Simulating transient compressible flows involving shock waves presents challenges to the CFD practitioner in terms of the mesh quality required to resolve discontinuities and prevent smearing. This paper discusses a novel two-dimensional Cartesian anisotropic mesh adaptation technique implemented for compressible flow. This technique, developed for laminar flow by Ham, Lien and Strong in [2], is efficient because it refines and coarsens cells using criteria that consider the solution in each of the cardinal directions separately. In this paper the method will be applied to compressible flow. The procedure shows promise in its ability to deliver good quality solutions while achieving computational savings. The convection scheme used is the Advective Upstream Splitting Method (Plus) [7], and the refinement/coarsening criteria are based on work done by Ham et al. Transient shock wave diffraction over a backward step and shock reflection over a forward step are considered as test cases because they demonstrate that the quality of the solution can be maintained as the mesh is refined and coarsened in time. The data structure is explained in relation to the computational mesh, and the object-oriented design and implementation of the code is presented. Refinement and coarsening algorithms are outlined. Computational savings over uniform and isotropic mesh approaches are shown to be significant.


"Social adaptation" is a huge human task,and "adolescent emancipist" is a special group in human.Their social adaptation problems need urgent attention.Mainly from the positive psychology perspective,this paper analyzes the influence factors of adolescent emancipists′ social adaptation problem and puts forward developing resilience to help adolescent emancipists adapt to the society.


A set of the transport equations is analyzed, including the bifurcation of the radial electric field in toroidal helical systems. A hard transition is found in the profile of the radial electric field. The region where the electron root and ion root co-exist is obtained. The various types of the electrostaic-potential structures are found.


The invention provides a three-core fiber optical micro-hand and a control method thereof. The three-core fiber optical micro-hand comprises a three-core fiber, a fiber source, a single mode fiber and a piezoelectric ceramic phase modulator, wherein the fiber source is connected with the single mode fiber, the other side of the single mode fiber is coupled with the three-core fiber in a mode of a fused biconical taper, then the three-core fiber is wound on the piezoelectric ceramic phase modulator, the tip of the three-core fiber wound on the piezoelectric ceramic phase modulator is processed into a cone in a processing mode of fine grinding, and the direction and the displacement of the three-core fiber are changed by the piezoelectric ceramic phase modulator to adjust the phase of output beams, thereby adjusting the optical trapping force of the emergent light field of the three-core fiber. The invention integrates three optical waveguides into one fiber, saves the physical space, simultaneously greatly reduces the system input optical power, reduces the damage to the trapped particles, can more flexibly and accurately trap particles, has adjustability, and greatly improves the practicability of the fiber optical micro-hand technology.


This paper will present the theoretical definitions and basic properties of ERP (i-ERP) systems, with a SWOT-oriented analysis of their advantages and disadvantages. When considering their development and implementation, the needs of users have been taken into account, and when considering their development, an analysis of their advantages and disadvantages is always done, primarily by analyzing the requirements, costs and benefits using SWOT analysis. The paper presents the current list of the best solutions on the market and, according to the conducted research, the leading ERP software is described in more detail. The paper uses scientific methods of content analysis and SWOT analysis, as well as a newly performed "Analysis of Potential Advantages andConstraints".


This video explains the research at IPW-HSG and EGI-HSG on multi-level energy governance in Switzerland. It discusses the roles of the federal, cantonal, and municipal levels in the Swiss energy transition. This research is part of the activities of SCCER CREST (Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research), which is financially supported by Innosuisse under Grant No. KTI. 1155000154


In order to find the relationship of prey birds between digestive system structure and feeding habits,the morphological structures on digestive system of six species of raptors,i.e.,Buteo buteo,B.lagopus,Falco tinnunculus,Asio otus,A.flammeus and Bubo bubo,were measured and compared in detailed.The result shows that the morphological characters of alimentary canals of birds have little to do with its feeding habits.Asio otus has the longest digestive tube which is 2.08 times longer than its body length.The digestive tube of Bubo bubo comes second,2.0 times longer than its body length.Falco tinnunculus' digestive tube is the shortest,that is 1.14 to 1.21 times longer than its body length,but its relatively developed intestine is 0.22 time than its body length.Falconiformes raptor has craw and undeveloped caecum;Strigiformes raptor has undeveloped craw but developed caecum.Asio otus has highly developed caecum which is 0.46 times than its body length and duodenum which is 0.59 times longer than its body length.


Ancient Guiliu canal was built in Tang Dynasty.As the only passage between Li River and Liu River,it shortened more than 300 km distance in waterway from Guizhou to Liuzhou.It played an important role in exploration of regions south of the Five Redges and helped to strengthen the ruling of the dynasty.The canal has a deep historic cultural meaning and special wetland ecoenvironment.As the key project of Guilin government in 2007,exploration of the Canal will become an economic increasing point in tourism of Guilin.


Object The authors investigated the spectrum of chromosomal imbalances of pilocytic astrocytoma by using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Methods Tumor DNA was extracted from surgically obtained samples of 18 pilocytic astrocytomas that were examined for the presence of neoplastic tissue on frozen sections. Comparative genomic hybridization was performed using standard procedures, and digital image analysis was conducted using out by custom-made software. The chromosomal alterations were determined by a statistical procedure in which Student's t-test (99% confidence interval) was used. Details on CGH analysis and individual ratio profiles are available at http://amba.charite.de/cgh/. Conclusions The results suggests the presence of two distinct genetic subgroups of pilocytic astrocytoma, with imbalances of chromosome 19 being the major change for differentiation. In the first group (10 samples), deletions on chromosome 19 were shown as well as multiple gains mainly on chromosomes 5 and 6q but also...


1. The electrical responses produced by stimulation at the surface of the cerebellar cortex have been studied in anaesthetized cats.


The study focused an assessing the influence of xenobiotics, such as NaCl and diesel oil on germination and early development of maize (Zea mays L.). Through the test the seed germination and growth inhibition of shoot and root of maize were evaluated. The experiments were carried out at different xenobiotics concentration and their mix. It was observed that the presence solely of compounds did not toxic for root growth, but i increase in their concentration caused decreasing of seed germination and root and shoot development. Both sodium chloride and diesel oil were more toxic for shoot and strongly inhibited its growth. The addition of diesel oil to soil contaminated with sodium chloride caused strongest inhibition of seed germination and plant growth.


It is proven a Galois correspondence theorem for the case of inverse semigroups acting on commutative rings as a consequence of the Galois correspondence theorem for groupoid actions. To this end, we use a classic result of inverse semigroup theory that establishes a one-to-one correspondence between inverse semigroups and inductive groupoids.


This paper proposes a method for the formation of an auxiliary media channel within a host signal. Using a psychoacoustic frequency masking model, perceptually insignificant subband components of the host audio signal are identified and removed. The auxiliary channel data are placed in the empty subbands in the host signal and scaled to a level below the audible threshold. An implementation is given along with results suggesting that the proposed method can effectively hide an auxiliary media channel in a normal audio signal without degrading the perceived sound quality.


The purpose of this paper is to apply Lagrangian Descriptors, a concept used to describe phase space structure, to autonomous Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedom in order to detect periodic solutions. We propose a method for Hamiltonian systems with saddle-center equilibrium and apply this approach to the classical Henon–Heiles system. The method was successful in locating the unstable Lyapunov orbits in phase space.


The study was undertaken to analyse the incidence of reproductive disorders in dairy animals in livestock research Station, Karrupakkam (Tamil Nadu) and 60 private dairy farms, located in the surrounding 3 taluks, viz., Chengalpattu, Sriperumpudhur and Thirukkalukundram of Kancheepurarn district chosen through multistage random sampling technique. Epidemiological, measures of association were estimated for the factors such as breed. average lactation yield, order of lactation, calf birth wright and management, which had significant associations with incidence of chosen disorders. Relative risk (RR), population relative risk (RRpop), attributable rate (AR) and attributable fraction (AF) calculated for breed factor were 2.3059, 2.1275, 0.1728 and 0.5663, respectively, and for lactation yield, they were 1,7059, 1,1866, 0.1686 and 0.4143. RR, RRpop, AR and AF were 22.2515, 17.2561, 0.3464 and 0.8551, respectively, for calf birth weight and 1.6302, 1.3472, 0.1324 and 0.3866 for management, while for order of lactation, they were 1.5069, 1.3041, 0.1100 and 0.3364. These coefficients implied the fact that the factors identified strongly predispose the postpartum disorders.


We report the preparation, thermal and micro/nanomechanical behavior of poly (vinylidine diflouride) (PVDF)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites. It has been found that the addition of MWCNT considerably enhances the β-phase formation, thermal and mechanical properties of PVDF. Atomic force microscope (AFM) studies have been performed on the composites under stress conditions to measure the mechanical properties. The nanoscale mechanical properties of the composites like Young's modulus and hardness of the nanocomposites were investigated by nanoindentation technique. Morphological studies of the nanocomposites were also studied, observations show a uniform distribution of MWCNT in the matrix and interfacial adhesion between PVDF and MWCNT was achieved, which was responsible for enhancement in the hardness and Young's modulus. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies indicate that the melting temperature of the composites have been slightly increased while the heat of fusion markedly ...


