PURPOSE: A hand-tearable adhesive tape and a producing method thereof are provided to prevent an adhesive spread on a substrate from leaking, and to offer tear strength to the tape. CONSTITUTION: A producing method of a hand-tearable adhesive tape comprises the following steps: twisting and releasing raw materials by pulling and heating threads(S1); coating the threads with glue for easily weaving the threads(S2); weaving the threads by using as wefts and warps(S3); drying and ironing the woven fabric(S4); spreading a flame retardant on one side of the obtained fabric(S5); spreading an adhesive to the processed fabric with the constant thickness(S6); and drying the obtained product(S7).


Proportional derivative plus feed forward (PD+FF) feedback control laws exist to locally asymptotically track a smooth reference trajectory having bounded velocity for a fully actuated simple mechanical system (SMS) on a Riemannian manifold. Almost-global asymptotically stable (AGAS) tracking for an SMS on a compact Lie group is also addressed in the literature by observing that the closed loop error dynamics is obtained by lifting the gradient vector field of a navigation function and stabilizing the error dynamics about the Lie group identity. Almost-global setpoint stabilization for an SMS on a Riemannian manifold is often tackled by introducing a gradient field of a Morse function as a feedback control force for the dissipative SMS. In this paper we address the almost-global tracking problem for an SMS on a compact Riemannian manifold embedded in Euclidean space by explicitly introducing the error dynamics. A control law, including both feedback and feedforward terms, is then synthesized for the purpose of almost-global stabilization of the error dynamics.


In this study, framework is developed for integrated missile system design and optimization using distributed computing environment. Analysis tools, optimization tools, database, and CAD are integrated in the missile MDO framework. All components are integrated with middleware for distributed computing environment.


A control concept is presented for hopping robots with hip and tail actuation. The flight phase is controlled by a novel nonlinear control concept that accounts for state and input contraints on the hip and tail while pursuing a linear error dynamics for the desired landing angle of the leg. An additional nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme is superposed to coordinate the hopping cycles and to maximize the hopping speed. The MPC can be designed with a simple nonlinear optimization algorithm, as the constraints are already accounted for by the cascaded controller. Simulation results for a nonlinear dynamical model of the Festo BionicKangaroo show the working principle of the bi-level predictive control scheme.


Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disease characterised by increased tissue levels of Th1-like cytokines such as IFN-γ and TNF-α. Diminished immune responses have been reported in peripheral blood, yet the reasons for the difference between local and peripheral immunity are not understood. The aim of this study was to investigate whole blood cytokine release in sarcoidosis in response to polyclonal immune activators. The cohorts comprised healthy volunteers (n=22) and subjects diagnosed with sarcoidosis after multi-disciplinary assessment (n=18). A whole blood assay was used to assess cytokine profiles in response to mitogenic and non-mitogenic activators. In sarcoidosis, the total number of peripheral blood mononuclear cells was lower than in healthy volunteers (1.3x10 6 ±0.09 vs 2.4x10 6 ±0.18 cells/ml, p Staphylococcus enterotoxin A (SEA) was diminished in sarcoidosis consistent with the reduced number of T-lymphocytes. IL-6 release was increased more than two fold in sarcoidosis at 100μg/ml of PHA, but reduced in response to WGA and SEA when compared with controls. Our findings suggest that peripheral blood leukocytes in sarcoidosis retain the capacity for a resolute inflammatory cytokine response to certain polyclonal immune activators in spite of a deficiency in the number of peripheral T-lymphocytes.


Eucalyptus spp. are commonly cultivated in the forest industry sector as the raw material for the pulp and paper industry. One of the problems in Eucalyptus plantations is leaf galls caused by insects. Leaf galls can cause leaf damage and inhibit plant growth. The objective of this study was to identify insects associated with leaf galls on eucalyptus plants. Leaves with gall symptoms were collected in the Tele sector located between Humbang Hasundutan and Samosir Regencies, North Sumatra Province. Identification was based on morphological characters of the antenna, dorsal mesosoma, fore wings, and hind legs. Results showed that there were seven insect species associated with leaf galls on Eucalyptus, i.e. Ophelimus eucalypti (Gahan) (Eulophidae) pest gall on eucalyptus leaf, Eurytoma sp. Illiger (Eurytomidae), Aprostocetus sp. Westwood, Quadrastichus mendeli Kim & La Salle, Chrysonotomyia germanica (Erdos), and Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault) (Eulophidae) acts as a parasitoid and Diplesiostigma bisetosum Boucek (Tetracampidae).


The equivalence ratio ranges were found between 22.77 and 42.93 for the Saudi LPG/air mixture using a traditional Bunsen burner. An operation problem was found with a traditional Bunsen burner for the Saudi LPG/air mixture, especially in a lean mixture. Therefore, a Bunsen burner was successfully modified to overcome the limits of operation with different mixtures of Saudi LPG/air and a stable flame was obtained. The equivalence ratio ranges were found between 0.68 and 1.30 using the modified Bunsen burner. A premixed flame was used for the modified Bunsen burner. A MATLAB algorithm was successfully applied to flame image processing and measurement of laminar burning velocity. The laminar burning velocity was determined to be approximately 35 ± 0.91 cm/s under stoichiometric conditions using the modified Bunsen burner for the Saudi LPG/air mixture. The half-cone angle of the flame was found to be 16.20 ± 0.76°. The minimum flame height was observed to be 21.50 ± 0.22 mm above the Bunsen burner exit.


The problem addressed here is motivated by distributed control for frequency regulation in the electric power grid, and by the characteristics of new technologies contributing to this control objective: wind generation and battery energy storage. In the large scale, coupled dynamical system of the power grid, we seek a distributed control design approach that can successfully share control effort among two classes of actuators: one class having low bandwidth, but broader actuation limits (controllable power output from wind turbines); and a second class, having narrow actuation limits, essentially zero gain at dc, but much broader bandwidth actuation possible at high frequencies (power output from battery energy storage). In this context, we extend the "saturation-respecting" design methodology developed by Saberi and his co-workers, adapting their low-high gain method with partitioning of slow acting actuator input channels (e.g., wind turbine power changes) from fast acting actuators (battery power delivery). The design methodology, resulting frequency regulation performance, and characteristics of control actuation from individual wind generators and batteries is demonstrated in representative test power system models.


In the paper, catastrophe theory as a mathematical tool is applied for power-system monitoring, analysis and synthesis, using a linear model of a synchronous machine, tieline and automatic voltage regulator. It is shown that much useful information about the steady-state behaviour of the system may be obtained in this way with minimum computation time.


Radiolarians of Middle Jurassic age (tentatively middle Bathonian) provide the first direct age determination from oceanic sediments associated with the Chenaillet-Montgenèvre ophiolite (Piemonte zone, French-Italian Alps). This datum obtained from radiolarites of the Lago Nero- Replatte thrust sheet is older than those previously established on ophiolite sedimentary covers from this segment of the western Alps. It also shows that Lago Nero-Replatte basal radiolarites are anterior to the youngest intrusives from the overlying Chenaillet s.s. thrust sheet. This chronological relationship implies either a late seafloor spreading-related magmatic activity in places younger than adjacent initial pelagic sedimentation, or more likely that the Lago Nero-Replatte and the Chenaillet s.s. thrust sheets are distinct and distant pieces of lithosphere that were eventually stacked together: the Lago Nero-Replatte unit was trapped within the accretionary wedge while the Chenaillet s.s., of a younger age and in a more distal position with regards to the European margin, was obducted. Regionally, the Lago Nero-Replatte sediments appear to be coeval to other Bathonian supraophiolitic radiolarites exposed in the western Alps. These results strengthen the Bathonian correlation of widespread seafloor spreading in both western Tethys and the central Atlantic ocean.


This article presents an overview of compounding in Portuguese. Conceived as a plurilexematic unit used as a holistic denomination, a compound is characterized by lexical atomicity. The compound classes' continuum we propose is based on the morpho-lexical nature of the internal units (root, word) and on the (non) conformity of compound constructions with Portuguese syntactic templates. Since Portuguese compounds constitute a heterogeneous and bordering class, this analysis also focuses on the boundaries of compoundhood, namely those existing between compounds and phrasal nouns. This article also concentrates on the coordinative, subordinative, attributive and thematic relations between constituents and analyzes Portuguese compounds with respect to head(ness), its morphological, categorial and semantic nature. Finally, we stress the narrow relationship between internal constituency, headedness and inflectional patterns of Portuguese compounds.


In this work, an optical setup that gives the possibility of using either ESPI or ESPSI has been implemented to assess in-plane strains induced on a composite sample. First, in-plane ESPI was used to measure displacement fields, which later allowed us to evaluate the corresponding strain fields. Next, we applied ESPSI to measure the derivative of in-plane surface displacements (the strains). The experimental results obtained by applying both techniques (ESPI and ESPSI) were compared. We found that the difference between the strain fields obtained by ESPSI and ESPI was roughly a constant. This result was expected since, although ESPI allows computing absolute strain values, the strains measured by ESPSI are relative to a reference that must be measured using an additional method. Once calibrated the system ESPSI, the ESPI could no longer be used. The strain field obtained in ESPSI is corrected by the sum of constant value calculated.


The essay describes a pedagogical approach to the rich poetic ground of the Commedia through a sustained artistic effort on the part of the students. In daily class preparation, students craft small-book "reflectories" that combine analytical interpretation with artwork and Dante-inspired poetry, whether the students' own or authored by others. Joining a tradition of "conversations with Dante" that began, in English literature, with Chaucer, students develop creative abilities and attitudes through reflection upon and disciplined participation in the creative process. Course assignments and discussion methods foreground the mutually reinforcing integration of creativity and analytical precision.


Reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases is one of the most urgent issues facing countries around the world. Thermal power plants have a significant role in increasing this pollution. Due to the increase in energy consumption over the time, the power systems should prepare the adequate power generation capacity. In this paper, a Generation Expansion Planning (GEP) model is developed to minimize the cost of capacity investment, fuel cost subject to low carbon policy. In addition to thermal power plants, nuclear and renewables plants are considered as candidate for expansion. Two Low carbon policies including carbon tax and carbon allowance are considered and their impacts on the GEP solution is evaluated. The simulated study case consisting of 7 types of installed units and 9 types of candidate plants over a 24 year time horizon. is used to validate the efficiency of the proposed dynamic GEP problem. Finally, the results of all three scenarios are compared.


A relates to methods of using the improved apparatus and apparatus for removing non-crosslinked photopolymer from the imagewise exposed relief image printing element surface. The apparatus includes a printing element support and rotating means, softening and / or melting means uncrosslinked photopolymer imagewise exposed printing element surface, and at least one thermal developing assembly. Thermal development assembly can contact the printing elements, softening and / or molten absorbent material supply means capable of removing at least a portion of uncrosslinked photopolymer, as well as means for contacting at least a portion of the absorbent material printing element including. Absorbing material is supported by an endless pressure belt which is supported by a plurality of rolls. Absorbing material upon contact with the printing element surface, softening and / or molten uncrosslinked photopolymer printing element surface is removed. .FIELD 1


Humans have an innate ability to sense their surroundings, as they can extract the spatial representation from the egocentric perception and form an allocentric semantic map via spatial transformation and memory updating. However, endowing mobile agents with such a spatial sensing ability is still a challenge, due to two difficulties: (1) the previous convolutional models are limited by the local receptive field, thus, struggling to capture holistic long-range dependencies during observation; (2) the excessive computational budgets required for success, often lead to a separation of the mapping pipeline into stages, resulting the en-tire mapping process inefficient. To address these issues, we propose an end-to-end one-stage Transformer-based frame-work for Mapping, termed Trans4Map. Our egocentric-to-allocentric mapping process includes three steps: (1) the efficient transformer extracts the contextual features from a batch of egocentric images; (2) the proposed Bidirectional Allocentric Memory (BAM) module projects egocentric features into the allocentric memory; (3) the map de-coder parses the accumulated memory and predicts the top-down semantic segmentation map. In contrast, Trans4Map achieves state-of-the-art results, reducing 67.2% parameters, yet gaining a +3.25% mIoU and a +4.09% mBF1 improvements on the Matterport3D dataset.1


Activated carbons are prepared from hemp stem with KOH as activating agent under different ratio of KOH to carbon conditions. The BET(Brunauer Emmett and Teller) specific surface area of the hemp stem-based activated carbons first increases and then decreases with the increasing ratio of KOH to carbon. The specific surface area, micropore surface area and volume of the activated carbons reach a maximum of 1589.27m2/g 1420.52m2/g, 89% of the total area, 0.751m3/g at the ratio of 4.5:1. The micropore size distribution shows the activated carbons contain a large number of ultramicropore and supermicropore.


In Hayes v Westpac Banking Corporation [2015] QCA 260 the Queensland Court of Appeal examined the relationship between rules 7 (extending and shortening time) and 667 (setting aside) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), and held that r667(1) does not enable the court to set aside or vary an order after the order has been filed. The court found that, to the extent that this conclusion was contrary to the decision in McIntosh v Linke Nominees Pty Ltd [2010] 1 Qd R 152, the decision in McIntosh was wrong and should not be followed.


Retinal vascular images play an essential role in the early diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases. Automatic segmentation of retinal blood vessels is a challenging task due to the complex vascular interlacing of fundus images and the noise problems during acquisition. Because of the above problems, we propose a new network structure, which is effective for vascular tree segmentation and can segment more fine blood vessels. Firstly, to improve the segmentation ability of the network to blood vessels, we design a novel convolutional structure of FMCD from the primary level. Then, to focus on the learning of vascular characteristics from the perspectives of deep segmentation and shallow segmentation, we design a deep-shallow dual-level network from the local level. Finally, to assist in supervising the deep and shallow networks to improve the segmentation accuracy of blood vessels and complement the segmentation output of the deep and shallow networks, to segment more microvessels, we use the multi-level semantic fusion module (MSFM) from the overall level. Our Acc, Sen, and F1 on the DRIVE dataset achieve high accuracy of 0.9706, 0.8404, and 0.8332, respectively, outperforming mainstream methods. The proposed method has important clinical implications.


Abstract The paper analyses the proliferation of small scale family farms in India. It contends that widespread involuntary unemployment in the rural economy is the chief reason for this phenomenon. The problem can be considered as that of coordination failure. The paper attempts to show that such a problem can be overcome through planned, investment promotion by the state, which by reducing unemployment induces the entry of capitalist farmers.


In the majority of songbird species, males have repertoires of multiple song types used for mate attraction and territory defence. The wood-warblers (family Parulidae) are a diverse family of songbirds in which males of many migratory species use different song types or patterns of song delivery (known as 'singing modes') depending on context. The vocal behaviour of most tropical resident warblers remains undescribed, although these species differ ecologically and behaviourally from migratory species, and may therefore differ in their vocal behaviour. We test whether male Rufous-capped Warblers Basileuterus rufifrons use distinct singing modes by examining song structure and context-dependent variation in their songs. We recorded multiple song bouts from 50 male Warblers in a Costa Rican population over 3 years to describe seasonal, diel and annual variation in song structure and vocal behaviour. We found that Rufous-capped Warbler songs are complex, with many syllable types shared both within and between males' repertoires. Males varied their song output depending on context: they sang long songs at a high rate at dawn and during the breeding season, and shortened songs in the presence of a vocalizing female mate. Unlike many migratory species, Rufous-capped Warblers do not appear to have different singing modes; they did not change the song variants used or the pattern of song delivery according to time of day, season or female vocal activity. Our research provides the first detailed vocal analysis of any Basileuterus warbler species, and enhances our understanding of the evolution of repertoire specialization in tropical resident songbirds.


This paper presents a global overview of the state of the art techniques in active power filters and reactive power compensation. The presentation and the subdivisions of these power system conditioners, presented in this paper, show the merits and drawbacks of each type and technique used. This is important for design engineers and researchers in power quality to enable them to select the correct system for their specific applications.


dom following suprapubic prostatectomy of such complications as adhesions or distortions of the bladder neck, impotency and urinary incontinence. (6) The advantages of the one-stage operation in selected cases. (7) Cancer: The large amount of continued relief afforded by partial suprapubic prostatectomy. (8) Hemorrhage: The disadvantages of suturing the bladder neck and the advantage of prompt and thorough packing of the entire bladder.


Klichowska Anna, Architektura i funkcje ogrodu przedszkolnego w opiniach nauczy- cieli (Teachers' opinions about architecture and functions of preschool gardens). Studia Eduka- cyjne nr 26, 2013, Poznan 2013, pp. 317-335. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISBN 978-83- 232-2658-1. ISSN 1233-6688 The main objective of this article is the diagnosis of preschool gardens and their functions in the opinion of teachers. It presents the results of a diagnostic poll and their interpretations. This paper presents also guidelines for preschool garden architecture.


The article considers the development of territorial recreation systems in united territorial communities as an organization of rational use of natural resources and their protection, taking into account the specific territorial features of the Carpathian region — favorable natural landscapes, health opportunities, etc.


Based on the present situation of the collection of local documents in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Library,this article makes an analysis of the relationship between public libraries and local publishing houses in the deposition work in different periods of time,and proposes some measures to strengthen the deposition work of local documents by taking Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Library and eight publishing houses of Guangxi as an example.


Student retention in STEM disciplines is a growing problem. The number of students receiving undergraduate STEM degrees will need to increase by about 34% annually in order to meet projected needs [6]. One way to address this problem is by leveraging the emerging field of learning analytics, a data-driven approach to designing learning interventions based on continuously-updated data on learning processes and outcomes. Through an iterative, user-centered, design approach, we propose to develop a learning dashboard tailored for computing courses. The dashboard will collect, analyze, and present learning process and outcome data to instructors and students, thus providing an empirical basis for automated, teacher-initiated, and learner-initiated interventions to positively influence learning outcomes and retention. Through a series of mixed-method empirical studies, we will determine what data should be made available to instructors, how that data can be best displayed, how effective teaching interventions can be fashioned from the data, and how such interventions affect student grades and persistence in introductory computing science courses.


Report presenting an investigation of the estimated minimum cooling requirements and related performance of turbojet engines equipped with high-performance single-stage turbines with air-cooled corrugated-insert blades over a range of turbine-inlet temperature, tip speed, and hub-tip radius ratio for Mach number 2 at 50,000 feet. The effects of stress-ratio factor, flight Mach number, altitude, turbine rotor impeller efficiency, and outside heat-transfer coefficient on cooling requirements were also investigated.


This experiment was carried out in a plastic house belonging to the olive nursery, the Department of Gardens and Afforestation, Amanat Baghdad for the agricultural season 2020 /2021 to study the effect of chemical fertilization (NPK) equivalent to four concentrations (0,50,100,150)mg.l-1 and foliar spray gibberellic acid (0,100,200)mg.l-1 and Benzyl Adenine (0,100,200)mg.l-1 in the growth and flowering of Angelina-class shrub flower plants. The plants were fertilized with NPK compound fertilizer equivalent to irrigation water throughout the trial period as needed, while the foliar spraying of plants by growth regulators gibberellic acid and benzyl adenine was done in succession, where the first spray was dated 1/12/2020 and the second spray age dated 5/1/2020 and the third workshop dated 3/2/2020. The experiment was carried out according to the Randomized Complete Block Design (R.C.B.D.) with three replications and the averages were compared using Duncan's multiple ranges test at a probability level of 5%.


