Political Settlements are often identified with post-conflict conditions. Basically the main idea of political settlements is a shared understanding among the elites in the context of power distribution. Common understanding is interpreted as an agreement on the negotiations carried out, which is intended for the continuity of the overall system after the conflict. Thus the study of political settlements will show how the elites, both the formal elite and the informal elite, as well as other institutions in the community carry out strategies or strategies to establish legitimacy. The political agreement also negotiates the distribution of available resources. Thus the power relations that occur will restore the classic concept of power from Laswell namely Who Gets What, When and How, showing who has power in the agreement. As political agreements emerge as a strategy for cooperation rather than competition, in order to secure their interests, it takes days or even centuries, to be renewed continuously. Those who agree would continue to contest and are subject to renegotiation. The result would be new regulations or policies in the context of maintaining the status quo. Therefore, the political settlement framework did not state that the emergence of each policy reflects the balance of power in a country. Although in reality political agreement occurs in every political action, but in concept not many people use it in political analysis. This paper tried to describe the development of the concept of political agreement by examining the level of reality.


beneficial improvements of maternal surgical weight loss may not be uniformly beneficial for their offspring. glucose-intolerant, surpassing that of offspring born to obese dams. Collectively, these data suggest that the high-fat diet later in life, the offspring of VSG-operated animals exhibited marked adiposity and were offspring of VSG-operated mothers and sham-operated control mothers. When further challenged with a palatable mothers. If switched to a low-fat diet from weaning to adulthood, no detectable differences were observed in the controls and exhibited fatty livers and had greater adiposity similar to offspring of obese sham-operated control and lactation, the offspring at weaning became glucose-intolerant in comparison to offspring of sham-operated growth restriction. When the VSG-operated mothers were maintained on a palatable high-fat diet during pregnancy metabolic parameters of the offspring were evaluated. Offspring born to VSG-operated females showed intrauterine circulating lipids. After body weight and food intake stabilization, the investigators mated female rats, and the improvements included loss of body weight and body fat, as well as improved glucose tolerance and reduced gastrectomy (VSG), Grayson and colleagues now show metabolic improvements to female rats after VSG. These on offspring born after surgically induced weight loss. Using a rodent model of bariatric surgery called vertical sleeve these surgeries are female. However, limited work has been done evaluating the effects of maternal bariatric surgery Long-term weight loss is increasingly achieved through surgical means, and the vast majority of recipients of Affecting the Next Generation


We investigate the interplay between linewidth and $\alpha$ -factor in quantum dot lasers using experimental data and a minimal quantum dot laser rate equation model. The rebroadening of the laser linewidth found experimentally at high injection currents is explained by analytical means and traced back to nonlinear scattering processes. Important differences of the pump current dependent linewidth evolution of quantum dot lasers are highlighted especially if compared to conventional laser devices. Furthermore, we provide a scheme to extract the amplitude-phase coupling as well as effective carrier scattering rates with standard characterization techniques, i.e., linewidth, light versus injected pump current and modulation response measurements.


Carbon foils with surface densities of 200 ¿gcm-2 were selected as the stripping medium for the charge exchange injection system into the Fermilab Booster accelerator. These foils have extremely long lifetimes. The criteria leading to their selection and the preparation method are discussed.


We tested the effect of an apparatus that could induce tool use on the behavior of six captive Capuchin Monkeys. We used "focal-animal" to estimate the time spent in general behavioral states and those indicative of stress, and "all occurrences" of agonistic and stereotypic behavioral events. The group showed different profiles of activity budget, with varied responses to stressing factors. Some individuals reduced the behaviors indicative of stress, but there was no significant variation for the group. We concluded that the apparatus was inefficient, limited as measure of enrichment for the species. However, due to individual effects, we suggest that the technique can be effective for specific individuals or groups under very stressful conditions.


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Abstract: This article describes the development of a single assessment tool that is applicable to two organizations to reduce redundancy of operations. It is based on a case study of the application of Six Sigma tools and methods to develop an assessment tool for meeting the needs and procedures for the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering of the Albuquerque Area, Indian Health Service, and Region 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency, which had traditionally conducted independent surveys of water sewer and solid waste facilities of Indian tribal organizations in the same region. These efforts were focused on meeting the needs of tribal customers and the staff of both federal agencies following Six Sigma's Design Measure Analyze Improve and Control roadmap. Deliverables of the project included new survey forms, procedures, and training. The project resulted in the elimination of redundant services which in turn has allowed these organizations to be more cost effective in providing additional services to the tribal customers. This effort is resulting in similar adoptions in other regions of the country.


