A method for knitting a double tubular fabric in which an outer tubular section can be formed independently of an inner tubular section while knitting the inner and outer tubular sections simultaneously by a weft knitting machine. The front fabric parts of an inner tubular section (2) and an outer tubular section (1) are attached to one of front and rear needle beds, and the rear fabric parts of the inner tubular section (2) and the outer tubular section (1) are attached to the other of front and the rear needle beds. The inner tubular section (2) is formed using at least two feeders and a yarn fed from one feeder, and the outer tubular section (1) is formed using a yarn fed from the other feeder. The outer tubular section (1) is formed by return knitting where a mesh continuous with the mesh formed in the going course is formed in the returning course. The outer tubular section (1) is formed by connecting meshes to each other at the boundary of the returning part. The inner tubular section (2) and the outer tubular section (1) are knitted while moving the respective feeders such that the yarn for knitting the inner tubular section (2) does not intersect the yarn for knitting the outer tubular section (1).


The IRS plasma wind tunnels were designed to test thermal protection materials for space vehicles as well as to qualify numerical codes. The knowledge of the parameters of the plasma jet is a prerequisite for developing erosion models for heat shield materials, relating erosion measurements to the real re-entry situation and also for corroboration of plasma code modelling calculations. Therefore, a number of methods has been developed and tested for the diagnostics of the high enthalpy plasma flow. These are different mechanical and electrostatic probes, emission spectrometry, Fabry-Perot interferometry and mass spectrometry. In this paper the results obtained with the different diagnostic methods for plasma flow conditions which are typical for a re-entry situation of a space vehicle are presented and discussed and first erosion measurements by mass spectrometry are shown. Applying all experimental and numerical methods, an air plasma flow can now be characterized from the plasma source downstream to material test positions.


The water-solubility protein of 5 years instar larvae and adult of Mictiopsis curvipes Hsiao were analyzed by capillary zone electrophoresis(CZE).The results showed that the 5 years instar larvae and adult had 38 and 50 electropherograms absorb peaks in 30 minutes espectively,and most of them were in 10 minutes.Most of proteins were low in content.There were some new protein produced in adult which were related to reproduction.


Summary form only given. We consider bounded plasmas with impurities and its environment. The bounded plasma with impurities is an ionized cloud. The cloud is formed under the action of outer, inner and surface forces, which are connected with each other. We consider only small perturbations. A double layer on the surface of the cloud is formed. Impurities of large-size particles, resulting from the influence of adhesion and coagulation. To precipitate impurities one can use ultrasonic coagulation. However under the action of ultrasonics turbulence arises and instabilities, disturbing the plasma state, can develop. To stabilize the plasma state and to deposit impurities on the walls or gas-discharge camera one needs both the data on the diagnostics and the result of calculations as well as the system of adaptive control. Adaptation of control is guaranteed by feedback. To improve reliability and refusal-stability of the control system an apparatus, program and time excessiveness are used. Effective diagnostic methods are SHF-methods and laser diagnostics. We also use random walks method and a computer experiment. To examine physical and physical-chemical properties of the bounded plasma cloud we solve a self-consistent problem. To find the optimal calculating data we apply non-linear statistical thermodynamics of spatial clusters.


According to the basic principle of heat conduction and FEM, mass concrete FEM model of Lishui Bridge tower foundation is established by using software MIDAS. Temperature controlling scheme is determined based on the calculation results. Temperature of Lishui Bridge tower foundation is monitored in order to provide evidence for temperature controlling measures including water cooling, heat preservation and moisture retention, etc. Information construction for mass concrete temperature control is implanted. Low thermal cement should be used in mix design of concrete. Adding a certain amount of fly ash into concrete is helpful to control temperature of mass concrete. Cooling water should run through cooling pipe after mass concrete poured, and stop when cooling rate is close to or even greater than 2.0℃/d. If temperature of mass concrete is going up after stopping cooling water, cooling water should run through again. Heat preservation should be done when the inner-surface temperature difference is close to or even greater than 25℃. The temperature controlling scheme is repeated until temperature of mass concrete is stable. Analysis results are introduced. There have been not temperature crack on the surface of tower foundation after mass concrete was poured. Therefore expected target is realized. Engineering practice indicates temperature controlling method and technological process that are introduced in the article are reasonable and effective, and can be used as references for mass concrete construction of bridge tower foundation.


MATTHIADIS, ANNA STALLMANN. Integrated Approaches in the Study of Arabidopsis thaliana Iron Deficiency Regulation. (Under the direction of Terri Long). Iron deficiency is a significant issue for agriculture and human sustainability. Plants have evolved to respond to iron deficiency through strategies that make iron more available in the soil and maintain required but not toxic levels of iron within the plant. This critical balance requires precise and complex regulation via gene regulatory networks. Here, I use both molecular and systems biology approaches to ascertain the role of regulatory players in the iron deficiency response. First, I explore the E3 ligase BRUTUS (BTS) and its role in the iron deficiency response. I investigate how the domain structure of the E3 ligase BRUTUS (BTS) facilitates iron dependent stability and subsequent degradation of target proteins. The role of BTS is extended beyond the iron deficiency response to other abiotic stress responses through its interaction with and degradation of the abiotic stress regulators VOZ1 and VOZ2. Finally, I expand the iron network as a whole by using computational techniques to identify transcriptional regulators of BTS and of other known iron genes through the development of the Cluster and Differential Alignment Algorithm (CDAA). This algorithm is a useful tool to highlight missing regulatory nodes and make specific regulatory predictions. Once this small network of regulatory relationships is produced, I gather additional experimental data to incorporate in a system of Ordinary Differential Equations describing the dynamics of these relationships. The results of this project extend beyond the immediate field of iron nutrition and can inform similar systems biology approaches. © Copyright 2017 Anna Stallmann Matthiadis


The invention discloses a forging method of a driving shaft for a gearbox. The forging method of the driving shaft for the gearbox comprises the following steps: a step a of pouring a cylindrical blank material, wherein the cylindrical blank material comprises chemical components, by weight percent: no smaller than 0.096% but no greater than 0.150% of C, no smaller than 2.1% but no greater than 2.40% of Si, no smaller than 1.1% but no greater than 1.30% of Mn, no smaller than trace amountbut no greater than 0.033% of P, no smaller than trace amount but no greater than 0.0260% of S, 0.11-0.22% of Ni, no smaller than 8.50% but no greater than 11.50% of Cr, no smaller than trace amount but no greater than 0.018% of B, and the balance of Fe and inevitable included impurities; and the step a comprises the following steps: decreasing the temperature of blank bodies shaped in a pouring way to 350 DEG C, then heating the blank bodies to 670 to 760 DEG C for 3-5h heat preservation, cooling the blank bodies in a furnace to 300 DEG C for 4h heat preservation, reheating the blank bodies to 650 to 760 DEG C for 17h heat preservation, cooling the blank bodies to 400 DEG C at a speed of 50 DEG C per hour and finally cooling the blank bodies to 140 DEG C at a speed of 20 DEG C per hour; and a step b of forging, wherein the step b comprises the following steps: a step 1 of selectively using 30-diameter round steel and cutting by using a shearing machine, wherein the length of a sheared rough blank piece is 70.3mm; and a step 2 of putting the rough blank piece of the step 1 in an intermediate frequency heating furnace for heating at a heating temperature of 1120 to 1180 DEG C and keeping the heating for 3.6min. The forging method of the driving shaft for the gearbox is beneficial to the large-batch industrial production of the driving shaft for the gearbox; and moreover, the phenomena of dirt inclusion and impossible fullness occurring during the forging process are reduced, the mechanical performance of a product is further improved, the product material is saved and the service life of a die for the product is prolonged.


