The aim of this activity is to propose a methodology applicable for parameters estimation in vehicle dynamics, aiming at generating reduced models to be adopted for functional analyses and real time simulations with the focus on enabling a model conversion scheme, allowing building a communication bridge between the 1D and the 3D simulation domains. The benchmark case, i.e. the reference high fidelity model, is defined in the 3D multibody environment of LMS Virtual.Lab Motion, while the simplified model is developed symbolically with the help of Maple and implemented in the block scheme oriented interface of Imagine.Lab AMESim. To estimate the physical and structural parameters of the detailed benchmark model for use in the functional model, it is important to make clear how and to what extent the response of the system depends on each parameter. Therefore sensitivity analysis and optimization loops are programmed to firstly define the most effective contribution to the behaviour of the simplified model and secondly asses a good correlation in the dynamic performance.


The paper introduces False Accounting Data has brought badness to our society today.The main causes are:First, the owners and operators are separated from each other.Next, the indicating theories are also separated from actual practice.And another one is the abuses of the concentrated business accounting.In illusion to all these existing problems, We have already put forward some correlative countermeasures.They are:The government must keep away from the enterprises;The indefinite factor must be limited; We must strengthen supervision system of concentrated business accounting; We must strengthen profession morality construction; We must show the production cost to the public.


Certify as urgent the following human rights bills: a.) Commission on Human Rights Charter b.) Martial Law victims compensation c.) Enforced disappearance and extra-legal killings d.) Internally displaced persons (IDPs) e.) Anti-discrimination f.) Protection of human rights defender g.) Release of detainees on recognizance h.) Reproductive health i.) Alternative Mining Act j.) Magna Carta for the Informal Sector Review, adopt and implement the National Human Rights Action Plan (...)


We study a class of cyclic Brownian heat engines in the framework of finite-time thermodynamics. For infinitely long cycle times, the engine works at the Carnot efficiency limit producing, however, zero power. For the efficiency at maximum power, we find a universal expression, different from the endoreversible Curzon-Ahlborn efficiency. Our results are illustrated with a simple one-dimensional engine working in and with a time-dependent harmonic potential.


Fast neutron response measurements are reported for radiation detectors based on large-volume SiC p-i-n diodes. Multiple reaction peaks are observed for 14-MeV neutron reactions with the silicon and carbon nuclides in the SiC detector. A high degree of linearity is observed for the /sup 28/Si(n,/spl alpha//sub 1/) reaction set of six energy levels in the product /sup 25/Mg nucleus, and pulse height defect differences between the observed /sup 12/C(n,/spl alpha//sub 0/) and /sup 28/Si(n,/spl alpha//sub 1/) energy responses are discussed. Energy spectrometry applications in fission and fusion neutron fields are also discussed.


This article features the contributions of Fichte and Schopenhauer to a philosophical account of action against the background of Kant's earlier and influential treatment of the topic. The article first presents Kant's pertinent contributions in the areas of general epistemology and metaphysics ("transcendental philosophy"), general practical philosophy ("moral philosophy"), the philosophy of law ("doctrine of right") and ethic ("doctrine of virtues"). Then the focus is on Fichte's further original work on the issue of action in those same areas. Finally, the article turns to Schopenhauer's radical revision of the Kantian and Fichtean affirmative accounts of acting and willing through the correlated introduction of the irrational will, the self-negated will and ethical inaction.


Electron capture into the ground electronic cluster state at emergence from a film with subsequent dissociation due to the kinetic energy of relative motion of nuclei, which was acquired inside the film, is shown to be a cause of central-peak formation. Evolution of the central peak with dwell time tau is considered and the values of tau characteristic of the effect are found.


The paper describes a construction of four formulas of Computational tree logic corresponding to an arbitrary chess position. At least one of these formulas is satisfiable and leads to the solution of chess position: value of position (a draw or a victory of one of the sides) and necessary strategy for getting this value is constructed using the formula model.


Multiple perioperative variables have been shown in existing literature to influence long‐term outcomes of pediatric RTx, such as allograft survival. Their impact on short‐term outcomes is not as well‐documented. This case series aims to investigate the effects of nine perioperative variables on two short‐term outcomes in pRTR: 1‐week post‐operative eGFR and post‐operative LOS. A total of 73 pRTR transplanted over 3 years from 2012 to 2014 at a single center were studied retrospectively and statistical analyses were performed. There was higher 1‐week post‐operative eGFR in pRTR who received living donor transplants compared to those who received deceased donor transplants (P=.01), with mean eGFR of 135 mL/min/1.73 m2 and 82 mL/min/1.73 m2, respectively. Aorta‐IVC anastomosis was associated with longer LOS compared to iliac vessel anastomosis (P=.03), with median LOS of 19 and 13 days, respectively. There were no significant effects on 1‐week eGFR or LOS of the seven other variables: pRTR age and gender, donor age, preoperative donor SBP, intraoperative mean CVP before graft perfusion, intraoperative median SBP z score after graft perfusion, and intraoperative fluid volume. Living donor transplants were associated with higher 1‐week post‐operative eGFR compared to deceased donor transplants. Aorta‐IVC anastomosis was significantly associated with longer LOS compared to iliac vessel anastomosis.


The topic of this Annals, Violence and Exploitation against Women and Girls could not be more timely or pertinent to key issues affecting the health and welfare of women. The many distinguished contributions offer us an important international review of cross-national and cross-cultural research on the prevalence and prevention of violence against women and girls. The tremendous social, economic, and psychological costs of violence and abuse against women and girls are documented with examples from female genital mutilation, to domestic violence, to abuse of particularly vulnerable populations, such as disabled women and pregnant women. Articles on adolescent violence present cutting-edge research on so-called "sexual scoring," where very young women are coerced by peers and older male adolescents to participate in group sexual activities and "cyberbullying" practices that involve at-risk online activities for young girls. Violence against women knows no age barriers, and other contributions to this volume document that even elderly women can be abused by their caretakers. Modes of treatment and prevention are also key themes that are discussed across the various articles. Preventative efforts to decrease the incidence of violence against women and girls may include early education, changing sex role–stereotyped attitudes and behaviors, and working to achieve gender equality in terms of power differentials between men and women in relationships. Addressing how social institutions, such as popular media, film, and music, help to perpetuate sexual violence and harassment is still another key area of concern. Certainly efforts at the international level call for multifaceted interventions and legislation that would raise awareness in societies that still condone cultural practices that are destructive of women and exploit them. Thus other informative articles in the volume discuss United Nations (UN) measures to stop violence against women as well as the approach of the World Health Organization (WHO) in attempting to create a uniform database for reporting violence, defining violence, and devising a topology of violent acts. Another theme that cuts across the articles in this volume is the important issue of cultural influence on domestic violence and the adoption of a culturally sensitive framework for the development of effective interventions aimed at decreasing domestic violence against women. We are also presented with the provocative question of whether is it always women who are the victims, as some research finds that women are increasingly likely to inflict violence as well as to be victims of violence. Thus we are called upon to develop new concepts of intimate partner violence that account for these findings.


Flight safety evaluation is in favor of preventing and reducing the flight accident,improving the management level of flight safety and raising the reasonable and scientific level of flight safety decision-making.In order to improve the safety of flight system,a flight safety evaluation method based on relevance vector machine was proposed.First,relevance vector machine developed in the framework of Bayesian theory was introduced and its basic principle and modeling process was presented.Then based on system viewpoint,according to the actual situation of flight safety,the factors that influence the safety of flight system were found out on four sides of human,equipment,environment and management and the flight safety evaluation index system was constructed.Finally,based on this index system,the flight safety relevance vector machine evaluation model was establish,its advantage was that the weight of influence factors can adaptively adjust without analyzing the relations between the influence factors in the system.The actual example showed that,for the problem of flight safety evaluation,relevance vector machine method has a novel structure with a convenience application process,and the result obtained by relevance vector machine evaluation model also can reflect the facts of flight safety more reasonably.


Sports socio-psychological More specifically, individuals involved with organized sport now understand that for athletes to perform at their peak level of efficiency, they must possess and use a number of psychological skills. This is also true within the world of track and field as coaches and athletes have become interested in enhancing their athletes' psychological skills (Caudill, 1983). Sports Participation Leads and develop personality traits and abilities among participants, scholar has selected the 200 sample including sportsperson and non-sportsperson representing all India interuniversity tournament, further scholar has administered stander zed Aggressive Behavior scale constructed by A Kumar,and collected data has applied and assessed Aggressive behavior between sportsperson and non-sportsperson, it was found that sportsperson has exhibited higher level of aggressive comparing their counter group, it was rationalized that sports situation and stimulus leads to elicit assertive behavior among the sportsperson.


SUMMARY New faculty in church-related institutions can struggle with many stresses (e.g., meeting expectations, lack of collegiality, time restraints, balance of work and their contributions to their discipline, and balance of work and non-work activities). In addition, these faculty members are being asked to develop students holistically within a campus community and also to share their talents by being engaged in multiple external communities, as well. Since there is very little or no graduate preparation for these new faculty, it is important for them to understand the mission and identity of the institution and become engaged in its community by taking part in faculty development activities to receive clear expectations about their contributions, thereby reducing stress. Also colleges need to design an assessment program that simultaneously fosters the development of faculty and fulfills the mission of the institution, by looking at worth, as well as merit.


