the influence of aging treatment on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of 7××× series aluminum alloy was studied by means of microstructure analysis, energy spectrum analysis, tensile test and intergranular corrosion test. The results show that the tensile strength, yield strength and elongation of alloy after peak-aging (121°C / 24 h) treatment are 605.3 MPa, 501.9 MPa and 8.6%, respectively, but which corrosion resistance is the worst; the strength of over-aged (121°C / 6 h + 177°C / 8 h) is significantly lower than that of peak-aging, but it has highest elongation, reaching 11.9%, besides, its corrosion resistance is the best; the strength of interrupted ageing (121°C / 0.5 h (water cooling) + 65°C / 240 h + 121°C / 24 h) alloy is the highest, and the corrosion resistance is better than those of peak-aging.


We prove the global existence of weak solutions for the Cauchy problem for the Navier-Stokes equations for one-dimensional, isentropic flow when the initial velocity is in L2 and the initial density is in L2 ∩ BV. Solutions are obtained as limits of approximations obtained by building heuristic jump conditions into a semi-discrete difference scheme. This allows for a rather simple analysis in which pointwise control is achieved through piecewise H1 and total variation estimates.


Poster: "ECR 2011 / C-1103 / Hand dose assessment in combined cone-beam CT and real-time fluoroscopy guided needle puncture procedures using needle guidance devices " by: "M. W. Kroes, W. M. H. Busser, F. De Lange, Y. L. Hoogeveen, L. J. Schultze Kool ; Nijmegen/NL"


P HILADELPHIA—Overexpression of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) is associated with a heightened risk of biochemical failure and distant metastasis in patients with prostate cancer, according to data reported at the ASTRO Annual Meeting here. The retrospective review of tumor samples from patients in the Radiation Treatment Oncology Group (RTOG) 9202 trial "is the first study to establish the association of COX-2 expression to prostate cancer outcome in radiationtreated patients," said the chief investigator, Li-Yan Khor, MD, a research Annual Meeting High COX-2 Levels Signal Aggressive Prostate Tumors


In this manuscript, we introduced a novel far-field nondestructive testing (NDT) for defects within composite insulators based on the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) technology. Impulse waves ranging from 0.02-2 THz were used to test onsite overheated 500 kV composite insulators and samples with artificial void defects. By analyzing the amplitude of time-domain waveform, as well as delay and Euclidean distance from the reference curve, defects as deep as 0.4 mm can be accurately positioned and the dimension of voids defects as small as 1.5 mm can be measured with the error less than 3%. Meanwhile, unlike the existing near-field nondestructive testing, the stand-off distance of system could be as far as 15 cm. It does not require much of the accuracy and the repeatability is amazingly high. Therefore it can carry out long distance detection towards composite insulators on the premise of enough power. In the end, this system was also utilized to measure the thickness of silicone rubber.


Personal Questionnaire (PQ) data were collected within a larger study (the Sheffield Psychotherapy Project) in which 40 professional and managerial workers with depression and/or anxiety received eight sessions of prescriptive (cognitive-behavioural) and eight sessions of exploratory (relationship-orientated) therapy in a cross-over design with each client seeing the same therapist throughout. Concurrent validity of PQ ratings with two established outcome measures are presented and suggest differing patterns of association with different outcome measures. Results based on a group comparison design as well as differential trend analyses, in which each case is analysed as a single case within a group design, are presented and suggest a greater differential response to treatments when the treatment order is prescriptive followed by exploratory therapy. Findings are presented relating clients' responses to treatment with the individual characteristic of clients' age. Implications for clinical research and practice are discussed.


Both U.S. and Israel have strongly opposed Iran's possession of nuclear weapons and always insisted that Iran's developing nuclear technology is aimed at making nuclear weapons, and thus they both claim that rigid restrictions should be imposed on Iran's nuclear activities.This is the basic consensus that the two countries have long reached and is still supported by the current administrations of the two countries.But as the U.S.takes into account the Iran nuclear issue from the perspective of its regional or even global security frame work, the issue is just one of the import components of its security strategy frame work.Besides the Iranian nuclear issue, the U.S.is also concerned with other regional or international issues like the Iraq issue, Afghanistan issue.Israel, on the other hand, regards the Iranian nuclear issue as its ultimate priority in maintaining its national security.There is discrepancy in their security strategies in terms of the scope and order of priority.Therefore, although both countries insist that rigid restrictions should be imposed on Iran's nuclear activities, they disagree on the means and methods of restrictions.


Abstract : The effective transmittances along a slant path from the source altitude to space at a zenith angle of 75 deg are computed and averaged over three wide bandpasses in the 2.7 micrometer spectral region. Statistical band model calculations are performed for the assumption that the emission-absorption lines have a Lorentz, Doppler, or Voigt profile. Inhomogeneities inherent in treating the line of sight through the and the hot gas source as a single, highly inhomogeneous optical path are accounted for by using either the Curtis- Godson, the Lindquist-Simmons, or the two-path derivative approximation. The latter is derived herein and is shown to be superior to the Lindquist-Simmons approximation in treating radiative transfer calculations for the Doppler or Voigt line shape. With line shape properly accounted for, the results still indicate a large difference between the effective atmospheric transmittance and the atmospheric transmittance appropriate for continuum emission. This large difference can result only from the high degree of line correlation that exists between the hot H2O/CO2 emission spectrum and the cool H2O/CO2 atmospheric absorption spectrum.


The practical applications of aqueous zinc (Zn) metal anodes are severely impeded by the side reaction and dendrite formations on Zn surface. Here, a silk fibroin-based hydrogel electrolyte, cross-linked by...


The decision of Legislative No.i/iegisiative Assemble/2003, demonstrates that the juridical issue relates to the obviousness ofthe substance andlegal status ofthesubstance andthe legal status ofthe GeneralAssembly (Temporary) has not beenremoved, because there some decisions which stiil exist. To solve the problems, the alternative solution is to convert the important substance which contains the decision ofthe Legislative Assembly (Temporaiy) into Law.


The purpose of this paper is to describe a method for translating an instruction set described in a high level language into a register-transfer structure of a microprocessor. The designer interacts with the translator through the constraints imposed on the design, and by giving the initial but not necessarily complete description of the structure. A microinstruction table, which specifies the control sequence, as well as the datapath structure is the output of the translator.


During the past decade, object-oriented technology has gained great success in software system development. It facilitates the design and understanding of a system with information hiding and abstraction. It also provides a variety of desirable features that greatly benefit to the practice of software development and maintenance. As a result, software systems implemented with the OO paradigm are in general more reusable and more maintainable. On the other hand, nowadays, many vital legacy software systems that were developed before the appearance of object technology are chronically facing the difficult question of maintenance. Most of these systems have undergone continuous changes to meet the evolution needs. They present a high level of entropy: the systems have become ill-structured, poorly documented, and weakly modeled. To preserve the high economic value of those legacy systems and meanwhile make them benefit from the advantages of object technology, migrating legacy systems towards object technology has been advocated as one of the best practices.
Although reengineering methods that aim at migrating legacy systems to object technology have first been studied in the nineties, most of the research work focuses only on the techniques to elicit object models from legacy code without considering the whole migration process.
To solve this problem, this thesis presents a reengineering framework to tackle the legacy migration issue as a whole. We have explored the pertinent issues concerning legacy system evolution and reengineering, and have developed a comprehensive framework to accommodate legacy system migration. We have developed tools and techniques to reduce the complexity and ensure the quality of the migration process. These include the development of legacy system analysis, software decomposition, design recovery, re-architecturing, incremental migration model, and supporting environment. The experimental results illustrate the effectiveness and usefulness of our legacy system migration approach.


A recent report indicated that, with a procedure involving tactile stimulation of both forearms, there are several factors involved in judgments made by the method of constant stimuli. It was suggested that these factors include general adaptation, a specific adaptation to the standard stimulus, adaptation to the comparison stimuli, and some factor or factors related to the interval between judgments. The present results from tactile stimulation of the 1 forearm indicated that possibly only 2 adaptive factors are operative in this situation. Furthermore, at least 1 other factor, possibly related to short term memory and the sensory aspects of the stimulation, must enter into some functional relationship with the stimulus values.


(57) Abstract: According to this process, in order to form a non-metallic deoxidation inclusions having a casting temperature below the melting point, and aluminum killed (or killed by becoming) molten ultra low - or low - carbon steel the addition of calcium to. Molten metal is maintained at a low magnesium content of the series of processing operations in a minimum of about 2ppm to the copper mold from a ladle refining apparatus. According to the method of the present invention, fusible range of inclusions population of steel spread, thus castability ultra low carbon grade and high aluminum killed without bubbling argon is improved.


Contemporary oil painters have conducted many useful explorations on the horizontal expansion of color language. The statement paradigm of color language is unprecedentedly rich. The courage and results of this exploration are worthy of recognition. However, painters are still exploring the process of expanding the height and depth of color culture. The concept of modern color visual power needs to use the form of language. Therefore, "color visual power in painting" is an eternal task of conveying artistic spirit. In accordance with the laws of nature, artists face ubiquitous colors, although they are free to choose to re-create, but also reflect the traditional ability to deal with, escape, use, transform, and break all kinds of restrictions.