A simulation of the highest efficiency (19.1% AMO) n/sup +/p indium phosphide (InP) solar cell was made using a computer code PC-1D in order to understand it and suggest future improvements to it. Available cell design and process data was used in the simulation. Minority carrier diffusion lengths in the emitter and base have been varied to match the experimental cell I-V characteristics with the calculated results. To further understand and improve the InP cell efficiency, simulations were performed using improved values of cell material and process parameters. We show that the efficiency of this cell could be increased to more than 23% AMO by incorporating the suggested cell material, design and process improvements. At these high efficiencies InP cell technology will be very attractive for space use. >


Polarizing microscope is used in this experiment of the magnetic domain observation. Operation and maintence are more convenient,intuitive and advanced. Using CCD imaging advanced digital technology,computer image processing technology,and visual of the screen. Using gray-scale processing,edge detection and advanced image process magnetic domain. The text and images appear simultaneously,the scanning speed is increased.


The present invention provides aqueous dispersions, coating compositions, paint layer and coated articles prepared therefrom. The coating composition of the present invention comprises: (1) an aqueous dispersion of the present invention, comprising a melt blended product of the following substances: (a) 50 Zhi 99% by weight of one or more of the first polyester, based on the referred to the total solids content of the dispersion, wherein said one or more first polyester acid value of less than 15, e.g. less than 10, or in the alternative embodiment is less than 5, based on the one or more first a total solids content of the polyester; (b) 1 to 50 weight percent of one second polyester comprising at least one or more stabilizing agents, based on the total solids content of the dispersion, wherein said second poly having a carboxylic acid ester group and an acid value equal to or greater than 15, e.g., greater than 20, based on the solids content of the second polyester; (c) one or more neutralizing agents; and (D) 15 to 90 wt% of water, based on the total weight of the dispersion; wherein the solids content of the dispersion is 10 to 85%, based on the total weight of the dispersion; and (2) one or more crosslinking agents.


Electrolyte engineering is crucial for the commercialization of lithium metal batteries. Here, lithium metal is stabilized in highly reactive sulfolane-based electrolyte under low concentration (0.25 M) for the first time. Inorganic-polymer hybrid SEI with high ionic conductivity, low bonding with lithium and high flexibility enables dense chunky lithium deposition and high plating/stripping efficiency. LCE also enables excellent cycling stability of NCM523/Li cells at 1 C (90.7% retention after 500 cycles) and 0.3 C (83.3% retention after 1000 cycles). With a low N/P ratio (~2), the capacity retention for NCM523/Li cells can achieve 94.3% after 100 cycles at 0.3 C. The exploring of the LCE is of paramount significance because it provides more possibilities of the lithium salts selection, especially reviving some lithium salts that are excluded before due to their low solubility. More importantly, LCE has the significant advantage of commercialization due to the cost effectiveness.


The failure of the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to develop a sustainable fishing environment for all member states is often blamed on the incompatibility of the territorial logic of national interests and the market forces of a de-territorialized European Union. Ironically, it is precisely this incompatibility that a common approach sought to overcome. This policy attempts to address scientific, market and socio-economic concerns within a shared state-led policymaking arena. Within this arena, the Commission's institutional significance as initiator of conservation regulations and overseer of policy implementation has often been derided within the literature. A small policing budget and a Council populated by logrolling preference outliers only add to the perception that the Commission's authority lacks any real teeth. This view neglects to consider the evolution of Commission powers in relation to ministers' preferences for decisionmaking autonomy over the policy's history. When these powers are seen in this light it becomes clear that both 'push' factors from the Council and 'pull' factors from the Commission are altering the institutional balance within this arena. This paper considers how Total Allowable Catch determination has evolved and puts the Commission's increasing use of emergency legislation into the context of this institutional evolution.


We propose a compact ultra-sensitive electric-field detector enabled by a T-shaped micro antenna and a transparent conductor enhanced GaAs electro-optic structure with a minimum detectable electric-field strength of 17?V/m*Hz-1/2and frequency response above 1GHz.


The frequencies of binary adjacent word pairs (BAWPs) in large corpus of native English speakers were counted to retrieve the data of BAWPs as the foundation of the research. BAWPs in Chinese college students' English compositions were tagged with the frequencies appearing in native corpus. Researchers' examination finds that about 46% of the BAWPs in students' compositions with the tagged frequency lower than 10 are language errors and close to 37% with the tagged frequency lower than 30 are errors. Misreport patterns were summarized and more than 100 filter rules of misreport were constructed. Combining with these rules, the ratios of actual errors are raised to over 60% and 48% for these two threshold values respectively, which can greatly facilitate college English writing.


Screening of fungistatic activity of nine fungicides (500, 1000 & 1500 ppm) with control was tested against seed-borne mycoflora of mungbean (Vigna radiata L.). Two fungal species viz., Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus were isolated from the stored grains of mungbean. Their efficacy was measured by food poisoning technique on Potato Dextrose Agar in petridishes. All nine fungicides significantly reduced seedborne Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus associated with mungbean seeds. A variable effect of different concentrations of the test fungicides viz., 500,1000 and 1500 ppm was recorded against Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus. All the employed concentrations of Carbendazim and Carbendazim (12%) + Mancozeb (63%) totally suppressed both the test fungi. Effect of all applied concentrations of Mancozeb, Copper Oxychloride and Thiophanate methyl showed least mycelial growth inhibition but higher dose partially suppressed both the fungi.


In 2012, 1.7 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Since the 2008 estimates, breast cancer incidence has increased by more than 20%, while mortality has increased by 14%. The identification of the causes of breast cancer is a crucial research issue for the development of effective prevention and treatment strategies. Over the past decades there has been an increasing interest in the possibility that human breast cancer may be caused by viral infections. In this study we searched for presence of mouse mammary tumour virus-like sequences in Egyptian breast cancer specimens. Unselected paraffin-embedded ninety blocks of paired carcinoma and normal breasts were tested for the presence of mouse mammary tumour virus-like envelope gene by PCR. None of the specimens was positive for the presence of mouse mammary tumour virus-like sequences.


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Autobiography: p. 269-270.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)—Boston University
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Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (SpMxV) has been considered as one of the most significant computational scientific kernels approaches. The key algorithmic approach of the SpMxV kernel, that inhibits it from achieving high performance, is its very low flop: byte ratio with speeded performance. Accessing the tremendous potential of throughput-oriented processors for sparse operations requires that we should allow substantial fine-grained parallelism and impose sufficient regularity on execution paths and memory access patterns. In this paper, a storage format for sparse matrices, called optimized compressed sparse blocks (CSB), which allows both Ax and ATx to be computed efficiently in parallel, where A is an n×n sparse matrix with nnz≥n non zeros and x is a dense nvector is used to enhance the speed of computation in parallelization The proposed system provides optimizational approach for enhanced Computations. Our sparse matrix multiple-vector multiplication algorithm provides high throughput results on all platforms and is implemented using platform neutral optimizations. The proposed Storage format is optimizational approach that allow high rate access additional computational capabilities. Experimental results indicate that on one processor, the CSB algorithms for Ax and ATx run just as fast as the CSR algorithm for Ax, but the CSB algorithms also scale up linearly with processors until limited by off-chip memory bandwidth. We show that the use of enhanced CSB not only improves the performance significantly but reduces matrix storage also.


In the face of the current situation of the rapid increase of kindergarten teachers and the unsatisfactory morality of teachers, this paper explores the integration of pre-service teachers and students to post-employment kindergarten teachers from the perspective of humane care and the promotion of life value and professional happiness. German education strategy, strive to update the teacher's moral education concept, more specific curriculum content, more rich implementation forms, so that it is truly in the ears, so as to truly promote the growth of teachers' new teachers.


