theories and theorists. Together, these pedagogical tools show how the classical theory canon is racialized. By providing conceptual and logistical tools scholar-teachers can use to incorporate race, ethnicity, and gender in classical theory courses, we highlight how issues of race and gender should not be relegated to substantive courses. Instead, they are central to understanding and teaching the foundations of sociology.


NOEL TOVEY'S 1997 Sydney Theatre Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream was Australia s first all-Aboriginal performance of a Shakespearean play. Performed at Sydney's Wharf Theatre as part of the Festival of the Dreaming, a landmark event that showcased the work of indigenous artists, particularly from Australia, A Midsummer Night's Dream juxtaposed an Elizabethan-style Athenian court with a Dreamtime forest world, thereby creating a dialogue between the play's original performative context and a more recent Aboriginal interpretive framework.


We present our findings of implementing an electrical stress test on a mature CMOS product and its implications from a reliability point of view. We show that such a test, when carefully optimised, can act as an effective replacement for standard production burn-in. We also demonstrate a method for eliminating "weak" die at wafer sort (and hence lowered test costs) based on the measurement of standby current at specific stages of the test program.


This paper examines the phenomenon of tense alternation in Japanese literary narrative, making specific reference to Kashimada Maki's (鹿島田 真希) novella Meido meguri (冥途めぐり Touring the Land of the Dead, 2012) as a case study. It argues that tense alternation in sentence‑final predicative verbs should be regarded a stylistic technique that serves as an indicator of free indirect discourse and of focalization through a central character, and that it moreover establishes an opposition between external narration and internal focalization. It then illustrates how this dynamic is employed in Meido Meguri to create a contrast between a mode suggesting narrative distance and another suggesting mental interiority. This paper thus highlights a significant linguistic difference in the construction of free indirect discourse in Japanese and English narratives.


Software security concerns the creation of secure software starting from its initial development phases, i.e., software that can withstand malicious attacks. To this end, several automated and not-automated solutions have been developed that support developers in identifying and assessing security issues, e.g., software vulnerabilities. However, most solutions were not meant to cooperate synergically or continuously run in the context of evolving software, i.e., software subject to frequent maintenance and evolution activities. In this scenario, developers have trouble setting up an effective defensive line against security issues arising in their projects. This research fills this gap by investigating how vulnerabilities affect evolving software projects and by proposing novel solutions to improve and simplify the security verification and validation process. The paper concludes by presenting the open challenges in the field of software security we framed while conducting our research.


The success of students in the future is determined by reading. Reading activities are influenced by reading interest. Factors that may affect in reading interest is self efficacy because it has an important role in growing interest in that's activities. The purpose of the research is to know the relationship between self efficacy and interest in reading vocational high school students. The samples were 179 students with using Cluster Random Sampling technique sample. Data collection method uses quantitative research method with measuring instrument used in the study are self efficacy scale and reading interest scale. Data analysis technique used technique correlation product moment of Carl Pearson. The results showed that self efficacy has a correlation with reading interest of 0,394 the level significance 0,000, means that there is positive relationship highly significant between self efficacy with reading interest in vocational high school students.

Keywords : reading interest, self efficacy, success, vocational high school students


Incubation for 72 h of human peripheral blood cultures in the presence of 60 Hz sinusoidal magnetic fields (MF) at magnetic flux densities of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mT led to stimulation of lymphocyte proliferation but had no influence on the frequency of sister‐chromatid exchanges (SCE). The cytotoxic potential of MF combined with the mutagen Mitomycin‐C also was analyzed. An opposite effect between MF exposure and Mitomycin‐C treatment in terms of cell kinetics and mitotic rate was found, whereas no variation in SCE frequency was observed for this coexposure condition. Bioelectromagnetics 22:145–149, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The IR and RF ranges of spectrum are attractive for aerosol diagnostics due to possibility of non-destructive distance control of aerosol parameters in real time and registration of dense and submicron aerosol. In this connection, the two new nondestructive distance techniques of aerosol diagnostics are described: a phase raid technique of IR electromagnetic wave in gas disperse medium and a laser aerosol control due to electromagnetic response in RF range. An optical detector of phase fluctuations (ODPF) is proposed for experimental realisation of the first technique. The second technique is based on a new nonlinear optical effect of generation of electromagnetic fields (GEMF) of RF wave range in aerosol under the influence of powerful IR laser radiation.


