Although the importance of workplace learning has been recognized in research and practice, there is little empirical support that describes how workplace learning, including both formal and informal learning, is linked to organizational performance. This study investigated the influence of investment in workplace learning on learning outcomes and organizational performance using the 2005 and 2007 Human Capital Corporate Panel survey of South Korean companies. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The study found that investment in workplace learning influences organizational performance through the outcomes of workplace learning. Implications for human resource development research and practice are discussed.


The invention relates to a method for checking cloud computation user data. In order to guarantee the completeness of user data and save user calculation resources and communication burdens, establishment of reliable checking systems is pivotal. The checking is performed by aid of a third party auditor (TPA) for acting for users. The TPA can act for users to check data completeness periodically, and a technique based on homomorphic linear certification is utilized to guarantee that the TPA can act for users to form checking work accurately on the premise of not obtaining user data, accordingly, privacy is protected, the safety of cloud computation user data is guaranteed. In order to improve safety and reliability, the technical scheme is improved, and a user data block authentication process is added, so that the TPA acts for checking user data block signature before data block checking, and the checking reliability is improved.


Online social networks have attracted great attention recently, because they make it easy to build social connections for people all over the world. However, the observed structure of an online social network is always the aggregation of multiple social relationships. Thus, it is of great importance for real-world networks to reconstruct the full network structure using limited observations. The multiplex stochastic block model is introduced to describe multiple social ties, where different layers correspond to different attributes (e.g., age and gender of users in a social network). In this letter, we aim to improve the model precision using maximum likelihood estimation, where the precision is defined by the cross entropy of parameters between the data and model. Within this framework, the layers and partitions of nodes in a multiplex network are determined by natural node annotations, and the aggregate of the multiplex network is available. Because the original multiplex network has a high degree of freedom, we add an independent functional layer to cover it, and theoretically provide the optimal block number of the added layer. Empirical results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method using four measures, i.e., error of link probability, cross entropy, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, and Bayes factor.


Iron (Fe2+) toxicity limits rice (Oryza sativa L.) growth in paddy fields worldwide, reducing yields up to complete crop failure. Fe2+ leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within the plant, followed by bronzing of the leaves. Tolerance varies depending on the genotype, the stress type (pulse vs. chronic stress) and further environmental parameters. Tolerance mechanisms, such as root exclusion, iron compartmentalisation within organs or true tissue tolerance, have been proposed but remain unexplored. We followed several approaches to dissect the genetic basis, including (i) a QTL analysis of a Pokkali/IR29 recombinant inbred population and a Nipponbare/Kasalath/Nipponbare backcross inbred population, yielding seven and three QTLs, respectively. QTLs were found to be co-localised with QTLs previously reported for both pulse and chronic stress treatment. To exploit the genetic diversity of rice, we (ii) conducted a genome wide association study (GWAS), identifying iron tolerance loci in a panel of 329 varieties, representing all subgroups of O. sativa from 79 countries. The lines were grown in hydroponic solution for four weeks, then exposed to a pulse stress of 1000 ppm Fe2+ for five days. All plants were phenotyped by quantifying leaf damage, growth and shoot iron content. All phenotypic traits yielded genomic loci significantly associated with tolerance to excess iron. Temperate japonica and aromatic sub-populations proved more tolerant than tropical japonica, indica and aus (p < 0.001). (iii) Putative candidate genes such as the metal tolerance protein (OsMTP1) are currently being sequenced and verified in mutant experiments. (iv) A subset of the diversity panel was validated on a known iron-toxic field site in the Philippines, in co-operation with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). (v) To bridge different stress types (chronic vs. pulse) and growth conditions (controlled vs. field), contrasting genotypes are currently being grown up to maturity in soil under controlled greenhouse conditions and exposed to both longand short-term excess iron. This project adds to the genetic understanding of iron uptake, transport and tolerance mechanisms, which is the basis for enhancing yield and producing fortified crops on iron toxic soils.


Meric River Delta is the most important wetland ecosystem for Thrace Region of Turkey and it is under effect of an intensive organic and inorganic pollution originated from agricultural activities conducted around its basin and from industrial discharges by means of especially Ergene River. The aim of this study was to determine and assess the toxic metal bioaccumulations in fishes of the system. For this purpose, cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), boron (B), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) levels in muscle, gill and liver tissues of Cyprinus carpio, Silurus glanis, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Esox lucius, Carassius gibelio, Perca fluviatilis, Sander lucioperca, Squalius orpheus species caught from Gala lake and Meric river were determined and the results were evaluated in terms of fish and human health. According to results of the present study, bioaccumulation of toxic elements in fish tissues were found in quite high levels and cadmium, lead, nickel and chromium levels detected in muscle tissue of fishes have been found to be above the limits for human consumption in general.


A new structure-designing scheme for adding some storeys to original building is put forward, which is based on the prerequisite that the vertical and horizontal loads in original building are not increased. Encased columns present vertical force-transmitting way of the additional storeys load. The modulation action of isolation layer, encased columns and additional storeys to original structure guarantees that the seismic horizontal response of the original structure is not increased. Then the resistance and reliability of the integrated structure ave enough without requirement of any change of the original structure. The storey-adding design of an actual structure is carried out and the relative calculation and analysis results are presented.


assures us that "the natural world is not simply cruel necessity. The beauty of the earth does have redemptive power" (155). Mary C. Boys, a scholar engaged in Christian-Jewish dialogue, probes the historical denigration of Judaism by Christianity. To counter this destructive move she highlights the contributions that Judaism can make to Christianity. Wisdom is to be had not only through attention to Judaism's younger sister, Christianity, but also through thoughtful attention to the rich tapestry of texts, practices, and rituals that exist simultaneously with it in Judaism. Boys' painful but mercifully brief reminder of Christianity's contribution to the Shoah prevents us from overlooking this point. Alejandro García-Rivera involves the reader in a critical study of interfaith aesthetics. This is ultimately a study in the relation between theology and spirituality. According to him, a parallel of this relationship can be found between religious identity and lived community. Religious identity is frequently articulated within the theological concepts crystallized in the historical realization of the practices and memories of a faith tradition; lived community is articulated in its appreciation and expression of existential Beauty— Beauty embodied in the love of another human being in the here and now. It is this love, this radical concern for the life of the other, that is at the service of overcoming any artificial barriers we may construct between faith confessed by one individual and the faith clung to (even irrationally) by another. Beauty is the port all may enter to find peace, reconciliation, and ultimately love. Congratulations are due the editors and the contributors who worked on this volume. It serves its purpose well, marking a moment in history that will not come this way again—the emergence of a new academic field of study pioneered, among others, by Sandra M. Schneiders.


This research referes to the estimates of economic usability and value of jewelry minerals, metallic and precious resources in Kosovo and Metohija. In this regard, there is a great economic interest in already proven exploitable and profitable investments in the target mines and deposits of Trepca, Goles, but also in the deposits of Crepulja, Malisevo near Prizren, Slivovo etc. To the contrary, we have insufficiently known and explored jewelry minerals-raw materials. Therefore, the common opinion and estimation of geologists and gemologists is supported that there is a significant interest of foreign investors in the mineral raw materials and that those investors in jewelry minerals raw materials which are evidently found among the deposits in Kosovo and Metohija that have already been explored or are insufficiently explored, are to be encouraged. It is certain that there is an evident mineral and jewelry wealth that is still unused a great extant.


: The aim of this paper is both to assess the extent in which the new and revolutionary developments of biological sciences has undermined the criteria proposed by Heidegger to conceptually distinguish organs from instruments and to review how, in the present time, this very progress renders a renewed and pressing importance to Heidegger's thought on the essence of technology. Part I analyses the steps taken by the Philosopher in order to establish that distinction in The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics. From a different perspective Part II attempts to demonstrate how the new and highly promising advancement of biological engineering (which the innovations produced in the new field of Tissue engineering exemplify paradigmatically) points to a rapid erosion and disfi-gurement of the conceptual elements Heidegger employs to sharply distinguish organs from instruments. Finally, Part III argues that the fading away of the ontological difference between those two concepts must be seen as an event of ontological import, as the main step in the process of what Heidegger calls the time of the most extreme danger: the time when man takes himself as a disposable thing. The paper ends by questioning if the proximity of this new condition – in which the Dasein will no longer be just thrown into the world, but will be made the master of his physical constitution and, at least in this sense, the ruler of his own throwness – should not be considered as the announcement of a new epoch in the History of Being. graft can permanently close a burn wound70. Epicel was research ; is a cell-seeded allogenic skin replacement. The product consists of human dermal collagen seeded with allogenic fibroblasts. The material has recently been launched in the US - initially for patients with third degree burns and limited donor-site tissue. (vi) Xenoderm , another product from LifeCell consists of porcine dermis used as a replacement for burn wounds. LifeCell claims that experimental data shows consistent incorporation of the matrix into the wound bed, low immunogenicity, and re-population with host cells


Isoniazid is a potent antitubercular agent. Montmorillonite, one of the smectite type nanoclay, consists of hydrated aluminium silicate with large space between layers. It has a high cation exchange capacity. As our drug has shorter half life, a controlled release formulation of Isoniazid is a good choice for the better therapeutic action. Objective of our study is to intercalate Isoniazid into the interlayers of montmorillonite. Isoniazid/montmorillonite nanocomposites will be suitable as a controlled drug delivery system of Isoniazid. Isoniazid/ montmorillonite nanocomposites were produced by solution method in which solutions of Isoniazid in various concentrations were used. In this, we try to intercalate Isoniazid into interlayers of montmorillonite to find out optimum condition such as sonication time, pH value, initial drug concentration, clay concentration etc. Thermo gravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction analysis are the techniques to characterize the Isoniazid/ montmorillonite nanocomposites. Intercalation efficiency and yield of Isoniazid/ montmorillonite nanocomposites shall be observed and calculated. From the different analytical techniques, we can find that Isoniazid was successfully intercalated into the interlayers of montmorillonite. From the observation we can finalise that the optimum conditions for effective intercalation of Isoniazid into montmorillonite. X-ray diffraction analysis verifies the intercalation by the increase in the interlayer distance of montmorillonite system. The in vitro release study will also prove the release profile of Isoniazid/ montmorillonite nanocomposites.


