With the rapid advancement of intelligent transportation systems technologies in recent years, an unprecedented opportunity exists for developing countries to develop their transportation system and supporting infrastructure by taking full advantage of the advanced data acquisition and communication technologies available today. This research explored a potential way to assess the level of traffic over the urban network by using travel-time information obtained from the Global Positioning System. The significance of this application is understood: not having to install system detectors midblock on city streets could mean realizing tremendous cost savings and avoiding the disruption to the operation of the complex traffic system that would result from installation and maintenance activities. The feasibility of calibrating a relationship connecting travel time and traffic volume under various roadway and traffic conditions was studied using Monte Carlo simulation and data regression. Reliability analysis was also performed to assess the stability of the volume estimates in anticipation of changes in the model parameters and roadway capacity. Results from the model implementation and reliability analysis have shown that the proposed approach is capable of reliably describing the level of traffic on the roadway network with an error smaller than 5%.


Machine learning models are increasingly present in our society; many of these models integrate Web Systems and are directly related to the content we consume daily. Nonetheless, on several occasions, these models have been responsible for decisions that spread prejudices or even decisions, if committed by humans, that would be punishable. After several cases of this nature came to light, research and discussion topics such as Fairness in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Ethics gained a boost of importance and urgency in our society. Thus, one way to make Web Systems fairer in the future is to show how they can currently be unfair. In order to support discussions and be a reference for unfairness cases in machine learning decisions, this work aims to organize in a single document known decision-making that was wholly or partially supported by machine learning models that propagated prejudices, stereotypes, and inequalities in Web Systems. We conceptualize relevant categories of unfairness (such as Web Search and Deep Fake), and when possible, we present the solution adopted by those involved. Furthermore, we discuss approaches to mitigate or prevent discriminatory effects in Web Systems decision-making based on machine learning.


The monolayer passivation of Ge(100) surface via formation of Ge-N and Ge-O surface species was studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT). Direct nitridation using an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma source formed an ordered Ge-N structure on a Ge(100) surface at 500C. DFT calculations found the hydrogen passivation on this Ge-N ordered structure could reduce the bandgap states by decreasing the dangling bonds and the bond strain. Oxidation of Ge(100) using H2O produced an –OH and –H terminated surface with very few Ge ad-atoms, while e-beam evaporation of GeO2 formed semi-ordered Ge-O structures and Ge ad-species at room temperature. Annealing above 300C formed suboxide rows on both H2O and GeO2 dosed surfaces, and the scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) showed that the Fermi level was pinned near the valence band edge on the n-type Ge surfaces covered by suboxides.


An increasing efficiency of the solar system can be improved by using hybrid cooling mechanism. This paper presents the impact of hybrid cooling mechanism on PV panel under indoor testing with varying solar intensity. Thus, the fabrication of a solar simulator for indoor testing reacts as the space solar radiation is described. The performance of PV panel which attached to a hybrid cooling mechanism compared with PV panel without cooling mechanism under variation of average solar radiation. Experimental tests were carried out for various average solar radiations by varying the number of lamps and/or the lamp-to-area distance. Without altering the spectral distribution, the characteristic of current-voltage of PV panel was analysed under average solar radiation which varied from 202 W/m 2 to 1003 W/m 2 . As the result, the PV panel with hybrid cooling system explored to generate more power output with decreasing in PV panel temperature. About 15.79 % increment of power output generated by PV panel with cooling at maximum average solar radiation. Furthermore, the PV panel temperature also can be decreased about 10.28 % respectively. The combination of DC fan and water pump as cooling mechanism plays an important role in generating efficient power output from PV panel.


Objective Establishing the method of the extraction and separation of isoflavonoids from soybean and the method of quantitative assay.Method The isoflavonoids from soybean were extracted by alcohol and separated by the column of polyurethane.And the isoflavonoids from soybean were quantified by HPLC.Result The isoflavonoids contend was 52.26%.The HPLC condition : Column is C_(18);eluant is methanol-water-acetate acid(42∶57∶1 v/v);detecting wavelength is λmax 260 nm.Conclusion The extract method is simple and the quantitative method can be used in the quantitative isoflavonoids from soybean simplely,quickly and reliablely.


(Aug. 12th). " The demand for medical biography," writes the editor, Ifis as Seasonable nupd legitimate as the demand for any other kind of biography. If medical biographers select lives worthy of notice, they will be rewarded by success; if they write sketches of unimportant lives, they will be equally certain to fail of it. They may safely be left to the fate of other biographers." The editor of the Medical Times and Gazette, too, remarks: " Now that every drawing-room table groans with cartes de visite of relatives and friends, and of personages who have attained celebrity in every walk of life, from royalty downwards, we should be indeed an unnatural and cold-blooded set, did we not wish to possess some of these mementoes of those members of our own profession whom we have been wont to look up to as public teachers or private friends. Equally natural is it that we should like to know something of their history; where they: were born, and of what family; what advantages they enjoyed as to education; what gave them their. bent towards medicine; what was the peculiar scope .of their early sttdies, and what they have since con-. tributed towards our stock of knowledge." (July 15th.) But my plan does not necessariky include biographical details. Some of the members prefer that their portraits should appear without a line of biography; and I have been happy to meet their wishes, restricting myself solely to a brief analysis of their writings. The first sketch of. this kind, accompanying the portrait of one of our oldest and most distinguished men, will appear, I hope, in No. v of the work. I a-p happy to say that. I have succeeded far beyond my most sanguine expectation in securing the hearty co-operation of men of undoubted distinction; and I ain quite confident that no unworthy use will ever be made of any publication in this series. The rest remains with myself. I know that the sketches could be written by very many in a much better style; but I will do my best to make them. useful, avoiding all useless personal details, and especially everything which Dr. Stewart dreads of a " fulsome" or "puffing character". Happily for me, my texts are sermons also. I am, etc., T. HE.BERuT BAnxsat.


We prove that a finite connected domain DR2 is a uniform domain if and only if each boundary component of D is a quasi-circle or a point by using the elementary computation and John disk technique,and conclude that the uniform domain in R2 is the generalization of the quasidisk.


Within recent years hydrazine and the methyl substituted hydrazines have come into considerable use as rocket fuels. As a result of this increased production of hydrazines, the possibility of accidental human exposure is of considerable interest. Obvious concern results from the fact that hydrazine had been used as an experimental means of producing fatty liver in experimental animals for many years. On an acute toxicity basis, O'Brien and coworkers (1964) reported comparative lethal dosebo ( LDSo) values for hydrazine 64 mg/ kg ( 2 mmoles/kg) , rnonomethylhydrazine (MMH) 28 mg/kg (0.61 mmoles/ kg), 1,l-dimethylhydrazine (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UDMH) 102 mg/kg ( 1.7 mmoles/ kg) , and 1 ,Zdimethylhydrazine (symmetrical dimethylhydrazine, SDMH) essentially nontoxic even at dosages of 500 mg/kg. The structures of these four compounds are shown in FIGURE 1, and it appears that a free amino group is essential for biological activity in this group of compounds. Barth and associates ( 1967) have previously reported the diuretic effect induced by UDMH, and it is interesting to note that of the four hydrazines shown in FIGURE 1, only SDMH is without diuretic effect, again emphasizing the biological activity of the free amino groups in this series of compounds. Killam and Bain reported in 1957 that thiosemicarbazide, furoyl hydrazide, and isonicotinic acid hydrazide would inhibit, in vitro, enzyme systems catalyzed by vitamin Bg. Thus it was suggested that the epileptiform convulsions produced by these compounds could be due to an inhibition of one or more of the enzyme systems requiring pyridoxal phosphate as a cofactor. In related findings, Reeves (1961 ) and Back and colleagues (1963) reported the use of pyridoxine and pyridoxamine as effective antidotes for UDMH and MMH toxicity. Similar findings on the effectiveness of pyridoxine in alleviating the convulsive symptoms of hydrazine toxicity have not been consistent. Medina ( 1963) reported that convulsions induced by hydrazine could be blocked by pyridoxine, but not by pyridoxal. O'Brien and associates (1964) reported that although hydrazine can be a convulsant at high doses, at doses near the LDJO it is not primarily a convulsant but is a depressant. On this basis, they suggest that hydrazine probably has a mode of action different from UDMH and MMH. It is interesting to note that this suggestion correlates with the early reports that brain levels of y-amino-butyric acid (GABA) are depressed after UDMH treatment but apparently elevated after hydrazine treatment.


In the structure of the title compound, C20H24N2S2, the central CN2S2 atoms are planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0205 Å) but both benzene rings are twisted out of this plane forming dihedral angles of 23.03 (6) and 84.75 (4)° (tolyl); the n-butyl group occupies a position normal to the plane [N—C—C—C torsion angle = −84.33 (16)°]. The conformation of the imine bond [1.2888 (18) Å] is E. The syn arrangement of the thione S and amino H atoms enables the formation of N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds between centrosymmetrically related molecules. These lead to eight-membered {⋯HNC=S}2 synthons which are further stabilized by proximate C—H⋯S interactions. The resulting dimeric aggregates are connected into a supramolecular chain along the c axis by C—H⋯π(tolyl) interactions.


One characteristic of an affluent society is that wealthy individuals often seek a place in the country to spend weekends and summer vacations. In the United States second homes in rural areas first became popular in the Gilded Age when elites in the northeast tried to ape English patterns of leisured country living. Americans, however, had to contend with hot and humid summers. As a result, access to water became a vital ingredient in any choice of a country retreat. An alternative motivation for migration to the countryside in the late nineteenth century came when elites desired to take part in field sports, especially foxhunting. In New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and of course, Virginia, where reasonably mild winters permitted activities to continue with some frequency throughout the winter, foxhunting became part of the yearly ritual of small numbers of urban based elites. Horse ownership went hand in hand with livestock raising. By the twenties cattle breeding had become another hobby pursuit of the gentry in northeastern states; herds of Angus or other breeds grazed in paddocks on either side of a long driveway which led up to a large country home.


