TESTERONE, growth hormone, and certain adrenal cortical hormones are known to increase the deposition of glycogen in the skeletal muscles of the rat. Testosterone propionate (1) prevents the loss of muscle glycogen which occurs ordinarily in the fasting hypophysectomized rat (glycostatic effect), (2) increases muscle glycogen in gonadectomized rats (Leonard, 1952 a, b). Growth hormone, besides exhibiting glycostatic effects, increases muscle glycogen in normal rats (Russell and Wilhelmi, 1950; Illingworth and Russell, 1951). Adrenal cortical hormones or extracts of the type which influence carbohydrate metabolism will increase the level of glycogen in the muscles of adrenalectomized and hypophysectomized rats (Long and Katzin, 1938; Russell and Craig, 1939; Long, Katzin and Fry, 1940). In normal fasting rats and mice, these cortical hormones do not increase the deposition of muscle glycogen unless the animals are fed glucose during the period when the hormone is acting (Long, Katzin and Fry, 1940).


Motivated by recent experiments on (Sr,Ca,La)_14 Cu_24 O_41, a two-dimensional Ising antiferromagnet with mobile, locally pinned and quenched defects is introduced and analysed using mainly Monte Carlo techniques. The interplay between the arrangement of the defects and the magnetic ordering as well as the effect of an external field are studied.


New late Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) conodont and graptolite faunas from the eastern and central belts of the Eastern Cordillera (Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina) are reported. The conodont fauna includes the guide species Paltodus deltifer pristinus, Paltodus deltifer deltifer, and Acodus deltatus (sensu lato), in association with other taxa, and the graptolites Aorograptus victoriae, Ancoragraptus cf. bulmani, and Adelograptus cf. altus. Overlapping ranges of the recorded species allow for a partial correlation between the Acodus deltatus- Paroistodus proteus and Aorograptus victoriae zones, and the Notopeltis orthometopa trilobite Zone. The conodont fauna includes a mixture of forms typical of the Baltoscandian and Laurentian provinces, respectively. The Early Ordovician basin of northwestern Argentina may correspond to the Shallow-Sea Realm and Cold Domain and probably records the development of a differentiated conodont province in the southern South American margin of Gondwana.


The recommendation system provides recommendations for something, be it goods, songs, or movies. The term system is not limited to a service system but concerns a model that can provide recommendations. With recent technological advances, many companies provide various skincare products because current generations are increasingly aware of self-care. With various choices, someone may experience confusion in determining the product they want to buy. Therefore, we need a system that can provide product recommendations run on any platform we use. The most common method for recommendation systems often comes with Collaborating Filtering (CF) where it relies on the past user and item dataset. The singular value decomposition (SVD) method uses a matrix factorization technique that predict the user's rating based on historical ratings. The measurement of the model's accuracy is the RMSE average of 1.01276, indicating that this value results from the best parameters. The results focus on showing skincare product recommendations to users sorted based on rating predictions.


Let be the Cayley algebra of dimension 8 over the field R of real numbers and let be the set of all 3 × 3 Hermitian matrices


Abstract : The thermolysis of 1-phenylethylperoxyacetate and a series of substituted 1-phenylethylperoxybenzoates was investigated. Thermolysis in benzene gives acetophenone and the corresponding carboxylic acid. The study of the reaction kinetics and kinetic isotope effect indicate that the unimolecular thermolysis proceeds by homolysis of the oxygen-oxygen bond. Electronically excited states are formed in the thermolyses of these peroxyesters. These are detected by their characteristic direct chemiluminescence or by indirect chemiluminescence. In the presence of easily oxidized catalysts these peresters give excited states by the chemically initiated electron-exchange luminescence (CIEEL) path. The mechanism of these luminescent reactions was investigated. (Author)


Every human bioliquid contains substances possessing direct antimicrobial activity. These substances include complement system proteins of serum, immunoglobulins of serum and epithelial secretions, and antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMP) with low molecular masses, which are present at all sites and liquids of human body. The aim of this study is to estimate the AMP fraction activity of serum and saliva towards different clinically important yeasts. Specimens of serum and saliva were obtained from 10 healthy volunteers 5 women and 5 men, 20-26 years old. Strains of yeasts Candida albicans, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Malassezia furfur, Cryptococcus neoformans, Geotrichum candidum, Trichosporon cutaneum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used in the experiments. Native (total) liquids and their AMP fractions obtained by filtration through a membrane of 100 kDa were used in the process of antimicrobial activity estimation carried out by the spectrophotometric method. The AMP activities were 2.3-13.5 fold lower than the corresponding total ones, the yeasts most susceptible to serum AMP were C. albicans and Cr. neoformans. Total salivary antifungal activities were 3.6-5.2 fold lower than the corresponding total serum activities. Total activity of saliva was significantly higher towards R. mucilaginosa, while that of the other ones were almost the same. AMP activities of saliva were 1.1-3.8 fold lower than the total ones. R. mucilaginosa and T. cutaneum were the most sensitive to AMP fraction of saliva. Gender difference with regard to the activity of the studied bioliquids was also observed: the most significant ratio was obtained for the sensitivity of C. albicans to women/men salivary AMP. Based on the above data one can conclude that among the studied yeast genera/species show specificity to AMP. It is expressed in terms of the varying sensitivity of the yeasts to the AMP fraction in serum and saliva.


This paper presents a conceptual methodology for selecting existing systems to form candidate systems of systems (SoS) and selecting the preferred candidate SoS to provide a new capability. This methodology begins with SoS acquisition and mission requirements and selects the preferred SoS in six steps. Decision factors used for this purpose are selected based on their importance in providing and sustaining the required SoS capability. A new index of priority is introduced and utilized in this methodology to compare candidate systems, in terms of their assigned mission priority, with respect to the SoS mission priority, as well as their contribution to the SoS mission.


For the past four years, the Micropropulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the George Washington University has been developing a novel thruster for microsatellites based on an ablative vacuum arc technology, so called micro-cathode arc thruster (µCAT). Ablative microthrusters, such as the µCAT, offer a number of advantages for small satellite missions, especially ones utilizing the CubeSat technology. However, before the thruster can be operated in the space environment, it is necessary to obtain a better understanding of its performance, plume profile, and any potential adverse effects to the host spacecraft. Complicating data collection is the miniature size of the device, which reduces the usefulness of traditional probing methods. In this paper we report on an on-going numerical analysis performed in support of the experimental characterization of the thruster. Namely, we investigate the formation of the discharge beam from the initial cathode spot under an applied magnetic field.


Study reports provide a wide ranging review for the fluoride concentration in different tooth pastes. It investigates the positive and negative effects of fluoride on health. Tooth paste is used to promote oral hygiene. It is an abrasive that helps in removing dental plaque and food from the teeth, and assists in suppressing halitosis, and delivers active ingredients most commonly fluoride. It also helps to prevent tooth decay (dental carries) and gum diseases. Study reveals that the need of hour for oral health with point of view for all age groups. Fluoride concentration should be continuously investigated to ensure human safety and good health. Present investigation gives the concentration of fluoride in each separate brand.


This paper proposes and initiates research on a top-down approach for ERP Implementation Success. Here the actual health assessment of on-going ERP Projects is Reverse Engineered keeping the expected ERP outcome as our base and evaluating it against ERP Projects' current developmental progress made vis-a-vis the Critical Success Factors. A three step methodology is proposed. The ultimate aim is to come up with ERP Health Assessment Model that will be used to evaluate the proposed metric ERP Success Factor Rate, ERP SFR, at different stages of ERP Project Implementation. The proposed research will be used as a viable ERP Project Health Assessment Model commensurate with ERP Success Factor Rate Metric to increase the probability of ERP success.


The study set out to find why users were unhappy with the library collection as was revealed by user surveys carried out by the library. The objectives of the study were to: Evaluate the usefulness of the collection; interrogate tools used by the faculty in book selection; find out whether the entire faculty are involved in book selection and make recommendations for future book selection. Borrower statistics were evaluated against books acquired two and a half years earlier. The study revealed that 43% of books selected over this period were unused. Recommendations for higher circulation include careful evaluation of books prior to acquisition.


Not all fruit flies species of Dacini tribe were pests to fruit and fleshy vegetables. CentralBangka Regency is one of the citrus producer in the Bangka Belitung Islands Province. Information about this fruit flies in this area was limited. This study aimed to make inventory and identification of fruit flies species of the Dacini tribe in Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung. The research was conducted in Nibung, Penyak, and Terentang Villages in Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Islands. Lynfield traps were installed in a citrus cultivation area about 1.5 m above ground level. Lynfield traps were treated with the attractant and deltamethrin (2: 1; v / v) on dental cotton. Methyl eugenol and cue lure were used to attract the male fruit flies. In Central Bangka Regency, 3 genera and 14 species of fruit flies were obtained from the tribe Dacini. The fruit fly species of Bactrocera atrifemur, B. carambolae, B. dorsalis, B. occipitalis, and B. umbrosa were caught in the methyl eugenol attractant trap. Meanwhile, the fruit fly species of B. albistrigata, B. fuscitibia, B. melastomatos, B. neocognata, B. nigrotibialis, Dacus nanggalae, Zeugodacus apicalis, Z. caudatus, and Z. cucurbitae were caught in the cue lure attractant trap. The fruit flies obtained from the two different attractants were used to develop dichotomous keys.