Paper is made of pulp fibers with the paper strength developed through fiber properties and a three-dimensional network of fiber to fiber hydrogen bonds at fiber crossings. Paper strength decreases in the wet state, because water molecules reduce the strength of the fiber-to-fiber bonds. The reduction in bond strength results in lower paper strength and stiffness. In the case of dissolving paper in water such as toilet tissue, this characteristic will be an advantage. In general however, papers such as recording paper, disposable diaper, wrapping paper and security paper demand good wet strength performance in water. In this case, wet strength resin is introduced in paper to supply wet strength. There are several kinds of wet strength resin including a resin-cellulose covalent bonding type, such as melamine-formaldehyde resin and ureaformaldehyde resin, and homo-crosslinking (resin-resin covalent bonding) types, such as polyamideamine- epichlorohydrin (PAE) resin. Yano et al. determined the amount of PAE in paper by pyrolysis-gas chromatography. Devore and Fischer investigated the wet-strength mechanism of PAE by Nuclear Magnetic techniques ( 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR). As a result, the wet-strength mechanism was based on a homo-crosslinked resin bond only by electrostatic and hydrogen bond forces between the PAE and paper. Waagberg and Bjoerklund studied about the relationship between PAE and pulp fiber by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR). FTIR investigation showed that an ester link was formed between the PAE and the carboxyl groups on the fiber surface. However, the distribution of the wet strength resin in paper has not been reported in detail.


The objective of this study is to estimate potential output vis-a-vis output gap for Pakistan's economy. This paper reviews six commonly used techniques to estimate potential output and from that the output gap. The results suggest that while measures of output gap are not identical they nonetheless do show some degree of association among each other. Therefore, a composite output gap is calculated for 1950 to 2007. The composite output gap depicts that Pakistan economy has been observing a cyclical episode of excess supply corresponding with demand pressures in the period of analysis. Furthermore, evidence suggests that Pakistan economy is currently experiencing rising demand pressures since FY05. Furthermore, these demand pressures show a high degree of correlation with the rising inflation as shown in the temporal correlation between inflation and composite of output gap measures.


The recently proposed non-quasi-static dc-to-high-frequency weak-to-strong-inversion model for the four-terminal MOSFET is improved in such a way that closer agreement with exact and experimental results can be obtained. It is shown that the modification of a single parameter leads to significant improvement in the model characteristics.


Introduction: breast cancer is the most common tumor in women and the leading cause of cancer death in this group with about 230,000 new cases per year in the United States. Adjuvant treatment of breast cancer with hormone receptor-positive tamoxifen plays a critical role but is nevertheless well known the increased risk of endometrial cancer with its use. Metastases of breast cancer to the uterus are rare but there are some cases reported in the literature. The differential diagnosis between primary tumor and distant metastases to the uterus from breast cancer determines the type of treatment that should be administered. Case: we report a case of breast cancer that presented uterine metastases during treatment with tamoxifen and demonstrate the usefulness of histopathology with immunohistochemistry to reach the diagnosis.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a conventional analysis of the content of researches published in high quality academic journals, specifically in the accounting area, with particular emphasis on intellectual and human capital, in order to provide guidance for authors on research paper characteristics that influence the journal's acceptance decisions.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a quantitative analysis of the additional characteristics (the main characteristic considered by default is the quality of the journal's contents) that could increase the chances for publishing a research paper in a high quality journal.Findings – The findings indicate several additional characteristics which may influence the journal's acceptance decision during the publication process. These characteristics relate to the journal's origin, type of research, presentation of literature within the research paper and the type of research approaches, characteristics that should be considered by any...


The objective of the research was to analyze the levels of computational self-efficacy and information skills in postgraduate students in administration at the time of COVID-19 with the aim of determining their relationship in academic performance. The type of study was a quantitative investigation with a correlational scope. The students were the graduate students in administration. The instruments used were two specific questionnaires with a Likert scale of five points each. The main results indicate that, during confinement, students had a frequency of using the laptop for three or more hours with a fixed connection. The level of their computational self-efficacy had an average of 4.55, which is interpreted as a high level where women were valued to a greater extent; while the level of information skills was 4.00 on average, which implies that, almost always, the participants carry out actions aimed at fulfilling the need for information they need to continue their distance educational process during the confinement, regularly using search, use and organization strategies, as well as the evaluation of information sources.


The right to adequate living standards for the people was first  addressed as a fundamental human right in the Universal Declaration on  the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition and has always been  considered as one of the most important rights throughout history.  However, this right in many underdeveloped regions of the world has  been violated due to extreme poverty, conflict and climate change. By  2015, a significant progress has been achieved, but it is still far from  elimination as the UN proposed "Zero Hunger Challenge" in 2012.  Today, over 800 million people are considered undernourished. It is also  estimated that there will be over 2 billion people who will fall into  starvation by the year 2050. As it is highly linked to the Sustainable  Development Goals, urgent collaborations by different stakeholders, in  particular, governments, foreign aid, food producers and consumers,  have to be taken effectively to ensure the eradication of hunger and  malnutrition.


Her descriptions sometimes were better than those in my local stylebook, such as that regarding the use of "none." The Los Angeles Times stylebook's entry reads: It can take plural verbs when it modifies a plural noun: None of the seats were in their right places. This in no way prohibits its use as a singular: None of the seats was in its right place. So this tells me I'm allowed to use either or a plural or singular verb. But O'Conner tells me why I might want to: If it


In this paper we briefly present the package SAPHYR [1] (in French, Advanced System for Reactor Physics) which is devoted to reactor calculations, safety analysis and design. This package is composed of three main codes: APOLLO2 [2] for lattice calculations, CRONOS2 [3] for whole core neutronic calculations and FLICA4 [4] for thermalhydraulics. A brief presentation of each of those components is done in the full paper. The code system is presented in the poster session and a demonstration is provided on a personal computer, for interesting situations (Reactivity Insertion Accident…).


The successive petroleum exploration cases of foreign paleo?-uplifts were comprehensively researched,and the regional and petroleum geology characteristics of Tazhong Uplift were analyzed.The results show that there are some conditions for forming a large petroleum field in Tazhong Uplift of Tarim Basin.Tazhong Uplift took its shape earlier and developed steadily in the later period.There are many huge to large structures in the Lower Paleozonic deposition and a series of source-reservoir-cap compositions under the seal of Carboniferous mudstone.The unconformity in the Lower Carboniferous was the most important event during tectonic evolution and played the most important role during the formation of hydrocarbon traps.The specialty of tectonic evolution and the varied types of oil pools in the Tazhong Uplift resulted in a regional and widespread composite petroleum system under the regional seal of Carboniferous mudstone.It is suggested that oil and gas exploration in the Tazhong Uplift should be considered as a whole.Some oil pay protective measures should be taken during drilling in order to find big oilfields in the near future.


Many consulting and support services need to create Master Schedules to allocate efficiently their consultants' time. Creating these schedules manually entails many problems, including inefficient use of human resources and difficulty in maintenance. The Schedream system addresses these issues with an electronic scheduling system that automatically generates schedules and allows for easy schedule maintenance. The system is implemented as a Macintosh client and UNIX server, written in C++. Schedream also incorporates an extensible architecture for future enhancements. Testing of the preliminary system has shown that it successfully generates schedules using a simple scheduling algorithm.


Floristic data of coastal dunes along the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico were collected from published sources, field work and herbaria. 467 species belonging to seventy-eight families in sixty-nine areas were included. The majority of families are mainly distributed in tropical regions, and are represented by few species. The few widespread families including Gramineae, Compositae, Leguminosae, Cyperaceae and Euphorbiaceae are well represented. Seven patterns of species distribution were found; they are mainly correlated with variation in sand composition (light-coloured siliceous, dark-coloured siliceous and calcareous), climatic factors (mainly amount of precipitation and minimal temperature), and stability of the dune systems. The composition of the flora was compared with that of the northern littorals of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the south-eastern coast of the U.S.A. and the Caribbean. The northern part of the Mexican Gulf coast is especially related to the northern American Gulf coast and the whole Mexican Gulf coast is related to the


