SOILS. E. C. Alexander, Jr. and M. R. Coscio, Jr., Department of Geology and Geophysics, and J. C. Dragon, K. Saito and R. 0. Pepin, Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Six grain-s ized f r a c t i o n s of each of t h e <Imm f i n e s 12033, 15531, 67701 and 70181 were sea led i n evacuated quar tz ampoules and i r r a d i a t e d with a f luence of %5x1018 neutrons/cm2 i n t h e USGS Denver TRIGA r e a c t o r . A l l r a r e gases (a) accumulated i n t h e ampoules and re leased a t room temperature, (b) r e l e a s e d by fus ion of t h e i r r a d i a t e d samples, and (c) r e leased i n s i n g l e s t e p fus ion of u n i r r a d i a t e d a l i q u o t s of each of t h e o r i g i n a l g r a i n s i z e f r a c t i o n s , were ar!::lyzed by mass spectrometry f o r abundances and i s o t o p i c compositions. Gases from t h e i r r a d i a t e d samples, r e l a t i v e t o those from t h e u n i r r a d i a t e d a l i o t s , contained d e t e c t a b l e excess abundances of 8 0 ~ 8 2 ~ r from 79 ,81~r (n ,y f3) , 19'Xe from lZ71 (n,yB-), l 3 l x e from 1 3 0 ~ a ( n , y ~ ~ ) , and hea K r and Xe i so topes from 2 3 5 ~ ( n , f ) . Most (%SO-95%) of t h e t o t a l excess 80.8Kr and lZSxe had escaped from t h e samples dur ing o r a f t e r i r r a d i a t i o n and accumulated i n t h e ampoules, a s found i n an e a r l i e r s t u d y ( l ) , i n d i c a t i n g t h a t both B r and I occupy p r i mar i ly s u r f i c i a l s i t e s i n t h e samples. In c o n t r a s t , v i r t u a l l y a l l of t h e Xe from Ba and U was r e t a i n e d i n t h e hos t mineral g ra ins . Results. We have no d a t a a s y e t on chemical monitors i r r a d i a t e d with t h e samples, and s o i n t h i s f i r s t r e p o r t chemical concentra t ions a r e represented i n Fig. 1 a s abundances of t h e dau h t e r r a r e gas isotopes , t o which they a r e prop o r t i o n a l . Uncer ta in t i es a r e : ' o K ~ , 510%; lZ8xe , "10-50%, due most1 t o uncert a i n cor rec t ions f o r contamination; 131xe, usua l ly < 1 0 % ( ~ 2 0 % max); lX4Xe, usua l l y --<30%(%60% max); and Ba (measured by i s o t o p i c d i l u t i o n i n V. R . Murthy's l abora to ry) , %5%. Bromine: Dis t r ibu t ion p r o f i l e s a r e s i m i l a r i n a l l f o u r samples -highest i n t h e f i n e r f r a c t i o n s , minimum i n t h e in te rmedia te f r a c t i o n s , r i s i n g s l i g h t l y i n t h e coarse r s o i l and a r e i n q u a l i t a t i v e agreement with previous measurements of r e l a t i v e B r concentra t ions i n s o i l f r a c t i o n s ( 2 , 3 ) . Fine f r a c t i o n s con ta in t h e h ighes t propor t ion of e a s i l y mobilized (ampoule) B r . Generally n e i t h e r t h e mobilized nor t h e r e t a i n e d B r abundances corr e l a t e wel l with known sur face-cor re la ted i so topes such a s 8 4 ~ r . The average r a t i o ( 8 0 ~ r / 8 2 ~ r ) e x c e s s i n t h e ampoules i s 3.08+-. 10, c o n s i s t e n t wi th neutron capture over t h e resonance energy range 30-300eV i n 49 ,81~r of t e r r e s t r i a l i s o t o p i c composit ion(4). Data from t h e B r i r r a d i a t i o n monitor w i l l permit a more d i r e c t e s t imate of t h e composition of lunar B r . Iodine: Concentration v s . g ra in s i z e p r o f i l e s a r e more e r r a t i c than f o r B r (and e r r o r s a r e 1 a r g e r ) T b u t t o f i r s t approximation they a r e s i m i l a r i n t h a t I a l s o tends t o be concentrated i n t h e f i n e r f r a c t i o n s . But f o r I , even more than f o r B r , abundance d i s t r i butions do n o t appear t o be s t r i c t l y su r face-cor re la ted . Bariwn and Uranium: Concentration of t h e Ba and U-rich Apollo 12 KREEP component i n both t h e f i n e and coarse ends of t h e g r a i n s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n is evident i n 12033. Remaining s o i l s a r e charac te r ized by monotonically decreas ing abundances with inc reas ing g r a i n s i z e , except f o r a small but s i g n i f i c a n t upturn f o r both elements i n t h e coarses t f r a c t i o n of 70181. The normalized Ba/U r a t i o j f r 0 m [ ' ~ ~ x e / l 3 4 ~ e ) xcess, normalized t o 1 a t i t s maximum value) is p l o t t e d vs . g r a i n s i z e i n Fig. 1. From t h i s , it appears t h a t t h e high Ba and U content of t h e f i n e r f r a c t i o n s of each s o i l does not r e s u l t simply from comminution of a s i n g l e source rock component, with a p a r t i c u l a r Ba/U r a t i o , and concentra t ion of Ba and U-rich phases i n t h e f i n e m a t e r i a l , un less t h i s process a l s o r e s u l t s i n f r a c t i o n a t i o n of t h e two -elements. Progress ively f i n e r f r a c t i o n s of a l l s o i l s a r e charac te r ized by increas ing enrichment of U r e l a t i v e t o Ba, suggesting mixing of chemically d i s t i n c t components. In te res t ing ly , two d i f f e r e n t Ba,U-rich KREEPy components seem t o be required i n 12033 s i n c e t h e two ends of t h e g r a i n s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n have s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t Ba/U r a t i o s . Comparison of t h e a c t u a l values of


A dead-soft high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet which contains 0.2-0.7% C, 0.01-1.0% Si, 0.1-1.0% Mn, up to 0.03 P, up to 0.035% S, up to 0.08% Al, and up to 0.01%N and optionally further contains 0.0010-0.0050% B and 0.05-0.30% Cr, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The structure has an average ferrite grain diameter of 20 mum or larger, the proportion of ferrite grains having a grain diameter of 10 mum or larger being 80% by volume or higher, and has an average carbide grain diameter of 0.10-2.0 mum, excluding 2.0 mum. After rough rolling, the web is subjected to finish rolling at a finishing temperature of (Ar3-20°C) or higher so as to result in a draft in the final pass of 10% or higher. Within 2 seconds after the finish rolling, primary cooling is conducted, in which the web is cooled to a cooling termination temperature of 600°C or lower at a cooling rate exceeding 120 °C/sec. This web is held at a temperature of 600°C or lower in secondary cooling, subsequently wound up at a temperature of 580°C or lower, washed with an acid, and then subjected to spheroidizing annealing at a temperature which is not lower than 680°C but is not higher than transformation point Ac1 to thereby produce the target steel sheet.


Functional responses to either brief repetitive or sustained activation of the human visual cortex (movie presentation) were monitored using both fast low angle shot and echo planar imaging sequences. To allow for proper comparisons, native image contrasts were equally sensitized to changes in cerebral blood oxygenation with other experimental conditions matched as much as possible. Putative influences of receiver bandwidth and absolute voxel size were specifically addressed. In all cases resulting correlation maps and regional signal intensity time courses showed excellent spatial and temporal congruence, respectively. In particular, for a 6 min protocol of sustained activation, both FLASH and EPI yielded an initial signal increase (oxygenation overshoot), a subsequent signal decrease during ongoing stimulation, and a marked signal drop (oxygenation undershoot) after the end of stimulation. These findings exclude technical differences between FLASH and EPI as the source of previous contradictory observations more likely to be explained by differences in stimulus design. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The main fermentation conditions of apple vinegar produced with apple pomace in the apple juice factory were studied.The optimum conditions were as follows:sugar concentration 12%,adding sugar in batches,accessorial stuff weight 1.5 times apple pomace,fermentation time 10d,Under the optimum conditions the higher productivity of the apple vinegar and the lower remnant sugar could be obtained.