This text is based on our paper entitled "Teachers, Pedagogical Education and Citizenship: discussing technical teaching at CEFET-AM", which was presented to the Program of Master in Education at Uberaba University. Our goal is to show various concepts of citizenship which have been constructed throughout history and how this concept has acquired different meanings according to the social and economical context in which it is inserted, pointing out a dialectical movement


In terms of defense and security, South America is a region that faces a complex strategic situation which offers risks and opportunities, and because of that requires a clear framework to be understood. In an international level the development of security strategies has become more important as they are one of the main tools for countries to guide their decision making process in the field. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is in one hand analyze the main elements of the National Security Strategy of Spain (2013), and in the other hand, study the state of affairs of several Latin American countries. These in order to assist in the development of security strategies in a region that seeks to position itself as a relevant international actor.


The methods for controlling blackberry are well established, however, blackberry continues to be a significant issue for many land managers. This highlights that there are a variety of socio-economic factors inhibiting on ground change. Communityled approaches have a proven record (see for example Hickey and Mohan 2004, Saul 1997) in providing a holistic approach to natural resource management. The Victorian Blackberry Taskforce (VBT), a multi-agency taskforce, is charged with providing direction to the community and government for blackberry control. A significant role is facilitating and supporting community-led projects. Based on the VBT experiences, this paper outlines some lessons and principles for meaningful engagement with communities for effective pest management. The North East Blackberry Action Group and Far East Community Blackberry Action Group formed in 2005 and 2008 respectively, have been used as case studies to begin to explore the complexities around a community-led response for managing blackberry.


For improvimg DEA's discriminating power, the existing experience is that the number of DMUs should be at least two or three times the total number of inputs and outputs in any DEA application. This paper studies the validity of this experience through contrasting the total number's influence with the product's influence of inputs and outputs on DEA efficiency and gains some useful conclusions.


A lactic acid bacterium, LAB3113, isolated from traditionally fermented Kimchi was found to produce bacteriocin whose activity was very specific toward lactobacilli and not effective against any other bacteria. Lactobacilli affected by the inhibitory substance included Lactobacillus delbrueckii-lactis, L. johnsonii, L. gasseri, and L. curvatus. Based upon biochemical and physiological characteristics, LAB3113 was classified as Lactococcus lactis, and its bacteriocin was named as lactococcin K3113. Lactococcus lactis. LAB3113 produced bacteriocin at the early stage of growth and the concentration of the bacteriocin did not decrease even after late stationary phase. Optimal temperature of bacteriocin production was 25℃ at the initial pH 7.0. Partially purified lactococcin K3113 was completely inactivated by protease, but not affected by lipase, lysozyme and RNase. The bacteriocin was very heat-stable even after autoclaving for 20min. It was also stable in pH changes, and was not affected by the presence of solvents. Lactococcin K3113 appeared to act in bactericidal mode against L. delbrueckii-lactis ATCC4797. Molecular weight of lactococcin K3113 was calibrated as 10,500dal by SDS-PAGE and activity staining. Lactococcus lactis LAB3113 had four residential plasmids of 3.7kb, 11.2kb, 15.5kb, and 48kb in molecular sizes. Plasmid profile analysis of mutant strain revealed that 15.5kb plasmid was re-sponsible for the production of lactococcin K3113 and its immunity to the bacteriocin.


The invention provides a foliar fertilizer specially used for Chinese gooseberries, which has the functions of cold resistance and consists of the following raw materials according to weight percentage: 0.1 to 8 percent of DMSO, 0.05 to 5 percent of trimethylene glycol, 0.05 to 5 percent of salicylic acid, 0.05 to 2 percent of compound ammonium nitrate, 1 to 15 percent of humic acid, 0.5 to 10 percent of chitosan, 1 to 10 percent of citric acid, 2 to 15 percent of urea, 1 to 10 percent of borax, 1 to 20 percent of zinc sulfate, 0.5 to 10 percent of ferrous sulfate, 0.05 to 5 percent of ammonium molybdate, 1 to 15 percent of manganese sulfate, 0.1 to 2 percent of SDBS and 35 to 80 percent of water. The foliar fertilizer has obvious effects of enhancing the cold resistance of the Chinese gooseberries, coordinating the nutrient balance in plant corpus, promoting the growth, increasing the output and improving the quality.


A model of a thermionic cathode in a planar diode in which the Poisson and Vlasov equations are solved in 3-D assuming an infinite magnetic field is presented. We explore how 2-D work function variations across the cathode surface may affect the transition between temperature-limited and space-charge-limited flow, commonly known as the "knee" of the Miram curve. We study a variety of work function distributions, both realistic and idealized, and demonstrate how emission from the lowest work function regions dominates the total anode current even when such regions make up a relatively small fraction of cathode area. Our model also illustrates the ability of cathodes to reach the full Child–Langmuir current despite the presence of a sizeable nonemitting region. We find that as the length scale of these work function variations decreases, the Miram knee grows sharper, indicating improved cathode performance.


Introduction Tufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular tumor usually occurring in the first year of life. It may present as reddish papules or purplish red to black plaques. Tender lesions commonly affect the neck, upper trunk, and shoulders. Histologic tufts of capillaries infiltrating the dermis in a "cannon ball" distribution pattern confirm the diagnosis. However, effective treatments for TA are scarce. Pulsed dye laser (PDL) is an alternative therapy for TA, particularly concerning cosmetics and pain relief. This case report demonstrates the effectiveness of PDL as a treatment for TA. Case We report a 15-year-old girl with five-year history of painful purplish red plaques on her left cheek, neck, chest, left shoulder, and back. Histopathological examination from skin biopsy showed discrete "cannon ball" pattern in the dermis. Laboratory examination revealed normal platelet count and fibrinogen level. Based on these presentations, the diagnosis of TA without complications was made. We treated the lesion using 595-nm PDL with 6.5−10 J/cm2 fluence of, 1.5 ms pulsed duration, and 5−7 mm spot size every three weeks. Reductions in redness and pain were seen after four sessions of treatment. Discussion PDL promotes selective vascular damage with minimal injury to the surrounding skin. Capillary tufts in TA could therefore serve as a target for laser treatment, which may result in fading redness and pain reduction. Conclusion PDL is effective in reducing redness and pain in TA.


In the early and mid-1960s, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) championed regional integration in Africa, calling for division of the vast continent into regional economic blocs. Almost immediately, African countries responded by grouping based on their geographic proximity and the congruence of their individual interests. The call would bear more fruits when, in April 1980, the defunct Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor to the African Union (AU), launched the Lagos Plan of Action. The Plan, reaffirmed in the 1991 Abuja Treaty, established three regional arrangements: separate but convergent integration arrangements for West Africa, Central Africa, and East and Southern Africa. Over the years, various initiatives have seen the light of day, as part of African governments' efforts to implement The Plan. One such initiative is the re-establishment, in November 1999, of the East African Community (EAC). The EAC's constitutive treaty tasks the EAC to ensure, inter alia, the attainment of sustainable growth and development, the promotion of sustainable utilization of natural resources, and effective protection of the natural environment, in the Partner States. Similar provisions are found in the EAC's yet-to-be-operationalized Protocol on Environment and Natural Resource Management,10 as well as the EAC's Fourth Development Strategy. So far, the EAC has made remarkable strides in steering the sub-region towards sustainable growth and development. Be that as it may, like many other sub-regional entities, the EAC faces numerous challenges. Primary among these is climate change, which poses one of the biggest impediments to the region's sustainable growth and development. This article details efforts to combat climate change within the framework of the nascent EAC. The discourse begins by providing a clear picture of the EAC's establishment, membership, purpose, and mandate, and the relevance of the latter two to EAC's climate change agenda. This is followed by a general overview of the evidence and impacts of climate change in the sub-region. In the substantive sections, the article takes stock of the achievements registered by the EAC in its efforts to address climate change in the sub-region, as well as the challenges impeding these efforts. Weighing these achievements and challenges, it then attempts to paint the picture of the prospects for addressing climate change issues in the sub-region within the EAC's prevailing framework. Finally, the author submits recommendations for addressing climate change issues in the sub-region.


Litopenaeus vannamei-GILI tilapia enclosure polyculture experiment was conducted in Dianbai, Maoming city,Guangdong province from June to August,2011. Selecting an experiment pond,and setting up 24 enclosures. These enclosures were divided into six groups( A,B,C,D,E,F),each group has four parallels,among these groups F was control group, not stocking tilapia. During aquaculture time, investigations of water quality factors and phytoplankton community were conducted. The results showed as follows:( 1) Throughout the culture period,dissolved oxygen content was close in all groups. Nitrite and ammonia concentration showed an increasing trend in each group,and among them,C and D groups were significantly lower than A,B,E and F groups( P 0. 05). The concentration of COD and TOC were experimental groups higher than control groups. In the experimental groups,A and B groups were higher than C,D and E groups. As for the increase amount of TN and TP,group A is highest,control group F is lowest, while in experimental groups,A and E were higher than B,C and D groups.( 2) 36 phytoplankton species were identified during the culture period. Dominant species is single and prominent. Experimental groups Chlorophyll a content were higher than control group,and between the experimental groups,A and B were higher than other three groups. These results indicate that polyculture appropriate density of tilapia in shrimp ponds is conducive to improving water quality,and can regulate and control the type and quantity of phytoplankton.


A cyclotomic array is an array of numbers that can be written as a linear combination of lines of 1's running parallel to the coordinate axes and running the full length of the array. In this paper we show that the sum of the entries of a cyclotomic array with nonnegative integer entries is a nonnegative integer linear combination of the sidelengths of the array.


