The article presents the pilgrimage and peculiarities of the pastoral ministry of archpriest Sergiy Mechyov, praised in 2000 in the host of new martyrs and Russian confessors. The article provides the characteristic of his ministry in Moscow Saint Nicholas church in Klyonniki from 1919 to 1929, when by his efforts there was established the repentant social unit of Maroseyka, the one he had taken over from his predecessor, elderly monk Alexiy Mechyov. By the example of the priest's life and nurtured laity one can trace the emergence of new forms of public ministry of certain ROC (the Russian Orthodox Church) parish during the period of the Church persecution after the October revolution of 1917.They were: professional retraining of people, aid for exiled or imprisoned priests and the laity as well. There is shown the uniqueness of the fact that after returning of Saint Nicholas church building in Klyonniki in 1990, children and grandchildren of the spiritual sons of martyr Sergiy came for its restoration. That was the way the succession was saved and the link of times was not interrupted.


This paper describes the structure, ultrastructure and function of phagocyttes in epididimary ducts of Dina lineata, a freshwater leech, proterandric and hermafrodite with traumatic hipoderma1 fertilization. The specimens have been fixed with formaldehide and included in glycol metacrilate for observation by optical microscopy; and fixed with Karnowsky solution, postfixed with osmium teraoxide and included in Spurr for observation by electron microscopy. Epididimary phagocytes are mononucleated cells actively immersed in macrophagic function. They are found mixed with sperm inside the ducts. In contrast with testicular phagocytes the characteristic bilobated nucleus and the binucleated cells are not observed. The role of the macrophagic cells seems to be the phagocytosis o i gametes in wich no morphological anomalies have been detected.


Chapter 8 relates the negotiations between the Government of Bombay Presidency and the secretary of state for India regarding what to do about the inculpated mamlatdars. Bombay suggested that the issues were very complicated and required time to determine who had paid voluntarily and who was virtually extorted into paying. The secretary of state for India seemed content with this procedure, which would lead to depriving the most corrupt of their magisterial powers, but leaving them in charge of land revenue issues (which was only a slight change from the Bombay Government's promised indemnity). However, the secretary of state eventually caved in to the London pressure and insisted that those who had not paid under conditions of extortion must be fired. At this point, the negotiations between Bombay and the secretary of state expanded to include the Government of India (the viceroy and his legislative council).


The work of art is considered a relic of history. Art also serves as a documentation of history. It contains meaning, which is intrinsic and extrinsic at the same time. The value of art is subjective, depending on the inclination of each connoisseur's taste. The value is the essence, the fundamental principle, which can eventually become the normative basis. This paper discusses the objectivity characteristic of visual art value based on a survey done with 407 participants. The outcomes highly help the audience/public in appreciating any visual arts.
Keywords: objectivity, characteristics, visual art, value
eISSN: 2398-4287© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.3935


The introduction of axonal delays in networks of spiking neurons has enhanced the representational capabilities of neural networks, whilst also providing more biological realism. Approaches in neural coding such as rank order coding and polychronization have exploited the precise timing of action potential observed in real neurons. In a rank order code information is coded in the order of firing of a pool of neurons; on the other hand with polychronization it is the time of arrival of different spikes at the postsynaptic neuron which triggers different post-synaptic responses, with the axonal delays compensating for different timings in the afferents. In this paper we propose a model in which rank order coding is used to represent an arbitrary symbol, and a polychronous layer is used to decode, represent and recall that symbol. To prove that the polychronous layer is able to do this a detector neuron is trained with a supervised learning strategy and associated with a single code. According to this premise the detector neuron only fires on the appearance of the associated code, even in the presence of noise. Tests prove that rank order coding and polychronization can be coupled to code and decode information such as intensity or significance using timing information in spiking neural networks in an effective way.


Abstract In this article, we report the results of a study aimed at evaluating the impact of an inclusionary field-based experience on the attitudes of preservice undergraduate elementary education majors towards children with exceptionalities. We were interested in finding out whether such experiences lead to more positive attitudes towards exceptional children in the regular classroom. The attitudes of three intact groups of elementary preservice teachers (n=55) were measured before and after completion of either a traditional methods course or a field-experience course. The results revealed no statistically significant differences among the three groups of students with respect to their attitudes towards exceptional children in the regular classroom. These findings suggest that changes in the attitudes of preservice teachers towards students with disabilities will require more than simple exposure to these students in the regular classroom. Such findings support prior research suggesting that complete integration and acceptance of students with disabilities will happen only if we see long-term changes in the attitudes of educational professionals (Antonak & Larrivee, 1995). "I feel comfortable teaching math and reading, but I'm not sure if I can handle the kids, especially, the, uh, you know special ed kids. (Anonymous college student)


metal isotope compositions in various geologic materials have shown that redox reactions cause significant and measurable isotope fractionation. The foundation and recognition of this new technology to exploration geology has led to important advances. This discussion focuses on specific case studies centered on isotope measurements of drill core, surface and groundwater, soils, and plants to trace reactions involving the oxidation of sulfide minerals of economic interest. In general, oxidation reactions at both high temperature (>200°C) and low temperature (<50°C) associated with fluid-rock interactions result in the oxidized metal species in the products of the reaction acquiring the heavier isotope. The stronger bonding environment causes the isotopic shift and allows for tracing sources and pathways of fluid migration in ancient and current aqueous ore forming environments. Ryan MATHUR, 2014. Cu and Mo Isotope Compositions in Waters, Rocks, Minerals, Plants and Soils as Ore Deposit Exploration Tools. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 88(supp. 2): 1573.


We provide a partial solution to the problem of constructing mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) and symmetric informationally complete POVMs (SIC-POVMs) in non-prime-power dimensions.
An algebraic description of a SIC-POVM in dimension six is given. Furthermore it is shown that several sets of three mutually unbiased bases in dimension six are maximal, i.e., cannot be extended.


. Logical reasoning is a fundamental aspect of human behaviour, and this is an important criteria to build human-like reasoning in intelligent autonomous multi-agent systems. So far, the field of knowledge representation and reasoning has employed logic-based symbolic techniques to mimic the challenging task of incorporating human-like reasoning in multi-agent systems. However, the field of machine learning has shown increasing interest to take on this challenge. In this research, we describe a methodology which is based on Inductive Logic Programming and Answer Set Programming that enables autonomous agents to generate explanations and logic-based reasoning in a form of hypothesis from a rich knowledge base (ontologies). Whilst this preliminary work addresses key limitations such as scalability and adaptability, we strongly emphasise the need for logic-based reasoning in multi-agent systems for interpretability and transparency in their behaviour.


ABSTRACTEmpirical evidences demonstrate that food quality and reference prices have great impacts on consumers' purchasing decisions. In practice, the physical quantitative and qualitative deterior...


The impact of television in rural areas lies in its process.Observing its impact on the Folk Song of the Zhuang Ethnic in Napo County in the developing situation,the author,summarizing from the most vivid material,describes viewer's families,languages and culture in their rural areas,then further suggests that the relations between viewers and their families,their languages and their culture should all be considered in the ICH safeguarding.


Significance Each retinal rod and cone photoreceptor cell subtype expresses a distinct set of genes including the genes encoding phototransduction components such as opsins and transducins. This subtype-specific gene expression is essential for achieving proper function in each photoreceptor cell. While the various cone and rod photoreceptor cell gene expressions are regulated by multiple transcription factors, whether epigenetic regulation plays an important role for photoreceptor cell-specific gene expression has been unclear. In the current study, we found that a photoreceptor-specific protein, Samd7, functions as a component of the epigenetic gene-silencing complex and is essential for establishing rod photoreceptor cell identity and function by silencing nonrod gene expression in developing rod photoreceptor cells. Precise transcriptional regulation controlled by a transcription factor network is known to be crucial for establishing correct neuronal cell identities and functions in the CNS. In the retina, the expression of various cone and rod photoreceptor cell genes is regulated by multiple transcription factors; however, the role of epigenetic regulation in photoreceptor cell gene expression has been poorly understood. Here, we found that Samd7, a rod-enriched sterile alpha domain (SAM) domain protein, is essential for silencing nonrod gene expression through H3K27me3 regulation in rod photoreceptor cells. Samd7-null mutant mice showed ectopic expression of nonrod genes including S-opsin in rod photoreceptor cells and rod photoreceptor cell dysfunction. Samd7 physically interacts with Polyhomeotic homologs (Phc proteins), components of the Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1), and colocalizes with Phc2 and Ring1B in Polycomb bodies. ChIP assays showed a significant decrease of H3K27me3 in the genes up-regulated in the Samd7-deficient retina, showing that Samd7 deficiency causes the derepression of nonrod gene expression in rod photoreceptor cells. The current study suggests that Samd7 is a cell type-specific PRC1 component epigenetically defining rod photoreceptor cell identity.


As mechanical testing proceeds toward ever-decreasing length scales, the ultimate limit is the atomic scale. Here, we investigate the atomic-scale interactions that occur at the diamond–nickel interface during the earliest stages of a Ni nanoindentation measurement. Using molecular dynamics with a custom-designed empirical potential, we found that, irrespectively of the Ni orientation, the same Ni–C interfacial structure always formed between the substrate and the diamond indenter. As the indenter digs deeper into the specimen, the location of the Ni–C interface changes, but its structure never does. In addition, the local formation of this structure produces longer-range disorder that may affect the local stresses and activation barriers to dislocation nucleation. As this process requires relatively large atomic displacements of the Ni atoms for some Ni orientations, we used density functional theory calculations to validate and understand the process.