The use of the 3-D-LookUp-Tables (3D-LUTs), during cinematic production and post-production, has proven to be both flexible and faster when performing color transformations or when seeking to give a particular look to a captured scene. Unfortunately, the dimension of the 3D-LUT is limited by the available space in the processing hardware, so there must be a tradeoff between the precision of the transformation (to avoid visual artifacts such as banding) and the space required to store it. Nowadays, not only professional equipment but also commercial televisions are able to display gamut wider than DCI-P3 with a higher dynamic range. The new standard for a High Dynamic Range (HDR) television is now International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication (ITU-R) Recommendation BT.2100, which has a color gamut that is almost double the size of ITU-R Recommendation BT.709. Our aim was to determine the required minimum size of a 3D-LUT in the BT.2100 color conversion that avoids unnecessary visual artifacts. We found that tetrahedral interpolation outperformed all others for both Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and HDR applications. It can achieve the same quality of trilinear interpolation using a 3D-LUT 20%–25% smaller on average. In 10-bit SDR, a 3D-LUT larger than 41 × 41 × 41, if using the trilinear interpolation, and larger than 31 × 31 × 31, if using the tetrahedral interpolation, should result in unnoticeable interpolation errors. In 12-bit HDR, a 3D-LUT larger than 72 × 72 × 72, if using the trilinear interpolation, and larger than 55 × 55 × 55, if using the tetrahedral interpolation, should result in unnoticeable interpolation errors. The saturated and dark images resulted in a much larger minimum size 3D-LUT to achieve a just noticeable difference < 1, thereby confirming the findings by Pieri and Pytlarz that IC
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The coexistence of several wireless technologies gives users a wide connectivity choice. However, in this heterogeneous context with the even growth of multimedia data demand and continuous amendments of network conditions, the best network selection represents a crucial issue. In this paper the authors propose a novel Adaptive Real-time Multi-user Access Network Selection (ARMANS) load balancing algorithm, taking into account not only the real-time global traffic load on each network, but also considering the different classes of traffic. The simulation results show that the proposed solution improves both QoS and load balancing in comparison with the case when a classic network selection with no traffic type load balancing is employed.


Marching Cubes(MC) algorithm is one of typical methods for 3D reconstruction,but it takes threshold segmentation,so it's application is limited.The existing well-developed algorithm was took as the input data for MC algorithm to reconstruct the medical image.The results of experiments show that this method expands the suitable scope of MC algorithm and enhances the reconstruction accuracy.


Students on all levels of education need to be able to think critically. This study investigated to what extent and how do lecturers at FET colleges in the Fezile Dabi District enhance their students" critical thinking skills by means of questioning in EFAL classrooms. A literature study was conducted in order to highlight the importance of critical thinking and which questioning types, strategies/techniques and tactics should be used for the effective enhancement of critical thinking skills in the classroom. The classroom environment, factors that hamper the enhancing of critical thinking skills, reasons for the use of questioning, the different questioning types, strategies/techniques and tactics and the importance of questioning in the English First Additional Language classrooms were explored. The literature review provided the conceptual framework for the study, as well as the framework for designing a questionnaire and the observation schedule to obtain the perceptions of lecturers and students regarding the enhancing of students" critical thinking skills. Quantitative, non-experimental descriptive survey and observation research by means of a self-constructed Likert-scale questionnaire, and observations by means of structured event sampling was conducted with a convenient sample of a purposively selected group of NQF Level 2 (Grade 10) lecturers (n = 4) and students (n = 142) at FET colleges in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State Department of Education. The triangulation of student and lecturer data revealed differences and similarities in opinions relating to how lecturers make use of different questioning types, strategies/techniques and tactics in order to enhance students" critical thinking skills. The data revealed that to some extent, two of the four lecturers effectively enhance their students" critical thinking skills through their constant use of questions that develop higher order thinking. The responses did however not convincingly indicate to the researcher that the enhancing of critical thinking skills takes place frequently through the effective use of different questioning types, strategies/techniques and tactics. This study is concluded with recommendations to lecturers on how to enhance students" critical thinking skills through questioning.


Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are facing severe environmental challenges following their independence, in which environmental movements had played an important role. Ecological threats from land‐use, water and air pollution are described and discussed in this study, drawing from the experience of policies implemented in the West. These include those normative, economic and coercive policy instruments in national as well as international environmental regimes, and the role of citizen participation in the implementation process. The prospect of new and more effective ways of combating environmental problems in these newly independent countries will depend largely upon the commitment of grassroots organisations and public support to prioritise their environment during times of economic recession.


Ever tightening environmental regulations have changed the way utility and non-utility electric generation providers currently view their fuels choices. While coal is still, by far, the major fuel utilized in power production, the general trend over the past 20 years has been to switch to low-sulfur coal and/or make costly modifications to existing coal-fired facilities to reach environmental compliance. Unfortunately, this approach has led to fragmented solutions to balance our energy and environmental needs. To date, few integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) suppliers have been able to compete with the cost of other more conventional technologies or fuels. One need only look at the complexity of many IGCC approaches to understand that unless a view toward IEC is adopted, the widespread application of such otherwise potentially attractive technologies will be unlikely in our lifetime. Jacobs-Sirrine Engineers and Riley Stoker Corporation are working in partnership with the Department of Energy`s Morgantown Energy Technology Center to help demonstrate an innovative coal gasification technology called {open_quotes}PyGas{trademark},{close_quotes} for {open_quotes}pyrolysis-gasification{close_quotes}. This hybrid variation of fluidized-bed and fixed-bed gasification technologies is being developed with the goal to efficiently produce clean gas at costs competitive with more conventional systems by incorporating many of the principles of IEC withinmore » the confines of a single-gasifier vessel. Our project is currently in the detailed design stage of a 4 ton-per-hour gasification facility to be built at the Fort Martin Station of Allegheny Power Services. By locating the test facility at an existing coal-fired plant, much of the facility infrastructure can be utilized saving significant costs. Successful demonstration of this technology at this new facility is a prerequisite to its commercialization.« less


Social representations theory strives to build the connective tissue between the methodologically individualist natural science epistemology of cognitive science and neuropsychology with the inter-subjective and/or social constructionist epistemology of the social sciences and humanities. This chapter describes how the study of social representations of history (SRH) has used quantitative methods to provide empirical building blocks that I) assist in the process of cumulative hermeneutic interpretation, and II) operationalize social representations in new and sophisticated ways as a symbolic interface between individuals and groups. I) SRHs can be treated as narrative where a sequence of events provides the plot, and figures and groups provide heroes and villains central to a story about the making of an ingroup. Different spatial configurations of representations of the prevalence of events and figures in world history from different countries provide different narrative inference potentials (i.e., ability to generate conjectures about groupbased narratives). They can be treated as points of dialogue rather than descriptive facts, employed in the full awareness that their meaning changes with context, but nonetheless signify some inter-subjective consensus worth talking through. II) Alternatively, along more quantitative lines of inquiry, Latent Class Analysis is described as a technique that can 1) describe the numerical prevalence of a given representation, while 2) mapping alternatives and positioning an individual precisely vis-a-vis these alternatives without relying on pre-existing social categories that can then 3) be mapped onto other systems, including institutional, relational, occupational, or demographic systems. The analysis of figures in SRH is described using data from around the world.


We prove existence and uniqueness for Stratonovich stochas-tic diierential equations where the coeecients and the initial condition may depend on the whole path of the driving Wiener process. Our main hypothesis is that the diiusion coeecient satisses the Frobenius condition. The solution is given in terms of solutions of ordinary diierential equations and the Wiener process. We use this representation to study properties of the solution. 1 ferential equation.