The auction algorithm is an effective method for solving the classical assignment problem. It admits an intuitive economic interpretation and it is well suited for implementation in massivelly parallel computing systems. In this paper we generalize the auction algorithm to solve linear minimum cost network flow problems. We discuss several variations, and we demonstrate that the auction algorithm for transportation problems of [BeC88] and the E-relaxation method of [Ber86a] and [Ber86b] are obtained as special cases. We show that a relatively simple implementation of the algorithm requires O(N3 log(NC)) operations, where N is the number of nodes and C is the maximum absolute value of arc cost coefficient. Finally, we discuss computational issues and we show that for at least some classes of bipartite problems, the auction algorithm outperforms substantially current state-of-the-art algorithms.


Schaum's Outline of Mathematica, 2ed 1. Getting Acquainted 2. Basic Concepts 3. Lists 4. Two-Dimensional Graphics 5. Three-Dimensional Graphics 6. Equations 7. Algebra and Trigonometry 8. Differential Calculus 9. Integral Calculus 10. Multivariate Calculus 11. Ordinary Differential Equations 12. Linear Algebra


An intraluminal medical device comprising multiple, independent, self-expanding stent segments. Each stent segment includes a plurality of longitudinal struts, a plurality of loops connecting adjacent struts, at least one bridging element and at least one receptacle. The bridging element of one or more of the stent segments is configured to be releasably engaged with the receptacle on an adjacent stent segment.


Using the Dawson-March transformation of two-level wave functions in terms of density amplitude and phase, a differential equation is constructed relating the single-particle kinetic energy to the fermion density. Employing then the differential form of the virial theorem derived by March and Young [Nucl. Phys. 12, 237 (1959)], a nonlinear electron-density-one-body potential relation emerges. Application to the Be-like atomic ions is briefly considered.


DATA covering the electrical characteristics of comparable insulators as received from different sources frequently are conflicting. In an attempt to clarify some aspects of this controversial subject, a study has been made to establish rules whereby such characteristics can be estimated from the dimensions of the insulators with a reasonable degree of certainty. Variations in the arcover potential of dry insulators due to the influence of humidity changes also are considered and approximate correction ratios given.


Terminal electrical noise (TEN) measurements on DFB lasers are presented. The authors employed this technique for studying the intrinsic laser behaviour, the optical feedback sensitivity and for an advanced laser characterization. TEN results indicate: changes in emission spectra, backreflection sensitivity depending on the kappa L-product and sidebands of the field spectrum. >


Objective To investigate the clinicopathologic features,diagnosis,differential diagnosis and treatment of sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation(SANT). Methods The clinical data,pathologic characteristics,immunophenotype and postoperative follow-up of SANT were analysed. Results There were no specific findings in the clinical manifestations of the 4 cases of SANT.Grossly,the cut surface of the masses was gray-white and vague nodularity was observed.Microscopically,it was characterized by the multinodular angiomatoid appearance in a fibrosclerotic stroma.The nodules were composed of slit-like,sinusoid-like vascular spaces and were interspersed with a population of spindly or ovoid cells.It was revealed by immunohistochemistry that the expression of CD34 in some vessels' endothelial cells was positive,and CD8 was negative.While in another vessels' endothelial cells,CD8 was positive and CD34 was negative.The expression of SMA,Actin,Vimentin,Collage IV and CD68 was positive in all of the 4 cases,while that of CD21,Desmin and NSE was negative.No relapse or metastasis was found during the follow-up.Conclusion SANT is a rarely encountered benign lesion of the spleen,which should be distinguished from the malignant tumor of the spleen.The diagnosis counts on the pathologic and immunohistochemical findings.It could be cured by splenectomy with a favourable prognosis.


Vascular malformations are congenital, chronically debilitating diseases. Somatic oncogenic mutations in PIK3CA, encoding p110α-PI3K, specifically cause venous and lymphatic malformations (LM), yet the basis of vessel type-restricted disease manifestation is unknown. Here we report endothelial subtype-specific responses to the common causative Pik3caH1047R mutation, and reveal a new immunoregulatory subtype of dermal lymphatic capillary endothelial cells (iLECs) as a driver of LM pathology. Mouse model of Pik3caH1047R-driven vascular malformations showed that cell proliferation was a common early response of venous and lymphatic ECs to oncogenic Pik3ca, but sustained selectively in LECs of advanced lesions. Lymphatic overgrowth was associated with increased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and pro-lymphangiogenic myeloid cell infiltrate. Single-cell transcriptomics revealed a new LEC subtype at capillary terminals, characterized by the expression of immunoregulatory genes. Selective expansion and activation of iLECs in the Pik3caH1047R mice was evidenced by proliferation and upregulation of pro-inflammatory genes. Importantly, macrophage depletion or anti-inflammatory COX-2 inhibition limited Pik3caH1047R-driven lymphangiogenesis. This provides a therapeutic target for LM and suggests a paracrine crosstalk in which LEC-autonomous oncogenic Pik3ca signaling induces immune activation that in turn sustains pathological lymphangiogenesis. Identification of iLECs indicates that peripheral lymphatic vessels not only respond to inflammation but also actively orchestrate the immune response.


Objective:To investigate the effects of atorvastatin on bone mineral density(BMD)in elderly patients with CHD.Method:The total of 94 consecutive elderly patients(≥50 years with 68 men and 26 women)with CHD,who have been diagnosed by coronary artery angiograph were treated for 12 months with 10-20 mg/day atorvastatin(mean 13.65 mg/d)according to their baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C)levels and 87 age-and gender-matched patients without using statins provided control data.In all subjects,at baseline and after 1 year,plasma total cholesterol(TC)and LDL-C were measured in a fasting blood sample,while BMD was measured at the finge of left hang by dual energy x-ray absorpiometry(DEXA).Result:There were no significant differences between control and treatment groups in age,sex,body mass index,and baseline serum TC and LDL-C levels.In the group treated by atorvastatin,plasma TC levels reduced by 25.86% [(5.22±0.97)mmol/L∶(3.87±0.42)mmol/L,P0.01] and LDL-C levels reduced by 24.71% [(3.06±0.60)mmol/L∶(2.26±0.41)mmol/L,P0.01],while BMD showed a significant increase [(0.588±0.061)g/cm2∶(0.622±0.046)g/cm2,P0.01] during the 1-year follow-up period.In the controls grop,BMD showed a slight decrease [(0.596±0.062)g/cm2∶(0.585±0.047)g/cm2,P0.05] at the end of the study period.Percentage increments of BMD in the treatment group were significantly higher than in the control group(5.78%∶-0.13%,P0.01).Conclusion:This study indicates that chronic administration of atorvastatin in old coronary heart disease patients exerts a beneficial effect on BMD.


The barrier component (16) A nano-composite composition (10) comprising a polymer (14) and a well dispersed in (14) to define a labyrinth polymer polymer (36) in (14) . The barrier component (16) comprising nano-part (24) and a large part (28), comprising a part of the nano multilayer (18), said large part comprising a plurality of particles (30). The multilayer (18) each having a first average thickness (12), a plurality of particles (30) each having a second average thickness (34) greater than the first average thickness (12). Nanocomposite system (42) comprising a matrix (44) and placed in a coating (46) on a substrate (44) and formed from a nanocomposite composition (10).


With a multimode semiconductor laser we have been able to measure the optical length of the eye within a precision of 0.03 mm. A first series of in vivo measurements acoustically determined eye length.


Aim: Provide a new multivariate hypothesis testing approach for the evolution of continuous characters in a phylogenetic context. Background: Brownian motion is the most commonly used model for the evolution of quantitative traits. Under multivariate Brownian motion, the evolution of multiple continuous traits can be described by an evolutionary rate matrix in which the diagonal elements determine the rate of evolution for individual characters, while the off-diagonal elements determine the extent to which different characters co-evolve. Method: We present likelihood tests for two simple hypotheses about the evolutionary rate matrix: (1) equality or proportionality to a hypothetical matrix; and (2) concerted change in the rate matrix in a certain portion or portions of the phylogenetic tree. In case (1), the hypothetical matrix might be estimated from the within-species additive genetic variance–covariance matrix. In case (2), concerted change in the evolutionary rate matrix might result from shifts in ploidy level or the mutation rate. We illustrate these hypothesis tests using data from individual-based quantitative genetic simulations on stochastic phylogenetic trees. Results: Our evolutionary rate matrix estimator exhibited minimal bias. Type I errors in our likelihood-based tests for matrix equality and proportionality were very close to appropriate levels. Power to detect selection was also sufficient, except in the case of the weakest selection simulated in this study. Type I error and the accuracy of parameter estimation in the test for rate matrix heterogeneity were also adequate.


The study was performed by use of the curvature method.The diagnostic statistics under perturbation of explanatory variables,response variable and case weights were obtained respectively,and the effectiveness of the conclusion was verified by a numerical example.


