This book explores similarities and differences in Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems across Europe. The authors compare and contrast variations in the adoption of VET in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands using the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), a system that allows comparisons of qualifications at the European level. Explanations are further drawn from case study analyses of occupational qualifications in a range of sectors, including brick-laying, lorry driving, nursing and engineering, to ascertain the underlying factors that elicit 'convergence/divergence' (p. 2) of VET. The research examines different terminologies relating to knowledge, vocational education, skills and qualifications, and aims to develop transnational categories to facilitate analysis of different European VET systems. The authors explain the relevance of these terminologies at national, firm and workplace levels. Chapter 1 presents the key themes discussed throughout the book. These themes highlight wide-ranging and complex factors that differentiate the social (e.g. labour market flexibility), political (e.g. government educational policy) and economic (e.g. EU economic development policy) institutionalization of skills, competencies and qualifications within different countries, and the involvement of institutional stakeholders (e.g. governments, trade unions, employers) in the organization of skills and competencies. Chapter 1 also outlines the content of following chapters, explaining that they explore the institutionalization of VET systems within different countries using seven conceptual dimensions. These dimensions are: the governance of regulatory VET frameworks; education systems that establish the structure and content of provision; qualifications; knowledge; competency underpinning VET; and the currency of qualifications within labour markets. In Chapter 2 the authors highlight the advantages of Europe's involvement in VET policy but also emphasize controversies surrounding the EQF. Since inception (2008), the EQF promotes transparency in qualifications using common terminology across EU member states and international organizations (OECD). It represents a 'metaframework' (p. 26) eliciting horizontal comparability across countries and vertical intra-national VET and 501958WES0010.1177/0950017013501958Work, employment and societyBook reviews 2013


Biological degumming is an eco-friendly, efficient, high-quality and low-cost method that has become the leading bast fiber degumming technology. However, bacterial strains with short degumming cycles, high gum removal rates and small fiber damage are few. To screen high quality microbial resources with bast-fiber biological degumming function, soil samples were collected from a continuously cultivated banana plantation and then used to be enriched by ramie and kenaf materials in turn. A selective pectin-degrading medium was used to screen for excellent bacteria. A dominant bacterial strain was identified by phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, and its biological degumming effects on ramie and kenaf were verified by a comprehensive evaluation system. Results showed that seven bacterial strains secreting pectinase were obtained and the largest hydrolysis circle with a diameter ratio H/C of 2.4 was produced by the bacterial strain hn1-1, which was preliminarily identified as the Bacillus cereus by colony morphological characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence (GenBank accession number: KX013542) cluster analysis. The fiber production of ramie and kenaf degummed by B. cereus hn1-1 for 10 h were 72 % and 76 %, the residual gum rates were 4 % and 5 %, respectively. These values satisfied the textile industry requirement of < 6 % residual gum rate. Therefore, an effective biological degumming bacterium, B. cereus, was identified using a pectin-hydrolysis selective medium through a simple, economical, and time-saving method. Furthermore, the biological degumming technology by B. cereus for ramie and kenaf had a short cycle, ideal removal gum rate, and high-quality and productive fiber output.


During site selection,plane layout design and hydraulic structure design of Cezi Island 300 000 DWT crude oil wharf,we faced special hydrological geologic conditions of open-sea island.Corresponding solutions are presented in this paper,to serve as a reference for similar engineering.


Achieving justice in migration may appear to be an impossible task, but it is worth thinking forward to the mechanisms by which its demands can be met. In this chapter, I propose a set of considerations that should guide a World Migration Organization (WMO) which has, as its aim, to match migrants and states in ways that are satisfactory to both. Such an agency will need to consider the movement rights that individuals possess and the duties states have to admit migrants, as well as (perhaps more controversially) the preferences expressed by both migrants (to be admitted to a particular state) and states (to admit particular migrants). The purpose of this exercise is to offer a proposal for the unjust global order we are presently facing, much of which drives the demand to migrate, and much of which drives in particular developed states' reluctance to admit migrants. In a more or less perfectly just world, it seems likely that migration would not pose the challenges it presently does. The chapter proceeds as follows. In the first section, I delineate a series of starting assumptions which guide my proposals. These assumptions, crucially, explain what I mean in claiming that justice in migration is possible in an unjust world. I then turn to three fairly wellarticulated models of global migration management which attempt to account for these multiple and oftentimes conflicting demands and suggest that they are inadequate, before turning to the considerations I believe must underpin a World Migration Organization. As I shall suggest, the demands to migrate and to exclude are made for a variety of reasons; the duty to admit migrants therefore stems from multiple sources and the right to migrate can be justified for multiple reasons. As a result, these multiple considerations can only be taken account of collectively.


This study employs census samples of 106 conventional banks actively operating activities of banking business in Indonesia. In this research use sample size 72 based on bank type. The method implemented in this study is a quantitative approach by applying secondary data taken from Monetary Authority and Financial Services Authority.  In order to discover the banking industry competition in Indonesia.  The data analysis in this study uses pool data which combine time series and cross sectional known as panel data. The result of the research shows that the market share of deposit of state-owned banks, private national banks of foreign exchange, national private non-foreign exchange banks, regional development banks, mixed banks, foreign banks have a significant positive effect on return on assets. The results of the tests show that market share of loan of state-owned banks, national private foreign exchange banks, national private non-foreign exchange banks, regional development banks, mixed banks, foreign banks have no effect on return on assets.


Humans have an impressive ability to augment their creative state (i.e., to consciously try and succeed at thinking more creatively). Though this "thinking cap" phenomenon is commonly experienced, the range of its potential has not been fully explored by creativity research, which has often focused instead on creativity as a trait. A key question concerns the extent to which conscious augmentation of state creativity can improve creative reasoning. Although artistic creativity is also of great interest, it is creative reasoning that frequently leads to innovative advances in science and industry. Here, we studied state creativity in analogical reasoning, a form of relational reasoning that spans the conceptual divide between intelligence and creativity and is a core mechanism for creative innovation. Participants performed a novel Analogy Finding Task paradigm in which they sought valid analogical connections in a matrix of word-pairs. An explicit creativity cue elicited formation of substantially more creative analogical connections (measured via latent semantic analysis). Critically, the increase in creative analogy formation was not due to a generally more liberal criterion for analogy formation (that is, it appeared to reflect "real" creativity rather than divergence at the expense of appropriateness). The use of an online sample provided evidence that state creativity augmentation can be successfully elicited by remote cuing in an online environment. Analysis of an intelligence measure provided preliminary indication that the influential "threshold hypothesis," which has been proposed to characterize the relationship between intelligence and trait creativity, may be extensible to the new domain of state creativity.


In a high intensity circular accelerator the synchrotron dynamics introduces a slow modulation in the betatronic tune due to the space‐charge tune depression. When the transverse motion is non‐linear due to the presence of multipolar effects, resonance islands move in the phase space and change their amplitude. This effect introduces the trapping and detrapping phenomenon and a slow diffusion in the phase space. We apply the neo‐adiabatic theory to describe this diffusion mechanism that can contribute to halo formation.


The study deals with major production problem of selected dairy farms in Addis Ababa from November 2009 to April 2010. The study covered 31 farms grouped in to three production systems, namely 13 small scale (SS) with 260 cows, 9 medium scales (MS) (451) and 9 large scales (LS) (1543) dairy cows. Demographic characteristics of farm owners of studied farms was female dominated in SS (53.3%) while in MS (55.5%) and LS (77.8%) was male dominated. Farm owner's literacy rate was 100% in medium and LS farms while 92.3% in SS farm. In the studied farms, pure exotic cows were dominant in all types of scales; 61.5%, 55.6% and 88.9% in SS, MS and LS, respectively. The breeding systems used in the farms was commonly artificial insemination (AI) in SS (100%) and MS (77.7%) while in LS, both AI and the combination of AI and natural mating, each contributed 44.4%. Furthermore, the major reasons of culling were health related in both SS and MS accounted, 69.2% and 44.4%, respectively. However, in LS low productivity (77.8%) was dominant. Data on feeding management indicated that hay and wheat bran was dominant feed types in all types of scales in which most of them fed their animals twice a day. The survey also showed health problems encountered (from 2007/8 to 2009/10) in different scales as repeat breeding and mastitis more common in SS (25.8% and 25.4%) and MS (13.4% and 10.4%) while in LS, mastitis and hypocalcemia was more common (both accounted for 8%). The main prevention in the farm was vaccination. In conclusion, identification of the diary bottleneck is critical to solve and rise their production. So, most health and management problems encountered can possibly corrected with raising awareness and follow-up of farms with professionals before further damage on this emerging industry.


Fire, harvesting and beetles attacks are important disturbances for the forested ecosystems. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the disturbances on water and carbon fluxes using a eddy‐covariance (EC) – based tower in a wild-olive forest.

The study has been performed at the Orroli site, Sardinia (Italy), which is an experimental site for the FLUXMED project of the Water Joint Programming Initiative. From 2003, a 10 m micrometeorological tower equipped with eddy-covariance system has been used to measuring water, carbon and energy surface fluxes, as well as key state variables (e.g. leaf and soil skin temperature, radiations, air humidity and wind velocity).

