A basic algorithmic task in automated video surveillance is to separate background and foreground objects. Camera tampering, noisy videos, low frame rate, etc., pose difficulties in solving the problem. A general approach that classifies the tampered frames, and performs subsequent analysis on the remaining frames after discarding the tampered ones, results in loss of information. Several robust methods based on robust principal component analysis (PCA) have been introduced to solve this problem. To date, considerable effort has been expended to develop robust PCA via Principal Component Pursuit (PCP) methods with reduced computational cost and visually appealing foreground detection. However, the convex optimizations used in these algorithms do not scale well to real-world large datasets due to large matrix inversion steps. Also, an integral component of these foreground detection algorithms is singular value decomposition which is nonrobust. In this paper, we present a new video surveillance background modelling algorithm based on a new robust singular value decomposition technique rSVDdpd which takes care of both these issues. We also demonstrate the superiority of our proposed algorithm on a benchmark dataset and a new real-life video surveillance dataset in the presence of camera tampering. Software codes and additional illustrations are made available at the accompanying website rSVDdpd Homepage (https://subroy13.github.io/rsvddpd-home/)


AIM: To evaluate the relationship between nitric oxide (NO) and hyperdynamic circulatory status in portal hypertension. METHODS: Twenty male Sprague Dawley rats (weighing 200 ± 20 g) were randomized into two groups: portal hypertension group (n = 12) and sham-operated control group (n = 8). The portal hypertensive model was established by means of graded constriction of the portal vein. The concentrations of nitrite (NO2) in the portal vein and peripheral blood were measured by fluorometric assay to reflect NO levels. The reactivity of isolated abdominal aortic rings from rats with partial portal vein constriction and controls was determined by assessing response to administration of potassium chloride (KCl) (10–80 mmol/L) and phenylephrine (10-10 mol/L) with or without preincubation with NO synthase inhibitor Nω-nitro-Larginine (L-NNA). RESULTS: Serum concentrations of NO2 in the portal vein blood (0.766 ± 0.097 μmol/L) and peripheral blood (0.687 ± 0.092 μmol/ L) were elevated in portal hypertensive rats, as compared with the concentrations in controls (0.613 ± 0.084 μmol/L and 0.591 ± 0.045 μmol/L respectively, both P < 0.01). In addition, the rates of NO2 in portal vein blood were markedly higher than those in peripheral blood (P < 0.05) in the portal hypertensive rats. Abdominal aortic rings from rats with portal vein constriction exhibited significantly impaired contractility to phenylephrine and KCl, as compared with the control rats. The EC values of KCl were markedly higher in the portal hypertensive rings (26.5 ± 0.9 mmol/L) than in the control rings (22.3 ± 1.7 mmol/L, P < 0.01), as were the EC values of phenylephrine (37.2 ± 0.4 nmol/L vs control rings: 28.1 ± 0.2 nmol/L, P < 0.01). After preincubation of rings with L-NNA, the difference in EC values between portal hypertensive and control rings was no longer statistically significant for either KCl (20.18 ± 0.8 mmol/ L vs 19.4 ± 1.2 mmol/L, P > 0.05) or phenylephrine (22.4 ± 1.8 nmol/L vs 21.8 ± 1.4 nmol/L, P > 0.05). However, the maximal concentrations of KCl and phenylephrine for inducing contractions were still significantly lower in the portal hypertensive rings (1.08 ± 0.1 g and 1.43 ± 0.14 g) than in the control rings (1.21 ± 0.11 g and 1.72 ± 0.11 g respectively, both P < 0.05). Thus, addition of the NO synthase inhibitor L-NNA could partially restore contractile responses to KCl and phenylephrine in portal hypertensive rings. CONCLUSION: NO overproduction inhibits the vascular reactivity to vasoconstrictors, and it might be one of the main causes of vasodilatation and hyperdynamic circulatory status in portal hypertension.


BACKGROUND
Difficulty regulating emotions is a symptom of many psychological disorders yet little research has examined the longitudinal relations of particular facets of emotion regulation (ER) that may differentiate between internalizing symptoms.

METHOD
At-risk youth (n = 102; 44.1% boys, 77.5% Black; Mage  = 9.65) and caregivers (n = 74; 87.1% mothers) participated in a 2-year longitudinal study. Children reported on their ER, and children and caregivers on symptomatology.

RESULTS
Different patterns, varying by emotion facet (dysregulation, inhibition, coping) and type (anger, sadness, worry), predicted anxiety and depression symptoms.

CONCLUSIONS
Anxiety and depression are entities with distinct patterns of emotion-related antecedents.


On the linear accelerator of helium ions, the irradiation of TiO2-2 samples with ions energy of 0.12 and 4 MeV to doses of ≈ 1∙1018 ion/cm2 is executed. The elemental composition of TiO2-2 samples is made by roentgenfluorescence method. After irradiation a change of electrophysical characteristics is investigated, microscopic researches on electronic and optical microscopes are conducted. Numerical calculations of atom sputtering ratios taking into account of input angles of helium ions in a sample, and also phonons formation, atoms redistribution (segregation), appearance of the vacancies and displacements in TiO2-2 sample are made. Processes of the flaking formation are investigated, and also presence of the metallization effect and long-range interaction effect in the irradiated samples is shown


This paper discusses an architecture for an integrated ultra-low power impulse radio receiver for low data rate applications such as biomedical sensor networks. Choosing a proper system architecture allows to implement a receiver with relaxed specifications for the typical building blocks which results in a low-power implementation. Furthermore a design in 130 nm CMOS of a fully integrated ultra-low power PLL, a critical block of such receivers, is presented. The PLL serves a double purpose. It acts as the master clock generator for the receiver and it is also used to generate a template waveform for pulse reception. The latter requires the PLL to have quadrature outputs since the receiver uses I/Q reception. Because rather relaxed specifications in terms of phase-noise are required, a differential ring VCO with an even amount of stages is a suitable topology. The VCO has a measured center frequency of 568 MHz and a tuning range of 23%. It achieves a phase-noise of -91 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset. The PLL employs a divide-by-8 and locks to an externally applied 75 MHz clock. Measurements show a total power consumption less than 200 muW with an rms jitter of 24 ps on an output clock of 600 MHz.


The identification process is the first step in determining the special needs of the students. This process is important to be carried out as a basis for conducting assessments and developing individual learning programs for students with special needs. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data collection through in-depth observation, interviews, and documentation. The instruments used were observation and interview guidelines. Observations were made to observe the behavior of students both physically and non-physically when in the madrasa environment. Data is presented in the form of diagrams and then analyzed descriptively. Checking the validity of the findings is done by extending participation in the observation process. The results showed that 54 students were identified as having special needs. Specific types of needs found include impaired concentration and hyperactivity, specific learning difficulties, slow learning, visual impairment, visual impairment, hearing loss, and behavior and emotional disorders. Among these types of special needs are dominated by students with impaired concentration and hyperactivity with 39% of students with special needs.


Background Laparoendoscopic single‐site (LESS) surgery through the retroperitoneal approach has been seldom reported. We aimed to evaluate the outcomes of LESS and conventional laparoscopic surgery via the retroperitoneal approach in the management of large, impacted ureteral calculi. Methods Between November 2011 and July 2013, retroperitoneal LESS ureterolithotomy was performed in 12 patients using a homemade single‐port device comprising a surgical glove and several strips of tape. Another 16 patients underwent conventional retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy. We compared the operative time, complications, and surgical outcomes, retrospectively. Results All patients were completed without conversion to conventional laparoscopic or open surgery. The operative time of the LESS group and of the conventional laparoscopic group were (125.3±12.8) minutes and (116.9±14.4) minutes, respectively (P=0.119). The intraoperative blood loss was (42.9±8.9) and (43.4±14.7) ml, respectively (P=0.914). Postoperative radiologic evaluation revealed that the stones had been removed completely. Cosmetic results were superior in the LESS group (P=0.001). Conclusion Retroperitoneal LESS ureterolithotomy using a homemade single‐port device can be considered a feasible and safe alternative to conventional laparoscopic ureterolithotomy.


The aim of this thesis is to do a research about three microwave design software packages and evaluate them with the purpose of getting the sharpest filter as possible and also know which one is mo ...


Zinc and copper are trace elements involved in many metabolic processes and enzyme systems The aim of this study was to determine plasma zinc and copper concentrations in paired samples of maternal and umbilical cord blood from 45 mothers at delivery looking for an association between trace element levels and mother's age and birth weight Zinc and copper concentrations were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy Mean zinc concentrations in newborns were statistically higher than those in mothers p=0 001 In contrast; mean copper concentration in newborns were statistically lower than those in mothers p lt;0 001 There were no correlations between maternal age and plasma zinc and copper concentrations of neonates r=0 149 r=0 175 respectively No correlations were found between maternal plasma zinc and copper concentration and birth weight of neonates r=0 2 r= 0 175 respectively Key words: zinc copper newborn


The present paper describes chlorsulfuron and metsulfuron determination in tap water by capillary electrophoresis (CE). A method for metsulfuron and chlorsulfuron concentration by solid-phase extraction is also presented. Metsulfuron and chlorsulfuron were detected bycapillary electophoresis quantitatively to 0.1 ppb and to 0.01 ppb qualitatively. Particular attention was devoted to instrumental reproducibility of the method and to problems linked to matrix interferences during extraction phases from tap water. Finally, correlation studies between bioassay and CE analysis were effected to confirm the validity of the solid-phase extraction procedure


Let p be a prime number and μ > 2 a real number. We establish that the irrationality exponent of the p-adic number ∑+∞ i=0 p bμic is equal to μ. This provides us with explicit examples of p-adic numbers with any prescribed irrationality exponent.