Metal can be bonded, or welded, directly to hard tissue by use of ultrasonic energy. Ultrasonic bonding of aluminum to dental enamel is reported by Hoffman and Gross.'-5 They have determined the bonding parameters of pulse power, pulse time, and vertical clamping force to form metal bonds to dental enamel3 and have established that the smoother is the surface, the more reliable is the bond.5 The reliability of forming ultrasonic bonds remains unchanged whether the surface organic matrix is removed or not.5 This implies that the bond is formed between the metal and the hydroxyapatite component of dental enamel. The tensile shear strength of a bond between aluminum and dental enamel can be in excess of 21,000 pSi.4 Microscopic and electron microscopic examination of the interface in the weld region reveals intimate contact and no interpenetration of aluminum and dental enamel up to magnifications of X 20,000.4 Ultrasonic bonds are known to produce leakproof seals.6 Ultrasonic bonds to dental enamel have survived in liquid log phase bacterial cultures in test periods as long as 8 weeks.4 Extension of these findings to biological conditions requires assurance of the thermal stability of an ultrasonic bond. The coefficient of expansion of aluminum (25.50 X 10-6/C.) is more than twice as great as that of dental enamel ( 1 1.40 X 1(0-6/C.). Graf7 and Knorr and Graf8 have shown, for instance, that although the temperature of the various courses of a complete dinner may range from -12'C. (e.g., ice cream) to +85 'C. (e.g., tea or coffee), the variation in temperature of teeth during the meal showed an excursion of temperature for incisors from +16° to +40'C. and for bicuspids, from + 1 7° to +45 0C. No evidence could be found for pathologic changes from these temperature variations, which were quite


This study aims to examine the associations between prenatal exposure to maternal smoking, birth weight and persistent offspring psychiatric symptoms. Additionally, we aim to examine whether the relationship between prenatal maternal smoking and persistent offspring psychiatric symptoms is mediated by offspring birth weight.


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Disabled‐1 (Dab1) is an adaptor protein mediating Reelin signaling in neuronal migration during brain development. Cyclin‐dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)–p35 is a proline‐directed Ser/Thr kinase also involved in neuronal migration. The interaction between Dab1 and Cdk5 is in need of investigation. Dab1 was phosphorylated at Ser400 and Ser491 by Cdk5 in vivo. We search for proteins that interact with Dab1 in a phosphorylation‐dependent manner at these sites, and identified CIN85, an SH3‐containing adaptor protein involved in endocytosis, and CPα/CPβ, which are subunits of barbed end F‐actin‐capping proteins (CP), as proteins bound to unphosphorylated Dab1 by mass spectrometric analysis. It was shown that the PTPAPR sequence of Dab1, conforming to the PxxxPR atypical SH3‐binding motif, was the binding site for SH3 domains of CIN85. The results that phosphorylation at Ser491 close to the PTPAPR sequence inhibited association with CIN85 may provide a mechanism regulating the interaction between the PxxxPR motif proteins and SH3 domains of CIN85 family proteins. Together with previous results that CIN85 regulates actin assembly, present results raise the possibility that Cdk5 modulates actin dynamics through regulation of CIN85–Dab1 interaction by the Dab1 phosphorylation.


Large Mandates and Limited Resources: State Response to the No Child Left Behind Act and Implications for Accountability By Jimmy Kim and Gail L. Sunderman February 2004


Electronic commerce has been widely recognized as an important element in many companies' pursuit of competitive advantage. However, with the rapid bursting of purely virtual, dot-com business, it is interesting to observe that, while some companies have reported substantial benefits from electronic commerce applications, even more companies may still be struggling to seek hard justification for their investments in the Internet applications. The difference seems to lie in the "how," rather than the "what," aspect of the Internet deployment. We recently conducted a survey in Taiwan to investigate how businesses in that part of the world apply the Internet technology and the perceived benefits resulting from their electronic commerce implementation practices. This paper reports our findings with regard to the correlations between various electronic commerce applications and their perceived benefits.


Fiske is an important scholar in the field of cultural studies and communication.His many opinions are displayed in explaination of popular cuture.His explaination of popular cuture,cuture context and resistance of audience are analyzed.Finally the limits of this study are shown.


In certain infants with ventricular septal defect and severe pulmonary hypertension, intensive nonoperative management fails to control the progression of cardiac failure.2,4-6,8,14Definitive operation for closure of the defect in these seriously ill infants has been so lethal in the experience of most surgeons that a palliative constriction of the pulmonary artery has been preferred.1-3,9,12,13We have employed this "pulmonary banding," introduced by Muller and Dammann10in 23 patients, most of whom were infants under the age of 12 months with tentative diagnosis of ventricular septal defect or other lesion giving pulmonary hypertension. Because the procedure is admittedly a temporizing measure in preparation for a subsequent definitive operation, final assessment of its worth must await the results of complete repair by this staged approach.7,12Meanwhile, it seems desirable to report on the status of those infants who have undergone pulmonary arterial constriction as the first phase


Objective To explore the effect of non-using antibiotics on children with laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in perioperative period.Methods 108 patients were divided into observation group and control group.Patients of observation group were not given antibiotics,while patients of control group were given antibiotics.Postoperative infection,hospitalization costs,length of stay were compared between the two groups.Results No patient had postoperative infection.The hospitalization costs and length of stay of observation group were lower than those of control group(P0.001).Conclusion It is not necessary to use antibiotics on children with laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.


We present a general method to analytically design a dispersion-managed (DM) fiber system for any desired fiber (dispersion, nonlinearity and losses) and pulse (width and energy) parameters. This analytical design allows one to transmit chirp-free Gaussian pulses (for very long distances) in almost all kinds of DM fiber systems that have appeared so far in the literature, including systems with dispersion map length greater, equal or shorter with respect to the amplification period.


The sentencing practices of the ECCC are devoid of context both with regard to weight and scale. These policies yield no concrete sentencing ranges and provide guidance that is metaphorical rather than practical. In part, this is due to the bench's dogmatic insistance on form over substance and, in part, because of the paucity of guidance the tribunal is provided in the cryptic ECCC law. Together these failures are counterproductive to transitional justice and the mandate of the Tribunal.


Residual stresses present in coatings are known to adversely affect coating adhesion and wear resistance, particularly in diamond coatings. Insertion of an appropriate intermediate layer between the coating and the substrate has been used to improve adhesion and wear resistance. In this study, the multilayer structures consisted of diamond/molybdenum carbide/molybdenum (substrate) and diamond/diamond-aluminum nitride/molybdenum carbide/molybdenum (substrate). Diamond was deposited via hot filament chemical vapor deposition, and AlN by laser physical vapor deposition. The residual stresses in the multilayer system of coatings were measured using x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy and compared to theoretical calculations. The sign of residual stresses in the diamond, molybdenum carbide and molybdenum were consistent with the expected sign due to thermal expansion mismatch. Raman analysis indicated that the diamond layer possessed compressive residual stresses, which increased near the molybdenum substrate/coating interface. The interposing AlN layer in the multilayer diamond sample may have provided enhanced adhesion for a given stress level relative to a sample without this interposing layer as the multilayer diamond sample did not delaminate.


The two-dimensional problem of diffraction of an elastic harmonic wave by the jump inhomogeneity in material filling a planar elastic waveguide with rigidly fixed walls is investigated. A special treatment was used to define the inner product. A proof of the theorem of equivalence of the problem to the infinite system of linear algebraic equations is given. The obtained system is solved by the truncation method. An example of numerical results is provided.


This study had carried out to investigate the usage status of customer, the positive effects and problems, and the most important items of the nutrition labeling at purchasing the food etc. on the current nutrition labeling system in order to establish the customer-centric nutrition labeling system. Survey was carried out by questionnaire method that is targeted on adult female above 20 years old in Seoul and Kyeongnam area from May to June, 2004. For the experience of checking the nutrition label of the processed domestic and imported processed food, 82% and 75.4% of the respondents were replied 'have checked' respectively. For the positive effects due to enforcement of the nutrition labeling system, the respondents agreed highly with 'easy to compare with other products' and 'improve the products quality'. For the problems of the nutrition labeling system, the respondents agreed highly with 'different criteria for each product' and 'incendiary purchasing due to false or exaggerated labeling', and gave the higher scale for the positive effects than the problems relatively. For the necessity of the nutrition labeling system, 96.2% of the respondents were replied 'necessary', and it was indicated a significant difference on age and marital status(p


The article is devoted to the activity of youth religious organizations "Saint Andrey union of Christian youth", the Christian union of young people, Scout organization, existing on the territory of Zabaikalie and the Far East in the period of Civil war, they played a great role in religious enlightenment of population.


In this paper it is shown that the method of D-partition, in conjunction with a decoupling state transformation technique, can be used to investigate the stabilizability by linear state feedback of a class of production-inventory systems incorporating unfilled-order backlogs in which the control policies are retarded by finite time-delays. The theory is illustrated by the presentation of typical transient and steady-state response characteristics of controlled production-inventory systems of this class.


It has for long been appreciated that the species known as Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in tropical Africa displays a wide range of variation. Recent experimental work at Oklahoma has provided some insight into the nature of this variation, and it is now feasible to propose a revised classification. It is not always easy to reconcile the morphological and cytogenetic aspects of the species concept, and in Cynodon some compromise is necessary in order to arrive at a system whose units are reasonably easy to recognize in practice, and at the same time constitute a fair summary of cytogenetic relationships. The present paper is confined to a formal presentation of the revised taxonomy. The hybridization studies from which it is derived will be discussed in detail elsewhere. The specimens cited are in the Kew Herbarium unless otherwise stated.