The objective of the
 present study was to examine the dietary effect of supplemental polyamine or
 purine sources on amine levels and enzyme activities in the small intestine
 of piglets. The piglets were allocated to three different treatments
 (control, polyamine and purine group). The control was fed a milk replacer
 that was either supplemented with spermine for the polyamine group or with a
 combination of adenosinemonophosphate and guanosinemonophosphate (purine
 group). The calculation of the daily polyamine and purine intake was based on
 the daily consumption of the milk replacer in these treatments. The piglets
 were euthanised at 21 days of age. The samples of small intestinal tissue and
 digesta were stored at approximately -74°C until further analyses.
 A HPLC method for the
 quantitative and qualitative determination of amines in tissue and digesta
 samples was developed. The pre-column derivatization with
 9-fluorenylmethylchloroformate was followed by chromatographic separation and
 fluorimetric analysis of the amines putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and
 spermine.
 Results:
 1.
 The
 piglets adapted immediately to the new environment and the different diets,
 and the zootechnical variables revealed no abnormalities. Diet composition affected the levels of
 amines in small intestinal tissue and digesta samples, although these
 treatment effects were not always significant. The highest concentrations
 of spermine were measured in tissue (169.1 nmol/g) and digesta (141.7
 nmol/g) samples obtained from the distal part of the jejunum of the
 polyamine group. Accordingly, total amine levels in tissue (324.4
 nmol/ml) and digesta samples (286.1 nmol/g) were also higher in the
 polyamine group compared to the other treatments. The
 spermidine/spermine ratio, in agreement with the results of the
 morphological analyses, would suggest that the intestinal mucosa of the
 purine group could be more differentiated in comparison to the other
 groups. There was no dietary effect on the
 activities of both the disaccharidases and the aminopeptidase in digesta
 samples, however, the activities were consistently higher in samples
 obtained from the distal part of the small intestine as compared to
 those taken from the proximal part of the small intestine. The method that was developed for the
 determination of amines in tissue and digesta samples revealed a good
 repeatability with variation coefficients between 2.5 % and 3.8 % for
 the fluorimetric measurements. The values for putrescine and cadaverine
 followed linearity in the range from 0.33 to 6.61 nmol/ml whereas the
 corresponding values for spermidine and spermine ranged between 0.33 to
 3.31 nmol/ml provided that 1.6-diaminohexane or 1.7-diaminoheptane were
 used as internal standards. However, using 1.8-diaminooctane as an
 internal standard, linear measurements for these amines were obtained in
 the range from 1.85 to 37.04 nmol/ml. The recoveries for amines in
 digesta ranged between 90 % and 112 %, with variation coefficients
 between 1.4 % and 18.4 %. In small intestinal tissue samples the
 recovery of these amines ranged between 91 % and 115 %, with variation
 coefficients between 1.8 % and 8.3 %. The detection limit of the present
 method was obtained at 15.0 and 0.75 fmol for putrescine and spermine,
 respectively. The results of the
 present study suggest that dietary supplementation of polyamines and purines
 may affect amine levels in tissue and digesta samples obtained from the small
 intestine of piglets. However, the differences between treatments were only
 in some cases significant, and further investigations are warranted to
 confirm these results. There are indications that the differentiation of the
 intestinal mucosa was enhanced in the presence of supplemental purines, but
 these non significant results need also to be verified. Future research
 activities should focus on the effect of higher and/or graded levels of
 polyamines and purines on gut differentiation and function of early weaned
 piglets.


In "William Morris: An Annotated Bibliography 2016–2017," David and Sheila Latham provide the nineteenth installment of their biannual annotated compilations of critical and scholarly contributions on Morris and his circle. This twoyear period saw 119 publications, with the greatest number devoted to lit er a ture (p. 29), the decorative arts (p. 28), and more general items (p. 27). Politics lagged a bit behind, with seventeen entries, and book design weighed in with seven. The Lathams' invaluable biblio graphies can be consulted online through the US William Morris Society website, but at some point, readers would benefit from an aggregated and indexed compilation; with twenty installments covering forty years, the next version might offer a propitious gathering point. The William Morris Archive has added several introductions during 2021— for Poems by the Way by David Latham, Beowulf by Yuri Cowan, and Sigurd the Volsung by Peter Wright. An inspiring conclusion to Morris studies of the year is provided by the artist David Mabb's "News from SOMEWhERE" (JWMS 24, nos. 1–2 [2021]: 88–94), a twentyfoot painting and collage created from altered versions of Morris's text that glow in front of a black nightsky background. The work is made from altered pages of a facsimile of the Kelmscott Press edition of News from Nowhere that have been overpainted in black, leaving only ornamented initials vis i ble as these spell out "somewhere," creating an effect like stars leaping forth against the night sky. Mabb notes that the exhibit is designed, like its source text, as "a utopian space which rejects late nineteenthcentury industrial cap i tal ist society in all its exploitation and ugliness" (p. 88), and he interprets his painting's (and Morris's) message of deferred hope: "it is out of fragments and facsimiles, which can be appropriated from the past and repurposed for the future, that a new somewhere might be made pos si ble, even if there appears nowhere but the night sky for a somewhere at pre sent" (p. 89).


Neutronographic residual stress analysis on multiphase materials is challenging with regard to phase-specific micro residual stresses and to the consideration of an appropriate stress free lattice parameter for meaningful lattice strain calculation. Even in case of randomly textured materials stress analysis becomes more elaborate due to plastic anisotropy effects. According to literature for stress analysis using neutron diffraction lattice planes should be chosen that are less prone to plastic anisotropy. These are the {311} austenite and the {220} ferrite planes in case of duplex steels. Here, we report about phase-specific in-situ neutron strain scanning at SALSA@ILL, Grenoble during defined 4-point-bending of duplex steel X2CrNiMoN22-5-3 using exactly these two recommended diffraction lines. It is shown that due to the local texture of the bending bars, which was cut from a hot rolled cylindrical rod, strong plastic anisotropy was determined. This effect must be taken into account for diffraction based residual stress analysis to prevent from erroneous stress determination. Introduction For non-destructive residual stress analysis for the inside of technical components beside high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction is often the method of choice. In this regard a meaningful measure of the stress / strain free or stress / strain independent lattice parameter D0 is required for calculating lattice strains from the determined interplanar lattice spacings. Different procedures are explained how to provide appropriate data for D0 as e.g. determining the interplanar lattice spacings for the  ́stress free state ́ in an area with negligible (residual) stress or to cut cubes or comb structures out of the material, which in turn leads to a partial and adequate stress release [1]. In case of multi-phase materials, phase specific micro residual stresses can impede these well established procedures since it is questionable if the micro residual stresses will be released during cutting the samples. Assuming that the macro residual stresses are sufficiently released significant phase specific residual stresses might remain and will in consequence affect the local stress free lattice parameter. For diffraction stress analysis in multiphase materials it is recommended to determine phase specific lattice strains in all phases if the phase content exceeds a volume share of about 10%. By this means macro (residual) stresses can be determined using a rule of mixture and the volume share of the contributing phases as weighting factor. Duplex steels represent typical applicants in Residual Stresses 2018 – ECRS-10 Materials Research Forum LLC Materials Research Proceedings 6 (2018) 15-20 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-3 16 Figure 1: Microstructure of the duplex steel for a section from a cut in longitudinal direction of the used bars, etchant: Behara II, bright regions: austenite, dark regions: ferrite this field. Here, large amount of austenite phase coexists with ferrite, hence for this gross twophase material neutronographic stress/strain analysis strongly requires consideration of both phases and thus also the determination of appropriate phase specific stress free lattice parameters D0,α and D0,γ. For the assessment of manufacturing processes by means of process induced residual stresses often the separation of macro and micro residual stresses and in this regard the load partitioning on the two phases is of special interest. In this context in [2] the phase specific lattice strains for various {hkl} lattice planes for duplex steel subjected to defined macroscopic elastic and elasto-plastic uniaxial loading were studied using neutron diffraction. It has been shown that apart of the elastic anisotropy plastic anisotropy effects occur due to the fact that crystallites do not deform homogeneously since the deformation depends on the slip systems. Regarding the load partitioning for different lattice planes this plastic anisotropy in part strongly deviates from the elastic behavior. For practical applications the authors recommended to consider only lattice planes for (residual) stress analysis which have no or only a weak anisotropic effect. In accordance with [3,4] for fcc materials the {111}, {311} and {422} planes and for bcc materials the {110} or {211} planes are less prone to plastic anisotropy effects. In preliminary studies on load partitioning in duplex steels we noticed that crystallographic texture might have a strong impact on the plastic anisotropy. However, crystallographic texture was not discussed in the above mentioned works. The knowledge about the impact of crystallographic texture on plastic anisotropy is essential for the planning, the evaluation and assessment of neutronographic stress analysis, not least since semi-finished parts or technical components made of duplex steels often exhibit characteristic textures due to the processing route. To study the effect of texture on the load partitioning behavior for this first approach rectangular shapes bars were extracted from cylindrical rods of duplex steel X2CrNiMoN22-5-3 exhibiting phase fractions of about 50% ferrite (α) and 50% austenite (γ). For samples subjected to defined 4point-bending using purely elastic and elasto-plastic loading neutronographic strain scanning in both phases was carried out with respect to the coordinate of the bending height on instrument SALSA@ILL, Grenoble. 4-point-bending experiments have the charm that within a single experiment different uniaxial loading states can be studied for different location at the bar. Considering purely elastic and elasto-plastic loading allows for the separation between elastic and plastic anisotropy effects. To provide meaningful data for the phase specific stress free lattice parameters D0,{hkl} the locally exiting lattice parameters of the sample prior to the loading experiment is determined and applied for local lattice strain calculation. Material and experimental Procedures: The used material is a hot-rolled duplex steel X2CrNiMoN22-5-3 (mat.no. 1.4462) with a diameter of 30 mm exhibiting a ferrite to austenite ratio of approximately 50:50. The microstructure is shown in Fig. 1 for a cut in longitudinal direction. Metallographic analysis revealed an average grain size in rolling direction (later longitudinal direction) of approx. 74 μm, 6 μm in transverse direction and 5 μm in normal direction, respectively. The sample geometry is 160 x 15 x 10 mm. Figure 2 shows a schematic view of the sample with the assigned coordinate system together with indication of the applied 4-point-bending loading. Residual Stresses 2018 – ECRS-10 Materials Research Forum LLC Materials Research Proceedings 6 (2018) 15-20 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-3 17 In the as received state the duplex steel was de facto stress free as verified by means of hole drilling and X-ray stress analysis. As indicated in the introduction part the bars exhibit a rather strong crystallographic texture in both phases with a gradient over the bending height. Since the bending bars were not exactly cut from the centre of the as delivered steel rod the texture distribution is not symmetric to the mid layer of the bars. Fig. 3 shows as an example the texture distribution for the later compressive loaded layer, the mid layer and for the later tensile loaded layer for both phases for the φ2 = 45° sections of the ODF (orientation distribution function) determined by means of X-ray diffraction prior to the neutron diffraction experiment. In total the ODF was determined for 10 locations distributed over the bending height. The ODF cuts exemplary shown in Fig. 3 clearly indicate that (a) a gradient in the crystallographic texture exist in both phases and (b) that the sharpness of the texture is much higher in case of the ferrite phase (in particular on the later compressive loaded side). Neutron strain scanning with respect to the bending height was carried out in all three principal directions, i.e. in longitudinal, transverse and normal direction (see Fig 2) in both phases for various {hkl} planes at the SALSA experiment at ILL [5], Grenoble using a wavelength of 1.6 Å. A nominal gauge volume of 0.6 × 0.6 × 10 mm was defined by radial collimators at the primary and secondary beam paths; the 10 mm axis was always parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bar. In total two ferrite (α-Fe) lattice planes ({211}, {220}) and three austenite (γ-Fe) lattice planes ({220}, {222}, {311}) were measured separately. Due to the rather strong local texture not for all directions interference lines could be recorded with intensities being sufficient for meaningful evaluation of the line positions. That means that the local texture impeded stress determination at all. Here, we only focus on the {220} α-ferrite and on the {311} austenite lattice planes, which are (according to literature) expected to be less prone to plastic anisotropy. Furthermore, we only focus on the strain scanning of the longitudinal component, which corresponds to the loading direction, to study the load partitioning in both phases. The peak fitting was realized using a Gaussian function subsequent to background subtraction. Only measurement locations, where the entire nominal gauge volume is immersed into material are considered. The phase specific values of the stress free lattice parameters D0,{hkl} were determined on the bending bar prior to the bending loading at the same positions, which were used for later in-situ lattice strain scanning during loading. Since, the D0 scanning was carried out for less measuring points as in case of the in-situ experiments linear interpolation was applied. For in-situ neutron strain scanning during defined bending loading two different load stages were considered: (i) purely elastically deformed (0.22% total strain) and (ii) elasto-plastically deformed (approx. 1.5 % total strain). The loading w