The industry crossed the first refactoring rubicon, namely Extract Method, more than a decade ago. Today, all mainstream Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) support this refactoring, and empirical studies have shown that Extract Method is one of the most frequently used automated refactorings. Although complex refactorings are more tedious and error-prone, studies have shown that programmers use the automated refactorings mostly for performing simple changes. We argue that new interaction models are needed to support high-level composite refactorings. Because of the challenges involved in automating such complex refactorings, we consider composite refactorings as the next refactoring rubicons. 1. The First Refactoring Rubicon The first refactoring tool was developed for Smalltalk in 1997 to make the refactoring process more efficient and reliable [6]. In 2001, Martin Fowler declared that two Java refactoring tools crossed the rubicon by supporting the Extract Method refactoring [1]. Automating the Extract Method refactoring required more complex analysis than Rename and was considered as a sign that an IDE was serious about refactorings. Several empirical studies have shown that Extract Method is one of the most frequently used automated refactorings [4, 5, 7]. This is good news. Mainstream refactoring tools have crossed the rubicon, and the Extract Method refactoring has crossed the chasm. 2. The Second Refactoring Rubicon Today, mainstream IDEs support more complex refactorings that change the class hierarchy, affect many files and lines of code, or perform sophisticated analyses to compute the change, e.g. Extract Superclass and Infer Generic Type Arguments, and Push Down. The research community has proposed tools for automating even more sophisticated changes such as those for parallelism, optimization, security, and migration to new libraries. However, studies have shown that programmers have not adopted the existing automated refactorings that perform complex changes [4, 5, 7]. Besides, current IDEs do not support higher-level refactorings that change the architecture of the system or refactor the code to implement design patterns like Composite, Visitor, or Strategy [2, 3]. Composite refactorings are high-level refactorings that consist of several other refactorings. Refactoring to design patterns is Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). one kind of composite refactorings [3]. Composite refactorings are more tedious and error-prone to perform manually than low-level ones. However, IDEs lack good support for such high-level refactorings. Composite refactorings are inherently complex and thus their automations tend to be difficult to learn and predict. Designers of automated refactorings face conflicting forces especially for composite refactorings. For instance, on one hand, the automated refactoring should be general enough to be applicable to many pieces of code. On the other hand, the more powerful transformations tend to have higher configuration costs. These are some of the factors that make the design of a suitable interaction model for composite refactorings challenging. Thus, we consider automated composite refactorings as the next refactoring rubicons. The first refactoring rubicon was mostly an engineering problem, because an implementation of the Extract Method refactoring was available for Smalltalk [6]. However, designing an appropriate interaction model for composite refactorings is still an open research problem. We recently studied the refactoring composition patterns that programmers use in practice. A refactoring composition pattern is a recurring set of automated refactorings that make up a bigger refactoring. We found that composition patterns allow programmers to reduce the configuration and learning overhead of automated refactorings. Our findings led us to take a composition-based approach to automating refactorings. We built a prototype of the Extract Superclass refactoring, which is one of the more complex and less often used automated refactorings, as a composition of several refactorings. Our preliminary evaluations showed that our approach is promising. Most programmers appreciated the high control that our interaction model provided and confirmed our hypotheses about the lower configuration and learning costs [8].


Subjects: Cases are two patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), with the characteristic relationship and onset situation. Case 1 is 46-year-old daughter and case 2 is 69-year-old mother. They have been living apart and they rarely meet together. Twenty-two months after the onset of T1DM case 1, case 2 also developed T1DM. They did not notice clinical manifestation of upper respiratory infection, or they did not have any stressful matters before the onset of T1DM.
Results: Their data in case 1 vs 2 were as follows: BMI 21.3 vs 19.8, HbA1c 10.3% vs 9.8%, anti-IA-2 antibody (IA-2 Ab) 2.1 vs 6.0 (<0.4), anti-GAD antibody (GAD Ab) 24 vs 10000 (<1.5), HLA-DR type DR9 / DR13 vs DR4/DR13.
Discussion and conclusion: These 2 cases have characteristic mode for the onset of T1DM. In Japanese race, DR4 and DR9 have rather high sensitivity for T1DM, DR15 (DR2) has resistance for T1DM and DR13 has unremarkable influence. From these, HLA-DR type would be possible involved in the onset of T1DM, and further investigation would be expected.


(57) Abstract: (modified with) A by placing legible display device having the explosion-proof connected with the measurement control unit with cable with safety measures, safe and easy maneuvering of the ship even in explosion 爆地not occupy to provide berthing measuring device. A installed in the left and right end portions of the shallow bridge 101 sensors 1A, 1B transmits ultrasonic waves in an ultrasonic vibrator at the bow or stern of the vessel 102, the land and receives reflected waves from the ship 102 Indoor Send a detection data via explosion-proof cable 2A, 2B to the measurement control unit 100 installed in. Measurement control unit 100 sends sensor 1A, processing the 1B data, the distance of the ship 102, like the display unit 90 via the Explosion-proof cable 20 After calculating the velocity. Display section 90 have become internal pressure explosion-proof, with receiving the measurement data by Explosion-proof cable 20 from land measurement control section 100, the high pressure air pipe 21, and the pressure constant.


PURPOSE: A nanocomposite resin composition is provided, to improve low temperature impact resistance in addition to room temperature impact resistance. CONSTITUTION: The composition comprises 40-55 parts by weight of a polyamide resin; 20-50 parts by weight of a graft copolymer obtained by graft polymerizing 25-77 parts by weight of a rubbery polymer, 40-90 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and 10-60 parts by weight of a cyano vinyl-based monomer; 0-5 parts by weight of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing 40-90 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, 10-60 parts by weight of a cyano vinyl-based monomer and 0-40 parts by weight of other vinyl-based monomer polymerizable with the two monomers; 1-25 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene-based copolymer obtained by melt mixing 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene rubber, 0-2 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and 0.1-10 parts by weight of a reactive monomer having an unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid anhydride group; 3-10 parts by weight of a maleimide-based copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 30-70 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, 30-50 parts by weight of a maleimide-based monomer, 1-20 parts by weight of an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride monomer and 0-50 parts by weight of other copolymerizable monomer; and 1-20 parts by weight of a layered clay mineral organically treated by an alkyl ammonium compound.


Abstract: Reactive oxygen species may be involved in the progression of chronic liver disease and the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To clarify whether clinicopathological findings in liver diseases are related to oxidative DNA damage, hepatic expression of the 8‐hydroxy‐2′‐deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) was examined in 75 liver disease patients, which included 32 chronic hepatitis (CH), 13 liver cirrhosis (LC) and 30 HCC patients. The CH patients had higher 8‐OHdG‐positive hepatocytes than LC (P<0.05). In CH and LC, the number of 8‐OHdG‐positive hepatocytes was correlated with alanine aminotransferase and asparate aminotransferase (P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively). Of 30 HCC cases, 25 cases (83%) showed stronger immunoreactivity than non‐cancerous counterparts. The patients with poorly differentiated HCC had a larger tumor size and higher levels of AFP, and exhibited higher labeling indices of PCNA‐, TUNEL‐ and 8‐OHdG‐positive cells than those with well and moderately differentiated HCC. Our findings suggest that oxidative DNA damage is increased in association with necroinflammation in chronic liver disease and determination of 8‐OHdG is useful in assessing high‐grade malignancy in HCC.


Distribution of acoustic intensity in ultrasonic generator was measured by ultrasonic power measuring meter.In order to optimize the location of membrane module in ultrasonic generator,effect of acoustic intensity on cross-flow microfiltration of fine TiO2 suspension with plate ceramic membrane was investigated.The results show that the distribution of acoustic intensity in three-dimensional space of ultrasonic generator is non-uniform,and acoustic intensity influences membrane microfiltration process significantly.The acoustic intensity is positively correlated with the mass change rate of cake layer R and the ultrasonic enhancement factor E.When the average acoustic intensity on membrane surface is about 0.5 W cm 2,R is higher than 0.23 and E is about 1.2,and when the average acoustic intensity on membrane surface is about 0.6 W.cm 2,R is bigger than 0.4,and E is about 1.3.The optimized location found for ultrasonic-enhanced membrane microfiltration module is as follows: the ultrasonic irradiation direction is the same as the direction of permeation flux;membrane module is placed on top of the transducer and in the near field of the ultrasonic field.


In order to explore the development of research of science teacher(RST), 904 articles from the Web of Science (WoS) core set based on bibliometric methods through R software were analyzed in this research. Specifically, it examined the co-occurrence relations of countries/regions, major journals, most cited references, and hot keywords from the macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic level of RST. The results showed that the core strength of RST is mainly from traditional industrialized countries such as the United States, Australia, and Britain. And some top journals in science education (such as Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education) has to pay more attention on RST, it may also appeal to lots of top journals in general teacher education (such as Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teaher Education). The research on science teachers was guided by several educational theories about teacher research, such as the teacher epistemological belief, reflective practice, and PCK. Moreover, theories in science education such as scientific literacy, scientific conceptual change also becomes the theoretical basis for science teachers' teaching practice and scientific inquiry instructing. The knowledge, key competences, dispositions, and professional development of science teacher are the main keywords and hot topics in the field of RST.
Keywords: science teacher research, bibliometric analyses, Web of Science.


The management system of personnel archives in public security colleges and universities have some special features and should be studied to meet the demands of social development in the new era.The defects of the existing management system should be fully studied and innovated so as to develop a new management system of personnel archives with modern management methods.


This work is based on an experiment conducted southwest of the city of Edmonton as a part of the sensor network project led by Dr. Mike Macgregor for the University of Alberta. The experiment attempts to analyze the maximum distance that a point- to-point link can have using high-gain antennas and placing sensors on the antennas, one that acts as a transmitter and the other as a receiver. The transmitter sensor extracted values of the received signal intensity (RSSI) each time the receiver was moved few hundred meters apart. Additionally, we used certain variables and introduced them in the simulation software called SPLAT! This software predicted RSSI values for the same distances that we used in the field. These values were compared with those taken in the test to model the behavior of a signal radiated by the sensors using Zigbee technology. The simulation shows that the tool used in this study is limited in its analysis for short distances (few hundred meters) and therefore we had to calculate the RSSI values with the free-pace path loss
formula. The results of the simulation sustain Inverse Square Law while those taken in the field demonstrate inconsistency with the law, most likely due to the phenomenon known as multipath.