This paper proposes a method for constituting the formation of a multi-robot system according to dynamically changing environments. First, we apply a method of multi-objective behavior coordination for integrating behavior outputs from the fuzzy control for collision avoidance and target tracing. Second, we apply a spring model to calculate the temporary target position of each robot for the formation behavior. Third, we discuss multi-robot behaviors based on the concept of coupling. The tight coupling is realized by the spring model while the loose coupling is realized by the individual decision making based on connection and disconnection with other robots. Furthermore, the proposed method is applied to the exploration in unknown environments. Finally, we discuss the effectiveness of the proposed method through several simulation results.


What role does foreign aid play in the introduction of violence conflict into political life? Specifically, does foreign aid encourage and promote coups d'etat? Two answers have emerged from the relevant literature. In the first, foreign aid, like other sources of rent and non-tax revenue, stabilizes regimes. In the second, foreign aid actually encourages violence as political actors battle for control over the rent that it represents. Indeed, the first argument misses the fact that while regime type may seem to be stable, individual leaders and their winning coalitions may be violently turned out of office with regularity. Given the fact that foreign aid has been advanced as a way to improve the lives of those living in the developing world, attention should be given to its pernicious consequences. To gain leverage over this question, I execute a quantitative test, using OECD aid data as my independent variable, and coups from the Polity IV list of such events.


AbstractThe Triassic Yanchang Formation lacustrine shale is a source of conventional oil accumulation in the Ordos Basin, China. The Yanchang Formation, a hybrid system of organic-rich shale, interbedded silty shale, and siltstone, is believed to be a potential unconventional oil and gas play. Our crossdisciplinary investigation of the storage space included the outcrop description, core observation, thin sections, and scanning electron microscope pore imaging. We evaluated the results from these techniques to reveal that the storage space within the Yanchang Formation shales included primary intergranular pores, secondary generated pores, tectonic fractures, and bedding-parallel fractures. We conducted adsorption experiments, combined with burial and thermal history, in which the primary migration process can be divided into three stages. In the Early Jurassic, organic matter did not reach the oil generation threshold. From the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, organic matter entered the oil generat...


* The reporting of most sentinel events to The Joint Commission is voluntary and represents only a small proportion of actual events. Therefore, these data are not an epidemiologic data set and no conclusions should be drawn about the actual relative frequency of events or trends in events over time. Published for Joint Commission accredited organizations and interested health care professionals, Sentinel Event Alert identifies specific types of sentinel and adverse events and high risk conditions, describes their common underlying causes, and recommends steps to reduce risk and prevent future occurrences.


The purpose of this report is to examine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions for the management of acute or chronic neck and/or back pain.


This essay explores what rural women called "independence" when they were growing up in New York State during the early twentieth century. They wanted to get an education and a job, but most saw nothing wrong with the prospect of farming except for the poverty it often entailed. They were most concerned about what, in retrospect, they called "male domination" and "female subordination," which, at the time, was epitomized by the saying: "The man is the boss; the father is the head of the house." In their eyes, working for wages before they married, contributing their savings to the down payment for the land they bought with their husband and, later on, sharing the farm work and earning money to support the family all put them in a better position in their marriage, helping to ensure that their opinions were listened to and that they provided for their children's future.


Noise source localization is of great interest and has been studied for many years. The information is used to detect and track objects in the ocean environment and to locate and identify position of radiating noise sources on objects for noise diagnostic efforts. In many cases the sonar system utilizes a line array having equally spaced sensors. Wave‐number–frequency (k‐ω) plots are used to analyze the data recorded by line arrays to detect the present of noise generators, either acoustically radiating targets located in the ocean environment or nonacoustical energy generated by the array itself. In this paper a hybrid technique (ED‐FFT) is presented that uses an eigen decomposition (ED) technique in the spacial dimension and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) in the time domain. This combination generates k‐ω plots having better spatial resolution than is currently possible using the conventional technique (FFT‐FFT) has the added advantage of being able to separate the various noise generators and to elimin...


Nanostructured phosphors LaPO4:Eu /Tb were prepared via a combined approach using microwave heating and a bifunctional solvent (ethylene glycol) acting as both microwave absorber and capping agent. The synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. All samples crystallized in a monoclinic monazite-type structure. Electron microscopy analysis revealed a hierarchical organization of self-assembled seed crystals of lanthanum phosphate into nanoparticles that, in turn, gave rise to sponge-like aggregates. The co-doped samples exhibited self-activated blue luminescence from the host matrix, as well as red and green emissions due to the presence of Eu and Tb ions, respectively. Furthermore, the spectroscopic analysis indicated energy transfer from terbium to


Abstract This research studied the changes in leaf reflectance spectra (350–2500 nm) due to metal phytoextraction into barley plants grown in metal-spiked soils (3 levels of Cd, Pb, As and their metal-mixture treatments). Growth of barley was adversely affected due to 100 mg As kg-1 and metal-mixture (10 Cd+150 Pb+100 As; mg kg-1) treatments. Metal phytoextraction were in order of: root>straw≥leaves >grains. Results of reflectance spectra of leaves show the influence of As-treatment only, causing spectral changes in visible and infrared domains mostly, as apparent from the significant correlation between leaf-As and leaf-spectra. Chlorophyll and water stress indices and band depths analyses showed significant correlations to leaf-As, and can be used to distinguish metal-stressed plants. Finally, regression models demonstrate the potential use of hyperspectral reflectance data to monitor plant health during phytoremediation process and to estimate leaf-As in barley, particularly in this study.


"IoT, Big (Input) Data, and Learning Complexity". Pr Selwyn Piramuthu professor of Information Systems at the University of Florida (Gainesville).


Vegetable remains are a rarity in Palueolithic contexts. These new determinations on material from southern Egypt establish securely the date of an intensive grass-tuber and fish economy in the Nile Valley towards 20,000 years ago.


The clinical efficacy of non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is undisputed, as is their propensity to induce gastrointestinal mucosal lesions. Although several new substances and formulations have been developed during the past decades in the search for drugs with a more favourable side effect profile, the difference between the individual drugs remains small and is overshadowed by the interindividual variation in sensitivity.


Abstract Introduction Multiple chronic ulcers of small intestine are mainly ascribed to Crohn's disease. Among possible differential diagnoses are chronic ulcers of small bowel caused by abnormal activation of the prostaglandin pathway either in the archetypal but uncommon non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug [NSAID]-induced enteropathy, or in rare monogenic disorders due to PLA2G4A and SLCO2A1 mutations. SLCO2A1 variants are responsible for CEAS [chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1], a syndrome which was exclusively reported in patients of Asian origin. Herein, we report the case of two French female siblings, P1 and P2, with CEAS. Case report P1 underwent iterative bowel resections [removing 1 m of small bowel in total] for recurrent strictures and perforations. Her sister P2 had a tight duodenal stricture which required partial duodenectomy. Next-generation sequencing was performed on P1's DNA and identified two compound heterozygous variants in exon 12 in SLCO2A1, which were also present in P2. Conclusion CEAS can be detected within the European population and raises the question of its incidence and recognition outside Asia. Presence of intractable recurrent ulcerations of the small intestine, mimicking Crohn's disease with concentric strictures, should motivate a genetic search for SLCO2A1 mutations, particularly in the context of family history or consanguinity.


Unexpectedly to the market is an Igloo on the Stray In Harrogate. The igloo is described as a beautifully presented and smartly appointed ground floor ...


The present invention, macromonomer compounds with antioxidant properties, antioxidant polymer comprising antioxidant macromonomer as a repeating unit, and to a method of inhibiting oxidation in substance comprises allowing the material is contacted with the antioxidant polymers. In one embodiment, substantially all of the repeating macromonomer units antioxidant polymer comprises an antioxidant moiety. In another embodiment, all of the repeating macromonomer units antioxidant polymer comprises an antioxidant moiety. The method of the present invention, substantially all of the repeating units containing antioxidant moiety, resulting antioxidant polymer. Such antioxidant polymers have a large bulk antioxidant properties than antioxidant polymer was known heretofore.


University of Wisconsin Robert Boyce, The Architecture of Kick and Keck, 1984. Vivien Green, Sculpture as History: Themes of Liberty and Unity in American Sculpture, 1825-1865, 1983. Arlette Klaric, Nature Transformed: Concepts of the Decorative and Bergsonian Visions of Nature in the Early Abstractions of Arthur G. Dove, 1983. Kathleen Orzech, The Art and Career of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Painter Marvin Cone: From Regionalism to Abstraction, 1984.


In this paper data-aided (DA) frequency domain (FD) channel estimation in a 2×2 multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) system is investigated. Using orthogonal training sequences, fast and robust CD and DGD estimation is demonstrated for a 112 Gbit/s PDM-QPSK system over a wide range of combined linear channel impairments.


What are the main changes in the updated Development Matters guidance, and what is the reasoning behind these revisions? Dr Julian Grenier explains


In recent years, computation is shifting from conventional high performance servers to Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices, most of which require the processing of cognitive tasks. Hence, a great effort is put in the realization of neural network (NN) edge devices and their efficiency in inferring a pretrained Neural Network. In this paper, we evaluate the retention issues of emerging resistive memories used as non-volatile weight storage for embedded NN. We exploit the asymmetric retention behavior of Spintronic based Magnetic Tunneling Junctions (MTJs), which is also present in other resistive memories like Phase-Change memory (PCM) and ReRAM, to optimize the retention of the NN accuracy over time. We propose mixed retention cell arrays and an adapted training scheme to achieve a trade-off between array size and the reliable long-term accuracy of NNs. The results of our proposed method save up to 24% of inference accuracy of an MNIST trained Multi-Layer-Perceptron on MTJ-based crossbars.


