Funding: This work was supported by grants from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-08-412 BLAN-0042-01), and the European Science Foundation (Compcog Exchange Grant n°3648).


The synsacrum is an important element of the axial skeleton in birds, both volant and flightless. Little is known about the maturation of this complex bone in penguins. In this work, the supposedly ontogenetically youngest known synsacrum of early penguins was described. The analysis of this specimen, collected within the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula, revealed that this bird had attained at least the fledging stage of growth. Studies of three mature synsacra recovered from the same formation focused on the synsacral canals and, using indirect reasoning, their contents. These analyses revealed that the lumbosacral intumescence of the spinal cord and its exten− sions, the transverse canals, had been developed roughly like those in extant penguins (and also swifts and cormorants). The neural spine extensions (a non−nervous tissue) tracing the transverse grooves of the dorsal wall of the synsacral canal are currently considered as in− volved in the control of walking. The presented data suggest that such a sense organ gained its current penguin configuration by the late Eocene.


Let X be a set of size v and 0 t k v. The set of all signed list designs with block size k is a module M(Lk(X)) over Z and @t defines a natural homomorphism from M(Lk(X)) to M(Lt(X)). The kernel of this homomorphism is the module of all null t-list designs. The set of all lists of size k is totally ordered under the lexicographic ordering. A tag is the largest element under the lexicographic ordering in the support of a null t-list design. Tags provide a natural basis for the image module under the map @t. A tag was first defined by the first author for the sets a few years ago. It provided a tool to study problems like existence conjecture of t-designs or the problem of characterization of degree sequences of k-uniform hypergraphs. These concepts were recently extended to lists in a joint work of the authors. These results and their applications to the existence of Steiner systems will be discussed in the lecture.


On the possibility and necessity of mental health education carried out by the teacher in charge of the class, the paper proclaimed that the teacher in charge of the class was the primary mental health worker in school. It called for highly qualified teachers in charge of classes in educational ideas, knowledge experience and mental quality, etc.


In antiquity, the phenomenon of friendship became the object of steadfast attention from philosophy. In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle connects the political existence of man with friendship since he believes the city (polis) can be built in analogy with friendly unions. Cicero also saw a social prototype in friendship. A gradual change in such a representation resulted in a romantic concept of friendship that is understood as the subjective, sensual bringing together of individuals, but is only accessible to few. Kant and Hegel also adhered to the romantic concept. Russian religious philosophy, on the one hand, is formed under the influence of German romanticism and the understanding of friendship peculiar to it, but, on the other hand, it returns immediately to the concept of friendship as a social construct. Khomyakov believes that friendship is first of all established between the power and the people, and this friendly union distinguishes Russian culture from the West European culture. However Russian religious-philosophical thought is distinguished by the aspiration to understand the phenomenon of friendship not in itself, but in its connection with the concepts of enmity and brotherhood. There is an image of brotherly unity emanating from a Far Eastern civilization which Vl. Solovyov posits as the main threat to Christianity, whereas N. Fyodorov, believes that a brotherly unity and an unspoken pledge of rescue from "the not brotherly" West that has remained in the Russian and in the Chinese agrarian communities. The relationship between the concepts of friendship and brotherhood becomes clearer in 20th century Western European thought, particularly in the representations of the "mystical acosmism of brotherhoods" by the sociologist and philosopher M. Weber and the political philosopher H. Arendt.


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Abstract Background Due to ethical and budgetary concerns associated with the use of vertebrate animals in research, interest in alternative models has increased over the past several decades. In the present study, we developed a Candida albicans quantitative infection model in Caenorhabditis elegans, a nonparasitic invertebrate nematode, to test the antifungal effects of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). Methods To establish a lethal C. albicans infection, larval Stage 4 worms [n = 30/group (gp)] were fed various doses of yeast (2.5 × 102–2.5 × 105 cells/gp) for 4 hours at 20°C or 30°C. The infection was evaluated by monitoring worms for mortality and determining fungal burden in worm homogenates by plating for colony forming units every 24 hours for 4 days post-challenge. To examine the worm's ability to ingest L-AmB and to determine drug toxicity, uninfected worms were fed L-AmB (6.3–25 μg/gp) for 4 hours at 30°C, and drug toxicity evaluated by survival with drug concentrations determined by bioassay of worm homogenates. The lack of toxicity allowed us to evaluate L-AmB activity in worms challenged for 4 hours at 30°C with 2.5 × 105 yeast cells/gp and then treated with L-AmB (0.5–25 ug/gp) for 4 hours at 30°C, with survival rate and fungal burden to assess L-AmB treatment. Results Calbicans infection was established in worms challenged with all yeast doses, with optimum infection observed with 2.5 × 105 yeast cells/gp at 30°C (13% survival in-infected worms vs. 87% in uninfected worms). We observed that uninfected worms could take up L-AmB at doses of 6.3–25 μg/gp and yet was not toxic for the worms (93–95% survival). In worms exposed to yeast and treated with L-AmB, complete clearance of infection was achieved with the higher doses (6.3–25 μg/gp), while lower doses (1.6–3.1 μg/gp) significantly reduced the fungal burden (P ≤ 0.05). Infected worms, not treated with L-AmB had only 10% survival, while L-AmB improved survival in a dose-dependent manner giving 40% survival for 0.5 μg L-AmBi/gp and 100% survival for doses of 6.3 μg/gp and higher. Conclusion By using fungal burden as a readout of efficacy, along with survival, we have established a quantitative, reproducible, flexible method for examining the activity of L-AmB in C. elegans which could be expanded for use in evaluating other antifungal drugs and different pathogenic fungi. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


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Vertical profiles of the total organic carbon(TOC), total nitrogen(TN) , phosphorus, susceptibilities, elements and partical size were analyzed in a sh ort 137Cs-dated sediment core collected from Honghu Lake, China. The average sed imentation rate was 1.55 mm/a. The results indicated that trophic status of Hong hu Lake in the historical period had experienced three stages. Before 1840 the l ake was characterized with lower productivity, TOC was less than 9.92 g/kg; TN w as 0.902 to 1.24 g/kg. During about 1840—1950, population increased quickly, th ere was an obvious change in TOC with an average of 13.0 g/kg. Since 1950, human impacts have accelerated the lake eutrophication and nutrients enriched in the sediment with TOC of 21.7 to 93.1 g/kg, TN of 1.77 to 8.78 g/kg. The heavy metal concentration profiles presented similar distribution trends except Pb and Mn. The results from elements analyses indicated that Honghu Lake had not been pollu ted by heavy metals except lead.


The invention discloses a manual fuel delivery pump for a diesel engine fuel system of a commercial vehicle. The manual fuel delivery pump comprises a pump body (4); a check valve is arranged at each of two ends of the pump body, wherein the check directions of the two check valves are at the same direction; a fuel pumping gasbag (6) is arranged between the two check valves on the pump body (4) and installed on the pump body (4) via a joint; the hollow cavity of the fuel pumping gasbag (6) is communicated with the inner cavity of the pump body (4); and the fuel pumping gasbag (6) is made of a flexible elastic material. Through the adoption of the above technical scheme, the traditional piston type oil pumping mechanism, the product structure is simplified, the production cycle is shortened, the product capacity is improved, the production cost is reduced, the performance and the reliability of the product are increased, the working efficiency and the service life are improved and the operation is more convenient, so that the foundation is laid for equipment of various motorcycle types in large quantities.


Summary This prospective, longitudinal study aimed to investigate relationships between indicators of maternal prenatal stress, infant birth outcomes and early temperament. We examined the pattern of associations and postulated pathways between physiological (cortisol plasma concentrations) and self-report indices (stress, anxiety) of maternal prenatal stress, cortisol in the amniotic fluid, birth outcomes and infant temperament at 3 months. The sample consisted of 158 women undergoing amniocentesis in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Questionnaire measures of maternal stress and anxiety were found to be unrelated to cortisol in plasma or amniotic fluid. Maternal cortisol was related to amniotic cortisol, which in turn was associated with lower birth weight. Birth weight predicted infant fear and distress to limitation at 3 months old. We found trend-like indirect effects of amniotic fluid on infant distress to limitation and fear via birth weight. This is one of the few studies to simultaneously assess the role of maternal and amniotic fluid cortisol on birth outcomes and infant emotional development. The results suggest that foetal cortisol may be an important predictor of infant outcomes and shed light on the mechanisms through which prenatal maternal stress affects infant psychological health.


In this paper, we investigate conditions to represent derivative price under XVA explicitly. As long as we consider different borrowing/lending rates, XVA problem becomes a non-linear equa- tion and this makes finding explicit solution of XVA difficult. It is shown that the associated valuation problem is actually linear under some proper conditions so that we can have the same complexity in pricing as classical pricing theory. Moreover, the conditions mentioned above is mild in the sense that it can be obtained by choosing adequate covenants between the investor and counterparty.


Photon trapping structure in HgCdTe mid-wavelength infrared detectors is investigated in this study by exploiting the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. The quantum efficiency and the current-voltage characteristics have been numerically simulated, using commercial Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) software Apsys. Simulation results indicate that in contrast to the regular mesa structure, the photon trapping structure can reduce dark current and noise without degrading quantum efficiency.


