In order to construct the knowledge graph of ethnic cultural information resources, we first use the Chinese word segmentation system and user-defined thesaurus to segment and part-of-speech tagging the data of ethnic cultural dictionary, and remove the punctuation. Then the text data is detected. If the number of continuous word segmentation is not less than the set threshold, then to perform manual word segmentation operation, and to add the result of manual word segmentation to the user-defined thesaurus of Chinese word segmentation system until there is no new word. Then we extract the attributes of the text data after the correct segmentation to build the domain knowledge graph. We detect the repeatability of the domain knowledge graph, delete the duplicate data, and store the knowledge graph. Finally, we link the stored domain knowledge graph with resources.


The performance of a number of existing dynamic subgrid-scale(SGS) models is evaluated in large-eddy simulations(LES) of two prototype transitional and turbulent shear flows, a planar jet and a channel flow. The dynamic SGS models applied include the dynamic Smagorinsky model(DSM);Germano et al. 1991, Lully 1992), the dynamic tow-component model(DTM; Akhavan et al. 2000), the dynamic mixed model(DMM;Zang et al, 1993). and the dynamic two-parameter model(DTPM; Salvetti & Banerjee 1995). The results are compared with those for DNS for their evaluation. The LES results demonstrate the superior performance of DTM with use of a sharp cutoff filter and DMM with use of a box filter, as compared to their respect counterpart DSM, in predicting the mean statistics, spectra and large-scale structure of the flow, Such features of DTM and DMM derive from the construction of the models in which tow separate terms are included to represent the SGS interactions; a Smagorinsky edd-viscosity term to account for the non-local interactions, and a local-interaction term to account for the nonlinear dynamics between the resolved and subgrid scales in the vicinity of the LES cutoff. As well, overall the SGS models using a sharp cutoff filter are more successful than those using a box filter in capturing the statistics and structure of the flow. Finally, DTPM is found to be compatible or inferior to DMM.


THE relation between aerodynamics and the design of an aircraft and its power plant is unique in engineering; it is only in aircraft design that good aerodynamics is a prerequisite for success. Of course the structure must be good (though this is true of ships or bridges) and so must the motor (but this also applies to motor cars and railway engines) and the electrics must be efficient (and so must they be for a television set); and so on through many other technologies. But the start, and the heart, of the design is aerodynamics, the one feature that distinguishes aeroplanes from all other forms of transport. At the present time Handley Page Limited is engaged in the production of a new turboprop business cum feeder‐liner aeroplane the H.P. 137 Jetstream, which made its first flight on August 18.


Abstract Twelve new organoplatinum(II) complexes: [PtCl(Saf)(2-Me-8-OquiN)] (1), [PtCl(Saf)(5,7-Cl2-8-OquiN)] (2), [PtCl(Saf)(5,7-Cl2-2-Me-8-OquiN)] (3), [PtCl(Meteug)(5,7-Cl2-8-OquiN)] (4), [PtCl(Meteug)(5,7-Cl2-2-Me-8-OquiN)] (5), [Pt(Saf-1H)(2-Me-8-OquiN)] (6), [Pt(Saf-1H)(5,7-Cl2-8-OquiN)] (7), [Pt(Saf-1H)(5,7-Cl2-2-Me-8-OquiN)] (8), [Pt(Eteug-1H)(2-Me-8-OquiN)] (9), [Pt(Eteug-1H)(2-OHC-8-OquiN)] (10), [Pt(Eteug-1H)(5,7-Cl2-8-OquiN)] (11) and [Pt(Eteug-1H)(5,7-Cl2-2-Me-8-OquiN)] (12) (Saf: Safrole, Meteug: Methyl eugenoxyacetate, Saf-1H: Deprotonated safrole, Eteug-1H: Deprotonated ethyl eugenoxyacetate, OquiN: substituted quinolin-8-olate) were synthesized. These complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, IR, 1H NMR, for several also by NOESY, MS spectra and 9 by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It is shown that in 1-5 the Pt(II) ion is surrounded by a Cl ion and the ethylenic double bond of the aryl olefin, and by N and O atoms of the 8-OquiN, its donor N is in trans-position in comparison with the ethylenic double bond. In 6-12 the Pt(II) ion is surrounded by an aromatic C atom and the ethylenic C = C double bond of the aryl olefin, and by N and O atoms of the 8-OquiN resulting in a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment; the donor N is in cis-position in comparison with the ethylenic double bond. Complexes 2, 4 and 7 exhibit high activities on human cancer cells KB, Hep-G2, Lu and MCF-7 with most IC50 values lower than those of cisplatin.


Purpose: To investigate the closure rate of primary full-thickness macular hole, following intraocular air tamponade combined with a nonsupine positioning regimen. Methods: A prospective study of patients with full-thickness macular hole, who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling and intraocular air tamponade followed by 3 days of nonsupine positioning. Outcome measures were primary full-thickness macular hole closure and improvement in best-corrected visual acuity after 6 months. Results: A total of 34 eyes were included. In the group of full-thickness macular hole ⩽400 &mgr;m, primary closure occurred in 95% (19/20), whereas only 57% (8/14) of those >400 &mgr;m closed (P = 0.01). The mean gain in best-corrected visual acuity was 3.5 ETDRS (Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study) lines (SD = 1.5) (P < 0.01). The air bubble meniscus height at the first postoperative day was estimated to a mean of 59% (range, 50–70%), at the second postoperative day it was 46% (range, 40–55%), and the third day it was 39% (range, 30–45%). Mean intraocular air bubble duration was 10 days (range, 8–13 days). Conclusion: The combination of air tamponade and nonsupine positioning regimen leads to high closure rates for small/medium macular holes (⩽400 &mgr;m), but not for large macular holes (>400 &mgr;m).


Customers' perception and preference regarding the level of electric-system reliability they are willing to accept and pay for are examined in a landmark study sponsored by the Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp. Advanced statistical and behavioral techniques are used to predict the impact of policy changes without the hazard of experimenting in the real world. 2 figures.


This study conducted an analysis of muons, protons, and charged pions emitted from ν µ charged-current interactions on iron using a nuclear emulsion detector. The emulsion detector with a 65 kg iron target was exposed to a neutrino beam corresponding to 4.0 × 10 19 protons on target with a mean neutrino energy of 1.49 GeV. The measurements were performed at a momentum threshold of 200 (50) MeV/ c for protons (pions), which are the lowest momentum thresholds attempted up to now. The measured quantities are the multiplicities, emission angles, and momenta of the muons, protons, and charged pions. In addition to these inclusive measurements, exclusive measurements such as the muon-proton emission-angle correlations of specific channels and the opening angle between the protons of CC0 π 2 p events were performed. The data were compared to Monte Carlo (MC) predictions and some significant differences were observed. The results of the study demonstrate the capability of detailed measurements of neutrino-nucleus interactions using a nuclear emulsion detector to improve neutrino interaction models. is shifted. The total uncertainties of these backgrounds


Research the water conservancy safe accuracy inspection to improve the accuracy of the monitoring.Traditional hidden danger detection in hydraulic engineering was based on the image characteristics differences detecting between normal regional and hidden trouble regional.When the image characteristics differences are not obvious,the detection accuracy is not high.In order to solve this problem,the paper presented a water conservancy project hidden danger detection algorithm based on the pixels differences compensation.By increasing the intensity of pixels differences between hidden danger area and normal area,the small differences were compensated and the accuracy of the test was increased.The experimental results show that the proposed method can compensate the electromagnetic wave attenuation and accurately detect the hidden danger in water conservancy project.


JLt is appropriate as we approach the Bicentennial Celebration of the United States that we ask ourselves, What is the condition of equal opportunity in edu cational employment in this nation dedicated to equality and justice? Beginning with the Civil War consti tutional amendments, a wide range of governmental actions have been taken to provide equal opportunity. There has been progress, yet victory is not in sight, as evidenced by the flurry of charges of "reverse discrimination," the opposition to affirmative action, and the difficulty which is being experienced in securing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. We could offer many reasons why minorities and women have been unable to secure equal treatment. This paper will not focus on the reasons, but will try to put the issue of equality in educational employment in perspec tive. In no other sector of employment has the controversy over the imple mentation of the equal employment regulations been as virulent as in higher education. Charges of discrimination on the basis of sex have been filed against more than 500 institutions. The Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare has a backlog of between 700 and 800 cases. Some of the "finest" institutions have been charged: the University of California, Berkeley; Columbia Univer sity; Harvard University; Yale Univer sity; the University of Michigan; the University of Wisconsin; the University of Pennsylvania; the University of Min nesota; the University of Chicago; and the entire state university systems of New York, California, and Florida. One may wonder why this is so. I believe there are several reasons. Academe dif fers from business and industry, not only in personnel practices but also in its supposedly enlightened attitude to ward equal opportunity. It is an attitude that one comes to associate with the


Through the study of medical support model of joint service troop,the author proposed that we should es- tablish one more flexible support system to optimize medical resources and improve efficiency of economy and mili- tary affairs.With this model,we could make sufficient preparation for the future military battle.


at this year's National Infusion and Vascular Access Society conference in Birmingham, where I spoke about the uncompliant patient in vascular access. I was happily surprised by the engagement from delegates afterward who wanted to know more. The uncompliant patient in vascular access has always been a challenge in many clinical settings—the act of labelling any patient 'uncompliant' in itself can be provoking but it is a term that applies to some of our biggest patient groups: children, intravenous drug users, patients with learning disabilities and, most significantly, the needle-phobic patient. Generally patients are uncompliant for a reason and getting to the bottom of these issues is the first step to success. I have spent much time considering why patients are uncompliant with vascular access. Sometimes there can be an organic problem such as dementia or delirium, mental awareness or ability to reason, and sometimes the reason can be more complex and involve irrational fears—or maybe the reason will never be clear. In all cases there are ways to overcome this. I have found that a four-step approach to gaining vascular access is the most reliable way to approach these patient groups and will help you gain trust from your patient, which is key. The four steps are: ■ Analgesia ■ Comfort/position Considering the uncompliant patient: a four-step approach


Because of external factors,such as sunlight or wind pressure;Ancient architecture may form distortion,we may adopt remedial measure quickly,don't analysis the real reason,In this paper,we set dynamic control network.,obtain monitor data,analysis monitor data by robust estimate of Kalman filtering,forcast the direction of data.The orientation of forecast number and adjustment number is very anastomotic,they are all in the dimension of permit.the result can be forecasted deformation direction of ancient architecture,we can forcast the tendency of deformation.