This paper describes the pilot work on Owner-Occupied Housing (OOH) that Eurostat is currently undertaking in collaboration with 12 EU Member States. The paper outlines the background to the project, the main technical issues encountered, and summarises the plans for concluding the work. Summary This paper discusses the treatment of owner-occupied housing in consumer price indices from Eurostat's perspective and describes the pilot work being carried out with the EU Member States for the Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs). The choice of method to treat OOH in a consumer price index is not a choice between right or wrong, and certainly not something that can be decided by statisticians alone. It is a question that first of all depends on policy needs, since the purpose of the index determines its design. Eurostat's medium-term aim is to establish a European System of Consumer Price Statistics, centred on the HICP. The European System of Consumer Price Statistics should enable a flexible response to current and future EU policy needs. The flexibility embodied in that system should also apply to the treatment of OOH, whether inside or outside the HICP. The EU Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) was consulted on OOH in 1997, 2000 and again in 2004. In September 2000, the SPC proposed to pilot an OOH index following a net acquisitions approach. That pilot study was intended to provide sufficient information on the practical application of the net acquisitions approach in order to inform the final decision 1 The paper draws on previous work by HICP staff at Eurostat. 2 firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Finland, the UK and France. 2 about the inclusion, or not, of such an index in the HICP. The idea was to pilot the production of direct net acquisitions indices. That is, the focus was on the compilation of indices for new dwellings, and on existing dwellings being newly acquired by the household sector. Although the experience from the initial pilot work was in general positive, some limitations with the approach being followed were evident, and as a result the pilot work has now been refocused. While the net acquisitions approach is maintained, the intention now is to produce wider housing price indices, ones which will serve the needs of the HICP but also the needs of those users whose main interest is in dwellings price indices per se. The latest pilot work restarted in EU national statistical offices at the beginning of 2006. Depending on the success of the pilot work, Eurostat aims to produce a first provisional dwellings price index for the euro area as a whole during the first half of 2007. Eurostat has compiled some limited empirical evidence on the impact of applying the imputed rents and net acquisitions approaches to the euro area HICP. A small scale study conducted in early 2006 using data for 1998-2002 suggests that the inclusion or exclusion of OOH on the basis of the imputed rents approach does not seem likely to make a significant, systematic difference in the rates of inflation currently measured by the HICP. On the other hand, the net acquisitions approach might make a difference of up to 0.3 on the currently measured HICP annual inflation rates. The user costs approach may deliver results that are quite different from either of the other two approaches. OOH and consumer price indices Owner-occupied housing costs represent a substantial share of household final consumption expenditure. Purchases of dwellings by households represent a substantial share of real estate markets. For their national CPIs, EU Member States take a variety of approaches to owner-occupied housing, either excluding OOH or applying the different methods outlined below. The three main alternatives for measuring inflation faced by owner-occupiers in a consumer price index are the rental equivalence (or imputed rents) approach, the net acquisitions approach and variants of the user costs approach. The question of which method is the most appropriate is not one of being right or wrong and one that can not be decided without regard to the uses of the price index. It is a question that first of all depends on policy needs and policy needs determine the design of the index. Eurostat's medium-term aim is to establish a European System of Consumer Price Statistics, centred around the HICP. The European System of Consumer Price Statistics should enable a flexible response to current and future EU policy needs. The flexibility embodied in that system should also apply to the treatment of OOH, whether inside or outside the HICP. The imputed rents approach and the user costs approach, while they have certain strengths, are not so closely founded as the net acquisitions approach on prices for monetary transactions. The imputed rents approach uses actual rents observed for rented dwellings to impute the equivalent rents that would be payable for owner-occupied housing. The user costs approach estimates the value derived from owner-occupation indirectly, by calculating the user costs associated with their housing capital at market prices. It therefore uses a combination of data sources, such as dwelling prices, mortgage repayments data, interest and depreciation rates.


The traditional method of spectrum analysis on the current signal via FFT is hard to diagnose the fault of the broken rotor bars. This paper presents a fault diagnosis method using the RELAX algorithm in frequency domain. It can estimate the amplitude and phase values of various frequency components using coarse and fine estimation according to the criterion of minimum energy. Finally the fundamental component can be eliminated in frequency domain after the expressions of the above frequency components are constructed. Compared with the method of eliminating the fundamental component in time domain, this method has the advantage of computing faster although less accurate. However, it has been proved that the algorithm can highlight the fault characteristic and value a lot early in the motor fault diagnosis.


Analyzing velocity potential equation, we get the source of aerodynamic non-linearity at high Mach numbers. The non-linearity of the various engineering methods for hypersonic aerodynamic loads is validated. By numerical method, the aeroelasticity of hypersonic wing is simulated in time domain. Some non-linear phenomena have been found as follows: (1) The system doesn't apply the superposition principle; (2) The stability of the aeroelasticity is effected by the original conditions; (3) Distortion appears in the time domain response, that is the response in critical conditions is not a harmonic; (4) The LCOs in hypersonic aeroelasticity; (5) The non-linear relations between critical velocity and angle of attack/ Mach numbers. 1 General Introduction With the step of the mankind's exploring the universe and exceeding the ultimate, some new concept aircrafts such as hyper-X program become the vision-vehicle for the future. There is thus a great need to investigate the aeroelastic problem at hypersonic speed. Aeroelastictiy is a crossed subject that researches the interaction of aerodynamic force, elastic force and inertia. Flutter is a typical aeroelastic problem of aircraft that can cause an unstable vibration and an instant crash. Because of the blunt leading edge of the hypersonic vehicle and the high angle of attack flight, there is a serious nonlinearity of aerodynamic loads and brings many difficulties in solving hypersonic aeroelasticity. Litter research has done for the non-linear phenomena of hypersonic aeroelasticity. The crash of the hypersonic vehicle X-43 may due to the failure of the control surface because of flutter. The non-linear aeroelasticity in hypersonic flow needs serious consideration in a design process. 2 Analysis of the non-linear aerodynamic loads of hypersonic flow Because of thin shock-layer viscous interaction, high temperature and the change of the structure modes due to the high temperature, the hypersonic aeroelasticity is a complex nonlinear system. We just consider the aerodynamic non-linearity in this paper. Analyzing velocity potential equation, we get the source of aerodynamic non-linearity at high Mach numbers, and can find the aerodynamic loads of slender body at small angle of attack is still nonlinear in hypersonic flow. Consider the two-dimensional, irrotational, isentropic flow, the x component velocity, u, and the y component velocity, v. u V u ) + = ∞ , v v ) = , where u and v are called the perturbation velocities. We define the velocity potential Φ , and the perturbation velocity potential, Φ ) , such that, Φ Φ + = ∞ ) x V , where


The Kjell Henriksen Observatory (KHO) is researching the middle- and upper atmosphere with optical instruments. It is located in a remote region, 15 km away from Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. D ...


A study of persistence dynamics is made for the first time in a quantum system by considering the dynamics of a quantum random walk. For a discrete walk on a line starting at $x=0$ at time $t=0$, the persistence probability $P(x,t)$ that a site at $x$ has not been visited till time $t$ has been calculated. $P(x,t)$ behaves as $(t/|x|-1)^{-\alpha}$ with $\alpha \sim 0.3$ while the global fraction ${\cal{P}}(t) = \sum_xP(x,t)/2t$ of sites remaining unvisited at time $t$ attains a constant value. $F(x,t)$, the probability that the site at $x$ is visited for the first time at $t$ behaves as $(t/|x|-1)^{-\beta}/|x|$ where $\beta = 1+ \alpha$ for $t/|x|>> 1$,and ${\cal{F}}(t) =\sum_xF(x,t)/2t \sim 1/t$. A few other properties related to the persistence and first passage times are studied and some fundamental differences between the classical and the quantum cases are observed.


The main purpose of this study was to estimate a trend of some morphological characteristics under programmed training process of a top- level bodybuilder aimed at competition Mr Universum during season 2004/2005. Subject had to increase his body mass (lean muscle mass and body fat) as much as he could during the mass period and also to reduce body fat and to preserve as much as possible his lean muscle mass in definition period. Set of simple regression analysis provided functional relationships between training process and some morphological characteristics (body mass, body fat, and volume of the chest, waist, thigh, shin and upper-arm). Functions and trends of morphological characteristics can be used as model values in future preparations for competitions, and also for other competitors with the same or similar morphological characteristics.


The necessity of balancing the processes of ensuring the maximum level of satisfaction of interests of stakeholders of business entities and risk management during the realization of the tasks of strategic management of financial and economic security is substantiated. The definition of strategic management of financial and economic security is proposed, according to which its concept is interpreted as a process of using the entrepreneurial capabilities of a business entity to ensure the stability of its operation and to achieve long-term goals in the conditions of the constant need to protect corporate resources from the negative impact of external and internal threats and risks. The role of the stakeholders interests have been established in the processes of strategic management, risk management and financial and economic security management. The interests of stakeholders of business entities and the risks to financial and economic security that arise during their satisfaction are critically assessed and summarized. According to the results of the questionnaire of experts — representatives of business owners and top managers of a number of companies that carry out financial and business activities in the Ukrainian market, quantitative indicators of managers that would decide on the adoption of economic risk to meet the interests of stakeholders in the strategic perspective were made. A map of stakeholders of business entities for the needs of strategic management of financial and economic security of business structures is offered. It is proposed to initiate the process of forming risk catalogs taking into account the probability of their occurrence, depending on the level of stakeholders interests and needs satisfaction. The necessity of combining mechanisms of stakeholder management, strategic management, risk management and financial and economic security management in the integrated system of security-oriented management of economic entities in the conditions of financial instability characteristic of the post-crisis period of recovery and development of the Ukrainian economy is proved.


The Current Relevance of the Research. The article highlights the ways of education and self-education of children and youth who have a tendency to use drugs in the sports and tourism activities. It is pointed out that sport and tourism are one of the few industries possessing a large arsenal of methods and means of influencing the human body, and therefore their proper use will contribute to the proper organization of leisure, the formation of a culture of free time and the observance of a healthy lifestyle, and the refusal to use drugs in particular. Healthy lifestyle is not only an integral part of human physical health, but also one of the most problematic components: whether to follow the principles of a healthy lifestyle or not  always depends on more or less conscious choice of a person. The main «enemies» of a healthy lifestyle can be called cultural superstition, some social factors, as well as the use of narcotic drugs. Sport and tourism are intended to weaken and neutralize the effect of this negative manifestation, which each year leads to an increase in mortality and a deterioration of the general health of the younger generation. The purpose of the work is to highlight individual research findings in terms of finding effective ways of education and self-education of children and youth who are involved in sports and tourism and, unfortunately, are prone to drug use. Methods: the study of literary sources, pedagogical observations during sports training and competitions, the method of independent characteristics, the study of documentation of planning and consideration of educational work in the youth sports schools and children's sports clubs at the place of residence, retrospective analysis, questionnaires, and pedagogical experiment as the main method of research, during which experimental groups used methods of psychodiagnostics. Results. For the purpose of pedagogical correction the structure of the technological stages of forming the negative attitude towards the drugs of those young athletes and tourists who have ever used or occasionally use narcotic substances is proposed. The correction technology, which has been tested during 10–12 months by trainers of the youth sports school and heads of tourist sections of Lutsk, includes three stages, each of which has two blocks. Conclusions. In order to prevent drug abuse among children, adolescents and young people engaged in various sports and tourism who are prone to or occasionally take psychoactive substances, it is necessary to broaden the psychological and pedagogical influences such as beliefs, examples, involvement in healthy lifestyles, teaching methods of autosuggestion, self-study, self-monitoring and others, which have a direct relation to the methodology of education and self-education. It is recommended to adhere to the structure of the technological stages of pedagogical correction (preparatory stage, information stage, and correctional stage). Each stage includes two blocks, the preparatory stage includes macro-social and family units, the information stage includes personal and remedial units, and the corrective stage includes behavioral and motivational units.