This study aims to determine the effect of human resource competence and the principles of accountability in village financial management in South Suwawa District, Bone Bolango Regency partially or simultaneously. The research method used is quantitative methods by means of data through distributing questionnaires to employees. The data analysis used is multiple regression. The results showed that partially or simultaneously the competence of human resources of village officials and the principle of accountability in village financial management had a positive and significant effect on village financial management in Suwawa Selatan District, Bone Bolango Regency. The coefficient of determination is 0.435, which means that the determinant value of the competence of village officials and the principle of accountability for village financial management on village financial management in Suwawa Selatan District Bone Bolango Regency is 43.50%. While the remaining 56.50% can be provided by other variables not examined in this study. These factors are the knowledge of village officials, skills in village financial management, education of village officials, integrity of village officials, work motivation of village officials, transparency of village financial management, work discipline and the internal control system implemented by the village government.


Oilseed rape suffers from serious waterlogging in many regions of the world limiting the cultivation area for rapeseed. Due to the man-induced climate change, the risk of severe waterlogging events and associated therewith the damage of rapeseed plants will increase, even in Europe and North America. To investigate the effects of waterlogging on growth, yield and seed quality, rapeseed was cultivated throughout its vegetation period and waterlogged for 14 days at two different growth stages: at stem elongation (BBCH 31) or at floral bud appearance (BBCH 55). The experiments revealed that waterlogging at BBCH 31 affected plant growth and nutrient accumulation and finally resulted in lower yields. Waterlogging at BBCH 55 seriously impaired main racemes, but due to an increased production of secondary racemes, yield losses were lower than after waterlogging at BBCH 31. Oil quality was not affected by any waterlogging treatment under the chosen experimental conditions.


Solar and wind energy systems are attractive hybrid renewable energy systems suitable for various applications and most commonly for power generation. Compared to standalone wind and solar devices, hybrid systems have several advantages, including requiring lesser or no storage devices, being more reliable, damping the daily and seasonal variations and ensuring constant energy flows. This work aims to conduct a feasibility study and a performance analysis of a hybrid wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power system in selected regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A detailed review on the potential of PV, wind energy and hybrid energy systems in KSA, to reason out the potential areas of study, has identified two sites to be selected to carry out the investigation. A small size power system driven by solar and wind energy has been modeled and simulated for a year period in the selected locations. Various configuration schemes of integrated solar and wind with storage devices for such a small capacity system have been proposed and their respective performances have been evaluated. Techno-economic aspects have been included. The simulation results indicated that the developed model shows a promising future of implementing the renewable energy system in the eastern and southern regions of the Kingdom.


Aims: The present study demonstrated a comparative evaluation of RNA isolation from pigeonpea by using conventional or modified laboratory based methods as well as optimizing the existing well known protocol to extract a satisfactory amount of purified and reproducible RNA required for downstream processing. Methodology: In the present investigation, an attempt was made to optimize the method for getting high quality RNA from healthy pigeonpea seedling as well as inoculated with fungal strain of Fusarium udum (FU) Butler. After optimizing the method showing best performance among all Method Article experimenting protocols, the RNAs were further validated for quality by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for amplification of plant specific Ascorbate peroxidase gene (APX) and FU specific Cellobiohydrolases (CBHs) gene responsible for infectivity of Fusarium udum . Results: The determinant applications of Guanidium thiocyanate (GITC) and sodium citrate based lysis buffer for efficient extraction at initial step and an effective precipitation by using isopropanol and sodium chloride in the final step made a successful optimization of the excellent quality of total RNA isolation. The same RNA was self sufficient to identify the traces of plant and fungal specific gene through RT-PCR. Conclusion: This observation under certain modifications could be effective to get RNA of excellent quality with the elevated yield from extremely challenging high polysaccharides and polyphenolic rich pigeonpea plant. Simultaneously this experimental design will not only provide better options for the identification of rare transcripts involved in resistance mechanisms in pigeonpea against various stress responses, but also make an opportunity to study the plant pathogen interaction at the molecular level.


Cracks are common and dangerous hazards in buildings. Aiming at the defects of low accuracy and poor feasibility in traditional crack width detection, proposing a crack width measurement method based on an orthogonal skeleton line. Firstly, the crack image is processed by grayscale. Secondly, the processed image is median filtering and threshold segmentation. Finally, the skeleton and outline of the crack image were extracted by this method, and the measurement and comparison of simulated cracks and actual cracks are completed. The simulation results show that this method has high accuracy and feasibility and can meet the accuracy of engineering practice.


Objective To examine the diagnosis and outcomes in the treatment of the patients with histologically confirmed central neurocytoma (CNC). Methods The data from 71 patients with CNC who were diagnosed between March 2003 and December 2007 were retrospectively evaluated. Various combinations of surgery, and radiotherapy had been used for treatment. Results The average bulk of tumors was 40 cm3. The median follow-up was 22 months. The 22 months overall survival and local control rate was 95.8%(68/71) and 95.6%(65/68), respectively. Conclusions The overall prognosis is favorable although the follow-up is not very long. Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy can significantly improve local control.

Key words:
Neurocytoma;  Diagnosis;  Therapy


Recent developments in the field of forensic medicine and the judicial practice are both factors influencing considerably toward an increasing role of toxicologists in court hearings and litigation processes. The role of forensic toxicologist has been until a few decennia before a prerogative of the medico-legal specialists, but meanwhile a subspecialty of the general toxicology seems to have been created. Vis-A -vis the increasing presence of toxicologists in penal procedures of poisoning and intoxications, Albanian courts have created their own precedents and bylaws, regulating the presence, the opinion taking, and the relative importance such an expert opinion will have on the final sentence. Due to a multiplicity of factors, legal terminology with regard to drugs of abuse needs to be revised and parallel to such a revision a better defining of the role of expert toxicologist as a collector and interpreter of the scientific proofs seems necessary. Overlapping competencies with judicial bodies and confusing legislative measures will do nothing else but complicate issues that should be and can be easily resolved, through simple and appropriate interventions at different levels.


In high latitude area of Gannan tibetan autonomous prefecture,Picea purpurea is the rare and fine commercial tree species.The paper introduces breeding technique of Picea purpurea,including seed collecting,soil selection,soil preparation,seeding,planting management,overwintering management,pest control,field management of 2~3 years seedling,seedling bed engraftment,sizes and seedling classification,and seedling considerations.


Water pollution is a threat to lead a healthy life. Vast industrialization and uses of nsecticides and pesticides are the reason of changing Physico-Chemical characteristics of water. The present study was undertaken with a view to detect different types of trace metals found in water of Satna region. For this purpose mineral resources of this region are considred at the root level.


Objective To explore the preventive and treating effect of Salvia Injection on airway inflammation in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods A total of 24 SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:normal control group(n = 8),COPD model group(n = 8)and Salviae treated group(n = 8).The COPD model was established by intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide and exposure to cigarette smoking.The rats in the treated group were introperitoneally given Salvia Injection 100 mg/kg(0.2 ml/100 g)daily,from the 8th day after the establishment of model to 28th day.The pathologic features and ultrastructural features of the airway inflammation,and the level of IL-8,total cell count and differential count in brochoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)were examined.Results Pathologic changes of the lung tissue of Salviae treated group were better than that of the COPD group while worse than the normal control group.The level of IL-8,total cell count and neutrophil count in BALF of Salviae treated group were lower than those in the COPD group(P 0.01).Conclusion Salvia Injection shows great inhibition to airway inflammation in COPD model of rats.


ABSTRACT Engaging students as pedagogical partners aspires to reposition students with more agency within universities as egalitarian learning communities. The growing literature reports numerous beneficial outcomes of such positioning, yet many partnership opportunities are limited to small numbers of selected students in extra-curricular, quality-assurance efforts. Understanding how partnership can reach into the classroom space affords opportunities to expand both practices to more students and theorisations of partnership beyond the extra-curricular realm. Our study investigates how final-year undergraduate students experienced the shift toward partnership in the classroom. Thematic analysis of focus group conversations surfaced four interrelated themes that shared many similarities with existing literature, yet diverged in regards to the central place of conflict students navigated as power dynamics shifted. Conflict manifested as both internal (within individual students) and interpersonal (among students and between students and the teacher). We argue for deeper attention to conflict, including its generative potential, in partnership practices.


Reverend Grootaers (1911-1999) moved to Japan, became friends with leading Japanese linguists Takesi Sibata and Munemasa Tokugawa, and introduced Japan to the discipline of linguistic geography from Dutch-speaking areas. As a result, linguistic geography developed greatly in Japan, which can be seen as an ideal form of cultural exchange.


Some crimes which have been introduced into Iranian law from Islamic jurisprudence are penalties. Mmm and corruption on earth are examples of penalties. Fighter with god is derived from Harb and Harb means warrior and combatant. Efsad (=corruption) is derived from Corruption on earth which means destruction, intrigue, destruction and … . some experts believe that corruption on earth and War with god are different crimes and some oppose this belief. It seems as if Iranian Legislator has considered these two crimes as independent from each other because the difference between War with god and corruption on earth has been mentioned in various laws like: economic disruptors law, fight against illegal drugs law, smugglers' law and … .


This chapter presents an empirical study of the intercultural communicative competence of students of Kazakhstani universities. The study results indicate that students should develop their cultural knowledge, intercultural receptivity, communication strategies, intercultural awareness etc. A number of issues related to the formation of intercultural competence in the process of teaching foreign-language communication, taking into account the cultural and mental differences of the native speakers, which is a necessary condition for a successful dialogue of cultures are also discussed. The concept of communicative competence in teaching foreign languages stipulates development of students' knowledge, skills and abilities that enable them to join the ethno-cultural values of the country of the studied language and use the foreign language in situations of intercultural understanding and cognition in practice. Conjunction of such knowledge, skills and abilities constitutes communicative competence. Based on the results of the research, proposals are made for the curriculum and teaching of intercultural communication and methods of developing intercultural communicative competence of students of Kazakhstan universities in a networked environment.


