A Practical Approach to Conveyancing takes a pragmatic, rather than academic, approach to conveyancing. It provides practical solutions to everyday problems encountered by conveyancing practitioners wishing to offer a cost-effective and efficient service. This volume offers a detailed and up-to-date exposition of the key principles and procedures underpinning the conveyancing process. The volume provides practical guidance on each stage of commercial and residential conveyances, with realistic sample documentation to aid in an approach of all aspects of a conveyancing transaction with confidence. This 22nd edition has been fully updated with recent developments in the area, including new SRA Standards and Regulations, the updated Conveyancing Protocol and Property Information Form, and the latest Law Society practice notes dealing with important issues such as client information requirements, flood risk, mortgage fraud, contaminated land, and money laundering. It also considers the new code for leasing business premises.


This paper obtains the convergence rates of the empirical Bayes estimators of parameters in the multi-parameter exponential families. The rates can approximate to 0(n=1) arbitrarily. The paper presents the multivariate orthogonal polynomials which are continuous on the total space Rp.


Objective: to evaluate the outcomes of endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms in acute period of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with the aim to enlarge the usage of endovascular treatment in routine practice for ruptured aneurysms in acute period of SAH. Material and methods: 28 patients suffered from ruptured aneurysms were operated using endovascular method in acute period of SAH from 2012 to 2015 in Federal Medical Biophysical Center n.a. A.I. Burnazyan of FMBA of Russian Federation. Results: Total occlusion of aneurysms was seen in 75% of cases, one patient (3,6%) suffered from intraoperative ischemic stroke. Favorable outcomes were seen in all patients (Hunt-Hess I-III) as well as in 4 among 7 patients with Hunt-Hess IV. Common lethality was 14%, excluding patients with Hunt-Hess 1-IV severity of state. Conclusions: endovascular treatment of ruptured aneurysms in acute period of SAH is effective and safe method among patients with Hunt-Hess I-IV.


In this paper,we study the relation between normal function and normal family of meromophic functions,use the method of shared set,we get a family of normal function which satisfy a special property P,we also improve and generalize the related result by shared values.


While the system of cadre evaluation and appointment is critical to the Chinese party-state's control over most local officials, it is hardly workable at the township level. The county is obligated to control township officials in behalf of the regime. But the 1994 tax reform changed the motivation of its control. The control was no longer exercised in the interests of the party-state but aimed to maximize county officials' own interests. The county's institutional interference in township administration reduced its dependence on township officials for rural governance. The abolition of agricultural taxes (AAT) not only worsened township finance and brought it under the county's management but also took away the township's final main function, thus rendering township officials almost useless. As the township bureaucracy lost both of its autonomous finance and functions, the county's control over it has hollowed up and turned into sheer "paperwork" that contains no substance or relevance to rural governance and peasant life but aims merely to meet the county's obligation on paper.


The process of reinforced plant fiber gypsum is discussed,the batch of raw material is defined through orthogonal experiment,and the mechanism of blast furnace slag is analyzed.


The magnitudes of the excitation of free precession of the lunar spin axis about the position defined by Cassini's laws, free libration in longitude, and free wobble are determined as a function of meteorite angular momentum relative to the lunar center of mass and the position of impact on the lunar surface. Angular momentum conservation suffices for the estimates of precession and libration excitation, but a cratering model for the ejecta distribution is necessary for the estimate of the wobble excitation. The simultaneous excitation of free wobble is always associated with the excitation of precession, and the angular amplitude is at least comparable to but may exceed that of the induced precession by a factor of 3 or 4. It is possible to excite a free libration in longitude with no first-order excitation of free wobble, but generally, all three free motions are excited simultaneously. The induced libration will nearly always have by far the largest amplitude, however. For crater sizes scaled as powers of the impact energy, impacts leaving craters as small as a few kilometers in diameter can excite free motions which will ultimately be observable by the lunar laser ranging experiment.


Solidification/stabilization (S/S) is often used to treat waste or to remediate contaminated sites. Many people feel S/S is just a process to consolidate waste into a solid product for disposal using cementing materials. This article describes designing a cement-based formula for solidification/stabilization of wastes or contaminated soils from aspects of both the cement chemistry and the environmental chemistry. The discussion includes the following key points: (1) compatibility between cement and waste materials; (2) chemical fixation of contaminants; (3) physical encapsulation of contaminated waste and soils; (4) durability of the treated waste or soil; (5) leachability of contaminants from the treated waste or soil; and (6) cost-effectiveness of S/S.


On 21 September 2015, the Competition Commission of Singapore (the "CCS") announced that it had cleared a Strategic Alliance Agreement (the "SAA") entered into between Cebu Air, Inc. ("Cebu Pacific")…


Induction chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 followed by proton beam therapy concurrent with cisplatin in patients with T4b nasal and sinonasal malignancies. Okano S, Tahara M, Zenda S, Fuse N, Yoshino T, Doi T, et al. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2012 Aug;42(8):691-6.


Abstract Starting from tBu2PCl, the title compounds tBu2P(S)NHR′ (R′= Me Et, iPr, tBu) may be easily prepared according to With R′=tBu the amine has to be substituted by its Li-salt [tBuNH]−Li+.


In literary translation, it is a common phenomenon that different translators will produce very different translations. By employing the perspective of Reception Theory and by way of the examples of the different translations of two Tang po- ems, this article provides the theoretical grounds for this phenomenon.


A search of the literature has revealed no carefully controlled work showing that any organic mercurial compound can be relied on to kill the spores of anaerobic bacteria. Nevertheless, claims have been made that these compounds can be depended on for the sterilization of instruments, and vast quantities of them are sold to physicians and dentists for that purpose. Mercury in its various forms has been used in medicine since the time of the early alchemists, but it remained for Robert Koch1to popularize its use as an antiseptic. Immediately after his famous string experiments with anthrax spores the medical world believed that it had in its hands an all powerful germicide which would destroy any disease-producing organism, because apparently Koch had shown that very great dilutions of mercury bichloride would kill the spores of the most resistant organisms. Only a few years after this idea had become thoroughly


This paper presents the results of static pressure rise and total pressure loss across an isolator run by Mach 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 Laval nozzles. A series of oblique shocks, termed as shock-train has been established in the isolator for many combinations of parameters. The isolator performance was studied by simulating the back pressure variation by means of a geometrical blockage at its exit. The static pressure rise and pressure loss across the isolator depend strongly on the nozzle NPR and isolator back pressure. The best performance of the isolator was for Mach 2.0 flow at NPR 7, resulting in a pressure rise of 26% across the shock-train with a pressure loss of 44%.


I believe a great deal depends on the relationship established between doctor and patient in this disease. Unfortunately it is rare in this country for a patient with tuberculosis to remain under the personal care of one doctor even throughout his period of chemotherapy. More often he is diagnosed by one, transferred for initial treatment in hospital under another, and then referred to the appropriate chest clinic. I believe therefore that a very big responsibility, possibly for the whole course of the patient's disease, rests with the doctor who actually initiates treatment, usually in hospital. I think a difficulty arises here because a houseman may not have enough experience of the disease to realize his responsibility, and the consultant has not the time or opportunity for the necessary private interviews. It is no good explaining once-many patients are agitated simply by an interview with a doctor and remember nothing that is said; it must be repeated until one is sure it is understood. The chest physician at the clinic has then something to reinforce when he first sees the patient. I am convinced it is possible with some patients to create a relationship in which they feel free to say if they cannot take their P.A.S. With others this is not so, but many will admit defaulting if questioned rightly, and the position as regards further treatment can then be discussed with them. With others one fails completely. Many of these seem unable to accept that they have the disease at all, or need treatment, and in these cases I believe prolonged daily streptomycin injections would also be very difficult to maintain.


The cost prediction of reinforced concrete structural systems with seismic resistant provisions is of research interest in building economics. The quantity estimation of structural materials forms the major effort in cost estimation process. This study presents two quantity estimation methods using quantity modeling concepts accounting three major cost influencing parameters; number of storey, structural configuration and seismic hazard level. In the gross floor area method, approximate structural quantities are obtained based on the quantities used per unit floor area of constructed buildings. In the detailed bill of quantities method, structural concrete and shuttering materials are assessed from the structural framing plans and steel reinforcement quantities are assessed based on appropriate steel reinforcement coefficients that define the weight of reinforcement required per unit volume of concrete considering structural member type and seismic design requirements. The quantity estimation process is carried out for the structural systems with 6m x6.5m column grids, heights varying from 2 to 20 storey and designed for four seismic zones. Depending on these variables, the quantities of structural concrete, steel reinforcement and shuttering per square meter of the gross floor area ranges between 0.25 to 0.35cum, 1.50 to 2.50sq.m and 25kg to 55kg respectively. The steel coefficient for the total structural system vary from 100 to 250 kg per cum of concrete. As built quantities are compiled for buildings constructed in seismic zones. The proposed parametric quantity modeling is useful for evaluating the cost economics of structural systems besides the quantity surveying, project scheduling and material management applications.


These, starting with a broad topic, follow a structural development and then include topics related to the research interest and even to particular cells useful in developing this interest. Such seemingly heterogeneous logic may distress librarians, but the file has proved useful in this simple, topical form. Analysis of the cards indicates that further breakdown would so complicate the system that it could hardly remain a real part of this worker. Extensive subdivision would, in such practice, decrease the availability of material and increase the burdens of filing. The balance to be struck between system and simplicity is patently another individual matter. The file is thus arranged with 8 main headings (4 investigative topics, 4 for collateral technical coverage), 32 primary subheadings, and 9 secondary subheadings, all of which have proved useful. Primary problems in the use of this file lie chiefly in keeping up with the filing and keeping its fluid organization abreast of current research interests. The general principles here include a marked simplicity in functional organization, individuality in the coverage and treatment of the material, and the use of specific research-type topical main headings with technical thought persisting through limited subheadings.