The polarizability theory of optical activity is used to investigate the crystal structure peculiarities of disordered langasite family crystals. An optical rotation was calculated as the function of site occupancy of mixed 1a, 2d and 3f Wickoff position for various Ca-gallogermanate structure type crystals.


India ranks third in the global startup ecosystem in the world incubating more than 50,000 startups and witnessing 15% YoY growth per year. Being a center of innovation and skilled labor, Indian startups have attracted investments from all over the world. This paper aims at exploring the trends that are driving the growth in the Indian startup ecosystem.,Top 200 startups according to valuation are selected as a sample to find out the major trends in the Indian startup ecosystem. This paper includes surveying the sample startups about the implementation of trends such as big data, crowdfunding and shared economy in their startup and its tangible, as well as intangible impacts on their business. The result of the survey is analyzed to get an overview of the emerging trends in the Indian startup ecosystem.,Major ten emerging trends that drive growth in the Indian startup ecosystem are discovered and the areas where these trends can be leveraged are identified.,This research has contributed toward structuring and documenting the growth driving trends, and it will help the budding entrepreneurs to get familiar with the contemporary trends, pros and cons associated with it and the ways to leverage these trends to build a successful startup.


New AuI/AgI complexes containing one or two substituted pyrazole ligands [Au(Hpzbp2)(PPh3)](p-CH3C6H4SO3) [Hpzbp2 = 3,5-bis(4-n-butoxyphenyl)pyrazole] (1) and [M(HpzR2)2]nX [HpzR2 = Hpzbp2, M = Au, n = 1, X = p-CH3C6H4SO3 (2), NO3− (3); n = 2, X = 1,5-naphthalenedisulfonate (1,5nds) (4); HpzR2 = Hpzbp2, M = Ag, n = 1, X = BF4− (5), CF3SO3− (6); HpzR2 = HpzNO2 (3,5-dimethyl-4-nitropyrazole), M = Ag, n = 1, X = BF4− (7), CF3SO3− (8)], have been prepared and characterized. Compounds 1, 2, 5 and 8 have been proved to be useful for supramolecular assembly from their single X-ray diffraction analysis. In all cases strong hydrogen bonds maintain the cationic units bonded to their corresponding counterions. The crystal packing arrangement of 1, 2 and 5 is, however, determined by weak C−H···O/F hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the remaining O/F atoms of the counterion. By contrast, for 8 a two-dimensional layer-type polymeric network is formed by π···π (NO2···NO2) and coordinative Ag···O interactions in which the NO2 substituent on the pyrazole is implicated. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)


Canna indica L. (Cannaceae) is grown as an ornamental plant both in houses and gardens for its brightly coloured flowers and large green leaves. During a survey of phytopathogenic fungi of Andhra Pradesh, the authors came across severely infected Canna plants. Macroscopic examination of the infected leaves revealed the presence of rust pustules with both uredinio and teliospores. A perusal of literature (1-9) revealed that there is no record of any rust fungus on the members of Cannaceae, therefore necessitating the creation of a new rust taxon.


Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in gold-coated SMF have been successfully inscribed with NIR femtosecond laser and a phase mask for high temperature sensing application. The spectrums of FBGs inscribed by femtosecond laser are broader and asymmetrical with flat-toped profile which degrades the accuracy of FBGs interrogation with common peak detection techniques. A smart interrogation algorithm based on pattern matching (PMSIA) is reported in this paper. In this algorithm, an adjustable fitting spectrum template was proposed which enables the ability to suit for various spectrum patterns was proposed. The results of simulation and experiment demonstrate the noise immunity and threshold reliability of PMSIA. Less than 7pm interrogation error PMSIA was obtained even if the spectrum changes greatly in the very large sensing temperature range (up to 700°C).


Rarely, an "acute ear" is the result of trauma. Accidental puncture of the membrane occurs from thorns, needles, hair slides, and hot or corrosive fluids entering the external meatus, and rupture of the membrane is a common result of near explosions. Treatment must be directed to prevent infection. Syringing is to be avoided. Any debris should be wiped out with wool moistened with spirit and the meatus lightly plugged with sterile wool. Prophylactic injections of procaine penicillin may be given. Should infection and suppuration follow, the same rules apply as in the case of primary acute middle-ear infection. A group of cases due to flying is also to be considered. Many fliers notice unpleasant sensations in the ears even when descending gradually, and if descent has been rapid some complain of severe pain. The ears usually become normal in an hour or so, but when pain and deafness persist inflation of the Eustachian tube or tubes generally relieves the patient. Politzerization, or self-inflation, is often successful. If not, the Eustachian catheter will be needed on. a few occasions. Examination shows retraction of the membrane, which is often reddened. The condition is one of barotrauma.


The commercial application of expert systems indicates a role for this technology as a competitive tool in a wise variety of business activities. The ability of an expert system to duplicate the problem‐solving process of a human expert can be utilized in the managerial decisions process. Two potential roles of expert systems in this function are examined: a direct role in decision support and an indirect role in systems support. A discussion of the limitations of current expert systems technology yields several observations concerning the function of expert systems in a decision support environment. A strategy is presented to assist in identifying potential areas for developing expert system applications and evaluating their feasibility.


OF THE DISSERTATION ................................................................ ii DEDICATION ....................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... x LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................. xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ................................................................................. xv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 1 THE IMMUNOASSAY .............................................................................................. 1 MULTIPLEXING IMMUNOASSAYS ............................................................................. 3 MICROFLUIDIC BEAD BASED IMMUNOASSAYS ......................................................... 5 APPLICATIONS OF LOW VOLUME MULTIPLEX MICROFLUIDIC BEAD BASED IMMUNOASSAYS ................................................................................................... 8 In Vitro Applications ....................................................................................... 8 In Vivo Applications ..................................................................................... 11 Clinical Applications ..................................................................................... 19 PREVIOUS MICROFLUIDIC MULTIPLEXING IMMUNOASSAYS ..................................... 20 THESIS OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................. 28 THESIS SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 28 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 30


AIM
To study the effect of low-molecular-weight Rehmannia glutinosa polysaccharides (LRPS) on p53 gene expression.

METHODS
The level of p53 gene expression was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and autoradiography.

RESULTS
The levels of p53 mRNA in Lewis lung cancer tissue were 0.46, 1.52, 1.48, and 1.60 respectively after saline, LRPS 20 and 40 mg.kg-1, and cyclophosphamide 10 mg.kg-1, which were the effective doses inhibiting the growth of tumor tissue cells in vivo. LRPS markedly increased p53 gene expression.

CONCLUSION
LRPS effect on p53 gene expression is one of the mechanisms of antitumor activity.


The Salt Lake Valley consists of a metropolitan area with a population of about one million. Wholesale domestic water supply is provided to this area by two main agencies, namely Salt Lake County Conservancy District (Conservancy District) and the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City (Metro). As the service population has increased, so have conflicts over supply and delivery. The conflict resolution has taken several years of controversy, discussions and negotiations resulting in an agreement being developed. This agreement is known as 'The Conjunctive Management Plan' for Salt Lake County. The process and the plan will be discussed in this paper.


The current work is a glossary of technical terms in English language for Medical Health Professionals, has been prepared due to the lack of technical lexicon the students have during and after their university studies, that is, the students have a deficit of technical words which limits their professional competence and accountability. This shortage limits them and makes it a great laboring challenge if they have to work overseas in English-speaking countries. The glossary comprises the main and necessary words which are needed for this type of professional in their field of action. These graduates have a solid knowledge and comprehension of biological, biochemical and biophysical fundamentals in their mother tongue but they do not have the necessary elements in the target language to operate properly. It is a need that they can work appropriately in the spheres of prevention, promotion and health recovery to support a diagnosis, a treatment and a management not only in their mother tongue but in English for their future work.


We study the localization-delocalization transition of Floquet eigenstates in a driven fermionic chain with an incommensurate Aubry-André potential and a hopping amplitude which is varied periodically in time. Our analysis shows the presence of a mobility edge separating single-particle delocalized states from localized and multifractal states in the Floquet spectrum. Such a mobility edge does not have any counterpart in the static Aubry-André model and exists for a range of drive frequencies near the critical frequency at which the transition occurs. The presence of the mobility edge is shown to leave a distinct imprint on fermion transport in the driven chain; it also influences the Shannon entropy and the survival probability of the fermions at long times. In addition, we find the presence of CAT states in the Floquet spectrum with weights centered around a few nearby sites of the chain. This is shown to be tied to the flattening of Floquet bands over a range of quasienergies. We support our numerical studies with a semi-analytic expression for the Floquet Hamiltonian (HF ) computed within a Floquet perturbation theory. The eigenspectra of the perturbative HF so obtained exhibit qualitatively identical properties to the exact eigenstates of HF obtained numerically. Our results thus constitute an analytic expression of a HF whose spectrum supports multifractal and CAT states. We suggest experiments which can test our theory.


