ObjectiveTo comprehensively evaluate the quality of the communicable disease information reporting in Tianjin in 2018. MethodsInstitutional network operation, communicable disease reporting rate, card reporting timeliness, card review timeliness, card duplication reporting and completeness the patient's identity information in each district of Tianjin were analyzed by using an improved TOPSIS method. ResultsThe results of the comprehensive evaluation by using the improved TOPSIS method showed that the top three districts with high reporting quality were Hedong, Xiqing and Hongqiao, and the last three districts with low reporting quality were Hexi, Dongli and Jinghai. The comprehensive evaluation results indicated the quality of the reporting of each district, and the ranking of the reporting quality reflected actual situation. ConclusionComprehensively and scientifically evaluation of the quality of communicable disease information reporting in each district in Tianjin was conducted based on the indicators of the reporting quality in communicable disease reporting information system and in field investigation report of medical institution, and the related evaluation system and method provided a novel model for the comprehensive evaluation of the quality of communicable disease information reporting in China or in other provinces.


In this article the method of hardening the surface of aluminum alloy АМg6 by means of microarc oxidizing method is considered. Influence of various parameters of oxydizing, such as composition of electrolyte, electric mode and current form on mechanical characteristics of the received oxide-coated covering is shown. The analysis of results of experiments is carried out.


This article identifies and analyzes two types of television advertising dramas: classical and vignette. Drama criticism in theater, film and television is the source used to identify the elements of advertising dramas--narration, plot, story, and character--and to propose models of the two different types. The two models are employed in an empirical analysis of an advertising sample. Consumer effects of classical and vignette dramas are proposed in terms of the attribution theory of persuasion and the elicitation of empathy versus sympathy responses. Copyright 1994 by the University of Chicago.


Instrument and media in guidance and counseling services are tools used in helping a counselor or psychiatrist in resolving the problems faced by the students or individuals, until the students' problem or individuals can be resolved soon. Nowadays, the implementation of guidance and counseling services can be said that it has run in various level of education, such as: kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school. Although we can say that it has run, however the implementation has not been maximal yet. Because the implementation of guidance and counseling services have not been maximal yet, the researcher was interested in discussing about the use of instrument and media in guidance and counseling services, including the instruments used are based on analysis of data and the needs of the students.


Since the E.U. regulations on poultry welfare enforced egg producers to migrate from conventional husbandry systems toward the alternative ones, it was interesting to investigate certain chemical and nutritional parameters of the hen eggs produced in the new conditions. 500 Lohmann Brown hens, aged 21 weeks, were randomly allotted 250 in each of the two groups coded IC (improved cages system) and FR (free range system) and fed the same diet. The housing version became the experimental factor which differentiated the populations (800 cm 2 /hen in IC group, isolated hall and 9 hens/m 2 in FR + access to an outer paddock). 100 eggs/group were collected, yolks and albumens separated for sampling then re-mixed to assess whole egg traits. Standardized methods were used to analyze chemical composition, caloricity and cholesterol content, then ANOVA single factor served for statistical analysis. Yolk water content was almost similar for both groups, 56.92% vs. 57.01% (IC vs. FR). Main organic compounds of yolk were higher in the eggs laid by IC hens (proteins-13.44%, lipids 25.42%) compared to FR eggs (proteins-13.28%, lipids-25.39%). Therefore, caloricity was slightly lower in free-range originated yolks (330.18 kcal vs. 330.82 kcal per 100 g yolk), as well as the cholesterol level (lower in FR-918.66 mg/100g and slightly higher in IC-921.97 mg/100 g). Per whole edible egg of 60 g, caloricity was somehow identical in groups (between 105 and 106 Kcal) and cholesterol content reached 215.72 mg in IC eggs and 213.16 mg in FR eggs.


In order to verify that the design is correct,and reduce the error of principle design,Matlab software was used to simulate total machine. Firstly,the definition of the radio frequency identification( RFID) label and tape mathematical model was described; then,the photoelectric switch detection model and RFID testing model was deduced from the original label and tape model,and the difficulty was solved about how the servo system drive the tape,also choose door model and a FIFO data structure was defined; finally,the choose gate and FIFO data interrupt shift algorithm was simulated using STATEFLOW toolbox,the whole machine product process was simulated using Matlab for purpose. The results indicate that this tape mathematical model and whole mechanical process simulation technology are of great use in new process design in printing and packaging field.


BOT3P consists of a set of standard FORTRAN 77 language programs that gives the users of the deterministic transport codes DORT and TORT some useful diagnostic tools to prepare and check the geometry of their input data files for both Cartesian and cylindrical geometries including graphical display modules. BOT3P produces at the same time the geometrical and material distribution data for the deterministic transport codes TWODANT and THREEDANT and, only in three-dimensional (3D) Cartesian geometry, for the Monte Carlo Transport Code MCNP. This makes it possible to compare directly for the same geometry the effects stemming from the use of different data libraries and solution approaches on transport analysis results. Through the use of BOT3P, radiation transport problems with complex 3D geometrical structures can be modelled easily, as a relatively small amount of engineer-time is required and refinement is achieved by changing few parameters. This tool is useful for solving very large challenging problems.


To increase task flexibility in a robotic assembly environment, a hierarchical planning and execution system is being developed which will map user specified 3D part assembly tasks into various target robotic work cells, and execute these tasks efficiently using manipulators and sensors available in the work cell. One level of this hierarchy, the Supervisor, is responsible for assigning subtasks of a system generated Task Plan to a set of task specific Specialists and on-line coordination of the activity of these Specialists to accomplish the user specified assembly. The design of the Supervisor can be broken down into five major functional blocks: resource management; concurrency detection; task scheduling; error recovery; and interprocess communication. The Supervisor implementation has been completed on a VAX 11/750 under a Unix environment. PC card Pick-Insert experiments were performed to test this implementation. To test the robustness of the architecture, the Supervisor was then transported to a new work cell under a VMS environment. The experiments performed under Supervisor control in both implementations are discussed after a brief explanation of the functional blocks of the Supervisor and the other levels in the hierarchy.


In this paper, we provide a complete regularity analysis for the following abstract thermoelastic system with inertial term
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where A is a self-adjoint, positive definite operator on a complex Hilbert space H and
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It is regarded as the second part of Fernández Sare et al. [J. Diff. Eqs. 267 (2019) 7085–7134]. where the asymptotic stability of this model was investigated. We are able to decompose the region E into three parts where the associated semigroups are analytic, of Gevrey classes of specific order, and non-smoothing, respectively. Moreover, by a detailed spectral analysis, we will show that the orders of Gevrey class are sharp, under proper conditions. We also show that the orders of polynomial stability obtained in Fernández Sare et al. [J. Diff. Eqs. 267 (2019) 7085–7134] are optimal.


A simple and deep standard mathematical theorem asserts the existence, for any one‐parameter differentiable group, of an additive parameter, such as the angle for rotations and the rapidity parameter for Lorentz transformations. The importance of this theorem for the applications of group theory in physics is stressed, and an elementary proof is given. The theorem then is applied to the construction from first principles of possible relativity groups.


ABSTRACT There has recently been renewed interest among economic historians in preindustrial inequality, but there are still few case studies on wealth inequality in preindustrial Latin America, particularly involving colonial Spanish America before 1820. This paper presents a study of wealth inequality in Montevideo, an area of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, in the late colonial period. This work addresses the level of wealth inequality, the composition of wealth, and its relationship with social structure in Montevideo in the late eighteenth century. It uses a data set of probate inventories and population records as its main sources, estimating a Gini index, presenting a stylized picture of the social structure, and analysing the differences in wealth between social groups in 1772–3. The main finding is that wealth inequality in Montevideo was similar to that in the English colonies of North America in 1774 and was lower than that in preindustrial economies in Europe in the same time period. Although most of this society was made up of a relatively wealthy middle class, some important assets were strongly concentrated among the elite.


The use of fertilizers can impact physical and chemical soil characteristics, but also soil
organisms such as Oligochaeta (Clitellata, Annelida) and their activity. We here assessed the
impacts of 89 years of different fertilization practices (N, P, K fertilizers, basic and organic
amendments, or no input) on the species composition and abundance of earthworm and
enchytraeid communities at INRA's 42-plot design in Versailles (France). This long-term barefallow
experiment on silty Luvisols, developed from aeolian loess, includes 16 duplicated
treatments that received continuous annual applications of 16 different amendments, leading to
highly diverging physical and chemical properties in the soil's surface layer. Enchytraeids (with
soil cores) and earthworms (with octet method) were sampled in spring 2017 in these 32 plots
and in 5 reference plots that had received no amendments. We also used bait lamina sticks to
assess the feeding activity in this trial.
Only 14 earthworm individuals were sampled from the 37 plots, belonging to three different
species i.e., Aporrectodea giardi, Allolobophora chlorotica, and Allolobophora icterica. Eight
individuals of A. chlorotica were found in soils with a pH ranging from 6.5 to 9. The highest
number of earthworms (4 individuals of A. chlorotica) was sampled from the plot receiving
lime. The other two species were found in plots with a pH between 4.5 and 7.5.
For enchytraeids, 256 individuals were found, belonging to 13 species of 6 genera. The most
abundant genus was Enchytraeus (95 specimens), then Achaeta (72), Buchholzia (65),
Fridericia (23), and lastly Enchytronia (2) and Marionina (2). The most abundant species was
Buchholzia appendiculata (Buchholz, 1862) which is common and widespread in neutral to
acidic soils (Schmelz and Collado 2010). This species was found in most of the treatments
(calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, natural phosphate, lime, ammonium sulfate, calcium
nitrate, sodium nitrate, fumier, diammonium phosphate) and reached the highest density (4 840
individuals m-2 in calcium carbonate plots). Enchytraeus bulbosus (Nielsen and Christensen,
1963) was also a widespread species that represented about 7% of the relative abundance. The
individuals of this species were mainly present in horse manure treatments, but also in lime,
natural phosphate, superphosphate and control treatments. The highest abundance for this
species was 1 020 individuals m-2 in horse manure fertilized plots. Achaeta affinis (Nielsen and
Christensen, 1959) was also found (6% of the relative abundance) but only in control and horse
manure treatments, where the highest density was 3 060 individuals m-2. In natural habitats this
species is often found in moderately acidic soils (Schmelz and Collado, 2010).
The other species, representing less than 5 % of the total abundance, were: Achaeta
bohemica (Vejdovský, 1879); Achaeta eiseni (Vejdovský, 1878); Achaeta pannonica (Graefe,
1989); Buchholzia fallax (Michaelsen, 1887); Enchytraeus buchholzi s.l. (Vejdovský, 1879);
Enchytronia parva (Nielsen and Christensen, 1959); Fridericia bulboides (Nielsen and
Christensen, 1959); F. isseli (Rota, 1994); F. perrieri (Vejdovský, 1878) and Marionina
communis (Nielsen and Christensen, 1959).