The landscape is covered by patchy vegetation: wild olives trees in clumps and herbaceous species, drying to bare soil in late spring. The climate is Mediterranean maritime with long droughts from May to October, and rainy period is concentrated in the autumn and winter months. In this ecosystem water uptake by olive’s roots, from underlying substrate to the shallow soil layer, allow woody vegetation and grass to remain physiologically active during dry conditions.

In summer 2017, which was a very dry season, an extended fire affected the forested area, impacting the north – west footprint of the tower, with consequences also to the close trees due to beetle attack, probably related to the sensitive conditions of the trees after the drought.

We compared pre-disturbance with post-disturbance land surface fluxes. Both fire and beetle attack, altered the partitioning of available energy to lE and H, evapotranspiration (ET) and carbon assimilation. Results show a reduction of evapotranspiration and carbon assimilation during the growing season. Differently, in autumn and winter the difference between pre-disturbance and post-disturbance was negligible due to low physiological activities of vegetation.


In this paper a complete TCAD model addressing Hot Carrier Degradation for Flash technology is presented and its validity range extended respect to our previous work. Using the correlation of drifting electrical parameters, a simple technique for the analysis of trap distribution location is presented and physical insights on defect shape evolution are provided at different stress conditions.


Two novel reactions for asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocycles were studied. More specifically, two modes of intramolecular cyclization between aziridine and allylsilanes were developed. In one mode, treatment of aziridine-allylsilanes with greater than a stoichiometric amount of BF3*OEt2 provided aminomethyl substituted carbocycles as the exclusive products (Sakurai reaction). The stereoselectivity of the reaction was found to be dependent on the length of the tether between the aziridine and the allylsilane. The synthetic utility of the intramolecular cyclization reaction was demonstrated by utilizing this reaction as a key step in the synthesis of (-)-yohimbane. In the second mode, treatment of aziridine-allylsilanes with a catalytic amount of BF3*OEt2 provided bicyclic pyrrolidines as the major products (3+2 annulation reaction). Once again the stereoselectivity was dependent on the length of the tether between the aziridine and the allylsilane. The nature of the silyl group was found to have a profound effect in improving the rate of 3+2 aimulation over that of the Sakurai reaction. The synthetic utility of the 3+2 aimulation was explored by using this reaction for the synthesis of potential ligands for nACh receptors. During the course of this work novel methods for the synthesis and deprotection of enantiopure iV-tosylaziridines were also developed.


We have been developing retardation‐controlled polypropylene‐based films with additives. We propose new optical films having Re value (in‐plane retardation) around 100nm, or less 20nm. These films show high durability as optical properties under certain conditions. The low Re value film can be used for protection films of LCD's polarizer, and the high Re value one can be used for retardation films of VA and other modes of LCD.


I feel that first of all I owe you a word of explanation why I, who have never studied the history of the Greek War of Independence, should have ventured to speak to you to-day about two of the best known of the Britons who then offered their services to Greece against the Turks. Finlay was an intimate friend and the executor of Hastings, and had in his possession much of his friend's correspondence and other papers. Consequently, when many years after Finlay's death, his library was presented to the British School, among his private papers, manuscripts and journals were found, those of Hastings as well. I have therefore drawn largely on this still unpublished material to illustrate the lives and careers of these two British Philhellenes.


A very sensitive electrochemical stripping procedure for vanadium is reported. Accumulation is achieved by controlled adsorption of the vanadium/solochrome violet RS complex on the static mercury drop electrode. Optimal experimental parameters found include an accumulation potential of −0.22 V, solochrome violet RS concentration of 2.0 × 10−6M, and a differential pulse stripping mode. After 5 minutes preconcentration, a detection limit near 1.7 × 10−10 M vanadium is obtained. The response is linear over the 0–21 μg1−1 concentration range, and the relative standard deviation (at the 11.2 μg1−1 level) is 3.8%. The possible interference by other trace ions are investigated. Simultaneous determination of vanadium with molybdenum and cadmium is illustrated. The merits of this procedure are demonstrated in the analysis of sea and river waters.


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There is little known about steering efforts by university leaders with regard to teaching and learning. In this conceptual paper the focus lies on Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) as an instrument of governance to steer teaching and learning activities in universities. The question how CETLs can be best understood as an instrument of governance in universities will be investigated. After having presented some 'managerialist' technologies of governing teaching and learning I will present two national initiatives that funded CETLs. The paper will draw on empirical examples of Germany and England in order to illustrate the governance instruments of CETLs. The paper concludes that on the conceptual level, managerialism can be one perspective to understand CETLs as a governing technology. It can be argued that CETLs inherit several features of managerialism, and therefore can be best understood as a managerialist technology in governing teaching and learning at universities


The paper deals with a brief explanation of the REL system and its continuing story, reports on upgrading of present (LTM) linings and new kiln and furnace linings RNL, back-up materials and anchor systems.


Abstract In one of two experiments to improve consumption of dry feed by the young calf, calves were fed milk from an open pail twice daily and always had access to calf starter. One-half of the calves were stimulated to consume calf starter by a small amount of calf starter placed in the milk pail as the calves were finishing their milk. The stimulated calves consumed more calf starter, exclusive of that put in the milk pail, and gained weight more rapidly than did the controls, indicating that is an effective way to increase consumption of calf starter. In the second experiment, calves had continuous access to both pelleted calf starter (4.8mm diameter, weight 590 g/liter) and the same mixture extruded (extruded through 6.4mm die, expanded to average 9.6mm diameter, 9.6mm length, weight 295 g/liter). Calves ate more pelleted than extruded feed during the first 3 wk of life; thus, consumption was not increased by extruding the feed.


In this paper, we provide evidence of certain factors that, in China and India, trigger political participation. Supported by data from the World Values Survey, our analysis focuses on the role of different types of social capital. With this approach, we analyze both contextual and individual factors. Our approach is based on the fact that, even when experts have researched the role of social capital, relatively few of them have differentiated between contextual and individual factors. Traditionally, scholars have analyzed political participation in such a way that voting is the only important factor; also, they have not paid attention to different types of social capital.


As data-parallel applications process more complex data, the dependencies between computation jobs in a multi-stage job also become more complicated. However, most of the existing scheduling solutions primarily rely on total bytes sent (job size) to differentiate jobs where jobs with fewer? bytes sent are prioritized over the larger ones. This approach overlooks the fact that jobs may consist of multiple computation stages, and that the completion of a computation job stage depends on the completion of other jobs' stage. In this paper, we present a coflow scheduler of multi-stage jobs that minimizes the average job completion time. Our solution prioritizes jobs based on the multi-faceted characteristics of multi-stage job structure per stage, instead of total bytes sent. Our experiments show that our approach provides twice the performance of existing solutions on average and by four times in bursty traffic scenario.


During the last 13 years production of coal from underground mining was reduced from 200 million tons to around 100 million tons. 15 collieries were completely liquidated, 9 others partly. The process of liquidation for 5 new collieries is to start this year. What is left behind is a devastated economy and environment. This paper presents identification and short description of major social, economic, technical and environmental aspects connected with the revitalization of brownfields in Upper Silesia Coalfields.


The ultrasound is easy to transmit and has good reflection. Its speed is far less than the speed of flight. So this paper designs an ultrasonic ranging system based on STC89C52RC. This system can be effective in the range of about 372 cm. After repeated test, the measurement error can be less than 1 cm. So this system can be applied to intelligent avoidance and vehicle transportation and other systems.


In this paper, an adaptive microphone array system with a two-stage adaptation mode controller (AMC) is proposed for high-quality speech acquisition in real environments. The proposed system includes an adaptive array algorithm, a time-delay estimator and a newly proposed AMC. To ensure proper adaptation of the adaptive array algorithm, the proposed AMC uses not only temporal information, but also spatial information. The proposed AMC is constructed with two processing stages: an initialization stage and a running stage. In the initialization stage, a sound source localization technique is adopted, and a signal correlation characteristic is used in the running stage. For the adaptive array algorithm, a generalized sidelobe canceller with an adaptive blocking matrix is used. The proposed algorithm is implemented as a real-time man-machine interface module of a home-agent robot. Simulation results show 13 dB SINR improvement with the speaker sitting 2 m distance from the home-agent robot. The speech recognition rate is also enhanced by 32% when compared to the single channel acquisition system.


The fundamental principle of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) is to exploit the structural information of the data by aggregating the neighboring nodes using a `graph convolution' in conjunction with a suitable choice for the network architecture, such as depth and activation functions. Therefore, understanding the influence of each of the design choice on the network performance is crucial. Convolutions based on graph Laplacian have emerged as the dominant choice with the symmetric normalization of the adjacency matrix as the most widely adopted one. However, some empirical studies show that row normalization of the adjacency matrix outperforms it in node classification. Despite the widespread use of GNNs, there is no rigorous theoretical study on the representation power of these convolutions, that could explain this behavior. Similarly, the empirical observation of the linear GNNs performance being on par with non-linear ReLU GNNs lacks rigorous theory. In this work, we theoretically analyze the influence of different aspects of the GNN architecture using the Graph Neural Tangent Kernel in a semi-supervised node classification setting. Under the population Degree Corrected Stochastic Block Model, we prove that: (i) linear networks capture the class information as good as ReLU networks; (ii) row normalization preserves the underlying class structure better than other convolutions; (iii) performance degrades with network depth due to over-smoothing, but the loss in class information is the slowest in row normalization; (iv) skip connections retain the class information even at infinite depth, thereby eliminating over-smoothing. We finally validate our theoretical findings numerically and on real datasets such as Cora and Citeseer.


