Although minimizing costs is the main objective in inventory models, meeting customer's needs is another basic goal of many companies. Especially in the case shortages are allowed, the waiting time a customer spends to receive his/her backlogged shortage is an important factor that affects maintaining with the company. As defining an accurate shortage cost which includes cost of losing customers and cost of damaging brand image is not possible for many companies, the above two objectives are considered in this paper to develop a bi-objective inventory model, in which the total cost of a retailer and his customers' stock out times are minimized. In this model, the order size, the maximum backordering quantity, and the number of inspectors are defined as the decision variables, where a 100% screening process with the rate higher than the demand rate is used to screen out the items. After screening, the non-conforming items are stored in the warehouse, where they will be exchanged with new items when a new order is arrived at the end of the cycle. The bi-objective optimization problem is solved using the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II). As there is no benchmark available in the literature, another multi-objective optimization algorithm called the multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) is employed to validate the result and to evaluate the performance of NSGA-II. Computational results of solving some randomly generated numerical examples are in favor of MOPSO.


When sharing data on the cloud platform, cloud computing users will face high-risk risks such as data leakage. The traditional way of going to the cloud through data encryption has disadvantages in flexibility and execution efficiency. With the help of the decentralized consensus and tamper proof characteristics of blockchain, a model and implementation scheme based on blockchain are proposed. The double-layer structure of private chain and public chain is adopted. The data is queried and analyzed according to the specification through metadata, and the query results can be verified. The data is stored in the private chain, and the private chain block is stored in the public chain. The calculation is carried out through the smart contract, and only the data results are returned. The data will not be leaked to the third party, let alone sensitive problems. The data encryption adopts the identity based public key encryption algorithm without public key certificate authentication to ensure the encryption performance. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is operable. This paper will take the typical cloud data sharing scenario of "financial supermarket" as an application case to prove it.


Purpose/Objective(s): A retrospective chart review was conducted to determine if there was any difference in local recurrence rates between two common radiation schedules for adjuvant whole breast radiation in early stage breast carcinoma. Materials/Methods: There were 499 patients with T1-T2, NO breast carcinoma treated with breast conserving surgery and whole breast radiation and without adjuvant systemic treatment at a single institution from January 1985 to December 1992. There were two commonly used fractionation schedules at this time. The first was 5000 cGy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks and the second was 4000 cGy in 15 or 16 fractions plus a boost of 500-1250 cGy in 3-5 fractions. Kaplan-Meir estimates of time to local-recurrence were calculated for the two groups. Results: The median follow-up was 17.4 years. The median age was 60. There were 191 (38.3%) patients treated with 5000 cGy in 25 fractions and 308 (61.7%) patients treated with 4000 cGy in 15/16 fractions plus a boost. The most commonly used boost fractionation was 1250 cGy in 5 fractions in 170 patients (55%). There was no statistically significant difference in local recurrence rate between the two fractionation schedules. The 5, 10 and 15 year local failure rate was 4.9%, 10.7% and 12.5% for the 15/16 fractions plus boost group and 2.7%, 13.1% and 19.2% for the 25 fraction group. Conclusions: Standard whole breast radiation with 5000/25 without a boost results in similar local controls rates as a hypofractionated schedule which includes a boost. Therefore, the practice of boosting all breast patients may not be necessary when using a standard fractionation schedule. Author Disclosure:O. Vujovic: None. E. Yu: None. A. Cherian: None. A. Dar: None. L. Stitt: None. F. Perera: None.


In mammalian species where infanticide by males is likely, females exhibit counterstrategies to prevent or mitigate the costs of infanticide. One putative mitigation strategy is the "Bruce effect," in which pregnant or inseminated females exposed to an unfamiliar male experience pregnancy block or failure. Females then mate with the new male, thus shifting investment from a "doomed" pregnancy to a more fruitful one. However, the Bruce effect may be an adaptive response to other factors besides infanticide. For example, if paternal care is necessary for offspring survival, and an unfamiliar male replacing the original mate is unlikely to provide such care to offspring of a litter it did not sire, then a female may terminate a pregnancy to initiate a new one. The infanticide and paternal care hypotheses have not been rigorously tested because comparative data on the Bruce effect across mammals are scarce. We compiled data on the Bruce effect, infanticide, and paternal care from one particularly rich source of information, rodents, but found the data set to be less rich than expected. The Bruce effect, infanticide, and paternal care were common among rodent species, but we found no clear relationship among the traits. However, this was likely due to 1) a bias toward positive results, 2) missing data, and 3) a reliance on studies of captive animals. These are common problems in comparative research, and we outline standards that should be implemented to successfully answer questions of importance in the field.


The purpose of this study was to com pare the effectiveness o f static stretching on lactate rem oval following high in tensity exercise to a passive and a low intensity cycling recovery. Eight male subjects, ages 19-50, with an average V 0 2 m ax of 46.1 + 8.2 m l/kg.m in., perform ed a high intensity cycling protocol follow ed by one o f the three possible recovery periods: sitting, stretching, or cycling. To determ ine blood lactate concentration, a fingertip blood sample was taken at minute 0, 3, 8, 16, 24, and 32 o f the recovery periods. Blood lactate was significantly lower in the cycling and stretching recoveries versus the sitting recovery. C om pared to the sitting recovery, lactate half-tim e was 44% faster in the cycling recovery and 24% faster in the stretching recovery. These results ind icate that stretching provides m oderate benefits in the reduction o f lactate follow ing exercise.


Currently the world swiftly adapts to visual communication. Online services like YouTube and Vine show that video is no longer the domain of broadcast television only. Video is used for different purposes like entertainment, information, education or communication. The rapid growth of today's video archives with sparsely available editorial data creates a big problem of its retrieval. The humans see a video like a complex interplay of cognitive concepts. As a result there is a need to build a bridge between numeric values and semantic concepts. This establishes a connection that will facilitate videos' retrieval by humans. The critical aspect of this bridge is video annotation. The process could be done manually or automatically. Manual annotation is very tedious, subjective and expensive. Therefore automatic annotation is being actively studied. In this thesis we focus on the multimedia content automatic annotation. Namely the use of analysis techniques for information retrieval allowing to automatically extract metadata from video in a videomail system. Furthermore the identification of text, people, actions, spaces, objects, including animals and plants. Hence it will be possible to align multimedia content with the text presented in the email message and the creation of applications for semantic video database indexing and retrieving.


Starting from the designation of the desert as the most suitable place for devotion to philosophy, as alluded to in the Praise of the Desert (De laude eremi) by Eucherius of Lyon, the article explores the Christian reception of ancient pagan philosophy concerning asceticism. In line with Hadot's conception of ancient philosophy as a way of life, the article focuses on the concept and practice of asceticism, expressed in the form of "spiritual exercises" or physical endurance. While both dimensions of asceticism already existed in classical Greek philosophy, physical isolation – the departure of Christian ascetics into the desert – proves to be the differentia specifica of Christian asceticism. The article highlights the identification of philosophy with monasticism and follows its assimilation into the context of Christian asceticism, which places isolation among the fundamental criteria of "philosophy."


The only species of Gabronthus previously reported from the New World was G. thermarum (Aube). Re-examination of specimens on which Circum-Caribbean records were based, together with additional specimens, showed that 2 Gabronthus species actually occur there. Gabronthus thermarum occurs in Florida (U.S.A.), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, and Costa Rica. Gabronthus mgogoricus Tottenham, previously reported only from Africa, occurs in Florida, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, and seems to be the more abundant of the 2 species, at least in Florida and possibly throughout the Greater Antilles. Hesperus baltimorensis (Gravenhorst), H. apicialis (Say), and Laetulonthus laetulus (Say) are newly reported from Florida. The following new records are reported for Philonthus species: P. discoideus (Gravenhorst) from Costa Rica, P. lomatus Erichson from Haiti, P. ventralis (Gravenhorst) from Haiti, Costa Rica, and Florida. Diagnostic features are given of the adult head of the 2 Gabronthus species and of the aedeagus of all 8 species. Typically, H. apicialis adults have dark elytra, but in southeastern Florida there exist adults with red elytra as in H. baltimorensis. Spread of the 4 Old World species (G. mgogoricus, G. thermarum, P. discoideus, P. ventralis) probably is due to human agency in providing transport and/or in rearing animals (cows, horses, goats, etc.) whose dung seems to be a preferred habitat. In contrast, H. baltimorensis, H. apicialis and L. laetulus are likely to become rarer by human destruction of the moist, hardwood forest in eastern North America where they exist.


Here, we report, for the first time, the preparation of Sb2Te3 and the Sb2Te3/C nanocomposite by a simple solid-state synthetic route and their application as Li-ion battery anode materials. The nanocomposite showed an interesting reaction mechanism and outstanding electrochemical performance.


The deduced amino acid(aa)sequences of the segment A precursor polyproteins of nine serotypeⅠstrains of infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV)were compared with that of two serotypeⅡstrains,and the linear B cell epitopes on the precursor polyproteins were predicted using bioinformatics method.Seventy-five different aa residues were observed in the precursor polyproteins between the two serotypes,and the majority of predicted B cell epitopes with the same location and indexes were observed on the polyproteins between both serotypes.But the peptides with two different aa residues at positions 3 to 10 between both serotypes had different predicted indexes and structure,and different reactivity to the antibody against serotypeⅠIBDV.