This report contains brief papers on the research being conducted at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics in 1993 in Geosciences, High-Pressure sciences, and Astrophysics.


We investigated the delamination problem at the metal‐polymer interface and the mechanical buckling of the metal layer at a localized area of the metallic shell under compression between two parallel plates. First, polystyrene (PS) beads were synthesized by dispersion polymerization and then their sulfonation process. After sequential electroless deposition, the average size of multi‐metal coated sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) bead was ca 4.95 µm. Using the electromechanical indentation, the electrical resistance of a single metal‐coated SPS bead decreased with increasing compressive strain without delamination at the metal‐polymer interface, and its electrical resistance showed 5.65 Ω. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The dynamics of electronic autoionization in O 2 has been studied using a new apparatus which combines a free-jet supersonic expansion with synchrotron radiation. 4I1ons and electrons were analyzed by a double time-of-flight spectrometer. The spin-orbit sublevels of the H 3 Πu (υ=0 and 2) Rydberg states in O 2 were selectively excited and the resulting O 2 + final states were determined by time-of-flight phot4oe1lectron spectroscopy


Optical induction and study of convection in a thin film of dye doped nematic liquid crystal is reported. The temperature transverse gradient provided by the Gaussian beam profile makes possible the induction of convective motions of different regime in the nematic phase. These motions give rise to very large and non-uniform nonlinear phase modulation of the light, thus producing a corresponding far field intensity redistribution. The study of this distribution may provide important information about the convection in thin film liquids.


The body. The ruin addresses the body on two accounts. One concerns the way in which artists use the body as a tool for description or for experimentation in response to their own present moment (that is, a single moment of time with all of its personal, historical and cultural resonances). The second concerns the way that the body is able to operate as this tool—the way in which we read,
understand and play with the languages of the body.


The rediscovery, in the times of the crisis, of John Maynard Keynes's proposals for postwar reform of the international economic order invites historians of economic thought to clarify the purposes of Keynes's international diplomacy. Drawing on categories borrowed from the sociological and anthropological literatures (particularly the gift), the article proposes an original, interdisciplinary view of Keynes's diplomacy, allowing a revival of Keynes's peculiar vision of the complexity of international economic relations for the analysis of the current global and European economic disorder.


The question of whether a person lacks legal capacity arises at various junctures within the law, one being a person's capacity to engage in legal proceedings as discussed in a separate article by the author. In this article the impact of legal capacity on the invoking of the court's jurisdiction through service of originating process, and the requirements for the appointment of a litigation representative are considered. The court's power to subsequently conduct, and determine, such legal proceedings arising from the procedural rules of court, the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness is also examined.


Licensing and technology transfer are more in evidence now in the UK than they were in the mid — 1980s. (The phrase 'technology transfer' indicates a recognition that it is more than the mere grant of a legal right that enables new products to be developed and new markets opened up.) Has the government's action in 1985, authorizing universities to exploit the inventions arising from their Research Council funded grants, played a part in this — and, if so, has a new breed of wealthy academic emerged in the process? This paper presents the author's personal view and is based on a questionnaire survey and conversations with staff at the 'old' UK universities who are charged with the task of technology transfer.


Doctors and allied health professionals are in short supply in rural and remote areas of Australia. Added to this, scattered populations and small communities make meeting the health needs of the people living and working in these areas a challenge. Major Australian Government measures set by the newly established Office of Rural Health and visa arrangements for overseas trained medical doctors will help. At the local level, traditional approaches must make way for health services that are flexible and responsive to local circumstances to better meet the diverse needs of the population.


On base of poem's text "Vo ves golos" by V.V. Mayakovsky the parts of speech's possibilities of interpretation of space and time in Russian language are researched.


A comprehensive study of the life stages, biology, ecology, behavior, dynamics, economic importance, and success and failure of large- and small- scale control programs of the most destructive forest pest in the northern United States today.


Adaptation is an integral part of literature in which one genre is transformed into the same or the another. The person who adapts any literary product generally adds or deletes, maybe something or maybe many things, from the original and recreates a new original proving Linda Serger's statement, "…adaptation is a new original", right.

DeWitt Bodeen claims that, "Adapting literary works to film is, without a doubt, a creative undertaking, but the task requires a kind of selective interpretation, along with the ability to recreate and sustain an established mood."


This paper evaluates and compares the performance of single- user (SU) and multi-user (MU) transmission for downlink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels in terms of system energy efficiency (EE). We introduce power control algorithms to maximize EE. Specifically, to optimize the power allocation, we consider the problem of EE maximization with the satisfaction of the minimum spectral efficiency (SE) gain. Antenna selection is taken into account to further enhance the EE performance for both SU and MU systems. Our results reveal that we should turn off extra antennas at the transmitter, which are originally used for diversity gain but incur large circuit power consumption. Our comparisons between SU and MU differ from conventional comparisons, which focus on SE. Jointly considering EE and SE, we show that SU is more desirable when the transmit power is low, while MU is favored in the case of high transmit power.


In this demonstration we present WoSIT, an API for Word Sense Induction (WSI) algorithms. The toolkit provides implementations of existing graph-based WSI algorithms, but can also be extended with new algorithms. The main mission of WoSIT is to provide a framework for the extrinsic evaluation of WSI algorithms, also within end-user applications such as Web search result clustering and diversification.


The thermal coupling effect between multiple chips cannot be ignored in handheld devices as they were not only all inside a compact system but also consumed comparable power simultaneously in practical scenarios. To shorten the time needed for thermal analysis, besides thermal simulation, an efficient analysis method by matrix method based on the concept of thermal network was developed in this study. It involves two matrixes as one was for the prediction of chipsets junction temperature to eliminate reliability or performance issue for electronics components, and the other was used for device skin temperature. In order to validate this proposal, in the first part, the thermal model of a handheld device was validated through a series of package and mock-up phone thermal experiments. The experiment includes not only one heat source in the standard JEDEC package level test but multiple heat sources on the phone level. Compared with experimental data, a range of +/-6.5% and +/-9% error was achieved for package and system level thermal model respectively. In the second part, two matrixes of thermal characteristic resistance derived from a simulate solution space were proven to be applicable in the concerned temperature-rising range of consumer electronics devices. It's indicated by the experimental data that the two matrixes method can serve as an effective thermal characterization tool with +/-4% and +/-2% average error on all chips junction temperature and device skin temperature in all scenarios respectively. With the proposed 2-matrix-based method, the analysis time can be significantly reduced and the benefits of various thermal designs were discussed to deliver some thermal management guidelines from the thermal network's point of view.


Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a global threat to humankind. In addition to many cases of illness and millions of deaths, the economy has suffered. Not surprisingly, vehicle sales have declined sharply in most countries by up to 25%. Overall, however, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) did not stall but increased to previously forecasted levels. Is this increase evidence that COVID-19 has promoted sustainable action and strengthened environmental awareness, as researchers have discussed in recently published articles? This study examines the causal effect of COVID-19 on environmental concern and behavior by assessing vehicle buyers' decision process regarding EVs after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Lewis base (trimethylsilylquinine and trimethylsilylquinidine) catalyzed acyl halide-aldehyde cyclocondensation (AAC) reactions have been developed to prepare synthetically important bispropionate units previously by the Nelson group. A new Lewis base-catalyzed diastereoselective Mukaiyama aldol reaction has extended this bispropionate unit preparation methodology to all-syn bispropionates which widely occurred in polypropionate natural products. By using phenoxides as Lewis base catalysts, enol silanes were activated and underwent a Felkin attack on an aldehyde through an antiperiplanar transition state to generate all-syn bispropionate product in high yields and excellent diastereoselectivities.All-syn bispropionate prepared from the Lewis base-catalyzed diastereoselective Mukaiyama aldol reaction has been untilized in natural product synthesis of erythronolide B establishing i°syn,syn,syni± stereochemical relationships from C2-C5.Studies towards the total synthesis of the cytotoxic marine macrolide amphidinolide H have been disclosed. By exploiting AAC methodology, several key stereochemical relationships present in major fragments 198 and 199 were established. A highly enantioselective synthesis of methyl ketone 200 was realized from commercially available (S)-(−)-glycidol. Iodide 198 was coupled with boronic ester 199 via an efficient Suzuki reaction to form a C7-C20 fragment.


PURPOSE
Chemotherapy, tamoxifen, and ovarian ablation/suppression (OA/OS) are effective adjuvant approaches for premenopausal, steroid hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. The value of combined therapy has not been clearly established.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Premenopausal women with axillary lymph node-positive, steroid hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (1,503 eligible patients) were randomly assigned to six cycles of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and fluorouracil (CAF), CAF followed by 5 years of monthly goserelin (CAF-Z), or CAF followed by 5 years of monthly goserelin and daily tamoxifen (CAF-ZT). The primary end points were time to recurrence (TTR), disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) for CAF-Z versus CAF, and CAF-ZT versus CAF-Z.

RESULTS
With a median follow-up of 9.6 years, the addition of tamoxifen to CAF-Z improved TTR and DFS but not OS. There was no overall advantage for addition of goserelin to CAF.