This study aims to identify the relationship between thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, depression, and perceived stress with suicidal ideation. The research is conducted by referring to previous studies. This study used The Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide as a basis to conduct the study. The study used a survey as a data collection method. For the pre-test, the study collected 129 responses from the Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech Mara Kuala Lumpur. The study used an online form to collect the data. The findings suggested that the independent variables were all correlated to suicidal ideation. Thus, the research finding is significant to expand the literature on suicidal ideation issues in Malaysia. Besides, many precautious measures can be implemented in advance to avoid suicide cases to happen.


The present article deals with two related issues, one being the development of Mexican markets in Los Angeles as a local response to the globalization process, and the second to the capacity of Mexican immigrants of becoming entrepreneurs in the US. It takes as case study the fruit and vegetable wholesale marketing, using as a case the 7th street market in Los Angeles, where small and medium-sized Mexican transnational family firms have been able to become successful enterprises. It also analyses the important role that gender relations play in the development of these firms.


The aim of this paper is to introduce an interactive communication system that will benefit both people with hearing and verbal difficulties to convey in the form of the sign language naturally. The idea is to provide two ways of communication between two users by converting sign language to voice and text and provides means of returning communication feedback whereby the other party can speak or key-in text and translates it into sign language movement performed by a threedimensional (3D) model. A Microsoft Kinect device is used to captures the sign movements by optimizing the skeleton tracking algorithm to understand specific hands movements and dictates using the pre-recorded gesture library to digitized voice and using the same apparatus, speech is translated back into sign language. Research leads in helping the disables have been carried out extensively and majority focuses on only using single type of motion sensing technology such as TOBII (eye tracking) and LEAP (leap motion) which are either costly or limited to a small workable space. Microsoft Kinect technology would be a genuinely equipment used to create a cost-effective and capable technology prototype that enables sign-language communication between signer and non-signer, thus, offers translation into Bahasa Malaysia text


This paper studies the mechanism of electrolytic Ni-P-Nano SiO_2 composite coating. The microstructure of the composite plating was analyzed by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technology. The traditional electrolytic Ni-P plating and the new composite coating have been compared in the deposition rate and corrosion resistance. The results indicated that the appended nano SiO_2 could increase the deposition rate, improve the microstructure and reduce the reaction temperature of electrolytic layers. The coating also has a good corrosion resistance in HCl, NaOH and NaCl solutions.


This paper deals with the distribution of organic matter and metal elements, above-ground production, biomass increment and litter formation in two heath ecosystems dominated by Calluna vulgaris* and Erica tetralix respectively. The area studied is Skanors Ljung in south-western Sweden (latitude 55?24' N, longitude 12?54' E), one of the largest remaining heathlands in Scandinavia. Quantitative information concerning the chemical structure of heath ecosystems is scanty: almost nothing was known prior to the present study of the productivity and the distribution of organic matter and minerals in E. tetralix wet heaths. Large areas of heathland in northern Europe have changed into woodland during this century and the same fate seems inevitable for many of the remaining heaths; ecological documentation should be a matter of concern. This paper is a contribution to such documentation. A complete distribution analysis of several heavy metals (manganese, iron, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, and lead) is recorded in this paper and the amounts present per unit area are related to the calculated annual deposition.


Contents: Listen up! Thoughts on sound and the city Sound effects Sound in the city Uses of sound in the city Excursus: the medial creation of the city in audio drama Sound is the city Bibliography Index.


Category: Midfoot/Forefoot; Sports; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Proximal fifth metatarsal fractures are a common foot injury. Previous surgical treatments have consisted of intramedullary screw fixation and a newer technique of plantar plating due to non-union and refractures seen with screw fixation. Purpose of this multi-surgeon case series study is to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes and complication rates after fifth metatarsal plating for proximal fifth metatarsal fractures in recreational and elite athletes. Methods: Retrospective multiple surgeon case series involving patients who underwent fifth metatarsal plantar plating for proximal fifth metatarsal fractures with a mean follow-up of 33.1 months (range, 12-52). Elite and recreational athletes were included. Demographic data, radiographic evaluation, and clinical notes were analyzed. Patient phone conversations were made to document complications outside of our electronic medical record. Results: Forty-four patients (45 fractures) were treated with plantar plating technique with a mean age of 37.3 years (range 14- 80). Five patients sustained refractures (11.1% of patients), 2 at previous fracture site, 1 through a screw hole, 1 proximal to plate, and 1 distal to plate. All refractures were treated non-operatively. No wound complications were seen. No secondary revision surgery was needed and union rate was 100% at final follow up. Conclusion: With a one year minimum follow up, plantar plating of proximal fifth metatarsal fractures is a viable option for treatment of both acute and chronic fractures as well as after failed intramedullary screw fixation with low refracture rates and without non-unions. Plantar plating allows the surgeon to have direct visualization of fracture reduction and ease of access for bone grafting. Both elite and recreational athletes can benefit from the plating technique.


Purpose. To identify the equivalent K-readings (EKR) data and keratometry zones for accurate calculation of trifocal IOL according to 7 formulas. Material and methods. The study involved 42 patients (42 eyes). All patients underwent surgical treatment of age-related cataracts or a refractive lensectomy with femtolaser accompaniment and implanted a trifocal IOL. All patients underwent optical biometrics (OA-2000 Tomey, Japan) and keratotomography (Pentacam-HR, Oculus, Germany). Preoperative calculation of IOL was carried out according to the data of the optical biometer OA-2000 (Tomey, Japan). After the period of refraction stabilization, IOL was retrospectively calculated using seven formulas (Haigis, Hoffer Q, Holladay 1, SRK/T, Barrett 2 Universal, Olsen and Holladay 2), biometric data OA-2000 and keratometric indicators Pentacam HR (EKR 65 %) in 10 corneal zones (from 0.5 to 5.0 mm in 0.5mm increments). For each formula/zone combination, the postoperative predicted refraction, mean absolute errors, and median absolute errors were calculated. Results. The lowest variance, mean absolute error and median absolute error of predicted postoperative refraction were obtained using the Haigis formula in the 3.5 mm zone. Conclusions. The most accurate calculation of trifocal IOL using EKR data is determined using the Haigis formula in the 3.5 mm zone. Keywords: keratometry, «Pentacam HR», keratotomography, equivalent K-readings, keratometry zone, IOL calculation.


The IP multicast delivery mechanism provides a popular basis for delivery of continuous media to many participants in a conferencing application. However, the best-effort nature of multicast delivery results in poor playback quality in the presence of network congestion and packet loss. Contrary to widespread belief that the real-time nature of continuous media applications precludes the possibility of recovery of lost packets using retransmissions, we have found that these applications offer an interesting tradeoff between the desired playback quality and the desired degree of interactivity. In particular, we propose a new model of multicast delivery called resilient multicast in which each receiver in a multicast group can decide its own tradeoff between reliability and real-time requirements. To be effective, error recovery mechanisms in such a model need to be both fast (due to the real-time constraint) and have a low overhead (due to high volume of continuous media data). We have designed a resilient multicast protocol called STORM (STructure-Oriented Resilient Multicast) in which senders and receivers collaborate to recover from lost packets using two key ideas. First, group participants self-organize themselves into a distribution structure and use the structure to recover lost packets from adjacent nodes. Second, the distribution structure is dynamic and a lightweight algorithm is used to adapt the structure to changing network traffic conditions and group membership. We have implemented STORM in both VAT and a packet level simulator. Experimental results using both the MBONE and a simulation model demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.