One of the tasks posed by the Twenty- First Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is that of overcoming the lag in economics, which should study the laws governing the development of our system and furnish a sound foundation for economic planning and management, for assuring the proportionate development of the economy with the maximum utilization of all its possibilities for accelerating the advance towards communism. To this end economic science should make a deeper study of the operation of the laws of economic development, extending its analysis to both the qualitative aspect of social relations, and to quantitative relationships in the economy. This was the way in which it was founded and developed by Marx, Engels and Lenin.


In this paper, a U-shaped microstrip slot antenna with dual frequencies of 1.68GHz and 2.78GHz is created. The suggested antenna construction provides a wide range of communications capabilities for the operating frequencies, as well as a large bandwidth and double band. The substrate for the proposed antenna is FR4. The substrate thickness is 1.6 mm, and the U-shaped antenna has a relative permittivity of 4.2 and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.002. The suggested U-shaped structure has simulated and analyzed the gain, return loss, VSWR, and radiation pattern using a modelling tool.


Cells are regulated by many different means, and there is more and more evidence emerging that changes in the microenvironment greatly affect cell function. MT1‐MMP is a type I transmembrane proteinase which participates in pericellular proteolysis of extracellular matrix (ECM) macromolecules. The enzyme is cellular collagenase essential for skeletal development, cancer invasion, growth, and angiogenesis. MT1‐MMP promotes cell invasion and motility by pericellular ECM degradation, shedding of CD44 and syndecan1, and by activating ERK. Thus MT1‐MMP is one of the factors that influence the cellular microenvironment and thereby affect cell‐signaling pathways and eventually alters cellular behavior. As a proteinase, MT1‐MMP is regulated by inhibitors, but it also requires formation of a homo‐oligomer complex, localization to migration front of the cells, and internalization to become a "functionally active" cell function modifier. Developing new means to inhibit "functional activity" of MT1‐MMP may be a new direction to establish treatments for the diseases that MT1‐MMP mediates such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


ABSTRACT Edmond Halley was one of the leading figures in the Scientific Revolution in England who probably would have enjoyed a greater reputation had he not lived at the same time as Sir Isaac Newton, of whose work Halley was the greatest promoter. In turn, Halley's prediction of the return of the comet which he observed in 1682, at seventy-five year intervals, was based on the planetary physics developed by Newton. It is with this prediction, almost alone, that Halley's name is today popularly associated, but he was a scientist of great versatility. Halley made original contributions to several branches of learning including cartography. Although it is always dangerous to claim primacy, he is credited with the development of the earliest meteorological chart and the first printed isoline maps. Halley also produced a tidal chart and a map of the shadow of an eclipse, all of which show him to be a cartographic innovator of first rank. This paper attempts to bring together scattered material on Halley's ca...


Measurement system evaluates the integrated bone density over a specific cross section of bone. A digital computer converts stored bone scan data to equivalent aluminum calibration wedge thickness, and bone density is then integrated along the scan by using the trapezoidal approximation integration formula.


The circulating renin angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) contributes to sodium homeostasis and vascular tonicity [8]. Whereas modulation of the RAAS by angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II and aldosterone receptor antagonists affects the progression of myocardial fibrosis, the action mechanisms are still unsettled [6]. One possibility is that the endogenous cardiac aldostrone may affect the cardiac function and hyperthrophy in hypertension [29]. Followng this lead, Mandarim-de-Lacerda and Meirelles Pereiva [22] demonstrated that long-term spironolactone monotherapy partially preserves intramyocardial vessels and attenuates interstitial fibrosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats.


Abstract Four different 1-aminocyclohexanes bearing a tethered thioxanthone group in the 2-position were prepared. The synthesis commenced with the respective N-protected β-amino acids, the carboxyl group of which was employed for the introduction of the thioxanthone moiety. After construction of the thioxanthone and protecting group removal, the conversion of the amino group into the respective thiourea was accomplished by treatment with N-3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl isothiocyanate and yielded the title compounds in which the thioxanthone resides in different spatial positions relative to the thiourea motif. Overall yields varied between 20–35%.


In this paper, the direction of arrival (DOA) and polarization parameters are estimated by a uniform circular array (UCA) with several single-polarized sensors. An efficient and improved polarization MUSIC algorithm for estimating the DOA and polarization parameters is presented. This method uses information on the amplitude to reduce the computational complexity. When the source is linearly polarized, the proposed algorithm is more accurate at a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Monte Carlo simulations verify the efficacy of the proposed method.


s Tallman, R.D., Jr., and A.L. Kunz. The effect of changing the temporal pattern of FCC^ in the inspiratory gas flow of birds. The Physiologist 19: 38, 1976. Berger, P.J., R.D. Tallman, Jr., and A.L. Kunz. Effects of temporal changes in inspiratory FCO2 on intrapulmonary CO2 receptor discharge in decerebrate ducks. Fed. Proc. 36: 446, 1977. Tallman, R.D., Jr., and A.L. Kunz. Changes in inspiratory duration as a function of when FCO^ is increased in the inspiratory gas flow of birds. Proc. XXVII Inter. Union of Phvsiol. Sci. 13: 7 42, 1977. iv Publications con't: Kunz, A.L., R.D. Tallman, Jr., and D.N. Stone. The relationship between phase of ventilation and forced changes in FLCO^Fed. Proc. 37: 535, 1978. Tallman, R.D., Jr., and A.L. Kunz. Surgical denervation of the carotid bodies in the domestic fowl and its effect on breathing. Fed. Proc., 38: 1231, 1979.


A special laser processor used for surface modification treatment of engine cylinder and cylinder liner uses an one\|chip computer 8031 as its control center and relizes the input and storage of parameters, program control over the treatment process and trouble\|warning through the computer software and teaching system. By integrating the achievements of technological research into the system design, the processor can provide an optimized processing mode in which high performance hardened layer can be obtained on engine cylinder liners.


Abstract Electrons have played a significant role in the development of many fields of physics during the last century. The interest surrounding them mostly involved their wave-like features prescribed by the quantum theory. In particular, these features correctly predict the behaviour of electrons in various physical systems including atoms, molecules, solid-state materials, and even in free space. Ten years ago, new breakthroughs were made, arising from the new ability to bestow orbital angular momentum (OAM) to the wave function of electrons. This quantity, in conjunction with the electron's charge, results in an additional magnetic property. Owing to these features, OAM-carrying, or twisted, electrons can effectively interact with magnetic fields in unprecedented ways and have motivated materials scientists to find new methods for generating twisted electrons and measuring their OAM content. Here, we provide an overview of such techniques along with an introduction to the exciting dynamics of twisted electrons.


A simple and fast model for numerically calculating small-signal gain in serpentine waveguide traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) is described. In the framework of the Pierce model, we consider one-dimensional electron flow along a dispersive single-mode slow-wave structure (SWS), accounting for the space-charge effect. The analytical model accounts for the frequency-dependent phase velocity and characteristic impedance obtained using various equivalent circuit models from the literature, validated by comparison with full-wave eigenmode simulation. The model includes a relation between the modal characteristic impedance and the interaction (Pierce) impedance of the SWS, including also an extra correction factor that accounts for the variation of the electric field distribution and hence of the interaction impedance over the beam cross section. By applying boundary conditions to our generalized Pierce model, we compute both the theoretical gain of a TWT and all the complex-valued wavenumbers of the hot modes versus frequency and compare our results with numerically intensive particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations; the good agreement in the comparison demonstrates the accuracy and simplicity of our generalized model. For various examples where we vary the average electron beam (e-beam) phase velocity, average e-beam current, number of unit cells, and input radio frequency (RF) power, we demonstrate that our model is robust in the small-signal regime.


In December 1983 Raul Alfonsin took office as president of Argentina to end almost eight years of military rule. As the country started its transition to democracy, a process begun in late 1982, after Argentina's defeat in the South Atlantic War, a discredited and humiliated regime decided to call for general elections to avoid social and political chaos. The two main political parties, the Peronists and the Radicals, ran candidates for president: Italo Luder for the Partido Justicialista (PJ.the Peronists) and Raul Alfonsin for the Union Civica Radical (UCR). The Pe ronists hoped a prestigious ticket would attract the votes of the middle class. Luder was president of the Senate during the previous Peronist government and was a recognized specialist in constitutional law. Deolindo Bittel, his running mate, was a respe cted politician from the Province of Chaco.


The purpose of this article is to review methods that produce productive results for ESL readers. These practical strategies have proven to have positive results in classroom settings. Successful strategies and ways to connect with students are emphasized.