Rice is the major food crop in the world and it is the staple food for over 2.7 billion people. India have 44.6 m ha area in rice with 80 million tonnes of total cultivation. The Cauvery delta region has the maximum rice cultivated area than any other crops. Estimation of the rice area spatially will ensure the transfer of technologies and better policy decisions to sustain productions at various levels. Crop discrimination is the most important step for agricultural monitoring systems. With the latest advances in the remote sensing technologies, precise information on Crop area, Crop yield, Health, Damages and losses can be provided.


Coriander is an important spice used in food preparations and consumed throughout the world. India is the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of coriander. In this context, the study analyzed the export performance of coriander from India. The results revealed a positive growth rate in the area, production and productivity of coriander in India. Positive growth rate was found in both quantity and value of coriander exports from India. Malaysia and U.A.E. were the most stable markets for India's coriander exports. Export price, domestic price and production influenced the export of coriander. The export of coriander from India is highly competitive in the international market. The formation of coriander parks in all the major coriander-producing states could facilitate better promotion of production technology, processing, value addition, marketing and export of quality coriander from the country.


OBJECTIVE
To provide a 1-year prospective examination of social, behavioral, intrapersonal and demographic factors that predict transition from experimental to regular cigarette use among continuation high school students.

METHODS
A cohort of 252 students completed baseline and 1-year follow-up questionnaires on health behaviors.

RESULTS
Relatively low smoking prevalence estimates, intention to smoke in the next year, violence perpetration, perceived stress, sensation seeking, and male gender predicted the transition to regular use 1 year later.

CONCLUSION
Intrapersonal variables may be relatively important in predicting the progression from experimental to regular smoking.


While the number of piracy in the Strait of Malacca and Indonesia is showing a pattern of decline, the number of piracy in the waters of Somalia is rapidly increasing. The waters of Somalia, linking the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean, is a passage for a dense traffic of large containers and tankers, but the passage of these vessels also makes it a tempting target for the Somali pirates. The material and human losses from the frequent occurrence of piracy have led the international community to reach a resolution through the UN Security Council, and efforts are being made to repel piracy using warships and military airplanes. Although the UN states' deployment of warships was partially effective in eradicating piracy, its employment showed limited effect in achieving the complete eradication of piracy. On the 23rd of May, 2011, the IMO adopted the 「Interim Guidance To Shipowners, Ship Operators, and shipmasters on the use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area」 as a measure to prevent losses from piracy. Two main types of prevention measures can be considered to prevent losses from piracy. The first is to install weapons on the ships or to arm the crews with weapons to repel pirates. The second is to embark PMSC(Private Maritime Security Companies) PCASP(Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel) onboard the ships, at the request of the shipping companies, to deter pirate attacks. This article will deal with a legal review on each measure to repel piracy.


Background
 The success of allogeneic stem cell transplantation supports the notion that immunotherapy can have curative potential in AML, but immune checkpoint therapies (e.g., anti-PD1) have shown only modest clinical efficacy. TIM3 is an immune-checkpoint molecule expressed both on immune and leukemic cells but not on healthy hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), making it a particularly interesting target in AML. In myeloid malignancies, the combination of anti-TIM3 therapy with hypomethylating agents (HMA), which may prime the tumor microenvironment for immune therapies, has shown promising initial response rates up to 50%-60% of patients, but their mechanism of action is not fully understood.
 Methods
 We analyzed the effects of anti-TIM3 (sabatolimab, MBG453) in combination with decitabine in 11 refractory/relapsed AML patients and 1 MDS patient recruited in a phase Ib trial (NCT03066648), with 5/12 responders (3 CR, 2 CRi). We studied paired bone-marrow (BM) and peripheral blood samples with scRNA+TCRαβ-seq enriched for CD45+ immune cells (90% of input) and blast cells (10%) and flow cytometry.
 Additionally, to explore the expression of TIM3 and other immune checkpoints in different cell populations, we combined scRNAseq data from 160 BM aspirate samples across 10 different hematological malignancies and healthy controls.
 Results
 Our pan-heme scRNA-seq data analysis of over 500'000 cells revealed that unlike PD1 and CTLA4, HAVCR2 (TIM3) was primarily expressed in NK and myeloid cells (including dendritic cells [DCs], macrophages, and monocytes). In healthy controls, the expression of HAVCR2 was low in T-cells, but in patients with heme-malignancies, expression was seen on activated T-cells. In HSC populations, AML patients had generally upregulated HAVCR2 expression compared with healthy subjects.
 ScRNAseq data of 20 samples (n=7 patients) treated with anti-TIM3+HMA revealed that at baseline, DCs were more highly represented in samples from the responding (n=4) than from the non-responding patients (n=3). Following anti-TIM3+HMA treatment, DCs expanded significantly, and upregulated pathways related to interleukin production (IL-1b, IL-18) in responders, suggestive of an activated inflammasome response.
 At baseline, the most expanded NK-phenotype expressed the highest amounts of HAVCR2, which varied between patients from CD56 bright to adaptive NK cells. Anti-TIM3+HMA therapy modulated NK cells especially in responders, in which NK cells downregulated HAVCR2 and upregulated the NF-κB pathway. Importantly, the NF-κB pathway was upregulated in other cell types in responding patients, but not in non-responding patients. In contrast, the IFN-γ response was downregulated in both responding and non-responding patients in multiple different cell types.
 The highest expression of HAVCR2 in T cells was seen in cells co-expressing NK-receptors and with the highest cytotoxicity. Analysis of the scTCRαβ-seq revealed that the combination treatment did not have a marked effect on T-cell clonality, but one patient with CR had a significantly expanded large granular lymphocyte (LGL) clone covering 4%-25% of the repertoire. In responding patients, HAVCR2+ regulatory T-cells were more numerous at baseline, contracted following therapy, and lost response to IFN-γ, a pattern not seen in non-responding patients.
 The analysis of predicted cell-cell interactions between leukemic and immune cells did not show significant interactions between inhibitory PD1 or CTLA4, and their ligands, but ubiquitous LGALS9 - HAVCR2 interactions were predicted in leukemic bone marrows. Responding patients had more these interactions, which decreased following therapy. Non-responding patients had multiple interactions between T/NK cells and blasts via PVR and its ligands which were not seen in responding patients, which represent a putative resistance mechanism for anti-TIM3+HMA therapy.
 Conclusions
 Unlike PD1 and CTLA4, TIM3 is expressed on leukemic, DC, myeloid, and NK cells, and consistent with this finding, the effects of TIM3 blockade in vivo were mainly observed in these cell types. In responding patients, NFκB pathway was activated in T/NK cells following anti-TIM3 and HMA treatment concomitant with a decrease in inhibitory interactions. Our results pinpoint the differential effects of TIM3-blockade on immune cells and may aid in developing predictive biomarkers for treatment outcome.
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 Kreutzman: Novartis: Current Employment. Kontro: Astellas: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Orlando: Novartis: Current Employment. Cremasco: Novartis: Current Employment. Wagner: Novartis: Current Employment, Current holder of individual stocks in a privately-held company. Pelletier: Novartis: Current Employment. Sabatos-Peyton: Novartis: Current Employment. Rinne: Novartis: Current Employment; Qiagen: Consultancy. Mustjoki: Janpix: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding.


Acne inversa (alias acne triad, acne tetrad, pyodermia fistulans sinifica, and hidradenitis suppurativa) is a chronic, suppurative, and cicatricial disorder that affects skin areas rich in apocrine glands, such as the axillae, groin, and perineum. 1,2 The diagnosis is primarily clinical, based on the presence of both sinus tracts and abscesses with a characteristic distribution. These lesions usually respond poorly to antibiotics and tend to recur. Eventually chronic abscess formation with progressive scarring may become constant. Recurrent, foul-smelling discharge from draining sinuses may cause extensive soiling of clothes, forcing the individual to limit social contact and forfeit employment. Attendant physical discomfort may preclude sexual contacts or even walking. Malignant degeneration in chronic sinus tracts is a rare long-term result. Squamous cell carcinomas that arise in chronic scarred and inflamed skin tend to be more aggressive than those resulting from chronic actinic damage and are associated with local invasion or recurrence after excision, distant metastasis, and high mortality. 3


The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 5 November 2012 197 9 488-489 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2012 www.mja.com.au Perspective philosophy. In addition, variable funding models have led to different levels of government involvement in HEMS. In Germany, HEMS are run by public organisat under the guidance of government legislation that mandates responsibilities and performance targets. In US, HEMS are generally run by private hospitals, whe in France, they are run under the Service d'Aide Médi Do helicopters deliver value for the emergency care dollar?


Coordinated sucking during feeding is rarely achieved until 33 -34 wks. gestation. To define sucking patterns after birth & to determine the influence of pacifier stimulation (NNS) during gavage(NG) feeding, 20 medically stable, NG fed AGA infants (mean gest. age(GA) 32 wks.(range 28-34) were studied. Infants matched for birthwt. & GA were randomized into 2 groups. NNS received a pacifier prior to and during every NG feeding, the control received no pacifier. Intraoral negative(suction) pressure and suck ing patterns were recorded weekly during NG feedings. Both groups at 30-33 wks. gest. had low suction pressure(35-65mmHg); after 33 wks., intraoral pressure increased and sucks were organized into repetitive bursts(>3 rapidly consecutive sucks) with fewer sporadic sucks. However, the NNS group showed greater suction pressures(p<.05) from 34 wks.(89vs.62mmHg) to 39 wks.(120vs.73mmHg). In both groups, burst frequency increased from 7 to 12/2min; however, sucks/burst were greater in NNS(p<.05) from 34wk(8vs5/burst through 39wk(12vs7/burst) with fewer sporadic sucks (avg. 2.5vs. 7.5/2 min, p<.05). Finally, the NNS completed their first bottle feeding more rapidly(6.4±2.1 vs10.4±4.3min/oz avg±SD, p<.05) and made an earlier transition to total PO feeding(10±2.7 vs. 16±6.8 days, p<.02).Conclusion: Following birth, the sucking pattern in prematures is characterized by an increase in intraoral negative pressure and a transition from sporadic sucking to organized bursts; NNS opportunities significantly enhance this pattern and also facilitate an easier transition to bottle feedings.


