The practical exploration on"fusion of training and teaching"in Shanghai was introduced in this paper.The similarities and differences between"fusion of training and teaching"and"combination of training and teaching"were analyzed.The theoretical basis of"fusion of training and teaching"were analyzed by the system theory and collaborative theory.The realistic meanings and the existing problems were studied.Finally,the corresponding suggestions were proposed.


Mental health problems are common in pregnancy, typically affecting between 10-25% of pregnant individuals. Elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety can negatively impact both the pregnant individual and developing fetus. The current COVID-19 pandemic is a unique stressor with potentially wide-ranging consequences for pregnancy and beyond. We assessed symptoms of anxiety and depression among pregnant individuals during the current COVID-19 pandemic and determined factors that were associated with psychological distress. 1987 pregnant participants were surveyed across Canada in April 2020. The assessment included questions about COVID-19-related stress and standardized measures of depression, anxiety, pregnancy-related anxiety, sleep and social support. We found substantially elevated psychological distress compared to similar pre-pandemic pregnancy cohorts, with 37% reporting clinically relevant symptoms of depression, 57% reporting clinically relevant symptoms of anxiety, and 68% reporting elevated pregnancy-related anxiety. Higher levels of social support and longer sleep duration were associated with lower psychological symptoms across domains. This study shows concerningly elevated levels of psychological distress among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, that may have long-term impacts on their children. Potential intervention targets are needed in addition to improving protective factors related to increased social support and sleep -- these should be urgently considered to mitigate long-term negative outcomes.


Capital account liberalization is a parameter used in measuring the degree of openness of an economy, signaling the rate of inflow and outflow of capital from one economy to another without undermining its territorial integrity and independence. The greatest challenge facing the country today is how to grow the economy and reduce poverty. Meeting this challenge is particularly difficult, if Nigeria should rely solely on domestic resources, given the low rate of savings and the attendant savings-investment gap. Against this background, it becomes crucial to try and attract foreign resources into the economy. This study examines the impact of capital account liberalization on economic growth in Nigeria. The period of study covers between 1971 and 2011. This period was divided into Pre-Liberalization and Post-Liberalization eras. The technique of analysis is the Ordinary Least Square Method using the E-view statistical software. The study reveals that capital account liberalization had positive and significant impact on economic growth in Nigeria, therefore, the removal of restrictions from international transactions related to the movement of capital leads to an increase in economic growth. Keywords: Capital Account Liberalization, Economic Growth and Nigeria


s fo Recent Cases Ellen Fairfax Warder West Virginia University College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr Part of the Estates and Trusts Commons, Evidence Commons, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons, and the Tax Law Commons Recommended Citation Ellen F. Warder, Abstracts fo Recent Cases, 68 W. Va. L. Rev. (1966). Available at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr/vol68/iss4/12 This Case Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the WVU College of Law at The Research Repository @ WVU. It has been accepted for inclusion in West Virginia Law Review by an authorized editor of The Research Repository @ WVU. For more information, please contact email@example.com.


Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of depression of adolescents with type 1 diabetes,so as to provide scientific basis for formulating treatment schemes.Methods A total of 106 adolescents with type 1 diabetes were investigated with Self-Rating Depression Scale and a self-designed influencing factors questionnaire.The influencing factors of depression among adolescents with type 1 diabetes were analyzed.Results The positive rate of depression in adolescents with type 1 diabetes was 40.57%.The onset age and ketosis times were risk factors of depression.The education degree and HbA1c level were protective factors of depression.Conclusion Multiple measures should be taken,including implementation of health education and consultation,organizing group activities,establishing the patient information management system,increasing the communication with the patients,to improve the psychological status of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.


We present a novel approach to compute formal concepts of formal context. In terms of operations with Boolean matrices, the presented algorithm computes all maximal rectangles of the input Boolean matrix which are full of 1s. The algorithm combines basic ideas of previous approaches with our recent observations on the influence of attribute permutations and attribute sorting on the number of formal concepts which are computed multiple times. As a result, we present algorithm which computes formal concepts by successive context reduction and attribute sorting. We prove its soundness, discuss its complexity and efficiency, and show that it outperforms other algorithms from the CbO family in terms of substantially lower numbers of formal concepts which are computed multiple times.


Heat exchangers or heat exchangers are tools used to change the temperature of the fluid or change the fluid phase by exchanging heat with another fluid. In a heat exchanger, the ability to exchange heat is largely determined by the type of fluid flow and fluid passing through the heat exchanger. The use of heat exchangers in the field of drying is now a necessity to overcome the problems of drying productivity. The purpose of this study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of the heat exchanger experimentally based on directional flow by comparing construction using baffle and without using baffle in an effort to optimize the drying system. The research method was carried out by fabricating 2 units of heat exchangers and by field testing. The test data obtained are the input and output temperatures of the heating fluid flow and cooling fluid flow and flow velocity. Based on preliminary research data shows that the use of baffle affects the increase in temperature on the heat exchanger, where at the fresh air outlet that does not use baffle produces a temperature of 72oC while the baffle produces 88oC with the Log Mean Temperature Difference heat exchanger without using a baffle higher than heat exchanger that uses a baffle guide blade. This can illustrate that the smaller heat losses are wasted so that the absorption of heat by the reverse system will be higher.


To compare the clinical outcome and prognostic power of the former and current World Health Organization (WHO) grading system in patients with early vs regular onset of noninvasive urothelial bladder cancer (UBC), as little is known of the natural history of early onset UBC and in how far it is reflected by histopathological grading and staging in guiding clinical decisions.


Lichen planus refers to chronic dermatoses with manifestation in the oral mucosa. Its clinical manifestations are displayed as disruption of the immune system balance. A prolonged course of lichen planus causes deregulation of the cell growth gene, dysplasia of the epithelium of the oral mucosa and the development of squamous cell carcinoma. Identification of circulating biological markers in blood and saliva enables to detect stable and reliable predictors of clinical significance in the diagnosis and the prognosis of diseases of the oral mucosa, including the onset of tumor transformation. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen is one of these cancer markers. Saliva is an "ultrafiltrate of blood plasma", which makes it possible to evaluate biological markers by a safe non-invasive method. The aim of this study is to assess the concentration of squamous cell carcinoma antigen in mixed saliva samples of patients with various forms of lichen planus at the stages of diagnosis and treatment. Materials and methods. 47 women with a clinical diagnosis of "oral lichen planus" were examined and randomized in groups. They described the dental status, identified the causes of chronic injury, and made a comprehensive treatment plan. Monitoring was carried out at the diagnostic stage, after 14 and 90 days. During the first visit and after treatment, unstimulated mixed saliva was collected on an empty stomach. Results. During the diagnosis, the content of SC in the oral fluid of patients with lichen planus was <500 mcg/ml (489 mcg/ml) and a decrease in its concentration after treatment is characteristic of a benign course and susceptibility to therapy. The concentration of the marker >500 mcg/ml (527 mcg/ml) and an increase in the value after the treatment course indicates a severe recurrent nature of the disease and low efficacy of prescribed medications. Conclusion. The study of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen in oral fluid expands the applications of the biomarker in determining the prognosis of the course and effectiveness of therapy for oral lichen planus.


The paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the widely applied frequencyandphaselock method of serial resonant inverter at working state control The paper proposes a new compound frequencyandphaselock method With the compound frequencyandphaselock control circuit the inverter is realized invariableanglecontrol The model of control system is established based on Matlab/Simulink The simulation results demonstrate the correctness and validity of the compound frequencyandphaselock method


The corresponding-states correlations were applied to transport coefficients, i.e., viscosity and diffusivity, for various metallic liquids for which experimental data are presently available in order to test the correlations. The corresponding-states correlations for transport coefficients have spreads of ± 20% to 50% or more. A better correlation is proposed for the melting-point viscosity of metallic liquids.


Abstract The energies of interaction of alkyl chain segments with the nematic and smectic C medium are determined from analysis of the DMR spectra of 70BA, 80BA, and HOAB. The orientational order of the outer segments is found to result mainly from direct intermolecular interactions. A linear relation is obtained between the orientational and conformational energy of the chain.


To investigate possible etiologic factors for Reye's syndrome (RS), five survivors and their unaffected family members were studied. This study showed low salicylate levels among the patients with RS compared with siblings and parents when challenged with three doses of aspirin. Thus, the patients with RS, three to ten years after having had RS, exhibited normal or increased ability to metabolize aspirin. We found significantly higher antibody levels to influenza A and varicella among the patients with RS, further supporting the importance of these viral infections in the etiology of the syndrome.


of the Eucharist, Here the early references to the Eucharist as a 'bloodless service' would have helped his case. This study certainly broadens the context in which the Eucharist as a meal should be seen, and it avoids suggesting the rather extreme implications which Dennis Smith and Hal Taussig made in their Many Tables (1990). Unfortunately, only a few of the texts themselves give any articulated theology, or prayers, which would enable us to see the theological and liturgical context alongside the social context which McGowan has so dioroughly discussed.


This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in the theory of deterministic and uncertain linear semi-in(cid:133)nite optimization, presents some numerical approaches to this type of problems, and describes a selection of recent applications in a variety of (cid:133)elds. Extensions to related optimization areas, as convex semi-in(cid:133)nite optimization, linear in(cid:133)nite optimization, and multi-objective linear semi-in(cid:133)nite optimization, are also commented.