We are grateful to Janet Abu-Lughod, Howard Becker, John Kretzmann, Janice Weiss, Gerald Salancik, and anonymous ASQ reviewers for their comments on various drafts and sections of this article. Based on a comparative case study analysis, this paper suggests how preexisting organizations within an environment constitute resources for the genesis of new, similar organizations and how this process may expand the level of resources available from the wider environment, while the absence of similar organizations may hinder organizational genesis. As a result of the three central processes of resource exchange, legitimation, and domain definition, the emergence of new organizations can be facilitated rather than hindered by the presence of a greater number of preexisting similar organizations in the organizational field. The article raises significant questions about the conceptualization of resources and environments and contributes to the specification of the "liability of newness" hypothesis.,


This article provides a Chinese perspective on the recent debate concerning industrialisation theory and distance education. It is argued that China's regular higher education has a craft‐like nature and that China's Radio and TV Higher Education (RTVHE) represents one of the most industrialised forms of education in the world. It is then proposed that China's RTVHE has entered a transitional phase from Fordism to neo‐Fordism in the period since the second half of the 1980s. Some specific conditions which limit the applicability of industrialisation theory to distance education in the Chinese context are then described.


Non-isolated high gain inverters, such as impedance source inverters (ZSI), are suitable for applications with limited input dc source voltage, e.g., microinverters. High gain in these inverters is attributed to the front-end boost stage (FBS). High step-up ratio results in very high input current as the power rating of the inverter goes up. This leads to significant conduction loss in the non ideal elements of the inverter, specifically in the FBS, thereby degrading the efficiency. Paralleling and interleaving the FBS is a feasible solution to achieve higher efficiency. This demands for a generalized pulsewidth modulation (PWM) scheme, which can enable paralleling of multiple interleaved FBSs. In this article, a novel PWM scheme is proposed to implement n-phase interleaving of active FBS-based ZSIs. The PWM scheme ensures synchronized operation between the "n" interleaved FBS and the single inverter stage. As case studies, the PWM scheme is implemented in n-phase interleaved current fed switched inverter, switched boost inverter, and quasi switched boost inverter. Steady-state operation of these topologies with three interleaved phases is verified using PLECS simulation. Operation of an interleaved current fed switched inverter with three interleaved phases is verified experimentally using a 200-W proof of concept prototype.


Ester derivatives of p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene exhibited unique molecular recognition properties toward butylamines. Binding selectivity of hexaethyl ester, assessed by the extraction of butylammonium picrates, was found to be superior to dibenzo-18-crown-6 ether.


This project was focused on developing a catalytic means of producing H2 from raw, ground biomass, such as fast growing poplar trees, willow trees, or switch grass. The use of a renewable, biomass feedstock with minimal processing can enable a carbon neutral means of producing H2 in that the carbon dioxide produced from the process can be used in the environment to produce additional biomass. For economically viable production of H2, the biomass is hydrolyzed and then reformed without any additional purification steps. Any unreacted biomass and other byproduct streams are burned to provide process energy. Thus, the development of a catalyst that can operate in the demanding corrosive environment and presence of potential poisons is vital to this approach. The concept for this project is shown in Figure 1. The initial feed is assumed to be a >5 wt% slurry of ground wood in dilute base, such as potassium carbonate (K2CO3). Base hydrolysis and reforming of the wood is carried out at high but sub-critical pressures and temperatures in the presence of a solid catalyst. A Pd alloy membrane allows the continuous removal of pure , while the retentate, including methane is used as fuel in the plant. Themore » project showed that it is possible to economically produce H2 from woody biomass in a carbon neutral manner. Technoeconomic analyses using HYSYS and the DOE's H2A tool [1] were used to design a 2000 ton day-1 (dry basis) biomass to hydrogen plant with an efficiency of 46% to 56%, depending on the mode of operation and economic assumptions, exceeding the DOE 2012 target of 43%. The cost of producing the hydrogen from such a plant would be in the range of $1/kg H2 to $2/kg H2. By using raw biomass as a feedstock, the cost of producing hydrogen at large biomass consumption rates is more cost effective than steam reforming of hydrocarbons or biomass gasification and can achieve the overall cost goals of the DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Program. The complete conversion of wood to hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide was repeatedly demonstrated in batch reactors varying in size from 50 mL to 7.6 L. The different wood sources (e.g., swamp maple, poplar, and commercial wood flour) were converted in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst and base at relatively low temperatures (e.g., 310 AƒÂƒA''AƒÂ'A'°C) at sub-critical pressures sufficient to maintain the liquid phase. Both precious metal and base metal catalysts were found to be active for the liquid phase hydrolysis and reforming of wood. Pt-based catalysts, particularly Pt-Re, were shown to be more selective toward breaking C-C bonds, resulting in a higher selectivity to hydrogen versus methane. Ni-based catalysts were found to prefer breaking C-O bonds, favoring the production of methane. The project showed that increasing the concentration of base (base to wood ratio) in the presence of Raney Ni catalysts resulted in greater selectivity toward hydrogen but at the expense of increasing the production of undesirable organic acids from the wood, lowering the amount of wood converted to gas. It was shown that by modifying Ni-based catalysts with dopants, it was possible to reduce the base concentration while maintaining the selectivity toward hydrogen and increasing wood conversion to gas versus organic acids. The final stage of the project was the construction and testing of a demonstration unit for H2 production. This continuous flow demonstration unit consisted of wood slurry and potassium carbonate feed pump systems, two reactors for hydrolysis and reforming, and a gas-liquid separation system. The technical challenges associated with unreacted wood fines and Raney Ni catalyst retention limited the demonstration unit to using a fixed bed Raney Ni catalyst form. The lower activity of the larger particle Raney Ni in turn limited the residence time and thus the wood mass flow feed rate to 50 g min-1 for a 1 wt% wood slurry. The project demonstrated continuous H2 yields with unmodified, fixed bed Raney Ni, from 63% to 100% with corresponding H2 selectivities of 6% to 21%, for periods of several hours. The fixed bed form of the Raney Ni exhibited signs of deactivation which requires further study.« less


We reported the study of the growth mechanism of the In2O3 nanorods on the silicon oxide substrate and its electrical and optical properties. Both of the vapor-liquid-solid and vapor-solid (VS) mechanism occurred concurrently during the growth of In2O3 nanorods. The catalyst on the top of the nanorod is evident for the VLS mechanism. Meanwhile, the diameter of the nanorod mismatched the size of the catalyst and transmission electron microscopy study revealed that the sidewall of the nanorod was rough at the atomic scale during the growth, which is evident for the VS mechanism. The In2O3 nanorods became faceted eventually with a pyramidal tip, composed of {1 0 0} and {1 1 1} facets with lower total surface energy at the growth temperature. The electrical measurement presents the conductivity and the estimated carrier concentration, while the photoluminescence exhibits the optical characteristics. This study provides the insight for the understanding of the growth mechanism and physical properties of the In2O3 nanostructures.


This article contributes to the body of research addressing the challenges of expatriate teaching appointments. It is written in the form of a critical incident analysis. Rather than focus the lens of concern on the preparedness, adaptability, and potential culture shock of the teacher who travels into an unfamiliar work context, postcolonial theory is used to focus on the knowledge-power dynamics that come into play when Western teachers take up positions in once-colonised countries of lower economic status than the teacher's home country.


Abs tract New product need assessment and idea generation methodologies, developed and used successfully in the consumer product arena, are seldom used to aid in the design of new industrial products. It is suggested that the "fault" lies in large part with the "manufacturer-active" paradigm underlying these methodologies, which prescribes that the product manufacturer has the role of assessing customer needs and developing a responsive product idea. A new "customer-active" paradigm is proposed in which the customer acts to develop the new product idea and takes the initiative to transfer it to an interested manufacturer. It is hypothesized that the customer-active paradigm offers a better fit to industrial product idea generation practice than does the manufacturer-active paradigm. This hypothesis is tested against the available empirical data (eight studies are reviewed) and found supported. Speculative reasoning is then offered in support of the notion that the customer-active paradigm provides a good fit to the requirements of industrial product idea generation as well as to current practice. Implications for research and practice are discussed. It has long been a source of concern to students of marketing research that some of the more sophisticated marketing research techniques , such as multidimensional scaling, routinely used in the generation of ideas for new consumer products, have not been extensively applied to the generation of ideas for new industrial products. Under the well founded assumption that there is at least latent demand for improved need search and idea generation methodologies in the industrial sector, research is being conducted by many to explore differences in the consumer and industrial buying situations, which might be preventing straightforward transfer of consumer marketing research tools to that sector. Among the areas of difference currently being explored are: nature of the multiperson decision process characteristic of industrial Lillien, 1977); differences in buying behavior resulting from the complex "systems-like" nature of many industrial products, e.g. an assembly line, an inventory control system (Mattsson, 1973); differences in buying behavior resulting from the direct buyer-seller interaction 1 Empirical research into the industrial good innovation process has shown that the level of manufacturer "understanding of user need" co-varies strongly with the level of commercial success attained by an innovative industrial product. This study examined forty-three pairs of projects-each pair consisting of a commercially successful and a commercially failing product aimed at the same market niche. Of 122 measures tested for their ability to discriminate accurately …


1 The evidence is presented for the probability of the activity exhibited by analgesics and their antagonists being due to their association with a specific receptor surface. 2 The configurations of those isomers exhibiting nearly all the activity of certain racemic mixtures are identical, and related to that of D‐(–)‐alanine; the stereochemical requirements of analgesics are considered. 3 Active analgesics are shown to have structures which enable them to present similar surfaces to allow of their association with a proposed "analgesic receptor surface," the essential features of which are described. 4 A number of essential structures are outlined as prerequisites for compounds designed as analgesics.


Analysis of formation water data over the past 51 years (1955-2006) in Junggar basin is conducted. The correlations of formation water resistivities and buried depths of 81 layers are established by layering and zoning,which provide solid conditions for determination of formation water resistivity of any depth in different areas or blocks for the purpose of proper calculation of oil and/or gas saturation in reservoirs.


