Prepositions' functions and meanings in syntax constructions of the French language local variant in Brittany are considered. The article analyzes prepositions' distinctive characteristics formed in local syntax under the Breton language influence. The number of different kinds of deviations from the standard French language under its influence varies according to certain social criteria: the age of speakers, the form of their activities, the place of their residence. When analyzing the influence of Breton substrate on the regional form of speech one should take into account the heterogeneity of the Breton language, its dialectal granularity and linguo-geographical heterogeneity of the region.


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A number of external or internal stimuli cause endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress conditions. In response to ER stress, stressed cells activate well-orchestrated cellular signaling processes to resolve the stress or remove itself by triggering apoptosis. In the tumor microenvironment, induction of sustained ER stress is known to dampen the antitumor activity of T cells. However, how T cells respond to suboptimal ER stimuli is unknown. Using melanoma antigen gp100 reactive T cells, we found that T cells transiently activate protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) dependent signaling network to ameliorate low level of ER stress. While transient PERK activation in T cell enhances stemness, promotes mitochondrial biogenesis, increases T cells anti-tumor immunity in B16 melanoma bearing mouse, overexpression of PERK triggers T cell dysfunctionality and death. Mechanistically, we discovered that transient activation of PERK decreases overall protein translation and induces protective autophagy to prevent cell damage. Conversely, knockdown of PERK abrogates autophagy activation, hampers mitochondrial biogenesis in response to suboptimal ER stress, which in turn compromises antitumor function. Furthermore, blocking autophagy in T cells hampers T cell anti-tumor activity. Lastly, using gp100 reactive LC3-GFP expressing T cells we demonstrated that, T cells that initiate autophagy due to suboptimal ER stress show better anti-tumor potential compared to those, that fail to enter into the process. Overall, these preclinical data highlight that, both transient ER stress and autophagy pathways are important for healthy T cell function and therapeutically, can be manipulated to regulate their antitumor potential.


ABSTRACT We outline the process of implementation of the accounting Directive 2013/34/EU by the Republic of Poland in the context of references to IFRS. The purpose of the article is to determine to what extent IFRS are used by actors taking part in the legislative and enforcement processes. The accounting regulation in Poland comprises an act of Parliament and the regulations of the Ministry of Finance. As a result the regulation is relatively succinct and many elements present in IFRS are not covered, while the issues of record-keeping and verification of accounting documentation receive more attention. A review of the responses to a call for opinions reveals that IFRS are rarely mentioned.


John Davis. Land and Family in Pisticci. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 48. London: The Athlone Press, 1973. ix + 200 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, reference's, and index. $10.50.


A Full-Day Discussion on various aspects of Fatigue was held by the Royal Aeronautical Society on 27th March 1953 at University College, Gower Street, London, W.C.I. Four papers were given during the day: "Fatigue" by H. L. Cox, M.A., F.R.Ae.S., and " Fatigue from the Metallurgist's Point of View" by E. R. Gadd, F.I.M., during the Morning Session; and " Fatigue in Engine Design " by F. M. Owner, C.B.E., M.Sc, F.R.Ae.S., and " Fatigue in Aircraft Design" by B. E. Stephenson, A.F.R.Ae.S., during the Afternoon Session. Major P. L. Teed, F.R.Ae.S., Deputy Chief of Aeronautical Research and Development, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., presided during the Morning Session, and Dr. E. S. Moult, F.R.Ae.S., Chief Engineer, de Havilland Engine Co., took the Chair for the first half of the afternoon, and Mr. B. S. Shenstone, F.R.Ae.S., Chief Engineer, British European Airways, for the second half. Each paper was followed by a Discussion and there was a general discussion at the end of the day. Mr. W. Tye, O.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., acted as rapporteur for the Discussions.


Health monitoring is essential in guaranteeing the safe, efficient, and correct operation of complex engineering systems. This PhD thesis presents a simulation of a non-linear, experimental-based model of a coupled tank apparatus CE105 under LabVIEW environment.

The consideration of a traditional simple tank system is extended via the inclusion of non-linear elements. The simulation is used to accelerate the timescales of the monitoring and controller signals for nominal and faulty behaviour for several operating scenarios. In this study, a detailed simulation with several sources of fault was produced and run with the variety of operating scenarios to study the nominal and faulty behaviour of such mechatronic system.

It is concluded that the liquid level will not be affected by fault nature and intensity in the presence of PID controller that covers hidden faults until its signal reaches a certain threshold. Hence, the end of useful life can be predicted by tracking the PID signal at any stage of the operating scenario.

Technology advances have impacted upon monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics activities for increasingly sophisticated industrial systems and their operations. In particular, for integrated mechatronic systems, the facility provided by dynamic simulation models in presence of deteriorating faults has been investigated. For informed data-driven prognostic extrapolations, the long-term, time-varying operational profile of the mechatronic system requires recording and analysis. The contribution reported in this study relates to the simulation and experimentally validated, of a CE105 coupled-tank liquid level control system and three individual-thank liquid level system. A Sign Chart Algorithm (SCA) was developed and utilised as a novel controller-based health monitored (CBHM) system. Moreover, from the SCA and the PID signal trend, the remaining useful life of the system has been estimated. Results are reported and discussed for leakage or blockage and pump performance deterioration faults.


A fundamental component of displaced intracapsular hip fracture surgery is the removal of the broken, avascular femoral head. This is generally achieved by inserting a corkscrew device into the femoral head through its cancellous surface and performing an extraction maneuver. Our experience of this process has often resulted in loss of purchase, as the corkscrew threads pull out of the femoral head's cancellous bone, and the subsequent need for re-insertion. This can cause femoral head fragmentation, making both the subsequent extraction and measurement more difficult. The senior author has adopted a method for femoral head extraction that incorporates the denser peri-articular subchondral bone.


This study presents a model of the demand for currency in a complex highly-inflationary enviroment: Argentina 1977-1988. The econometric serach of a model - which can be considered as a satisfactory approximation of the data generating process o real cash balances - focussed, at this stage, on a group of "basics" variables given by usuak economic theories of the demand for money. Firstly, the porpuse is to concentrate on the "long-run" determinants usingt an information set which includes interest rates, domestic prices and transactions. Co-integration technics, proposed by Granger and Engle (1987) are applied in order to evaluate a "long-run" hypothesis. Data information are also used to specify the dynamic of the model following the methodology "general - to - particular" developed by Hendry et. al. The model selected incorporates a linear correction mechanism and an asymetric effect mof inflation. It has a suitable economic interpretation and satisfied a set of criteria to be considered as a "tentative" approximation to be underlying data generating process of real cash balances.


~A new miniaturized species of the trichomycterid genus Ammoglanis is described from the Rio Orinoco basin in Venezuela. It is distinguished from its only congener, A. diaphanus, by: a banded color pattern formed by internal chromatophores; 5 or 6 pectoral-fin rays (7 in A. diaphanus), 5/5 principal caudal-fin rays (6/6 in A. diaphanus), ii+6 dorsal-fin rays (iii+6+i in A. diaphanus), 30 or 31 vertebrae (33 in A. diaphanus), six or seven branchiostegal rays (five in A. diaphanus), subterminal mouth (inferior in A. diaphanus) and by the lack of premaxillary and dentary teeth. The two species also differ markedly in a number of internal anatomical traits. Synapomorphies are offered to support the monophyly of the two species now included in Ammoglanis, as well as autapomorphies for each of them. Ammoglanis pulex is among the smallest known vertebrates, the largest known specimen being 14.9 mm SL. It is a fossorial inhabitant of shallow sandy sections of clear- and light blackwater streams, and probably feeds on interstitial microinvertebrates.


We have, in this paper, studied the stability of the ion-acoustic wave in a plasma composed of hydrogen, positively and negatively charged oxygen ions, and electrons, which approximates very well the plasma environment around a comet. Modelling each cometary component (, , and ) by a ring distribution, we find that ion-acoustic waves can be generated at frequencies comparable to the hydrogen ion plasma frequency. The dispersion relation has been solved both analytically and numerically. We find that the ratio of the ring speed () to the thermal spread (ts) modifies the dispersion characteristics of the ion-acoustic wave. The contrasting behaviour of the phase velocity of the ion-acoustic wave in the presence of ions for ts (and vice versa) can be used to detect the presence of negatively charged oxygen ions and also their thermalization.


Objective To observe the clinical effect of acupoint external application of treating winter disease in summer in treating allergic rhinitis in children. Methods 120 cases of children with allergic rhinitis were treated with acupoint external application in summer.The nasal symptom scores and nasal sign before and after treatment were observed and recorded, and the effect was evaluated. Results Acupoint external application of treating winter disease in summer can reduce nasal symptoms of children with allergic rhinitis, and the effect of 3 years was higher than that of 1 year(P0.05). Conclusion Acupoint external application of treating winter disease in summer regulated human body's viscera and meridians through multiple sites, can reduce nasal symptoms, and the long-term curative effect was confirmed. It provides a new way for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in children.