The Rose Theatre on Bankside offers the perfect theatrical space for innovative early modern drama like House on the Hill Productions' abridged and adapted King Lear. This fresh and exciting company, conceived in 2011 by Director Grace Wessels and Assistant Director Jeremy Smith, state in the introductory notes to the programme that their ''goal is to produce Shakespeare adaptations . . . in exciting and unique spaces in and around London''. And the Rose Theatre, a venue that houses the archaeological remains of its Elizabethan namesake, certainly offered a unique setting for a King Lear that wanted to explore spatial and textual boundaries. A young and exciting company contained an equally exciting and predominantly young cast who revelled in the intimate space afforded by the Rose for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Setting the play in the 1920s with splendid costuming that reflected all of the economic decadence of the era, and with a sometimes haunting yet stimulating original jazz score infrequently present in the background, House on the Hill Productions had stated in the programme notes ''we have not placed King Lear into the 1920s, but . . .we have taken the style and sophistication of the era and transpose[d] it on to the story of King Lear''. But as the audience entered, it became apparent that it was the shallowness of this decadence of the 1920s, rather than the sophistication, that the company had decided to showcase. Perhaps this was helped by the atmospherically gloomy environment of the Rose Theatre itself, which frequently tends to create an ambience that stirs up feelings of caution in the audience. It was such an edginess that dominated the opening moments of the production. The audience, ushered by the Rose volunteers onto the platform that serves as the major playing space for the actors, literally brushed shoulders with the cast who were all in character, sipping exquisite alcoholic drinks and engaged in jovial yet largely idle chit-chat. The original jazz music, which was audible in the area outside the stage confines, enticed the audience just as the characters themselves seemed pleased at this apparent happy gathering. The Earl of Gloucester (Sid Herbert) danced energetically in time to the music, impressing the characters with his nifty footwork and earning sycophantic smiles from Goneril (Elisa Ashenden) and


The present paper systematically checks and examines as well as analyzes causes to the cold-bended crack in the hot rolled steel plate Q345 by microscope,X-ray and Electron Probe Micro-analyzer.Results indicate that the primary causes to the crack are concentration of the residual stress and existence of a great number of large grain CaO·Al_2O_3 inclusions in steel.The cold-bended crack in the hot rolled plate Q345 can be eliminated by adoption of heating-cold bending process as well as improvement of the cleanliness of the steel.


On the morning of October 4, 1934, readers of the leading Madrid newspaper A.B.C. unwittingly bore witness to a watershed moment in Spain's history. Hours later, a miners' strike would begin in the northern province of Asturias, sparking a series of clashes between the Spanish political right and left that would lead the nation to a bloody three-year civil war (1936–1939) and the establishment of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's brutal dictatorship (1939–1975). 1 But that had not occurred yet—it was still morning, and as they paged through the paper, A.B.C. subscribers encountered not reports of worker armies in the industrial north, but something seemingly ordinary: an interview with an as-yet little-known businessman, coincidentally also from Asturias, named José "Pepín" Fernández Rodríguez. In this interview, Pepín—or as his employees knew him, "Don José"—announced the launch of his new department store, Sederías Carretas, just steps from Madrid's city center. As the month advanced, more interviews, as well as store ads, appeared in A.B.C. , always stressing that this was a new kind of store—that its arrival was anything but commonplace . Pepín promised madrileños "the store they had been


In order to investigate the effects of the Chinese herbal formula "Kangshu  = 1 \* ROMAN I" on the mechanism in dairy cows, 10 Holstein dairy cows which had similar weight, age, parity, milk yield were selected, and the experiments were conducted in three stages: the room temperature stage (negative control group), heat stress stage (positive control group) and heat stress stage with drug treatment (drug treatment group). The results indicated that the dairy cows sera heat shock protein (HSP70) concentration in the positive control group increased significantly than those in the negative control group (P 0.05). After usage of Chinese herbal formula "Kangshu I", HSP70 levels in drug treatment group increased non-significantly than those in the positive control group (P>0.05). The plasma ALD concentrations, sera COR and T4 concentrations were significantly higher than those in the positive control group (P 0.05).

 Key words: Dairy cow, heat stress, Chinese herbal formula, heat shock protein (HSP70), hormone.


Introduction Too much success can be a disadvantage. A gambler playing blackjack in a casino may find himself out in the street after enjoying a string of good fortune. Viruses that replicate too rapidly may kill their host before the host is able to infect other members of the population. In this note we consider three coin-tossing models in which "too much success" is defined by the occurrence of success runs of length r, where r is a positive integer. When such a success run occurs, play terminates and the player has no further opportunities to earn rewards. Three models are considered; in each a sequence of independent coin tosses occurs with a fixed success probability p. The objective is to choose the success probability p so as to maximize the expected reward before the stopping criterion applies.


The purpose of this study is to establish connections between the impact of cross-cultural training and assistance in relation to foreign failures. Thus, a review of different theoretical and empirical research on the above topics and the results obtained in 19 of 44 cases where there was cross-cultural training and assistance allowed to express a body of considerations that approach to the theory of agency reaffirmed the importance of the respective practice to reduce external failures in the expatriate staff, while warns its effectiveness according to various constraints binding with the matter.


Abstract The polarized optical absorption of LiNbO3: Eu crystals within 400nm-2.50pm has been investigated for various Eu concentrations at 15K and RT. The assignations of the observed bands have been ma de by assuming Eu3+ ions in C3v symmetry, to be expected in the LiNbO3 lattice. A very small splitting has been observed for some of these bands (∼1meV) which is assumed to be due to two different positions of the Eu3+ ions


This paper proposes the algorithm by advanced twelve step sensorless control to reduce torque ripple and harmonic current of brushless DC(BLDC) motor with sinusoidal back EMF. The algorithm has a two commutation step structure, with the twelve step used to estimate the correct rotor position, and the six step utilized to correct the calculated applied voltage. It is the pulse width modulation(PWM) control method in which the applied voltage is calculated from the no load current and current due to load torque in the three-phase period. The theoretical basis of the algorithm and individual definition of the control block is explained. The simulation results through traditional and proposed method show that the proposed algorithm reduces the torque ripple significantly.


Various works have been published with reference to hardness tested on cylindrical surfaces, but the experiments concerning the Brinell and Vickers hardness are very scarce. Authors developed the method for compensating the Brinell and Vickers hardness on cylindrical specimens basing on Ingerson's assumption, and referred these results to experimental ones.It was found that the values calculated on his assumption coincided with the experimen-tal results of the tests on the Brinell specimens, but not so well on the Vickers specimens. Therefore the next compensating factor K was found experimentally.Put K=1/ (1+k. d'/D), where d'= diagonal of impression in mm D=diameter of cylinder in mm Then the value of Kis about from 0.7 to 1.0 and will change corresponding to materials or hardness numbers.


Thehottest spot temperature (HST) of windings of oil-immersed transformer is animportant factor that affects load capacity and operation life of transformer,and is closely related to the transformer load, top oil and environmenttemperature. HST, when operating at high temperature and overload, may lead totransformer failure which will affect the normal operation of the power system.In order to calculate the transformer hot spot temperature accurately, we takea 33MVA-500KV transformer as an example, and establish a three dimensionalmodel, get its internal temperature distribution based on Fluent simulationsoftware. At last, we comparative and analysis the accuracy of FVM calculation andIEEE guidelines recommend model combined with online monitored values. Theresults show that the FVM method with higher accuracy relative to the IEEEguidelines model, proved that using the FVM can accurately calculate the HST ofoil-immersed transformer.


Multi-cell cooperation (MCC) is an approach for mitigating inter-cell interference in dense cellular networks. Existing studies on MCC performance typically rely on either over-simplified Wyner-type models or complex system-level simulations. The promising theoretical results (typically using Wyner models) seem to materialize neither in complex simulations nor in practice. To more accurately investigate the theoretical performance of MCC, this paper models an entire plane of interfering cells as a Poisson random tessellation. The base stations (BSs) are then clustered using a regular lattice, whereby BSs in the same cluster mitigate mutual interference by beamforming with perfect channel state information. Techniques from stochastic geometry and large deviation theory are applied to analyze the outage probability as a function of the mobile locations, scattering environment, and the average number of cooperating BSs per cluster, L. For mobiles near the centers of BS clusters, it is shown that as L increases, outage probability diminishes sub-exponentially if scattering is sparse, and following a power law with an exponent proportional to the signal diversity order if scattering is rich. For randomly located mobiles, regardless of scattering, outage probability is shown to scale with increasing L following a power law with an exponent no larger than 0.5. These results confirm analytically that cluster-edge mobiles are the bottleneck for network coverage and provide a plausible analytic framework for more realistic analysis of other multi-cell techniques.