Abstract : The objective of this program was to perform and evaluate solid strand burn rate measurements on the Titan 3 propellant taken from cartons which were cast during motor manufacture. The results of this evaluation would determine if the solid strand burn rate technique would be an acceptable approach toward re-establishing the correlation between full-scale motor performance, and small ballistic test motors, and liquid strand burn rate tests. The effects of strand preparation, sample selection, burn rate variability within the carton, and particle orientation were briefly investigated. During the program, an improved monitoring system was developed and demonstrated.


The presentation of human factors (HF) benefits in business terms remains a central requirement to ensure the inclusion of HF activities into procurement project activities, especially when fundamental human factors integration (HFI) budget decisions are being made - usually by non-HF professionals. HF professionals, on the other hand, tend to have very little training in presenting HF benefits in terms of their cost effects. In the military domain, we are faced with the challenge of having to provide a comprehensive case, covering issues within all of the six HFI domains. To support the task for making a strong and clear argument for HFI, both process guidance and suitable evidence is required. This paper identifies requirements and approaches for cost-justifying HFI grounded in suitable evidence.


This paper expounds the significance and functions of knowledge management and humanistic management of the library,and probes into the relationship between knowledge management and humanistic management of the library.


This paper studies and analyses the present technic actuality and the existing problem , gives the theoretical evidence and methods of solving problem from following aspects : prolonging period of cheching out pump and hot washing (wax removal ) , widening the use of non heated oil transportation , decreasing starting up pressure and injection pressure. The practical result shows that deep research and work on the new technology and process above mentioned can contribute to the continuing development of Daqing Oil field.


In the present contribution a new hole transporting molecule belonging to the triphenyldiamine family (N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(4-metylphenyl)- 1, 1'-biphenyl-4,4'- diamine) in a polycarbonate matrix is studied as the hole transport layer in a two layer device with Alq 3 as emitting layer. The dependence of the electrical and emitting behaviour on the doping level is studied and compared with the vacuum deposited diamine layer also interfaced with Alq 3


Art can be a powerful tool in science engagement efforts to help facilitate learning and public discourse around space and space exploration. The Art of Planetary Science is an annual exhibition combining science and art which aims to help people to connect more meaningfully to science outside of traditional education models. Works solicited from scientists and from the public explore the beauty of the universe, as well as communicate and abstract scientific concepts from an artistic framework. These events offer the public a unique perspective on science and an opportunity to participate in dialogue around how and why we explore space. As an extension of the exhibition, a series of workshops for artists and educators focuses on techniques in creating science-driven art and how it can be used as a tool for scientific inquiry. We will discuss our success with these efforts and the important role that art can play in shaping the evolving narrative of humanity's relationship to space.


The consistency between interannual global ozone variations inferred from observations at the limited number of station locations of the surface-based international ozone network and those derived from satellite observations with nearly complete global coverage has been investigated. Monthly ozone averages based upon the complete set of total ozone soundings derived from the backscattered ultraviolet instrument on the Nimbus 4 satellite have been compared with averages derived from a subset of these measurements taken within the vicinity of the stations of the surface-based network. Comparisons have been made as well between averages derived from backscattered ultraviolet measurements over station locations and those derived from observations with the Dobson and M-83 instruments. The number of stations in the north temperate zone appears adequate to represent monthly ozone averages to within 0.5%, except during the early phase of the northern hemisphere spring maximum when the total ozone fields change appreciably over scales well below global. However, the geographical distribution of stations does not properly represent different latitudes. The resultant error in the derived change in north temperate zone ozone between 1970 and 1971 is 0.5%. In the tropical and south temperate zones, ozone averages for use in deriving seasonal variability and trends are generally uncertain by about 1%. The precision is poorer than for the north temperate zone because the number of stations is appreciably smaller. However, in the south temperate zone, the average from the sample may differ from the average derived from the full data set by as much as 5% in some months, when major local maxima or minima in ozone appear southeast of Australia, where southern stations are concentrated. The uncertainty in the global averages which results is comparable in size to typical year-to-year changes.


RESPECT THE INVENTION THE FIELD OF CIGARETTES AND MANUFACTURE. CIGARETTE CONTAINS BLADDER ALLONGEE VIDE12, MADE OF FUEL MATERIAL IS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPERVIOUS GAS, SUCH VESSIE12 BEING COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY TABAC13; MATTER IS FORMING VESSIE12 SELECTED AMONG THE CIGARETTE PAPER AND LEAF TOBACCO homogenized; IN THE MANUFACTURING METHOD, A WEB OF MATERIAL WATERPROOF AIR IS PROFILED FORM TUBE, TUBE strangled INTERVALS SPACES, chokes VISITED PERMANENT AND CHAIN bladders AND FORMED IS INTRODUCED IN THE TUNNEL A CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE TO FORM AROUND THE CHAIN OF CIGARETTES bladders COLUMN CONTINUES; CONTINUOUS COLUMN IS CUT IN POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO bottlenecks.


Analysis and evaluation are made on the risks of hyperbaric operation in shield tunneling by comprehensive fuzzy evaluation method so as to effectively control the major hazards in tunnel construction and minimize accidents.The practice demonstrates that the method adopted can solve the problems in quantitative evaluations on the risks and has good operability.


Enterprise GIS projects are complex. These projects involve coordination and communications between multiple parties. These parties include stakeholders, project teams, IT organizations and external vendors, etc. These projects start with stakeholder interaction and lead into complex technofunctional tasks associated with data conversion/ migration, software development, testing, acceptance and deployment. The teams are required to coordinate and integrate the deliverables from internal and external parties in a concerted sequence to achieve the overall objectives. This paper presents a unique process-based methodology, to establish the configuration management for enterprise scale technology implementation projects. In particular, this paper will cover task assignment and processes for communications, requirements management, environment utilization (dev / stage / test / prod), data loading/merge, data quality assurance and acceptance, backlog posting, software functional testing, software acceptance etc. Note: The reader of this paper is assumed to have knowledge of ESRI technology and terminology. Some of the concepts and tasks described in this paper are technical in nature, assuming some knowledge of IT coordination, management and implementation. This paper attempts to identify the challenges in multiple areas but focus more on the process and collaboration needs. This paper also expresses several viewpoints of the author based on his experience. Many thanks to our customers utilizing this BPM approach; management of Avineon; ESRI for hosting the conference and my colleagues for reviewing and validating the approach presented in this paper.


The safety and commercial benefits of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) raised interests towards inter-vehicle networking technologies such as Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET). Being an approved standard for wireless access in vehicular environments, IEEE 802.11p attracts a lot of research attentions, especially on its broadcasting performance. However, most of the previous network performance models paid little attention to vehicle distribution, or simply assumed homogeneous car distribution. It is obvious that vehicles are distributed non-homogeneously along a road segment due to traffic controls and speed limits at different portions of the road. In light of the inadequacy, we present in this paper an original methodology to study the performance of 802.11p VANETs with practical vehicle distribution in urban environment. An empirically verified stochastic traffic model is adopted, which incorporates the effect of urban settings (such as traffic lights) on car distribution and generates practical car density profiles. Based on the knowledge of car density at each location from the traffic model, the 802.11p broadcasting model is developed and a new metric, Broadcasting Performance Index (BPI), is introduced to better characterize the broadcasting performance and packet collision probability in VANETs. Furthermore, the analytical closed form for BPI is derived and its accuracy is confirmed with extensive simulation. In general, our results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed methodology on modeling protocol performance, and shed insights into the performance analysis of other communication protocols and network configurations in urban vehicular networks.


2nd edition. RB Jeffrey Jr and PW Ralls. 377 pages. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 1995. $135.00. ISBN 0-7817-0287-9. Order phone 800-777-2295. A heavily illustrated descriptive and interpretative text on computed tomographic images of acute disease processes that involve abdominal and pelvic organs and vessels. General principles of application and technical considerations are covered in the opening chapter. The remaining chapters take up such acute events as hemorrhage, infarction, and abscess in the liver and biliary tract, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenal glands, gut, pelvis, and major vessels.


The article deals with the problems of execution of anti-corruption legislation by the example of Irkutsk district municipality. It also touches upon the experience of the Anti-Corruption Committee, describes the main directions of legal framework formation at the municipal district level and raises a question about the procedure of anti-corruption expertise of legislation acts.


(P < 0.05) was found in detectable force required to break the vitelline membrane between treatments. This difference was less than 0.05 g. The elasticity of the vitelline membrane decreased during storage (P < 0.01) remaining low after 6 wk. Significant differences were detected for L*, a* and b* values. While numerically these differences existed, they were below the degree detectable by the human eye. Therefore, these differences would have no effect on consumer perceptions. Extended cold storage did lead to decreases in egg weight, albumen height and Haugh units. Average Haugh unit values were still within the range of A grade. Shell strength was not affected by the extended storage. Vitelline membrane elasticity also decreased which could lead to yolks more easily rupturing as consumers cracked the eggs.


Phonetic reduction in conversational speech is widely acknowledged across different languages and dialects. Previous experimental studies have reported that spontaneous conversations yield greater variability and reduction in acoustic signals when compared to careful speech. This study investigates the acoustic reduction in intervocalic Korean stops—phonemically lenis, fortis, and aspirated stops—from conversational speech, and adds to the increasing body of reduced speech research. Comparisons of Korean stops from careful and conversational speech confirm greater acoustic variability in conversational speech than in careful speech. Furthermore, conversational stops in Korean show that phonetic reduction occurs in multiple acoustic dimensions. Lenis stops exhibit phonetic reduction represented by both a smaller intensity difference and a higher pitch, fortis stops do so by a higher pitch only, and aspirated stops do so by both a smaller VOT and a higher pitch. Results from this study leave open the possib...