This dissertation analyses the corresponding literatures of the 5 selected frontiers human genomics; proteomics; bioinformatics; human issue engineering and stem-cell researching; microarrays and their applications have been pursued; the researching status have been concluded and the developing trends On the basis of the results of these analyses, this paper has summed up the properties of the current development of the biomedicine from the point of view of scientific research management It has provided some theoretic references that may accelerate the management renovation in the fields of the military medical science research


The Hazard Rate probability value estimation method is an estimation model that is carried out fully parametrically or it can also be done by non-parametric methods. Sometimes using the parametric method will give biased value results because it gives too much value in general, while the non-parametric estimation method causes the variance value to be too high. Therefore, for some cases there is a way to combine the two methods, which is called the Semiparametric method, which is an estimation method that has the characteristics of improving non-parametric parametric estimates. This paper shows that the semiparametric hazard method gives better results than parametric and non-parametric methods. The basis for developing the semiparametric probability method is to roughly estimate the probability of a parametric conjecture as a first step and then proceed with several correction models for setting data. The implementation of the probability value in this study uses the Life Time data of Transplant bone patients at Hospital X with the help of Minitab software analysis.


The article discusses the clusters that provide innovation and competitiveness of the economy. Methods and evaluation stages of the operation of the cluster are analyzed. The method for evaluation of the cluster is presented.


The aim of this study is to validate the Basic Documentation for Psycho‐Oncology Short Form (PO‐Bado SF), a six item interview‐based expert rating scale for distress screening in cancer patients.


Performing security analysis in the early stages of web-services development is a major engineering trend. However, it is not always possible to entirely identify and mitigate the security threats within the web-service. This may eventually lead to security failure of the service. To avoid security failure, the web-service must tolerate the possible intrusions. Intrusion tolerance must be incorporated in the security requirements of the service. In this paper, we propose a new technique toward description of security requirements of Intrusion Tolerant Services (ITS) using fuzzy logic. We care for intrusion tolerance in to the security requirements of the webservice through considering partial satisfaction of security goals. This partiality is addressed through establishment of a Goal-Based Fuzzy Grammar (GFG) for describing Security Requirement Model (SRM) of the ITS.


The invention relates to a pixel characterization method of an image sensor arranged in a matrix, comprising the steps of: (a) illuminating a first portion (36, 46, 50) of the matrix of pixels associated with a filter colored with a first color; (B) measuring the detection carried out by a central pixel of the first portion; (C) illuminating a second portion (30, 40, 52, 54, 56, 58) of the matrix consisting of a center pixel associated with a color filter of a second color and peripheral pixels associated with a color filter of the first color; (D) measuring the detection carried out by the center pixel and peripheral pixels of the second portion; (E) comparing the measurements of the steps (b) and (d)


The problems associated with expansive soil are related to bearing capacity and cracking, breaking up of pavements, and various other building foundation problems. Such soils are common in India. The present paper deals with the properties of expansive soils of Maharashtra, India at various locations. The effect of polypropylene on swelling is studied and it is found that swelling decreases with addition of polypropylene. Effect on dry density and water content is also presented. Finally multiple suggestions are given to overcome the swelling of expansive soils by different means including using polypropylene.


This lecture consists of two parts. The first part is on comparing and choosing from Nash Equilibria (NE), when there are multiple NE in a game. The concepts to be covered include Pareto, Minimax and Risk-dominant. In the second part, we will apply game theory to three networks problems: Service Differentiation, Multi-Provider Network, and WiFi Pricing. It is shown that with game theoretical approaches, networks can be improved for the interest of both providers and users. I. Comparing Nash Equilibria In some games, there may be more than one Nash Equilibria. For examples in Fig 1, each game has two Nash Equilibria. So, there is a problem of comparing and choosing from different Nash Equilibria. Fig. 1 Multiple Nash Equilibria may exist Pareto There are two Nash Equilibria in Fig 2. Comparing the two, we have the following observations. Both players are strictly better off with the NE (T, L) than with the NE (B, R). So they can safely assume that (T, L) will be played (if they are both rational). Here, (T, L) is the unique Pareto NE. An NE is a "Pareto NE" if the vector of rewards is not dominated component-wise by a different NE. Minimax In Fig 3, both (T, L) and (B, R) are Pareto: There is no other equilibrium where both players improve their rewards. In this case, player 1 does not know which Pareto NE player 2 will pick, and vice versa. As a result, both players maximize their minimum rewards. So, player 1 will pick B (the minimum reward when choosing B is 2, larger than 1, the minimum reward if choosing T); similarly, player 2 will pick R. The result is called "Minimax". Here, (B, R) happens to be a NE. Fig. 2 Pareto Fig. 3 Minimax


Although much of the data used in social science dissertation projects is produced by interviews, surveys, and participant observation, there are other forms of data that can be used for the purposes of social science. This chapter explores some of this 'documentary' data and how to use it for the purposes of research. Documentary forms of data have some significant advantages that make them particularly useful for student research projects. This does not mean that they are without problems, but the chapter provides a practical guide for those who are prepared to look beyond familiar horizons. It makes the case for using documents; explores what can be included under the broad heading of documents; and introduces both quantitative and qualitative content analysis as a means to analyse documents.


A transponder based microwave telemetry apparatus 10 for moving machinery 12 includes microwave transmitter disposed outside the moving machinery 12, a transponder 28 located within the moving machinery and a receiver 30 located outside the machinery. The transmitter fills a chamber of the machinery 12 with microwave energy and the transponder 28 measures a sensed condition of the machinery (e.g. temperature of a piston in an IC engine, temperature being detected by a thermistor) and provides a modulated microwave signal that contains sensed condition information. The receiver 30 separates modulated and continuous wave components of the signal ans extracts information from the modulated component. A transceiver may replace the separate transmitter and receiver. An internal combustion engine including the telemetry apparatus is provided, the apparatus being used to sense conditions within the engine.


This work reports the synthesis and characterization of the novel [Dy2(dcpz)2(suc)(H2O)8](H2O)1.5 (dcpz = 3,5-dicarboxypyrazolate, suc = succinate). The structure should probably consist of a binuclear species in which Dy3+ ions are linked by two different bridging organic ligands. Luminescent studies were carried out and revealed that the Dy3+complex exhibits a near white emission under UV excitation.


Our brains seemed to be hard-wired to think causally, but, for educational researchers, tracing and using causality is challenging. Working with cause and effect, researchers must address the importance of being able to use educational research findings in the "real world", that is, the world in which we have not isolated and controlled out a swathe of pertinent factors, or made so many assumptions and ceteris paribus get-out clauses as to render the research of little or no value, or found effects which are wonderful in the sanitized, artificial world of the laboratory but useless in the "real world" outside it. We must overcome the temptation to think that efficacy (internal validity, often with respect to randomized controlled trials) leads us straightforwardly to effectiveness (external validity: "what a cause does 'in the field'"; Cartwright, 2009, p. 185). Demonstrating causality with any level of certainty is not easy. At best, we have to settle for probabilistic rather than deterministic causality, and here reductionist causal modelling and an arsenal of statistical techniques of all hue perform their play. For a hundred years, affirming causality by statistics has used statistical significance, with researchers content to read off significance levels from a table. But such a procedure overlooks all kinds of unsupported or questionable claims about causality. Significance testing has had a bad press (e.g., Ziliak & McCloskey, 2008), but there may be occasions when it is fit for purpose; let us not throw out the baby with the bathwater. If causality cannot be affirmed with any certainty from significance testing, then do we have other statistical alternatives? Significance testing's long-standing rival has now become orthodoxy: effect size as "the size of an observed mean difference" (Abelson, 1995, p. 45) and other more developed definitions. The widespread use of effect size confounds the enthusiasts of null hypothesis significance testing and releases measures of the size of a difference from the influence of sample size. In the right hands, effect size is a powerful tool for educational researchers and policy makers, as evidenced, for example, in the work of Hattie (2009, 2012) and meta-analysts. However, whether it really indicates the effect of a cause is an entirely separate matter. There is a familiar array of concerns about effect size. For example, its sphere of operations is unreal in that it puts so many careful, over-constrained boundaries around its parameters and generalizability as to limit its utility in the "real world" of education, despite the benefits and pleasures of meta-analysis; it confuses efficacy with effectiveness (Cartwright, 2007, 2009); it is simplistic; and it fails to catch the bustling, multi-factorial world of education and the participants who people it. Effect size brings its own internal challenges: which measures to use; which standard deviations to adopt; how to allow for error margins; dangers of standardizing scores; the commensurability of populations, treatments, and outcomes; sampling issues; problems of interpretation; reliability; non-normal distributions, and so on (e.g., Coe, 2012, 2013). Effect size, in fact, has a limited role to play in the theatre of causality: It conflates "difference" and "effect"; it focuses on the size of an effect to the neglect of its scope, embrace, duration, or long-term outcomes; it leaves discussions of the importance of an


In the article features of civil activity of the Russian population and some mechanisms of its implementation are considered. Interest in research of civil activity in modern political process is caused by its interrelation with formation of effective institutes of interaction of the government and society. Intelligent association of the population on purpose selfrealization in socio-political process causes public activity, which, in turn, is aimed at the development of the democratic constitutional state. In general, at the present stage in the Russian Federation quality of participation of citizens changes and new mechanisms of implementation of civil activity develop. Important (at the moment even the main) role is played by the state, which acts as the initiator of reformatory process of an institutionalization of interaction of civil society and government. In the last decade the Government of the Russian Federation has offered two large projects aimed at the development of civil society, is a Civic chamber and the Russian Popular Front. One of innovative mechanisms is the Internet where the initiative is shown by means of the websites, social networks, crowdfunding and crowd-sourcing platforms, etc. However, participation of the Russian citizens in social and political life isn't characterized by high activity that is caused by feature of national mentality.