This paper wishes to give a contribution to the analysis of the geometry of 4D phase space, which is very relevant for the study of betatron motion in beam physics.


A single module failure rate prediction method is proposed using regression model.Through converting polynomial regression model to multiple linear regression to solve parameter value,the prediction equation is acquired.Checking significance of equation and coefficient,a new equation of which the fitting effects are better is established.The new equation is verified through some types of module failure rate data obtained from network experiment.The result shows that the proposed model can be used as a supporting model in the decision-making of a single module failure rate prediction.


By analyzing the background of land leasing in Shanghai, the hypotheses of the mathematical models of industrial land leasing in Shanghai are proposed, and then, the mathematical models of the land price and land area are presented for analyzing the factors of industrial land leasing. Based on the mathematical models and the district data of Shanghai from 2007 to 2015, the factors influencing industrial land leasing by the district government are studied. It is shown that the influencing factors, such as the land area, GDP, tenure of district mayor, and the distance between the land and the nearest subway station, affect the government behavior on industrial land leasing.


An electromagnetic particle simulation model has been formulated and verified for nonlinear processes of radio frequency (RF) waves in fusion plasmas [1]. The simulation model has been implemented in the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC) [2]. Nonlinear particle simulations of RF waves in tokamak have been carried out for the first time with a real electron-to-ion mass ratio by using the GTC code. The upshift and broadening of the poloidal spectrum of the wave-packets due to the toroidicity and wave diffraction are verified in the simulation of the lower hybrid (LH) wave propagation in tokamake geometry [3]. Nonlinear simulations of LH waves demonstrate that current can be driven by LH waves, that LH wave amplitude is locally enhanced due to the particle trapping, and that LH pump wave can decay into an ion plasma wave and a LH sideband wave [4]. In the nonlinear simulation of ion Bernstein wave (IBW) in a tokamak, parametric decay instability (PDI) is observed where a large amplitude pump wave decays into an IBW sideband and an ion cyclotron quasi-mode (ICQM). The ICQM induces an ion perpendicular heating, with a heating rate proportional to the pump wave intensity [5].


It has been 30 years since the cut-off project on the lower Jingjiang river was carried out. The project practice shows that the river cut-off is the works to thoroughly transform the lower Jingjiang river in accordance with the evolution law of meandering reaches, and has achieved expected benefits, but there arise some problems which were not recognized enough before. The cut-off project is a dynamic one, so it is necessary to deeply understand the evolution law of the related river channel, to adroitly guide action according to circumstances, also to strengthen the observation and analysis of the river evolution and the project effect, to revise the design in time and to develop the project benefit. The pilot river development is the key to the success or failure of the cut-off project, and the new river reach and its works to control upstream and downstream river regimes are the guarantee of maintaining and developing the long-term benefit of the cut-off project.


In control systems, actuators always have (in some degree) physical limitations in their capabilities. In the case of mechanisms (robots included), actuators (typically electrical motors) have also limitations at which can operate successfully and safely without damage, for instance in torque and velocity. This paper addresses the shaft displacement control (position control) of a torque-driven nonlinear gravity unbalanced mechanism but with limited speed capability. A nonlinear dynamic controller that takes care of the actuator maintaining its operation within safe speed limit is proposed.


The 15th International Symposium on Materials in the Space Environment (ISMSE) and 13th International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment (ICPMSE) took place 18-23 September 2022 in a special venue, the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the beautiful city of Leiden (the Netherlands). This joint conference was attended by about 210 participants from 25 different countries worldwide. We are now happy to present to you the final version of the conference proceedings. This unique collection includes 42 original scientific papers in a variety of fields, including: • Contamination modelling, applications and monitoring, • Low / Very low Earth orbit (LEO/VLEO), • Lunar environment and dust, • Clean Space and sustainability, • Flight experiments, • Radiation and synergistic effects, • Innovative materials and processes, • Ground facilities and testing, • Long-term storage. The papers reflect well the topics discussed during the conference. To maintain the high quality of the papers, we used a single-blind peer-review process, established within the framework of the Morresier platform provided by IOP. Moreover, all papers are now assigned DOIs and published open access online by IOP. The papers resulted from at least 4 years of work since the last ISMSE conference. Some authors are contributing to several papers as they actively work in several research subgroups and supervise multiple student projects. In each case all authors have contributed to all mandatory aspects: substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; and drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and final approval of the version to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. We hope you find the proceedings informative and we look forward to more exciting high-quality research publications in the future as part of the forthcoming ISMSE-16/ICPMSE-14 event. ISMSE Proceedings Editorial Board: Malgorzata Holynska (Chair, ESA/ESTEC) Adrian Tighe (ESA/ESTEC) Elisabeth Laurent (CNES) Jacob Kleiman (ITL INC) Sophie Duzellier (ONERA) Timothy Minton (University of Colorado Boulder)