The subject of the article is a norm of can. 984 § 1 that is expressed in statement: "A confessor is completely prohibited from using the knowledge acquired from confession to the detriment of the penitent even when any danger of revelation is excluded". The basic problem of the article is the correct understanding of the sacramental seal. It embraces not only direct or indirect violation of the seal, but also refers to every circumstance that could be inconvenient for the penitent. The article shows arguments that might cause the departing from the ban. They are as follows: the care of a better celebration of the sacrament of penance, consultation with another confessor in case of the necessity, revelation of the sin for granting faculty and the dialogue with penitent about confession on penitent's wish. The Roman congregations and blessed Pope John Paul II used to warn confessors against the unwise revelation of the knowledge acquired from confession. The problem is still serious and requires permanent care of the bishops,  including the use of the canonical penalties.


In this paper, a fuzzy economic order quantity (E.O.Q) model with shortages under fully backlogging and constant demand is formulated and solved. Here the model is solved by fuzzy signomial geometric programming (FSGP) technique. Fuzzy signomial geometric programming (FSGP) technique provides a powerful technique for solving many non-linear problems. Here we have proposed a new idea that is fuzzy modified signomial geometric programming (FMSGP) and some necessary theorems have been derived. Finally, these are illustrated by some numerical examples and applications.


New polynitroimidazole explosive molecules were designed using 2,4,5-trinitroimidazole as "matrix" structural unit. The explosion parameters of designed explosives were calculated by Brinkley-Wilson(B-W) rule for predicting explosion decomposition products, Rothsteine′s method for estimating detonation velocity and Kamlet method for estimating C-J pressure. And the calculated detonation parameters were compared with those of RDX and HMX explosives. Results show that the designed explosives are a new class of high energy density material compounds with high density, detonation velocity and detonation pressure approaching to that of RDX even HMX. As imidazole ring in the molecules, having aromacity, the stability of these explosives molecules designed is favorable for potential application.


In this paper, we measured electromagnetic field strength characteristics near the microwave WPT apparatus in the quasi–far field distance (in several meters) and investigated the method of estimating the protection distance from the station by calculating the electromagnetic field strength. For the measurement method and the protection distance calculation the investigation was made with reference to IEC 62232, and ITU-T K.52, K.61 which prescribes the safety protection evaluation method for installing the radio base stations of telecommunications carriers. As a result for this model with rectangular microstrip antenna, it was found that if the transmission power is 30 W or less at 915MHz, the protection distance is estimated within 0.5 m under the reference level satisfied.


For years, S., originally from India, was trafficked and exploited for labour in an Indian household in the Netherlands. At the same time, S. was convicted for the manslaughter of a baby that was also part of the household, which occurred during the human trafficking experience. The case raises important questions about the role of the non-punishment principle in cases where trafficking victims also become the perpetrator. What is more, in this exceptional case the question took central stage as to whether this principle can also be applied when the offence committed falls in the homicide category. This article focuses on these questions and also aims to demonstrate the influence that convictions of trafficking victims can have on other decisions they are subject to.


The growth of thin layers of III–V semiconductors on a silicon platform for multijunction solar cell applications has the benefits of reduced materials cost and standing on the well-developed silicon integrated circuit and solar cell technology. A prime candidate for developing such a platform is gallium phosphide (GaP) because it has a 0.37% lattice mismatch with Si which is favorable for epitaxial growth. Using liquid phase epitaxy (LPE), we grew GaP films on Si (111) substrates. These GaP/Si structures were characterized for physical properties and further processed into solar cells. In order to investigate the affect of GaP growth on a Si solar cell, we also grew GaP layers on Si solar cells fabricated by a phosphorus diffusion process and compared this structure with a baseline Si solar cell with no GaP layer. The GaP/Si and Si solar cell devices were measured for quantum efficiency and IV characteristics and compared to baseline solar cells without a GaP layer. A GaP layer grown on a Si solar cell deteriorated the current and efficiency. A GaP layer grown on a p-type substrate had lower VOC but currents comparable to that of the baseline Si solar cell.


Abstract The skill of a mesoscale-model-based model output statistics (MOS) system that provided hourly forecasts for 18 sites over northern Utah during the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is evaluated. The MOS system was developed using three winters (November–April 1998/99, 1999/2000, and 2000/01) of forecasts by the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) and observations from Olympic venues and transportation corridors. MOS temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction forecasts were considerably more accurate than those produced by the 12- and 4-km MM5 grids. A primary contributor to MM5 temperature and relative humidity errors was a systematic overprediction of surface temperature (i.e., a warm/dry bias) during persistent and nocturnal cold-pool events when corresponding errors in MM5 dewpoint temperature forecasts were not observed. MOS largely corrected for this temperature bias. MOS wind speed forecast...


INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic, progressive infection that often has a latent period after the initial infection period. Early awareness from those period to have better prevention steps becomes an indispensable part for patients who want to lengthen their lives. Hence, applying cutting-edge technologies to support the medical business domain plays a key role in improving speed and accuracy in methods of diagnosis. Deep Neural Network-based technique (DNN) is one of such methods which offers positive results by leveraging the advantages of analyzing deeply the data, especially image data format via tons of deep layers of the neural networks. Our study was wrapped up by objectively assessing the performance of modern Deep Neural Network approaches and suggesting a model offering good results in terms of the selected metrics as defined later. In order to achieve optimized results, the chosen model must adapt well to the datasets but require less hardware and computational resources.OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to pick up and train a Deep Neural Network architecture which is highly trusted and flexibly fitted and applied to various datasets with minimum configurations. This will be used to produce good predictions based on the input data which are Chest X-ray images retrieved from the published datasets.METHODS: We have been approaching this problem by using the recognized datasets which have already been published before, then resizing them to the consistent input data for training purposes. In terms of Deep Neural Networks, we picked up VGG16 as the baseline network architecture, then use other ones which are state-of-the-art networks for comparison purposes. After all, we recommend the neural network architecture offering the most positive results based on accuracy and recall measurements. So that, this network architecture will show flexibility when fitting into diverse datasets representing different areas in the world that suffered from Tuberculosis before.RESULTS: After conducting the experiments, we observed that the Mobilenet model produced great results based on the predefined metrics for most of the proposed datasets. It shows the versatility which is applicable to all CXR datasets, especially for the Tuberculosis ones.CONCLUSION: Tuberculosis is still one of the most dangerous illnesses in the world that needs vital methods to prevent and detect soon so that patients are able to keep their lives longer. After this research, we are constantly improving the current accuracy of the models and applying the current results of this research for later problems such as detecting the Tuberculosis areas in real-time and supporting doctors to make decisions based on the current status of patients.


In the article the author presents evidence of the existence of the salt road in the region of the Tiszaside in the Great Moravian and the post-Great Moravian period. The evidence is based on his study of the names of settlements found in the early medieval historical documents. Among historically recorded settlement names, the most import-ant are the names derived from the common noun soľ 'salt'. It includes the following names: Soľari (in Hungarian Szalard) meaning 'workers in a salt storehouse or a guard of the storehouse'. Further up the north there is Solisce (Zolasche 1217) derived from solisce meaning 'location with occurrence of salt', i. e. 'salt in salty water'. Finally, on the banks of the Upper Tissza river there is a settlement named Soľka, historically documented as Kywzalka, Belzalka (1325) meaning 'deposit of rock salt' (kő) or 'beneath the earth surface' (bel). Also the name Soľnik (Zolnuk 1374, at present a village Soľnicka, derived from the common noun soľnik meaning 'place for storing salt', located near Tisza) belongs to this system of names.


Unidentified uropodid mite deutonymphs have been found in phoretic association with a late‐instar larva of Wiseana cervinata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). This is thought to be the first record of phoresy between such mites and a lepidopteran larva. Scanning electron micrographs of the mites and their attachments are presented.


Detection apparatus, a detection apparatus for detecting a user operation for the display of the air, and a control unit for changing the positional relationship between the detection reference and a display that detects the operation, the control may be changed by the position of the user.


Direct measurement of the liquid/solid interface position history of super-lateral growth (SLG) on a silicon thin film during excimer laser crystallization was carried out for the first time. Unidirectional lateral grains were grown periodically, and by measuring the intensity of zero-order diffraction laser light, we obtained the position history of the moving solid/melt interface. The result showed that SLG growth rate was constant at 5 m/s, regardless of the supercooling degree of the Si melt.


Diastereomerically pure cationic Rh(I) complexes derived from phosphinite thioglycosides I were used as catalysts in highly enantioselective hydrogenations of enamides. The conformational similarity of alpha-D-arabinopyranose with beta-L-galactopyranose allows the synthesis of both enantiomers of alpha-amino acid derivatives such as D- and L-DOPA in excellent ee (97% and 98%), using derivatives of the former sugar as catalyst precursors.