Since its origin, the navigation services provided by the GNSS system have been applied to a variety of field, some of which are beyond the original scope of the infrastructure. LEO satellites autonomous orbit determination by means of on board GNSS receiver is one of the cases. The achievable position accuracy, in the order of 10 m 3d rms, satisfies most of the mission requirements and can be implemented with a simple navigation algorithm based on loose constraining of observations. For those missions that require better real time accuracies, sub meter positioning is achievable, by means of reduced dynamic filtering, which provides strong constraining of observations thanks to a detailed orbit force model. The algorithm general architecture is well covered in literature, although its real world implementation is still limited to few cases, partially because few are the missions that require such accuracy in real time, and partially because of its implementation complexity. This paper addresses one aspect of this complexity, which is related to filter tuning, or in other words to the effective definition of a statistical description of observations and process errors. Being the filter tuning a process of trial and error in most cases, and a delicate implementation step at the same time which may lead to instability and divergence, this paper proposes a procedure to achieve stable sub meter positioning from the reduced dynamic algorithm implementation.


In this paper, a novel adaptive neuro network nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control based on barrier Lyapunov functions is proposed for flexible double-clamped beam systems with input saturation and distributed disturbance. First, the Galerkin projection method is employed to reduce the partial differential dynamic equations of the beam into ordinary differential equations. Second, a novel barrier Lyapunov function is employed to design a nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode controller that ensures the closed-loop system is stable with state constraints. In addition, an auxiliary system is proposed to guarantee the stability of the beam system subject to input saturation. Third, an adaptive neural network is used to deal with the possible unknown part of the model parameters. It is proved that the proposed control law can handle input saturation and state constraints simultaneously without knowing the model exactly. Finally, numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control laws.


We have used Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software (SPIS) simulations to study the characteristics (i.e., dimensions, ion depletion, and evolution with the changing spacecraft attitude) of the Cassini ion wake. We focus on two regions, the plasma disk at 4.5–4.7 RS, where the most prominent wake structure will be formed, and at 7.6 RS, close to the maximum distance at which a wake structure can be detected in the Cassini Langmuir probe (LP) data. This study also reveals how the ion wake and the spacecraft plasma interaction have impacted the Cassini LP measurements in the studied environments, for example, with a strong decrease in the measured ion density but with minor interference from the photoelectrons and secondary electrons originating from the spacecraft. The simulated ion densities and spacecraft potentials are in very good agreement with the LP measurements. This shows that SPIS is an excellent tool to use for analyses of LP data, when spacecraft material properties and environmental parameters are known and used correctly. The simulation results are also used to put constraints on the ion temperature estimates in the inner magnetosphere of Saturn. The best agreement between the simulated and measured ion density is obtained using an ion temperature of 8 eV at ∼4.6 RS. This study also shows that SPIS simulations can be used in order to better constrain plasma parameters in regions where accurate measurements are not available.


In this paper we present a comprehensive study of magnetic dynamics in the rare-earth orthoferrite YbFeO$_3$ at temperatures below and above the spin-reorientation (SR) transition $T_{\mathrm{SR}}=7.6$ K, in magnetic fields applied along the $a, b$ and $c$ axes. Using single-crystal inelastic neutron scattering, we observed that the spectrum of magnetic excitations consists of two collective modes well separated in energy: 3D gapped magnons with a bandwidth of $\sim$60 meV, associated with the antiferromagnetically (AFM) ordered Fe subsystem, and quasi-1D AFM fluctuations of $\sim$1 meV within the Yb subsystem, with no hybridization of those modes. The spin dynamics of the Fe subsystem changes very little through the SR transition and could be well described in the frame of semiclassical linear spin-wave theory. On the other hand, the rotation of the net moment of the Fe subsystem at $T_{\mathrm{SR}}$ drastically changes the excitation spectrum of the Yb subsystem, inducing the transition between two regimes with magnon and spinon-like fluctuations. At $T T_{\mathrm{SR}}$ only a gapped broad spinon-like continuum dominates the spectrum. In this work we show that a weak quasi-1D coupling within the Yb subsystem $J_\text{Yb-Yb}$, mainly neglected in previous studies, creates unusual quantum spin dynamics on the low energy scales. The results of our work may stimulate further experimental search for similar compounds with several magnetic subsystems and energy scales, where low-energy fluctuations and underlying physics could be "hidden" by a dominating interaction.


River flow in Alpine environments is likely to be highly sensitive to climate change because of the effects of warming upon snow and ice, and hence the intra-annual distribution of river runoff. It is also likely to be influenced strongly by human impacts both upon hydrology (e.g. flow abstraction) and river regulation. This paper compares the river flow and sediment flux of two Alpine drainage basins over the last 5 to 7 decades, one that is largely unimpacted by human activities, one strongly impacted by flow abstraction for hydroelectricity. The analysis shows that both river flow and sediment transport capacity are strongly dependent upon the effects of temperature and precipitation availability upon snow accumulation. As the latter tends to increase annual maximum flows, and given the non-linear form of most sediment transport laws, current warming trends may lead to increased sedimentation in Alpine rivers. However, extension to a system impacted upon by flow abstraction reveals the dominant effect that human activity can have upon river sedimentation but also how human response to sediment management has co-evolved with climate forcing to make disentangling the two very difficult. can be reduced in warmer years due to two processes (Scherrer and Appenzeller, 2006): (1) a smaller proportion of precipitation that falls as snow; and (2) greater ablation, through a greater probability of rain-on-snow events, as well as more snow melt at higher altitudes earlier in the season. Recent declines in: snow water equivalent; spring snow cover; and/or the thickness of spring snow cover; have been extensively reported, including in the western (e.g. Hamlet et al., 2005) and eastern USA (e.g. Burns et al., 2007) and in the European Alps (e.g. Serquet et al., 2011), linked to warming trends (e.g. Hamlet et al., 2005, Mote, 2006). This trend has been most rapid since the mid 1980s (e.g. Marty, 2008) with evidence of progressively earlier onset of spring snow melt (e.g. Jasper et al., 2004, Birsan et al., 2005, Hodgkins and Dudley, 2006, Horton et al., 2006, Bavay et al., 2009, Fritze and Stewart, 2011). Such changes may impact flow extremes: the probability of low summer flows goes up and the magnitude of annual maximum flows may reduce, because the snow stock is commonly reduced in the late spring and early summer when the probability of warmer rain on snow events is rising, events which can rapidly liberate runoff. Two important research objectives remain. The first is to look at flow extremes rather than seasonal or monthly runoff. The second is to recognize that most measured flow time series in the Alps contain a complex mixture of climatic and human forcing, often difficult to unravel. Finding basins where climate forcing can be studied in isolation of human impacts is hard because such basins are rarely


—In the present era of ubiquitous digitization more and more services are becoming available online which is amplified by the Corona pandemic. The fast-growing mobile service market opens up new attack surfaces to the mobile service ecosystem. Hence, mobile service providers are faced with various challenges to protect their services and in particular the associated mobile apps. Defenses for apps are, however, often limited to (lightweight) application-level protection such as app hardening and monitoring and intrusion detection. Therefore, effective risk management is crucial to limit the exposure of mobile services to threats and potential damages caused by attacks.Inthis paper, we present FedCRI, a solution for sharing Cyber-Risk Intelligence (CRI). At its core, FedCRI transforms mobile cyber-risks into machine learning (ML) models and leverages ML-based risk management to evaluate security risks on mobile devices. FedCRI enables fast and autonomous sharing of actionable ML-based CRI knowledge by utilizing Federated Learning (FL). FL allows collaborative training of effective risk detection models based on information contributed by different mobile service providers while preserving the privacy of the training data of the individual organizations. We extensively evaluate our approach on several real-world user databases representing 23.8 million users of security-critical mobile apps (since Android 4 and iOS 6) provided by nine different service providers in different European countries. The datasets were collected over the course of six years in the domains of financial services, payments, and insurances. Our approach can successfully extract accurate CRI models, allowing effective identification of cybersecurity risks on mobile devices. Our evaluation shows that the federated risk detection model can achieve better than 99% accuracy in terms of F1-score in most risk classification tasks with a very low number of false positives.


Semantic diversity in Genetic Programming has proved to be highly beneficial in evolutionary search. We have witnessed a surge in the number of scientific works in the area, starting first in discrete spaces and moving then to continuous spaces. The vast majority of these works, however, have focused their attention on single-objective genetic programming paradigms, with a few exceptions focusing on Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization (EMO). The latter works have used well-known robust algorithms, including the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II and the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm, both heavily influenced by the notion of Pareto dominance. These inspiring works led us to make a step forward in EMO by considering Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms Based on Decomposition (MOEA/D). We show, for the first time, how we can naturally promote semantic diversity in MOEA/D in Genetic Programming.


This correspondence reviews the interpretation of the coherence function and provides a derivation for bias of coherence estimates due to misalignment. The derived expression is compared with previous results. It is shown that subsequent processing of underwater acoustic signals from a recent experiment corroborates the derived results for coherence estimation bias.


It is important to estimate directly the pinching of RC members subjected to cyclic loading. However, in practice the energy dissipation factor is adopted, which is indirect and empirical method. It was reported that the delay of compressive stress development of concrete is the main cause of pinching. In this study the compressive stress delay of concrete is considered in the nonlinear analysis of RC walls subjected to cyclic loading and the effect of the compressive stress delay of concrete on pinching is observed at the hysteresis loop of lateral load-drift ratio graph. Multiple pushover analysis on the RC walls with various vertical end bar ratios were performed by Perform 3D. As results the plastic hinge rotation of RC walls considering the delay of compressive stress development of concrete is evaluated larger than that of walls non-considering stress delay and as the end bar ratio increases the RC walls considering the compressive stress delay of concrete were evaluated differently comparing to the RC walls non-considering compressive stress delay of concrete.