One of the paramount challenges of the 21st century is unquestionably to reconcile economic growth and environmental conservation. This is already taking place in some areas of the state of Sao Paulo, where enterprises that depend on benefiting from natural resources - in particular the various types of rural tourism - are already superseding activities that spoil the environment. In such territories - which this article calls conservationist zones - nature is no longer an obstacle, but rather the major trump card to economic growth.


E H S Burhop New York: Academic Press 1972 pp xii + 280 price $1650 This volume contains 185 pages on 'Photo and Electroproduction processes' by Donnachie, 60 pages on 'Regge phenomenology' by Phillips and Ringland and 14 pages on the 'Present evidence on the validity of quantum electrodynamics' by Gatto. The differences in length are matched by differences in character in the three articles, so it is not possible to see any clear editorial policy in the volume; nevertheless all three sections are well written and useful.


The existence of optionality is well attested in mature grammars and particularly in transitional stages of development (of both child and adult grammars). A complete explanatory account of optionality, however, has not yet been reached. Such an account is needed for two main reasons. First, optionality poses a challenge for contemporary formal models of generative grammar which, unlike their predecessors (e.g., classic transformational grammar, Government-Binding), assume competition for well-formedness and rule out optional syntactic operations. Secondly, and more specifically relevant to this volume, optionality can be found not only at intermediate stages of second language (L2) acquisition, but also at advanced stages and even in the end-state grammars of nonnative speakers who have reached the stage of ultimate attainment: it can therefore become a permanent, or 'stabilized' feature in L2 acquisition (Robertson and Sorace, 1999; Sorace, 1999). Residual optionality in the end-state grammars may therefore be regarded as a type of divergence from the corresponding native grammar. Whether 'stable' optionality in mature L1 grammars and 'stabilized' optionality in end-state L2 grammars have the same etiology, and whether developmental optionality in adult L2 grammars is a phenomenon of a different nature from that of developmental


The X-15 rocket research airplane flew to an altitude of 354,000 ft and reached Mach 6.70. In almost 200 flights, this airplane was used to gather aerodynamic-heating, structural loads, stability and control, and atmospheric-reentry data. This paper describes the origins, design, and operation of the X-15 airplane. In addition, lessons learned from the X-15 airplane that are applicable to designing and testing the National Aero-Space Plane are discussed.


In use far and wide for improved delivery and control of the electricity supply, power electronics systems are both the cause and remedy of the power system harmonic pollution problem. Here, the authors describe how an insidious side-effect of any solution involving power electronics converters is their generation of high-frequency pollution-namely, conducted and radiated noise in the 100 kHz to 100 MHz range-which can have an adverse effect on the operation of surrounding electronic equipment. Solutions to this problem are also offered in this paper.


A hydraulic steering control arrangement (1) is described having a directional valve (2), a metering pump unit which has at least two metering pumps (3, 4) which are connected hydraulically in parallel and are operable mechanically in parallel, and a shut-off valve (6) in hydraulic connection between two of the at least two metering pumps (3, 4), a pump connection (P) and a tank connection (T) which are connected to said metering pump unit by way of the directional valve (2), and two working connections (L, R) connected to the directional valve (2), a control input (8) of the shut-off valve (6) being connected to the pump connection (P) by means of a control valve. Such a control arrangement should be operated at a high hydraulic pressure and at the same time it should be made sure that the shut-off valve is actuated only when the required high pressure is available. To this end the control valve (10) is a pilot operated valve, an inlet (11) of said control valve (10) being connected to the pump connection (P), said control valve (10) connecting said input (8) and said pump connection (P) in an actuated state of said control valve (10).


We present the Olsson.wl Mathematica package which aims to find linear transformations for some classes of multivariable hypergeometric functions. It is based on a well-known method developed by P. O. M. Olsson in J. Math. Phys. 5, 420 (1964) in order to derive the analytic continuations of the Appell $F_1$ double hypergeometric series from the linear transformations of the Gauss $_2F_1$ hypergeometric function. We provide a brief description of Olsson's method and demonstrate the commands of the package, along with examples. We also provide a companion package, called ROC2.wl and dedicated to the derivation of the regions of convergence of double hypergeometric series. This package can be used independently of Olsson.wl.