Based on the investigation data of three samples of Eucalyptus urophylla in the conversion of cropland to forest,the tree layer biomass was estimated by the way of average tree,and the shrub,herb and litter layer were adopted by harvesting method to calculate biomass.Meanwhile,the water-holding capacity of litter in sample was also calculated.The result showed that: the tree layer biomass was 59 654.7kg/hm2;the shrub layer biomass was 1 027.3 kg/hm2;the herb layer biomass was 802.7 kg/hm2 and the litter layer biomass was 3 393.0 kg/hm2,respectively.The biomass and its distribution of Eucalyptus urophylla were in the order of stem root bark branch leaf.With the forest age increasing,the water-holding capacity of Eucalyptus urophylla litter was increased.


Students of political development have not always been good at understanding drastic political change (Myron Weiner and Samuel P. Huntington, Understanding Political Development, Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1994, 33). Kevin Deegan-Krause contributes to efforts to remedy this shortcoming. He seeks to answer a fascinating puzzle of post-communist transition: What can account for both the divergence and later reconvergence of democratic development in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia? Not all East European countries sped along a unidirectional path toward liberal democracy when they threw off Soviet-backed communist rule. The zig-zag path of democratization that some post-communist states, such as Slovakia and Ukraine, have taken is a particularly interesting and important aspect of the political transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Unlike some of the cases in Latin America, the culprits for Slovakia's and some neighbors' regressions are not military leaders or economic downturns. Deegan-Krause adds to books, such as V.P. Gagnon's The Myth of Ethnic War: Serbia and Croatia in the 1990s (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005) that help to understand why some countries, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, actually regressed from the process of democratization before accelerating their progress toward democratic consolidation. Both resist blaming the attitudes of the general population for regression or showering the international community's policies with praise for correcting them. They instead propose more complex models that focus on the dynamics of political competition in post-communist transitions. Deegan-Krause offers a convincing model that highlights the counterproductive role played in new democratizers by strategic politicians, who, when significantly challenged by the dynamics of political competition and weakly constrained by young democratic institutions, choose to exacerbate popular attitudinal differences in the name of accumulating power.


Abstract Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were subjected to several, successively applied, environmental conditions. Their activity was monitored by means of ultra‐sonic movement detectors, and the data were submitted to a least sqares spectral analysis. Under a rigidly enforced external cycle of twelve hours of light followed by twelve hours of dark (L/D 12/12 the individually isolated monkeys exhibited great photoperiodic dependency and a very consistent activity pattern, with the peak occurring shortly after light onset. In constant light (L/L) there were individual differences in the rate of which the activity patterns changed from those exhibited under the L/D 12/12 condition. The modifications included, in addition to changes in circadian frequency, a rise in the activity level during hte rest period and shifts in the location of the peak of the daily activity curve relative to its onset. Under self‐regulated exposure to light and dark (L/D‐Sl1) the isolated monkeys' activity patterns became highly i...


In Quebec there is a growing need to separate swine manure into solid and liquid fraction due to intensive livestock production at farms that leads to surplus production of liquid swine manure, which is difficult to transport to other farmlands. In the past, chemical additives have been used to increase separation efficiency of liquid swine manure which causes environment pollution. Therefore, in this study biochar is being used as an additive for separating liquid swine manure which is a by-product of pyrolysis. In this study the objective is to separate liquid swine manure with lower dry matter content by centrifugation in a laboratory centrifuge utilizing biochar as an additive to obtain a solid portion with higher dry matter content and a liquid portion with low dry matter content. Biochar was added in different percentage fractions of 0.64%, 2%, 4 %, 6% and 7.36% to the liquid swine manure during centrifugation to increase the centrifugal sedimentation rate. Optimization of the process was done by applying central composite design and response surface methodology using SAS program. A second order quadratic polynomial equation was obtained to predict the dry matter content as a function of percentage of biochar, pH and time. pH and biochar significantly affected the separation of dry matter content, pH being the most effective followed by percentage of biochar. The maximum response obtained for dry matter content from liquid swine manure was 33.84% (w/v) dry matter content at 6% (w/v) biochar, pH 13 and 90 min time of centrifugation.


Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the exclusive breastfeeding practices among the lactating mothers in rural field practice areas of a Government Medical College Anantnag.
Methods: It was a community-based cross-sectional study conducted in rural field practice area, Department of Community Medicine GMC Anantnag, for 6 months from May 2021 to October 2021. A total of 120 lactating mothers were interviewed who had delivered 1 year back. The study participants were selected by systematic sampling method.
Results: In this study, 120 lactating mothers were interviewed. Around 68.4% of the mothers were in the age group of 20–30 years, 60% were illiterate, 78% of the mothers belonged to joint families, and 93.3% had institutional deliveries. The practice of exclusive breastfeeding among lactating mothers was 71.6%. Colostrum and pre-lacteal feeds were given by 93.4% and 80.8% of the mothers, respectively.
Conclusion: The present study shows that the prevalence of breastfeeding is higher in the rural population. It is clear that delayed initiation of breastfeeding and use of pre-lacteal feeds is prevalent among mothers. There was also lack of knowledge of proper breastfeeding practices among rural women.


Imaging techniques enable us to assess the properties of brain tissue and to obtain information of how the brain works across scales from the systems level to the molecular level. These assessments and imaging modalities include:


We study scaling of the ground-state fidelity in neighborhoods of quantum critical points in a model of interacting spinful fermions—a BCS-like model. Due to the exact diagonalizability of the model, in one and higher dimensions, scaling of the ground-state fidelity can be analyzed numerically with great accuracy, not only for small systems but also for macroscopic ones, together with the crossover region between them. Additionally, in the one-dimensional case we have been able to derive a number of analytical formulas for fidelity and show that they accurately fit our numerical results; these results are reported in the paper. Besides regular critical points and their neighborhoods, where well-known scaling laws are obeyed, there is the multicritical point and critical points in its proximity where anomalous scaling behavior is found. We also consider scaling of fidelity in neighborhoods of critical points where fidelity oscillates strongly as the system size or the chemical potential is varied. Our results for a one-dimensional version of a BCS-like model are compared with those obtained recently by Rams and Damski in similar studies of a quantum spin chain—an anisotropic XY model in a transverse magnetic field.


This research reviewed living Al-Qur'an as phenomenon and trend in learning Islamic Education in Indonesia. The causing factor is such as the moral panic of parents about modern-contemporary life. Many parents encourage their children to practice the Al-Qur'an, with the hope that the children will be more careful and fortify themselves from a free life. The panicked moral attitude of these parents is used by Islamic educational institutions as a market to gain capital gains, such as establishing an educational house/center based on living Qur'an learning. Several educational institutions also offer the concept of Islamic Boarding School, Tahfidz Center, and compete to use the Al-Qur'an as their product brand. This literature research used a social phenomenological science approach with the living Quran theory. This research found that 1) the trend of living Qur'an education in Islamic learning in Indonesian Islamic educational institutions was as a social impact of the spread of moral panic, 2) moral panic among parents of students became a new business field for managers of Islamic religious education institutions. 3) Al-Qur'an is a product that has its own market share, and 4) the phenomenon of living al-Quran was as a trend of Islamic education methods in Indonesia.


In recent years with the rapid development of medical technology and aging society,various problems have emerged in Japanese medical care service.Some scholars even propose the theory of "medical care collapse".By discussing the status quo and system of Japanese medical care service,this article analyzes the problems from the aspects of faults of medical care system and understanding of medical development.It proposes suggestions on cultivating medical talents,transforming medical care mode,and improving the sense of responsibility of medical care institutions.


We propose a resource management framework that reduces energy consumption in cloud data centers. The proposed framework predicts the number of virtual machine requests along with their amounts of CPU and memory resources, provides accurate estimations of the number of needed physical machines, and reduces energy consumption by putting to sleep unneeded physical machines. Our framework is based on real Google traces collected over a 29-day period from a Google cluster containing over 12,500 physical machines. Using this Google data, we show that our proposed framework makes substantial energy savings.


This research article deals with the Marxist commentaries of the Bhagavad Gītā. The study has its relevance to understand the text from the Marxist perspective. The article addresses on the research problems concerning to the validity of the message of the Gītā at the present context. The research approach (methodology) adopted for this study is the review-based analysis of the Marxist commentaries of the text. The study has included the commentaries of Kosambi, Ambedkar, Sardesai, Bose and Desai as they represent the leading Marxist commentators. The study reveals that the most of the Marxist commentators of the Gītā question on the validity of the text at the modern context and highlight the text's discriminatory notions


Subgraph enumeration is an important problem in the field of Graph Analytics with numerous applications. The problem is provably NP-complete and requires sophisticated heuristics and highly efficient implementations to be feasible on problem sizes of realistic scales. Parallel solutions have shown a lot of promise on CPUs and distributed environments. Recently, GPU-based parallel solutions have also been proposed to take advantage of the massive execution resources in modern GPUs. Subgraph enumeration involves traversing a search tree for each vertex of the data graph to find matches of a query in a graph. Most GPU-based solutions traverse the tree in breadth-first manner that exploits parallelism at the cost of high memory requirement and presents a formidable challenge for processing large graphs with high-degree vertices since the memory capacity of GPUs is significantly lower than that of CPUs. In this work, we propose a novel GPU solution based on a hybrid BFS and DFS approach where the top level(s) of the search trees are traversed in a fully parallel, breadth-first manner while each subtree is traversed in a more space-efficient, depth-first manner. The depth-first traversal of subtrees requires less memory but presents more challenges for parallel execution. To overcome the less parallel nature of depth-first traversal, we exploit fine-grained parallelism in each step of the depth-first traversal of sub-trees. We further identify and implement various optimizations to efficiently utilize memory and compute resources of the GPUs. We evaluate our performance in comparison with the state-of-the-art GPU and CPU implementations. We outperform the GPU and CPU implementations with a geometric mean speedup of 9.47× (up to 92.01×) and 2.37× (up to 12.70×), respectively. We also show that the proposed approach can efficiently process the graphs that previously cannot be processed by the state-of-the-art GPU solutions due to their excessive memory requirement.