Epigenetic regulators in normal and malignant hematopoiesis have been shown to be important in normal and malignant stem cell self-renewal function and myeloid leukemogenesis. While epigenetic dysregulation can occur through activating and/or loss-of-function mutations, these regulators can also be modulated by other regulators, such as microRNAs. Specifically, miR-29 has been previously identified as an "epi-mir" for contributing to epigenetic regulation by altering expression of DNMT3a and TET. We and others have previously shown that in the hematopoietic system, miR-29 is a positive regulator of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal, is upregulated in AML blasts, and when over-expressed in transplanted HSCs and immature progenitors, leads to a myeloproliferative-like disorder that progresses to acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
 To investigate how miR-29 shapes the leukemic stem cell (LSC) epigenome, we transduced the MLL-AF9 fusion oncogene into WT and mir29a/b1 null Lin-ckit+sca1+ (LSK) cells and transplanted them into recipient mice. Transplantation of MLL-AF9+ miR-29 null cells into lethally irradiated recipients resulted in an increased disease latency compared to recipients of WT MLL-AF9+ cells (median: 56 vs 151 days, p<0.001). Characterization of miR-29 null blasts revealed increased expression of myeloid differentiation markers (CD11b, CD14), increased apoptosis, and reduced CFU capacity, consistent with decreased LSC self-renewal. To gain molecular insights into this phenotype, we interrogated RNA-seq data generated from WT and miR-29 null blasts. Compared to WT blasts, miR-29 null blasts showed loss of LSC gene signatures and enrichment for myeloid lineage genes, consistent with increased differentiation (Figure A). In addition, GSEA showed enrichment of H3K27me3, H3K4me2, and gene-specific polycomb group (PcG) associated pathways. On further validation, ChIP-Seq showed overall genome-wide reduction of DNA modification markers such as H3K27me3, H3K9me3, H3K36me3, H3K79me2, and H3K4me3 in miR-29 null blasts compared to WT. Hence, we hypothesized that miR-29 likely targets epigenetic regulators critical for LSC maintenance, and that loss of miR-29 rewires the LSC epigenetic landscape to induce differentiation and abrogate LSC self-renewal. In order to identify downstream mediators of the miR-29 null blast epigenetic phenotype, we used an shRNA library against 500 known epigenetic regulators. The top enriched genes in miR-29 null blasts were members of the PcG family, and as predicted, mRNAs encoding these proteins were upregulated in miR-29 null blasts, including CBX2. These findings were further corroborated by comparing the transcriptomes of AML patient samples to normal hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (https://gexc.riken.jp), which showed that CBX2 has lower expression in LSCs and blasts compared to normal HSCs and GMPs. When we overexpressed CBX2 in K562 and THP-1 myeloid leukemia cell lines, we observed increased apoptosis and myeloid differentiation as well as impaired clonogenic capacity in vitro, suggesting that downregulation of CBX2 is important in myeloid leukemogenesis. Collectively, our studies indicate that miR-29 promotes LSC function by restricting CBX2 expression to maintain the AML epigenetic landscape.

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The article explores the effort by economists and economic journalists in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s to translate economic knowledge to the political language of reform communism. Czechoslovak economists aimed to cultivate public understanding of economic issues and to disseminate economic knowledge among the nonacademic public, not only through politically engaged writing in the journal Ekonomická revue, but also through research on management to change managers' behavior, habits, and competencies. In this important communication with nonacademic recipients, experts translated their economic knowledge to the specific managerial language of advice and personal self-development. A significant part of management studies literature was concerned with capitalist economies, especially capitalist managerial praxis. It thus contributed to the social academic and journalistic genre of the 1960s that focused on exploring capitalism and the West.


Recent mapping off eastern North America has revealed four areally extensive slide zones between the Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge and Long Island. These slide zones are recognized on the basis of 3.5-kHz records and by the structures present in piston and box cores. The distribution of piston cores containing slump and debris-flow structures indicates that mass movements have taken place in this region on a wide scale and that slumping and sliding of sediments from the slope and upper rise onto the middle and lower rise are ubiquitous in the region during recent geologic time. The slides appear to originate on the continental slope and upper rise and appear to have occurred in multiphase events. In the area south of Baltimore Canyon a series of apparently disconnected 20 to 30° scarps are present within the stratified hemipelagic sediments of the upper rise and slope. Large volumes of sediment which now cover an area of at least 2,000 sq km moved down through the valleys onto the middle rise (~3,100 m). The sudden loading of material appears to have triggered a series of smaller slides in deeper water (3,100 to 3,600 m), and this sediment then moved down onto the lower rise to depths as great as 4,200 m, forming a narrow mudflow tongue 10 km wide and 100 km long which appears to be disconnected from the shallower flows. Three very large slide zones, each in excess of 10,000 sq km, occur on the slope and rise: (1) north of the End_Page 444------------------------------ Blake Outer Ridge, (2) between Washington and Norfolk canyons, and (3) southeast of Long Island. Deposits resulting from these events extend across the rise to depths greater than 4,000 m. In the zone north of the Blake Outer Ridge, the deposits extend onto the Hatteras Abyssal Plain to a water depth of 5,400 m. The distribution of most of the major slide zones appears to relate to the position of canyon systems and may be due to the rapid buildup of sediment over-flowing from the canyons during the last glacial stage. Occasional large intraplate earthquakes such as the 1886 Charleston or the 1929 Grand Banks events may be the direct triggering mechanism. The ages of the slides are as young as middle Holocene. In time, the slope and rise probably will reach an equilibrium point (this may already be the situation), and the frequency of large-scale slides will decrease drastically until the next glacial stage. End_of_Article - Last_Page 445------------


The paper discusses the Impact platform (Interactive Maryland Platform) for collaborative agents. Impact agents consist of software code with an associated wrapper that agentizes the code. A set of specialized servers facilitate agent interoperability in an application-independent manner.


A quality evaluation system of art education in Germany based on a combined optimization scheme of bat and support vector machine (SVM) is proposed to improve the rationality of the system. We: i) study quality evaluation systems of art education in Germany, ii) an evaluation model for education quality and confirmation process for index weights is offered considering teacher evaluation, expert set and other factors, iii) the support vector machine algorithm (SVM) is introduced to optimize this model, iv) the bat algorithm is adopted to make improvement for the parameter learning and selection process of SVM algorithm. Finally, verification of the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is made through simulation experiments. Keywordsbat algorithm; support vector machine; germany art; quality of education; evaluation system


To measure changes in anterior chamber structure before and after exercise in healthy individuals using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT).


Abstract We compared the retinal lesions produced by transscleral and transpupillar krypton lasers and cryocoagulation. Transscleral laser photocoagulation was applied under indirect ophthalmoscope visual control with indentation of the sclera by the laser probe. Transpupillar laser was performed with a Volk 90 D lens. The power and the spot size were adjusted to create lesions of similar size and intensity as in transscleral photocoagulation. The output power needed for transscleral photocoagulation was 0.2W with exposure time of 3–5 sec. In the transpupillar photocoagulation the output power was 0.3W and the exposure time 2–3 sec, respectively. The lesions were studied histologically 1 h. 1, 3, 7, 30 and 60 days after treatment. Histopathological studies of the krypton laser lesions revealed destruction and scarring of the outer layers of the retina and the choroid. The lesions produced by transpupillar and transscleral laser appeared to be rather similar. These results indicate that, in the rabbit eye, there is no difference between the lesions produced by the transpupillar or transscleral route of laser application. Transscleral laser application may have clinical advantages over transpupillary laser in the eyes with hazy media or in other cases when transpupillar laser is not possible.


We show that a linear pure strategy equilibrium may not exist in the model of Madrigal (1996), contrary to the claim of the original paper. This is because Madrigal's characterization of a pure strategy equilibrium omits a second-order condition. If the nonfundamental speculator's information about noise trading is sufficiently precise, a linear pure strategy equilibrium fails to exist. In parameter regions where a pure strategy equilibrium does exist, we identify a few calculation errors in Madrigal (1996) that result in misleading implications.


By using the classical Schaefer's fixed point theorem, a class of nonlocal boundary value problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations with p-Laplacian operator are studied.Under some suitable assumptions, some new results on the existence of solutions are obtained. An example is given to show the applicability of the results.


An important consequence of the theory of entropy of \begin{document}$ \mathbb{Z}$\end{document} -actions is that the events measurable with respect to the far future coincide (modulo null sets) with those measurable with respect to the distant past, and that measuring the entropy using the past will give the same value as measuring it using the future. In this paper we show that for measures invariant under multiparameter algebraic actions if the entropy attached to coarse Lyapunov foliations fail to display a stronger symmetry property of a similar type this forces the measure to be invariant under non-trivial unipotent groups. Some consequences of this phenomenon are noted.


The promise and perils of heterogeneity in team member characteristics has been and continues to be one of the central questions in research on management teams. We review the literature on member heterogeneity within management teams, with a focus on summarizing and integrating research on both horizontal member differences (i.e., diversity) and vertical member differences (i.e., inequality)—two streams of research that have been largely separate in past research. We find that the overwhelming majority of research on management team heterogeneity has focused on horizontal differences, though there are few clear and consistent themes in empirical findings within either stream. We also find that horizontal and vertical differences are inter-related, such that the effects of diversity can depend critically on the degree of inequality within a team, and vice versa. Moreover, we find that our ability to clearly account for the effects of vertical and horizontal differences in management teams has been limited...


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In this paper, rule based controller is used to achieve visual comfort in buildings. The objective of this paper is to investigate the fuzzification process and develop a working tuning strategy. The performance of the resultant self-tuning rule base controller is tested against input perturbations and set point changes. The advantages of the proposed system are clarified and compared by the classical control systems.