CONCLUSION
Addition of tamoxifen to CAF-Z improves outcome for premenopausal node-positive, receptor-positive breast cancer. The role of OA/OS alone or with other endocrine agents should be studied more intensely.


We have read the research article entitled "Prospective comparison of two enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assays for the diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis" by van Gorkom T, Voet W, Sankatsing SUC, Nijhuis CDM, Ter Haak E, Kremer K and Thijsen SFT published in Clinical and Experimental Immunology (2019 Oct 30. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.13393) (1). We want to congratulate the authors for the publishing of this article, and make some remarks and contributions.


Background: Although heparin may be effective in reducing risk of catheter blockage, there are several concerns about the use of heparin in patients with peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), including decreasing platelet count and intra ventricular hemorrhage(IVH).Thereislimitedevidenceofanassociationbetweenthisriskanddoseofheparin. Accordingtothelimitedstudies thathavecomparedhighdoseandlowdoseof heparinonPICCpatencyandcomplications,thisstudyaimedatcomparingtheeffect of low dose and high dose heparin on central catheter patency in very low birth neonates in Isfahan, the third populated province of Iran. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the optimal dose of heparin in peripherally inserted central catheter in very low birth weight infants. Methods: Thisrandomizedclinicaltrialwasconductedon106verylowbirthweightneonateswithPICC.Theneonatesweredivided to 2 groups, including low dose and high dose groups. The low dose group received 1.5 unit/kg/hour of heparin and the high dose group0.5unitheparin/1ccof serum. Theprimaryoutcomeswerethedurationof timethatthecatheterwasopenandlackof occlusion. Catheter occlusion was defined as inability to push 1 cc of normal saline 0.9% with a 5 cc syringe. The secondary outcome was incidence of sepsis, catheter related sepsis, phlebitis, thrombocytopenia, skin reaction, IVH, and grade of IVH and death rate. Results: Inthisstudy,106neonateswithmeanageof 28.83weeksparticipated,43.4% of whichweremale. Themeandurationof time that the catheter was open was similar in both low dose and high dose groups. The incidence of complications, including sepsis, thrombosis, bleeding, IVH and increasing blood pressure, were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Conclusions: Thisstudysuggestedthatusinglowdoseof heparinisaseffectiveashighdoseheparininreducingcatheterocclusion and improving catheter patency and it is better to administer low dose heparin in neonates, who had central catheter to maintain its patency.


Oral injuries are common among children, but studies on oral injury according to the presence of foreign objects in the mouth are limited. The aim of this study was to compare injury patterns and their effects in children presenting to a Japanese pediatric emergency room (ER) with and without foreign objects in the mouth.


Active magnetic bearings (AMB) are very often presented as a progressive alternative of bearing for High Speed Cutting (HSC) applications. However, AMBs have also several significant disadvantages. One of the most crucial is very high complexity, which results in relatively high probability of failures. Properties of the AMBs are completely dependent on the quality of the control system. To improve properties of the overall system a multi level control system for HSC spindle with AMBs was proposed. The top level of such system (supervision level) performs several tasks, which allow us to eliminate negative properties of AMBs. This paper deals with modeling both rigid and elastic structures in active magnetic bearings as a part of the supervision system. Simple lumped mass, rigid beam, rigid rotor, elastic beam and elastic rotor models are presented. Simulation models in MATLAB were developed to be a part of above mentioned supervision system. Models were partly experimentally verified on two test rigs: (1) rigid rotor with one axial and two radial active magnetic bearings, and (2) elastic beam supported on one side by rolling element bearing and by the active magnetic bearing (opposed electromagnets).


This thesis will look at the impact on Taiwanese history of Nitobe Inazo (新渡戸稲造), a Japanese scholar, educator, diplomat, and politician. His specialty was agricultural economics, colonial policy and international relations. He was a pioneer of (Japanese) colonial studies. In 1895, Taiwan became a colony under Japanese rule. For the Empire of Japan (1868–1947), Taiwan was important because it was Japan's first Japanese colony. For Taiwan, 50 years of Japanese rule (1895-1945)had a prodigious impact on traffic, culture, health, education, industry, trade, ideas, history and other areas of Taiwanese life and culture. However, what I will be focusing on is how the occupation was seen by Japan. To do this, I will focus on the writing of one Japanese scholar, Nitobe Inazo, called a pioneer of (Japanese) colonial studies. In his view, what was the point of the colony of Taiwan?


The Corona virus is spreading at a very rapid pace, inflicting tremendous damage to all sectors without any exception, but nevertheless the extent of the damage and losses resulting from the pandemic differ from one sector to another and from one country to another, but what certainly counts most to people during crises is to meet their food needs rather than any other , so the aim of the study is to analyze and discuss the impact of Covid-19 on food security. The scale of the analysis was of an international level, with special focus on countries suffering from food insecurity such as Algeria. Toward this end, data provided by the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been analyzed, as well as studies conducted and published on the subject. The findings indicate that Covid 19 has had a huge impact on perishable food and caused remarkable food shortages in poor countries, conflict zones and war-affected regions. Additionally, Covid 19 threatened food security even in some developed, whereas developing countries are the most affected due to their high dependency in securing their food supplies. Finally, based on the findings, we have suggested some recommendations that would help boosting sustainable food security.
Keywords: Agriculture; Corona Virus; Food Security; Food System.

English Title: L'impact de la pandemie COVID-19 sur la securite alimentaire
Le Corona virus se propage a un rythme tres rapide, provoquant des endommagements considerables et persistants sur tous les secteurs sans exception. Neanmoins l'ampleur de l'impact ainsi que les pertes resultant de la pandemie different d'un secteur a l'autre et d'un pays a l'autre, mais ce qui compte le plus pour les peuples pendant les crises c'est de faire face a leurs besoins alimentaires plus que tout autre besoin. De ce fait, le but de cette etude est d'analyser et discuter de l'impact de la Covid 19 sur la securite alimentaire. Le niveau d'analyse a une dimension internationale, notamment les pays qui souffrent d'une insecurite alimentaire tel que l'Algerie. Pour cet effet, des donnees fournies par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO), et de l'Organisation mondiale de la sante (OMS) on ete analysees, ainsi que des etudes menees et publiees sur le sujet. Les resultats indiquent que la Covid 19 a eu un impact enorme sur les produits perissables et a egalement provoque des penuries alimentaires dans les pays pauvres, les zones de conflit et les regions touchees par les guerres. En outre, la Covid 19 a menace la securite alimentaire meme dans certains pays developpes, quant au pays en voie de developpement, ce sont les plus touches en raison de leur dependance au pays developpes. A la fin, sur la base des resultats, nous avons suggere quelques recommandations qui peuvent contribuer a garantir une securite alimentaire durable.
Mots Cles: Agriculture; Coronavirus; Securite Alimentaire; Systeme Alimentaire.


The present research is about learning & performing term of new innovated techniques and further effects on selected/experienced wrestlers in age level of adolescents and adults at Tehran city with regard to new rules & regulations in wrestling. Firstly after describing of techniques, all wrestlers reached a suitable body readiness through various physical exercises. Then after complete learning and performing of mental experiences, they could implement the concerned techniques as professional as possible. Since they should be performed in compliance with new rules of wrestling within short terms and with minimum energy consumption, they are really profitable for all wrestlers at professional levels as well.


Massachusetts and California report distinct progress; but adverse decisions in Maryland and Missouri emphasize the importance of sound enabling acts.


The patient was a 79-year-old woman with a hard mass apparent in the right groin.Computed tomography (CT) revealed a water density mass of 4 •~ 3 cm in the right inguinofemoralregion. The mass protruded from the abdominal cavity through the medial side of the femoral artery and showed a small amount of untrapped air. Inguinal approach revealed the gangrenous appendix in femoral hernia sac, and appendectomy and McVay repair were performed. She was discharged from hospital 7 days postoperation after an uneventful recover. Femoral hernia has a high incidence of strangulation. Signs of intestinal obsrtruction do not precede intestinal necrosis, when Mekel's diverticulum or appendix is strangulated. Therefore, precise diagnosis of hernia content is essential in deciding urgency for operation in femoral hernia. key words : Strangulated femoral hernia, Gangrenous appendicitis Introduction Only four cases of strangulated femoral hernia containing appendix have been found in Japanese literature so far. Here, we report a case of this condition. Case report Case : A 79-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a painful mass in the right groin at midnight January 8, 1996. There was an elastic hardened mass with tenderness in the right groin covered by uninflammed skin, but no signs of intestinal obstruction. The abdominal examination revealed normal bowel sounds and a soft, no tenderness, without palpable masses. Laboratory data on admission : Laboratory data on admission revealed no leucocytosis with WBC of 6900/mm3 and CRP level of 0.4 mg/dl. Abdominal X-ray photograph : Erect abdominal X-ray showed a small amount of intestinal gas without air fluid levels (Fig. 1). CT findings of lower abdomen : CT, taken in the morning on January 9, revealed water density mass of 4 •~ 3 cm in diameter in the right inguinofemoral region, which protruded into the subcutaneous layer from the abdominal cavity through anteromedial side of the right femoral artery, including a luminal structure with some entrapped gas (Fig. 2 ). The ultrasonography was not performed, preoperatively. Operative findings : With diagnosis of strangulated femoral hernia containing appendix, the operation was performed. Right inguinal canal was opened through horizontal incision in the right groin (inguinal approach). The hernia sac presented caudal to the iliopubic tract and was fixed. Opening the sac following dissection of the iliopubic tract revealed a gangrenous but


channels. 140 140 (2) Evidence for new classes of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. 141 I43 ( I ) Differences in sensitivity to synthetic Ca2+ channel ligands 143 I 4 3 146


We report the case of a 40-year-old Taiwanese female, who was initially infected with E. coli urinary tract infection, followed by myocarditis during hospitalization. She was discharged after 12 days of antibiotic therapy. Two months later, follow-up echocardiography revealed persistent left-ventricular remodeling. Thus, infectious myocarditis should be suspected in patients with sepsis and ventricular dysfunction, even infected with uropathogen of E. coli. Although viral infections are responsible for most cases of infectious myocarditis, aggressive antibiotic therapy is mandatory for the treatment of hidden bacterial infections. (Acta Nephrologica 2011; 25: 192-195)


Model management is a new approach to meta data management that offers a higher level programming interface than current techniques. The main abstractions are models (e.g., schemas, interface definitions) and mappings between models. It treats these


AbstractThickened tailings, defined as mineral wastes that behave as a non-Newtonian fluid, show a small yield stress and release a small amount of water following deposition. Thickening has become an increasingly used option in tailings management. This paper presents a detailed examination of gold mine thickened tailings undergoing self-weight consolidation, which is an important mechanism affecting soft soils immediately after deposition. Self-weight consolidation was evaluated using a column equipped with water pressure transmitters whereas a slurry consolidometer was employed to obtain the compressibility relationship under low vertical effective stresses. The piecewise-linear model CS2 was used to model the experimental self-weight consolidation test. This model proved very accurate in reproducing the observed behavior. Both the test results and the model results also confirmed the absence of sedimentation in the thickened tailings, which is in agreement with values reported in the literature relate...