PIM-SM is the most commonly used IP multicast routing protocol in IPTV systems. Its fault tolerance is examined by experimenting on a mesh topology multicast test network built up by Cisco routers under GNS3. Different fault scenarios are played and different parameters of the PIM-SM and of the OSPF protocols are examined if they influence and how they influence the outage time of an IPTV service. The failure of the Rendezvous Point (RP) of the given IP multicast group as well as the complete failure of a router in the media forwarding path of the multicast stream are examined. A method is given how the service outage time caused by the complete failure of a router can be limited by an appropriate choice of the Dead Interval parameter of OSPF.


An unstructured laboratory of the project type is described. Although the specifics apply to a junior-level laboratory in electricity and magnetism, many of the general features may be applied to other sorts of laboratory courses. The relative advantages and disadvantages are evaluated after three years experience.


This article considers a unified approach based on the mixture method to construct linear bivariate models and those on the cylinder and torus involving the exponential and cardioid distributions with the truncated exponential distribution as the mixing distribution. Parameter estimation of the bivariate model on the torus is considered for the data set of phase angles of circadian-related genes in heart and liver tissues.


In the wake of two catastrophic intelligence failures—9/11 and the yet-to-be-found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq—American intelligence is reeling. This article examines how the U.S. press fared in covering the intelligence community before and after those events. It also explores what the obstacles are that now face journalists and what the stakes are. At no time has covering the intelligence community been more demanding or more important. Ironically, the obstacles that face both reporters and intelligence officers are much the same. The article closes with some suggested strategies and approaches gleaned from the most successful intelligence reporting.


The inhibition of six fungicides on the germination of conidia of Metarhizium anisopliae were determined.The results showed that different fungicides had different inhibition on conidia of M.anisopliae,and the inhibition decreased with declining concentration of fungicide.Among them,myclobutanil showed minimum inhibition on M.anisopliae.Except the strain Ma103,the inhibition on other strains were less than 35%.The average inhibition rates of zineb on the stains Ma202,Ma201 and Ma203 were low.Other fungicides had obvisous inhibition on most strains of M.anisopliae,especially chlorothalonil and thiophanate-methyl.The average inhibition rates of these two fungicides on the strains Ma103,Ma205,Ma207 and Ma208 were 100%.They also effectively inhibited the other strains.Therefore,we suggested that chlorothalonil,thiophanate-methyl and M.anisopliae should not be applied in the field at the same time and place.Otherwise,the control effect of M.anisopliae will be significantly influenced by these two fungicides.


The vibration generated by railway traffic causes complaints not only about sensible vibration levels, but about significant noise levels in the building lying beside or above rail lines. Therefore numerical methods to predict the effect of train passbys are very important to possess and to develop. This paper presents a new numerical prediction method based on the Rayleigh radiation integral which allows us to calculate sound pressure levels inside a cavity when the normal velocity distribution along the boundary surfaces are known. For validation the method was compared to the Boundary Element Method by means of calculations on theoretical rooms with theoretical velocity distributions along their walls. Beside these calculations, thorough measurements were carried out in buildings mostly monolythic concrete portal frame structure buildings. Synchronous, multi channel recordings of vibration and noise signals were performed. The results of the measurements and the simulations showed good agreement and are also presented in this paper. Both the development and the validation of the new method was done within the CONVURT project.


There are many ways to reduce the earthquake force excited in the bridge structure, such as the use of Lead Rubber Bearing, Sliding Isolation Pendulum, and Damper/Lock Up Device. The concern that described in this paper is Lead Rubber Bearing support to damp earthquake thrust above the pier. The declared by the manufacturer guarantee is that the LRB can weaken the shock for about 30%. The analysis executed here is a response spectrum analysis calculating the natural frequency of the bridge. The contractual cost of the structure (with LRB structure) with the non-LRB structure were compared. We did not compare in terms of reinforced concrete volume reduction because the price of the LRB each and the price of the concrete with rebar per m3 are different. From the analysis, it is shown that without LRB, the price of the bridge will be increased at 19% from the original contractual price (before tax) or 16% saving. From this point, it is important to use LRB in our earthquake-prone area as the conclusion.


In the age of systems medicine, the pathological set of connections, genetic mutations, allied anomalous pathways, and a response of drug for rectification of the abnormalities/disease are integrated transversely with the human biology systems by employing varied approaches of genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics technologies. Pharmacogenomics studies the variation in human genome which is employed to predict responses to a specific drug or class of drugs. In recent years with the growth of pharmacogenomics, the concept of personalized medicine has becomes more often accessible in clinic settings for patient care. Most importantly, the rational case for genetics-specific drug selection and dosing is considered more established than the handy list of drugs for which outcomes are demonstrably improved. Thus significant accomplishment is possible with an interdisciplinary approach of genetics, technological and therapeutic measures establishing "OMICS" technologies as the pillars of systems medicine.


In anticipation that numerous cases of gas gangrene may shortly have to be treated among war casualties, the treatment of this condition has been much discussed in recent months. The general lines to be followed were indicated in a leading article in our last issue (p. 440), and whether the position there accorded to the new and comparatively unknown factor of chemotherapy is more or less than it deserves only extensive clinical experience will show. It has been known for three years that sulphanilamide or uleron will control infection by Cl. welchii in mice, and the first enthusiastic clinical report, that of Bohlman,' also dates from 1937; but so few cases of gas gangrene occur in ordinary practice that few surgeons have yet had the opportunity of testing this treatment on an adequate number. That they should give it a trial there is no question, especially in view of the emphatic pronouncement of Perrin H. Long and Eleanor A. Bliss,2 whose knowledge and experience of bacterial chemotherapy, both experimental and clinical, are exceptional. They say in reference to an experience of " several " cases: " In each case it was very difficult to prevent the surgical consultant from proceeding to an immediate amputation of the infected member. In every instance the patient survived. This impels us to say that we believe a heftvy responsibility rests on the surgeon who advises the amputation of an extremity because of a gas bacillus infection. Exceptions might be made when the diagnosis of the infection has been missed *nd the process is far advanced, or when there is no possibility of obtaining a functional restoration of the injured extremity." These are strong words and, backed by the reputation of their authors, should convince the most sceptical that at least there is something in this treatment; but admittedly " several" cases do not settle a therapeutic question any more than two swallows make a summer, and until more clinical material has been carefully studied only the experimental method will take us any further. This has been pursued by Dora Stephenson and Helen E. Ross, whose results are embodied in their paper at page 471 of this issue. In the first place these confirm the original observations that sulphanilamideand in the present experiments sulphapyridine as wellwill save mice inoculated intraperitoneally with Cl. welchii in small multiples of a minimum lethal dose. On the other hand, intramuscular injection, which required a much larger dose of bacteria to produce a fatal infection, was controlled by chemotherapy to a very limited extent only, while antitoxin reversed this difference, being more effective against intramuscular than intraperitoneal infection. There is another variable-the toxigenicity of the organism. It is not generally known that the capacity of different strains of Cl. welchii for producing toxin varies widely; some produce little or none, which is doubtless a reason why gas gangrene is uncommon although the contamination of wounds with so widespread and resistant an organism mrust be frequent; among others, different degrees of toxigenicity account for the fact. that gas gangrene may be fulminating or comparatively benign. Of the two strains used in these experiments one was highly toxigenic, and antitoxin was more able to control infection by it than was chemotherapy; the other was much less toxigenic but apparently more invasive, and here the relative value of chemotherapy was greater. Infection by Cl. septique was distinctly less amenable to either drug, but sulphapyridine had more effect on it than sulphanil1J. Amer. ned. Ass., 1937, 109, 254. 2 Clinical Use of Suiphantilamide or S,ulplhapt'ridine and Allied Compounds, New York. 1939, p. 211. amide; the best results were obtained by combined treatment with sulphapyridine and antitoxin. These findings are encouraging only to a moderate degree, but the hope of obtaining better results in man finds some basis in the frequent differences of therapeutic response in different animal species. The mouse, for example, responds better to sulphanilamide treatment for streptococcal infection than the rabbit, but cannot be saved from anthrax by arsenobenzol compounds, whereas the majority of guinea-pigs can. Whatever the promise of these mouse experiments, the provisional lines of treatment in human cases are clear. Neither chemotherapy nor antitoxin interferes with other forms of necessary treatment, and both should be used. How extensive an infection they can control will eventually be proved by observations on wounds so situated that amputation of the affected part is impossible; the proper spheres of amputation and conservative treatment will thus be delimited and an answer given to the most anxious question involved.