In this sequel to the article in the August edition of Folklore on the early German prose text Fortunatus, the history of the Wishing-Hat is continued up to the present with selective examples. Two major themes—the moral implications of invisibility, and the nature of movement through time and space—are examined in detail with reference to such texts as the Nibelungenlied, the tales of the Brothers Grimm, Plato's…Ring of Gyges fable, Keats's Lamia, Wells's Invisible Man, and Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy.


Objective To investigate the early pulmonary lesion resulted from connective tissue disease by measuring the changes and features of pulmonary physiometry.Methods:(1)To measure the pulmonary function of 27 cases with CTD,including forced vital capacity(FVC),forced expiratory volume in one second(FEV1.0),50% maximal expiratory flow volume of vital capacity(V50),25% maximal expiratory flow volume of vital capacity(V25), and diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide of lung(DLCO);Selected 27 healthy subjects without smoking history as control group.(2)To measure the arterial blood gases analysis,including pH,partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood(PaO_2),partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood(PaCO_2),and alveolarartery oxygen pressure gradient(PA-aO_2);Selected 43 healthy subjects without pulmonary disease as control group.Results The function of diffusion of lung and the vital capacity of 27 cases with CTD were lower than control group.PO_2 was lower and PA-aO_2 was higher than controlgroup.Conclusion Both the function of diffusion of lung and restrictive pulmonary ventilation were decreased;also PaO_2 was decreased.thus,it is of significant value to investigate the early pulmonary lesion by measuring the pulmonary function and blood gases analysis.


The opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway is an event of immediate and far-reaching historical significance which has developed into a multidisciplinary study,the combination of specialization and standardization.Researchers have made considerable achievements in many areas.This paper proposes to arrange knowledge of works and articles on the Qinghai-Tibet railway since 2000,and analyzes the characteristics of this field of research.


From June 20-29, 1995, more than a thousand college and university students from across North America tested their solar cars and strategies against the environment in Sunrayce 95. The 1,250-mile race, from Indiana to Colorado, is the third in a series of collegiate solar-car races across the United States. The tradition began in 1990 with the GM Sunrayce USA from Florida to Michigan. In 1993, the tradition continued as 34 solar cars raced more than 1,100 miles from Texas to Minnesota in Sunrayce 93. The U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors Corporation, and other organizations teamed together in a unique partnership between government and industry to sponsor Sunrayce 95. Their goal was to make learning exciting and relevant to today`s concerns and to demonstrate that brain power is more important than horsepower.


The stability robustness of multi-degree-of-freedom linear systems with structured perturbations is addressed using the Lyapunov approach. Bounds on time-varying perturbations that maintain the stability of an asymptotically stable, linear dynamic system with finite degrees of freedom are obtained for structured independent perturbations. Bounds are also derived assuming that various elements of the system coefficient matrices are perturbed dependency. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the use of the proposed theorems


Objective To describe the radiographic findings of adult megacolon.Methods Barium enema examination was performed in 6 patients with megacolon proved by operation. Results The principal radiographic findings were a markedly dilated colon, the largest diameter was 22 cm, and a narrowed rectum,Ths length was 3-7 cm; with a cone or funnel shaped transitional segment, it is about 2-6 cm long. Conclusion The barium enema examination is the most reliable and simple method in diagnosing adult congenital megacolon.


We have investigated the electron spin dynamics in a series of copper(ii) β-diketonate complexes both in frozen solutions and doped solids. Double digit microsecond coherence times were found at low temperatures. We report quantitative simulations of the coherence decays solely based on the crystal structure of the doped solids.


Robin? Jean-Marie.- Redefining the Stages of the Epidemiological Transition by a Study of the Dispersion of Life Spans: The Case of France
Of the very few theories about the evolving health status of populations, one of the best known is that of the epidemiological transition. Formulated by Omran in 1971, it describes the changes in the cause-of-death pattern associated with the reduction in mortality rates during the demographic transition. Omran argued that the second stage, "the Age of Receding Pandemics", forms a transition between the "Age of Pestilence and Famine" and the "Age of Degenerative and Man-made Diseases". In 1986, Olshansky and Ault proposed adding a fourth stage to the epidemiological transition, with the "Age of Delayed
Degenerative Diseases". However, the changeovers from the second to third stages and from the third to fourth stages are hard to date. Indeed, examination of the changing dispersion in life spans casts doubt on the historical reality of the last two stages, though it does allow the move from the second to following stage to be dated, this article proposes therefore to merge Omran's third stage, "the Age of Degenerative diseases" with Olshansky and Ault's fourth stage, "the Age of Delayed Degenerative Diseases", to form a new stage, referred to as the "Age of the Conquest of the Extent of Life", characterized by the fact that the fall in mortality - which continues throughout this stage - is associated with little or no further concentration of life spans.


The random networks enriched with additional structures as metric and group-symmetry in background metric space are investigated. The important quantities like he clustering coefficient as well as the mean degree of separation in such networks are effectively computed with help of additional structures. Representative models are discussed in details.


This was important so that students would have the opportunity to move on with their lives and would be able to use these results to progress to employment, further education, training and apprenticeships and to higher education. It must be acknowledged that the system is not the same as a Leaving Certificate and is not a perfect solution. However, it is the best alternative that could be provided. It is the fairest way possible to tackle the effects that lack of schooling and other problems caused by Covid-19 have had on the Leaving Certificate.


Cellular reprogramming experiments from somatic cell types have demonstrated the plasticity of terminally differentiated cell states. Recent efforts in understanding the mechanisms of cellular reprogramming have begun to elucidate the differentiation trajectories along the reprogramming processes. In this review, we focus mainly on direct reprogramming strategies by transcription factors and highlight the variables that contribute to cell fate conversion outcomes. We review key studies that shed light on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by investigating differentiation trajectories and alternative cell states as well as transcription factor regulatory activities during cell fate reprogramming. Finally, we highlight few concepts that we believe require attention, particularly when measuring the success of cell reprogramming experiments. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology Volume 35 is October 7, 2019. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.


A simple, accurate and precise reverse phase ultrafast liquid chromatographic (RP-UFLC) method for determination of naproxen sodium (NPS) has been developed and validated. Separation was achieved on a Enable; C18G column (250 × 4.6mm i.d., 5μm) using methanol: 10mM TBAHS (tetra butyl ammonium hydrogen sulfate) (80:20, v/v) as mobile phase at flow rate of 1.2mL.min-1. The detection wavelength was 231nm. The method is linear over a concentration range of 0.01-60.0 μg.mL-1 with correlation coefficient of 0.9991. The proposed method is validated by determining accuracy, precision, stability and system suitability parameters. The method was found to be robust. Specificity of the method was determined by subjecting the drug to various stress conditions like acid, alkali, oxidation, thermal and photolytic degradation. The method was used successfully for the determination of NPS in tablet dosage form.


The performance of two different solar photovoltaic (PV)/battery energy storage system (BESS) architectures are compared on a simulated microgrid testbed. The PV system is interfaced with the BESS at the DC link to provide reserve power. These two different integrated solutions can be compared with regards to the number of power stages, efficiency, storage system flexibility, and control complexity. A single power conversion system named Reconfigurable Solar Converter (RSC) presents more flexibility, less complexity, and multi-mode capability depending on system requirement, and results in a more efficient and economical system compared with a current indirect PV/battery system with two stages of power conversion units. There are various approaches to share the load when microgrids are islanded or disconnected from the main grid. In the islanded mode, a distributed generator (DG) like a diesel generator can enhance the reliability of the power supply and regulate the frequency and voltage within the microgrid. Different operation modes for both topologies such as PV to grid, PV plus battery to the grid, battery to the grid (DC to AC) and PV to battery (DC to DC) are simulated on a microgrid testbed, verifying the applicability of the two architectures in microgrids.


The hyporheic interstitial zone between ground and surface waters, was recognised as a principally important compartment of running water ecosystems in a series of scientific studies starting about 40 years ago. Generally, the character and spatial extent of the hyporheic zone is dependent on river-typology usually decreasing in the longitudinal direction of rivers and from mountainous to lowland regions. The upper sediment layers are an essential habitat for aquatic communities, since a majority of stream dwelling organisms have life-cycle stages associated with the hyporheic zone. At the same time, intensive material exchange and tranaformation processes are located here. As a result, the abiotic conditions in the hyporheic interstices can deviate significantly when compared to surface flows. A series of recent studies have shown that the hyporheic zone is a bottleneck for ecological integrity in many streams and rivers. Another important issue concerns mass balances for river catchments. Especially for nutrients, large discrepancies have been identified between the potential emission of constituents from point and diffuse sources and observed transport for different river catchments throughout Europe with potentially high losses in the, groundwater and hyporheic zones. Therefore, in both river ecology and management the hyporheic zone has to be considered much more carefully, taking into account its relevance for the ecological integrity of running waters.


In our previous studies, it was found that English vowel contrasts that were difficult for Japanese speakers to discriminate were for the most part identified with the same Japanese vowels. This finding complies with one the Perceptual Assimilation Model (Best, 1995) postulates. The present study investigated how perceptual assimilation affects production of English vowels by Japanese speakers. Three experienced Japanese learners in Columbus, Ohio, and five inexperienced Japanese learners in Kobe, Japan produced English vowels, repeating after two different native speakers' utterances. Each subject heard the same token twice in a different order, so they each produced four tokens of each English vowel. The results support what our previous studies have found, and show the effects of perception on production. The production of the vowels difficult to discriminate tended to be close to each other within subjects' production vowel space. The production of the vowels identified as good exemplars of Japanese vowels were more stable than those identified as poor exemplars. Thus, the subjects /i/ tokens were almost always identified as /i/, whereas their /ae/ tokens were often identified as /e/, /ɑ/, or /ʌ/. Experienced learners' utterances were far more correctly identified.