The phenomenon of semantization of pronominals that points at the 1st and 2nd persons in B.Olijnik's poetic texts is analized in the article. It also defines typical ways of semantization of these pronouns, singles out individual-author peculiarities of their use and analyzes the degree of these words importance for the realization of the author's personality. The hypothesis that B.Olijnik as for his psychotype belongs to the extraverts, which in its turn influences the functioning and referential correlation of the pronouns under analysis in his poetic language, is suggested. Keywords: pronominal, ways of semantization of pronouns, poetic language, poet's psychotype, individual-author type.


In 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) mandated that demand response (DR) procurement pass a net benefits test (NBT) in Order 745 to ensure that the benefits outweighed the costs. Without NBT, DR procurement could result in losses to consumers considering payments for energy and DR services.


A UiO-66 membrane was synthesized on an Al2O3 support using an in-situ solvothermal method with a coordination modulation technique. We first confirmed the organic selectivity of the UiO-66 membrane from organic/water mixtures such as methanol, ethanol and acetone. The membrane displayed highly stable pervaporation performance during the test and exhibited a separation factor of approximately 4.3 and flux of 1.28 kg m-2 h-1 in ethanol/water. From the water and ethanol vapor adsorption measurement, the water uptake was lower in a binary system than that in a single system, although the ethanol uptake was similar between binary and single systems. Therefore, the ethanol selectivity of UiO-66 membrane would be owing to preferential adsorption of organic compound rather than water confirmed by a binary vapor adsorption measurement.


The present invention is human receptors and membrane bound proteins (REMAP), and identifying the REMAP, provides polynucleotides encoding. The present invention is also an expression vector, host cells, antibodies, and agonists and antagonists provided. The present invention also diagnose diseases associated with aberrant expression of REMAP, also provides a method of treating or preventing.


This essay examines the history of the sale of manuscripts of Piers Plowman from the beginning of the twentieth century. It examines the various factors that seem to have relevance to the selling of specific copies, such as condition and the particular historical moments at which a manuscript was sold, and also looks at broader trends and tendencies throughout the century. Langland's poem has rarely been an expensive work and this fact is linked to a general lack of commercial success for Middle English works throughout most of this century. Only in more recent times has rarity served to drive up prices.


Developmentally Appropriate Practice(DAP)is one of the leading theory of American early childhood educational teaching mode,and its background of"primary school-oriented nursery education" is similar to the difficulties what we have in curriculum cohesion from kindergarten to elementary school.For DAP,the core consideration in making decisions of knowledge includes age-related characteristics,individual variation,the social and cultural contexts in which children live in.Nowadays,our country's curriculum cohesion is facing the dilemma of curriculum goals exceeding one another,one-sided repeated content,kindergarten and primary school persist their own way in curriculum organization,curriculum implementation interface to a mere formality,only the curriculum evaluation allows the coexistence of similarities and differences.Due to the circumstances,we can learn from DAP to link up the curriculum goals in two steps education,extend the course content,synchronize implementation and respecting multi-culture background of children.


Abstract Measurements of pyroelectric properties for [(C2H5)4N]3Sb2Br9 (TEABA) single crystals in the temperature range 100–300 K are reported. One of the phase transitions observed earlier in TEABA crystals by dielectric methods leads to the occurrence of a polar (pyroelectric) phase below the temperature 256 K. The nature of this transition is discussed and the measurement difficulties encountered for this compound are described.


In this paper, we determine the τ -tilting finiteness for some blocks of (classical) Schur algebras. Combining with the results in [W3], we get a complete classification of τ -tilting finite Schur algebras. As a refinement, we also give a complete classification of τ -tilting finite blocks of the Schur algebra S(2, r).


We obtained single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans with technetium‐99M‐hexamethyl‐propylene‐amine‐oxime in 11 patients during 12 extratemporal partial seizures (9 simple partial, 3 complex partial). Ten ictal SPECT studies in 9 patients showed a focal region of hyperperfusion, which agreed with electrical seizure onset in 5 and with clinical seizure localization in 4 in whom ictal electroencephalography was not localized. Contralateral cerebellar and ipsilateral basal ganglia hyperperfusion was seen in 3 patients with a frontal lobe seizure focus. Ictal hyperperfusion was well circumscribed, unlike the diffuse hyperperfusion changes reported during temporal lobe seizures. This observation may indicate a different degree of seizure spread in temporal as opposed to extratemporal epilepsy. Because electroencephalographic localization is often elusive in extratemporal seizures, ictal SPECT may be very helpful for the localization of extratemporal foci.


One of the microfinance institutions that has a place in the community is Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) because it operates according to sharia. Its  open operational activities to public and  ease of utilizing its services require government to give  special attention to BMT.  Legislation No.  1 year 2013 on MFI and POJK No. 61 / Pojk.05 / 2015 which discusses specifically the MFI with  its licensing and legal entity is not enough for the development of BMT. Capital requirements are perceived not to provide free space for BMT and they even  close the possibility of development and expansion of BMT in the future.


Abstract The conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes depends on information about the ways in which species are affected by the conversion of native habitats into novel anthropogenic environments and the strategies that the species use to persist in these altered ecosystems. Here, we investigate how small mammals occupy the different agroecosystems of an agricultural landscape in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. From August 2003 through January 2005, we surveyed small mammals using Sherman traps at 16 sampling sites in each of the four predominant environments of the local agricultural landscape: remnant fragments of semideciduous forest, Eucalyptus plantations, sugarcane plantations, and pastures. With a total effort of 23,040 trap-nights and a capture success of 0.8%, we captured 177 rodents and marsupials belonging to eight species. The assemblage represented by these mammals is essentially composed of generalist species, which are common in degraded areas. Sugarcane plantations had the highest abundance, whereas pastures had the lowest species richness. Our results suggest that the loss of forest species can be related to the loss of native forest. The results also indicate that to improve the conservation value of agricultural landscapes, native forest fragments should be conserved, extensive monocultures should be avoided and agricultural impacts should be mitigated.


Per capita waste generation rate in China is decided by climate condition, economic or consumption level and household fuel by multiple regression analysis. Models for per capita waste collection rate are developed for whole nation, major city, and Shanghai. The total generation rate of China has been increasing rapidly during thepast twenty years because of urban population and per capita waste discharge increase, now per capita waste collection increase is slowing down and increase in total collection rate will mainly caused by urban population increase in the near future. There is geographic difference in per capita waste collection rate by analysis at province level; it is usually higher in colder northern area because coal is still used as family fuel. Major cities generally show cut in per capita generation rate at the primary phase of economic development because of popularization of gas using in family, then show increase with continues economic development. Share of organic materials and calorific value of waste in China's major cities keep increasing. China's domestic waste disposal systems need to be improved to meet the changed generation characteristics and demands for waste reduce, recycle and reclamation.


We document the eect of publicizing a public procurement auction on entry and the costs of procurement within a regression discontinuity design framework. We analyze a large database of Italian procurement auctions. Auctions with a value above the threshold must be publicized in the Regional Ocial Gazette and two Provincial newspapers. We nd that the increased publicity requirement induces more entry, higher winning rebates, and a distribution of the bids shifted toward higher rebates. The evidence suggests that the number of bidders is the channel through which publicity aects rebates. Increased publicity also selects winners: it increases the likelihood that the winner is a large company. Such companies tend to win repeated auctions and deliver works with less delays. The eect of publicity is stronger among local municipalities because they number ten thousand, too many to keep track of the upcoming auctions. Estimates are robust to alternative specications


Anagen effluvium is a less common cause of hair loss, yet it can mimic or even coexist with the more recognizable alopecias. Test your knowledge of this rarer, but remarkably relevant type of hair loss. Bear in mind that a detailed knowledge of the different phases of the hair growth cycle is useful in answering these questions.


More users suffering from depression turn to online forums to express their problems and seek help. In such forums, there is often a large volume of posts with sensitive content, indicating that the user has a risk of suicide and self-harm. Early detection of depression using appropriate deep learning models and social media data can prevent potential self-harm. However, existing depression detection models are not powerful enough to capture critical sentiment information from the large volume of posts published by each user, which makes the performance of these models not satisfying. To address this problem, we propose a hierarchical posts representations model named Multi-Gated LeakyReLU CNN (MGL-CNN) for identifying depressed individuals in online forums. The model consists of two parts: the first one is a post-level operation, which is used to learn the representation of each post of the user, and the second one is a user-level operation, which is used to obtain the overall representation of the user's emotional state. Besides, we propose another depression detection model by changing the number of gated units in the MGL-CNN, which is named Single-Gated LeakyReLU CNN (SGL-CNN). We show how to use our models to identify depressed users through a lot of posted content. Experimental results showed that our models performed better than the previous state-of-the-art models on the Reddit Self-reported Depression Diagnosis dataset, and also performed well on the Early Detection of Depression dataset.