This thesis deals with a status of Emergency Medical Service in the Integrated Rescue System at the level of municipality with extended competence. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part defines basic concepts and legal scope related to the topic. Also, there is decribed the Integrated Rescue System and Emergency Medical Service. The practical part is focused on the Emergency Medical Service of Zlin region, especially its funding and provision of personnel and material. Another part consists of questionnaire survey focused on the evaluation of the cooperation of each component of the Integrated Rescue System and model situation of a traffic accident of tanker carrying ammonia. Based on the evaluation are made suggestions to improve the fulfilment of tasks of Emergency Medical Service.


Electronic Voting Technologies (EVTs) are increasingly used in elections, whether as electronic voter identification or digital ballot counting. Enthusiasts state that EVTs can avoid manual error and interference, thereby curbing corruption. African elections infamous for electoral rigging and marred by low trust, making them the perfect case for EVTs. However, as this essay shows, EVTs in authoritarian settings can prove more harmful than beneficial. Electronic ballots can misfunction or be manipulated. Moreover, the mandatory collection of biometric data by states can lead to increased civilians surveillance and repression. This paper details the pitfalls of EVTs and ethical dilemmas. It concludes that in the absence of political will, the creation of large databases curbs rather than enhances democratic freedoms.


This study aims to establish a novel method for cloning GII norovirus genome using generic primers rationally designed based on multiple alignments of 96 GII norovirus genome sequences.


Density functional methods have been applied to the thermochemistry of methanol C−H and O−H bond activation by group 5 through group 8 transition metal (TM)−oxo model complexes. Two channels have been investigated for both the C−H and O−H bond cleavage:  i.e., abstraction of the hydrogen by the TM−oxo complexes and addition of the C−H or O−H bond to the MO linkage. Structures of all species involved in these processes were fully optimized and further confirmed to be energy minimum points on the potential energy surfaces by frequency calculations. It is shown that the reaction enthalpies for all TM systems under investigation follows the order O−H hydrogen abstraction > C−H hydrogen abstraction > C−H bond addition > O−H bond addition. The O−H addition process was found for most of the systems to be a thermodynamically feasible channel. On the other hand, abstraction of a hydrogen from the O−H bond is for all but the Fe systems too endothermic to proceed. For the hydrogen abstraction channel, endothermicity...


IIn this paper the author makes analysis to the differences of thinking ways between the English and Chinese people and as a result the differences in English and Chinese literal presentation for the picture introduction in propaganda.In her opinion,it is just such differences as concrete and logical thinking,synthetic and analytical thinking that have caused the different translation of picture introduction: focus on direct experience-stress on abstract;synthesis-essence;high syntactic unit-low syntactic unit;exaggeration-reality.All these differences should be taken into consideration in the translation work so as to make it more satisfied with the thinking and reading habits of both English and Chinese readers.


Sustainable tourism must maintain a high level of customer satisfaction, raise awareness of sustainability concerns, and spread sustainable tourism practices among them. Several earlier studies have measured sustainable tourism in various regions of the world, but a thorough review of it is rare. Thus, the study is founded on a comprehensive literature review to evaluate the current research level and to provide guidelines for future research on sustainable tourism. The paper's first section clarifies and analyzes a broad overview of existing studies. While a tabulated presentation of studies, which consists of the author, significant objectives, methods, and critical results, is broadly given in the second part. The third part of the study highlights the critical analysis of the existing literature on sustainable tourism and research gaps. This study makes a significant positive contribution to sustainable tourism research. It is beneficial for aspiring researchers conducting subsequent research studies since it offers a research pathway to advance the field's literature. The broad domains of sustainability, issues related to sustainable infrastructure and services, livelihood, and management of tourism destinations are the critical areas that scientific research studies could further explore. The results of this study show that most studies lack depth in proper analysis, methodology, geographical variances, empirical analysis, and real-world application.


A ferroelectric-like hysteresis loop is obtained for a nonferroelectric system consisting of two back-to-back metal-semiconductor Schottky contacts with a large concentration of traps distributed over a finite thickness near the electrodes. The presented results show that a simple hysteresis loop measured at a single frequency is not always solid evidence of ferroelectricity in low-dimensional structures such as thin films or nanoscale structures.


In this paper we completely describe the 2n+2 minimal cyclic codes of length 2pnoverFq, as minimal ideals in the ringR=Fqx]/?x2pn?1? in terms of their generating idempotents. Explicit expressions for the primitive idempotents, generating polynomials, minimum distance, and dimension of these codes are obtained. We assume thatFq=GF(q), whereq(prime power) is primitive root modulo 2pnandn?1 is an integer, and bothpandqare odd.


Part 1 Embodied virtuality: or how to put bodies back into picture, N. Katherine Hayles Virtual skin: articulating race in cyberspace, Cameron Bailey Mysteries of the bioapparatus, Nell Tenhaaf When is the ear pierced? the clashes of sound, technology, and cyberculture, Frances Dyson Cyberdammerung at Wellspring Systems, Allucquere Rosanne Stone A disappearance of community, Avital Ronell Fascination, masculinity, and cyberspace, Rob Milthorp A city for bachelors, Jeanne Randolph Aboriginal narratives in cyberspace, Loretta Todd Nature Morte: landscape and narrative in virtual environments, Margaret Morse Time travelling in the gallery: an archaeological approach in media art, Erkki Huktamo. Part 2 Objects of ritual, Will Bauer and Steve Gibson Archaeology of a mother tongue, Toni Dove and Michael Mackenzie Dancing with the virtual dervish: virtual bodies, Diane J. Gromala and Yacov Sharir Bar code Hotel, Perry Hoberman VR on $5 a day, Ron Kuivila Placeholder, Brenda Laurel and Rachel Strickland Field recording studies, Michael Naimark Dancing with the virtual dervish: worlds in progress, Marcos Novak Topological slide, Michael Scroggins and Stewart Dickson Inherent rights, vision rights, Laurence Paul Yuxweluptun.


The rising world-wide health and the economic burden were caused by diabetes and associated complications. Cataract genesis and retinopathy are eye-catching forms of diabetes, which are the most important cause of blindness in the workforce. Notwithstanding various research and recent advances, it is still important to thoroughly elucidate the disease's exact pathophysiology and establish new and effective treatment methods for this chronic disorder. Highly preserved protein families (HSPs) act as defensive moles, which play a wide range of functions and can be manifested in response to various cell stresses. Numerous recent studies have demonstrated their presence in multiple eye conditions [1], including diabetic retinopathy. Earlier identification and timely treatment of visual DR has reduced visual loss incidence and development. To develop new successful preventative strategies in the early stages of DR, a multidisciplinary approach is needed. Moreover, clinical trials have shown correlations between diabetic complications and altered HSP and anti-HSP circulating levels. This makes HSP a therapeutic opportunity that is exciting and could be useful as a clinical biomarker. However, this research area is still very young, and further studies are needed both in the field of experimental diabetes and in humans to gain a complete understanding of HSP relevance.


Economic design approaches of control charts are commonly based on the assumption that various cost parameters values and the occurrence risk of assignable causes have to be a priori known with precision. However, in real operative contexts, such parameters can be really difficult to accurately estimate, especially considering costs arising from out-of-control conditions of the process. As consequence, pure economic design approaches can involve chart schemes with low statistical performance. To overcome such limitation, it is herein proposed a multi-objective economic-statistical design approach for an adaptive X-bar chart. In particular, such approach aims at the minimization of both the total quality related costs and the out-of-control average run length, in such a way assuring an optimal trade-off between economic and statistical performance of the related control procedure. Moreover, for a robust design approach, the mean shift is considered as a random variable. A mixed integer nonlinear constrained mathematical model is formulated to solve the treated problem, whereas the Pareto optimal frontier is described by the e-constraint method. In order to show the employment of the proposed approach, an illustrative example is developed and the related considerations are given. Finally, some sensitivity analysis is also performed to investigate the effects of operative and costs parameters on chart parameters.


The costs associated with ICD-10 are a given. The degree to which your practice benefits from that investment is up to you.


Studies were carried out to utilize five organophosphorus ultra-low volume (ULV) formalations as substitutes for BHC dust to control the acridids in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Eegion and other districts. Tests within the cages and ground and aerial applications in the field of ULV-formalations carried out from 1975 to 1980 showed that five organophosphorus insecticides including Malathion, Malathion plus DDVP, Dimethoate, Phenthoate and Phenthoate-ethyl could successfully substitute BHC dust. The dosage of the formulations for the applications ranged from 1500 to 2250 grams per hectare and the organophosphorus insecticides required to cause acridid mortalities above 90% are 375 to 675 grams for Malathion and Malathion plus DDVP, 300 to 450 grams for Dimethoate, and 375 to 600 grams for Phenthoate and Phenthoate-ethyl. These ULV-formalations were widely used in the vast grasslands of Xinjiang, Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Liaoning Province, and up till now a total area of approximately 700,000 hactares has been treated.


Three new C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, giraldines A (1), B (3) and C (4), were isolated from the roots of Delphinium giraldii Diels, together with three known C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, dihydrogadesine (5), tatsiensine (6) and siwanine A (7), as well as their structures were elucidated by chemical evidence and spectral analyses, including IR, MS, 1D NMR and 2D NMR.


In this paper segmentation of benign and malignant masses found on mammograms were segmented. After adding low valued pixels outside of mammogram, Chan-Vese active contour algorithm with a new stopping criteria was implemented. As a result, lacking segmentation was prevented. Experiments were made on 60 mammograms which had masses with different shape, size and visibility taken from Digital Database for Screening Mammography(DDSM). Proposed method had a Area Overlap Ratio of %75.1.