In this research, analysis for dryer system using infrared ray and induction heating has been performed. Plat type induction coil has been considered and some FE analysis was performed to check the influence of coil shape and input condition. From analysis results, optimal coil shape can be obtained.


Different from normal IR image, the infrared linear revolving-scanning image could not be got directly. What we got is only one a line of grey data. To obtain the image, the parameters, the rotate velocity of the linear infrared detector and the rotate radius, are required. Therefore, the principle of the image reconstruction is introduced at first, through which, the relation between the grey data sampled and the data's spatial location is constructed. To solve these problems, two image data mapping ways are introduced and analyzed, which are forward mapping and reverse mapping. Be cause of the particularity of linear rotate-scanning infrared image, the forward mapping method is selected. This method mapping the scanning image datum to the reconstructed image plane, and then triangulate the plane with these mapping points, finally the grid points' gray of the reconstructed image are interpolated by the triangle which includes it. During this process, three triangulation methods are introduced and compared. The experiment shows that the method used can acquire the reconstructed image from the linear rotate-scanning datum with great precision.


The proposed antenna designed with mirror image F shaped and inverted U shaped on patch with modified ground plane. The presented antenna is covered the frequency ranges (2.4-2.504GHz),(3.24-3.785GHz) and(5.112-6.016GHz) for WLAN /Zigee/Bluetooth/WiMAX and HYPERLAN applications.The size of planar antenna is 39.5×13mm2 which is easily comfortable with small portable device like mobile handsets and laptop computers etc. .The more than two band facilities is implemented in this designed antenna for several applications. After fabrication of designed antenna is measured using Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) to analysis the simulated and measured result .


Gasses and fluids are transported via an extensive infrastructure of steel pipelines. In the design of pipeline systems the use of elbows (pipe bends) is important because their flexibility makes them able to sustain significant deformations. These bends can be subjected to permanent deformations due to various load combinations which can lead to progressive material damage. There are three stages commonly observed in ductile damage: void nucleation, growth and coalescence. When subjected to varying bending loads low cycle fatigue damage may occur. Within this research project Finite Element Analysis is used to simulate the response of pipeline bends. Two element types are implemented to model a pipe bend, the classical shell element and an efficient tube element (pipe elbow element), respectively. To predict the structural response when subjected to monotonic loading a damage model is implemented for both elements. When subjected to cyclic loading three phases can be identified. During the first few cycles the permanent deformation increases rapidly. After some cycles, the rate of permanent deformation stabilizes until the point of response degradation. In order to capture this response a new material model, based upon the afore mentioned model, is proposed. Experiments have indicated that this model is well suited to determine the point of material failure.


The management of educators and education personnel is an activity to manage personnel education that they have to be able to carry out tasks following their functions so that they run effectively. This research aims to deeply understand the management of educators and educational personnel carried out by the principal at SMP Muhammadiyah PK BayatKlaten and to find out the results of the management of educators and education personnel at SMP Muhammadiyah PK BayatKlaten. This study using the type of field research, namely one of the data collection methods in the form of qualitative research. The data coagulation method used is; observation, interviews, and documentation.The results obtained, that the principal in the management of educators and education personnel refer to POAC (Planning Organizing Actuating Controlling). Planning is carried out by implementing a vision and mission, planting Islamic values, and cultivating discipline. Organizing is done by placing it following the competency and making a work team. Actuating is carried out by providing guidance, providing training, and providing welfare. Controlling is done by evaluation and motivation. The results of the management of educators and educational personnel carried out, namely; 1) having high dedication, 2) increasing student achievement, 3) getting the trust of the community, 4) developing learning methods, 5) teacher achievement in both academic and non-academic fields.


Mechatronic is combination of three main disciplines like mechanic, electronic and theory of control. CAD/CAM systems is part of them. The aim of this article is to describe how to use CAD system (NX Siemens) with mechatronic module to designee simulation process. That module allows to resolve problems from mechanical, electrical and automation discipline. As an example author creates simple machine using this module. That aim was established in that form has been obtained. The created simulation is working and allowing to resolve mechanical robot's problems. The simulation was based on kinematics parameters of robot. The article is the introduction to further work on the use of the Mechatronics module to perform the most real simulation of the Fanuc ARC Mate 100iB industrial robot.


Polymerase chain reaction and random amplified polymorphic DNA,that is briefly called PCR-RAPD,is a high-efficiency technology for the polymorphism of genome DNA analysis.RAPD allows for gene locating,genetics of mapping and genetics diversity of DNA,relation of relatives,molecule marker of examination and observation for evo-lution of system in any biologic cells or tissues.In this paper,the elementary principle and application of ranges,together with analysis of relation of relatives for plant disease resistance-infection varieties,molecule marker of exam-ination and observation for DNA of plant resistant gene,molecule marker and location for plant resistant gene,plant resistant gene separating and cloning,molecule marker of examination and observation and assistant select for plant disease resistance breeding and so forth in the application of plant disease resistance molecule mechanism research during the past few years are reviewed,then some problems and application of prospect in using PCR-RAPD tech-nology are discussed.


Rapid discovery and access of geospatial resources is critical for many application domains that require agile data integration. In this context, cross-domain geospatial applications need immediate access to geospatial resources of interest in order to rapidly integrate them in scalable, functional Web applications. In this paper we explore new perspectives to build pragmatic geospatial Web applications, drawing on the ideas of recent initiatives like Linked Open Data (LOD) and Open Archives Initiative (OAI). By using OAI's standards along with LOD principles we are able to model single and composite geoprocessing services as a collection of heterogeneous Web resources. Such collections are built by the principle aggregation by linking that enables to connect and link multiple geospatial data and services across different application domains.


In this paper the authors made an analysis of the present situation and problems in the management style of graduation practice in pharmacy higher education,then expounded the necessity of information reformation of the current management style for graduation practice at traditional Chinese medicine college.Finally,this paper discussed the strategy on how to establish an information management system for graduation practice in pharmaceutical specialties.


A model for household demand for energy in Pakistan is developed on the basis of stock of fuel‐consuming appliances and their rate of utilisation. Income and price elasticities of fuels are estimated by the OLS and GLS methods. These elasticities are found statistically significant and consistent with a priori knowledge of economic theory. Several policy implications are pointed out and suggestions are made for improvement in future estimation.


To establish the theoretical and practical base for implementing radioactive stents after PTCA in order to prevent restenosis, in virto observation was taken over the effects of 125I-seeds and 103Pd-implanted stents on the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. In virto VSMC model from guinea-pig aortic arteries was established using adherent cell culture methods. The effects of 125 I-seeds and 103 Pd-implanted stents on the VSMC proliferation, with or without fetal bovine serum (FCS), were investigated through cell counting methods and H-TDR 3 implementation tests. It was shown that (1) 10% FCS significantly promoted the DNA syntheses of VSMC (P0.05). (2) Both 125I-seeds and 103Pd-implanted stents inhibited the VSMC DNA syntheses in dose-dependent manner, regardless of 10% FCS inducement. At lower radioactive doses, neither 125I-seeds (18.5—74 kBq) nor 103Pd-implanted stents (1.48—2.96 MBq) exhibited distinctive effects on the VSMC DNA syntheses (P0.05); and (3) 48 hour exposure from 125I-seeds at 128 kBq or 103 Pd-implanted stents at 7.4MBq did not result in VSMC morphological alteration, but 125I-seeds at 370 kBq caused cells' morphological changes. Therefore both 125I-seeds and 103 Pd-implanted stents inhibit the in vitro VSMC DNA syntheses, and the inhibition effects are significantly related to their exposure duration and doses.


The ability of rat hepatoma cells extracts to repair O6-methylguanine was measured using as substrate alkylated DNA and alkylated poly(dG-m5dC).poly(dG-m5dC) either in the B or in the Z conformation. The O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase had similar activities on DNA and on the right-handed polymer. However, when the polymer was in the Z conformation, the protein activity represented approximately 10% of that measured on DNA. Therefore the efficiency of O6-methylguanine repair is related to the DNA conformation and is markedly reduced during the B to Z transition of the substrate.


In a non-cooperative dynamic game, each player participating in a changing environment aims to optimize its actions selfishly. In this paper, we focus our analysis on a class of games, namely dynamic potential game in multiagent systems. The problems of the game with constraints and without constraints are both considered; in both cases, we propose algorithms to learn the Nash equilibrium (NE) in a distributed fashion. The idea of NE learning is relied on two-time-scale dynamics and convex optimization. A numerical example is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.


The flow rate and fluence rate dependences of the triplet-state lifetime (τT) and singlet oxygen (1O2) luminescence intensity of a Talaporfin sodium (mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6, Laserphyrin®) photochemical reaction in a flowing solution were studied. The oxygen consumption rate constant (k) did not proportionally increase as the fluence rate increased. The relationship between the static oxygen concentration in the flowing solution and τT was estimated. τT at the fluence rate of 0.8×104 W/m2 was 16% longer than that at 0.2×104 W/m2 at the same oxygen concentration. The τT increase at the high-fluence rate is attributed to local and temporal oxygen depletion. The local and temporal oxygen depletion might cause the fluence-rate dependence nonproportionality of the measured k.