100 years later two architectural events continue to illuminate the future of what should be the scenic architecture service of the performance that it hosts. This article takes a look at the first quarter of the 20th century regarding the inquiries in the search for a theatrical building for the future, Staying in a special way at 2 of the most important architectural events in the world of the contemporary scene; The New Meyerhold Theater and Walter Gropius's Total Theater.


This research analyses the herding behavior of different sets of portfolio such as high liquid stock portfolio and low liquid stock portfolio formed on the basis of liquidity measure. This research found that herding behavior differs across the level of liquidity of stocks across different sub sample periods. The presence of herding behavior is analyzed using the daily data of the companies listed in the Bombay Stock exchange from April 2006 to March 2018. This paper denotes that herding behavior is negative in the high liquid stock portfolio and the presence of herding behavior in less liquid stock portfolio in contrast to the findings of Galariotis, Krokida, & Spyrou (2016). This paper also illustrates that herding is significant during the crisis periods and upward trend of the market.


The Anna approach to specification language design strengthens the existing explanatory constructs in Ada and adds new ones where there is an obvious need.


This proposal is to the Department of Energy for 501.6K dollars (349.6K operations and 152K equipment) for continued participation in the UA1 experiment on proton-antiproton collisions. The UA1 experiment is the study of high-energy proton-antiproton collisions in the Super-Proton-synchrotron (SPS) Collider at CERN. A major upgrade of the UA1 detector is in progress for operation with the upgraded antiproton source (ACOL). The US groups have played an increasingly prominent role in UA1 during the past few years. This paper discusses the data analysis that has been done by the group of the position detector and it`s hardware.


The development and characteristics of foreign English writing centers provide references for domestic English writing teaching. On the basis of exploring the theoretical basis and technical feasibility of establishing online English writing centers, this paper analyses the advantages of the network-based English writing centers. It is believed that the powerful information storage ability, interaction and flexibility of the network can extend the classroom teaching of writing. For writing skills. At the same time, based on the analysis of the lack of traditional English writing learning mode, a new model of experiential English writing based on network platform is proposed. The model is based on the network, guided by constructivist learning theory and experiential learning concepts, and explores innovative ways in teaching methods, learning models, learning methods and learning content, aiming at improving students' English writing ability and independent learning ability. And cooperative learning ability.


Growth medium was conditioned by incubation on mouse embryo cells in vitro. Supplementation of agar suspension cultures with conditioned medium from primary cells, but not from established lines, readily enhanced colony development by mouse tumor cells. Only cells with the properties of myoblasts responded to conditioned medium. Other fibroblastoid cells and virus‐transformed cell lines were not affected. Myogenic cells in agar cultures grew in the presence of conditioned medium but did not differentiate. Soluble collagen at 400 m̈g/ml possessed little colony‐stimulating activity by comparison with fresh conditioned medium.


In 1898, William Anderson reported a 39-year old patient who had "angiokeratomas" on his trunk, genitals, and proximal limbs [1]. The patient developed varicose veins, rectal bleeding, and albuminuria. William Anderson suggested that the patient's symptoms were caused by general changes in the vascular system in his paper. In the same year, Johannes Fabry reported a case of "purpura hemorrhagica nodularis" [2]. Further cases were subsequently recognized, and the term "angiokeratoma corporis naeviforme" was coined by Johannes Fabry in 1915. It is now referred to as "Anderson-Fabry disease" or "Fabry disease". Later, a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme α-galactosidase A was identified as the cause and was found to induce progressive accumulation of glycosphingolipids, particularly globotriaosylceramide, in visceral tissues and the vascular endothelium throughout the body. The inability to catabolize globotriaosylceramide leads to progressive multisystemic damage to the kidneys, heart, and cerebrovascular system. As the disease progresses, these complications may become life-threatening. It has been suggested that Fabry disease is an X-linked recessive pan-ethnic disorder with an estimated frequency of 1 in about 100,000 male births. However, if later-onset variants are included, the incidence of α-galactosidase A deficiency is 1 in 3,100 [3]. This is because some signs and symptoms suggestive of Fabry disease including painful episodes, angiokeratomas, and corneal changes are easily ignored, and most Fabry complications are nonspecific (e.g., left ventricular hypertrophy, conduction abnormalities, vascular spasms, proteinuria, and renal insufficiency). According to Nakao et al. (1995) [4] left ventricular hypertrophy is a rather common cardiac disease: it was found in 14 % of 1603 patients who displayed cardiac symptoms, cardiac murmurs, arrhythmias, hypertension, abnormal electrocardiograms, or enlargement of the cardiac silhouette on chest radiography. Notably, 3% of the patients with left ventricular hypertrophy were found to have an underlying α-galactosidase A deficiency.


A major part of the body of mathematical knowledge from the Vedic period that has come down to us is from the Śulvasūtras. The Śulvasūtras are compositions aimed at providing instruction on the principles involved and procedures of construction of the vedis (altars) and agnis (fireplaces) for the performance of the yajnas, which were a key feature of the Vedic culture. The fireplaces were constructed in a variety of shapes such as falcons, tortoise, chariot wheels, circular trough with a handle, pyre, etc (depending on the context and purpose of the particular yajna) with sizes of the order of 20 to 25 feet in length and width, and there is a component of the Śulvasūtras describing the setting up of such platforms with tiles of moderate sizes, of simple shapes like squares, triangles, and occasionally special ones like pentagons. Many of the vedis involved, especially for the yajnas for special occasions had dimensions of the order of 50 to 100 feet, and making the overall plan involved being able to draw perpendiculars in that setting. This was accomplished both through the method that is now taught in schools, involving perpendicularity of the line joining the centres of two intersecting circles with the


An electrically and thermally dual-tunable broadband terahertz absorber based on graphene and strontium titanate is designed and analyzed. The results show that by lifting the Fermi energy of graphene, the absorption, particularly at higher frequencies, is significantly enhanced, resulting in a broader absorption bandwidth. By raising the temperature of strontium titanate, the center absorption frequency shifts to higher frequency and the bandwidth increases. At a Fermi energy of 1 eV and temperature of 400 K, the device exhibits an ultra-broad bandwidth of 3.36 THz and remarkable peak absorption exceeding 99%. Moreover, the absorber is insensitive to incident angles, maintaining a stable broad-bandwidth beyond 3.3 THz within a large incident angle of 55° and 50° for TE and TM polarizations, respectively. The physical mechanisms are elucidated by the impedance matching theory and electric field analyses. The structure shows great potential in tunable broadband terahertz absorbers and related applications.


Anomalies in the classical photometric system are outlined. They are responsible for undervaluing daylight as an amenity by over 30%. Daylight is also undervalued as a source of task illumination. Advantages of combining daylight with electric lighting are discussed.


The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) has become a standard to extend the services provided by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). Through the introduction of packet switching function entity, GPRS supports the use of packet data transmission, allowing a more efficient usage of the radio resources with a consequent improvement in the QoS of subscribers. In this paper we present some observations of the GPRS, by describing user behavior at Gn interface in GPRS core network. By disposing monitoring and analysis system at the Gn interface of real operational GPRS network, we analyzed the distribution of mobile user's online duration and factors affect it, such as user's business types and terminal types. At last we obtained the model of the user online duration distribution. And some methodological issues are involved in performing this type of analysis, for instance the potential bias introduced by some users.


Intrapreneurial Self-Capital (ISC) represents a promising individual resource that might be enhanced through intervention to help individuals cope adaptively with the ongoing changes that characterize the world of work and other life challenges in the 21st century. In order to examine the promise of this construct, the present study analyzed the relationship between ISC and both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, controlling for the effects of personality traits, which are substantially stable and not amenable to psychological intervention. The Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Scale (ISCS), the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the Meaning in Life Measure (MLM), and the Flourishing Scale (FS), were administered to 563 Italian university students. Hierarchical regressions analyses showed that ISC explained a percentage of incremental variance beyond that accounted for by personality traits in relation to both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. These results support the premise that ISC may be a promising resource for fostering both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being.


The supply,consumption and price of molybdenum in the world in 2006 were reviewed.The present research and development of technical innovation for molybdenum,such as mine metallurgy,catalysts of molybdenum,molybdenum disulfide,addition of organic molybdenum,molybdates,inflaming retardant and smoke suppression stainless steel,superalloy,molybdenum sputtering targets,lithiated molybdenum oxide battery materials,environment engineering,anticancer drug,and nano technic,nano products were described particularly.


Ceramic art possesses all the important characteristic and significance of modern art. It not only abstractizes all its form and content,but also creats an art language which is different form traditional craft art,painting,or sculpture. Modern ceramic art is an art language that blends with both primitive and modern features.


This study aimed to evaluate the impact of timing of exercise initiation on weight loss within a behavioral weight loss program.


A representative unit duct model of the shell side in the rod baffle heat exchanger was presented.It is more convenient and efficient to simulate the complicated shell and tube heat exchanger with the unit duct model.Numerical analyses obtained the detailed distribution information of the flow field,pressure field and temperature field in the unit duct in the center region of the shell side of the rod baffle heat exchanger,which provide the theoretical basis for optimizing the structure and analyzing enhanced heat transfer mechanism of the rod baffle heat exchanger.