In 2000, Saul and Roweis proposed locally linear embedding as a tool for nonlinear dimensionality reduction [1,2]. In this paper, we modify the LLE algorithm and formulate it as a classi er in a manner reminiscent of He et al [3] and name it after Roweis and Saul. Our experiments with the ORL, YALE, FERET face databases and MNIST handwritten database show that our classi er has recognition rates of 95.41%, 95.55%, 95.41% and 92.50% respectively, clearly outperforming the baseline PCA and LDA classi ers as well as the recently proposed Laplacianfaces. We propose a modi cation to the training phase of the classi er by perturbing the within class entries of the reconstruction matrix constructed during the training phase. This perturbation leads to an increase in the success rates for some datasets. We point out the relationship between the Roweis-Saul classi er and PCA and LDA. Various hypothesis tests have been suggested for comparing classi ers [4,5]. We apply some of the hypothesis tests suggested by Dietterich and Alpaydin to compare the Roweis-Saul classi er and the Laplacianfaces and show that the Roweis-Saul classi er outperforms the Laplacianfaces for the datasets considered here.


The current qualitative and quantitative study methods intend to investigate the quality of electronic examinations and the obstacles of changing the examinations' process from the participants' experiences and perspectives. The study generates feedback to enhance the adoption and improvement of the e. examination process. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, electronic exams help much during the education interruption. The study employed two tools to answer the study'scentraln question: "To what extent did teachers and students reflect on the quality of electronic examinations' criteria? They Were distributed among (n=165) undergraduates and (n=24) faculty members during 2020/2021. Findings from the e. questionnaire's SPSS and interview's content analyses indicated that most participants were satisfied with the e. exams' flexibility, ease of use, clarity, fairness in grading, and feasibility in time, efforts, and money. Concerning challenges, few undergraduates complained about the Network problems, e. cheating, and the number of attempts to answer e. exams. Few faculty members have complained that some questions require different preparation methods, e. exams increase students' scores without much effort. On the other hand, it opened the door for malpractices. To conclude, the results revealed that E. examinations are of high quality; they were responsible for undergraduates' high performance, saved effort and time more than the in-class exams. The study recommends future research exploring families, especially parents, about their experience with kids regarding the quality of online examinations during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Moreover, research is needed to address how teachers deal with the validity and reliability of the electronic exams


The software application of the discrete logarithms on the "large" finite field is studied. The most effective algorithm for the problem is the general number field sieve (GNFS). Focusing on the theory of GNFS of solving software Cado-NFS and lattice sieves, we find the selection of lattice sieve which improve efficiency of CADO-NFS. This is the first parameter modification suggest. The efficiency of our selection is better than the current by experiment.


Abstract Glutamine plays an important role in neonatal growth and health. It is unknown whether supplementing the lactating sows' diet with glutamine will benefit the growth performance and intestinal development of suckling piglets through increasing content of milk glutamine. A total of 24 lactating sows (Large White) were fed diets supplemented with/without 1% glutamine throughout the 21-d lactation. Feed intake of the sows was recorded, blood and milk samples were collected. Piglets were weighed at birth and weaning, one piglet randomly selected from each litter was sacrificed for morphological analysis of the small intestine. Average daily feed intake of the sows did not differ between control and glutamine groups. Concentrations of total protein and urea nitrogen in sows' serum was increased by glutamine at d 14 of lactation (P<0.05). Contents of glutamine in both plasma and milk of sows were significantly increased by glutamine supplementation throughout lactation (P<0.01). Concentrations of proline, citrulline, valine, isoleucine, leucine, and arginine in sows' plasma were increased by glutamine supplementation (all P<0.05). Milk yield was increased by glutamine supplementation at d 14 and 21 of lactation (P<0.05). Supplementing the lactating sows' diet with glutamine increased average daily gain (P=0.006), weaning weight (P=0.032), as well as villous height and ratio of villous height:crypt depth in duodenum of the suckling piglets (both P<0.05). Collectively, supplementing lactating sows' diet with 1% glutamine significantly improved the growth performance of suckling piglets through elevating milk yield and glutamine content in the milk.


Structure of personality is object of interest for not only psychologists and psychiatrists, but also for sociologists, theologians, jurists and criminologists. Behavior is phenomenologist expression of personality that cans bee social accepted or criminal. Evaluation of delinquents personality by they behavior is the standard method in forensic psychiatry and criminology. This research is prospective forensic study with 155 perpetrators, 137 male and 18 female. They were divided in three groups by types of offences: delinquents that committed thefts, violent and sexual crimes. All of them are examined in the Department of forensic psychiatry in Prison hospital in Belgrade during the period between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2006. Forensic psychiatric examinations included psychological tests, psychiatric, neurophysiological and somatic examination. Diagnostic classification follows the criteria of ICD-10. Aims of this research are identification of psychopathological characteristics of delinquents' personality and evaluation of criminological significance of personality. The results are statistics arrange. In delinquents that committed violent crimes authors found infantilism and paranoid characteristics, in sexual delinquents- infantilism, and in delinquents that committed thefts beside infantilism, we found emotional instability. This research confirmed scientific justifiableness comparative analyses characteristics of personality and behavior in study of criminal. .


The staling of baked products remains a significant cause of economic loss due to the loss of enjoyment seen as crumb firming occurs. The aims of the current project have been to investigate the stability of amylases in bakery formulations. In addition, t


For the athlete or weight trainer who has reached a strength plateau, finding an optimal training program that will stimulate a further strength increase can be a complex problem. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two squat training programs utilizing the parallel squat and a functional isometric squat on dynamic strength, static strength and power in college males. Ten subjects enrolled in an advanced power weightlifting class were divided equally into two groups—a functional isometric squat group (FIS), or a dynamic squat group (DS). The subjects trained two days per week for a total of eight weeks, which consisted of a two week pre-conditioning and technique learning period followed by a six week "periodized" functional isometric or dynamic squat training program. Changes in dynamic and static strength were measured with a 1 RM parallel squat and knee extension cable tensiometer test, respectively. Power capacity was assessed by a vertical jump test. Statistically, analysis of the data revealed a significant increase (p < 0.01,) in dynamic strength for both groups. The FIS group, however, realized a statistically greater improvement (p < 0.05) than the DS group. Neither group showed changes in static strength. Both groups made a significant increase (p < 0.05) in power, although the DS group had a statisticaly greater improvement (p < 0.01) than the FIS group (p < 0.05). The results seem to indicate that functional isometric squat training is highly effective in increasing leg strength but not as effective as dynamic squat training for improving jump power.


This report discusses global trade in wine, which has Several important issues have emerged in recent years with respect to
international wine trade, particularly between the EU and non-EU countries,
including oenological (wine-making) practices and the use of "semi-generic" names
for wines. The latter issue is encompassed under the debate on "geographical
indications" at the World Trade Organization. Ongoing bilateral negotiations
between the United States and the EU seek to resolve both of these issues. .


Innovative criteria and approaches can assist the designing of electric power systems in pursuing aims on operational performances, safety, reliability, energy and costs saving. The paper deals with an innovative design strategy of building power systems by introducing criteria based on both the "installation approach" and the "operating approach". It promotes an In-Op design of the electrical power systems that take care not only the gap on load in selecting the rating of components but also their gap on lifetime with an actual life loss lower than the time from installation.


In this paper, we investigate how real estate portfolio composition impacts earnings management (EM) of New Zealand listed property portfolios (NZ-LPPs). We employ a panel dataset containing accounting and property data for NZ-LPPs. The findings include: (1) the office property ratio of the real estate portfolio provides the highest incentive for LPPs to engage in EM; (2) LPPs with a higher ratio of industry are less likely to use accrual EM and real EM approaches based on property transactions; and (3) LPPs with a hospital focus prefer accrual EM, while LPPs with a retail focus prefer long-term accrual EM and sales manipulation.


Adaptive or intelligent structures which have the capability for sensing and responding to their environment promise a novel approach to satisfying the stringent performance requirements of future space missions. This research focuses on a finite element analysis active vibration suppression of an intelligent composite platform that is designed for thrust vector control of a satellite thruster and has simultaneous precision positioning and vibration suppression capabilities. This smart platform connects the thruster to the structure of the satellite and has three active struts and one active central support with one piezoelectric stack in each. A finite element harmonic analysis was employed to develop a vibration suppression scheme, which was then used to study the vibration control of the satellite structure using the vibration suppression capabilities of the intelligent platform mounted on the satellite. The applicability of the model is first demonstrated on a single strut using a one-dimensional approach. This approach is then extended to the full intelligent composite platform employing a three-dimensional approach. In this approach, the responses of the structure to a unit external force as well as unit internal piezoelectric control voltages are first determined, individually. The responses are then assembled in a system of equation as a coupled system and then solved simultaneously to determine the control voltages and their respective phases for the system actuators for a given external disturbance. This approach is an effective technique for the design of smart structures with complex geometry to study their active vibration suppression capabilities and effectiveness.


The authors present the relationship between the linear minimum mean squared error (MMSE) detector and the symbol-level adaptive MMSE (SAM) detector. A study of the tap coefficient matrix of the centralised SAM detector shows that its computational complexity can be reduced. In addition, a constraint is imposed on the SAM to acquire a more accurate channel estimate.