Radiocaesium, especially 137Cs, is one of major heavy fission product radionuclide that has a relatively long half-life and acts as a dangerous persistent pollutant to the environment. It could be dispersed widely through the atmosphere during nuclear weapon test and reactor accident such as Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) disaster in Japan. High retention of radiocaesium in the surface of forest floor surrounding Fukushima area is important issues to measure further potential risk of health and environment contamination. Radiocaesium Interception Potential (RIP) values are related to the sorption capacity of radioactive Cs in clay minerals, and in this study, we investigated the correlation between different type of Cs carrier to the RIP and their adsorption character in soil. The RIP values of all soil sample were varied from 27.27 to 522.66 mmol kg-1. The carrier effect on RIP was conducted using carrier 134Cs, carrier-free that contains 134Cs, 136Cs and 137Cs and 133Cs stable isotopes. Correlation between different type of carrier suggests a relatively lower RIP for stable caesium as a carrier. This phenomena could be caused by competitive adsorption among of caesium ions in the frayed edge sites of soil mineral. Organic carbon content and CEC also contributed to the RIP value. No significant difference found of C/N ratio and CEC values between deciduous and coniferous forest soil as they also have similarity of mineral content in soil.


A major flaw in light rail safety research is the omission of mixed traffic (or streetcar) environments despite evidence these are a major safety challenge. This paper reviews the safety impacts of new tram stop designs in Melbourne, one of the world's largest streetcar systems. A major finding is that 82 per cent of safety incidents associated with streetcars were auto-pedestrian conflicts. Previous research does not consider these and has identified poor monitoring of such incidents. Before and after analysis shows that new platform stops reduced collision rates - auto-pedestrian (6 per cent) and auto-tram stop (12 per cent). Tram-pedestrian collisions did not change except at the busiest stop, where total incidents reduced by 53 per cent but tram-pedestrian rates increased. However patronage growth has increased exposure at this stop. An alternative, poorer quality, incident database also showed a decline in tram-pedestrian (10 per cent) and auto-tram stop (25 per cent) incident rates after platform stops were introduced. These findings also suggest that auto-pedestrian incidents may have increased, however data quality and inconsistency with other findings suggests caution about this result. A road safety audit of tram stops showed that new designs have reduced "intolerable" safety risks compared to older designs. The new "easy access stop" is particularly attractive due to speed reduction of passing autos. Ironically the older, and inappropriately named, "safety zone stop" had the largest number of serious safety risks. Overall findings suggest new tram stop designs have resulted in significant safety benefits. Implications for planning and research are also suggested.


The present work involved preparation of new substituted and unsubstituted and poly imides (1-17) using reaction of acryloyl chloride with different amides (aliphatic ,aromatic) in the presence of a suitable solvent and amount tri ethyl amine (Et3N) with heating – the structure confirmation of all polymers were proved using FT-IR, 1 HNMR,C 13 NMR and UV spectroscopy ,thermal analysis (TG) for some polymers confirmed their thermal stabilities . Other physical properties including softening and melting points, PH and solubility of the polymers were also measured


maps showing the areas covered in the text, and a list of sources for further study. All of the problems of translation and interpretation are clearly delineated, and overall, the volume is well executed. How valuable is the document? It contains specifications for constructing furnaces and forges, including the costs of building materials and labor. Cronstrom collected detailed information on production costs at three Swedish blast furnaces and for a French furnace in Brittany, along with rough cost estimates for furnaces in Westphalia and Lorraine. He notes steelmaking methods and costs in England, Spain, Danzig, and in Styria (Austria). Similarly, he compares the costs of nail forging in several manufacturing centers of Europe. Since the author's main interest was in selling Swedish iron products throughout Western Europe, it is not surprising that the manuscript included detailed estimates of shipping charges, taxes, duties, and other expenses incurred in marketing Swedish iron abroad. Cronstrom produced more than a dozen detailed price lists for iron products at several major European cities. Overall, the document is filled with useful data on costs, prices, and productivity. It will be a valuable source of information for those interested in the iron industry of Western Europe in the seventeenth century.


Presents the design concepts of a multi-degree of freedom spherical ultrasonic motor. It is expected to be applied to not only robotic manipulator's actuator capable of multi-degree motion in a single joint but also the assembling machines, laser cutting and many other fields. The authors propose the concept of a new spherical ultrasonic motor based on a new principle, and then, investigate the characteristics of a disk type ultrasonic motor to determine the optimum design parameters.<<ETX>>


Non-rheumatic mitral incompetence may be caused by a variety of conditions affecting the relationships between the papillary muscles, chordae tendineae and mitral valve cusps. Among the commonest of these conditions are ventricular dilatation, ischaemia, congenital and familial abnormalities, senile atrophy of the muscles and spontaneous rupture. There is a very wide range of severity of the resultant clinical syndromes. Some patients are asymptomatic, others are moderately or severely incapacitated, while the severest cases may have acute pulmonary oedema which may be rapidly fatal. The diagnosis is strongly suggested by a late systolic murmur which may be initiated by a mid-systolic click while in others there is the unusual combination of an ejection-type systolic murmur with a quick-rising pulse. The diagnosis can be conclusively established by cineangiography and severe cases can be greatly helped by replacement of the mitral valve with a prosthesis.


Abstract Three experiments were conducted to compare urease activity (UA), orange G-binding capacity (OGBC), and protein solubility (PS) in a potassium-hydroxide solution of soybean meal (SBM) as indicators of overprocessing. In two additional experiments, amino-acid supplementation was employed in an attempt to overcome the growth depression associated with overheating SBM. Subsamples of commercially prepared lots of dehulled SBM were heated for varying periods of time in an autoclave at 121 C. In Experiments 1, 2, and 3, UA dropped to zero (pH change) after approximately 10 min of cooking. The assay was unable to differentiate between meals that were heated for longer periods. The OGBC of SBM was decreased by autoclaving. However, the narrow range of the orange G values that corresponded to degrees of heat treatment indicated that this test may be of limited value in identifying overprocessed SBM. By contrast, PS values decreased with each increase of autoclaving time, and did not approach zero even with 80 min of heating. Adding .2 % lysine either singly or in combination with .2% arginine or. 1% methionine, or both, totally overcame the growth depression due to overprocessing. The weight gains and feed conversions of broiler chicks were negatively correlated with autoclaving times in excess of 10 minutes. In all experiments, PS values more closely reflected the impaired chick performance from overheated SBM than UA or OGBC. The PS values below 70% suggested overprocessed SBM.


WIMPs are attractive DM candidates. The simplest model realizations, dubbed Dark Portals are in strong tensions with detection constraints. Two component DM setups can relax these tensions.


The invention provides an in-phase SOC (state of charge) balancing method of an MMC battery energy storage system. The energy storage system adopts carrier phase-shift modulation. The method includes collecting SOC information and charging and discharging states of energy storage batteries, namely collecting the SOC information of each power module energy storage battery and the charging and discharging states of the system at the moment through a battery management system; adjusting carrier amplitude, namely adjusting forward and backward access time ratio of corresponding power modules according to different states of a PCS system and the size of SOC of each power module energy storage battery in phase. The objective of in-phase energy storage battery SOC power balancing is realized by taking the MMC battery energy storage system as an object, collecting battery SOC and controlling carrier amplitude.


Ya'an is rich in natural resources, and its economy has developed well in recent years. In order to promote the local economy, it is necessary to clarify the relationship between economic structure and its related factors. This paper selects 14 indicators of economic structure from 2004 to 2017 and uses Factor Analysis to have an empirical study on Ya'an. Our study shows that four common factors of the economic structure are highly effective: Economic Development, Social Development, Government Management, and Regional Innovation, accounting for 43.92%, 36.12%, 10.06%, and 8.26%, respectively. Then our study provides constructive suggestions for its further development based on our conclusion.


This study examined how the number of unfamiliar words university students encounter in the 7111ua magazine and Cambridge CPE would affect their sclflassessed reading comprehension level. It yielded the foJlo",ing three results: first, students' selfassessed comprehension level was in strong inverse proportion to the occurrence ratio oftheir unknow'n words. Second, with a vocabulary ol' approximately 6,OOO words, they managed to attain only 54% of comprehension, Third, the occurrence ratio of those "iords whose meanings students were able to guess to some extent averaged approximately 1 9i6 across all the comprehension levels, and was not related to their seliassessed level of comprehension. Thus, the stud}, suggests that in order to read current English without much difficulty, students need a much larger vocabulary, and that their insufficient vocabulary can perhaps be augmcnted by a well-developed guessing strategy, a problem which has >・et to bc researched.


As Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has become one of the major Internet applications, IPTV users increase rapidly and hundreds of channels emerge to satisfy users' demands. However, the increased number of channels makes users difficult to find their desired channels. Along with this problem, the channel zapping time of IPTV incurs serious user-perceived delay. To alleviate these problems, this paper presents hybrid schemes that combine channel prefetching and reordering schemes. Specifically, adjacency and popularity based prefetching schemes are combined with popular channel reordering schemes and their performances are simulated under various conditions. Experimental results show that the proposed schemes reduce the channel seek time by up to 44.7% when up-down channel selection interfaces are used.


Recent works on multi-user transmission techniques have shown that the linear growth of capacity in single user MIMO system can be translated to the multi-user MIMO scenario as well. In this paper, we propose a method pursuing performance gain of vector perturbation in multi-user downlink channels. Instead of exploiting the maximum available mobile users for communication, we employ small part of them as sacrifice lambs for improving quality of service (QoS) of active users. By controlling information and perturbation vector of sacrificing users, we get considerable improvement in the effective SNR, resulting in large gain in bit error performance. Simulation results show that the proposed method brings substantial performance gain over the standard vector perturbation.


Briefly describes the sig nificance of intermediate water recycling to electroplating wastewater,analyzes the system stability,water quality and curing cycle of the process selecting and merging "ultrafiltration module" into the existing intermediate water recycling system,and then identifies that the reasonable design of filtration gradient of membrane system is of practical significance to the application of intermediate water recycling system of electroplating industry.