Taking A356 aluminum alloy wheels made by low pressure casting process as research object, a mathematical model for calculating the bending fatigue life of the wheel was established, and the effects of two secondary dendrite arm spacing and maximum pinhole on the mechanical properties were studied by simulation technology and finite element analysis, and the effectiveness of the proposed method was verified.


OBJECTIVE
To assess the presence and extent of essential attributes derived from primary health care in a leprosy control program.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
This is an assessment of health programs, focused on leprosy and targeted at doctors working on control actions in a leprosy program of primary health care units. A questionnaire developed and validated in another study was used to measure the presence and scope of primary health care attributes in disease control. Data were entered into a database and statistical and descriptive analysis was carried out. This study was approved within the framework of CEP No. 1.128.385.

RESULTS
Overall scores and essential attributes of leprosy control actions showed a high exposure to leprosy control actions in the studied city. Community's access, orientation and guidance attributes averaged below the cutoff point, demonstrating the existing weaknesses in the items that make up these attributes.

CONCLUSION
Despite the weaknesses identified, the study showed high orientation towards the development of leprosy control actions, according to the assessment made by doctors working in primary care.


PURPOSE:
To investigate the effects of short-term, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on heat acclimation (HA).

METHODS:
Male cyclists/triathletes were assigned into either an HA (n = 13) or a comparative (COMP, n = 10) group. HA completed 3 cycling heat-stress tests to exhaustion (60% Wmax) (HST1, pre-HA; HST2, post-HA; HST3, 7 d post-HA). HA consisted of 30-min bouts of HIIT cycling (6 min at 50% Wmax then 12 x 1 min 100%-Wmax bouts with 1 min rest between bouts) on 5 consecutive days. COMP completed HST1 and HST2 only. HST and HA trials were conducted in 35°C/50% relative humidity. Cycling capacity and physiological and perceptual data were recorded.

RESULTS:
Cycling capacity was impaired after HIIT HA (77.2 ± 34.2 min vs 56.2 ± 24.4 min, P = .03) and did not return to baseline after 7 d of no HA (59.2 ± 37.4 min). Capacity in HST1 and HST2 was similar in COMP (43.5 ± 8.3 vs 46.8 ± 15.7 min, P = .54). HIIT HA lowered resting rectal (37.0°C ± 0.3°C vs 36.8°C ± 0.2°C, P = .05) and body temperature (36.0°C ±0.3°C vs 35.8°C ± 0.3°C, P = .03) in HST2 compared with HST1 and lowered mean skin temperature (35.4°C ± 0.5°C vs 35.1°C ± 0.3°C, P = .02) and perceived strain on day 5 compared with day 1 of HA. All other data were unaffected.

CONCLUSIONS:
Cycling capacity was impaired in the heat after 5 d of consecutive HIIT HA despite some heat adaptation. Based on the data, this approach is not recommended for athletes preparing to compete in the heat; however, it is possible that it may be beneficial if a state of overreaching is avoided.


The principle of respect for a person of labour and labour itself enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation should be attributed to the number of fundamental principles that determine the nature and general direction of the legal regulation of relations in the sphere of any labour including hired. The introduction of relevant provisions into the country's Basic Law means recognition at the constitutional level of the key role of a person of labour in ensuring social development as well as classifying labour as a category of constitutional values subject to legal protection. In the field of labour relations the principle of respect for a person of labour and labour itself is not only a kind of "main idea" that reflects the essence of the current labour legislation but also a "constitutional vector" for its further adjustment and adjustment of law enforcement practice. The practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in recent years in which there is still a steady tendency towards a single disqualification of labour legislation norms with a predominance of the constitutional and legal interpretation of the contested legal provisions allows us to conclude that this principle is a really working legal instrument for the constitutionalization of labour legislation and increasing the effectiveness of protecting the labour rights of citizens. The constitutional consolidation of the principle of respect for labour and the person of labour should ensure the development of labour legislation in the appropriate direction and form the appropriate practice of its application, which, in turn, implies strict observance of this principle not only by the legislator when adopting a new or amending the current legal regulation, but also by law enforcement, and above all judicial, agencies.


The communication networks, highly specialized, were developed according to the type of transmitted information (vocal signal, data bases, TV signals). Presently, the networks' evolution is targeted towards high velocities and services integration, networks characterized by SONET/SDH standards. SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) is the first standard, which provides an integrated system of network management and maintenance, ensures a uniform and global hierarchy of multiplexing and has advantages concerning the configuration of external network types. In this paper is described an access network for voice and dates communications, on optic fiber, built up with LOGES 2M Alcatel access routes (2 Mbps access) and with SDH transmission systems type Alcatel 1641SM (155Mbps).


We must reflect upon the historical background of Nepal's foreign policy and diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations (UN), to properly understand RishikeshSahah (1925- 2002) as a diplomat and politician. Shaha's main contribution of public interest is related mainly to his role as Nepal's permanent representative at the United Nations. During the Rana period, Nepal had the policy of keeping the country isolated from the rest of the world for fear of meddling by the British. JangaBahadur, the first Rana Prime Minister, had himself led the troops to assist the British colonialists in India to quell the police munity of 1857 and firmly expressed his assurance that there was no need for them to enter Nepal for any reason as they could benefit from Nepal without the need to colonize the country. Both the Ranas and the British colonial rulers in India had a common interest in keeping Nepal isolated from others but in close contact with British India for their own reasons. It is said that Nepal lost a total of about 60,000 soldiers in World War I and II. But, even as a sovereign independent state, Nepal did not participate in the San Francisco conference in 1945 to draft the Charter of the United Nations although it could have legitimately participated and become one of the founding members of the world organization. It was a missed opportunity.


Abstract Our study was performed on 228 cases by dissection, by plastic injection followed by corrosion or dissection and by simple and CT angiography study. Each morphological aspect was assessed on a different numbers of cases, as long as the same case could not provide data on all studied elements. We assessed: the number of branches that originate from the aortic arch, the level of origin and the morphological type of the aortic arch. In terms of number of branches emerging from the aortic arch, most commonly are three branches, in 48.48% of cases, describing them 3 variations: separation of the three classical branches in 45,96% of cases, in 1.51% of cases the left common carotid artery emerged from the brachiocephalic trunk while the other two branches being represented by a vertebral artery and the left subclavian and in 1.01% by the right subclavian artery with retroesophageal traject, by a bicarotid arterial trunk and the left subclavian artery. In 28.70% of the cases were four branches, as follows: in 13.13% of cases the fourth branch was represented by the left vertebral artery, in 7.07% of cases there was the inferior thyroid artery, in 4.04% of cases the brachiocephalic arterial trunk was missing and the right subclavian artery originate from the aortic arch and presented a retroesophageal traject, in 3.03% of cases the fourth artery was the ascending cervical and in 1.51% of cases all four arteries had their origins in the aortic arch with no brachiocephalic trunk. In 22.73% of cases from the aortic arch originated only two branches: in 19.70% of cases the left common carotid originated in the brachiocephalic trunk, so the second branch was the left subclavian and in 3.03% of the cases there were two brachiocephalic trunks. Regarding the level of origin from the aortic arch, we found that only the brachiocephalic arterial trunk showed versions of origin: in 64 61% of the cases the brachiocephalic trunk had its origin in the horizontal segment of the aortic arch, in 21.54% of cases the origin was located at the limit between the ascending and horizontal segments and vin 12.31% of cases the origin was from the ascending segment of the aortic arch. In only 1.54% of the cases the left subclavian artery originated from the descending segment of the aortic arch


provisions of the revised law went into effect on August 1, 1989.11 Consequently, while the chapter on the United Kingdom is currently useful as a starting point for finding major cases interpreting basic copyright concepts (which cannot have been radically changed), its numerous statutory references have become essentially without value. Readers will have to wait for the first update before this treatise becomes truly useful for comparative research in British copyright law.


Introduction: Oral tolerance is defined as the suppression of the immune response to antigens that have been previously administered orally. The purpose of inducing oral tolerance is to avoid using immunosuppressive drugs, since, considering that they are not antigen-specific, they make the host more susceptible to acquire infections and develop neoplasms. Objective: To carry out a literature review on the most relevant theoretical reference points regarding oral tolerance induction in organ and tissue transplantation to prove that oral tolerance is a viable alternative therapy in transplant patients. Materials and methods: A literature review was conducted in the PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS and Embase databases using the following search strategy: publication time: no limits; publication language: English and Spanish; type of studies: case-control studies, literature and systematic reviews; search terms: "T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory", "Autoimmunity", Immunosuppression", "Immune system" and "Immune Tolerance", and their equivalents in Spanish. Results: After the initial search was completed, 719 records were retrieved, however only 99 addressed oral tolerance induction. Once duplicate records and articles without full-text access were removed, 75 studies were included for analysis. Conclusions: Oral administration of antigens is an effective way to induce immune tolerance in transplant patients (murine models), for it eliminates the adverse effects associated with immunosuppressive therapy, which currently is the standard therapy to treat these patients worldwide.


The basic working principle of a Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) is introduced. From the angle of failure detection means and fault types, the status and deficiency of the research on FESS Fault Diagnosis (FD) and Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) are reviewed. Moreover, the FESS FD and FTC methods are analyzed in detail. Finally, the deficiency, research hotspot and development trends of FESS FD and FTC are discussed.