This paper presents a self-adaptive stream data mining algorithm. The modification of the currently existing outlier stream data mining algorithm can make the stream data mining algorithm have adaptability, thus adjusting to the changes in the nature of the stream data caused by the environmental changes. The research starts from two aspects to enhance the adaptability of the stream data mining algorithm: In terms of the adaptability of system resources, the algorithm implemented in this paper can dynamically adjust the system resources used by the algorithm according to the load of the host, thus giving play to the initiative of algorithm to a maximum extent; in terms of the adaptability of stream data content, this paper researches the characteristics of the stream data, and modifies the existing data mining algorithms, so the stream data mining algorithm can make a dynamic adjustment according to the characteristics of the stream data, thus enhancing the efficiency of mining. Finally, this paper carries out comparison with the FODFP-Stream and LOF algorithm, and compares the time consumption with space consumption through the experimental data.


The number of operations required for conventional density-functional algorithms grows as the cube of the number of atoms, [ital N]. For large systems the computing requirements are unattainable. To overcome this limitation it is acceptable to approximate those variables with respect to which the free energy is stationary. We show that the stationarity of the free energy with respect to electron density, one-electron potential, chemical potential, occupation function, and temperature allows for very useful approximations leading to rapid and accurate determination of the free energy. Here we discuss approximations involved in calculating the finite temperature electron density needed to evaluate the Harris-Foulkes free energy. Of particular importance are (1) an electron density at each site that is based on exact solution of the Poisson equation combined with a solution of the multiple-scattering problem in which only scattering from a small cluster of sites surrounding the site in question is retained and (2) an approximate occupation function having a finite number of poles in the complex energy plane. The intention is to develop, within density-functional theory, an [ital O]([ital N]) scalable first-principles scheme, based on spatially local multiple-scattering methods, for calculating free energies of large systems.


Resumen en: The performance in rhythmic gymnastics (RG) is evaluated in competition by a final score that includes 3 sub-scores: Difficulty, Artistic and Execution s...


A study of phalangeal skeletochronology was performed to estimate the age of male frogs, Rana cyanophlyctis. Changes in testicular morphometry, kinetics of spermatogenesis and abdominal fat body mass were studied in relation to the number of growth marks in these frogs. Demineralized, stained cross- sections of distal phalanx of the 4th toe of male frogs showed growth rings that alternated with highly chromophilic lines of arrested growth (LAGs). One to five growth rings were observed in frogs with different body size; body mass ( r = 0.44) and size ( r = 0.47) showed poor correlation with the number of growth rings. Testicular morphometry, number of spermatogenic cysts per seminiferous tubule cross-section, and germ cells per cyst increased with the increase in the number of growth rings. Leydig cells were few in the frogs with a single growth ring and increased in second and third year but Sertoli cell number and nuclear diameter did not change drastically.


>Calculations were made on the effects of working temperatures on the intermediate-resonance'' interpolation formulas of Goldstein and Cohen (ibid., 13: 132) for effective resonance integrals in homogeneous systems. The results, computed by a numerical FORTRAN procedure, are tabulated for several resonances of U/sup 238/ in a homogeneous 1: 1 dilution in H/sub 2/ and for the 192-ev resonance of U/sup 238/ in 1:1 to 1:100 dilutions in H/sub 2/ at 0 to 900 deg K. It is concluded that the temperature variation has only a small effect on the integral. (D.L.C.)


Consumption intention in a microblog indicates either an imminent or a future purchase, and this indicates a buying intention. Consumption-intention detection aims to determine the willingness of a user to make a purchase. The consumption intention in a microblog should contain two important elements, namely the trigger words and the consumption intention target (the product to be bought). These two elements directly indicate a users purchase intention, which is an important feature of the users consumption intention. In this paper, we propose to study the problem of detecting consumption intention in microblogs based on graph ranking. This method can be applied to cases where there is a large amount of data, the amount of labeled data is relatively small, and all data can be involved in the learning process of the graph-ranking algorithm. Experimental results show that the graph-ranking-based method is effective for detecting consumption intention.


A nonlinear adaptive model predictive control strategy based on evolutionary algorithms (EAs) is proposed. An EA was employed as a robust online tuner of the weights of a neural network used to identify the mismatch between the real plant and the nominal model caused by disturbances and unmodeled dynamics. A second EA, was used as a constrained optimizer to online plan optimal input policies over a defined prediction horizon basing on the identified model. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy was tested to control the liquid level of a two tanks nonlinear time varying simulated system. Some considerations about algorithm complexity and online computational requirements are discussed.


Unhealthy eating and physical inactivity are the main risk factors for the development of overweight and obesity in workers. Nutritional education strategies in workplace could positively influence of consumption, nutritional status, work performance and lead to healthy dietary habits. The objective of the study was measure the effect of a virtual education program on healthy habits, nutritional status and food consumption in workers of a food processing company in Ecuador during confinement by Sars-CoV2.  Methodology: Longitudinal, quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design aimed at 117 administrative workers that participated voluntarily. Pre-test and post-test questionnaire was applied, included age, gender and weight, height and BMI. To assess the quality of the diet, the healthy eating index was applied according to the Food Guidelines for Ecuador (FG-Ecuador).  6 groups were formed to 25 to 30 participants that received 7 virtual educational sessions 2 hours. In 4 modules: Healthy Living, Nutrition, Gastronomy and Physical Activity. Results: The score FG-Ecuador pre-test was 65.38st, increasing post-test to 83.9st (DS=8.53) (p=0.000). About nutritional status, normal nutritional status, in pre-test was 36%, increasing to 50.43% post-test (p=0.000). Overweight decreased from 41% pre-test to 37.6%, obesity also 23.1% to 12% (p=0.027). Individuals classified pre-test as normal, 11.9% were classified by FG-Ecuador as healthy, increasing 71.2% post-test. This change in nutritional status was significant. Conclusion: The findings highlight the importance of promoting educational programs on healthy habits to help workers acquire the knowledge and skills to develop healthy habts that can influence the change of habits and their nutritional status.


We examined the growth characteristics and developed a mathematical model to predict the growth kinetics of Bacillus cereus in fresh wet noodles. Noodles were incubated with B. cereus at 5, 10, 20 and 30C. The primary model that we developed to obtain the specific growth rate (SGR) and lag time (LT) fit well (r2 = 0.9621–0.9977) with the Gompertz equation. The SGR of B. cereus increased with increasing temperature. A secondary polynomial model was obtained by SAS regression analysis and calculated as: SGR = −0.0128 + 0.00229*T + 0.0003*T2. The appropriateness of this secondary polynomial model was verified by the mean square error (MSE = 0.0001 for SGR model), bias factor (Bf = 0.9012 for SGR model), accuracy factor (Af = 1.3333 for SGR model) and coefficient of determination (r2 = 0.9955 for SGR). This secondary polynomial model is therefore in good agreement with the validation calculations and may be used as a practical predictive model for the growth of B. cereus in wet noodles as a function of storage temperature.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Wet noodles carry a potential risk of food poisoning by B. cereus. The predictive model developed here can increase confidence and improve the shelf life and safety of foods. Moreover, the results obtained using the predicted model developed here were in good agreement with the observed values. Therefore, the developed model may be used as a practical predictive model for the growth of B. cereus in wet noodles as a function of storage temperature.


Broad bandwidth and small size are the key performance figures for contemporary microwave couplers. These requirements are conflicting, i.e. improvement of one generally leads to degradation of the other assuming fixed topology of the circuit at hand. From a designer's perspective, the knowledge about available design trade-offs is indispensable as it permits for tailoring the circuit for particular applications as well as comparing alternative coupler topologies in a conclusive manner. In this work, investigations of design trade-offs for a miniaturised spline-parameterised patch coupler (PC) are carried out. By means of rigorous surrogate-assisted multi-objective optimisation, a set of designs that represent the best possible compromises between the coupler bandwidth and miniaturisation rates are obtained and analysed. To maintain the computational cost of the design process at acceptable levels, despite a large number of geometry parameters, sequential domain patching is utilised as the optimisation engine. A re-tuning process that involves local approximation surrogates supplements identification of the initial design set. For the sake of illustration, a hybrid PC operating at 5.6 GHz is considered. The set of designs found for this circuit represent trade-offs spanning from 0.9 GHz to over 1.8 GHz (bandwidth) and from 360 to 517 mm
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Glioblastoma is a most intractable and high‐mortality malignancy because of its extremely low drug accessibility resulting from the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Here, it is reported that angiopep‐2‐directed and redox‐responsive virus‐mimicking polymersomes (ANG‐PS) (angiopep‐2 is a peptide targeting to low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein‐1 (LRP‐1)) can efficiently and selectively chaperone saporin (SAP), a highly potent natural protein toxin, to orthotopic human glioblastoma xenografts in nude mice. Unlike chemotherapeutics, free SAP has a low cytotoxicity. SAP‐loaded ANG‐PS displays, however, a striking antitumor activity (half‐maximal inhibitory concentration, IC50 = 30.2 × 10−9m) toward U‐87 MG human glioblastoma cells in vitro as well as high BBB transcytosis and glioblastoma accumulation in vivo. The systemic administration of SAP‐loaded ANG‐PS to U‐87 MG orthotopic human‐glioblastoma‐bearing mice brings about little side effects, effective tumor inhibition, and significantly improved survival rate. The protein toxins chaperoned by LRP‐1‐targeted virus‐mimicking vesicles emerge as a novel and highly promising treatment modality for glioblastoma.