Should religious, nonmedical health care institutions (RNHCIs), such as those run by Christian Scientists, receive federal medical insurance benefits? Although current law says they do, a case pending in federal court is challenging the status quo, and the Academy has joined the battle. The Academy, along with the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Iowa Medical Society (IMS), filed an amicus brief on Dec. 29 asserting that RNHCIs should not receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. Like the organization that brought the suit, Children9s Healthcare is a Legal Duty (CHILD), the Academy and other "friends of the court" argue the current law violates the First Amendment provision prohibiting the government from favoring a religion.


This month's edition of Psychiatric Annals, guest edited by B. Timothy Walsh, MD, provides valuable insight into the content, the thinking, and the evidence behind the diagnostic process involving eating disorders. I'd like to express my personal thanks to Tim and his team of authors for giving Psychiatric Annals the opportunity to bring our readers this useful discussion of the rationale used and data evaluated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Eating Disorders Work Group. This series serves as a great example of the DSM-5 process, both its intent and its execution, at its best. Eating disorders are unlike many of the diagnostic categories in DSM-5, in that they involve an activity that is common to life, necessary for survival. Distortions and differences in eating behavior may be highly determined by cultural forces that vary from place to place. Most pathological behaviors in eating disorders are driven by various mechanisms, and involve restriction of food intake, excessive food intake, or alternating patterns of both extremes. One of the driving forces behind the Work Group's efforts was an effort to reduce the use of the "Eating Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified" (EDNOS) diagnostic category, which tells us little about the pathological pattern observed


The notion of'maintain a healthy Yangtze River and promote harmonious man-water relationships'is being actively practiced in China.The Three Gorges Project(TGP) achieved remarkable flood control and avoids peak discharge.Especially,in the flood period of 2010 when peak flow was close to that of 1998,the TGP effectively controlled upper Yangtze River flooding and reduced the amount of flooding in Jingjiang reach and Dongting Lake.It is now necessary to change contemporary ideas on water management,and explore a reasonable way to reach a harmonious man-water relationship for the Yangtze River basin.Here,hydrological data in Yichang,Cuntan and Wulong gauging stations were collected and analysed using Mann-Kendall tendency and mutation inspection,dbN Wavelet Analysis,concentration rates and concentrated periods of runoff.Our results indicate a decreasing trend in the flood season and increasing trend for dry season Yichang runoff.Annual runoff distribution within a year also changed in the last 60 years and this phenomenon's manifestation was most obvious in 2000-2010.There have mutations in February(minimum monthly runoff) and October(end of flood season) in Yichang runoff since 2000.The runoff sequence's break point happened during the second phase of the Three Gorges Reservoir(TGR) in 2006.Runoff variation in time and space confirmed that the operation of the TGP aggravated the decline in the flood season and increase in dry season runoff upstream of the Changjiang River.When the reservoir draws off water for power generation this augments the quantity of main stream runoff after the Three Gorges Dam(TGD) in the dry season,easing the lack of water downstream.The impounding of water at the end of flood season by the TGR decreased TGD downstream runoff and means the mid-lower reaches of the Changjiang River enter the dry season earlier.


Results of the measurement of attenuation of transverse ultrasonic waves in three different porous materials containing liquid helium are presented.(AIP)


Although visual search has been a topic of interest for some time, most search processes have considered simple target symbols in a plain background. The purpose of the current study was to consider more realistic search processes that involved complex targets and backgrounds. A cognitive experiment was conducted in which subjects searched for specific types of land use in aerial photographs. Subjects were presented displays with simple or complex backgrounds that had from one to five primary and secondary objects related to four different types of land use. Primary objects were stores, schools, churches, and farmhouses; secondary objects included parking lots, athletic fields, cemeteries, and agricultural fields. Subjects searched each photograph and determined if the stated target was present or absent. The efficiency of the visual search was measured by reaction time. Reaction times significantly decreased as the number of objects in the photograph increased. The separation of primary and secondary land-use objects significantly increased reaction times. Searches done with complex backgrounds were significantly longer than searches done with simple backgrounds. Visual searches were significantly faster when schools and churches were targets in the photographs and significantly slower when stores and farmhouses were targets.


With the advent of neuroimaging, it has become clear that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a brain region that is critically involved in cognitive control The exact role of the ACC in cognition is still unknown, but an emerging view is that ACC activation (specifically, within the caudal portion) is directly related to the degree of response conflict present in a given cog-Response conflict arises because of either physical or task-induced constraints on response generation. It is not possible for certain responses to occur simultaneously. For instance, it is not possible to say the word " green " while at the same time saying the word " red. " Conflict can be thought of as the simultaneous coactiva-tion of incompatible responses, such as trying to name the ink color of the word " red " written in green ink in the classic Stroop task. It is difficult to perform such a task because certain conditions generate a tendency to produce an inappropriate response (owing to learned associations or innate biases) in addition to the situationally appropriate one. Cognitive control processes must be used to help mediate performance by overcoming these sources of conflict. A growing neuroimaging literature has demonstrated that the A growing body of evidence from functional neuroimaging and computational modeling studies indicates that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) detects the presence of response conflict and conveys this information to other brain regions, enabling subsequent adjustments in cognitive control. The present study examined previous empirical findings of increased ACC for low-frequency stimuli across three distinct speeded response tasks (two-alternative forced choice, go/no-go, and oddball). Simulations conducted in a neural network model incorporating sequential priming mechanisms (developed in Cho et al., 2002) confirmed that a computational measure of response conflict was higher on low-frequency trials across all three tasks. In addition, the model captured detailed aspects of behavioral reaction time and accuracy data, predicted the dynamics of ACC activity related to trial sequence effects, and provided evidence for the functional role of conflict information in performance monitoring and optimization. The results indicate that the conflict-monitoring hypothesis, augmented by mechanisms for encoding stimulus history, can explain key phenomena associated with performance in sequential speeded response tasks.


MENTAL retardation is frequently a consequence of the biochemical toxicity associated with human inborn errors of metabolism. Galactosemia, due to a defect in the enzyme galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, was one of the first of such syndromes to be delineated (SEGAL, 1978). The recognition of the relationship of abnormal galactose metabolism to brain dysfunction has been the stimulus for numerous investigations into the underlying biochemical events (WELLS, 1969; HAWORTH et al., 1969, 1970; WARFIELD & SEGAL, 1978). Since there is no genetic animal counterpart for the human condition, the model employed has involved the feeding of high galactose diets which overwhelms the capacity of normal animals to metabolize the sugar. In rats this results in a constellation of abnormalities resembling the human galactosemic condition (CRAIG & MADDOCK, 1953; ROSENBERG et al., 1961; SPATZ & SEGAL, 1965). WOOLLEY and his co-workers in a series of publications (WOOLLEY & GOMMI, 1964, 1965; WILD et al., 1967) implicated defective serotonin receptor reactivity in developing rats fed a high galactose diet as the basis of brain dysfunction. These workers reported that the contracture of stomach strips from galactose toxic rats in response to serotonin was diminished (WOOLLEY & GOMMI, 1964). Furthermore, brains from galactose toxic rats were found to be deficient in a ganglioside present in normal brain which restored the sensitivity of neuraminidase treated stomach strips to serotonin (WILD et al., 1967). High affinity binding for serotonin specific to the central nervous system of normal animals which was destroyed by neuraminidase has been described (MARCHBANKS, 1966). Recently, the high affinity uptake of serotonin by brain subcellular particles, which is also sensitive to neuraminidase, has been reported (DETTE & WESEMANN, 1978). In this report, we have examined the implications of the works of WOOLLEY and co-workers, that there may be a deficiency of sialic acid containing serotonin receptors in brain of galactose toxic animals, from two points of view. First, to substantiate the previous findings, we have performed a chemical analysis of brain gangliosides and galactolipids from normal and galactose toxic rats. Second, we have measured the uptake of radioactive serotonin by synaptosomes from galactose fed animals as a more direct assessment of nervous system toxicity than the contraction response of stomach strips to serotonin.


Background: Angiogenesis and neovascularization are essential processes that follow ischemia insults. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) not only induces endothelial cell (EC) death and inhibits angiogenesis, but also promotes EC migration, invasion and proliferation in vitro . These seemingly opposite effects make its role in angiogenesis in vivo unclear. Using TRAIL -/- and wild-type mice, we sought to determine the role of TRAIL in angiogenesis and neovascularisation. We also sought mechanisms in vitro . Methods and Results: Reduced vascularisation assessed by real-time in vivo 3D Vevo ultrasound imaging and CD31 staining was observed in TRAIL -/- mice 28 d after hindlimb ischemia. Moreover, reduced capillary formation and increased apoptosis was evident in TRAIL -/- muscles even at 3 d after ischemic surgery. We have previously shown that fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), a potent angiogenic factor, regulates TRAIL gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. Indeed, FGF-2 also regulates TRAIL expression in ECs, and FGF-2-inducible proliferation, migration and tubule formation was inhibited with siRNA targeting TRAIL. Notably, both FGF-2 and TRAIL significantly increased NOX4 expression. TRAIL-inducible angiogenic activity in ECs was inhibited with siRNAs targeting NOX4, and consistent with these, NOX4 mRNA was reduced in 3 d ischemic hindlimbs of TRAIL -/- mice. TRAIL stimulated intracellular H 2 O 2 levels in ECs, and TRAIL-inducible proliferation, migration and tubule formation was inhibited with not only PEG-catalase, a H 2 O 2 scavenger, but also blocked with L-NAME, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. Conclusions: This is the first demonstration showing that TRAIL promotes angiogenesis in vivo . We show for the first time that the TRAIL stimulates NOX4 expression to mediate nitric oxide-dependent angiogenic effects. This has significant therapeutic implications such that TRAIL may improve the angiogenic response to ischemia and increase perfusion recovery in patients with CVD and diabetes.