Treatments were replicated 5 times on single-tree plots. An unsprayed buffer tree separated treatment trees within and between rows. Materials were applied dilute with a hand-gun at 450 psi (ca 10 gal/tree) using a truck-mounted sprayer. Twenty-five leaves from the spring flush were collected around the outer canopy of each sample tree. The number of living motile spider mites on each leaf was counted in the laboratory.


Research on informal statistical inference has so far attended little to developing students' reasoning about samples and sampling. This SRTL-7 pre-paper will prepare the ground for analyzing children's reasoning about sampling when making informal statistical inferences in a collaborative, project- and inquirybased learning environment. Using data from a design experiment in Israeli Grade 5 (age 11) classrooms, we focus on the emergent reasoning of two boys working with TinkerPlots on investigations with growing sample size.


Editor—Alport syndrome is characterised by a progressive glomerulonephritis with typical ultrastructural changes in the glomerular basement membrane. The most frequent, semidominant, X linked type is the result of a variety of mutations (either point mutations or intragenic deletions) of the COL4A5 gene encoding the α5 chain of type IV collagen.1

During SSCP scanning of the COL4A5 gene, a shift in a segment including exon 44 and flanking intronic sequences was found in a 19 year old proband showing typical ultrastructural changes of the glomerular basement membrane (III.3 in fig 1). Sequence analysis showed a G→C transversion in the 5′ splice site of intron 44 (position 4271+1). The mutation introduced an Alu I restriction site which divided a 66 bp fragment into two fragments of 39 + 27 bp. All 18 family members were tested using this restriction assay and the mutation was found in the proband's affected brother, his cousin, his mother, and two maternal aunts. Surprisingly, the proband's grandmother was a normal homozygote. The proband's grandfather was dead, but true paternity of all daughters could be (indirectly) ascertained by polymorphic markers.4

Figure 1
Pedigree of the family and haplotype analysis at the COL4A5/COL4A6 locus. *Presence of mutation G→C at 4271+1 of intron 44. For haplotype analysis: A=2B6 polymorphism at the 3′ end of the COL4A5 gene2; Y=A6YU2 polymorphism in intron 31 of COL4A6.3

In this family the mutation is associated with juvenile Alport syndrome in males, suggesting …


In debugging process of the condensed water fine treatment system of 2×600 MW unit in Guohua Mengjin Power Generation Company Limited,some problems occurred,which include that the pressure difference of the resin trapper was higher,the regeneration effect was poor,the interlock protection was not designed and so on.Aiming at these problems,a practical and feasible solution was proposed,and the safe and stable operation of entire system was ensured.


Teaching experience shows that during educational process student perceive graphical information better than analytical relationships. As a possible solution, there could be the use of package Matlab in realization of different algorithms for IT studies. Students are very interested in modern data mining methods, such as artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, clustering and evolution methods. Series of research were carried out in order to demonstrate the suitability of the Matlab for the purpose of visualization of various simulation models of some data mining disciplines – particularly genetic algorithms. Nowadays the possibilities of evolutionary algorithms are widely used in many optimization and classification tasks. There are four paradigms in the world of evolutionary algorithms: evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, genetic algorithms and genetic programming. This paper analyses present-day approaches of genetic algorithms and genetic programming and examines the possibilities of genetic programming that will be used in further research. Genetic algorithm learning methods are often undeservedly forgotten, although the implementation of their algorithms is relatively strong and can be implemented even for students. In the research part of the study the modelling capabilities in data mining studies were demonstrated based on genetic algorithms and real examples. We assume that students already have prior knowledge of genetic algorithms.