The sexed semen and conventional semen are technologies that are being implemented in the dairy herd to improve the performance of the same, through Artificial Insemination (AI). As technology advances more research is needed on reproductive performance in heifers from herds in different climatic zones. Two treatments were used: Conventional Semen (CS) and Sexed Semen (SS). For the study 740 dairy heifers were used, of which 523 were inseminated with CS and 217 were inseminated with SS. In Percentage of Pregnancy to First Service (PPFS), Percentage of Pregnancy to Second Service (PPSS) and Percentage of Pregnancy at Third Service (PPTS) there was a difference (P ≥ 0.05) in the PPFS, 64.4% in CS and 54.4 % in SS, in the PPSS, 54.4% with CS, and 70.4% with SS, and PPTS, 80.0% in CS, and 62.5% in SS. In Cumulative Percentage of Pregnancy (CPP) there was no difference (P ≥ 0.05) with 92.5% in CS and 94.5% in SS. In Services for Conception (S / C), there was no difference (P ≥ 0.05), and


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Complex around the knee defects presents reconstructive challenges, and free tissue transfer is often the method of choice in the non-healed below-the-knee amputations. Recipient vessels selection is critical for the success but also the main challenge. Literature suggests the use of the popliteal vessels, the anterior tibial, the saphenous, the descending branch of the lateral circumflex, the superior medial geniculate, and the descending geniculate vessels. Recently, the use of suprafascial perforators as recipients was introduced, but this approach requires advanced microsurgical dexterity and experience. Moreover, trauma may involve all superficial sited vessels, and the free tissue transfer may be feasible only with the use of vein grafts or long arteriovenous fistulas that are associated with higher failure rate. A young patient who suffered 3 years ago, post-traumatic bilateral below-the-knee amputation, was referred to us. The right stump never showed normal wound healing while the tibial bone was exposed and complicated by osteomyelitis. Given that below-the-knee amputation has a decreased work of ambulation, as compared to above-the-knee, it was of paramount importance the preservation of the below-the-knee stump. A plan for adequate bone debridement, based on MRI findings, and durable soft tissue cover with free latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap was established. The preoperative digital subtraction angiography showed a high ligation of the femoral vessels, just before the adductor's canal of Hunter. In absence of other reliable recipient vessel to support a free flap, the femoral vessels were dissected at the distal third of the femur. Femoral vessels are deeply situated preventing a straightforward microsurgical end-to-side anastomosis (Fig. 1). To cope with this problem, penrose drain was used to pull out the vessels and reposition the femoral artery and vein in a more superficial and favorable position. The abundant fat in the area was also discarded to facilitate end-to-side anastomoses (Fig. 2). The flap re-vascularization was uneventfull, the postoperative period was uncomplicated and the wound was healed successfully. Active range of movement of the right knee joint was achieved after one month and prosthesis was fitted at the same period. This experience has been the stimulus for us to use the femoral vessels before the adductor canal as recipient for around-the-knee defects routinely. Six more patients


Precise and accurate determination of ferrous iron mass fraction in silicate rocks and geological reference materials is still a significant challenge due to the labile nature of the analyte. Here, we report a modified and improved procedure for the determination of ferrous iron mass fraction, capable of yielding moderately accurate and highly precise results in a relatively shorter time than before. This modified technique requires a more convenient operational procedure than the classical method. A sample digestion apparatus was designed that included a Schlenk line to expel air in order to prevent oxidation. The advantages of this procedure over the classical procedure are shorter process flow, higher efficiency and absence of an additional redox indicator. The composition of the acid matrix used to dissolve the samples as well as the incubation temperature and time was investigated. Comparative data for twenty‐one reference materials are reported, with five of them reported for the first time by the Schlenk line procedure. A series of experiments were carried out to identify and minimise the main source of error. In addition, the possibility of eliminating the reducing substances before digestion, by pretreatment of the sample by cold 10% methanolic bromine, was also studied.


In recent years, the trend of Chinese concept stocks returning to Hong Kong stocks market has been continuously strengthening due to multiple factors. This article analyzes the changes of JD's stock price after its second listing, as well as its financial performance after its second listing. According to the analysis, the changes in costs and benefits of JD after its second listing can to some extent explain the changes in its stock price after its second listing. In addition, this study investigates the macro market environment of JD after its second listing, and finds that bearish factors such as the power game between the Chinese and American governments and the Chinese government's antitrust policies for Internet industry also affect JD's stock price. Overall, this study to some extent supplements the current research gap and provides suggestions for other Chinese concept stocks planning to return to the Hong Kong stock market in the future.


We report on the results of modeling of the dust cloud around Fomalhaut to fit the existing far-infrared and submillimeter data from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), IRAS, and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). We assumed an optically and spatially thin disk with the following free parameters: inner and outer radii, power-law surface-density gradient, and a simple-grain model that characterized the emissivity as flat shortward of a transition wavelength and decreasing linearly with wavelength beyond that. We also explored two other parameterizations of the models to try to find parameters that were better defined by the existing data. We analyzed the results of the modeling with Bayesian methods for deriving the probabilities of the model parameters. We find that we can place significant constraints on the location of the dust but, contrary to previous suggestions, not its density gradient within the distribution. We confirm previous suggestions that the dust must have an emissivity dependence that does not decrease significantly with wavelength until longward of λ ~ 80 μm. The inclination of the dust disk is moderately well constrained close to the range previously suggested, θ = 65° ± 15°. Our models also reproduce well the total submillimeter flux with the simple assumption of a λ-1 emissivity law in the submillimeter region.


Nucleation at the start of crystal growth is of great importance to the pharmaceutical industry since it will profoundly influence the properties of the final product. We have used molecular dynamics to simulate the reverse process, namely the disintegration of a crystal confined in a cage of water molecules at 600K, above its melting point. A fragment of the crystal salt containing 150 units each of the anion and cation was planted in a box of TIP3P water extending 12Å from the surface of the crystal. Water molecules within 6Å of the crystal were deleted. The remaining water molecules were restrained and the ensemble was subjected to 2000 steps of energy minimisation and subsequent MD simulation using the Sander module with the ff99SB Amber force field within the Amber 11 package [1]. The ensemble was heated from 0 to 600K over 20ps with the non-bonded cut-off distance set to 12Å. Thereafter, the dynamics were conducted at 600K for a period of 50ns with the SHAKE algorithm implemented and a time step of 2fs. By the principle of microscopic reversibility, conclusions can be drawn from this about the early stages of crystal formation. The t-butylammonium salt of the anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen [2] was chosen as the test compound because its NH3 + and COO groups form hydrogen-bonded ladders of successive R4 3 (10) rings, the motif that occurs most frequently in ammonium carboxylate salts [3]. In accord with expectations that such a common motif should be durable, the initial response to the application of heat is for lines of ionicallylinked molecules to start moving independently. Eventually the lines do break, mostly into small aggregates, frequently composed of 4 cations and 4 anions with their hydrophobic portions pointing outwards. These aggregates are persistent and may be of significance in the liquid state.


This research investigated the correlation between regional cerebral glucose metabolism rate (rGMR) of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and hemodynamic response of blood-oxygen-leveldependent (BOLD) fMRI in schizophrenia during visual attentional performance. PET, MRI and fMRI images of 17 unmedicated schizophrenia patients and 38 healthy controls were acquired. A visual attention task was administered during the FDG uptake period and during the fMRI scan. Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis was performed on the PET and fMRI images. Hemodynamic response curves were extracted from the frontal and temporal cortices, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC), caudate and thalamus. The Area under the Curve (AUC) was calculated for each region and correlated with rGMR obtained from PET images. The results indicated that (1) Although the spatial patterns of rGMR and hemodynamic response SPMs are different, the rGMR and hemodynamic responses were significantly correlated in the frontal and temporal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, caudate and thalamus for all subjects; (2) The patterns of the correlations are different between schizophrenia patients and controls. These results confirm the findings of our previous PET and fMRI study during auditory attentional performance, suggesting that altered blood flowmetabolic processes during neuronal activities may underlie the attention deficits in schizophrenia, which may be useful for the early diagnosis of schizophrenia.


We present a robust implementation of stereo-based head tracking designed for interactive environments with uncontrolled lighting. We integrate fast face detection and drift reduction algorithms with a gradient-based stereo rigid motion tracking technique. Our system can automatically segment and track a user's head under large rotation and illumination variations. Precision and usability of our approach are compared with previous tracking methods for cursor control and target selection in both desktop and interactive room environments.


Centrifuged autologous fat injection is a safe, feasible and effective phonosurgical technique for the treatment of chordal paralysis and its use dates back to 1991. This procedure allows to correct glottic incompetence by medialization of one or both vocal cords. Expecting fat resorption, which occurs postoperatively, the surgeon injects at least 30-40% more fat than needed to achieve glottic closure. The procedure is minimally invasive, with minimal morbidity and complications. In this article, we present a rare case of iatrogenic lipoma secondary to excessive lipoinjection due to the increase of the vocal cords, causing severe dysphonia.


Background: Among full‐term neonates, the authors discovered infants who showed respiratory inhibition after crying which involved a marked decrease in SpO2. The infants were found to present increased echogenicity or a cyst in a cranial region termed the ganglionic eminence, or to have a subependymal cyst. The authors prospectively examined the relationship between respiratory inhibition after crying and these changes to examine the prevention and treatment of the episode.


SUMMARY An asymptotically valid approximation is obtained for the simple stochastic epidemic in a large population of size N, using the following approach. For suitably defined variables, the stochastic process tends to a deterministic limit as N ->oo. The moment-generating function of the deterministic process satisfies an easily soluble partial differential equation and can be represented by an eigenfunction expansion. The solution of the corresponding stochastic equation can accordingly be obtained by standard perturbation theory, and the paper presents various results for the first-order perturbations of order N-1.


The ability of crystal violet to mode-lock the rhodamine 6G laser is reported. The relaxation time of crystal violet is solvent dependent. The manner in which the mode-locking is affected by varying this relaxation time is described. A 2 mm path of a .00003 M solution of crystal violet in glycerol having a relaxation time of 100 ps, gave the best quality mode-locking for the 48 cm long x 8 mm diameter dye laser used.