The major issue in the process industry is to control the level of the liquid in the nonlinear processes especially in a conical tank. This study addresses the efficient controller design for the conical tank process. The conical tank is divided into different operating zones and the approximated first order process model (FOPDT) was identified for each region using simple black box technique. A neural network model based on radial basis fucntion (NNRBF) was found from the FOPDT model. For the identified network, predictive controller (NMPC) was proposed using NNRBF. The performance indices and time domain specifications of the proposed controller are compared with the conventional direct synthesis PI controller (DSPI) and internal model controller (SIMC). The result showed that proposed predictive controller is more effective and robust compared with the other controllers.


Multicultural or called as multiple cultures derive from a word multi which means more than one and cultural refers to culture.  Multicultural means cultural diversity.  The concept of multiculturalism or cultural diversity must be introduced as early as possible to the children because living amid that existence is so necessary for children to be able to accept it. Yet the problem now is that many teachers and schools find it difficult to implement multicultural education in schools. One of the main reasons is the lack of a multicultural education curriculum that can serve as a guidance in learning. This article will describe the concepts and characteristics of a multicultural education curriculum model. All are intended as alternative proposals for the preschool education curriculum. Meanwhile, Optional Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) were adopted for the current research review using two major journal databases, namely Scopus and Google Scholar. Thus, the search effort yielded a total of 9 articles that could be systematically analyzed from the various articles that had been excluded with filtering tailored to the specified criteria.


We report here two isoreticular ytterbium (Yb) 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) emitting near-infrared (NIR) luminescence with 1.26(2)% quantum yield values, which are among the highest values reported to date for MOFs incorporating NIR-emitting lanthanide cations. The excitation wavelength of the YbIII MOFs can be red-shifted to the visible range by introducing an amino group to the organic chromophore. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to gain insights into the photophysical properties of this new family of MOFs.

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The recent restoration of the interior of Mt. Vernon is described from the standpoint of how it may have looked in 1799. The research, analysis and interior work of Conservator Matthew Mosca is the focus of the article. The vivid colors Mosca found and duplicated are in contrast to the relatively pale colors that had been most recently used on the woodwork and walls of Mt. Vernon's rooms.


Abstract A new overpressured layer chromatography (OPLC) separation procedure has been developed for single‐ and multi‐channel separation using a non‐segmented sorbent bed and flowing eluent wall (FEW) for operating segmentation. The FEW detaches the sorbent bed into active and non‐active parts regarding separation during the process. Only mobile phase is introduced into the non‐active part, while, for the active part, eluent and also the sample can be admitted, thus the non‐homogeneous part of the sorbent bed is excluded from the separation process. The FEW helps the elimination of the edge effect of OPLC in case of single sample injection and abolition of the sample mixing effect of neighboring lanes in the case of a multi‐channel separation process. In the case of dirty samples, the one channel FEW‐OPLC system is well suited for quick isolation in different preparative ranges using preparative chromatoplates. The multi‐channel solution will be a tool for high throughput analysis using efficient fine, superfine, or monolithic layers. The four‐channel version can be applied for high throughput multi (parallel) analysis, as well as micro‐ and semi‐preparative parallel isolation using efficient analytical or preparative layers. The FEW provides the possibility for real multi‐channel liquid chromatographic separation on a non‐segmented sorbent bed.


3D printing technology enables us to develop a composite shape of complex structures. This study describes the methodology of how haptic materials are developed using 3D printers. We present a material library to study haptic softness and texture perception.


Purpose: There are many articles describing about Guyon canal compression syndrome. Until recently, most of these articles have been presented about the symptoms of ulnar nerve compression, but there have been no reports about ulnar artery compression. In this article, besides the nerve compression symptoms in the Guyon's canal, we represented the symptoms and treatments based on the ulnar artery obstruction. Methods: Guyon canal is composed of the hamate and pisiform, and the ligaments which connect them. The course of the ulnar nerve and artery, which passes through this narrow canal, is affected by the anatomical structure of the base of the canal. Out of 14 patients (21 cases) were retrospectively reviewed in this study from 2006 to 2009. Of 14 patients, there were 5 men and 9 women with ages between 21 to 61 years old. The symptoms had volar sensory loss of ulnar sided digits, with muscular atrophy of hypothenar muscles. Prior to surgery, most of these patients had vascular disorders which was diagnosed definitively by angiography and electromyogram. Results: The release of Guyon canal and interposition graft of the obstructed arteries was carried out to 11 patients (15 cases) who had artery (vascular) occlusive disorder, and. 12 cases had sympathectomy and interposition graft after resection of obstructed ulnar artery. Six cases had release of carpal tunnel performed simultaneously. There were no major complications after surgery. The circulation of the ulnar artery was improved along with the patients' symptoms. Conclusion: The pre-existing articles about Guyon canal compression syndrome were mainly focused on ulnar nerve compression. This study, which was carried out by our department, showed that most of these patients had ulnar artery obstruction or stenosis simultaneously with ulnar nerve compression. The vascular disorder was corrected by interposition graft after the resection of the site of ulnar artery occlusion. And to conclude, When we resolve the ulnar nerve compression, the proper diagnosis & treatment of impaired ulnar artery circulation should be carried out concomitantly.


Introduction. Bystanders at overdose events often hesitate to call 911 due to fear of police involvement. To address this, in 2016, British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) introduced a policy to not routinely inform police of overdose events. This study explores change in police attended overdose events after the policy was implemented. Methods. Data on police attended overdose events were derived from naloxone administration forms in BC's Take-Home Naloxone (THN) kits returned before and after the policy change. Segmented regression was conducted to quantify change in police attended overdose events. Results. The average proportion of police attended overdose events pre-policy was 55.6% compared to 37.9% post-policy. The segmented regression model demonstrated a 0.98% (95% CI: (−1.70 to −0.26)) decline (

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Background: During the Industrial Revolution 4.0, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the main pillar of people and machines connected to each other. It can be an intelligent system when combined with a robot. This is what underlies the importance of robotics and IoT training, especially to be introduced early on. Purpose: This activity aimed to improve students' knowledge and skills in technology. The target of this activity is high school students in Jombang City. Methods: It starts from the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages. Auditory, visual and kinesthetic techniques are used in this activity, which is in the form of interesting learning media such as power points, videos, as well as demonstrations and practices. Data collection techniques such as questionnaires, pre-test, and post-test, and running tests were carried out to measure the level of skills, knowledge, and satisfaction of participants. Results: A total of 85% of participants did not know about IOT and 83% of the participants already know what the robot. But only 17% ever make robots. Conclusion :  After this activity the participants' understanding increased by 20%. Their skills also increased as evidenced by the participants programming themselves so that the robot can run well on the track.


T H E physical basis of the protective effect of water immersion during acceleration has been recognized for many years. In essence, the immersed subject, rather than being exposed only to the inertial force caused by acceleration is suspended, as it were, between this f o r c e and an opposite and almost equal force due to buoyancy. Acceleration causes a proportional increase in the magnitude of both of these forces. Thus, even at large accelerations, there is little net force acting to displace the subject. For t h i s reason, the immersed subject would not be expected to experience shifts of blood like those which cause blackout. Further, the immersed subject should require no restraint during acceleration and should retain the ability to move the entire body at all accelerations. The heart and mediastinum however, are immersed in the air-filled lungs and never in water. For this reason water immersion does not alter the forces acting on the heart and


This paper proposes a simplified integrated reproduction of saved motion components. For storing and reproduction of haptic information, a motion-copying system was proposed. By the motion-copying system, for example, techniques of experts can be reproduced by robots to improve work efficiency. In the skill reproduction by robots, it is possible to reproduce the various motion by integration of the saved motion components which are stored in advance. In fact, the motion which is required some processes of works is achieved according to integrated reproduction of these motion components. By using the proposed method, the design procedure of integration of the motion components is very easy, and the saved motion components are integrated smoothly. Performance of the proposed method is compared with the linear interpolation method by experiments, and the validity is confirmed.


The Reynolds number dependence is estimated for the wall-normal position at which the turbulent and viscous shear stresses are equal. For large Reynolds numbers, this position coincides with the peak location of the mean momentum transport terms due to turbulent and viscous action. Experimental data are used to corroborate the results and assess some quantitative details.


A dynamic optimatization model incorporating interrelationships among soil loss, topsoil depth, net farm income, and technological progress is developed. The model provides optimal values of soil loss and soil depth which maximize the stream of net farm ...


Abstract In order to explore the effective support method for deep broken roadway, based on the in situ stress test results, the analytical and numerical solutions of the stress and the range of plastic failure zone (PFZ) in a circular roadway subjected to non-uniform loads were obtained using analytical and finite difference numerical methods based on the elastoplastic theory, respectively. Their comparison results show that the analytical and numerical methods are correct and reasonable. Furthermore, the high geostress causes the stress and range of PFZ in roadway roof and floor to increase sharply while those in roadway ribs decrease. Moreover, the greater the difference of horizontal geostress in different horizontal directions is, the larger the range of PFZ in roadway roof and floor is. The shape of PFZ in roadway varies with the ratio of horizontal lateral pressure coefficient in x-direction and y-direction. Finally, according to the distribution characteristics of PFZ and range of PFZ under the non-uniformly high geostress, this paper has proposed a combined support scheme, and refined and optimized supporting parameters. The field monitoring results prove that the roadway deformation and fracture have been effectively controlled. The research results of this paper can provide theoretical foundation as well as technical reference for the stability control of deep broken roadway under non-uniformly high geostress.