A search for nuclear resonance fluorescence excitations in {sup 235}U and {sup 239}Pu within the energy range of 1.0- to 2.5-MeV was performed using a 4-MeV continuous bremsstrahlung source at the High Voltage Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Measurements utilizing high purity Ge detectors at backward angles identified 9 photopeaks in {sup 235}U and 12 photopeaks in {sup 239}Pu in this energy range. These resonances provide unique signatures that allow the materials to be non-intrusively detected in a variety of environments including fuel cells, waste drums, vehicles and containers. The presence and properties of these states may prove useful in understanding the mechanisms for mixing low-lying collective dipole excitations with other states at low excitations in heavy nuclei.


The paper discussed the influence of the external drawbacks of torsion shaft on its fatigue-life of torsion shaft analysis based on small sample statistic theory,which helps our finding of methods to decrease the influence caused by external notches of torsion shaft.


Abstract Novel types of nucleoside analogues, being potential anticancer and antiviral candidates and exhibiting a 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol moiety as the carbohydrate part of the molecule, are described. The synthesis has been performed by reacting the appropriate chloromethylated, protected dianhydrohexitol with silylated bases.


A magnetic logic concept overcomes the major limitations of field programmable gate arrays while having a 50% smaller unit cell than conventional designs utilizing magnetic tunnel junctions with one Heusler alloy electrode. These show positive and negative tunneling magnetoresistance values at different bias voltages at room temperature which generally add an additional degree of freedom to all spintronic devices.


An account is given of an experimental investigation of the normal snarling of highly twisted monofilaments, those used being vulcanized rubber and nylon. An earlier theoretical analysis is corrected, and the experimental results show that, after this correction, the theory put forward for the mechanical properties of the snarling mechanism holds reasonably well for elastic filaments. Although, as would be expected, there are larger deviations from the theory for viscoelastic filaments, the theory still gives a good indication of the behaviour of these filaments under torsion.


(57) Abstract: A casing filter consists in the form of the filter member and the casing and the casing cover of a circular cartridge. The casing has a rough air inlet section (19) and clean air outlet portion (20). The said clean air outlet unit is provided connection piece (16) is, the filter member (12) is disposed on a piece the connecting pipe. The filter member (12) has a radial seal member facing the connection piece (16) side, is guided through the casing on the opposite side to the connection piece.


Summary Laying hens were fed 312 to 5000 ppm iodine as KI in a practical laying diet and egg production and hatchability determined. Production ceased within the first week in hens fed the highest level and production was reduced at the lower levels. Fertility of the eggs produced was not affected but early embryonic death, reduced hatch-ability and delayed hatching resulted. Hens resumed egg production within seven days after removal from iodine feeding.


Whenever cooperative learning is applied, oral skills and conversational skills come into play. In this study, the teacher as researcher introduced Slavin's teaching techniques of cooperative learning to focus on conversational skills. First the researcher applied the Slavin's principles of cooperative learning to second language learning in college, and indicated its roots in motivational, cognitive, and social independence theories. The researcher used STAD procedure (Slavin, 1995) adopted Jigsaw II (Slavin, 1995) and Think-Pair Share (Lynan, 1992) techniques to teach conversation. Next, the teacher played the CD of the unit presenting keywords, grammar notes, useful patterns and important ideas. The students should listen carefully for sequence, for gist, and for details to learn and practice imitating words and conversation, then creating dialogues from Soundwaves Book in model authentic situation. Three main exercises were done attentively and repeatedly to have Slavin's cooperative learning techniques applied in small groups to build the student's linguistic and conversational competence. It was found that the students had experienced learning motivation to listen and to speak, interpersonal relation, and collaborative work to go toward a common goal. However, the teacher needed to monitor and intervene in the groups.


The paper in the first place aims to clarify the concept of self-referring sentence through a revision of the standard account; in the second place it deals with the meaningfulness of the self-referring sentence 'What I am hereby asserting is true'; in the third place it discusses the advantages and limits of the Rylean namelyrider approach to the problem of self-referring sentences.