Experiences of including a Science Perspective in our university-level introductory computer science course are presented. The Science Perspective has helped in recruitment of students who otherwise might not have considered taking a computer science course. The assignments offered as part of the Science Perspective have been an integral part of our approach to teaching computer science in a way that is interesting and engaging to students by inviting them to explore scientific applications in computing. Our approach uses the Alice 3D animation-based programming environment followed by an event-based graphical Java programming approach. The interactive and visual nature of these approaches has increased student engagement, which has led to better retention in follow-up computer science courses. This approach could also be applicable in teaching computer science in secondary education.


The moral education reform in the new century has gone through ten years,which has got outstanding achievements,with the basic theory of life moral education having been constructed,the professional development of moral education teachers having been promoted,the diversity of students' learning styles of morality having been acclerated.All these reforms have led the teaching material construction of moral education into a new era,which has innovated the whole face of school moral education.However,the curriculum reform of moral education still exist some problems: such as the empty teaching objectives,the incorrect design of teaching;the misusing of teaching materials and the neglecting of rural students' life.Thus,we should stick to and develop the life moral education and promote the teaching and research quality of moral education curriculum and deepen the construction of moral education resources,which is our goal in the next ten years.


Abstract Adopting the perspective of a "Harrisian" integrational linguist, this article identifies two conflicting ways in which Wolfgang Iser describes "indeterminacy" and its implications on the act of reading in his "reception theory". It will be argued that while his understanding of contextualisation and recontextualisation is markedly similar to the integrational idea of the radical indeterminacy of the sign, he is not an "integrational literary theorist" since he ultimately sees literary works as comprising determinate, intersubjective segments and indeterminate links supplied by the reader. Iser's significance for integrationism lies mainly in the directions he provides for the development of "integrational literary criticism", the practitioners of which would be "cultured readers" who appreciate the impossibility of "correct" analyses and recognise indeterminacy as an integral part of the reading process.


ABSTRACT Knot properties have a profound influence on the suitability of wood for many wood products leading to significant value differences between different quality grades. It would therefore be rather advantageous to maximise the volume of good quality timber attained from the logs. The objective of this study was to assess how well A-quality lumber of Scots pine derived from log tomography features can be predicted with characteristics measured prior to or concurrently with the logging operation. The study is based on field experiments and X-ray scanning of 204 stems from southern Finland in 2014. We employed mixed logistic regression techniques to model the relationship between the main stem characteristics and probability of A-quality lumber. From the tree characteristics that can be measured or detected from standing trees, the height from the ground level to the lowest dead branch was found to be the best predictor of A-quality lumber. From the characteristics that could, at least in theory, be detected and measured at the moment of harvest, early growth rate and size of tree were found to be the best combination for predicting the probability of A-class quality.


According to the current theroies, lots of system experiments on the chip-break theories using various geometric cutters have been carried out, analysisng and making an inquiry into the cutters' chip-break mechanism, and the chip-break range and the changeable theories of chip-break cutters have been at- tained respectively.


THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FUNCTION OF LEGAL THEORIES, AS PRODUCERS OF HERMENEUTIC REALITIES. IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE AUTHOR APPROACHES THE PROBLEM OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY. TO DO SO, HE EXPLAINS THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT LEGAL THEORIES: REALISM, IDEALISM AND PHENOMENALISM. LATER ON, HE ANALYZES THE CONCEPT OF HERMENEUTIC REALITY, WHICH CONDITIONS THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND BEHAVIORS OF ACTORS. LASTLY, THE AUTHOR STATES AS A CONCLUSION THAT THE FUNCTION OF LEGAL THEORIES IS TO PRODUCE HERMENEUTIC REALITIES, WHICH SEEK TO BE AS PERSUASIVE AS POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO CONDITION OR DETERMINE THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF SOCIAL ACTORS, TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES INTO A COMMON THINKING THAT IS NECESSARY TO PARTI


Summary The well known low-cost airline company RyanAir wishes to have control over online sales of its tickets. It has launched several lawsuits in Europe (in France, Germany, Ireland,…


Introduction. Ukraine is one of the first places in Europe in terms of mortality from diseases of the circulatory system. Materials and methods.The study included 105 patients with acute myocardial infarction and cognitive impairment under the age of 60 years.  Patients were divided into three age groups: 34-40 years old, 41-50 years old, 51-60 years old, respectively.  During the study, all patients had fixed levels of cortisol (depending on gender), C-reactive protein and blood lipid spectrum (atherogenicity coefficient). We evaluated the state of cognitive impairment using neuropsychological testing - Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), a clock drawing test, the test of "remembering 10 words" by A. R. Luria.
Each group of patients was divided into 3 subgroups and 3 treatment regimens were introduced.  The first treatment regimen included quercetin.  In the second - quercetin + 2 ethyl-6-methyl-3-hydroxypyrimidine succinate. The third is quercetin + morpholinium 3-methyl-1,2,4-triazolin-5 thiocetam. Results. The conducted correlation analysis made it possible to obtain data and evaluate the correlation between indicators of biochemical markers (cortisol, CRP and the lipid spectrum of the blood) and cognitive impairment in patients with AMI.  It was proved that in patients treated according to scheme No. 3, in different age groups on the first day of the disease and in the dynamics of treatment, an inverse correlation was established with the level of CRP, cortisol on day 10 and cognitive impairment for this period.  An inverse correlation was also determined with the atherogenic coefficient at the end of treatment and the level of cognitive dysfunction at the initial stage. Conclusions. During the study, it was confirmed that when choosing treatment therapy, the effectiveness of antihypoxants and their influence on the course of cognitive disorders should be taken into account in order to restore cognitive functions in patients of working age with AMI.  Starting from the first day of hospitalization, it is advisable to prescribe treatment, which leads to a regression of cognitive impairment due to high pharmacological activity (treatment regimen No. 3).


A numerical method is developed for the simulation of rotor\|stator interactions in a compessor or turbine stage. This method solves quasi\|three\|dimensional Navier\|Stokes equations by an implicit high\|resolution finite volume approach.A fully conservative method is designed to compute the inviscid and viscous fluxes at the interface of rotor and stator grids. Numerical results of rotor\|stator interactions in a transonic compressor stage are presented. The mechanism of rotor\|stator interactions in this compressor stage is discussed in terms of the computational results. 


1,2,4-Triazoles exert antimycobacterial activity by inhibiting the cell wall biosynthesis. In an attempt to developing lead compounds exhibiting antitubercular activities, a series of 1,2,4-triazole derivatives were synthesized by introducing various substitutes into a scaffold and the antitubercular activity was evaluated. The most potent compounds 3e and 8d showed their minimum inhibitory concentrations against Mycobacterium tuberculosis as 12.5 μM. The results indicate that those compounds can be considered as leads for further development of new 1,2,4-triazole type candidates with high antitubercular activities.


The shaping process simulation and final shape prediction are important issues in Electrochemical Machining(ECM).To improve the automation of ECM,based on the ECM shaping theories,the system of simulation and prediction workpiece's shape is developed using UG software.The structure and composition is introduced firstly,and the shape evolution is simulated by analyzing the electric field distribution in the inter-electrode gap.Experiments on machining a blade were conducted and experimental results showed a close agreement with the ones in the system.The system will do help to improve ECM precision and realize automation of ECM process control.


Virtual reality (VR) has been adopted in various fields such as entertainment, education, healthcare, and the military, due to its ability to provide an immersive experience to users. However, 360° images, one of the main components in VR systems, have bulky sizes and thus require effective transmitting and rendering solutions. One of the potential solutions is to use foveated technologies, that take advantage of the foveation feature of the human eyes. Foveated technologies can significantly reduce the data required for transmission and computation complexity in rendering. However, understanding the impact of foveated 360° images on human quality perception is still limited. This paper addresses the above problems by proposing an accurate machine-learning-based quality assessment model for foveated 360° images. The proposed model is proven to outperform the three cutting-edge machine-learning-based models, which apply deep learning techniques and 25 traditional-metric-based models (or analytical-function-based-models), which utilize analytical functions. It is also expected that our model helps to evaluate and improve 360° content streaming and rendering solutions to further reduce data sizes while ensuring user experience. Also, this model could be used as a building block to construct quality assessment methods for 360° videos, that are reserved for our future work. The source code is available at https://github.com/telagment/FoVGCN.


This paper proposes a novel simulation method to analyze the characteristics of the electromagnetic noise of claw pole alternators under stator winding interturn short circuit faults. For the two types of faults: short circuit between two wires of the same phase and short circuit between turns of the same wire, a general circuit model built in Matlab/Simulink was introduced to obtained the phase current and output current signals. The phase current was then used as current source and the claw pole alternator was simulated as an electric motor rather than a generator to analyze the magnetic force and electromagnetic noise by using 3-D finite element method and boundary-element method, respectively. A noise bench test was conducted to verify the simulation results. It is shown that under the stator winding interturn short circuit faults, the output current harmonics and electromagnetic noise of the three-phase 12-pole/36-slot claw pole alternator would increase greatly. The 12th order noise replaces the 36th order noise as the most dominant order noise at low speed. The method proposed in this paper can also be used to diagnose the stator winding interturn short circuit faults of claw pole alternators.