A number of important monetary and financial changes occurred in the 1980s. A rising question among monetary economists is whether the character of M1 has changed substantially as a result. In particular, a frequent contention is that interest-bearing checkable deposits behave as a savings-type asset, thus subjecting M1 to portfolio redistribution effects in the modern era. This research examines the elasticities of substitution for a variety of financial assets pre- and post-1980. Results indicate that M1 subcomponents do show significant substitution with savings-type assets. However, the portfolio redistribution impacts are not confined to the interest-bearing checkable deposits. Further, results indicate that this behavior is not unique to the 1980s. Copyright 1992 by Ohio State University Press.


We report the case of a pigeon keeper who presented with a post‐traumatic lesion of his third right finger. Cryptycocci were found in the lesion in the absence of am other underlying disorder. Treatment with oral itraconazole achieved clinical resolution of the lesion.


To assess the effects of temporal resolution (RT) in dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE‐MRI) on qualitative tumor detection and quantitative pharmacokinetic parameters in prostate cancer.


High-peak power and nanosecond Q-switched lasers pulse with axisymmetrical polarization could find significant in industrial areas for marking, trimming, and machining, and also in particle manipulation [1] and optical tweezers etc. There is no doubt that the construction of such a new type of laser source, which emits axisymmetrically polarized pulse with high-peak power and short duration, would mention the combination of the passive Q switching technique and polarization control technique. In this paper a LD end-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic microchip laser passively Q-switched by Cr4+:YAG absorber is demonstrated to generate axisymmetrically polarized pulse. The reason to employ the end-pumped microchip laser lies in the fact that such cavity configuration is beneficial carrier both for producing energetic Q-switched pulse and also the axisymmetrical polarization [2].


Extensive classical computer simulations (Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics) providing input to stochastic heat bath modeling theories are reported for high-pressure (gigapascal regime) condensed {sup 4}He at room temperature. The pressure dependence of the stochastic modeling parameters is calculated for two different electronic states ({sup 1}S and {sup 3}S) of a tagged He atom in bulk. The qualitative dynamical effects of electronic excitation of an He atom in the solution are briefly considered based on these parameters. Significant pressure dependence is observed for both these electronic states of the solute He atom. It is also established that the underlying velocity relaxation times, and hence the dissipation time scales, are less pressure sensitive in the electronically excited He({sup 3}S) solute compared to the ground state, He({sup 1}S), case.


After using a special forceps 1 for surgery of the extraocular muscles, which has proved completely satisfactory for over four years, it was considered desirable to construct a forceps with similar principles for use in ptosis operations. The shaft of the ptosis forceps is 8 cm. in length and 6 mm. in diameter, with a knurled activating screw at one extremity. The jaws at the opposite end of the forceps are 17 mm. in length and 1.5 in breadth (see figure). The lower blade, which has a smooth upper Muscle forceps for ptosis operations and surgery of the superior oblique. surface, is perforated to receive the eight teeth located on the lower surface of the upper blade. These teeth, which are 1 mm. in length, serve to grasp the muscle firmly and prevent it from slipping. The upper blade is grooved between the teeth to permit the passage of sutures


Antibacterial activity of lipophilic fractions of Potentilla alba and Potentilla anserina herbs, which differ in component composition, was studied for the first time. The degree of antibacterial activity of fractions was established. It was shown that P. aeruginosa is highly sensitive to lipophilic factions of the studied Potentilla species. In relation to S.aureus, P. vulgaris high inhibiting activity was revealed for chloroformic extract of Potentilla anserina herb. Lipophilic extract from Potentilla alba is highly active against P.vulgaris, but less active against S.aureus. Highly sensitive to chloroformic factions of Potentilla alba and Potentilla anserina herbs is E. coli. Low level of sensivity to the studied concentrations of lipophilic extractions B. subtilis revealed.


This study was planned to compare the efficacy of written information vs verbal plus written information in patients with rheumatic diseases who receive colchicine treatment. Initially, a readable and comprehensible "drug information booklet" was developed for the patients. After that, a "drug knowledge questionnaire" was structured for testing to assess the level of patients' knowledge. The questionnaire was responded by the patients (Pretest). Seventy one patients were categorized into two groups; Group A (n=35) consisted of patients given only the written booklet, whereas patients given verbal information along with the written booklet included in Group B (n=36). To assess the level of knowledge at 8-12-week after, the same questionnaire was asked again (Posttest). As expected, compared to baseline, there was a significant increase in the knowledge levels of the patients following both form of education (p<0.001); however knowledge levels did not show significant differences between the groups (p=0.426). This study showed that patient education is successful in increasing the knowledge levels of patients, irrespective of methods being used for informing. So, a written drug information booklet alone seems to be a useful tool to increase awareness of patients about a certain medication.


The topic of 'De-Westernizing' the field of communication studies has been on the agenda for many years, with landmark studies (e.g. Curran & Park, 2000; Shome & Hedge, 2002) calling for the inclus...


This paper presents predicated generic functions, a novel programming language abstraction that allows the expression of context-dependent behaviour in a declarative and modular manner, providing fine-grained control ofmethod applicability and method specificity. Methods are guarded by predicates with user-defined orderings, thereby increasing the expressiveness of existing method dispatching approaches. We have prototyped our proposal in Lambic, an extension of the standard Common Lisp Object System. We illustrate and motivate our approach by discussing the implementation of a collaborative graphical editor.


Abstract The chemical composition of particulates in subway air collected during nonheating and heating seasons were determined by infrared analysis. The inorganic constituents were found to include sulfate, nitrate, bromate and silica. The principle sulfate compounds were ferrous sulfate and zinc sulfate. The infrared spectra also indicate the presence of an α, β unsaturated aldehyde such as acrolein. Some variation of composition with particle size was found. The possible presence of (NH4)2SeO4 was also observed, but only during the heating season. The principle sources of the pollutants appear to be emissions from automobiles, power plants, incineration, and braking operations and track-wheel abrasion of the subway cars.


By analysis classification of chaste women characters and concept of chastity of Ming and Qing dynasties,we can see the culture essence it embodies, then sums up the two aspects of the significance of literature and culture.In Vernacular Short Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties of virtuous women images appear in great quantities,enriches the ancient Chinese literature female image types.At the same time,the contemporary feminine cultural construction and female self consciousness establishment also enlighten us.


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While emotion recognition is a well-studied task, it remains unexplored to a large extent in cross-lingual settings. Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) in low-resource languages poses difficulties as existing approaches for knowledge transfer do not generalize seamlessly. Probing the learning process of generalized representations across languages, we propose a meta-learning approach for low-resource speech emotion recognition. The proposed approach achieves fast adaptation on a number of unseen target languages simultaneously. We evaluate the Model Agnostic Meta-Learning (MAML) algorithm on three low-resource target languages -Persian, Italian, and Urdu. We empirically demonstrate that our proposed method - MetaSER1, considerably outperforms multitask and transfer learning-based methods for speech emotion recognition task, and discuss the benefits, efficiency, and challenges of MetaSER on limited data settings.


Rational government of patient fluxes from primary care to hepatology clinic is a priority of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) research. Estimating pre-test probability of disease, risk of fibrosis progression, and exclusion of competing causes of liver disease must be addressed. Here we propose a novel taxonomic classification of NAFLD based on hepatic, pathogenic and systemic features of disease in the individual patient. The variable course of disease in any given patient remains a clinical enigma. Therefore, future studies will have to better characterize the role of genetic polymorphisms, family and personal history, diet, alcohol, physical activity and drugs as modifiers of the course of disease and clues to the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. A better understanding of these, together with a taxonomic diagnosis, may prompt a more accurate personalization of care. For example, understanding the putative role of psycho-depression in NAFLD promises to revolutionize disease management in a proportion of cases. Similarly, sex differences in outcome and response to treatment are insufficiently characterized. More studies are awaited regarding those forms of NAFLD which occur secondary to endocrine derangements. The intersections between NAFLD and the lung must better be defined. These include the bi-directional associations of NAFLD and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnoea syndrome, as well as the totally unexplored chapter of NAFLD and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Finally, the therapeutic roles of intermittent fasting and anticoagulation must be assessed. In conclusion, over the last 20 years, NAFLD has taught us a lot regarding the pathogenic importance of insulin resistance, the limitations of correcting this in the treatment of NAFLD, the root causes of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, sex differences in disease and the role of nuclear receptors. However, the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to reset the priorities of public health.


The need for a vacuum environment has been encountered by more and more fields over the years. In high‐energy accelerators, extraneous molecules would attenuate the beam of particles being accelerated. In mass spectrometers, atmospheric gases would mask the sample being analyzed. In thin‐film production, impurities would affect the electrical properties of the film being deposited. Similar considerations arise in the fields of space simulation, surface physics, thermonuclear research, pollution detection and control, analytical instrumentation and many others.