The embodiment of the invention provides a sound mixing method and device of an audio signal. The sound mixing method comprises the following steps of: in two paths of audio signals to be mixed, extracting two sampling points corresponding to the same sampling time; matching sample point data of the two sampling points with preset mixing conditions, determining a corresponding mixing mode according to the matched mixing condition; determining a corresponding mixing balance parameter m in the mixing mode according to the number of sampling digits of the sampling points; and according to the matched mixing mode and the corresponding mixing balance parameter, mixing the two sampling points. According to the invention, the problem of clipping can be avoided when audio signals are mixed.


In the title compound, [Cd(C9H6O5)(C3H4N2)(H2O)2]·3H2O, the carboxylatophenoxyacetate dianion links the water- and imidazole-coordinated Cd atoms into a zigzag chain that runs along the c axis of the monoclinic unit cell; the chelation by the carboxylate arms leads to a seven-coordinate pentagonal–bipyramidal geometry for the Cd atom. The chains are linked into a three-dimensional network by hydrogen bonds.


Lecturers and students from the University of West London (UWL) take on a healthy lifestyle challenge aimed at promoting an understanding of the complex issues related to obesity in pregnancy. Students are encouraged to explore evidence-based ways to address these issues, and develop an enhanced level of empathy for women.


A series of compounds (Va-Vl) was synthesized via direct reductive amination of 3-(naphthalen-2-yl)-1-phenyl-1Hpyrazole-4-carbaldehyde with various substituted aromatic amines using NaBH4 in the presence of I2 as a reducing agent. The reaction was carried out in anhydrous methanol under neutral conditions at room temperature. The structures of the synthesized compounds (Va-Vl) were established on the basis of IR, 1 H and 13 C-NMR, and mass spectral data. All 4(substituted-anilinomethyl-3-(2-naphthyl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole derivatives (Va-Vl) were tested in vitro for antifungal and antibacterial activities against different fungal and bacterial strains. Most of the compounds exhibited considerable antifungal activity but poor antibacterial activity against the test strains. The compounds Vg, Vj and Vk showed excellent antifungal activity against the fungal strain Aspergillus niger MTCC 281 and Aspergillus flavus MTCC 277 (% inhibition in the range of 47.7-52.8). Keywards; Reductive amination, Pyrazole, Naphthalene, Antimicrobial activity


The aim of this paper is to show through simulation that a Neyman-Scott phenomenon may occur in discriminating among separate strat- ified models. We focus on models which are scale families in each stratum. We consider traditional model selection procedures, such as the Akaike and Takeuchi information criteria, together with procedures based on the marginal likelihood and its Laplace approximation. We perform two simulation studies. Results indicate that, when the sample size in each stratum is fixed and the number of strata increases, correct selection probabilities for traditional model selection criteria may approach zero. On the other hand, model selection based on exact or approximate marginal likelihoods, that exploit invariance, can be- have far better.


How do the meanings of words shape actions towards and reactions to others? Such a question is crucial to philosophers and geographers interested in terms which describe space and place. This paper investigates the hermeneutic transformations of 'wilderness', a word which is of particular interest to both environmental philosophers and social geographers, with attention to the social and political connotations it continues to have. Specifically, the metaphorical connotations of the term are tackled through an argument that the identifiable qualities of classical wilderness have gradually been passed from descriptions of nature to descriptions of cities. Just as the political dimensions of classical wilderness served as the basis for a demonization of inhabitants of natural wilderness--aboriginal peoples in North America-so too are inner city residents feared and discriminated against through a racist patische that includes the idea that they are savages in an urban wilderness. What is to be done about this semantic drift of wilderness? This discussion ends with an attempt to sketch out one basis for a political response to this transformation using Gramsci's notion of hegemony.


type="main"> In the understanding of decomposing poverty change, the growth effect of mean income is replaced with the growth effect of total income and the impact of change in total population. These two, along with changes in inequality, form the three broader effects that can be computed in multiple ways depending upon the base period and the sequence of calculation. Changing the base does not alter the broader effects while specific attributions within each effect get interchanged. For a given base, there will be six possible sequences and we take an average of these to compute the three broad effects. Finally, poverty change on account of the three broad effects comprising growth of total income, change in inequality, and change in total population are shown as part of the within-group effect while change in population shares, which is different from change in total population, is a between-group effect. We provide empirical illustrations with data from India.


The debonding failure of CFRP strengthened butt-welded VHS tubes under static tension loading
was simulated using finite element method. Material properties of the parent metal, the heat-affected-zone
(HAZ), the carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) and epoxy were taken into account. The traction separation
law of the cohesive zone model was used to simulate the debonding between CFRP and the VHS tube
during the non-linear analysis process. The influence of CFRP bond length on the load carrying capacity was
studied. The ultimate loads from the FE model were compared to those obtained from the experiments.


Liquid ant baits are an alternative to broad-spectrum insecticide sprays conventionally used to control Argentine ants. We review the development of liquid ant baits, which capitalize on the ants' sugar-feeding requirements and social structure to deliver small doses of toxicant throughout the colony. The ant bait program described here, developed for commercial vineyards, also has the potential to facilitate the use of biological controls for mealybug and scale pests. The implementation of an Argentine ant bait program will enable grape growers to target other pests more selectively with insecticides, further contributing to their sustainable viticulture practices.


ABSTRACT Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the type strain of "Acidibacillus ferrooxidans," a mesophilic, heterotrophic, and acidophilic bacterium that was isolated from mine spoilage subjected to accelerated weathering in humidity cell tests carried out by the former U.S. Bureau of Mines in Salt Lake City, UT.


In a social and intellectual milieu imbued with the rigorous critique of traditional eschatology launched by Feuerbach and Freud from their respective standpoints, Tuchman's presentation of the problem in terms of attitude to the present, material world is understandable. It is matched by the reticence of theologians on the question of 'life after death' and the tendency, when the importance of eschatology is recognized, to evolve theologies of hope centred upon more 'this-worldly' concern.' In this situation the appearance of a book by Hans Kung entitled uncompromisingly, Eternal Life,3 comes as something of a bolt from the blue. But Kung maintains that his turning to this topic follows logically from his previous treatment of the existence of God. The upshot of his enquiries, far-ranging and unshrinking in the face of contemporary critique, is that the denial of God and denial of immortality go hand in hand and, conversely and positively, that belief in life eternal is a radicalization of, not an addition to the essential belief in God." Whether or not Kung's bold confrontation of the prevailing temper will give new impetus and direction to Christian eschatology remains to be seen. But his firm assertion that belief in resurrection, far from being 'alienating' in the Marxist sense, actually serves to liberate the forces for life in this world, lays down a challenge to the kind of assumption so strikingly illustrated by Tuchman. In a way not fully recognized by Kung, the linking of belief in


Cite this article: Serra M et al. The Stress Response and Fish Welfare in Aquaculture. J J Aquacul Res. 2014, 1(1): 006. In aquaculture, fish can be submitted to several stressors. Besides the inevitable handling at transport, counting, reproduction, etc., which are acute stressors, day-to-day conditions as noises, deterioration of water quality, competition among fish, for example, can act as chronic stressors and be a challenge to fish's welfare and health.


Combining the construction practice of the P7 main pier's foundation in Chaotianmen-Bridge in Chongqing City,this paper mainly introduces the measures adopted for dealing with the troubles of complex geology and decreasing the influences of gushing-water on construction,which guaranteed the quality and schedule of large bridge's foundation engineering.


Lateral Device parameters for VDMOSFET (Vertical double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) with hexagonal cells has been extracted by an original model based on electrical and optical measurements. Using microscopic observation for the ship of the device and by C-V characterization, the lateral device structure parameters could be extracted. Values of the extracted parameters are in good correlation with the values given by the manufactured. Advantage of this model the high precision results with a low cost. Perhaps, the most important point in this model, that we can replace the other techniques usually employed in this study where we destroyed the device for cut and cross section of the structure. The proposed technique in this paper can be very useful for analyzing any complex geometrical structure of VDMOS transistors (hexagonal, triangular, square etc...).


Insulating element consisting of mineral wool plate 2 through which a pin 3 whose flat head 4 is coated with a layer 8 of lightweight concrete. When performing a wall including the floor type, insulating element receives on its face 6 a layer of concrete and remains in place as a permanent formwork. Application to the production of floors underground car parks.


If $G$ has $4$-periodic cohomology, then D2 complexes over $G$ are determined up to polarised homotopy by their Euler characteristic if and only if $G$ has at most two one-dimensional quaternionic representations. We use this to solve Wall's D2 problem for several infinite families of non-abelian groups and, in these cases, also show that any finite Poincar\'{e} $3$-complex $X$ with $\pi_1(X)=G$ admits a cell structure with a single $3$-cell. The proof involves cancellation theorems for $\mathbb{Z} G$ modules where $G$ has periodic cohomology.


In Miguel Street,man's use of domestic violence,together with the victims' different responses to it,reflects the binary oppositions of master/slave and colonizer/the colonized.However,woman' s use of domestic violence—verbal violence in particular—completely subverts the sexual relations and patriarchal dominance in the postcolonial context.In a word,colonialism's financial exploitation of the colony is the deep reason why the colonized resort to domestic violence under the pressure of survival.