The present study examined the potential effects of task difficulty on the level of procrastination in college students. I hypothesized that an increase in the perceived difficulty of a task would increase procrastination. Participants were randomly separated into two groups. While both groups took the same "test", each group received a different description of the test prior to being sent the link through e-mail. One group received a description of an easy task, while the other group received a description of a difficult task. Procrastination was measured as time taken to initiate the test (Time A), time taken to complete the test (Time B), and Total Time. Time A was significantly longer for participants in the "difficult" group, t(41)=-2.286, p=.027, r^2=.1182. Total Time was also significantly higher for this group, t(41)=-3.028, p=.039, r^2=.1903.


The efficiency of electrical complexes depends directly on the level of power supply system reliability, which comprises extensive and branched distribution networks. A complex of single-phase ground fault (SPGF) relay protection and automation devices (RPA) is used to reduce the economic losses from the failure of the electrical receivers' distribution networks. This paper presents a study of the protection sensitivity factor, taking into account the influence of the network capacity and the resistance during a fault. The results of this study determined the minimum permissible values of the sensitivity factor that ensures the stable operation of the protection device. This was achieved by taking into account the influence of the transient resistance at the point of short circuit. The practical significance of the study is as follows: the obtained characteristics will allow for the development of new functional logic circuits for SPGF protection. The practical implementation of the obtained results will allow for the following: to increase the sensitivity and selectivity of current non-directional protections in conditions of incomplete short circuits; to ensure the reliable functioning of technological equipment and responsible consumers; to reduce the level of electrical injuries of service personnel; and to reduce economic losses associated with the repair of damaged electrical receivers.


Background The advancements of technologies have developed anatomical education into a new era. The study aims to assess medical students' performance and overall satisfaction who used the anatomage table and plastinated specimens for the teaching and learning anatomy courses. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on students of the first-year college of medicine at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). Students were randomly distributed equally into three groups A, B, and C. All groups were taken two sessions of lectures for one hour each. Each lecture was followed by a practical session of two hours. Group A learned with the "Anatomage" table and Group B learned the same topics on plastinated specimens. Group C was learning on both plastinated specimens and the "Anatomage" table. The objective structured practical examination was given to all students immediately after the practical sessions. A structured questionnaire was given to each group to determine the students' views on the educational methods. Results There was a statistically significant difference between the means of the total scale scores for the three teaching methods, where students expressed a higher attitude towards both strategies for teaching in comparison to the anatomage table and plastinated models for teaching, where the means were 18±4.4, 18.3±4.6, 20.4±5.6, respectively, F=12.6 and P=0.0001. There were higher and positive students' attitudes regarding the five statements in favor of both models teaching compared to anatomage table and plastinated model teaching alone. Conclusion The first-year medical students have valued the combination of anatomage table and plastinated prosections in learning and assessing anatomy education at the undergraduate level. The advantages outweigh the limitation of these educational tools.


Objective:The content of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner) toxin protein of the Bt transgenic cotton was tested.Method:Antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to test the the content of protein in the plant.Result:The content of Bt toxin protein varied significantly among different organs in different stages.The order of Bt toxin concentration was as follows:leaves squares,bolls ,flowers,flowering-bracts,squaring-bracts,stigma,while in the root the Bt toxin concentration was rather low and in the soil was not detected; The contents of Bt toxin protein in the top leaves had varied significantly among different organs in different stages.The content of Bt toxin protein was highest in seeding stage in the leaves,the next stage was in square beginning period ,than in the flowering and flowing-boll period the its content became lower ,and boll period and boll opening period its content had increased.Conclusion:There were significant differences in Bt toxin protein contents among the different organs in different stages and the order of content Bt transgenic cotton changed temporally and spatially to cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hubner) in cotton growth period.


A 52-year-old woman with hidden ankylosing spondylitis for years attended the emergency department after a minor head injury. Rapid and alarming neck swelling appeared shortly after the initial consultation. Although the physical examination and the lateral cervical spine X-ray did not suggest fracture, a later CT scan revealed a fracture line. A high index of suspicion and early use of the halo device are needed in order to prevent irreversible neurological damage in such patients.


The life table and the interference indice of population control(IIPC) were used to evaluate the effects of spraying the alcohol extract of Lantana camara L. on the population of Liriomyza sativae Blanchard. The results showed that the alcohol extract of L. camara gave good results to protect the kidney bean against L. sativae. The IIPC of the abstract compared with control was 0.135,and the control effect on L. sativae was 86.5%. The results also indicated that the alcohol extract of L. camara had no effect on parastioids of L. sativae.


Abstract Background Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) is appropriate for select acute postoperative and hematogenous periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs). However, the optimal duration of antimicrobial therapy in patients treated with DAIR has not been defined. Therefore, we aimed to identify the ideal duration of parenteral and oral antibiotics after DAIR. Methods We performed a retrospective study of patients >18 years of age with hip or knee PJI managed with DAIR between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2018, at Mayo Clinic. PJI was defined using criteria adapted from the International Consensus Meeting on PJI. The outcome was defined as either PJI recurrence or unplanned reoperation due to infection. Joint-stratified Cox proportional hazards regression models with time-dependent covariates were used to assess nonlinear effects of antibiotic duration. Hazard ratios were computed based on prespecified time points for comparison, whereas p-values represented the overall effect across the entire range of durations. Results There were 247 unique episodes of PJI in 237 patients during the study period. Parenteral antibiotics were given in 99.2% of cases (n=245). This was followed by chronic oral antibiotic suppression in 92.2% (n=226) with a median duration of 2.2 years (1.0-4.1). DAIR failed in 65 cases over a median follow-up of 4.4 years, with a 5-year cumulative incidence of 28.1%. After adjustment for risk factors, there was no significant association between duration of parenteral antibiotics and treatment failure (p=0.203), with no difference between four versus six weeks (HR 1.11; 95% CI 0.71-1.75) (Figure 1). However, both use and longer duration of oral antibiotic therapy was associated with a lower risk of failure (p=0.006). To account for the possibility that this association was driven by results during early follow-up, conditional analyses at one- and two-year follow-up were performed. Both showed a significantly lower risk for a longer duration of antibiotics (Figure 2). Figure 1. Time-Dependent Analysis of Parenteral Antibiotic Duration Figure 2. Time-Dependent Analysis of Oral Antibiotic Suppression Duration Conclusion After DAIR, efficacy from four weeks of parenteral antibiotics was no different from six weeks when followed by chronic oral antibiotic suppression. Our results could not establish an optimal duration but suggested that continuing suppression portends a lower risk of failure of DAIR. Disclosures Elie Berbari, MD, Uptodate.com (Other Financial or Material Support, Honorary unrelated to this work) Matthew P. Abdel, MD, Stryker and AAOS Board of Directors (Board Member, Other Financial or Material Support, Royalties) Aaron J. Tande, MD, UpToDate.com (Other Financial or Material Support, Honoraria for medical writing)


Abstract Copolyaniline containing phenyl sulfonic acid sodium salt pendent, was chemically synthesized and used for its characterization as an electrorheological (ER) fluid. Its chemical structure and particle shape were analyzed using an FT-IR, 13C-NMR, and SEM. Copolyaniline particles have irregular and lamellar morphology. This ER fluid was prepared by dispersing polymer particles in silicone oil and was characterized by a rotational Haake rheometer with a high voltage generator. Typical ER behavior was found in the copolyaniline suspension.


It is the inner motive force for promoting the Chinese durable modernization to cultivate high-class talents with character and ability. This note discusses the way to carrying out ideological and political education and enhancing the real effect of the ideological education for post-graduates under the condition of ceaselessly enlarging scale of post-graduate student education and in the light of the feature of the post-graduate students themselves.


Glycerophospholipids (GPLs), one of the main components of bacterial cell membranes, exhibit high levels of structural complexity which are correlated directly with biophysical membrane properties such as permeability and fluidity. This structural complexity arises from the substantial variability in the individual GPL structural components such as acyl chain length and headgroup type, and is further amplified by the presence of modifications such as double bonds and cyclopropane rings. Here, we use liquid chromatography (LC) coupled to high-resolution and high-mass accuracy ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry (UVPD-MS) for the most in-depth study of bacterial GPL modifications to date. In doing so, we unravel a diverse array of unexplored GPL modifications, ranging from acyl chain hydroxyl groups to novel headgroup structures. Along with characterizing these modifications, we elucidate general trends in bacterial GPL unsaturation elements, and thus aim to decipher some of the biochemical pathways of unsaturation incorporation in bacterial GPLs. Finally, we discover aminoacyl-PGs not only in Gram-positive bacteria but also in Gram-negative C. jejuni, advancing our knowledge of the methods of surface charge modulation that Gram-negative organisms may adopt for antibiotic resistance.


It is a method for managing a control device network (SN) in a vehicle (1) is shown having a plurality of computers (R1, R2, Ri), each having associated computing resources. The computational resources of the computer (R1, R2, Ri) of the managed control device network (SN) are given vehicle applications dynamically allocated depending on a needs of vehicle applications and depends on a utilization of the respective computer (R1, R2, Ri).