Crossbreeding plays a vital role in the improvement of productive and reproductive performance of native cattle in developing countries like India. The Jersey cattle breed is the breed of choice for crossbreeding as it suits well to the tropical climate of India. In order to bring about Genetic improvement of the crossbred cattle, there is a strong need to produce genetically superior bulls in required members for artificial insemination and natural services. The present work was therefore focused on the establishment of a bull mother farm of proven germplasm of Jersey 3 Sahiwal crossbred animals so as to supply young breeding bulls of proven germ plasma. Hence there is a need to test the productive performance and adaptability of crossbred animals to tropical conditions in order to establish the farm.The physiological data and results of biochemical analysis of blood samples of twenty-one Jersey 3 Sahiwal crossbred cows were noted regularly at weekly intervals. The milk production and peak yield were recorded and the milk samples were analysed for fat, protein and solids not fat (SNF). The mean 6 SE values of temperature, pulse and respiration were recorded as 101.53 6 0.07, 57.88 6 0.76 and 23.13 6 0.58 respectively. The mean 6 values of biochemical analysis of blood samples were 94.64 6 2.84, 27.58 6 1.45, 61.78 6 1.94, 2.06 6 0.90, 1.42 6 0.07, 10.27 6 0.32, 6.03 6 0.09, 1.97 6 0.04, 146.1 6 3.3 and 4.81 6 0.11 respectively for SGOT (m L), SGPT (m L), glucose (mg dL), urea (mg dL), creatinine (mg dL), calcium (mg dL), phosphorus (mg dL), magnesium (mg dL), sodium (mg dL), and potassium (mg dL) respectively which were all in the normal range for the crossbred cows. The mean total milk production (lt) during the lactation and peak yield were 1345.9 6 0.25 and 9.26 6 0.12 respectively. The mean fat, protein and SNF percent were 4.90 6 0.10, 3.67 6 0.03 and 9.39 6 0.12 respectively which were all in the normal range. The study suggests that the crossbreds were well adapted to the tropical climate and the bull mother farm can be established successfully so as to supply breeding bulls in surplus in the future to the farmers.


Stochastic models have been used to assess the performance of computer (and other) systems for many decades. As a direct analysis of large and complex stochastic models is often prohibitive, approximations methods to study their behavior have been devised. One very popular approximation method relies on mean field theory. Its widespread use can be explained by the relative ease involved to define and solve a mean field model in combination with its high accuracy for large systems.


Objective To evaluate the efficacy of implantable loop recorder(ILR) for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated by radiofrequency ablation.Methods A total of 7 patients with artrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation were enrolled,male 2,female 5,aged 23-67 years old,mean age 51 years old.The ILR(RevealR DX9528,Reveal XTTM 9529,Medtronic Inc.) was implanted to help diagnose.Results During the monitoring period[(12.7 ± 5.1) months],191 times events,including 64 arrhythmia events,were documented in 7 patients.The ILR were manually recorded 49 times,automatically recorded 142 times.For symptoms-irregular correlation,6 cases were monitored chest tightness and syncope,in which 5 cases were caused by arrhythmic events and 1 cases were caused by non-arrhythmia.No recurrent and arrhythmia events were recorded for only one patient.The diagnosis efficiency of recurrence was 85.71 %.The 6 cases checked by ILR were performed further treatment,which were improved or reduced the onset symptoms.Conclusion It is demonstrated that ILR has the advantages of safety,efficacy tracking,long-time monitoring and large amount of information.The optimized dynamic system will further improve the application of ILR in clinical diagnosis,tracking effect and guiding the treatment application.


This study aims to determine the effect of Current Ratio (CR), Debt To Equity Ratio (DER) and Net Profit Margin (NPM) either simultaneously or partially on changes in earnings in Islamic stock companies in the investment services trading sector listed on the Indonesian stock exchange. The research period starts from 2018-2019. The type of data used is secondary data. The population in this study amounted to 89 companies. The sample selection was carried out using purposive sampling method, in order to obtain a sample of 53 companies. Simultaneous test results (f test) show Current Ratio (CR), Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) and Net Profit Margin (NPM) simultaneously have a significant effect on earnings changes where the independent variable is only able to explain the independent variable by 38.6% as for the remaining 61.4% is explained by other variables. The partial test results (t test) show that the variable Current Ratio (CR) has a negative and significant effect on changes in earnings, while the Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) has no significant effect on changes in earnings and Net Profit Margin (NPM) has a positive and significant effect. to changes in earnings in Islamic stock companies in the investment services trading sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2018 - 2019


The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study, and college fixed effects are investigated to determine the effect of college quality. Results show that graduates in economics and law earn more than they would if they had chosen some other field of study Specialization in teaching, by contrast, decreases not only earnings but employment probability as well. As regards the effect of the college of graduation, some colleges have significant positive or negative effect on either employment probability or on earnings but none on both. From among the most prestigious institutions, only Budapest University of Technology and Economics proved to have significant positive effect on after-graduation earnings.


conservative therapy for a carcinoma of the breast Conservative treatment, paying strict attention to the indications and contraindications, occupies a firm place in today's breast carcinoma therapy procedures. Numerous prospective and retrospective studies show that the overall rate of survival and the rate of recurrence-free survival for mastectomy patients and those patients submitting to conservative treatment are essentially identical, provided that similar tumor stages are compared (12, 16, 20, 22, 29, 33, 38, 39, 42).


Every type of construction project, including reservoir dams, along with undeniable positive impacts has always been coupled with inevitable adverse side effects on the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt appropriate managerial measures for mitigating the adverse effects and preventing serious disruption to the life of people affected by the project. Accordingly, the current study was carried out with the aim of applying a new method called "Monavari 2001" to assess socio-cultural impacts of the Siah Bishe Dam within constructional and operational phases. For this purpose, a total number of 94 questionnaires were distributed among relevant experts. In order to interpret the questionnaires using SPSS software, all the questions have been coded separately. The obtained results suggest that about 33.7% of total temporary impacts related to the constructional phase are positive, while approximately 66.2% of them are estimated to be negative. Meanwhile, around 80% of the total permanent impacts are positive and the rest are negative. In other words, the long-term positive impacts have dominance over the negative consequences. The current study shows how the Monavari 2001 method can be affective in handling social impact assessment studies.


Dielectric polymer nanocomposites by integration of high‐E b polymer matrix and high‐D(εr) ceramic fillers have shown great potential for dielectric and energy storage applications in modern electronic and electrical systems. Interface between ceramic fillers and polymer matrix is considered as a predominant factor to determine the dielectric performances of the nanocomposites. This review analyzes the influence of the interface on dielectric responses and breakdown strength in the nanocomposites, and discusses the viability of current interface engineering strategies in improving their energy storage capabilities. Two scopes of current interface modification approaches are focused from both structural and functional considerations in the dielectric ceramics/polymer nanocomposites: first, the organic/inorganic interface compatibility can be modified to generate homogeneous dispersion of ceramic nanoparticles in polymer matrix, which is the premise of fully realizing the synergistic combination of advantages of polymer and ceramic fillers; second, regulated local electrical and dielectric behaviors in interface region enable the enhancement of dielectric properties (both high dielectric constant and high breakdown strength) in resultant nanocomposites. In the last part, some present challenges and future perspectives are proposed to utilize the interface strategy for developing high energy density ceramics/polymer nanocomposites for dielectric and energy storage applications.


AbstractEfforts have been made in the recent past to enhance the strength properties of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) concrete via inclusions of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), but ...


The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display substrate and the second display substrate and the first display substrate and the second display substrate combination are spaced apart from each other. The first display substrate and the second display substrate includes an inorganic film containing silicon minerals. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules vertically aligned between the alignment of the vertically oriented molecules and to the inorganic film of the inorganic film. Method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel includes a surface treatment step of the inorganic film for homeotropic alignment of the liquid crystal molecules.


A filter assembly comprises a housing 2 in which is contained a tubular filter element 4, the housing includes a manifold 6 having an opening 18 through which fluid to be filtered can pass, the filter element includes an end cap 16 adjacent the manifold having an opening feeding to the interior of the filter. A conduit 20, 26 feeds between the opening in the manifold and the opening in the filter element end cap, and is characterised by a first extent of conduit 20 integrally formed in the manifold and terminating in a planer surface 30 within the manifold, and a second extent of conduit 26 integrally formed with and extending from, the end cap 16 of the filter element and terminating in a planer surface 22 which abuts the planer surface 30 of the manifold to define a sealed conduit within the assembly. Advantageously, the filter assembly may be embodied in pumps or compressors or may be installed in fluid flow lines as a separate unit.


The partition of the Indian subcontinent was an event of such a great magnitude that profoundly affected human emotions and values to such a great extent that all creative arts and artists have come under its influence. This historical event of great human significance inspired a host of sensitive and creative writers to express their human concern and inner agony through the literary medium of fiction in English. My research focuses on different versions of Partition portrayed in Khushwant Sigh's Train to Pakistan and Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy Man.