A new type of computer-aided engineering environment is envisioned which will improve the productivity of manufacturing/industrial engineers. This environment would be used by engineers to design and implement future manufacturing systems and subsystems. This paper describes work which is currently underway at the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on computer-aided manufacturing system engineering environments. The NIST project is aimed at advancing the development of software environments and tools for the design and engineering of manufacturing systems. The paper presents an overall vision of the proposed environment, identifies technical issues which must be addressed, and describes work on a current prototype computer-aided manufacturing system engineering environment. Keyword Codes: J.6, I.6.3, D.2.2


This chapter presents recommendations for creating co-curricular engagement opportunities for online graduate students with evidence and examples drawn from both research and practice. Examples of successes and challenges from a leading online master's program are explored that ultimately led to the creation of multiple events including advising intake sessions, social opportunities, professional development experiences, and a virtual commencement. Four key considerations are provided to those interested in advancing new initiatives: know your audience and your goals, know your time and capacity restraints, consider partners and/or collaborators, and do not be afraid to fail.


Plasma breakdown at dielectric windows the output of high power microwave systems has become an important challenge with the advent of GW power level sources. In this work, we report a number of recent advances which have significantly improved understanding of the physics of vacuum multipactors and gaseous discharges driven by microwaves, and in the parameter space and physics associated with the transition from one regime to the other


ABSTRACT In the context of a re-examination of the conceptual and political foundations of merit/demerit goods, this paper attempts to identify how far they might take us in understanding, explaining, and providing normative justification for, public sector intervention. If merit/demerit influences are to be discovered in actual policies they must be capable of being isolated, at least at the margin, from other policy influences, such as conventional sources of market failure, pure paternalism, and pressure group activities.


As the developing trend for modern manufacturing enterprises,servitization in manufacturing enterprise has become the important strength to upgrade and maintain the sustainable development of manufacturing industry at home and abroad.The promotion on servitization in Foshan manufacturing enterprise still faces restrictions,namely,limitation on traditional concepts and patterns,lack of combination of manufacturing industry and service industry,constraints on innovative awareness and value-chain extension,lower level of information technology and incomplete service system.To promote the servitization in manufacturing enterprise,we must change traditional concepts,building up industrial development outlook with combination of manufacturing and servicing,emphasizing on upgrading value-added manufacturing industry,improving industrial service system and fully supporting the role of industrial associations.


The Landau problem in the noncommutative plane is discussed in the context of realizations of the two-fold centrally extended planar Galilei group and the anyon theory.


This article summarizes the current state of international policy development, and discusses steps that progressive companies can take to trim their own greenhouse gas emissions.


Forest stand age,species composition,site quality,competition are considered as difficulties of developing individual-tree growth model in natural forests.Solutiuons for the difficulties are summarized,but there are no widely accepted theory,and much work on these issues are still needed.Types and research status of individual-tree growth model in natural forests are elaborated.Moreover,the developing trends of individual-tree growth model in natural forests are also put forward from aspects of mechanization model study,forecasting precision improving of models,three-dimensional models,visualization research etc.


The exponential growth of digital generated content in the form of audio, video and complex data structures calls for novel methods and tools able to cope with the limitation of automated analysis techniques.
 Gamification, the process of using game design methodologies and game mechanics to enhance traditional applications, is a promising tool that can help to increase the active involvement of humans in the Information Retrieval processes.
 This work contributes to the emerging research field of Gamification in Information Retrieval by providing an overview on: 1) the fundamental elements of a game; 2) the major game mechanics that have been applied in traditional games and gamication techniques; and 3) an overview of the possible adoption of such techniques in a typical IR scenario.
 The goal is to lay a path for the adoption of these new tools in IR systems, focusing on their application to the traditional building blocks of the query and content analysis processes.


Pathways of formation and temporal evolution of the diffuse dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure were experimentally studied in this work by means of optical (fast imaging camera) and electrical diagnostics. The chosen model system is relevant for applications of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of thin silica-like film on the polymeric substrate, from cost-efficient gas mixtures of Ar/N2/O2/hexamethyldisiloxane. It was found that the discharge can gradually experience the phases of homogeneous low current Townsend-like mode, local Townsend to glow transition and expanding high current density (∼0.7 A cm−2) glow-like mode. While the glow-like current spot occupies momentarily only a small part of the electrode area, its expanding behavior provides uniform treatment of the whole substrate surface. Alternatively, it was observed that a visually uniform discharge can be formed by the numerous microdischarges overlapping over the large electrode area.


Objective:To discuss the possible pathogenesis of abacterial prostatitis and the possible treatment mechanism of BiXieHuaZhuoShuan.Methods:Set up abacterial prostatitis rat model with pure prostatein liquid extrated from rats and double immune adjuvant.Treated control blank group by blank suppository,and positive control group with QianLieAnShuan.Tested TNF-α,IL-1β and iNOS in prostatic tissue.Results:Compared with model control group,high dosage group of BiXieHuaZhuoShuan,control group of QianLieAnShuan had significant difference in level of TNF-α,IL-1β and iNOS(P0.01).Conclusion:BiXieHuaZhuoShuan has dose-dependence effect on chronic abacterial prostatitis.It possibly woks by depressing inflammation and regulating immune system.Immune factors may play an important role in pathopoiesis of chronic abacterial prostatitis.


Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Controlling the Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles within Conjugated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers BRYAN MCCULLOCH, RACHEL SEGALMAN, University of California Berkeley — Blends of conjugated polymers and inorganic nanoparticles have been investigated for numerous applications however optimization relies on precise control over the nanoscale morphology. We have designed a conjugated rod-coil block copolymer consisting of poly(3-(2'ethyl)hexylthiophene)-b-poly(2-vinyl pyridine) (P3EHT-b-P2VP) which self assembles into controllable morphologies. Inorganic nanoparticles reside within the P2VP domain due to the favorable interactions between P2VP and the nanoparticle surface as well as the exclusionary effects of the liquid crystalline P3EHT. The nanoparticle location can be tuned by altering nanocrystal surface chemistry. These findings are used to develop a comprehensive understanding of the self assembly processes in conjugated rod-coil block copolymer nanocomposites. Bryan McCulloch University of California Berkeley Date submitted: 19 Nov 2010 Electronic form version 1.4


STUDY OBJECTIVES
To assess the functional sequelae (FS) of patients with tuberculous pleurisy (TP), to analyze the influence of different factors in the occurrence of these FS, and, finally, to evaluate the relationship between the FS and roentgenographic sequelae.

DESIGN
An observational, retrospective study.

SETTING
A community teaching hospital in Alicante, Spain.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
From April 1986 to July 2000, all patients with a firmly established diagnosis of TP, who had been functionally studied at the end of follow-up, were included in the study. A diagnosis of TP was considered to be definitive when the presence of granuloma on a pleural biopsy specimen was demonstrated or when a culture was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid (PF) or tissue. The general characteristics of the study population and PF were compared in patients with or without restrictive FS (ie, FVC or TLC < 80%), looking for risk factors for developing this complication.

RESULTS
Eighty-one of 150 patients who had been treated for TP were eligible for the study. At the end of follow-up, eight patients (10%) had a restrictive FS. These patients had a lower PF lactate dehydrogenase concentration (p < 0.001), a higher PF concentration of cholesterol (p < 0.03) and triglycerides (p < 0.03), and a higher percentage of lymphocytes (p < 0.04). A weak correlation was found between the FVC and the intensity of radiographic pleural thickening (r = - 0.298; p < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS
The FS in patients with TP is restrictive in type, infrequent, and usually mild. A higher PF lipid content or a more chronic inflammatory pleural reaction at diagnosis appear to be risk factors for developing a FS. The correlation between FS and roentgenographic sequelae is poor.