Morse theory was originally due to Marston Morse [5]. It gives us a method to study the topology of a manifold using the information of the critical points of a Morse function defined on the manifold. Based on the same idea, Morse homology was introduced by Thom, Smale, Milnor, andWitten in various forms. This paper is a survey of some work in this direction. The first part of the paper focuses on the classical flow line approach byThom, Smale, andMilnor. The second part of the paper will concentrate onWitten's alternative and powerful approach using Hodge theory. 1 Basic concepts in classical Morse theory In this paper, letM be a compact n dimensional manifold andf : M → R be a smooth function. A point p ∈ M is called acritical point if the induced map f∗ : TMp → TRf(p) has rank zero. In other words, p is a critical point off if and only if in any local coordinate system around p one has ∂f ∂x1 (p) = ∂f ∂x2 (p) = · · · = ∂f ∂xn (p) = 0. The real valuef(p) is then called acritical value of f . A critical point p is said to benon-degenerateif, in a local coordinate system around p, the Hessian ( ∂ 2f ∂xi∂xj (p)) of f at p is non-degenerate. For a non-degenerate critical point, the number of negative eigenvalues of the Hessian is its Morse index. If all critical


An improved switch unit for use, for example, in a motor vehicle in which a first and a second switch mechanisms are integrally incorporated together with a first and a second operating members for operating the switch mechanisms so as to reduce the space to be occupied by the switch unit on the whole, while the first operating member is arranged to be rotatable in association with the depression of the second operating member for elimination of troublesome operating procedures, with simultaneous simplification of the entire construction.


FIELD: engines and pumps. SUBSTANCE: proposed device comprises waste heat circuit wherein working medium circulates to convert ICE waste heat into mechanical work. Said waste heat circuit incorporates evaporator 1 to convert working medium, at least partially by waste heat absorption, in vaporous aggregative state, expander 2 to produce mechanical work wherein vaporous medium expands at least partially, and condenser 3 wherein working medium is converted in liquid aggregative state. Said circuit incorporates also one antifreezing device 4 provided with at least one heater 10 for working fluid tempering. Invention covers also the automobile with aforesaid device. EFFECT: reliable operation irrespective of ambient temperature. 17 cl, 5 dwg


The literatures on open innovation and crowdsourcing have documented cases of the "wisdom of the crowd" being used to make decisions traditionally made by the top management alone. These literatures focus mainly on the capacity of crowds to generate ideas, but much less is known about a crowd's capacity to select ideas. To study crowd-based idea selection in firms, this paper develops a mathematical model of a crowd that makes decisions by majority voting. The model takes into account contingencies that are of particular importance to firms, namely: the size of the population from which the crowd is drawn, the distribution of accuracy among members of the population, and the firm's ability to recruit the population's most accurate individuals. The results show that: (i) under relatively common conditions, increasing the size of the crowd may actually reduce performance; (ii) near-optimal performance can usually be achieved by a much smaller crowd than the one required to achieve optimal performance; (iii) determining the best crowd size depends critically on the firm's ability to recruit "accurate" individuals; and (iv) good performance does not require large crowds unless all population members exhibit low levels of accuracy.


Fractional‐order vector vortex beams (VVBs) have recently been demonstrated as new carriers of fractional‐strength optical vortices. However, the inherent mechanism of the new vortex beams, formed by the combination of both unstable states, to propagate stably in free space requires clarification. In this study, this scientific problem is solved by revealing the physical essence of propagable fractional‐strength optical vortices in free space. Therefore, three new viewpoints regarding these unique vortex beams are proposed: Abbe's diffraction limit, the phase evolution of the vortex beam, and the binary time vector property of phase. First, due to Abbe's diffraction limit, the inherent polarization modes are intertwined, thereby maintaining the entire unique vortex beam in free space. In the second case, the phase evolution of the vortex beam is the physical cause for the polarization rotation of fractional‐order VVBs. Third, the phase is not merely a scalar attribute of the light beam and demonstrates a binary time vector property. This study provides entirely different physical viewpoints on the phase of the vortex beam and Abbe's diffraction limit, which may deepen the knowledge on the behavior of light beams in classical optics.


Because of the general inaccesibility of the lithospheric mantle, deep-seated xenoliths represent an important source of information on the earth's interior. They are usually entrained by alkaline basalts in circumcratonic belts or by kimberlites and/or lamproites in cratonic areas.
In the last decades the crystal chemistry of major mantle constituents has improved the knowledge of mantle mineralogy and has emerged as an additional petrological constraint for evaluating the cooling histories of the host rocks (Dal Negro et al., 1982; Saxena and Dal Negro, 1983; Cundari et al., 1986; Princivalle et al., 2000).
In this work the crystal chemistry of coexisting phases in a suite of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba region has been carried out by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction and electron microprobe to obtain site occupancies.
The Hannuoba basaltic plateau, 200 km northwest of Beijing, large more than 1700 km2, lies within the North China Craton and consists of interlayered alkaline and tholeiitic basalts; the alkaline ones host deep-seated xenoliths while only very rare xenoliths have been found in the tholeiites. Volcanism is related to widespread Cenozoic rifting in the North China Craton. Along the southern margin of the Hannuoba plateau there are about forty xenolith-rich zones; in particular one of those, Damaping, is noteworthy for its abundant spinel peridotite xenoliths (approximately 85% of the outcrop), their large size (up to 80 * 60 * 45 cm), their coarse grain size and gem-quality olivine. The "peridotitic body" outcrops along a NE-trending tectonic belt.
All the xenoliths investigated in this study were collected at Damaping.
X-ray diffraction data were recorded on an automated KUMA-KM4 (K-geometry) diffractometer using MoK_ radiation, monochromatised by a flat graphite crystal. Data collection and structure refinement strategies were performed following procedures used for cpx by Dal Negro et al. (1982), for spinel by Della Giusta et al. (1986) and for olivine by Princivalle and Secco (1985). The same crystals used for X-ray single crystal data collection were also used for chemical analyses. These were performed by a CAMECA- CAMEBAX microprobe operating at 15 KV and 15 nA. A PAP-CAMECA program were used to convert X-ray counts into weight percent of the corresponding oxides. Results are considered accurate to within 2-3 % for major and better than 10 % for minor elements.

Clinopyroxenes
The Hannuoba clinopyroxenes (cpx), characterised by high Ca (0.775-0.872 atoms for formula unit, a.f.u.) and Mg (0.791-0.962 a.f.u.) contents, plot in the aluminous-diopside field (Burnham et al., 1967). Within the suite Vcell (cell volume) varies from 433.34 to 436.44 and parallels VM1 and VM2 (M1 and M2 site volume, respectively) increase. On the contrary, T site volume decreases with increasing Vcell, due to increasing Si content and this is related to the increase of mg# cpx and the general decrease of cpx modal content (i.e. increase of basalt component extraction). As is typical for pyroxenes from ultramafic inclusions T site is near full occupied by Si4+ (1.878-1.945 a.f.u.). M2 site is essentially filled by Ca and Na, with minor amounts of Mg and Fe2+. Substantial occupancy of this site by relatively large ions like Ca and Na tends to minimize the distortion of M2 polyhedron (Dal Negro et al., 1982). Mg and R3+ (AlVI+Fe3++Cr+Ti) cations fill M1 polyhedron, while Fe2+ is present only in small amount. M1 volume increase is controlled by R3+ decrease.

Spinel
Within the suite, unit cell parameter ao ranges from 8.1291 to 8.2265 A and Cr content increases from 0.1792 to 0.6191 a.f.u., whereas oxygen coordinate u remains virtually constant (0.26276-0.26310), therefore giving a quite constant ratio of octhahedral (M-O) and tetrahedral (T-O) bond distances.
The increase in Cr causes progressive ordering of Mg and Al in T and M sites respectively. Princivalle et al., (1989) evidenced how the cation partitioning and the consequently oxygen parameter (u) of Cr-spinels from peridotites is related to the cooling history of the rock. Hannuoba spinels are characterised by higher u values (compared with analogues spinels described in literature), suggesting a slower cooling history.

Olivine
Hannuoba investigated olivines have forsteritic compositions (Fo 89.2-90.6 %) and Vcell varing from 291.6 to 291.8 A3. VM1 (11.876-11.907 A3) increases with decreasing mg#, due to larger ionic radius of Fe2+ relative to that of Mg, according to Shannon's (1976) data. Mean M1-O and M2-O bond lengths increase slightly as Fo content decrease. Fe2+ and Mg entry in both the octahedral sites M1 and M2. No significant ordering of Fe2+ on M1 site has been detected (KD values near the unit).


is particularly good on the way in which pressure groups have exerted influence on parliamentary legislation (incidentally the motor car lobby turns out to have been not quite as influential as one might have expected), it falls short' of the ideal. The somewhat erratic treatment ofissues makes it difficult to discern just how ideasand policieshave changed over a period oftime, while the frequent reference to, but insufficient treatment of, the major problems leaves one with a sense of frustration. Moreover, one senses that the author is-resigned to the fact that there is or will be no proper and lasting solution to the traffic problem, partly because governments will shrink from taking bold measures to deal with the car. He may well be right since Mishan type solutions are ruled out because they are politically unacceptable and many of the alternative solutions only provide temporary palliatives. The difficulty liesnot in the lack ofsolutions but in the fact that many ofthem are unacceptable to the vast majority of families who now own carsand feel they have a right to use them as they wish. Thus until opinion swings round to the view that there may be a case on socialand economic grounds for restricting the use of cars we shall be faced with the ever increasing problems which the inexorable growth ofmotor traffic presents.