In near future, commercial companies have proposed to launch the extreme large constellation of small to medium-sized satellites over new 20,000 satellites in orbit. As a result, satellite operators will face a new challenge and have to prepare some solutions to mitigate huge potential collision risks. Under current practices, operators receive collision warning messages (Conjunction Data Messages: CDMs) generated by the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC). It is possibly to receive huge conjunctions that exceed warning threshold control each day but many of them are false conjunctions because the result of a combination of inaccuracies in the sensor measurements, predicting error and especially inadequacy of satellite information (e.g., GPS data and satellite size) To reduce the false CDMs and effectively mitigate the potential risk in time, space traffic management system can minimize the problems. The key system capabilities are able to automatically screen potential risky objects and provide an analysis tool to decide effective maneuver planning. As a result, GISTDA initiates the project to develop the space traffic management system known as "ZIRCON" to monitor and mitigate the risk of GISTDA's satellites and future satellites (e.g., THEOS2 project). This paper presents the operational collision avoidance process and algorithm analysis of space traffic management system. The accuracy of analysis results is validated by comparing the analyzed results of CSpOC and Space Data Association (SDA) serving the commercial space sector to monitor and provide warning message for membership. The last section describes the future development planning and services for satellite operators.


This chapter sets out a close reading of the ways in which disability figures in Dr Fischer of Geneva, or the Bomb Party, and examines the film adaptation from a similar perspective. It makes reference to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder's work on Melville and disability in order to support the suggestion that Greene uses disability in Dr Fischer to interrogate a parasitic economy. With reference to several of the tripartite schemas that have been proposed as paradigms for determining the relationship between a written source and a filmed adaptation, the chapter establishes the principle differences between the representation of disability on the page, and on the screen. It argues that the work of isolating the instances of representation of disability, and of the discourses around it, in the two versions of the narrative is a necessary preliminary to re-reading Dr Fischer as a text amenable to a literary disability studies perspective.


What would another Hurricane Katrina bring in 2020? Is government at all levels ready for such an event? This essay argues that learning to manage actions supporting disaster response and recovery operations consistently and effectively requires strategic, not reactive, thinking. It adopts a framework based in issues focused thinking, externally focused management, and opportunity-seeking behavior to examine the complex mix of individuals, organizations, and actions involved in response and recovery. The authors conclude that strides have been made since Katrina, but the development of greater strategic capacity is a necessary prerequisite to effective disaster management in the future.

Wise and fortunate indeed is that community that has so analyzed its problems and needs, and has so prepared to make use of catastrophe should it come by plans for carrying out programs of improvements, that the aftermath of tragedy finds its victims as well cared for as humanly possible and in addition some tangible new advance in the equipment and life of the community.

—John Gaus, 1947


In order to solve the problem of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for cloud computing, a DDoS attack detection algorithm was proposed based on feature analysis and Kalman filter. According to the difference of the frequency of accessing the cloud servers between ordinary users and distributed denial of service attacks user, the behavioral features were used as the detection objects. The number of accessing the cloud server and the accessing behavior features computed by IP number were counted within a certain time. The linear prediction algorithm was used to predict the behavior features. Kalman filter was used to correct the prediction value. The corrected value and the prediction value were compared with each other. The value which exceeds the specified threshold was judged as the DDoS attack. Simulation result shows that the algorithm has better detection rate and lower false detection rate. It has good application value in network security defense.


The relationship between dominant height and age is the base of site index, the most widely used measure of site quality. In applying the site index concept, one typically assumes that height development is not affected by stand density or thinning treatment. This assumption has been challenged by recent studies on loblolly pine. A detailed data set with initial densities ranging from 6,730 to 750 trees/ha and covering ages 1 through 25 after plantation establishment was used to study and model the effect of initial spacing on height development of loblolly pine. Dominant height was found to be dependent on initial spacing. Height-age models are proposed that take into account the effect of spacing on average and dominant height. The differences among plantation densities are evident from age 6 and are consistent to the end of the 25-year period of study. Previous studies in other conifers have reported an early advantage in terms of height growth in denser stands that tend to disappear with age, producing a crossover of the growth trajectories. No evidence of this crossover effect in height was found. FOR .S CI. 57(3):201-211.


: Millions of devices with sensors and actuators connected via wired or wireless channels for data transmission make up the Internet of Things (IoT). By 2020, it is anticipated that over 25 billion devices will be connected, reflecting the IoT's tremendous growth over the last ten years. In the upcoming years, the amount of data released from these devices will multiply many-fold. In addition to producing more data overall, IoT devices also produce a lot of data in a variety of different modalities, with variable degrees of data quality determined by the speed of time and position dependency. In such a setting, machine learning algorithms can be crucial in assuring biotechnology-based security and authorisation as well as anomaly detection to enhance IoT systems. However, hackers frequently use learning algorithms to attack the flaws in IoT-based smart systems. In this study, we suggest employing machine learning to detect spam in order to secure IoT devices. Spam Detection in IoT utilising a Machine Learning framework is suggested to accomplish this goal. In this approach, a huge number of input feature sets are used to evaluate five machine learning models using a variety of criteria. Each model uses the enhanced input attributes to calculate a spam score. This rating shows how trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT) devices are based on several factors. The proposed technique is validated using the REFIT Smart Home dataset. In comparison to other current systems, the findings collected demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Integrated explode, render and animation capabilities, combined with motion simulation, allow you to create dynamic photorealistic animations and motion studies using existing Solid Edge® software 3D models to share and articulate design ideas, reduce risk and generate new business.


SUMMARY— The influence of various media and pH upon the growth and interaction of rough and smooth variants of Batiks stearothermophilus NCA 1518 in pure and mixed populations was determined. The rough variant had a lower nutritional requirement than the smooth variant. The rough variant had a slightly shorter generation time in a minimal broth than in a trypticase soy broth devoid of phosphate buffer (TSA-A). The generation time of the smooth variant grown in the minimal medium was much longer than that in TSA-A. Available carbohydrate influenced growth of the rough variant more than the smooth variant. The rough variant showed an increase of only 3 hr in lag time at pH 6.0 and 8.0 as compared to pH 7.0, while the smooth variant had an increase in lag time of 37 hr at pH 6.0 and 47 hr at pH 8.0 as compared to pH 7.0. The smooth variant produced very little basic substances in TSA-A while the rough variant produced large amounts of these substances.