Abstract NOAA AVHRR thermal infrared images, meteorological measurements and model calculations have been used to estimate the magnitude of the processes controlling the sea surface temperature variability in the Bay of Biscay. The estimates are based on the equation of temperature conservation and the equation for the total derivative. The results show that local time change, advection, horizontal diffusion and vertical turbulent flux vary with time and space. The sea surface temperature variability is mainly controlled by vertical turbulent flux and advection. For an average of five-day estimates, the order of the relative importance of the processes is vertical turbulence (38 per cent), advection (32 per cent), local time change (22 per cent) and horizontal diffusion (8 per cent).


The maximum profitable results in fattening cattle can be achieved if it is balanced with good management and good management. The problems experienced by breeders are low productivity in the form of low daily body weight gain, feed quality and cattle health. Solution to the problem by providing technical guidance to improve management. The output that can be obtained from this activity is increasing farmer knowledge about the management of fattening productivity in cattle. The method used is counseling and technical assistance assistance. The results of Community Service activities are in the form of technical guidance to overcome problems that have occurred to cattle breeders. The material presented in the technical guidance includes selection of seeds, fattening systems, feed, housing and disease control. The results of community service activities in the form of increasing farmer knowledge regarding the selection of seeds or progeny, fattening systems, feed and how to give it, provision of livestock pens, control and prevention of disease in livestock are marked by the enthusiasm of the participants in discussions and statements of hope to become a target group. It was concluded that the management and productivity level of fattening the kereman system in the Sidomulyo and Sumber Agung Farmers' groups was influenced by several factors, namely feed, sanitation, and the housing system applied in the form of maintenance management. Lack of feed is one of the obstacles in business development, so it is hoped that simple technology will be developed to improve the quality, quantity and continuity of feed.


The dielectric response of crystalline (NH)4H2PO4 as well as KH2PO4 SiO2 and (NH)4H2PO4 SiO2 composites, prepared by embedding of corresponded salts into porous glasses with 320 nm average pore diameter, have been studied within a temperature range of 85-300 K. It has been found the increase of structure phase transition temperatures s in embedded salts due to influence of intrinsic elastic stresses


Major and trace element analyses of clasts and matrix from feldspathic fragmental breccias show that these breccias are not all alike but vary widely in their bulk compositions and clast assemblages. These studies, together with analyses of other North Ray Crater large rocks, reveal the major components to be anorthosites, ferroan anorthositic norites, magnesian granulites, feldspathic melt rocks, and VHA impact melts. The ferroan anorthositic norites are important lunar crustal rocks identified here for the first time. The KREEPy VHA melts are found to be much more important in North Ray Crater ejecta than was previously assumed. Sodic ferrogabbro is an important minor component. The compositional characteristics of bulk breccias and feldspathic melt rocks are modeled quantitatively as mixtures of two to five components: anorthosites, ferroan anorthositic norites, magnesian granulites, sodic ferrogabbros, and VHA melt rocks. Breccia 67455 is unique in consisting wholly of ferroan, KREEP-free components.


Firstly, this paper generally gives a tangent equation of a quadratic curve Γ,where the tangent passes through an arbitrary point M0 on R2 plane,then offers a definition of a nondegenerate quadric curve's inner region and exterior region, gives the necessary and sufficient conditions and a equation of that Γ has two real or imaginary tangents passing through the point M0not on Γ. The decision condition is given by calculating the sign of I3F(x0,y0) .


This paper explores different dimensions that interplay in the process of teacher identity development in the context of Cameroon. Since the concept of identity is multifaceted and its formation process is continuously changing, this work attempts to examine it from many dimensions. Firstly, from general perspective, secondly with emphasis on specific perspectives embodying personal, self, educational and professional identities that constitute, shape and influence the formation of teacher identity and thirdly, constraints that impede its development including their overall implication for schooling, learning and the entire education system. In order to explore, understand and appreciate this discourse on teacher identity formation which underlie the foundation and driving force in a national education system, this paper attempts to raise some questions. What is teacher identity and how is it formed? What is teacher identity in Cameroon context? What are the constraints in its formation process? How do the constraints impact on schooling/learning and the education system? Answers to these questions and some suggestions help to illuminate the phenomenon and its utility in both national and international perspectives. Article visualizations:


October 2005. "The contents of this ACDIS Occasional Paper are reprinted with permission from Temple International and Comparative Law Journal." -- vii Includes bibliographical references.


The completement conditions of geology exploration of gold deposits which were started during the period of "the seventh five year" and "the eighth five year" in China were Summarized and were looked back,and the gold output in China have been in creased greatly and China have become one of the most important and largest countries of gold output in the world.


Controlling humidity inside greenhouses is crucial for optimum plant growth and controlling physiological disorders and diseases. The humidity response and uniformity depend extensively on the evaluation of the dehumidifier. The objective of this research was to evaluate a low-powered suspension-type dehumidifier module in terms of humidity changes and spatial and vertical variability in a closed chamber and in a small greenhouse. A wireless sensor network including 27 sensor nodes was used to collect the data during the humidity changes from 80% to 70% and 90% to 70%. The humidity response results showed that the times required for dehumidification from 80% to 70% and 90% to 70% were 13.75 and 21.51 min, respectively, for the closed-chamber operation. Similarly, for the small greenhouse, 18 and 35 min were required to reduce the humidity levels from 80% to 70% and 90% to 70%, respectively. The spatial and variability results indicated that the changes in humidity at the rear and bottom layers were slower than those in the other layers of both experimental areas. The findings of this study would aid in the development of dehumidification strategies and sustainable agriculture for monitoring and controlling humidity in greenhouses using low-powered dehumidifiers.


Church and nation In this essay the relationship between the church and the nation, is once more investigated. It has become necessary in the light of the fact that the concept of 'nation' is being treated more and more negatively, especially in the ecumenical theology of mission and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. The background to this negative attitude is not only the racial situation in South Africa, but also the experiences of church and theology in Nazi Germany. The conclusion at which the author arrives, is that, because of its assosiation with apartheid in South Africa, the word 'nation' has became more and more a curse. This attutude is irresponsible, and not in line with biblical thought.


Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Abstract Research that focuses on transfers to and from the intensive care unit (ICU) could highlight important patients' safety issues. This study aims to describe healthcare workers' (HCWs) practices involved in patient transfers to or from the ICU. This cross-sectional study was conducted among HCWs during the Saudi Critical Care Society's annual International Conference, April 2017. Responses were assessed using Likert scales and frequencies. Bivariate analysis was used to evaluate the significance of different indicators. Overall, 312 HCWs participated in this study. Regarding transfer to ICUs, the most frequently reported complications were deterioration in respiratory status (51.4%), followed by deterioration in hemodynamic status (46.5%), and missing clinical information (35.5%). Regarding transfers from ICUs to the general ward, the most commonly reported complications were changes in respiratory status (55.6%), followed by incomplete clinical information (37.9%), and change in hemodynamic conditions (29%). The most-used models for communicating transfers were written documents in electronic health records (69.3%) and verbal communication (62.8%). One-fourth of the respondents were not aware of the Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) method of patients' handover. Pearson's test of correlation showed that the HCW's perceived satisfaction with their hospital transfer guidelines showed significant negative correlation with their reported transfer-related complications (r = −0.27, P < .010). Hemodynamic and respiratory status deterioration is representing significant adverse events among patients transferred to or from the ICU. Factors controlling the perceived satisfaction of HCWs involved in patients, transfer to and from the ICU need to be addressed, focusing on their compliance to the hospital-wide transfer and handover policies. Quality improvement initiatives could improve patient safety to transfer patients to and from the ICU and minimize the associated adverse events.


In this note, we discuss the shift retrieval problems, both classical and compressed, and provide connections between them using circulant matrices. We review the properties of circulant matrices necessary for our calculations and then show how shifts can be recovered from a single measurement.


Abstract Totally Fuzzy and Relative (TFR) approach is an effective tool to overcome the limitations of the traditional methods of measuring poverty. In this paper, a set of composite indicators are derived to analyse the different dimensions of poverty and determine the relative deprivation, degree of social exclusion and the inability for a household to achieve a living standard of the province in which it belongs. An uni-dimensional poverty ratio is calculated for each indicator and finally a multi- dimensional poverty ratio is calculated for each province allowing a comparison among provinces in the Republic of South Africa using the results from the 1996 census and 2001 census.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the addition of different concentrations of particles (barium oxide 25/45% or zirconium oxide 25/45% by weight) in a commercially available infiltrant (Icon®, DMG, Germany) and experimental infiltrant on cohesive strength, degree of conversion, sorption and solubility, radiopacity and penetration depth. In order to evaluate the cohesive strength (n=10) microtensile was performed with an universal test machine. For the degree of conversion evaluation (n=5), measurements before and after photoactivation of the samples were performed in a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). For sorption and solubility tests (n=10), after dissecting, the polymerized samples were weighed, stored in distilled water for 7 days and weighed again, after re-drying, until the final mass was obtained. For radiopacity (n = 5) analysis, the specimens were photoactivated and stored in an oven and radiopacity analysis were performed using the digital radiography system. To evaluate and compare the level of radiopacity, samples were compared by the grayscale and evaluated by the histogram in AdobePhotoshop® software. For penetration depth, enamel blocks of human molars (n = 50) were used, which were submitted to simulation of initial carious lesion in demineralizing solution (DES). Subsequently, the blocks were infiltrated by the Infiltrants Icon® and experimental and submitted to depth penetration analysis (n = 5) by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Analyzes were performed in program R, with a significance level of 5%, except for penetration depth analyzes, which was only evaluated qualitatively. For cohesive strength, regardless of the infiltrating, the groups with 45% zirconia incorporation showed greater values. Among the groups without addition of particles (control), the experimental infiltrant presented higher degree of conversion than Icon®. For the groups with addition of barium and 25% of zirconia, Icon® presented higher degree of conversion. The experimental infiltrate presented lower sorption than Icon®, independently of the concentration of the particles. Greater radiopacity than enamel was observed only in the groups with 45% Zirconia. All groups obtained similar penetration depth, but the groups containing the experimental infiltrant appear to have had longer tag extensions. It was concluded that the addition of 45% of Zirconia particles increased cohesive strength and obtained radiopacity higher than that of enamel. An increase in degree of conversion was found in the experimental infiltrant free of particles when compared to Icon®. Minor sorption was found for groups with experimental infiltrating. All groups had solubility below recommended.