In this paper, the validity of straight beam approximations for curved thin-walled members is examined by a theoretical investigation and numerical calculations on geometrical nonlinear analysis. For the purpose of the present report, geometrical non-linear quantities of a straight beam assemblage as well as an exact circular member are given by reducing the length of straight elements to infinitesimal. Next, the governing differential equations for lateral-torsional buckling of circular arches are derived by using the above quantities. Moreover, the new generalized displacements for the rotations and torsion satisfied the compatible conditions between adjacent elements are proposed for the geometrical nonlinear analysis.


The relationship between psychotropic medication use and traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not well understood. The objective of this study was to describe patterns of psychotropic medication use during the months before and after TBI and compare with a non-TBI cohort. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative claims data for a commercially insured population from 2008-2014 and assessed monthly prevalence of psychotropic medication use by class before and after TBI (or matched index in the non-TBI controls). We tested time trends and quantified rates of increase using autoregressive models and determined whether TBI impacted psychotropic medication use using difference-in-difference models. Compared to those without TBI (n=414,708), individuals with TBI (n=207,354) were more likely to receive any psychotropic medication both before (36.9% vs 19.5%, p<0.001) and after TBI (48.2% vs. 25.7%, p<0.001). Prior to TBI, the rate of monthly increase in use of psychotropic medications in the TBI cohort was 3-4 times the rate observed in the non-TBI cohort and was highest for antidepressants in both cohorts. After accounting for between group differences and time trends, TBI was associated with increased use of psychotropic medications including antipsychotics (rate ratio (RR) 1.08; 95%CI 1.07,1.09) and anxiolytics (RR 1.05; 95%CI 1.04,1.06). Patterns of psychotropic medication use differed significantly between individuals with and without TBI. These results suggest that a better understanding of events leading up to and following TBI is needed to elucidate the role psychotropic medications play in the natural history of TBI.


This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction: Bayesian Modeling, The Cox Jaynes Axioms, Bayesian Inference and Induction, Model Structures: Graphical Models and Other Tricks, Summary


This paper consists of two parts. The first deals with objects and subjects, a Western dichotomy that does not hold sway among indigenous peoples, and which gives rise to infinite confusion. What Westerners call objects have intentionality, will and feelings for indigenous peoples. efforts to speak of "subjectivized objects" or "subjective objects," in our view, do not reflect phenomena such as that of the "murderous motocarro," which we describe in this paper. The caesura ushered in by Modernity, with the clear separation between objects and subjects, obscures understanding of the type of situation we discuss here. in the second part, we follow Carlos Fausto's suggestion of "familiarizing predation" and make some clarifications that we consider necessary and interesting. all of this is to enable us to understand why the Kukama speak of the "murderous motocarro". Est Ag 53 (2018) 577-613


s and Highlight Papers of the 36th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress 2017: Erratum In the recent supplement Abstracts and Highlight Papers of the 36th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress 2017, the name of author Dr. Kamal Walid was misspelled in Abstract ESRA7-0213, "Unintentional Reversible Iatrogenic Lower Limb Motor Deficit After Subarachnoid Anaesthesia Due to Abnormal Localization of the Lower Boundary of the Spinal Cord: A Clinical Case." REFERENCE 1. Abstracts and Highlight Papers of the 36th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress 2017. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017;42(5S):e1–e200. Decreasing the Incidence of Tuohy-Borst Clamp Connector Disconnections From Perineural Catheters: A Quality Improvement Study: Erratum For the recent letter appearing in the November-December 2017 issue titled "Decreasing the Incidence of Tuohy-Borst Clamp Connector Disconnections From Perineural Catheters: A Quality Improvement Study", co-author Nielsen should be listed as Nielsen KC and coauthor Melton should be listed as Melton MS. REFERENCE 1. Kim JK, Kumar A, Sadeghi N, et al. Decreasing the incidence of Tuohy-Borst clamp connector disconnections from perineural catheters: A quality improvement study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017;42:797–798. 330 Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine • Volume 43, Number 3, April 2018 Copyright © 2018 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.


Modern methods of non-invasive research methods are considered, the possibility
of integrating data obtained with these methods into the information system of routine inspections is
considered.


Consider a stationary autoregressive-moving average process {w,j generated by the relation W,-0j wt_-..-*0,wt_p = at-0j at_-l-*_0-qat-q, 1) where the at's are independent normal random variables with mean zero and variance a2 and the mean of the wt's is taken to be zero. Given n successive observations w = (w1, ..., wW)' from this process, the parameters 0, 0 and a may be estimated by maximizing the likelihood function given by


Broadband dielectric measurements for 65 wt % ethylene glycol oligomer (EGO)–water mixtures with one to six repeat units of EGO molecules were performed in the frequency range of 10 μHz–10 GHz and the temperature range of 128–298 K. In the case of the water-EGO mixtures with one and two repeat units of the EGO molecule (small EGO), the shape of the dielectric loss peak of the primary process is asymmetrical about the logarithm of the frequency of maximum loss above the crossover temperature, TC. The asymmetric process continues to the α process at a low frequency, and an additional β process appears in the frequency range higher than that of the α process below TC. In contrast, the water-EGO mixtures with three or more repeat units of the EGO molecule (large EGO) show a broad and symmetrical loss peak of the primary process above TC. The symmetric process continues to the β process, and an additional α process appears in the frequency range lower than that of the β process below TC. These different scenar...


The effects of ATP and ATP analogues on the brain acetyl‐CoA hydrolase (EC 220.127.116.11) were studied. The enzyme was stimulated reversibly by ATP‐Mg2+ the presence of Mg2+ being absolutely required for the stimulation. The stimulatory effect of ATP was highly specific since adenine nucleotides other than ATP had no stimulatory effects and nucleoside triphosphates other than ATP stimulated the enzyme much less than ATP in the following order: ATP > ITP CTP, UTP GTP. A phosphate modified analogue of ATP, AMP‐PNP had a similar stimulatory effect to that of ATP. Other ATP analogues such as AMP‐PCP and AMPCPP showed less stimulatory effect than ATP. The order of the stimulatory effects of these ATP analogues was: ATP > AMP‐PNP > AMP‐PCP > AMPCPP. The concentrations needed for half‐maximal stimulation of ATP, AMP‐PNP and AMP‐PCP were approx 0.11 mm, 0.22 mm, and 0.22 mm, respectively. Double reciprocal plots demonstrated that ATP as well as AMP‐PNP produced a significant decrease in the apparent Km, value for acetyl‐CoA and an increase in Vmax indicating that these nucleotides increased the affinity for acetyl‐CoA through binding at a site other than the catalytic site. The data described above suggest that the rate of hydrolysis of acetyl‐CoA may be regulated by the concentration of ATP in the micro‐environment of the enzyme.


A new low-pass waveguide filter topology is proposed based on capacitive posts using rounded shapes. The new structure is designed using a technique that benefits from a full-wave integral equation simulation tool for arbitrarily shaped capacitive microwave circuits. This integral equation method enables one to apply an efficient filter design technique employing iris geometries other than rectangular discontinuities, such as the one based on rounded posts proposed in this work. A prototype using circular posts has been manufactured and measured obtaining excellent results as compared with predictions, thus demonstrating the practical feasibility of the new proposed filtering structure. A new filter using elliptic capacitive posts was compared in terms of multipactor risk against similar filters based on traditional rectangular windows and on rectangular posts. Simulation results indicate that the new proposed concept using rounded shapes leads to geometries that can double multipactor thresholds as compared with traditional filters.


Several prototype suppressors were ground tested on a jet engine. Broadband resonant absorbers were used as the acoustic absorption treatment. Inlet geometries included both acoustically treated struts and a circumferential splitter ring. Results of calculations on far-field noise data showed a maximum total sound power reduction of 10.2 decibels and simulated flyover noise reductions up to 10. 5 perceived noise decibels. Strut geometries were best for sideline noise reduction, but the splitter configuration, with the most treated surface area, achieved the greatest sound power reduction. A mathematical model of sound power attenuation correlated with the data.