Introduction Scene setting How do we assess and manage the actual risks Real life examples Lessons learnt What can be done in future? Conclusions Subject Index


Laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) is still rarely applied due to the limited range of available alloys. Powders of carbide containing tool steels have a low weldability and a high cracking tendency during processing. Additions of high-melting carbides to an easily processable steel in the powder feedstock enables a higher carbide content in the alloys without affecting the processability. In this study, AISI H13 base steel was modified by additions of 5 wt.-% edged TiC. TiC remain as partially unmolten particles within the steel matrix and enhance macro hardness and wear resistance of the alloy while enabling a stable processing of crack-free alloys. Supplementary in-depth microstructure analysis by EBSD and texture analysis were performed and a shift towards isotropic microstructures was observed. The TiC act as nucleation sites for equiaxed grain growth during solidification, which eliminates the typical epitaxial grains in building direction and potentially reduces the anisotropy of mechanical properties.


The purpose of the study is to pursue a preliminary study for standardization of four to six years old questionnaires of social emotional child monitoring system, the Korean Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional 2. Data were collected and analyzed from 717 parents of young children aged 42 to 78 months in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. As a result of the study, first, the mean of the K-ASQ:SE 2 by questionnaires was 30.83 for 48 months and 23.12 for 60 months. The level of item fit was appropriate, and correlation between the total and individual item was positive signification. There was significant negative relationship with the SEAM and the revised K-ASQ, as the concurrent validity. Cutoff scores based on the 1.5SD, and 2SD was determined, and discriminate validity was confirmed based on these cutoffs. Second, as a result of reliability analysis, Cronbach alpha's coefficient was found to be .819 for 48 months and .679 for 60 months. Interrater reliability between parents and teachers was 92.2% for 48 months and 80.0% for 60 months based on the 2SD cutoffs. In conclusion, possibility of standardization as establishing social emotional child monitoring system was predicted. Future study for standardization was proposed considering all age groups, regional arrangement, and developmental levels of young children.


The research was conducted within the Mache Chindul Reserve, involving 7 of the 25 communities located at Canton Pedernales in Manabi Province. The concern of the Pedernales Commonwealth about the disappearance of the forests and other resources thus made to conduct this research with the following objective: To evaluate the impact of agroforestry and socio economic activities at the community and institutional level on the management of Mache Chindul Reserve in Canton Pedernales; The hypothesis to be tested was: If the agroforestry and socio economic actions at the community and institutional level were contributing to the sustainable management of the Reserve, to test this hypothesis the methodology used was based on survey data from Mache Chindul Reserve's Comprehensive Management Plan, and to the sample was applied a formula taking a sample population of 1934 inhabitants, resulting the total of 91 people to conduct the survey and this represented a sufficient basis for the results.
With the collaboration of community leaders, the entry into the different communities was planned, a questionnaire was applied and it helped us to achieve the objective (land use, land tenure, training, education, and occupation).
The results were confirmed, agroforestry and socio economic activities of the communities and institutions are not contributing to the sustainable management of the Mache Chindul Reserve. The forests (natural regeneration, stubble abandoned for years) are at 28% in Manabi, the 51% represents the grass area and the 18% is due to agricultural. In land tenure, 77% are squatters (there is a land tenure project but for lack of resources it does not start). The 56% of the people live on agriculture, although it is not enough economic entry, and they also work as laborers to help financially. Another important fact is that 68% of homeowners are landowners engaged in livestock.


I thought as Dr. Gil – and also, as others – and I think my memory serves me right when during the conference – it doesn't make any difference about who the speaker's committee is, none at all. It just don't make no difference; uh, all of it is the same thing. That's right. And I can sit there and listen to anybody who's telling the truth. You understand? It just don't make no difference. You see, it's Yahweh through all. You see what I am talking about? And there is no big shots and little shots – no big I's and little you and all that kind of stuff. Ain't but one big, big-shot in it; and that's Yahweh. Do you see what I mean? So it don't make no difference – you know, when I look out at the world and see what goes on and so forth and so on.


For around 41 years, Theater Koma did not stop working. Continued to produce until its name is increasingly known, then holds a special place in the hearts of its fans. It's not an easy thing to maintain a theater community which in Indonesia is not yet popular. As the times changed, slowly but surely, Theater Koma's audience entered a period of regeneration. Performing arts production requires proper marketing techniques so the show could be accepted by the target community. Social media is a massive growth area for online marketers and one of which has potential to offer highly targeted advertising to specialized social groups. The transition of Theater Koma's marketing technique from offline to the digital world by utilizing social media needs to be developed because it is important in effort to regenerate the audience. This scientific was made written by conducting field observations during production process of the "Gemintang" show from mid-April 2018 to July 15 2018. This research aims to let us know the marketing techniques which have been applied to production of "Gemintang" show. This research concludes that awareness of the need for the existence of an art group is not only proven by work productivity itself, but how the work could be recognized and accepted by various segments of society which current entered the digital era.


Objective To study the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy and insulin resistance in elderly hypertensives. Methods 96 male hypertensives and 90 healthy controls were included. Elderly male with hypertension were classified as essential hypertension group(group EH) and hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy group(group EH + LVH). The area under glucose ,insulin release curve,insulin allergy index,left ventricular structure and function were determined. Statistics analysis was performed. Results The left ventricular mass index in group( EH + LVH) was obviously higher than those in the control group and EH group. The left ventricular diastolic function、 insulin allergy index were obviously lower in group EH. The insulin level in blood reversely related with diastolic function of left ventricle. Insulin allergy index significantly negative correlated with left ventricular mass index and total heart ventricular thickness ( P 0. 05 - 0. 001 ). Conclusions Insulin resistance can accelarate heart hypertrophy and injure left ventricular diastolic function in elderly hypertensives. The treatment of insulin resistance must be addressed.


In the opinion of the New Jersey Supreme Court, the state constitution does not require public funding of elective, nontherapeutic abortions, but funding may not be restricted to only those abortions necessary to preserve a woman's life. The state may limit funds for abortions required to preserve the life or health of a woman, with the determination of "medical necessity" being left to competent physicians under state guidelines. Although the protection of fetal life is a legitimate state interest, it does not outweigh the state's interest in the pregnant woman's life and health.


Background/Aims It is now understood that conventional de-identification methods such as the HIPAA Safe Harbor standard do not guarantee anonymity of patient records, which may be vulnerable to a variety of attacks aimed at re-identifying confidential information. We present an analytic framework for evaluating these risks quantitatively in order to be able to explicitly balance privacy and scientific utility. As a concrete example, we examine implications for patient privacy of plans to deposit over 70,000 full-genome genotypes and associated clinical data in the dbGaP federally-managed data repository, as a component of a NIH-funded study conducted by the Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (KPNC DOR). Risks are examined from multiple perspectives and risk reduction strategies discussed. Methods Two analytic approaches are described: (1) "k-anonymization", which computes risk based only on the distribution of cell sizes in the disclosed dataset; and (2) "k-map" which takes account of the characteristics of potential reference datasets – e.g., voter rolls, disease registries - which may be available to the attacker. Probabilities of re-identification were computed using a random sample of records from actual study participants, and assumed disclosure of the following phenotypic attributes: 5-year age group, sex, race (5 categories) and a set of 22 ICD9-defined common diseases. For method 2, the KPNC EMR was used as a proxy for a highly informative reference dataset. Results The first method tended to yield very conservative estimates of risk: 9.5% of subjects in the disclosed dataset had unique phenotypic attributes, while 18% were in cells of size <5 and 24% were in cells of size <10. Factoring in characteristics of potential reference datasets, method 2, yielded substantially lower levels of risk: 2% of subjects were distinct, 4% in cells size <5, and 6% in cells of size <10. Conclusions Assessment of re-identification risk of disclosed genomic-phenotypic data is complex, involving differing stakeholders' perspectives, attack types, and characteristics of both the disclosed data and the surrounding information environment. However, reasonable assumptions can be made which allow quantitative estimates of risk, and suggest strategies for risk reduction.


Let be either (i) the empirical counting process of n IID random variables or (ii) a Poisson process. For these two counting processes we derive the exact distribution of the first time t at which where f is an arbitrary continuous increasing function. An expression for the probability that this stopping time is finite is also given


We investigate a model with local U(1)B-L and discrete Z2 symmetries where two types of weak isospin singlet neutrinos, vectorlike charged leptons, and exotic scalar fields are introduced. The linear seesaw mechanism is induced at the one-loop level through Yukawa interactions associated with the standard model leptons and exotic fields. We also discuss lepton flavor violation and a muon anomalous dipole magnetic moment induced by the new Yukawa interaction. In addition, our model has dark matter candidate which is the lightest Z2 odd neutral particle. We calculate the relic density and constraints from direct detection.


This paper had analyzed and modeled the wind power characteristic from the perspective of space-time series. Firstly, measured data of wind power had been analyzed for the coupled spatial-temporal correlation. Then, a spatial relation matrix, which was used to describe the location of wind farms, had been embedded into the Space-Time Auto Regressive Moving Average (STARMA) model in order to reflect the spatial-temporal correlation of multi-dimensional wind power series. Simulation results showed that this model has restored not only temporal autocorrelation, but also time shifting characteristic of spatial correlation of the original wind power series, which essentially reflected the coupled spatial-temporal characteristic of real wind power series. This model can be used to produce huge amount of simulated wind power data, which have same characteristics with real wind power data, and can provide basics for the planning and operation of wind power integration systems.