The olfactory circuit in fruit flies is mapped out by combining genetic tools with in vivo measurements of neural activity.


The market relations demand a reasonable attitude to the formation of the competition strategy for successful functioning and development of the market entities. The systems approach to the problem of competitiveness supposes the development of strategy of its achievement at all levels of economy: the state, industry, region and enterprise. The purpose of the formation and development of the food industry cluster in a region includes the following: the creation of the conditions for the expansion of intra-industry production and the development of competitiveness in the food industry by improving the state regulation of agriculture and ensuring the effectiveness of integration ties between the agricultural market entities. This structure assumes the maximum use of the available productive capacity of industries that are related to food production, modernization and efficient placement of agro-industrial enterprises as well as their target support. The cluster mechanism which is a subsystem of the organizational-economic mechanism of the food security system is the basis of rational and effective solution of regional, social and environmental problems in the sphere of industrial production.


A new method for polarization dependence analysis of periodic nanostructured SERS substrates was proposed. The method combines the Fourier transform and the wave vector matching model of surface plasmon polariton (SPP). The periodic nanostructured SERS substrate was sensitive to the polarization Angle of incident light, which seriously affected the application of the substrate in practical detection. In this paper, based on the Drude model, the wave vector matching conditions of metal surface plasmas excited by incident light are studied. The compensation wave vector deviation coefficient η which characterizes the weakening degree of surface electric field intensity under different polarization angles of incident light is defined. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and η -value analysis of one-dimensional and two-dimensional sinusoidal gratings are carried out respectively. Compared with the relationship curve obtained by the two methods, there is a negative correlation between the η -value curve and the maximum electric field intensity Emax curve of the grating surface. Moreover, the difference between the theoretical value of Emax and the simulation result is very small ( Δ <0.2). FDTD simulation and calculation results show that η -value can well describe the attenuation law of Emax of periodic nanostructured SERS substrate when the polarization angle of incident light changes. The method has simple analysis process and less computation. This method provides a fast and simple polarization correlation analysis method for SERS substrate design.


Today, dental implants are widely accepted by patients and are seen as a desired therapy for the restoration of partly or wholly edentulous jaws. As a result, this therapy option is applied more and more often in the daily practice. It follows that the number of periimplantitis cases, an infection of the periimplant tissue, increases. Thus, periimplant inflammations will become more and more important for dentists in the future.


Abstract In this paper, we discuss some properties of beta function of several variables which are the extension of beta function of two variables. We define k-beta function of several variables and derive some properties of this function which are the extension of k-beta function of two variables, recently defined by Diaz and Pariguan [4]. Also, we extend the formula Γk(2z) proved by Kokologiannaki [5] via properties of k-beta function.


An existing azobe wood bridge deck was replaced by ultra high strength concrete (cube strength 180 MPa) panels. This paper deals with 2 bascule moving bridges in the A44 motorway near Sassenheim, The Netherlands. The longitudinal steel girders are spaced 685 mm apart. Each bridge deck consists of 4 panels 7.25 χ 2.95 m. In order to keep the maximum weight under 170 kg/ m the CRC principle was used. This means very slender very high strength concrete construction parts combined with a high percentage of reinforcement. In this case the panels are 45 mm thick with 3 layers 08-40 mm reinforcement (5.6 %). The edges are 65 mm thick with 10% reinforcement.


The purpose of this article is to present a research on Czech singles from the marketing communication point of view. Article determinates the theoretical concept of integrated marketing communication in the introductory section. Further the results of descriptive and exploratory analysis describes segment from marketing potential perspective. For the purpose of collecting data, the survey method was chosen with the use of online self-administrated questionnaire. The final sample consists of 309 respondents living voluntarily single. The data were analysed by SPSS software. Descriptive statistics showed high persuasive effect of recommendations, competition and sales and loyalty programs. Mobile advertising and promotional events had the lowest effect. Factor analysis disclosed two underlying factors. These factors explained structure in the data and showed important similarities with theoretical categorisation of communication mix.


The pricing decision is considered one of the most important managerial decisions, due to its effect on the profitability for the short and long terms, so developing of cost systems becomes a vital matter, should be dealt with is in objectivity and scientifically to achieve the optimum decisions in this field. The increasing importance of this research study that it's mentioned one of the modern pricing methods, known as the formal objectively cost in pricing. The study came with the aim to define and clear the reality of used price mechanism style in the field of saudy pharmaceutical industry and how much relevant or convenience to the current developments and improvements in the multiform of competitions, then rising high the used pricing methods through suggesting modern pricing formal depending on fierce price competition in the market as abase for pricing decision-making. Both hypotheses in the research study were examined in the mentioned field due to the present big and high competition. The practical data of the study have been collected through the direct watch and personal conversation. In addition to that we also design a questionnaire as well as we applied the analytical study style. The study came out with the following main results: showing main factors effecting pricing decisions and these are: customers, competitors, and cost; adopting traditional pricing methods within globalization and free trading which unable the competition within the common price in the competitive markets; target cost approach which represents a pricing method, planning profit system, and cost management in the competitive environment. The main recommendations of the study are: developing cost systems in order to improve decision making, adopting target cost approach in pricing in order to improve decisions related to pricing. The companies related to this study must create programs, and specialized developed training courses in pricing to splay its employees with the up-dates in this field.


Traditional oxygen sensing probes fail to work in low-pressure vacuum carburizing processes. Currently, there is no effective sensing device that can directly measure the carbon potential in a vacuum furnace. Therefore, the accurate measurement and calculation of carbon flux is an important and urgent issue to be solved for the development of low-pressure vacuum carburizing. In this work, the process of carbon atom diffusion into metal is discussed by theoretical and experimental analyses, and a test method applicable to the determination of carbon flux in low-pressure vacuum carburization is investigated. At the carburizing pressure of 300 Pa and the carburizing temperature of 930 °C, the carbon flux is measured in a self-developed low-pressure vacuum carburizing furnace with the change in carburizing time from 0 to 64 s. The effects of carburizing pressure and carburizing temperature on surface carbon flux are investigated under different carburizing pressures of 100 Pa, 200 Pa, 300 Pa and different carburizing temperatures of 930 °C, 950 °C, 980 °C. With the examination of the temperature influence on the carbon flux, a carbon flux model is established for the low-pressure vacuum carburization of 12Cr2Ni4 steel.


Pseudomonas aeruginosa J16 isolated from wastewater of the petrochemical factory located in southern Taiwan was used in this experimental study for the production of rhamnolipid. Recently researchers reported that, addition of 0.44%corn steep liquor(CSL) to the mineral salt medium enhanced the rhamnolipid production to 7.68 g/L, approximately 1.87-fold times higher than culture medium with no corn steep liquor.The optimal formulation was identified by response surface methodology (RSM) as follows: glycerol(11.37%), (NH4)2SO4(89.82mM), Corn steep liquor(3.74%), Na2HPO4 (40 mM), KH2PO4 (40 mM), CaCl2 (6 ?嵱), MgSO4.7H2O (577 ?嵱), EDTA (4?嵱), and FeSO4.7H2 (4?嵱). Statistical experimental design methodology was not only applied to optimize the culture medium composition also it was applied for further enhancement of rhamnolipid. Interestingly while applying this methodology the rhamnolipid concentration was 20.25 g/L and productivity of about 0.210 g/L/h have been achieved. The result of NMR、FAB-MS and HPLC analysis concealed that the biosurfactant is rhamnolipid The results of fed-batch in shaking flask revealed that when optimum fed nutrient is 3% glycerol ((NH4)2SO4, corn steep liquor included) and the optimum fed timing is 36hr, the rhamnolipid production was 26.80 g/L . Significantly, feeding strategy result shows the best rhamnolipid concentration of 31.39 g/L, approximately 1.5-fold times higher than batch experiment and 7.85 fold times higher than mineral salt medium. These results once again confirmed that the fed batch strategy was convenient and efficient method for rhamnolipid production. For efficient separation of mono-rhamnolipid and di-rhamnolipid a column with C-18 packing have been carried out. The results of separation revealed that 5g rhamnolipid may collect sole di-rhamnolipid 0.988 g and the recovery yield is 19.76% efficiently.


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SCHIZOPHRENIA The International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia. World Health Organization. Volume z. Geneva. 1973. Pp. x+426. Price Sw. fr. 56.00. The International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia is part of a programme of epiderniological psychiatry developed by the Mental Health Unit of the World Health Organization. The Study, which started in 1967, involves nine Field Research Centres—Aarhus, Agra, Cali, Ibadan, London, Moscow, Taipei, Washington and Prague. The completed study aims to answer the following questions: a. †̃¿ In what sense can it be said that schizophrenic dis orders exist in different parts ofthe world? Do they differ in form or content ? Does the clinical course differ?' b. †̃¿ Can other functional psychoses also be recognized and do they run a recognizably different course?' C. †̃¿ Can techniques be developed for recording and classifying symptomatology reliably?' d. †̃¿ Can teams of research workers be trained to use these techniques so that comparable observations can be made in both developed and developing countries?' This interim report gives the results of the Present State Examination on i ,202 patients at the nine centres. The modest, but acceptable inter-centre reliability suggests that for this study the answer to questions c. and d. is a cautious Yes. If subsequent reports can also answer questions a. and b. this ambitious programme will have been well worth while. At the very least the study will facilitate both the development of epidemiology in the countries concerned and the planning of psychiatric facilities. The report is clearly presented. Many authors were involved, but much of it was written by J. K. Wing,


The number of radio frequency applications is steadily increasing, with increasing demand for more bandwidth and higher data rates shifting the carrier frequencies to higher values. This trend is a consequence as well as the driver of the development of low-cost technologies for RFICs. Digital broadcasting, mobile radio, satellite transmission links for telephone, radio, and television, navigation systems, telematics, microwave landing systems, broadband multimedia distribution, optical broadband transmission systems with data rates up to the Tb/s range are examples for such applications.