This work deals with the baking quality of the spelt wheat grain (Triticum spelta L.) compared with bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Mixed flours were made of different share of spelt wheat and bread wheat (in total 11 mixtures) in 2016 in the Česke Budejovice in the laboratories of the Faculty of Agriculture. The technological quality of these mixtures was analyzed, focusing on standard evaluation methods (protein content, characteristic of gluten or swellability of protein). The analysis was supplemented by complete rheological analysis made by Mixolab II. Bread was used as a model product. Subsequently, sensory evaluation of baked bread from the previously prepared mixtures was done. Part of the analysis was to estimate the economic basic bread recipe with different proportions of bread wheat and spelt wheat. The results were statistically analyzed via STATISTICA 9.1 (StatSoft, Inc., USA). It was proved that the flour made of spelt can give cereal products with a higher nutritional value. The results have shown that the spelt grain is much more suitable for baking. Its advantage is the higher protein content and higher resistance of kneading of the dough and starch gelatinization rate, which was statistically confirmed. The main disadvantage is the higher price of spelt. According to the results, the ideal utilization of spelt wheat based on sensory analysis and economic calculations seems to be the mixture of spelt wheat and bread wheat, which results in an undeniable decrease of the product cost, and hence effects the common customer choice and taste preferences.


A gas chromatograph has a column assembly with an independent separation column temperature adjusting function. The column assembly keeps in a thermotank when the separation cylinder is in a horizontal state. The column assembly comprises: the separation column for separating sample gases according to components; a column receiving member surrounding the separation column through a heat insulation member and receiving the separation column inside, and a slit used for allowing air to flow along the separation column is arranged between the separation column and the heat insulation member; and a heater arranged in the column receiving member, being in direct or indirect contact with the separation column and used for heating the separation column. The column receiving member is provided with a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the gas inlet is used for introducing an external gas to the slit between the separation column and the heat insulation member, and the gas outlet is used for discharging air in the slit.


Additive manufacturing is a technology that works by making a product from scratch, layer by layer until it becomes a complete product. An example of additive manufacturing is a 3D printer machine. The process sequence on a 3D Printer machine is the initial stage of creating design drawings in computer-aided design (CAD). Next, materialize the design image into a 3D printing machine. To get the best performance on a 3D printing machine, several parameters are set such as setting the product location during the printing process, setting parameters such as bed temperature and nozzle temperature. Polylactic Acid (PLA) is a filament that is widely used because it is easily decomposed so it is more environmentally friendly, because PLA is made from natural materials such as starch which is used for polymerization. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of variations in fan cooling speed, printing speed and layer height on the accuracy of product geometry in 3D printing using PLA material as well as parameter selection to obtain the most optimal results. The results of this research contained 2 significant factors, namely cooling fan speed and layer height and 1 factor that was not significant, namely printing speed. The percentage contribution of fan cooling speed is 39.52%, printing speed 2.99%, and layer height 11.98%. The optimal variables in this research are level 2 fan cooling speed, namely 100%, level 2 printing speed, namely 70 mm/s, and level 1 layer height, namely 0.1 mm.


Based on the fan forced convection heat transfer,a study is made of the thermal management structure design and performance of 6 AH nickel-metal hydride batteries,which makes a rational,scientific use of the limited space.A numerical simulation of the thermal management structure design is made with the fluent software.According to numerical analysis of the structure,the system is improved and entity sample is obtained.Sample test results show that the thermal management system meets the expected demand.


Introduction: The Republic of Karelia is a part of the Northwestern Federal District and, being a sparsely populated constituent entity of the Russian Federation, is characterized by a difficult medical and demographic situation.
Objective: To assess trends in medical and demographic processes in the Republic of Karelia in 2011–2021.
Materials and methods: We analyzed official statistical data provided by the Territorial Body of the Federal State Statistics Service in the Republic of Karelia for the years 2011 to 2021. Both absolute and relative values and time series indicators were used to characterize the processes under study.
Results: A long-term depopulation process has been taking place in the region: since 2011, the size of population has decreased by 39.5 thousand people, which was mainly attributed to the rural population decline and a shrinking number of women. In 2011–2021, the natural population growth rate was negative (–2.8 and –12.1 per 1,000 population in 2011 and 2021, respectively), began to worsen in 2015 due to a decrease in the birth rate, and even aggravated during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2021 owing to increased mortality rates. Diseases of the circulatory system and neoplasms were found to be the leading causes of death during the study period. In 2011–2020, the infant mortality rate ranged from 44.2 to 76.3 per 10 thousand births. We observed a regressive population age structure in the republic characterized by a decrease in the young-age to old-age population ratio from 0.70 in 2011 to 0.67 in 2021. The proportion of residents aged 60 years and older rose from 18.3 % in 2011 to 24.5 % in 2021. The share of working adults, on the opposite, decreased from 61.1 % in 2011 to 54.6 % in the year 2021. In 2020, a gradual increase in life expectancy traced in 2011–2019 turned into a decrease caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusions: The unfavorable medical and demographic situation in the Republic of Karelia requires special attention of the scientific community and governmental structures. Applying the principle of a systematic approach to solving the problem will help improve the current situation.


This paper is concerned with adaptive noise reduction based on the fast recursive least squares (FRLS) algorithm. It is well known that the fast recursive least squares (FRLS) algorithm suffers from numerical instability when operating under the effects of finite precision arithmetic. Several numerical solutions of stabilization were proposed in the case of stationary signals. In this work a new version of a numerically stable FRLS algorithm (NS‐FRLS) is proposed. The stability characteristics of this new stabilized algorithm are analysed. The analysis is based on a linear model for the errors in the states of the adaptive filter. Experimental results confirm the merits of adaptive filtering with the NS‐FRLS algorithm over optimum filtering using the solution provided by Wiener–Hopf equations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


One of the main goals of marriage is to connect offspring. But not all married couples can have children. The absence of children can be one of the triggers of disharmony in household relations. So as to maintain its integrity, husband and wife adopt children. In adoption, children will certainly have legal consequences. Moreover in Indonesian law, adoption is carried out according to Islamic law, Common law (the customary law referred to is Central Javanese Common law), and Civil law. Where the three legal systems will of course cause different legal consequences. The legal consequences are related to the position of adopted children which includes family relationships, guardianship relationships, inheritance relationships, and other relationships. Regarding inheritance relations, in Indonesia there is still pluralism including Islamic inheritance law, Customary inheritance law and inheritance law in the Civil Code. So with the variety of applicable inheritance law, also contributed to differences in the inheritance portion obtained by adopted children.


to the by providing an account of my as a participation researcher with stakeholder participation in a living lab in the participated in a yearlong project on ensuring freedom for residents in a closed psychogeriatric ward. Using three key moments from that experience, I illustrate why participation was the intention, was harder to in practice. Participation processes and living labs are situated in specific social and physical contexts. I discuss the "situatedness" of living labs and propose to reconceptualize them as "situated practices": the value of a living lab lies in the processes of work it conducts on specific innovations situated in its local context. A key conclusion is that providing narrative descriptions of living lab projects, with attention to situatedness and stakeholder participation, can provide invaluable examples, insights, and inspirations for other in the field.


HERE at last is the full, authentic, stirring story of Billy Graham the dynamic evangelist whose amazing, international ministry has been called "The phenomenon of the mid-twentieth century." Though only thirty-eight years old, Billy Graham has probably preached, face to face, to more people than any spokesman for Christianity in all history: an estimated 20,000,000. Another 20,000,000 listen to his weekly radio program The Hour of Decision. More astounding still, under his ministry more than 1,000,000 persons have been converted and remain, a remarkable majority of them, devout and practicing Christians.


Standards may be an advantage for a company, but employees often resist them because they feel they are forced to behave in a certain way. Even a broad approach like TQM seems to have to too little focus on the "human aspects" to prevent resistance and failure during change projects like in-company standardization. This chapter uses a philosophical approach to study why staff tend to resist company standardization initiatives. Foucault and Habermas provide insights into the reasons for this resistance but do not solve the tension between freedom and control. Dooyeweerd's philosophy seems to be more promising. This chapter uses a company standardization project of an automotive supplier to examine these three philosophical approaches to understand resistance to standards and to investigate how this resistance can be avoided by managing in-company standardization in a more holistic way.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between commercial corruption and money laundering. The challenge of corruption in the private sector and its relationship with money laundering are neglected subjects. Corruption and money laundering often occur together with the presence of one reinforcing the other. Corruption generates billions of dollars of funds that will need to be concealed through the money laundering process. At the same time, corruption contributes to money laundering activity through payment of bribes to persons who are responsible for the operation of anti‐money laundering (AML) systems.Design/methodology/approach – Primary legal documentation, such as the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the Financial Action Task Force's Recommendations on Money Laundering, and National Legislation, as well as Unpublished Government Commissioned Reports, are analysed in order to assess the links between corruption and money laundering.Findings – Commercial corrup...


Objective
To explore the application effect of safety management of blood transfusion in patients with digestive tract hemorrhage in department of general surgery.

Methods
From January 2014 to January 2017, a total of 100 cases of patients with digestive tract hemorrhage were selected as the research objects from this department.According to the random number table method, they were divided into the control group and the observation group, 50 cases of each group.The patients of the control group received routine nursing care, and the patients of the observation group received blood transfusion safety management.The blood transfusion adverse reactions, blood transfusion, blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, indicators of coagulation function and nursing satisfaction of the two groups were compared.