A new scheme is proposed to use transitive closure graph (TCG) to explore the full symmetry solution space in analog layout design. We define a set of TCG symmetric-feasible conditions and show that it is extremely useful in reducing the solution space. A method is presented for generating random symmetric-feasible TCGs in O(n) time preserving the TCG closure property. Experimental results have confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed symmetry-aware TCG placement algorithm.


great interest the study by 1 which the study results have demonstrated patients presenting in colon polyp have low levels of serum 25-OH vitamin D, demonstrating an inverse relation between serum 25-OH vitamin D level and colon polyps, supporting the con-clusion, which vitamin D has a pro- tective effect for colorectal adenoma.


Objective: To assess the dietary intake of pregnant women attended in Basic Health Units of Picos-Piauí. Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 72 pregnant women. Sociodemographic and lifestyle data was collected, plus information on dietary intake from three 24-hour food recalls. The prevalence of inadequacy for carbohydrate, calcium, iron, A, C, E vitamins, and folate were calculated based on their respective estimated average requirements (EAR), while the adequacy of habitual energy intake relative to usual energy expenditure was estimated indirectly by body mass index (BMI). Results: It was found that 86.1% of the pregnant women had a per capita income lower than one minimum wage, 4.2% were smokers and 11.1% used alcohol during pregnancy. As regards consumption, carbohydrates and vitamin C had inadequacy prevalence lower than 2%, while vitamin A ranged from 30 to 50%. Calcium, iron, folate, and vitamin E had inadequacy prevalence higher than 98%. Considering that 38.9% of the pregnant women were overweight and 4.2%, underweight, it is assumed that the prevalence of energy intake inadequacy is high. Conclusion: There was a high inadequacy prevalence in the micronutrients calcium, iron, folate, and vitamin E intake in pregnant women, as well as high inadequacy of energy consumption – a disturbing situation, since it can trigger adverse consequences for the mother-baby binomial. prevalencia del consumo inadecuado de energía. Conclusión: Hubo elevada prevalencia de inadecuación del consumo de los micronutrientes calcio, hierro, ácido fólico y vitamina E en las embarazadas además de la inadecuación del consumo energético – situación preocupante ya que puede desencadenar consecuencias adversas para el binomio madre-hijo.


Future satellite communication systems proposed use geosynchronous (GEO) satellites, medium earth orbit (MEO), and low earth orbit (LEO) constellations with fast packet switching and quali ty of service (QoS) provisioning. In this paper, we present broadband GEO, MEO and LEO satellite network QoS models and simulated performance results. This paper proposes a new method of bandwidth allocation during congestion, called the proportional allocation of bandwidth (PAB). Traditionally, under congestion bandwidth has been allocated using max-min fairness. PAB considers the situation where the subscribed information rate varies from one flow to another, based on their origin. In PAB, during congestion all flows get a share of available bandwidth, which is in proportion to their subscribed information rate. We suggest a method for implementing this without signaling and without storing per-flow state, based on the principles of differentiated services – diffserv. We show by simulation that it is possible to obtain proportional bandwidth allocation without per-flow state storing and signaling.


Recently, it has been shown that intrathecal injection of norepinephrine and the mixed A1/A2 adenosine agonist 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA) interact in a supra-additive manner to produce antinociception. The present studies were designed to determine whether alpha 1 or alpha 2 noradrenergic receptors are involved in producing the antinociception induced by NECA and norepinephrine. The results indicated that intrathecal injection of NECA (0.97-4.9 nmol), the alpha 2 noradrenergic agonist clonidine (3.8-375 nmol), or the alpha 1 agonist phenylephrine (4.9-73.4 nmol) produced dose-dependent antinociception in rats. Furthermore, intrathecal injection of subeffective doses of NECA and clonidine interacted supra-additively to produce potent antinociception. In contrast, no supra-additive interaction was observed between NECA and phenylephrine. The supra-additive interaction of NECA and clonidine did not appear to result from alterations in cardiovascular tone because changes in blood pressure and nociceptive thresholds were not correlated in time. These results suggest that the noradrenergic component of the supra-additive interaction between adenosine A2 receptor agonists and noradrenergic agonists is mediated by alpha 2 noradrenergic receptors.


One of the major challenges of paralleling inverters are the circulating currents and the output current distribution along the units. This affects the overall efficiency of the circuit and furthermore, the ratings of a given inverter might be exceeded. Besides these difficulties comes the case where an unbalanced grid voltage or impedance influences the output current quality. Unbalanced and distorted output current is a serious power quality problem. This paper describes a possibility of reducing unbalance by changing the operating parameters. A proposed method based on the average phase-leg technique is developed to choose the appropriate sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) parameters. The analytical solution is obtained independently of the number of inverters to be connected in parallel. This will improve greatly the quality of the three-phase output current of the n parallel-connected inverters.


This essay is an attempt to examine the active interaction of history and memory, in formulation of a diasporic authentic picture of past, in Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001). Amongst discursive disciplines, memory and history perform vitally, in picturing past; both attempt to reproduce events, by emblematic narrative acts. However, their erratic quality endorses the existence of counter- stories that endangers displaying a homogeneous past. Among miscellaneous categories of memories, autobiographical memory asserts to obtain an authentic presentation, but as any other forms of accounts, it exhibits an imprecise fictional image. This psychological alleviation ensures the future mental integrity of trauma victims. In memory narratives, the contingent temperament of power network and continual formulation of resisting frameworks might be explored. Tan's diasporic assertion of authenticity, as a migrant writer, amalgamated with employment of fantasy is to obtain a shared diasporic identity, among her characters, although personal accounts of characters undergo an extensive amount of contingency. The newly forged identity is collective in nature and defies the geographical and temporal borders and grants a humane picture rather than a diasporic one; an identity that is established to venerate the cardinal role of personal memory, in endowing legitimate truth.


The presented work focuses on utilising machine learning techniques to accurately estimate accurate values for known and unknown parameters of the PVLIB model for solar cells and photovoltaic modules.Finding accurate model parameters of circuits for photovoltaic (PV) cells is important for a variety of tasks. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm was employed, which outperformed other metaheuristic and machine learning algorithms in terms of computational efficiency. To validate the consistency of the data and output, the results were compared against other machine learning algorithms based on irradiance and temperature. A Bland Altman test was conducted that resulted in more than 95 percent accuracy rate. Upon validation, the ANN algorithm was utilised to estimate the parameters and their respective values.


I review some results on the galaxy/light-mass connection obtained by dissipationless simulations in combination with a simple, non-parametric model to connect halo circular velocity to the luminosity of the galaxy they would host. I focus on the galaxy-mass correlation and mass-to-light ratios obtained from galaxy up to cluster scales. The predictions of this simple scheme are shown to be in very good agreement with SDSS observations.


Wettability alteration mechanism is still believed to be the main contributor to low salinity water injection (LSWI) effect on oil recovery from carbonate rocks. The authors investigated the main mechanism and contributor to the LSWI effect on oil recovery from carbonate rocks through history matching recently published corefloods using the UTCHEM simulator. The history match results suggest that wettability alteration has negligible effect on water relative permeability, which could be related to the double electric layer expansion mechanism. This paper provides a basis to develop a LSWI model to predict oil recovery from carbonate rocks.


Solving planning problems via translation to satisfiability (SAT) is one of the most successful approaches to automated planning. We propose a new encoding scheme which encodes a planning problem represented in the SAS+ formalism using a relaxed Exist-Step semantics of parallel actions. The encoding by design allows more actions to be put inside one parallel step than other encodings and thus a planning problem can be solved with fewer SAT solver calls. The experiments confirm this property. In several non-trivial cases the entire plans fit inside only one parallel step. In our experiments we also compared our encoding with other state-of-the-art encodings such as SASE and Rintanen's Exist-Step encoding using standard IPC benchmark domains. Our encoding can outperform both these encodings in the number of solved problems within a given limit as well as in the number of SAT solver calls needed to find a plan.


Parasite studies were conducted during a field test of two Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner formulations (Thuricide 32LV and San-415), each applied at two dosages (20 and 30 billion international units per hectare) against western spruce bud worm (WSBW), Choristoneura Occidentalis Freeman, to determine possible adverse effects of B. thuringiensis on WSBW natural enemies. Microscopic examination showed that three parasite species contained B. thuringiensis: Glypta fumiferanae (Viereck), Apanteles fumiferanae Viereck, and Phytodietus fumiferanae Rohwer. Occurrence of parasites infected or contaminated with B. thuringiensis was extremely low and did not seem to be related to any of the treatment applications. In rearings of almost 12,000 WSBW larvae, neither percentage of parasitism nor species distribution of parasites differed significantly between control and B. thuringiensis -treated plots throughout the sample period. The parasites attacking preoverwintering WSBW larvae, G. fumiferanae and A. fumiferanae , were the most abundant species collected.


We propose an algorithmic technique for accelerating maximum likelihood (ML) algorithm for image reconstruction in fluorescence microscopy. This is made possible by integrating Biggs–Andrews (BA) method with ML approach. The results on widefield, confocal, and super‐resolution 4Pi microscopy reveal substantial improvement in the speed of 3D image reconstruction (the number of iterations has reduced by approximately one‐half). Moreover, the quality of reconstruction obtained using accelerated ML closely resembles with nonaccelerated ML method. The proposed technique is a step closer to realize real‐time reconstruction in 3D fluorescence microscopy. Microsc. Res. Tech. 78:331–335, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between loneliness in elderly people with the use of psychotropic drugs.