Objective To determine the effect of active part extracted from Tadehagi trquetrum(Lim.) Ohashi on type Ⅰ allergy induced by IgE.Methods Tadehagi trquetrum(Linn.) Ohashi was extracted by 50% acetone.The 50% acetone extractions were again extracted by EtOAc and isolated by D101 chromatography column.We got 50% acetone extraction(1),EtOAc extraction(2),H2O layer(3),residue(4),and enriched extract by macroporous resin D101(5).Rats were sensitized with the mixture of OVA and Al(OH)3 to establish the experimental rat model of type Ⅰ allergy.The rats were divided into 13 groups ramdomly,namely a normal group,a model group,a menglusitena group,and sample group 1,2,3,4,5 at 100 mg·kg-1 or 400 mg·kg-1 respectively.IgE,LT and His contents in the serum of sensitized rats were measured with ELISA.The inflammatory area in the pulmonary tissues through pathological examination.Results Group 1,2,3 decreased the contents of IgE,LT and His in the serum.The active sequence was 123.Group 1 reduced the quantities of EOS in whole blood and BALF;Group 1 and 2 reduced the inflammatory areas in the pulmonary tissue,and the active sequence was 12.Conclusion Group 1,2,and 3 have obvious anti-alergy effect on type Ⅰ allergy and the active sequence is 123.


The tendency of consumers to buy and use famous brands is a lifestyle for some people in this modern era. Considering that generally goods/services of well-known brands have a relatively more expensive sale value when compared to non-branded goods/services, so their existence is often used by parties who are not responsible for producing counterfeit goods/ services or selling counterfeit goods/services with us and utilize well-known brands. Therefore the use of a well-known trademark that has been registered by another unauthorized party will bring legal impact and loss to many parties, the first party that loses is the owner of the registered brand, and this will lead to fraudulent competition, the second party to be disadvantaged is the consumer community who buy and consume counterfeit products using well-known brands which should be protected from misleading behavior, other parties who are also disadvantaged by the use of well-known brands are the government/country in addition to not getting fees from the distribution of these well-known brands will also affect the country's image from the international business environment. In this study, the author tries to find out how the form of legal protection against "Famous brand holders" and against "Cosmetics" from the illegal use of famous brands and what needs to be done by the government to protect the practice of using registered (well-known) brands from the use of parties who are not entitled to.


: Transcription factors Sox2 and Oct4 are essential in maintaining the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells and conferring stemness in cancer stem-like (CSL) cells. SORE6, an in-vitro reporter system, was designed to quantify the transcription activity of Sox2/Oct4 and identify CSL cells in non-hematologic cancers. Using SORE6, we identified and enriched CSL cells in ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALK + ALCL). Two ALK + ALCL cell lines, SupM2 and UCONN-L2, contained approximately 20% of SORE6+ cells, which were purified based on their expression of green fluorescent protein. We then performed functional studies using single-cell clones derived from SORE6 − and SORE6+ cells. Compared to SORE6 − cells, SORE6+ cells were significantly more chemoresistant and clonogenic in colony-formation assays. Sox2/Oct4 are directly involved in conferring these CSL properties, since the shRNA knockdown of Sox2 in SORE6+ significantly lowered their chemoresistance, while enforced expression of Sox2/Oct4 in SORE6 − cells produced opposite effects. Using Western blots, we found that the expression and subcellular localization of Sox2/Oct4 were similar between SORE6 − and SORE6+ cells. However, in SORE6+ but not SORE6 − cells, Sox2 and Oct4 abundantly bound to a probe containing the SORE6 consensus sequence. c-Myc, previously shown to regulate cancer stemness in ALK + ALCL, regulated the SORE6 activity. In conclusion, SORE6 is useful in identifying/enriching CSL cells in ALK + ALCL.


Distributed reinforcement learning algorithms for collaborative multi-agent Markov decision processes (MDPs) are presented and analyzed. The networked setup consists of a collection of agents (learners) which respond differently (depending on their instantaneous one-stage random costs) to a global controlled state and the control actions of a remote controller. With the objective of jointly learning the optimal stationary control policy (in the absence of global state transition and local agent cost statistics) that minimizes network-averaged infinite horizon discounted cost, the paper presents distributed variants of Q-learning of the consensus + innovations type in which each agent sequentially refines its learning parameters by locally processing its instantaneous payoff data and the information received from neighboring agents. Under broad conditions on the multi-agent decision model and mean connectivity of the inter-agent communication network, the proposed distributed algorithms are shown to achieve optimal learning asymptotically, i.e., almost surely (a.s.) each network agent is shown to learn the value function and the optimal stationary control policy of the collaborative MDP asymptotically. Further, convergence rate estimates for the proposed class of distributed learning algorithms are obtained.


Microglial cells are immune components of the brain, and their activation has been established as a hallmark of brain pathologies (Ransohoff and Cardona, 2010). However, microglia are also partners of neuronal functions in the healthy brain (Tremblay et al., 2011). In particular, they are implicated in the rapid modulation of excitatory synapses, and microglial stimulations induce specific responses of excitatory neurotransmission (Béchade et al., 2013). For instance, fractalkine activates the microglia-specific CX3CR1 and induces a transient reduction of the amplitude of evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (PSCs) in CA1 pyramidal neurons (Ragozzino et al., 2006; Clark et al., 2015). Similarly, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which specifically activates the microglial Toll-like receptor 4, triggers an astrocyte-mediated increase in the frequency of AMPAergic evoked excitatory PSCs (Pascual et al., 2012). Finally, video microscopic analysis of microglia–synapse structural relationships has demonstrated that microglia respond to neuronal activity by modulating the physical contacts between their processes and the excitatory synaptic elements (Wake et al., 2009; Tremblay et al., 2010; Li et al., 2012). Interactions between microglia and inhibitory synapses have mostly been studied as long-term regulations occurring in pathologies. For instance, during peripheral nerve injury, spinal cord microglia produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which induces a shift in chloride flux through GABAA receptors (GABAARs) in nociceptive neurons. This leads to an increase of their excitability and contributes to pain hypersensitivity (Coull et al., 2005). Furthermore, long-term activation of microglia may lead to physical deconnections between the preand postsynaptic elements of inhibitory synapses (Chen et al., 2014). In addition, immune-derived molecules such as major histocompatibility complex class I molecules (Oliveira et al., 2004) or prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a major modulator of inflammatory pain (Harvey et al., 2004), regulate inhibitory synapses during diseases. However, microglia are not only actors of pathologies; they may also be involved in acute situations because they are highly dynamic cells that rapidly react to environmental modifications (Davalos et al., 2005; Nimmerjahn et al., 2005). Hence, microglia might also be involved in short-term regulation of inhibitory synapses. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that signaling molecules produced by microglia can rapidly modulate inhibitory synaptic function. For instance, TNF-α induces a rapid decrease of GABAergic synaptic strength associated with a down-regulation of cellsurface GABAAR (Pribiag and Stellwagen, 2013). Similarly, thrombospondin 1 (TSP1), which is also produced by microglia (Chamak et al., 1995), modulates the diffusion dynamic Microglia control excitatory synapses, but their role in inhibitory neurotransmission has been less well characterized. Herein, we show that microglia control the strength of glycinergic but not GABAergic synapses via modulation of the diffusion dynamics and synaptic trapping of glycine (GlyR) but not GABAA receptors. We further demonstrate that microglia regulate the activity-dependent plasticity of glycinergic synapses by tuning the GlyR diffusion trap. This microglia– synapse cross talk requires production of prostaglandin E2 by microglia, leading to the activation of neuronal EP2 receptors and cyclic adenosine monophosphate–dependent protein kinase. Thus, we now provide a link between microglial activation and synaptic dysfunctions, which are common early features of many brain diseases. Microglia control the glycinergic but not the GABAergic synapses via prostaglandin E2 in the spinal cord


The current study examines the possible influence of the fiscal uncertainty index and its sub-indices (debt uncertainty Index and tax policy uncertainty index) on variables related to the economy and vice versa. These uncertainty indicators are expressed quantitatively with the EPUF (Fiscal uncertainty Index), EPUD (Debt Uncertainty Index) and EPUT (Tax Policy Uncertainty Index). Common macroeconomic and financial variables were used to determine the direction of the influence. These are the percentage change of GDP, the change in ten-year bond yields, the change in unemployment, the percentage change of the industrial production indicator, the percentage change in the economic sentiment indicator and the percentage change of the Athens stock Exchange Index. Three periods were examined separately: from January 2000 to July 2019, from January 2000 to September 2009 (before the crisis in Greece) and from October 2009 to July 2019 (after the outburst of the Greek crisis).
In particular, the uncertainty indicators used, do not appear to affect the economy to such an extent that an important conclusion can be drawn. At a multifactorial level, the examination of the impact of each macroeconomic and financial variable by each uncertainty indicator, in addition to other financial and macroeconomic variables, did not lead to any conclusion and is not presented in the study. Impact was found on a univariate level. Fiscal uncertainty index and debt uncertainty index was found to have positive impact on unemployment. Also, debt uncertainty index seems to have negative impact on GDP.
On the other hand, examining the impact of uncertainty indicators on economic variables had more interesting results. At univariate regressions we found that the percentage changes of economic sentiment indicator and the percentage change of GDP have a negative impact on debt uncertainty index and on the fiscal uncertainty index while unemployment seems to have a positive effect on the same indicators for the whole sample. At a multifactorial level, in order to give a more complete picture in the analysis, it was found that there is a significant influence of the uncertainty indicators from their lags. The conclusions of the univariate regressions were confirmed in some cases while the negative impact of the percentage change of Athens Stock Exchange Index on debt uncertainty index and on tax policy uncertainty before the crisis came up.