Dr. Matthew Kroenig's The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy is, in many ways, an answer to a central observation of one of the formative works on nuclear policy – Robert Jervis's The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy. Jervis argues that nuclear capabilities beyond those necessary for a second strike should have little practical utility. This theory has provided the baseline for much of the scholarly work on nuclear strategy and suggests that there are limits to the usefulness of large nuclear arsenals. Kroenig's work challenges this idea, arguing that nuclear superiority provides significant benefits and therefore justifies significant investments in the expansion of nuclear capabilities. Kroenig argues that superiority's benefits include a higher probability of emerging victorious from crises with other nuclear states, improved deterrence, and the ability to issue compellent threats. Kroenig provides further justification for a policy of nuclear supremacy by identifying and responding to a number of possible concerns about the costs of nuclear superiority, including its effects on strategic stability, nuclear nonproliferation, and the defense budget. In doing so, The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy outlines and explains an expansive nuclear policy that stands in direct contrast to Jervis's conclusion that states need only a small, secure nuclear arsenal for effective deterrence. Nuclear superiority confers strategic advantages, Kroenig explains, by improving states' brinksmanship capabilities. His 'superiority-brinksmanship synthesis theory' explains that nuclear superiority reduces 'a state's expected costs of war, increasing its resolve in international political disputes, and thus providing it with a coercive advantage over states more vulnerable to a nuclear exchange'. As a result, 'nuclear inferior opponents are less likely to initiate a military challenge and more likely to back down if the crisis escalates'. Kroenig endeavors to validate a core assumption of the theory – that nuclear superiority is essential to predicting the victor of a nuclear war – by demonstrating a positive correlation between the size of an adversary's nuclear arsenal and the number of casualties that result. However, this same analysis also finds that there are diminishing returns to nuclear arsenal size. For example, Kroenig concludes that China's 2015 arsenal of 65 weapons could, in a first strike, inflict 48 million casualties in the United States. Yet Russia's arsenal, which is 27.4 times larger, would inflict just 1.5 times the number of casualties. The notable difference belies the fact that a number of factors beyond arsenal size – such as strategy, targeting, and yield –would have significant impacts on the outcome of a nuclear war that nuclear superiority alone cannot capture. Moreover, even if nuclear superiority does lower the costs of a nuclear war, states don't only take into account costs in their strategic decision-making about conflicts. Instead, they balance those costs against the anticipated gains. These


The increasing types of people needs along with the times have resulted in the need for energy increasing so that the supply of energy, especially energy that cannot be renewed (unrenewable energy) is decreasing. Currently, almost 80% of the world's energy needs are met by fossil fuels. In fact, the use of fossil fuels can cause global warming. To reduce dependence on fossil fuels as an energy source, it is necessary to search for energy sources that can be used as alternative fuels that are environmentally friendly. Indonesia is an agricultural country that is overgrown with plantation crops that produce various kinds of waste such as rubber seeds which contain oil. This plant produces a lot of wasted seeds that are not useful. Therefore, researchers want to research the oil from rubber seeds to be a biodiesel product and in order to get high quality results. This study regulates several independent variables, namely the alcoholysis temperatures: 650C, 700C and 750C and the alcohol volume: 200 ml, 250 ml and 300 ml. The process is carried out by extraction using the alkolysis method. The best yield yielded 60.5%, with the best yield of biodiesel from alcoholysis obtained at a volume of 250 ml of ethanol and a temperature of 75oC with a density of 09 kg/m3 and a viscosity of 3,285 mm2/s (cSt), fulfilling the requirements of SNI 7182:2015. Based on the results of GC analysis, the main fatty acid components in the sample were at peak 1, namely saturated fatty acids in the form of palmitic acid at 44,28% and peak 4, namely unsaturated fatty acids in the form of oleic acid at 31.99%.


In two-dimensional space,the singdar curve of the Radon transform is detected to a piecewhse smooth function by the wavelet transform as a tool,based on the theory of Radon transform and the relation between the singularties of a class fufnction and the singulav curve of the original function using of the properity of the Legendre transform and the relation of the original function and the singularity of the Radon transform.


Abstract Feed is one of the largest annual costs in fish production. Various commercial feeds are used for muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and tiger muskellunge (E. masquinongy × E. lucius), but no data are available that compare growth and survival of these two fishes on these diets. Growth and survival were evaluated over 8 weeks for both muskellunge (initial mean total length, 172 mm) and tiger muskellunge (187 mm) fed four commercially available feeds: Biodiet Grower, Biodry 1000, Abernathy S8-2 (84), and W-16. Across all diets, tiger muskellunge grew more than 1.5 times as fast as muskellunge. Both muskellunge and tiger muskellunge grew faster on three diets developed for coldwater species (Biodiet, Biodry, and Abernathy), than on the one developed for coolwater species (W-16). Muskellunge also grew faster when fed Biodiet or Biodry than when fed Abernathy. Differences in growth may be related to dietary protein levels. Body composition was affected by diet; percent fat was highest for both species fe...


ABSTRACT It is well known that the increasing development of transport infrastructure will result in temporal and spatial convergence. As an important component of China's high-speed rail (HSR) network, an ambitious HSR building program in Jiangsu province will extend the network to cover all cities and 95% of counties by 2030. This study aims to present and analyze the impacts of the evolving HSR network in Jiangsu province over the period of 2010–2030 by developing multi-phased isochrone maps of Nanjing city (the provincial capital of Jiangsu province). During the process, layered cost distance, a new method based on a door-to-door approach in actual travel time calculations, is proposed in order to draw the maps at a more detailed geographical level. Our results are expected to facilitate proactive public policy decisions related to improving the transport network.


Arm gestures are not only important in hand-busy applications, but also helpful for arm amputees when they are interacting with computers. With the motivation of interacting with computers without hand or arm, we propose MyoTyper, a method enables people to interact with computers by using forearm gesture. We employ acceleration sensors and electromyography sensors to collect signals for arm gesture recognition. A disc-shaped virtual keyboard is designed for fast text input by arm gesture set. Our preliminary study shows that our system prototype achieve classification accuracy with 70% input speed of 2.56 words per minute, and the input speed increases when using proficiency improved.


This article examines students' narrative responses to reading professional literacy histories. Demonstrating the importance of narrative as a way of learning, it shows how elementary education majors of diverse backgrounds explore their relation with language in a traditional grammar class. Cajun, Creole, and African American students recover their literacy histories and articulate the relation between the loss of language and the loss of culture and heritage. Drawing on the parallels between their discourse histories and the discourse histories of other cultures, these narratives also suggest that the students are now able to establish their linguistic identity and develop a greater sensitivity to the situations of their own students in the multicultural classrooms of southwest Louisiana.


This study focuses on the effects of calcium ions and polyethylene glycol on the activity and thermostability of bromelain. It was found that calcium ions evidently promoted the activity of bromelain and the highest activity of bromelain was achieved with the Ca2+concentration and temperature being of 2mmol/L and 37℃. Being treated by different concentration of Ca2+ (2mmol/L, 3mmol/L, 4mmol/L and 5mmol/L )at 60℃, both the stability and half life of bromelain were improved than those of the untreated. Unmodified polyethylene glycol-6000 had evidently inhibition effect on both the activity and thermostability of enzyme.


In order to determine the optimal conditions for the growth of high-quality 250 nm-SiO2 colloidal crystals by the vertical convective self-assemble method, the Design of Experiments (DoE) methodology is applied. The influence of the evaporation temperature, the volume fraction, and the pH of the colloidal suspension is studied by means of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a 33 factorial design. Characteristics of the stacking lattice of the resulting colloidal crystals are determined by scanning electron microscopy and angle-resolved transmittance spectroscopy. Quantitative results from the statistical test show that the temperature is the most critical factor influencing the quality of the colloidal crystal, obtaining highly ordered structures with FCC stacking lattice at a growth temperature of 40°C.


What role do material concerns play in activating support for anti-immigrant parties? Previous research has hypothesized the existence of a welfare state channel, in which citizens exposed to a decline in the net value of per capita transfers will be more supportive of anti-immigrant policies. Yet, evidence that the welfare state channel contributes to the rise of the Far Right at the national level is mixed. This paper focuses on social programs that provide geographically constrained in-kind goods as especially prone to creating distributional conflict between immigrants and natives. We leverage exogenous variation in the intensity of this conflict to identify its effect on electoral outcomes. We focus on Austria's affordable housing program, which benefits a quarter of households. In 2006, a EU directive forced municipalities to open public housing to previously excluded immigrants. As we demonstrate, this reform sharply increased support for anti-immigrant parties in affected municipalities. More broadly, our findings suggest that populist parties may have benefited from the recent confluence of austerity measures and concerns surrounding the congestion of in-kind social benefits.


Background: There is a high risk of bleeding complications in cardiac surgery. Fibrinogen and platelet concentrates are often used to treat perioperative bleeding, but there is little information about its efficacy. The overall aim of this thesis project was to study the effects of fibrinogen, platelet and factor XIII concentrates on markers of hemostasis in blood samples from cardiac surgery patients. Methods: Increasing doses of fibrinogen, platelets, and factor XIII were added to blood samples from patients or healthy volunteers (study I, III–V). In study II, blood samples from cardiac surgery patients with ongoing bleeding were analyzed before and after transfusion of fibrinogen and/or platelet concentrates. In all studies, platelet function was assessed with impedance aggregometry, and clot formation with thromboelastometry. Results: Supplementation with fibrinogen improved clot formation while platelets improved both platelet aggregation and clot formation in blood samples form cardiac surgery patients (I). Fibrinogen to patients with ongoing bleeding improved clot formation and platelets improved platelet aggregation (II). Factor XIII supplementation to blood samples from cardiac and scoliosis surgery patients improved clot formation moderately (III). Supplementation with platelets improved platelet aggregation independently of antiplatelet therapy (IV). Time-dependent changes in platelet concentrates were detected with impedance aggregometry in vitro (V). The results predicted with moderate accuracy changes in aggregation after addition of the platelet concentrates to whole blood samples. Conclusions: The results suggest that transfusion with fibrinogen or platelets improve hemostasis, whereas factor XIII should remain a secondary tool in the treatment of perioperative bleeding. Impedance aggregometry may be used to monitor the quality of stored platelet concentrates in vitro.


Two new dimeric cinnamoyl lipids (CL) featuring with an unusual dearomatic carbon-bridge, named youssoufenes A2 (1) and A3 (2), were isolated from the ΔdtlA mutant strain of marine-derived Streptomyces youssoufiensis OUC6819. Structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated based on extensive MS and NMR spectroscopic analyses, and their absolute configurations were determined by combination of the long-range NOE-based 1H-1H distance measurements and ECD calculations. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited moderate growth inhibition against multi-drug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis CCARM 5172 with an MIC value of 22.2 μM.