Vehicle number plate recognition (VNPR) system is a digital image processing techniques which is broadly used in vehicle transportation system to identify the vehicle by their number plate. Yet it's a very challenging problem, due to the diversity of plate formats, different scales, and non-uniform illumination conditions during image acquisition. This research mainly focuses on Nepali vehicle number plate recognition system in which the vehicle plate image is received by the digital cameras and the image was then processed to obtain the number plate information. A real image of a vehicle is captured and processed using various algorithms. Morphological operations, and edge detection, smoothing, filtering, techniques for plate localization and characters segmentation for segment character and these segmented character was cut in to block of 70×70 size and calculate the correlation with the template of database using the template matching algorithm normalized cross correlation and phase correlation and compare this result in term of accuracy. The system was tested by 90 patterns under several conditions. It includes experiment of number plate recognition using phase correlation and normalized cross correlation methods. From the study and analysis of test after applying on number of images of database, the normalized cross correlation method was found more accurate to recognize the number plate then phase correlation method and recognition accuracy of normalized cross correlation was 67.98% and phase correlation was 63.46%.


Objective:To understand the picking aderse antimicrobial occurred,promote the rational use of antimicrobial agents. Methods:According to the patient age,gender,drug classes,drug,410 cases reported adverse drug reaction from 2005 to 2009 were statistically analyzed. Results:Of 410 cases adverse drug reaction,antimicrobial of 325 cases,79.27%,including 208 case with injection of 64.00% antimicrobial agents,other 85 cases,20.73%,including 46 cases with injection of other categories of the need to strengthen our 54.12%. Conclusion:Need to strengthen the management of injection,especially in the management of antimicrobial agents injection,as far as possible to avoid the rational use of antimicrobial agents,not reduce adverse reactions.


Renewed international interest in muon colliders motivates the continued investigation of the impacts of beam-induced background on detector performance. This continues the effort initiated by the Muon Accelerator Program and carried out until 2017. The beam-induced background from muon decays directly impacts detector performance and must be mitigated by optimizing the overall machine design, with particular attention paid to the machine detector interface region. In order to produce beam-induced background events and to study their characteristics in coordination with the collider optimization, a flexible simulation approach is needed. To achieve this goal we have chosen to utilize the combination of LineBuilder and Monte Carlo FLUKA codes. We report the results of beam-induced background studies with these tools obtained for a 1.5 TeV center of mass energy collider configuration. Good agreement with previous simulations using the MARS15 code demonstrates that our choice of tools meet the accuracy and performance requirements to perform future optimization studies on muon collider designs.


High-frequency-link power-conversion is gaining popularity in recent days due to reduction of the size and weight of the converters for various applications. The performance of the dual active bridge heavily depends on the nature of modulation strategy used and on the loading conditions. Look-up table (LUT) based output power and output voltage dependent modulation strategies to investigate the peak current stress and harmonics in high-frequency link current is proposed in this article. The modulator is, thus, simple to implement. The peak stress, the harmonics (total demand distortion) in link current, and associated losses due to the proposed techniques are compared in four main cases, namely, first, single-phase shift, second, dual-phase shift, third, triple phase shift, and, fourth, modified phase shift (MPS)-I, -II, and -III. In MPS-I, weighted aggregate of harmonic currents minimization including fundamental component is carried out to achieve the minimum conduction losses in the magnetic elements. The same method is extended for minimizing the peak-to-peak ripple in the link current as MPS-II. In MPS-III, the desired total demand distortion in the ac-link current is enforced. The variation of voltage transfer ratio between input and output is taken into consideration using two-dimensional (2-D) LUT. Moreover, the requirement of 2-D LUTs are eliminated by using suitable curve-fitting exercise for the output load voltage variation and 1-D LUTs of coefficients. A detailed simulation study, associated mathematical analysis of the methods adopted and experimental verification are presented from 1 kW prototype.


In this paper we present the findings of an exploratory study about the effects of communication variety on performance in collaborative software development communities. Performance was defined separately for the two generic activities that cover most of participants in a software development community: 'knowledge creation' and 'knowledge brokerage'. This study attempts to combine different, and conflicting theoretical lenses to understand effects of communication on these intertwined processes. In this attempt we introduce measures to assess variety of communication sources within and across subcommunities, which represents knowledge domains within a larger community, and build hypothesis in line with theoretical synthesis proposed. We have tested these hypotheses using electronic repositories from one large and one relatively smaller virtual software development community. Our results confirm the hypothesised effects for the most part. Deviations suggest that the community scale matters in terms of how communication variety corresponds to information variety, hence effects differing with respect to community size in knowledge creation process.