Fewer than 50 percent of beneficiaries with bevacizumab orders had a cancer diagnosis in the prior 6 months. This was driven by the biologic's off-label use in degenerative eye disorders.While 83 percent of beneficiaries with erlotinib orders had a prior cancer diagnosis indicative of its use in lung cancer (a labeled indication), 69 percent had diagnoses indicative of its use in secondary malignancies and/or head and neck cancer (an off-label use).Nearly all (98 percent) beneficiaries with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (live) orders had a cancer diagnosis indicative of its use in malignant neoplasms of the genitourinary tract (e.g., bladder cancer).


Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods have been grown on silicon substrate by chemical bath deposition method in an aqueous solution that contained zinc nitrate hexahydrate and hexamethylenetetramine. The ZnO seed layer was deposited on substrate to promote growth of ZnO nanorods. Growth temperature was varying in order to form well aligned ZnO nanorods From XRD analysis confirmed that grown ZnO nanorods has wurtzite crystal structure and grown in the [10 direction. Well aligned and better size distribution of ZnO nanorods obtained at 75°C for 1h.


Hearing loss and ear abnormalities have been recognized as significant characteristics of Down's syndrome since its initial description. However, specific qualities of the hearing loss have been debated in the literature and have remained unclear. Clinical and histopathologic characteristics of the ear in Down's syndrome have been largely ignored. Unfortunately, the handicap caused by hearing loss in Down's syndrome has been largely overlooked by audiologists, pediatricians, and otolaryngologists. The oversight is a result of several factors: hearing evaluation is difficult in retarded children because examination of the tympanic membrane is difficult, owing to narrow external auditory canals and frequent cerumen impactions. The most disconcerting factor, however, is that many professionals trained to deal with hearing loss feel that the mild hearing loss present in the Down's children is unimportant. Few reports on the nature and frequency of hearing loss in Down's syndrome have been published, and those available are contradictory. Glovsky (1966), in describing his audiometric examination of 38 children with Down's syndrome, found 71 percent to have hearing loss. Of these, only 2.6 percent were considered to be conductive in nature. Brooks et al., (1972) found 77 percent of their population of Down's children to have decreased hearing. However, they found 60 percent of these to have conductive-type hearing losses. Fulton and Lloyd (1968) found hearing loss in only 42 percent of their subjects; 55 percent of the hearing losses were conductive in nature. The diagnosis of Down's syndrome frequently causes clinicians to ignore diagnostic and therapeutic steps in management that would be routine in other children. Such an attitude is not consistent with recent advances in the care of the mentally retarded who are now being offered opportunities for increasing self-fulfillment and productivity in the community (Wolfensberger, 1972; Menoliscino, 1974). The need for good otologic care is especially important in childhood. Adequate hearing in early childhood is essential for maximal development of children with Down's syndrome, just as it is for normal children. Care during crucial developmental periods may mean the difference in later life between productive, semi-autonomous function and residential institutionalization.


The Texas Department of Transportation began using an emulsified diesel fuel in 2002. They initiated a simultaneous study of the effectiveness of this fuel in comparison to 2D on-road diesel fuel and 2D off-road diesel. The study included comparisons of fuel economy and emissions for the emulsion, Lubrizol PuriNOx®, relative to conventional diesel fuels. Two engines and eight trucks, four single-axle dump trucks, and four tandem-axle dump trucks were tested. The equipment tested included both older mechanically-controlled diesels and newer electronically-controlled diesels. The two engines were tested over two different cycles that were developed specifically for this project. The dump trucks were tested using the route technique over one or the other of two chassis dynamometer cycles that were developed for this project In addition to fuel efficiency, emissions of NOx, PM, CO, and HCs were measured. Additionally, second-by-second results were obtained for NOx and HCs. Speciation of the HC emissions was performed for one of the off-road engines operating over two different cycles. On average, over all engines and cycles, PuriNOx provided a NOx benefit of about 16%, a fuel efficiency penalty of about 17%, and a PM benefit of about 20%. In general, the NOx benefit and the fuel efficiency penalty were less pronounced for the electronically-controlled diesels. One truck engine/cycle combination was found for which the effect on NOx was not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. Similarly, two engine/cycle combinations were found for which the effect on PM was not statistically significant, and there was a statistically significant increase in PM for one dump truck. PuriNOx produced significant increases in the emissions of roughly half of the Toxic Air Contaminants evaluated: formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolien, and MEK. PuriNOx did not yield decreased emissions of any TACs.


volume concludes. Even though one could cite a few inevitable small inaccuracies (e.g. p. 95, the fragments are preserved by 'Eusebius' and not 'Atticus', or an error in the title of Bénatouïl 2009), this collective volume contains a great number of erudite, original and fruitful contributions, which together form an excellent tool to blaze a path in the labyrinth of the very long history of Plato's reception in Antiquity.


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The link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus has long been recorded, extending back to the advent of insulin therapy, when that therapeutic advance increased patient survival, allowing atherosclerotic complications to become more evident.1 Attention to the relationship between diabetes mellitus and CVD grew, fostered by forces such as the epidemic of obesity and diabetes mellitus, improved post–myocardial infarction survival, and increasing data linking these 2 common, chronic problems. For example, the East-West Study placed the cardiovascular risk of diabetes mellitus in a context easily grasped by cardiologists: the chances of a future myocardial infarction in those with diabetes mellitus and no CVD history equaled those of myocardial infarction survivors with no history of diabetes mellitus.2 Although still debated, this "cardiovascular risk equivalency" offered an easy shorthand that helped recast the nature and treatment of diabetes mellitus. The arrival of new glucose-lowering drugs and therapeutic strategies created expectations about the next chapter to come: glucose lowering in diabetes mellitus would decrease cardiovascular events. That story, however, unfolded with unexpected twists, including a new subplot concerning the cardiovascular safety of glucose-lowering agents. Ultimately, a long, often disappointing, contradictory saga of the "glucose paradox" emerged; although hyperglycemia increases cardiovascular risk, lowering glucose levels did not reverse this relationship.3 Even when the cardiovascular safety of a drug was established, no cardiovascular risk reduction was found.4 In the past 2 years, 2 classes of antidiabetic drugs have demonstrated an improved primary major cardiovascular end point in a large prospective trial using 2 different agents within each class, namely glucagon-like peptide–1 agonists (liraglutide, semaglutide) and sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors (empagliflozin, canagliflozin).5–8 The page …


The aluminum sample was dissolved by NaOH solution(50 g/L) and acidated by HNO_3(1+1). Fe, Si, Cu, Ga, Mg, Zn, Mn and Ti were then determined by ICP-AES.


Relating the process of professional socialisation to professional adaptability and age, the hypothesis is raised that professional adaptability of young adults is lower than that of mature adults. The survey of 44 part-time students of different age from Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences applying the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) (Savickas, Porfeli, 2012) revealed that professional adaptability of young adults is statistically significantly lower than that of mature adults.


: In this work computer simulation of the condensation processes of C u S i  core-shell nanoparticles was performed by the molecular dynamics method. It was shown that simultaneous cooling of atomic vapors of copper and silicon leads to the formation of disordered C uS i alloy particles. A possible mechanism for the formation of nanoparticles ( C u – core, S i – shell) is associated with deposition of small silicon clusters onto a pre-formed copper


Up to recent times acoustics was primarily concerned with small amplitude irrotational motion of a compressible medium and fluid mechanics dealt with incompressible flow, consequently there was no overlapping area between those two disciplines. Presently, however, the importance of understanding both compressible flow and large amplitude waves in the presence of important viscous and heat conduction effects created a real need for a single unified discipline that includes both small amplitude irrotation waves and incompressible flow as special limiting cases. The full Navier‐Stokes equations of a viscous heat conductive gas are strongly nonlinear. For weak fields, however, the solutions reduce to three independent "modes" and those can be identified as vorticity, sound waves, and entropy spots. A second‐order theory indicates interaction between all the modes and the familiar examples such as sound generation by vorticity, sound scattering on entropy nonuniformities, heat convection by turbulence, etc., c...


A 2-pixel imaging array was developed to demonstrate millimeter-wave imaging. Each pixel consists of a Q-band Vivaldi antenna and a preamplified diode detector, using InGaAs pseudomorphic HEMT MMIC low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) and a beam-lead Schottky-diode detector. The approach does not require local oscillator (LO) power, is compatible with MMIC technology, and can reduce the complexity and manufacturing cost of millimeter-wave imaging arrays. The preamplified diode detector exhibited 17-V/ mu W responsivity at 44 GHz and -75-dBm tangential sensitivity at 1-MHz video bandwidth. The array demonstrated millimeter-wave imaging of three vehicles in a parking lot. >


the Main purpuse of the present study was to dtermine the common errors usully commited by the. female student teachers during thier practical training in the field of social studies. The areas -wherein such errors were made consisted of lesson planning and execution as well as lesson performance . The study also tried to find out the numerical difference in these errors. The researcher prepared a list which contained ( 64) statement concerning the student teachers teaching skills to .observe their performance. Twenty four student teachers were selected as sample of the study Another list was prepared to condut interviews which included seven questions. Twenty four student .teachers, Nineteen social studies teachers and eleven school principals interviewed for that purpose .Result showed that there were several skills wherein the student teachers did not perform well These skills included lesson plan, lesson presentation, controlling the class behaviour found better .in lesson planning than in lesson performance. Moreover, ، controlling the class behaviour and evaluation