Temperature dependent conformations and molecular motions of pyrimidine polyribonucleotides, poly(C) and poly(U), have been studied in 2H2O solutions (pH 5.8±0.3, 5–72 °C by measuring 1H NMR intensities, chemical shifts, coupling constants, and spin-lattice relaxation times. Below 50 °C, poly(C) exists as a slowly exchanging mixture of double-stranded and single-stranded forms of which only the single-stranded form is observable by 1H NMR. In this temperature range, the single-stranded poly(C) shows a strong base-stacking with dominated C3′-endo anti conformation, whereas above 50 °C it takes partly C2′-endo conformation with destabilization of the helical structure. Poly(U) exists as single strand within the whole temperature range studied, and the bases are nearly unstacked with 58% of C2′-endo conformer. Poly(U) is more flexible than poly(C), which was characterized with rotational correlation times in the order of 10−9–10−10 s.


*Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Canc Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892‐7238; †Texas AM ‡S International, Menlo Park, CA 94025‐3493; §Medical Research Cou cil, Harwell OX11 0RD, United Kingdom; **Center for Risk a Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, University of Southe California, Los Angeles, CA 90089‐2902; ††Oak Ridge Center f Risk Analysis, Oak Ridge, TN 37830‐7739; ‡‡U.S. Environmen Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460‐0001; §§Department Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolin Chapel Hill, NC 27599‐7435; ***Clarksburg, MD 20871-436 †††Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State Universi Detroit, MI 48202‐3917; ‡‡‡Department of Radiology, Medici School, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. For correspondence contact: Steven L. Simon, Division of Canc Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, M 20892‐7238, or email at firstname.lastname@example.com. (Manuscript accepted 22 October 2012) 0017-9078/15/0 Copyright © 2014 Health Physics Society


We report on the computation of mean inner Coulomb potentials of technologically important wurtzite-type semiconductors AlN, GaN, InN, ZnO, and CdO and of gold within the density functional theory formalism. We used a slab geometry with (11–20) and (110) surfaces, respectively. Structures consisting of several monolayers of material and an adjacent vacuum region were generated and the Coulomb potential was computed using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave method. The mean inner Coulomb potential was obtained by computing the difference of the potentials averaged inside the innermost monolayer of the slab and within the center plane of the vacuum region.


A renewal theory of three-stage high-temperature creep is summarized, based on the assumption that dislocation motion is the main enabling mechanism for creep of polycrystalline materials. The theory is extended to take account of factors influencing the final stage of tertiary creep during extensional creep tests, including reduction of load-carrying area resulting from reduction of specimen cross sectional area during extensional strain and from damage, which is described by a damage model proposed by Kachanov. The theory is applied to describing creep behavior, and predicting thermo-mechanical and stress-strain behavior, of a steel alloy. It is shown that the theory describes tertiary creep with some consistency, and qualitatively and quantitatively predicts the inelastic behavior of the alloys.


How to perform a basic presentation in power point? The student develops a basic exercise to make a presentation in power point and support knowledge in until II second-semester.


While previous researches in eye fixation prediction typically rely on integrating low-level features (e.g. color, edge) to form a saliency map, recently it has been found that the structural organization of these features into a proto-object representation can play a more significant role. In this work, we present a computational framework based on deep network to demonstrate that proto-object representations can be learned from low-resolution image patches from fixation regions. We advocate the use of low-resolution inputs in this work due to the following reasons: (1) Proto-objects are computed in parallel over an entire visual field (2) People can perceive or recognize objects well even it is in low resolution. (3) Fixations from lower resolution images can predict fixations on higher resolution images. In the proposed computational model, we extract multi-scale image patches on fixation regions from eye fixation datasets, resize them to low resolution and feed them into a hierarchical. With layer-wise unsupervised feature learning, we find that many proto-objects like features responsive to different shapes of object blobs are learned out. Visualizations also show that these features are selective to potential objects in the scene and the responses of these features work well in predicting eye fixations on the images when combined with learned weights.


The utility model discloses an auto-induction illuminating system for a refrigerator or a wine cabinet. The auto-induction illuminating system for the refrigerator or the wine cabinet is composed of an illuminating lamp, a central processing unit (CPU), an infrared induction device, an illuminating lamp driving module, an input device and a refrigerator/ wine cabinet control module, wherein the CPU is used for processing and analyzing input signals of the various modules and controlling corresponding output, the infrared induction device is connected with the CPU and is used for detecting the temperature difference variation between the human body and the ambient environment and converting the signals from high level to low level, the illuminating lamp driving module is connected with the CPU and is used for driving to illuminate the illuminating lamp, the input device is connected with the CPU and is used for inputting operation of a user, and the refrigerator/ wine cabinet control module is connected with the CPU and is used for controlling basic functions of the refrigerator or the wine cabinet. The auto-induction illuminating system for the refrigerator or the wine cabinet can automatically switch on the illuminating lamp by inducing the approach of the human body, reduces unnecessary operating steps for the user, and largely facilitates the use for the user.


Background: Candida auris is an invasive, multidrug-resistant pathogen that can cause outbreaks in hospitals. The mode of transmission is through contaminated hospital items such as fomites and staff interventions. The outbreak of Candida auris affecting 13 patients at the medical intensive care unit (MICU) and medical inpatient unit, either in the form of infection or colonization, is the first documented C. auris outbreak in the Qatar. Methods: The first case was identified in November 2018 in a patient colonized in the respiratory tract. Candida auris biweekly tests were conducted. The second to fourth cases were confirmed in the MICU admitted in the same room (room 2). The fifth case was identified incidentally and was not part of the screening in another ward (6 North Medical Inpatient Unit), and 4 weeks later, Candida auris was isolated from the urine and throat of a patient on this ward. The realization that case 5 was an index case changed the direction of the outbreak investigation, and expanded screening was started among the medical inpatients. When the IPC team identified cases 6–11 and 13, all had possible epidemiological links with case 5. Results: Our root-cause analysis suggests that the index case came from another general hospital. However, because no screening protocol has been established for Candida auris, interventions have not been in place to effectively prevent and control this organism. A strong collaborative outbreak team worked to end this outbreak using the following evidence-based IPC interventions: (1) patient screening and decolonization; (2) environmental screening; (3) enhanced environmental disinfection using peracetic acid wipes, 1% chlorine, and hydrogen peroxide vapor disinfection; (4) prophylactic contact precautions; (5) enhanced hand hygiene with bare below elbows protocol; and (6) a no white gown policy. Conclusions: The outbreak of Candida auris was declared to have nbeen terminated on August 22, 2019. Despite the long period involved in this outbreak, we succeeded in ending it through the concerted efforts of a multidisciplinary team utilizing the latest scientific evidence. Funding: None Disclosures: None


The policy of "one country, two systems" is not merely the fundamental policy, which concerns the unification of the whole nation of China but also the underlying principle about the civil and commercial affairs between Taiwan Straits and the mainland of China. Therefore, the thesis, while conferring the international practice and based itself on the on-going situation, explores into the framework system of the inter-regional civil and commercial affairs between Taiwan and mainland of China under the guidance of the policy "one country, two systems".


Frederic F Clairmont Whoever ignores the fact that there are separate political states diversely constituted can never deal adequately with problems of political economy.


On-line modeling method based on every new sample recursive update needs big compute consumption.The generally used intelligent modeling approaches have low learning speed.In order to effective update soft sensor model and improve on-line model's learning speed,a new on-line kernel extreme learning machine(KELM) modeling approach based on selective update is proposed in this paper.The approximate linear dependence(ALD) condition is used to judge the linear independent degree between the new sample and modeling samples.Only these samples that satisfy the ALD condition and contain interesting new information are used to update the soft sensor model.Thus,the on-line model's updating times is reduced.The KELM algorithm with the character of fast learning speed and strong generalization is used to construct soft sensor model,which overcome the randomization of ELM and the complexity solution process of SVM.Therefore,with the integration of ALD condition and KELM algorithm,the learning speed and the prediction performance of the on-line model are proposed.The simulation results base on synthetic data verifie the validity of the proposed method.


A model System composed of bentonite, humic acid (HA), polystyrene sulphonic acid (PSSA), methylene blue (MB), and paraquat was used to characterize the possible interactions of organocations in natural waters. The adsorption and desorption studies with bentonite indicated that the clay had a strong preference for the organocations over alkali and alkaline earth cations. Paraquat saturated the bentonite up to the cation exchange capacity whereas methylene blue did not completely saturate the clay but did form methylene blue aggregates on the clay surface. The aggregates could be readily removed by washing with distilled water. The organocation interactions with the anionic polyelectrolytes were more susceptible to changes in pH or ionic strength. Paraquat could be completely desorbed from HA and PSSA by raising the solution ionic strength to 0.1. Methylene blue could not be completely removed from the humic acid but could be removed from PSSA by raising the ionic strength to 0.1. The studies indicate that...