The functionality of commercial building thermostats is often not well understood by occupants. This can lead to users feeling discontent and/or frustrated and may contribute to inefficient thermostat operation and related energy outcomes. Thus, the usability of such thermostats is critical to elicit effective operation from users. However, usability principles (e.g., intuitive colors, icon standardization) are rarely prioritized in thermostat interfaces. This study investigates the relationship between usability principles and thermostat interfaces using a comparative study. Two prototype commercial building thermostat interfaces were examined: one that resembles current devices (control thermostat) and one that incorporates usability principles (experimental thermostat). Eighty-five participants participated in an online survey and user test, during which they were asked to perform various tasks on both interfaces. Participants rated various aspects of each interface (e.g., the overall intuitiveness, a specific feature). Human-interface interactions were recorded by Useberry, an interface prototyping software tool. The success rate for usability tasks was largely the same between control and experimental thermostats; however, most participants (78%) preferred the additional features offered by the experimental interface. This paper serves to both explore novel thermostat features that aim to improve usability as well as introducing rapid prototyping as a solution to improve commercial building thermostat usability. HIGHLIGHTS Comparative tests between a traditional and a feature-rich thermostat interface Implementation of online survey incorporating software-based prototypes Assessment of software-based prototype thermostat usability Determining important features for commercial building thermostats


Residue stresses of weld toe of butt joints as weld,TIG dressing and following intense cooling treatment were measured respectively by hole drilling method.The microstructures and mechanical properties of the welded joints were also investigated.The results indicate that the residue tensile stress in the weld toe was transformed into compressive stress after intense cooling treatment on the surface of TIG dressed region at 550℃,and that no brittleness occurs in the TIG-dressed zones,and mechanical properties of the welded joints fulfill technological requirements.


Virtual reality, interactivity , computer graphicsThis work uses an alternative methodology to capture head movements of a user for navigation in virtual scenarios applied in trials for virtual reality. Results in the improvement of an alternative system, for this motion capture , cheaper , and easier to use by ordinary users


Progress in eradicating poverty, hunger and pollution by promoting better health, well-being and quality education has begun to weaken due to the pandemic, military conflicts and climate change. There is an urgent need to act decisively and efficiently in order to reduce the frightening dimension of the crisis and return sustainable development indicators to an upward trend. After examining sustainable development goals and indicators and their progress, this paper introduces four focal activity clusters. They can be fulfilled through effective learning, starting with local educational campaigns, well-designed educational initiatives, and even modifying curricula aimed at sustainable development. Several approaches can contribute to achieving the goals, primarily transformative and personalized learning. After comparing them in the light of sustainable development, preference is given to personalized learning. It faces many challenges related to the data collection and processing of, factionalism of, and impossibility of accessing differently abled people. These challenges are further amplified by remote teaching and learning. Recommendations on how to overcome them and how to organize educational interactions on a micro, mezzo and macro level are presented in the conclusion of the paper.


The usefulness of a machine translation system can only be evaluated in the light of the particular features of the texts and the translation environment. After a discussion of these factors, the effectiveness of human translation (HT) is compared with that of machine translation (MT) using the Logos system. For the particular environment and quality requirements of this first German Logos customer, HT is still more effective than MT with high-quality post-editing. Samples are given in an Appendix.


Class Website: The website for this class is located on the university's Canvas system. To access this, you will need to use your Gatorlink account. I will post lecture power points, assignments and other material there. If I am not around when you need to see me, the best way to contact me is e-mail. If you have any problems with this course that you are unable to solve by consulting with me, you should next bring them to the attention of my department chairman in 351 Stuzin Hall. Objective: To build on the concepts learned in your first statistics course, teaching you how to perform very thorough statistical analyses, work with statistical software packages and, in general, be a better person. Assurance of Learning: Each program at the Warrington College of Business Administration has developed goals and objectives that express the most valued skills and knowledge that students should be able to demonstrate upon completion of the total learning experiences in that program. The following ISOM program goals and objectives that apply to QMB6358 are: Learning Goal 2: Apply appropriate problem solving and decision-making skills. 2B. Assess the outcomes of a course of action and make appropriate adjustments. Learning Goal 4: Think critically and analytically in formulating business solutions. 4A. Students will gain expanded knowledge of ever evolving technologies and processes and solidify the technical skills needed in applying theseto solve intricate problems. 4B. Students will be able to critically evaluate the impact of business decisions on stakeholders. Software: In this course we will be using the SPSS software program. This is available at a very low cost to students, and free via a remote application facility. Do not purchase SPSS until we have discussed it in class. Grading: For QMB 6358 there will be two exams plus some homework assignments. The two exams will count 40% each, with the homework totaling 20%. All out-of-class work may be performed in groups of 2-4, and handed in together. The in-class work is obviously solo.


The increasing popularity of the gambling industry has prompted casinos to develop strategies to maintain a competitive advantage and accomplish business goals. This study examines the Australian casino operations to provide ideas for potential promotional strategies. Seven such strategies areidentified: advertising; improved public relations; sales promotions; personal selling; branding image; loyalty programs; and pricing and packages. The importance of each is discussed with examples drawn from casinos, and promotional strategies are provided with a critical evaluation in a broader context. This study provides a method for casino practitioners to monitor and review theirpromotional strategies to keep stimulating patronage and enhancing overall revenues.


Introduction "Agriculture" could be defined as the human activity of obtaining a larger volume of food and raw materials from a limited land area in order to sustain a growing population. To accomplish this, humans must transform an ecological system of nature into a partly man-made ecological system of arable land. In this ecological system of arable land, crops that require human assistance are predominant, and any other wild species are generally considered undesirable, and so are removed. There are significantly fewer species in an ecological system of arable land than in an ecological system of nature, and the interrelationship among species is weaker. Given these facts,agriculture is in effect accompanied by the destruction of nature, and cannot be said to contribute to the protection of the environment.


ACCELERATOR SECTION AWARDS H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award Established in 2003, the H.Wade Patterson Memorial Award recognizes outstanding student presentations on accelerator health physics at the Annual Meeting. The winner receives a check and plaque. Deborah Quaye Lutz Moritz Memorial Award Established in 2009, the Lutz Moritz Memorial Award recognizes outstanding student presentations on accelerator health physics at the Annual Meeting. The winner receives a check and plaque. Jeff Webster


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 Examination of specimens of Pediomelum in the Brigham Young University Stanley L. Welsh Herbarium (BRY), and others obtained on loan from the Northern Arizona University Deaver Herbarium (ASC), the Arizona State University Herbarium (ASU), and the University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ), allows for substantial reevaluations of the species in Arizona and for description of 2 previously undescribed species. Pediomelum verdiensis S.L. Welsh and M. Licher is described as a new species from substrate derived from the Tertiary Verde Formation, Verde Valley, north central Arizona. Pediomelum pauperitense S.L. Welsh, M. Licher, and N.D. Atwood is described as a new species from outcrops of Paleozoic limestone near Poverty Mountain, Coconino County, Arizona, north of the Grand Canyon. For the species of Pediomelum in Arizona, we include a summary revision, a key to the taxa, and a list of specimens examined for study.


Aim To establish the method for determining n-Hexane,Cyclohexane and n-Heptane in extractant from gardenia.Method The GC system consisted of DB-624 capillary chromatographic column,nitrogen as the carrier gas,and FID as the detector.Results N-Hexane,Cyclohexane and n-Heptane were not found in extractant from gardenia.The mean recovery range from 97.6% to 103.4%.The limits of detection were 0.24~0. 58 ng.Conclusion The method is sensitive,accurate and reproducible,and it can be used to control the quality of extractant from gardenia.


On the traffic situation of the numerous intersections,heavy traffic ? ow and disordered transportation in China,this article elaborates the basic principle of intelligent transportation system based on wireless sensor network.To provide references for the further research and development of wireless sensor network in traffic in the scope of application,the key technologies of wireless sensor network in intelligent transportation system,which mainly include information collection and transmission,traffic control and navigation and other aspects,are pointed out according to the domestic and foreign researches.


Priority effects, in which early-arriving species exclude competing species from local com2 munities, are thought to enhance regional species diversity by promoting community divergence. Theory suggests, however, that these same priority effects make it impossible for 4 species to coexist in the region unless individuals are continuously supplied from an external species pool, often an unrealistic assumption. Here we develop an eco-evolutionary hypoth6 esis to solve this conundrum. Using a metacommunity model in which priority effects occur via interspecific interference, we show that species can coexist regionally even in the absence 8 of an external species pool if resistance to other species evolves rapidly under a trade-off with competitive ability. With this trade-off, species become less resistant as they become 10 regionally more common. Rare species can then invade and dominate some local patches and consequently recover in regional frequency. Intriguingly, rare species recovery is possible 12 even while local priority effects remain strong. This eco-evolutionary buffering of rare species appears especially effective when many small communities are connected by infrequent dis14 persal.


This issue covers a broad territory of PAG function: neuropharmacology, functional organization, and PAG plasticity in adaptive behavior, emotion, anxiety, and the less-studied plasticity of the PAG function in females.


With the increasing quantity of soldier equipment in some cases weighing up to 50kg per soldier, a need to decrease the workload of the soldier emerges. There are several conventional solutions in ...