The predictions in levels from non-linear models are biased whenever the regressand is transformed, i.e. E(Yλ)≠[E(Y)]λ . An approximation is provided for the log-transformation bias case, and it is demonstrated how this may be incorporated into the dummy variable modelling strategy for preparing predictions. The transformation bias that exists in predictions involving other non-linear regressand models cannot be handled analytically because a general solution for that bias does not exist. The bootstrap procedure provides non-parametric estimates of predictions and prediction standard errors that are combined with the dummy variable technique of preparing predictions.


In this study, the effect of anodizing voltage on the current density versus time transient, oxide mass and the current efficiency of anodizing of aluminium manganese alloy was reported. It was found that the anodizing voltage facilitated the pore nucleation process and increased the steady state current density. However, when the anodizing voltage is 70V, dielectric breakdown occurred. The current density versus time transient for anodizing conducted at 30 to 60 V were typical while the shape was unusual for anodizing conducted at 70 V. The rate of oxide growth increased as a function of anodizing voltage. The current efficiency of anodizing increased as the anodizing increased from 30V to 70V.


It is shown that a voltage‐biased semiconductor superlattice structure can serve simultaneously as a tunable electron‐wave interference filter and electron emitter. A systematic design procedure for selecting the quantum well and barrier widths to be alternately high and low electron refractive indices and a quarter (or a half) of an electron wavelength in thickness is developed. A practical narrow‐band filter/emitter consisting of layers of Ga1−xAlxAs and designed to emit 0.20‐eV electrons is presented and analyzed. Such a structure would serve well as a tunable hot‐electron emitter in ballistic transistors, and in future guided electron‐wave integrated circuits.


Parts I and II discuss the regulation of advisers and brokers in the United States through first a historical and then a functional prism. Part III illustrates these two approaches by looking at one particular rule regulating investment advisers — the performance fee rule — which challenges the assumptions I am making about the regulation of advisers and brokers. Part IV discusses recent regulatory initiatives at the SEC in light of these two approaches. II. LOOKING BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES MODELS OF SECURITIES REGULATION IN


The resident bottlenose dolphin community at Dolphin Bay in Bocas del Toro sustains the largest dolphin watching (DW) industry in Panama. Our previous work shows that dolphins significantly respond to DW boat presence by modifying their whistle frequency and duration particularly when engaged in foraging activities. The usual assumption is that the noise associated with the DW boats is responsible for the change in whistle parameters. In this study we evaluate the effect of noise levels on whistles acoustic structure by analyzing recordings obtained in 2007, 2008 and 2012 under various boat interactions. We measured ambient noise levels (RMS values, 100Hz to 48kHz) for each of these recordings and for each whistle within those recordings we measured a number of standard frequency variables and duration. Noise levels increased with boat presence; however, there was also significant variation among years. After adjusting the level of significance for multiple comparisons to α= 0.006, our results indicate that 8% of the variation in whistles minimum frequency is explained by the interaction between noise levels and year. In contrast, 16%, 22%, and 11% of the variation in whistle ending frequency, peak frequency, and duration was explained by year, respectively. In agreement with recent studies these results indicate that while annual variations in noise levels can significantly affect dolphin communication, dolphins show great plasticity in coping with these changes. Furthermore, it is important to highlight that changes in noise levels only explained a small percent of the variation observed in dolphin whistle structure suggesting that other cues (e.g., mode of approach) and other sensory modalities (e.g., vision) associated with these boat-dolphin interactions may be more important contributors to changing dolphin acoustic behavior.


Information and standards overload are part of the current business environment. The ability to effectively retrieve required information would help to lessen these problems. This paper reports the results of an initial study that used the FASB Statements of Standards to determine the feasibility of using statistical methods to automatically group related accounting concepts together. Starting with the frequencies of words in documents, Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) and agglomerative clustering were used to derive clusters of accounting concepts. Results showed the formation of several meaningful clusters. By using this method to automatically develop an accounting thesaurus the problem of access to standards due to the diversity of vocabulary could be alleviated.


It seems to me that an attempt to answer these questions is the first step toward understanding the religious dimension of Margaret Laurence's work. When this has been done it will be easier, I believe, to situate the other religious elements critics fmd in her novels. 3 In this article, therefore, I have opted for a narrow focus which concentrates on the narrative passages which deal explicitly with God and church. I have purposely left aside the analysis of her use of biblical metaphors and many other elements which are essential to a full understanding of her religious view of life. 4


In the present investigation, zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO-NR) were synthesized via the hydrothermal method using ZnCl2 as a zinc ion precursor in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. Synthesized ZnO-NR was featured using advanced techniques including XRD, PL, SEM, and UV-visible spectroscopy. The role of these assynthesized ZnO-NR was evaluated for the sequestration of lead ions in batch mode. The elimination of lead ions was achieved at pH 6-7 using a 0.06 g adsorbent dose, 25 min contact time, 25 mg/L initial lead ion concentration, 323 K temperature, and 200 rpm agitation speed. A thermodynamic study revealed the endothermic nature of lead ion sequestration onto ZnO-NR. The lead ion sequestration followed kinetic (pseudo-second-order) and isotherm (Langmuir) models. The lead ions were eliminated up to 142 mg/g at the optimum level of affecting variables. The ZnO-NR might be a potential adsorbent for lead ion removal from industrial effluents.


The dehydrogenation of tetralin over Ni-Mo/A1_2O_3,Fe_2O_3/Al_2O_3,Fe_2O_3 and FeS_2 has been shown in this investigation to be a typical consecutive reversible reaction,with a small amount of 1,2-dihydronaph- thalene as an intermediate.On the less active catalyst Fe_2O_3,a few percent of 1,4-dihydronaphthalene(DHN) is also formed—the more active the catalyst,the lower the concentration of DHN.The rate of dehydrogena- tion rises with an increase of the partial pressure of tetralin,and declines with an increase of the partial pressure of hydrogen.It was observed that DHN is much more active than tetralin and naphthalene,and in the presence of a catalyst,it can be converted rapidly into naphthalene and tetralin.The fact that hydrogen can accelerate the hydrogenation of DHN is thought to be the main reason for its inhibiting the dehydroge- nation of tetralin.In the presence of a catalyst,1,4-DHN it unstable and can be isomerized into 1,2-DHN very fast.These different catalysts have almost the same order of activities for dehydrogenation of tetralin, conversion of DHN and hydrogenation of naphthalene.On the hypothesis that the reaction is a consecutive one on the catalyst surface and that the adsorbed DHN is a very active intermediate,a reaction model has been deduced.The equilibrium constants of adsorption and the rate constants of the catalytic reaction were calculated.The curves so calculated fit the experimental data very well,thus showing the validity of this model.Certain experimental results were explained in the light of this model and the related parameters.


Like many immature and fledgling democracies Israel has suffered from the same disease which causes instability, inefficiency, maladministration, corruption, bribery, extortion and anarchy. However, unlike other countries, Israel has invented its own medication to cure the ills of its democratic system. This unprecedented "magic remedy" provided Israel with the distinction of being the first democracy to a have direct election for its prime minister. This study is dedicated to the examination of this "untested remedy" and its side-effects. The primary aim over the course of this paper will be to denote the implications of this reform upon the various aspects of Israeli politics. However, it should be noted that considering this reform merely as a change in the electoral system would be a great mistake. The direct elections have totally altered the form of government, party system, electoral campaigns, and the voting behaviours in the Jewish State. By allowing the split-ticket voting (i.e. the separate voting for prime minister and Knesset), the new system has contributed to the further fragmentation of Israeli party system and simultaneously strengthening the ethno-sectarian and single-issue parties at the expense of larger and ideological ones. In addition, while it has modified the traditional inter and intra-party politics and traditional coalition formation procedures, it also starkly exposed the absence of checks and balances within the system.


The crystal structures of three conformationally locked esters, namely the centrosymmetric tetrabenzoate of all-axial per-hydronaphthalene- 2,3,4a, 6,7,8a-hexaol, viz. trans-4a, 8a-dihydroxyperhydronaphthalene-2,3,6,7-tetrayl tetrabenzoate, C38H34O10, and the diacetate and dibenzoate of all-axial perhydronaphthalene-2,3,4a, 8a-tetraol, viz. (2R*,3R*,4aS*,8aS*)-4a, 8a-dihydroxyperhydronaphthalene-2,3-diyl diacetate, C-14-H22O6, and (2R*, 3R*, 4aS*, 8aS*)-4a, 8a-dihydroxyperhydronaphthalene- 2,3-diyl dibenzoate, C24H26O6, have been analyzed in order to examine the preference of their supramolecular assemblies towards competing inter-and intramolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds. It was anticipated that the supramolecular assembly of the esters under study would adopt two principal hydrogen-bonding modes, namely one that employs intermolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds (mode 1) and another that sacrifices those for intramolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and settles for a crystal packing dictated by weak intermolecular interactions alone (mode 2). Thus, while the molecular assembly of the two crystalline diacyl derivatives conformed to a combination of hydrogen-bonding modes 1 and 2, the crystal packing in the tetrabenzoate preferred to follow mode 2 exclusively.


This paper analyses the changes of local power structure in late Qing Dynasty. The changes are characterized by the following two aspects: The rise of Dadaohui power and the establishment of church authorities in villages. The rise of Dadaohui is merely the inherent form of the change in the traditional power structure, while the invasion of church authority damaged the local power structure thoroughly.