The pressure dependence of the glass transition temperature (Tg) has been estimated from the pressure effect on the activation energy of electric conductivity in alkaline (albite, haplogranite), alkaline earth (anorthite) silicate and SiO2 glasses. The dc conductivity (s) has been determined from the electrical impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range 10–10 Hz. The impedance measurements have been performed in a controlled atmospheric furnace and in three types of high pressure apparatuses: piston cylinder, belt and multi-anvil presses in the pressure range 0·3–6 GPa. Below Tg, the activation energy of s is less than that at T>Tg. The inflection point on the dependency of ln(s) versus 1/T defines Tg. The Tg in anorthite glass varies with pressure as Tg=848°C+5·3°/GPa P (P is in GPa), in albite as Tg=688°C–9·4°/GPa P, in haplogranitic glass as Tg=777°C–45°/GPa P and in SiO2 glass as Tg =1050°C+50°/GPaP. The measured at Tg dielectric relaxation times are several orders of magnitude smaller than the structural relaxation times and become slower with the increasing pressure. In Na bearing glasses, Tg estimated from the electrical conductivity is a 'sodium ion mobility' Tg, corresponding to the temperature range of the overlapped aand b-relaxation processes and is, therefore, shifted to lower temperatures in comparison with calorimetric and dilatometric Tg. The activation energy of the dielectric relaxation in anorthite increases with pressure having an activation volume of +10·5±5 cm3/mol, and in albite glass the activation volume is negative -6·5±2 cm3/mol. Pressure dependence of viscosity and Tg The glass transition temperature Tg of silicates is the isoviscous temperature at which melts are believed to possess a viscosity ~10 Pas, and a relaxation time for shear stress of about 100 s. Knowledge of the glass transition temperature at high pressures provides indirect information about the pressure dependent rheology and the effect of glass densification on relaxation processes. This is of special interest in geosciences and in silicate melt physics, where the viscosity measurements at high pressures and temperatures are technically difficult to carry out, while in situ rheological measurements require x-ray radiography and synchrotron radiation techniques. The pressure dependence of silicate melt viscosities at high pressures plays a key role in the prediction of partial melting in mid-oceanic regions and ascent of magma to the earth's surface. For decades, earth scientists have sought a general equation to model the viscosity of magmatic silicate melts as a function of temperature, pressure and composition (see, for example, Refs 4–8). In early viscosity models the Arrhenian temperature dependence of viscosity


The objective of this Business Plan is the establishment of a Company dedicated to the production and export of Insulin Tea to the city of Santiago de Chile. The Insulin Tea production and export company will be established in order to present the opportunity for new and alternative investment in a non-traditional agricultural product, in addition to serving as an alternative for diabetes sufferers in the city of Santiago de Chile, thereby contributing towards a better quality of life for members of this population. A growing industry and the presence of health related benefits supplement the business plan. The target market is comprised of Chilean men and women, aged from 15 years and up, that suffer from diabetes. In accordance with the results of email surveys, it has been determined that an organic insulin tea drink is not already in existence within the Chilean market, thus presenting a positive business opportunity for the present proposal, which responds to a market with a greater need for products that are suitable for health-related issues. The general marketing strategy that will be employed for positioning of the new, organic Insulin Tea drink in the Chilean market will be differentiated, which consists of highlighting the offer for different products and services than those that exist in the current climate, in addition to promoting a value generating characteristic, in order that customers feel willing to pay a price that corresponds to this characteristic of the product. The Operations and Production Plan outlines aspects related to the Insulin Tea production process, considering requirements for primary materials, equipment, tools, infrastructure, and other necessary elements to ensure that a high quality process is implemented. Finally, it considers the regulatory and legal aspects with which to ensure compliance for implementation of the project. Establishment of the business is contingent upon available funds of USD 98.537,35, of which 69.55% is constituted by equity and 30.45% will be subject to financing by means of a bank loan. As part of the initial investment, 60 days of working capital have been budgeted. From a commercial point of view, in accordance with market intelligence, the business proposal appears attractive. From a financial point of view and supported analysis to this effect, the business plan appears to be profitable with an IRR of 30.53% and an NPV of USD 162.019,06.


New fire retardant compositions comprise, as component intumescent cyanuric acid derivatives, sugar polyols, ammonium polyphosphate, expandable graphite and aluminum hydroxide, and a compound forming carrier, each tailored to the specific application in the fire prevention.


The category of Cartesian cubical sets is introduced and endowed with a Quillen model structure using ideas coming from recent constructions of cubical systems of univalent type theory.


Art song is main vocal music type or form of literature in concert;have the history going back to ancient times.But music art and the literary arts organic synthesis,has the higher artistic literary work or poetry this request took the song music creation the source material and the basis are an artistic song major characteristic.The artistic song with other creation songs different occupying to the piano accompaniment certainly is not a subordinate position,but is two is in the equally important position,two must complete the artistic song creation together.The artistic song sings the style to request the singer not only to have to have excellent sings the technology,moreover must have the deep artistic tutelage.This article as to from searches learns the artistic song the esthetic characteristic to obtain,attempts to expound the artistic song sings in the vocal music with the teaching in the necessity and the importance...


This paper explores the treatment of London by two authors who are profoundly influenced by the concept of the power of place and the nature of urban space. The works of Peter Ackroyd, whose writings embody, according to Onega (1997, p. 208) "[a] yearning for mythical closure" where London is "a mystic centre of power" – spiritual, transhistorical and cultural – are considered alongside those of Will Self, who explores the city's psychogeography as primarily a political, economic and cultural artefact. The paper draws on original interviews undertaken by the author with Ackroyd and Self. Both authors' works are available for literary study during the 16-19 phase in the UK, and this paper explores how personal delineations of the urban environment are shaped by space and language. It goes on to consider how authors' and students' personal understandings of space and place can be used as pedagogical and theoretical lenses to "read" the city in the 16-19 literature classroom.


EDITOR—Last autumn money was mobilised to try to prevent flu becoming one of the many winter pressures in the United Kingdom, whereas flu in the southern hemisphere was negligible. Lacking in the process was any consideration of previous years' vaccine uptake, the efficacy of flu vaccine in preventing flu in elderly people, and whether bribery was likely to achieve any further uptake. Little was done to consider the management of flu in those who might refuse vaccination (or in those in whom vaccination was less effective).

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The findings of the marriage survey among the Shona in Harare Zimbabwe in 1986 indicate that changes in Shona marriage practices are occurring; these changes appear in ethnographic studies but not in large scale surveys. There is an increased prevalence of irregular forms of unions; these patterns are related to the erosion of social control of the lineage which is associated with socioeconomic development. There is evidence that one of the consequences not recognized in large surveys is the problem of fathers responsibility for their children. Ethnographic studies were able to describe the alternative types of unions but were not able to provide prevalence estimates. Survey research has captured results generalizable to the larger population but has provided limited perspectives on the complexities of the African marriage process. Bridewealth payments cover a large span of time among the Shona; payment completion indicates completion of the marriage process. Definitions of marriage can omit unions that are in process or those that deviate from the norm. Shona marriage customs are summarized with an emphasis on marriage payments (roora) and the forms of Shona marriage (elopement elopement marriage "mapoto" unions (cohabitation without roora payment) consensual unions without roora and roora marriage). There are civil marriage ceremonies religious marriage ceremonies and District Court registration of marriages. In 1982 a law was passed to prevent fathers from preventing the registration of a marriage but in practice it still remains difficult for a girl to register a marriage. The survey sample was drawn from women patients at Harare Maternity Hospital and 4 other maternity clinics who were at least 7 months pregnant with their first child or had recently delivered their first birth. 14 specific events were examined for incidence and sequencing including the following: meeting the babys father discussing family introductions discussions with aunts or other relatives family introduction negotiation of payments first payment District Court Registration church ceremony civil ceremony first intercourse with babys father first living arrangement with babys father pregnancy exchanged gifts and "kutizira" (marriage elopement). Discussion focuses on the stages in the union formation the types of marriage payments and unions and implications of payments.


The development of the Polish national movement in West Prussia began with the Spring of Nations. In the face of the Germanization policy of the authorities, Prussian Poles began to create their own organizations designed to maintain Polish identity and the realization of economic and social objectives. The Polish population in West Prussia which set up Polish organizations used German solutions, patterns elaborated in other regions and created their own, adapting them to the conditions prevailing in the Prussian state. At the turn of the century, the following different Polish organizations were in operation: the People's Society, the Society of People's Libraries, the "Guard" Society, the Society of Aid Science, the Scientific Society in Torun, the "Deliverance" Society, the Gym Society "Falcon", the people's banks, commercial companies, cooperatives etc. At that time, operating in West Prussia Polish organizations showed the different profiles of educational activities. Most of them were realizing the ideas of patriotic and religious education. The multifaceted activities of Polish organizations in West Prussia seem to be a phenomenon at situation in which the Poles were a minority in the said region and the realization of the initiatives undertaken by them were hampered and limited by the occupying power. In this article I made an attempt to present the main lines of the educational activities of Polish organizations in West Prussia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It was thanks to their activity that the modernization of Polish society took place. Besides a patriotic and religious upbringing, the most important directions of this activity were: basic education, civic education, economic education, cultural education, sports education, pro-health education and moral education.


This article was analyzes the principle of Willingness in the Execution of fiduciary guarantees after the decision of the Constitutional Court Number 18/PUU-XVII/2019, in practice Parate execution can be carried out either with or without the consent of the debtor, such conditions often lead to acts of coercion and violence from fiduciary guarantee holders, even giving opportunities to arbitrary acts committed by fiduciary recipients (creditors) and degrading the dignity of the debtor. From the research conducted, it was found that the application of the principle of willingness in the Parate Execution of fiduciary guarantees by the Constitutional Court provides benefits and prevents harm to debtor and creditors, this can be seen from the main idea of the Court which states that parate Executions should no longer be carried out without an agreement of the customer's and the customer's willingness to return the collateral. If the customer does not admit the defaulted, then the fiduciary holder can submit an application through fiat Execution to the Court.