Four Ca-rich clinopyroxene samples (3 terrestrial clinopyroxenes and a druse clinopyroxene from the D'Orbigny meteorite) have been studied by near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and X-ray structure refinement in order to address the issue of anomalous type-B NIR spectra seen in some terrestrial and extraterrestrial Ca-rich clinopyroxenes. The D'Orbigny druse clinopyroxene shows a typical type-B NIR spectrum, with two absorption bands located at ~ 1.1 and 2.3 μm. Based on previous Mössbauer and X-ray structure refinement results on synthetic clinopyroxenes, the 1.1 μm band is assigned to Fe2+ at the M1 site in diopside and high-pigeonite (i.e. pigeonite with C2/c symmetry), and the 2.3 μm band to Fe2+ at the M2 site in high-pigeonite. A comparison of NIR spectral type and X-ray structure refinement of the studied samples indicates that the average structure refinement of all type-B clinopyroxenes show a residual electron density peak in the difference-Fourier synthesis, corresponding to the split M2' site which is mainly occupied by Fe2+. The results present a new interpretation for type-B NIR spectra of Ca-rich clinopyroxenes.


The number of private gardens has increased in recent years, creating a more pleasant urban model, but not without having an environmental impact, including increased energy consumption, which is the focus of this study. The estimation of costs and energy consumption for the generic typology of private urban gardens is based on two simplifying assumptions: square geometry with surface areas from 25 to 500 m 2 and hydraulic design with a single pipe. In total, eight sprinkler models have been considered, along with their possible working pressures, and 31 pumping units grouped into 5 series that adequately cover the range of required flow rates and pressures, resulting in 495 hydraulic designs repeated for two climatically different locations in the Spanish Mediterranean area (Girona and Elche). Mean total irrigation costs for the locality with lower water needs (Girona) and greater needs (Elche) were € 2,974 ha ‐1 yr ‐1 and € 3,383 ha ‐1 yr ‐1 , respectively. Energy costs accounted for 11.4% of the total cost for the first location, and 23.0% for the second. While a suitable choice of the hydraulic elements of the setup is essential, as it may provide average energy savings of 77%, due to the low energy cost in relation to the cost of installation, the potential energy savings do not constitute a signif icant incentive for the irrigation system design. The low efficiency of the pumping units used in this type of garden is the biggest obstacle and constraint to achieving a high quality energy solution.


I examine whether tobacco and alcoholic beverage PAC giving in the 1975-to-2000 period has followed trends inferred by the conditional party government (CPG) model. I look specifically at these PACs because they should be especially sensitive to shifting veto points in the legislative process and, consistent with CPG, contribute increasingly more to the majority party and its leadership and relatively less to members of relevant standing committees. My results show both sectors to give more to leadership as party becomes more important. Increasing CPG, however, generally results in greater giving by tobacco to members of the majority party and relatively larger contributions from alcoholic beverages to committee members and their chairs. I reveal a principal cause of this difference to be issue salience and conclude by arguing that contributions from some PACs are reacting to increased partisanship in the House but PACs interested in issues of relatively low salience still behave as if dealing with a chamber organized along distributive lines—a development that is consistent with CPG.


Sin-Che Lee, Hui-Ling Cheng and Jung-Ti Chang (1996) Allozyme variation in the large-scale mullet Liza macrolepis (Perciformes: Mugilidae) from coastal waters of western Taiwan. Zoological Studies 35(2): 85-92, Allozyme variation was studied in the large-scale mullet Liza macrolepis collected from 4 sites: 3 sites on the west coast of Taiwan, the Tanshui estuary, the Kaohsiung River (Love River) and Dapong Bay (Tungkang); and 1 site about 50 km off the west coast of Taiwan, the Penghu Islands. The genetic similarities among these 4 localities are rather high (0.992-0.999), indicating that they belong to the same population. The inter-sample comparisons of heterozygosity based on 10 polymorphic loci (sAAT-1, CK-B, GPI-A, GPI-B, IDHP-A, LDH-C, sMDH-A, sMDH-B, ME-1 and MPI-1) under the 0,99 criterion revealed that most loci con form with the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, except those at GPI-B from Dapong Bay and IDHP-A from the Tanshui estuary, Analysis of overall mean heterozygosities among 4 inter-sample comparisons revealed that the samples from Dapong Bay and the Tanshui estuary have higher values (0.044 and 0.043, respec tively) than those from the Kaohsiung River and Penghu (0,029 and 0.028, respectively), probably due to heavy organic pollution in Dapong Bay and colder temperatures in the Tanshui estuary. Comparisons of overall FST (local subpopulation differentiation) of Dapong Bay with those of the three other locations in dicate a moderate genetic differentiation which is mainly contributed by the unusually high allele frequency of the MPI locus, A higher inbreeding coefficient (Fls) in the Dapong sample corresponds to the high in breeding potential at this site, probably due to its nearly land-locked habitat, which limits the exchange of individual fish between the bay and the open coast.


Security in a cooperative manufacturing system is vital but usually neglected at present. The concept, scope and objective of information security are summarized. It is proposed that security problem in a networked information system is complex which ranges from the level of crypto-primitives over crypto-protocols to the level of organizational matters and legislation. The architecture, model and policy of security technology are all discussed. Finally the theory and implementations of three key security mechanisms——authentication, access control and secure data transmission are classified, compared and analyzed.


The kinetics of title reaction in the presence of cWoride is studied as a function of acid concentration and the rate is found to be proportional to the Hammett acidity function, H". The orders with respect to hexacyanoferrate(ID), total thalliunt and hydrogen ion are all unity. Neutral salts exert no influence on the reaction rate but a decrease in the dielectric constant of the mediunt is found to cause an increase in the rate. A probable mechanism to explain the observed kinetics is proposed and it involves cWoride complexes of thallium(I) in the rate-determining step.


This article is 'Open Access', published under a creative commons license which means that you are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work as long as you clearly attribute the work to the author(s), that you do not use this work for any commercial gain in any form and that you in no way alter, transform or build on the work outside of its use in normal academic scholarship without express permission of the author(s) and the publisher of this journal. Furthermore, for any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. For more information see the details of the creative commons licence at this website: While travelling and resident in the Pacific region in the late 1880s and early 1890s, Robert Louis Stevenson conducted some remarkable experiments in transcultural narrative production. This essay will discuss two of his transnational narratives, which belong at once to Scottish literature and to the literature of the Pacific. For the long poem 'The Song of Rahéro' (1890), Stevenson took a traditional Tahitian story and retold it in verse for an English-speaking audience. For the short story 'The Bottle Imp' (1891), he borrowed a German folk-tale, transferred the action to a modern Hawaiian setting, and offered it in an original English version to Anglophone readers and in an authorised translation to Samoan readers. In both these texts, the element of translation goes beyond language and geographical positioning to encompass genre and medium as well. 'The Song of Rahéro' crosses from Pacific oral culture to European print culture, in the process taking its author, an established practitioner of the art of prose fiction, into the (for him) new practice of extended narrative poetry. 'The Bottle Imp' emerges from more complex crossings: between the genres of folk-tale, melodrama and short story, and between the media of oral narrative, embodied performance and print. In the attempt to indicate these multiple modes of translation, I have collapsed the term 'transnational narratives' to simply 'transnarratives'. I hope that the concept of the transnarrative, involving as it does a set of closely articulated crossings of multiple literary boundaries, will help to illuminate both what is distinctive about my specific object of study – a Scottish author's engagement with Pacific narrative modes and subjects – and some of the general characteristics of the field to which this study belongs, the theory of …


To overcome the resistance of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells to cisplatin and inhibit their metastasis, we proposed to develop a Cu(II) agent based on the specific residue(s) of HSA nanoparticles (NPs) for multitargeting the tumor microenvironment (TME). To this end, we not only synthesized four Cu(II) 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone compounds (C1-C4), obtaining a Cu compound (C4) with significant cytotoxicity by studying their structure-activity relationships, but also revealed the binding mechanism of C4 to HSA through X-ray crystallography and confirmed the successful construction of a new HSA-C4 NPs delivery system. C4 and HSA-C4 NPs inhibited the A549cisR tumor growth and metastasis, and HSA NPs optimized the anticancer behavior of C4. We further confirmed the anticancer mechanism of the C4/HSA-C4 NP multitargeting TME to overcome cisplatin resistance: killing tumor cells by acting on the mtDNA and inducing apoptosis, polarizing M2-type macrophages to the M1-type, and inhibiting angiogenesis.


According to the single lithium-ion battery heat generation model, the heat generation rate was estimated.By the CFD software, two-dimensional finite element model of 35 Ah lithium manganese oxide battery pack under cooling was established, and then the temperature and flow distribution results were solved. The temperature in the battery pack was measured by experiment. The result between simulation and experimental was compared, and it was presented that two-dimensional simulation was nearly consistent and can be used to study the temperature distribution in the battery pack. And some improved measures on cooling were put forward by analyzing the temperature distribution of the existing pack.


Contemporary knowledge production is characterised by the inclusion of a multitude of participants in the research process. Considering environmental issues this is also necessary to be able to rea ...


Entrepreneurship in aboriginal tourism occurs mostly as micro-businesses in rural tourism. The motivations of aboriginal and other entrepreneurs differ, with the former placing less emphasis on profit-making. They are also concerned about conserving culture. Similarly, management objectives of entrepreneurs vary. This research uses a quantitative approach to explore the business motivations of entrepreneurs in two aboriginal communities in Taiwan: Wulai, Taipei and Fu-hsing, Taoyuan. The results show that economic factors are the primary motivations in both places. However, compared to motivations of entrepreneurs in Wulai, those in Fu-Hsing place more emphasis on lifestyle factors. With reference to management objectives, those in Wulai are more likely to agree more that work and life are highly-connected and place higher importance on positive business performance. In contrast, more of those in Fu-hsing endorse accomplish societal responsibilities and work is a hobby. Entrepreneurs in both places generally agree that the reputation of the business is critical to the management of a micro-business.