Undergraduate students in criminology programs often contend that learning research methods is difficult in part because they struggle to see the relevance of the concepts addressed in such classes. The current study, utilizing original data collected from approximately 200 undergraduate students enrolled in a research methods course, focuses on a topic that is highly relevant for students−whether attending class mediates the effect of low self-control on student performance. The results show that while low self-control and class attendance each have direct effects on student performance, attendance does not mediate the effect of low self-control. In addition, the effect of low self-control on student performance varies according to the dimension of low self-control modeled, and the effect of class attendance on student performance is nonlinear. Closing discussion, in addition to describing implications and limitations of the study, highlights how the study encompasses several key research methods–related concepts.


The invention relates to a preparation method and an application method of a tomato special fertilizer, wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing an I-type fertilizer by taking the following ingredients in parts by weight: 20-30 parts of urea, 20-30 parts ammonium phosphate, 15-20 parts of potassium sulphate, 1-3 parts of humic acid, 1-3 parts of rubbish and excrement, 1-5 parts of synergist, 0.1-1 part of ferrous sulphate, 0.1-0.8 part of zinc sulfate, 0.1-0.6 part of manganese sulphate, 0.1-0.6 part of borax, 0.1-0.4 part of copper sulfate, 2-7 parts of plaster and 3-13 parts of bentonite; preparing an II-type fertilizer by taking the following ingredients in parts by weight: 20-30 parts of urea, 5-10 parts ammonium phosphate, 35-45 parts of potassium sulphate, 1-3 parts of humic acid, 1-5 parts of rubbish and excrement, 2-5 parts of synergist, 0.1-1 part of ferrous sulphate, 0.1-0.8 part of zinc sulfate, 0.1-0.6 part of manganese sulphate, 0.1-0.6 part of borax, 0.1-0.4 part of copper sulfate, 2-7 parts of plaster and 3-13 parts of bentonite; evenly blending, spraying, pelleting, adding 1-6 parts of diluted polyaspartic acid, drying at lower temperature and detecting to be qualified to obtain the special fertilizer. The application method of the special fertilizer comprises the following steps: applying an organic fertilizer and the II-type fertilizer before spring sowing; applying the II-type fertilizer at the flowering and fruiting periods, and applying the II-type fertilizer in the young fruit development period; and the .production yield can be increased by 16-18 percent.


The effetiveness of retrofit formaldehyde (CH/sub 2/O) mitigation measures for energy efficient homes is being investigated in unoccupied research houses constructed according to East Tennessee building codes. Formaldehyde emissions from carpet-covered, particleboard underlayment throughout these houses have frequently caused indoor CH/sub 2/O concentrations to exceed 0.1 ppM comfort guidelines, particularly during warm and humid seasons. The effectiveness of carpet and cushion, vinyl linoleum, and polyethylene vapor barriers over the underlayment have been compared with increased ventilation for reduction of indoor CH/sub 2/O concentrations under controlled 23/sup 0/C and 50% relative humidity (RH) conditions. Approximate 2 to 2.5 fold reductions in CH/sub 2/O concentrations were achieved with the linoleum and polyethylene barriers. Simple steady-state models predict that sevenfold increases in air exchange rate would be required for comparable improvements in air exchange rate would be required for comparable improvements in CH/sub 2/O levels. In contrast, common nylon carpet and urethane foam cushion flooring materials were ineffective in reducing CH/sub 2/O levels.


Categorization and cross-classification are fundamental conceptual skills and help children to form a basis for structuring and organizing their world. Past studies assert that age and education effect children's categorization skills. This research was conducted in order to examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) effects children's categorization and cross-classification skills or not. The sample of the study consisted of 150 six-year-old children coming from low and middle income families. Children were presented categorization and cross-classification triads that contain food items. Each triad consists of a target, a choice categorically related to the target and a choice categorically unrelated to that target. Children's task in each triad was to find the item in the same category as the target. In addition, after each categorization triad, children were asked to elaborate on their choices. At the end of the research, it was revealed that children from middle income families performed better in categorization and crossclassification tasks. Besides, It was determined that while making categorization, middle income children mostly based on categorical relations whereas low income children based on non-categorical relations.


When a dynamical system with multiple equilibrium points is perturbed by continous wide-band noise, it is known that transitions between different equilibrium points occur with probability one. An important problem associated with the analysis of these systems is the statistical characterization of the jump process which represents the transitions between different domains of attraction. A physical example of a dynamical system with multiple equilibrium point are common is an interconnected power system, where the swing equations [1] represent a system with many possible equilibrium angles, defined by a power balance between electrical supply and demand. When the demand fluctuations and unmodeled effects are represented as additive random noise, the resulting system undergoes transitions between the equilibrium points.


Cu activated Li2BPO5 phosphor is synthesized by one step wet chemical technique and exposed to gamma-rays of Co source for their thermoluminescence (TL) properties. The XRD technique shows the crystalline nature of the prepared material. Photoluminescence (PL) emission spectra of Li2BPO5:Cu phosphor show the strong prominent peak at 368 nm in the violet region of the visible spectrum assigned to the transition of 3d4s 3d of Cu ion. Thermoluminescence characterization of prepared Li2BPO5:Cu is low Z (Zeff = 10.29) phosphor shows the prominent TL glow peak at 143°C at higher temperature and intensity is 2.6 times less than that of standard TLD CaSO4:Dy (Zeff = 15.3) phosphor, but almost 7.8 times more than that of well known LiF: Mg, Ti low Z phosphor. It may be one of the candidates for thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) of ionization radiations.


The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stator (1) for an electric machine, wherein a plurality of Statoreinzelzahnen (2.1 to 2.n) and / or a plurality of Statoreinzelzahngruppen to a stator ring (2) is assembled and the stator (2) at least partially surrounding within the stator (2) on the outer lateral surface stator (3) is arranged. on the outer lateral surface forming surfaces (F1 to Fn) of a plurality of Statoreinzelzahnen (2.1 to 2.n) and / or a plurality of Statoreinzelzahngruppen a latent reactive adhesive according to the invention prior to placement of the stator (2) in the stator (3) ( K1) is applied and after the arrangement of the stator (2) (the stator 3) the latent reactive adhesive (K1) is activated such that an adhesive bond is created between the outer surface and the stator (2). Furthermore, the invention relates to a stator (1) for an electrical machine manufactured in such a method.


In this work it is researched H. Bergstrom work about asymptotic behavior of convolutions of probability distributions. We give the theorem about the members of expansion in decreasing order and the remainder term estimation. There we propose apply Levy–Scheffer polynomials and to construct pseudomoments for more profound H. Bergstrom's asymptotic expansion investigations.


In order to limit the effects of man-made climate change, the assessment of the ecological impact of different powertrain concepts is of increasing relevance and intensely studied. In this contribution we present a data-driven optimization environment that enables to identify the ecological potential of different concepts for different scenarios. The parametrization of each powertrain concept is dedicatedly optimized to minimize the ecological impact, which allows for an unbiased and reliable comparison on an uniform evaluation basis. To exploit the potential of each single powertrain parametrization, the operating strategy of the powertrain is adapted. Naturalistic driving profiles, including the speed, acceleration and road-slope information are depicted by multidimensional and representative driving cycles, allowing for an efficient search of the real-driving-optimal powertrain parametrizations within the optimization. In this study, we investigate long-range capable vehicles for a scenario in the reference year 2030 in Germany. Conventional vehicles, battery electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are examined. Finally, the results are compared to an evaluation of the CO2 emissions according to the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP).


Ham as an agreement made by humans, has legal force that is recognized by the whole world. On the other hand, Islam as a religion also has a source of law that regulates human life and of course the laws regulated in Islam are in the name of God and justice. Human rights debates often occur when Islamic law wants to be applied, for example, cutting hands, capital punishment and so on. Though the punishment is in the name of God and justice. This is the object of a research study on how Islam views human rights, this study has also been carried out by several researchers such as Sitti Aminah's writing with the title "Human Rights in the Perspective of the Qur'an", besides that there is an article from Nur Asiah who wrote an article with the title Rights Human Rights Perspective of Islamic Law. Although these two articles write about human rights, there is a difference with this research, which lies in the methodology and discussion. The methodology used is the comparative method, which means that comparisons between several cases of Islamic law and ordinary legal cases such as imprisonment and hand cutting are compared. The conclusion from the results of this study or this paper is that human rights and Islamic law both want to create justice, only that the difference between the source of the decision is if human rights are in the name of human justice while Islamic law is in the name of God and justice.


The paper examines the prevailing use of extranet technology for design build projects to obtain real time input from all team participants and save time and money. Extranet is a web based technology that touts collaboration and project management tools to enhance team efficiency, ensure accountability, documentation/records management, and improves communication. The paper discusses the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's use of extranet on the Largo Blue Line Extension project.


The insulation monitoring of ship power system is an important measure to remove faults and hidden troubles. Its condition concerns the security of power system and operation safety of ships. Conventional ship power system insulation monitoring is hard to accurately monitor the insulation resistance decreasing or precisely locate the grounding branch. It takes much time and energy to rule out the insulation failure. This paper introduces the intelligent on-line insulation monitoring device. Based on zero-sequence current detecting method, dual-frequency injection method and SCM control, it can accurately and efficiently monitor the ship power grid and guarantee the operation safety of ships.