ABSTRACT Aim: In a phase 1 trial, concurrent therapy with nivolumab (N) + IPI (N + I) led to an objective response rate (ORR) of 40% and evidence of clinical activity in a further 25% of patients (pts). Tumor regression was generally rapid, with >80% reduction in tumor measurements in 31% of pts. We report updated survival, efficacy and clinical activity by BRAF MT status across all pt cohorts. Methods: MEL pts (≤3 prior therapies) received concurrent N + I IV Q3W × 4 doses (Table; n = 53) followed by N Q3W × 4 doses. At wk 24, pts without progression by immune-related criteria (iRC) and no dose limiting toxicities could continue N + I Q12W × 8 doses. An additional 41 pts (cohort 8, last pt enrolled Nov 2013) were treated with N + I 1 + 3 mg/kg Q3W × 4 doses, followed by N 3 mg/kg Q2W (selected regimen for phase 2/3 trials). Tumor responses were evaluated by WHO and iRC. Results: Of the total 94 pts, 53% were stage M1c; 45% had prior systemic therapy. In the initially enrolled cohorts, ORR was 42% (22/53); median duration of response (DOR) not reached (NR); 9/53 (17%) demonstrated confirmed complete response. Fourteen of 22 pts (64%) with an OR had DOR ≥24 wks (range 24.7 + , 105.7+). Clinical activity was similar irrespective of BRAF MT status. Tumor reduction of ≥80% by wk 36 was observed in 22/53 pts (42%). One- and 2-yr OS rates were 85% and 79%, respectively. In cohort 8, ORR was 43% (17/40). For aggregate safety across cohorts, grade 3–4 treatment-related AEs occurred in 58/94 pts (62%); most common: increased lipase (15%), ALT (12%) and AST (11%). Conclusions: Concurrent N + I demonstrated encouraging survival and a manageable safety profile using standard safety algorithms in advanced MEL pts. Responses were observed regardless of BRAF MT status and were durable in many pts. The preliminary analysis of cohort 8 confirms the activity of N + I observed in the initially enrolled concurrent cohorts. Nivolumab (mg/kg) + IPI (mg/kg) [n] 1-yr OS rate, % [pts at risk] Median OS, mo ACAR, % ACAR by BRAF MT status,* % [n] Initially enrolled concurrent cohorts [53] 85 [44] 39.7 70 60 [10] 73 [26] 71 [17] 0.3 + 3 [14]  57 [8] 27.2 57 50 [4] 67 [3] 57 [7] 1 + 3 [17]  94 [15] NR 65 50 [2] 50 [6] 78 [9] 3 + 1 [16]  94 [15] NR 81 67 [3] 85 [13] – [0] 3 + 3 [6] 100 [6] NR 83 100 [1] 75 [4] 100 [1] Cohort 8 [41] Insufficient follow-up NR 48 58 [7] 46 [12] 100 [2] n: no. response-evaluable pts. ACAR: aggregate clinical activity rate = CR + PR + uCR + uPR + irCR + irPR + SD ≥ 24 wk+ irSD ≥24 wk. *Retrospective analysis. Disclosure: M. Sznol: Paid consultant and scientific advisory board-Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech/Roche, MedImunne, Amgen, Nektar, Symphogen, Merus, Amphivena, NeoStem, Anaeropharma, BeiGene, Kyowa-Kirin, Immune Design, Lion Biotechnologies, Seattle Genetics; M. Postow: BMS-consultant advisor, research funding; R. Gordon: BMS remuneration; N.H. Segal: Ad Board-MedImmune, Alkermes Scientific, Imugene; Research Funding BMS, MedImmune, Pfizer; N. Rizvi: Consultant Advisor-BMS; Honoraria-BMS, Medimmune, Genentech/Roche; A. Lesokhin: Consultant/advisor to BMS; Research Funding BMS; M.B. Atkins: Consultant advisor, honoraria- BMS; J. Kirkwood: Consultant advisor-BMS, Merck, GSK, Celgene, Vical, Ziopharm; Research Funding Prometheus; W. Feely: BMS-employee, stock; Q. Hong: BMS-employee, stock; S. Krishnan: BMS-employee, stock; J. Wolchok: Consultant/advisor to BMS; Research Funding BMS. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


This study analyses the effect of biological product biojodis and biojodis with sodium benzoate, which was used as a means to stop fermentation in biological product on germination energy and germination of organic winter wheat and spring barley seeds and contamination with fungi. It was found that biojodis and biojodis with sodium benzoate essentially increased germination energy and germination of organic winter wheat seeds compared to untreated seeds. No essential differences were observed on germination energy and germination of seeds treated with both products. Treating spring barley seeds with biojodis resulted in essential increase in value of their germination and productivity compared with seeds treated with biojodis with sodium benzoate. Treating seeds with a rate 3 l t–1 increased germination value compared to treatment with a rate of 2 l he–1. Treating seeds with both products at a rate of 3 l he–1 resulted in an essential increase in germination compared to untreated seeds and seeds treated with chemical seed treater. Treating organic winter wheat and spring barley seeds with biojodis and biojodis with sodium benzoate essentially reduced seed contamination with fungi compared to untreated seeds; however, it was markedly higher than contamination of seeds treated with chemical seed treatment maxim star. Seed contamination with fungi was more efficiently reduced by biojodis than biojodis with sodium benzoate. Greater rates of biological products were more effective as smaller rates.


The path tracking control problem of robot manipulators carrying unknown payloads is studied on the basis of the payload-dependent robot model and its structural properties. The nonlinear payload-dependent dynamic model of a robot manipulator is derived, and several structure properties of this model are investigated. On the basis of these properties, a path tracking control strategy is presented. It is shown that the presented strategy not only compensates for the effects of couplings, nonlinearities, and payload uncertainty but also guarantees tracking convergence.<<ETX>>


Natural language interfaces are expected to come into practical use in many situations. It is, however, not practical to expect to achieve a universal interface because language use is so diverse. To that end, not only advancements in speech and language technologies but also well-designed development frameworks are required so that developers can build domain-specific interfaces rapidly and easily. This paper proposes KNOLU, a framework for building natural language interfaces of a broad range of applications. Developers using this framework can easily build an interface capable of understanding subsets of natural language expressions just by providing an ontology (a concept hierarchy with semantic frames and a lexicon), an onomasticon (a set of instances and their names) and API functions that provide procedural knowledge required to connect the interface to a target application. To develop an interface using KNOLU, first developers define a concept hierarchy for a target domain. Then they provide other declarative and procedural knowledge components with these knowledge components asscicated to the hierarchy. This developmental flow affords an unobstructed view both for development and maintanance. KNOLU uses an existing general-purpose parser and requires neither grammar rules nor expression patterns. It does not require rules to generate semantic interpretations from parsing results, either. Therefore, developers can build an interface without deep knowledge and experience of natural language processing. We applied KNOLU to two applications and confirmed the effectiveness.


The article focus the extent to which Portuguese Social Service is characterized in the following aspects: the Social Assistant performance and the subsidies to have professional practice; the knowledge of the social policies to consolidate citizenship, access to social rights as resistance to the reality of exclusion and unevenness, and how the knowledge about the societal transformations echo in professional quotidian. This exploratory research was done with two hundred ninety two Portuguese social assistants, in Lisbon, Portugal, and it was financed by CAPES. The objective is to share another reality besides the Brazilian one. The results point to some proximity with the Portuguese conception, and at the same time contradictions if compared to Brazilian Social Service.


— Basic education is going through a transformation moment, in some states in Brazil schools are already implementing a new curriculum. Discussions of the new National Common Curricular Base are part of the teaching routine and in the case of federal institutes, the reformulations of pedagogical course projects are taking place on the various campuses. However, regardless of the result of the work of the commissions, the institutional pillars will be observed: the integration of teaching, research and extension. And it is in this scenario that we sought to analyze the teaching and student perceptions regarding the contributions of extracurricular activities in the integral formation and the protagonism of the IFRO Campus Porto Velho Calama student. Methodologically, a qualitative research was developed, based on a bibliographic study and field research using a semi-structured interview with 26 professors and 118 students. The results incited multiple perspectives regarding this relationship between extracurricular activities and income.


Gennifer Weisenfeld's Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905—1931 provides an informative account of the prewar avant-garde as a movement dedicated to seizing hold of everyday life as a site of struggle, of liberation, and as the source and subject of art. Weisenfeld focuses on the enigmatically named "Mavo," a group founded in July 1923 to fill the vacuum left by the recently dissolved Futurist Art Association (Mirai-ha Bijutsu Ky5kai). Four out of five of Mavo's founding members were involved with the FAA, but the new group was distinguished by its emphasis on the inequities and anxieties of the present over the Utopian promise of the future. Their insistence on the integration of art with everyday life meant that Mavo members worked in a wide variety of media, including staged happenings, theater, dance, manga, architecture, and journalism, as well as painting, constructions, and installations. The theoretical underpinning of this diverse body of work was derived from founder Murayama Tomoyoshi's notion of "conscious constructivism" (ishikiteki koseishugi). The conscious constructivist artist, in Weisenfeld's words, "must turn interior, subjective experience outward, using personal vision to critique the incongruous social conditions of modernity" (p. 124).


The recent unexpected local establishment of a non‐native predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae), in the UK prompted us to undertake this study, which investigated the thermal biology of an alien species Typhlodromips montdorensis (Schicha) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Laboratory and field experiments on its cold tolerance were used to assess its establishment potential outside of glasshouse environments in the UK. Currently, T. montdorensis is being tested as a glasshouse biological control agent against thrips and spider mites, but is not yet licensed for release in the UK. Typhlodromips montdorensis has a developmental threshold of between 10.3 and 10.7 °C, and a thermal budget of between 108.7 and 105.3 degree‐days when estimated by weighted and simple linear regression, respectively. Under outdoor conditions, T. montdorensis could theoretically complete up to six generations a year. The supercooling points of female and larval T. montdorensis were −22 to −24 °C with 100% pre‐freeze mortality apparent in both acute and chronic low temperature exposures. Typhlodromips montdorensis were unable to enter diapause under a selected laboratory regime. No reproduction occurred in the field from November to March, with 100% mortality within 7–14 days of release during this period. It is concluded that T. montdorensis would be a 'safe candidate' for introduction as a glasshouse biological control agent in the UK.


Abstract : Closed-Drift Hall thrusters (CDTs) have great potential in satisfying many of the spacecraft propulsion needs of the United States Air Force for the next several decades. Its combination of high specific impulse, high thrust efficiency, and high thrust density makes it very attractive for a number of earth-orbit missions. However, due to the wide range of facilities used in CDT testing, it is difficult for researchers to make adequate comparisons between data sets because of both dissimilar instrumentation and backpressures. Thus, a tool is needed that allows researchers to obtain relevant plume data for a variety of chambers and backpressures. To this end, our work for this one-year effort has focused on studying the effectiveness of collimated Faraday probes in obtaining ion current density profiles of CDTs. A collimated probe is attractive because it offers the possibility of obtaining the true ion current density profile regardless of facility pumping speed by filtering low-energy charge-exchange collisions ions from the collector. We compare the ion current density profiles obtained simultaneously with collimated and 'nude' probes one meter from a CDT, at two facility pumping speeds and at thruster power levels between 1.5 and 5.0 kW.