 Key words: Aboriginal tourism, micro-business, motivation, objective.


The monitoring and evaluation on silt arrester system of small watersheds involves monitoring indicators, data collection, analysis and evaluation etc. The Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee carried out a "small watersheds of the Loess Plateau model project" from 2005 to 2010 in the Yellow River sandy area. The project has 12 small watershed silt arresters, one of which is in Yonghe county of Shanxi province. This article takes the work of sediment transport monitoring in Yonghe silt arrester system as an example and describes the monitoring method, content, and finally analyzes the influence of silt arrester system construction and sediment transport on ecological environment.


Most of the management systems currently use the concept of flexibility and organizational effectiveness aims to optimize the use of resources especially human resources to ensure a positive fit. For this, the company needs to make changes in terms of strategies and policies appropriate to its human capital. Thus, the subject of this work is to bring some answers to the inability of the company to develop the skills and human resource investment performance despite endless efforts in management.


In this paper, we demonstrate how the quality of disparity maps could be improved by applying windows that adapt their shape. In our approach, windows adapt to high-correlation structures in disparity space, which we call the disparity components. The shape of adaptive windows is found by projection the disparity components to the input images, which results in two non-rectangular windows. The method is straightforward and it is applicable to any stereo algorithm. It differs from other approaches in: (1) the way the disparity components adapt to structures of non-constant disparity, (2) the way the disparity components are used for re-computing the similarity values. This helps us in solving standard stereo problems such as: enforcing the inter-line continuity constraint, or to improving disparity map accuracy. To show the proposed method properties, we measure the improvement of stereo matching failure due to adaptive windows in a rigorous ground-truth evaluation experiment. We demonstrate that adaptive windows account for 15× improvement in false positive rate and 5× improvement in mismatch rate. Another quantitative comparison, based on Scharstein & Szeliski's methodology, is performed in detail in order to confront our results with results of various existing stereo methods. Finally, the results on other standard stereo image pairs are presented.


This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a two-dimensional framework. It acknowledges that attachments to both the country of origin and the host country are not necessarily mutually exclusive. There are three possible paths of adjustment from separation at entry, namely the transitions to assimilation, integration, and marginalization. We analyze the determinants of ethnic self-identification in this process using samples of first-generation male and female immigrants, and controlling for pre- and post-immigration characteristics. While we find strong gender differences, a wide range of pre-immigration characteristics like education in the country of origin are not important.


Long term exposure to biased content in literature or media can significantly influence people's perceptions of reality, leading to the development of implicit biases that are difficult to detect and address (Gerbner 1998). In this study, we propose a novel method to analyze the differences in representation between two groups and use it examine the representation of African Americans and White Americans in books between 1850 to 2000 with the Google Books dataset (Goldberg and Orwant 2013). By developing better tools to understand differences in representation, we aim to contribute to the ongoing efforts to recognize and mitigate biases. To improve upon the more common phrase based (men, women, white, black, etc) methods to differentiate context (Tripodi et al. 2019, Lucy; Tadimeti, and Bamman 2022), we propose collecting a comprehensive list of historically significant figures and using their names to select relevant context. This novel approach offers a more accurate and nuanced method for detecting implicit biases through reducing the risk of selection bias. We create group representations for each decade and analyze them in an aligned semantic space (Hamilton, Leskovec, and Jurafsky 2016). We further support our results by assessing the time adjusted toxicity (Bassignana, Basile, and Patti 2018) in the context for each group and identifying the semantic axes (Lucy, Tadimeti, and Bamman 2022) that exhibit the most significant differences between the groups across decades. We support our method by showing that our proposed method can capture known socio political changes accurately and our findings indicate that while the relative number of African American names mentioned in books have increased over time, the context surrounding them remains more toxic than white Americans.


Tapping common creativity of people inside and outside organizational, geographical and technological boundaries is a big challenge for leaders in virtual work to add value in value chains. The object of this article is – through the descriptive interpretative concept analysis and inductive epistemological approach – to define leadership that fosters creativity in virtual work. The outcome is a map of mutual connections of the concepts of virtuality, creativity and transformational, emotional and complexity leadership. The findings suggest that effective leadership in virtual work requires broad understanding of virtuality and creativity and spaces and relations between people. The analysis indicates benefits from integral theoretical pluralism, i.e. from utilizing several theoretical approaches in developing leadership theory for virtuality at work, and offers thoughts for creating new concepts and developing leadership towards sustainability in organizations.


Objective: to map initiatives using artificial intelligence (AI) in health by the Brazilian Public Administration. Methods: qualitative analysis of Brazilian public healthcare policies that use AI, based on bibliographic review and field mapping. Results: Brazil is inserted in a world context of information and communication technologies (ICTs) development in healthcare and the use of AI is already a reality in public health as a management improvement mechanism. Conclusion: recent advances need to be accompanied by the concern with the treatment of data generated by these technologies, as well as for ensuring universal public health.


This paper presents the experimental evaluation of a recently developed model for predicting the maximum pit size possible on a stainless steel surface under a certain set of atmospheric conditions. Prediction of the maximum pit size possible on 304L and 316L was accomplished by coupling the maximum cathode current available from a thin film of ferric chloride covering the steel's surface to the minimum current needed by a growing hemispherical pit. The experimental validation involved exposure tests of 304L and 316L steel samples covered by thin film of ferric chloride solution at a relative humidity of 97% with a loading density of 400 μ g cm − 2 . Evaluation of the maximum pit size model was done by comparing the pit size from the model with the pit size obtained from exposure tests at the same atmospheric conditions. The model was found to bound all of the experimental data for both alloys if it was assumed that the critical pit solution was between 60% and 80% of the saturation concentration.


A three-year-old girl is described showing the major features of the oral-facial-digital syndrome type II (OFD II) or Mohr syndrome. She had colobomatous deformities of the eye fundus and strabismus. In addition, she presented supranuclear ocular motility disorders which by some features were suggestive of congenital ocular motor apraxia. The association of the Mohr syndrome with eye anomalies and ocular motor disorders has been rarely reported and is reviewed here.


Heat-resisting ultrafine fibrous separator according to the invention are prepared by the electrospinning method, or a melting point is made of microfibers of 180 ° C. is not less than or melting point is not heat-resistant polymer resin, or the heat-resistant high with microfibers molecular resin composed of ultrafine fibers of polymer resin swelling occurs in the electrolyte solution. Further, the polyolefin fine particles that can impart a closing function is dispersed in the heat-resistant resin or the polymer resin swelling occurs in the electrolyte solution. Heat-resisting ultrafine fibrous separator according to the invention has a closure function, heat shrinkage is small has heat resistance, because it has the adhesion and excellent ionic conductivity and electrode, excellent when the battery structure It has a cycle characteristic, and it is possible to manufacture a battery having high energy density and high capacity.


The 'earthy' and 'muddy' off-flavours in pond-reared fish are due to the presence of geosmin or 2-methylisoborneol in the flesh of the fish. Similar off-flavours have been reported in fish raised in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); however, little information is available regarding the cause of these off-flavours. Our hypothesis was that earthy and muddy off-flavour compounds, found previously in pond-raised fish, are also responsible for off-flavours in fish raised in RAS. In this preliminary study, we examined water, biofilms in RAS and fillets from cultured arctic charr known to have off-flavours and requiring depuration using instrumental [solid-phase microextraction procedure and gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)] and human sensory analyses. Geosmin was present in the samples taken from the biofilter and on the side walls of the tanks. Two-methylisoborneol was only found in low levels in the samples. The GC-MS results indicated the presence of geosmin in the fillets (705 ng kg⁻¹), but lower levels were found in the water (30.5 ng L⁻¹). Sensory analyses also detected an earthy flavour (i.e., geosmin presence) in the fillets, and, therefore, it appears that geosmin is the main compound responsible for the off-flavour in RAS. Further studies are being performed to identify the microorganisms responsible for geosmin production in RAS.


DDoS attacks have been one of the major threats to the Internet since their emergence. With the rapid development of the Internet, the number of network users is increasing rapidly. Thus, the existing network based on TCP\IP protocol is increasingly complex and rigid; it is difficult to add new functions, which greatly restricts the development of network technology. The emergence of SDN provides a feasible solution to the severe problems faced by the existing network. At the same time, it also provides a new technology to solve the problem of DDoS attack in the traditional network. In this paper, a simple SDN architecture was built on the network simulation platform of Mininet. The host launched ping flood attack, and the controller was used to control the delivery flow meter to suppress DDoS attack traffic, which achieved a good defense effect. Keywords–Network security; DDoS attack; Software defined network; The controller


A chopping system with in situ adjustable frequency and duty cycle has been designed and constructed for use in modulating molecular beams. Two choppers in series driven by three‐phase synchronous motors are phase shifted to adjust the duty cycle. The three‐phase power signal and phase lag control are synthesized with digital logic which provides for stable control of both frequency and phase lag over a broad range of frequencies (1–1000 Hz). The stability of the system is limited by the ''hunting'' of the hysteresis motors which is less than ±3 μsec between 100 and 1000 Hz. With the chopper blades used here the duty cycle is adjustable from 0%–50%. The gating function of this chopping system is displayed at 100 and 1000 Hz for duty cycles of <1% and 50%. Time‐of‐flight distributions for a Mach 9 helium beam is also shown for 1000 Hz and both duty cycles.