Nonqualified written notices of allocation and per-unit retain certificates offer alternative means for distributing cooperative earnings and allocating patron equity that may have advantages over the methods used by most farmer cooperatives. Nonqualified written notices can be used to delay patron taxes and income and to avoid negative cash flows due to tax. Nonqualified notices also offer cooperatives an additional tool for managing taxes and handling losses. This report defines nonqualified written notices of allocation and per-unit retain certificates, illustrates the application of nonqualified notices, and discusses the extent of their use by U.S. farmer cooperatives. A computer cash flow analysis of qualified and nonqualified patronage refund distributions is conducted to identify characteristics of cooperatives and patrons that would benefit from using nonqualified notices. A number of additional features are discussed, including tax management, equity, and accounting considerations, the use of nonqualified notices in federated systems, factors limiting their use, and steps cooperatives should take in initiating their use.


outcomes for 145 children (ages 5-17) with severe emotional disturbances attending a Children's Behavior Therapy Unit (CBTU) day treatment program across several locations. Children are referred to CBTU following failed placement with the respective school districts in less-restrictive settings, such as individual counseling, resource classes, and self-contained special education classes. The behavioral model at CBTU has a dual focus of treatment: reducing behavioral excesses (e.g., physical/verbal aggression, inattention, and noncompliance), and increasing behavioral skills (e.g., ability to identify and verbalize emotions in self and others, impulse control, and, completion of tasks). Academic instruction is delivered within an environment utilizing core behavioral techniques, such as a level system, frequent feedback, and individual behavior contracts. Daily training is provided for interpersonal and self-management skills, such as communication, impulse-control, and problem-solving skills, using a mixture of didactic, role-playing, and generalization opportunities. Preliminary findings from the study indicate that the children attending the CBTU day treatment program demonstrated improved behavioral symptoms during approximately 12 months of treatment. Elementary school children showed slightly better improvement than the adolescent group. (Contains 14 references.) (CR) This report discusses a study that examined clinical N \o d. d. \o d. w a dt? m 00 0 m US. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 011' e 01 Educational Research and Improvement ED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 4 This document has been reproduced as received lrom the person or organizaiion originating it. improve reproduction quality. 0 Minor changes have been made lo Points of view or opinions slated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERl position or policy. Outcomes of a School-Based Mental Health Program for Referred Youth Kristin E. Robinson Introduction The concept of day treatment for children with severe emotional disability (SED) was introduced over 40 years ago (Zimet & Farley, 1985). However, the widespread application ofday treatment models has been a more recent development. This treatment modality was strengthened with the 1963 Community Mental Health Center Act, which mandated comprehensive mental health services, including partial hospitalization (day treatment) for children and adolescents. Day treatment models hrther gained attention with the advent of consumer-driven heath care and a call for providing children with a "continuum of care," a comprehensive network of community-based mental health services in the least restrictive setting possible (Stroul & Friedman, 1996). A variety of day treatment models have been developed across the United States, in most cases located within inpatient facilities (Prevost, 1981), but with increasing numbers of programs being school-based (Nothmann & Acosta, 1999). Several studies have found day treatment to be an economical and effective treatment for children and adolescents (Gabel & Finn, 1987; Kiser, Ackerman, & Pruitt, 1987; Sayegh & Grizenko, 1991; Pruitt & Kiser, 1991). There continues to be a need to strengthen methodology for studying outcomes of day treatment programs. The present study utilized a standardized, norm-referenced outcome measure, repeated over time, to examine symptom reduction of children attending a day treatment program. The Children's Behavior Therapy Unit The Children's Behavior Therapy Unit (CBTU) opened its first day treatment program in 1976, serving 10 children in collaboration with the Salt Lake City school district. Since that time, CBTU has expanded its contracts to include nine school-based sites located in four elementary schools, three middle-schools, and one high school, serving over 200 children per year. Each classroom is staffed by a special education teacher and an academic aide, provided by the school district, and a social worker and behavioral aide who are employees of CBTU. A child psychiatrist meets with the team weekly, and other professionals (eg., psychologists, nurses, and speech therapists) are readily available for consultation. Children are referred to CBTU following failed placements with the respective school districts in lessrestrictive settings, such as individual counseling, resource classes, and self-contained special education classes. Previous treatment may also include mental health interventions, such as outpatient individual/ group therapy and inpatient hospitalization. Children referred to CBTU programs are assessed by both school district and mental health professionals prior to admission to ensure the program is the leastrestrictive alternative at the time. The behavioral model at CBTU has a dual focus of treatment: reducing behavioral excesses (e.g., physical/verbal aggression, inattention, and noncompliance), and increasing behavioral skills (e.g., ability to identi@ and verbalize emotions in self and others, impulse control, and completion of tasks). Academic instruction is delivered within an environment utilizing core behavioral techniques, such as a level system, frequent feedback, and individual behavior contracts (Reavis, et al., 1996; Rhode, Jenson, & Reavis, 1993). Daily training is provided for interpersonal and self-management skills, such as communication, impulse-control, and problem-solving skills, using a mixture of didactic, role-playing, and generalization opportunities (McGinnis & Goldstein, 1997a; McGinnis & Goldstein, 1997b; Sheridan, 1995). The present study examined clinical outcomes for children attending the CBTU day treatment program across several locations. These preliminary findings focus on data gathered during the 1997-1 998 academic year.


The gradient discretization method (GDM) is a generic framework for designing and analyzing numerical schemes for diffusion models. In this paper, we study the GDM for the porous medium equation, i...


Modernity reform is a main problem to be solved in the theoretical construction and writing practice of the modern Chinese literature because of the limited approaches adopted,the biased research angle and the confusion in the understanding of the connotation of "modernity".The change of modernity as a subject of contents or forms to an aesthetic subject based on the theory of modern emotion has provided a new value orientation for the investigation of the nature of the 20th century Chinese literature.Compared with classical aesthetic elements,a new framework for modern aesthetic elements has been structured,based on the emotion of the subject,the emotion of literary object and the noumenon of the literature.An elemental combination of classics,modernity and postmodemity has been demonstrated in 20th century Chinese literature and the status and position of the modern aesthetic elements in the 20th century Chinese literature has been particularly analysed.


Physical parameters that need to be controlled during the wet oxidation of VCSEL mesas are numerous and include: temperature uniformity, vapor flow pattern, epitaxial thickness and composition uniformity, diffusion through adjacent layers, oxidation onset delay, etch skirt, and wafer surface prep. We report the results of our studies on some of these factors including vapor flow patterns, and oxidation front monitoring. The results are being used for the optimization of our commercial system for wet lateral oxidation.


This paper studies the coverage problem in an unknown environment by a Mobile Sensor Network (MSN). Each agent in the MSN has sensing, communication, computation and moving capabilities to complete sensing tasks. Here the agents need to relocate themselves, from their initial random locations, to their optimal configuration. The proposed algorithm is based on game theory control where a collection of distributed agents use their local information to make decisions. A state-based potential game is defined in which each agent's utility function is designed to consider the trade off between the worth of the covered area and the energy consumption. The agents employ binary log-linear learning to update their actions in each iteration in order to converge to the Nash equilibrium. As the agents do not have the knowledge of the sensing area, a Maximum Likelihood estimation scheme is used to estimate the unknown parameters of a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM). Then in order to feed the estimation algorithm with more informative data, a mutual information term is added to the agents' utility functions. The mutual information is utilized to determine which observation can improve the agent's knowledge of the unobserved area more. Simulation results are provided to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm.


The behaviour of a steel geodesic dome node, optimised from the aspect of its assembly, is characterized in the paper. It is an overlap connection with one bolt, where tubular members are flattened and additionally bent to obtain the required dome configuration. Results obtained by means of original laboratory testing and numerical analyses are compared with analytic values determined via simplified expressions for calculation of cross sectional resistance, i.e. govern failure mode. A structural solution is recommended in order to improve this dome connection behaviour and optimise the structure as a whole.


With the increase of wind power penetration,stability issues of the large-scale wind power system must be researched.After establishing hysteresis vector control strategy of the doubly-fed induction generator based on decoupling current,this paper presented transient stability and power flow models of static synchronous compensator(STATCOM)respectively.Combined with the IEEE14 node standard test system,voltage stability of the system injected with wind power was simulated and researched,as well as the stability improvement of STATCOM.Simulation results show the hysteresis current control scheme is effective and the wind power will adversely affect the stability of network.However STATCOM could effectively improve wind farm stability to ensure that the power system operation can be safe and stable.


This article is an analysis of the salary policy imposed by the national government on university professors in Venezuela, from 2000 to 2018, presented in three sub-periods of study and a final reflection. The salary policy –salary structure, salary scale, interscale wage and wage adjustment mechanism– legitimate and recognized by academics for the beginning of the period under study, was confined with the Homologation Norms, unrecognized by the government today. Among the main violations of the salary policy, there is evidence of a salary scale breakup, a modification of interscale values and the implementation of other criteria for the wage adjustment.


A method is proposed for measuring the effective electron mass in the gate oxide in a thin MOS structure by using the extrema of Fowler Nordheim tunneling current oscillations.The relation between the applied voltage and the effective electron mass is obtained by analyzing the process of electron tunneling the potential barrier with the interference methed.The effective electron mass in a silicon dioxide with different structure is also obtained which is 0 52 to 0 84 of the free electron in mass.The experimental results show that the effective mass of an electron can be treated as constant while the gate voltage varies.With the same MOS structure,the electron might have the same effective electron mass.