The author contends that in addition to the physical aspects of reduced crews--such as the lack of personnel to deal with crew fatigue or illness-- there is also a cumulative, debilitating effect upon the will. In the back of the mind lies the thought that since there are no men, nothing can be done about any problems that present themselves.


Using a combination of first-principles calculations and experimental studies to study the effect of La on the corrosion resistance of Powder sherardizing layer in metal structures. Compared to other sherardizing rare earth elements (Re), La has better adsorption with the iron matrix and has the lowest binding energy on the adsorption surface (111) of the Fe matrix. Therefore, the rare earth element La is added to the powder sherardizing process for the rare earth chemical heat treatment to reduce the defects of the powder sherardizing faults formed, improve the surface uniformity and the quality of the permeation layer. On the basis of calculation, La element was added in the process of powder sherardizing, and the corrosion performance of the formed powder galvanizing layer was studied. After alternating salt spray experiments, the degree of corrosion of the layer is relatively small and the corrosion products are predominantly layered and spherical. Electrochemical tests of the layer show that the corrosion resistance of the layer after the rare earth chemical heat treatment has improved.


This thesis deals with the study of topological quantum computation and the possible realization of non-Abelian anyons in cold atomic gases. Two main topics are investigated: the rst subject is the quantum hashing technique to approximate unitary operators by braiding non-Abelian anyons, the second one is the analysis of systems of multicomponent ultracold atoms in the presence of an e ective nonAbelian gauge potential giving rise to a quantum Hall regime. The common frame of these topics is the emergent study of topological phases of matters, driven by the necessity to overcome the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm to describe strongly correlated quantum systems such as the quantum Hall ones. To achieve this goal it is crucial to involve seemingly distant branches of knowledge such as conformal eld theories, topological eld theories, integrable models, knot theory, tensor category theory but also quantum information and computation, in order to deepen our understanding of the new and exciting experimental and numerical results given by the analysis of di erent systems sharing these topological properties. Due to the deep interdisciplinary character of this wide research eld it seems natural to face it from di erent points of view. This choice is re ected in the structure of this thesis where I present rst a more abstract study of the theory of non-Abelian anyons and its application to topological quantum computation, and then I analyze more concrete examples of ultracold atomic systems that are suitable to show non-Abelian anyons as local excitations. The rst main topic of this thesis is the quantum hashing algorithm to solve the problem of the quantum compiling: the quantum hashing is a technique to obtain a fast approximation of a target quantum gate in the unitary group SU(2) represented as a product of the elements of a universal basis. The hashing exploits the structure of the icosahedral group in order to reduce the algorithm to a search over a nite number of elements and one of its main advantages is the possibility of iteration to obtain accurate representations of the targets. To describe this algorithm we mainly refer to the case of Fibonacci anyons, however the technique is much more general and can be extended not only to di erent anyonic theories but also to arbitrary quantum computation setups. Given the importance of the physical realization, detection and manipulation of non-Abelian anyons, the second part of this thesis is devoted to a possible realization of non-Abelian quantum Hall states. The systems I analyze are constituted by ultracold atomic gases subjected to arti cial external non-Abelian gauge elds which mimic a spin-orbit coupling. I show that such potentials, acting on atoms


Introducation: Quality of relationships between professionals and clients in the form of Working Alliance is relevant for psychotherapeutic success Del Re et al., 2012. We tested whether Working Alliance also predicts outcome when professionals provide a short-term early intervention program for parents with a child with a visual or visual-and-intellectual disability. Methods: For parents of young children age: 9 months to 5 years with a visual or visual-and-intellectual disability the Intervention: 'Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting in parents of children with Visual or visual-and-intellectual disabilities' VIPP-V; Van den Broek et al., 2016 was developed. The intervention aimed at increasing parental sensitivity and parent-child interaction quality. From the development of the VIPP-V program on, experts by experience parents and stakeholder groups were involved to promote implementation. A survey assessed parents' support needs. Participants: Each parent-child dyad N=40 participated in seven 1,5Hr-VIPP-V sessions. Design: Pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. Instruments: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Scales NICHD-scales; Egeland & Heister, 1993 were used for coding parental sensitivity and quality of parent-child interaction. The Dutch translation of the short version of the Working Alliance Inventory WAI; Horvath & Greenberg, 1989 was used to assess working alliance. Results: For working alliance a quadratic interaction with parental sensitivity F1,34 = 4.14, p = .050, η2 = .011 was present, as well as for parent-child interaction F1,34 = 6.14, p = .018, η2 = .15. The median split for the level of working alliance indicated that for the parents reporting the highest working alliance at posttest, parental sensitivity and parent-child interaction improved more strongly compared to the parents reporting lower levels of working alliance. No differences were found at follow-up. Discussions: Parents who had a positive working alliance with their VIPP-V worker benefited more. Conclusions: Working Alliance may be related to short-term benefits in parenting intervention. For implementation a multiple strategy approach is used: the intervention is embedded in patient registrations and standard protocols; parents of a young child with a visual impairment are informed about the intervention; and several training and education materials are developed. Lessons learned: These results show that the quality of the working alliance may contribute to intervention effects. Research should elucidate whether working alliance is an indicator or a mediating factor. Limitations: The quality of the working alliance was only examined by a questionnaire and not observed. Future research: A factorial trial design may tease apart the independent and synergetic contributions of working alliance and intervention protocol. Also, the effect of the quality of the working alliance should be studied in other short-term interventions also for caregivers providing care for persons with an Intellectual Disability, in psychiatry or elderly. Furthermore, the outcomes of implementation into practice should be examined.


From the 1950s to the 1980s the East African taxa of Kalanchoe Adanson (1763: 248) (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) received taxonomic attention in a series of papers by Cufodontis (1957, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1969), Raadts (1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989), and Wickens (1982, 1987) that culminated in the treatment of the genus by Wickens (1987: 30–58) for the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA; Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania). Wickens (1987) recognised 25 Kalanchoe species in the FTEA region, with two species, K. ndorensis Schweinfurth (1892: 865 [as name only in Engler (1892: 232)]) and K. stuhlmannii Engler (1895: 188), treated as imperfectly known.


In recent years radiofrequency energy sources have been utilized in patients with atrial fibrillation to ablate atrial tissue and restore normal sinus rhythm. Radiofrequency ablations significantly minimize time in surgery, and hence postoperative complications, but as yet do not duplicate the ablation transmurality achieved by "cut and sew" techniques. Studies of post-operative fibrillation recurrence attribute treatment failures to the lack of obtaining full lesion transmurality at the time of surgery. Unfortunately, no method or standard exists for validating in-vivo ablation transmurality. Using high-resolution optical mapping studies with Langendorff perfused heart preparations, we are able to correlate spatiotemporal electrical activity with ablation line transmurality, thus providing a means for validating ablation transmurality in order to quantify the type and number of ablation lines used in order to tailor ablation therapies to individual patient needs.


The ultimate competition of hotels is the competition of hotels' cultures. It relate to the continuous progress of hotels that how to carry out culture strategy successfully. This paper explorer the necessity of operating the culture strategy of hotels, analyze the characteristic of three superior hotels. Then, this paper make a research on how to realize the mixture and innovation between hotels' culture and domestic culture by making the hotels of Lijiang district of Yunnan province as a example.


This article complements the part [1] presenting the theoretical and formal background. The goal is to illustrate the solution of typical modelling and simulation problems either uncertain or even vague by their very nature as well as crisp, but solvable by a chain of time and effort-consuming operations suffering from problematic convergence. To avoid unnecessary repetition of the key formulas already presented, they are marked [1] when referred to.


The purpose of this study was to introduce rotation-plasty procedure and prosthetic ambulation training. The recent development of chemotherapy and diagnostic facility have permitted the orthopaedic surgeons to try limb saving procedures rather than amputations for the treatment of the malignant bone tumors. If the tumors around the knee joint were treated by mid-thigh amputation or hip disarticulation, it would impose the client with a great handicap for rehabilitation. Rotation-plasty procedure was first done by Borggreve, in 1930 for the congenital short femur. Recently this procedure was used a malignant bone tumor at the distal femur by Kotz and Salzer in 1982. In spite of its cosmetic problem of the distal stump, this procedure has the great functional advantage of converting the above-knee amputation to the below-knee amputation. The inverted foot was also good to control the prosthesis as a below-knee stump and heel functioned as a patella to support the body weight. This 15 years old girl case was had rotation-plasty due to osteosarcoma of the distal femur with 3rd postoperative chemotherapy, and admitted to Yonsei rehabilitation hospital for prosthetic ambulation training. Then, the case had excellent functional results of prosthetic ambulation training with rotaion-plasty after 3 months.


We modify the Dol'nikov-Karasev proof of the Alebraic Dvoretzky theorem in order to obtain an effective bound on the dimension of the spherically-symmetric section. Additionally we prove a weak version of the ε -Dvoretzky conjecture for normed spaces, showing the existence of a subspace of R n of dimension at least c log n/ | log ε | in which the given norm is ε -close to a norm obeying a large discrete group of symmetries (" 1 -unconditional norm").