In 1989 an informal cooperation was initiated between teachers from three HE institutions in Aarhus – the engineering college, the school of architecture's institute of industrial design, and the business school, ASB. The teachers decided to set up mixed project groups for their students to carry out projects in what was then called "product development". The cooperation was initiated quite informally and implemented by teachers. A teacher at the school of architecture came up with the idea; it seemed to him that his students lacked any understanding of what it was that made Danish design world-famous in the years between 1930 and 1970. His students considered themselves to be artists, working for the sake of art only, as he put it. What was missing was the traditional cooperation with furniture makers and production people in general, to make them realise what was the exact purpose of their own work. He therefore contacted the other two institutions, starting a cooperation still existing today; however no longer with ASB as a participant. Since then, so many things have happened that a brief outline is called for, to explain the situation which forms the background for the way the subject area entrepreneurship is being taught.


This paper proposes a two-sided monitoring algorithm of changes in the exponential family. We adopt a Bayesian approach which uses a loss function and takes into account the run length of the process. It also extends the monitoring scheme proposed in [Harrison, P.J., Veerapen, P.P., 1994, A Bayesian decision approach to model monitoring and Cusums. Journal of Forecasting, 13, 29–36.] The algorithm is illustrated with several examples, which analyze the power of the monitor.


Serving as the schema of models, a metamodel defines the abstract syntax of models and the interrelationships between model elements. Model instances are often inaccessible due to metamodel evolution or the metamodel becoming lost. This poster describes our research recovering a metamodel from model instances to support metamodel driven evolution.


Objective To discuss the clinical efficacy of congenital dysplasia of hip in adults treated with large femoral head in ceramic-on-ceramic total hip prosthesis.Methods 51 patients(62 hips) of congenital dysplasia of hip were treated with large femoral head in ceramic-on-ceramic total hip prosthesis.All patients were treated with skin traction after operation.The efficacy of the operation was evaluated.Results 51 cases were followed up for 20~63(35.1±6.2) months.Healing of incision by first intention was achieved in all patients.There were 2 cases of femoral nerve palsy and recovered in 3 months.There was 1 case of claudication.The other patients with no dislocation,infection,and deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs occurred.The mean amount of postoperation leg lengthening was 2~5 cm.All patients could walk independently and return to previous job in 5 months postoperation.According to the standard of Harris score,the pain scores of preoperation was 15~25(18.5±3.5)points,the postoperative score was 33~42(38.1±2.6)points,there was statistically significant difference(P0.05).Hip function score improved from 9~18(15.4±2.3)points preoperation to 37~45(40.3±1.8) points at last follow-up time,there was statistically significant difference(P0.05).The range of hip flexion were 65°~120°(81.5°±10.1°)and 92°~135°(118.5°±7.6°)before and after operation respectively(P0.05).Conclusions The efficacy of large femoral head in ceramic-on-ceramic total hip prosthesis for congenital dysplasia of hip in adults is satisfied.


This article quantitatively considers the performance of nanomagnetic logic circuits within the context of realistic drive circuitry. We also demonstrate how one of the five fundamental tenets of digital logic---preventing unwanted feedback---can be satisfied by realistic drive circuitry. More specifically, different types of multiphase clocks are investigated and compared. Initial projections suggest that even with drive circuitry overhead, nanomagnet logic can outperform subthreshold CMOS in terms of energy delay product---and paths to lower power exist.


A 23 year old G3P2 white female was referred following a routine ultrasound at 22 weeks gestation revealing facial anomalies. The patient's history includes a three-year-old daughter with autism and a congenital heart defect and a one-year-old son born with anophthalmia of the right eye and microphthalmia of the left eye, resulting in bilateral blindness. Both children were born to different fathers. A detailed ultrasound performed at 22 weeks gestation, confirmed absence of mandible, a mid-facial protuberance, a multicystic, dysplastic right kidney and polyhydrammos. These results were consistent with otocephaly. The patient's history raised concern for a pattern of inheritable defects in this family; therefore, an amniocentesis was performed at 22 weeks gestation. Chromosome results were 46,XY. Following the ultrasound findings, a thorough discussion of otocephaly with extensive genetic counseling ensued, and the patient requested an early induction of labor. Due to the lethality of otocephaly, the pediatric ethics committee at Methodist hospital met and granted permission for an early induction of labor at 23 weeks gestation. Patient delivered a 594 gram fetus. Autopsy examination confirmed the diagnosis of otocephaly. No definite mandible was identified by dissection or fetal x-ray. A protuberance on the lower mid-face was present with a small midline skin dimple. The nose was situated on the upper aspect of the protuberance with patent external nares, but no patent choanac were found. No patent mouth opening, oral cavity or normal tongue was identified. Extremely low-set ears nearly met in the anterior midline of the neck, below the protuberance. The eyes were low-set with down-slanting palpebral fissures. The right lid was fused, and the left was partially open. No cardiovascular or other significanl gross abnormalities were present. Otocephaly is a rare developmental field defect of the face and neck with an approximate prevalence of 1/70,000. This condition is lethal due to insufficient airway function caused by agnathia. The etiology of oloccphaly is heterogenous and is possibly caused by migration defects of the neural crest or by defects in the interaction of these cells with the mesoderm. This condition can be associated with cardiac, pulmonary, esophageal and/or renal anomalies. Due to this patient's history, an extensive ycnchc evaluation is recommended for this family.


An RF driver circuit and an orthogonal antenna assembly/configuration, are disclosed as part of a method and system for generating high density plasma. The antenna assembly is an orthogonal antenna system that may be driven by any RF generator/circuitry with suitable impedance matching to present a low impedance. The disclosed RF driver circuit uses switching type amplifier elements and presents a low output impedance. The disclosed low-output impedance RF driver circuits eliminate the need for a matching circuit for interfacing with the inherent impedance variations associated with plasmas. Also disclosed is the choice for capacitance or an inductance value to provide tuning for the RF plasma source. There is also provided a method for rapidly switching the plasma between two or more power levels at a frequencies of about tens of Hz to as high as hundreds of KHz.


Dobler and colleagues make a clear and compelling case for the inclusion of treatment burden in clinical practice guidelines.1 The points raised serve as a welcome reminder that important aspects of holistic care, such as focusing on the priorities …


Western region in our country is vast in territory,rich in the tourism resources and has formed multi tourism brand in the past.Its competitive power are low for some influential factors.This paper discusses some questions in the brand competitive power,and proposes the series strategies to promote its tourism brand competitiveness.


Recent satellite investigations revealed that in the 1990s the grounding line of Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, retreated several km, the ice surface on the interior of the basins lowered 10 cm a, and Pine Island Glacier thinned 1.6 m a. These observations, however, were not sufficient to determine the cause of the changes. Here, we present satellite radar interferometry data that show the thinning and retreat of Pine Island Glacier are caused by an acceleration of ice flow of about18 þ 2% in 8 years. Thwaites Glacier maintained a nearly constant flow regime at its center, but widened along the sides, and increased its 30 þ 15% mass deficit by another 4% in 4 years. The combined mass loss from both glaciers, if correct, contributes an estimated 0.08þ 0.03 mm a global sea-level rise in 2000.


Virtual scene modeling based on VRML has limitation in customizability and developing efficiency.This paper proposes a parametric virtual scene modeling technology based on XML,which improves the customizability and developing efficiency in virtual scene modeling based on VRML.It adopts the method of region partitioning to increase the rendering velocity.The technology is applied well in the project of virtual city.


This paper considers the necessity of ensuring the information security at the diverse levels of economic relations: at the common federal level; and at the level of micro-scale managing subjects of economy. This paper also examines the necessity of organization of the information security to defend information resources of a company in order to prevent raider attack attempts and to decrease insider threats.


Bandajuma, Sierra Leone (UNHCR) - At an age when they should be playing basketball with the other kids, two teenaged boys have chosen to sit it out on the bench, staring blankly ahead with troubled eyes.


In this paper, we found a new vibration sound for an electrolarynx (EL) that sounds like natural voice. The difference of acoustic characteristics between natural speech and speech using an EL is stress from its laryngectomees using it. Also, this becomes a factor that hinders smooth communication for them. Thus, we focus on the difference of the sound generated by an EL and by human being's real vocal cords. We created two pseudo vocal cords vibration waveforms that are Rosenberg wave and LPC residual wave. People can produce utterance by using a vibration loud speaker. We conducted listening experiments to figure out which sound is more similar to natural speech by using a variant of the Nakaya pairwise comparison of Scheffe. The results show that the speech by the LPC residual wave is closer to natural speech of human beings than EL.


A Radial Jet Reattachment Combustion (RJRC) nozzle forces primary combustion air to exit radially from the combustion nozzle and to mix with gaseous fuel in a highly turbulent recirculation region generated between the combustion nozzle and impingement surface. High convective heat transfer properties and improved fuel/ air mixing characterize this external mixing combustor for use in impingement flame heating processes. To understand the heat transfer characteristics of this new innovative practical RJRC nozzle, statistical design and analysis of experiments was utilized. A regression model was developed which allowed for determination of the total heat transfer to the impingement surface as well as the NOx emission index over a wide variety of operating conditions. In addition, spatially resolved flame temperatures and impingement surface temperature and heat flux profiles enabled determination of the extent of the combustion process with regards to the impingement surface. Specifically, the relative sizes of the reaction envelope, high temperature reaction zone, and low temperature recirculation zone were all determined. At the impingement surface in the reattachment zone very high local heat flux values were measured. This study provides the first detailed local heat transfer characteristics for the RJRC nozzle.