This paper presents a proposal that aims to process dynamic Context modeling for mobile objects in the Generalized Adaptive Context-Aware Middleware (GaCAM). Context changes closely related to difference sensors in mobile environment, so the common data modeling in which data structures were fixed after models designed is inadaptable. The principal task is: dynamic Context modeling when the mobile entities holding Context models meet each other or meet a new environment. It is important to consider the differences between dynamic Context modeling and common data modeling. The proposal is Context modeling by applying Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) merging. Our approach creates a merged specialization/generalization hierarchy which captures the knowledge of Context source in mobile environment. The hierarchy can not only describe both Context concepts and related sensors, but also can help higher Context reasoning and activating potential Context event.


We analyse the generalized Hegselmann-Krause model of opinion dynamics. The asymptotic state of such a system has been well studied in the literature, however the transient state is still poorly understood. Predicting which groups of agents will form clusters remains to be studied. We present sufficient conditions to detect cluster formation in the transient phase of the multi-agent system. We also give a procedure to know how much time a cluster stays consistent, i.e., before it merges with other agents in the system. Our criterion can be computed locally using variables obtained from the initial conditions. Finally our results are illustrated by a numerical example.


THIRTY PAIRS of students (one sixth-grade tutor and one fourth-grade tutee in each pair) worked with an expository text and five questions following the text in the presence of an investigator. Under study were number of text lookbacks encouraged by tutors, differentiation of use of lookbacks for text-based versus reader-based questions, and appropriate text sampling. Good comprehender-poor comprehender tutor differences in strategic behavior encouragement were expected. Audiotape data and observational notation data were reduced for a series of analyses of variance; significant differences by reading proficiency level were found for all strategies under test. The tutoring methodology is discussed as a reasonable alternative to traditional (e.g., interview and error detection) methods, as a means of externalizing strategic repertoires of readers.


Staff response to patient call bells is a communication issue that influences patient assessment of care quality and satisfaction. An ethnographic, grounded theory approach was used to examine nurses and nursing support staff perspectives about call bell use on single- versus double-patient-room units. We used the dance metaphor to describe differences in staff behaviors related to answering call bells on the 2 units in the study. Unit culture as exemplified by an enhanced call bell system and a relationship-centered leadership style were associated with a well- choreographed call bell answering process that promoted safety and patient satisfaction.


At BSAVA Congress, the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons launched new awards aimed at recognising and rewarding those practices that look after the mental health of their staff. John Bonner put the organisers on the couch to examine their thinking.


On 5 December 1917, six members of the German nationalist faction in the Austrian parliament (Reichsrat) handed the Imperial and Royal [kaiserliche und königliche or k.u.k.] Minister of Defense, Friedrich von Georgi (1852–1926), an inquiry titled "The Conduct of the Czechs in the World War." The document, which was later even printed and distributed to the public, was no inquiry in the usual sense of the word, but a bill of indictment 400 pages strong, which collectively accused the Czech population of the Habsburg Monarchy of having committed treason against the state. One of the key points in the document was the military conduct of the Austro-Hungarian army's Czech officers and soldiers, who were accused of having resisted mobilization, neglected their military duties at the front, and, above all, committed treason by defecting to the enemy and joining the armies of the Entente Powers. Despite the fact that the pan-German MPs failed to provide substantive documents and material to prove their accusations, the topic was quickly picked up by the Austro-Hungarian media and soon discussed


A new Iberian species of the genus Iberobathynella is described from the groundwater of Ojo Guarena cave, in the north of Spain (Burgos). The new species belongs to the subgenus Espanobathynella and presents a unique combination of characters, as follow: female thoracopod 8 with wrinkled cuticle and 1 tooth (the rest of species in this subgenus show a smooth cuticle); seven-eight spines on the furca; 10-12 spines on the sympod, four barbed setae on the exopod and an unarmed endopod of the uropod; labrum with 9 main teeth in the female and 8 in the male; maxilla with one, four and 15 setae on its three segments, respectively; seven teeth on the distal segment of the maxillule; seven teeth on the pars incisive and seven-nine teeth on the pars molaris of the mandible and antennule with 7 segments.


This paper is a powerpoint presentation of the provisions in SMPTE D-16 that pertain to MPEG-4 video. The presentation gives a detailed analysis of the coding process in MPEG-4 as well as the development of video codecs. The MPEG-4 has two encoding modes in discrete cosine transform and has two profiles, namely the core studio profile and simple studio profile. Comparisons were also presented regarding the two coding methods.


Prior to initiating a mass food fortification program in Cameroon, a national survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of vitamin A (VAD) and iron deficiency (ID) and intakes of fortifiable foods. We randomly selected 30 clusters in each of 3 zones (North, South, and Large Cities) and 10 households (HH) per cluster, each with a child 12–59mo and a woman 15–49y (n=904 HH). Food intake frequency was assessed by questionnaire. Plasma retinol‐binding protein (RBP), soluble transferrin receptor (sTFR), ferritin, C‐reactive protein (CRP), and α1‐acid‐glycoprotein (AGP) were measured by ELISA. VAD was present in 22.0 ± 1.6% of women and 35.1 ± 2.0% of children (adjusted RBP <1.17μmol/L and <0.83μmol/L). ID was present in 15.2 ± 1.3% of women and 20.6 ± 1.5% of children (adjusted ferritin <15μg/L and <12 μg/L), but varied by indicator. Food intakes were similar for women and children. The % of women who consumed selected foods in the previous week was 54.0% for oil, 92.7% for wheat flour, 83.8% for sugar, and 95.5% for bouillon cube. Mean±SEM intake frequency (times/week) among women who consumed the foods was 9.0 ± 0.4 for oil, 8.5 ± 0.4 for wheat flour, 7.3 ± 0.4 for sugar, and 13.8 ± 0.3 for bouillon cube. VAD and ID are public health problems in Cameroon. Wheat flour, sugar, and bouillon cube are consumed >1 time/day on average by >80% of HH and thus are good candidates for food fortification. Funding sources: MSDF and UNICEF.


As a basic course of computer majors,C Program Design aims at cultivating students' ability of program design. As the problems occurring during the teaching process,such methods as multi-mode teaching,case study,emphasis on practice and reformation of examination can be adopted to improve teaching effect.


This study investigates how the daily stress received by the elderly people living alone impacts their satisfaction of life in rural and urban areas. Survey was conducted on elderly people living alone in the southern cities, K and C, of South Korea. Chi square test, t-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis etc was conducted with the SPSS program with 5 percent level of significance. The results are as follows: First, analysis of the life satisfaction between rural and urban elderly living alone showed no significant difference in physical, material, social, emotional/production domains. Second, daily stress and life satisfaction of the elderly living alone was found to have negative correlation. In the case of urban dwellers, life satisfaction was deteriorated by stresses related to economic problems and social concerns. In the case of rural dwellers, life satisfaction deteriorated by stresses related to interpersonal relationships and economic problems. The findings in this study will provide an empirical basis for developing policies to tackle stress issues and life satisfaction for urban and rural elderly living alone.


A fundamental tool in seismic risk assessment of transportation systems is the fragility curve, which describes the probability that a structure will reach or exceed a certain damage state for a given ground motion intensity. Fragility curves are usually represented by two‐parameter (median and log‐standard deviation) cumulative lognormal distributions.


This paper presents a generic dynamic model for simulating variable speed wind turbines in power systems. The model is derived from a more detailed turbine model that is described in literature. The wind turbine model presented here is basically an equivalent transfer function of the first or second order. The input is the wind speed, and the output is active and reactive power. This alleviates very much the computational efforts for power system simulations, and decreases the risk for numerical instabilities, compaired to the existing detailed wind turbine models described in literature. Also, the basic model blocks that are used in the model are available in practically all power system simulation packages. The model structure is not directly linked to a certain turbine and generator technology, such as doubly fed or synchronous generator. However, the model parameters and time constants of the various model blocks are technology dependent. They summarize the complicated turbine behaviour in a very dense way that is directly usable for grid operators or project developers. The model is intended for estimating the amount of wind power that can be absorbed in a given grid connection point, rather than to make accurate predictions of the impact of a specific farm with given turbine type. It may be used by system operators to quantify the general connection requirements on a certain grid connection point, taking into account the inherent characteristics of wind power and an accepted decrease of grid power quality.


The benefits of Group Discussion (GD) and its importance as a parameter for judging a potential candidate's performance in interviews have long been recognized, and GD has been accorded a place of honour in the 'English' curriculum of engineering colleges. Recruiters have in recent times used GD as a yardstick for judging a prospective candidate's potential for a job with the company since communication skills have come to be regarded as a requirement for performing well on the job. The globalised nature of work culture implies that soft skills in general and negotiation skills in particular are insisted on by employers and communication skills are increasingly seen as a passport to fulfilling jobs in Multinational companies. Yet the non-participation of some learners in a GD may be attributed to socio-cultural


At workplace, managers have adopted practices to increase the well-being of the staff. Job crafting has been recently recognized as something that organizations can stimulate them to do so themselves by making them think about job design that puts employees " in the driver's seat" in cultivating meaningfulness in their work. Along with job crafting, perceived organizational support, perceived autonomy support can also play a lot of role in the well-being of employees. The present paper results revealed a significant positive relationship between all the variables and regression also predicted Perceived organizational Support as the most contributing factor to Workplace Well-being.