Epigenetic modifications play an important role in the pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies of which alterations in cellular acetylation profiles have proven to contribute substantially. The clinical use of chromatin modulating drugs, such as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, has more recently been evaluated in several clinical trials. Nonetheless, little is known concerning the effects of HDAC inhibitors on myelopoiesis or their specific targets in human hematopoietic stem cells. In order to investigate this, we utilized a differentiation system in which umbilical cord blood derived CD34+ cells were differentiated ex- vivo in liquid and semi-solid cultures. We investigated the effect on lineage development, colony-forming potential, proliferation and differentiation using trichostatin A (TSA; group I/II/IV, 5–25nM), sodium butyrate (SB; group I/IIa, 100–500μM) and valproic acid (VPA; group I/IIa, 100–500μM). In our liquid culture system we observed that TSA increased the numbers of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors resulting in a dose dependent delay in granulocyte/macrophage progenitor (GMP) differentiation. Furthermore, TSA promoted differentiation towards megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitors (MEP) in the absence of thrombopoietin (TPO) and erythropoietin (EPO). SB promoted a shift towards the granulocyte/macrophage lineage, and inhibited proliferation and differentiation of CD34+ progenitors. VPA increased the number of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors in a dose dependent manner, with increased numbers of MEP and a delay in GMP differentiation. To investigate the colony-forming potential of hematopoietic progenitors and further define the effect on lineage choice decisions in the presence of HDAC inhibitors, we also used a semi-solid culture system. In agreement with the results of the progenitor analysis, 100–200mM VPA stimulated granulocyte/macrophage colony formation which was also observed after 100mM SB treatment, although colonies were smaller and less differentiated. All three HDAC inhibitors showed a dose dependent inhibition of erythroid colony-forming potential and differentiation. We also used the liquid culture system to examine proliferation during neutrophil development. TSA moderately increased CD34+ progenitor expansion in a dose dependent manner, while 100–500mM SB and 500mM VPA abrogated expansion, eventually leading to decreased cell survival. In contrast, 100–200mM VPA increased cell expansion without affecting differentiation potential. Neutrophil differentiation was improved, although not significantly, by TSA, while SB inhibited neutrophil differentiation showing dysplastic features and signs of early apoptosis. Treatment with 500μM VPA also inhibited neutrophil differentiation reflected by an increased amount of common myeloid progenitors (CMP), a differentiation block in immature neutrophils and decreased cell survival. In order to determine the effects of HDAC inhibition on histone acetylation we performed Western Blot analysis on protein lysates from hematopoietic progenitors. SB and VPA strongly increased acetylation of total H4 with hyperacetylation of H4K16 and this effect was observed to a lesser extent with TSA. During myeloid differentiation, all three HDAC inhibitors clearly increased total H3 acetylation as represented by H3K9 hyperacetylation. Taken together, we observed comparable effects on histone acetylation profiles, but distinct effects on myeloid progenitor function and neutrophil development. These data suggest that the effects observed in hematopoietic progenitor function are likely to include effects of HDAC inhibitors on non-histone targets. Furthermore, the differences between the effects of TSA, SB and VPA suggest inhibitor specific effects (HDAC preference) or cell specific responses. We are currently investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying these observations.


Due to the development of many quality control systems in the industry, increasing demands for limited health care resources and rise of legal aspects in ultrasound practice, the need for quality has also emerged in the prenatal ultrasound field. Based on the literature, various approaches for quality control based on fetal detection rates, analysis of nuchal translucency measurements or biometric measurements are reviewed. Particular emphasis is put on the use of fetal biometry to develop quality control systems based on both a qualitative or a quantitative approach.


The aim of the present research was to study the quality changes of buffalo's milk stored in different time period after milking. About 10 liters of fresh buffalo milk which were obtained from Lembah Gumanti, Solok district were used in the experiment. The milk was divided and placed into four groups and stored in room temperature for 4 different time periods: 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours immediately after milking. Parameter measured included: pH, specific gravity and colony number of bacteria. Data was statistically analyzed by variance analysis in Block Randomized Design (RBD) with 4 treatments and 5 replicates. The results indicated that there was significant effect (P<0.01) among the treatment on the characteristic of buffalo milk. It showed that increasing of the storage time after milking have decreased pH and increased specific gravity and bacteria count.


Abstract: East Timor only approaches the prospect of independence this year, long after the heyday of anti-colonial struggle in the developing world. After a referendum in August 1999 in which over 70% of east Timorese voted for an end to Indonesian rule, a spate of militia-backed violence prompted the dispatch of international peacekeepers to restore and maintain order. Although the peacekeepers appear to have halted Indonesian-sponsored violence against the Timorese, East Timor's reliance on more powerful countries of the world looms ominously as the colony transforms itself into an independent country. Text: Prospects For An Economic Foothold East Timor only approaches the prospect of independence this year, long after the heyday of anti-colonial struggle in the developing world. After a referendum in August 1999 in which over 70 percent of East Timorese voted for an end to Indonesian rule, a spate of militia-backed violence prompted the dispatch of international peacekeepers to restore and maintain order. Although the peacekeepers appear to have halted Indonesian-sponsored violence against the Timorese, East Timor's reliance on more powerful countries of the world looms ominously as the colony transforms itself into an independent country. This new dependence on the international community will be difficult to avoid as the Timorese construct their economy, but also necessary, for independence to be reached. Liberation and Re-Colonization The eastern half of the island of Timor was officially incorporated into Portugal in 1859. In 1974, a popular revolution overthrew 50 years of right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. The new Portuguese government, exhausted by years of fighting to maintain its fading colonial empire, quickly withdrew its forces from all of its territories, including East Timor. Prior to the 1974 withdrawal, the government had promoted democratic principles in East Timor, and three political parties were formed. The most popular party was the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), which demanded independence from foreign control. In 1975, local elections were held in which Fretilin won 55 percent of the vote, reflecting East Timorese support for independence. However, the Indonesian government was fearful that an independent East Timor would encourage other concentrated ethnic groups in the Indonesian archipelago to seek independence. The oil and gas deposits off the coast of East Timor, along with the island's prosperous coffee and sandalwood trade, compounded Indonesia's interest in East Timor. Beginning in 1974, the Indonesian military began to destabilize East Timor, sparking a civil war between Fretilin and the other Timorese parties. The continuing Indonesian intervention and the refusal of the Portuguese to return to the island led Fretilin to proclaim the Democratic Republic of East Timor on November 28, 1975. In December 1975, the Indonesian military launched a full-scale invasion of the newly independent nation, killing civilians, raping women, and forcing East Timorese to move into concentration camps. International human rights organizations estimate that more than 200,000 Timorese died as a direct result of the Indonesian invasion. Since the invasion, Timorese guerrillas have fought the occupying troops tooth and nail, with Fretilin members taking up arms as the Liberation Army of East Timor (Falintil). The strong East Timorese guerrilla movement and its many civilian supporters forced Indonesia to station as many as 35,000 troops in an area approximately the size of Connecticut. In 1986, the leader of the armed struggle, Xanana Gusmao, united most of the resistance forces under the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT). The CNRT's Special Representative, jose Ramos-Horta, has traveled around the world as a Timorese exile, trying to raise awareness and mobilize support. …


As one of the lower-level government agencies, the village has an important role in a government. One of the important roles of the village is serving the community in making administrative letters, for example in making death certificates, business, domiciles and others. Currently the process of making administrative letters is not optimal which causes the process of making administrative letters takes quite a long time and the problem is often queues and there is no certainty that the administrative letter will be completed on that day besides that the community cannot fill out the village head's signature on the letter due to the busyness of the village head which requires him to be often out of the office or have many activities so a system is needed that can make it easier for village officials to get legitimacy letters and serving the community in making administrative letters, this study uses the Rest API on the QR Code for validation in administrative letters in the village, where Rest api uses the http protocol where the API link will be entered with a QR Code and this Rest API as link the QR Code to the web. By implementing the Rest API on the QR code for validating administrative letters in the village, a feasibility test has been carried out and obtaining a value of 82.5%, which means that the application is very feasible, and can help process administrative letters in the village


The paper was approached the primary problems about higher education of China with systems science's foundational principles.It was Pointed that the key to education is the quality.And it pointed the one of the most important for education reformation is the reformation of college entrance examination system But the reformation need to find the essential solution .Otherwise surface problems were solved, but deep problems still exist and new problems will arose once again.Two cruxes in education of China:equality competition and innovation tension were pointed in the paper.They will expose that the source of greater part of problems in education of China now.