This study aims to analyze the influence of the brand experience to brand trust , customer satisfaction and customer intimacy that impact on customer loyalty at Kiehl's Surabaya. This study will be conducted by distributing questionnaires to 100 consumer respondents Kiehl's Surabaya. The analysis technique used is the technique of quantitative analysis method path analysis (path analysis) and partial least square (PLS).The research proves that there is a significant influence of the brand experience to brand trust on Kiehl's, there was a significant effect of brand experience to customer satisfaction , there is a significant influence of the brand experience to customer intimacy ,  significant effect of brand trust on customer intimacy ,  significant effect of customer satisfaction on customer intimacy , and there was a significant effect of customer intimacy to customer loyalty .


Comment on "Linear and Branched Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Isomers in Technical Product and Environmental Samples by In-Port Derivatization-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry" In their article, Chu and Letcher state that "[o]n the basis of various configurations of the C8 hydrocarbon chain, hundreds of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) isomers are theoretically possible." As we have previously shown, there are only 89 geometrical isomers of PFOS (since the authors are not using a chiral column, this is all the methodology is capable of separating), and even if optical isomerism is also taken into account, the total number of PFOS isomers is still <200. After analyzing a small group of egg and polar bear samples, the authors go on to conclude that their results suggest that "branched [PFOS] isomers are selectively degraded, metabolized, or less accumulated in the animal tissue tested, and that L-PFOS is selectively enriched via preferential bioconcentration, uptake, and accumulation in their respective food webs." The authors lack sufficient sample and experimental design information to make these sweeping conclusions regarding the behavior of PFOS in food webs in this otherwise purely analytical method development manuscript. In addition, by making such general statements without appropriate citations of the pre-existing literature, Chu and Letcher are ignoring many other previous discussions regarding the differential congener specific sources and environmental/biological behavior of perfluorinated sulfonic acids. The linear PFOS isomer is already expected to display preferential accumulation versus its branched counterparts in organisms. Furthermore, there are multiple technical mixture sources of perfluorinated sulfonic acids in the environment each with differing relative amounts of linear and branched congeners. In their study, Chu and Letcher have only analyzed a single source mixture, which precludes any generalizations about PFOS isomeric signatures over such large geographic regions as the composite sample set integrates. There is also the possibility that the atmospheric, biological, and potentially abiotic degradation products of perfluoroalkylsulfonamides (which also have presently very poorly defined linear versus branched congener profiles) may also be substantial, if not dominant, contributors to the total PFOS profiles in these samples. Thus, the authors should both refrain from attempting to claim such intellectual priority in an ancillary approach when a well established field of research already exists and avoid making unsubstantiated claims regarding the environmental behavior of PFOS via a method development paper.


Assessments concerning the environmental impact of mining projects are highly dependent on reliable low-level analyses of samples collected from the receiving environment. The analytical program must be designed to maximize the reliability of the data and also provide information concerning the reproducibility, accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of test results. In Canada, the MEND (Mine Environment Neutral Drainage) Program has sponsored projects pertaining to comprehensive monitoring of subaqueous tailings disposal. Lake sediments, lake water, and interstitial water samples were collected and then analyzed for a host of parameters (metals, anions, physical tests, etc.). The analyses were carried out using state-of-the-art procedures and instruments. A comprehensive quality assurance-quality control (QA-QC) program was incorporated into the study with all QA-QC subsequently reported. The studies provide an ideal example of what is required, in terms of analytical approach, for projects that require extremely low detection levels and are subject to rigorous scrutiny by regulatory agencies, the scientific community, and the public. This paper presents the QA-QC approach taken for the subaqueous tailings disposal work by discussing method selection, determination of detection limits, use of reference materials, laboratory and field QC samples, and criteria for assessing QC results. Representative QC data are presented to demonstrate validation of methodology and to show that pre-determined criteria were met. The results on all blanks were below limits of detection, the results on reference materials met suppliers 95% acceptance criteria and replicate results agreed to within +15% of a calculated mean. INTRODUCTION The demand for high quality environmental laboratory services has grown rapidly, especially during the past 10 yr. Significant technical advances have been made with services and capabilities now routinely available that only a few years ago were the domain of research. There has been a dramatic trend toward multi-component determinations at very low concentrations in complex sample matrices. These requirements place an increasing burden on the laboratory and its ability to produce quality results. The field of environmental analytical chemistry is no doubt a scientific field that has become vitally important to society by providing the required data to support environmental studies. The work produced by environmental laboratories is "under a lens", and this close scrutiny has been increasing over the years. Government regulations have been the driving force in the rapid growth of the field of environmental analytical chemistry. In North America this sector is sophisticated and is dominated by regulatory, research, and private-sector laboratories. Laboratory managers have had to become increasingly proactive in educating industry, regulators, and the public about the field of measurement science. This has been especially important as regulators establish new environmental standards, compliance limits, and criteria. The setting of compliance limits will undoubtedly be based on many factors; the capability to measure must be among such considerations. 99 Proceedings of the 18 Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium in Vernon, BC, 1994. The Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation As users of environmental laboratories become more educated, their expectations become enhanced. Laboratories must now routinely provide evidence that they are accredited and/or certified and that they incorporate a comprehensive quality assurance program with all work programs. DEFINING LABORATORY CREDIBILITY Laboratory credibility is established through "good laboratory practice" (GLP) which involves the complete management system for laboratory operation. While laboratories will, on their own initiative, establish GLP, it is necessary to obtain official recognition in the form of certification and accreditation. Certification is the formal recognition of the proficiency of a laboratory to carry out specific tests. It is determined by a procedure of submitting proficiency samples and defining the standards that must be met by the laboratories. Accreditation is a more comprehensive system that includes, along with a proficiency component, formal site visits by properly trained laboratory auditors. In Canada, a national accreditation program has been established by CAEAL, or the Canadian Association of Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL 1993). In the United States, the ultimate goal is a national accreditation program, but at present accreditation is offered only in some of the individual States (IAETL 1993). DEFINING LABORATORY QUALITY The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines quality assurance (QA) as the total program for assuring the reliability of monitoring data. Quality control (QC) is defined as "the routine application of procedures for controlling the measurement process" (U.S. EPA 1986). In other words, QC consists of the technical, day-to-day activities used to assess the quality of the measurement process, while QA is the overall management system that ensures a QC program is in place and is working effectively. Quality control is primarily concerned with the tools of the measurement system. This includes internal laboratory activities or quality control steps, and the preparation and analysis of quality control samples. Analysis of quality control samples allows the determination of precision, accuracy, sensitivity, and contamination control for the sampling and analysis process. There are two types of quality control (QC) samples: internal and external. Internal or laboratory quality control samples are prepared in the laboratory and include blanks, replicates, surrogates, spikes, and reference materials. These are defined in table 1. External or field quality control samples (table 1) are prepared in the field and should be handled exactly the same way as the collected environmental samples. The data produced from these samples provide information on the sampling techniques, sampling precision and bias, analyte stability, and cleanliness of sample containers. The results of analysis of the QC samples provide valuable information on the precision (or repeatability) and the accuracy (how close the measurement is to the true value) of the analyses. The relationship between precision and accuracy is depicted in figure 1. It is the goal of analytical chemists to utilize analysis protocols that are both accurate and precise (category B of figure 1), but some tests required for regulatory purposes do not meet such criteria (Maynard 1990).


At present, a large number of off-line videos is stored in the server of surveillance network. In order to retrieve the target face in these massive videos frames, the face retrieval system is designed. A new Quadruplet Network is constructed by changing the RELU structure of CNN network and training the new Quadruplet Network to acquire the depth features. Join with the online fugitive face picture that launched online to initiate the wanted, with the help of the depth feature contrast to launch the Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). The new Quadruplet Network converges faster than familiar networks such as Alexnet, Googlenet, VGGNet and ResNet. Because of the shared weight design of the network, the retrieval has a high precision, recall and the retrieval rate. Image depth features can be shared quickly online between the cameras. The experimental results show that the proposed method is effective, with an accuracy of 98.74% and a precision of 99.54%, and a frame rate of 28 FPS.


Ras-oncogene is now thought to be one of the most important oncogenes which is evidenced in the correlation with human cancers. Point mutation in ras-gene correlates with transformation caused by ras and is found in human cancers with high frequency, such as 90% in pancreatic cancer, 50% in colon cancer and 30% in lung cancer. Ras (product of ms-oncogene) has GTPase activity and loses its activity with point mutation, leading to transformation. Active GTP-binding form of Ras is a key molecule of signal transduction in cell growth, differentiation and transformation.
Inhibitors of ms-transformation will be good candidates of anti-cancer agents. Although many inhibitors of ras transformation have been reported up to now including macromolecules (genes, nucleotides, antibodies), we summarize the small-molecule compounds, which inhibit ms-transformation in direct or indirect manner in this review. Direct inhibitors of ras include inhibitors of farnesylation of Ras. Farnesyltransferase inhibitors (L- 744,832, etc) include peptidomimetics with the rational drug design for C-terminus of Ras and natural products. Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (Lovastatin, etc) which block cholesterol metabolism, inhibit farnesylation of Ras by decreasing the amount of the substrate of farnesyltransferase (Frase). Indirect inhibitors of ras with known mechanisms include the inhibitor of inositol monophosphate (IMP) dehydrogenase (oxanosine), the inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPK kinase)(PD98059), the inhibitor of MAPK (apigenin), the inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) (UCN- 01, etc), the inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Pl3K) (Wortmannin and L-294002), the inducer of the transcription factor JunD (oxamflatin) and the inhibitors of histone deacetylase [trichostatin A (TSA) and trapoxins]. Almost all compounds are now under development, and will be evaluated in clinical studies as anticancer agents.