The feasibility of R290 applying in residential air conditioner was analyzed,and used a R22 domestic cooling air split-type unit produced by a company to charge R290 directly. To achieve the best cooling effect,the experiment of matching the refrigerant charge and the capillary specification were carried out in the ARI condition in an enthalpy difference lab. The results showed a decrease in charge by 55. 3% and a cooling capacity decreasing by 13. 64% after R290 directly charging R22 system, while the EER slightly increased. In order to further reduce refrigerant charge and improve the cooling capacity,A re-matching experiment was carried out in the use of parallel flow heat exchanger as a condenser. The results showed that the use of parallel flow heat exchanger led R290 charge to reduce significantly,the cooling capacity and EER improved significantly. The reduced charge of R290 benefited the security of the refrigeration system.


The global expansion of higher education has been increasingly evident since the 1980s, driven partly by the emergence of the knowledge economy and inspiring the internationalisation of all dimensions of the sector worldwide. Western, neoliberal models, values, and assumptions have dominated this process leading to the policy transfer of funding regimes favouring marketisation, the rise of the private sector, increased reliance upon student fees and governance processes seeking intergovernmental and intragovernmental coordination, and the harmonisation of higher education systems, standards, and qualifications frameworks. Within Europe this led to the signing of the Bologna Declaration in 1999 and the creation of the European Higher Education Area: "to facilitate student and staff mobility, to make higher education more inclusive and accessible, and to make higher education in Europe more attractive and competitive worldwide" (https://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/ higher-education/bologna-process-and-european-higher-education-area_en). Beyond Europe and North America, the influence of these and related developments can be seen in the rapid growth and internationalisation of higher education in contexts as diverse as Africa, Latin America, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Mainland China. In the latter case, the dramatic growth of the home sector has been combined with exponential increases in the numbers of Chinese students pursuing higher education abroad, most notably in English-speaking countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. While the internationalisation of higher education has also been intensified by the impact of competitive global league tables and university rankings influencing status, reputations, enrolments, and the flow of research funds, such processes and new "governance mechanisms" have been increasingly challenged and problematised. This is especially significant in the work of comparative and international researchers who have long called for greater context sensitivity and the critical interrogation of policy flows in all sectors of education


Objective: To observe and compare the wound healing processes of the rabbit cornea wihch underwent LASEK or PRK and to investigate the possible mechanism of corneal haze and myopic regression.Methods New Zealand White rabbits were divided into 8 groups:normal control group(n=6),1 day ,7 days,1,3,4,5 and 6 month groups(n=14).Every rabbit underwent LASEK in one eye while the other one with PRK.We use transmission and scanning electron microscope to compare the wound healing prcess of corneal epithelium and its basement in rabbit cornea of every time point.The results were analysised with image and data analysis software.Result:The ultrastructure changes of corneal epithelium,epithelial basement,collagen and fibroblast cell after LASEK were much less than PRK.Conclusions:There are less morphological changes of ultrastucture of cornea epithelium,basement membrane,collagen and fibroblasts.


99Background: A recent randomized trial, the PACT study, showed beneficial effects on fatigue and physical fitness after an 18-week supervised exercise program in breast and colon cancer patients undergoing adjuvant treatment. So far, little is known on long-term effects of exercising during adjuvant treatment on fatigue and whether physical activity levels could be maintained. The latter is important to preserve achieved beneficial health effects. The present study assessed effects of the exercise intervention on fatigue and physical activity on average 4 years after participation in the PACT study. Methods: The PACT study was a 2-armed, multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing an 18-week supervised exercise program to usual care among 204 breast cancer patients and 33 colon cancer patients undergoing adjuvant treatment including chemotherapy. Of the 237 participants, 197 patients were eligible and approached to participate in the 4-year follow-up measurements, and finally 128 patients responded...


This article is held in memory of Prof. Boyarskaya Yulia Stanislavovna the outstanding scientist in the field of the strength and plasticity physics. The main part of this scientific review was wrote by Yu.S. Boyarskaya. The colleagues of Laboratory of mechanical properties of crystals, founded by Boyarskaya, had expanded and prepared the final paper variant. Thus this article reflects in brief the most important results in the phenomena under microindentation published by Yu.S. Boyarskaya with co-works. Abstract


Zirconolites, CaZrTi/sub 2/O/sub 7/, from Sri Lanka and Pala Bora, South Africa, and a calzirtite, CaZr/sub 3/TiO/sub 9/, from Jacupiranga, Brazil, were examined using the electron microprobe, x-ray diffraction (annealing study), transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy. The x-ray data indicate that all three zirconolites are metamict. Both Sri Lanka zirconolites are amorphous to the limits of resolution of the electron microscope (approx. 10 A). The Pala Bora zirconolite is largely amorphous but contains isolated domains (50 to 200 A) of crystalline material which may be the result of post-metamict recrystallization and alteration. The only other significant evidence for chemical alteration was the lower ThO/sub 2/ concentration (1 to 2 weight percent) and slightly lower analytic totals for the rims of the Sri Lanka zirconolites. Upon annealing at 1130/sup 0/C for 5 hours, all three zirconolites recrystallized as microcrystalline aggregates. Refined unit cell parameters and volumes are consistent with published data for synthetic zirconolites. Both Sri Lanka zirconolites contain microvoids, spherical in shape, and 200 Angstroms to 2 microns in size. This porosity may be the result of helium accumulation arising from the decay of U and Th. The calzirtite was highly crystalline, exhibited no porosity, and more » was unchanged by the annealing treatment. « less


This paper discusses a unified model for the determination of the constraint equations to be used in the selection of feasible capacitors for DC to DC converters. The model is based on a generalized waveform of the current flowing through capacitors, which provides the maximum acceptable ESR as a function of the capacitance C ensuring the compliance with ripple and constraints determined by the application. Design examples are presented regarding the application of the proposed model to boost, buck-boost and SEPIC topologies.


A new depside, erodiol, was isolated and identified from the aerial parts of Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae), together with essential compounds such as: geraniin, didehydrogeraniin, corilagin, (-) 3-O-galloylshikimic acid, methyl gallate 3-O-β -D-glucopyranoside, rutin, hyperin, quercetin 3- O-(6"-O-galloyl)-β -D-galactopyranoside, isoquercitrin and simple phenolic acids. Their chemical structures were elucidated by means of spectroscopic (ESI MS, HRESI MS, 1D and 2D NMR) evidence.


The following thesis Examining the Motif of the Slovenian Cultural Heritage in the Selected Picture Books in the Pre-School Period was written in 2018 – in The European Year of Cultural Heritage proposed by the European Parliament. The main subject of this thesis is cultural heritage and fairytales in picture books. The theory presents Slovenian and European cultural heritage and defines the term national identity. Further on, the thesis focuses on projects which raise awareness about the importance of cultural heritage. Later, it deals with the themes of a good-quality picture book. The theory presents the importance of picture books, the development of Slovenian picture books and the criteria which were used to select the relevant picture books in the playroom.
The empirical part presents activities that helped the children to get acquainted with cultural heritage. It describes how children learnt about the selected picture books. Cultural heritage motifs from three picture books are presented: A Squash and a Squeeze, Julia Donaldson, 2011; Kekec and Pehta, Josip Vandot (adapted by Andrej Rozman Roza), 2000; and Macek Muri, Kajetan Kovic, 1975.
The research has proven that picture books are a good way to present cultural heritage motifs to children in an appropriate way.


In this study, a novel adsorbent (SRM-ZnO) was prepared using zinc oxide supported on red mud in seawater medium and was used for the adsorption of methyl orange (MO). It is expected to solve the recycling of red mud and prepare an economical adsorbent with high efficiency to adsorb dye wastewater. Material composition and morphology analyses showed that hydrotalcite compounds were attached on the surface of SRM-ZnO. The hydrotalcite compounds can increase the surface area of the modified red mud and thus increase the adsorption capacity of MO. The adsorption of MO dye on modified red mud conforms to the Temkin isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The adsorption behavior mainly includes physical interaction and supplemented with chemical interactions. Result also found that the adsorption of MO on SRM-ZnO is a spontaneous exothermic process.


Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) for semantic seg-mentation aims to transfer the knowledge learned from the source domain to the target domain. Unlike the source-available UDA setting, Source-Free Domain Adaptation (SFDA) has no access to the source data and rely solely on the well-trained source model for adaptation. Without the source data for reference, SDFA often leads to unstable adaptation and mostly focuses on common semantic classes. In this pa-per, we propose a Distribution Transfer and Adaptive Class-balanced self-training (DTAC) framework to tackle the issues of SFDA for semantic segmentation. First, in the distribution transfer stage, we propose to narrow the domain gap by aligning the implicit feature characteristics of source model with the feature statistics of the target data. Next, in the self-training stage, we propose a multi-class negative learning method with adaptive thresholding to dynamically select per-class pseudo labels for self-supervision. Experimental re-sults on urban scene benchmarks show that DTAC outper-forms other SFDA baselines and even achieves competitive results with source-available UDA methods.


This synthesis will be of interest to pavement designers, highway administrators, and others concerned with pavement design, permit issuance and fees for overloaded trucks, and enforcement of truck weight laws. Information is presented on the effects that overloads have on pavements and on the methods of accommodating or controlling overloads. Highway pavements are designed for legal axle loads, and loads above these will significantly shorten pavement life. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes the effects on pavements of loads greater than those used in design, gives information on permit issuance and fees for overloaded vehicles, and describes the difficulties in enforcing truck weight laws.