Pattern The present invention covers the at least two substrates, and a band (Z) which are arranged on both sides of the variable light diffusion system, a variable light diffusion system having a layer of the active element that can be switched between a transparent state and a semi-transparent state to a substrate at least one substrate that covers up to 40% of the area of the band (Z) covered by the pattern (M) set includes a set of discrete diffusing element to form a (M), and discrete diffusion element It relates to a glazing comprising a.


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The post-seismic response of a viscoelastic Earth to a seismic dislocation can be computed analytically within the framework of normal-modes, based on the application of propagator methods. This technique, widely documented in the literature, suffers from several shortcomings; the main drawback is related to the numerical solution of the secular equation, whose degree increases linearly with the number of viscoelastic layers so that only coarse-layered models are practically solvable. Recently, a viable alternative to the standard normal-mode approach, based on the Post–Widder Laplace inversion formula, has been proposed in the realm of postglacial rebound models. The main advantage of this method is to bypass the explicit solution of the secular equation, while retaining the analytical structure of the propagator formalism. At the same time, the numerical computation is much simplified so that additional features such as linear non-Maxwell rheologies can be simply implemented. In this work, for the first time, we apply the Post–Widder Laplace inversion formula to a post-seismic rebound model. We test the method against the standard normal-mode solution and we perform various benchmarks aimed to tune the algorithm and to optimize computation performance while ensuring the stability of the solution. As an application, we address the issue of finding the minimum number of layers with distinct elastic properties needed to accurately describe the post-seismic relaxation of a realistic Earth model. Finally, we demonstrate the potentialities of our code by modelling the post-seismic relaxation after the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake comparing results based upon Maxwell and Burgers rheologies.


Utility managers are continually being challenged to justify rate proposals and infrastructure capital plans. This pressure forces them to search for additional meaningful data. Asset management, as a practical solution and a program, promises a great deal of information; however, everyone seems to be on an endless path of trying to turn raw data into some form of intelligence to help in the decision‐making process.


In view of the situation and major problems in files management at colleges and universities, this article has proposed that we take necessary measures as quickly as possible to modernize the information management of files at colleges and universities. In addition, tactics to realize this aim has also been put forward, which include making the best use of the present chance of the development of colleges and universities, raising funds in many ways to carry key project of files construction, as well as using computer network technology to improve the information management of files and strengthening scientific researches and training of the file management personnel.


Evidence for the existence of multiple hydrodynamic states in trickle bed reactors with small particles is produced. These states are characterized by significantly different pressure gradients and different liquid holdups for identical gas and liquid flowrates. The determining factor is the maximum gas flowrate to which the packed bed has been subjected.


Stable Isotope Geochemistry can contribute by means of the study of variations of δ 18 O, δ 13 c, δ 2 H and δ 34 S values in the different phases present in the geologic formation selected as definitive radioactive waste repository, not only to the obtention of geothermometric data, but also to the knowledge of the groundwaters present in the formation. Moreover, the study of fissure fillings yield information on possible past hydrothermal events altering the host rock, paleoclimatic data, and, above all, paleohydrologic data, which are quite necessary for a repository evaluation. Isotopic studies of surrounding materials can give information on paleoclimatic and environmental parameters. Specifically, isotopic composition of clays, and lacustrine and edaphic carbonates yield data on ancient environment. The speleothems would give accurate paleothermometric information, and the study of other materials such as vegetation, phosphate fossils, etc., would complement the repository environmental information.


Provide a method and apparatus to: enable a user equipment (UE) capable of orthogonal cover code (OCC) is applied from the constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (the CAZAC) transmitting reference signals (RS) sequence generated; binding enable the OCC application of these systems can communicate the hopping sequence; and the application sequence to distinguish between data channel and control channel transmission hopping transmission.


In chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, certain individual and viral characteristics such as advanced age, presence of hepatic steatosis (HS), normal ALT levels, initially negative HBeAg and HBV DNA, and genotype of the virus are associated with HBsAg seroclearance and seroconversion. Herein, we report the results of our study evaluating the association between hepatosteatosis and HbsAg seroconversion.


Objective To introduce a method of computer automatic measurement of QTd. Methods Using least square method simulating line identify the end point of T wave.Results Initial analysis were taken from 175 cases,100 normal subjects,30 patients with hypertension,35 patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertension,10 patients with acute myocardial infarction.Conclusion Computer automatic measurement of QTd is the way of save time,labor-saving,good duplication and accurate measurement for clinical applications.


L ITERATURE in English o.n Russia and Bo.lshevism has gro.wn vas tly since the depressio.n began in 1929. Every year sees a bo.untiful crap o.f vo.lumes, ranging fro.m the few serio.us and co.mpetent stud.ies, like tho.se by Calvin Ho.o.ver and Maurice Do.bb, to. the many superficial and ephemeral impressians o.f sightseers who. spend a few weeks in Leningrad and Mo.sco.w. As western capitalism has co.me under eclipse the subject af Russia has became the Eldarada o.f the bo.o.k trade. Differen t fro.m the ardinary ruck o.f bo.o.ks are tho.se here selected fo.r co.mmen t. Wi th ane exceptian they are wri tten by men who. have played outstanding roles in the mo.dern drama o.f Russia; o.ne is by the man who. perhaps mo.re than any other determines the present policy o.f the U.S.S.R. The mo.st impo.rtant fact is that all o.f them throw brilliant light upo.n the social conceptio.ns and political tho.ught which either have exercised o.r no.w exercise a dominant influence in the life o.f contemporary Russia, and threaten to. affect greatly the life of western civilization. Leo.n Trotsky's History of the Russian R evolution is already securely lo.dged within a high niche in · the Ii tera ture of mo.dern po.li tics. Fro.m the appearance o.f the first vo.lume o.f the English translation in 1932, it was


This paper describes the approach used to develop a Safety Culture Measurement Toolkit (SCMT) for European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). The concept of safety culture has achieved increasing currency over the past twenty years and is now applied extensively in a number of high reliability industries including nuclear, oil and gas, manufacturing and rail, as well as the medical sector. Following a review of the safety culture literature from 2001-2005, a thematic model of safety culture was developed and items were generated from interviews with ATM personnel to reflect these themes. A questionnaire was developed, validated by ATM safety managers and deployed in eight geographically dispersed ANSPs across Europe. The questionnaire provided a 'snapshot' of the state of safety culture within the ANSP and the second phase of the SCMT involved feedback of results in workshops with ANSP personnel to reflect on the responses and determine 'why' the state of safety was perceived the way it was and how safety could be improved within the organization. Such approaches are now being applied across Europe in an effort to raise the level of safety culture in European ANSPs prior to the next 'generation' of ATM called SESAR, whose implementation phase begins 2013. This toolkit development is therefore also being strongly coordinated with FAA, who have similar safety culture ambitions for the US ATM system and its transformation via NextGen, and CANSO whose ambitions are for global improvement of safety culture in its ANSP members. Keywords; Safety Culture, ATM, Techniques, Validation


✓ A case is presented in which spinal cord compression was caused by an unruptured aneurysm of the anterior spinal artery. The nature of the mass was not disclosed until it was surgically exposed. Resection of the sac was followed by neurological recovery.


Low salt diet (LS) increases angiotensin II (AII) and oxidative stress (TBARS), which may enhance JNK and IRS1ser307 phosphorylation (PP) decreasing insulin signaling (INS‐S).


A page from the "In House" newsletter, published by the University of North Texas. This page details information on Denton teachers who participated in the summer workshops at the North Texas Institute for Visual Artsm a two-week program to train educators on how art can be incorporated into core subjects.


This report provides a comparative study of compositions of methanol extractives from unbleached kraft pulp and from its original wood in order to object the basic data on the chemical changes in wood resin and resin balances during kraft pulping. The results may be summarized as follows.(1) Alkali soluble compositions of methanol extractives of wood hardly remained on pulp.(2) All of neutrals of methanol extractives of wood were completely saponified.(3) Almost all of unsaponifiable materials remained in pulp, and the unsaponifiable material content in pulp increased more than twice of that in wood.(4) Wood species that always cause pitch problems during kraft pulping had much more unsaponifible materials than any other woods, which occasinally do or don't cause them.(5) As far as the pitch problems are concerned, the applicability of wood species as raw materials for kraft pulping may be evaluated by the amount of unsaponifiable materials in wood.


Vine tea is a multifunctional Chinese medicinal herb, serves as health tea among the people, has powerful functions of diminishing inflammation and sterilizing and effects of degreasing, resisting oxidation and the like, and can facilitate hair growth according to overseas research; and gromwell is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb in China and has effects of clearing heat and removing toxins. The vine tea and the gromwell are combined to be prepared into a novel multifunctional shampoo, which has the effects of cleaning hair, diminishing inflammation, relieving itching, removing dandruff and facilitating hair growth, and achieves good effect in application. In the shampoo prepared by the method, raw materials come from traditional Chinese medicinal herbs; and the shampoo is wide in resource, low in cost and simple and convenient in process, does not have toxic or side effect, has all functions of the conventional various shampoos, and is a practical and innovative multifunctional shampoo.