Introduction. The kinetic analysis of the VO2 on transient response during moderate (MOD) and heavy (HVY) intensity (MOD+HVY = SUB) exercise was compared by using several common modelling strategies to assess the best one. Material and methods. We compared the parameter estimate for the phase 2 VO2 time constant (τΦ2VO2) in older male adults (n = 9; 71 (± 5) yrs; mean (± sd)). Subjects performed an incremental ramp test (12 W•min-1) to the limit of tolerance to determine VO2peak and the estimated lactate threshold ( L). Constant load cycle exercise was performed at 50 W (MOD) and work rates corresponding to 80% (MOD) and 120% L(HVY). Each transition in work rate lasted 6 min and was preceded by 6 min cycling at a baseline of 20 W; transitions at each intensity were repeated 4 6 times. VO2 was measured breath by breath. Data from each transition were filtered, interpolated to 1 s intervals and ensemble averaged to yield a single response profile for each subject and intensity. Responses were modelled by means of nonlinear regression techniques with one (1C; fitting window 0.3333 min from exercise onset to either end MOD or phase 2 3 transition HVY), two (2C) and three component (3C) (fitting window from start exercise to end exercise) exponential models. In addition to this, data were placed into discrete time bins of 10 s (10 s bins VO2 data) to be modelled using 1C exponential model. Results. The 1C,4P0.3333 → 3 min best fitted Φ2VO2 data for SUB and allowed us to characterize τΦ2VO2. The Φ2VO2 data were physiologically best fitted with models 2C,7PBaseLine_Start to End exercise for MOD and 3C,10PBaseLine_Start to End for HVY and they allowed us an intra modelling characterization of the τΦ2VO2. These τΦ2VO2 were similar to each other in our old male volunteers (Overall mean ± SD: τsecond-by-second VO2 data= 46 ± 15 s, τ10-s bins VO2 data= 43 ± 7 s).


The objective of this study is to investigate the mediating effect on the relationship between managerial factors and organizational performance of public higher education institutions in Pakistan. Hypotheses were developed to determine the relationships between these determinants and performance of the institutions. Data were collected by means of structured mail survey questionnaires from the 225 faculty deans of the 74 state-owned universities in Pakistan, and multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify the predictive ability of managerialfactors as independent variables on organizational performance and corporate entrepreneurship as mediator. The findings reveal positive and significant relationships between managerial factors and performance and full mediation of corporate entrepreneurship between managerial factors and organizational performance. The findings ultimately enhance the field of corporate entrepreneurship which focuses on improving the performance of the higher education institutions in


The purpose of this study is to compare the use of number of links and sum of weight for measuring the level of participations among students in online discussion. Usually, SNA determines the level of participation in asynchronous online discussions based on number of links. However, it is not fair for participants who send or post a message more than once. The effectiveness of these two approaches are measured and then statistically compared based on social network indicators; degree, degree centrality, density and network degree centralization. The result shows that sum of weight is more appropriate, reliable and objective than number of links to measure the level of participation among students in online discussion.


Abstract Structure is probably the most difficult characteristic of carbon black to define. Electron microscopy has shown that the individual particles of a black are fused together into a variety of shapes, collectively defined as the structure. Here, particle is used to refer to that entity which is somewhat spherical in shape and is the smallest "building block" of structure. These particles have also been called "domains" of rotational graphitic layers and "nodules". The larger unit resulting from the fusion of these particles forms an "aggregate" or a "primary structure" unit. A collection of aggregates, held together by some other force (e.g , van der Waals force), is called an "agglomerate" or "secondary structure". With dry black, it is difficult to completely eliminate all secondry structure. However, main emphasis in this study was on primary structure, because it has the greater influence on rubber properties and because secondary structure is greatly reduced in good rubber mixing. Many recent ...


A photoredox protocol that uses a heteroleptic Cu (I) complex [Cu(dq)(BINAP)]BF4 has been developed for the photodeprotection of benzenesulfonyl protected N-heterocycles. A range of substrates were examined, including indazoles, indoles, pyrazoles, and benzimidazole, featuring both electron-rich and electron-deficient substituents, giving good yields of the N-heterocycle products with broad functional group tolerance. This transformation was also found to be amenable to flow reaction conditions.


In order to simulate physically plausible surfaces that represent geologically evolved surfaces, demonstrating demanding surface-relative guidance navigation and control (GN&C) actions, such surfaces must be made to mimic the geological processes themselves. A report describes how, using software and algorithms to model body surfaces as a series of digital terrain maps, a series of processes was put in place that evolve the surface from some assumed nominal starting condition. The physical processes modeled in this algorithmic technique include fractal regolith substrate texturing, fractally textured rocks (of empirically derived size and distribution power laws), cratering, and regolith migration under potential energy gradient. Starting with a global model that may be determined observationally or created ad hoc, the surface evolution is begun. First, material of some assumed strength is layered on the global model in a fractally random pattern. Then, rocks are distributed according to power laws measured on the Moon. Cratering then takes place in a temporal fashion, including modeling of ejecta blankets and taking into account the gravity of the object (which determines how much of the ejecta blanket falls back to the surface), and causing the observed phenomena of older craters being progressively buried by the ejecta of earlier impacts. Finally, regolith migration occurs which stratifies finer materials from coarser, as the fine material progressively migrates to regions of lower potential energy.


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An inside look at high-speed access written for the cable industry
Cable modems have emerged as a leading consumer choice for high-speed Internet access, outpacing alternatives such as digital subscriber lines, but not without raising issues about quality of service and controversy about open access. Providing an objective review of residential broadband and cable television networking, this book will be of great use for professionals who are integrating cable into their networks or service offerings. The authors compare cable access systems to competing technologies and discuss the increasingly difficult issues confronting each. Readers will also find coverage of the hottest areas in the field including high-speed data and packet voice standards, managing the "always-on" connection, and security and privacy risks.


As diabetes and obesity become a rising worldwide heath concern there has been an increased awareness of environmental factors, such as diet, that are contributing to the problem. The negative implications of consuming high amounts of dietary sugar on overall health have long been linked to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and other systemic health problems. However, it was not until recently that the negative impact of consuming non‐caloric artificial sweeteners in the place of sugar had been increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to the dramatic increase in diabetes and obesity, along with the associated complications. This study tested the response of the vascular endothelium in vitro and the in vivo response of a diabetes susceptible BB‐DR rat model to glucose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium supplementation through the use of high‐throughput 'omics' analyses coupled with functional testing. We have demonstrated that an acute in vitro treatment of rat microvascular endothelial cells with high glucose (25 mM) results in impairment of through glycosylation as exhibited by a restored function with PNGaseF enzymatic removal of N‐glycosylations (p<0.05). Conversely, artificial sweetener treatments also exhibited endothelial impairment in an in vitro tube formation assay (p<0.05); however, gene expression analyses suggested the mechanisms of dysfunction were through different mechanisms than the glucose treatment. Furthermore, through a site‐specific proteomic analysis we have identified 87 proteins significantly increased in N‐glycosylation and 143 in O‐glycosylation (p<0.05) on the endothelial cell surface following high glucose treatment as compared to normal glucose (4.5 mM); many targets related to vascular homeostasis. Those experiments have been supplemented with a comprehensive metabolomics analysis of plasma from an acute three week study on diabetes susceptible BB‐DR rats fed a high glucose, aspartame, or acesulfame potassium diet. Through this set of experiments we have identified unique signatures of alterations in lipid metabolism, among others, following artificial sweetener consumption. Overall, results of this study suggests that exposure to high glucose and artificial sweetener administration lead to unique mechanisms of vascular impairment and homeostatic alterations that may be important during the onset and progression of diabetes and obesity.


The teaching of harmonic foundations in music is a common learning objective in many education systems. However, music theory is often considered as a non-interactive subject matter that requires huge efforts to understand. With this work, we contribute a novel tangible device, called ScaleDial, that makes use of the relations between geometry and music theory to provide interactive, graspable and playful learning experiences. Therefore, we introduce an innovative tangible cylinder and demonstrate how harmonic relationships can be explored through a physical set of digital manipulatives, that can be arranged and stacked on top of an interactive chromatic circle. Based on the tangible interaction and further rich visual and auditory output capabilities, ScaleDial enables a better understanding of scales, pitch constellations, triads, as well as intervals. Further, we describe the technical realization of our advanced prototype and show how we fabricate the magnetic, capacitive and mechanical sensing.


This article presents clinical case of the use of multi-slice spiral computed tomography and magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) with stress test for establishing diagnosis and determining treatment tactics in a female patient with cardialgia of unclear genesis. To verify diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, a diagnostic algorithm of the existing NICE CG95 47938 NHS protocol was implemented. This approach enabled to verify coronary atherosclerosis with stenosis and demonstrated the need for endovascular myocardial revascularization to achieve angiographic and clinical success.


Photonic crystals (PhCs) have attractive properties for manipulating electromagnetic radiation. In one application, PhCs are composed of a number of dielectric rods that can be arranged to make an accelerator cavity. These structures trap an accelerating mode and allow higher-order modes to propagate out. This work focuses on optimizing PhC cavities to reduce transverse wake-fields by minimizing the presence of unwanted modes that deflect bunches off axis and lead to beam instabilities. The transverse wake-fields in the optimized structure are compared with transverse wake-fields for a triangular lattice structure and the CLIC cavity with higher-order mode (HOM) damping.


There has been considerable agreement among researchers and practitioners, working on development issues, that unless we improve the education infrastructure in less‐developed countries they will never be able to improve their development indices. Innumerable educational reform programs in many different countries, over the last century, have been driven by this aim but few have had the desired impact on local educational systems in terms of coverage, quality and equity. Taking as an example a project recently undertaken in Colombia, we argue in this paper that a significant reason for this may well be the inappropriate theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches underpinning the majority of educational reform programs.