Quantum transduction between the microwave and optical domains is an outstanding challenge for long-distance quantum networks based on superconducting qubits. For all transducers realized to date, the generally weak light-matter coupling does not allow high transduction efficiency, large bandwidth, and low noise simultaneously. Here we show that a large electric dipole moment of an exciton in an optically active self-assembled quantum dot molecule (QDM) efficiently couples to a microwave resonator field at a single-photon level. This allows for transduction between microwave and optical photons without coherent optical pump fields to enhance the interaction. With an on-chip device, we demonstrate a sizeable single-photon coupling strength of 16 MHz. Thanks to the fast exciton decay rate in the QDM, the transduction bandwidth between an optical and microwave resonator photon reaches several 100s of MHz. Introduction Because of their bright and fast single-photon emission and the high indistinguishability of emitted photons, selfassembled quantum dots (QDs) have been proposed as an ideal single-photon source for long-distance quantum communication. Harnessing the ability to enhance lightmatter interactions in photonic nanostructures, single QDs can serve as both a nearly deterministic single-photon source and an excellent nonlinear element realized by strong coupling to an optical mode. Combined with the recent advances in technologies to tune their resonance frequencies in-situ, single QDs are becoming more prominent for constructing quantum networks in the optical domain. For quantum processing at a local node, on the other hand, superconducting qubits and trapped ions are the leading platforms. Particularly, superconducting qubits are attractive because of their high programmability, scalability, fast operational speed, and high fidelity of singleand multi-qubit gates. Circuit quantum electrodynamics in the microwave domain plays a central role in superconducting quantum information processors. Hybridizing the strengths of both frequency domains – the low attenuation with the enormous bandwidth of optical fibers and the strong computational power of microwave circuits – is a key step towards a distributed quantum information processing network. Many groups have dedicated efforts towards developing various transducers between microwave and optical photons, such as electro-optomechanical systems , electro-optic systems, rare-earth ion ensembles, and magnons. Although there are impressive advances such as the conversion of a transmon to an optical photon and lownoise transduction, satisfying all the necessary conditions, namely high efficiency, large bandwidth, and low noise, simultaneously is still challenging. The underlying issue is generally weak single-photon coupling strengths. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel physical platform consisting of an optically active InAs/GaAs QD molecule (QDM) coupled to a superconducting circuit system. The advantages of using an InAs/GaAs QDM for opticalmicrowave transduction are the following: (i) using a molecular state of the QDs, one can obtain a large electric dipole moment upon single optical photon absorption, which allows for a sizeable coupling strength g0 between a single microwave photon and a single QDM; (ii) the large g0 ensures that additional laser fields are not necessary to effect transduction, which reduces excess noise to a minimum; (iii) the intrinsic bandwidth of the interconnection becomes considerably large (several 100s of MHz) since the exciton recombines on sub-nanosecond timescales; (iv) downconverted single optical photons associated with optical-tomicrowave transduction heralds the success of the transduction events, which are essential to realize direct quantum state transfer between distant superconducting qubits with high fidelity. To prove the concept, we fabricate an on-chip device and demonstrate a sizeable coupling strength of 16 MHz as well as transduction between optical and microwave resonator


In order to strengthen the textbook charge management in college,and improve the textbook charge management level,designs a textbook charge management system.Designs and realizes the related function of the textbook charge management system by C#and SQL Server 2005,for instance,charge data input,statistics,analysis and bill printing and so on.


Hypogonadism is associated with a range of disease states that have significant effects on morbidity and mortality, and also affect quality of life. The ESPRIT study (Energy, Sexual desire and body PropoRtions wIth AndroGel®, Testosterone 1% gel therapy) is a 6-month, multinational, open label, observational study in hypogonadal men being treated with transdermal AndroGel® in usual daily clinical practice; 1,700–2,400 patients will be enrolled in Canada, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. The main objective will be to evaluate the effect of AndroGel® on symptoms of hypogonadism and quality of life as assessed by the Aging Males' Symptoms scale. Further objectives include evaluating the effect and time to onset of improvement in erectile dysfunction and libido/sexual desire (International Index of Erectile Function), fatigue (Multi-dimensional Fatigue Index) and body composition (waist circumference, body mass index). Subgroup analyses will be performed: <50 years versus ≥ 50 years; absence versus presence of metabolic syndrome. The safety of AndroGel® will also be assessed. The study population will consist of newly diagnosed hypogonadal men (age ≥ 18 years), in whom testosterone deficiency has been confirmed by clinical features and biochemical tests according to international guidelines, who are currently being prescribed AndroGel® (testosterone 1% gel, starting dose 50 mg testosterone per day).


Depicting the basic characteristics on modern bathymetric surveying,qualitatively and quantificationally analyzing the errors caused by the bathymetric surveying environment effect,which includes vessel speed,wave,eccentricity of positional antenna center and sounding delay,this paper establishes the mathematic model of error correction for bathymetric surveying.The results of computer simulation indicate that the wave is the main factor causing the errors in bathymetric surveying.Aiming at characteristics of effects with bathymetric surveying environments,some schemes and advices are recommended for increasing accuracy of soundings in a bathymetric survey.


IBIS (I/O buffer information specification) model is widely used in signal integrity analysis of on-board high-speed digital systems. But many other circuit level simulations require conversion of given IBIS model to equivalent SPICE behavioral model. In this paper, curve-fitting non-linear model algorithm is proposed to extract more accurate switching time coefficients from pullup and pulldown transistors at IBIS model which has only one-pair voltage-time table. This algorithm is originated CMOS inverter switching operating characteristics. The equivalent SPICE behavioral model can be built with these extracted switching time coefficients and the proposed algorithm is verified through SPICE simulation.


An experimental investigation of broadband microstrip antennas on a PTFE substrate with permittivity epsilon /sub r/=2.1 and thickness h=1.6 mm is presented. A 17% bandwidth improvement is achieved by modifying the feed on the substrate with coaxial-fed disk antennas. Experiments carried out on circularly shaped modified patches showed a further bandwidth improvement of 80% over conventional microstrip patches. This method of bandwidth improvement is based on the fact that the impedance match is the limiting factor to the bandwidth for this class of antennas.<<ETX>>


The article investigates the role and importance of local taxes in the revenues of local budgets, investigates the problematic aspects and contradictions of local taxation, it is determined that local taxes and fees should exist in such an amount that they fully provide local authorities with the funds necessary for their own needs. The dynamics of receipts of local taxes and fees is considered, it is investigated that the increase in the share of local taxes and fees in the structure of local budget revenues was due to a single tax. It is analyzed that in the world practice of developed countries the share of local taxes and fees in local budgets varies from country to country (from 30%), however, compared to Ukraine, the share in these countries is quite high. In addition, each country is characterized by a different number of local taxes and fees and the ability of local authorities to impose additional local taxes and fees. Prospects for the development of local taxes and fees in Ukraine and promising directions for increasing their fiscal significance have been substantiated. It is argued that the existing system of local taxes and fees in Ukraine, as well as the country's tax system as a whole, needs to be improved, since it should, on the one hand, provide a sufficient amount of its own revenues for local budgets, and on the other hand, be an instrument of local social economic policy aimed at fulfilling the tasks of balancing the economy and developing regions.


Yield response of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to defoliation varies with leaf size. Our objective was to determine how specific aspects of plant morphology and physiology are responsible for differences in growth of diverse white clover cultivars in response to defoliation interval. Individual plants of «Aberystwyth S184» (small-leaf), «Grasslands Huia» (medium-small-leaf), and «Osceola» (large-leaf) were clipped to remove all fully expanded leaves and petioles 55 d after sowing in the greenhouse and then clipped every 7, 14, or 28 d for the next 28 d. Plant fraction dry matter (DM) accumulation and morphological and physiological characteristics were measured 1, 3, 7, 14, and 28 d after the final clipping. Stolon growth rate was inverse to leaf size classification (Aberystwyth S184, 7.6 cm d −1 > Grasslands Huia, 5.8 cm d −1 > Osceola, 3.6 cm d −1 ). In contrast, maximum stolon weight/length ratio of Osceola increased 31% vs. a 1% increase for Grasslands Huia and Aberystwyth S184 as defoliation interval increased to 28 d, which resulted in greater stolon DM accumulation by Osceola at the 14 and 28-d intervals. Stolon and root carbohydrate concentration of Osceola was greater than and leaf carbohydrate concentration was less than the other cultivars at all defoliation intervals, indicating greater reliance on stored carbohydrates for regrowth by Osceola. Although plant leaf area of Osceola was greater than that of Grasslands Huia and Aberystwyth S184 at the 28-d interval only, forage DM accumulation of Osceola was greatest at all intervals due to petiole length. In grazed swards, however, greater petiole length would likely increase accessibility to and removal of leaf tissue, subsequently reducing new leaf and stolon growth


Using 201Hg+ contained within a linear quadrupole rf ion trap that is part of an atomic clock, we report the first high-resolution spectroscopy on the hyperfine structure of 201Hg+. We measure the absolute ground state hyperfine interval to be 29.954365821130(171)(62)(10) GHz, more than 8 orders of magnitude improvement over the previous measurement. The first error estimate in parentheses is the statistical error in the shifted line center measurement, the second is systematic uncertainty, and the third is calibration uncertainty in the hydrogen maser reference standard. By comparison to the already accurately known ground state hyperfine interval for 199Hg+, we are able to derive a new value for the hyperfine anomaly in singly ionized mercury, Delta(S1/2, 199Hg+, 201Hg+) = -0.0016257(5), now limited by knowledge of the nuclear magnetic moment ratio.


Many challenges face today's administrators in higher education. The foci of higher education have changed over the years. Monetary issues, politics, legal challenges and decisions, and human nature continue to affect the universities, both public and private, and thus the way administrators do their jobs. This article examines unique challenges the author faces in her role as Dean, as well as global issues that face higher education administrators on a daily basis.