Results
The incidence of adverse reactions of the observation group's 8.00% was significantly lower than the control group's 24.00%, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The intraoperative blood transfusion of the observation group was lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature of patients in the two groups were significantly higher after blood transfusion than before blood transfusion, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). After transfusion, the vital signs of the observation group were higher than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). After transfusion of prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time of the two groups were significantly shorter than before blood transfusion, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The indicators of coagulation function of the observation group were lower than the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction degree of the observation group and the control group were respectively 94.00% and 78.00%, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).

Conclusion
The implementation of blood transfusion safety management in patients with general surgery gastrointestinal hemorrhage can effectively reduce the adverse reactions of blood transfusion, maintain the vital signs at a stable level and improve the coagulation function index, which is conducive to ensuring the safety of blood transfusion.

Key words:
Department of general surgery; Digestive tract bleeding; Safety management of blood transfusion; Nursing


The energy in a square membrane Ω subject to constant viscous damping on a subset ω ⊂ Ω decays exponentially in time as soon as ω satisfies a geometrical condition known as the "Bardos-Lebeau-Rauch" condition. The rate τ (ω) of this decay satisfies τ (ω )=2 min(−µ(ω) ,g (ω)) (see Lebeau (Math. Phys. Stud. 19 (1996) 73-109)). Here µ(ω) denotes the spectral abscissa of the damped wave equation operator and g(ω) is a number called the geometrical quantity of ω and defined as follows. A ray in Ω is the trajectory generated by the free motion of a mass-point in Ω subject to elastic reflections on the boundary. These reflections obey the law of geometrical optics. The geometrical quantity g(ω) is then defined as the upper limit (large time asymptotics) of the average trajectory length. We give here an algorithm to compute explicitly g(ω )w henω is a finite union of squares. Mathematics Subject Classification. 35L05, 93D15.


We show an optical heterodyne spectrometer with picometer resolution and high sensitivity. Moreover, we report the quantum limit of detecting multi-mode light using heterodyne detection, and compare it to a typical down conversion source output.


The present invention used a simple technique such as coating or printing, cost, the less technique of the process load to provide a substrate provided with the lower ITO pattern visibility ITO. And to provide a touch panel member using the substrate. The present invention is, from the upper surface of the transparent base substrate, a (I) ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) film, is (II) thickness 0.01Myuemu~0.4Myuemu, film thickness of 0.01 to 10 m, oxide silicon thin film (III), a thin film in this order to provide a substrate having a site being stacked.


The mortality and morbidity due to Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are increasing every year. Effectively in self-management has been demonstrated to conjunction patients with a health provider and support system to solve the patient's problem. Self-management in DM is very popular but still complex and abstract. Ambiguity regarding the intention of self-management in DM can cause confusion and misunderstanding among health professionals about the purpose and the application in the clinical situation. A perceptible definition regarding self-management for diabetes is required for clinical setting implication and future research. The study aimed to clarify and formalize the concept analysis of self-management in DM. We clarify the meaning of self-management in DM with concept analysis as outlined by Walker and Avant (2005). Attributes of self-management in diabetes were glycemic control process and activities, self-control, health-seeking, problem-solving, and decision making. Antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents are explained. Model, borderline, related, and contrary cases are explaining to clear and clarify the concept. Defining the concept can help the researcher solve the patient's problem about conjunction among patients with a health provider. Health professionals can advocate for antecedents in self-management and evolve interventions to support self-management attributes to serve patients in preventing complications


The evolution of two successive filamentary discharges in dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) has been studied by the use of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations with Monte Carlo collisions included. It is shown that these filamentary discharges involve the interplay between the external field, the surface charge field, and the space charge field. This leads to a few fine structures emerging, such as the weak discharge occurring at the zero-crossing point of the ac voltage, the splitting phenomenon of filaments, and the coexistence of positive and negative surface charges at footprints of the filamentary discharges. Our simulation results reveal the underlying physics governing the discharge and explain the dynamical behaviors of the DBD filaments observed in experiments.


Complications of distal radius fractures range from 20 to 30% and are consequence of injury or of treatment. Management of these complications must be individualised and the multitude of proposal treatments prove that this problem is controversial. Complications may involve soft tissue (tendon, nerve, arterial or fascial complication, reflex symphatetic distrophy) or bone and joint (malunion, nonunion, osteoarthritis). Tendon complications following distal radius fractures, range from minor adhesions to complete rupture. Peritendinous adhesions will become apparent after cast removal. Diagnosis is based on the limitation of the range of movement for individual fingers.This complication can be avoided with a proper cast technique allowing full range of motion to the digits. Treatment consists of rehabilitation techniques and only rarely, in severe cases, operative tenolysis may be a treatment of choice. Tendons may be entrapped either in the fracture site or in the distal radioulnar joint. Most common tendon entrapment are for extensor carpi ulnaris and extensor digiti minimi. If early recognition is made, open reduction with freeing the tendon must be the choice. Late diagnosis will require more complex tenolysis procedures. Tendon rupture may occur at the time of injury due to sharp fracture fragments. Diagnosis is based on identification of functional loss and, whenever possible, primary tendon suture is recommended. If the diagnosis is late the treatment is free tendon graft or tendon transfer. The late rupture of extensor pollicis longus is the most common possibility. Since it is not related with comminution or displacement of fracture it is possible that an ischemic mechanism is involved. Solutions are free tendon graft or the transfer of extensor indicis proprius. Direct tendon repair is not recommended after few weeks. Nerve complications. Careful neurological investigations demonstrated that nerve injuries associated with distal radius fractures are more common than it is believed. Median nerve is most frequently involved. Primary mechanisms of injury are: direct lesions due to fracture fragments, lesions related to forced manipulation and nonanatomical position of immobilization. Late injuries, occurring a long time after the fracture are more frequent and are related to carpal tunnel syndrome or paraneural adhesions. Carpal tunnel pressure could be measured and ethiologic factors must be identificated in order to establish the proper treatment, usually based on relise of carpal tunnel. Ulnar and radial neuropathy are less common and treatment may vary from cast removal to relise of Guyon's canal. Vascular complications are uncommon, arise usually in relation with high energy trauma and the treatment is complex, involving different speciality surgeons. Some authors presented rare cases of entrapment of vasculare structures or radial artery pseudoaneurism after the use a volar plate. Compartment syndrome after distal radius fracture is rare and is likely to occur in young adults suffering a high energy trauma. Clinical diagnosis is based on the classical 5 "P's" (pain, pallor, paresthesias, paralysis, and pulselessness) but treatment must start before all symptoms are present. Anytime when compartment syndrome is suspected, intracompartimental pressure must be measured. The treatment must start immediately and consist in removal of constrictive devices (bandage, cast) and fasciotomy. Indications for fasciotomy are intracompartmental pressure of 15–25mmHg in presence of clinical signs or over 25mmHg in absence of clinical signs. If there is doubt, it is better to perform an unnecessary fasciotomy than to wait until lesions becomes irreversible. Reflex sympathetic distrophy is described with many terms such as algodistrophy, cauzalgia, Sudeck's atrophy, shoulder-hand syndrome. Recently, the term complex regional pain syndrome was proposed to replace all the exiting synonyms. Despite many theories, the pathogeny of this disease is uncertain. The diagnosis is mainly clinical, based on presence of pain, trophic changes (atrophy, stiffness, edema) and functional impairment but plain x-ray demonstrating osteopenia and bone scintigraphy showing abnormal bone turnover may be helpful. Since the patogeny is unclear, the treatment is targeting the symptoms rather then the disease. Treatment must be individualized and may consist of: physical therapy of the hand, pain control with general or local drugs, corticosteroids, and symphatectomy. Prevention of reflex symphatetic dystrophy in the first days of a distal radial fracture is very important and include: prevention of the edema (elevation of the hand, early mobilization of fingers), decrease of pain, cast removal to relive pression, non-traumatic surgery. Malunion is the most common complication of distal radius fracture and it usually occurs after close treatment. The malalignament may be extraarticular or it may involve the joint (radiocarpal or distal radioulnar joint). Axial shortening and dorsal or radial malalignament are the most common. Clinical signs are wrist pain, loss of grip strength, limitation of wrist mobility. Osteoarthritis is likely to develop in both types of malunions. For extraarticular nonunions osteotomy is usually the treatment of choice. Many types of osteotomies have been proposed but the most commonly used are opening wedge osteotomy and Watson osteotomy. Intraarticular malunion is more difficult to treat and many surgical solutions have been proposed: intraarticular osteotomy, bone resections (styloid, anterior or posterior rim, radiolunate or radioscapholunate limited arthrodesis, proximal row carpectomy, wrist denervation, wrist arthroplasty, total wrist arthrodesis). Salvage procedures on the distal radioulnar joint may be resection of distal cubitus (Darrach) or Sauve-Kapandji technique. Nonunion is an extremely rare complication and is likely to occur in patients with multiple comorbid conditions such as diabetes, peripheral vascular disease or alcoholism. In most cases the initial treatment was close reduction and cast immobilization or external fixation. Diagnosis is based on the absence of radiographic signs of union at 6 months. Treatment must be individualized but basic options are reconstructive procedures or wrist arthrodesis. Reconstructive procedures consist of debridement of nonunion site, realignment with distractor, plate and screw fixation and iliac crest bone grafting. Since the bone is of poor-quality, new implants providing fixation in orthogonal planes may be useful. Usually, malalignement is present, so some authors recommend to take in to consideration the possibility to associate reconstructive procedures with additional techniques such as: dividing brachioradialis tendon, incision of the dorsal or volar joint capsule or Darrach operation in presence of severe shortening of the radius. Wrist arthrodesis should be chosen when the distal fragment has less then 5 millimeters of subchondral bone supporting the articular surface.