Three cases reported by medical defense societies from Great Britain, South Africa, and New Zealand are presented to illustrate legal difficulties which can arise from the conflict between the duty to preserve confidentiality in the physician patient relationship and legal requests for information. The first case illustrates how not to treat confidential information; the second presents a model of professional propriety; the third resolves a difficult problem sensibly and satisfactorily.


The information system of city cadastral management uses advanced image processing technology,database technology,network technology and GIS technology to build sharing cadastral information database,which can work accurately,dynamically,efficiently and safely,and finally makes spatial data sharing come true.This paper briefly introduced the application of city cadastral information management system based on KANQ GIS used in city cadastral investigation.


In this paper, the authors present the research results about the attitudes of the student population in Serbia regarding the use of social media tools as instruments of political engagement. The text presents a segment of a broader study of political communication of young people in Serbia, conducted within the benefit concept. The research results show that social media tools do not contribute to the political engagement of young people in online sphere. The authors interpret the results in the context of political communication and power, indicating the absence of efforts by young people in Serbia to acquire political subjectivity and persuasive action in the environment.


Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) has always been an essential research issue in safety critical systems. Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method (CREAM), as a well-known second generation HRA method is capable of conducting both retrospective and prospective analysis, thus being widely used in many sectors. However, the needs of addressing the use of a deterministic approach to configure common performance conditions (CPCs) and the assignment of the same importance to all the CPCs in a traditional CREAM method reveal a significant research gap to be fulfilled. This paper describes a modified CREAM methodology based on an Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach and a Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique for making human error probability quantification in CREAM rational. An illustrative case study associated with maritime operation is presented. The proposed method is validated by sensitivity analysis and the quantitative analysis result is verified through comparing the data and the benchmarking with the real data collected from Shanghai coastal waters. Its main contribution lies in that it for the first time addresses the data incompleteness in HEP, given that the previous relevant studies mainly focus on the fuzziness in data. The findings will provide useful insights for quantitative assessment of seafarers' errors to reduce maritime risks due to human errors.


A major goal of the KfK gyrotron development program is the design and construction of a high power, long pulse 140 GHz gyrotron for electron cyclotron wave applications in fusion research. At the W7AS stellarator in Garching a TE0,3 gyrotron with a pulse length of at least 100 ms, mode purity better than 97% and an output power of 100 kW was constructed, tested [1], and successfully used for plasma heating of neutral beam sustained, high density plasmas [2]. A pulse length of 500 ms with rectangular modulation at 200 Hz, duty factor of 50% and peak power 100 kW was attained (see Fig. 1).


In remote sensing image applications, the image matching is a very key technology, its quality directly related to the quality of the subsequent results. This paper studied an improved SIFT features matching method for muili-source remote-sensing image registration based on GPU computing, epipolar line and least squares, its main purpose is to take both accuracy and efficiency into consideration. This method is firstly based on tonal balanced methods matching, and then exracts SIFT features based on the GPU computing technology, and then matchs feature points based on epipolar line and least squares matching method with RANSAC method, finally analies error sources of SIFT mismatch, researchs an improved SIFT mismatch reduce strategy.The experimental results prove that the method can effectively improve the efficiency and precision of SIFT feature matching.


Analytical investigation was conducted on the transient natural convection flow past an oscillating infinite vertical plate in present of magnetic field and radiative heat transfer. The classical solution of this problem for impulsively moving plate is given by Seth in [2] and is found to be a special case of the solution to be presented. The governing model equations are solved analytically with the help of Laplace transform technique. The results are expressed in terms of the velocity and temperature profiles as well as the skin-friction and Nusselt number.


The effect of fluorination on the aggregate structure of a novel fluorinated perylene diimide, N, N'-diperfluorophenyl-3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide 1, was investigated by UV-Vis absorptions and the conformation simulations from AM1 semi-empirical quantum mechanics modeling. The results showed that in the solid film 1 molecules stacked with the perfluorinated phenyl groups straightly over or below the perylene cores of the adjacent 1 molecules.


Intoxications resulting from the use of cocaine are observed very frequently by rhinologists, who are still dependent on this drug to secure a satisfactory intranasal anesthesia. A committee appointed by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry to investigate the subject found that a large number of the fatalities and other disastrous sequelae were not reported in the literature. They found further that a large number of the ill results were seen even in instances in which only small amounts of dilute solutions of the alkaloid had been used. Syncope and even death resulting from the use of cocaine were not at all uncommon, especially during the earlier period when it was used by injection. The urge for a drug having the anesthetic qualities of cocaine but not its toxicity has caused a number of newer anesthetics to be elaborated, none of which have been able to duplicate its ready adsorbability


Mullins' theory predicts the buildup of adatoms during surface diffusion at the edges of grooves where grain boundaries emerge to the surface of a polycrystalline film. However, the mesoscopic nature of this theory prevents the identification of the atomic-scale physical mechanisms involved in this phenomenon. Here, we interpret the buildup of adatoms in atomistic terms through a mean-field rate-equation model and demonstrate both its kinetic nature and its impact on the intrinsic stress in these systems. Furthermore, the model provides estimates of the surface profile of intrinsic stress, of its typical mean values, and of the dependence of stress on temperature and deposition flux for different growth stages. These estimates agree well with reported experimental results obtained from recent advances in nanoscale mapping of mechanical stresses on the surface of polycrystalline films.


Early‐life exposure to older siblings is associated with a lower risk of asthma. To date, no study has addressed the impact of having siblings on both the airway and fecal microbiota during infancy. The aim of this study was therefore to profile the nasal airway and fecal microbiota in infants, and to examine the association between having siblings and microbiota profile.


This study investigated the teacher expectancy effects (also called Pygmalion effects) on the grading of both fourth-grade spelling tests and aighth-grade essay tests by 19 teachers in central Virginia public schools. Spelling tests contained the same f..ve misspellings, but differed in the legibility and gender of the sample. The essays varied with regard to content, gender, and handwriting style. The teachers graded the spelling lists for the number of errors, assigned a gender to the sample, and assigned a letter grade to each essay. Results indicated that illegible spelling test samples received both a lower grade and a higher number of errors than did the legible samples. Conversely, legible spelling test samples were scored with fewer errors than they actually contained. Strong essays in the legible conditionreceived a mean score of 93.8, while the same essays in the illegible condition received a mean score of 75.3, showing that appearance played a large role in the papers' scores. The strong illegible essays received lower grades than weak essays in legible handwriting. Results support the theory that there is a Pygmalion effect for handwriting. Teachers exhibited gender biases in regard to handwriting styles, with illegible handwriting attributed. to a male more often than to a female. Appendixes contain the spelling tests and the essay samples submitted to the teachers for assessment. (Contains 21 references.) (JDD) *****************************************************************AA*** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. ***************************************************************.c*******


Globalization is like a sovereign political entity which manages the world resources for common humanity. This renders profit maximization in keeping with corporate policy unacceptable. The pollution and its long neglect resulted in the absence of critical human development infrastructure and restiveness in the forms of militancy, kidnapping functional agents of parent enterprise in host countries and closure of oil operations. Also, the low human indexes of Nigerians render them unemployable in oil and gas industry. In the light globalization the parent enterprise should pursue the maximization of opportunity to benefit all and sundry. The corporate entrepreneurs should have autonomy to effectively manage the MNCs and the environment business. This paper expects them to abide by conventional ethical norms and professional standards for prosperity of common humanity.


While some Egyptian sociologists in their nationalistic zeal would maintain that Egypt is the first country in the world where sociology was ever taught,' it is certain that it was taught and cultivated from the foundation of Cairo University at the beginning of this century (1908). As at many universities in Europe, as well as in other parts of the world, it was then under the auspices of philosophy; but in 1925 it achieved some independence when, after the country had become independent, the Egyptian University was transformed from a private into a governmental institution and a separate department of sociology was instituted in the Faculty of Arts. However, the struggle between those who advocated the independent status of sociology as an academic discipline and those opposing this continued, with the result that an ebb and flow of rearrangements affected its place within the academic structure. Finally, in 1956, the last reorganisation took place and it is now an independent department in the Faculty of Arts. In the universities of Alexandria and 'Ain Shams, chairs of sociology have existed since 1942^ and 1950 respectively. These, however, are in combined, not independent departments: namely the Department


Objective Develop a network courseware for the sake of reform in education. Methods Graphical tools, such as Photoshop 6.0, Fireworks 4.0, Flash 5.0,and with Microsoft Access 2000 as the database,as well as some HTML editing softwares, such as Microsoft FrontPage 2000,JavaScript,and Active Server Page were used for the design of the web pages. The contents were obtained from textbooks and Foundation of Clinical Examination. Results Complete the development of the network courseware on prostate secretion examination,including columns as the following,Topics,Exercises,Reference Information,Teaching Materials, Teachers' Mailbox, Latest Trends of Medical Examination, Forum, and BBS etc.Conclusion This courseware will help to deepen the reform in education.


Based on three kinds of conventional pile types (precasting pile, caisson grouting pile and bored pile) and their executing methods, the main defect and its distribution pattern of pile body, which are caused by the executing technology, is discussed in the paper.


Subject
 Growing Russian-Uzbek ties.

 Significance
 Since Shavqat Mirzioyev became president in late 2016, Uzbekistan's attitude to neighbouring states has gone from a quarter century of barely concealed resentment to a willingness to engage openly. Russia is the latest target of the Uzbek foreign policy makeover and will be happy to re-engage with a country whose large population and strategic location make it critical to Central Asia.

 Impacts
 Trade with Russia offers economic solutions to Mirzioyev as he tries to secure popular support.
 Uzbekistan will still procure Western arms, mostly light weapons, to keep its options open and maintain a geopolitical balance.
 Both Moscow and Washington will seek Uzbek assistance with their respective policies on Afghanistan.