This collection of short stories entitled Not Without Reason and Other Stories comprises of nine stories by well known Hindi writer Rajee Seth translated into English by none other than Raji Narsimahan whose English translation of Maitreyi Pushpa's Hindi novel Alma Kabutari was shortlisted for the Crossword Translation award in 2006-7.


Photonic power converters (PPCs), which convert narrow-band light to electricity, are essential components in power-by-light systems. When designed for telecommunications wavelengths such as the O-band, near 1310 nm, the devices are well-suited to power-over-fiber applications. Despite the potential for very high power conversion efficiencies (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbf {>50\%}$</tex-math></inline-formula>), PPCs can be adversely affected by high-intensity nonuniform illumination conditions. In this work, we characterized two O-band PPC designs based on: high-quality InGaAsP absorber material lattice-matched to an InP substrate, and metamorphic InGaAs absorber material lattice-mismatched to a GaAs substrate, a more cost-effective and scalable alternative. We measured each device under O-band laser illumination with five beam profiles having peak-to-average ratios ranging from 2 to 11. Both devices were insensitive to the beam uniformity for input illumination with average irradiance below 2 W/cm<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbf {^{2}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> over their 5.4-mm<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbf {^{2}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> active areas, but exhibited better open-circuit voltages under larger, more uniform illumination profiles at higher incident powers. Measured efficiencies reached 52.8% and 48.7% for the lattice-matched and mismatched devices, respectively. Distributed circuit modeling results suggested that both lateral conduction losses and localized heating effects were responsible for the measured dependence on beam-size. Our work demonstrates the potential for O-band PPCs, presenting two highly efficient designs suitable for powering devices requiring <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbf {\lesssim 250}$</tex-math></inline-formula> mW, with an appropriate illumination profile.


We demonstrate theoretically that the shaped femtosecond laser pulse with a V-style spectral phase modulation can provide a well-established tool to control the maximal degree and temporal structure of the field-free molecular alignment. By properly designing these controlling parameters characterizing the V-style spectral phase modulation, we can effectively suppress the maximum degree of molecular alignment or reconstruct as that induced by the transform-limited laser pulse while the temporal structure of the molecular alignment keeps unchanged; we also can control the temporal structure of the molecular alignment with a desired shape and switch the molecular alignment and antialignment at any time delay for any temporal structure.


This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading sought to introduce engineering as a viable career to eighth graders and teach students how geotechnical engineers design foundations in marginal soils to minimize damage to infrastructure during earthquakes. This module could also be used at various educational levels, from elementary to middle and high school, as well as at the undergraduate level, with appropriate modifications. A 5-h module was created to simulate the real-world behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading and visually show the improvement in how these same piles behave after being stabilized with a deep-soil-mixing technique. In this module, soft soil was simulated using Jell-O, piles were simulated using Slim Jims, and soil stabilization was simulated using peanut butter, marshmallows, or cheese. Each student group had to design a stabilization procedure to improve the behavior of the piles. The students competed to see who could design a stabilized pile with the least amount of deflection for the least amount of money. An abbreviated module was also administered to a group of middle-school science and mathematics teachers. The students' and teachers' learning and perceptions were assessed by administering pre- and post-assessment questions, which were matched.


Objective:To investigate the potential anti-atherogenic effects of black soybean anthocyanin extracts (BSCAE) on rabbits fed with high cholesterol diets. Method: Forty-eight male adult New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into four groups: normal control group, model control group and two experimental groups respectively. Except normal control group, the other groups were fed with high-cholesterol diets in previous 10 w. Rabbits were given different doses of BSCAE (400,800 mg/kg bw) in experimental groups or 15ml normal saline in control groups ig every day for 18 w. Then, all animals were killed and serum and liver were collected for determination of lipid profile, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and activity of antioxidative enzymes. Aorta were collected for evaluation of atherosclerotic (AS) lesion grossly by Sudan Ⅲ or histopathologically by HE staining. Results: The gross and histopatho- logical findings confirmed that feeding BSCAE to rabbits restrained the progression of AS lesions in the aorta. Different doses of BSCAE reduced the profile of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein and apoprotein B as compared to model group significantly. BSCAE decreased MDA both in serum and liver and increased the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in liver. In addition, the elevated liver cholesterol contents and the activities of serum and liver glutathione peroxidase were siginificantly lowered in rabbitsfed with 800 mg/kg bw BSCAE than model group. Conclusion:BSCAE can restrain the progression of AS lesion, the potential mechanism for which is the antioxidative and hypocholesterolemic effiects of BSCAE.


The aim of this paper is to present a reflection from a design perspective, regarding the importance of collaborative work among higher education students, in different cultures and context realities, using as a starting point a design thinking workshop. The goals of the workshop were, by introducing the principles of design thinking to a focus group of university students, in Finland, implement and develop the ability to experiment the design thinking process, and to realize how the interaction of different perspectives can lead to innovative solutions, as to the promotion of interdisciplinary work. Design thinking is a flexible methodology, which can be used in any work field, since it has valuable elements, such as iterating frequently based on continuous feedback from all the intervenient. Through rapid low-resolution prototyping, ideas are continuously tested with the potential users. "Fail early in order to succeed sooner" is the design thinking principle that helps to maximize learning and insights, crucial for human centred innovation. Collaborative work in a small groups scenario map leads to the discussion of solutions, and to the innovation that emerges from the different perspectives given by each person. Our main goal was to find business opportunities that emerge from underestimated issues from everyday life, but also to understand that exploring, understanding, and prioritizing areas can be crucial to ideating solutions. Keywords: design thinking, collaborative methodologies, collaborative work, identity.


The management technique known as Total Quality Management (TQM) has been incorporated into many large business firms, Because TQM is focused on customer satisfaction, sport managers may find its concepts useful for sport organizations.


In livestock, as otherwise the whole agriculture, economic efficiency is a major objective with impact on development of livestock branches and sub-branches and increases the quality life of the working staff. To meet this goal, a key roles it will have the organizational system, which must abandon open circuit farms and opt for closed circuit, which includes the production activity and also the processing and capitalization of final production. Given this objective, the authors suggested, based on a case study to highlight the possibilities to increase the economic efficiency of livestock farming in integrated units.


Because of the complexity of data acquisition environment of impact drilling system, "burr" phenomena, namely impulse noises usually appear in the process of data acquisition. It's important research contents for the noises to be detected and cancelled. The paper puts forward to make use of wavelet transformation to denoise impulse noises for data acquisition, and the method obtains good effect.


In this letter, we apply the multifractal formalism to land cover change detection on very high spatial resolution data. Specifically, multifractal spectra are determined and, with modifications, are used as an initial general indicator of change on the subsets of IKONOS and Pleiades images. Next, we calculate Hölder exponents for each pixel in the images and use them to generate a change mask. Our analysis shows that Hölder exponents enable a detailed evaluation of changes in land cover. A comparison with change detection based solely on panchromatic images shows that the multifractal description method has significant advantages as it reduces the number of false positives. In addition, we show that our change detection results are comparable with other multiscale techniques.


Based on both herbarium and field observations, five new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from the Hengduan Mountains region, southwest China , namely S. fuscipappa , S. liangshanensis , S. pseudorockii , S. qamdoensis , and S. xiaojinensis , are described and illustrated.


Introduction: The pomegranate journey from orchard to supermarket is very complex and pomegranates are subjected to the variety of static and dynamic loads that could result in this damage and bruise occurring. Bruise area and bruise volume are the most important parameters to evaluate fruit damage occurred in harvest and postharvest stages. The bruising is defined as damage to fruit flesh usually with no abrasion of the peel. The two different types of dynamic loading which can physically cause fruit bruising are impact and vibration. The impact and vibration loadings may occur during picking or sorting as the pomegranates are dropped into storage bins and during transportation. The focus of this work was on the impact loading as this appeared to be the most prevalent. In view of the limitations of conventional testing methods (ASTM D3332 Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Shock Fragility of Products), the method and procedure for determining dropping bruise boundary of fruit were also established by adapting free-fall dropping tests.
Materials and Methods: After the 'Malas-e-Saveh' pomegranates had been selected, they were numbered, and the weight and dimension of each sample were measured and recorded. Firmness in cheek region of each fruit was also measured. Fruit firmness was determined by measuring the maximum force during perforating the sample to a depth of 10 mm at a velocity of 100 mm min-1 with an 8 mm diameter cylindrical penetrometer mounted onto a STM-5 Universal Testing Machine (SANTAM, Design CO. LTD., England). Free-fall dropping tests with a series of drop heights (6, 7, 10, 15, 30 and 60 cm) were conducted on fresh 'Malas-e-Saveh' pomegranates. Three samples were used for each dropping height, and each sample was subjected to impact on two different positions. Before the test was started, it was necessary to control the sample's drop position. The cheek of sample was placed on the fruit holder. An aluminum plate mounted on upper part of the piezoelectric force sensor was the dropping impact surface of the device. After dropping impact, the sample was caught by hand to prevent a second impact due to sample rebound. After impact, the samples were stored at room temperature for 48h, during which time bruise tissues and arils turned brown. The bruise area and bruise volume of each sample were calculated according to equations (1 and 2).
Results and Discussion: Dropping impact acceleration versus time curves for the typical samples at ten drop heights are shown in figure 5. Drop height notably affected the impact acceleration. The peak force increased while contact times decreased with increasing drop height, which resulted in an increase of peak acceleration. Figure 6 shows the dropping impact velocity change during contact by theoretical calculation. The results showed that the velocities at the beginning of contact and the rebound velocities of the samples increased with increasing the drop height. Critical drop height of pomegranate in certain bruise area was determined and linear relationship between drop height and bruise volume for 'Malas-e-Saveh' pomegranates were obtained. It is clear that there were obvious differences between dropping bruise boundaries of pomegranates and the conventional damage boundary of products (as shown in figure 9). For the conventional damage boundary, the vertical line, critical velocity (Vc), represents the velocity change below which no damage occurs, regardless of the peak pulse acceleration. The horizontal line, critical acceleration (AC), represents the acceleration at which the product will be damaged if velocity exceeds VC. At the same time, for a conventional product, there is only one damage boundary at one shock condition. However, for fruit, a change in drop height (velocity) will lead to a change in bruise ratio. A series of bruise boundaries can be determined for different bruise ratios. Moreover, even if the velocity approaches zero, the fruit can still be bruised if its acceleration exceeds a certain value. These relationships provide an effective basis to predict and control drop bruising, which may be achieved through the design of reasonable cushioning packaging for fruit.
Conclusions: This research applied the concept of dropping bruise for pomegranate fruits. Because of the limitations in using conventional testing methods to test product of a viscoelastic nature, such as fruit, free fall dropping tests were adapted to determine dropping bruise fragility and bruise boundary for 'Malas-e-Saveh' pomegranates at different drop heights. For viscoelastic products such as fruit, even if the dropping impact velocity approached zero, the fruit could be bruised as long as the impact acceleration exceeded a certain value (critical acceleration). A series of bruise boundaries can be established for different levels of bruise ratios, i.e., a contour of constant bruise ratio can be drawn on the velocity acceleration plane.