Introduction Select Bibliography Chronology THE ANABASIS THE INDICA Appendix I: The Macedonian army: structures and terminology Appendix II: The Macedonian and Persian courts and Imperial administration Appendix III: Finance and linear measures Explanatory Notes Notes on the Greek text Index Maps


Nowadays, smart meters play a primordial role in the Smart Grid (SG) in order to optimize electricity production, distribution as well as consumption. By exchanging more frequent information between the smart meter and Utility Provider (UP), SG will operate more efficiently with less loss. However, this frequent exchange poses a serious privacy issue which can invade individual privacy since the UP is able to collect a massive amount of smart meter-related data not necessary for billing purposes. In this paper, we propose an efficient sustainable model that uses a local energy to enhance the consumer privacy and reduce his electricity cost at the same time. Moreover, the proposed model is lightweight but also reliable to deal with the low computation capacity of the smart meter. Analytic results prove the efficiency of our model.


It has been argued that many of the shortfalls in current dynamic models of built-up structures are due to the fact that the physics of joint dynamics are not fully understood or properly represented in the models. In fact in many applications the damping parameters are generally thought to be almost chaotic in nature, seemingly affected even by small changes in their immediate environment. The prediction of the damping factors of structural joints is therefore recognised as a challenging problem in the analysis of all built up structures and is of critical importance in predicting the fatigue life of an aircraft structure. The objective of this investigation is to use experimental data of joint damping to determine the proportional and non proportional damping factors for various jointed plate configurations. These configurations include a bolted joint at a range of torques as well as a riveted joint. The theoretical approach is outlined in the paper along with a general discussion of the experimental data trends. The paper concludes with an assessment of the accuracy of the method and its applicability to more complex structures.


EFFECTS OF VARIOUS ELEMENTS ON HARDENING OF STEEL. (Report II) Sinji Tawara SYNOPSIS: -Following the first report, I have studied on the combined effects of more than two special elements oxisting in steel. Summarizing the results obtained, I have introduced a simple method to investigate graphically the effects of these elements in special steels from that of the individual element already studied. Moreover I have studied the effects of various contents of carbon upon hardening of special steel and the influence of various quenching temperatures and conditions. I have also observed the influence of gaseous elements in steels. Finally applying the general equation of thermal conductivity for the calculation of the cooling velocity in inner parts of steel during hardening process, it was proved that the hardening depth of a large mass of steel as treated in a factory, can be measured by the above method using the value of the critical cooling velocity. Thus, it is demonstrated that the results and methods obtained by the writer in these experiments hare a great value in actual hardening practice. 目 次


During the last few decades, chemo preventive and chemotherapeutic compounds against various types of cancer have been isolated from various plants. Glycyrrhezic acid (2-20%), Glycyrrhizin, is present as a major chemical constituent of natural anticancer compound Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae). The present work is aimed to investigate the in-vitro cytotoxic screening of standard 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid and also for natural anticancer drug Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae) using three different extracts (chloroform, methanol and water) of the drug through MTT method. Cell viability of previously identiÞ ed 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid in three different extracts of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae) was determined by two fold trypan blue method using two different cell lines MCF7-cancerous and Vero-normal cell line and it was quantiÞ ed through HPTLC method. The results of the HPTLC study indicated that the amount of 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid into three different extracts (chloroform, methanol and water extract) of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae) was 26.6, 12.5 and 5.6 µg/g, respectively. The percentage viability of two different cell lines was 45.71% for Vero-normal cell line and 78.78% for MCF7- cancerous cell line. IC 50 values of standard 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid was 0.412±0.004 µM and those for the three different extracts (chloroform, methanol and water)of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae) on MCF7 cell line were 0.4485±0.001, 0.9906±0.001 and 1.288±0.005 µM, respectively. From the above result, it can be said that 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid could be considered as a potential source of natural anticancer component and the percentage of which was higher in the chloroform extract. Key words: 18 β-glycyrrhetic acid, cell viability Glycyrrhiza glabra, HPTLC, MTT method.


as varied as those about the intention, the literary merit, the authorship, or the date of composition of the play' is exaggerated, and, indeed, retracted by the last sentence: 'the editorial opinions that Shakespeare drew most of the story from a combination of Lucian and Plutarch are unlikely to require revision.' There is, in fact, merely peripheral disagreement about other possible sources, all minor except for the anonymous play or a supposed common source of it and Shakespeare's. Nor is there any real disagreement about whether Lucian or Plutarch is 'the main source': what Shakespeare got from the one he could not have got from the other. In the section on Stage History, the suggestion that Dryden was 'a possible target for Shadwell' in the treatment of the poet is followed by a reminder that 'Macflecknoe . . . may have been circulated as early as 1678' (p. 129). This looks like a hint that Shadwell was retaliating, contrary to the more orthodox view that Shadwell's dedication of Timon provoked Dryden's poem. I have noticed few errors, mostly in proper names: 'Wyndam Lewis' in Plates xi-xm; 'Tucker Brooks' (p. 56), 'W. E. Merchant' (p. 76), 'Julian Verplanck' (p. 171)—these three once only, and elsewhere correct; W. J. Craig's Oxford edition (1892) is dated 1905, and E. K. Chambers' Shakespeare: A Survey (1925) 1948, no doubt from the reprints consulted; the 1800 edition of Shakespeare credited to Richard Farmer on pp. 115 and 174 must be one of the various editions that reprinted Farmer's Essay, for which more accessible references could have been given. The bibliography makes no fetish of completeness and omits some valuable critics whom I should wish to cite (and have in fact cited): Boas, Pettet, Stapfer. One regrettable omission is Kenneth Muir's discussion (Modern Quarterly Miscellany 1 [1946]) of Marx's views on the play, which Mrs. Butler cites from a more predictable, but later, source: The Daily Worker. Finally, though it is not in any sense an error, the British reader in 1966 cannot avoid a slight shock whenever Harold S. Wilson is cited without his middle initial.


Wall device according to the present invention, state and fixed to the wall; And the pair of linking portion that is provided to the government to enable expansion and contraction in the forward direction; Connection panel being connected to the link portion side portions of the pair; The display device is seated, the instrument receiving portion is an arc portion is formed that is provided with a partial cylindrical shape; And it is in contact with the arc portion of the pressure plate comprises a plate-shaped pressing parts of the arc. According to the invention, for any movement, such as movement and vertical movement of the display device, the left and right movement, and before and after the movement has the advantage of fully implement. Further, the display device can be moved in the vertical direction at this time, the arc-shaped to generate a frictional force for the movement, wide lead, thereby providing smooth operation. A wall, a display


The effect of temperature on colloid systems of hydrophobic and hydrophilic fumed silica in dodecane was investigated mainly by means of dynamic rheology. Dynamic frequency sweeps showed frequency-independent elastic modulus (G′), indicating the presence of gel networks in both dispersions. Dynamic temperature sweeps consisting of a heating and cooling cycle were also conducted. For the hydrophobic fumed silica gel, G′ slowly decreased with rising temperature owing to the increased particle mobility and decreased strength of hydrogen bonds due to the higher thermal energy. However, the hydrophilic fumed silica gel showed a rather unusual temperature dependent behavior involving a transition temperature (Tc) and an irreversible increase in G′ during the cooling cycle. This unusual behavior was believed to be related to the restructuring of nanoparticle chain aggregates (NCA) of fumed silica in gels as also revealed by FTIR results. Further analysis on this behavior showed that elevated temperature tended to increase the fractal dimension (Df) of aggregates, resulting in more compact NCAs and thereby a denser gel network with a higher G′. These results suggest that temperature is an important external variable that can be regarded as an optional simple way to tailor the viscoelastic properties and to control the microstructure of colloidal systems such as fumed silica dispersions in dodecane.


Magnesium acetate solvates, Mg(OAc)2·nL, and their hydrates were prepared by crystallization of Mg(OAc)2·4H2O or Mg(OAc)2 from different solvents (L = MeOH, EtOH, HOAc). Anhydrous Mg(OAc)2 was obtained by thermal dehydration of the tetrahydrate at 150 °C. X-ray single crystal diffraction mostly with the use of synchrotron radiation allowed the structure determination of Mg(OAc)2(H2O)3(EtOH) (I), Mg(OAc)2(HOAc)2(H2O)2 (II), Mg3(OAc)6(MeOH)6 (III), Mg3(OAc)6(HOAc)2(H2O)2·2HOAc (IV), Mg(OAc)2(HOAc)·1.8(HOAc) (V), Mg(OAc)2·H2O (VI), [Mg3(OAc)6(EtOH)2]·2EtOH (VII), and Mg(OAc)2 (VIII). Structural data were discussed in terms of the number of neutral O-donor ligands per magnesium atom, coordination environment of magnesium atoms, structural functions of acetate groups, and hydrogen bonding systems.


This paper deals with the development of shock stable scheme that is free from shock instability. Roe's FDS is known to preserve good accuracy but to suffer from shock instability, ie. the carbuncle phenomenon. As the first step toward the shock stable scheme, Roe's FDS is compared with HLLE scheme to identify the source of shock instability. Then control function f is introduced into the pressure tenn in Roe's FDS to cure shock instability. Various numerical tests concerned with shock instability are performed to demonstrate the shock stability of the proposed scheme.