Mobile core networks have seen serious network resource contention among a huge amount of delay-sensitive and delay-insensitive traffic leading to network congestion or even failures. Delay-insensitive traffic which is commonly generated by background applications or the operating systems to update the system's status can be postponed to yield network resources for delay-sensitive traffic, especially in the peak times. This study proposes an efficient approach to delay-insensitive traffic control leveraging software defined network (SDN) techniques. The study devises an effective data structure, namely flow tree, to resolve the flow aggregation, an essential issue in SDN-based traffic control, especially when dealing with a huge number of small delay-insensitive traffic flows. The proposed approach significantly reduces the inherent communication cost between the controller and Openflow switches and the storage cost in switches' expensive memories. This approach is significantly robust in controlling a huge number of small flows which are common in the modern mobile core networks and Internet of things environments. Experimental results from both simulated and real datasets reveal the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed scheme.


This study is based on national employment survey data of college graduates by Peking university in 2009. For the highly complex, nonlinear and uncertain characteristics in social science research, the study make use of neural network fitting simulation method, to better isolate the impact degree of gender differences in job characteristics and mobility characteristics in China. The results show that: Mobility characteristics of graduates have more significant gender differences: male graduates have a greater mobility than female. Except for job mobility, gender differences in schooling mobility, graduation mobility is 19.5% and 23.77%, gender differences in full mobility is reached 40.57%. Gender differences in job mobility is only 2.77 percentage point, this is mainly caused by female's "mobility inertia".


In the current crisis situation, fears are arising in society which often endanger the principle of equality. This is why a major challenge is faced in building and maintaining social cohesion. This paper points out some keys to understanding the situation in the Basque Country from the point of view of the employment market. The author begins with a brief diagnosis, establishing some foundations for recovery, and goes on to point out challenges and responses to them while moving forward towards inclusive employment markets and more inclusive societies as a principle and value, with models for governance which foster shared leadership.


This paper reviews the significant effects of breastfeeding in Africa on both fertility and infant health status. Although there is an unfortunate lack of adequate data on the practice of breastfeeding in African countries, it appears to be widespread and ranges in duration from 12-36 months, with an average of 18-24 months. A study from Senegal noted an average duration of 18 months in Dakar compared with 24.3 months in a rural area. A longer duration of breastfeeding in the rural areas was also found in Algeria; however, only 14.4% of urban women either did not breastfeed or breastfed for less than 1 month. Duration increased with age and number of births up to parity 7. Breastfeeding influences fertility by extending the interval between births. Infant mortality, which is more widespread among children who are not breastfed, is a major cause of a short interbirth interval. The death of a child at a very young age has the same effect on fecundity as early weaning. Although weaning practices vary from country to country, weaning is a stage of development during which the African society shows concern with integrating the infant into the community. The appearance of malnutrition frequently coincides with weaning. Foods given to the child are often beyond his digestive capabilities, and those rich in assimilable protein are expensive. It is urged that African countries elaborate nutritional programs aimed at these problems with the assistance of international agencies in the area of development. Family planning initiatives should give careful attention to breastfeeding and its related customs such as sexual interdicts. Toward this end, more research is needed in the areas of nutritional health, duration of postpartum amenorrhea, protein intake, and infections.


Background: Cardioembolic (CE) stroke carries significant morbidity and mortality. Current risk stratification tools such as CHADS2 score do not include any imaging parameters and are based on clinical features, which have limitations. Left atrial (LA) enlargement and remodeling may be associated with CE risk due to predisposition for atrial arrhythmias and thrombus formation. Left atrial cross sectional area (LACSA), a novel echo measure which reflects both LA size and shape, may improve CE stroke risk assessment. Aim: This study examined the value of LACSA in predicting CE stroke risk and the improvement in risk prediction when added to CHADS2 score. Methods: Clinical and echo parameters were examined in a prospective cohort of 1275 consecutive patients with ischemic stroke. Strokes were classified using the Causative Classification of Strokes and 259 (20%) were classified as CE stroke. LACSA was calculated using the formula: π/4*largest measured LA diameter*smallest measured LA diameter where mid LA diameter was measured in the parasternal long axis, 4 chamber and 2 chamber views. Results: Patients with CE stroke had greater LACSA (8.6 ± 2.3 vs 6.4 ± 1.8 cm2/m2; p Conclusion: LACSA is a novel measure of LA remodeling and associated with CE stroke. LACSA, an imaging parameter, enhances the risk prediction of the CHADS2 score, a clinical measure of risk, improving risk stratification for CE stroke and impacting therapeutic strategies.


In the application of bridge filter in water supply pipe and geothermal well engineering,collapsing accident often occurs.The paper analyzed accident principles,types,characteristics and the influence factors with relevant preventive measures put forward to prevent and reduce the deforming and collapsing accident of bridge filter.


The adsorption of oxamyl under variable conditions of time, pH and exchangeable cations on montmorillonites has been examined. Kinetic studies showed the reaction to be first order, which indicates diffusion-controlled adsorption. All the evidence obtained by studies of the effect of pH, adsorption isotherms, considerations of the chemical structure of the molecule, and X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy points to a reaction mechanism for oxamyl association with acid- and base-saturated montmorillonites which involves either protonation or coordination of the exchangeable clay cations to the carbonyl of the amide group.


Using liquid epoxy resin as the bond,diamond as the abrasive and nano-SiO2 as the reinforcement,diamond whetstones were prepared by casting process,and the properties were studied.The results show that with the addition of 0.25% mass ratio of accelerant to molding compound,whetstones can be cured at 130 ℃/4 h+160 ℃/2 h.As diamond modified by silane coupling agent and Ni-coated,the wear resistance of whetstone is improved by 15.0% and 32.5%,respectively.Nano-SiO2 modified by silane coupling agent is homodispersed in the whetstone,and the bend strength of whetstone can be improved.While the mass fraction of nano-SiO2 is 4%,the flexural strength and Rockwell hardness reach the maximum,i.e.106 MPa and HRB 56,respectively.


Market globalization, competitive product and services, high economic crises are the most critical factors that influence the success of the manufacturing companies in global market.Therefore it is critical to the manufacturing companies to be efficient in production and lean tool may used to achieve that.The most frequently used is the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), even though there are many studies have been conducted in relation to the TPM but there is limited research in investigating the effects of the TPM on operational performance.However, the result of the studies was not consistent, where TPM practice may have positive and negative impact on operational performance. Among the reason is the culture of the organization that influenced the implementation of TPM and operational performance.Due to that this study attempts to investigate the influence of organizational culture on the TPM implementation and operational performance. Rasch model is used in this study due to its ability in interpreting and analyzing the ability of respondents in performing the difficult items.The online questionnaires were distributed to 63 randomly selected automotive companies located at Northern Region of Malaysia.Results of the study revealed that the organizational culture has influenced on the successful implementation of TPM and operational performance.Therefore by the implementation of TPM in outstanding organizational culture can improve operational performance.


This paper shows how travellers that are faced with a series of risky choices become behaviourally inert due to a combination of risk aversion and learning. The authors theoretical analyses complement other studies that conceive inertia as resulting from the wish to save cognitive resources. The authors first present a model of risky travel mode choice. The authors show that if travellers dislike risk, and part of the quality of travel alternatives is only revealed upon usage, inertia emerges due to a learning-based lock-in effect. The authors extend our analyses to capture forward-looking behaviour and the provision of travel information.


Housed in what is now a Quaker meetinghouse in southern Tippecanoe County, Indiana, is the remnant collection of a mid-nineteenth-century library from an early academy. Unlike many of its type, it was never disbursed or absorbed into another library collection. The collection itself is an example of educational and literary society libraries that existed before the development of public libraries or libraries in public schools. The library also supported a literary and debating society that was the center of the intellectual life of the surrounding community. This article places the library in the context of Quaker educational philosophy, popular ideas of education of the day, and its relationship with educational reformist movements both within Indiana and at a national level.


Cosmids containing C4-dicarboxylate transport (dct) geneswere identified froma genebankofRhizobium leguminosarum DNA madeinthebroad-host-range vector pLAFRIbytheir ability tocomplement R.trifolii det mutants. Thedct geneswere further characterized bysubcloning, restriction site mapping, andtransposon TnS andTn7mutageneses. Threedctloci were identified within a 5.5-kilobase region ofDNA,intheorderdctAdctB-dctC. Theresults suggested thatdctAencoded a structural componentnecessaryforC4-dicarboxylate transport, whereas dctBanddclCencodedpositive regulatory elements, andthatdctAwas transcribed divergently fromdctBanddclC. Expression ofdclAanddctC was obtained fromvectorpromotersinsome pLAFR1-andpSUP106-based plasmids. TheC4-dicarboxylate transport systemisimportant for bothfree-living andsymbiotic formsofRhizobium trifolii. Mutants defective inthis system(dct mutants) areunable to transport andthusutilize as thecarbon sourcesuccinate, fumarate, andmalate during thefree-living phaseandform ineffective nodules on clover plants (22). Dct-mutant strains ofR.leguminosarum showa similar phenotype (10, 11). Nodules formed bydctmutantscontain normally differentiated bacteroids butcontain large amountsofstarch and lackleghemoglobin (11, 22).Hence, theC4-dicarboxylates may berequired as energysubstrates fornitrogen fixation, precursorsforthesynthesis ofthehememoeity ofleghemoglobin, orboth. Theformer function isparticularly important,since thenodule energysupply may limit symbiotic nitrogen fixation (14, 18). Theregulation ofrhizobial dctgeneshasbeensuggested to beimportant forsymbiotic nitrogen fixation (11, 22)buthas notbeenstudied indetail. Tofacilitate sucha study, we undertook toclone thedctgenes.Inthis paper,we report the identification ofthree dctloci fromR.leguminosarum and some studies on their genetic organization andregulation.