Layered deposits within Valles Marineris and its associated system of canyons have been considered to consist of two different rock types: (1) thick, competent, cliff-forming, light and dark bedded material in canyon walls, and (2) relatively thin, alternating series of light and dark layered material, both horizontal and inclined, that form rounded hills and large flat-topped mesas rising above the canyon floors. The dissimilarity in appearance between canyon wall and floor materials, as well as their contrasting patterns of erosion, have been considered strong evidence that their modes of origin were different.


The XLPE cable is widely used in AC / DC power transmission, but its joints and other accessories lack of effective quality assessment means after manufacture, which may lead to potential insulation defects. Therefore, it is of great engineering significance to apply electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) technology to the insulation detection of cable joints. In this paper, the finite element software COMSOL is used to establish the model of cable joint and capacitive sensor, and the insulation detection is investigated by simulation. Firstly, the capacitance is measured to calculate the sensitive field, that is the influence of the spatial distribution of the dielectric constant on the capacitance. It is expected that after the sensitivity field distribution is obtained, LBP algorithm is used to calculate the distribution of dielectric constant, and image reconstructions are successfully realized for two kinds of insulation defects in the cable. In the future, an experimental instrument will be built up to detect the insulation of cable joints.


This treatise discusses economic effects of various methods for promoting automation of welding in shipbuilding by calculating welding arcing time for ship construction. From the viewpoint of economy, the automation of welding is one of the most imperative requirements now imposed on the shipbuilding industry. In most of the cases so far, the automatic welding has found its application only in the fabrication work on the assembly ground of flat panels contained in the cargo part of a ship. A ship, however, inevitably must take a streamlined shape since it travels in the water, a fluid. Hence, there exists curved part at the bow and stern of it. Further, the welding work on the building berth as a whole amounts to about 40 percent of the total welding work with respect to the required man-hour. In view of the above, the authors discuss here, (1) automatic welding of the curved shell plate as well as of the flat panel on the ground, (2) actual measures of automation of welding on the berth and (3) the economic effects to be achieved thereby.


Microsensors and microactuators are considered to be the most crucial elements of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and devices. There has been growing interest in the development of new microactuator technologies with an increasing requirement for low cost microswitch arrays providing large air gap and large force at the same time. In particular, large air gap/large force microactuators are essential for high voltage switching in automobile electronics, test equipment switchboards and in network remote reconfiguration. The necessity to reduce the size of actuators and at the same time increase the force and the air gap has placed severe constraints on the suitability of current microactuator technology for various applications. This has led to the development of new actuator technologies based on novel materials or modifying existing systems. As an effort in this direction, this thesis presents the details of the work on the design, fabrication and testing of a new hybrid microactuator, combining electromagnetic and piezoelectric actuation mechanisms. The design and fabrication of electromagnetic actuators using planar coils and a soft magnetic core has long been established. However, in many instances these designs are constrained by difficulties in the fabrication of the multi layer planar coils, which is tedious, often resulting in a low yield. Hence device performance is limited by the maximum coil currents and thereby the maximum force able to be generated. In order to overcome these problems, a hybrid actuator combining the electromagnetic system along side of a piezoelectric actuation is proposed. This has been demonstrated to assist in enhancing the total force and consequently achieving larger actuator displacements. In this research a hybrid microactuator with a footprint of 10 mm was designed, fabricated and tested. It can generate 330 μN force and cover 100 μm air gap as a microswitch.


Last month United States and UK national nursing organisations hit the headlines with their positions on highly controversial policies. The RCN took a neutral stance on assisted suicide, while the American Nurses Association strongly reaffirmed its support of president Barack Obama's healthcare reform proposals.


Abstract : The inability of the Web applications built on the prevalent hypertext markup language (HTML) infrastructure to meaningfully share information has greatly hindered electronic commerce. These applications do not adequately analyze and semantically structure the overwhelming amounts of data returned to a user through a keyword, full-text, or other search. The inadequacy of the existing Web tools to semantically structure information has caused staggering costs and productivity losses in the business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce domain. Agent technology provides an efficient approach to achieving interoperabilty of Web applications and offers a framework for developing Semantic Web tools that enable seamless electronic commerce. This project has built a B2B eCommerce Gateway (DAMLGate) on the DARPA agent markup language (DAML) infrastructure. DAMLGate enables interoperability and linking of Web documents to machine-readable ontologies. The initial version of DAMLGate facilitates distributed agile manufacturing processes in the highly automated and dynamic electronics assembly environment.


Information is an asset; if one is informed, one can make the right choices, act appropriately, reason with insight. From an individual and collective perspective, the acquisition of information is a way to gain authority. For the Enlightenment encyclopédistes, availability and circulation of information was a vital instrument in the quest for a better and less unjust society. In societies based on property and competition, however, information, like any other asset, is also a value that can be accumulated and contribute to the creation of additional value. Know-how is a competitive advantage, and information therefore also takes the guise of a commodity that has both an owner and a price. In other words, information is an asset (yet another asset) to which modern societies have an ambiguous relationship. On the one hand, it is an asset that holds universal value, and on the other, it is subject to a social distribution which has a market for commodities 'and other services' as its condition.


Human interest of news works asks to write news at people's angle, lay stress on people's activities, people's effect and people's feeling. To report news should seize the factor of human interest, and make news works lively.


e14008 Background: KRAS genotyping represents a first step towards individualized therapy and has become a crucial issue in mCRC. The optimization of KRAS genotyping delay enabling rational prescri...


Abstract The fungicides chlorothalonil, tebuconazole, and propiconazole commonly used for control of peanut diseases were evaluated for activity against the corn earworm [Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)], fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)], and velvetbean caterpillar (Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner). Chlorothalonil most adversely affected early establishment and survival of neonates of all three insect species on peanut terminal buds. Chlorothalonil also decreased the weight of larvae of all three species at 10 d and extended the time to pupation for fall armyworm and velvetbean caterpillar larvae. Similarly, tebuconazole adversely affected early survival and establishment, decreased 10-d weight and extended time to pupation of corn earworm and velvetbean caterpillar larvae, but had little effect on fall armyworm larvae. Propiconazole had no effect on establishment and survival of corn earworm and fall armyworm larvae on peanut terminals, and actually increased the weight of 10-d-old larvae for al...


This paper presents an algorithm based on a combination of Discrete Wavelet Transforms (DWTs) and Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network (FFANN) to discriminate magnetising inrush from interturn fault. Interturn faults are staged on custom-built transformer. DWT is used for feature extraction from the differential current during magnetising inrush and interturn faults and FFANN is used to discriminate magnetising inrush from interturn fault. An online algorithm is tested successfully on the custom-built transformer. It is found that the proposed method gives satisfactory results, and may be useful in the development of modern differential relay for transformer protection scheme.


— Condition monitoring has emerged as an important technique in manufacturing industries for predictive maintenance and on-line monitoring of the processes and equipment. Because of the accessibility of sensors and sign handling innovation, actualizing condition observing frameworks in an assembling domain has turned out to be simple. In this investigation, a straightforward gadget used to quantify the sharpness of the rough particles of the crushing wheel is planned and created with a target of distinguishing the pounding wheel conditions. The sharpness of the crushing wheel is one of the significant variables for accomplishing the required surface geometry in the completed work-piece. Crushing wheel conditions are set up utilizing the pounding wheel life cycle plot, for the whole granulating cycle. A test arrangement has been built up to catch AE flag in an auto-feed surface granulating procedure utilizing Aluminium Oxide pounding wheel. AE time-area highlights are extricated utilizing AEWIN programming. Highlight choice has been done by breaking down the sign in the time area. RMS and Energy highlights are found to have great connection with crushing wheel conditions. Factual AI classifiers, for example, Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy frameworks, and Neuro-Fuzzy frameworks are utilized to anticipate the crushing wheel conditions. Results shows, ANN and Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy frameworks can foresee the pounding wheel condition with great precision.


Battery energy storage systems are a key factor for enabling a continuous increase of the fraction of photovoltaics in the Swedish electricity grid. One big challenge is to utilise all potential se ...


A comprehensive review has compiled and summarized all current information about pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the various subsets of myositis.


The invention provides a flexible clamp device for weak rigidity workpieces. The flexible clamp device for the weak rigidity workpieces is formed by a plurality of clamp assemblies jointly; every clamp assembly is formed by an execution module, an information collection module and a control module; every execution module comprises a clamping mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a horizontal moving mechanism; the clamping mechanisms are driven by the lifting mechanisms and the horizontal moving mechanisms to ascend, descend and horizontally move; every lifting mechanism comprises a lifting platform; the horizontal moving mechanisms are fixedly arranged on the lifting mechanisms; the clamping mechanisms are fixedly arranged on the horizontal moving mechanisms; every information collection module comprises a vibration displacement sensor, a vertical displacement sensor, a horizontal displacement sensor and a pressure sensor; every control module comprises an information collection card, a PC (Personal Computer) machine and a controller; the information collection cards are connected with the sensors; the PC machines are used for processing information of the information collection modules; the operation of the mechanisms is controlled by the controllers. According to the flexible clamp device for the weak rigidity workpieces, the size of clamping force and the position the clamping force taking effect on can be adjusted automatically, the integral deformation of the workpieces is reduced, and meanwhile the machining vibration of the workpieces is restrained and the milling stability of the workpieces is improved.


The wetland ecosystem is very complex,which has many characteristics and functions,such as integration,ecology,service,self-maintenance and autoregulation.Based on the ecological complexity theory,the paper analyses the wetland characteristics of Hutuo river from Gangnan reservoir to Huangbizhuang reservoir,and constructs the evaluation system and the standards of the health ranks to diagnose and evaluate the wetland ecosystem health from four aspects: structure,state,function and coordination with the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model.The result shows that the wetland is in sub-health.