By synthesizing a molecular imprinted polymer as an efficient adsorbent, ciprofloxacin was micro-extracted from seawater, human blood plasma and tablet samples by pipette-tip micro solid phase extraction and determined spectrophotometrically. Response surface methodology was applied with the central composite design to build a model based on factors affecting on microextraction of ciprofloxacin; including volume of eluent solvent, number of extraction cycles, number of elution cycles and pH of sample. Other factors that affect extraction efficiency, such as type of eluent solvent, volume of sample, type and amount of salt were optimized with one-variable-at-a-time method. Under optimum extraction condition, pH of sample solution was 7.0, volume of eluent solvent (methanol) was 200 εL, volume of sample solution was 10 mL, and the number of extraction and elution cycles was 5 and 7, respectively, amount of Na2 SO4 (as salt) and MIP (as sorbent) were optimized at 150 mg and 2.0 mg, respectively. The linear range of the suggested method under optimum extraction factors was 5-150 εg/L with a limit of detection of 1.50 εg/L for the analyte. Reproducibility of the method (as relative standard deviation) was better than 7.0%. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment involving the irradiation of a photosensitizer that generates singlet oxygen (O2), a cytotoxic species initiating tumor necrosis. Due to its high quantum yield of singlet oxygen production, C60 has been suggested as potential photosensitizer for PDT [1]. Since a water-soluble and biocompatible photosensitizer is required, poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) and poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone)-co-poly(vinyl acetate) (PNVP-co-PVAc) polymers were prepared by cobalt-mediated radical polymerization (CMRP) [2] and next grafted onto C60 by radical addition (Scheme 1) [3]. The structure of the resulting nanohybrids was tentatively tuned by changing the [PVAc]/[C60] ratio for the grafting reaction.


The present invention discloses a solution having electronic cigarette smoke aroma, which was prepared as follows: the tobacco end of the cigarette or with the heating foil or aluminum foil wrapped 240-600 ℃ reflux conditions after 10-40min, then 30-40 extraction with a mixture of water, glycerol and ethanol, the product was heated at reflux foil or aluminum foil wrapped 30-60 min, to obtain a liquid under the conditions of the electronic cigarette ℃; the mass was heated to reflux and a mixture of the product water, glycerol and ethanol volume ratio of 1: 8-12, the mass ratio of the volume mass units g, volume units of mL. Select the end of the present invention tobacco, or tobacco ash as raw materials, high temperature distillation at a certain temperature, to obtain material having a smoky aroma, flavor aroma substance such conventional cigarette smoke generated during combustion of aroma components similar to that electronic smoky flavor of the liquid smoke after nebulizer suction feels consistent feel such an electron liquid smoke and combustion process of conventional cigarettes, flavored cigarettes smoked during combustion.


ABSTRACT: Streambank changes after the Kansas flood of 1993 were examined using aerial photography to determine the relationship of streambank stability to natural riparian vegetation, stream channel morphology, and soil type. The flooding event that occurred that summer along river courses in the central plains area of the United States was considered in the magnitude of a 100–500 year category. Water flooded riverbanks and farmlands for a two month period in the summer. Lateral streambank erosion was related significantly to vegetative cover and soil types; erosion was greatest on cropland and minimal on the forested streambanks and greater on sandy than on silty soils. Channel position or the interaction of soils with cover type or channel position did not influence lateral erosion, but the interaction of channel position with cover type was significant. Stream characteristics of radius of curvature, width, and ratio of radius to width did not influence erosion. The flood was so large that the water flowed over the banks for great distances much of the time, masking the dynamic effect of water at various channel positions.


A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) scheme by tracking the open-circuit voltage from a piezoelectric energy harvester using a differentiator is presented in this paper. The MPPT controller is implemented by using a low-power analogue differentiator and comparators without the need of a sensing circuitry and a power hungry controller. This proposed MPPT circuit is used to control a buck converter which serves as a power management module in conjunction with a full-wave bridge diode rectifier. Performance of this MPPT control scheme is verified by using the prototyped circuit to track the maximum power point of a macro-fiber composite (MFC) as the piezoelectric energy harvester. The MFC was bonded on a composite material and the whole specimen was subjected to various strain levels at frequency from 10 to 100 Hz. Experimental results showed that the implemented full analogue MPPT controller has a tracking efficiency between 81% and 98.66% independent of the load, and consumes an average power of 3.187 μW at 3 V during operation.


XML emerges and evolves quick and fast as Web and wireless technology penetrates more into the consumer marketplace. Database technology faces new challenges. It has to change to play the supportive role. Web and wireless applications master the technology paradigm shift. XML and database connectivity and transformation become critical. Heterogeneity and interoperability must be distinctly tackled. In this paper, we provide an in‐depth and technical review of XML and XML database technology. An analytic and comparative framework is developed. Storage method, mapping technique, and transformation paradigm formulate the framework. We collect and compile the IBM, Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft XML database products. We use the framework and analyze each of these XML database techniques. The comparison and contrast aims to provide an insight into the structural and methodological paradigm shift in XML database technology.


Abstract
Purpose: This chapter synthesises a variety of findings on the topic of aggressive driving and delivers a suite of strategies for moderating such behaviours. Examples and formal definitions of aggressive driving acts are given, along with specific techniques for reducing excessive speed and other aggressive behaviours.

Methodology: Key references from the literature are summarised and discussed, and two examples detailing how multi-parameter distributions and models compare with the negative binomial distribution and model are presented.

Findings: Speeding is the most common type of aggressive driving, and speeding-related crashes represent a high share of traffic deaths. Speeding relates to many factors, including public attitudes, personal behaviours, vehicle performance capabilities, roadway design attributes, laws and policies. Anonymity, while encased in a vehicle, and driver frustration, due to roadway congestion or other issues, contribute to aggressive driving.

Research implications: More observational data are needed to quantify the effects of the contributing factors on aggressive driving.

Practical implications: Driver frustration, intoxication and stress can lead to serious crashes and other traffic problems. They can be addressed, to some extent, through practical enforcement, design decisions and education campaigns.


1. The inshore movements of postlarval pink shrimp and the subsequent offshore movements of the juveniles are facilitated by flood and ebb tides, respectively. This investigation concerns the behavioral mechanisms involved in the selective use of one tide and the evasion of the other.2. Salinity changes, similar to those occurring with change in tide in the inshore environment usually occupied by pink shrimp, were imposed on both postlarvae and juveniles in a constant-current apparatus.3. Juvenile shrimp were almost invariably positively rheotactic. However, with a decrease in salinity the sign of the response was reversed, resulting in active downstream swimming. This often gave way to passive drifting.Under conditions of low light intensity postlarvae were active in the water column, and being unable to withstand even slow currents, were easily displaced. With a decrease in salinity they sank to the substrate or remained low in the water column where they were better able to maintain position.4. Respons...


This paper has aimed to explore the role that mobile phone plays in a group of young people's lives in school. We interviewed eight students at a secondary school and performed observations to get as clear a picture as possible of their mobile phone use. Previous research has shown that mobile's role has become more and more important and the social interaction that were previously more widely been face to face is now more likely to be through mobile phone. The mobile's impact on the individual and society has both positive and negative effects. The issues addressed concerns how students experience today's smartphone use, how they use their phones and how this affects social interaction. Even whether students have a need to be reachable and how they feel of the phone's impact? The sociological analysis of this paper is done using themes that deal with consumption, modernity, time and space, social interaction through the smartphone and the network society. The result shows that mobile phone plays a big role in young people's lives and social interactions to some extent limited by the mobile phone. Students feel that they must constantly be reachable and updated and may feel uneasy when the phone is not available.


The purpose of this study is to find the most appropriate forecasting method by applying the machine learning and deep learning techniques that have recently been representing an outstanding performance in various fields to power load forecasting and evaluating their performance. Forecasting
 model has been realized by using logistic regression, decision tree, support vector machine (SVM) algorithm as the machine learning technique, and deep neural network (DNN) algorithm as deep learning technique and compared with each other. In order to find the most appropriate method for power
 load forecasting, the performance of machine learning and deep learning model was compared and evaluated. Performance was evaluated by realizing total 7 forecasting models including 3 machine learning-based single forecasting models, 1 deep learning-based single forecasting model, and 3 complex
 forecasting models. As for complex forecasting model, forecasting rate turned out to be 96.91% for logistic regression-based complex forecasting model, 97.08% for decision tree-based complex forecasting model, and 96.43% for support vector machine-based forecasting model that the complex forecasting
 model combined with decision tree and deep neural network represented the most outstanding performance. With this study, it is anticipated to precisely forecast power load saving the electronic energy while preparing for a plan to efficiently distribute and utilize energy in connection with
 smart grid technology such as Energy Storage System (ESS) or Energy Management System (EMS).


The Idaho augmented fish health monitoring contract DE-A179-87BP65903 was awarded in June 1987 and fully implemented in January 1988. The third annual report of activities serviced under this contract is presented. The prevailing fish health problems in 1989 include persistent infections caused by infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), by Myxobolus (Myxosoma) cerebralis, Renibacterium salmoninarum and drug resistant Aeromonas salmonicida at select hatcheries on Idaho's upper Columbia River tributaries. Administrative focus during the year was to fill vacant positions and still maintain the monitoring effort at levels agreed on under contract. Complete diagnostic and inspection services were provided to eleven Idaho anadromous facilities. The present report describes work done to meet contract agreements and summarizes the fish health findings of anadromous stocks reared at and returning to Idaho's facilities during 1989.