The thesis discusses how to perfect the security management from the aspects: construction project security management,on-site civilization construction management,security technology measure management.Through controlling the main safe producing factors,it decreases the unsafe behaviors and states of the main producing factors,so as to ensure the safe management objective can be realized.


A History of Traditional Chinese Military Science explores the development of military science in ancient China and its remarkable contribution to Chinese military culture through an investigation of representative military works, relevant passages from ancient philosophers' books and important collections of histories and classical works. The book attempts to trace the historical trajectory of the emergence and evolvement of traditional Chinese military theory and is committed to a panoramic review of the basic connotations of this theory, its major characters and expressions in the context of different historical backgrounds, as well as its cultural impact.
The main features of the book are the following:
1. The book attempts to give a survey of traditional military Chinese theory and trace its distinct characters in different historical phases. To provide clear understanding of the development of traditional Chinese military theory, the narrative is organized in a chronological order, instead of the more popular topic-oriented format.
2. Special emphasis is laid on the independent value of military science in order to adjust a long-standing tendency to separate military and history studies in Chinese scholarship. However, elements of military system, military technology, military tactics, army formations and military topography will also be referred to, which enriches the scope of the study and offers a complementary angle to examine the dynamics in military culture.
3. The authors' academic background and training are exclusively Chinese. A history composed in this context wants hopefully to offer a different perspective from Western scholars and gives readers some new inspiration.


"The results of the work of EcostroyNII-PV LLP on the processing of technogenic waste of energy and metallurgy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Pavlodar region are presented. The use of waste in the manufacture of construction products is one of the most effective solutions to environmental problems in the region. The proposed technology for the production of construction products using ash and slag waste provides for innovative compositions of raw materials mixtures and provides an increase in operational characteristics and an increase in labor productivity in construction. The applied technology, in comparison with existing analogues, provides for the use of local waste (ash and slag waste from the burning of Ekibastuz coal, bauxite sludge of the Pavlodar aluminum plant, steelmaking slag). They differ in chemical and granulometric composition, as well as binding properties from other analogues and prototypes. In the production of construction products, a concrete mixture has been introduced and patented, including, %: slag-Portland cement – 14.32–17.00; sand – 18.74–25.52, crushed stone – 46.50-49.71, alumina sludge obtained during processing of Kazakhstan bauxite – 5–7; self–disintegrating slag of steelmaking production – 5–7; ash and slag waste of thermal power plants from burning Ekibastuz coals – 5–7. According to the test results, the average tensile strength of building products (paving slabs, curbstones, hollow bricks) is 3.2 – 3.8 MPa (strength class 2.5). "


The nonlinear dynamic equations of a simple supported two-dimensional thin plate in the supersonic airflow are established through the Hamiltonian variational principle. In the equation, the geometric nonlinear is expressed by the Von Karman's thin plate theory and the aerodynamic pressure is expressed by the piston theory. The partial differential equation is turned into an ordinary differential equation by Galerkin method. A new algebraic criterion of Hopf bifurcation is utilized to achieve the analytic expression of critical flow velocity with the initial in-plane load, the flutter frequency with the initial in-plane load and the critical flow velocity. Finally, the Forth order Runge-Kutta numerical method was applied to certify the theories.


Summary Heating proteins and reducing sugars together reduces the solubility of the proteins. This can be seen as gel formation and the inability of the gel fragments or powders to go into solution in solvents that contain agents that should break disulfide bonds and non covalent associations. It would appear that the proteins become covalently linked one to another in an organized manner in dilute solutions. The creation of crosslinks could explain many of the characteristics of the sugar-protein gels, such as their high breakstrengths and clarity. Under conditions of high temperature and pressure that occur within the barrel of an extruder, protein crosslinking occurs if a reducing sugar is present. In extreme conditions, the reaction prevents a textured product being formed. Control of the induced crosslinking could enable better control of processes used extensively by food manufacturers.


At the present time the motor vehicle is a necessity for every human being, a motor vehicle is any vehicle that is driven by mechanical equipment such as engines other than vehicles running on rails. In which security and traffic safety is a must for every motorist as stipulated in Law Number 22 Year 2009 regarding Traffic and Road Transportation. The purpose of this thesis are: First, to determine public awareness in traffic associated with the high number of accidents in the Police Sector Mine based. Second, to determine the constraints faced by the police in handling public legal awareness in traffic. Third, To know the efforts made by the police to address the low level of awareness of society in road traffic law. Keywords: Legal Awareness - Passes Cross – Accidents


Parkinson's disease is characterized by the progressive loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, leading to severe motor deficits. Although the disease likely begins to develop years before observable motor symptoms, the specific morphological and functional alterations involved are poorly understood.


In 2002, the then Vice President of IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Publications, Prof. R.P. Jindal, instituted the concept of a "golden list" of reviewers to recognize the dedication and voluntary contribution of time by peer reviewers of the EDS journals, Electron Device Letters (EDL), and TRANSACTIONS ON Electron Devices (T-ED). This editorial outlines the required roles and responsibilities of the "golden list" of EDS peer reviewers.


Diagnosing the existence of heart disease is really tedious process, as it entails deep knowledge and opulent experience. As a whole, the forecast of heart disease lies upon the conventional method of analysing medical report such as ECG (The Electrocardiogram), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Blood Pressure, Stress tests by a Medicinal expert. Nowadays, a large volume of medical statistics is obtainable in medical industry and turns as a excessive source of forecasting valuable and concealed facts in almost all medical complications. Thus, these facts would really aid the doctors to create exact predictions. The innovative methods of Artificial Neural Network models have also been contributing themselves in yielding the main prediction accuracy over medical statistics. This paper targets to predict the presence of heart disease utilizing Back Propagation MLP (Multilayer Perceptron) of Artificial Neural Network. The proposed ANN design targeted to generate the three outputs Yes (Patient having heart disease), No (Patient not having heart disease), and Hesitant (Patient those who are in between yes and no category).


A new dual-wavelength dual-indicator catalytic kinetic spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace copper(Ⅱ) was studied. The method was based on copper(Ⅱ) catalytic effect on oxidation of arserazo Ⅲ and brilliant green by hydrogen peroxide in the medium of HAc-NaAc (pH 3.0). The absorbance of catalytic and uncatalytic systems are measured at 530nm and 620nm. Under the optimum conditions, the linear range of determination of copper(Ⅱ) is 0.0002-0.10μg/mL. The detection limit is 4.3×10^(-10)g/mL. The relative standard deviation is 2.8% for 0.040μg/mL copper (n=10). The method has been used to the determination of trace copper (Ⅱ) in water with satisfactory results.


The interaction between Lanthanides (Ln)- ions and Ca-bentonite and the structural changes accompanying were studied. Ln-exchanged bentonites were prepared from Ca-bentonite (Istenmezeje, Hungary) by ion exchange in three consecutive washings with lanthanide solutions. Scanning Eletronmicroscopy Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) studies showed even distribution of Lns and other components of bentonite. The natural bentonite and the lanthnide exchanged bentonites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), which revealed the same mineral composition, and the increase of the basal spacing of montmorillonite from 1.465 (Ca²⁺) to 1.577nm (REE³⁺). The d001 basal spacing of lanthanide montmorillonite increases as the ion radius of the lanthanide cation increases. The Fe³⁺, and Lns³⁺ amount on the bentonite were determined by X-ray-fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) elemental analysis. The amount of exchanged Lns were determined by washing the Ln-bentonite with 1M ammonium-acetate, and measuring the amount of Ln released, using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). In most Ln-bentonites, the quantity of the exchanged Ln ions was about 80–90% of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the bentonite. In case of some lanthanides bentonite (La³⁺, Ce³⁺, and Gd³⁺), however, the sorbed quantity of lanthanum ions was higher than the cation exchange capacity. In case of lanthanum-bentonite, the lanthanide quantity is as high as 136% of CEC. Moreover, the iron(III) content of lanthanum bentonite is less than that of the original Ca-bentonite. Mossbauer spectra of the La-, Ce-, and Gd-exchanged samples at 78K revealed an unexpected magnetically split component that was absent from the Ca-bentonite. This component may belong to interlayer Fe. This iron can be released from the octahedral positions crystal lattice.


The action of liposuction with vacuum and movement of the cannula back and forth results in fragments of fat globules, torn fat cells, and neutral fat. During liposuction, blood vessels are disrupted, leaving a path for the fatty acids to enter the vascular system. The pulmonary vascular occlusion in fat embolism is often temporary or incomplete since fat globules do not completely obstruct capillary blood flow because of their fluidity and deformability. The initial symptoms of fat embolization are probably caused by mechanical occlusion of multiple blood vessels with fat globules that are too large to pass through the capillaries. The neutral fat that embolizes to the pulmonary circulation can be degraded by pneumocytes to free fatty acids that are injurious to the pulmonary parenchyma, leading to adult respiratory distress syndrome. The fat embolism syndrome is characterized by acute hypoxemia, respiratory distress, central nervous system dysfunction, and a petechial rash involving the head, neck, anterior thorax, or axilla. The diagnosis of pulmonary fat embolus is largely based on typical symptoms and signs. Treatment consists mainly of supportive measures.


We propose a general method to find exact ground state solutions to the SU($N$) invariant matrix model arising from the quantization of the 11-dimensional supermembrane action in the light-cone gauge. We illustrate the method by applying it to lower dimensional models and for the SU(2) group. This approach can be used to find ground state solutions to the complete 9-dimensional model and for any SU($N$) group. The supercharges and the constraints related to the SU(2) symmetry are the relevant operators and they generate a multicomponent wave function. In the procedure, the fermionic degrees of freedom are represented by means of Dirac-like gamma matrices. We exhibit a relation between these finite $N$ matrix theory ground state solutions and SUSY quantum cosmology wave functions giving a possible physical significance to the theory even for finite $N$


Prostate carcinoma is typically diagnosed and treated, and it rarely manifests as cutaneous metastases. We herein report electron radiotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous metastases causing cellulitis, with a durable clinical response achieved.