While the gender gap in undergraduate computing is often discussed in reference to the representation of women in the computing major, less is known about leadership and other affective outcomes for women and men in computing. This study examines how gender shapes (a) introductory computing students' perceptions of their leadership, including measures of both general self-rated leadership ability and perceived capacity for leadership in computing, (b) how these perceptions change during the introductory computing course, and (c) the experiences that are related to change in leadership outcomes. Findings reveal gender differences in how incoming introductory course students report both their general leadership abilities and their perceived capacity for leadership in computing. Additionally, both women and men experienced a decline in their perceived capacity for leadership in computing during the introductory course. These and other findings are discussed, with attention given to the implications for both researchers and instructors seeking to broaden women's participation in computing.


MIG welding process experiments and studys of the medium thickness 7A05 aluminum alloy were done with ER5356 wire as the filling material.Furthermore,the microstructures and properties of welded joint were examined and analyzed by means of optical microscope and X-ray nondestructive testing equipment etc.The results show that the choice of welding materials and the developed welding process are reasonable and feasible.7A05 aluminum alloy welded joints have excellent anti-crack performance and mechanical properties.The results can be used to guide the welding of 7A05 aluminum structural parts.


It is different between E-Government and OA. the E-Government is the new running model of government in internet time. It is totally electrical and network. it is a huge system with high techs and big cost.


3-epi-7β-hydroxydigitoxigenin were obtained as principal dissimilation products, respectively. Upon incubation with the fermentation beer of elevated pH, these substrates were led to the common product, 3-dehydro-7β-hydroxydigitoxigenin. When digitoxigenin was bioconverted with acid and alkaline fermentation beers of Mucor parastiticus, there resulted in the formation of 7β-hydroxydigitoxigenin and of 3-dehydrodigitoxigenin and anhydroperiplogenone respectively, both accompanied with significant amount of periplogenin. With 3-dehydrodigitoxigenin as a substrate, digitoxigenin and 3-epi-digitoxigenin were shown to be present in acid fermentation beer of the same organism.


Capreomycin, a new antibiotic substance isolated by Herr and his associates at the Lilly Research Laboratories from Streptomyces capreolus, has been shown by in uitro tests and animal experiments to be active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and have no cross-resistance with such primary amtituberculous agents as streptomycin, isoniazid, etc.'-13 I t also has been reported that capreomycin is clinically effective against pulmonary t u b e r c ~ l o s i s . ' ~ ~ ~ ~ Since August 1963, the Japan Research Committee for Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis* has conducted joint clinical studies on the therapeutic effectiveness and toxicity of capreomycin in original treatment cases and retreatment cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and the results compared with those of streptomycin and other hitherto well-known antituberculous agents.


This paper aims to contribute to the explanation of the function of both mindreading and mental representation as cognitive sub-themes in inferential activity as well as argumentative behaviour. The paper discusses various alternative explanations available in philosophical and cognitive literature, boiling everything down to a cultural/evolutionary perspective which emphasizes collectivistic design. For the overall purpose, the evolutionary change in the brain-mind plasticity is analyzed, the social intelligence hypothesis is discussed, and some different notions of mindreading are confronted.


Time-delayed feedback has been introduced as a powerful tool for control of unstable periodic orbits or control of unstable steady states. This paper addresses control and chaotification of continuous chaotic systems using time feedback control. Regarding the delay and the gain as parameters, we investigate the effect of choice those two parameters on the dynamics of the system. We first, consider the effect of gain and delay, then give several numerical simulations, which indicate that for certain values of time delay, a stable periodic orbit is converted into chaotic behaviour.


Isotopic concentrations of noble gases were assessed in grain size separates of 14 soils from a 67-cm section of lunar regolith taken on the rim of Shorty Crater. The orange-black droplets in this section were probably formed from pyroclastic eruptions about 3.6 billion years ago; they give little indication of surface exposure. The isotopic concentrations suggest that cosmic ray irradiation of the core occurred in two stages and that the core stratigraphy was inverted between stages. The first irradiation stage may have taken place immediately after pyroclastic deposition of the droplets and could have lasted about 20 million years.


The use of renewable energy has alleviated the severe resource and environmental pressure at this stage. However, the discontinuity and randomness of renewable energy have brought risks to the system, resulting in serious problems of abandoning wind, light, and water, making it impossible to achieve large-scale access to renewable energy. This paper proposes a framework of renewable energy consumption system supported by deep learning, which can provide new solutions for renewable energy consumption under the background of integrated energy service system.


A method is presented for determining the location and magnification of images formed by holographic reconstruction. The method is based upon the similarity between a hologram and a zone plate. An undergraduate student familiar with introductory optics should be able to understand the method presented.


A flow tube reactor for the study of the reactivity of pulverized coal under controlled conditions has been developed. The reactor system incorporates optical diagnostics as well as probe sampling techniques to measure the reactivity of coals with differing physical and chemical properties. The aim of the research is to provide fundamental data that can be used in the design and development of coal combustion systems. Two size ranges of pulverized Montana Rosebud and one size of Illinois No. 6 coal were burned in a 7.3% oxygen-containing Ar/N/sub 2/ atmosphere. Gas temperatures were between 1140 K and 1750 K. In addition several measurements were made of micropore volume using CO/sub 2/ adsorption at room temperature. Qualitative behavior of both coals at high gas temperatures is consistent with a two stage combustion mechanism: devolatilization followed by char burnout. Results for the low temperature cases are less easy to interpret. Despite the fact that both diffusion and heterogeneous chemical rates decrease with decreasing temperature, the reactivity rates in the low gas temperature environment are comparable to those in the high gas temperature. It is quite likely that devolatilization occurring over periods much longer than 20 msec contributes to this high reactivity. Physicalmore » and chemical measurements have been made on the raw and partially burned coal. Specific mircopore volume, specific internal surface area, particle size distribution, and chemical composition have been determined. No single measurement as yet explains the unexpectedly high reactivity rates for coals in the lower gas temperature environment.« less


Geochemistry composition of different bulk soil and rock samples from Hormozgan province were investigated in order to address element distribution of soils in the context of their weathering, soil forming process and geology to describe impacts of parent material and soil evolution on the soil characteristics. For this reason, major elements (Si, Al, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca, Na, K, Ti, and Zr) as metal oxides and mineralogy composition of bulk soil and rocks were analyzed. Total content of some trace elements (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Sn, and Pb) were measured in bulk soil samples as well. The studied area is part of arid region in southern Iran with predominant sedimentary rocks and evaporite formations. Coefficients between the elements of each subgroup are positive and significant (p<0.05), indicating that their presence can be accounted for by similar reasons. In general, soils developed on metamorphic and igeneous parent rocks rather than evaporates indicated distinct accumulation of Si, Al, Fe, Mn, K, Ti, and Zr in different particles. Indices based on soil macro elements, such as CIA, CIW, PWI, WIP could express the variations in unweathered materials and rate of weathering and can be taken as an index of soil development. In addition to high contents of alkali and alkali earth elements of the sand and silt rich soils, both the Chemical Index of Alteration values (4.61 to 67.40), Chemical Index of Weathering values (4.82 to 71.73) and also high Product of Weathering Index (PWI) and Weathering Index of Parker (WIP) contents, suggests a relatively mild weathering source area.


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Underwater images often suffer from color-distortion and low contrast, because light is scattered and absorbed when traveling through water. Scattering is caused by large suspended particles, like fog or turbid water which contains abundant particles etc. Color change corresponds to the varying degrees of attenuation encountered by light traveling in the water with different wavelengths. In the past decades, underwater image processing area has attracted considerable attention and also received important achievements. This paper we review some of the most recent methods that have been successfully applied in the underwater environment. These techniques mainly focus on improving image contrast, better exposedness of the dark regions while the finest details and edges are enhanced significantly. The conditions of which of methods could be used will be introduced in this paper as well as the quality assessment used to evaluate their performance.