ABSTRACT In this research paper, efficient and economical protocols for the synthesis of symmetrical sulfides and 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles have been reported using Fe3O4@SBTU@Ni(II) as a heterogeneous and recoverable nanocatalyst. The noticeable features of this catalytic system are: operational simplicity, environmentally benign, easier work-up procedure, green and efficient synthetic entry to excellent yield of products in a high reusability and applicability to various starting materials and, therefore, cost efficiency. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


The Smart Energy Meter with Automatic Data Transfer is designed to make the prevailing electricity billing system simple, Fast and efficient . The conventional metering system billing is done manually. The employee of the Electricity Board came to take the reading and enter it in the card. There are more chances of error in manual calculation and delay in process, tampering of the metering and misusage of the electricity by other sources. It requires large number of workers, some set of workers to note down the reading and others to cut the power if the payment is not paid at the right time and thus we have very poor servicing.
 Instead of utilizing employees in billing system, we will automate the billing system and that man power will be utilized to provide quality and best service of billing .The system is installed at the site of a standard meter and is used for monitoring and operation by a user with the help of keyword command programming on a data terminal or by personal computer. In the Automatic Metering System designed , the units consumed are measured at the consumer place in the form of pulses , it is transmitted to the Electricity Board side where the total units consumed and amount equivalent is calculated and transmitted back to the consumer module. The monetary
values can be displayed both the consumer module and electricity board side .


The dust contamination in plasma deposition processes plays a crucial role in the quality and the yield of the products. To improve the quality and the yield of plasma processing, a favorable way is to remove the dust particles actively from the plasma reactors.Our recent experiments in the striped electrode device show that a traveling plasma modulation allows for a systematic particle removal independent of the reactor size. Besides the rf powered electrode, the striped electrode device includes a segmented electrode that consists of 100 electrically insulated narrow stripes. A traveling potential profile is produced by the modulation of the voltage signals applied on the stripes. The dust particles are trapped in the potential wells and transported with the traveling of the potential profile.The particle‐in‐cell (PIC) simulation on the potential above the segmented electrode indicates that the traveling potential profile can be realized either by applying low‐frequency (0.1–10 Hz) voltage signals with ...


Hydrogen can be stored in many ways as metal hydride tanks, compressed gas, cryoliquified, carbon nanotubes, gas micro spheres, liquid carrier or chemical storage. However, for on-board applications, both compressed gas and liquid hydrogen have established themselves as state of the art. The storage of gases under pressure, including hydrogen, is a well-known technology. Nonetheless, the use of hydrogen tanks in vehicles and in particular the challenge of using very high pressures, demands stringent regulations supported by safety and performance studies. Requirements to qualify storage systems for on-road passenger vehicles have been under development primarily by the SAE International and ISO committees (respectively SAE-J2579 [1] and ISO15869 [2]). The push to develop safety standards for hydrogen storage well before commercialization is driven by two factors. First, acknowledging that onroad safety is of highest priority, requirements are being developed a-priori, without waiting for any lessons learned from on-road experience. Second, taking into account that there is a high need for rapid insertion of new technologies into the marketplace, storage requirements must be capable of qualifying novel technologies for reliable and durable performance under broad conditions of use. Setting up qualification test campaigns with conditions that take into account historical failure mechanisms is helpful but not sufficient. Instead a comprehensive approach to defining extreme conditions of on-road vehicle service is required. Storage systems must function both under the stresses of normal vehicle operation and under externally imposed stresses. Today's state of the art for hydrogen storage comprises 35 MPa (350 bar) and 70 MPa (700 bar) compressed gas tanks. Carbon fiber fully wrapped-reinforced tanks are already in use in prototype hydrogen-powered vehicles. Two types of inner liners are typically used: metal (aluminium, Cr-alloys) ones in "Type 3" storage pressure vessels and high molecular weight polymer in "Type 4" tanks, as described in ISO 15869 [2]. The application of such materials comes from the need of guaranteeing impermeability of the inner liner to the hydrogen molecules whilst having the tank being as lightweight as possible. Both SAE 2579 and draft ISO 15869 propose the following tests for compressed hydrogen storage tanks: Sequential exposure to impact, chemicals and cyclic stresses Sequential exposures to static high pressures (simulates vehicle parking) and fuelling stresses 18th World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2010


Recent experiments and the findings of researchers have shown that budget-makers would not act towards budgeting in the way of what Weber (1946 and 1947) had assumed. He described budgetmakers; bureaucrats acting efficiently in their bureaus since they are motivated by concern of the public interest. In contrast, some theorists (such as Tullock, 1965; Downs, 1967; and Niskanen, 1971) viewed bureaucrats as self-interested and rational individuals, trying to pursue and give priority to their private objectives in the course of their work. The aim of this chapter is to analyse local budgeting in Turkish case with regard to the attitudes of bureaucrats towards budgetary change. For this purpose, the chapter is divided into three sections: The first section briefly looks at theoretical assumptions of the attitudes of bureaucrats towards budgeting. The second section provides descriptive background on local budgeting in Turkey and the last section is an empirical work based on an interview survey launched in 1998 in Turkish municipalities. The chapter ends with concluding remarks.


Interferon beta (IFNβ) is a first-line therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS). However, some patients experience a decline in efficacy with continued therapy due to the development of anti-IFNβ neutralizing antibodies (NAb). We investigated the frequency of NAb cross-sectionally in 846 MS patients who were receiving IFNβ-1b, IFNβ-1a im, or IFNβ-1a sc. The frequency of NAb in patients receiving IFNβ-1a im was lower (5%) than in patients treated with any other form of IFNβ (22-35%) (P < 0.0001). Binding antibodies (BAb) were measured in 808 patients. The frequency differed significantly between treatment groups, ranging from 45% (IFNβ-1a im) to 88% (IFNβ-1b). The proportion of NAb-positive patients within the BAb-positive group differed significantly among treatment groups, ranging between 12% (IFNβ-1a im) and 51% (IFNβ-1a sc). The median NAb titer from all IFNβ-1a-treated patients was higher than from IFNβ-1b-treated patients (446 versus 171 NU/mL, P = 0.04). Among NAb-positive patients, the frequency of NAb titers > 100 NU/mL was 71% for IFNβ-1a compared with 58% for IFNβ-1b (P = 0.04). Except for conflicting data regarding IFNβ-1a sc, the results are generally consistent with the literature and together with the differing proportion of NAb-positive patients within the BAb-positive group, provide further insight into the immunogeni-city of the IFNβ preparations.


Models of both the small and large Pioneer Venus probes were dropped from a helicopter to simulate the conditions of Mach and Reynolds numbers to be encountered by the probes upon entry into the Venus atmosphere. The models were dropped at an average Mach number of .10 and at an average Reynolds number of 2.84 million for the small probe and 2.90 million for the large probe. After the large amplitude launching oscillations were damped, the small probe oscillations in angle of attack and in sideslip were generally less than 2 degrees. The large probe oscillations were generally less than 10 degrees. Both exhibited distinct frequencies. The motion of the small probe in a place perpendicular to the z axis was random while the large probe rotated (corkscrewed) at 1.1 cycles per second about the z axis. The average drag coefficients of the probe models were .714 for the small probe and .663 for the large probe.


SUMMARY 1. Softwater lakes are generally dominated by slow growing, small, isoetid plant species that are adapted to the carbon- and nutrient-limited conditions in these lakes. We investigated the strategy of a fast growing species, Sparganium angustifolium, for occupying softwater lakes. A field survey was carried out in Norwegian carbon-limited Isoeteto-Lobelietum softwater lakes to compare abiotic conditions at locations with and without S. angustifolium. In addition, long term abiotic changes (1995-2008) related to the sudden establishment of the species on experimentally limed plots were studied. Based on the results, the carbon acquisition mechanism of S. angustifolium was tested in eco-physiological laboratory experiments. 2. The redox potential was significantly lower at locations with S. angustifolium (220 ± 2.3) compared to locations without S. angustifolium (338.1 ± 13.9). The lower redox potential was accompanied by significantly higher concentrations of HCO3 ) ,C O 2 and Fe 2+ in the sediment pore water, indicating in-lake alkalinity generation due to higher iron reduction rates in the generally iron-rich sediments. In addition, the lower redox potential was accompanied by a higher nutrient availability (NH4 + and PO4 3) ) in the sediment pore water. Since there were no differences in water quality between the lakes, the ability of S. angustifolium to grow in softwater lakes very likely depends upon the higher dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and nutrient concentrations present in the sediment pore water. 3. Results from the liming experiment revealed that appearance of S. angustifolium on limed plots was related to the dissolution of Ca and Mg carbonates and development of a lower redox potential in the sediment. These processes were accompanied by a sustained increase in the availability of DIC in the sediment pore water. 4. The eco-physiological experiments indicated that S. angustifolium can increase in biomass and produce floating leaves at a relatively high DIC availability in the root medium. In addition, it appeared that S. angustifolium can take up CO2 by the roots. As far as we know, the ability to use sediment CO2 has only been described as an adaptation typical for isoetid plant species. Use of the relatively large sediment CO2 pools present in these sediment types (>1000 lmol L )1 ) to enable development of long


The basic components of organizational culture allowing students to be interesting and attractive to society, to establish mutual relations in the student's environment and with academic staff, to develop ability to elocutionize, to articulate competently one's ideas orally and in writing, to show creative activity, to learn to manage one's own time, to master the planning methods of personal work are considered.


Abstract Energy production and distribution have created archetypal cases of environmental injustice—mountaintop removal for coal mining in Appalachia, nuclear waste siting on Navajo reservations in the West, oil refineries in southern Louisiana. Renewable energy technologies designed to aid the transition to a lower-carbon economy have often perpetuated the injustices inherent in current energy systems. Clearly, all energy systems create environmental burdens. But to what extent can community-scale, renewable energy systems minimize environmental burdens and maximize benefits to local communities? How can green technologies and the sociopolitical relationships associated with those particular technologies be arranged so that renewable energy systems produce environmental and social benefits, while distributing burdens more equitably? This case study of community-scale woody biomass initiatives in Vermont examines how particular biomass technologies and associated power relations have structured environme...