Analysts expect to see key developments in categories that include cancer, heart failure, obesity and diabetes, and hepatitis C. They also look toward some greatly needed antibiotics to deploy in the war against superbugs.


Liposomes are spherical vesicles comprises of one or more phospholipid bilayers, which are under substantial research area as drug carriers for enhancing the delivery of drugs, nutritional agents, bioactive agents and many different compounds. The majority of those clinically approved vesicles have diameters of 50–300 nm. Among several new drug delivery systems, liposomes characterize an advanced technology to deliver active molecules to the site of action and decreases undesirable side effects upgrading its in vitro and in vivo activity, as well as reducing the toxicity of the drug and enhancing the efficacy of the encapsulated drug molecule. The present review will briefly explain the characteristics, advantages, scalable techniques based on the type of produced liposomes and potential applications of liposomes in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.


The invention provides a method for connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board, and a device for connecting circuit boards. The device is provided with a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface mutually forming a certain angle; and the method comprises the following steps: arranging and welding the first mounting surface of the device for connecting the circuit boards on the first circuit board; and arranging and welding the second mounting surface of the device for connecting the circuit boards on the second circuit board. The connection of the two circuit boards are realized through the special device for connecting the circuit boards in a welding mode, so the device is convenient to carry out automated operation.


The concept of the two-mode bus emerged in the 1970's. The new town of Evry has adopted this solution for internal public transport services. First studies stressed the technical and economic difficulties which could arise in the development of such a system. A cost benefit study was conducted for the town of Evry and four different technologies were considered. This report gives data on predicted journeys and studies the various alternatives: buses, trolley buses, two-mode vehicles and tramways. (TRRL)


In this paper we present our approach for the modeling and the synthesis of enforcement mechanisms that are mechanism able to force security policies. In particular, starting from the definition of security automata introduced in the literature by Schneider, Ligatti et al. , we define a set of process algebra operators, said controller operators , able to mimic the security automata's behavior. Hence we present semantics definitions of four different controller operators that act by monitoring possible un-trusted component of a given system. They guarantee that the whole system is secure, i.e. it works as prescribed by a given security policy. We also present our theory for automatically building a process that is a controller program for a chosen controller operator. By exploiting satisfiability results on temporal logic we have developed a tool that generates such processes. The tool implements the partial model checking technique and a satisfiability procedure for a modal µ -calculus formula. We then present how it is possible to extend our approach in a timed setting and to deal with parameterized systems.


Expectation-of-life plays an important part in the theories of life insurance and its relative practical applications. Therefore, it is necessary to offer the formula for the calculation of expectation-of-life. And the establishment of actuarial mathematic formula for calculating expectation-of-life under linear assumption is of great significance.


Experiments were performed to investigate the combustion characteristics of low NOx burner for 1ton/hr industrial boiler, through the inflame measurement and flue gas analysis. Main combustion characteristics are shape of flame, NOx and CO concentrations, and radical distributions. Variable nozzles were used for liquid fuel injection to find out the combustion characteristics as the fuel atomization, and CCD camera was used to capture the radical distributions of flame. Through the experiments, we can obtain such goals as the low NOx of below 150ppm, CO of near zero corrected at O2 4%.


The selection of appropriate workand faultloads is an important step when conducting dependability benchmarking experiments. In this deliverable we first present basic definitions pertinent to the selection of workand faultloads. Then we address important challenges encountered when selecting appropriate workand faultloads, e.g., representativeness, portability or implementability of the selected workand faultload, etc.. In the second part of this deliverable examples of workloads and faultloads for the focussed areas are presented, viz. for transactional and embedded systems, in order to show the types of workand faultloads that can be used in different benchmarking experiments. We also include short descriptions of the considered applications and of the experiment platforms employed to make the examples more comprehensible. Our intention is to show that the process of selecting a workand faultload is very sensitive to the experimental set-up and the goals of benchmarking.


and their implications for of 160 lecturers was drawn from the institutions investigated university autonomy and academic freedom questionnaire , while the hypothesis of no significant difference el of significance. From the data analysis, recommendations government, National the utonomy and academic freedom into law.