This paper deals with the numerical simulation of the acoustic wave propagation. It is well known today that the standard finite element method (FEM) is unreliable to compute approximate solutions of the Helmholtz equation for high wavenumbers due to the pollution effect, consisting mainly of the dispersion, i.e. the numerical wavelength is longer than the exact one. Unless highly refined meshes are used, FEM solutions lead to unacceptable solutions in terms of precision, while the use of very refined meshed increases the cost in terms of computational times. The paper presents an application of the Element-Free Galerkin Method (EFGM) and focuses on the dispersion analysis in two dimensions. It shows that it is possible to choose the parameters of the method in order to minimize the dispersion and to get extremely good results in comparison with the stabilized FEM. However, to lead to those very accurate results for 1-D and 2-D problems, the EFGM needs an important computational time, mainly due to the computation and the assembly of the stiffness and mass matrices. Thus, in order to reduce this computational time, it is suggested in this paper, as a first step, to take advantage from the developments of computer hardware, currently moving towards multi-processor machines, by computing and assemblying the matrices simultaneously on several processors. This is called a parallel assembly algorithm. The paper presents the numerical assessment of the CPU performance of the parallel implementation vs the sequential one.


For today traditional didactic systems on many values of parameters of efficiency surpass traditional Web-didactic systems, but behind Web-systems the future leading to globalization of an information society. The decision of a problem of increase of efficiency of Web-didactic systems depends on the decision of problems of designing Web psychological didactic systems.


From the beginning of 2014, a comparative study was started on literacy of cadets of the Military Academy between the years 2010 and 2014, in order to verify if changes made and suggested by the study carried out in 2010 concerning the implementation of creative workshops I, II and III had an effect on the military training of young cadets, as well as to identify what kind of actions must be taken to improve, in search of academic excellence of tje Military Academy of Cadets regarding literacy, i.e., the ability to read and write.


We have investigated the electronic structure of Ba1-xKxBiO3 (0<x<0.4) by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Bi(4f) core levels show a normal valency of +3 as in Bi2O3 and we find no evidence for the disproportionation of Bi4+ to Bi3+ and Bi5+. Instead, we find that BaBiO3 has mixed valent O2- and O1- ions. As the potassium doping is increased, the binding energy of the O2- ions in the O(1s) photoelectron spectra steadily decreases from 529.7 to 528.8 eV. The effect of lowering the O(1s) binding energy is to raise the O(2p) band towards EF and at the superconducting composition a finite density of O(2p) states is observed near EF. Similarly, the Ba(5p) binding energies decrease with potassium doping, indicating increased metallicity. The behavior of the O(1s), Ba(5p), and the valence band resembles that of all the cuprate superconductors and we conclude that in all these oxide superconductors, a hole in the (filled) O(2p) band is the carrier responsible for superconductivity, which predicts hole conduction in the Ba-K-Bi-O and Ba-Pb-Bi-O systems.


The Aptian Shu'aiba Formation is subdivided into two major reservoir zones in Ghaba North field, the lower and upper Shu'aiba. The lower zone was deposited in shallow inner-shelf setting with restricted to partially restricted water circulation conditions. The upper zone was deposited under open conditions in a shallow outer-shelf setting. The succession of facies in the Shu'aiba indicates an overall major shallowing upward cycle superimposed on it several meter-scale high frequency cycles. The Shu'aiba in the study area is a very heterogeneous reservoir. It produces from secondary macroporosity, fracture porosity, and matrix microporosity. Reservoir storage capacity is controlled primarily by matrix microporosity, which occurs as intercrystalline porosity within a microrhombic calcite matrix. Reservoir quality is enhanced vertically in proximity of two-recognized subaerial exposure surfaces and laterally toward the northeast. The lateral improvement in reservoir properties toward the northeast reflects the complexity of the facies mosaic in the Shu'aiba depositional environment. Sedimentologic evidence indicates that higher energy conditions resulted in deposition of grainier lithofacies with higher primary porosity in that direction. technique in modeling and predicting reservoir geometry, continuity, seals and mature areas which are critical factors in hydrocarbon exploration. This model forms a template for further sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Mishrif/Shilaif deposition in Abu Dhabi. formation of isopachous and syntaxial cements, hardgrounds (with associated borings, burrows, shelter and fenestral porosity), geopetal structure, and intraclasts, indicating deposition under marine conditions. (2) Shallow burial diagenesis shows other specific features such as leaching, recrystallization and early dolomitization (both replacive and void filling) and mould-filling cements. Mouldic and vuggy porosity distribution, early compaction, collapse breccia and silt deposition indicate that the Amran Group continued to receive meteoric water after sediment stabilization, enlarging by solution some moulds and vugs. (3) Deep burial diagenesis characterized by dissolution, blocky calcite cement, late compaction (fractures and sutured grains) and saddle dolomite. (4) Uplift diagenesis is characterized by the reopening of stylolites through fractures and the development of dolomitization under meteoric conditions. The occurrence of non-ferroan calcite and ferric oxides in rhombohedral zones in dolomite indicate that dedolomitization occurred by the oxidation and alteration of ferroan dolomite zones and probably reflects alteration related to recent weathering. characterized by the occurrence of rudist mounds and coarse skeletal calcarenites; inner platform deposits consist of thick, peritidal cycles, while slope and base-of-slope settings are characterized by the common occurrence of megabreccias. The present work gives a systematic study, abbreviated description and synonymies of the echinoid taxa, yielded from the Simsima Formation at Gebel Buhays (El Fayah region), and focusing on criteria for their recognition. A total of 17 echinoid species were collected and classified among them, eight species are regular, four are holectypoids and five are classiduloids. The echinoids from this locality appear to represent several of the shallow inshore assemblages. There appear to be no taxa characteristics deeper more than 20 m (Smith's Habitat F) assemblage at Gebel Buhays. Thus, as recorded in Smith (1995) slightly over half the taxa are regular, though the irregular echinoides are numerically dominant. The echinoid assemblage indicates that the Simsima Formation was deposited in on carbonate platform through the earliest incursion of the epicontinental (Epeiric) sea post nappe of the Oman mountains. vadose The Upper Jurassic-Cretaceous Apulia platform margin and the eastward transition to adjacent basinal deposits are well exposed in the Gargano Promontory, a carbonate block which is part of the slightly deformed foreland of the Southern Apennine thrust belt. The outcropping succession can be subdivided into four (third-order) depositional sequences, separated by three very distinct unconformities resulting from regional or global events. The base of the first sequence, Monte Sacro Sequence, Late Jurassic-Berriasian in age, is not exposed; its upper boundary is defined by a drowning unconformity Valanginian age which correlates with similar coeval drowning unconformities from the Atlantic and Tethyan continental margins. A 2,100-foot thick section of the Lower Cretaceous Habshan Formation and its deeper water, Rayda Basin equivalent units was measured, sampled and described from excellent exposures along the mountain front north of Al Khatt. The section can be divided into lowstand, transgressive and highstand system tracts. Additional units include debris flows, slump and slide blocks and olistoliths. The litho and biofacies compare very well with the thinner (1,230 ft) section described for the Sajaa field of Sharjah Emirate, 65 km to the southwest. Known hydrocarbon reservoirs occur in the formation. Recent papers have demonstrated that multiple shelf-margin complexes prograded into the Rayda Basin during the Berriasian and Valanginian. The Habshan and equivalent rocks have been subdivided by previous workers into shelf, slope and basinal units using environments and fauna. The basal and basinal Rayda unit is composed of calpionellid, fine-grained peloidal limestones. The Rayda is 225 ft thick. The overlying Sahil laminated limestones and marls of the slope environment are 1,000 ft thick. The Habshan is composed of bioclastic, oolitic, peloidal and oncoidal grainstones with buildups of stromatoporoids, branching and massive corals, caprotinid rudists and forams. The thickness is 875 ft thick compared with 480 ft in Sharjah and 152 ft in Wadi Bani Kharus, Oman. This thick section suggests the potential for additional exploration plays. The Late Aptian to Late Albian interval of the Arabian Platform was studied in northern Oman (Nahr Umr Formation) for its paloceanographic and sea-level record. The outcome of this project indicates seven Middle Jurassic was deposited under shallow-marine shelf to lacustrine environments. The ratio of grainstones to mudstones increases towards the upper part of the sequence, reflecting a regional shallowing phase. The complex diagenetic history of this sequence, inferred from cross-cutting features from thin section and from the detailed trace elemental and isotopic compositions are different coated grains and cements. Replacement of Middle Jurassic carbonates by dolomite is localized over few intervals. Subsequent burial diagenetic history can be charted from early to late by the sequential appearance of microstylolites, partial dolomitization, macrostylolites, burial calcite and dolomite cements and late leaching. was modified by water during This paper presents the different hypotheses utilizing the mechanical aspects of seismicity induced by gas production, an analog model built to validate the interpretation, micro-seismicity as guideline for reservoir properties mapping, and the effects of the input of a mean variation of permeability with depletion on the flow-simulation results. The poro-elastic stresses resulting from production-generated decreases in pore pressure are at the origin of the earthquakes in the field. the reported low heterogeneity of the depletion supports reservoir seismicity. The locations of seismic events show that seismic on existing pre-fracture New be analog spatial distribution of the field allows flow within for An average of with depletion is model permeability for matching production Late shallow-water platform carbonates This boundary is unconformable with most, if not all, of the Tithonian missing. Strontium isotope dating has been integrated with calpionellid biostratigraphy to provide high-resolution dating of this large-magnitude Early Cretaceous transgression over the Jurassic carbonate platform. In addition, calpionellids provide evidence of unconformities within the Berriasian-Valanginian. Detailed study of Lower Aptian rudists from a number of Arabian localities has revealed the presence of eight species, assigned to seven genera.