Bharati Mukherjee, the author of six novels, two collections of short stories, and a smattering of nonfiction works,reflects personal experience in crossing cultural boundaries in her almost all writings.The state of exile, a sense of loss, the pain of separation, anddisorientation makeBharati Mukherjee's novel, Jasmine "a quest for identity and search for the roots" in an alien land. This paper discusses how the protagonist of the novel, undergoes several transformations during her life journey in America, which results in a fluid state of identity.


The present invention disclosed herein is an illumination unit and a fixing bracket thereof. The illumination unit according to the present invention includes an illumination lamp and a fluorescent lighting fixture, which are combined in a body. The illumination unit comprises: the illumination lamp configured to include a sealed tube having a predetermined length and two auxiliary tubes, whereinthe two auxiliary tubes are successively formed adjacent to both ends of the tubes, and include an electrode and a couple of connection pins, which are respectively formed inside and outside thereof;and the fluorescent lighting fixture configured to include a board of a predetermined configuration and a housing combined with the board by a combination means,wherein the auxiliary tubes are fixed at both ends of the board by a holder. The fluorescent lighting fixture includes a power input terminal, a connection terminal electrically connected to other fluorescent lighting fixture, a substrateelectrically connected to the power connection terminal and the connection terminal, and a control unit configured on the substrate and having a stabilizer consisting of electronic components such asa resistance, condenser, and a transistor controlling on/off of the illumination lamp.


The paper discusses the features of modular training and programmed instruction, applied to the problem of designing of information educational space of students' personal development. The structure of the frame and steps in the theory of programmed instruction is discussed. The structure of modules and blocks in the theory of modular training is considered. The features of the educational process constructed in accordance with the ideas of modular training are discussed. The author indicates the way the process of programmed instruction and modular training can be adjusted so that it meets the requirements of the learner-centered learning process. A number of provisions of the concept of modular training program which can be effectively used in the design of information educational space of students' personal development is highlighted.


The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection practices and processes of services organizations, Kelly services and GD Express (GDEX). The need to attract and select a highly capabilities and skilled workforce in a tight and competitive market made the necessity adoption of best practices in recruitment and selection by services based organizations. It was to examine the recruitment and selection practices in Kelly Services and GDEX, the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection practices of both companies, and ways to improve the practices. Based on the investigation on best practices in recruitment and selection, three research questions were answered. Firstly, the adoption of best practices in both organizations is studied. Secondly, the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection methods is giving attention. Finally a comparison is made between the recruitment and selection practices of Kelly Services and GDEX to determine which organization implement better techniques.


Fundamental frequency and duration measures were obtained on 175 normal male subjects whose ages were evenly distributed throughout the range 20–89 yr. It was found that the fundamental frequency contours by age decade show a steady but gradual lowering from the 20‐yr‐olds at 120 Hz to the lowest mean frequency of 107 Hz in the 40–49‐yr‐old group. Average frequency then raised steadily throughout the 50‐, 60‐, and 70‐yr decades to reach a high in the 80‐yr‐old group of 146 Hz. Mean oral reading rate showed a steady increased duration with increased chronologic age, with the 80‐yr‐old group having a mean duration 50% greater than the mean for the 20‐yr‐olds. The increase in duration was principally a function of the increase in silent periods during the utterance or in intraphrasal pauses. For both frequency and duration measures the greatest variability was found in the 80‐yr‐olds with some of these older subjects having frequency and duration values similar to the young adult subjects.


Abstract David Walsh's The Priority of the Person is a collection of essays that could have been entitled The Sacramentality of the Person. This review highlights the quality of sacredness that is pervasive explored throughout the book. Walsh, in reflections upon significant political, philosophical, and historical thinkers and topics, presents the person in his or her absolute, ineffable, inviolable value. Since the significance of personhood is discussed as the occasion of transcendence, we argue that The Priority of the Person effectively reveals a horizon of sacramentality in which it is the person who, by virtue of his or her very existence, makes present the hidden, but always emergent, quality of sacredness in our midst.


ABSTRACTBed performance of an immobilized biocatalyst composed of Streptomyces cells immobilized on a protein carrier susceptible to compaction, is studied in a fixed bed bioreactor with agitator at low or zero rotation. Adherence to the plug flow mixing regime and no significant external mass transfer were registered in the range of liquid velocities observed.


Nash equilibrium seeking for games in a class of hybrid systems is investigated in this paper. Different from the existing works, the players in the present game framework are composite of a set of continuous-time players and a set of discrete-time players. Nash equilibrium seeking for such a hybrid game is challenging as some players update their actions in continuous time while the remainders update their actions in discrete time. To accommodate the hybrid games, we firstly consider a case in which the players update their actions according to the hybrid gradient play (i.e., the continuous-time players update their actions according to the continuous-time gradient play with sampled information flow while the discrete-time players update their actions according to the discrete-time gradient play). Then, we consider the case in which the players have restricted access to their opponents' actions. A hybrid consensus-based strategy is proposed for this case. The stability of the Nash equilibrium under the proposed hybrid seeking strategies is theoretically proven by utilizing Lyapunov stability analysis. Lastly, the hybrid seeking strategies are validated through a numerical example.


The aim of the thesis is to analyze the current state of VAM joinery based on research of literary resources and to suggest a 2010 marketing plan for the company. The theoretic part explains the basic terms from the area of strategic planning and characterizes small and middle businesses. Further, a creation of marketing plan is described here, its structure and analysis appropriate to determine the status quo. In the practical part, the company is specifically characterized. The current situation of the company is analyzed through a marketing situational analysis. This analysis became the basis for the company's 2010 marketing plan creation. In the marketing plan there are specified objectives, a strategy which are closely elaborated into action program, a sche-dule, a budget, as well as risks and a system of measuring and control.


Rajiv Ranjan Newcastle University mart city" has emerged as an umbrella term for the pervasive implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) designed to improve various areas of today's cities. Areas of focus include citizen well-being, infrastructure, industry, and government. Smart city applications operate in a dynamic environment with many stakeholders that not only provide data for applications, but can also contribute functionality or impose (possibly conflicting) requirements. Currently, the fundamental stakeholders in a smart city are energy and transportation providers, as well as government agencies, which offer large amounts of data about certain aspects (for example, public transportation) of a city and its citizens.


. Eight isolates of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) propagated solely in RTG-2 cells (RTG-IPNV) were examined for ability to replicate in FHM cells. Seven isolates replicated in FHM cells; however, the plaque titres were 10- to greater than 100 000-fold less than titres in RTG-2 cells. The ability of IPNV to replicate in FHM cells was shown to result from the presence of a host range variant (FHM-IPNV) that produced plaques in both cell types. Variant-free preparations of two isolates differed in ability to generate FHM-IPNV during a single replication cycle in RTG-2 cells. One isolate did not generate the variant and failed to replicate in FHM cells even upon blind passage.

IPNV propagated in AS cells (AS-IPNV) was similar to RTG-IPNV, producing equal numbers of plaques in RTG-2 and AS cells but failing to form plaques in FHM cells. However, IPNV propagated in BF-2 cells (BF-IPNV) was similar to FHM-IPNV in producing equal numbers of plaques in all three cell lines.

RTG-IPNV and FHM-IPNV were identical in size, morphology and density in CsCl but differed in plaque size distribution and neutralization by specific antiserum.

Restriction of the replication of RTG-IPNV in FHM cells was partially explained by a reduction of 75% in adsorption to FHM cells. However, the synthesis of RTG-IPNV antigens was reduced 90 to >99% in FHM cells.


This thesis, gourmet cuisine design that contributes to the improvement of the typical food in Canton Bolivar province of Manabi, the principal object of study reviewing several documents of national and foreign literature related manuals and cookbooks gourmet. Its overall objective has been to design a gourmet offering typical food manabita to contribute and strengthen the supply of food tourism in the canton Bolivar, also specific well objectives: to systematize theoretical precepts relating to domestic and foreign bibliography regarding the offer gourmet systematically review the methodological procedures for the design of the gourmet offering typical food manabita in rural counties and develop a standard typical food recipes manabita focused on gourmet offering for culinary tourism development in the canton Bolivar. Through research techniques such as interviews, surveys and applying the SWOT matrix, problem identification study allowed. In conclusion it is found that implementing the elemental design of a typical offering gourmet food manabita for culinary tourism development in Canton Bolivar


In 1989 I was invited to the conference that celebrated the 1400 anniversary of the Third Council of Toledo (589–1989). I spoke on the topic, "Linguarum diversitate: 'Babel and Pentecost' in Leander's homily at the Third Council of Toledo" that was subsequently published in a volume of all the proceedings. For that occasion I focused on the phrase from Leander's homily, ut quia superbia linguarum diversitate ab unione gentes separaverat to flesh out its full patristic-theological background and meaning of that specific phrase. For this symposium, on the topic of "Konzil und Frieden", I revisit the homily. This time, however, I engage the entire homily that Leander delivered after the council and was appended to the acts of the Third Council of Toledo as a theological reflection of its meaning and significance. This is the only detailed study to date that engages the full homily to ascertain how Leander viewed the council's place in salvation history, its meaning in the transition of Hispania from Arianism to Catholic-Orthodoxy, and an exploration of the metaphors and biblical passages that Leander used to craft this rich and influential homily.