The growth of a tumor depends on de novo angiogenesis, which involves multiple signaling cascades and is also a target for many anti-angiogenic therapies. Epidermal growth factor like (EGFL7), is a protein that is expressed by endothelial cells during angiogenesis and is necessary for the proper assembly of a sprout. However, EGFL7 is also upregulated in many tumors such as glioma and non-small cell lung cancer, and associated with poor patient prognosis. We have previously shown that EGFL7 expression by tumor cells inhibits tumor angiogenesis, which is contrary to its requirement for angiogenesis when expressed by endothelial cells. As a result, the objective of this research is to understand the basis of this differential regulation. We hypothesize that the differential effects of EGFL7 on angiogenesis are due to the presence of alternative transcripts in HT1080 tumor cells. One common method of regulation is transcriptional regulation which can involved the generation of multiple alternative transcripts due to the presence of different transcriptional start sites. Here, I demonstrate that endothelial cells express two families of transcripts, TSS1 and TSS2 families, which are transcribed from two different transcriptional start sites. In HT1080 tumor cells, however, only TSS2 families of transcripts are produced. Importantly, novel a novel non-coding transcript in both TSS1 and TSS2 family were identified. Non-coding transcripts are known to have important roles in global transcriptional regulation, such as chromatin remodification. Knocking down TSS2 transcripts in tumor cells resulted in enhanced angiogenesis. Result from this thesis identify novel differential EGFL7 transcripts expressed in HT1080 tumor cells, which inhibits angiogenesis. Key words: EGFL7, Angiogenesis, Differential regulation, transcripts


The accuracy is one of the main characteristics of the robots working in industry and in other domains. The industrial robots resolution, accuracy and repetability are influenced by some factors e. g. the actuators, type of command, sensors, the elements dimensions and masses, speed, the weight of manipulated objects.  Using the mathematical procedures for solving nonlinear simultaneous equations and the inverse problem in the errors theory is presented one method that allow to compute the maximal values of the  robot generalized coordinates deviation thus the operational coordinates values to be situated between the imposed limits.  In the  presented numerical example the method is applied for the study of possible attainted accuracy of the R-R-R type serial robot, often used in industrial applications .     Key words:  the inverse problem in the error theory, simultaneous nonlinear equations, Newton-Raphson method, accuracy of serial robots, C programming


Turning now to "Everyday Living with the Antitrust Laws," our National Institutes Committee has put together what promises to be a truly excellent program. The chairman of that committee is John Bodner, a partner in the Washington law firm of Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison. He was with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and has taught on the law faculties of the University of Chicago Law School, the George


The aims of this study were to determine (1) the effect of Problem-based Student Worksheet on Human Reproductive Systems upon students' Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and (2) to analise the contribution of Problem-based Student Worksheet on students' HOTS. This classroom research used non-equivalent control group design. Population of students involved in this study was approximately 252 grade XI Math and Science students (MIA) from the public senior highschool at Pati, Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 2 Pati in the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017. Students as research sample were collected by purposive sampling technique, by which MIA 4 students were chosen either as the treated group or the control one. Score of students' HOTS as dependent variables were collected by written tests consisting of 10 free-response questions. The other dependent variable, namely the scores of problem-solving skills, were measured by questionaires provided by the Problem-based Student Worksheet, administered only for the treated class. Data obtained were analyzed using t-test and correlation test. The findings showed that the Problem-based Student Worksheet affected the students' HOTS (coefficient value of 0.809). In sum the higher score of problem-solving skills was the higher score of students' HOTS.


In Australia since the 1970s there has been an invitation to parents to participate as partners with teachers in their children's schooling. This invitation, explicitly expressed in the Karmel Report in 1973, has been repeated in many forms throughout the decades of the 1980s and 1990s, leading parents to believe that they are entitled to a say in how their children are schooled. Emanating from this invitation has been a focus on community participation and involvement which culminated in 1996, with an explicit invitation by the Federal government to parents to establish their own nongovernment school if schools in their area did not meet with their perceived needs. This paper explores the notion of real parent choice and community involvement, such as that which culminates in the non-government school establishment process, problematising this involvement and its impact on the schooling process, while examining implications for parents and school communities.


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Device engineering based on the tunable electronic properties of ternary transition metal dichalcogenides has recently gained widespread research interest. In this work, monolayer ternary telluride core/shell structures are synthesized using a one‐step chemical vapor deposition process with rapid cooling. The core region is the tellurium‐rich WSe2−2xTe2x alloy, while the shell is the tellurium‐poor WSe2−2yTe2y alloy. The bandgap of the material is ≈1.45 eV in the core region and ≈1.57 eV in the shell region. The lateral gradient of the bandgap across the monolayer heterostructure allows for the fabrication of heterogeneous transistors and photodetectors. The difference in work function between the core and shell regions leads to a built‐in electric field at the heterojunction. As a result, heterogeneous transistors demonstrate a unidirectional conduction and strong photovoltaic effect. The bandgap gradient and high mobility of the ternary telluride core/shell structures provide a unique material platform for novel electronic and photonic devices.


A laboratory experiment was conducted to test different hydroponic designs for screening cotton accessions for salinity tolerance. The study was aimed to find out a repeatable, reproducible and reliable hydroponic design in which large sample size could be screened in one go. Six arboreum genotypes viz: LD1026, LD1027, LD1019, LD1037, LD1029 and LD949 were screened for salinity tolerance via four different hydroponic designs at EC 18 and 21 dS/m and were compared with the national check, RAHS-14. The glass experiments and the thermocol tray design produced large variability in the survival percentage due to small sample size (4-6 seeds/replication) and cross bred nature of cotton. However, a novel design consisting of wooden trays which could hold large sample size gave more accurate and repeatable results and hence the same is being recommended for hydroponic screening of cotton genotypes. Maximum survival percentage was observed with LD949 (~40 %) followed by LD1037 (~39.5%) and least was in LD1019 (~4%) and LD1029 (~5%) at 21 dS/m. The growth parameters recorded at 15 DAG corroborated the survival data. The national check RAHS-14 recorded a survival percentage of 35% at 21 dS/m. Based on this study, LD949 and LD1037 proved better than RAHS-14 for salinity tolerance under hydroponic conditions.


There is evidence that dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and/or striatum (STR), are involved in attentional processes, reinforcement and conditioning (Beninger, 1983). Latent inhibition (LI) is a paradigm, supposed to reflect selective attention, in which pre-exposure to a neutral stimulus (e.g. tone) with no consequence inhibits the subsequent learning of an association of that stimulus with a consequence (e.g. mild foot shock). It is now established that, in rats, low-dose amphetamine disrupts LI, an effect which is reversed by treatment with chlorpromazine or haloperidol (Weiner, 1990), suggesting that dopaminergic hyperactivity (particularly in NAc) is associated with impairment of LI. In view of this link between LI and DA systems, we are using intracerebral microdialysis to investigate DA release in NAc and STR during LI, using a CER (conditioned emotional response) paradigm. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (280-300g) were implanted with guide cannulae aimed at the left NAc and the right STR. After recovery, they were trained to lick for water reward in a recording box, then dialysis monoprobes (Ycung et al, 1988) were inserted into the guide cannulae. Two days later the animals were placed in the recording box and connected for dialysis perfusion with artificial cerebrospinal fluid, flow rate 3~1/min). After perfusion for at least 90 min, animals received (pre-exposed; PE), or did not receive (non-preexposed; NPE) thirty 3 sec tones at 60 sec intervals. Five min after PE/NPE animals in both groups received two further tone presentations, 5 min apart, each followed by a mild foot-shock (0.33mA, 1 sec). Two hours later conditioned suppression of licking by tone presentation was tested. The time taken for the first ten licks during tone presentation was compared with the time taken for ten control licks prior to onset of the tone: a suppression ratio (SR) of 0.5 indicates no suppression and a ratio of 0.0 indicates total suppression. Consecutive 10 min dialysate samples were collected from NAc and STR, and analysed for DA, DOPAC, HVA and 5HIAA by HPLC with electrochemical detection. Animals in the NPE group showed conditioned suppression of licking (SR=0.028t0.009; n=9), whilst those in the PE group failed to suppress (SR=0.425t0.081; n=9). Thus a clear LI effect was measurable in these animals undergoing dialysis perfusion. Tone presentation alone had no effect


A set of exact solutions of the relativistic Schroedinger equation for central potential ) , where a and b are parameters of the given potential are to be obtained by using a suitable ansatz. For each solution, a separate relation interrelating the parameters of the potential and the orbital angular momentum quantum no. . The eigenfunctions obtained here are normalizable. The fractional power potential is relevant in connection with quark model of hadrons and some other branches of physics like particle and nuclear physics.


Both sexes of a new species of Heterolaophonte Lang, 1944 were collected from a brown alga (Fucus vesiculosus) and green algae in Iceland. A new species of marine harpacticoid copepod Heterolaophonte islandica n.sp. is described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected from 4 stations of the area of the Sandgerdi (West Iceland) in the littoral zone during a fieldwork study on diversity of harpacticoid copepods associated with marine macroalgae of the coast


Mass spectrometric studies of the equilibrium vapour species for the systems, Ge(s)+ GeCl4(g) and Ge(s)+ GeBr4(g), have been conducted using a gas-inlet Knudsen cell. The disproportionation reactions, Ge(s)+ GeCl4(g)= 2GeCl2(g)(I) and Ge(s)+ GeBr4(g)= 2GeBr2(g)(II) were the only equilibria involved; no polymeric species were observed.
 The heats of reactions (I) and (II) were ΔH°r, 298(I)= 40.6 ± 2.0 kcal mole–1 and ΔH°r, 298(II)= 40.4 ± 1.5 kcal mole–1. The heats of formation and atomization energies for gaseous GeCl2 and GeBr2 were estimated to be ΔH°f, 298[GeCl2(g)]=–42 ± 1 kcal mole–1, ΔH°f, 298[GeBr2(g)]=–13 ± 1 kcal mole–1, ΔH°atoms[GeCl2(g)]= 188 ± 5 kcal mole–1, and ΔH°atoms[GeBr2(g)]= 164 ± 5 kcal mole–1.