Process routines in the operational management of power plants - particularly maintenance - are now largely planned, controlled and documented with the help of IT. Depending on corporate policy, IT support for routines is currently realised either with commercially available standard ERP software or with dedicated applications that have been specially developed for a given company. Whereas standard software has certain technical benefits (homogeneous databases, data integrity, standard user interface, no software interfaces, standard maintenance and service), customised applications have the undisputed advantage of offering the best possible adaption of company-specific process routines. By exploiting the full spectrum of IT enhancement options of its SAP system, RWE Power has largely combined the respective benefits of both standard and customised software, while also realising high-end user requirements that go beyond the mere standard. Examples of such enhancements are our work permit management with WCM, material procurement via Requirement (a web application), the Scaffolding Construction Certificate, the documentation of technical facilities via Functional Location, Equipment and Revision files, the initiation of reviews to satisfy work safety requirements via TS (Technical Supervision), access control via ZuKo, the recording, documentation and analysis of faults via ASS and DVS, and workflow control.


In this study, the electronic properties of a core/shell/well/shell CdSe/ZnS quantum dot heterostructure with double electron have been investigated. First, the energy eigenvalues and corresponding wave functions of this structure have been calculated as a function of the layer thicknesses for cases with and without an on-center donor impurity. For this purpose, the Poisson-Schrodinger equations have been solved self-consistently in the frame of effective mass approximation and Hartree treatment. The results have been analyzed in a detail as a function of the core radius and layer thicknesses for cases with and without the impurity and physical reasons have been discussed. We have observed that the electronic properties are drastically dependent on the layer thicknesses and these properties can change importantly with existing of the impurity atom.


The NRC's recent report on dam safety proposes risk cost analysis to help select among alternative spillway modifications for existing dams. This paper examines the sensitivity of conclusions drawn from such procedures to the probability assigned to the probable maximum flood (PMF) and to the flood frequency model employed. Uncertainty as to the return period of the PMF can easily change the relative attractiveness of alternative designs. The distribution chosen to extend the frequency curve to the PMF can also influence the results. Likely errors in estimated damage functions and their shape seem relatively less important.


The invention relates to a burning suppression and explosion prevention storage box. A square or cylindrical double-layer box body is adopted. Separation explosion prevention materials are filled between an inner wall and a case of the box body, inflammables and explosives can be protected, and the explosion caused by factors such as fire hazards, collision and self leakage can be prevented.


The influence of blood motion on the accuracy of coherent compounding Doppler imaging is investigated. A simplified model for the compounded Doppler signal is proposed. The model is used to show that coherent compounding acts as a low pass filter, inferring a negative shift of the Doppler spectrum and a bias in mean frequency estimates. Simulations and in vitro experiments were used to quantify the bias and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for different velocities and beam-to-flow angles. Further, a multi-angle vector Doppler approach is proposed for 2D correction of blood motion during coherent compounding, which was verified in simulations and in vitro to improve SNR and substantially reduce the mean velocity bias.


The degrading effects of the atmosphere on a laser communication link can be partially removed with a combination of conventional low-order adaptive optics and other adaptive techniques. Recent experiments performed at UNC Charlotte indicate a measureable reduction in the bit-error rate for a laser communication system by correcting for the phase effects of propagation that are manifested in scintillation at the receiver. Further implementation of an adaptive field-of-view can help to reduce the effect of wide-angle scattering that appears in the extinction ratio. The theory and predictions of the combined adaptive techniques will be discussed along with a description and results of a laboratory experiment replicating a monostatic 1.55 μm laser propagation with a cooperative wavefront beacon at the receiver. The result is scaled to represent an actual propagation of 6 km under moderately high scintillation conditions.


Abstract A sensitive method has been developed for the direct atomic absorption spectrometric determination of zinc, antimony and lead after coprecipitation of their trifluoroethylxanthates onto microcrystalline naphthalene. The metal xanthates are quantitatively coprecipitated over the pH ranges: Zn, 5.9–8.4; Sb, 4.0–6.0 and Pb, 4.0–11.0. The solid mass consisting of the metal complex and naphthalene is dissolved in DMF. This solution is aspirated into an air-acetylene flame at 213.9, 217.6 and 217.0nm for Zn, Sb and Pb, respectively. Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range 2–50, 3–90 and 5–60 μg of Zn, Sb and Pb, respectively in 10ml of the final DMF solution. RSDs are at the ± (0.5–0.6)% level (n=10). The concentration for 1% absorption is 0.019, 0.035 and 0.060μg/ml for Zn, Sb and Pb, respectively. The method is suitable for the preconcentration of the metals from a larger volume of the aqueous phase, and has been employed for their determination in standard reference materials. It may be empl...


Archives are faced with fast-paced changes in the world in which they operate. In particular, innovation in digital technology have transformed the way people access and retrieve information. In view of this, The National Archives, UK has formulated a vision which aims to lead information management within government, and find new ways of preserving and making information accessible. In this climate, a preservation risk assessment was carried out in order to inform strategic planning as well as guarantee the survival of records. Results have highlighted the degree of environmental problems within the main site. In addition, it illustrated the amount of damage resulting from current policies and practices associated with storage, retrieval, and substitution copying; it also proved policies already in place to be highly effective. The results of the assessment have led to a number of improvements to the repository environment as well as policies on storage and retrieval.


Individuals face significant late-in-life risks, including potential long-term care (LTC) needs. Yet they hold little corresponding insurance (LTCI). We investigate the degree to which a fundamental lack of interest, poor product features, and possible behavioral factors determine low LTCI holdings. We estimate a rich set of individual-level preferences and use a life-cycle model to find that ideal insurance would be far more widely held than are products in the market. We find that flaws in existing products provide only a partial explanation for this under-insurance puzzle, with analogous findings for the gap between estimated and actual annuity holdings. Our results derive from ``strategic survey questions'' that identify preferences as well as stated demand questions.


track and field sports in our country has a profound cultural connotation and a long history, it is an important product of the long-term practice of human society, is one of the universal sports in the world. In each sports competition, track and field sports play a very important role. Track and field sports in colleges are conducive to promoting students' physical development and improving their sports skills. However, there are still some problems to be solved in the actual college track and field sports development. Therefore, Chinese colleges and universities should actively analyze and study the strategies to solve these problems.


Peptic ulcer disease is very common. Various drugs are available for the treatment of ulcers but they have certain limitations. Plants and plant derived products may be viable resources for ulcer therapy due to their availability and affordability. Antiulcer activity of hydroalcoholic extract (HAE) of Bergia suffruticosa was evaluated in rats by using pylorus ligation plus aspirinand ethanol-induced ulcer models. Test extract (500 mg/kg) and ranitidine (150 mg/kg) were administered orally 30 min prior to ulcer induction on single dose. Total volume, pH and total acidity of gastric juice as well as ulcer index were the parameters evaluated to determine antiulcer activity. The extract significantly reduced ulcer index (p<0.05) in test groups (0.13 +/- 0.03) as compared to control group (1.30 +/- 0.34) in ethanol-induced ulcer models. Similarly, in the pylorus ligation plus aspirin-induced ulcer model, the extract group showed significant reduction in the ulcer index (0.19 +/- 0.02) in comparison (p<0.05) to the control group (1.09 +/- 0.07). Significant reduction in total acidity and increase in the pH of gastric juice was also observed upon oral administration of HAE of B. suffruticosa in both models. The results of this study inferred that B. suffruticosa extract showed antiulcer activity in animal models which might be attributed to the antioxidant compounds present therein.


Music has played a pivotal role in the development of the theory of expert performance with much of the foundational research conducted with musical experts. This chapter explores the role music played in the development of the theory and issues arising from the original research that have not yet been fully addressed. The definitions of musical expertise and deliberate practice in music are explored. Because the musical field has not adopted a consistent definition of expertise, operational definitions in the research can be somewhat inconsistent. A preliminary hierarchical system is proposed. The chapter concludes with consideration of other variables, such as genetics, that could interact with deliberate practice to develop expertise in the musical domain. Current thinking is that deliberate practice is important, but insufficient to explain expertise. The development of musical experts may be more complex than either the amount of deliberate practice or genetics can explain.


The invention relates to a method of monitoring rusting risk of reinforcement in concrete in situ. The method includes the steps of 1, according to the principle of plane state of stress and stress concentration, applying prestress to rusting monitoring sensing units to enable them to be in a plane state of stress; 2, packaging three sides of each rusting monitoring sensing unit, and reserving one side as a rusting monitoring side; 3, distributing the rusting monitoring sensing units at equal intervals within a rectangular steel frame, before concreting, distributing the rectangular steel frame and the outer surface of concrete at a certain angle in an area to be subjected to reinforcement rusting monitoring, allowing the rusting monitoring sides to face a protective layer, and performing rusting monitoring through continuous strain measurement of different sectional heights of sheets. The method has the advantages that monitoring chloride threshold concentration fronts at different depths is achieved, initial rusting time of the reinforcement is predicted, results are updated according to monitoring data, the rusting monitoring sensing units as deep as the reinforcement allow the final initial rusting time, rusting rate and rusting degree of the reinforcement to be directly monitored.


Despite development of new technologies for caries control, tooth decay in primary teeth remains a major global health problem. Caries risk assessment (CRA) models for toddlers and preschoolers are rare. Among them, almost all models use dental factors (e.g., past caries experience) to predict future caries risk, with limited clinical/community applicability owing to relatively uncommon dental visits compared to frequent medical visits during the first year of life. The objective of this study was to construct and evaluate risk prediction models using information easily accessible to medical practitioners to forecast caries at 2 and 3 y of age. Data were obtained from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) mother-offspring cohort. Caries was diagnosed using modified International Caries Detection and Assessment System criteria. Risk prediction models were constructed using multivariable logistic regression coupled with receiver operating characteristic analyses. Imputation was performed using multiple imputation by chained equations to assess effect of missing data. Caries rates at ages 2 y (n = 535) and 3 y (n = 721) were 17.8% and 42.9%, respectively. Risk prediction models predicting overall caries risk at 2 and 3 y demonstrated area under the curve (AUC) (95% confidence interval) of 0.81 (0.75–0.87) and 0.79 (0.74–0.84), respectively, while those predicting moderate to extensive lesions showed 0.91 (0.85–0.97) and 0.79 (0.73–0.85), respectively. Postimputation results showed reduced AUC of 0.75 (0.74–0.81) and 0.71 (0.67–0.75) at years 2 and 3, respectively, for overall caries risk, while AUC was 0.84 (0.76–0.92) and 0.75 (0.70–0.80), respectively, for moderate to extensive caries. Addition of anterior caries significantly increased AUC in all year 3 models with or without imputation (all P < 0.05). Significant predictors/protectors were identified, including ethnicity, prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, history of allergies before 12 mo, history of chronic maternal illness, maternal brushing frequency, childbearing age, and so on. Integrating oral-general health care using medical CRA models may be promising in screening caries-susceptible infants/toddlers, especially when medical professionals are trained to "lift the lip" to identify anterior caries lesions.