Single-beam holographic techniques have been tried on  double  exposure  holographic  nterferometry (Jeong 1980, Hwu 1981, 1982a, b). This experiment applied the technique on time average holographic interferometry to study the mechanical vibrational resonance of a string  vibrator  at a very small amplitude.  Qualitatively,  taking  time  av rage holograms of a vibrator (vibrating in this manner) is like recording a double exposure hologram of the vibrator at its two maximum displacement positions, Figure 2 Signals interface connected between the J, and J, ports of the Pet on one side and the data, control and chip enable lines to the devices in use on the other. Connections key as figure 1. IC, is a 7405 octal inverter; IC, is a 7421 dual four-input AND gate; IC, is a 7409 quad two-input AND gate; IC, is a 6522 versatile interface adaptor (low enable pin 23 and high enable pin 24); resistors shown are all 1 kR


Purpose To review safety and efficacy of robotic-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) compared to open simple prostatectomy (OP). Materials and Methods A comprehensive literature search was performed to assess the differences in perioperative course and functional outcomes in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and surgical indication. The incidences of complications were pooled using the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel Method and expressed as odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (CI), and p-values. Perioperative course and functional outcomes were pooled using the inverse variance of the mean difference (MD), 95% CI, and p-values. Analyses were two-tailed and the significance was set at p<0.05. Results Eight studies were accepted. Meta-analysis showed significantly longer surgical time (MD, 43.72; 95% CI, 30.57–56.88; p<0.00001) with a significantly lower estimated blood loss (MD, -563.20; 95% CI, −739.95 to −386.46; p<0.00001) and shorter postoperative stay (MD, −2.85; 95% CI, −3.72 to −1.99; p<0.00001) in RASP. Catheterization time did not differ (MD, 0.65; 95% CI, −2.17 to 3.48; p=0.65). The risk of blood transfusion was significantly higher in OP (OR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.17–0.33; p<0.00001). The risk of recatheterization (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 0.32–11.93; p=0.47), postoperative urinary infections (OR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.23–3.51; p=0.87) and 30-day readmission rate (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.61–1.51; p=0.86) did not differ. At 3-month follow-up, functional outcomes were similar. Conclusions RASP demonstrated a better perioperative outcome and equal early functional outcomes as compared to OP. These findings should be balanced against the longer operative time and higher cost of robotic surgery.


This article addresses young people ' s school-to-work transitions. The analysis draws on data from a Swedish ongoing qualitative longitudinal project spanning over 10 years. In this article, we focus on eight young people who grew up and still live in a small rural inland town in North Sweden where the regional labor market is going through a process of rapid reindustrialization after decades of industrial decline and welfare state retrenchment. The aim of the study is to explore the young rural ' stayers ' transitions in a region characterized by strong economic growth, yet with long-standing challenges in terms of social reproduction, focusing on what kind of work they end up with and their speed of establishment on the labor market. At the time of the latest interview all but one of the 8 participants in this study had employment in local or regional industries, however, how fast they had managed to establish themselves on the labor market varied between them. Further, their staying on locally depended largely on regional mobility. We discuss their transitions in relation to the ongoing re-industrialization process in North Sweden but also what implications young stayers ' school-to-work transitions might have in relation to the wider social reproduction in the region.


Motivated by the recent developments in stability of hydrogen atom in a space with one finite extra-dimension,we consider that physical mesons are also stable in such a space and estimate their masses in a QCD inspired potential model. Our analysis suggests that a model of mesons with linear plus coulomb potential in a space with one finite extra-dimension of size very very less than 10^{-18} m is compatible with the present experimental data of heavy flavour mesons.


Introduction Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with PML/RARA rearrangement is currently classified by the WHO as part of the group of acute myeloid leukemia with recurrent genetic abnormalities. Therapeutic improvements in chemotherapy protocols containing trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) have achieved complete response rates close to 90% and long-term relapse free survival curves of 85%. The treatment protocol of the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (IC-APL), which started in 2006, sought to improve rates of complete remission and survival in developing countries through a risk-based protocol and the implementation of daunorubicin instead of idarubicin. Recently the results of that multicenter study were published. Methods A retrospective cohort of patients with APL was studied at the Acute Leukemia Clinic of the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico; from January 2007 to June 2013. All APL patients were recruited from 2006 to 2013. Diagnosis of APL was established based on the recommendations of the 2000 WHO and subsequently 2008. The original IC-APL chemotherapy scheme was administered. Some minor modifications to the original protocol were made: we did not search for minimal residual disease neither identify the PML / RARA isoforms at diagnosis and prophylactic intrathecal chemotherapy in high-risk patients was applied (4-6 dose cytarabine 60mg and methotrexate 12.5mg), monthly, once the consolidation therapy was finished. Patients who relapsed received rescue therapy and autologous HCT. Allogeneic HCT was performed in advaced stages. Results Of the 18 patients evaluated 11 were women (61.1%). The median age at diagnosis was 40 years, (range 21-74 years). It should be noted that 16.6% had more than 65 years. The risk classification showed 27.8% of cases as low risk, 55.6% intermediate and 16.7% of high risk. At diagnosis 22.2% of patients met the criteria for disseminated intravascular coagulation. Morphological characteristics of BMA were analyzed; in 17 patients (94.1%) BMAs were classified as classic and in one patient it was considered variant-type. Sixteen patients underwent immunophenotyping at diagnosis, 100% of which reported a classic pattern immunophenotype CD34 (-) HLA-DR (-), CD13 (+) CD33 (+), myeloperoxidase (+). The t (15, 17) (q22, q21) was demonstrated by either FISH or karyotype in 94.4% of patients and in one patient the PML/RARA rearrangement could only be demostrated by PCR. Of the 18 patients, 17 achieved complete hematologic remission (94.4%) at a median of 42 days (range 34-158 days). One patient died during induction and this patient presented multiple comorbidities. No serious complications were seen in 66.7% of patients during induction, 22.2% had grade 3-4 infection and 11.1% non-hematologic adverse events and one patient had subarachnoid hemorrhage and vasculitis. The rates of severe neutropenia and fever during induction was 61.1%. ATRA syndrome was identified in 22.2% of patients. Only 15 patients in complete hematologic remission could be analyzed by FISH or cytogenetics, of which 100% were in complete cytogenetic remission. In the 17 patients who achieved complete remission, 14 received all the programmed consolidation chemotherapy. The incidence of febrile neutropenia during consolidation was 29.4%, contrasting with 61.1% after induction. No deaths during consolidation phase were seen. Bone marrow relapse was documented in 5.9%. This patient underwent autologous HCT and subsequently died of disease progression. Of all patients, two died (11.1%), one in bone marrow aplasia after induction (5.5%) and the other in disease progression post-autologous HCT (5.5%). Median survival has not been reached. Conclusions As far as we know this is the first reported series of patients treated with the modified-IC-APL protocol after the original publication in 2013. Longer follow-up is required for survival analysis (median not reached). Implementation of quantitative RT-PCR analysis for minimal residual disease and timely detection of molecular relapse is desirable. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


At the present of TiO_2 or ZrO_2 powders, the support complexe ligands ZBDPPEDA EPA/TiO_2Ⅱa and ZBDPPEDAEPA/ZrO_2 Ⅱb which were TiO_2 or ZrO_2 powder coated with zirconium [N, N-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-ethylenediamine-N'-ethylphophonate-phosphate] were prepared with the reaction of N, N-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-ethylenediamine-N'-ethylphophonic acid BDPP EDAEPA, NAH_2PO_4 and ZrOCl_2, and their corresponding palladium catalysts ZBDPPEDAEPA-Pd/TiO_2 Ⅲa and ZBDPPEDAEPA-Pd/ ZrO_2 Ⅲb were also prepared. All the support complexes ligands and corresponding palladium catalysts were characterized by means of IR, TG-DSC, XPS and particle grading analysis. The surface of the Ⅱa particle is made of double-metal (phosphonate-phosphate) solid ligands. The average particle size of Ⅱa is increased about 0.1 μm compared with the Titanium White TiO_2 coated before the reaction. That means the average thickness coated on the ligands Ⅱa is near to 50 nm. This may be the main reasons of activity for the palladium catalyst Ⅲa higher than Ⅲb.


This is the eleventh biennial review on the title in Fenxi Shiyanshi.It is based on the literature reported in journals and symposiums at home in the period of Dec.2004~Apr.2004.The advance of atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spectrometry has been discussed.670 references were collected.


Consumer satisfaction is a feeling pleased or disappointed someone as a result of the comparison between the achievements or products are perceived and expected. Quality of services is the expected level of excellence and control over the level of excellence to meet the customer. Analysis of customer satisfaction with Kidz Station Thamrin lotus branch is an analysis to determine customer satisfaction with the performance Kidz Station. From this analysis shows that consumers are satisfied with the location, atmosphere, facilities, products, pricing, and services at Kidz Station branch of Lotus Thamrin.


To obtain the reliability targets in automotive products is difficult. The environment for automotive products is comparable to military application while their cost has to compare favorably with consumer electronics. Automotive devices have to withstand wide electrical transients, strong thermal and mechanical stresses. In fact the main causes of failure are in almost perfect correlation with the above mentioned stresses. The partnership with semiconductor suppliers has the objective not only to guarantee the correct value of device parameters but also to define, at the design stage, the packaging size and all the other parameters which have a direct impact on component reliability. It is important to be able to design the set of reliability tests to be used to simulate the actual stress which the component will undergo during its life.


This research, which is part of a larger study designed to assess the feasibility of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, stock enhancement in New Hampshire, identifies hatchery feeds that optimize feeding-related performance of fish once released in the wild. Fish reared on post-nauplii of brine shrimp, Artemia sp., white worms, Enchytraeus albidus, common burrower amphipods, Leptocheirus plumulosus, and formulated pellets were evaluated post-release from in situ cages using survival, growth rate, feeding onset and incidence, stomach fullness, diet composition, and nucleic acid-based condition as indicators of hatchery diet suitability. Amphipod-reared fish had the highest mean stomach content index of all feed types, including wild fish. Wild and worm-reared fish exhibited the most similar survival, overall stomach fullness, and diet composition profiles over time. Amphipod-reared fish ranked highest in overall performance; however, if wild fish performance is viewed as the ideal for a stocked fish, worm-reared fish performed optimally. This study describes hatchery feeding strategies that may ease the transition of flatfish released into the wild for stock enhancement.