There was a wide difference between Oriental and Occidental civilization in the development of scientific history, especially after the 17th century, Joseph Needham (1900~1995 A.D.) raised the question, "Why were science and technology not developed in the Orient of modern age?" It is for this reason that we now refer to this question as "The Problem of Needham" according it his name. However, this problem has remained up until now and has not yet been dealt with. In a Confucian society such as the Joseon dynasty, people who worked in science and technology were accorded the status of 'Chungin Specialists (專門職中人)' over the course of time. In this respect, we have to turn our attention to the activity of Chungin Specialists (專門職中人) in order to solve the problem put forth by Joseph Needham. The official specialists in the Joseon dynasty were composed of interpreters, medical doctors, astronomers, lawyers, accountants or artists. Many Chungin Specialists (專門職中人) passed national examination, named Chabkoa(雜科), for advancement and their professions could be hereditary in the latter period of Joseon dynasty. The interpreters in the latter period of the Joseon dynasty arranged various methods to cope with science and technology as it related to national defense. They were involved in the importation of water buffalo horns (水牛角) from South-East Asia that were used to make bows. The amount tallied up to 70% of all officially imported materials. The guild called bow and hom(弓角契) disappeared in 1750. In 1592 (壬辰倭亂), during the Japanese invasion, the production of nitrates (焰硝) which are the main ingredient of gun powder was more important during the to the Joseon authorities. An interpreter named Hun Pyo (表憲) learned and introduced an extraction method that he learned from outside sources. After the war, nitrates (焰硝) were imported from M'ing (明), but this practice was discontinued following the 1627 Jurchen (女眞) Invasion (丁卯胡亂). In 1631, Doowon Jeong (鄭斗源), an envoy to Beijing, China, received nitrate soil, nitrate flowers and magazine rifles (鳥銃) from Rodrigez in China. After Ching's (淸) Invasion in 1636 (丙子胡亂), it was generally accepted and encouraged to import nitrate illegally due to the national necessity. However, in the 8th year of King Hyojong (孝宗, 1657), an illegal importation of nitrate was detected in Shenyung Castle (鳳凰城). On the other hand, sulfur (硫黃) was imported from Japan through the illegal trade by interpreters. In the 2nd and 3rd year of King Hyojong (孝宗, 1651 and 1652 A.D.), interpreters, directed by the Korean Government, such as Keunhaeng Kim (金謹行) and Heenam Hong (洪喜男), decided upon the price for 15,000 keun (斤) of sulfur in a discussion with the governor of Tsushima Island (對馬島) in Japan. In the 17th year of King Sookjong (1691) the Korean Government noted that the interpreter to China, HyunJhang (張炫), had been demoted two levels as a result of his illegal import of 25 artillery pieces. This transaction had been detected by the Governor of Shenyung Castle (鳳凰城) in China a couple of years prior to the decision. Following the 24th year of King Sookjong (1698), another interpreter, Jinam Kim (金指南) published a book entitled 'Sinjeon Jachobang (新傳煮硝方)' after mastering the gun powder production method used on the Liaotung Peninsula (遼東半島) in Ch'ing. His method was to mix nitrates, ash from the willow tree and sulfur in the ratio of 78:15:7. It was also his contribution to history to widen the northern territories by concluding the treaty concerning border lines between [oseon and China Interpreter Wongyu Byun (卞元圭) met Hoongjang Lee (李鴻章) in China to research and buy weapons. However, the purchasing of weapons did not succeed because of the huge amounts funds required. His contribution also included sending f)l people (including 38 students) to the Tientsin (天津) Machine Factory in China in order to study weapons. This was after the opening of a port and, even though l) young people from the middle class (中人) were included in the envoy group to China, their effect was not so great In 1882, the plan of importing small weapons which were worth 5,000 ryung (兩) was decided upon, In the 20th year of King Kojong (1883), a machine factory was established in Samcheong-dong in Seoul. Among medical doctors, Joon Heo (許浚) was set up as a meritorious retainer (扈從功臣) after attending to his King during the Japanese invasion (壬辰倭亂). Donguibogam (東醫寶鑑), was comprised of internal medicine (內徑), external forms (外形), various diseases (雜病), medical decoctions (湯藥), along with acupuncture and moxibustion (鍼灸). As a complete encyclopedia about clinical study it was perfected in the 2nd year of Kwanghaegun (光海君). That enhanced the level of medical science during the Joseon period and built up independent cure means and Eastern medical science (東醫) in Asia. Hyunggook jeon (全亨國), a member of the literati, was on record asserting that he had a body dissected during the Japanese invasion. Acupuncturist, Kwanghyun Baek (白光鉉) developed a bold surgical method. Jema Lee (李濟馬) divided the physical constitution of people into 4 characters and advanced medical science for the 4 groups (四象醫學). He wrote a medical book, Donguisoosebowon (東醫壽世保元). Seokyeong Ji (池錫永) learned about the skills required for inoculating people against smallpox (牛痘法) and he wrote the book, Woodoosinseol (牛痘新說). Among astronomers, Youngsil Jhang (蔣英實) invented an automatic clock, Ja Gyeok Roo (自擊漏), developed an invention that utilized the energy of water in 1434. Yiyeong Song (宋以潁) made an automatic astronomical clock which followed the movements of the earth in the latter part of the 17th century. At the time it was the most advanced equipment in the world Joodeok Seong (成周悳 : 1759-?) wrote Gookjoyeoksanggo (國朝曆象考) and Seowoonkwanji (書雲觀志). When we investigate official accountants (算員), the mathematics of the Joseon dynasty was firmly maintained by them. However, they were underdeveloped because of the lack of criticism amid mathematicians. Artists drew the portrait of king and made maps in the latter part of the Joseon dynasty. Among the members of Handrick Hamel's (?~1692) party who had drifted ashore in the Joseon period, there were some astronomers, medical doctors and technicians who were skilled with fowling pieces (鳥銃) and guns. Unfortunately the Joseon people lost a chance to learn about the Netherlands, by keeping the foreigners in custody for 13 years, before finally allowing them to escape from ]oseon at last. Neo-Confucianists in the Joseon period accepted western science as a religion that could quake the base of Neo-Confucianism, not as scientific technology. This western knowledge and Occidental civilization, which Silhakja (實學者), who lived during the Joseon period, had tried to understand, was transfigured into a civilization by Sino-centrism (中華主義) through Chinese characters. On the other hand, social knowledge, which could have altered modem knowledge, was restricted to the utility of socio-economic means at any rate. Unfortunately, the medical knowledge of Yakyong Jeong (丁若鏞) failed to connect with the economy of the Joseon dynasty because it was not related to government facilities like Hyeminseo (惠民署), or other medical practioners. Silhakja (實學者) during the Joseon dynasty had not reached a popular stage through the translation, using the Korean alphabet, of western knowledge about science and technology. Comparatively speaking, the official interpreters or medical doctors in the Joseon dynasty were totally controlled by the Yangban (兩班) class. They could only get a chance to make their fortunes when it was the mission of the Joseon to dispatch them to China, or they could make their way with the Yangban (兩班). As a consequence, Chungin specialists (專門職中人) had to check themselves from importing western books, meeting missionary fathers, and translating or creating a popularization of western books as the court forbade these acts. This inhibited the chance where scientific civilization could have been popularized and blossomed in the latter period of the Joseon dynasty. We can say that almighty political power checked the development of science and technology after the 19th century in Joseon society. In addition, the route of intermediary trade, where the official interpreters of the Joseon dynasty had played a leading role between China and Japan, changed after 1720 AD. Several hundred ships of Chinese merchant arrived in Nagasaki (長崎) and traded directly with the Japanese. As such, the Joseon Chungin Specialists, including official interpreters, lost their profit and had not remaining power to import western science and technology in the 19th century.


4536 Background: Front-line therapy with immunotherapy combinations is standard of care for metastatic ccRCC, with ipilimumab/nivolumab (IO/IO) and several combinations of a VEGFR-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with a PD-1 inhibitor (TKI/IO) showing superior efficacy to TKI monotherapy. PFS-2 evaluates the ability to be salvaged by 2nd line therapy and is a surrogate for overall survival (OS). PFS-2 was compared in patients receiving 1st line IO/IO vs TKI/IO for metastatic ccRCC. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with ccRCC treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center between 1/1/2014 and 12/30/2020, in cohorts defined by 1st line: IO/IO or TKI/IO. PFS-2 is defined as time from start of 1st line to progression on next therapy, or death. Patients without a PFS-2 event were censored at a prespecified cutoff date. Objective response rate to 1st (ORR1st) and 2nd (ORR2nd) line are compared with the Fisher's exact test. OS, PFS-2, and time on therapy are estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method and compared with the log-rank test. Results: One hundred seventy-three patients received 1st line IO/IO (N = 90) or 1st line TKI/IO (N = 83); respectively, 52 and 40 patients had a PFS-2 event. 1st line TKI/IO regimens included: 34% axitinib/pembrolizumab, 29% lenvatinib/pembrolizumab, 25% axitinib/avelumab, 11% other. More IO/IO patients had brain metastases and intermediate/poor MSKCC risk category (respectively p = 0.007, p < 0.001). ORR1st and median months on 1st line were higher with TKI/IO vs IO/IO (65% vs 39%, p < 0.001; 16.1 vs 5.1, p < 0.001). ORR2nd was higher with IO/IO vs TKI/IO (47% vs 13%, p < 0.001), and median months on 2nd line was not significantly different (7.7 vs 7.1, p = 0.30). Median PFS-2 for TKI/IO was 44 months (95% CI: 27, 53) vs 23 months (95% CI: 16, 47) for IO/IO, p = 0.13. For TKI/IO and IO/IO groups, respective PFS-2 at 12 months was 86% (95% CI 77, 92) and 74% (95% CI 63, 82); PFS-2 at 36 months was 51% (95% CI 39, 63) and 42% (95% CI 30, 53). OS was not significantly different (p = 0.32; 3 year OS: IO/IO 60%, 95% CI 47, 71; TKI/IO 62%, 95% CI 49, 73). (Table) Conclusions: In patients receiving 1st line IO/IO or TKI/IO, ORR2nd was higher with IO/IO and median PFS-2 was numerically higher with TKI/IO, but no statistically significant difference in PFS-2 or OS was seen. These findings suggest that IO/IO and TKI/O are both acceptable 1st line treatment strategies in ccRCC. [Table: see text]


This essay examines the connection between American military operations on the Western Front and the impact of those operations on just one of the international power relationships that influenced the decisions in Paris, the relationship between American leaders and those of Great Britain. First, the American military effort was not very impressive, and it most certainly was not improving America's claim to dictate the terms of peace. Second, while American forces proved their incompetence, the BEF was carrying out the decisive campaign of the war. Wilson's stature at the peace talks was directly related to the extent to which British leaders felt a sense of indebtedness to America for the burden it carried in winning the war. The attitude of the British peace delegation towards Wilson was, in part, a result of its estimation of the size, scope, and effectiveness of AEF operations, especially those in the British Army's sector. Keywords:AEF operations; American Military operations; British leaders; war; Wilson's stature


The invention relates to a detection method for a vehicle cornering on a road having a lane (1) and road edges (2, 3), comprising the following operations: - taking the image of a road scene unfolding in front of the vehicle and at least partly illuminated by the vehicle, - determining, for each pixel of the image, a gradient of decrease of the light, - analysis of the decay gradients and determination of an image roadsides - mathematical discrimination decay gradients from the image roadsides, - analysis of such discrimination and determining the angle of virage.L'invention also provides an implementation system the method of the invention comprising a camera (10) mounted in the vehicle, an image processing unit (20) and a neural network (21).