Supervisory Committee James Nahachewsky, (Department of Curriculum and Instruction) Supervisor Kathy Sanford, (Department of Curriculum and Instruction) Departmental Member This thesis examines the influence of life experiences and personally significant texts on the formation of an individual's personal and professional identity. Through autoethnographic exploration, the author explores the experiences and texts that have constituted his personal curriculum, shaped the way he views the world around him, and informed the role he hopes to embody as an educator. The author argues that by sharing our stories and analysing the cultural artifacts we have connected with over a lifetime, we become more cognizant about and better equipped to take responsibility for the people we are in the process of becoming. The sharing and exploration of our lived curricular experiences, he suggests, may cause students to invest more heavily in their education and potentially foster more widely representative and meaningful school cultures.


The evolution and dissemination of technology have been triggering transformations that are changing the way people interact, react, behave and live. Our world is being strongly shaped by technological development and, while it has brought benefits to the human and planet's life, it has also caused negative impacts on them. In the last years, the issue of sustainability has drawn attention to the way how technology can both help and harm the planet's life, and some researchers are discussing on possible ways of integrating the concept of sustainability into the production of technology. In this paper we present some preliminary discussions on the concept of sustainability approaching it as a human value. We argue that the real question is to place values at the core of technology production and dissemination, so that the produced technology reflects the values of the people it is intended for.


In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling a set of jobs on two parallel machines to minimize the makespan. Each job requires a setup which must be done by a single server. The objective is to minimize the makespan. For this strongly NP-hard problem, we present a simulated annealing and a genetic algorithm. The performance of these algorithms is evaluated for instances with up to 1000 jobs. The results are compared with existing algorithms from the literature. We observe that our algorithms both show an excellent behavior and that the objective function values obtained are very close to a lower bound. The superiority over existing algorithms is obtained by using a composite neighborhood (mutation), generating several neighbors from sub-neighborhoods with different probabilities and taking the best solution as generated neighbor.


Abstrac Researcher aims: 1. To know the influence of using teams games tournament (TGT)  type-cooperative learning model for If there is influence of using Teams games tournament (TGT) type-cooperative learning model for the result on volleyball under passing learning for X-garde students of SMK Negeri 2 Probolinggo. 2. To know how big is the influence for the result of learning for x-grade students SMK Negeri 2 Probolinggo. Kind of this research is experiment researce which designed one group pretest-posttest design. Population which used is students of x-gade SMK Negeri 2 Probolinggo.The result of this research can be concluded that there are significant influence of using the teams games tuornament (TGT) type-cooperative learning model for the result on volleyball under passing learning for X-garde students of SMK Negeri 2 Probolinggo. The significant inflence can be showen based on wilcoxon research result, it is Z hitung, 4,936 >Ztabel1,96 orAsymp Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. So the conclution is using of the learning model can increase the students average result of the learning volleyball underpassing, average value 13,63%. Keywords: learning model, cooperative-TGT, study result, volleyball under passing.


Purpose
This study aims to comprehend the smart city–built environment's (SCBE) effect on citizens' quality of life in the smart cities of a developing country such as India. This study also sought to investigate the moderating effect of technological anxiety on the association, as mentioned earlier.

Design/methodology/approach
This study's hypotheses were tested using data from 494 sample respondents who lived in the top five smart cities of India using partial least square-based structural equation modeling.

Findings
This study validated five dimensions of an SCBE, including smart governance, smart economy, smart people, smart transportation, smart environment and smart living, and demonstrated a favorable connection between a SCBE quality of life. This study confirmed that technology anxiety strongly moderates the relationship between the built environment of smart cities and citizens' quality of life.

Originality/value
This study is a pioneering effort that explores the relationship between SCBE and the quality of life of its residents and the moderating effect of technology anxiety on this relationship.


The bachelor thesis submitted treats collation between management of the project B'fashion in Zlin at a distance and management with personal attendance of manager. A theoretical framework describes general terminology of project management - above all focused on chosen competences of a project manager. This part explains a project management field and the role of the project manager. Second part of the bachelor thesis begins with account of the university subject Communication Agency in terms of which is the project B'fashion in Zlin implemented. Practical (analytical) part aims at differences in efficiency between the second (management with personal attendance of manager) and the third (management at a distance) volumes of the project. Conclusion presents a summary of these differences.


This paper describes the vertical accuracies achievable using Low-power, Mass-market, Multifrequency, Multi-constellation GNSS (LM3GNSS) receivers, and antennas, and evaluates the results as a precursor to providing alternatives to high-end GNSS hardware on emerging remotely operated and unmanned systems, such as autonomous surface vehicles (ASV), small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), and offshore GNSS buoys. The LM3GNSS receivers are relatively new in the market, and they are affordable ($243 - $2,670). Given their low-power characteristics, they readily fulfill the power budget requirement aboard marine systems. In the first round of our studies, we conducted five experiments in a minivan, which traveled at approximately 80 km per hour (50 mph) with matching pairs of receivers and antennas. We assume that the results should be comparable to solutions aboard a marine vessel at typical hydrographic survey speeds (10 - 20 km per hour {5 - 10 knots}). The matching pairs of receivers include four LM3GNSS hardware, Trimble NetR9 receiver, and Zephyr3 antenna. The results show that LM3GNSS receivers are capable of achieving vertical positioning uncertainties that are within 10 cm of the geodetic results (95% confidence level).


This work presents HVDC/FACTS control device implementation framework in the Gulf cooperative council's countries. It comprises of five layers of FACTS control devices (STATCOM, SSSC, UPFC, HVDC and centralized/De-centralized Control). This five-layer architecture is designed in order to configure and produce the desired results; based on these outcomes, GCC power system network control and operational problems can be identified and addressed within the control architecture on the GCC power grid. In the context of power FACTS-FRAME, this work is to identify and determine a number of power systems operational and control problems which are persistent on the GCC power grid e.g. poor voltage quality (SAG-Swell), poor load flow control, and limited power transfer capacity issues. The FACTS-FRAME is configured and synthesized by integrating multiple FACTS control devices (STATCOM, SSSC, UPFC) in parallel at different locations on the GCC power grid in order to meet stringent power system control and operational requirements with improved power transfer capacity, controllability and reliability. The mathematical models are derived to indentify and determine operational constraints on the GCC power grid by incorporating real-time and estimated data and the acquired desired results. Herein, FACTS-FRAME is designed to handle distributed computation for intensive power system calculation by integrating multiple FACTS devices on multiple networks within the GCC power network. Distributed power flow algorithms are also derived in order to understand and implement centralized and decentralized control topologies as appropriate. The simulation results indicate the feasibility of FACTS devices implementation and their potential benefits under current operating conditions on the GCC power grid.


Background: Serum-Ascitic Albumin Gradient (SAAG) can identify ascites related to portal hypertension. Esophageal varix (EV) is another feature of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. This study was done to find out the relation between SAAG and esophageal varices.Materials and methods: It was a cross- sectional descriptive study of 50 cases of cirrhotic ascites. SAAG was measured and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was done for esophageal varices.Results: Among 50 cases, mean SAAG value 1.77 (±0.45 SD). Esophageal varices were found in 43(86%) cases. All cases with SAAG value >2.0gm/dl had EV. A significant statistical association was found between level of SAAG and the presence of esophageal varices (p=0.01).Conclusion: In patients of cirrhosis, the level of SAAG has positive association with the esophageal varices. This finding may permit us to use SAAG as a preliminary parameter of esophageal varices (EV) especially where endoscopy facilities are not available.TAJ 2014; 27(2): 36-38


Abstract. Land use change and land management practices affect the net emissions of the trace gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as carbon sources and sinks. Changes in CH4 and N2O emissions can substantially alter the overall greenhouse gas balance of a system. Drainage of peatlands for agriculture or forestry generally increases N2O emission as well as that of CO2, but also decreases CH4 emission. Intermittent drainage or late flooding of rice paddies can greatly diminish the seasonal emission of CH4 compared with continuous flooding. Changes in N2O emissions following land use change from forest or grassland to agriculture vary between climatic zones, and the net impact varies with time. In many soils, the increase in carbon sequestration by adopting no‐till systems may be largely negated by associated increases in N2O emission. The promotion of carbon credits for the no‐till system before we have better quantification of its net greenhouse gas balance is naïve. Applying nitrogen fertilizers to forests could increase the forest carbon sink, but may be accompanied by a net increase in N2O; conversely, adding lime to acid forest soils can decrease the N2O emission.