Many fields require computing the trace of the inverse of a large, sparse matrix. Since dense matrix methods are not practical, the typical method used for such computations is the Hutchinson method, which is a Monte Carlo (MC) averaging over matrix quadratures. To improve its slow convergence, several variance reduction techniques have been proposed. In this paper, we study the effects of deflating the near null singular value space. We make two main contributions: one theoretical, and one by engineering a solution to a real-world application. First, we analyze the variance of the Hutchinson method as a function of the deflated singular values and vectors. By assuming additionally that the singular vectors are random unitary matrices, we arrive at concise formulas for the deflated variance that include only the variance and the mean of the singular values. In this case, we make the remarkable observation that deflation may increase variance for Hermitian matrices but not for non-Hermitian ones. The theor...


Acid etching of boiling furnace heat recovery boilers in the safe operation is of a great danger,In order to effectively prevent the occurrence of acid corrosion,it is necessary to correctly calculate high temperature flue gas sulfuric acid(H2SO4)acid vapor dew point temperature,so as to determine the correct design of the heat recovery boiler pressure and operating pressure.At the same time,it could strengthen management operations and take various prentive measures to ensure the boiling furnace to operate effectively and safely in the run.


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Emergency fan with automatic speed regulation is a device that works based on human existence in the room. If PIR sensor detects the activity in the room the fan will turn on. The device is also equipped with LM35 temperature sensor so the rotation speed of the fan automatically works according to the room temperature is read on the sensor. If the LDR sensor detects light then the light will turn on and its light intensity can be set by using the android phone. When the temperature in the room between 28C-30C, the fan will rotate at low speed. If the temperature in the room between 31c-33c, the fan will rotate at medium speed. If the temperature in the room between 34C-36C, the fan will rotate at high speed. This device also has a power storage that can be used during power outages.


An actuator is one of the most important key elements of robots. Lightweight, compact, powerful, efficient and well-controllable actuators are essential for all kinds of robots. In addition, new actuators have a great potential for new robot applications. Examples are (1) micro actuators realizing inspection robots/invasive medical robots/micro flights/cell handling manipulators, (2) nano-positioning actuators realizing probe microscopes/atom-handling tools, (3) MEMS actuators realizing various kinds of robot sensors, (4) soft artificial muscles realizing human-support robots/bio-mimetic robots, (5) power actuators realizing rescue robots/construction robots and (6) actuators in ultimate environments realizing robots in nuclear plants/medical robots in MRI/space robots, etc. We are happy to release two Special Issues of Advanced Robotics on New Actuators for Robot Systems. They contain 13 selected papers presenting state-of-the-art actuators and their applications. Seven papers appear in this issue and the other six papers will be in Vol. 24, No. 14, which will be published later this year. The first three papers on this issue present new actuators based on new driving principles. "Driving Characteristics of Surface Acoustic Wave Motor using a FlatPlane Slider" by Sakano et al., presents a new type of SAW motor, which achieves very high output force and high speed. "Translatory and Bending Micro Magnetostrictive Actuator using Iron-Gallium Alloys (Galfenol): a New Actuation Approach for Microrobots" by Ueno et al., presents micro actuators based on a new solid material. "DC-Operated Electrostatic Impact Drive Actuator" by Yamamoto et al., presents a new actuator driven by electromagnetic impact drive mechanism. The next two papers deal with the fabrication of actuators. "Fabrication of Microcoils with Narrow and High Aspect Ratio Coil Line" by Noda et al., shows a micro fabrication based on LIGA and MEMS processes, resulting in micro coil lines with high aspect ratio. "Printing Fabrication of a Bucky Gel Actuator/Sensor and its Application to Three-Dimensional Patterned Devices" by Kamamichi et al., presents a new electro-active polymer actuator/sensor fabricated thorough a layer-by-layer printing casting, which realizes complicated shapes and 3D electrode patterns. The last two papers on this issue are on applications. "Development of a Compact Magnetorheological Fluid Clutch for Human-Friendly Actuator" by Kikuchi et al., presents an actuator with a Compact Magnetorheological fluid clutch,


Wireless sensor networks consists of thousands of tiny, low cost, low power and multifunctional sensor nodes where each sensor node has very low battery life. Main goal is to conserve the transmitted energy from various sensor nodes. Various energy efficient algorithms have been designed for this. LEACH uses distributed cluster formation & randomized rotation of the cluster head to minimize the network energy consumption. Our paper propose an algorithm which is the enhancement of existing improved and balanced LEACH. It reduces the energy consumption by using various energy bank acts as saving or energy nodes. This energy bank stores the energy after each round in both routing and clustering phase which overall increases the life time of the network. In this approach, enhancement of IB-LEACH is done and results are compared through MATLA. Thsese results shows that enhanced IB-LEACH provide better approach than existing ones.


After the general introductions, the first substantive part of this volume (Part II) provides concise research-based discussions of policies developed in recognition of the important role played by the pathways along which city-regions have travelled. Our research has shown that it is highly important to consider the wide variety of these pathways. Cities and their regions are likely to benefit from policies that build upon the knowledge and possible advantages of city-regions' historical pathways. Chapter 3 introduces Part II.


The pre-qin period all have strong holy king complex,and the reason is not same.To lao-zhuang terms,looking forward to the mohist school.The reason has 3: First is the unique Taoist happiness.And to establish in pursuit of the real happiness on the basis of the human quality concerns.Secondly is that old myths of the influence of traditional,finally,China JiaTianXia mode the divinity of the unity of the royal is also important reasons.


Flux Bar Residue and DiCalcium Silicate are dolomitic industrial by-products produced by Northwest Alloys in mining magnesium from dolomite. These by-products were tested on acidic-metalliferous mine wastes to evaluate their effectiveness as alternative liming amendments. A series of pressure cell tests and a greenhouse study were conducted using the by-products to amend Lehigh Coal Waste and/or Opportunity Tailings. Pressure cell leachates were analyzed to determine reduction in soluble metals, arsenic and salts in amended mine wastes compared to unamended wastes. Release o f chloride and nitrogen in leachates from the by-products was monitored. Greenhouse trials evaluated plant growth in tailings amended with the by-products compared to controls. Flux Bar Residue and DiCalcium Silicate were effective in reducing soluble metals and arsenic in acidic-metalliferous mine wastes. DiCalcium Silicate reduced soluble salts, but Flux Bar Residue did not. Flux Bar Residue released significant chloride into leachates in excess o f water quality standards. Downward migration of chloride released by Flux Bar Residue can be minimized by using Flux Bar Residue in combination with another amendment or by amending the upper portion of a waste with Flux Bar Residue and the lower portion with another amendment. Neither Flux Bar Residue nor DiCalcium Silicate contributed significant soluble nitrogen species into leachates. No germination occurred in Flux Bar Residue amended tailings due to its chloride content. Germination and growth did occur in DiCalcium Silicate amended tailings, but growth was very poor compared to tailings amended with traditional lime products. Flux Bar Residue and DiCalcium Silicate are recommended for use in repositories or other non-vegetative scenarios to treat acidicmetalliferous mine wastes.


Although steel is a relatively expensive material, careful investigation into the optimum rolled section for different loadings and duty cycles has produced a range of sleepers which are competitive with wood and concrete, bearing in mind the long life and high scrap value. Trials with 2500 heavy-duty steel sleepers on the Mount Newman iron ore line with 30-tonne axleloads have proved successful; two other types for main and secondary lines have been developed. One-piece polyethylene pads insulate the rail from sleeper and fastenings to permit the use of track circuits.


Component-Based Architectures and Change.- Data Encapsulation in Software Components.- Binary Change Set Composition.- Automated and Unanticipated Flexible Component Substitution.- Dynamic Adaptation of Aspect-Oriented Components.- Component Based Game Development - A Solution to Escalating Costs and Expanding Deadlines?.- Quality of Service, Runtime Verification and Monitoring.- Performance Assessment for e-Government Services: An Experience Report.- An Approach for QoS Contract Negotiation in Distributed Component-Based Software.- A Study of Execution Environments for Software Components.- Monitoring Architectural Properties in Dynamic Component-Based Systems.- Extra-Functional Properties and Compositional Reasoning.- A Modeling Approach to Analyze the Impact of Error Propagation on Reliability of Component-Based Systems.- Performance-Driven Interface Contract Enforcement for Scientific Components.- Integration of Time Issues into Component-Based Applications.- Slicing of Component Behavior Specification with Respect to Their Composition.- An Execution-Level Component Composition Model Based on Component Testing Information.- Web Services, Late Composition and Verification.- Capturing Web Services Provider Constraints - An Algorithmic Approach.- Soya: A Programming Model and Runtime Environment for Component Composition Using SSDL.- Experience with Safe Dynamic Reconfigurations in Component-Based Embedded Systems.- A Framework for Contract-Based Collaborative Verification and Validation of Web Services.- Towards Composing Software Components in Both Design and Deployment Phases.


The results of a study of the complex permittivity and electromagnetic response from polymer composite materials obtained by additive technology from 3D printing filaments containing various carbon fillers are presented. New radio filaments for 3D printing with MWCNTs have been created. Investigated PLA-Conductive plastics may be used to create a shielding coating or narrowband absorbers for microwave range.