Sometimes learning more is easier than learning less, which seems to be contradictory, but embodies the dialectics of teaching. A basic view of dialectics is that all the things are interrelated and the development of things has rules, which can also be seen in primary math teaching. The addition and subtraction with carry within 20 is a typical example. Making use of integrated thinking, grasping the inner relation in it and finding the rules can make the teaching will be easy and interesting. Thinking about questions with integrated and related thinking is a key way of thinking for math.


Abstract Self‐injectable therapy has several advantages in the treatment of metabolic disorders. However, frequent injections with needles impair patient compliance and medication adherence. Therefore, we develop a fully implantable device capable of on‐demand administration of self‐injection drugs via noninvasive manual button clicks on the outer skin. The device is designed to infuse the drug only at the moment of click actuation, which allows for an accurate and reproducible drug infusion, and also prevents unwanted drug leakage. Using a mechanical means of drug infusion, this implantable device does not contain any electronic compartments or batteries, making it compact, and semi‐permanent. When tested in animals, the device can achieve subcutaneous injection‐like pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects for self‐injection drugs such as exenatide, insulin, and glucagon.


In the entire world, it was believed and reported that the parasitic male did not exist in the body of human host, concluding that the parasitic generation of Strongyloides stercoralis in human host consisted of the parasitic female only that used to reproduce by parthenogenesis in the absence of parasitic male (Mitreva et al., 2004; Concha et al., 2008; Hunter et al., 2008; Paniker, 2007; Bogitsh et al., 2005; Dillard et al., 2007; Keiser and Nutman, 2004; Dionisio et al., 2000; Dionisio et al., 2000; Massey, 2003; Garg et al., 2005). The real parasitic males of S. stercoralis were isolated from fresh stool samples of infected student children. The conte nt of this report is displaying the presence of parasitic males of S. stercoralis in human hosts. You will also find out that t he term "curved tail" was not a correct taxonomic term for the parasitic males of S. stercoralis. The most important and practically investigated correct morphological taxonomic characteristic of the parasitic males of S. stercoralis that can be used to differentiate them from the parasitic females in human hosts is the ventrally curved or coiled posterior part of body as the curvature goes beyond the cloaca in the anterior direction. This is so because what is called a tail in a nematode is the posterior part beginning from the cloaca or anus. The posterior parts of the parasitic adult males of S. stercoralis were microphotographed under higher magnification objectives in order to see the structural details of male genitals and because the males are differentiated from the parasitic adult females by the characteristic of ventrally curved or coiled posterior part of body. When the higher magnifications are used the entire body of the worm cannot be within the field of vision; therefore, only the posterior part of the worm was microphotographed with the high power objective lens to see the details of interest (Figures 1 to 11). The whole body of taxonomic morphology of the adult parasitic males is also made available here below with the help of low power objective lens (Figures 12 to 17).There are variations in the degree of curvature of the posterior part of body in the parasitic males (that is, from simple curve up to coiling). All the specimens forwarded here below are isolated from fresh stool samples of participant student children. This report has spectacularly ascertained that the parasitic males of S. stercoralis are found in human host like the parasitic females of it.


Improve the pre -tightening structure of spindle bearings, and make the original structure improved into the structure of hydraulic pre-tightening before mechanical locking, thus improving the installation accuracy of machine spindle bearings.


This paper proposes an energy efficient Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor (CNFET) based architecture of 4-input Look-up Table (LUT), a building block of Field programmable gate arrays. HSPICE simulation based on Berkeley Predictive Technology Model (BPTM) for 32 nm channel length device shows that for Iso-area, the CNFET based LUT is 98% more leakage power efficient than the LUT implemented in the bulk CMOS. Similarly, at operating frequency of 250 MHz and at supply voltage of 0.9 V compared to bulk CMOS LUT, the proposed Hybrid LUT and CNFET LUT provides 36% and 53% improvement in power delay product respectively.


To describe suicide‐related exposures in older persons according to sex, age, and substance category reported to U.S. poison control centers (PCCs) and report the crude relative risk (RR) of major effects and death from pharmaceuticals and nonpharmaceutical substances after single‐ and multiple‐substance exposures.


Regeneration policy in the UK has failed to deliver real gains for many of the inner‐city neighbourhoods that it was meant to help, but particularly those on the margins of our most prosperous and affluent city centres. In Leeds in 2008 an independent group of professionals came together through a project called 'Margins within the City' to challenge thinking about regeneration in the city. We wanted to find new ways of understanding the neighbourhoods in the rim around the city centre, uncover the potential of these neighbourhoods for future resilience and well‐being and suggest ways forward. A year‐long programme of action research was undertaken to pilot an approach to investigating the social networks, skills and enterprise, and under‐utilised land and buildings in a case study neighbourhood. This paper shows the approach and method for the research, the cross‐cutting themes within the findings and the recommendations for future policy development. It suggests that if social and physical connections are mended, established and extended, then perceptions can be radically changed, resource and ecological leaks plugged, and under‐utilised potential more fully realised.


Magnetic crystal containing one magnetic impurity atom, whose magnetic easy axis is different from that of host atoms, is studied theoretically. Two different methods are developed to give the spin orientation of the impurity and host atoms. They give almost the same results each other. The method is applied to the impurity Fe atom in CoCl 2 or NiCl 2 crystal. The spin of Fe atom is parallel to that of host atoms in CoCl 2 , in agreement with the experimental result, but the case of NiCl 2 is not in agreement with the experimental result unless more anisotropic exchange jnteractions are introduced. It is predicted that the spin of impurity Ni or Co atom in FeCl 2 crystal is parallel to that of Fe atoms.


The Yacyreta reservoir provides electric energy to Paraguay and Argentina on the Parana river. It is important to verify the impact that the formation of the reservoir has generated on the quality of the water evaluating its ionic components. This assignment consists in verifying the changes occured in one of the ionic components, Total Alkalinity, in space-time, with models for time series, during the period among february 2001 and november 2010. The specific aims were: to analyze and interpret the data and in a descriptive way, to build a univariate model that describes the behavior, to select the best model and predict the future values. Data corresponding to three stations were used, from the EBY/FACEN ́s water quality monitoring program. New series that correspond to the differences among points were created with the original data of sampling. The Box-Jenkins model and the principle of parsimony were used for the choosing of models. The original series and their transformed was analyzed through ARIMA stationary models (SARIMA(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)s=12). The dates present absent values that occupy only 2.5% of the total group and that are not excluded according the procedure established by Vo-Day (1978) for ARIMA models with incomplete data. Both the original series and theier transforms were analysed and comparized those models with lower AIC. The best univariate model of the original series resulted to be m1=sarima(1,1,1)(0,1,1)12 and for the best univariate model for the transformed series data was m6=sarima(2,0,2)(0,1,1)12. The original series presents similar behaviors, with a slight constant linear tendency with constant pendient, with annual stationarity and constant variance. The transformed Reportes científicos de la FACEN, enero-junio 2018, 9(1): 999-999 Artículo Original -23 http://doi.org/10.18004/rcfacen.2018.9.1.9 ISSN-L: 2078-399X ISSN: 2222-145X Este es un artículo de acceso abierto bajo la licencia CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es). 1Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Estadística. San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Email: email@example.com 2Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, España. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com 3Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Córdoba, Argentina. E-mail: email@example.com 4Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Estadística. San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Reportes científicos de la FACEN, enero junio 2018, 9(1): 999-999 10 series present identical traits, but without the tendency. There are no spatial variations, but there are temporal variations for the original series; observing the values are increase with time. The transformed series present a similar behavior althought without tendency. Predictions are feasible for original series up to 20 months and for transformed series up to 12 months later. Using the values from December 2010 to August 2015, both for the original and for the transformed series, it was found that the selected models are reliable, since most of the data fell within the prediction intervals.


Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for humans, animals and certain lower plants, but at higher concentrations Se becomes toxic to organisms. The boundary between the Se beneficial effect and its toxicity is narrow and depends on its chemical form, applied concentration, and other environmentally regulating factors. Due to the potential risk of toxicity in higher concentration, the aim of this study was to estimate the impact of increased concentrations of different forms of Se on the response of wheat-soil-earthworm system. Soil, earthworms and wheat grains were exposed to the Se in form of selenite and selenate in concentrations of 0.01, 0.1 and 1 mg/kg. As an indicator of oxidative stress in wheat, lipid peroxidation levels (LPO) and total H2O2 content were determined, while antioxidative response was determined by catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities. The biomarker responses in earthworms were determined by acetylcholinesterase (AChE), carboxylesterase (CES) and antioxidative enzymes (CAT and glutathione S-transferase) activities. Selenite and selenate increased Se content in the wheat and earthworms, while selenate application was more efficient, indicating higher bioaccumulation of this Se form. Both Se forms did not cause significant changes in the LPO level and H2O2 content, while GPX activities were elevated in all treatments, suggesting that oxidative stress was not induced in wheat. In earthworms, Se significantly reduced activities of AChE and CAT at some concentrations, while CES activity was increased at all concentrations applied. This study showed significant impact of Se on measured biochemical responses in wheat and earthworms, indicating the disruption of homeostasis. Obtained results can serve as basis for further studies on Se effects and will help in including different aspects necessary for understanding of Se impact on different components of soil ecosystems.


Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection causes asymptomatic to severe human respiratory diseases. Vaccinations are effective only to a certain extent, and the disease recurs with milder symptoms even after booster doses. Hence, we hypothesize that antiviral therapy in conjunction with vaccination is the need of the hour for containing the disease. SARS-CoV-2 enters the host cell through interaction between viral spike (S) protein and human Angiotensin II converting enzyme2 (ACE2). So, any S-protein neutralizing molecule could be a potential antiviral moiety. The interaction-interface architecture indicates that cationic peptides effectively bind to anionic interface residues of S protein-receptor binding domain (S-RBD). Subsequently, we adopted molecular docking and simulation approaches to examine the binding affinity of cationic human α and β defensins, HNP1 and HBD2 with S-RBD. We observed strong hydrogen bonds, electrostatic, salt bridge, and hydrophobic interactions between these defensins and S-RBD with binding energy (BE) of −10.7 kcal/mol. Interestingly, defensins from Zea mays (ZmD32), Solanum lycopersicum (TPP3), and Sorghum bicolor (DEF1_SORBI) exhibited approximately similar BE of −11.1 kcal/mol, −11.9 kcal/mol, and −12.6 kcal/mol respectively, comparable to ACE2 (BE= −11.9 kcal/mol). Molecular dynamics simulation of S-RBD complexes formed with HBD2, ZmD32 and TPP3, showed stable associations for 100 ns. Results of in-silico studies demonstrated higher binding affinity of more positively-charged peptides with S-RBD, suggesting the potential of plant defensins to block ACE2 binding of S-RBD. These results warrant experimental validation. However these findings indicate the usefulness of plant defensin homologues as neutralizing antiviral agents for use as ideal prophylactic and therapeutic drugs for COVID-19. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma Graphical Abstract


Survivorship of the spherical mealybug, Nipaecoccus vastator (Maskell), was significantly higher on branches of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit. (Leguminosae) tended by the ant, Technomyrmex albipes F. Smith, than on branches from which ants were excluded. The presence of ants decreased the percentage of mealybugs parasitized by the encyrtid, Anagyrus indicus Shafee, Alam, and Agarwal (Hymenoptera), and the mortality attributable to host killing by A. indicus and predation by other arthropods. Because ant interference occurs at only a few isolated localities in Guam, our experiments support the hypothesis that natural enemies play an important role in maintaining mealybug populations at low levels.


The region including Queen Charlotte Islands, Hecate Strait, and Queen Charlotte Sound is underlain by two allochthonous terranes, Wrangellia and the Alexander terrane. The suture between them occurs in central Graham Island and central Hecate Strait and is coincident with the traces of the Sandspit and Rennell Sound fault zones, each of which developed in response to crustal rifting in Queen Charlotte Sound during mid-Tertiary time.The stratigraphic succession comprises four tectonic assemblages. (1) The allochthonous assemblages comprise Paleozoic rocks of the Alexander terrane and Upper Triassic and Jurassic rocks of Wrangellia, which on the basis of paleomagnetic and biogeographical data are clearly exotic. The distribution of these terranes beneath Queen Charlotte Sound and Hecate Strait is supported by geophysical information and subsurface data obtained from offshore wells. (2) The suture assemblage is represented by extremely coarse conglomerates, massive graywackes, and turbidites of Early Cretac...


WE CAN READILY EXPAND THE UPDATING FORMULAS that we have developed in Section 2.2 for one observed price to the case of multiple observed past price points. Let the firm's information set εt−1 contain T unique price points collected in the vector pT = [p1 pT ]′, where T > 0 is arbitrarily large but finite. We label the average realized quantity sold at each of these unique price points yi, and similarly collect them in the vector yT = [y1 yT ]′. Last, let Ni be the number of times the firm has seen price point pi in the past, and thus this is the number of signals at pi the firm has. The vector NT = [N1 NT ]′ collects these values. The joint distribution between demand at any price p and the vector of signals y is similarly joint Normal: [ x(p) yT ] ∼N ([ m(p) m(pT ) ]


Marine and land gravity measurements in the area bounded to the east and west by the 117°00′ and 120°00′ meridians and to the north and south by the 34°30′ and 32°30′ parallels of latitude have been compiled and a map of Bouguer anomalies drawn. A spatial filtering technique was used to separate the anomalies into short-, intermediate-, and long-wavelength components. The features outlined by the short-wave-length components show a pronounced NW-SE strike, and, wherever geologic or seismic evidence is available, there is an excellent correlation between the anomalies and geologic structures aligned parallel to the Coast Ranges. A greater continuity or alignment of these features is noticeable in the filtered anomalies than in the unprocessed gravity data or in the bathymetry. The pattern shown by the intermediate wavelengths has a pronounced east-west strike, parallel to the Transverse Ranges but extending far outside the Transverse Range province. There is a very abrupt transition between the oceanic crust of the Pacific Ocean and the intermediate borderland crust. The dip of the Mohorovicic discontinuity appears to exceed 45° beneath the continental slope. A map of total magnetic field anomalies in the offshore area has also been drawn. Two features have been interpreted in terms of intrusive masses which may be sources for the extensive volcanic rocks in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and San Clemente islands.


A twenty minute film will be shown depicting the first nuclear chain reactor at the University of Chicago on December 2, 1942. The film was made of a re-enactment in 1952 and is narrated by Arthur Compton and Enrico Fermi. After the film, Ronald Martin will talk about his experiences on pion-proton scattering with Enrico Fermi at the Chicago synchrocyclotron in the fifties.


The 3D-GBSBCM (Geometrically Based Single Bounce Cylinder Model) channel model is applied in UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) MIMO communication system which involves direct, reflection and diffuses components. The concise and precise space-time-frequency correlation functions of the UAV channel model are presented. Methods of channel matrix factorization and channel coefficient normalization are applied to deduce the correlation matrix of UAV-MIMO channel. We also use the assumed parameters of correlation matrix to simulate and analyze the influence of antenna distribution on UAV-MIMO channel capacity when the parameters of channel are certain. The simulation results have good reference and application value in the configuration and collocation of antennas in UAV-MIMO system. Key-Words: UAV channel, GBSBCM, MIMO Channel Correlation Matrix, Channel Capacity


Visible Learning has been one of the most influential research initiatives conducted in education in the past few decades, and at the same time, instructional coaching is becoming one of the most popular forms of professional development. This paper considers how the implementation of Visible Learning may be supported through instructional coaches by: (a) offering a brief summary of the central tenants of Visible Learning; (b) summarizing the foundational research on instructional coaching conducted at the Kansas Coaching Project at The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning; (c) describing what those findings reveal about effective instructional coaching practices; and (d) pointing out how the research findings suggest that instructional coaching should be used to support the implementation of Visible Learning or any other educational innovations.


This dissertation is devoted to the development and validation of a symbolic computation toolbox for the design automation of nonlinear controllers for power electronics systems using the synergetic approach to control theory (SACT). Nonlinear control design and practical implementation present technical and conceptual difficulties that have hindered the widespread application of nonlinear controllers in the industry. However, the current trend in control engineering, especially in the field of power electronic systems, indicates that the most effective way to develop high-performance controllers is to consider the systems' nonlinearities in the control design. The synergetic approach to control theory (SACT) is a novel nonlinear control concept that features promising characteristics in terms of overcoming the barriers for nonlinear control applicability, since it offers a systematic design procedure that yields control laws suitable for digital implementation. By using symbolic computation, considerable support is obtained in the automatic synthesis of SACT controllers for the rapid prototyping of various applications. In this research work, three different applications concerning power converters and motor drives are developed to demonstrate the versatility of the proposed design approach. The advantages and disadvantages of the SACT with respect to traditional linear and nonlinear control methods are also investigated from the perspective of control efficiency and robustness.


This handbook is intended as a reference manual for transportation planners and engineers working for TxDOT districts and Texas MPOs. Itis hoped these practitioners will be able to use the book in developing ideas with which they can address congestion problems in their corresponding metropolitan areas. Thus, the research team designed and wrote the handbook in a manner that would be most useful as a technical resource. It is recognized, however, that other potential handbook users exist and that they may not be as technically oriented as the primary audience. Such users include policy makers, stakeholders, and professionals not specifically trained in the field of transportation. As metropolitan and state transportation agencies continue to develop congestion management systems (CMS), they will be able to use the handbook to identify prospective CMS elements.


In this work, we bound a machine's ability to learn based on computational limitations implied by physicality. We start by considering the information processing capacity (IPC), a normalized measure of the expected squared error of a collection of signals to a complete basis of functions. We use the IPC to measure the degradation under noise of the performance of reservoir computers, a particular kind of recurrent network, when constrained by physical considerations. First, we show that the IPC is at most a polynomial in the system size $n$, even when considering the collection of $2^n$ possible pointwise products of the $n$ output signals. Next, we argue that this degradation implies that the family of functions represented by the reservoir requires an exponential number of samples to learn in the presence of the reservoir's noise. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of the performance of the same collection of $2^n$ functions without noise when being used for binary classification.


The artist system researched the PAN,the polymer can form fiber,and the rheology of P(AN-VAC)/clay in the N,N-Dimethylacetamide(DMA).We get the different should dint,the different shear dint in different temperature,the shear changes,the relationship curve between glue degree and temperature and measure activating energy in the different density.Analyzing the rheological properties of the DMA solution,it belongs to the false plastics,it provides the theories for filature according to match the mathematics model.


Anterior choroidal artery (AChoA) aneurysms are rare intracranial aneurysms which pose considerable challenge both for surgical clipping and endovascular coiling. The small size of the parent artery, variability in its point of origin from the internal carotid artery and the high rate of ischemic complications make AChoA aneurysms formidable surgical challenge. We present two cases of aneurysm highlighting the technical challenges involved in the microsurgical clipping of AChoA aneurysms.