The multiple well heat storage system is primarily a seasonal storage. Its function is based on the heat conductivity and storage capacity properties of the rock. The heat is transferred to, or from, the rock by means of a fluid, normally water, which is circulated through a great number of boreholes or wells.


A novel, one-step synthesis of substituted pyridine- and quinoline-derivatives was achieved by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of γ-aminoalcohols with secondary alcohols. The reaction involves consecutive C-N and C-C bond formation, catalyzed by a bipyridyl-based ruthenium pincer complex with a base.


Reviews of the literature suggest the Malaysian third sector lacks basic descriptive information. Research on what makes up the sector is scarce, indicating little effort was undertaken to define and identify its components from the Malaysian perspective. This paper proposes the scope of the Malaysian third sector by suggesting its boundaries and identifying the constituents. Inclusion was based on the structural-operational definition of third sector organisations developed by Salamon and Anheier (1992, 1996) and the primary basis for exclusion is distribution of profits to shareholders and promoters. It is proposed that social, voluntary, non-governmental and nonprofit organisations make up the Malaysian third sector, while state linked organisations and profit-distributing organisations such as cooperatives and social enterprises are excluded. Knowing the third sector's boundaries and constituents would allow more focussed research to be undertaken; enabling actors, researchers, and policymakers to identify issues and develop policies and strategies to address them.


A multi-speed automatic transmission for a four wheel drive vehicle comprises an input shaft 28, an output shaft 82 a planetary gear system having first, second, third and fourth planetary gear units, 30, 32, 34 and 36. A synchronizer or dog clutch or coupler 70 alternatively holds or releases a carrier 66 and sun gear 62 of the fourth gear unit 36. Brake 90 connects and releases sun gear 46 of the second gear unit 32 to a casing. First clutch 92 connects/disconnects a ring gear 40 of the first gear unit 30 to a carrier 50 of the second gear unit 32. Second clutch 96 connects/disconnects the ring gear 40 to the input shaft 28. Third clutch 100 connects/disconnects the sun gear 62 to the synchronizer 70 and a fourth clutch connects/disconnects a sun gear 38 of the first gear unit 30 to a ring gear 56 of the third gear unit 34. The sun gear 62 and sun gear 58 of the third gear unit 34 are permanently engaged. Output shaft 82 is connected to ring gear 60 of the third gear unit 34. The transmission produces five underdrive ratios, one direct ratio, four overdrive and four reverse ratios. The transmission is an integrated package requiring a single-speed transfer case having either an on demand transfer clutch or a full-time all wheel drive system.


Sectional curvature Recall that as a (1, 3)-tensor, the Riemann curvature endomorphism of the Levi-Civita connection∇ is R(X,Y )Z = ∇X(∇Y Z)−∇Y (∇XZ)−∇[X,Y ]Z. It measures the failure of the manifold to be locally isometric to Euclidean space. Starting with the Riemann curvature tensor, there are various simplifications of this tensor one can define. An important one is sectional curvature, because it • is the natural generalisation of Gauss curvature of the surface • completely determines the Riemann curvature tensor A two-dimensional subspace π of TpM is called a tangent 2-plane to M at p. Sectional curvature is defined on tangent 2-planes π ⊂ TpM . We will define the sectional curvature of a tangent 2-plane π in terms of a basis for π. In order to obtain an expression which is independent of this choice of basis, we will need a normalisation factor. Definition 15.1. For linearly independent vectors X,Y ∈ TpM , let Q(X,Y ) = (area of the parallelogram with sides X and Y ) = 〈X,X〉 〈Y, Y 〉 − 〈X,Y 〉 . Definition 15.2. Given any point p ∈ M and any tangent 2-plane π to M at p, the sectional curvature of π is the real number sec(π) := 〈R(X,Y )Y,X〉 Q(X,Y ) = Rm(X,Y, Y,X) Q(X,Y ) ,


The bloom of complex network study, in particular, with respect to scale-free ones, is considerably triggering the research of scale-free graph itself. Therefore, a great number of interesting results have been reported in the past, including bounds of diameter. In this paper, we focus mainly on a problem of how to analytically estimate the lower bound of diameter of scale-free graph, i.e., how small scale-free graph can be. Unlike some pre-existing methods for determining the lower bound of diameter, we make use of a constructive manner in which one candidate model $\mathcal{G^*} (\mathcal{V^*}, \mathcal{E^*})$ with ultra-small diameter can be generated. In addition, with a rigorous proof, we certainly demonstrate that the diameter of graph $\mathcal{G^{*}}(\mathcal{V^{*}},\mathcal{E^{*}})$ must be the smallest in comparison with that of any scale-free graph. This should be regarded as the tight lower bound.


The design and realization of structural damage alarming system of Runyang suspension bridge was discussed in detail based on the structural damage alarming method for long-span suspension bridges.The system adopts the damage alarming methods based on environmental-condition-normalized modal frequency and wavelet packet energy spectrum.The online and offline damage alarming analyses were realized using the two-stages design method.The system combining the modes of Client/Server and extended Browser/Server was suggested to connect the damage alarming system and other subsystems in health monitoring system efficiently and effectively.The damage alarming system software of Runyang suspension bridge was developed using the LabVIEW software,which includes three parts,i.e.,online identification of modal frequency and wavelet packet energy spectrum,correlation analysis and statistical modeling of damage alarming parameters and environmental-conditions,detection and alarming of structural abnormal conditions.


Neural style transfer on images captures independent representations of style and content, such that style from one image can be transferred onto content from another. We present an extension of style transfer to speech using spectrogram representations of speech as the image. We report success in transferring low-level textural features, but difficulty in transferring high-level prosody such as emotion or accent. We discuss several improvements made to the model and propose others which could improve results. Comparing our approach with other recent results, we hypothesize that a system capable of prosodic style transfer will require the incorporation of a language model.


GaN ablative etching using coaxial irradiation of KrF excimer laser and F2 laser has been explored. The etching process is consisted of pulsed laser ablation and successive acid treatment. Single pulse ablation using KrF excimer planarizes etched surface, however, multiple KrF irradiation roughens etched surface significantly. Small fraction of F2 laser simultaneously irradiated with KrF excimer laser improves surface roughness caused in the case of single-KrF irradiation. Irradiating delay time between both lasers is varied in order to investigate excitation mechanism as well as find optimum irradiation condition.


Abstract Most of European Union goats are slaughtered with carcase weights between 5 kg and 11 kg. Some farmers rear kids with milk replacers to produce cheese with the dams' milk. The aim of this experiment was to study the volatile compounds (VOCs) of meat of suckling light kids reared with natural milk or milk replacers and to study the influence of consumers' psychographic characteristics on the sensory preference for meat. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed to identify the VOCs and consumers evaluated the flavour, juiciness and overall acceptability. Thirty-five VOCs were detected and 44.3%, 25.1%, 6.9% and 2.3%, were aldehydes, hydrocarbons, ketones and alcohols, respectively. The influence of the rearing system on VOCs clearly depended on the breed. The use of milk replacers did not affect the percentage of linear aldehydes compared to the use of natural milk. However, the major aldehyde, hexanal (34.8%), was related to the use of natural milk and correlated positively with both the flavour (r = 0.21) and overall acceptability (r = 0.24). On the other hand, hydrocarbons such as hexane were related to MR, and 2-methyl-pentane and 3-methyl pentane were correlated with the acceptability of flavour (r = −0.22 and −0.25, respectively) and with the overall acceptability (r = −0.21 and −0.24). The 2-penthyl furan and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol were correlated with the overall acceptability (r = −0.22 and −0.22, respectively). Therefore, the acceptability of meat from suckling kids fed natural milk was greater for older consumers and people with a moderate consumption of meat. Highlights Goat farmers remove the kids from their dams at a very young age and rear them with milk replacers, but this practice may alter the flavour of meat. The major aldehyde, hexanal, was related to the use of natural milk and correlated positively with the flavour and overall acceptability. Acceptability of meat from suckling kids fed natural milk was greater for older consumers and people with a moderate consumption of meat.


ABSTRACT Here, we report a 4.87-Mbp draft genome sequence of the multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Bardo strain CRJJGF_00099, isolated from dairy cattle in 2005.


The effect of retinoids on DNA synthesis was studied in the female Sprague-Dawley rat. Animals were treated with either solvent, 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, or 1-methyl-1-nitro-sourea at 50 days of age and were placed on either placebo or retinyl acetate diet at 57 days of age. [3H]Thymidine incorporation into purified DNA isolated from mammary parenchymal cells was determined. Retinyl acetate effectively inhibited mammary cell DNA synthesis in both 1-methyl-1-nitrosourea- and 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-treated animals; however, DNA synthesis in solvent-treated animals was unaffected.


(57) Abstract: a switchable optical panel (10), apparatus and means (19, 21, 23) for switching between the panel and the reflective state and the transmissive state (8). The switchable optical panel is a transparent optically active layer having first and second major surfaces (12), a first reflective polarizer disposed on the first major surface (32), second and a second reflective polarizer disposed on a main surface (34). It is preferably the optically active layer has a liquid crystal device, switching means, preferably has a system of driving electronics which apply a voltage to the liquid crystal device. The present invention, switchable windows (62,114), and transmission-reflection optical display (128) which also include a.