Abstract : BA technology development program known as Engine Rotor Life Extension (ERLE) has been initiated by the United States Air Force. One of the key technologies being assessed under the ERLE program is the analysis of 3D crack propagation at critical locations in turbine engine components. These critical locations are typically shot peened requiring the ability to predict 3D crack propagation at stress concentration sites in the presence of residual stresses. Hence, a study was conducted to characterize and analyze a corner crack emanating from a notch in a Ni-base superalloy in the presence of shot-peen induced residual stresses. Finite element analysis of the corner crack propagation was performed using 3D codes, ZENCRACK" and FRANC3D". Initial elastic-plastic analyses were conducted to account for plasticity-induced residual stresses at the notch. Prediction of 3D crack propagation was conducted with and without shot peening induced residual stresses for comparison with experimental results. The corner crack growth predictions correlated well with the experimental results for baseline and shot-peened specimens. Significant increase in crack growth life due to shot-peening was successfully predicted using the 3D fracture mechanics codes. The modeling of the relaxation of residual stresses due to thermal exposure and the non-linear mechanical loading was essential for accurate prediction.


points out in chapter thirty-eight of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that the barbarians, as they were known in Roman times, have disappeared. Nevertheless, he does not believe that the "great republic of Europe"—the domain of civilization in Enlightenment thought—should rest assured. The barbarian threat to civilization is always there in "scarcely visible," "obscure people." Their invisibility continues to tantalize the civilized imagination and to foster their myth. Barbarian enemies—so the legends tell us—do not wait to confront the troops of the civilized world on the battlefield. Barbarians are not supposed to have a fixed location, as they hardly ever lead a sedentary lifestyle. They are believed to be somewhere "out there": nomads, roaming vast deserts and steppes; warriors, passing through untrodden mountains; people free from constraints and moral inhibitions, and enslaved to their desires, instincts, and passions; wild, violent, untamable; with monstrous features and strange, inhuman customs; dangerous, dreadful, loathsome, captivating. Their threat is BARBARISM IN REPETITION: LITERATURE'S WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS 5


Abstract Strontium formate dihydrate single crystals have been grown by the slow solvent evaporation method and subjected to 8 MeV electron beam (EB) irradiation at different doses, viz. 1 kGy, 10 kGy, 50 kGy and 100 kGy. The irradiated crystals have been studied by various techniques such as FT-IR, Raman, and UV-Vis-NIR spectral analyses, powder, and high resolution X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTA) and second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. The morphological features of the non-irradiated and irradiated crystals were analyzed by SEM and optical microscopy studies. It has been noticed that the SHG efficiency increases while the crystalline perfection and thermal stability of the irradiated crystals decrease with the increase of EB irradiation dose. The results indicate a significant overall tuning of physical properties of strontium formate dihydrate crystals due to irradiation.


*is study proposes a self-adaptive image encryption algorithm based on the quantum logistic map. First, the initial values are substituted into the quantum logistic map based on an iteration process to generate three random sequences. After preprocessing, three new random sequences with better randomicity were obtained from the generated random sequences. In particular, the correlation coefficients for random sequences before and after preprocessing are compared to determine the best model to make the correlation coefficients closer to zero. Second, one random sequence in the scrambling stage is selected with respect to the plain image.*e selected random sequence is then used to perform row-column perturbation on the plain image. Finally, the remaining two random sequences are used to perform forward and reverse diffusion to obtain the final cipher image. Because of the dependence on the plain image, the algorithm can frustrate the chosen-plaintext and known-plaintext attacks. Experimental results show that the proposed encryption algorithm can achieve secure communications.


Dimensions of the scientometrics of journals are (ist) Journal production (articles, authors), (2nd) journal content, (3rd) journal reception (readers), (4th) formal scholarly communication (references, citations), (sth) Journal editing (editorial politics, publication). The journal BuB - Forum fur Bibliothek und Information" (BuB) is analyzed scientometrically. BuB is the libraryand information studies journal with the highest circulation in German speaking countries. 4,297 journal articles including 6,803 references from the observation period 1990 to 2003 were taken into considerution. Contrary to what was expected with regard to informetric laws, BuB shows remarkable specific characteristics: There is no single top author, bat a homogeneous group of authors dominating the literature production. The references present a very high concentration on the own journal. BuB is like an island, to which only few strange information will be washed ashore. Though men and women eachproduce exactlyso% ofall articles, there are gender-specific differences: male authors produce more literature reviews and long articles, female authors write more short articles and conference reports. The references' half-life is with 2.7 years very low, the half-life ofcited monographs is higher than that of cited journal articles.


Under iterated barycentric subdivision of a triangle, most triangles become flat in the sense that the largest angle tends to $\pi$. By analyzing a random walk on $SL_2(\mathbb{R})$ we give asymptotics with explicit constants for the number of flat triangles and the degree of flatness at a given stage of subdivision. In particular, we prove analytical bounds for the upper Lyapunov constant of the walk.


The present research article is related to the analytical investigation of some fractional-order equal-width equations. The homotopy perturbation technique along with Elzaki transformation is implemented to discuss the fractional view analysis of equal-width equations. For better understanding of the proposed procedure some examples related to equal-width equations are presented. The identical behavior of the derived and actual solutions is observed. The proposed technique can be modified to study the fractional view analysis of other problems in various areas of applied sciences.


Production acreage of a specifi c crop or crop rotation at least partially depends on the crop prices. It has become more common to grow the same crop continuously for several years or even longer on the same fi elds for optimum profi t then switch to another crop due to changes in crop prices. Opportunities to study the nutrient management implications of a cropping change tend to be uncommon. Here, the residual effects of K, surface applied in no-till cotton for 14 years, is examined in successive no-till corn crops planted after cotton. A cotton trial was conducted at Jackson, TN during 1995 through 2008 to evaluate the effects of K application rates on cotton K nutrition and yield under no-tillage. The soil was a Loring silt loam. The initial Mehlich 1 soil K concentration in 0 to 15 cm depth was 100 mg/kg, which is equivalent to 139 mg/kg under Mehlich 3 extraction in Tennessee. Potassium was applied annually at rates of 0, 28, 56, 84, 112, 140, and 168 kg K/ha in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The K treatments were broadcast by hand to the soil surface as KCl before cotton planting in each season. A corn trial was conducted on the same fi eld from 2009 to 2011 with the same experimental design and plot layout used for the previous cotton seasons. No K fertilizer was applied to corn during any of the three years. Corn was no-till planted in 76-cm rows in the same direction as the previous cotton crops. Corn cultivar DKC69-40 was planted at 69,000 to 74,000 seeds/ha. Each year, 3 to 4 weeks after corn planting, UAN was injected 6 to 8 cm deep and 20 cm away from each corn row at a rate of 168 kg N/ha.


Methods for preparing fluorescently labeled microparticles and bivalve larvae (Cerastoderma edule) are presented. The labeling is cheap, easy, and allows production of great quantities of fluorescent microparticles and larvae. Fluorescent visualization can be used as a tool to analyze hydrodynamical processes in the benthic boundary layer and to directly observe behavioral patterns in settling larvae. Settlement of planktonic larvae may significantly affect the temporal and spatial variation in population size and community structure of marine, benthic invertebrates (Gaines and Roughgarden 1985; Underwood and Fairweather 1989; Sutherland 1990). It is assumed that large-scale dispersal (>km) of planktonic larvae is mainly determined by oceanic circulation (Scheltema 1971), while extensive evidence exists that larval behavior may influence settling probability at very small spatial scales (cm) (Wilson 1948; Crisp 1974). Much interest has focused on the relative importance of larval behavior and hydrodynamical processes in the boundary layer during settlement (Eckman 1983; Butman 1987). In flume experiments "hydrodynamical null hypotheses" have been tested by comparing settlement patterns of inert particles and Acknowledgments We thank Nils Jonsson for providing PVC microparticles. This research was supported by the Swedish Natural Science Foundation through contract B-BU 1860-305 to P.R.J. and through contract B-BU 3294-303 to C.A. The Royal Academy of Science and the foundations of Anna Ahrenberg, Colliander and Helge Ax:son Johnson provided additional support. larvae (Butman et al. 1988; Ertman and Jumars 1988). The traditional method used to analyze settlement patterns is by sieving samples of the sediment surface and then counting recovered particles and larvae under the microscope. This procedure is tedious and often lacks the desired spatial resolution, which may be difficult to anticipate beforehand. In addition, the sampling of the sediment may seriously affect experimental conditions and intensive sampling may preclude the possibility of sequential sampling in order to analyze settlement as a function of time. A technique which circumvents sampling and sorting was used by Mullineaux (1989); she covered Mn nodules with adhesive which made it possible to directly observe the distribution of settled particles without removing them from the nodules. This procedure is difficult to carry out in soft sediments or substrata that are not easily detached. Inert microparticles have proven a valuable tool in different fields of aquatic ecology. Studies on feeding rates as a function of prey size in various suspension-feeding organisms have gained much from use of latex (polystyrene) particles as artificial prey items (Fenchel 1980). The use of particles stained with fluorescent substances has further facilitated the tracing and analysis of ingested particles (B0rsheim 1984; McManus and Fuhrman 1986). Different methods involving fluorescent microparticles have also been applied to research concerning sediment dynamics (Lopez and Elmgren 1989; Carey 1989). The use of fluorescent particles greatly enThis content downloaded from 184.108.40.206 on Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions


The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between site use intentions and personality beliefs of social network users. The Education faculty students at a private university in North Cyprus were informed about the research and the questionnaires were applied by the researchers to volunteer students. From total of 198 students, 143 (72.2%) were females and 55 (27.8%) males. Socio-demographic Information Form and Personality Belief Scale were used. The results show that participants who reported political opinion had significantly higher scores of schizoid, antisocial and narcissistic personality beliefs than those who did not. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to predict personality beliefs of purpose, sharing and profile information. When the t-test is examined, it is seen that commenting on only the shares of the subject variables is a significant predictor of the narcissistic personality belief. In this study, participants who have narcissistic, passive-aggressive, paranoid and antisocial personality beliefs usually and more frequently share songs on social networks.
Keywords: Belief, personality, social networks, university students, social sharing.