The invention discloses an acne-removing composition and a preparation method thereof. The acne-removing composition can be absorbed by skins faster compared with an emulsion preparation so as to take the function to the maximum extent. The function of comprehensively removing acnes is achieved by means of improving the moisturizing effect of the skins, adjusting the grease balance of the skins, inhibiting hypersecretion of sebum and inhibiting reproduction of propionibacterium acnes as well as by virtue of interaction of anti-inflammatory action and acne removal. The pH of the acne-removing composition is 4.5-5.5 (10% aqueous solution) which is faintly acid, and the acne-removing composition is mild in property and does not irritate the skins, and meanwhile, the effects of macromolecular salicylic acid and a composite plant acne-removing preparation are more obvious.


The author attempts to discuss the dimension of affection and explain its inner mechanism by using Chinese ancient poems, poetic genres and allusions by means of the theories of contemporary psychology and biology. To begin with, the author generalizes the opinions about the dimension of affection at all times and in all countries, and draws out his own proper system, based on generalizing and comparing the former ones, and then he gives a further analysis from the structures and examples. 


Montmorillonite is an important clay mineral due to its cation exchange capacity and technological properties such as swelling and gelling index etc. and, has been widely used in many scientific applications like organoclay. Meanwhile, adsorption themed studies with montmorillonite which depend on ion exchange processes by means of a variety of organic compounds like ammonium and phosphonium salts which are becoming very popular because of their usages in organoclay and polymer nanocomposites due to their higher thermal strengths. In this purpose, different types of phosphonium salts, namely Hexadecyl Triphenyl Phosphonium Bromide (HTPB), Hexadecyl Tributyl Phosphonium Bromide (HTBPB), and Tetraphenyl Phosphonium Bromide (TPB), were used to investigate the effect of these surfactants on the adsorption behavior of Na-montmorillonite. The last one was composed only of one aromatic head without an organic chain (TPB), whereas the others are in an organic chain with three branches (HTBPB) and an organic chain including one aromatic head (HTPB). The adsorption properties of these surfactants on the sample were also supported with the surface characterization tests, the zeta potential, surface tension, and flocculation measurement. The results clearly indicated that the adsorption behavior of these surfactants depend on their structure.


Jaguars (Panthera onca) are opportunistic predators that prey on large profitable prey items, such as sea turtles at nesting beaches. Here, we use jaguar and sea turtle track‐count surveys, combined with satellite telemetry of one jaguar, to evaluate whether jaguar hunting behavior and movements are influenced by seasonal sea turtle nesting in the Sector Santa Rosa of Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northwest Costa Rica. We used generalized linear models to evaluate the effect of moon phase and sea surface temperature on olive ridley (Lepidochelis olivacea) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting abundance, as well as the combination of these predictors on the frequency of jaguar predation activity (proximity to nesting beaches) and movements. For home‐range size and location analyses, we calculated kernel density estimates for each season at three different temporal scales. Sea turtle nesting season influenced jaguar activity patterns, as well as sea turtle abundance was related to jaguar locations and predation events, but jaguar home‐range size (88.8 km2 overall) did not differ between nesting seasons or among temporal scales. Environmental conditions influenced sea turtle nesting and, as a consequence, also influenced jaguar movements and foraging activity. Our study defined the home range of a female jaguar in the tropical dry forest and its relationship to seasonally abundant turtles. Additional information related to the effect of tourism on jaguar–sea turtle interactions would improve conservation of these species at unique nesting beaches in the area.


Contrary to received opinion, the celebrated concept of internalization in Rilke's Duino Elegies is not presented in the seventh and ninth Elegies as a genuine affirmation and an attempt on Rilke's part to solve existential problems. There are clear indic


OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Biliary tract cancer is an uncommon, aggressive malignancy. Incidence varies geographically and is highest in East Asia and South America and lowest in Western countries. Previous dietary risk evaluations have primarily been case-control studies. We evaluated associations of dietary intakes with BTC risk in three cohort studies in two countries. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We evaluated 638,860 adults in China and the United Kingdom enrolled in the Shanghai Women's Health Study (SWHS), Shanghai Men's Health Study (SMHS), or UK Biobank (UKB). Dietary intake information was obtained from study participants at baseline using food frequency questionnaires previously validated for these studies. Dietary intakes of major food groups and macronutrients were divided into low, middle, and high intake tertiles. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios and 95% CIs for biliary tract cancer risk associated with major food groups in all three cohorts and macronutrients in the SWHS and SMHS. Participants were excluded if, at enrollment, they had a history of cancer, CHD, stroke, a total daily Kcal count below 500 or exceeding 3500, or developed cancer or died within one year after enrollment. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The analyzed cohort includes 558,372 participants: 66,945 SWHS, 55,750 SMHS, and 435,677 UKB participants with median enrollment ages of 49, 52, and 57 years old and median follow-up times of 18.1, 12.3, and 10.3 years, respectively. The SWHS observed 205 eligible BTC cases, SMHS 97, and UKB 366. SWHS and SMHS participants were combined for dietary evaluation and the highest tertile of fruit intake showed an inverse association with biliary tract cancer risk when compared to the lowest tertile: HR 0.74 (95% CI, 0.55-0.99); p-trend 0.044. In UKB, the highest tertile of fish intake was associated with a reduced risk when compared to the lowest tertile: HR 0.76 (95% CI, 0.59-0.98); p-trend 0.034. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: High dietary fruit intake was associated with a reduced risk of biliary tract cancer only in SWHS and SMHS. High fish intake was associated with a reduced risk of biliary tract cancer only in UKB. Our findings reflect geographic-based BTC risk variation which we will further explore in our next model accounting for population-specific risk factors.


A novel thio-containing polyurethane as macrophotoinitiator(PUS-HSM) was synthesized through step polymerization of 3,5-diamino-4′-thiophenylbenzophenone(DATBP),hexamethylene-1,6-diissocyanate(HDI) and N-methyldiethanolamine(MDEA).The benzophenone and coinitiator amine structures were successfully introduced into the backbones of PUS-HSM.A macrophotoinitiator without coinitiator amine in polymer chain(PUS-HS),a macrophotoinitiator without thio group(PUS-HCM) and a macroamine(PUHA) were also synthesized for comparison.FT-IR,1H NMR and GPC analyses confirmed the structures of all polymers.UV-Vis spectra show the macromolecular chain has no obvious effect on the maximal absorption of benzophenone moieties.ESR spectra indicate PUS-HSM can generate free radicals most efficiently.


Objective To investigate the craniofacial morphology Characteristics of Class Ⅰ Adult females in Zhengzhou with cephalometrics.Methods The sample consisted of 41 cephalograms of untreated adult females of Han Nationality in Zhengzhou with Class Ⅰ malocclusion,The winceph8.0 cephalometric software and Downs analysis methods were used in this study,Every measurement was compared with that of the normal occlusion ones respectively.Results Compared with normal occlusion,the mean values which were smaller than those of the normal occlusions are U1-L1 and facial Angles.But the items which were greater than those of the normal occlusion are the length of U1-AP(mm)、the angle of L1-OP、Y axis、 GoGn-SN 、OP-SN.Conclusion Compared with normal occlusion,the females possess Class ⅠI profile morphological characteristics own to the vertical growth style and clockwise rotated mandible.


With the increasing consumption of reactive power, negative sequence component generated by unbalanced three-phase system has seriously affected the power quality, power system stability and economic operation. In this paper, the static var generator is used to compensate the reactive power and would control the negative sequence current caused by unbalanced load. Instantaneous detection of reactive power can separate the fundamental positive sequence reactive current and negative sequence current and establish the synchronization control strategy for dual d-q coordinate sequence. This paper also realizes the synchronous control of reactive power and negative sequence component. The SVG system simulation model is built in this paper. Simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively compensate the negative sequence component and reactive power, which greatly improves the power quality and stability of the system.


This paper investigates the behavior of reinforced cement mortar composite round bars with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon fibers (CFs). The percentage of CFs was fixed at 2.25 wt% of cement, while the percentage of MWCNTs was fixed at 0.5, by wt% of cement. Dispersion of both MWCNTs and CFs was carried out using ultrasonic energy method. Composite round bars were tested under direct tension in order to evaluate their mechanical properties such as ultimate load, deflection criteria, and stress-strain behavior. These results were then compared with the results of plain cement control round bars. From the study, it is shown that the load carrying capacity of composite bars under direct tension is substantially higher than the plain controlled bar.