An outbreak of organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticide poisoning in cows in the city of Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, is described. Eleven from 25 animals died. The main manifestations included diarrhea, sometimes bloody, apathy, anorexia, sialorrhea, muscular trembles, incoordenation and dyspnea. At post-mortem examinations, lung edema, sub pleural emphysema and  hemorrhages disturbances of varied forms and intensity in several organs were observed. There were no significant microscopic changes in any animal. Analyses for organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticide derivates from rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum contents were negative. Samples of livers and kidneys resulted positive for dichlorvos and cypermethrin. KEYWORDS: Cattle, insecticides, organophosphorus, pyrethroid.


This work has as a fundamental objective the numerical study of the effects of synthetic jet actuators on the flow of the boundary layer developed on a flat plate and on a hypothetical airfoil. The aim is to obtain computational data to indicate how these effects may be used as a means of flow control, describing the dynamics of the synthetic jet in the presence of external flow. The present paper uses a spatial Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, written in vorticity-velocity formulation. The spatial derivatives are discretized with a sixth order compact finite difference scheme. The Poisson equation for the normal velocity component is solved by an iterative Line Successive Over Relaxation Method and uses a multigrid Full Approximation Scheme to accelerate the convergence. The results of simulations with different values of frequency, amplitude and slot length were analyzed through a temporal Fourier analysis. Through this analysis the decision as to which are the better parameters to delay the separation of the boundary layer is examined.


This study aims to determine causality macroeconomic variables and the influence of the Indonesian capital market during the period 2001-2017 by means of Granger causality test statistics and test of Multiple Linear Regression. The results of this study revealed that during the period 2001-2017 there is a relationship of causality between the money supply (M2) with the Indonesia Stock Exchange composite index, but there is no causal relationship between the BI rate, inflation, the price of crude oil, gold, exchange rate IDR/USD, Dow Jones and Nikkei 225 index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange composite index over the same period. The results of model testing research at 99% confidence level, obtained adjusted R-square values simultaneously at 98.4%, meaning that changes in the macro economy is able to provide a very significant variation in movement patterns of stock price index in Indonesia's capital market. This is also evidenced by the magnitude of the correlation values obtained in the model by 99.3%, meaning that there is a very close relationship between macroeconomic variables of the Indonesian capital market. However, the partial rate of inflation that occurred in Indonesia in the period 2001-2017 did not have a significant influence on the movement of stock market indices of Indonesia. Keywords : JCI, macroeconomic, globalization


Adrenal cortical tissue taken from Atlantic salmon netted in the estuary of the Miramichi River, New Brunswick, at three stages of gonadal activity showed increasing hyperplasia from July to October, with varying degrees of regression or degeneration by the following April. Adrenal cortical cells in April fish contained a characteristic paranuclear dense body, the light and electron microscopic appearances of which are described and discussed. Levels of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the plasma almost doubled from July to October and returned to July values by the following April. The presence of these cyclic changes in Atlantic salmon and their absence in Pacific salmon are discussed. Data indicate that genetic factors may be important in determination of the capacity for multiple spawning journeys by some Atlantic salmon.


(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to their use in antibody and morbidity for the new element of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor group called TR2 receptor. Hybridoma cell lines that produce such mAb, abnormal functioning of the TR2 receptor, in vivo imaging methods of the pathological conditions caused by the production or metabolism, and also treatments of and diagnostics for disease states are provided. Detecting the presence of TR2, in vitro assays are also described for evaluating the binding affinity of the test compound.


When a drop dries, it often leaves a ring-shaped stain through a ubiquitous phenomenon known as the coffee-ring effect. This also occurs when the liquid contains suspended microbes; evaporation leaves cells at higher concentrations in the ring than the drop interior. Using biofilm experiments and cellular automata simulations, we show that the physical structure created by the coffee-ring effect can dramatically alter the outcome of inter-bacterial competition. We experimentally study this effect using two strains of $\textit{Vibrio cholerae}$ that compete using a contact-dependent killing mechanism termed the type 6 secretion system. By creating a heterogeneous density profile, the coffee-ring effect changes the outcome of competition: the bacterial strain that wins in the low-density interior loses in the far denser ring. Through simulations parameterized with experimentally-determined density profiles, we recapitulate our experimental findings. We examine the role of a $\textit{V. cholerae}$ strain's frequency, its relative efficacy at killing competitors, and the initial concentration of cells in the droplet in determining the outcome of competition. By scaling from individual cellular interactions to overall changes in strain frequency, our work demonstrates how the coffee-ring effect plays a powerful role in structuring microbial communities, indirectly driving ecological changes in community composition.


The main purpose of this article is to examine how Byron's The Siege of Corinth embodies characterization of the Venetian renegade Alp, his entwined...


A modification of linear hashing is proposed for which the conventional use of overflow records is avoided. Furthermore, an implementation of linear hashing is presented for which the amount of physical storage claimed is only fractionally more than the minimum required. This implementation uses a fixed amount of in-core space. Simulation results are given which indicate that even for storage utilizations approaching 95 percent, the average successful search cost for this method is close to one disk access.


The study of lactic acid (HLa) and a prerequisite for HLa muscular contraction has a long hisaccumulation in muscle a tory, beginning perhaps as early as 1807 and Stainsby (8) stimulh when Berzelius found HLa in muscular gastrocnemius in situ at ; fluid and thought that "the amount of free elicit peak twitch oxygel lactic acid in a muscle [was] proportional and high net HLa outpu to the extent to which the muscle had soned that if the HLA ou


The purpose of the study was to investigate clinical relevance of fibrin membranous structure (FMS) in the photoreceptor outer segments on spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography (SD‐OCT) in untreated initial‐onset acute Vogt‐Koyanagi‐Harada (VKH) disease.


During the revision of the dimenhydrinate monograph of the European Pharmacopoeia a HPLC-UV method was developed. The procedure described allows a qualitative and quantitative determination of both dimenhydrinate compounds and of thirteen related substances. Furthermore a hitherto unknown impurity was identified and integrated into the purity check. Also 18 samples of dimenhydrinate have been tested. Thereby the relevant impurities of dimenhydrinate could be nominated and quantified.


In a study of the binding of [H3]colchicine to cultured cells, Taylor' in 1965 estimated that binding to a critical three to five percent fraction of the set of cellular binding sites inhibited the correct formation of the mitotic spindle. It was suggested that the colchicine (COL) receptors were the elements that constitute microtubules. The COL receptor, tubulin, was purified and shown to bind approximately one molecule of COL with high affinity.2 Following the discovery of the conditions for assembly of microtubules in ~ i t r o , ~ Margolis and Wilson4s5 reported that the tubulindrug complex adds to microtubule ends, preventing polymer growth and the tubulin flux in steady-state microtubules. I t has been shown that the binding of tubulin-COL to microtubule ends is reversible and that the binding constant is of the same order of magnitude as that for the addition of unliganded tubulin.6 The detailed molecular mechanism of COL binding to tubulin, however, and the events leading to the inhibition of growth at microtubule ends remained largely unknown. A number of studies have demonstrated that the binding of COL to tubulin is a complex process. I t is slow and difficult to reverse and the unoccupied binding sites denature rapidly. These characteristics seriously hampered any attempt a t rigorous characterization of the binding of COL to tubulin by equilibrium techniques. (See a discussion on this in reference 8.) In a kinetic study of this interaction, Garland' showed that the faster phase of COL binding to tubulin conformed to a two-step mechanism, namely a fast reversible binding, followed by a slow conformational change:


When making a multimedia courseware,navigation functions determine its overall structure and the order of knowledge explanation.It is possible to realize flexible navigation functions in Authorware by installing navigation controls in the framework.However,many users do not know how to install them.By doing repeated experiments,the paper summarizes three modes: paging definition variables,use-system variables and programming.And then it elaborates on the three modes.


We studied the sensory acceptability of products made from iron- and zinc-fortified wheat flour. Subjects tasted bread and noodles fortified with 30 mg of iron as FeSO 4 /kg flour or iron and either 60 or 100 mg of zinc/ kg flour as either ZnSO 4 or ZnO. Subjects rated their degree of liking (DOL) for flavor, texture, and overall acceptability, using a 9-point hedonic scale. All products were generally well liked, although noodles fortified with iron and ZnO had slightly lower DOL scores than noodles fortified with Iron only or iron and ZnSO 4 . We conclude that foods prepared from zinc-fortified wheat flour should be well accepted. Cette etude fait partie d'un programme d'enrichissement des aliments en zinc au Perou. Afin de determiner l'acceptabilite de ce type de produit, une analyse sensorielle est effectuee sur du pain ou des pâtes alimentaires enrichies en fer (30mg de FeSO 4 /kg de farine) et 60 ou 100mg de zinc sous forme ZnSO 4 ou ZnO/kg de farine. Les produits sont bien acceptes, mais les etudes de couts et de biodisponibilite devront etre menees.


This article uses the ANSYS to check the strength and rigidity of drive shaft,give the corresponding tensional stress,unit torsion angle data,use finite element analysis results,also check of the strength and stiffness will use ANSYS to verify.stress analysis of Solid shaft and hollow shaft under the same loading conditions to analyze the performance of the pros and cons of the drive shaft in the hollow shaft and solid shaft,providing a theoretical basis in designing of shaft designed.And it's very important reference significance for practical use.