The correlation between Ca and Halpha chromospheric emission, known to be positive in the solar case, has been found to vary between -1 and 1 for other stars. Our objective is to understand the factors influencing this correlation in the solar case, and then to extrapolate our interpretation to other stars. We characterize the correlation between both types of emission in the solar case for different time scales. Then we determine the filling factors due to plages and filaments, and reconstruct the Ca and Halpha emission to test different physical conditions in terms of plage and filament contrasts. We have been able to precisely determine the correlation in the solar case as a function of the cycle phase. We interpret the results as reflecting the balance between the emission in plages and the absorption in filaments. We found that correlations close to zero or slightly negative can be obtained when considering the same spatio-temporal distribution of plages and filaments than on the sun but with greater contrast. However, with that assumption, correlations close to -1 cannot be obtained for example. Stars with a very low Halpha contrast in plages and filaments well correlated with plages could produce a correlation close to -1. This study opens new ways to study stellar activity, and provides a new diagnosis that will ultimately help to understand the magnetic configuration of stars other than the sun.


Traffic flow monitoring using magnetic wireless sensor networks in chaotic cities of developing countries represents an emergent technology. One of the challenges facing such deployment is the development of effective detection signal-processing algorithm in low-speed congested traffic based on the Earth's magnetic fields. The proposed algorithm is the performance improvement of the previous algorithm known as the Scanning and Decision Algorithm (SDA). The novel algorithm based on the moving-average model includes an addition of a two-pass moving-average filter to improve the signal-to-noise ratio after analog-to-digital conversion. The improved mathematical capabilities enable us to capture additional features of vehicular direction and classification. Other outputs of the model include vehicular detection, count, speed, and travel time index (TTI). The performance evaluation of a proposed algorithm is conducted through on-site real-time experiments at the designated road segment. The results indicated that the roadside magnetic sensor improved vehicular detection, count, travel time index, and classification during low-speed congested traffic state.


The regional economy of Taizhou County is far behind the developed counties of the south part of Jiangsu Province though it is competitive to some degree.Making an analysis of the status quo of the regional economy of Taizhou,this paper tries to find out the reasons why Taizhou county lags behind the other advanced counties.In order to catch up with the developed counties Taizhou has to adopt different measures according to different problems.


With the development of theories as well as practice of enterprise management, development strategy is of great significance on the growth of small and medium sized enterprises. It can't be denied that development strategy has grown into one of the negative factors that restrict small and medium sized enterprises in China from further development. With their own characteristics, small and medium sized enterprises distinguish themselves from big-sized ones.


Today the high-speed and high-performance systems are each more important for many areas like industry and transport system. The magnetic levitation system can be used to improve the performance. For superconducting levitation, it is important to know the behavior of levitation force. However, its behavior is not completely known and studies about it are necessary. This work presented a description of the test bench and a brief introduction to the new software developed to the magnetic levitation measurement system (SCML-02). The system tested is compound by a superconducting bulk and permanent magnet. This system makes data acquisitions using the load cells and the data processing is built by the new software developed in the LabVIEW. The results are verified and compared by simulations which were done in the software of finite elements and measurement data of the magnetic levitation done at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. The measurements of the new system show compatible results with the simulations and the measurement data done at UFRJ. Therefore, with this new software, the users can easily to do magnetic levitation measurements through an interface easy to understand.


Abstract Background Life expectancy longer than 12 weeks(w) is a common inclusion criteria for most Ph1. Despite the presence of several prognostic indeces in drug development, their value for patient selection in clinical trials is not well established. VIO is a immune-oncology score validated in patients treated in Ph1 with immunotherapy (Hierro C. ESMO 2018), which includes 5 variables: albumin upper limit normal, dNLR (derived neutrophil/(leukocytes minus neutrophils) ratio) >3, >2 sites of metastases, and presence of liver metastases. Methods VIO variables were retrospectively collected from 384 patients with advanced disease treated in Ph1 with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) or targeted agents (TAs) since 2011 to 2017 at Vall d´Hebron Hospital. The following VIO clusters were defined based on Kaplan Meier OS estimates: good prognosis (0‐1), intermediate (2‐3) and poor prognosis (4‐5). We aimed to improve patient selection for Ph1 (independent of treatment type) by developing a composite VIO score that is associated with overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS) and objectively estimated life expectancy at 12 w. Results From the 384 patients treated with ICIs (53.6%) or TAs (45.4%) in Ph1, 206 (53.6%) were female, 210 were treated with monotherapy (54.7%). Most frequent tumor types were: colorectal (17.4%), breast (14.1%) and lung (9.4%). The median follow-up was of 8.4 months (m) [IC95% 7.3-9.5]. Estimated median OS in good prognosis (33.3% of all pts), intermediate (54.2%) and poor prognosis (12.5%) was 16.2 m (13.3‐19.1), 7.8 m (6.9‐8.6) and 2.9 m (2.1-3.8), respectively (log rank test, p  Conclusions VIO score is a strong prognostic index independent of the treatment type and it could be useful as a tool to estimate objectively life expectancy Legal entity responsible for the study The authors. Funding This research has been funded by the Comprehensive Program of Cancer Immunotherapy & Immunology (CAIMI) supported by the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation (FBBVA) (grant 89/2017). Disclosure J. Martin-Liberal: Advisory / Consultancy: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Roche; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Pfizer, Roche; Honoraria (self): Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Pfizer, Roche, Ipsen. A. Azaro: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis, Roche, Orion. I. Brana: Advisory / Consultancy: Orion pharma; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: BMS; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: AstraZeneca; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Merck Serono; Research grant / Funding (self): AstraZeneca, BMS, Celgene, Gliknik, GSK, Janssen, KURA, MSD, Novartis, Northern Biologics, Orion Pharma, Pfizer, Roche.. M. Vieito Villar: Honoraria (self), Travel grant: Roche. E. Munoz-Couselo: Advisory / Consultancy: Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, and Roche; Honoraria (self): Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Sanofi and Roche. E. Elez Fernandez: Honoraria (institution): Array, MSD, Abbvie, Amgen, GSK, AstraZeneca,Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Hoffman La-Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: Hoffman La-Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Servier, Amgen, Merck Serono, Array, Sanofi. E. Felip: Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Blueprint medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Guardant Health, Janssen, Medscape, Merck KGaA, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Takeda, Touchtime; Research grant / Funding (self): Fundacion Merck Salud, Grant for Oncology Innovation EMD Serono.. J. Carles: Research grant / Funding (self): AB Science, Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Arog Pharmaceuticals, INC, Astellas Pharma., AstraZeneca AB, Aveo Pharmaceuticals INC, Bayer AG, Blueprint Medicines Corporation, BN Immunotherapeutics INC, Boehringer Ingelheim Espana, S.A., Bristol-Myers Squibb Inter; Advisory / Consultancy: Bayer / Johnson & Johnson / Bristol-Myers Squibb / Astellas Pharma / Pfizer / Sanofi / MSD Oncology / Roche/ AstraZeneca; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Bayer / Johnson & Johnson / Asofarma / Astellas Pharma. J. Tabernero: Advisory / Consultancy: Array Biopharma, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BeiGene, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chugai, Genentech, Inc., Genmab A/S, Halozyme, Imugene Limited, Inflection Biosciences Limited, Ipsen, Kura Oncology, Lilly, MSD, Menarini, Merck Serono, Merrimack, Merus, Molecular Part. R. Dienstmann: Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Roche, Symphogen, Ipsen, Amgen, Sanofi, MSD, Servier; Research grant / Funding (self): Merck. E. Garralda: Advisory / Consultancy: F.Hoffmann-La Roche,Ellipses Pharma ,Neomed Therapeutics1 Inc,Boehringer Ingelheim ,Janssen Global Services; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Bristol-Mayers Squibb; Honoraria (self): Menarini, Glycotope, Menirarini. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


This paper draws on findings from a two year EU funded project entitled: 'Supporting Industrial Relations in the Field of Workplace Adaptation to Enable the Employment of Older and Disabled Populations' (VP/2015/004). Primarily an action project, its central aim was to engage social partners in three Eastern European (EE) countries Estonia, Hungary and Poland in a series of workshops to discuss ways in which disabled and older workers could be better integrated into the labour market. As such, the project complements other recent EU initiatives, including "From crisis to recovery – Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe" undertaken by The European Foundation (2013-16): an outcome from which, was 'Sustainable work over the life course: a concept paper' (2015), which emphasised the need for sustainable jobs and work environments over the life-course in the face of predicted labour shortages. Additionally, EU initiatives such as Horizon 2020 highlight the need for further research on workplace health and well-being in the context of demographic change, including support for mental health and active ageing.