Consider finite sequences $X_{[1,n]}=X_1\dots X_n$ and $Y_{[1,n]}=Y_1\dots Y_n$ of length $n$, consisting of i.i.d.\ samples of random letters from a finite alphabet, and let $S$ and $T$ be chosen i.i.d.\ randomly from the unit ball in the space of symmetric scoring functions over this alphabet augmented by a gap symbol. We prove a probabilistic upper bound of linear order in $n^{0.75}$ for the deviation of the score relative to $T$ of optimal alignments with gaps of $X_{[1,n]}$ and $Y_{[1,n]}$ relative to $S$. It remains an open problem to prove a lower bound. Our result contributes to the understanding of the microstructure of optimal alignments relative to one given scoring function, extending a theory begun by the first two authors.


Molecular techniques have made it increasingly clear that a large proportion of bacterial diversity in natural habitats is uncultured and therefore unexplored. We suggest and give evidence in support of a hypothesis that a large proportion, if not all, of the uncultured diversity from a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats are oligophilic (oligotrophic) bacteria. Oligophilic bacteria grow only on dilute nutrient media and form small or microscopic colonies. A technique to cultivate and isolate the moderately oligophilic bacteria was developed and 90 cultures isolated, The twelve bacterial cultures characterized showed high growth yield coefficients and carbon conversion efficiencies at low substrate concentrations and progressively decreased with increasing substrate concentrations. Most of the growth yields were substantially higher than those reported in the literature and lie near the theoretical maximum. Slow growth rates and high yields indicate that they are 'K' selected species. 16S rDNA partial sequence analysis of the isolates indicates that it is a novel as well as diverse group.


As we know, the measurement error often exists in practice, and affects the performance of quality control in some cases. The autoregressive process with the measurement error is investigated in this paper. For detecting the step shift of the autoregressive process mean with measurement error, a CUSUM control chart based on the maximum log-likelihood ratio test is obtained. Simulated in-control and out-of-control ARL's are made for various measurement error and autocorrelation coefficients. The simulation results show that this new CUSUM scheme works well when the process is negatively autocorrelated.


One hundred and eighty one cases , which cornfirrned to be intussusception , were reviewed retrospectively to identify the differences between radiologic findings of reduced and nonreduced intussusceptions by barium enema. The number of cases of reduced intussusception was 148 and nonreduced was 33 , so the rate of re duction was 82%. On conventional radiographs , air-fluid levels were seen in 23 cases (l 5.5%) of the reduced intussusception and in 18 cases(54.6%) of the nonreduced intussusception , and soft tissue masses were seen in 20 cases(13.5%) of the reduced intussusception and in 12 cases(36 .4%) of the nonreduced intussusception. Th e mean value of a ratio of maximal diameter of small bowel to interpedicular distance of L3 vertebral body was 0.93 in the reduced intussusception and 1. 25 in the nonreduced intussusception. On barium enema , the dissection sign was seen in 33.1 % of the reduced intussusception and in 75.8% of the nonreduced intussusception. The morphologic abnorrnalities of ascending colon were seen in 11 .5% of the reduced intussusception and in 38.7% of the nonreduced intussusception So , the findings of the air-fluid level , soft tissue mass , marked small bowel dilatation , dissection sign and morphologic abnorrnality of ascending colon were more frequently seen in the nonreduced intussusception than the reduced cases. There was no correlation between the location of intussusceptum and the reduction rate.


The present work describes the development, rhythm of creation, and legal forms acquired by institutional gender spaces in a federal country. This study seeks to explore the subject, emphasizing the «knots» generated by the inclusion of feminist claims into the government's institutional sphere. A set of conflicts, consequence of the insertion of the Institutos into particular socio-political scenarios, are explored in order to show that the dynamics of similar institutions change according to each state's context, despite the similar goals and general, country-level, scenarios. In conclusion, the author identifies some of the complexities and challenges faced by this kind of institutions, which depend on legal and bureaucratic subjects, and the partisan game of competing different notions of gender inspired by secular or religious ideologies. As these political parties structure the political system, their competing notions permeate the particular notions of the people responsible for the promotion –through the Institutos de las Mujeresof the gender perspective in Mexico.


Abstract Kiribati is among the many islands in Oceania that are highly affected by anthropogenic climate change and has, as such, adopted a proactive role to deal with adaptation. The article analyses how the government brings together climate change discourses with its struggle for new rights and resources for the country. The awareness of anthropogenic climate change has generated new parameters for law-making processes and emerging legal orders. The article develops a new concept of how to frame the cultural and social impacts of climate change from a Pacific Island perspective, in order to overcome shortcomings of the widely-employed notions of 'vulnerability' and 'resilience' as frames for adaptation to climate change in Oceania. By employing the notion of climate change as a 'travelling idea', combined with the 'anthropology of emerging legal orders', the research perspective presented here enables us to analyse emerging social and legal orders that evolve in face of climate change and particular gl...


Sgr A* is the unique 1 Jy flat spectrum radio point source located at the dynamical center of the Galaxy and in the very center of the central star cluster (Eckart et al. 1993). Due to its unusual appearance it has long been speculated that this source is powered by a supermassive black hole an object whose presence has been suspected to reside in the nuclei of many other galaxies as well. Its mass is believed to be as large as M # ~ 2 · 1O 6M0 (e.g. Genzel & Townes 1987) while a lower limit of M. > 200 2000M® can be inferred from the low proper motion of Sgr A* (Backer this volume). The currently best dynamical arguments for the million solar mass black hole stem from detailed stellar kinematic studies (Haller et al. 1995). The enormous increase in observational data obtained for Sgr A* in recent years has enabled us to develop, compare and constrain a variety of models for the emission characteristics of this source. Because of its relative proximity and further observational input to come Sgr A* may therefore become one of the best laboratories for studying supermassive black hole candidates and basic AGN physics. This paper briefly summarizes our current understanding of this enigmatic radio source.


Tourism passageway-net system is the backbone of regional tourism net system. This research studies the conception, factors as well as their formation and characteristics of the regional tourism passageway-net system. It mainly analyzes the features of Shaanxi tourism passageway-net factors by Geographic Information System (GIS). Based on these analysis, a plan is put forward that Shaanxi should set up its tourism passageway-net routes as "米" shape and their tourism connection routes.


Tin - Titanium alloy has been prepared by powder metallurgy method. By the way of preparing pre-alloyed metal and fully fine to ultra fine powder, optimizing sintering techniques, the Problem of enrichment of titanium from the alloy has been solved, the Tin - Titanium alloy with its homogeneous distribution elements has been made. Then the Tin-titanium strap has been processed successfully. In this paper, the key process to make Ti -Titanium alloy by Powder Metallurgy Method is introduced. The factors which affect the uniform components of the alloy have been mainly analyzed, such as ultra fine powder of pre-alloyed metal, diffusing sinter at lower temperature .etc. The results indicate that powder metallurgy with ultra fine powder additive and diffusing sinter at lower temperature is the efficient method to solve titanium element in the alloy segregate.


This article aims to discuss the simultaneous extracting technology of varied water-soluble components from yam using alkali proteinase.The optimal condition was achieved as follows:adding 70 U/g alkali proteinase,enzymatically hydrolyze for 1.5 h at 45 ℃ and pH 9.5,and the mass ratio of material to solvent was 1∶10.The yield of the extract obtained was 13.20%,and the extraction rate of yam protein,glycoprotein,polysaccharide,saponin and fatty acid reached 67.14%,38.01%,78.81%,44.24% and 16.42%,respectively.The quantitative analysis showed that many water-soluble chemical components could be extracted simultaneously using alkali proteinase,which showed the above extraction technology played an important role in the enrichment of yam hygienical components.Therefore,the obtained yam multi-component extract has potential applications as food additive,hygienical medicine and cosmetic additive.