The conventional target feature matching method of remote sensing image of power tower mainly uses deformable pooling framework for sampling processing, which is vulnerable to the dynamic deformation of geographical space, resulting in low registration rate. Therefore, a new target feature matching method of remote sensing image of power tower needs to be designed with the support of grid coding, that is, combining the principle of thermal infrared image. The target data of remote sensing image of power tower is processed, and the target feature matching algorithm of remote sensing image of power tower is designed on the basis of grid coding support, so that the target feature matching of remote sensing image of power tower is realized. The experimental results show that the designed remote sensing image target feature matching method for power tower has a high registration rate, which proves that the designed remote sensing image target feature matching method has good matching effect, accuracy, and certain application value, and has made certain contributions to improving the quality of remote sensing images in various fields.


This study investigates the role of prosody (specifically, mean f0, f0 range, and articulation rate) to Japanese listeners' perception of the level of formality of speech. This was accomplished via an experimental task using de-lexicalized speech created using recordings from an existing corpus where the level of formality of each recording had previously been judged[19]. Subjects judged the formality of recordings with both artificially manipulated prosody, and non-manipulated counterparts. Results showed listener responses changed significantly only when all three prosodic variables were manipulated together, indicating a 'super-additive' phenomenon. This was taken as evidence for a theory of category judgment tasks in speech perception based on an 'ideal listener model'.


Introduction Recent data on ERCP for the palliation of malignant biliary obstruction demonstrated high mortality and significant variation in outcomes between providers. We have therefore examined ERCP outcomes for in benign pathology. Methods Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) include diagnostic and procedural data for all hospital attendances in England. HES is linked to the Office for National Statistics to provide mortality data. All subjects undergoing their first ERCP between 2003 and 2015 were included. Subjects with a relevant cancer diagnosis 2 years before, or after ERCP were excluded. Associations between demographics, co-morbidities, unit ERCP volume and mortality were examined by logistic regression analysis. Results 2 01 851 subjects were included. 64.2% were female, median age 67 (IQR 51–79). 70.0%, 13.9% and 16.1% had a Charlson Co-morbidity score of 0, 1–4 and >4 respectively. A majority were during emergency admissions (53.5%). 7 day, 30 day and 12 month mortality was 0.8%, 2.3% and 8.0% respectively. 30 day mortality was 3.5% in emergency cases compared to 0.8% in elective. The re-admission rate within 30 days was 11.7%. Repeat ERCP was required within 90 days in 13.9%. 30 day mortality was positively associated with: male gender (OR 1.24 (95% CI:1.17–1.32),p<0.001), Black ethnicity (1.55 (1.12–2.14),p=0.008),Charlson co-morbidity score 1–4 (1.18(1.06–1.31),p=0.002), score >4 (3.55(3.31–3.81),p<0.001), increasing age quintile 47–62 (3.43(2.65–4.44),p<0.001), age 63–72 (7.01(5.48–8.97),p<0.001), age 73–81 (11.50(9.05–14.62),p<0.001) and age >81 (20.31(16.03–25.74),p<0.001). Factors associated with reduced mortality included; elective rather than emergency admission (0.37 (0.33–0.40),p<0.001), and day case procedures (0.86 (0.74–0.99),p=0.031). Advancing year of procedure 2004/05 (1.01(0.87–1.18), p=0.859, 2009/10 (0.71(0.61–0.83), 2014/15 (0.61, 0.53–0.71, p<0.001) was also associated with reduced mortality. Provider volume was not associated with mortality: volume knot 1 (1.00(1.00–1.00),p=0.445), knot 2 (1.00(1.00–1.01),p=0.253), knot 3 (0.99(0.98–1.01),p=0.288). Conclusions 30 day mortality following ERCP for benign pathology is associated with advancing age, increasing co-morbidity and male gender. Outpatient elective procedures were negatively associated with mortality. Mortality has reduced in recent years, but no variation in mortality was observed based upon provider volume.


this paper presents the basics of information retrieval: the vector space model for document representation with Boolean and term weighted models, ranking methods based on the cosine factor and evaluation measures: recall, precision and combined measure.


Objective:To explore the clinic effects of basic therapy in functional constipation.Methods:47 cases of functional constipation children were randomly divided into treatment group(n=24) and control group(n=23).All of them were given Lactulose Oral Solution in first 10 days.And the treatment group was given basic therapy at the same time.Counted scores and compared them base on symptoms and Bleijenberg's standard 1 month later.Results:The scores of the treatment group after therapy were lower than those of before and control group after therapy as well.Conclusion:This method that medication guide defecating on the basis of basic therapy is safe,effective and persistent,and could radically cure functional constipation.


Some generas of freshwater algae can produce toxins,such as Microcystis,Nodularia,Anabaena etc. These toxins are not only involved in poisoning of animals,but also directly or indirectely implicated human health problems,even the death. The chemical structure,characteristics,the detecting techniques of freshwater algae toxins were reviewed.


This paper has indicated the shortage of collection use efficiency with case analysis, and discussed the significance of using elastic index to direct collection resource disposition.


As a dynamic way to raise funds for professional and private projects in recent years, crowdfunding has made tremendous progress, especially through online platforms. However, research on this subject is still young, leaving room for different perspectives. We therefore approach the marketing mix adaptability of online crowdfunding platforms and its impact on campaign efficiency and company strategy in two major economies: Germany and China. With the help of case examples based on secondary data, we performed an in-depth analysis of the 4E marketing mix benefits on crowdfunding, highlighting best practice approaches. We critically discuss the 4Es marketing mix approach, focusing on experience, value exchange, and marketing scales, and clarify the compatibility between crowdfunding and 4Es to better understand how these theories are applied to crowdfunding activities. As a result, the suitability of the 4E marketing mix adapted to crowdfunding needs is shown. From a market-oriented perspective, managers of crowdfunding platforms, as well as project owners from Germany and China, will be better able to attract their target audience by applying the 4E adaptation provided.


The present investigation deals with the phytochemical studies of leaves of different medicinal plants like Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall ex Nees of the family Acanthaceae, Bauhinia acuminata Linn. of the family Caesalpiniaceae, Clerodendrum indicum (Linn.) O. Kuntze syn. C. siphonanthus R. Br. of the family Verbenaceae, Nerium odorum Soland. of the family Apocynaceae and Sida humilis Cav. Syn. S. veronicaefolia Lam., syn. S. cordata (Burm. f.) Borss. of the family Malvaceae. Methanolic (90%) extracts of leaf powders have been screened for qualitative determination of different secondary metabolites like starch, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, reducing sugars, amino acids and lignins by specific chemical color reaction tests.


This article discusses the possibility of radical surgical treatment of vulvar cancer depending on the presence of concomitant diseases. It covers positive and negative aspects of various surgical techniques with a reconstructive component. The issue of closing the wound defect after vulvectomy and performing reconstructive surgery has always been controversial; it reduced the number of indications for such surgeries and often caused refusal from it.


The study aims to determine the level of anxiety of the future among the students at university, to know the differences in the anxiety of the future level among the university Students between (Male-female), and to know the differences in the variables anxiety of the future among university students. Research methodology: The researcher applied on the descriptive approach (sample survey) because of the appropriate approach to the nature of the current research, The population of this study was determined intentionally from the university students in Soran university faculty of education, and the sample of the study (187) female (108) and males (79)students in 3rd great from the (physical education, general science, Kurdish, mathematic and social science) departments in faculty of education in Soran university (20-24 years old).Conclusion: The level of concern for the future among university youth above the average in all areas is a measure of concern،The future (psychological, economic, social, health) and the overall degree of the scale with a statistical function.The existence of statistically significant differences among university students in the Faculty of Education of The Soran University according to the gender type (male, female) in the areas of the measure of future anxiety (social and family), and the absence of significant differences.A statistic among university students following the change of type (male, female) in the areas of the measure of future anxiety (psychological, Economic, health) and the overall degree of the scale. The future (psychological, social, health) and the overall degree of scale except for the (economic) field, The differences were statistically significant, and in light of the results of this research, the recommendations were made.


33.8 24 8 24 6 1,231km2 Resilience of a car-dependent society observed in shopping behavior and consciousness in earthquake stricken areas. * * ** Hidetaka Mori* Hirotoshi Yamaguchi* and Mamoru Taniguchi** Although vehicles are widely prevalent, people must recognize the importance of maintaining transportation in this aging society with a declining population. This study examined present conditions and future expectations of commutation through shopping behavior of Iwaki residents. Iwaki was struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We describe actual conditions of people who were displaced and not displaced in the aftermath of the disaster. Results showed the following: 1) displaced residents showed decreased private shopping and increased vehicle use; 2) non-displaced residents recognized the use of vehicles as a future risk, but the alternative of public transportation usage was not recognized; 3) the more a person depends on automobile use, the less that person can recognize both risks.


Adult rats were immunized with human γ-globulin, in heat aggregated form intravenously, and with complete adjuvant intravenously or in the footpads. In all animals an intravenous booster injection was given on day 25. Splenectomy or sham splenectomy was performed 7 days prior to or 3 and 21 days after immunization, and 19S and 7S antibody activities were determined separately in the sera of these animals in the primary and the secondary response. Splenectomized young rats immunized with human γ-globulin in complete adjuvant intravenously or in the footpads were similarly studied.

The formation of 19S and 7S antibody was affected separately depending upon the route of antigen administration and time of splenectomy. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of splenectomy on antibody formation was more pronounced in young than in adult rats.


Correlation functions in one-dimensional complex scalar field theory provide a toy model for phase fluctuations, sign problems, and signal-to-noise problems in lattice field theory. Phase unwrapping techniques from signal processing are applied to lattice field theory in order to map compact random phases to noncompact random variables that can be numerically sampled without sign or signal-to-noise problems. A cumulant expansion can be used to reconstruct average correlation functions from moments of unwrapped phases, but points where the field magnitude fluctuates close to zero lead to ambiguities in the definition of the unwrapped phase and significant noise at higher orders in the cumulant expansion. Phase unwrapping algorithms that average fluctuations over physical length scales improve but do not completely resolve these issues in one dimension. Similar issues are seen in other applications of phase unwrapping, where they are found to be more tractable in higher dimensions.