This paper presents internet-based learning platform for power electronics courses. The aim of the proposed distance learning system is to realize a platform capable of constructing a wide range of circuit topologies and control techniques, thus enabling students to gain better understanding of power electronics converters through practical experiments. The proposed platform consists of a reconfigurable power electronics testbed, a Web-based distance laboratory and an interactive e-learning platform. The reconfigurable power electronics testbed can be configured by the student via a Web-based interface. The internet accessible distance laboratory system permits the instructors and students to remotely conduct experiments over the Internet. The integrated interactive multimedia material can assist to the educational environment of power electronics courses. The advantages of the proposed platform include flexibility, friendly user interface, provision for distance waveform measurements and removal of laboratory time and space constraint. Positive response from students indicates that the presented platform is extremely useful for power electronics courses.


Nine species of stored-product insects representing 8 genera in 6 families of Coleoptera and 1 genus of Psocoptera were exposed to 23 species of seed-borne fungi and 1 actinomycete cultures on potato-sugar agar in the laboratory. Some feeding by all 9 species was observed on Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresenius) de Vries, Nigrospora sphaerica (Saccardo) Mason, and Alternaria alternata (Fries) Keissler. Most insects rejected Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky) Waksman and Henrici, Cochliobolus sativus (Ito and Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur, and Aspergilles spp. The granary weevil, Sitophilus granarius (L.); and the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), fed lightly on a few but failed to reproduce on any microorganism. The psocid Lepinotus reticulatus (Enderlein) and the beetles Lathridius minutus (L.) and Microgramma arga (Reitter) were the most successful fungivores.


The Cowhead Mesa petroglyphs hold insights into Historic Native American and Anglo-American culture for the Southern Plains region of North America. To preserve this history, a combination of 3-D long-range laser scanning and high-resolution digital photography has been used to record one large main panel 21 m long and nine smaller panels. Separating Native American motifs from the background noise of Historic and modern graffiti has revealed that the main panel is a combination of both 'Plains biographical' and 'Southwestern' symbolism. The methodology and the advantages and disadvantages of using laser scanning for recording petroglyphs are explored.


In order to achieve its aim of energy security and sustainable development, the South African government has embraced renewable energy as part of its energy mix with wind energy playing a very crucial role in achieving this set objective. Despite the efforts to embrace renewable energy and wind energy in particular, the implementation of wind energy technologies has been slow due to certain challenges. This paper discusses some of these challenges mitigating against the grid integration of wind energy in South Africa and some solutions in addressing these issues.


This aims of the study is to find out Profile of Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Pregnant woman Infected by HIV/AIDS. This research is a descriptive study, looking at maternal characteristics and infant outcomes of pregnant women infected with HIV / AIDS in RSUDZA. Based on the author's research on maternal profile and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women infected with HIV / AIDS in Banda Aceh, there were 14 cases during 2017-2019. There were 1 babies born with low birth weight, 1 stillbirth, 10 out of 14 vigorous babies, 10 cesarean births, 3 preterm births and 8 patients with no known CD4 + status.


Abstract The major aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which human capital spillover effects are responsive to different quantiles of gross capital formation across selected 19 OECD countries for the period 1980-2017. We develop an endogenous model for estimating the spillover effects on investment regarding the bargaining power of workers. In this sense, different quantile regression models are applied to analyze this miscellaneous linkage and to correct possible diagnostic problems stemming from the endogenous regressors. The empirical results suggest that there are statistically significant spillover effects of human capital on investment level due to a change in the degree of threat option of capital and thereby a decrease in bargaining power of labor. Moreover, the findings reveal the fact that there is significant heterogeneity of human capital spillovers across different quantiles, which means that lowest quartile of investment activities are confronted with higher value of spillovers.


The past 30 years have seen political surveys, particularly those related to elections, evolve from an occasional novelty to a staple feature of the Kenyan political scene. This chapter considers several issues with regard to these surveys. These include: (1) the practical challenges in conducting them as well as recent technological advances; (2) the reasons why a high level of suspicion is often attached to election polls in particular, and the main rhetorical forms that such suspicion takes; and, (3) several factors likely to affect the future of such surveys, beyond the widespread awareness of and considerable public support for them, especially the attitudes of those in, and aspiring to, power. It concludes by suggesting that the recent "proliferation" of such polls is no guarantee of their continuation.


1. J. Kristeva, "Word, Dialog and Novel," in Toril Moi, ed., The Kristeva Reader, New York: Columbia University Press, 1986, p. 34-61. 2. G. Conte, Latin Literature: A History, Transl. by J. Solodow, rev. by D. Fowler and G. Most, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. 3. C. Forstall and W. Scheirer, "Features from Frequency: Authorship and Stylistic Analysis Using Repetitive Sound," Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science, 2009. 4. L. Manevit and M. Yousef, "One-Class SVMs for Document Classification," Journal of Machine Learning Research (2), pp. 139-154, 2001. 5. M. Platnauer, Latin Elegiac Verse: A Study of the Metrical Usages of Tibullus, Propertius & Ovid. Cambridge University Press, 1951. See for example pp. 36-39. 6. E. Dummler, ed., Poetae Latini Aevi Carolini: Tomus. I. Berlin 1881, pp. 35-86. 7. K. Harrington, J. Pucci, and A.G. Elliott, Medieval Latin (2nd ed.), University of Chicago Press, 1997. 8. N. Coffee, J. Koenig, S. Poornima, and C. Forstall, The Tesserae Project, http:// tesserae.caset.buffalo.edu The study of intertextuality, the shaping of a text's meaning by other texts, remains a laborious process for the literary critic. Kristeva1 suggests that "Any text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another." The nature of these mosaics is widely varied, from direct quotations representing a simple and overt intertextuality, to more complex transformations that are intentionally or subconsciously absorbed into a text. " Since, in many cases, the problem is one of pattern recognition, it is a good candidate for automated assistance by computers." As a case study for our computational analysis of intertextuality, we turn to Paul the Deacon's 8th century poem Angustae Vitae, which we suggest has a strong connection to the poetry of Catullus. "


In thin crystals of Bi 14 Te 11 S 10 the similarity between temperature and electric-field effects has been demonstrated. At low temperatures and low fields we have observed the unifying parameter predicted by Marianer and Shklovskii, T'=[(bE) 2 +T 2 ] 1/2


Secularism is a point of view that seeks to explain the cosmos, and human interactions within it, in nonreligious terms, i.e. without supernatural or ultimately unexplainable phenomena.


This review covers the present status and main progresses in herbal volatile oil studies.The key points in cognition and application research have been pointed out.Some problems about preperation investigation have been discussed,such as whether to distill volatile oil,how to dispose it,and how to control the quality.In addition,the research rules and perspectives in volatile oil studies have been mentioned.


Novel high flux polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF) hydrophobic hollow fiber membrane was applied in vacuum membrane distillation(VMD) process for the treatment of reverse osmosis(RO) concentrated wastewater from a petrochemical industry.The effects of the flowing velocity and temperature of the feed solution,and the vacuum pressure on the performance of PVDF membrane were studied.The performance of the membrane in VMD concentration experiment of the wastewater was also tested.The results showed that,the product flux increased obviously as the temperature or the vacuum pressure was enhanced,the flowing velocity of the feed solution only through little light on membrane performance.While the conductivity of the product water was kept stable as the operating conditions varied.The RO drained wastewater was concentrated 20 times after 15.2h of VMD experiment,at-0.095MPa,70℃ with a velocity of 0.66m/s.The product water flux decreased from 25.8 to 11.8L/(m2·h),the CODCr value of the product water was kept around 30mg/L,with a conductivity below 4μS/cm and a rejection higher than 99.99%.After 5 times of repeated VMD concentration experiment,the initial flux of the last time only showed a decrease of about 2.9L/(m2·h) comparing to the first time,and the conductivity and CODCr of the product water were both kept stable.


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In order to obtain a better cloud computing resource scheduling scheme, this paper proposes a resource scheduling model of cloud computing based on modifying the genetic algorithm. First resource scheduling sequence is encoded into a chromosome, and the degree of load balancing is the optimize target. Then the model carries out genetic algorithm selection, crossover and mutation operation and finds the optimal resource scheduling scheme of cloud computing by constantly searching. Simulation results show that modify genetic algorithm overcomes the defects of the basic genetic algorithm, and comparing to the relatively basic genetic algorithm. It finds better resource scheduling scheme of cloud computing to improve the utilization of computing resources.


This paper describes personality classification by applying k-means clustering machine learning algorithm. Several previous studies have been attempted to predict personality type of human beings automatically by using various machine learning algorithms. However, only few of them have obtained good accuracy results. To classify person into personality types Jungian Type Inventory was used. Our testing results showed that k-means model has 107 inertia value, which is a good number for unsupervised learning model as an interim result. As the result, we divided the data into 16 clusters, which can be considered as personality types. We continue this research with trying to collect large data.