In this paper, a fault detection and diagnosis system for induction motors using motor current signature analysis and the Fuzzy Min-Max (FMM) neural network is described. The finite element method is first employed to generate experimental data for predicting the changes in stator current signatures of an induction motor due to broken rotor bars. Then, a series real laboratory experiments is for broken rotor bars detection and diagnosis. The induction motor with broken rotor bars is operated under different load conditions. In all the experiments, the FMM network is used to learn and distinguish between normal and faulty states of the induction motor based on the input features extracted from the power spectral density. The experimental results positively demonstrate that the FMM network is useful for fault detection and diagnosis of broken rotor bars in induction motors.


Based upon specialist consultation and survey analysis,this paper assessed the geologic tourist resources,divided the grades and notified the status and potentials of geologic tourist resources in the development of the regional tourist in Chaohu Area.Moreover,this paper put forth the ways and measures to plan and develop the geologic tourist resources and probed into the countermeasures of the protection of the resources to produce decision.


Mao Zedong's Thought on founding the Party for the public is the important composition of Mao Zedong Thoughts, and it is the valuable spiritual wealth of our Party and Chinese nation. To Study and research Mao Zedong Thoughts on founding the Party for the public plays an important realistic and guided role in understanding Hu Jintao's important speech of "July 1" profoundly, making a new upsurge of studying and implementing the important ideology of the "Three represents" theory. We must know and hold the scientific intension, historical role and the realistic meanings of Mao Zedong Thought on founding the Party for the public.


This paper presents a complete pipeline for automatic detection and classification of defects within composite laminates inspected by active IR thermography. Specifically, long-pulse thermography is proposed for nondestructive evaluation of samples made of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP). A model approximation based on exponential functions is used to achieve an efficient representation of temperature decays at the surface of the samples. At the end of the pipeline, several decision forests are implemented to process input features and label corresponding areas among three classes of interest: sound regions, surface defects, and in-depth discontinuities. Results prove that the proposed methodology performs with good accuracy also in case of inspection of GFRP samples tested by long-pulse thermography.


Today there is no doubt that the leading role in nutrition belongs to natural products which can provide the body with essential nutrients and energy. The level of protein deficiency in the world is increasing [1], therefore special attention should be paid to the content of proteins in food products, especially of animal origin. After all, it is they that contain more amino acids that are essential to the human body, in comparison with their analogues of plant origin. Among the proteins of animal origin, a special place is taken by milk proteins. These compounds determine the biological value and caloric content of dairy products, are well digested and assimilated by the human body. They contain a significant amount of mineral and biologically active substances, and also have expressed hypotensive, immunity-stimulating and antithrombotic properties [2]. A valuable source of milk proteins is protein-carbohydrate dairy raw materials, in particular, buttermilk [3], which is becoming increasingly used in innovative food technologies. One of the areas of buttermilk use is the production of milk-protein concentrates (MPC). The use of MPC will ensure more rational use of raw materials and increase the economic efficiency of production of protein concentrates. Products based on MPC will allow expanding the range of food products and increasing their biological value. Today there are many methods of precipitation of protein substances from dairy raw materials. But MPC, obtained with the use of berry purees as coagulants, are new products whose properties have not been investigatSURVEY OF CHARACTERISTICS OF DAIRY-PROTEIN CONCENTRATES IN THE LOW-TEMPERATURE STORAGE PROCESS


: We have recently reported that a cyclic peptide containing five tryptophan, five arginine, and one cysteine amino acids [(WR) 5 C], was able to produce peptide-capped gadolinium nanoparticles, [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs, in the range of 240 to 260 nm upon mixing with an aqueous solution of GdCl 3 . Herein, we report [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs as an efficient siRNA delivery system. The peptide-based gadolinium nanoparticles (50 µ M) did not exhibit significant cytotoxicity (~93% cell viability at 50 µ M) in human leukemia T lymphoblast cells (CCRF-CEM) and triple-negative breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) after 48 h. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis indicated that the cellular uptakes of Alexa-488-labeled siRNA were found to be enhanced by more than 10 folds in the presence of [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs compared with siRNA alone in CCRF-CEM and MDA-MB-231 cells after 6 h of incubation at 37 ◦ C. The gene silencing efficacy of the nanoparticles was determined via the western blot technique using an over-expressed gene, STAT-3 protein, in MDA-MB-231 cells. The results showed ~62% reduction of STAT-3 was observed in MDA-MB-231 with [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs at N/P 40. The integrity of the cellular membrane of CCRF-CEM cells was found to be intact when incubated with [(WR) 5 C]-Gd nanoparticles (50 µ M) for 2 h. Confocal microscopy reveals higher internalization of siRNA in MDA-MB-231 cells using [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs at N/P 40. These results provided insight about the use of the [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs complex as a potent intracellular siRNA transporter that could be a nontoxic choice to be used as a transfection agent for nucleic-acid-based therapeutics. obtain an optimized outcome. Here, we evaluated a complex containing a cyclic CPP with arginine, tryptophan, and cysteine with biofriendly GdNPs for the delivery of siRNA. The potency of CP-GdNPs was examined for the delivery of siRNA in cell-based assays. (FACS) potential into suggesting that the presence of the cyclic peptide is vital for function. loaded with [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs at N/P 40 and N/P 80 using western blot. GAPDH serves as a negative control, NT reflects nontreated cells, and lipofectamine serves as a positive control. Lipofectamine is one of the widely used transfection agents that was used in comparative assays with [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs. Further confocal microscopy imaging was conducted to visualize the intracellular uptake of Alexa 488-siRNA. MDA-MB-231 cells were treated with Alexa 488-siRNA alone and Alexa 488-siRNA/[(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs complex at N/P 40. The results were compared and visualized using confocal microscopy (Figure 10). Cells that were treated with Alexa 488-siRNA/[(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs showed a higher fluorescence signal compared to that of Alexa 488 alone, suggesting that peptide-based gadolinium nanoparticles facilitate the internalization process. A Texas Red phalloidin solution and DAPI were used to stain the cell membrane and nucleus, respectively. As shown in Figure 10, the siRNA alone was not able to internalize to the selected cells. However, the presence of [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs enhanced the siRNA uptake in MDA-MB-231 cells. non-toxic (~7% cytotoxicity) at 50 µ M concentrations in both MDA-MB-231 and CCRF-CEM cells. A positive zeta potential of approximately 42 mV reflects the stability of NPs. TEM microscopy revealed the size of NPs to be in a range of 240 to 260 nm. Furthermore, flow cytometry results showed that [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs are efficient to transport a negatively charged cell-impermeable siRNA molecule intracellularly. [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs showed more siRNA intracellular uptake in both MDA-MB-231 and CCRF-CEM cells compared to that of siRNA alone. The expression of STAT-3 protein was decreased in the presence of [(WR) 5 C]-GdNPs in MDA-MB-231 cells. The data indicated a significantly reduced expression of STAT-3 (>55%), which reflects the adequate intracellular uptake of intact STAT-3 siRNA with consequent degradation of STAT-3 mRNA causing the reduced expression of STAT-3 protein. This investigation offered that the cell-penetrating peptide-based gadolinium nanoparticles can be safely used as a transfection agent for siRNA and can be investigated for other nucleic-acid-based therapies such as microRNAs or CRISPR/Cas9. Further studies are needed to assess their potential as a nontoxic nucleic acid delivery agent.


The paper discusses issues related to the multimedia and new technologies in drama and the way in which they are applied and exploited as artistic tools in theatrical and performing arts, in general. Piscator does not underline accidentally that "technology is applied dramaturgy" (Jacqueline, 2009). Images, sounds, videos, lights, rhythm, interactivity, original ideas, applications and cinema effects aim to create strong emotions, hallucinations dream to guide the viewer. VR, robotics, artificial intelligence, AR and web-based technologies deal with similar objectives. The reality with all these media is easily differentiated. Even for the actors, especially when involving themselves in the creative part. The work also includes reviews and interviews from people who have dealt with the multimedia theater then and nowadays: Piscator, Svoboda, Kiesler, Pepper, McCay, Stellarc, Kwong, Rodotz, Colab Theatre, «Tholos». Finally there is a children's theater performance case study and a research through questionnaires given to audience, asking about the influence brought upon it, while watching a short-duration performance action, which was written and implemented for this purpose. It highlights the benefits through the combination of technology and theatrical act, when one does not overlap the other.


April 2015 brought about the first edition of Oilseeds Focus, something which we experienced as well received by the market. Interesting articles were considered and practical content was key for selection.