Lynn White Jr., a progenitor of eco-theology, wrote that "What people do about their ecology depends on what they think about themselves in relation to things around them. Human ecology is deeply conditioned by beliefs about our nature and destiny – that is, by religion."1 In Australia's Murray-Darling Basin the contrast between what European settler society is 'doing about its ecology', and what the Aboriginal society it supplanted did is so striking, and the ecological damage being done currently so serious as to stimulate theological reflection on Aboriginal anthropology, cosmology and eco-praxis. This paper offers insights into the first two of these areas from a 'white fella's' point of view. The insights are tentative, because the differences in worldview between Australia's 'first' and 'second' peoples are vast and still not fully appreciated. They are offered in hopes of continuing the 'greening'2 of Christian theology, one of eco-theology's most important functions. doi: 10.7833/111-1-18


By means of the present situation analysis that adjust the gym education in university , Through the necessaries departs that adapts to the community development , Acquirement university gym course reformation and development . Propose to the dynamics of reform to widen the gym course in university , Should be through education guiding ideology 、 Curriculum installation 、 Education pattern along with education are evaluated some respects and are do well earnest .


The positive phase of the Southern Oscillation which developed during spring 2000 (Watkins 2001) and persisted through summer 2000/01 (Fawcett 2002), returned to a neutral phase by autumn 2001 (Pahalad 2002). This was the third successive positive phase of the Southern Oscillation in as many years, however the oceanic indicators failed to reflect the atmospheric activity to any great extent. Hence this positive phase could not be called a La Niña event. The neutral conditions which became established during autumn 2001 persisted into winter. This summary reviews the southern hemisphere and equatorial climate patterns for winter 2001, with particular attention given to the Australasian and Pacific Regions. The main sources of information for this report are the Climate Monitoring Bulletin (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) and the Climate Diagnostics Bulletin (Climate Prediction Center, Washington). Further details regarding sources of data are given in the Appendix.


A study of current drift phenomena of InGaAs depletion mode metal‐insulator field‐effect transistors fabricated with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposited Si3N4 is reported for the first time. The data indicate that the current varies logarithmically versus time and that the capture mechanism does not depend on temperature. A strong correlation is demonstrated between the amplitude of the hysteresis of C(V) curves measured on metal‐insulator‐semiconductor devices and the total oxide thickness located between the deposited dielectric film and the InGaAs layer. This behavior suggests that states situated in this native oxide layer are responsible for the current drift. Moreover, these states are energetically distributed in the band gap of InGaAs.


For the first time, the machine learning approach is proposed for the analysis of device parameter variability impact on the threshold voltage of silicon-nanotube-based double gate-all-around (DGAA) MOSFET using multi-variable non-linear regression with five input variables. Interior-point algorithm is implemented in MATLAB and used for training the hypothesis. Algorithm is supplied with 2000 random initial guesses to ensure global minima in optimization for healthier accuracy at comfortable simulation time. The worst-case accuracy of 96.33 percent is achieved in prediction with an average percentage prediction error of 0.83 percent. Study revealed that, with proper training and optimization of the hypothesis (fitness) function it is possible to predict the threshold voltage of the device by keeping good trade-off between computation time and accuracy.


The structures of dinardokanshone A (I) and dinardokanshone B (II) are revealed by extensive spectroscopic analysis, and the absolute configurations are established by reported rules and computational electronic circular dichroism (ECD) method.


In September 1993, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) and the US European Command (USEUCOM) sponsored a military contact team visit to the Republic of Lithuania to examine environmental and base closure issues at Zokniuk Aerodrome, a former Soviet air base near Siauliai, Lithuania. Zokniuk Aerodrome was operated as an air logistics center and strategic bomber base. The base was closed by the former Soviet Air Forces in the summer of 1993. The USEUCOW/AFCEE military contact team visit provided a unique opportunity to characterize and observe firsthand actual environmental problems at a recently closed Soviet air base. As a result of this visit, some base conversion and transition problems associated with the closure of a Soviet military base that differ from those typically found at the closure of US military facilities have been identified. This paper presents the actions and findings of the USEUCOM/AFCEE military contact team`s visit to Zokniuk Aerodrome related to the facilities` environmental condition and discusses some problems unique to its closure as a military base.


This publication describes the results of theoretical modeling, experimental studies and the results of industrial use of mobile underground fan (MUF). MUF may be used for degassing system of mine workings in emergency situations, and by the example of mine "MNV" (JSC "MNV") and "Ducat" (JSC "Magadan Silver") the results show the possibility of using MUF as the main fan installations (MFI). Axial fans and centrifugal fans can be used for MUF.


Abstract : This is the third annual report of studies concerned primarily with submerged arc welding of titanium. During the current period studies have been directed toward recycling fluxes as a means of reducing costs, modification of flux chemistries to improve operating properties, the physics of enhanced weld penetration in the presence of fluxes and a brief evaluation of newly available Soviet literature on the subject. The recycling efforts have been unsuccessful; however, a new purification process which may simplify the procedure has been proposed but has not been tested. Modifications to the flux chemistry confirm that the cation activity of the flux is the primary factor contributing to oxygen refining capacity. The tests of enhanced weld penetration are as yet inconclusive. (Author)


Since the revival of social science research in China in the 1980s, youth studies have been a significant but relatively independent part of the discipline.1 Fast economic growth and dramatic social changes have brought major changes to living standards. There have also been significant transformations of the social environment, with attitudes and opinions changing along with the times. As a result, we have seen the rise of large "generation gaps." Millennials, born in the 1980s and 1990s, have become manifestations of all that is new, leading sociologists to use the study of young people as a way to examine social change and the trends that will shape our future society. The major themes of youth studies over the past ten years represent the latest developments through which the discipline of sociology understands the most recent changes in Chinese society. In the past decade, given the fast growth of China's economy, young people have been offered unprecedented opportunities for personal development. At the same time, they have faced unprecedented challenges and new problems. Youth studies in this period clearly illustrate this situation. The sociological study of young people can, of course, touch upon every aspect of social life, but at this moment the focus of youth studies is very clear: it tackles the new


: Image registration is the process of spatially aligning two or more images of the same scene taken at different times, from different viewpoints, and/or by different sensors. In this process, two images (the base image and sensed image) are geometrically aligned in order to compare the difference between them. The key operation regarding automatic registration of satellite images is to generate an accurate set of control points and then apply a suitable transformation function to the pair of images to be registered. This paper proposes a fundamentally new approach to automatically generate the control points and based on these points, registration of satellite images is performed. After removing the outliers from the initially generated random set control points, a mapping function is generated as a hypothesis using the proposed method. Parameters of the mapping function are used in the transformation step to align the base image and sensed image. The sampling technique used in this paper is more efficient than the existing methods like RANSAC and LMedS.


Chemical stable chlorinated hydrocarbons destroy the protecting ozone layer in the upper parts of the atmosphere - this has been found about 15 years ago, and since that time it became more and more clear how serious the problem is. Traditional refrigerants, e.g. R11 (CCl 3F) and R12 (CCl 2F 2), have to be replaced in course of the next few years by substances which contain less or even no chlorine, for example by R123 (C2HCl 2F 3) and R134a (C 2H2 F4) respectively. Application of new substances as working fluids in refrigeration cycles and as blowing agents in foaming of polyurethane (PUR) requires detailed information about toxicological, chemical and thermophysical properties, like latent heat of vaporization, density, boiling curve, viscosity - and thermal conductivity.


Hazlitt's essays have been renowned for smart and persuasive argumentation,and logical reasoning and picturesque language as well.When translating his essays,Pan Wenguo has almost achieved the effects described by Qian Zhongshu's theory of sublimation,by successfully restoring the different types of thinking,including dialectical thinking,textual logic and figurative thinking revealed in the source text,and by translating with classic Chinese.


Over decades the on-load tap-changers were improved, becoming reliable electrical apparatus, available in a large palette of applications for different values of electric current and voltages, domain that covers the necessities of actual grid and of the transformers from different industrial processes and assures an optimum control system. Starting from this consideration, this study shall present shortly different types of on-load tap-changers used now, describing how they are built and the using mode. Also, it shall present new solutions for the on-load adjustment of the power transformers' voltage and their experimental execution along a thermal study associated with the main components. Final conclusions, bibliographic references and annexes, completed the whole work, which is intended as a starting point for further research on new solutions for on-load tap-changers. The book applies alike to researchers, experts, engineers, university specialists and students which study theory, design test or operate with power transformers that include also on-load tap-changers.


Objective: To observe the therapeutic efficacy of intra-femoral artery injection of urokinase for diabetic foot.Methods:Twenty-six type 2 diabetic patients with foot ulcer(Wagner≤3-degree).For intra-femoral artery injection of urokinase were combined with general treatments,including insulin,antibiotics,and wound surface managements.Results:All patients achieved complete wound healing.Conclusion:The intra-femoral artery injection of urokinase was an effective and safe therapy for diabetic foot ulcer.


In a previous paper the authors have shown how the space charge distribution in plane and cylindrical diodes under retarding field conditions can be calculated by well-known methods of statistical thermodynamics, and have derived expressions for the upper limit of current for which this condition holds. In the present paper certain inaccuracies in the previous treatment are rectified, the argument is completed, and certain erroneous views, expressed in a recent paper by D. A. Bell, are criticized.