The paper compares the welfare properties of two competing organi- zations of the monetary system: The current fractional reserve banking system versus a narrow banking system where inside money is fully backed by outside money issued by the central bank. Using a New Monetarist model, the analysis shows that fractional reserve banking is bene cial because of the interest payments on inside money. Since inside money funds loans, it pays interest, compensating the agents for the in ation tax and thus reducing the welfare costs of in ation. Since narrow banking provides no such compensation fractional reserve banking typically domi- nates narrow banking in terms of welfare. This also holds if outside money pays interest. Only if fractional reserve banking is suciently constrained, narrow banking can yield higher welfare.


Background: A good look at the placenta post-partum, gives valuable information about prenatal life of the fetus. In pre-eclampsia the functional reserve capacity of the placenta is diminished by the utero-placental ischaemia. Under these conditions, a further loss of functional tissue by extensive infarction as a result of a large haematoma may compromise placental function to the extent that it fails to provide the foetus with an adequate supply of oxygen and nutrients. Methods: The placentae were collected immediately after delivery. The umbilical cord was cut to a length of 5 cms from the point of insertion, and then gently dried with filter paper. The weight of the placenta was then obtained on the weighing scale. Detailed gross examination of the placenta was done to note the size, shape, surface area, and the number of cotyledons. The maternal surface was examined for presence of any retro placental hematoma, infarction and calcification. A graduated one-liter beaker was used to obtain the volume of the placenta by water displacement method. Results: Among the hypertensive mothers, 30 (50%) of the women had gestational hypertension without proteinuria and oedema; whereas 20 (33.33%) of the mothers had pre-eclampsia (hypertension was associated with oedema or proteinuria or both) and 10 (16.67%) of the women had eclampsia (with or without oedema and proteinuria). Conclusion: Placental weight and volume were found to be much lower in higher proportion of cases of eclampsia and mild to moderate pre-eclampsia. The three main gross lesions observed were; placental infarcts, retroplacental haematoma and calcification and their incidence in hypertensive pregnancies was higher as compared to placentae from the control group.


Basis behavior can have a direct affect on hedging and pricing decisions. Here, ex ante basis risk for selected live hog cash markets is analyzed from 1985 through 1994. One and five month ahead econometric, time series, and naive forecasts are used to construct measures of basis risk based on mean squared forecast errors and market timing ability. The findings suggest that basis risk has not increased nor has basis predictability declined relative to historical levels. The recent decline in demand for futures contracts is likely attributable to other structural changes in the industry.


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A questionnaire of laterality which contains forty items was given to 141 rnale and 73 female subjects who were high school, college or university students. Twenty six items asking hand preference were divided into four categories and tabulated respectively. The rate of left handed subjects for asymmetric movements with one hand (ex. writing letters) was smaller than the rate for syrnmetric movements with one hand (ex. drawing a picture). "Symmetric" means that movements by the right limb and by the left limb are symmetric with respect to plane. The rate for symmetric movements by one hand was smaller than the rate for asymmetric movement$ by both hands (ex. opening a lid of a bottle) when a functional hand was asked for. It was thought that the sotalled dominant hand


The origin of magnetocapacitance effect in NiO prepared using solution combustion method was explored in this work. The structural analysis of NiO powder showed formation of pure phase. The change in capacitance with applied magnetic field was of the order of 6.5 % at 1.2 MHz. The positive sign of magnetocapacitance inferred that the process is interface mediated and supported by diminished magnetoresistance at the same frequency. The origin of this interface effect was explored using thermoluminescence study. The deconvolution of glow curve inferred formation of deep level defects with the number density of the order of 8.46 x104 and activation energy or formation energy of 1.4 eV. The presence of deep level defects corroborated the observation of positive magnetocapacitance in NiO supporting the defect mediated change in capacitance.


This article examines the theoretical foundations and content of public-private partnership. It also presents the research of scientists who have analyzed the content, scientific basis and practical nature of public-private partnership. As a result of the research, the author gave an author definition of the concept of public-private partnership.Keywords: public, business entity, public-private partnership, public sector, infrastructure, investment, innovation, private partner.


SummaryIn this case control study, the rates of surgical intervention were determined in 340 booked and 710 unbooked pregnant adolescent mothers aged 12, 13 and 14 years, over 2 years. Of 340 mothers booked 81 (23·8 per cent) had cephalopelvic disproportion; 18 of these (5·3 per cent) suffered from obstructed labour, while 123 (17·3 per cent) of the 162 unbooked mothers (22·8 per cent) who had disproportion also suffered from obstructed labour. About half the mothers in each group achieved spontaneous vaginal delivery.While 126 booked mothers (37·1 per cent) were delivered by caesarean section, 229 unbooked mothers (32·3 per cent) had caesarean sections. The ventouse or forceps assisted delivery rates were 10·6 and 8·7 per cent in booked and unbooked mothers respectively. Destructive operative delivery was carried out on eight unbooked patients (2·4 per cent) compared with 51 (7·2 per cent) unbooked mothers. Episiotomy was performed on about 70 and 40 per cent of booked and unbooked mothers respectively w...


Objective
To investigate the relationships between hardiness personality and acute stress responses of patients with traumatic amputation.

Methods
A total of 104 patients with traumatic amputation were investigated using hardiness scale (HS) and acute stress response scale (ASRS).

Results
The mean score of hardiness personality of patients was (1.84±0.32). The mean score of acute stress responses of patients was (0.46±0.27). The results disclosed that hardiness personality was negative correlated with acute stress responses (P<0.05). Hardiness personality all dimensions as independent variables, acute stress reaction as the dependent variable to regression analysis, the results showed toughness, control, investment can challenge combined prediction of acute stress response variance of 34.1%.

Conclusions
Effective psychological nursing measures should be taken to improve the hardiness personality to alleviate the acute stress reaction of patients with traumatic amputation.

Key words:
Amputation, traumatic; Hardiness personality; Acute stress reaction


It is uncertain whether occult hepatitis B virus co‐infection will hasten progressive liver disease in chronic hepatitis C patients after liver transplantation. This study evaluated fibrosis progression and severe fibrosis in 118 consecutive hepatitis B surface antigen‐negative patients with virological and histological evidence of recurrent chronic hepatitis C infection co‐infected with occult hepatitis B virus after liver transplantation. HBV DNA was detected from serum at the time of recurrent chronic hepatitis C infection by polymerase chain reaction. Each subject underwent a repeat liver biopsy 5 years post‐liver transplantation. Occult hepatitis B virus co‐infection was present in 41 of the 118 (34.7%) patients. At 5 years post‐liver transplantation, 13 of the 41 occult hepatitis B virus co‐infected patients compared with 16 of the 77 patients without occult hepatitis B virus co‐infection developed fibrosis progression (31.7% vs. 20.8%, respectively, p = 0.39). Eight of 41 the occult hepatitis B virus co‐infected patients compared with 13 of the 77 patients without occult hepatitis B virus co‐infection had severe fibrosis (19.5% vs. 16.9%, respectively, p = 0.97). In conclusion, occult hepatitis B virus co‐infection in patients with recurrent chronic hepatitis C infection was not associated with accelerated fibrosis progression or severe fibrosis after liver transplantation.


Condensation heat transfer has been evaluated experimentally on the tube side of three different circular tubes with inner diameter of 6.2, 7.5 and 9.2mm, respectively. Two-phase fluid flow conditions include mass fluxes from 200 to 320kg/m2s, qualities between 0.1 to 0.9, and heat flus range of 5 to 20kW/m2 at a fixed saturation temperature of 48°C. Results showed that the average heat transfer coefficient increased with the increase of vapor quality, mass flux and heat flux, but decreased with inner diameter. The experiment results are compared with the existing heat transfer coefficient correlations, and a new correlation is developed with good prediction.


BACKGROUND
Increased serum immunoglobulin (Ig) E values are frequently found in alcoholics. Cytokines produced by T-helper-2 (Th2) lymphocytes are required for IgE synthesis. Chronic alcoholism is associated with altered cytokine balance. This study analyzed the relationship between Th1 and Th2 cytokine production by stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum IgE levels, both in atopic and nonatopic alcoholics.

METHODS
Twenty-five patients admitted to the hospital with alcohol withdrawal syndrome were included in the study. Five were classified as atopic and 20 as nonatopic by means of skin-prick tests. Interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, and interferon gamma were measured in the supernatants of 48-hr cultures of PBMCs stimulated with phytohemagglutinin. Total serum IgE was measured by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay. Results were compared with those of 15 healthy controls (seven atopics and eight nonatopics).

RESULTS
Total serum IgE concentrations were higher in alcoholics than in controls, in both atopic and nonatopic subjects. The ratio of IL-4 to interferon gamma production by phytohemagglutinin-stimulated PBMCs (as an approach to Th2/Th1 balance) was significantly lower in alcoholics than in healthy controls, both in the atopic and in the nonatopic group. No difference was observed regarding IL-10, IL-12, and IL-13 production between alcoholics and controls. No correlation was demonstrated between cytokine production and total serum IgE levels in any group.