Zebrafish mutant belladonna (bel) carries a mutation in the lhx2 gene (encoding a Lim domain homeobox transcription factor) that results in a defect in retinotectal axon pathfinding, which can lead to uncrossed optic nerves failing to form an optic chiasm. Here, we report on a novel swimming behavior of the bel mutants, best described as looping. Together with two previously reported oculomotor instabilities that have been related to achiasmatic bel mutants, reversed optokinetic response (OKR) and congenital nystagmus (CN, involuntary conjugate oscillations of both eyes), looping opens a door to study the influence of visual input and eye movements on postural balance. Our result shows that looping correlates perfectly with reversed OKR and CN and is vision-dependent and contrast sensitive. CN precedes looping and the direction of the CN slow phase is predictive of the looping direction, but is absent during looping. Therefore, looping may be triggered by CN in bel. Moreover, looping in wild-type fish can also be evoked by whole-field motion, suggesting that looping in a bel mutant larvae is a result of self-motion perception. In contrary to previous hypotheses, our findings indicate that postural control in vertebrates relies on both direct visual input (afference signal) and eye-movement-related signals (efference copy or reafference signal). Illusionary Self-Motion Perception in Zebrafish Ying-Yu Huang, Markus Tschopp, Stephan C. F. Neuhauss* 1 Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2 Brain Research Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 3 Institute of Zoology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


Theoretical positions on democracy are not homogeneous. "Empirical" criteria centered on electoral processes, coexist with "substantial" ones, mainly focused on the values underlying the participative practices of political actors, which in turn, are shaped by the latter. It remains particularly important to newly established democracies like ours, to concentrate on the topics mentioned in the second place. Coherently with such perspective, we intend to know the representations on "democracy" and "political participation" in youth groups from the city of Cordoba, as well as the link those actors establish between those concepts. In order to achieve such objective, qualitative techniques were used. According to the analysis of in depth interviews taking into account the conditioners of discursive production pointed out by Foucault and Bourdieu, we obtained the following interpretations: theoretical association between "democracy" (positively valued by the adolescents interviewed) and the ideas of "liberty" and "equality", although conditioned in practice by corruption and clientelism "political participation" was understood as a learning and co-operative experience, based on personal responsibility and engagement, and strongly linked to electoral processes and "control" (however, participation in the political realm has a weaker sense in practice due to the lack of interest in exercising it effectively) "participation" is considered as one of the main elements of democracy, although effectively weak because of the negative perceptions that actors have toward politics In conclusion, the positions observed in youth groups are different from the motives that orientate their political behavior. However, the conjunction of democracy and participation in the representations of the young people studied remains a relevant point to consider.


After fifty years of totalitarian rule imposed upon it with the complicity of the West, Poland is a shambles. Thirsting after fifty years of neglect for paint, plaster and rebricking, the buildings are literally crumbling before one's eyes. Streets, footpaths, hospitals, schools, blocks of flats and other public amenities are all decrepit, physically hurtful to the eyes and offensive to the spirit.


Wavelet thresholding is a method for he reduction of noise in image. Wavelet coefficients of image are correlated in local characterization. Thee correlations also appear in he original pixel representation of the image, and they do not follow from the characterizations of the wavelet transform. In this paper, we compare noise-free distributions of Bayes approach to improve the classical threshold algorithm.


The reaction chamber and the first input unit vapor nanowire growth apparatus and a second input unit. The first input unit, in the second input unit, positioned concentrically, the first input and the second input unit, the second fluid being delivered from the second input unit, is delivered from the first input unit that between the first fluid and the reaction chamber walls configured to provide a sheath.


Wastewater regeneration containing multiple contaminants involves challenges as considering the simultaneous transference of contaminants and the differentiated regeneration of these contaminants. In this work the Water Source Diagram (WSD) procedure was applied to perform the mass exchange network synthesis with differentiated regeneration of contaminants and the effluent recycle. A procedure for choosing the reference contaminant in WSD calculations was proposed. The procedure is applied in one example from literature and the results indicate a reduction of 66% in freshwater consumption.


Elvandi Rizki Ryanto. ANALYSIS BASED ON LEARNING HISTORY CURRICULUM 2013 (Case Study at SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta). The Faculty of Education University of March Surakarta. 2016. The purpose of this study were: 1) To determine the planning of learning history at SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta based Curriculum 2013, 2) To find out the implementation of the learning of history in SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta based Curriculum 2013, 3) To determine the assessment of teaching history at SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta based curriculum 2013, 4) To determine the barriers that history teacher have to faced at SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta in implementing the curriculum in 2013, and 5) To assess the efforts made subject teachers of history in addressing the problems faced. This research is a qualitative descriptive type. This research was conducted in SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta in the second semester of the 2015/2016 academic year. The subjects were students, a history teacher and vice principal part of the curriculum. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews and document analysis. In order for this study can be valid then, research using the technique of triangulation of data sources, triangulation methods, and review the informant. The analysis technique used by researchers is an interactive model. The procedure of the research is the proposal development phase, the set-up of instruments, data collection, data analysis stage and the stage of preparation of the report. The results of this research are as follows: (1) Planning of learning begins with changing the mindset of teachers. (2) Teachers are already using a scientific approach, but there is a difference between Learning Implementation Plan (RPP) with teachers in the classroom teaching methods. (3) assessment change, which was originally only do the assessment tests are now the assessment should include 3 (three) domains, namely cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. (4) Constraints faced by, among others Some teachers are still difficult to change mainset her teaching, learners have not been active in learning, infrastructure is not optimal, teachers had difficulty in applying learning models vary. (5) The solution does is Master active role in encouraging and motivating to the student, to address the problem of infrastructures teacher invites students to the computer room and the teacher must be a lot of seminars or meetings teachers. Key words: Curriculum, 2013, Teaching History, SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta


The customer relationship management and the data mining are emerging in recent years,which have the pivotal function to the modem enterprise's development.This article ddescribes the customer relationship management and the data mining methods,analyses the application of technology of data mining in customer relationship,and presents the problems that should considered in the application.


Cultural depression is the basic tool for the civilization of human society. Traditional culture solved the problem of "abstract anger" through human self-denial. Capitalist liberty and democracy promises an empty and false non-depressive civilization through releasing and transferring cultural depression. Because of collective indulgence , the destructive use of cultural depression in capitalist society, capitalist liberty and democracy has seriously eroded the moral foundations of the society, which will inevitably bring about detrimental consequences. The nondepressive civilization promised by capitalist liberty and democracy is against long term human interests and therefore is human self-betrayal.


When the sun rose over America on July 4, 2012, the world of science had radically changed. The Higgs boson had been discovered. Mind you, the press releases were more cautious than that, with "a new particle consistent with being the Higgs boson" being the carefully constructed phrase of the day. But, make no mistake, champagne corks were popped and backs were slapped. The data had spoken and a party was in order. Even if the observation turned out to be something other than the Higgs boson, the first big discovery from data taken at the Large Hadron Collider had been made.


In this study, a researcher investigated how teachers can negotiate their practice to engage high-needs students whose life experiences are not reflected in the curriculum, without compromising administrative demands for standardized curriculum and pacing. A fourth-grade teacher in a high-achieving, high-poverty urban primary school in Detroit adhered to paced curriculum, but supplemented it with a Book Club Plus curriculum that included peer-led discourse, collaborative efforts, and deeper construction of meaning with relatable texts. A teacher-and-researcher collaboration supplemented texts about the Great Migration by including students' cultural and historical heritage. An examination of varying peer-led discussion group modes and reading logs revealed students reclaiming their voices as they mediated personal and cultural linkages with the literature. Recommendations are made for supporting teachers' autonomy in engaging learners, and for teaching fewer selections, thereby promoting deeper reflection and student engagement, while fulfilling curriculum requirements.


Nelson letter to Morrill regarding the organization of a meeting to discuss the water requirements for the shale oil industry.


This study presents an improved method of reactive loading for miniaturisation of coupled-line filters. Compared to the previous method, the proposed method requires a reduced number of reactive elements. Moreover, miniaturisation is accomplished with equal reactance. Effectively, this further decreases the number of reactive elements. Therefore apart from improved loss performance because of the reduced number of low-Q lumped elements, low-cost fabrication and simpler design procedure are also achieved while maintaining a similar rate of miniaturisation. A complete set of design equations is provided for both shunt-capacitive and series-inductive loading. The ideal simulation results, which are in excellent agreement with those of conventional counterparts based on λ/4 lines, theoretically validate the method, whereas the experimental results that match the ideal results better than the previous method demonstrate the practicality of the proposed method.


17 18 One of the major concerns in infrastructure repair is a sufficient bond between the substrate 19 and the repair material, especially for the long-term performance and durability of the 20 repaired structure. In this study, the bond of the repair material on the mortar substrate is 21 promoted via the biodeposition of a calcium carbonate layer by a ureolytic bacterium. X-ray 22 diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were used to examine the interfaces between the 23 repair material and the substrate, as well as the polymorph of the deposited calcium carbonate. 24


In order to research the PV module characterization it was necessary to develop the Prototype PV characterization station. Among other possibilities derived from the measured results of Prototype PV characterization station it is also possible to model the Sun trajectory at installation location. Such measured results can be used to model Sun trajectory. Also, the Sun trajectory generated using presented model is verified with conventional analytical model Sun trajectory. Some conclusions for new approach are presented and discussed.