A social fog-IoV network involves time-critical tasks because it is highly dynamic due to rapid changes in the network topology. Therefore, completing tasks within the allowable delay is a challenge for social fog-IoV networks. In this context, we present a latency-aware task offloading scheme, named LOAN, in a fog-enabled association-free social Internet of Vehicle (IoV) network that aims to minimize the delay of time-critical tasks while saving the starvation of best-effort tasks. Our work considers different priorities for the service of time-critical tasks while efficiently utilizing fog resources. Different from the works in the literature that provide privilege to the time-critical tasks, LOAN handles the service of best-effort tasks efficiently without making them suffer conditions such as starvation. LOAN manages the priority levels of the tasks by incrementing their priorities based on their waiting time for the task service. We formulate the problem of efficient task service by suitable fog node as a coalition formulation game. Numerical results show that the LOAN achieves a reduction in delay compared to Greedy method by 36.5%.


Rationale Children with Down syndrome (DS) make up a substantial portion of long-term non-invasive ventilation (LT-NIV) users though it is unclear if their unique features alter LT-NIV efficacy or use. The aim of this study is to compare the use and outcomes of LT-NIV for children with DS and a matched comparison (MCG). Methods This is a sub-study of a 10-year retrospective review of children initiated on LT-NIV in Alberta, Canada (N = 622). Children with DS (n = 106) were matched in a 1:2 ratio with other children using LT-NIV based on age and therapy start date. Data was collected from medical and sleep laboratory records. Results Upper airway disease was the most common indication for LT-NIV in both groups, though was higher in children with DS (DS: 90% vs. MCG: 50%, OR 8.64 [95% CI 4.38–17.04]). Sleep and respiratory parameters, at the baseline diagnostic sleep study and the change from baseline to treatment study, did not differ between groups. Nasal masks were the predominant mask type in both children with DS (55%) and the MCG (66%) with more children with DS, compared to the MCG, using full face masks (DS: 45 vs. MCG: 33%, p < 0.05). Continuous positive airway pressure was used more often in children with DS (93.3% vs. 69.2%, p < 0.001) while bilevel-positive airway pressure was more common in the MCG (DS: 6.7% vs. MCG 30.8%, p < 0.001). Children with DS were followed longer than children in the MCG (DS: 2.4 [IQR 2.8] vs. MCG: 1.8 [IQR 2.7] years, p < 0.05). Adherence was lower in children with DS at both 6–12 month follow-up and most recent visit with a similar decrease in adherence in both groups over the follow-up period (0.0 [IQR 1.4] vs. −0.3 [IQR 2.0]. Despite this, 66% and 49% of children with DS used LT-NIV for more than 4 h/night at the 6–12 month and most current visit, respectively. Discontinuation of LT-NIV and mortality did not differ between groups. Conclusion LT-NIV is a common and efficacious treatment in children with DS used predominantly for upper airway obstruction. While adherence is lower, the majority of children with DS are successful at using LT-NIV.


Objective: The purpose of this case report was to describe the surgical exposure and orthodontic management of an unerupted and ectopic maxillary right central incisor after trauma to the primary predecessor. Case report: An 11-year-old girl was referred to the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic due to eruption failure of the maxillary right central incisor. Radiographs showed the impacted central incisor located below the anterior nasal spine and its apex parallel to the palatal plane and the presence of an odontoma. General surgery was performed to remove the odontoma and two perforations in the crown of the impacted tooth were made to carry out orthodontic traction. Correct alignment was achieved after 18 months and no significant clinical or radiographic alterations were founded. Conclusion: The orthodontic management was performed successfully, and a positive esthetic outcome combined with adequate occlusion demonstrated the satisfactory results of this case.


Concerning the problems in the traditional management of material inventory,the paper proposes a new management mode of chain supply,and after analyzing its advantages,gives the management methods and measures of the new mode.


A catheter is connected to an apparatus for continuously measuring cardiac output based on a cardiac output value initially measured by using a dilution method, values of a continuously measured blood flow velocity signal and a relationship between the cardiac output value initially measured and blood flow velocity. The catheter comprises an aperture portion for discharging a liquid for measuring the cardic output based on the thermodilution method and a temp. sensor, including a temp. sensing element arranged at a predetermined distance from the aperture portion, for sensing the temp. of blood diluted by the liquid.


We consider the parameterized Newton's cradle lattice with Hertzian interactions in this paper. The positive parameters are { β n : | n| ≤ b} with a fixed integer b ≥ 0, and the Hertzian potential is [Formula: see text] for a fixed real number α > α* ≔ 12 b + 25. Corresponding to a large Lebesgue measure set of [Formula: see text], we show the existence of a family of small amplitude, linearly stable, quasi-periodic breathers for Newton's cradle lattice, which are quasi-periodic in time with 2 b + 1 frequencies and localized in space with rate [Formula: see text] as | n| ≫ 1. To overcome obstacles in applying the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser (KAM) method due to the finite smoothness of V, especially when α is not an integer and to obtain a sharp estimate of the localization rate of the quasi-periodic breathers, the proof of our result uses the Jackson–Moser–Zehnder analytic approximation technique but with refined estimates on error bounds, depending on the smoothness and dimension, which provide crucial controls on the convergence of KAM iterations.


Abstract Student learning objectives (SLOs) have become an increasingly popular tool for teacher evaluations as an alternative to Value-added Models (VAMs). However, the use of SLOs faces two major challenges. First, the target setting is mostly subjective and arbitrary. Second, there is little evidence on the reliability and validity of the tool. In this paper, we proposed three data-based SLO target-setting models: split, banded, and class-wide models. The data-based approach ensures that the targets set for students are challenging yet realistic and achievable. Using data of 176 pre-kindergarten teachers and two cohorts of students from a large school district in Texas, we investigated the reliability and predictive validity of teachers' SLO scores. Results indicated that teachers' SLO scores had moderate to high consistency across different subtests, and moderate stability over time. Teachers' SLO scores were also demonstrated to be useful in predicting future students' achievement, which supported the predictive validity of the tool.


The objective: to develop a regional gestational percentiles table of body weight for newborns in Kiev and Kyiv's oblast. Materials and methods. Data of the body weight of newborns were collected from Kyiv City Perinatal Center from January 2016 by January 2017. The total number included 5244 live births in the period of gestation 40+0–40+6 weeks of gestation. The standard deviation of the body weight, expressed as the percentage of the average body weight of all newborns, as well as the percentil calculator developed by Hadlock et al, supported by the WHO (2008), was used to generate the percentages and curves of the body weight. Materials and methods. A newborn body weight percentile table was constructed, depending on the gestational age. Differences were observed between the current average body weight of newborns for Kyiv and current WHO links. Conclusion. We found a rise in the average body weight of newborns, which we associate with excessive, unbalanced diet and the prescribing of a complex of multivitamins and biologically active substances during pregnancy. This indicates the importance of using this table for differential diagnosis of normal fetal growth from intrauterine growth restriction and small for fetal gestational age within the region of Kyiv and oblast. Key words: delayed fetal growth, percentile table of the city of Kiev, average body weight of newborns, percentile schedule.


This thesis proposes more efficient cryptographic protocols that enable cloud users to verify (i) the correct storage of outsourced data and (ii) the correct execution of outsourced computation. We first describe a cryptographic protocol that generates proofs of retrievability, which enable data owners to verify that the cloud correctly stores their data. We then detail three cryptographic schemes for verifiable computation by focusing on three operations frequent in data processing routines, namely polynomial evaluation, matrix multiplication and conjunctive keyword search. The security of our solutions is analyzed in the provable security framework and we also demonstrate their efficiency thanks to prototypes. We also introduce A-PPL, an accountability policy language that allows the expression of accountability obligations into machine-readable format. We expect our contributions to foster cloud adoption by organizations still wary of using this promising paradigm.


The role of external debt in economic growth of developing countries has been questioned since there has been a high incidence of default, low economic growth and high levels of poverty, all of which are associated with high stocks of external debt. Also, the uncertainties about country external debt sustainability position as well as whether countries are already trapped in the debt-overhang situation have underlined point of debate among scholars. This study investigates the dynamic relationship between external debt and economic growth of Nigeria for period of 1985 to 2017 using Johansen approach to cointegration, vector error correction model (VECM) and granger causality test. Data for the study was collected from the CBN statistical bulletin. The findings revealed that debt service payment has negative and insignificant impact on Nigeria's economic growth while external debt stock has negative and significant effect on economic growth. The causality test indicates no-directional causality between external debt and GDP. From the findings, the study recommends that policy-makers should reformulate the external debt management strategy to minimize sovereign risk through diversification of the external borrowing. This could potentially be achieved by reducing the dependency on one specific debt instrument or currency. Hence, the strategy will be effective if it is carried out in parallel with a comprehensive surveillance and debt-monitoring system.


A small and high-density rewritable optical disk has been anticipated for mobile devices. A two-inch-diameter magneto-optical disk system, which adopts a DWDD (domain wall displacement detection) and sampled servo technique, was reported in a previous work (T. Shiratori et al, J. Magn. Soc. Jpn., vol. 22, supp. no. S2, pp. 47-50, 1998; M. Birukawa et al, Proc. MORIS2002). This paper describes the embossed-pit structure, a new 1-bit-distributed address format (1-bit DAF), the data format, and the physical characteristics of the disk, which allows a capacity of 3 GB.