CONCLUSIONS
Increased total serum IgE is observed in alcoholics together with a paradoxically low ratio of Th2 to Th1 cytokine production by phytohemagglutinin-stimulated PBMCs. These findings are independent of the atopic status of patients.


The youth of today is very much materialistic on one hand and on the other is forgetting the traditional roots of the culture they are born in. With the time we are rapidly moving towards the western culture and thus the vices of the same are also entering in out day today life. Where saving and investing was considered essential part of an earning youth today they focus more on acquiring assets than on financial planning. The financial literacy of the newly employed youth is deteriorating day by day. The study ahead covers certain some issues where they study the financial literacy of the newly employed youth along with the choices they are making in the financial sector.


ABSTRACT Connectivity is an important measure to explore the fault tolerance and reliability of the network structure based on a graph model. Let be a connected graph. A r-component cut of G is a set S of vertices, G−S has at least r components. The r-component connectivity of G is the size of the smallest r-component cut. The r-component edge connectivity can be defined similarly. In this paper, we determine the r-component connectivity of Cayley graphs generated by transposition trees for and ; we also obtain the r-component edge connectivity of Cayley graphs generated by transposition trees for small r and the upper and lower bounds of for and .


Residual stresses created during the packaging process can adversely affect the reliability of electronics components. We used incremental hole-drilling method, following the ASTM E 837-20 standard, to measure packaging induced residual stresses in discrete packages of power electronics components. For this purpose, we bonded a strain gauge on the surface of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) power component, drilled a hole through the thickness of the component in several incremental steps, recorded the relaxed strain data on the sample surface using the strain gauge, and finally calculated the residual stresses from the measured strain data. The recorded strains and the residual stresses are related by the compliance coefficients. For the hole drilling method in the isotropic materials, the compliance coefficients are calculated from the analytical solutions, and available in the ASTM standard. But for the orthotropic multilayered components typically found in microelectronics assemblies, numerical solutions are necessary. We developed a subroutine in ANSYS APDL to calculate the compliance coefficients of the hole drilling test in the molded and embedded power electronics components. This can extend the capability of the hole drilling method to determine residual stresses in more complex layered structures found in electronics.


Sinjai city contains the historical values that support the existence of the museum. Application of landscape design of the building and its environment can improve the quality and human's comfort. The purpose of this writing is introducing to the public about the richness of culture which is manifested in the design concept of the Islamic landscape and facilitate the activities of the museum . Islam landscape architecture is an art that has a primary function to create the beauty of the surrounding environment where human life with the increasing of the urban comfort, easiness, and  health.


The present invention relates to a method for vertical vehicle (100) for adjusting the system (10) for adjusting the vertical adjustment system has at least two vertical adjustment devices (20), said vertical adjustment means Influence vehicle (100) driving stability, said method comprising the following steps: by means of at least two of said vertical adjustment means (20) of each of the sensor control unit of the adjustment device (20) of the respective vertical functional monitoring; at least two of said vertical adjustment means (20) in the first vertical adjustment means (22) for identifying the fault condition; at least two of said vertical adjustment means (20) in at least one of a second control variable vertical adjustment means (24) is matched to a fault condition at least in part, the first vertical adjustment means (22) to compensate.


Orientaline was detected in the opium poppy by an isotope dilution method based on its biosynthesis from norlaudanosoline. Administration of labeled orientaline revealed that this alkaloid was not a precursor of isoboldine, and the experimental results provided no evidence for a pathway involving norprotosinomenine. No conclusion was possible relative to the origin of magnoflorine in the opium poppy.


Some very impressive results have been obtained in the past few years in plants and trees image synthesis. Some algorithms are largely based on the irregularity and fuzziness of the objects, and use fractals, graftals or particle systems. Others focus on the branching pattern of the trees with emphasis on morphology. Our concern here is the faithfulness of the models to the botanical nature of trees and plants. We present a model which integrates botanical knowledge of the architecture of the trees: how they grow, how they occupy space, where and how leaves, flowers or fruits are located, etc. The very first interest of the model we propose is its great richness: the same procedural methods can produce "plants" as different as weeping willows, fir trees, cedar trees, frangipani trees, poplars, pine trees, wild cherry trees, herbs, etc. Another very important benefit one can derive from the model is the integration of time which enables viewing the aging of a tree (possibility to get different pictures of the same tree at different ages, accurate simulation of the death of leaves and branches for example). The ease to integrate physical parameters such as wind, the incidence of factors such as insects attacks, use of fertilizers, plantation density, and so on makes it a useful tool for agronomy or botany.


This is a guide to research, resources, theory, and practice in nursing informatics and healthy policy domains. It is designed to help students in NURS 424 as they develop wikis on current and emerging trends in informatics. An exploration of research methods for informatics in nursing


This Letter studies how to precisely and instantly transform the object images displaying colours on an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) in order to meet both energy saving and personal viewing quality requirements. The proposed method could be applied to a real-time energy saving transformation of any display media on an OLED and it will save display power consumption up to 74% based on the predicted PSNR = 40 dB. At the same time, it still retains a very good image quality after transformation.


Free radicals are the primary cause of the majority of degenerative diseases. The substances that collect free radicals are antioxidants. The main intent of current research was to make an inquiry into the phyto-chemical & in-vitro anti-oxidant profile of fruit husk of Juglans regia extract. The technique used to put to the test the antioxidant abilities of extracts included the DPPH assay, superoxide radical scavenging, ferric thiocyanate (FTC], and hydroxyl radical scavenging assay. Preliminary phytochemical analysis was screened using standard methods. Phytochemical investigation found that it contains carbohydrates, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides and saponins. Methanolic extract of Juglans regia showed better antioxidant capability than ethyl acetate extract. According to the results of this study, Juglans regia fruit husks may be a reliable source of natural antioxidants.


Abstract An investigation of silicon-based tandem solar cells incorporating Al-doped ZnO (AZO) and Cu2O metal oxides, via two of the most efficient methods of optical modeling, specifically ray tracing and transfer matrix algorithms, was performed. The simulations were conducted based on specialized software, namely Silvaco Atlas and MATLAB, as well as on OPAL2 simulation platform. The optical analysis involved the calculation of the spectral curves for reflectance, absorptance and transmittance for different thicknesses of the thin film layers constituting the cell. It was established the optimum thickness of the AZO layer based on the minimum reflectance and maximum transmittance. Moreover, several materials were investigated in order to determine the optimum buffer layer for the tandem solar cell, based on optical modeling. The optical parameters of the ZnO/Cu2O top subcell were optimized, in order to achieve the highest conversion efficiency of such heterojunction solar cell.


Recently, optical technologies are a rapidly developing branch of physics with a lot of applications in modern lifestyle. Efficient devices consist of optical components with spatial dimensions of only a few nanometers. The focus of this purely theoretical thesis is to investigate and to control the optical excitations in metal nanostructures simultaneously in space and time under the influence of light and applications of this spatiotemporal control. The results of this thesis are composed of three topics. The first topic deals with properties of metal nanostructures. A theoretical model system for metals is introduced and as first result, the band structure and dipole transition matrix elements of silver are calculated. Plasmonic effects of metal (hybrid) nanospheres are examined in preparation for the mechanisms of controlling light. Nanoplasmonics describes optical effects based on plasma oscillations of nanostructured metal systems. These systems can keep the optical energy concentrated on nanometer scale and femtosecond scale, enabled by modes called surface plasmons. For spatiotemporally localized enhancement of the electromagnetic field, material properties and geometry settings have to be considered: For example, resonances of different metals at different wavelengths are examined. It is also shown that nonresonant metal layers for the considered wavelengths can transfer field enhancement on the surface over a long distance and that decreasing enhancements due to the screening of thick coatings can be compensated by coupling of two nanospheres. The second topic deals with confining optical excitations simultaneously on a nanometer length scale and on a femtosecond time scale. For conventional light sources, however, the spatial resolution of optical measurements is limited by the wavelength of the incident light. Still, achieving electronic control below the diffraction limit is desirable because it opens a number of novel methods in investigating nanosystems. It becomes possible by combining nanoplasmonics with pulse shaping techniques. Interferences of near and far fields and polarization effects serve as control mechanism. To find the pulses that supply the desired localization, in the central part of the thesis a genetic algorithm that optimizes the shape of the incoming pulses is generated. Different geometries show varying optimization quality. Good localizations are achieved by using metal tips or antenna-like geometries that guide excitations into the nanostructure. The last topic is an application of the achieved spatiotemporal control. Control is applied to complex (hybrid) nanostructures (e.g. semiconductor quantum dots or pigments embedded in proteins such as in light harvesting complexes), that serve as optical emitters. If they are placed in vicinity, they couple via Coulomb forces. This dipole-dipole coupling on nanometer scale between individual emitters leads to the formation of new collective hybridized quantum states that are delocalized over the entire nanostructure. The main result of this work is a new kind of quantum state tomography that disentangles the individual contributions of the coupled emitters in a spatially extended nanostructure from the collective optical response via localized near field spectroscopy. A coherent nonlinear multidimensional spectroscopy method (the double quantum coherence) is combined with light concentrating techniques. Many-particle wave functions of coupled quantum dots for exciton as well as for biexciton states can be reconstructed (up to an arbitrary phase) by finding the expansion coefficients of the basis representation by using a sequence of three polarization shaped light pulses with controlled envelopes and phases. The quality of reconstruction depends among others on the quality of spatiotemporal control and on influences of neighboring resonances. Filtering methods can reduce these influences and thus improve the quality of reconstruction. In all, more information about the system can be revealed than by using two-dimensional spectroscopy or localization alone.