We have previously demonstrated that the exposure of mouse microvascular endothelium (MME) to tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF) led to the increased binding of mouse mastocytoma cells (P815) to endothelial monolayers (Bereta et al., in press). In the current study we examined the possible involvement of protein kinases in TNF signal transduction in the endothelial cells. PKA does not appear to play a role in the potentiation of binding by TNF. We found that the TNF‐generated signal is inhibited by H‐7 and sangivamycin, but not by staurosporine. TNF did not cause translocation of PKC to the cell membrane and its effect could not be completely mimicked by PMA nor by PMA in the presence of calcium‐raising agents. Thus, we concluded that the "classical" PKC pathway is not completely responsible for TNF signalling in this system. We also found that staurosporine itself strongly enhanced adhesion of tumor cells to endothelium, utilizing a mechanism distinct from that of TNF. Although the data provide evidence for the role of kinases in the effect of TNF on binding of tumor cells to MME, this role appears to be a complex one.


The case of climate change that occurred during the year 2008 in the waters of southern Iraq was studied, especially in the waters of the Shatt al-Basra canal and the accompanying appearance of some aquatic animals to places where they did not exist previously, such as shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus and a fish Pterois volitans. Temperatures reached more than 50 degrees Celsius during the summer months, with an increase in salinity levels that ranged between 40 to 80 parts per thousand in the Iraqi internal waters in general and the waters of the Shatt al-Basra channel in particular, and different sizes of shrimps ranged between 3cm to 16cm. While the length of the fish the catch is 25cm.


There is provided a noise shaping method for sigma-delta modulators, are shifted to the significant energy components of the quantization noise in frequency ranges outside the useful band, where a dither signal (D (z)) is fed to the differential stages of the sigma-delta modulator, which is completely suppressed at the output of the sigma-delta modulator by difference.


Milk is the most important output in goat production. This study aimed at comparing milk yield and milk components of local genotypes Gokceada and Maltese and crossbred Turkish Saanen. The study was carried out at the Technological and Agricultural research centre of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University for 2 years with 30 goats for each goat breed. Milk yield and milk components were recorded in monthly milking control days and were subjected to repeated measurements ANOVA. In the study, lactation milk yield in the first and the second year of goats was determined in the ascending order as 227.4 and 245.8 kg for Gokceada, 330.4 and 275.4 kg for Maltese and 521.6 and 408.6 kg for Turkish Saanen (P≤0.05). Although lactation progressed longer in the second year, lactation milk yield of Maltese and Turkish Saanen decreased significantly (P≤0.05). Average milk dry matter content for two years was 14.2, 14.4 and 12.4%, milk fat content was 5.3, 5.2 and 4.0% and milk protein content was 3.3, 3.4 and 3.2% for Gokceada, Maltese and Turkish Saanen, respectively. Turkish Saanen differed from other genotypes with the lowest milk component contents (P≤0.05). On the other hand, milk protein content of Maltese was higher than that of Turkish Saanen. Milk component yields were higher in Turkish Saanen than in other breeds (P≤0.05). This study demonstrated that variations exist in milk traits of Gokceada and Maltese genotype and that Turkish Saanen is a high yielding genotype.


Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy as it contributes about 17 per cent to the total GDP and provide livelihood to 65 to 70 per cent of the total population. The sector provides employment to 58.4 per cent of country's workforce and is the single largest private sector occupation. India's foreign trade is deeply associated with agriculture sector as it accounts for about 14.7 per cent of the total export earnings. Indian agriculture has registered impressive growth over last few decades. However, Indian agriculture is faced International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 12 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


The alignment of strategic sustainability goals can be very challenging for industries where stringent product requirements restrict the ability to innovate environmentally friendly alternatives. This case studies an instance of medical equipment being designed to increase functionality and decrease disposability, creating greater utility. The primary outcome of this research is a demonstration that cost is not prohibitive when introducing reusable medical tools and equipment when innovative solutions satisfy stringent standards and can provide superior functionality.


Synopsis In this paper, an AC chopper circuit, using a power transistor, is described which chops the AC voltage with a commercial frequency. The circuit is composed of a diode bridge and a power transistor in series with a load and capable of adjusting the switching frequency, f c , and the time ratio, T=ton/(ton+toff). The switching frequency and the time ratio of the AC chopper circuit depend on switching-times, that is, delay time, rise time, carrier storage time and fall time, especially in the high frequency. The upper limit of the switching frequency (about 150kHz) and the output characteristics of the circuit are investigated.


 Abstract — Gas sensing behavior of nano composite mixtures of nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HAp) and multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) is investigated by means of electrical characterization using two – probe method. The mixture contains nano-HAp as host material, and MWNT weight concentration ranges between 0.05wtpercent to 0.2wt%. The crystalline phase of nano-HAp and average diameter of MWNT is analyzed from Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).The phase content and crystal size is estimated by powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) method. Thermo-Gravimetry Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA) shows good thermal stability of the composite material. Studies reveal that adsorption of Carbon monoxide with MWNT doped nano-HAp thick films results in increase in substrate resistance thereby increasing the gas sensitivity. The study of various gas sensing parameters, reveals that composite containing weight concentration of MWNT (0.05wt %) exhibits good sensing behavior for the detection of 20 ppm CO gas, with rapid response and regenerative capacity.


The mam aim of this study was to determine whether there were significant relationship between advertising expenditure and firm performance among 46 consumer products firms listed on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) from the period of 2004 to 2008. Advertising effects on firm performance is measured using two constructs which are firm profitability and firm value by adopting Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis. The results of linear regression showed that there was a positive relationship between advertising variable and it is statistically significant with both variables of firm performance which are firm profitability and firm value whereas sales variable was found only to be significant with firm profitability but were found to be insignificant on firm value.


A diffusion effect has been measured on a time‐of‐flight velocity distribution measurement of a laser‐produced plasma. After allowing for this effect, a good fit to a nondisplaced Maxwellian is obtained. The fit was made to the total ion signal. Retarding voltage measurements show that most of the ions are triply ionized.


By grey system theory,the grey situation decision-making model and the index system for evaluating rationalization of production system in coal-mining district are established.The analysis of the grey situation decision-making with practical data of the coal-mining districts is made. It provides scientific decision-making method and means for coal mine production.


Abstract Thermal cracking experiments were performed on anthropogenic resources (post consumer plastics with PVC impurities) in an autoclave under N2 atmosphere and at 500 °C. After about 48 h, a crack near the flange resulted in pressure loss. Deposits of FeCl2 · 2H2O, NiCl2 · 2H2O and Ni2O2OH could be evidenced on the cracks using XRF and XRD. In the crack itself, mainly Cr2O3 could be found at the crack initiation site, while chlorides of Fe, Cr, and Ni could be observed at the tip of the crack using EDS. Metallographic examinations using V2A and Beraha etchants revealed that the crack propagated transgranularly. The basic structure exhibits not only dendritic segregations (cast structure) but also segregation bands (deformed microstructure). In addition to that, Ti(C,N) precipitations could be found. TiN (yellow) mainly occurred in the core, while TiC (white) was primarily found at the edge of the sample.


Models of organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaics, which include the effect of spatially varying composition of donor/acceptor materials, are developed and analyzed. Analytic expressions for the current-voltage relation in simplified cases show that the effect of varying blend composition on charge transport is minimal. Numerical results for various blend compositions, including the experimentally relevant composition of a donor-rich region near the cathode (a "skin layer" of donor material) show that the primary effect of this variation on device performance derives from its effect on photocharge generation. The general relation between the geometry of the blend and its effect on performance is given explicitly. The analysis shows that the effect of a skin layer on device performance is small.


Changes of antioxidant properties of -lipoic acid (LA) after UV irradiation were studied. LA is the typical drug used in diabetic neuropathy. Quenching of free radicals is an important factor of therapy by using this substance. -Lipoic acid is exposed to UV irradiation during the storage. The aim of our studies was to examine the effect of UV irradiation on the interactions of LA with free radicals. The -lipoic acid was irradiated by UVA 315–400 nm light during 10 to 110 minutes by intervals of 10 minutes. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy was used as the experimental technique. The antioxidant properties of LA were spectroscopically confirmed. The strong effect of UV irradiation on interactions of -lipoic acid with free radicals was observed. It was pointed out that interactions of LA with free radicals decrease after its exposition on UV. The interactions of LA with free radicals were higher after the sample irradiation during 10 minutes than for the samples irradiated longer (20–110 minutes). The results are important for problems connected with photomedicine; they pointed out that -lipoic acid should not be stored on UV exposition. Application of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize interactions of pharmacological substance with free radicals was confirmed.


Nation and Waring's Teaching Extensive Reading in Another Language is invaluable as it presents a thorough research-based understanding of Extensive Reading (ER) which has been lacking in previous ER literature. The book, which consists of 13 chapters, reports wideranging research findings with a focus on those related to vocabulary learning through ER. It demonstrates that ER plays a pivotal role in providing second/foreign language (L2) learners with abundant meaning-focused input, incidental L2 learning opportunities, and fluency development. The text also incorporates the authors' personal experiences of ER.


The present invention provides a superior sliding properties and mechanical properties of a resin composition and a sliding member using the resin composition. Fluorine-containing resin dispersed in the hard resin in the resin composition, the fluorine-containing resin is adjusted to a maximum particle size of 950nm or less, the average particle diameter is adjusted to 100nm ~ 450nm. As the hard resin, preferably selected from polyether ether ketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyamide, polyamideimide, polyvinylidene fluoride, at least one liquid crystal polymer . Further, as the fluorine-containing resin, preferably polytetrafluoroethylene.