Periodical and serial publications play an important role in the collection on agriculture and related branches of Belarus Agricultural Library. The article describes the acquisition of professional periodicals, their accounting and archival storage. The problems of acquisition of the library collection during the pandemic are discussed. The impact of established economic and social factors on the receipt of periodicals and serials in printed form in the library collection is highlighted. The acquisition of electronic periodicals is analyzed. The advantages and disadvantages of electronic periodicals and serials are highlighted.


Mercy Corps' South and Central Syria (SCS) program supports local NGOs and community-based organizations to provide food assistance, non-food items, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), livelihoods support, and limited activities in child protection and education. Implemented with funding from three donors,1 SCS takes a partner-led approach, whereby partners propose projects based on their local knowledge of what is needed and what is possible. Over time, aspects of this approach have evolved. For example, Mercy Corps has moved from working largely through umbrella groups and international NGOs to working more directly through smaller community-based organizations and informal networks of activists and volunteers. Additionally, as the SCS team came to recognize that many partners did not consider methods beyond in-kind distributions, Mercy Corps started to


Hall technology and Hall elements are already widely used in automotive and industrial applications.With the development of 3DHall sensor technology,it can detect the three dimensional positions and trajectories of moving objects.Automotive Gear Shift Unit,which handles the movement in line with threedimensional space,and contains different detection modes handle multiple position.Using one 3DHall sensor,the unit can achieve the multiple positions detection function;in addition effectively reduce the volume and weight of Shifter.And with only one sensor element,it makes the electrical designation being simplified and cost down.


REVIEWS Tuomas Heikkila, Das Kloster Fulda und der Goslarer Rangstreit, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, ser. Humaniora, vol. 298 (Helsinki: Acade- mia Scientiarum Fennica 1998) 222 pp. The subject of Tuomas Hekkila's (TH) new book, the so-called Goslarer Rangstreit, is a topic familiar to many specialists of medieval German ecclesi- astical and political history, but up until now has not attracted much scholarly attention outside the confines of Hessian or Thuringian Landesgeschichte. It has long deserved a monographic treatment which analyzes it in the context of some larger historical problems in eleventh-century German history. The story of the Rangstreit, as shown below, also presents some difficult and fascinating questions about textuality and mentality in the Middle Ages. TH's book is far more successful in dealing with the former set of issues than the latter. Below I summarize the book's conclusions and discuss some problems raised by TH's methods of textual criticism. The Goslarer Rangstreit was a violent dispute that erupted at the royal es- tate of Goslar in Christmas 1062 and over Pentecost 1063 between Widerad, the abbot of Fulda, Germany's largest and wealthiest Benedictine monastery, and Hezilo (or Wezel), the bishop of Hildesheim, over which prelate ought to be seated next to the archbishop of Mainz at the assembly. The armed retainers of both men nearly came to blows over their respective lord's place of honor next to the archbishop during Christmas 1062. The abbot of Fulda claimed the spot on the basis of a long-standing tradition of his monastery's primacy, whereas Hezilo believed he should sit next to the archbishop because Goslar was in his diocese. At Pentecost the following year, the dispute flared up again, this time with devastating results. When the seating arrangements still could not be resolved, both sides went for their weapons—allegedly in the middle of the church service—with many deaths and injuries resulting. An ad hoc inquest into the cause of the riot found the abbot of Fulda guilty of provoking the fight and he was forced to absolve himself with massive payoffs to various parties, a situation which impoverished the monastery and caused a rebellion among the monks. The Rangstreit receives attention in several contemporary sources, the most detailed being the account in the Annales of Lampert of Hersfeld, a monk who may even have been an eyewitness to some of the events. 33 TH presents a well-articulated and clearly-written analysis of the dispute, moving carefully through issues of comparative source criticism, background history, and a detailed presentation of the events themselves and their after- math, particularly the rebellion of the Fulda monks following Widerad's pun- ishing liquidation of the abbey's property. In his main analysis, TH attempts to bring the political motivations of both the bishop's and the abbot's parties into Annales in Lamperti monachi Hersfeldensis opera, ed. Oswald Holder-Egger, MGH SS rer. Germ. (Leipzig and Hannover 1894) 1–304. The dispute is related on 81– 87. Another near-contemporary treatment is in the Liber de unitate ecclesiae conservanda, ed. W. Schwenkenbecker, MGH SS rer. Germ. (Hannover 1883) 109–110, a pro-imperial Streitschrift generated during the Investiture controversy, possibly by another monk of Hersfeld.


Some major types of the one-dimensional metal nanomaterials were described,such as gold,silver,copper,iron,tin,tungsten and palladium.Two preparation methods of the one-dimensional metallic nanomaterials were described systematically,the gas phase synthesis method and the liquid phase synthesis method.The leading performances and the applications of the one-dimensional metallic nanomaterials were summarized,such as optical properties and applications,electrical properties and its applications,thermal stability and its applications,magnetic properties and its applications,and gas properties and applications.The trends of the one-dimensional metallic nanomaterials were prospected.


The purpose of this research is to obtain empirical evidence about the effects of profitability, leverage, firm size, and sales growth on financial distress in manufacturing industries listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange during the period of 2015-2017. This research used 109 samples of manufacturing companies that have been previously selected using purposive sampling method for three years. The data used were secondary data in the form offinancial information from the financial statements and annual reports. This research data was processed using E Views 9. The result of this research shows that profitability has a significant effect on financial distress, while leverage, firm size, and sales growth does not have a significant effect on financial distress. Suggestions that can be given is for further research, it is expected to use other independent variables such as liquidity, managerial ownership, or with good corporate governance that might show better results.


This research was aimed at analyzing linguistic stylistics describing how women and men presented in texts by applying a feminist approach, i.e. feminist stylistics. This research focuses not only on stylistics analysis that considers linguistic structure and how it affects society, but also on how the position of women as actors, as well as the position of ideas or events presented in the text. This research used a qualitative method. The words, phrases or sentences, and discourses reflecting gender-specific in the novel become the data of the research. The researchers use Mills' feminist stylistics theory to analyze the data. In this study, there are several tendencies of women or men associated with the text. In a collection of poems, it is often found several italics at the bottom, and it is to emphasize the topic of the poem concerned. This research shows that Rupi Kaur, as the author, seems to want readers to understand his poetry as much as what he wrote and wanted. In addition, this study found that gender-specific terms are mostly used to refer primarily to female gender.


This article focuses on the stagnation point flow of hybrid nanofluid towards a flat plate. The cases when the buoyancy forces and the flow are in the opposite direction and the same direction are discussed. The effect of radiation and suction is also taken into account. The similarity transformations are used to convert the partial differential equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. These equations are computed numerically via the bvp4c function in MATLAB software. A comparison with the previously published articles is carried out, where an outstanding agreement is observed. The dual solutions exist in the case of opposing flow (λ<0) and the suction parameter S>0.6688. Meanwhile, only unique solutions exist in the case of assisting flow (λ>0). The existence of dual solutions leads to stability analysis. From the analysis, the first solution is confirmed as a stable solution. Furthermore, the heat transmission rate increases, while the skin friction coefficient decreases as the radiation rate increases. An increase in the radiation rate from 0 (no radiation) to 1.0 increases the heat transmission rate by 5.01% for water, 4.96% for nanofluid, and 4.80% for hybrid nanofluid. Finally, it is worth mentioning that the present study yields new and original results. This study has also not been done by other researchers, indicating its novelty.


A method of charging a lithium-ion battery (405) performs the constant current charging to the lithium ion battery (405). Constant current charging is composed of at least three consecutive been charging phase. Some at least three consecutive been charging phase, first, second, includes a third charging phase which is continuous. Second charging stage has the set the set current value lower than the set current value of the first and third charging phase.


Left ventricle (LV) segmentation is essential to clinical quantification and diagnosis of cardiac images. While most existing LV segmentation methods focus on cardiac images of single modality or multi-modality, few have been devoted to images of mixed-modality. By Mixed-Modality, we mean that different modalities exist in the database, while for every subject, there is only one modality. In this paper, we propose a newly invented LV segmentation method from mixed-modality images: modality adaptation shape regression (MA-Shape). Compared to single-modality or multi-modality methods, the proposed MA-Shape can 1) be applied to images of new modality during the test phase, which improves the generalization of the learned methods, and 2) take advantage of existing samples of different modalities, which alleviates the high demand for multi-modality data. To achieve this, we propose a modality adaptation module to enhance the shape consistency between the MR and CT, and therefore improve the generalization of the model learned in one modality to new modalities. The experiments on a dataset with MR sequences of 145 subjects and CT scans of 96 subjects validate that the proposed MA-shape can achieve excellent performance by learning common shape information from images of mixed modality and improve the cross-modality generalization of shape regression model learned on images of one modality. These advantages not only provide an efficient way of utilizing mix-modalities data during model learning but also enables an effective and flexible way of applying automated cardiac function assessment in clinical practice.