Previous experiments at the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA provide evidence that whistler waves incident on a field‐aligned density striation will produce lower hybrid waves via a linear mode‐coupling mechanism [Bamber, et. al, 1994; Bamber, et. al, 1995]. These experiments were limited in that only the magnetic fields of the waves were measured. Recent experiments at the LAPD directly measure the whistler and lower hybrid wave electric fields. The lower hybrid wave electric field amplitude is 0.8 times the incident electric field. These measurements are well within theory and allow us to make some estimates about the conversion efficiency of the linear conversion mechanism.


Scribes eventually adapted the ad hoc divinatory means of receiving divine communications to their culturally significant texts. By discursively asserting a historical connection between themselves and unique mediators with a close divine affiliation (the apkallus and Moses), the scribes constructed myths that legitimated their texts as divine revelation and claimed these were received in history through normal scribal channels. In this manner, scribes fixed the secret of the gods permanently among humans in textualized form that valorized their own position within society.


Objective To study the anti-inflammatory effect of the total alkaloids of Herba Aconiti.Methods The models of auricular edema in mice induced by dimethyl benzene,increased permeability of celiac blood capillary and body-twisting reaction induced by acetic acid,paw swelling induced by zymosan A and carrageenan in rats were prepared.Then the total alkaloids on Herba Aconiti was given to the rats or mice by ig.Results The total alkaloids on Herba Aconiti inhibited the auricular edema,decreased the permeability of celiac blood capillary,reduced the paw swelling induced by carrageenan and zymosan A.Conclusion The total alkaloids of Herba Aconiti have obvious anti-inflammatory effects.


OBJECTIVES
To determine the effect of one-click integration of a state's prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) on the number of PDMP searches and opioid prescriptions, stratified by specialty.

METHODS
Our large health system worked with the state department of public health to integrate the PDMP with the electronic health record (EHR), which enabled providers to query the data with a single click inside the EHR environment. We evaluated Schedule II or III opioid prescriptions reported to the Massachusetts PDMP 6 months before (November 15, 2017-May 15, 2018) and 6 months after (May 16, 2018-November 16, 2018) integration. Search counts, prescriptions, patients, morphine milligram equivalents as well as prescriber specialty were compared.

RESULTS
There were 3,185 unique prescribers with a record of a Schedule II and/or III opioid prescription in both study periods that met inclusion criteria. After integration, the number of PDMP searches increased from 208,684 in the pre-integration phase to 298,478 searches in the post-integration phase (+43.0%). The number of opioid prescriptions dispensed decreased by 4.8%, the number of patients receiving a prescription decreased by 5.1%, and the mean morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) per prescriber decreased by 5.4%. There were some notable specialty-specific differences in these measures.

CONCLUSIONS
Integration of the PDMP into the EHR markedly increased the number of searches but was associated with modest decreases in opioids prescribed and patients receiving a prescription. Single click EHR integration of the PDMP, if implemented broadly, may be a way for states to significantly increase PDMP utilization.


At the present time, the recognition of criminal responsibility for legal persons is a prerequisite for the exercise of criminal law objectives in society, and the condition for committing a crime is on account of a legal person or by legal entities or representatives, and criminal law cannot be subject to the same criteria as the liability of natural persons. Justify the responsibility of legal entities. Lawmakers, on the other hand, have different goals of creating and enforcing rights for individuals in society. In some rights, such as personality rights, lawmakers are more important than the right holder in protecting public order and human dignity. However, in cases where state-owned legal entities and public nongovernmental organizations perform sovereign affairs, they are exempt from criminal liability and will only be subject to the general rule of criminal liability of legal persons only when engaged in administrative matters. Therefore, this article has attempted to evaluate the responsibility and procedure of criminal justice for sovereign legal persons without any particular view and only from the perspective of legal personality and legal political sociology. Based on the results of the research, it can be stated that public legal entities and public nongovernmental organizations are exempt from criminal responsibility and only in cases where they are active in the field of justice, they will be subject to the general rule of criminal liability of legal persons. It will deprive the person of their rights


This paper puts the finite element method into the nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beam, reveals the regularity and bearing capacity behavior in different stages of the concrete structure. The result finds that Solid65 is the unit provided by the ANSYS for analyzing the structures of reinforced concrete, to some extent, it can reflect the cracking and crushing of concrete, and it can truly represent the characteristics of the structures' typical destruction of reinforced concrete; This article also completed the node design of wireless sensor for steel corrosion monitoring. Further work will focus on wireless sensor network study including multiple-node wireless communication, related communication protocols, multiple-hop self-organizing network, aggregation node and human-computer interaction function, to achieve real intellectualization and the purpose of online real-time monitoring. Copyright © 2013 IFSA.


A 22-year-old woman presented with an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy with premature rupture of membranes. Ripening with dinoprostone gel (0.5mg) in the posterior fornix, followed by induction with oxytocin drip, was commenced 6 h after admission. After 16 h, she developed an intrapartum fever of 38 C. Caesarean delivery was undertaken in view of the failed induction and suspected intrapartum sepsis. The procedure was uneventful and a healthy 3.4 kg baby was delivered. Broad spectrum antibiotics were administered. After 12 h following surgery, blood was found to be oozing from her suture line. Her pulse rate had risen to 120/min, her temperature had risen to 40 C and her blood pressure had dropped to 100/80mmHg. A coagulopathy was suspected when a platelet count of 20,000/mL and the prothorombin time 4 control levels. Resuscitation was initiated with whole blood, cryoprecipitate and platelets. However, after 3 h progressive abdominal distension was evident and manifest features of haemorrhagic shock: pulse 140/ min and the blood pressure 70mmHg systolic. Oxygen saturation started falling and the respiratory effort was becoming compromised. In view of this progressive deterioration, the decision for explorative laparotomy was undertaken despite the coagulopathy. Two litres of blood were found in the abdomen, but no specific bleeding source nor haematoma was found. Drainage of the hemoperitoneum and a lavage was carried out. In total, 6 units of blood, 8 units of platelets and 8 units of fresh frozen plasma were transfused. The postoperative recovery was uneventful except for some pyrexial episodes. All cultures including the endometrial swab taken at Caesarean section were reported sterile. The kidney and liver function tests were normal. Compression Doppler scans for deep leg and pelvic vein thrombosis were negative. Leptospira, typhus, typhoid fever, HIV, hepatitis B and malaria parasite tests were likewise negative, but Dengue serology testing was positive. The operative wound healed well, her fever subsided on the 12th postoperative day, and both she and her baby were discharged 2 days later.


Let F be a field of characteristic not 2 and assume all algebras are over F. We establish several conjugacy theorems for the special linear Lie algebra sl_2 over an F-algebra which is a UFD. We find the structure of the full automorphism group as well as conditions for when two such algebras are isomorphic. We also study the structure of their derivation algebras. Often we work with more general coordinates when this if feasible.


Objective To investigate the affect factors of acne severity. Methods From January to December in 2007,the doctors sent out the self-made questionnaires to survey 1129 acne patients.The questionnaires include 13 items:sex、age、skin types、family history、first onset age、liked food、times of washing face every day、sleeping period every day、period of using computers every day、constipation、seasons when the disease getting worse、age of first menses and the cases of irregular menstruation in female acne patients. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS Version 8.1 package.Comparisons between groups were evaluated using chi-square test.A model of logistic regression analysis was applied to investigate the possible role of several factors. Results The results of singal factor logistic regression analysis showed that the following 5 factors were related with the severity of acne:sexes,first onset age of the disease,times of washing face every day ,oily skin and seasons. The results of multiple factors logistic regression analysis show that the following 4 factors are related with the severity of acne :sex(P0.0001),first onset age of acne(P0.05),salty food(P0.05),skin types (P0.05). Conclusions The severity of acne is correlated with oily skin ,salty food.The younger the first onset age of acne,the more severe the disease.The acne in male patients is more severe than in that female patients.


Author(s): WEI, PENG | Advisor(s): Shi, Jing | Abstract: This thesis summarizes our work in the past four years in the field of transport studies of the topological insulator materials and thermoelectric properties of graphene. The first half of the thesis is focused on the transport properties of topological insulator material-Bi2Se3. In our research, we systematically tune the position of the chemical potential in p-type Ca-doped Bi2Se3 thin devices first by eliminating excess holes with controlled post-fabrication electron beam irradiation that results in an insulating bulk state. In spite of the fact that the energetic electron beam creates defects to localize the bulk carriers and inevitably to cause additional scattering, we find a tenfold increase in carrier mobility associated with the extended states in the band gap. In addition, the resistance undergoes a fivefold increase and passes the maximum as the chemical potential is further tuned by electrostatic gating. A cusp-like low-field magnetoresistance feature also emerges which is indicative of strong spin-orbit interaction. The observed gate-tunable high-mobility is a signature of massless Dirac fermions in the band gap of Bi2Se3. The second half of this thesis is focused on graphene. Our work first reported the thermoelectric study of graphene and demonstrated the anomalous thermoelectric transport of massless Dirac fermions. As a direct consequence of the linear dispersion of massless particles, we find that the Seebeck coefficient Sxx diverges with 1 / |n2D|½, where n2D is the carrier density. We observe a very large Nernst signal Sxy (~ 50 μV/K at 8 T) at the Dirac point, and an oscillatory dependence of both Sxx and Sxy on n2D at low temperatures. Our results underscore the anomalous thermoelectric transport in graphene, which may be used as a highly sensitive probe for impurity bands near the Dirac point.