The Cell Transformation Assay (CTA) is one of the promising in vitro methods used to predict human carcinogenicity. The neoplastic phenotype is monitored in suitable cells by the formation of foci and observed by light microscopy after staining. Foci exhibit three types of morphological alterations: Type I, characterized by partially transformed cells, and Types II and III considered to have undergone neoplastic transformation. Foci recognition and scoring have always been carried visually by a trained human expert. In order to automatically classify foci images one needs to implement some image understanding algorithm. Herewith, two such algorithms are described and compared by performance. The supervised classifier (as described in previous articles) relies on principal components analysis embedded in a training feedback loop to process the morphological descriptors extracted by "spectrum enhancement" (SE). The unsupervised classifier architecture is based on the "partitioning around medoids" and is applied to image descriptors taken from histogram moments (HM). Preliminary results suggest the inadequacy of the HMs as image descriptors as compared to those from SE. A justification derived from elementary arguments of real analysis is provided in the Appendix.


Considering that the research of fishery value chain in our country just takes off,this paper makes a concrete review of the application of value chain theory on fishery value chain leading by the existed research methods of agriculture value chain.It mainly focuses on three aspects:fishery internal value chain,fishery external value chain and global fishery value chain,based on the sound theoretical system of traditional value chain.Overall,these researches are still limited on every signal process of the value chain,and most of all are done at the qualitative analysis level.What's more,the value chains of different kind of product in various areas manifest in multiple length and structure.Whereas,the only thing making them relative is that technology and information have pretentious strength in adding value,as like in the agricultural product market,roughing is the main processing form.Enlightened by these researches,this paper tries to make a deeper analysis on the likely research value of the fishery value chain and also emphasizes on some possible further research,based on the existed problems and gap.


Background: Streptomyces levis is a member of Actinomycetes family. Chemical compounds extracted from this bacterium have been used as antibiotics, anti-tumoral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral, anticancer factors. The purpose of this study' was to investigate different metabolites of Streptomyces strains isolated from north west soils, of Iran and antimicrobial effects of them. Methods: The soil samples were taken from north west of Iran in 2010. The isolated bacteria were purified and identified by conventional methods. The metabolites of this bacterium were extracted by 7 different solvents (diethyl ether, dichloromethane, hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform, methanol and water). The antimicrobial effects of metabolites were tested by disk agar diffusion method on Gram-positive and Gramnegative bacteria. The metabolites with antibacterial effects were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results: Metabolites produced from diethyl ether solvent affected Grampositive and Gramnegative strains and 15 different compounds identified in the active metabolite of the bacterium. The main ingredients were: Docosanoic acid, methyl ester (11.578%), 9-12-octadecadienoic acid (2.961%), 5-Tetracosenois acid, methyl ester (8.389%), Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (2.153%), and D-alpha-Tocopherol (0.959%). Conclusion: Results of this study showed that docosanoic acid, methyl ester (11.578%) and 5-tetracosenois acid methyl ester (8.389%), were the main metabolites of Streptomyces levis isolated from north west soils of Iran. Antimicrobial effects of extracts could be due to the presence of 1, 2-benzene dicarboxylic acid diisooctyl ester compounds and bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in the metabolite.


This study is based on the evaluation of the adsorption process using Corbula trigona shell powder to remove lead from aqueous solution in a batch mode. Different analytical techniques, including X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and EDS-coupled scanning electron microscopy, were used to characterize the shell powder before and after lead treatment. Regarding the pollutant removal, a Plackett–Burman design (PBD) was first used to determine the influencing factors from the following experimental domain: solution pH (3–9), adsorbent mass (0.1–0.5 g), contact time (40 –240 min), initial pollutant concentration (10 –60 mg L−1), and adsorbent size (100 –200 μm). The respective contributions of the various factors listed above are 31.7%, 30.51%, 25.17%, 12.44%, and 0.18%. As a result, solution pH, adsorbent mass, contact time, and initial pollutant concentration were selected to optimize the lead removal process using the composite central plan. The optimal lead removal conditions were 99.028% by setting the solution pH to 4.5, initial lead concentration to 47 mg L−1, contact time to 125 min, and adsorbent mass to 0.2 g. In addition, it was found that the composite central plan could be a reliable statistical tool to model and determine the optimal conditions.


Risk factors commonly associated with breast cancer were studied in relation to: (1) tumor estrogen receptor (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) status and (2) the presence of tumor hormone receptors in relation to subsequent survival. For 171 Israeli women diagnosed with breast cancer in 1976 to 1979, tumor hormone receptor status (positive if >20 fmol receptors/mg protein; negative if >20 fmol/mg) and survival as of April 1984 were ascertained. There were 77 ER— versus 94 ER+ and (for 134 PR analyses) 69 PR— versus 65 PR+. Although ER status and PR status were found to be highly positively related, the epidemiologic features of women with an ER+ tumor were different from those with a PR+ tumor. Age tended to be associated positively with both ER+ and PR+. Being postmenopausal, older at menopause or at first birth, nulliparous, having more years of schooling, and a higher body mass index for older women or a lower body mass index for younger women were correlated positively with ER and negatively with PR. Among women with Stage III or IV tumors at diagnosis significant differences existed: restricted mean survival for follow‐up time was 47.2 months for ER—, 73.8 months for ER+, 45.8 months for PR—, and 61.9 months for PR+. The combined hormone effects on survival at Stages III to IV showed a similar trend: restricted mean survival of 38.4 months for ER—PR—, intermediate survival with one positive hormone receptor status, and 74.6 months for ER+PR+.


We use a new method to trace backward the star formation history of the Milky Way disk, using a sample of M dwarfs in the solar neighborhood that is representative for the entire solar circle. M stars are used because they show Hα emission until a particular age, which is a well-calibrated function of their absolute magnitudes. This allows us to reconstruct the rate at which disk stars have been born over about half the disk's lifetime. Our star formation rate (SFR) agrees well with those obtained by using other independent methods and seems to rule out a constant SFR. The principal result of this study is to show that a relation of the Schmidt–Kennicut type (which relates the SFR to the interstellar gas content of galaxy disks) has pertained in the Milky Way disk during the last 5 Gyr. The SFR we derive from the M dwarfs and the interstellar gas content of the disk can be inferred as a function of time from a model of the chemical enrichment of the disk, which is well constrained by the observations indicating that the metallicity of the Galactic disk has remained nearly constant over the timescales involved. We demonstrate that the SFR and gas surface densities over the last 5 Gyr can be accurately described by a Schmidt–Kennicutt law with an index of Γ = 1.45+0.22−0.09. This is, within statistical uncertainties, the same value found for other galaxies.


Epidemiological studies report higher risks of cardiovascular disease in humans exposed to heat stroke earlier in life. Previously, we explored mechanistic links between heat stroke and developing cardiac abnormalities using a preclinical mouse model of exertional heat stroke (EHS). Profound metabolic abnormalities developed in the ventricles of females but not males after two weeks of recovery. Here we tested whether this lack of response in males could be attributed to the lower exercise performances or reduced thermal loads they experienced with the same running protocol. We systematically altered environmental temperature (Te) during EHS to manipulate heat exposure and exercise performance in the males. Three groups of adult C57BL/6 male mice were studied: 'EHS-34' (Te=34°C), 'EHS-41' (Te=41°C), and EHS-39.5 (Te=39.5°C). Mice ran until symptom limitation (unconsciousness), reaching max core temperature (Tc,max). After a 2-wk, the mice were euthanized, and the ventricles removed for untargeted metabolomics. Results were compared against age-matched non-exercise controls. The EHS-34 mice greatly elevated their exercise performance, but reached lower Tc,max and lower thermal loads. The EHS-41 mice exhibited equivalent thermal loads, exercise times and Tc,max compared to EHS-39.5. The ventricles from EHS-34 mice exhibited the greatest metabolic disturbances in the heart, characterized by shifts toward glucose metabolism, reductions in acylcarnitines, increased amino acid metabolites, elevations in antioxidants, altered TCA cycle flux and increased xenobiotics. In conclusion, delayed metabolic disturbances following EHS in male myocardium appear to be greatly amplified by higher levels of exertion in the heat, even with lower thermal loads and max core temperatures.


ELECTNCAL CO'U'PLING MECHANISMS IN EXCITABLE CELLS Edward Joseph Vigmond A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1997 Rhythrnic excitable cells can be viewed as noniinear oscillators which are coupled to neighbouring c e h through various mechanisms. Entrainment of oscillators as a result of this coupling is an important consideration, required for normal functioning of the gut but producing epilepsy in


In this work, we investigate the causal relations possibly conveyed by the French adverb alors (then, at that time, so) in Natural Language texts. This work is part of a broader project to provide a systematic analysis of French temporal connectives within Asher's formal framework of Segmented Discourse Representation Theory.