Abstract: Colchicine (5–10 μM) increased choline ace‐tyltransferase (ChAT) activity 5–10‐fold and suppressed acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activities to 30% and 50%, respectively, of the levels of control cells in mouse spinal cord cells cultured for several days. The synthesis of radiolaheled acetylcholine (ACh) from [14C]choline was also enhanced 4.6‐fold, although the uptake of [14C]choline into cells was decreased to 80% of control level. Neither the incorporation of [3H]Ieucine into protein nor the total amount of protein was increased by colchicine. Vinblastine also increased ChAT activity while cytochalasin B was not effective. Immunochemical titration study revealed that the increase of ChAT activity by colchicine was due to the accumulation of ChAT molecules. Co‐culture of spinalcord cells with skeletal muscle markedly stimulated ChAT activity, and the addition of colchicine to the co‐ cultures showed greater than additive effect. These observations indicate that colchicine increases ChAT molecules in a specific manner, that the stimulatory effect of colchicine on ChAT activity is possibly mediated via the interaction with microtubules, and that the increase of ChAT activity is based on a mechanism different from that of co‐cultures with skeletal muscle cells.


The aim of the conference is to consider advances made in developing and applying conservation agriculture for smallholder farmers in Bangladesh.


This paper considers travel mode choice for a range of journey purposes in Ireland using micro-data for 2009. Results suggest that demographic and socio-economic variables, location and public transport availability are important determinants of mode choice. The results also indicate an attachment to the car as a mode of transport for non-commuting journeys when available, and especially when used regularly for work journeys. Importantly, the determinants of mode choice are found to differ across journey purposes suggesting that it is not valid to generalise the results from studies considering only one journey purpose.


This paper discusses the possible risks of Open ID protocol in identity authentication based on cloud computing, and presents an improved scheme for URL encryption based on stream cipher in order to prevent network eavesdropping.


National Institutes of Child Health and Human Devel-opment, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, Building18T Room 101, Bethesda, MD 20892; * author for corre-spondence: Dept. of Chemical Pathology, Medical School,University of Zimbabwe, Box A178, Avondale Harare,Zimbabwe; fax 263-4-720640)Since Szent-Gyorgyi first purified ascorbic acid (vitaminC) in 1928


Department of Chemistry, Kookmin University, Seoul 136-702, Korea. *E-mail: email@example.com Cancer Cell & Molecular Biology Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang 410-769, Korea Division of Biosystems Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806, Korea Department of Bioinformatics, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-333, Korea Received February 20, 2012, Accepted March 22, 2012


Bell's theorem states that, to simulate the correlations created by measurement on pure entangled quantum states, shared randomness is not enough: some `non-local' resources are required. It has been demonstrated recently that all projective measurements on the maximally entangled state of two qubits can be simulated with a single use of a `non-local machine'. We prove that a strictly larger amount of this non-local resource is required for the simulation of pure non-maximally entangled states of two qubits |ψ(α)⟩ = cosα|00⟩ + sinα|11⟩


a) We identified somatic mutations in known clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) driver genes using peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from 14 astronauts who flew short space Shuttle missions lasting a median of 12 days between 1998–2001. Created with BioRender.com. b) Number of somatic nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in CHIP-driver genes harbored per subject. c) Rates of different substitution types observed in clonal SNVs. Only one guanine to thymine transition was observed. d) Density of mutations by VAF for each mutation type. Credit: Communications Biology / Mount Sinai Health System


A power plant was disturbed by questions of water supply, the questions include that the regenerating cycle of resin is very short, the amount of chemicals and soft water used for regeneration are very high. In this paper, a reconstructing scheme of the boiler water supply system was designed, which are the improvement of waterworks process, pretreatment and reverse osmosis(RO). Moreover, It is known from the technical and economical analyses that the reconstructing scheme is a feasible plan.


.  The Multiple Spell-Out model of Chomsky (2000, 2001, 2004) and Uriagereka (1999) provides a straightforward characterization of the syntactic environments for contraction. It is well known that wanna contraction is possible in the subject-control case (Who do you wanna marry?) but blocked in the DP+infinitival case (*Who do you wanna marry you?). This asymmetry receives a straightforward account if the CP-phase boundary demarcates the domain for contraction. More complex cases of contraction discussed by Postal & Pullum (1978, 1982) fall into place if left-branching structures form a self-contained Spelled-Out domain as in Uriagereka's model. The analysis can also derive a number of well-known generalizations regarding auxiliary reduction such as (a) the invisibility of a Case-marked trace for reduction and (b) the inhibitory effect of the gap on reduction. Generalization (a) is a natural consequence of the TP analysis for that-less finite complements whereas (b) is the result of the tight interaction between the syntactic system and the fine-grained prosodic classification of function words developed by Selkirk (1995). Particular details of the analysis support various principles of syntax such as the Economy of Projection and the notion of CP phase. This paper, therefore, achieves the minimalist desideratum of explaining linguistic phenomena solely in terms of interface conditions and computational efficiency.


If parallel computers have to become general purpose tools, it is necessary to develop services that make transparent its internal characteristics and make parallel programming easier. Trying to fulfil this goal and to have a platform for the test and evaluation of mechanisms for a parallel architecture, a microkernel called TransCom has been designed for a distributed-memory multiprocessor. The microkernel includes services to virtualise the communication network, which provides a parallel programming model based on message passing. It has been designed in two steps: a tiny system core called TransRouter providing simple functions for data transport and routing, but without protocol services, and a basic set of communication primitives, on top of the TransRouter and including its own communication protocols, to make up the TransCom. Concurrently with the development of the microkernel, some studies and simulations have been undertaken in order to virtualise the "processor resource" through the load distribution among the processors.


Electronic structure calculations were used to study the charge transport and optical properties of 2,2′,6,6′-tetraphenyldipyranylidene (Ph4DP) and its sulfur analogue 2,2′,6,6′-tetraphenyldithiopyranylidene (Ph4DTP) based molecules. The dynamic disorder effect is included while calculating the charge transfer kinetic parameters such as rate coefficient, disorder drift time, hopping conductivity and mobility of charge carriers through the kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. The existence of degeneracy levels promotes the delocalization of charge carrier and charge transfer. Theoretical results show that if the orbital splitting rate is larger than the static charge transfer rate (OR > kstatic), the charge transfer is kinetically favored. If OR < kstatic, the charge carrier is potentially trapped in the localized site. In the case of OR ∼ kstatic, the charge carrier motion is not affected by the dynamic disorder. The calculated hole mobility in Ph4DP and Ph4DTP molecules is 0.04 and 0.03 cm2 V−1 s−1 and is in agreement with the experimental results. It has been found that fluorine and chlorine substituted Ph4DP molecules have good ambipolar transporting character. The absorption and emission spectra were calculated using the time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method at the CAM-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and M062X/6-31G(d,p) levels of theory. The calculated absorption spectra are in agreement with the experimental results.


The security of HMAC is proven under the assumption that its compression function is a dual PRF, meaning a PRF when keyed by either of its two inputs. But, not only do we not know whether particular compression functions really are dual PRFs, we do not know if dual PRFs even exist. What if the goal is impossible? This paper addresses this with a foundational treatment of dual PRFs, giving constructions based on standard assumptions. This provides what we call a generic validation of the dual PRF assumption for HMAC. Our approach is to introduce and construct symmetric PRFs, which imply dual PRFs and may be of independent interest. We give a general construction of a symmetric PRF based on a function having a weak form of collision resistance coupled with a leakage hardcore function, a strengthening of the usual notion of hardcore functions we introduce. We instantiate this general construction in two ways to obtain a symmetric and dual PRF assuming (1) Any collision-resistant hash function, or (2) Any one-way permutation. A construction based on any one-way function evades us and is left as an intriguing open problem. 1 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. Email: email@example.com. URL: http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~mihir/. Supported in part by NSF grants CNS-1116800 and CNS-1228890. This work was done in part while the author was visiting the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, supported by the Simons Foundation and by the DIMACS/Simons Collaboration in Cryptography through NSF grant CNS-1523467. 2 Computer Science Department, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Email: anna firstname.lastname@example.com. URL: https://cs.brown.edu/people/anna/. This work was done in part while the author was visiting the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, supported by the Simons Foundation and by the DIMACS/Simons Collaboration in Cryptography through NSF grant CNS-1523467.


A calculation system is presented about the requirements of tribological activities and tribology experts in companies of different branches of industry. The system bases on extensive investigations in different branches of industry. It was investigated that - regardless to the branch of industry - a company with about 15 Mio. DM tribology related maintenance costs (i.e. 7 Mio. US $) should employ the first real tribology expert to save company's money. For smaller companies it is advisable to contract external consultants.


Justice (mα'αt) governed the lives of ancient Egyptians because they saw no difference between divine and human justice. In this article I focus on whether law and a functional legal system (hpw) existed in ancient Egypt. I explore the importance of law for the ancient Egyptian society, which had a high reputation for justice, and discuss what the ancient Egyptians understood by the terms hp/hpw. Law was essential for them and was not merely earthly hpw, but also the divine law, M3't. I indicate that there is abundant evidence of written law in Egypt and they must have had a functional legal system. I discuss terms used in the Tale of the eloquent peasant relating to justice and law and evaluate it as a source of information about ancient Egyptian law and the principles of law and justice in that era. This important work has a strong legal background and shows the interaction between law and justice.


Complex technology of waste utilization of alumina plant, which provides a stepwise going from the stage of statistically controlled accumulation of technogeneous products and impurities to a system of ecologically undangerous insulation and preservation of wastes, accompanied by the release of products into the processing cycle, is advanced. Starting from the calculated data as the base, this system ensures the highly efficient localization and rendering harmless of the contaminated areas of the hydraulic works by silt deposition based on the highly dispersed SiO2. The complex technological slime processing in accord with flotation n carbonization scheme together with neutralization of drainage and slime waters within the regime of carbonization and clarification make it possible to increase the degree of extraction of the alumina and other valuable components, to reduce the consumption of resources, and to have additional valuable products and additives used industrially.