A capsular endoscope (CE) for inspection of the large intestine requires a motor for backward navigation against the autonomous travel in the intestine. This study proposes an HF power system for generating a magnetic field and for delivering wireless power to the internal or implanted medical devices. The magnetic field is generated by a wound coil (L) around a wooden frame, and the current is driven to the coil through a resonating capacitor (C). The characteristics of the resonance frequency shifting of the L-C series circuit are analyzed. A stable magnetic field intensity in the field coil is maintained by a specially designed frequency tracking system that automatically follows the L-C resonance frequency. Testing confirmed that the oscillation system tracks well the parameter changes of the electric components caused by the operating conditions or environmental variations.


The debt is not just one of the financing styles,and it also has the function of corporate governance. The function of the capital structure in corporate governance embodies its incentive and restriction to managers,to affect their behavior about investment and financing,thereby influence the corporate operating performance. A large number of positive researches have shown that there was a close ties between the capital structure and the firm operating performance,but did not obtain a consistent conclusion. This paper reviews the related literature and tries to point out the research direction for the further.


Acrylic resin is employed in optical products such as lenses and light guiding panels because it is highly transparent. Optical components made using acrylic resin require hand polishing by skilled workers to give a mirror finish to the surface of components in order to obtain the required optical properties. However, polishing takes a lot of time and two problems that exist are that skilled workers are aging and that young skilled workers are few in number. In this research, a method of ultrasonic milling of acrylic resin which would give a mirror-surface finish to acrylic resin products without the need for hand polishing by skilled workers was proposed.


Red mud is a waste by-product generated during the processing of bauxite, the most common ore of aluminium. With the presence of ferric oxide, high surface area, resistance to poisoning and low cost, red mud made itself a good alternative to the existing commercial automobile catalyst. The cascading of dielectric barrier discharge plasma with red mud improved the NOX removal from diesel engine exhaust significantly. The DeNOX efficiency with discharge plasma was 74% and that with red mud was 31%. The efficiency increased to 92% when plasma was cascaded with red mud catalyst operating at a temperature of 400°C. The NOX removal was dominated by NO2 removal. The studies were conducted at different temperatures and the results were discussed.


Subwindow search aims to find the optimal subimage which maximizes the score function of an object to be detected. After the development of the branch and bound (B&B) method called Efficient Subwindow Search (ESS), several algorithms (IESS [2], AESS [2], ARCS [3]) have been proposed to improve the performance of ESS. For n×n images, IESS's time complexity is bounded by O(n3) which is better than ESS, but only applicable to linear score functions. Other work shows that Monge properties can hold in subwindow search and can be used to speed up the search to O(n3), but only applies to certain types of score functions. In this paper we explore the connection between submodular functions and the Monge property, and prove that sub-modular score functions can be used to achieve O(n3) time complexity for object detection. The time complexity can be further improved to be sub-cubic by applying B&B methods on row interval only, when the score function has a multivariate submodular bound function. Conditions for sub-modularity of common non-linear score functions and multivariate submodularity of their bound functions are also provided, and experiments are provided to compare the proposed approach against ESS and ARCS for object detection with some nonlinear score functions.


SUBTITLE: ADVANCES IN COCKPIT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, NEW REGULATIONS AND A CHANGING NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM ARE DRIVING IMPORTANT CHANGES TO TCAS. AS AN AREA IN WHICH AIRLINES WORLDWIDE ARE HAVING TO MAKE CAREFUL SELECTION DECISIONS AND INVEST FOR THE FUTURE, TCAS IS ONE PART OF THE AVIONICS SUITE ON WHICH AIRLINE MANAGEMENTS NEED TO KEEP CAREFUL TABS. CARROLL MCCORMICK EXPLORES THE OPTIONS AND OBLIGATIONS.


The reservoir rock type of Lower Cretaceous age in Tiancao depression of YingenEjinaqi basin consisteds mainly of feldspar litharenite which is characterized by high contents of lithic debris,by lass for feldspar and least for quartz.Both the compositional and textural structures are low.The cements are mainly calcite.The secondary pore are predominant among residual intergranual pores,secondary solution pores,intercrystal pores and micro fissures.The reservoir is of low porosity(between 3%and 5%)and permeability(smaller than1×10-3μm2) with a poor pore and pore throat relationship.However,there are also some middle to high permeable reservoirs with good pore structures in some horizons.Sedimentary face,clasts composition,compaction,cementation of carbonate, and the dissolution of calcite,feldspar and litharenite are the key factors affecting reservoir quality.


COVID-19 is a global disease that significantly impacts almost all fields, including education. The shift from face-to-face learning to blended learning during the COVID-19 pandemic requires technological devices to support the learning process. Therefore, this study aims to explore the application of Schoology as a learning management system in academic writing classes during the COVID-19 crisis. The sequential mixed method was applied in this study by analyzing the data qualitatively and quantitatively. All students in the academic writing class were selected as participants using a total sampling technique. The methods used to collect data are observation, interviews, and questionnaires. Furthermore, the research instrument consisted of guided interviews and closed questionnaires distributed using a google form. The technique used to analyze the data is descriptive qualitative, and quantitative analysis. The results showed that Schoology is beneficial to be infused with blended learning. The Schoology platform stimulates students who have adequate online learning readiness to experience their learning positively using Schoology-based blended learning. However, institutional interventions must be implemented to provide training to students to improve digital competence, strategies to become independent learners, and time management.


Representation theory is concerned with the ways of explaining or visualizing a group as a group of matrices. In this paper, we extend the permutation pattern of to a two-line notation. We consider the representations of this non-deranged permutation group(p ≥ 5 and p a prime). Also we reveal some interesting properties and results of the character of where .


To the u niversity young people who in year 2002 have concluded their professional studies in the Greater National University of San Marcos, touched extremely difficult a national and university scene to them for its professional formation: they are the students who had entered the university beween the years of 1997 and 1998, when by a side the university was taken under the defense military, Alberto Fujimori, it appealed to all the averageones to obtain his re-election and soom it would come the election of Alejandro Toledo and the revelation about the corruption. It is this scene that the young students assimilate and share certain values, beliefs, attitudes, conduts, language; as well as its protests and fights by a democratic society and of state of law.


Merck & Co. announced that its protease inhibitor indinavir will soon be available in 27,000 pharmacies. All pharmacies and clinics are eligible to participate in the new system, but they must register for it, and report the number of patients using the drug. Patients can call Stadtlanders Pharmacy for more information.


The objective of this research is to assess susceptibility of low carbon steel to alkali embrittlement by using various test methods. The results of the tests show that the basic method of preventing alkali embrittlement cracking is to eliminate postwelding residual stress.


We study transport in a class of exactly solvable multi-chain models of interacting fermions using bosonization. We introduce magnetic and non-magnetic impurities at a site, through either weak δ-function potentials or weak links. Using a renormalization group analysis, we show that the strength of the non-magnetic impurity is not affected by the interaction, and hence, conductance through the impurity can be exactly computed. Magnetic impurities, on the other hand, in a single- or two-chain model always cut the wire at the impurity site. However, when the number of chains is greater than two, we find a critical interaction strength beyond which there exists a metal-insulator transition tuned by the strength of the magnetic impurity.


In modern times (2014), every mothers and fathers need to get a full time job to take their children a decent standard of living. Even when it's true that this brings greater economic possibilities to the family, also de feeling of freedom for parents, to meet both their professional and personal goals, especially for women, wich most times, they are sacrifice more to side of children. it is also true that a feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction in life of infant left, not having their parents close to them, to not grow 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with their parents, young tend to be stimulated properly, as it is usual for other family try to fill this position and normally do not have patience or the time to give the necessary attention that the child requires. Leading to an emotional disagreement, both family caring for the child and the parents for not being with them and naturally the infant, who is the mein protagonist. The following pages study the opportunity to open a new child care center in Guayaquil-Ecuador, in Rocafuerte district, in this way, parents will be able to have their children close to their work places confortable and decent while the kids will be entertained and save. Ensuring pace of mind for parents or family and also the necessary and appropriate stimulation to the infant.