(76) Inventor: Timothy F. Cox, Palo Alto, CA (51) Int. Cl. (US) H04 II/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. ......................................... 370/463:375/260 (57) ABSTRACT Correspondence Address: CAVEN & AGHEVL Methods and apparatus to share channel estimates in coop erative wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, c/o INTELLEVATE, LLC channel information of first wireless device may be transmit P.O. BOX S2OSO ted to a second wireless device via a crosslink. Other embodi MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 (US) ments are also described.


Grain quality is important to farmers, grain elevators, millers, and domestic and foreign buyers. Excessive broken kernels can reduce the grade of grain, lower the selling price farmers receive, decrease production from dry and wet milling processes, reduce artificial drying efficiency, and increase potential dust hazards. However, little attention has been focused on the influence of production practices on grain quality. This study was conducted to determine whether irrigation and soil N levels would affect the quality of maize (Zea mays L.) grain. Two water regimes and five N fertilization levels ranging from zero to 360 kg ha⁻¹ i were applied to two normal and two opaque-2 hybrids. The experimental site was a Sharpsburg silty clay loam (fine, montmorillinitic, mesic, Typic Argiudoll) near Mead, NE. Opaque-2 grain was 2.4 times more susceptible to breakage, and 8% lower in density than normal grain. Irrigation increased kernel breakage susceptibility (KBS) from 13.5 to 17.9, 3.2 to 3.8, and 5.4 to 7.3% in 1985, 1986, and 1987, respectively. Increasing soil N levels decreased KBS for all hybrids. Kernel density (KD) of opaque-2 grain was increased with irrigation but decreased with higher N levels. In contrast, KD of normal grain decreased with irrigation but increased with higher N levels. Average grain yields were 9.4, 7.3, and 5.5 Mg ha⁻¹, with irrigation increasing yields 28, 9, and 27% over nonirrigation in 1985, 1986, and 1987, respectively. Normal hybrids averaged 5% greater yields than opaque-2 hybrids. Yield increased quadratically with N rate within each moisture regime in each year. Results indicate production practices influence KBS and KD as well as yield, and may become important considerations in the future. Nebraska Agric. Res. Div. Journal Article no. 8572. Partial financial support provided by the Crows Hybrid Corn Co., Milford, IL.


Paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska is common and results from the consumption of dinoflagellate contaminated marine species. Coastlines are routinely monitored for Saxitoxin (SXT) and SXT analogue containing shellfish that cause paralytic type shellfish poisoning (PSP) via selective blockade of voltage-gated sodium channels. Most cases of PSP result in mild paresthesias and gastrointestinal upset and are selflimited. Respiratory paralysis and cardiovascular collapse have rarely been reported [1] and fatality rates are as low as 1% [2]. We present a fatal case of PSP in an adult Alaskan female after ingestion of SXT containing shellfish.


In developing countries, motorcycle riders normally attempt to stop at their desired locations during queue formation on signalized intersection approaches. Under mixed-traffic conditions, motorcycle positioning in a queue affects the operational and safety performance of the intersection. This study aimed to identify factors influencing motorcycle riders' stopping locations at signalized urban intersections. This study applied Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to observe the stopping behavior of 1413 motorcycle riders on 24 approaches from 10 signalized intersections in Thailand (N = 1413). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between the stopping locations of motorcycle riders and rider- and motorcycle-related variables and traffic- and environmental-related variables. The statistical analyses presented a Cox and Snell R2 and Nagelkerke R2 of 0.466 and 0.499, respectively, indicating that the model accounted for almost 50% of the variation among the five stopping locations of motorcycle riders. The results showed that, under mixed-traffic conditions in Thailand with left-hand traffic, motorcycle riders intending to turn right, the morning peak period, the presence of shadows, motorcycle riders not wearing helmets, the presence of a larger vehicle in the queue, and the density of desired stopping locations significantly influenced the motorcyclists' choice of stopping locations on signalized intersection approaches. Practical policy-related recommendations drawn from the findings are provided to improve motorcyclists' safety on signalized intersection approaches.


In the light of the single axle effect in the actual operation of the synchronous generator being changed into the synchronous motor, this paper analyzes the variation of intrinsic electromagnetism relations and the reasons of the occurrence of single axle effect, and puts forward some feasible methods for overcoming the single axle effect and realizing the synchronous motor's operation, and carries out the exploration and practice of changing the synchronous generator into the synchronous motor.


An ECL FPAL with a total delay of 3.6ns at 1.0W will be reported. The chip has 64 product terms with 16 inputs and 8 outputs.


For 3-D reconstruction from uncalibrated sequences, projective reconstruction is needed as a preceding step, which is classified into a merging method and factorization. Factorization-based methods generally suffer less from drift and error accumulation than sequential merging. However, they assume that most corresponding points must remain in all frames. To overcome this limitation, we present a new frame grouping method for factorization-based projective reconstruction over long image sequences. The proposed method breaks a full sequence into subsequences by considering a survival rate of the corresponding points over a sequence, the reprojection error, and the distribution of matching points on the image. All projective reconstructions in subsequences are registered into the same coordinate frame for a complete description of the scene. Experimental results demonstrate that our algorithm can recover more precise 3-D structure than the sequential merging method.


The first teacher and mentor of the human beings is God. He has announced to the human beings the leading path of mankind by the prophets and in the form of holy books including the Holy Quran. The aim of this study is the evaluation of education in the view of Islam and Quran, and its impact on the learners. The method of this study is descriptive-analytical. The findings suggest that from the view-point of Islam, education has been one of the most important human issues and in order for people to reach real perfection and to shape their human identity for nearness to God, they must enjoy an accurate and complete upbringing, therefore, in order to guide people from ignorance and error, [God] has sent a set of religious and moral teachings in the Book of Quran to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and, to achieve a proper upbringing model, by use of the Holy Quran one can achieve these educating principles. Some of these great goals that are directly related to human education include: guidance and development of the mankind, realization of purity and pure life in the human entity, realization of piety, nearness to God and his contentment, reaching the position of thralldom of God.


Based on the thorough analysis and study on the structural characteristics of Context-based Adaptive Variable Length Coding(CAVLC) code tables,this paper proposes a new table lookup algorithm for CAVLC decoding with the statistical law of code tables.The idea of this algorithm is based on the relationship between the numbers of zero in code prefix and the length of code.With it,it proposes a scheme,in which the code suffix and the code value are determined by the relationship between the numbers of zero in code prefix and the length of code,and it can decode the input code quickly.As a result,a specific input code can be decoded with only one time table lookup.Test results show that the optimized algorithm can achieve 20% speed-up in the table lookup compared with the original algorithm.


This study aims at the examination of the relation between the juvenile participation in the sports activities and leisure satisfaction and leisure limitation. To accomplish the purpose of this study was to analyze the leisure satisfaction and the leisure limitation by the general characteristics(sex, academic career of parents, he junior-senior high schools, and the status of health) and the degree of sports participation and to examine the relation between the leisure satisfaction and the leisure limitation. The subjects were the students of the junior-senior high schools under the influence of the board of education of D. Metropolitan City. The 715 questionnaires have been chosen as the final examples and used be analyzed. The conclusions of the study were as follows There were higher score of the leisure satisfaction on the boys, the midd le school student, higher education career of mother, and health students. There were higher score of the leisure limitation on the girls, the high school student, lower education career of mother. There were higher score of the leisure satisfaction on the degree of the sports participation(the participant, higher frequency, plenty of time) There were lower score of the leisure limitation on the degree of the sports participation(the participant, higher frequency, plenty of time) There were the influences the limitation factors of motivation, psychology, and structural facilities on the physiological, and the psychological satisfaction, the influences the limitation factors of motivation, psychology on the educational satisfaction, the influences the limitation factors of the structural time on the environmental satisfaction.


The aim of the present study was to investigate the perception of health care service managers about the network action for the care of adolescent victims of...


We are deeply touched by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague Till Moritz Karbach. With this memorial book we wish to commemorate Moritz' scientific legacy, and what Moritz meant to us as a friend.


Energy efficient beamforming problem is considered for a multiple input single output (MISO) femtocell network, which consists of multi antenna femtocell base stations (FBSs) and single antenna femtocell users (FUs). The transmit beamforming vectors are designed to maximize the energy efficiency (EE) in the downlink transmission of the femtocell network. The objective function is defined as "data rate/power consumption" which has the unit bits/Hz/Joule to measure the energy efficiency of the network. First, an optimization model based on maximizing the EE of each femtocell with maximum transmit power and interference constraints is formulated and it is not a convex problem. Second, the fraction algorithm is utilized to transform the non-convex problem into convex problem, which can be solved by its dual problem. Finally, the simulation result shows that our proposed scheme improve the EE of femtocells compared with others. And the behavior of the objective function is observed in different antenna configurations by varying the number of femtocells.


This article aims at giving examples of characteristics of simplification in Bahasa Indonesia and proving that child language has a pattern and that there is a process in learning. Since this is a case study, it might not be enough to say that simplification is universal for all children of any mother tongues, but at least there is a proof that such patterns of simplification also occur in Bahasa Indonesia.


Numerous academic studies examine equity risk premium predictability based on various macroeconomic variables and price and volume based variables from stock market. In this article, we extend the frontier of the set of predictors from macroeconomic variables and stock market variables to foreign exchange market variables due to various reasons. Firstly, foreign exchange market reflects various economic fundamentals potentially useful for predicting equity risk premium, though may not be fully reflected by available macroeconomic variables used in the literature for forecasting equity risk premium. Moreover, given that technical rules have been documented to work well in offering predicting power at foreign exchange market, price-based variables from foreign exchange market may provide useful information on predicting equity risk premium as well through the connections between foreign exchange market and stock market. We find that on top of using price and volume based variables from stock market and macroeconomic variables, incorporating price-based variables from foreign exchange market as well can not only improve the overall forecasting performance but also produce significant certainty equivalent return gain from an investment perspective. JEL classifications: C53, C58, G11, G12, G17