State Machines—A Method for High-Level System Design and Analysis. Springer-Verlag (2003). ISBN 3-54000702-4. EUR49.95/$59.95/£35.00. 438 pp. Hardbound. The aim of this book is to propose a rigorous method for the design and analysis of large software systems. The method proposed by the authors is based on the notion of Abstract State Machine (ASM), which is a further development of the notion of 'evolving algebra' first introduced by Gurevich. The peculiarity of the notion of ASM, with respect to other specification languages, is in some sense its 'genericity', which gives the user the freedom of designing a machine with the level of detail suitable for the specific problem needing to be solved. An ASM is based on an abstract notion of state, which is simply a mathematical structure, and it consists in a finite set of (guarded) transition rules. A run of an ASM is a (finite or infinite) sequence of states S1, . . . , Si, . . . such that S0 is an initial state andSi+1 is obtained fromSi by applying, in parallel, all the transition rules that are allowed in Si . The design method uses the ASM notion for defining a ground modelof the situation to be modelled, to which appropriaterefinement steps can be applied in order to obtain the desired system. The notion of ASM is described formally in a mathematical setting, and its semantics is given operationally by means of a set of logical rules modelling the step by steprun of the machine. The design method is described by examples, starting from very simple situations, such as the control of a lift, to difficult easy case studies such as the design of a microprocessor or a robot controller. The book is written in a very efficient didactic way, since at first only the very basic ingredients of ASM are presented, and then more refined features are introduced stepwise, together with specific examples where necessary. So compositional techniques are introduced, allowing the use of ASM as structured programming language and moreover a notion of multi-agent ASM is defined, in both synchronous and asynchronous versions. An entire chapter is dedicated to convince the reader of the 'universality' of the ASM, first stated in a precise way by Gurevich in his thesis, stating that 'every sequential algorithm can be step by step simulated by an appropriate sequential ASM'. The thesis is supported by examples, describing some well-known computational models, such as Turing machines, with an ASM. The thesis is not surprising, due to the total genericity of the ASM definition. The author declares that the book aims 'to combine the features of a handbook and of a textbook and thus addresses the needs of hardware or software systems engineers . . .and researchers as well to students'. Clearly the aim to conquer such a very big audience had strongly influenced the authors: in fact the used approach gives the impression of a compromise between a completely mathematical treatment, The Computer Journal, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2004


Massachusetts' History and Social Science Curriculum Framework emphatically describes history and social science as a core academic subject at the elementary school level, devoting a separate section to its study in primary grades. It carries out a provision of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act for standards-based improvement, calling for more substantive study in elementary schools. The Framework's appearance should result in serious new attention being given an area of school study that, as social studies, has had little or no demonstrable academic effect and has left students largely indifferent. But teachers and schools charged with bringing existing elementary curricula into alignment with the Framework's Core Knowledge requirements in history and social science may face both a departure from what is currently done and an encounter with unfamiliar subject matter and resources. "What's a teacher to do?" The author addresses curriculum and course design by organizing some chief considerations of elementary history and social science study into a three-step plan for implementation that discusses the selection and organization of topics for elementary study, their classroom presentation, and the resources available to support the alignment effort.


Dad excelled at his craft and was the natural choice for promotion to supervisor of the machine shop when the incumbent retired. But the company told him it just wouldn't "look right" to have a person with only an 8th-grade education.


This work has shown for the first time that the matched parameter spreads for MOSFETs with and without self-aligned source/drain contacts are identical. From these observations it can be concluded that source/drain series resistance variations do not contribute significantly to MOS transistor mismatch. An example has been given which shows how to apply matching data to circuits. A similar circuit mismatch methodology could be used to analyse yield problems in clock systems of fast digital logic.


k-e two equation model which describes turbulent movement was used to simulate and calculate the flow field and concentration field distribution in effect of two different kinds of wind direction at the crossroad in a city with road as line pollutants source. In program I,airflow will form obvious vortexes behind the building when airflow circle around a building and pollutants will easily get together. High concentration zone is located where outside between two buildings and up to 2.9440μg/m3. In program II,airflow will not form obvious vortexes because of relation between buildings location and wind direction. Wind speed that is located about buildings rear leeward and between buildings underside is lower,so where is favor to form high concentration zone. High concentration zone is located where underside between two buildings and up to 2.6402μg/m3. The program II is obviously favorable for pervasion of pollutants. When wind into buildings at the direction of slant,the effect of turbulence is decreased and effect of transference is increased,which is favorable to pervasion of pollutants. The exterior windward shape of buildings near patrol will improve the effect of wind to pollutants pervasion and upgrade quality of atmospheric environment around the buildings.


During quality controlling of asphalt concrete pavement construction,quality degree or conclusion of qualified or not through testing technology index are determined.Sampling method of tests influences quality conclusion directly.According to sample theory and quality control characteristics of asphalt pavemen,sampling methods of key index such as compactness,gradation,thickness are analyzed.The conclusion is benefit for construction quality controlling and revising the technical specification.


5-Oxopiperazine-2-carboxamides and respective carboxylic acids (obtained by the Castagnoli-Cushman reaction of protected iminodiacetic anhydride) were converted into cis- and trans-configured bicyclic piperazines containing two stereogenic centers. The latter are not only well-established mimetics of peptide β-turn but also attractive, high-Fsp3 cores for drug design in general. The methodology was applied to the preparation of ring-expanded version of bicyclic piperazines not described in the literature.


The unused millimeter-wave (mm-wave) spectrum offers a superb opportunity to increase mobile broadband capacity, this is due to the enormous amount of available raw bandwidth. The need for studying the millimeter band frequency becomes a critical issue nowadays to adequate with 5G requirement. This paper presents the outcome of indoor measurement campaigns for cellular systems at 40 GHz for line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) scenarios. To effectively evaluate the performance of 5G wireless systems in this band, the path loss (PL) models are investigated for this environment. In this paper, single frequency path loss models are presented using the close-in free space reference distance (CI) model and the floating intercept (FI) model. Moreover, the two-ray model is investigated for this band using the same measurement parameters and it is compared with the measurement data. The results find that the path loss exponent (PLE) for CI model and slop line for FI model are identical for LOS and NLOS scenarios. The PLE is 1.8 for LOS scenario and 2.9 for NLOS scenario. The results show that both CI and FI models are most suitable for indoor large-scale path loss modeling for 5G system at 40 GHz in such environment.


This article will outline the role of the physiotherapy assistant practitioner (AP) in respiratory care, specifically treating patients following cardiothoracic surgery. It is an innovative new role for both the Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the physiotherapy profession, with few pre-existing posts in this field. The role is relevant to other disciplines, as the key features can be transferred into nursing and other therapies. This article will provide a greater understanding of the scope the AP role can fulfil.


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In an earlier paper in this journal, Andnevskii [l] studied the following question. Let G and G be two disjoint domains "touching" at z = 0.let f(z) − z in G + and f(z)in G− . What is the error En of approximation of f by polynomials of degree ≦ n in G+ U G− ? We give a less technical and more constructive approach to this problem and generalize it to f(z) = z∞ in G− and f(z) = (−z)∞ in G− , and we admit more general types of touching domains.


Photosystem II (PSII) is a large membrane protein complex performing primary charge separation in oxygenic photosynthesis. The biogenesis of PSII is a complicated process that involves a coordinated linking of assembly modules in a precise order. Each such module consists of one large chlorophyll-binding protein, number of small membrane polypeptides, pigments and other cofactors. We isolated the CP47 antenna module from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and found that it contains a 11 kDa protein encoded by the ssl2148 gene. This protein was named Psb35 and its presence in the CP47 module was confirmed by the isolation of FLAG-tagged version of Psb35. Using this pulldown assay we showed that the Psb35 remains attached to CP47 after the integration of CP47 into PSII complexes. However, the isolated Psb35-PSIIs were enriched with auxiliary PSII assembly factors like Psb27, Psb28-1, Psb28-2 and RubA while they lacked the lumenal proteins stabilizing the PSII oxygen evolving complex. In addition, the Psb35 also co-purified with a large unique complex of CP47 and PSI trimer. Absence of Psb35 led to a lower accumulation and decreased stability of the CP47 antenna module and associated high-light-inducible proteins but did not change the growth rate of the cyanobacterium under variety of light regimes. Nevertheless, in comparison with WT the Psb35-less mutant showed an accelerated pigment bleaching during prolonged dark incubation. The results suggest an involvement of Psb35 in the life cycle of cyanobacterial chlorophyll-binding proteins, especially CP47.


As the asset belongs to relations reasons, among China's urban power grid planning and municipal planning, lack of coordination, to some extent, restricted the construction and development of the urban grid, thus constraining the urban social and economic development. According to the characteristics of network planning and urban planning, both the coordinated planning processed. Design a set of network planning and urban planning the coordinated development of comprehensive evaluation index system, the combination of G1 method, entropy method, layer by layer Scatter comprehensive evaluation model, and five typical city grid with the city and coordinated planning empirical analysis and evaluation, to prove the accuracy of the evaluation model The city grid and urban planning, coordination mechanisms and evaluation model for the coordinated planning of China's urban power grids to provide a scientific basis for decision making.


Abstract Modeling count variables is a common task in many application areas such as economics, social sciences, and medicine. The classical Poisson regression model for count data is often used and it is limited in these disciplines since count data sets typically exhibit overdispersion, so negative binomial regression can be used. We use a jackknifeafterbootstrap procedure to assess the error in the bootstrap estimated parameters. The method is illustrated through two real examples. The results suggest that the jackknifeafterbootstrap method provides a reliable alternative to traditional methods particularly in small to moderate samples.


Analysis of the effects of temperature fluctuations on residential energy expenditures is important to the future of the energy industry. While energy usage varies regionally and seasonally, the specificity of data available for this level of investigation is limited, particularly with respect to heating fuel consumption. This paper explores an approach to the disaggregation of heating fuel consumption from national monthly data and state yearly data to state monthly data via the development of a standardized computational method.