The adsorption kinetics performance on adsorption of phenol in wastewater onto activated clay is studied.The effects of initial concentration,particle sizes,pH values and temperature on adsorption are investigated and the adsorption kinetics process of phenol onto activated clay is also analyzed under different conditions.The results show that isothermal Langmuir equation can describe the isothermal adsorption characteristics of phenol on activated clay well.Both high initial concentration and small the particle size of activated clay can increase the adsorption amount of phenol onto the activated clay.And alkaline condition is favorable to removal of phenol from activated clay.The kinetics of adsorption process is satisfied with quasi second order dynamics model.


Thermal performance and efficiency of buildings are proportional to details of designs of the building, climate responsive design parameters, the use of site, details of microclimate and nature and magnitude of the fabrics. In this study, a field investigation was been carried out on four buildings with different system designs. Estimates of indoor air hourly values of surfaces temperature and environmental temperature were carried out systematically. From the regression analysis, the result showed the R-squared value as 85.2% indicating that there is a very strong relationship among the independent factors (Building types I-IV) on the dependent factor (ambient temperature). The F-value (index of reliability) is significant at 0.000; this implies that the effect of the building types is significant on the ambient temperature. The result also showed that the effect of the individual building type on the ambient temperature rank in the following increasing order: type I, type IV, type III and type II. Building type II had the greatest effect on the ambient temperature. It therefore recommends that provision of plasters on Adobe walls, ceilings, shading, proper positioning of the buildings and increase in the mass contents of the walls of the buildings can improve the thermal comfort of the rest there mass content building types. The paper recommends that adequate consideration must be given to effective building architecture and appropriate finishes operations on walls in order to achieve internal comfort for the occupants.


through CD163, also binds HMGB1. Haptoglobin-HMGB1 complexes elicit the production of antiinflammatory enzymes (heme oxygenase-1) and cytokines (e.g., IL-10) in WT but not in CD163-deficient macrophages. Genetic disruption of haptoglobin or CD163 expression significantly enhances mortality rates in standardized models of intra-abdominal sepsis in mice. Administration of haptoglobin to WT and to haptoglobin gene-deficient animals confers significant protection. These findings reveal a mechanism for haptoglobin modulation of the inflammatory action of HMGB1, with significant implications for developing experimental strategies targeting HMGB1-dependent inflammatory diseases.


A criterion for normality and compactness of families of K -quasiregular mappings ofbounded multiplicity is established and then applied to the study ofthe branch set and its image. a.e. in D.H eref � (x) is the formal derivative of f at x, |f � (x)| =s up |h|=1 |f � (x)h| and J (x, f )=d etf � (x) is the Jacobian determinant of f at x .B y a theorem of


Non. • Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may lack cognitive skills (e.g., perspective taking) and/or social motivation that are fundamental to a successful selfpresentation. • Impression management by adults with ASD appears less sensitive to others' social evaluation (Izuma et al., 2011). 2 ) S lf ti diti My name is Anke. I am 31 years old. I live in Amsterdam. Can you tell me something about yourself?


Abstract : An analysis was performed to predict soldiers' task performance retention (a method for predicting how rapidly individual tasks, once learned, are forgotten over intervals of no practice) of individual tactical unmanned vehicle (TUV) tasks. If retention is low, then periodic sustainment training is necessary to keep soldier task performance high. The more frequently sustainment training is required, the more costly system operations and support become. The User's Manual for Predicting Military Task Retention (ARI, 1985) was used as a guide for rating the individual tasks. Each task was rated for various characteristics known to influence retention. A numerical score was applied to each of ten task characteristics for each individual task. These scores were then totaled and compared to performance prediction tables. The tables revealed the expected proportion of soldiers in a unit able to perform the task correctly in 2 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months.


According to methods and systems, a client at the branch office, instead of the application server, make it possible to pull data from the local host cache through WAN, reduces the traffic across the WAN to improve latency. Server in the data center may host cache system based on whether it is permitted, configured to provide either a list or requested data hash. Client-side host cache may be based on a hash, it supplies the data to the client. Hash may be generated to supply fingerprint data, the fingerprint can be used to index the data efficiently. .Field


Abstract The buccal fat pad (BFP) is a well-established tool in oral and maxillofacial surgery and its use has proved of value for the closure of oroantral communications. Oroantral communication may be a common complication after sequestrectomy in "bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws." The authors report a clinical case of a 70-year-old female patient in bisphosphonate therapy presented with right maxillary sinusitis and oroantral communication after implants insertion. The BFP was used to close the defect. The patient had an uneventful postoperative healing without dehiscence, infection, and necrosis. The authors postulate that the primary closure of the site with BFP may ensure a sufficient blood supply and adequate protection for an effective bone-healing response to occur.


In human relations, the agony on the `world` that the protagonist, Oba Yozo experiences, is essentially related to lifes of modern humans. Since the `world` to Yozo is `others` incomprehensible, this `world` is the object being at odds with others. However, Yozo being faced with the apprehended `world` is trembling with fear in relation with others. Even though he attempts to look for his nest in the `world`, Yozo eventually becomes a `disqualified person` deprived of human qualification. In this way, the `world` that Yozo who is harassed by worldly passions is not the `world` as ideology, but the `world` which an individual experiences in human relations. In No Longer Human, the disputed `world` is formed in human relations. In association with relations in others surrounding Yozo, to examine closely the essence of the `world` that Yozo himself experiences is very important in this study. It is just the theory of `amae` (playing on anther`s affection) examined and systematized by Doi Takeo to be available to understand Yozo`s life in face of the `world`. In Yozo, the fear of human relations and the sense of alienation for the `world` is a result that the feeling of uneasiness for the `world` without `amae` is amplified. Therefore, this study purposes to read the perception for the `world` flashed by man character, Yozo`s eyes appearing in No Longer Human by making use Doi Takeo`s the theory of `amae` psychology. This study makes a division as three classes concerning `amae` formed in human relations of Yozo. Firstly, it is just the `world` that Yozo can not play on affection(family, Shizuko, and Hirame). Secondly, it is the `world` that Yozo can play on affection(Tsuneko, Prostitutes, and Madam). Finally, it is the `world` that Yozo can play on affection and that the lost `world`(Shigeko, Yoshiko, and Horiki).


According to the research of financial system complexity, stock market has two kinds of possible transactors, main transactors and noisy transactors. The essential motive of action on stock market is caused by the dynamic change of main transactors, while the main reason of fluctuation on stock market is the dynamic action of noisy transactors. This paper studies the model and its chaos under the condition of undulate transactors colony's quantity, and forms the systemic condition to chaos result from undulate stock market. It also gives the computerized simulation of financial system, and tests the condition.


Although heterosexual spread of HIV is known to occur, the magnitude of the risk of this mode of transmission is still uncertain. To define this risk more clearly, Kim and colleagues studied 14 monogamous couples who had been married for a mean of …


There are features in both the logical and the dramatic structure of the Crito the interest of which has not, I think, been sufficiently appreciated. They are worth discussion; and this will lead further to a consideration of the dialogue as μίμησις in the sense in which Aristotle uses the word in the Poetics.


This study addresses risk associated with pillars dimension using new room-and-pillar mining technology with modern machines at Estonian oil shale mines. Processes in overburden rocks and pillars have caused unfavourable environmental side effects accompanied by significant subsidence of the ground surface. The aim of this work was to determine the damage of new technology on pillars dimension and to define the coefficient of blasting operation influence (q). During the last three years, oil shale mining at an experimental mining block introduced a new blasting technology with great entry advance rates (EAR). With such improved technology the EAR reached 4 m, two times greater than conventional technology can guarantee. However, explosive volume increased up to two times and explosions occur during 4.5 seconds (~15 times longer than old technology). In places with complicated mine-geological conditions in the mining blocks, deviation of pillars dimension from project value was up to 16%, because pillar parts broke during the three to four week period after the blasting operations. Observation of two experimental mining blocks showed that pillars dimension was reduced an average of 7%. Experimental data for different mine-geological conditions allow consideration of the influence of blasting operation on pillars dimension. A coefficient to improve accuracy parameters for new technology was added to the formula for calculating pillars. Design of pillars parameters for old technology is based on the instruction used in Estonian oil shale mines, where the coefficient of blasting operation influence is q = 0.6. Using the improved formula, it is possible to reduce the disturbance of new mining technology on pillars dimension. The correct choice avoids collapse in a mining block, and guarantees stable parameters and minimal losses of the oil-shale reserves.


This paper presents the design and experimental validation of a novel high isolation RF MEMS DC contact switch. The bending mechanics of a single cantilever beam is used to replace the typical series/shunt switch design that is employed for facilitating high isolation. In the OFF state the switch exhibits an isolation of -20 dB at 10 GHz and -14.7 dB at 20 GHz. When shunt contact is closed the isolation improves to -33 dB at 10 GHz and -22.3 dB at 20 GHz. In the ON state the insertion loss is -0.03 dB at 10 GHz and -0.10 dB at 20 GHz. In addition to the excellent loss/isolation performance, the switch holds great promise for high power operation under hot-switching conditions.


Stock-based incentive can drive the management of state-owned enterprise to work harder and it is helpful to decrease a-gency cost.In China,however,the stock-based incentive plan is seldom used in the state-owned enterprises and the ef-fect of existent plan is not good.We should revise relevant laws and improve infrastructure institutions to promote the use of stock incentive in state-owned enterprises.


A selfconsistent treatment of nonperturbative effects in inclusive nonleptonic and semileptonic decays of beauty and charm hadrons is presented. It is illustrated by calculating semileptonic branching ratios, lifetime ratios, radiative decay rates and the lepton spectra in semileptonic decays.