A It is commonly thought that athletes automatically adapt to a simple, natural and cyclical action, such as running, and that any increases in performance level are almost entirely due to improvements of the conditional capacity and metabolic systems. The importance of mechanical and co-ordinative attributes and the possibilities for conserving movement and re-utilising elastic energy deriving from the eccentric contraction movements have rarely been explored and have never been a focal point of research in endurance sports. This study included 61 male and female longdistance runners, 31 of whom performed at a national/international level and 30 of whom were amateur level competitors. In periodic tests conducted for functional evaluations, video recordings were made of the athletes' running movements at different speeds. Several kinematic parameters were analysed. The statistical results, behavioural analysis and individual adaptations obtained are useful for elaborating and proposing methodological elements in training for correcting and perfecting distance running technique. tinguishing the disciplines, it becomes more difficult to isolate and define each specialty. In the sports literature, endurance running is classified among the cyclical aerobic specialties with low co-ordination and technical content. VERCHOSSHANSKJ (2001), for example, stated: "the composition of cyclical movements (that require the development of endurance) seems to be simpler than that of acyclic locomotion". The opinions and studies published so far, for example McARDLE et al. (1996), reinforce the idea that each athlete automatically adapts to a simple, natural and repetitive movement, like that of running, and that improvements in performance are entirely related to the improvement of conditional abilities and metabolic implications: "An exercise that can be performed for a prolonged period of time is relatively simple from a mechanical standpoint, since the gesture is repeated from the beginning to the end; the movements – some of which were learned in childhood are completely automatic and racing strategy is relatively simple... it's pretty evident that in these situations the nervous and psychological factors are much less important than the physical, physiological and biomechanical ones" (SAIBENE et al., 1986). Although various studies have shown that mechanical efficiency is the component that differentiates elite athletes (among themselves) in endurance running, even these studies continue to hint that an individual athlete's running technique cannot be effectively modified to produce a significant result and that, at any rate, adaptations are consequences of bio-structural and metabolic modifications that occur during training. Furthermore, when biomechanical parameters were taken into consideration, the results and observations made by experts lead to conclusions that are diametrically opposed. FORTNER (2006), after a lengthy observation of the rhythmic behaviour of the first three finishers at the 1999 New York Marathon (Kagwe, Chebe and Bayo), noted that the winner "adopted a longer stride (at the same speed) as opposed to a greater frequency". NOAKES (2001), citing other authors (MORGAN, 1995 and NELSON & GREGOR, 1976), states: "through training, athletes lengthen their stride and reduce frequency. Some researchers maintain that this optimises running economy because the increased stride length is more economical than an increase in frequency". On the other hand, McARDLE et al. (1996) claim that: "it generally costs more to lengthen one's stride than it does to shorten it" and VITTORI (1997) states: "There is no doubt that the energetic cost required to maintain the same speed is greater for a long stride than it is for a shorter stride at a higher frequency... it costs more to create length than it does to create frequency". According to CAVANAGH & WILLIAMS (1982), athletes themselves automatically choose the best speed and any attempt at modifying the stride length or stride frequency "produces a negative effect on the mechanical efficiency". Within the study conducted in an attempt to establish the best individual energetic cost by way of a variation in stride frequency and stride length at a given speed there exists a conceptual error that excludes all results except those obtained: modifying a "spontaneous" movement by way of any voluntary intervention produces the effect of increasing energy expenditure. The question that we might pose at this point is: are we absolutely certain that an athlete is able, always and in any circumstance, to match his/her motor potential to the technical and mechanical parameters of endurance running in an automatic and instinctive manner? More precisely, can the work of the middleand long-distance coach (on a level with the trainers of any other specialty or discipline) be targeted towards modifying the characteristics and technical, rhythmical and mechanical running abilities of an individual athlete? 42 Ne w St ud ies in A th let ics • n o. 4/ 20 07 Stride parameters in endurance runners


Rice flour is a raw material that is often used for starter. Rice flour has a starch content of 90% of dry weight. Starter is collection of mushroom cultur that is ready to be inoculatedfor fermentation. Mushrooms commonly used in making yeast are Trichoderma veride, Aspergillus niger, Hansenula sp, Candida sp. This study aims to determine the process of making a starter using rice flour and knowing the number of microbes that grow on pottato dextrose agar (PDA) media with concentrations of 0%, 4%, 8%, and 12%. This study used acompletely randomized design with 6 replications with 4 concentrations. Data analysis used ANOVA SPSS 17.1 program. The result of the analysis shows that the difference (P <0.05) is smaller than 0.05 (0.0152). From the result of the study, the starter of fungal microorganisms mixed with rice flour and PDA for the highest fungal growth was found at concentrations of 4%, 8% and 12%, namely 5,70, 6,14 and 6,13 with the addition of PDA media while at a concentration of 0% without PDA got 5,40 results.


Regional policy actors present key players in the implementation of the regional policy measures and realization of the defined policy goals. Lately, their importance and the need for coordinated cooperation at different levels of government in the Republic of Croatia have become more highlighted due to the fact that regions have higher opportunities, especially after the EU accession. The aim of this final thesis is to present the role of chosen regional policy actors in Croatia. After defining the main characteristics of regional policy, regional policy actors are described, such as the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, households, entrepreneurs, development agencies and local action groups. More detailed analysis of the activities and performances of regional policy actors in Istria County has confirmed their important role in fostering regional development. There are also determined the need and benefits of the implementation of the partnership and cooperation as the main principles within the regional policy, regarding that joint actions of public, private sector and civil society partners, at national, regional and local level can lead to multilevel positive effect in managing development and to create specific, recognizable regional economies.


The bioheat equation is solved for an anatomically-based model of the human head with resolution of 3/spl times/3 mm to study the thermal implications of exposure to EM fields typical of cellular telephones both at 835 and 1900 MHz. Up to 4.5/spl deg/C temperature elevation may be caused for some locations of the pinna by a cellular telephone warmed by electronic circuitry to temperatures as high as 39/spl deg/C, with temperature increases for the internal tissues such as the brain and the eye that are no more than 0.1-0.2/spl deg/C higher than the basal values. Another objective was to study the thermal implications of the SAR limits for the occupational exposures of 8 W/kg for any 1-g, or 10 W/kg for any 10-g of tissue suggested in the commonly used safety guidelines. Such SARs would lead to temperature elevations for the electromagnetically exposed parts of the brain up to 0.5/spl deg/C, with 10 W/kg for any 10-g of tissue resulting in somewhat higher temperatures for larger volumes.


A new manufacturing mode, called social manufacturing, has been developing widely, and employed in many enterprises across the business value chain in recent years. Faced with this increasing dynamic, both enterprises and customers have to be more aware of the potential opportunity and benefit to be derived from this new manufacturing mode. One benefit is more value-adding potential for both enterprises upstream and customers downstream across the business value chain, compared with the normal mode. This research extends the application of social manufacturing to the entire business value chain system to bring new opportunities and value-adding potential for enterprises. This paper proposes a social value chain system that applies the social manufacturing mode to the entire value chain and contributes to three areas: (1) a new way of thinking for enterprises to create new opportunities to add value throughout the value chain by employing the social manufacturing mode; (2) establishing the social value chain system for all participants/enterprises across the chain in order to gain a win–win situation for all participants; and (3) suggesting some idea of a suitable performance measurement to monitor and evaluate the proposed social value chain system.


The article focuses on the paradigmatic aspect of integration of English borrowings-neologisms into lexical-semantic system of French. The object of study is two fundamental paradigmatic relations in lexis: synonymy and hyper-hyponymy. Special attention is paid to cognitive approach to processes of borrowings.


The emergence of HIV strains that are resistant to anti-retroviral drugs is a major cause of treatment failure. Two sets of mutations: the Q151M complex and the 69 insert, cause resistance to multiple nucleoside analogues. We report the response to treatment in 12 patients with multiple NRTI-resistant HIV-1 strains. Seven of 12 patients (58%) were able to maintain a viral load below 200 copies/ml at week 48. The patients most likely to obtain therapeutic success were those having no or low-level resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and/or protease inhibitors. New and more effective drugs are needed for patients with HIV-1 that is resistant to more than one of the current three classes of HIV drugs.


We give effective estimates for the number of saddle connections on a translation surface that have length \begin{document}$ \leq L $\end{document} and are in a prescribed homology class modulo \begin{document}$ q $\end{document} . Our estimates apply to almost all translation surfaces in a stratum of the moduli space of translation surfaces, with respect to the Masur–Veech measure on the stratum.


Hydrate formation in refinery gas pipelines is one of the major problems of refinery gas companies. There are a large number of investigations about this phenomenon. The neccessity of facing this problem has been considered in many cases. Some chemical methods and technologies have been used in order to inhibit the hydrate formation in pipelines or to predict it. In this study, a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling was employed to predict the probability of hydrate formation in the gas pipeline. The proposed model was validated using the operational data of Ilam refinery gas pipeline. The pipeline was simulated and the results were compared with the experimental data. The obtained numerical results showed enough agreement with the experimental data. Regarding pressure gradient in the pipeline, hydrate formation temperature was calculated and the possibility of hydrate formation in the pipeline was evaluated according to the comparison between the hydrate formation temperature and the actual temperature. In addition, various parameters such as inlet temperature, ambient temperature, and gas flow rate were studied in order to find the hydrate formation probability using the sensitivity analysis method. Results showed that the inlet and ambient temperatures are usually higher than the hydrate formation temperature, so the probability of hydrate formation is low in the pipeline. Moreover, the results clearly showed that increasing the gas flow rate or decreasing the gas inlet temperature can increase the probability of hydrate formation in the pipeline.