tween ancient magic and religion and examine a variety of so-called magical rituals as possible analogues to events narrated in Aseneth. According to Kraemer, not only were various components of the text late antique, but its "gender thinking" was, as well. Thus, Kraemer devotes a chapter to the representation of gender in Aseneth (chap. 7: "Why is Aseneth a Woman?"). Here we see Kraemer explicitly depart from her earlier scholarship on Aseneth; possibly this departure is indicative of a larger methodological shift in her oeuvre. Rather than zeroing in on the text as evidence for the day-to-day details of women's lives (as in Her Share of the Blessings), Kraemer asks how the author, as Peter Brown has put it, "used women to think with." That is, Kraemer asks how a feminine character might haplessly encode patriarchal messages, regardless of her portrayal as heroic. Specifically drawing on the work of Levine, Cooper, and Perkins on late Hellenistic and early Christian fiction, Kraemer asks whether Aseneth similarly expresses male concerns about identity. Having disarmed Aseneth's early dating and provided a wealth of possible late ancient influences on the work, Kraemer dedicates the second part of her book, "Relocating Aseneth," to revisiting questions of date, authorship, and provenance. Though Kraemer ultimately concludes that we will likely not be able securely to place Aseneth in a particular cultural milieu, she maintains that Aseneth is most congenial to a late ancient thought-world, perhaps dating between the fourth and the sixth centuries. Then, the narrative might have been meaningful to Jews, Christians, God-Fearers, and/or Samaritans, a tribute to the flexibility of the text as it has been parsed anew by Kraemer. In the recent flourish of commentary on ancient fiction, this book stands out as exceptional. Kraemer has stepped out of bounded disciplines of early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, literary studies and material culture, to brave the intercultural questions demanded from this eclectic text. For this reason, When Aseneth Met Joseph stands as a thought-provoking, clear, and broadly informed analysis that will be instructive to students of ancient religion and historians of ancient Mediterranean cultures.


Two new aminoarsines, (CF3)2AsN(SiMe3)2(1) and CF3As[N(SiMe3)2]2(2), are formed by reaction of (CF3)2AsCl and (CF3)AsCl2 with LiN(SiMe3)2. Chlorination of (1) yields [(CF3)2As(Cl)N(SiMe3)]2(3). On refluxing (3) in n-hexane or n-heptane, the synthesis of trimeric and tetrameric bis(trifluoromethyl)arsazenes, [(CF3)2AsN]3(4) and [(CF3)2AsN]4(5), is accomplished. Pyrolysis of (3) also produced (4) and (5). Crystals of (5) are triclinic, space group P, with a= 991.2(5), b= 1 012.9(6), c= 1 432.8(7) pm, α= 108.21(4), β= 96.03(4), γ= 109.44(4)°, and Z= 2. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined to R 0.069 for 2 183 unique observed diffractometer data. The molecular symmetry approximates to (S4), with a slight alternation in As–N distances [171.6(7) and 173.2(9) pm].


The Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research is an important international journal in the field of economics. It was founded in 1966, and retrieved by the Inspec (Information Service in Physics, Electro-Technology, Computer and Control) database and the Core Collection database of Web of Science in 1969 and 2007, respectively. Since 1969, there are altogether 1615 articles in the journal collected by the Inspec database and Core Collection database of Web of Science. This study uses bibliometric methods to analyze these articles from two perspectives: academic structure and relevance analysis. A detailed study of the publication and citation structures, keywords of articles, research topics, and international co-authorship analysis was conducted. Finally, some suggestions are put forward to the editors and authors of this journal.


In this study the reactivity of the compound dimethyl [2-(N,N-dimethylethylen)cyclopentadienyl)]Al(III) toward ionizing species and the subsequent reactivity toward ethylene and propene have been e...


Research has shown that children growing up in a family with spousal domestic violence (DV) are susceptible to serious mental and physical effects. The effects of DV on children are even more complicated in a cross-cultural family in which a cultural hierarchy is superimposed on the batterer and victim brought about by the actual economic disparity in the international society, cultural relationships in Japanese society, and images circulated through mass media. The recent increase in mixed marriages between a Japanese man and a foreign woman is accompanied by a rapid increase in child DV victims. This study examines the current condition of these child DV victims growing up in a cross-cultural background, who are exposed to DV together with their foreign mother. The results showed that children with a cross-cultural background growing up in a family with DV are at greater risk of being victimized by both the batterer and the victim, and that they are seriously affected by their family environment. In addition to this direct harm, the effects of DV subconsciously influences children's social relationships through learning difficulties, an unstable sense of values and/or identity, and a destabilized mother-child relationship. It is shown that such indirect effects derived from the direct violence persist over time. Therefore, multilateral long-term support that can keep track of each child's situation and help establish their identity and appreciation of diverse cultural backgrounds is essential. Introduction: background and purpose of the study Despite a general decrease in the number of marriages in Japan, marriages between a foreigner and a Japanese person are increasing (Figure 1). According to the 2008 demographic survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, one in 20 newly married couples is between a foreigner and a Japanese person, of which 80% is between a Japanese man and a foreign woman. The majority of these foreign women come from Asia (Figure 2). This trend is accompanied by an increasing number of victims of domestic violence (hereafter DV) carried out by a (former) spouse or partner among Asian women and Japanese men. Previous research by the author has shown that DV to foreign women is distinct from that to Japanese women in that the batterer takes advantage of his legal and/or cultural status, and has recommended support suited to their particular situation [2-3]. The same line of research has revealed a growing number of children with a cross-cultural background raised A study on the effects of growing up in a family with DV on children with a cross-cultural background: field research from a maternal and child living support facility


Abstract The breeding of a fast-growing tree species, Acacia mangium Willd. has entered the third-generation cycle in Indonesia. To fulfill timber industry needs, wood traits, as well as growth traits, should be improved by conducting appropriate tree breeding programs for this species. In the present study, growth and wood traits were measured for the 10-year-old third-generation A. mangium from 40 half-sib families originating from four sub-lines from two provenances. The mean values of ten families in each sub-line ranged from 17.7 to 21.8 cm for stem diameter, 14.3 to 16.2 m for tree height, 3.60 to 3.77 km/s for stress-wave velocity, and 19.9 to 20.9 mm for Pilodyn penetration, respectively. The broad-sense heritability values in each sub-line ranged from 0.014 to 0.444 for stem diameter, 0.000 to 0.208 for tree height, 0.261 to 0.715 for stress-wave velocity, and 0.171 to 0.484 for Pilodyn penetration, respectively. These results suggested that families with higher density and Young's modulus of wood, suitable for solid wood production, can be selected from the third-generation A. mangium. Stem diameter significantly correlated with the other three measured traits, while phenotypic correlation coefficients between stem diameter and stress-wave velocity or Pilodyn penetration were very low. In addition, no significant phenotypic correlations were found between other measured traits. Furthermore, positive- or non-significant genetic correlations were found between growth and wood traits in all sub-lines. Thus, it is concluded that the selection of families with good growth characteristics will not always reduce the wood properties of this species.


This paper analyzes how forming a monetary union affects consumption and earnings inequalities caused by adopting a common currency. We use a two country overlapping-generations model to investigate these effects. When countries choose to form a monetary union, the country with higher initial inflation will deffnitely experience an increase in its inequalities. In the country with lower initial inflation, however, inequalities might go in either direction since the inflationary effect of uniting its monetary policy with a high inflation country can dominate the reducing effect of vanished trade frictions on inflation.


Novel Ni3S2@NiOOH hybrid nanostructures have been synthesized using Ni foam (NF) as support and Ni source through a facile low-temperature sulfurization and following in situ electrochemical oxidation process. The structure and composition of the as-prepared samples were characterized by XRD, XPS and SEM. The uniform film composed of volcanic-like Ni3S2 nanostrucutres covered on the surface of Ni foam after 300 °C sulfurization in H2S/N2 for 1h. The similar film of Ni3S2@NiOOH hybrid nanostructure has been obtained after electrochemical treatment of Ni3S2/NF in 1.0 M KOH (called ET-Ni3S2/NF). The electrocatalytic performances of all the samples for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have been investigated. The obtained ET-Ni3S2/NF shows smaller onset potential and Tafel slope than Ni3S2/NF due to the formation of NiOOH nanoplates on the surface of NF. The synergistic effect between Ni3S2 and NiOOH may be responsible for the enhancement of the HER activity.


15 boys in each of three age groups were tested for ability to reproduce learned linear arm-positioning movements using a slide bar. Movements of 10, 20, and 40 cm were learned without the aid of vision by moving the slide to a stop, then repeated from the same starting position without the stop in place. Analysis of variance yielded a significant main effect of length of movement for both absolute and constant error and also a significant interaction between age and length of movement. The discussion offers explanations based on information-processing capacity and patterns of child development.


Post financial crisis era urges to reduce the complexity of reporting, and pays more attention to social responsibility and sustainable development of enterprises.So the corporate reporting needs urgent reform.It is in this context,the international accounting profession puts forward a new concept of "integrated reporting",and founded International Integrated Reporting Committee(IIRC) in August 2010.However,the theory and practice of integrated reporting are still in their infancy,and domestic research in this area is almost in vacancy. Based on the concern of IIRC and the dynamic research of integrated reporting around the world,the paper makes use of SWOT to analyze the development prospect of integrated reporting,and puts forward the suggestion of using FESG-four dimensional information as a basis of integrated reporting.