Using 2. Million hadronic Z 0 decays registered by the DELPHI detector in 1994 and 1995, the branching fraction of the D s meson decaying into has been measured:


Thermomechanical behaviour of the FCC↔HCP martensitic transformation in a Co-32wt%Ni single crystal was investigated. The measurement was carried out both by isothermal deformation testing and by heating and cooling under constant load. It was found that the alloy was capable of extensive tensile deformation. Under constant loads, FCC↔HCP martensitic transformation can be induced on cooling, whereas on heating the reverse transformation from HCP to FCC was induced. This is due to the multiplicity of the reverse transformation, which permits martensite to be further deformed in the direction of the external stress to austenite. This behaviour provides a unique case of a negative dependence of the critical transformation temperature on stress, in contrast to conventional thermal shape memory alloys.


Samburu pastoralists often express the belief that formal education may be an alternative route out of poverty for poor pastoralists. The roles of parental wealth, livestock inheritance, and education in household wealth and income are investigated for two communities. Parental wealth and primary education, but not amount of livestock inherited, are positively associated with household wealth. Educational attainment is not statistically significantly associated with income. While livestock inheritance does not translate directly into greater wealth, there are structural advantages to membership in a wealthier family. The trade-off between investments in inheritance and herd growth versus formal education is discussed.


Strawberry (Fragaria Sp.) is one of the fruit commodities that is very popular with the world population, including in Indonesia. Strawberry originates in the northern hemisphere, but today it can be found in almost all of Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Asia. Strawberry has high antioxidant activity because it contains qurecetin, ellagicacid, anthocyanin,
 This research used experimental laboratory research methods. Soap made by adding strawberry juice with olive oil. Strawberry juice made into liquid bath soap and examined include homogeneity test, pH test, foam power test, irritation test, and 0%, 3%, 6%, 9% hedonic test. Based on research conducted homogeneity test results are known the more juice enhancer the more intense the color produced from white to red turbid, to light brown, and the smell of strawberry soap quickly disappear.
 The test results of soap pH 8.7 9.0-10.3 and meet SNI 06-4085-1996, do not experience skin irritation, liquid bath soap formulation has a stable shape, color and odor does not change. The three formulations of homogeneous liquid bath soap. The liquid bath soap is 3% because the color is more attractive, and the results of the soap irritation test indicate that there are no signs of irritation on the skin that is most preferred by the panelists. It can be said that liquid bath soap formulation can be used as a liquid bath soap.
 The conclusion from the research of strawberry juice (Fragaria SP.) can be formulated in the form of liquid bath soap. Suggestions from researchers to formulate strawberry juice (Fragaria Sp.) In other dosage forms.

Keywords: Liquid Bath Soap, Strawberry Juice (Fragaria Sp.)


It is generally advisable to get a reasonably firm grasp of the past and present before attempting to achieve an approximate 'fix' on the future. Prognostications about the furture are always risky and especially so in reasonably unpredictable fields like science and technology, which can be demonstrated to have been congenitally immune to accurate predictions throughout history. Scientific and technological break-throughs have often, in the past, produced unanticipated changes, and they have frequently led to the solution of heretofore unresolvable problems. History gives us instances of communities which have taken advantage remarkably quickly of advances in science and technology, but it also shows us instances of societies which for one reason or another failed to adapt. And one might add that while some scientific and technological innovations take on global relevance, others have remained specific and have been circumscribed by time and place.


Capillary discharges are used in laser plasma accelerators for providing the plasma medium that both forms the wakefield and guides the laser beam. For the latter, the radial parabolic density profile within the capillary channel can maintain a constant laser focus size along the capillary provided the proper conditions are satisfied between the laser beam waist size, channel diameter, and on-axis plasma density. This is referred to as matched guiding, but achieving this has been elusive and, instead, nonlinear self-focusing is typically utilized to achieve the required laser spot size. The Density-Customized Capillary (DC2) Discharge being developed is designed to enable true matched guiding without relying on nonlinear focusing. Furthermore, the goal is to accomplish this at the relatively low plasma densities needed by experiments, such as for the BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) program. Our scheme also permits tapering the on-axis density along the capillary while maintaining the same matched spot size. Preliminary experimental results on the DC2 Discharge will be presented as well as demonstration of scaling to 1-meter-long capillary lengths.


The medium 40 of liquid to Norijo on the coating surface a device 10 for intermittently applying, it is possible to switch between an open state and a closed state, it is intended to discharge the medium 40 on the application surface a coating valve 19 are provided with a positive displacement feed pump 18 for metering a quantity of the medium 40 to be sent to the application valve 19, a driving unit 51 for operating the displacement delivery pump 18, apparatus, shown specifically described It is. Wherein, the apparatus 10 is periodically in each case, to have an electronic controller 30 to operate in dependence of the driving unit 51 and the coating valve 19 to each other.


systematic studies of labour problems and industrial relations in Commonwealth West Africa, contributes much to the understanding of them. The work begins with a brief survey of the place of wage labour in West African economic development, some of the features of social change associated with the growth in employment, and the characteristics of West African economic enterprise, the workers and their social environment. The main themes are trade unionism and industrial relations: the history of employment conditions and of industrial relations, the problems of wage policy and of labour supply and efficiency, the difficulties of trade union organization, the structure of the trade union movement, the machinery of industrial relations, and the relations of the trade unions to the State and to political parties. The descriptive and historical sections are based largely on researches into official reports and into early Gold Coast newspapers; and, although the author makes no claim that the material is at all complete, a useful sketch is given of employment conditions, of the labour movement, and of labour policy, in Ghana. For Nigeria and Sierra Leone the historical sections are rather less satisfactory and less well balanced, and there is perhaps too little comparison between the experiences of the different countries. The unwary reader is likely to accept some of the illustrations which are given from Ghanaian experience as being applicable to West Africa as a whole, which as a rule they are not.


The influence of an isolate of Penicillium frequentans and two of its antibiotics on the mycelium of Monilinia laxa in culture has been studied using light and electron microscopy. Penicillium frequentans and antibiotic B induced the development of continuous stromata in cultures. Stroma production in colonies exposed to antibiotic A is rhythmic, with alternating zones of normal development of the mycelium. Abundant pycnidium-like structures, within which microconidia of M. laxa were formed, were produced on the induced stromata of cultures exposed to Penicillium and antibiotic A. The presence of melanin-like pigments in normal and induced stromata of M. laxa was also demonstrated and quantified.


Abstract Little is known about the labour market impact of immigration to developing countries, because most immigration to developing countries is poorly measured. We use an unusual dataset from a campaign to register irregular migrants to study how immigration has affected wages, employment, and internal migration in Thailand. We allow for endogenous migration, whereby immigrants are disproportionately attracted to areas with higher wages. Our results suggest that immigration sufficient to increase Thailand's total labour force by one per cent would reduce Thai wages by approximately half a per cent. This effect is stronger than is generally found in developed countries. We find no evidence that immigration has reduced Thai employment rates or has affected internal migration by Thais.


Shelling is one of the primary technical challenges in intensive shrimp process,and the shrimp shelling machines used nowadays are often characterized by some disadvantages including low shelling rate,high crushed rate,and poor stability. A new unequal diameter twin roll shrimp shelling machine is developed based on principle of friction and extrusion. The new shelling machine consists of feeding,shelling,and shrimp- shelled and headed separating mechanisms. The trials showed that the shrimp sheller effectively made a continuous operation of "feeding—shelling- free- head shelled shrimp separating"under given parameters.


The increase indicators physical fitness state for the time conducting the main studyshould be considered separately to obtain more complete information about the results of the study.Physical fitness in the classes for the selection of sports of the control and experimental groups ofstudents underwent certain changes depending on on the exercises used and methods of influencinglessons mobile games. Throughout total research, changes in the studied parameters in students of theexperimental and control groups had positive dynamics. The results of control tests, obtained on thebasis of a comparison of testing indicators at the beginning of the experimental study and at its finalstage, confirm a certain increase in the level of fulfillment of control standards for students' volleyballtechniques. Positive dynamics can be traced in the growth of the average score for the execution ofcontrol tests at the end of the study compared to its beginning.


Changes in photoluminescence intensities, energies, and band shapes as a function of temperature in the range 4.2–300 K lead to the identification of germanium as a 40 ± 2 meV deep acceptor in GaAs. Luminescence due to this acceptor quenches near 200 K in favor of a high‐energy band that grows out of the low‐temperature bound and free‐exciton structure. The origin of the 300 K luminescence is considered and it is attributed to band‐to‐band recombination.


This paper considers the educational implications of the recent emphasis on the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer (LGBTQ) people in Ireland. Operating from the perspective that discourses constitute rather than merely reflect material reality, thereby shaping or 'structuring' how we think about, and act, in relation to queer experience, the paper critically engages with discourses which position LGBTQ youth as universally at risk of mental health difficulties, including self-harm and suicidality. It also challenges the corresponding preoccupation with homophobic bullying as the primary lens through which queer experience is understood and addressed in schools, arguing that more space needs to be devoted to other, less harrowing narratives of LGBTQ experience and identity. It highlights some of the more problematic effects of LGBTQ mental health research which frame LGBTQ experience primarily in terms of vulnerability and victimhood and makes the case for a more expansive engagement with LGBTQ identities. The article illuminates the potential that after-queer scholarship holds for a re-imagining of queer youth, sexuality and gender within educational and social research, curriculum materials and educational institutions more generally and concludes with a consideration of specific knowledge and skills that educators should be equipped with in order to disrupt normative understandings of gender and sexuality.