New social classes have been coming out and growing up with China's opening to the outside world and reform and the socialist market economy building.They have become an important force for the Chinese-characteristic socialism building.They are getting more and more concerned about democracy and equality.Their senses of competition and participation in politics,and their desire to express their interest appeal as well are getting more and more intense and urgent.Currently,their participation in politics takes on the following features: utilitarian motive,hierarchical consciousness,psychological contradiction,non-organized behavior and so on.Their sense of participating in the political affairs differs a lot from person to person.Motives for participation are less of obligation;the individual participation is more than the organized participation;the channels of their participation are impeded;the institutional arrangement is more than the initiative participation.It is proposed that with the view of scientific development as guide the political role placement for the new social classes be completed;their political status be improved,the existing political system be innovated;more opportunities be offered for them to participate in politics;and they be guided to participate in politics orderly.


Highly stressed gears are typically heat treated to satisfy operational demands. Case hardening is a common heat treatment associated with power train components. In the heat treatment process complex distortion processes take place, which were studied in these examinations. Object of the actual investigations were spur wheels with module 2.557 and 42 teeth on the wheel with a helix angel of 23°. The case hardening was realized utilizing low pressure carburisation with subsequent high pressure gas quenching in a heat treatment furnace of industrial proportion. The systematic analysis was guided using design of experiment methods. In strategic focus were the three contributing heat treatment steps of heating, carburisation and quenching. Heating related factors were the batch design, the heat transfer and the preheating temperature. During carburisation the temperature, carburisation depth and surface carbon content as well as the atmosphere during diffusion were altered. Finally the quenching related variation was the hardening temperature. The identified main factors on size as well as shape changes of the base body and the toothing will be presented and discussed.


Through a content analysis of print media and a comparison of media images with trends in women's behavior, the authors explore the rhetoric and reality surrounding the exit of college-educated women from the workforce to become full-time mothers, a phenomenon that has been dubbed "opting out." The major imagery surrounding opting out emphasizes motherhood and family, elites, and choice. A close reading reveals some inconsistencies that counter the prevailing positive depiction. The authors also find that media coverage of opting out appears in leading publications reaching large and diverse audiences. A comparison of articles' themes against actual trends in women's opting-out behavior shows that there is a disjuncture between the two. The authors discuss the implications of these results for the dissemination of a new feminine mystique.


This paper presents a statistical analysis of Australian Ground Snow Load data based on maximum annual values of ground snow depths and loads. Relationships between characteristic ground snow loads, depths and station elevations are established. Parameters for a probabilistic model of Australian ground snow loads are derived for use in the estimates of load factors and the assessment of safety of structures under snow.


We review recent results from the X‐ray timing of accreting millisecond pulsars in LMXBs. This is the first time a timing analysis is performed on accreting millisecond pulsars, and for the first time we can obtain information on the behavior of a very fast pulsar subject to accretion torques. We find both spin‐up and spin‐down behaviors, from which, using available models for the accretion torques, we derive information on the mass accretion rate and magnetic field of the neutron star in these systems. We also find that the phase delays behavior as a function of time in these sources is sometimes quite complex and difficult to interpret, since phase shifts, most probably driven by variations of the X‐ray flux, are sometimes present.


This research was conducted to observe three forms of processed mung bean sprouts on physical characteristic and palatability in 6 weeks male ducks. Mung bean sprouts were feed in the form of fine, fresh and fermented. Completely Randomized Design was used in this study as experimental design with 3 treatments and 4 replicates. Water activity, water absorption and palatability were measured as variables. The outcomes of this study showed that treatments significantly influenced water activity and mung bean sprouts palatability (P<0.05), respectively. High significantly difference was found among treatments in water absorption (P<0.01). It can be inferred from the research that to improve palatability, duck feed must contain water content between 11.5-14.46%. Mung bean sprout waste can be provided in the form of fresh or even fermented for the duck. According to its water activity, diet consist of mung bean sprout waste in the form of dried mash is recommended to be stored for a relatively longer period of time compare to the other treatments.


Does the number of participants in an online ideation contest affect its performances? We provide an answer to this question by analyzing the innovations developed in 106 ideation contests run on an online crowdsourcing platform. For each contest, we investigate the association between the number of participants and (i) the innovation performance, by identifying patented products through the US Patent and Trademark Office (ii) the process performance, in terms of time to market of the innovation (iii) the market performance, in terms of product sales. We find evidence of a negative association between the numerousness of participants and both market performance and process performance. Conversely, our results show a positive association between participants' numerousness and innovation performance. We call for a proper crowd participation design, related to the different objectives crowdsourcing activities want to achieve, from an exploration-exploitation perspective.


Resilient Monitoring and Control Systems: Design, Analysi s, and Performance Evaluation by Maruthi T Ravichandran Chair: Professor Semyon M. Meerkov Critical infrastructure systems (i.e., power plants, powe r grids, transportation networks, chemical plants, etc.) and their sensor networks are vulner abl to cyber-physical attacks. Cyber attacks refer to the malicious manipulation of the sen sor data, while physical attacks refer to the intentional damage of the plant components, by a n adversary. The goal of this dissertation is to develop monitoring and control systems t hat are resilient to these attacks. The monitoring system is termed resilient if it provides the least uncertain (in terms of the minimum entropy) process variable estimates and plan t condition assessment. Similarly, the feedback control system is termed resilient if i t identifies the actuators under attack and generates the best possible control signals (in t erms of the largest probability of maintaining the process variables in the desired range). The resilient monitoring system (RMS) developed in this res earch consists of five layers: Data quality acquisition, process variable assessmen t, pla t condition assessment, sensor network adaptation, and decentralized knowledge fusio n. The techniques involved in each of these layers are rigorously analyzed and are shown to identify the plant condition normal or anomalous in a reliable and timely manner. The de veloped RMS is applied to a model of a power plant, and its performance is evaluated u nder several cyber-physical x attack scenarios. The measure of resiliency is quantified us ing Kullback-Leibler divergence and is shown to be high in all scenarios considered. The resilient control system (RCS) is developed based on two approaches: Model predictive control (MPC)-based approach and synchronous dete ction (SD)-based approach. In the MPC-based approach, a control input is calculated using the information provided by the RMS. The goal here is to steer the process variable to the d esire value, while ensuring that it always remains within a safe domain. In the SD-based a pproach, the condition of the sensor and actuator is assessed using the method of synch ronous detection. Then, using this assessment, the controller is modified (if possible) so that the effects of the attacks on the closed loop system response are eliminated. Using simul ations, it is shown that both these approaches are viable for the design of RCS. Thus, the main contribution of this research is in providing the theoretical foundation for the design of resilient monitoring and control systems a pplicable to a class of critical infrastructure systems, characterized by complex interac ions of continuous process variables.


We analyze high-frequency micro panel data on customers of a major Korean credit card company before and after the 2003 Korean credit crisis and find evidence of pervasive precommitment behavior that is difficult to explain using standard economic theories: (1) customers voluntarily reduce their credit card borrowing limits without any compensation, (2) customers turn down interest-free installment loan offers with high probability, and (3) of the small fraction of customers who do accept interest-free loan offers, most precommit to pay off the loan over a shorter term than the maximum allowed term under the offer.


Torture as a past and present tool of interrogation in Iraq threatens to undermine the country's struggle towards democracy. In confronting the substantial task of reforming interrogation practices and their public perception, Iraqis may draw valuable lessons from the United States' experience with the constitutional regulation of the admissibility of confessions in criminal cases. After reviewing the constitutional bases relied on by the U.S. Supreme Court to exclude confessions, this Article argues that writing Miranda-like rules into the Iraqi constitution would go far in alleviating the especially coercive environment of custodial interrogation in Iraq and restoring public confidence in the interrogation process. For example, adopting the core Miranda rights to silence and counsel as well as its requirements to warn would help shift control of the interrogation process from the state to the individual, and make Iraqis aware of their rights under the new regime. Furthermore, adapting Miranda's public safety exception and exclusionary reach to accommodate the security situation in Iraq would strike a viable balance between freedom from private violence and freedom from the state. Finally, excluding confessions obtained involuntarily or in violation of some more specific standard would help deter abusive practices that nonetheless may satisfy the adapted Miranda rules. Even if widespread compliance comes later rather than sooner, writing Miranda-like rules into the Iraqi constitution at least would supply, for more receptive times, an enduring legal framework for protecting the integrity and dignity of individuals under interrogation.


Some of the most important properties of materials in high-technology applications are strongly influenced or even controlled by the presence of solid interfaces. For example, interfaces are the critical element in fiber-reinforced structural ceramics with mechanical properties not even imagined a decade or two ago. The entire electronics industry is based on the fascinating electrical properties of semiconductor interfaces, with ceramic-semiconductor, metal-semiconductor and metal-ceramic interfaces playing critical roles as well. Other examples are surface modification techniques, designed to enhance the corrosion resistance of materials in hostile environments or tailored for tribological or catalytic applications. In contrast to their enormous technological importance, our basic understanding of even the simplest interfaces, such as free surfaces and grain boundaries, is rudimentary at best. It is increasingly recognized, however, that truly significant technological advances can be achieved by a better understanding and control of interfacial processes. To draw attention to the tremendous opportunites that lie ahead in this lively area of materials research, some recent promising developments in the atomic-level understanding of solid interfaces are highlighted in this issue and in the October issue of the MRS BULLETIN . The theme common to ail the articles in the September and October issues lies in the atomic-level insights that have been gained. While this issue of the BULLETIN focuses on structure, chemistry and some electronic properties of crystalline interfaces, the October issue will be devoted to their mechanical and high-temperature behavior.