An experimental study was conducted to investigate the transport of sand particles over the sand bed deposited in a horizontal conduit by using turbulent flow of water. The main objectives were to determine the near-wall turbulence characteristics at the onset of bed erosion (i.e., near-wall velocity profile, Reynolds shear stresses, and axial-turbulent intensity); to determine critical velocity required for particle removal from the bed deposits; and more specifically, to determine how the sand-particle size and surface characteristics would influence the critical velocity required for the onset of bed erosion and the near-wall turbulence characteristics.
 A large-scale horizontal flow loop equipped with a nonintrusive laser-based particle-image velocimetry (PIV) system has been used for the experiments. The effect of sand-particle surface characteristics (i.e., wettability) on the critical velocity and the near-wall turbulence characteristics were investigated by using treated and untreated industrial sands of four different mesh sizes (i.e., 20/40, 30/50, 40/70, 100). The PIV technique was used to determine instantaneous local velocity distribution near the stationary sandbed fluid interface under subcritical and critical flow conditions. The near-wall velocity distribution measured directly at the sand bed/fluid interface together with the measured frictional pressure-loss values were then used for the evaluation of the Reynolds shear stresses and axial turbulent intensities acting at the bed/fluid interface.
 The results indicated that critical velocity for the onset of particle removal from sand beds increased with the increasing particle size. When sands with special surface treatment were used, it was observed that the critical velocity required for the onset of the bed erosion was significantly lower than that of required for the untreated sands. The degree of reduction in critical velocity varied between 14 and 40% depending on the particle size.
 In this study, by conducting experiments under controlled conditions, we provided much-needed fundamental data that can be used for the development of improved solid-transport design criteria and suitable mitigation technologies. In particular, we have shown the proof of concept that the surface-treated sand particles might have great potential for improving the transport efficiency of proppants used for hydraulic-fracturing operations.


Web service users are overwhelmed by the amount of information presented to them and have difficulties in finding the information that they need. Therefore, a recommendation system that predicts users' taste is an essential factor for the success of businesses. However, recommendation systems require users' personal information and can thus lead to serious privacy violations. To solve this problem, many research has been conducted about protecting personal information in recommendation systems and implementing differential privacy, a privacy protection technique that inserts noise into the original data. However, previous studies did not examine the following factors in applying differential privacy to recommendation systems. First, they did not consider the sparsity of user rating information. The total number of items is much more than the number of user-rated items. Therefore, a rating matrix created for users and items will be very sparse. This characteristic renders the identification of user patterns in rating matrixes difficult. Therefore, the sparsity issue should be considered in the application of differential privacy to recommendation systems. Second, previous studies focused on protecting user rating information but did not aim to protect the lists of user-rated items. Recommendation systems should protect these item lists because they also disclose user preferences. In this study, we propose a differentially private recommendation scheme that bases on a grouping method to solve the sparsity issue and to protect user-rated item lists and user rating information. The proposed technique shows better performance and privacy protection on actual movie rating data in comparison with an existing technique. key words: privacy, recommendation system, differential privacy, sparse matrix, grouping


The article addresses the issue of the close relationship between the nexistential concem and the narrative techniques used by English writers Ford Madox Ford, Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley to present the general human condition. The selected authors had introduced narrative techniques that influenced the entire development of the modern  novel and that are stili highly  relevant and widely used in the contemporary novel, including the Slovene modern novel.


We propose a general framework of quantum kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm, based on a stochastic representation of a series expansion of the quantum evolution. Two approaches have been developed in the context of quantum many-body spin dynamics, using different decomposition of the Hamiltonian. The effectiveness of the methods is tested for many-body spin systems up to 40 spins.


The objective of this study is to analyze speech signals using the zeros of the z-transform of the signal. Trajectories of the zeros are used to study the characteristics of speech production. The trajectories are obtained by varying the parameters of the window function used on the signal segment. A skew Poisson function is defined with three parameters to control the window function. The proposed method does not assume any model for the analysis. Both synthetic and natural speech signals are analyzed. The goal of this study is to demonstrate, and eventually separate the information of the source part from the vocal tract system part of the speech production process from the signal. This may provide new and additional insights into the speech production process over and above the existing methods such as the spectral and group delay methods. The results from experiments with varying Poisson window parameters and speech signals are presented and discussed.


For high-${T}_{c}$ superconductors in which transition temperatures ${T}_{c}$ are reduced by doping, the oxygen isotope effect (OIE) coefficient in ${T}_{c}$ is shown to increase systematically with the pair-breaking rate and with the valence difference between the substituted and native ions. Moreover, the OIE in ${T}_{c}$ tends to zero as one approaches optimum (or ideal) stoichiometry at which the quality of the superconducting condensate is maximized. In materials with isovalent substitutions, e.g., Sr for Ba or Zn for Cu in $\mathrm{Y}{\mathrm{Ba}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{7\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta}}$, the small OIE of the parent (unsubstituted) compound is magnified owing to pair-breaking disorder. In materials with heterovalent substitutions, e.g., La or Pr for Ba, where carrier densities are necessarily changed, pair breaking induces a much larger OIE. A seminal case is Pr-doped $\mathrm{Y}{\mathrm{Ba}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{7\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta}}$, where data were previously misinterpreted owing to the false assumption that Pr substitutes only for Y. It is now clear, however, that the decrease in ${T}_{c}$ observed with Pr doping actually arises from pair breaking caused by Pr-on-Ba-site defects introduced during crystal growth. When $\mathrm{Pr}{\mathrm{Ba}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{7\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta}}$ is grown correctly without such defects, ${T}_{c}$ remains unchanged (as in the case of most other rare-earth substitutions for Y). Invariance of ${T}_{c}$ under a 60% rare-earth mass increase provides strong evidence against phononic pairing mechanisms. The fact that ${T}_{c}$ drops when Pr substitutes for Ba but not for Y indicates that the superconducting hole condensate resides in the BaO layers, where pair breaking degrades ${T}_{c}$ and dramatically increases the OIE. Superconductive pairing modeled on Coulomb coupling between the hole (BaO) and the electron $(\mathrm{Cu}{\mathrm{O}}_{2})$ layers is shown to resolve the serious shortcomings inherent in approaches based on electron-phonon interactions and is found to be generally applicable. Moreover, the OIE in the magnetic penetration depth in alloys is shown to be constant, with degradation of ${T}_{c}$ up to 50%, and thus is unrelated to the OIE in ${T}_{c}$.


The problems of experimental and theoretical investigation and analysis of granulometric composition of granules in granulation processes of powdered superphosphates in drum apparatus are considered. The theoretical investigation has been constructed on analytical decision of Fokker-Planck stochastic equation defining evolution of the distribution function of granules on sizes.


By the atom decomposition theory,it is proved that the parametric Marcinkiewicz integrals with variable kernels μρΩ is an bounded operator on Hardy spaces.


The purpose of this study is to propose high-strength steel beam-column connection with sufficient ductility detail that can be reuse of members. The non-linear analysis were carried out for structural performance evaluation of suggested new type connection. The results of this study were as follows; maximum strength of new type connection greatly increased after yielding. Thus, it show that plastic deformation ability is excellent. And it is possible to reuse main members of structure using a advantage that high-strength steel has a large amout of elastic deformation.


This study evaluated a bilingual text-mining system, which incorporated a bilingual taxonomy of key words and provided hierarchical visualization, for understanding learner-generated text in the learning management systems through automatic identification and counting of matching key words. A class of 27 in-service teachers studied a course "e-Learning in primary mathematics" was asked to reflect "what is e-Learning" before and after the course. Their concept of "e-Learning" was investigated by counting the matching key words using the text-mining system and a content analysis of learner-generated text using a rubric, respectively. The correlations of the results using these two methods were .823 and .840 in the preteaching and postteaching reflections. This text-mining system has the potential as a supporting tool for teachers to gain a general understanding of learner-generated text using the hierarchical visualization for supporting pedagogical decision-making, which can be applied to massive open online courses with a large enrolment of learners.


This paper examines the management practices by introducing employee empowerment, teamwork, employee compensation, management leadership into a research model for studying employee job satisfaction among the employees of automotive industries in India. The research is conducted among 234 employees of automotive industries in India and the result of this study shows that the job satisfaction level of employees is medium and the top management leadership need to take attention of enhancing the employee job satisfaction level. The result also shows that there is a significant relationship was approved between 1) employee empowerment, 2) teamwork, 3) employee compensation and 4) management leadership. Finally, implications are discussed in terms of discussion and further researches.