An assessment was made of the Energy Data Base (EDB) of the Department of Energy's Technical Information Center (TIC). As the major resource containing access information to the world's energy literature, EDB products and services are used extensively by energy researchers to identify journal articles, technical reports and other items of potential utility in their work. The approach taken to assessing value begins with the measurement of extent of use of the EDB. Apparent value is measured in terms of willingness to pay. Consequential value is measured in terms of effect - for searching, the cost of reading which results; and for reading, the savings which result from the application of the information obtained in reading. Resulting estimates of value reflect value to the searchers, the reader, and the reader's organization or funding source. A survey of the 60,000 scientists and eingineers funded by the DOE shows that annually they read about 7.1 million journal articles and 6.6 million technical reports. A wide range of savings values were reported for one-fourth of all article readings and three-fourths of all report readings. There was an average savings of $590 per reading of all articles; there was an average savings of $1280more » for technical reports. The total annual savings attributable to reading by DOE-funded scientists and engineers is estimated to be about $13 billion. An investment of $5.3 billion in the generation of information and about $500 million in processing and using information yields a partial return of about $13 billion. Overall, this partial return on investment is about 2.2 to 1. In determining the value of EDB only those searches and readings directly attributable to it are included in the analysis. The values are $20 million to the searchers, $117 million to the readers and $3.6 billion to DOE.« less


The Bacillus subtilis GlnR transcription factor regulates gene expression in response to changes in nitrogen availability. Glutamine synthetase transmits the nitrogen regulatory signal to GlnR. The DNA‐binding activity of GlnR is activated by a transient protein–protein interaction with feedback‐inhibited glutamine synthetase that stabilizes GlnR–DNA complexes. This signal transduction mechanism was analysed by creating mutant GlnR proteins with partial or complete truncations of their C‐terminal domains. The truncated GlnR proteins were found to constitutively repress gene expression in vivo. This constitutive repression did not require glutamine synthetase. Purified mutant GlnR proteins bound DNA in vitro more tightly than wild‐type GlnR protein and this binding was not activated by feedback‐inhibited glutamine synthetase. While full‐length GlnR is monomeric, the truncated GlnR proteins contained significant levels of dimers. These results indicate that the C‐terminal region of GlnR acts as an autoinhibitory domain that prevents GlnR dimerization and thus impedes DNA binding. The GlnR C‐terminal domain is also required for the interaction between GlnR and feedback‐inhibited glutamine synthetase. Compared with the full‐length GlnR protein, the truncated GlnR proteins were defective in their interaction with feedback‐inhibited glutamine synthetase in cross‐linking experiments.


Theory abuse has weakened the importance of context studies in cultural translation.The study of quantizing context has been more effective than traditional context study.Based on cultural nature of translation,cultural,stylistic and textual parameters are introduced,which are from context parameters and logically connected with each other.By analyzing these parameters' guidance in translation,the trend of translating is interpreted.What's more,the use of formulas and diagrams promotes the paradigm of context studies.


Ukrainian Abstract: Автором вказані критерії і способи оцінки соціальних цінностей в сучасному світі. Сукупність найважливіших цінностей і норм поведінки всіх членів суспільства є підставою його консолідації. Показана значимість моральних принципів, ідеалів і установок для сучасної молоді. Ціннісно-нормативна система стабільного суспільства регулює соціальну поведінку молоді, формує ціннісні орієнтації, установки, життєві цілі, дає можливість планувати своє майбутнє. Первинною ознакою нестабільного суспільства є руйнування ціннісно-нормативної системи суспільства. Особливу увагу приділено впливу загальної атмосфери, що склалася в суспільстві, на формування молодого покоління, проявам екстремізму, ненависті, агресії, цинізму. Розглянуто соціальні конфлікти загального плану, які можуть бути джерелом злочинів, як наприклад, соціальна несправедливість і нерівність. Звернуто особливу увагу на національні та релігійні конфлікти, які несуть в собі заряд ненависті. Показано зв'язок соціальних конфліктів зі злочинністю, розкрито основні шляхи пошуку молоддю своєї моделі поведінки.
English Abstract: In this article, the criteria and methods of evaluation of social values in the modern world are shown.
The Constitution of Ukraine in the article 5 states that the bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power in Ukraine is the people. It provides power directly and through bodies of state and local governments. Democracy - is the essence of every democratic state. It is no coincidence most developed democracies are increasingly emphasizing the need to bring society to address the important issues of state life - political, economic, and social. Thus, we note the urgency of the issue of local government activities in all areas and their key role in public life.
It is known that a person's identity is born, and it becomes. Human Socialization occurs through natural inclinations under the dominant influence of factors such as socio-economic conditions, cultural environment, family, school, peers, and informal groups, etc. Socialization, personality development is a "multi-faceted process of humanization of a man", active personality to adapt to the existing social conditions and the implementation of the resulting social experience through communication, behavior, activity. Outside of society and social relations a person cannot exist. Thus, the main function (purpose) of socialization is to ensure the proper functioning of the individual in society. The socialization of the individual is a prerequisite for individual adaptation in a society, in particular, microgroup, immediate social environment.
The importance of moral principles, ideals for modern youth. The ground for the consolidation of the society is the aggregate of major values and standards of behavior of all members of society. The value-normative system of a stable society regulates the social behavior of young people, forms both real social value orientations and long-term objectives, ultimate aim, and gives them the possibility for planning future. The destruction of the above-mentioned system is the first sign of an unstable society. The impact of a surrounding atmosphere on the formation of a young generation is paid a special attention to. Authors reveal extremism, hatred, aggression and cynicism. The social conflicts among youth, which can be a source of the following criminal behavior, such as social injustice and inequality are considered.
The author supports the scientific position that the essence of the person is determined by the nature of its socialization and the formation stage corresponds with the stages of socialization. And although the process of socialization takes place throughout the course of a life of the individual, at the same time it should be noted behind them advance a certain peak, the highest level of socialization, which reaches this or that person.
Great attention is paid to national and religious conflicts, which are the charge of hatred in the society. The connection of social conflicts with criminality is shown; the basic directions towards the search of their model of behavior for youth are discovered.
Local governments - it is part of society. To counter crime must separately or in conjunction with law enforcement authorities, as well as through any associations of citizens, religious, charitable, sporting, cultural and mass by advocacy, fundraisers, organizing various social welfare centers, family houses, legal assistance and like. Thus, the countermeasures are to be more effective and rational, so they can become more positive and the motor to ensure the safety of society.


Glycine can be recovered from an aqueous starting solution of glycine and sodium sulfate having a mole ratio of glycine to sodium sulfate of about 1-5:1 and a pH of about 4.5-8.5 by: (a) cooling the starting solution to precipitate a first lot of glycine and form a first mother liquor; (b) separating the precipitated glycine from the first mother liquor; (c) recovering the separated glycine; (d) precipitating a first lot of sodium sulfate from the first mother liquor by evaporating water therefrom to form a first lot of precipitated sodium sulfate and a second mother liquor; (e) separating the precipitated sodium sulfate from the second mother liquor; (f) admixing the separated second mother liquor with water and a second lot of the aqueous starting solution to form a first resulting solution; (g) cooling the first resulting solution to form a second lot of precipitated glycine and a third mother liquor; (h) separating the second lot of precipitated glycine from the third mother liquor; (i) evaporating water from the third mother liquor to precipitate a second lot of precipitated sodium sulfate and form a fourth mother liquor; (j) separating the second lot of precipitated sodium sulfate from the fourth mother liquor; (k) admixing the separated fourth mother liquor with water and a third lot of the aqueous starting solution to form a second resulting solution; (1) cooling the second resulting solution to form a third crop of precipitated glycine and a fifth mother liquor; and (m) separating the third crop of precipitated glycine from the fifth mother liquor.


The present invention relates to identify the corrupt data lane, provides a technique for using the spare data lane. A few examples include a method of adjusting the use of spare lanes between link partners. One example is to analyze the data from one link partner includes identifying a failure lane, and a step of communicating a broken lane in the link partner, in this communication, sideband communication channel is not required. In some embodiments, the step of communicating a broken lane in the link partner, identifying a transmission lanes corresponding to the broken lane, using a spare data lanes, are intended to the corresponding transmission lane transmitting a set of data, using the corresponding transmission lanes, and transmitting bad data link partner. .Field


The change in ambient temperature plays a key role in body the rmor gulation. The use of protective layer (clothes) has no t only ethical values but also acts as a shield to combat with th e severe environmental conditions. A mathematical model on bi heat transfer has been formulated with appropriate diffusing an d matching conditions at the dermal layers and the protectiv layer. The finite difference scheme has been employed to solve the model an the conditions for the thermal stability of tissue tempe ratures were illustrated using MATLAB and FlexPDE software's. The resul t obtained are applicable to a wide range of problems to main tain body core temperature irrespective of the outside temperature.


Advances in technology have allowed digital transformation to reach all productive sectors, including the education sector and its members. This transformation is linked to emerging technologies, the digitalisation of processes and resources, and the demand for users to upgrade to the latest technological updates. The article aims to examine the role of digital transformation in improving children's literacy in Africa. To achieve this, the researchers used Arksey and O'Malley's systematic scoping review to identify and map articles over five years (2017–2022) using specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Twenty articles focused on factors or determinants of digital transformation and literacy for African children. The findings of this study suggest that the literacy sector in Africa faces several challenges in adapting to digital transformation. These challenges include insufficient funding, infrastructure, and skills to prepare learners to participate in the digital transformation. The findings also suggest that African governments should invest in the development of infrastructure and human, technical, and financial capacity to develop the literacy system needed to participate in the digital transformation. The study revealed several opportunities, including the availability of timely reading resources, the sharing of resources among learners, and the potential for improving engagement and accessibility through interactive and customisable resources. The study concludes that there is a need for African schools to adopt digital transformation to improve literacy. A proposed integrated framework for digital transformation and improving literacy was crafted. The framework is likely to be feasible and beneficial to most African countries.