The invention belongs to the field of digital image processing, and relates to a rapid fog and haze image sharpening method, so as to solve problems that conventional imaging equipment is low in color saturation of images, is not bright in color and is fuzzy in detail information. The method can improve the detail information of the image and a subjective visual perception effect. The method employs an atmosphere light scattering model according with the natural imaging law, and the recovery effect accords with the characteristics of human vision. The method employs the adaptive average filtering and a method for adaptively solving a brightness repair factor and atmospheric radiation intensity, and can adapt to various of different occasions. The method is suitable for a color image or a gray scale image, is suitable for an optical image or other images, and is universal. The method comprises the steps: calculating a minimum color component image, and carrying out the approximate evaluation of the far and near scenery fog concentrations; solving and further repairing the global atmosphere light intensity and a global atmosphere light curtain; recovering a fog image and carrying out the subsequent brightness and color adaptive improvement of the recovered image.


In this paper, a non-stationary Kalman filter parametrization of subspace identification models is adopted to deal with finite data windows. We show that the non-stationary Kalman filter parametrization is the solution to the least squares estimation of the Markov parameters from high-order ARX models. A recursive conversion between observer Markov parameters and system Markov parameters is developed under the non-stationary Kalman filter structure. The system Markov parameters can be obtained and further applied to disturbance modeling in model predictive control. Simulations are carried out to show the effect of the non-stationary Kalman filter parametrization with finite data.


Background: There is a consensus that patients with BMI>30kg/m2 undergoing abdominoplasty have higher rates of complication. Despite higher risk of complications, these patients benefit greatly from body contouring procedures. Our objectives are to assess complication rates in carefully selected persistently obese post bariatric surgery patients undergoing abdominoplasty, stratifying by BMI at the time of surgery. Methods: 134 consecutive post-bariatric patients who underwent a comprehensive pre-operative evaluation with a multi-disciplinary team prior to abdominoplasty between January 2004 and January 2011 were grouped based on BMI at time of abdominoplasty: Group I: BMI<30kg/m2 (n=44), Group II: BMI 31-34kg/m2 (n=49), and Group III: BMI>35kg/m2 (n=41). Complications were graded using the Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complication. Results: Overall complication rate was 28%. Complication rates for BMI groups I, II, and III were 34%, 28%, and 21%, respectively (p=0.39). Grade 1 complications were most frequent at 17.2%, followed by grade 2 complications (9.0%) and then Grade 3 (1.5%). There were no grade 4 or 5 complications. Conclusion: Our overall complication rate was much lower than previously reported rates for post-bariatric patients and comparable to reported rates for non-post bariatric counterparts. There was no statistically significant difference in complication rates between BMI groups suggesting that rather than use an absolute BMI cut-off at which patients are considered inappropriate operative candidates, the use of a comprehensive patient evaluation process with a multi-disciplinary approach is more appropriate.


A case of hepatic rupture is presented in a primigravida 31 years, who presented cesarean delivery for fetal death and then died, despite therapeutic measures put in place. A review of current knowledge on this complication of HELLP syndrome is made.


Those who know us as editors of Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences and our colleagues at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences also know that we tend to look for opportunities to celebrate. The 50th issue was an anniversary that could not simply go unnoticed. When we drew up the concept for this issue, we did not yet know how relevant the theme would turn out to be. We are referring to the recent political events in Austria and the debates they have unleashed at European level about European democracy. Personally and as citizens and in more than one way we would have preferred this not to be the case. Since the beginning of February, Austria has been governed by a coalition of two right-wing parties, one of which belongs to the extreme right. The FPÖ is a party which has repeatedly used offensive and violent racist rhetoric to win votes, has a very strong anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism stance in drawing very clear boundaries between in-group and out-group, as well as a rather ambivalent and dangerous attitude to the European Union and the project of Europeanization. In the latter connection, what makes the FPÖ anti-European politics dangerous is less that it is anti-European, much more that it uses the problematic dimensions of European integration to consolidate an extreme anti-politics attitude. The question that arises, is how so many voters (27% is still a signiŽ cant share) fall prey to the FPÖ rhetoric? What, in other words, is so attractive about the extreme right-wing agenda? The intuitive response is one that sends shivers down our spines—the increase in xenophobia and the radicalization of racism explain the rise of the FPÖ to power. We must, however, be careful, especially as social scientists, not to confuse cause, effect and symptoms. Even if the rise of the extreme right is to be considered as evidence for the increase of xenophobia (a claim that is in fact not substantiated beyond doubt by the available empirical information) this does not automatically imply that it is also its cause, not to say its sole cause. The observation of an association between two social phenomena, however close, as of yet says nothing about causality which could in fact run the other way: i.e. the increase of xenophobia might be the result of the rise of the extreme right and not the other way round. It is also possible for the two phenomena not to be causally related to each other but instead both the effect of a third factor. This, we think, is the case here. Less emotional analyses of the political situation in Austria—which we use here as exemplary of trends and problems facing several European societies—point to the increase in risk and insecurity associated with globalization and contingent phenomena. Expressed simply, it is about 'fear of change in a fast changing world'. This is an answer and no answer at the same time.


With the grandness increasingly of the orthopedics community,the bias on the plastic cosmetology accepters' right to labor has become a new bias on the right to labor which had influenced the social fair,economic development and social stability.The definition of the plastic cosmetology accepters' right to labor should follow "two principles" and "four important items".The legal remedy of bias on the plastic cosmetology accepters' right to labor should be carried through completely in the level of legislation,administration and justice.


The scarcity of available radio spectrum presently limits the extension of modern multimedia systems. This paper presents a theoretical investigation into the possibility of using a frequency overlay of a narrowband Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System and a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) System to provide a greater spectral efficiency. This paper shows that under certain conditions the two systems can operate in the same frequency band and in the same area with a considerable improvement in the overall capacity of the whole system.


The AFLP analysis was conducted in the 13 germplasm resources in Amorphophallus.Out of 10 pair primers 2 pair primers were selected and then amplified the 13 genomic DNAs.Total 112 AFLP fragments were generated,109 of them were polymorphic marks.Every primer offered 56 markers on average.The molecular phylogenetic tree obtained by UPMGA method showed genetic diversity was rich in Amorphophallus.Amorphophallus krausei is close to Amorphophallus guripingensis while Amorphophallus konjac is close to Amorphophallus albus.


ABSTRACT Marinobacter nanhaiticus strain D15-8WT was isolated from a phenanthrene-degrading consortium, enriched from sediment of the South China Sea. Here, we present the draft genome of strain D15-8WT, which contains 5,358,309 bp with a G+C content of 58.53% and contains 4,829 protein-coding genes and 47 tRNA genes.


: The influence of spring as well as winter oilseed rape on the change in population density of H. schachtii was investigated in microplot experiment in the years 2002–2005. The spring oilseed rape caused the increase of nematode population (P f /P i were 1.31–1.79), in contrast to winter oilseed rape where the population distinctly decreased (P f /P i were 0.49–0.59). No statistically important differences between winter oilseed rape crops and fallow were observed. Comparative observations of the life cycle were carried out in pot experiments outdoors. On spring oilseed rape only one generation was completed. The development of the second generation was interrupted because of crop harvest-ing. In winter oilseed rape J 3 and J 4 occurred in roots in the autumn where they probably did not over-winter, except of the years 2006–2007. In the spring there was a second emergence of larvae and adult females were observed in June and July. The development of the second generation was interrupted because of harvesting. In winter oilseed rape sown in the spring one generation was completed.