Purpose: This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of motor ability on mastery motivation in children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Sixty children with cerebral palsy (5∼12 years) and their parents participated in the study. Data on general characteristics and disability condition, Gross Motor Functional Classification System, Manual Ability Classification System, and The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire were collected for this study. Independent t-test, and ANOVA were used for analysis of the effect of The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire according to general and disability condition, Gross Motor Functional Classification System, and Manual Ability Classification System. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine the effects of Gross Motor Functional Classification System and Manual Ability Classification System on The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire. SPSS win. 22.0 was used and Tukey was used for post hoc analysis, level of statistical significance was less than 0.05. Results: The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire score showed statistically significant difference according to gender, region, type, disability rating, Gross Motor Functional Classification System, and Manual Ability Classification System (p<0.05). Gross Motor Functional Classification System and Manual Ability Classification System were the effect factor on The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire significantly (p<0.05). Conclusion: These results suggest that motor ability of children with cerebral palsy was an important factor having an effect on The Dimensions of Mastery questionnaire.


e-Government Standard Framework aims to provide a standardized set of software tools for developing and running e-Government applications in order to improve the efficiency of ICT investment and the quality of e-Government services. It focuses on improving the reusability and interoperability of e-Government applications by setting a standard framework for developing software of e-Government. By providing a standardized interface for e-Government services, the level of public satisfaction has also increased. In addition, e-Government implementation providers are now able to improve their core competencies, technological capabilities and productivity by utilizing eGovFrame. Thus, the introduction of eGovFrame has boosted supplier competition. IT SMEs now stand a better chance to bid for e-Government projects. Ultimately, the eGovFrame contribute to business opportunities for SMEs as well as large companies, more efficient use of public funds and accelerated national informatization.


OF THESIS As-built drawings are the traditional method used by the construction industry to record changes made during construction. As-builts provide valuable information for new design projects as well as rehabilitation and remediation projects. The completeness and accuracy of these plans are essential for transportation industries and their success. While the importance of as-builts is widely recognized, the process of creating them has proven to be difficult. It is a time consuming process and entities often lack the resources necessary to complete accurate and detailed as-builts. After an investigation of current asbuilt operations within State Transportation Agencies, recommendations have been made to redefine construction "as-built" plans to meet current state transportation needs. First, the importance of a central storage location accessible to all stakeholders cannot be overemphasized. Along with a central storage location, standard guidelines should be developed regarding what information is required to be included within as-built plans. This study's approach to developing such guidelines included meeting with as-built end users and formulating a list of requested information. To ensure as-builts are being completed on time and accurately, it is recommended that as-built plans be developed throughout the project using simple to use editing software on iPads. A PDF editor is ideal for as-built development as PDF is the requested format by most end users. Finally, to ensure this process is being followed by construction, a liaison between as-built developers and users is recommended.


Optimum design for coherent optical OFDM transmitter has been analyzed. In contract to the direct-detection system, the optimal modulator bias point for the coherent system is pi where the nonlinearity and excessive loss are minimized.


In an earlier paper, observations were presented indicating that at the site of an acute inflammation there is present in the exudate a growth-promoting or proliferative factor (6-8). This can likewise be recovered from the homogenates of various tissues (8). In view of this fact and since the exudate can be considered to represent largely the products of cell injury (7), the growth-promoting factor of exudate is believed to be liberated by injured cells. Its presence in the exudate can offer a reasonable explanation for the mechanism of repair in inflammation (8). Some of the induced lesions in the breast tissue following repeated injections of this growth-promoting factor resemble somewhat the picture seen in the chronic cystic mastiffs of human beings (8). Rous and Friedewald reported that the application of methylcholanthrene and tar to virusinduced papillomas of the domestic rabbit hastens the formation of carcinomatous structures and that the malignant changes are frequently multiple (13). Rogers and Rous also recently showed tha t scarified areas of rabbit skin rendered previously hyperplastic with turpentine and then given inoculations of Shope papilloma virus often develop, after several months, carcinomatous changes, provided the areas were also covered with a dressing that contained ~0-methylcholanthrene or 9,10-dimethyl-l,~-benzanthracene (12). According to these investigators the virus and the hydrocarbon seem to act jointly in their carcinogenic capacities. Deelman had reported a number of years ago that wounds in a tarred region hasten and localize the formation of tumors (5). Orr reported that fibrosis of the subcutaneous tissue, caused by the insertion and subsequent removal of linen threads, induces accelerated tumor formation in mice by means of 1,~,5,6-dibenzanthracene (11). Cramer found that injury by


Morphometric analysis of Holocene pebbles from Sava River gravel in NW Croatia revealed shape distributions as observed along a 30 km long watercourse. Limestones, dolomites, and sandstones were identified as the major (>4%) and effusive magmatics in this alluvial aquifer system in Zagreb, with cherts and tuffs as minor pebble lithologies (up to 4%). Their distributions mainly indicate distant Alpine provenance for carbonate pebbles (limestone and dolomite) and local input for sandstones and minor lithotypes, laterally from the Samoborska Gora and Medvednica mountain. Carbonates are predominantly disc- and sphere-shaped, implying distant sources. Scattered distributions of pebble shapes (sphere, disc, blade, and rod) for sandstones and minor lithotypes possibly indicate multiple sources, some of them probably local. The tentatively interpreted "original sedimentary environments" for the main pebble lithotypes (calculated from their flatness ratios) possibly indicate that they are predominantly lake beach pebbles, followed by moraine and riverbed pebbles. However, these results should be strongly questioned.


Two known free-living marine nematodes, Monoposihioides " l y r i Wieser and Hopper, 1967 and Monoposthia hexalaia Chitwood. 1936 are redescribed from sediments in Si. Andrew Bay and Lake Powell, Bay County,Florida.U.S.A. One new speciesoffree-living marinenematode. Monoposihia baxterin. sp.. is described from nonvegelated sediments in St Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida. M. baxteri n. sp. differs from the other members of the genus in the shape of the gubernaculum which is more similar to that of the species of Monoposthioides than that of Monoposthia.


Supply chains are increasingly becoming more complex, making collaboration progressively difficult to establish and maintain. It is imperative to understand not only the consequences, but also the drivers of effective and efficient collaboration. In this study, we attempt to show how varying levels of collaboration impact service level and how cloud computing fosters these levels of collaboration. We introduce a framework detailing how cloud computing impacts three levels of collaboration: (1) information centralisation, (2) vendor managed inventory and continuous replenishment programmes and (3) business intelligence (BI) collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment. In addition, we use multi-agent-based simulation to analyse how each level of collaboration (enhanced through cloud computing) impacts service level as measured by fill rate. Obtained results show that cloud computing can enhance all three levels of collaboration. Further, our results demonstrate that BI collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment have significantly greater service level benefits in comparison to other collaboration levels.


The formulation of transformations on one or more input event streams to generation one or more output event streams. Accordingly, the transformations may be considered to be a query on the original input event stream(s). The event query includes event stream source representations representing an input event stream available in a particular execution context. The event query also includes a transformation module identifying the transformation set to be performed on the input event streams in the execution context. Once the query is properly formed, an execution module may then cause the transformations to be executed upon the designated input event stream(s) to generate output event streams.


Since eating begins with the hands and mouth, what can the anatomy of these bodily parts tell us? Human teeth, like those of the herbivorous creatures, are designed for grinding and chewing vegetable matter. Humans lack the sharp front teeth for tearing flesh that are characteristic of carnivores. Meat-eating animals generally swallow their food without chewing it and therefore do not require molars or a jaw capable of moving sideways. Also, the human hand, with no strong sharp claws and with its opposable thumb, is better suited to foraging and harvesting fruits and vegetables than to killing prey.


The parameters of dissociation of camphoric acid in its dilute (0.0001-0.01M) solutions were deter- mined with the aid of original exact and approximate equations. © 2010 Bull. Georg. Natl. Acad. Sci.


The paper presents research on measurement stand model for identification diameters of axle sets of railway vehicles being in motion. Special measuring modules have been designed. Signals form few kind of sensors are acquired. We are using contact and non contact sensors. Main goal of research is selection of best sensor and signal processing method. The paper presents the range of application of the method in the point of view of possibility of obtaining sensitivity of measurement, what means possibility of identification of minimum difference between theoretical and real diameter.


Coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture (CGRA) can provide strong capability of parallel computation and flexibility; it is becoming a promising platform for mobile computing. As mobile platforms increasingly demand power, more and more mobile platforms adopt multibattery- or multicell-based power systems to extend battery runtime. This paper addresses energy management for the purpose of extending the lifetime of battery-powered reconfigurable computing platforms. Considering the nonlinear characteristics of batteries and working mechanism of the CGRA, a multiobjective optimization model with respect to the battery state and energy consumption is built for extending battery lifetime. Meanwhile, based on this optimization model, a joint task-mapping and battery-scheduling method is proposed to achieve a practical and efficient solution. The physical experiments show that this paper achieves higher improvement on battery runtime when compared with state-of-the-art works.


Abstract.  1. Walnut‐infesting flies in the Rhagoletis suavis species group actively re‐use hosts for oviposition despite engaging in a genus‐typical host‐marking behaviour which, in other Rhagoletis groups, deters oviposition. In a study of the walnut fly, R. juglandis (Cresson), alternative hypotheses for the putative marking behaviour were evaluated.


As the dimensionality is reduced, the world becomes more and more interesting; novel and fascinating phenomena show up which call for understanding. Physics in one dimension is a fascinating topic for theory and experiment: for the former often a simplification, for the latter always a challenge. Various ways will be demonstrated how one-dimensional structures can be achieved in reality. In particular organic conductors could establish themselves as model systems for the investigation of the physics in reduced dimensions.
In the metallic state of a one-dimensional solid, Fermi-liquid theory breaks down and spin and charge degrees of freedom become separated. But the metallic phase is not stable in one dimension: as the temperature is reduced, the electronic charge and spin tend to arrange themselves in an ordered fashion due to strong correlations. The competition of the different interactions is responsible for which broken-symmetry ground state is eventually realized in a specific compound and which drives the system towards an insulating state.
Here we review the various ordering phenomena and how they can be identified by dielectric and optic measurements.