An online multidimensional self-estimation algorithm is developed to jointly estimate the parameters of a macroscopic model describing the traffic dynamics in a signalized junction under different traffic conditions, together with the state variables characterising traffic flow. The proposed novel methodology is based on the Expectation-Maximization algorithm and multidimensional Robbins-Monro stochastic approximation. The algorithm is validated on the geometry of a signalized 3-arm junction within the traffic network of Malta resulting in a mean percentage error of −0.965% on the parameter estimates. This is aimed to form part of an adaptive control loop for traffic light systems that is able to autonomously adjust to changing traffic conditions.


1. The curves of the surface pressure against area, the surface potential against area, and surface viscosity against area were obtained with diketopiperazine. All the three curves show the limiting area to be about 1.83 m2/mg or 34.6A2 per molecule. 2. Comparing this result with that obtained by Corey, diketopiperazine molecules are thought to lie flat on the surface. 3. The above value is far larger than the limiting areas of native serum albumin or synthetic protein analogues. And the poly-peptide chain will not show the diketopiperazine configuration on the surface.


In his paper, Pearce presents a method for determining the stationary probabilities of a G / M t /1 system, the service mechanism being such that it operates regardless of whether or not customers are present. This note is an attempt to correct his results.


The establishment of socialist phenomenology needs to borrow good elements from phenomenology and make acareful analysis of socialist historical phenomena under the guidance of Marxist historical dialectics.Socialist phenomenology essentially differs from Hussel Heidegger's phenomenology from the perspective of temporal manifestation.These differences are expressed in many aspects such as dynamic mechanism,connotation,structure and foundation as well as views on the prospect.Besides,the two hold different emphases and standing points.Features and modes of temporal manifestation are also different.


In this work, activated carbon was prepared from Indonesian local orange peel using ZnCl2 activation method at various chemical ratio. Carbonization was done for 1 hour at 500oC. The structural and morphological characteristics of orange peel based activated carbons were investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM), Brunaeuer-Emmett-Teller surface analyzer. The highest surface area was found about 1200 m2/gr, obtained from the mass ratio of 1:2 (biomass : ZnCl2). Electrochemical measurement was examined by half cells, using 1M LiPF6 in EC/EMC/DMC solution (1:1:1 v/v) as electrolyte, and Li/Li+ as reference electrode. It was shown from cyclic voltammetry (CV) results that activated carbon from orange peel demonstrated a stable electrochemical characteristics, with specific capacitance of 56 F/g at scan rate of 1mVs-1 at voltage window between 2,5 and 4 V.


PDGF (AS of 0.7 0.5 mm2, 1.7 1.5 mm2, and 2.4 1.2 mm2, respectively, p 0.02). In the in vivo model of chronic myocardial ischemia used, ligation of the left coronary artery induced a decrease in the number of functioning capillaries in ischemic myocardium from 157 42 to 34 21.5 (mean SD) capillaries per view field (p 0.001). However, the amount of functional capillaries increased significantly after injection of PMP into the myocardium (to 97 27.3; p 0.001 vs. ischemia without PMP). Conclusion(s): PMP possess a strong pro-angiogenic potential and may promote re-vascularization of the ischemic myocardium. Reference: 1 Nicosia RF, Ottinetti A. Lab Invest 1990; 63: 115–122.


Kahoot! Game is one of the advancements in learning technology. It can facilitate and motivate the students for being active and understanding the content of the text. This study aimed to find out whether there is or not any significant difference between the students who are taught by using Kahoot! Game and the students who are taught by using conventional game and to find out the impact of using Kahoot!. Altogether in this study, the writer used mixed-method and explanatory sequential mixed method design which involving 39 students of the fourth-semester students of English Education Program of STKIP Nurul Huda by using reading comprehension test for quantitative data and observation, questionnaire, and interview for qualitative data. The findings were the effect of Kahoot! Game in teaching reading comprehension achievement is a very high impact on engagement, perception and motivation, and positive attitude. It influenced students' reading comprehension achievement. Therefore, it can be concluded that by using Kahoot! Game with high engagement, perception, motivation, and positive attitude of the students can influence their reading comprehension achievement.


New cumulenic ions, SNCCO+, SCNCO+, SNCCS+, and SCNCS+, have been generated by dissociative ionization and characterized by tandem mass spectrometry techniques. The stabilities of the corresponding radicals were evaluated by neutralization-reionization (NR) experiments and supported by ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the G2(MP2,SVP) level. The neutral radicals, SNCCS., SCNCS., and SNCCO., are found by experiment and theory to be observable species in the gas phase, while SCNCO. is not accessible under NR conditions. All the cations are potential energy minima, and their calculated fragmentation energies are in reasonable accord with experiment.


THE INVENTION RESPECT TO CONSERVE BOX. According to the Invention, IT INCLUDES PLATE EXTREME 2 HAVING AN OPENING CUTTING 3 AND 4 TAB HOLDING FINGER FIXED AT A PARTY SIDE THE REGION incised PLATE TAB 4 WITH PART 4A MAY TERMINATE IN THE BOX WHILE OPENING THE PLATE EXTREME AND PLACED ON ONE SIDE OF PART OF FIXING THE tONGUE, AND PART OF 4B HOLDING FINGER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PART OF FIXING THE TONGUE HAVING MORE SIDE pROTRUSIONS 7 and 7A EXTENDING FROM SIDE EDGE EXTERNAL TAB 4 CLOSE TO THE FIXING PART TO EXTEND TO THROUGH THE LINES CUTTING THE PROTRUSIONS 7 and 7A FOR THE PIVOT POINTS DURING THE OPENING OF THE PLATE, THE PLATE IS PROVIDED FURTHER REINFORCING RIBS 8 and 8A DEVELOPED ALONG THE CUTTING. THE iNVENTION APPLIES ESPECIALLY THE CANNING.


This article studied the system of PU/UP resin IPN rigid foam plastic.The best formula which could improve the compressive strength by means of varying the use level of UP resin.It also studied the reinforcing effect of the short cutting glass fiber and probed preliminarily the microstructure of IPN and the preparation process of the system.


This report presents a critical review of the technical literature available since the conclusion of the Strategic Highway Research Program in 1993 on the impact of the aggregate properties specified by the Superpave mix design method on the performance of hot mix asphalt. The report will be of particular interest to materials engineers in state highway agencies, as well as to materials supplier and paving contractor personnel responsible for the production of aggregates and hot mix asphalt.


The theme of my thesis is the System of logistics support of providing catering in crisis situations in Vsetin. The theoretical part describes logistics and importance of logistics in emergency situations. Furthermore, there are listed catering options in crisis situations in Vsetin.The practical part analyzes the system of logistics support of providing catering in crisis situations in Vsetin during solving a model situation.


The psychoanalytic theory of adult erogeneity is analyzed with respect to differential sexual and foreplay activities. Psychosexual fixation within any of the basic stages of oral, anal, or phallic development was hypothesized to correlate negatively with adult erogeneity in that respective area. The overall investment in sexuality across the erogenous areas was expected to be a function of the general level of development within the object relations domain, so that the less narcissistic and more other‐oriented a person is, the more investment is to be expected in interpersonal sexuality. Utilizing recently developed psychometric instruments measuring these analytic constructs, self‐report erogeneity data from 56 women were analyzed and compared with fixation and object relations variables. Results confirmed the object relations hypothesis. A comparison of the intercorrelations of the erogeneity and fixation variables showed that although the pattern is in line with the hypothesis, statistical significanc...


This thesis is to analyze the figurative context of key expressions including words after the patternization of them relevant to practical dancing in the Shijing(詩經). During the process of this analysis, ancient classics pertaining to dancing, figurative materials and rock engravings excavated and the latest study of dancing have been reviewed, referred and balanced. The primitive moves of dance had been passed down in the folks and recorded refractedly in the Shijing(詩經). The primitive and folks` dance was traceable although it had been selected, omitted and altered according to the intent of court rulers since the times of Zhou. As a result, the meaning of transfigured dance moves is subsequently analyzed on the version of posterial annotation.


The influence of plant-growth-promoting bacteria (Azospirillum brasilense and Pantoea dispersa) on sweet pepper plants (Capsicum annuum L.) under limited N supply was studied. Inoculation did not affect leaf CO2 assimilation, Ci/Ca (the ratio of the intercellular to the ambient CO2 concentration), concentration of chlorophylls, chlorophyll fluorescence (maximum quantum efficiency of PSII) or SPAD readings. Total plant dry weight was significantly reduced in both inoculated and non-inoculated plants when the N supply was reduced from 12 (control) to 7 mM, whilst the NO3− and total-N concentrations in the leaves were not significantly affected by inoculation. Inoculation did not affect marketable fruit yield or the pigments (chlorophylls, lycopene and β-carotene) and carbohydrate (sucrose, glucose and fructose) contents in the fruits but flavonoids and anthocyanins were increased significantly by the addition of the bacteria, relative to non-inoculated plants under limited N supply. Key words: Plant-growth-...