Nonantibiotic ototoxic drugs Chemotherapeutic drugs. Cisplatinum, vinbl astine, and vincristine are probably the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agents. Cisplat inum is quite reliably ototoxic, but individual sensitivity varies. Some patients experience ototox icity after just a single dose, while others seem to tolerate relatively high doses administered over days OI' weeks. Clini cal trials have shown that the incidenee of high-frequency hearing loss caused by the platinum group of chemotherapeutic compounds is approximately 62%.1 The use of sophisticated, objective measurements such as otoac oustic emissions testin g will reveal evidence of threshold changes in as many as 85 OI' 90% of pati ents who receive a platinum agent. ' The high-frequency hearing loss experienced by these patients is usually permanent , but it is not asso ciated with any significant vestibulal' ototox icity. Loop diuretics. Ototoxicity caused by the loop diuretics, primarily furose mide and ethacrynic acid, is usually seen in patients with renal failure and in those who receive relatively high doses. For example, furosemide ototox icity is usually seen in patient s who receive 200 to 500 mg in a matter of seve ral hours. Loop -diuretic-induced ototoxicit y is marked by edema of the stria vascularis and changes in ionic potentials in the endolymph and periIymph. In experimental animaIs, strial edema correl ates rather nicel y with the amount of threshold shift. Fortunately, the strial edema is a tran sient condition, and ototoxicity caused by a loop diuretic is generally reversible. Salicylates. The first known report of the therapeutic value of willow bark dates from the 4th century B.C. Americans currently take an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 tons of salicylates annually. The reported incidenee of ototoxicity caused by salicylates is as high as 11 per 1,000 pati ents.? Salicylate ototoxicity also occurs in patients who take relatively high doses. Ototoxicity manifests as a 10to 20-dB flat sensorin eural hearing loss that resolves 24 to 72 hours after the agent is discontinued. NSAIDs. The nonsteroidal anti-infla mmatory drug s (NSAIDs) are similar to the salicylates, but the incidenee of ototo xicity with NSAIDs is much lower. However , unIike the salicylates, the NSAIDs have been noted in some credible case reports to cause irreversible sensorineura l hearing loss. Quinine. Quinine ototoxicit y is often grouped together with salicy late ototoxicity, but they are quite different in that the form er manife sts not as a flat hearing loss but rather as a high-frequency sensorineural hearin g loss. Moreov er, quinine toxicity is associ ated with some meaningful vestibul ar toxicity, which is not generally seen in salicylate ototoxicity. Quinine-induced vestibular toxicity can be reversed with prompt reco gnition and treatment, but long-standin g toxicity is frequently irreversible. Initially, quinine-induced ototox icity was seen primarily in patients with malaria, which is not now amajor probl em in the United States. However, quinine is being increasingly prescribed by primary care physicians for the treatment of leg cramps, and there are some reports of significant vestibul ar dysfuncti on as a result. Because of quinine' s effect on the vestibular system, the military now prohibits pilot s from flying their plane s within 48 hours of takin g the agent.


We developed a mode-locked Er fiber laser containing a small optical bench. The electro-optic modulator on the bench is used to control the repetition frequency at a high speed together with a piezoelectric transducer.


We propose the designed reference pattern on the basis of the Nyquist aperture for a coaxial holographic memory and investigate its recording performance by numerical simulations. By using the designed reference pattern, the Fourier power spectrum of a reference beam spreads uniformly within the Nyquist aperture, thereby an interference efficiency, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a symbol error rate (SER) are improved relative to conventional method with a random binary phase mask. Moreover, in the case of applying the 1.25 times aperture than the Nyquist size, the proposed method can record data pages with higher SNR and lower SER than that of conventional method with 2 times aperture than the Nyquist size. Numerical results imply that our proposed method can record data pages at a smaller area of recording media than that of conventional method.


This paper presents a local search algorithm which maximizes a nondecreasing submodular set function and discusses its performance guarantee as well.The basic idea lies in which each iterative algorithm is always in the neighborhood sets of the current approximate solution,solving a set which maximize the objective function is a new approximate set.Analysis shows that the algorithm is a polynomial time algorithm.


The article continues a series of author's publications on the formation of personal socio-cultural experience of children and adolescents in the process of education and socialization, which determines the formation of the teenager's personal position. We consider one of the types of personal socio-cultural experience of adolescents, namely the experience of behavior in situations of choice, making independent decisions, which is crucial in preparing students for life self-determination in all its aspects. The conditions created in the educational organizations for realization by teenagers of independent choice, an opportunity of acceptance by teenagers of independent decisions are studied. The results of the analysis of school documentation and teachers' views on the significance of the experience of self-determination of adolescents, typical situations of uncertainty, are based on the results of the survey. A conclusion is drawn on the need to design a space for self-determination of adolescents in an educational organization and to implement technologies for the pedagogical support of adolescents in situations of choice.


S>Transformation permutation group matrices used in calculation of two- shell element configurations were developed and tabulated for possible symmetry groups with 3 to 6 total particle numbers. The table also includes the permutation matrix group in the expressions describing operator matrix elements for two-particle interactions G in the system found in the field with an arbitrary symmetry and non-conservation of motion moment. (R.V.J.)


Ten wells in southwestern West Virginia were selected as potential candidates for in-depth study to identify Devonian-shale-gas production-controlling mechanisms. Wells were studied using geophysical logs, TV log, and flow measurements. Sidewall cores were retrieved for geochemical and geophysical analyses. The well studies were augmented with a seismic survey, production data analysis and data collection for approximately 1400 wells in the study area.


Tannery wastewater is one of problems in wastewater treatment because of its high concentration of pollutants and complex composition. Considering the sources and characteristics of tannery wastewater, the main chemical treatment of tannery wastewater was introduced in this paper. Meanwhile, the characteristics, application, development and prospect of these methods were analyzed and discussed.


OTHER PUBLICATIONS Chemical Abstracts, vol. 72, Col. 133801 v. Primary Examiner-John D. Welsh Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Brisebois & Kruger 57 ABSTRACT A photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing plates comprising styrene-butadiene block co polymer containing 35 50% by weight of styrene, at least one liquid prepolymer having a molecular weight of 1,000 5,000 selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene and butadiene-styrene copolymer, at least one photopolymerizable monomer containing at least one vinyl group, such as tetraethyleneglycol diac rylate, a photopolymerization initiator such as benzo phenone, and a thermopolymerization inhibitor option ally added. This photosensitive resin composition af. fords relief images suitable for use in flexographic print 1ng.


It is our pleasure to present you the proceedings of the 5 th Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education (CTE 2017). The workshop took place in Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine) on April 28, 2017. This volume focused on advancing research and also academic applications of information and communication technologies related to cloud computing; history, state-of-the-art and trends in cloud-based learning and computer-based training.


Abstract This paper presents improvement of power losses on transmission lines using Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) for street lighting requirement. In the operating system, power losses on transmission line can be improved (reduced) to increase the generation capacity by controlling the parameters of line (ie; line reactance, the sending end and receiving end of the voltage bus and the phsase angle), To day, parameters of line can be controlled simultaneously or separately using UPFC that placed between 2 bus on the line transmission. The research is i mplemented in western South Sulawesi transmission system (Sulselbar) of Indonesia using Neplan Software. Simulation results of UPFC at 4 points on the transmission line, indicates that the voltage at each bus has improved, the total of power losses in the system has decreased, the production of reactive power the generator side down, and increased system power factor. Thus the UPFC can be a solution of system development without having to generation reschedule or change of line topology, and improvement of power losses results can be used to other load requirements and particularly street lighting load Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE


The search for lepton flavor violation (LFV) is a powerful probe to look for new physics beyond the Standard Model. We explored the possibility of searches for LFV $Z$ boson couplings to electron and muon pair at the upcoming electron-proton colliders, namely the Large Hadron Electron Collider (LHeC) and the Future Circular lepton-hadron Collider (FCC-eh). We employed the study via a single muon plus an associated jet channel to search for the LFV signal. We used a multivariate technique to obtain an improved signal-background analysis. By using the condition on nonobservation of any significant deviation of the signal over the expected background, we provide an upper limit on the LFV $Z$ boson coupling and corresponding branching ratio. We find that an upper limit of $2.0\times 10^{-7}$ and $1.5 \times 10^{-7}$ the can be set on BR($Z\to e \mu$) at 95\% C.L. with one year run of LHeC and FCC-eh, respectively, if the LFV coupling is governed by vector or axial-vector coupling. For tensor or axial-tensor coupling these limits can be improved to $2.9\times 10^{-8}$ and $1.5\times 10^{-8}$ for LHeC and FCC-eh machines, respectively. The projected numbers improve significantly over the existing limit of $2.6\times 10^{-7}$ set by ATLAS.


We present results obtained on quasi-1D channels formed by electrostatic confinement of the high mobility electron gas in the GaAs-AlGaAs hetersostructures. When the confinement is weakened a single line of electrons can split into two in order to minimise the electronelectron repulsion. In this work we have used an assymetric confinement potential to investigate how a line of electrons can split in this way. It is found that there can be two potential configurations which give rise to the ground state comprising two rows, but also there can be situations where the formation of the two row ground state occurs in the same physical location. It is thought that this is due to the influence of the background disorder. The nature of the transition between one and two rows can either be of anti-symmetric and symmetric type, the occurrence of each type will be discussed along with the multiplicity of level crossings which occur when the spin degeneracy is lifted. Non-ergodic and insulating phases of Josephson Junctions Arrays


Developing small-town as state social economic development strategy is closely connected with the realization of agriculture modernization and whole national economy, and become the increasing point of the most activity and promotion of economic development. The high starting point for state-of-the-art small-town's plan and construction shall pay close attention to the other sides.


Chronic ethanol enhances the hypotensive action of enalapril in female rats. Here, we investigated whether cardiovascular auto‐nomic modulation by nitric oxide synthases (NOS) contributes to such enhancement. We investigated the effect of inhibition of eNOS [N5‐(1‐iminoethyl)‐L‐ornithine; L‐NIO], nNOS (Nω‐propyl‐L‐arginine; NPLA), or iNOS (1400W) on blood pressure (BP), myocardial contractility (dP/dtmax), and power spectral indices of hemodynamic variability in telemetered female rats fed with ethanol (5% w/v, 8 weeks) or control liquid diet in absence or presence of enalapril. In control rats, enalapril‐evoked hypotension was abolished by L‐NIO, but not by NPLA or 1400W, suggesting a preferential role for eNOS in this response. In ethanol‐fed, the greater enalapril hypotension was associated with reductions in (i) dP/dtmax, (ii) low‐frequency/high‐frequency ratio of interbeat intervals, suggesting cardiac parasympathetic dominance, and (iii) low‐frequency band of systolic BP, a marker of vasomotor sympathetic tone. While all NOS inhibitors attenuated the hemodynamic and autonomic responses of enalapril in ethanol‐fed rats, L‐NIO was the most efficacious in rectifying enalapril‐evoked autonomic responses. These findings implicate NOS isoforms, particularly eNOS, in autonomic imbalances that leads to the augmented enalapril hypotension in ethanol‐fed rats.