Double HEVC compression detection is of great importance in video forensics. However, effective detection algorithm based on the same Qps is rarely reported. In this paper, a novel method based on the same Qps is applied in dealing with double HEVC compression detection. Firstly, the numbers of PU blocks with the size of 4×4 in each I frame is extracted during the codec procedures when the video is compressed with the same Qps. Then, calculate the standard deviation of 4×4 PU blocks difference (SDoPU) before and after the compression. Finally, select the appropriate threshold for compression testing classification according to the SDoPU statistical feature. By performing numerical experiments, We prove that the proposed algorithm is of high classification accuracy for detecting double HEVC compression.


In 1993, Robinson and Berridge published their first review that laid out the incentive sensitization theory of addiction (Robinson and Berridge 1993 Brain Res Rev 18:247). Its basic point is that repeated exposure to drugs of abuse causes hypersensitivity to drugs and drug-associated stimuli of the neural circuits mediating incentive salience, an important way in which motivational stimuli influence behavior. In laymen's terms, it states that this drug-induced hypersensitivity of motivational circuitry would mediate an increase in drug "wanting," thus being responsible for the dramatically exaggerated motivation for drugs displayed by addicts. This theory has been exceptionally influential, as evidenced by the fact that the original review paper about this theory (Robinson and Berridge 1993 Brain Res Rev 18:247) has been cited 2,277 times so far, and subsequent updates of this view L.J.M.J. Vanderschuren (*) Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands e-mail: email@example.com R.C. Pierce Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA Curr Topics Behav Neurosci, DOI 10.1007/7854_2009_21 # Springer‐Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 (Robinson and Berridge 2000 Addiction 95(Suppl 2):S91; Robinson and Berridge 2001 Addiction 96:103; Robinson and Berridge 2003 Ann Rev Psychol 54:25) have been cited 274, 297, and 365 times, respectively, adding up to more than 3,200 citations within 15 years. The present chapter aims to delineate the merits and limitations of the incentive sensitization view of addiction, and whether incentive sensitization occurs in humans. We conclude that since incentive sensitization most prominently occurs after the first few drug exposures, it may represent an important initial step in the addiction process. During the expression of full-blown addiction, characterized by loss of control over drug intake and use of large quantities of drugs, the expression of incentive sensitization may be transiently suppressed. However, detoxification and the gradual disappearance of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms may unmask sensitization, which could then play an important role in the high risk of relapse.


2007;119:1095–1103 2. Bernard A, Carbonnelle S, de Burbure C, Michel O, Nickmilder M. Chlorinated pool attendance, atopy, and the risk of asthma during childhood. Environ Health Perspect. 2006;114:1567–1573 3. Bernard A. Chlorination products: emerging links with allergic diseases. Curr Med Chem. 2007;14:1771–1782 4. Kohlhammer Y, Döring A, Schäfer T, Wichmann HE, Heinrich J. Swimming pool attendance and hay fever rates later in life. Allergy. 2006;61:1305–1309 5. Nickmilder M, Voisin C, Bernard A. Risks of asthma associated with the attendance of open-air chlorinated swimming pools during childhood [abstract]. Presented at: European Respiratory Society annual congress; September 15–19, 2007; Stockholm, Sweden


The speed control, for an engine coupled to a generator charging a battery, has a speed detector (D) measuring the engine's (E) speed and producing a signal for a control (GM). The control unit controls the generator's (GM) current generation when the engine's speed drops below a given limit that lies below the no-load speed of the engine. A number of cylinders, can be deactivated when the engine load drops. The control unit's control signal depends on the number of cylinders in operation. The control unit is disabled when the engine is running on all cylinders under no load.


Although radical cystectomy remains the standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, concurrent chemoradiotherapy offers a curative option to patients medically unfit for radical surgery and an alternative conservative treatment for selected patients who are potential candidates for cystectomy. Pelvic irradiation techniques in the various pelvic cancers such as bladder cancer are most often accompanied by toxicity over the course and the long term, despite new advances in radiotherapy such as IMRT and VMAT. Which were still able to reduce the rate of acute and late toxicities after treatment? A good knowledge of these complications makes it possible to: detect them, treat them or better, prevent them for a better quality of life. Survival rates are poor for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, with around 45% of patients surviving for 5 years regardless of the type of treatment.


Abstract : The objective for this project was to design, build, and demonstrate a semi-automated system to provide an efficient, relatively economical, and safe approach for recovering single unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets in shallow water that are buried too deeply in the sediment layer to be recovered by a diver having access only to hand tools. For the purposes of this project, we assume than an underwater UXO survey, analysis, and preparation of a target list has been completed, and that individual target positions have been reacquired for investigation and marked either with flags (very shallow water) or with weights and floats. After the targets have been marked, the recovery process begins. A work boat is anchored adjacent to the target; it is stabilized by two spuds that are driven into the sediment. A deck crane is used to lower a cylindrical fiberglass shroud onto the target position and a remotely operated water jet/vacuum dredge is used to excavate the sediment from the hole to expose the target. The target is remotely examined using either a TV camera or an imaging sonar system to determine the target's identity and its fuzing. If a supervisory UXO technician determines that the target is safe to recover, it is remotely retrieved using an array of electromagnets.


Teachers' Virtue Construction has been a highlight of professional ethics of teachers.With changes in times and environments,ethical values take on different trends.Especially,confusion about reference standards for moral values and confounding of moral value system result in discrepancies in moral levels,furthermore influence the education effects and even the establishment of the core value system of the whole society.Therefore,it is necessary to explore the moral construction in education industry,with civic education to help people build a healthy conscious holistic mainstream values of society,to safeguard legitimate rights and interests of teachers and develop scientific,fair and feasible systems to create a healthy moral acceptance environment for teachers,and to enhance the sense of duty so that moral education can really play a role in building the overall value assessment criteria.Reconstruction of assessment system of the ideological and moral education of the foundational teachers in the new era can help promote the construction of the overall value system in the society.


The Korringa ratio $\mathcal{K},$ obtained by taking an appropriate combination of the Knight shift and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation time, is calculated at finite temperature T in the three-dimensional electron gas model, including the electron-electron interaction U and nonmagnetic impurity scatterings. $\mathcal{K}$ varies in a simple way with respect to U and T; it decreases as U is increased but increases as T is raised. However, $\mathcal{K}$ varies in a slightly more complicated way with respect to the impurity scatterings; as the scattering rate is increased, $\mathcal{K}$ increases for small U and low T, but decreases for large U or high T. This calls for a more careful analysis when one attempts to estimate the Stoner factor from $\mathcal{K}.$


Seats are one of the most significant components of vehicles. Customer's expectations for the comfort in vehicle seats rise continuously. Designing of automobile seats has always been a challenge for engineers as design parameters for automobile seats are complex. When it comes to the design of automobile seats, three design objectives, namely comfort, safety and health need to be fulfilled simultaneously. Vibration analysis plays a major role in engineering including the area of design for automobile comfort. Human structure, as a mechanical system, is immensely complex and the mechanical properties of human body readily undergo change. In addition, the vibration can initiate the development of pressure ulcer and other long-term diseases. Comfort measurement is challenging because of such factors as user subjectivity, seat geometry, occupant anthropometry and amount of time spent sitting. The purpose of this study is to identify the most significant parameters that make vibration in the vehicle seat which reduce passenger comfort and to identify the design parameters that can impact on appropriate seat design. Suspension systems, seat cushion and sitting postures are some of the vital parameters that have huge impacts on comfort analysis. This review could help in design of seat cushions with appropriate material properties and in analysing the comfort levels of human body to reduce the vibration transmissibility at the critical frequency bands.


Complex products have sophisticated quality characteristics,composition,and parameters in the parts design.Hence,any attempt of optimizing single quality characteristics in the design of complex products is prone for failure.The traditional Taguchi method mainly resolves problems related to single-layer and simple design.This paper applies Taguchi method to the design of products with crossed structure,and transforms SN ratio into standard quality loss.Taguchi method offers a solution to resolving quality improvement problems for complex products. Several quality characteristics of the designed products are firstly determined.Controllable factors are then selected as parameters to help determine quality structure for complex products.Engineers help configure parameter levels according to their expertise.Taguchi method is then employed to design parameters and calculate SN ratio for each quality characteristics.However,Taguchi parameter design method can't resolve issues related to crossed quality structure because parameters designed separately to measure quality have conflicts.In order to overcome the shortcoming of Taguchi method,we propose the following process in setting parameter levels: First,we conduct the ANOVA analysis to calculate SN ratio in order to design parameters,and determine the effect of parts on quality characteristics.Second,we transform S/N ratio into a standardized quality loss.Quadratic regression analysis is conducted by taking significant factors of each quality characteristic as an independent variable.Each independent variable has values in three levels(1,2 or 3).Dependent variable is standardized quality loss.Third,integer programming is constructed to minimize the comprehensive quality loss of the production system.Optimal combination of various parameters is set to resolve programming problems. In summary,SN ratio is transformed into quality loss based on the traditional Taguchi parameter design.Multiple regression analysis is used to determine the levels of different parameters and minimize comprehensive quality loss of complex product systems.Last,an example is used to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.