We have developed a time dependent model for the eye-safe laser emission at 1.6&mgr;m, representing transitions from the manifolds 4I13/2 to 4I15/2 of trivalent Er-doped YAG (Y3Al5O12). The model is based on a set of coupled first-order differential equations (rate equations) that describe the laser kinetics of this quasi-three level laser system. Also called zero-dimensional (0-D) equations, these equations are time only dependent with no spatial dimension dependency. The model is anchored to experimental results including the experimental Stark levels that are populated according to a Boltzmann distribution at room temperature. Emission cross section parameters are calculated using reciprocity methods from experimental absorption cross sections. A MATLAB code is written and the equations are solved numerically for output power and slope efficiency and threshold. The results are useful with significant progress towards predicting the published experimental laser data. This model can be optimized for its parameters such as output coupler reflectivity, ion concentration, etc and used for other hosts.


We calculate the roughness correction to the Casimir effect in the parallel plates geometry, for metallic plates described by the plasma model. The calculation is perturbative in the roughness amplitude, with otherwise arbitrary values for the plasma wavelength, the plate separation and the roughness correlation length. The correction is found to be always larger than the result obtained in the Proximity Force Approximation.


For solution-based immunoassays and bioseparations, magnetic nanoparticles have many potential advantages over commonly used magnetic microbeads. These advantages are due to high surface area to volume ratio, favorable diffusion coefficients, and better access to targets in sterically constrained environments. However, magnetic nanoparticles have poor magnetophoretic mobility, and they do not separate with simple magnets. Stimuli-responsive mNPs can circumvent this problem. These mNPs are stable colloids for rapid diffusion and binding at one condition but an appropriate stimulus causes them to transition to micronsized, hydrophobic aggregates for easy separation. This work describes the development and characterization of stimuli-responsive mNPs. To demonstrate their utility in bioseparation assays, these mNPs are combined with similarly stimuli-responsive antibodies to isolate antigens from human serum samples.


Abbreviations: AASM American Academy of Sleep Medicine; ACCP American College of Chest Physicians; AHI apnea-hypopnea index; AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; ATS American Thoracic Society; CPAP continuous positive airway pressure; EMG electromyogram; ERC Evidence Review Committee; LR likelihood ratio; RDI respiratory disturbance index; REM rapid eye movement; ROC receiver operating characteristic; RTI-UNC Research Triangle Institute-University of North Carolina


Abstract Conjecture 4 of Voiculescu implies that almost normal operators must satisfy a Fuglede-Putnam theorem, namely [T∗, X] is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator whenever [T, X] is in the same class for an arbitrary operator X. In this note, a partial answer to this question is given, namely when X ∈ 𝓒4, the Fuglede-Putnam theorem holds.


In this paper, based on steady-state models of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices, the sizing of static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) controllers in transmission network is formed as an optimization problem. The objective of this problem is to reduce the transmission losses in the network. The optimization problem is solved using particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique. The Newton-Raphson load flow algorithm is modified to consider the insertion of the SSSC devices in the network. A numerical example, illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, is introduced. In addition, a novel model of a 3phase voltage source converter (VSC) that is suitable for series connected FACTS a controller is introduced. The model is verified by simulation using Power System Blockset (PSB) and Simulink software. Keywords—FACTS, Modeling, PSO, SSSC, Transmission loss reduction.


The autoionization cross section of cesium atoms was studied as a function of the incident electron energy over the range from the lowest autoionization threshold at 12.31 eV to 17.8 eV, and at an energy resolution of 0.2 eV. The data were obtained by summarizing the normalized intensities of lines in ejected-electron spectra measured precisely at the 'magic' angle of 54.7°. The structure observed in the autoionization function reflects the strong negative-ion resonances present in excitation of the 5p56s2, 5p56s5d, 6p, 7s configurations. The quartet levels from configurations 5p56s5d, 6p give the bulk of the autoionization contribution in the single ionization cross section of cesium. A comparison of the data with available experimental and theoretical ionization cross sections is presented.


This work aims to highlight the relevance of Stephenson's Q methodology (QM) for improving the assessment of child–father attachment relationships. We argue that reconceptualising the relationship can enhance the validity of assessment techniques and help in identifying the paternal behaviours that predict a secure child–father attachment pattern. To this end, we first review the inconclusive and sometimes contradictory findings about links among paternal behaviours, child–father security of attachment, and socio‐emotional well‐being. Second, the methodological challenges in assessing child–father interactions and relationships are outlined. Finally, with the help of empirical evidence, theoretical perspectives, and observational data gathered from child–father interactions, we substantiate the use of QM in conceptualising and assessing child–father attachment relationships.


The LiFeBO3 cathode materials for Li-ion batteries were prepared by means of solid reaction using lithium metaborate and ferrous oxalate as raw materials.The LiFeBO3 cathode materials were further coated by ethylene propylene copolymer(EPM).The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,and titration analysis.Electrochemical tests of materials showed that LiFeBO3 exhibited a higher discharge mass specific capacity.The electrochemical performance of the coated samples was demonstrated to be improved.Sample coated with 5%EPM had an initial capacity of 190 mA·h/g.It was found that only 4.2% capacity was lost after 50 charge/discharge cyclings at 0.5C.


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In the conservation treatment of paper antiquities infected with mold, disinfection is of primary importance. Many methods have been used for this purpose. Fumigation with ethylene oxide and with other fungicidal vapors, such as p-chlor-m-cresol or dichlorophen has been employed. Disinfection with ethylene oxide of single prints, maps or books requires expensive vacuum chambers, which are usually not available in small conservation laboratories. Therefore a simple chemical treatment, which can disinfect paper artifacts without degrading them, would fill a long-felt conservation need. Such a method of disinfection by a quarternary ammonium salt (quas) solution bath was performed in our laboratory. In this method, Sterinol (10% water solution of dimethylLaurylbenzyI ammonium bromide, POLFA, Poland) is used. It was found that a 15 min warm bath containing 0.75-1.0% of the above mentioned pure ammonium salt causes effective disinfection of the most badly molded paper objects (black/white) such as book sheets, prints, maps, etc. This technique easily removes dirt and fungal deposits from paper. The surface active properties of this compound were considered. After the disinfecting bath in the above ammonium salt solution the disinfected material should be thoroughly washed with tap water and subsequently 3 times with distilled water. It was mentioned by Browning that quarternary ammonium compounds are used for disinfection of paper pulp during milling and also for protection of the final product against the development of microorganisms. The concentration of these compounds in the paper may reach 0.5%. Sykes found that these salts are especially easily adsorbed by materials of well developed surfaces like paper, charcoal, etc. Triolo et al. studied the effect of Cequartyl BE (lauryldimethylcarbetoxymethyl ammonium bromide) on paper. They stated that the above compound induces a dangerous acidity of the paper (pH 4.8). Cequartyl BE introduced into the paper in a concentration of 3% caused an unfavorable decrease in the degree of cellulose polymerization, although it did not appreciably affect its brightness. The neutralization of a Cequartyl BE solution with sodium hydroxide diminished this harmful effect. The above authors are of the opinion that the com-


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The inertia weight is often used to control the global exploration and local exploitation abilities of particle swarm optimizers (PSO). In this paper, a group of strategies with multi-stage linearly-decreasing inertia weight (MLDW) is proposed in order to get better balance between the global and local search. Six most commonly used benchmarks are used to evaluate the MLDW strategies on the performance of PSOs. The results suggest that the PSO with W5 strategy is a good choice for solving unimodal problems due to its fast convergence speed, and the CLPSO with W5 strategy is more suitable for solving multimodal problems. Also, W5-CLPSO can be used as a robust algorithm because it is not sensitive to the complexity of problems for solving.