This paper describes a proposal for 'Armature Crosswalls,' to be used as earthquake hazard mitigation for buildings with reinforced concrete (RC) framing and masonry infill-walls vulnerable to collapse. RC frame and infill construction is common throughout the world and often has proved lethal in earthquakes. The paper traces the history of masonry infill construction from pre-modern forms that have shown earthquake resistance in the past, to the early modern steel skeleton frame buildings that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Armature Crosswalls are based on the flexibility and energy dissipation properties found to have existed in the non-bearing infill walls in these earlier forms of construction.


INTRODUCTION: Women with antiphospholipid syndrome are at increased risk of pregnancy loss. A large randomized controlled trial is still needed to confirm or refute the efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and aspirin (ASA) prophylaxis during pregnancy in women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and past pregnancy loss. The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is a statistical concept that quantifies the smallest amount of benefit from a treatment that a patient would identify as important, and is used to adequately power clinical trials. When planning a clinical trial, the MCID is most often determined by specialists in the field. How patients make sense of MCID as a concept, and how patients' perceptions of MCID compare to physician responses is unknown. In a challenging and high stakes situation, understanding different patients' perspectives must be considered when planning a large clinical trial.
 METHODS: Consecutive patients were approached from a specialty Thrombosis clinic and from the TIPPS (Thrombophilia in Pregnancy Prophylaxis Study) screening logs between January 2017 and March 2018 in Ottawa, Canada to complete a survey and interview. Patients were eligible if they met the revised Sapporo/Sydney laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome and had at least 1 late pregnancy loss or 2 early losses (<10 weeks gestation). A similar survey was distributed to 350 specialists identified through 5 professional organizations between May-Sept 2016. Both patient and physician groups had access to an introductory video. The mean MCID between the patient group and physician group was compared using an independent t-test, with p<0.05 being significant. Patient interview data were collected and analysed iteratively, in keeping with constructivist grounded theory methodology.
 RESULTS: There were 22 (33%) patients who completed surveys and 10 patients who completed semi-structured interviews. Among the physician group, 72 (20.6%) responded to the survey, including obstetricians (34.7%), hematologists (26.4%), general internists (18%), maternal fetal medicine specialists (6.9%) and other specialties (12.6%). Assuming a live birth rate of 60% in the ASA alone arm, the mean MCID answered by physicians was 11.6% (range 5-25%, SD 5.2), compared to the mean MCID answered by patients was 10.0% (range 5-20%, SD 6.4) (p=0.28). The mean number needed to treat (NNT) answered by both physicians and patients was 16. In the majority of cases from both groups, the related concepts of MCID and NNT did not match statistically (i.e. an MCID of 15% is a NNT of 7).
 An overarching theme from the patient survey comments and interviews was that statistics were somewhat irrelevant. The majority of women thought that "any increase in a chance of live birth" was worth it. However, there was variation in patient responses where some women would only accept a certain success rate of LMWH to justify its use because of drug cost or side effects. Some women acknowledged that they would not use LMWH themselves, but still advocated for other patients to have the option of LMWH use for a chance of a live birth.
 CONCLUSION: The mean MCID and NNT were similar between patient and physician groups. The low mean MCID and NNT values likely reflect the importance of the outcome studied (avoiding pregnancy loss) and the perceived safety of the proposed interventions of LMWH and/or ASA, which is supported by qualitative data from patient interviews. While the MCID and NNT responses were similar among physicians and patients, the understanding of statistics was somewhat limited in both groups. By better understanding patients' rationale and beliefs about LMWH use, we can better engage them in clinical trial planning and patient care and ensure that we are performing research that is relevant to patients.

 Skeith: Leo Pharma: Honoraria; CSL Behring: Research Funding. Rodger:Biomerieux: Research Funding.


The invention discloses a closed-type rotary hydraulic system for a crane. The system comprises a closed-type hydraulic pump (10) and a rotary motor (20), wherein an oil outlet of the closed-type hydraulic pump (10) is connected with an oil inlet of the rotary motor (20); and an oil outlet of the rotary motor (20) is connected with an oil inlet of the closed-type hydraulic pump (10). The system is characterized by further comprising a buffering damper (30), and the buffering damper (30) is connected in parallel with the rotary motor (20) on a hydraulic oil line. The system has very reliable stability in the starting, stopping and rotating processes, and also has a smaller hydraulic structure. The invention also discloses a crane which is provided with the closed-type rotary hydraulic system.


United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Eric Grossman. CTD and Deployment data (ADP, CTD, opticalbackscattersensor, CTmeter) of field activity K-2-06-PS in Skagit Bay from 03/27/2006 to 03/31/2006, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k206ps/html/k-2-06-ps.meta.html.


A monolithic sub-harmonic mixer is designed for RF frequencies at 180 GHz. It is fabricated on a 2-mil thick InP substrate using 0.08-/spl mu/m pseudomorphic InAlAs/InGaAs HEMT process. In-fixture measurements from 175 to 182 GHz with a sub-harmonic LO drive of 13 dBm at 96 GHz show a conversion loss of 15 dB. This is the first demonstration of a monolithic HEMT diode sub-harmonic mixer working in the RF band of 180 GHz.


In order to help teachers to adopt serious games, we explore the problem of applying the meta-design principles to this context. The goal of meta-design is to enable end-users to act as designers as well as at design stage than at use time. We focused our work on helping teachers adapt educational aspects of serious game scenarios to their pedagogical needs. Our research leads us to design an authoring tool named APPLiq based on a generic model for serious games scenarios named MoPPLiq. In this paper, we first describe the three main aspects of the model MoPPLiq. First, we introduce the concept of meta design. Second, we introduce MoPPLiq and how it models scenarios by sequences of discrete black boxes named "activities". Then, we describe the "output states" that allow model the critical choices of the serious-players that can modify the course of the scenario. At last, we describe "input states" that aim to model the dynamic adaptation to serious-players, i.e. when an activity changes its behavior depending on the serious-player's model. After detailing MoPPLiq, we introduce APPLiq and its main features. APPliq is meant to design and adapt educational and recreational serious game scenarios. Therefore, we describe the main features of APPLiq: On one hand it depicts with a graphical representation the scenarios modeled with MoPPLiq. On the other hand, it provides a graphical user interface to change connection between output and input states of activities. APPLiq also provides a checking system that is able to check a serious game scenario for inconsistencies in the pedagogical scenario or in the game design. This system is also able to compensate automatically the non-pedagogical inconsistencies thanks to "buffer activities". Finally, we describe the protocol and the results of a qualitative assessment that we conducted with about 20 teachers for several weeks on APPLiq and MoPPLiq. The discussion of the results shows that the graphical representation of MoPPLiq helps teachers to understand the ins and outs of the serious game they had to use during the experimentation. On the other hand, despite some ergonomics problems on the prototype of APPLiq tested, the results show that the authoring tool allowed teachers to create and to modify serious game scenarios that they declare relevant for their use.


"E-banking"- The execution of financial services via internet, reducing cost and increase in convenience for the customer to access the transaction. E- Banking is an umbrella term for the process by which a customer may perform banking transactions electronically without visiting a brick-and-mortar institution. The following terms all refer to one form or another of electronic banking: personal computer (PC) banking, Internet banking, virtual banking, online banking, home banking, remote electronic banking, and phone banking. PC banking and Internet or online banking is the most frequently used designations. It should be noted, however, that the terms used to describe the various types of electronic banking.


This paper discusses the mifltiplication of conformable sequences of row vectors, column vectors, and square matrices. The minimum time required to evaluate such products on ordinary serial computers as well as parallel computers is discussed. Algorithms are presented which properly parse such matrix sequences subject to the constraints of the machine organization.


The diplomatic and political careers of the two generations of the Castro family who served King Philip III of Habsburg are an ideal tool for understanding some of the mechanisms which governed factions in the European monarchies of the early modern age. Their ascent at court and the different stages of their careers in the Italian possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy can show how the sixth Count of Lemos, and after him his sons, the seventh and the eighth Count of Lemos, gave their service and loyalty to the Duke of Lerma in different ways. Through their example, this paper aims to explain the extent to which various levels of fidelity and independence towards the directives of the faction's leader and his closest associates could exist within a faction. Furthermore, when the faction almost completely coincided with one's family, even if powerful and prestigious, the need to use any human resource available meant that even men not so deserving could be repeatedly assigned complex and important tasks.


Intelligent tracing car design is a topic of integrating photographic, mechanic and electric in the integration.This work treats the mathematical model of controling body speed as a first-order lagging link,through RTX51 real-time operating system to achieve the tracing function of the tracing car with better real-time.This paper introduces the design procedure,realization principle, test plan,test data,result analysis and method of use in detail.


In the modern design approach, the cold portion of Integrated Dewar-Detector-Cooler-Assembly (substrate, infrared focal plane array, cold shield and cold filter) is directly mounted upon the distal end of a cold finger of a cryogenic cooler with no mechanical contact with the warm Dewar shroud. This concept allows for essential reduction of parasitic (conductive) heat load. The penalty, however, is that resulting tip-mass cantilever is lightly damped and, therefore, prone to vibrational extremes typical of the modern battlefield. Without sufficient ruggedizing, vibration induced structural resonances may affect image quality and even may cause mechanical failures due to material fatigue. Use of additional front supports or thickening the cold finger walls results in increased parasitic conductive heat load, power consumption and mechanical complexity. The authors explore the concept of wideband dynamic absorber in application to ruggedizing the Integrated Dewar-Detector-Cooler Assembly.