Devices for deflecting an optical beam under the action of an ultrasonic beam propagating in a block of active acousto-optical material and operating under Bragg tangential conditions, with the acousto-optical interaction being anisotropic. The devices also include entry and exit faces into this material blocks which are inclined at angles α and β such that the incoming beam and the emerging beam after the interaction are significantly parallel, keeping operation under Bragg tangential conditions. The devices can also be used to make a spectrum analyzer with a very large number of points and very high dynamics.


BATAN Serpong Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals Technology Center (PTRR) is a business unit conducting utilization of nuclear energy in thefields of radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical. This work unit has radiation workers who potentially recieve a radiation dose in a certain amount. The radiation dose which is received by radiation workers may be caused by their behaviour when working because the behaviour is a reflection of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of a person. The purpose of this study was to analyze there is any relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and practices which related to radiation protection principles, and their relation to the radiation doses which received by workers in PTRR BATAN Serpong.This study was a quantitative design in the form of a explanatory cross sectional. The samples in this study was 52 radiation workers of Radioisotopes, Radiopharmaceuticals, as well as Occupational Safety and Waste Management were selected based on purposive sampling technique. Data analysis used Spearman Rank test with a level of 95%. The results showed that the knowledge, attitude, and practice of radioation workers in PTRR BATAN Serpong classified as good, and the radiation dose which received by workers was still below the dose limit value. Statistical analysis showed that knowledge of radiation protection principles related to the radiation dose with weak and negative relationship (p-value = 0,017, ρ= -0,331), and practices of radiation protection principles related to the radiation dose with strong and negative relationship (p-value = 0,001, ρ= -0,521). Menwhile, attitudes of radiation protection principles did not related with radiation dose (p-value = 0,774). We recommended that the management give reward and punishment to radiation workers which related to radiation protection principles.


This paper aims to capture the need for Context aware services and policy driven methods in a College campus. With an attempt to replace the traditional methods being followed for attendance, notifications etc., this paper gives a view of the application that would facilitate attendance tracking, update about library books status, automatic download of lab plans, timetable, results through push notifications based on user location and time. Thus, we propose a mobile application for College Campus smart space named as Campus Push.


Obligatory cave species (troglobionts) exhibit a consistent suite of dramatic regressive traits such as the strong or complete reduction of the eyes. We have begun to study Ptomaphagus hirtus, the highly cave adapted small carrion beetle, which is a signature inhabitant of Mammoth Cave. Earlier work concluded that P. hirtus is functionally blind, but equipped with degenerate eye structures. Following up on molecular evidence that P. hirtus possesses a functional visual system, we explored the organization and development of its presumably functional but highly reduced lateral eyes. Using electron microscopy and immunohistochemical approaches we found that a single P. hirtus eye contains approximately 130 photoreceptor cells and 70 additional cells of yet unknown fate and function. In mature adult animals, this cell population populates a cuticle chamber that is covered by a single lens. Our developmental studies reveal that this lens is formed unexpectedly late in the life of P. hirtus. While the lenses of the compound eyes of surface-living insects are fully formed during pupation, in P. hirtus lens formation initiates in the young adult animal and takes about 12 weeks to completion. To the best of our knowledge, P. hirtus represents the first insect if not animal example in which the lens is added to the eye during adulthood.


Imaging biological samples with sub-cellular precision is important for our understanding of fundamental processes governing biological processes. While confocal imaging allows optical sectioning, and thus to obtain high resolution images at different depths, attenuations (due to absorption and scattering) limit high quality imaging to superficial layers, in many samples even to just the cells directly at the surface. Two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy [1] allows to increase the imaging depth. It has enabled imaging of neuronal signals at several 100 micrometers below the surface in the brain of awake, behaving animals [2]. The main limitation in two-photon imaging is the loss of ballistic photons due to scattering, which in highly scattering samples again limits the imaging depth to just a few cell layers. In those cases, the scattering losses outweigh the intrinsic optical sectioning of the nonlinear (quadratic) response of the signal, and the non-specific signal at the top of the sample quickly overwhelms the specific signal from the focal spot. Those limitations are alleviated greatly by increasing the nonlinearity, for example by using three-photon excited fluorescence [3].


We demonstrate that ferromagnetic metal/insulator/semiconductor hybrid structures represent a class of materials with the giant magnetoimpedance effect. In a metal-insulator-semiconductor diode with the Schottky barrier fabricated on the basis of the Fe/SiO2/n-Si structure, a drastic change in the impedance in an applied magnetic field was found. The maximum value of this effect was observed at temperatures of 10–30 K in the frequency range of 10 Hz–1 MHz where the ac magnetoresistance and magnetoreactance ratios exceeded 300% and 600%, respectively. In the low-frequency region (<1 kHz), these ratios could be controlled in wide range by applying bias to the device. The main contribution to the impedance when measured at temperatures corresponding to the strongest magnetic-field sensitivity comes from the interface states localized near the SiO2/n-Si interface and the processes of their recharging in an applied ac voltage. The applied magnetic field changes the energy structure of the interface states, thu...


The number of food systems plans being developed across the United States and Canada are growing. These plans have been undertaken by states, regions, counties and municipalities and share a common focus on advancing the capacity of the food system. This paper provides an overview of how one rural, three-county region, the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) of Vermont, has undertaken a regional food system planning and assessment process. The project is led by a regional planning commission and economic development corporation, Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA). Working with the region's leading local food hub organization, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE), the year-long planning process has led to the creation of a strategic plan that includes asset maps; goals, targets, and measures; a governance network analysis for support-system actors; recommended strategies and action items; and a proposed implementation framework. We compare the NEK planning process to other previous efforts and draw some conclusions about rural regional food systems planning more generally.


The rates of convergence of iterative methods with standard preconditioning techniques such as ILUT 9] usually degrade when the skew-symmetric component S of the matrix is relatively large. In this paper, we address the issue of preconditioning matrices with such large skew-symmetric component. The main idea of the preconditioner is to split the matrix in its symmetric and skew-symmetric part and to \invert" the (shifted) skew-symmetric matrix. Successful use of the method requires the solution of linear systems with matrix I + S. An eecient method is developed using the normal equations, preconditioned by an incomplete orthogonal factorization. Numerical experiments on various systems arising in physics show that the reduction in terms of iteration count largely compensate the additional work per iteration when compared to standard preconditioners. Also, the preconditioner still produces fast convergence for problems where ILUT breaks down because of a very large skew-symmetric component relative to the hermitian component.


This paper took xanthene fluorescent molecules as stain,with intall staining on endepidermis cells of onion.The results showed that stained cells had large light-emitting area and high luminous intensity,it had strong affinity between the stain and the endepidermis cell wall of onion,the dyeing conditions was excellent.


A partition of a plasma display panel for reducing the light reflection by the external light and the plasma display panel comprising the same are provided to improve the contrast by using the partition which minimizes the brightness loss. A plurality of maintenance discharge electrodes(120) are arranged on the first substrate(111) of the upper panel(150) and extended into the X direction. The first dielectric layer(113) is formed in order to cover the maintenance discharge electrode. A protective layer(115) is arranged on the first dielectric layer. A plurality of address electrodes(173) extended on the second substrate(171) Y are arranged. The second dielectric layer(175) is formed in order to cover the address electrode. A partition(180) partitions off the discharge cells on the second dielectric layer. The fluorescent material layer is arranged inside the discharge cells.


This paper shows that the field components of TE and TM modes of waveguides and cavities with general cross section can be approximated by a power series consisting of a separeble solution and nonseparable solutions of Helmholtz wave equation corresponding to the rectangular waveguide.


In melt spinning process, evenness of polypropylene melt spun yarns affects the appearance, hairiness, strength and productivity of yarns, as well as product production and profits, causing rejection due to nonconformity. The research is to find optimal manufacturing parameters of melt spun yarns. Firstly, to proceed the parameter design by Taguchi method, then to select a manufacturing parameter which will affect the quality of melt spun yarns as controllable factors. Also to choose a suitable orthogonal arrays. Meanwhile, according to variation of analysis, to decide optimal manufacturing parameters of melt spun yarns and its remarkable factor. Finally, using 95% confidence interval to proof the experiment's reliability and repeatability.


The experience in elaborating the forestall university strategy and the assessment of its role in the development of innovative educational programs is under consideration. It is outlined that the substantial amount of resources and effort needed for implementation of such innovative programs require thorough selection of priorities in development accepted by the university community. The authors single outthe important role of project management in integration with university partners.


This paper presents a description of the theory and operation of a new television add-on data communication system which does not utilize the vertical interval. The basic add-on signalling technique allows more efficient utilization of the television spectrum. Added information, producing no perceptible interference with either the picture, or ancillary and test signals, is sent through a television channel along with the standard video signal. Novel techniques to significantly reduce errors in the data channel will be described. Several interesting systems utilizing this new signalling method have been built and will be described in this paper.