Objective To study the clinical sence of endotoxin quantity determination and compare with hemoculture results. Methods Using retrospective investigation to analyze the prevalence of endotoxin in plasma and results of hemoculture from 326 patients. Results The quantity of plasma endotoxin in hemoculture positive patients (149.05~2101.11pg/ml) was higher than that in negative patients (0.33~450.31pg/ml) (Z=3.73,P0.05).The quantity of plasma endotoxin in hemoculture negative patients with high temperature(28.03~4623.52pg/ml) was higher than that in ptaients with lower temperature(2.22~94.41pg/ml), the deference had statistical sence(Z=4.91,P0.05). Conclusion Detecting endotoxin in plasma will help to determine endotoxemia early and use medicine reasonably and promptly.


In Styria there are 35 avalanche commissions for 47 parishes. They are divided into 11 different political areas. The local avalanche commission has the function to advise the public au- thorities of the emergency service. The avalanche commission can also advise other decision makers and if necessary suggest arrangements to reduce avalanche danger. Within the avalanche service there were 20 meteorological weather stations equipped. The total number of voluntary local members of avalanche commissions is 298 at the moment. Of these are 3 members of the federal state Carinthia, 8 members of Upper Austria and 287 members of Styria. In the final organisation plan of the Styrian avalanche service you find the members of the ava- lanche commissions, their education and their function. Their sphere of action can be found in the rules and regulations of the avalanche commissions. The temporally limited number of arrangements concern the organized skiing area, transport routes and settlement areas. The assessment of ava- lanche danger in the free skiing area is not the job of the avalanche commission. The members of the avalanche commission work voluntarily and unsalaried but are provided with the best insurance cov- erage of "Land Steiermark". The avalanche report is a service for all end-users. In 2005 Styria was affected by catastrophic avalanches like no other federal state in Austria. Between February 2 nd and February 5 th , 2005 there were more than 200 avalanches registered in Styria. All end-users got a good information about the avalanche situation on the homepage from the avalanche service Styria (www.lawine-steiermark.at).


To reform perfect China's personnel resource management, we must determine its value orientation. At the new period of social economic development, China's personnel resource management should take the value orientation of promoting man's sustainable development, raising efficiency, optimizing its systematic function and improving China's structural reform of politics.


vascular component (Fletcher 1995). In the present case, the tumour was solitary and showed a capillary-like appearance. The mass was capsulated and was composed of typical mature adipose and vascular tissue, which tended to be situated mainly at the periphery of the tumour, with intervening septa of collagen fibres. An additional histological finding was the presence of small fibrin thrombi in a few vascular spaces; this is often a diagnostically helpful feature in human angiolipomas (Enzinger and others 1988). As there appear to be no previous reports, the authors consider cardiac angiolipomas to be very rare in domestic animals. In the present case, the tumour arose from the pericardium and resembled in architecture the soft tissue angiolipomas described in dogs (Liggett and others 2002) and human beings (Fletcher 1995).


OBJECTIVE:To observe therapeutic efficacy of omeprazole combined with famotidine vs.ranitidine in the treatment of peptic ulcer.METHODS:From Jan.2009 to Nov.2010,95 inpatients with peptic ulcer were randomly divided into combined therapy group(48 cases,omeprazole combined with famotidine) and ranitidine group(47 cases,ranitidine).Levofloxacin was used to make antibiotic treatment in 2 groups.All cases were followed up for 6 months.pH in stomach,helicobacter pylori(Hp) eradicated or not and other indicators were compared before and after treatment.RESULTS:After 4 weeks treatment,peptic ulcer symptoms of 2 groups were improved.Compared with ranitidine group,acid resistance capacity of combined therapy group was strong and persistent(P0.05).After 6 months following-up,Hp was removed completely in combined therapy group(P0.05).No severe ADR was found in 2 groups.CONCLUSION:Omeprazole combined with famotidine is effective and safe in treatment of peptic ulcer.


To achieve the technique process of map spot extraction,land groups area statistics and land use status map making,we carried out supervised classification,the main processing platform of ENVI and ARCGIS and some basic data that used by TM remote sensing data and topographic map vector element.The practice shows that,for the project,as an effective method for acquisition fundamental information in early time,this technique has shortened the operation cycle,and has saved the cost.The objectivity and vivacity result also could be applied in future work additionally.


The purpose of this study was not only to investigate the effect of stressful life events on depression but also to find out the protective effects of social support and family cohesion on the relationship between stressful life events and depression for female heads in poverty. The data was collected in 44 Community Welfare Centers and Self-Help Promotion Agencies using a self-reporting survey. For the purpose of the study, I recruited female heads in poverty(the beneficiaries of National Basic Livelihood Security Act and the Near Poor Group). 290 questionnaires were gathered and analysed. In order to examine the data, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, and statistical package SPSS/PC 12.0 were used. The * 연세대학교 가양4종합사회복지관 관장(Director, Gayang 4 Community Welfare Centers of Yonsei University) ** 한국사이버대학교 조교수(Assistant Professor, Korea Cyber University), 교신저자(E-mail: email@example.com, Tel: 02-708-7835) 162 서울도시연구 제11권 제1호 2010. 3 major finding was that first, the overall result of this study showed that 55.5% of the participants were likely to be depressed and the following kinds of stress from stressful life events, in order from high to low, were: economic stress, children rearing stress, spouse loss stress, parent sex role stress, and social relation stress. Second, in the association between demographic variables and depression, poor health and low level of education were influenced. The results also indicated that relationship between stressful life events-economic stress, spouse loss stress, and social relation stress-and depression is positive, but that those between social support and depression and between family cohesion and depression are negative. We discussed suggestions for improving mental health of female heads in poverty in Seoul based on this study results.


2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is one of the most commonly used nitro aromatic explosives in landmine, military and mining industry. This article demonstrates rapid and selective identification of TNT by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) using 6-aminohexanethiol (AHT) as a new recognition molecule. First, Meisenheimer complex formation between AHT and TNT is confirmed by the development of pink colour and appearance of new band around 500 nm in UV-visible spectrum. Solution Raman spectroscopy study also supported the AHT:TNT complex formation by demonstrating changes in the vibrational stretching of AHT molecule between 2800-3000 cm -1 . For surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of AHT is formed over the gold nanostructure (AuNS) SERS substrate in order to selectively capture TNT onto the surface. Electrochemical desorption and X-ray photoelectron studies are performed over AHT SAM modified surface to examine the presence of free amine groups with appropriate orientation for complex formation. Further, AHT and butanethiol (BT) mixed monolayer system is explored to improve the AHT:TNT complex formation efficiency. Using a 9:1 AHT:BT mixed monolayer, a very low detection limit (LOD) of 100 fM TNT was realized. The new method delivers high selectivity towards TNT over 2,4 DNT and picric acid. Finally, real sample analysis is demonstrated by the extraction and SERS detection of 302 pM of TNT from spiked. deployable spectroscopic tools for and effective direct surface-enhanced Raman scattering for bioassays,


1. A pharmaceutical agent for the treatment and / or prophylaxis of diseases caused by choroid neovascularization (neovascular maculopathy), which comprises at least one of the peptides shown below (a) - (c) as an active ingredient: (a) peptide comprising any amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-12; (b) a peptide having one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, additions and / or insertions in any amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-6, wherein the second amino acid from the N-con ca is leucine or methionine, and / or C-terminal amino acid is valine or leucine, and wherein the peptide has an activity of inducing cytotoxic T cells; and (c) a peptide having one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, additions and / or insertions in any amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7-12, wherein the second amino acid from the N-end is phenylalanine, tyrosine, methionine or tryptophan, and / or C-terminal amino acid is phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan or methionine, and wherein the peptide has an activity of inducing cytotoxic T kletki.2. The pharmaceutical agent according to claim 1, wherein the disease caused by choroid neovascularization (neovascular maculopathy) is selected from exudative age-related macular degeneration, myopic macular degeneration, angioid bands, central exudative chorioretinopathy, various epitheliopathy associated with retinal pigment atrophy choroid, and osteoma horoideremii vascular glaza.3 shell. Vakts


The invention relates to a method for a new service provider to access to an internet protocol television (IPTV) system and is used for a new service provider to access to the IPTV system. The IPTV system comprises a central content management system and provincial level content management systems, wherein the central content management system allocates media information data to the provincial level content management systems. The method is characterized in that the provincial level content management systems forward the media information data to the new service provider; the old operation servicer acquires the media information data from the newly accessed server; and the newly accessed server and the old operation server issue the media information data to a media transmission network. By using the accessing method, the network expenditure due to storage from the provincial level content management systems to the service provider is saved, thereby avoiding the process of repeatedly copying media data from the central content management system and improving the efficiency.


Novel antenna design application for metal cover of notebooks is presented. The antenna having one slit and one slot is integrated with the metal cover of the notebook. Also feeding portions of the slit and the closed-slot are integrated into one feeding port, for application of 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi 2.4GHz.