The objective of this study was to determine the suitability of medetomidine sedation for facilitating intradermal skin testing in dogs. Quality of sedation and immobilization, and effects of sedation on responses to intradermally injected histamine were evaluated. Ten clinically normal dogs were injected intradermally before and after medetomidine sedation (10 μg kg−1 intravenously) with diminishing concentrations of histamine (100–10−5μg mL−1) and a negative control. Mean wheal responses at injection sites were compared before and during sedation, and no significant suppression of responses occurred during sedation. Medetomidine produced sedation that notably increased the ease of performing multiple intradermal injections in all dogs and sedative effects were rapidly reversed by the antagonist atipamezole. It was concluded that medetomidine may be an excellent sedative for facilitating intradermal skin testing in dogs provided further studies similarly reveal no inhibition of responses to intradermally injected allergens in atopic dogs.


In this paper, we consider media-based modulation (MBM) in a cyclic-prefixed single-carrier setting (CPSC-MBM) in inter-symbol interference channels and focus on low-complexity signal detection at the receiver. For this, we exploit the structured sparsity that is inherently present in CPSC-MBM signals. We formulate the sparse vector detection problem of interest as an equivalent sparse matrix detection problem, whose reconstruction complexity can be significantly less without incurring much loss in recovery performance. This technique of recovering sparse matrices, termed as {\em sparse matrix sketching}, applied to CPSC-MBM signal recovery is shown to achieve good bit error performance with significant complexity gains compared to the sparse vector detection approach.


The story includes the early years o f foment under Rich-ard T. Ely, when university areas o f study-economics, commerce, civil polity, history, political science-were merging, shifting, and disappearing. Ely himself was accused o f being an anarchist. (His acquittal by the Board o f Regents resulted in their statement on academic freedom, later enshrined in a tablet on campus: "Whatever may be the limitations which trammel inquiry elsewhere, we believe the great state University o f Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.") There were as well heady years, when institutionalism flourished under John R. Commons, o f whom it is said that he contributed in one way or another to virtually all the social and labor legislation that has been enacted in the twentieth century. There were fat years and lean years, years o f advancement in research and years dominated by petty squabbling. All the while a steady stream o f students came under the Wisconsin influence, received their degrees, and moved on to expand and alter the approaches to economics they had learned. Lampman's 362-page volume contains, in addition to the narrative history, excerpts from the writings o f important participants in the story, and tables providing budgets, enrollments, courses, faculty, and degrees conferred. The illustrations o f bewhiskered men and university events enable us to see what has changed and what has not in the course o f one hundred years. Please make your check payable to Department of Economics .


A film cassette sensing and retaining unit for film handling apparatus. The unit is responsive to completed insertion of a cassette into the film handling apparatus to mechanically latch the cassette in position and to electrically condition and actuate the film handling apparatus. Upon termination of operation of the film handling apparatus, the unit is effective to unlatch and eject the cassette and thereby deactuate the film handling apparatus. A disabling mechanism is provided to prevent premature unlatching and ejection of the cassette in a particular circumstance.


An expansive approach to the rabbinic interpretation of wisdom would entail comparing the rabbis' diverse notions of wisdom with pre-rabbinic conceptions, while a more focused approach, and the one pursued here, approaches wisdom from a literary perspective. If we consider Wisdom as a literary genre or mode, Mishnah Avot emerges as a late member of the Wisdom literary trajectory, sharing salient features with earlier Wisdom Literature. In light of Avot's presence on a literary continuum with ancient Hebrew Wisdom, I hope to show how Ben Sira's Praise of the Fathers paved the way for various features and innovations of Avot which, in turn, enriched the rabbinic interpretation of wisdom.


Excerpt Patients with regional enteritis and resection of the terminal ileum have an increased incidence of urolithiasis; some of these patients also have elevated rates of urinary oxalate excretio...


At present, we live in a fast-paced world, there is more communication thanks to technology, but emotional intelligence towards other human beings could be damaging, in addition, in the professional teaching practice it cannot be forgotten that students are the pillar of each institution, not only learn theories and practices but also behaviors and values, this is where the intention of this article lies, through the literary search of the subject to have a broad vision of emotional intelligence and climate in the classroom; After reading it, it can be said that to the extent that the teacher analyzes, understands and puts into practice Emotional Intelligence in the classroom, students could present better academic performance and professional performance once they graduate. To be a teacher is to be an example, all this from the review of authors such as Mayer and Salovey (1997), Fernandez Berrocal (2010) and Aranda (2010).


The development of Kazakhstan housing attitudes began in 1991 after the acceptance of legislations on privatization and property. Later, acts were accepted for a pledge of investment activity, the new Civil code, the decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan validated laws on the mortgage of real estate and the state registration of the rights to real estate and its transactions. These fell under the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan on housing attitudes.


Inspired by an Ellington quote about the influence of his Orchestra's 1963 tour on the composition of the Far East Suite, this article examines the inherently subjective process of translation between musical systems and between musical performances and discursive representations thereof. The two case studies—Anthony Brown's 1999 recording of a re-orchestrated Far East Suite with the Asian American Orchestra; and the "Far East Revisited Project," an ongoing collaboration featuring the Tony Overwater Trio and the Calefax Reed Quintet—illustrate how Ellington's ideas about transcultural interaction relate not just to musical collaboration but also to the socio-cultural contexts in which musical performance is situated. Ellington's quote includes references to the binary of reflection and refraction, implying a lens metaphor through which I suggest these processes of translation can be discussed. Coupled with the instruments and media used in the case studies, this lens metaphor highlights the importance of technology in mediating both musical and discursive performance. Attention to these mediations requires a shift in research tactics, rooted in specific case studies in which the complex interrelationship between musical performances and their mediating discourses, cultures and technologies, is spun out using multiple methodological perspectives receptive to collaboration and re-interpretation. Inasmuch as Ellington's Far East Suite was composed over time and its individual movements varied and altered, this article calls for a wider scholarly acknowledgement and sensitivity to the ways in which music, musicians, and cultures develop over time and how continuing performances can map new (sometimes disjunct) associations onto the histories of individuals and their music. As such, the article closes positing this lens metaphor as a technology for jazz scholarship, which promotes and acknowledges the subjectivity of the researcher, the importance of context, and an emergent, improvisational stance that embraces the creative aspects of performing jazz studies research.


Thin films of polytetrafluoroethylene have been deposited on amorphous substrates by the pulsed-laser deposition technique. By transmission electron microscopy, the polymer films were shown to consist of both amorphous and crystalline components. The data for the crystalline component are consistent with it being highly ordered with the long helical molecular chains aligned parallel to the film substrate interface plane. The fraction of crystalline material in the films was found to be related to the substrate temperature during deposition with the maximum amount of crystalline material occurring when the substrate temperature was close to the melting temperature of the polymer.


Passing by on the other side originally attributes to the category of moral adjustment. But in the current situation, the ability of moral adjustment is not equal to its ambition, which should be regulated by the laws. This paper puts forward the reasons of establishing the crimes of passing by on the other side, and demonstrates the sig- nificance of the crimes of passing by on the other side in the criminal law. Combined with the overseas lawmaking cases, it brings forward the opinions about establishing the crimes of passing by on the other side.


KnowRISK (Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements) is a European project that focuses on prevention measures to reduce Non Structural Component (NSC) damage caused by earthquakes. In this paper, we describe the KnowRISK communication strategy intended for school children, citizens, and professionals. Our strategy relies on: i) the identification of barriers discouraging proper and effective actions towards prevention, and ii) the selection of tools that best suit the target audience, and the assessment of their efficacy. The latter issue is not a trivial task, and it is rarely taken into account within risk communication actions. Assessment of communication efficacy is indeed a novelty, for which the KnowRISK project engaged scientists having a wide range of expertise, namely social science, psychology, seismology and engineering.


The technical improvement potentials of an I&C retrofit are as undisputed as the quantifiability of such measures' economic potential has again and again given reason for debate. However, if you want to continue using the economic resources of the power plant components in an appropriately adjusted way and on a sustained basis, all I&C equipment will have to be replaced one day. The liberalised market with its requirements concerning flexibility of single units stimulated the recent debate.


Anti microbe technology has been widely used in textile industry.This paper mainly introduces anti microbe fibers and the processing methods of anti microbe fibers. It also introduces the latest anti microbe fibers in the world.


The Slendang Pemalang dance was created by Koestoro in 1985. It is a form of social dance which may be performed asa solo, a duet, or by a group, and uses a scarf or slendang that is tied and used in various ways. The Slendang Pemalangdance was declared a form of regional identity in a decree by the Regent of this area on 17 September 2012. The localPemalang government subsequently adopted this dance as a form to promote its regional identity. This decision is proof thata system has the power to undertake, control, arrange, and preserve the potential expression of its regional art which isintegrated in a symbolic process. This system connects the artist, the Regent, the local government, the tourist board, and thePemalang community in a system of values of its regional identity. The performance of dance at certain ceremonies is used asa tool to display authority. The style of a dance performance as a protocolary substance and ceremony involving the Regentis a form of imaging that is used as a means of increasing the level of authority.Keywords: social dance, Pemalang identity