We propose a method for coordinating local components that observe a distributed discrete-event system R and execute actions depending on the current state of R. Coordination is achieved by allowing the components to communicate with one another. This communication helps the components to distinguish slates of R when necessary. This paper is illustrated in distributed supervisory control


pate in clinical studies; so, we decided to include only Finnish-speaking patients (who are predominantly White European). We agree that, therefore, our results cannot necessarily be generalised to parturients from other racial or ethnic groups. From the clinical point of view, however, at least in Finland, nonindigenous parturients do not usually ask for any special arrangements for childbirth (for example caesarean, induction or pain relief out with our routine care). Our previous studies in Finland have shown that socio-economic characteristics do not correlate with fear of childbirth. This is probably because the majority of women giving birth in the Helsinki area are middle class, nearly all have satisfactory basic knowledge and they are entitled to good quality free maternity care. Our results show that fear of childbirth is common (7.5%) even in this group. This is an important finding and puts us under an obligation to provide appropriate care for these women. Unfortunately, the specific socio-economic background of our study patients is not known because the data were collected anonymously. It is known from our previous studies that women's personal characteristics and psychosocial situation have a stronger influence on fear of childbirth than socio-economic background. We consider it very important that effective methods are developed to ameliorate fear of childbirth, irrespective of women's socio-economic status or racial or ethnic origin. j


The book, with its 18 chapters, aims to describe statistical analysis of econometric and financial models considering estimation via parametric and nonparametric techniques, inference and identification of the parameters of such models. Chapters 1 and 2 review some characteristics of the statistical models including convergence modes and concepts of exogeneity. Problems of estimation and testing hypotheses regarding model parameters are discussed in Chapters 3 and 4. Chapter 5 looks at nonparametric estimation methods, followed by computer simulations demonstrating their use in Chapter 6. Properties of conditional expectation are investigated in Chapter 7 and applied to estimation and testing problems of different regression models in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 discusses estimation by generalized conditional least squares methods and heteroskedasticity tests for regression models involving the multivariate case. Nonparametric estimation of the regression function is discussed in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 reviews many distributions of discrete dependent and partially observed random variables useful in estimation problems. Models of univariate stationary, integrated and cointegrated linear time series are described in Chapters 12 and 13 with discussion of parameter estimation, including the multivariate case.Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) time series models are introduced in Chapter 14, including parameter estimation and testing for the presence of heteroskedasticity. Chapter 15 exhibits two classes of nonlinear dynamic models based on properties of conditional expectation involving regime-switching models. The book is presented with clarity, although there are a few typographical errors. The book presents a lot of statistical approaches to econometric analysis including modern developments. Estimation of parameters of the proposed econometric models is the most important subject in the book involving a study of the asymptotic and sometimes finite sample properties of such parameters. Moreover, the various examples that are investigated through the book add much support to the proposed theoretical results. A criticism of this book is that Equation (12.35) does not give an obvious form of the usual sample autocovariance although it has many versions (see, e.g. [1]), and hence it should be modified. Also, Equation (3.4) should be reformulated in a better form and the approximation on page 39 should be corrected. The book is invaluable to researchers and all who are interested in the statistical analysis of time series, microeconomic data, financial and econometric models.


We demonstrate the good-performance In0.5Ga0.5As-based metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor (MOSCAP) on GaAs substrate using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition technique. In0.5Ga0.5As film grown on GaAs substrate is proved to be high quality with threading dislocation density as low as 106 cm-2. The performance of the MOSCAPs is comparable to that of In0.53Ga0.47As/InP-based devices grown by molecular beam epitaxy technique. The devices show a nice capacitance-voltage response, with small frequency dispersion. The parallel conductance contours show the free movement of Fermi level with the gate bias. Acceptable interface trap density Dit values of 5 × 1011-2 × 1012 eV-1 · cm-2 in the energy range of 0.64-0.52 eV above the InGaAs valence band maximum in In0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs MOSCAPs obtained by conductance methods were shown.


by perceived market demand. Reforms in graduate education that would ameliorate the effects of disciplinary schizophrenia, or of methodological monism, will have to come at the level of hiring and promotion practices. At the moment, three features of hiring practices reinforce pressure toward the technical specialization pole: · The almost exclusive emphasis on the job talk/dissertation, and other research products, as opposed to breadth of knowledge and originality of ideas. · The pressure on job candidates to have published articles. · The control by subfields of most hiring decisions. These practices could be changed. In particular, there could be less deference to subfield preferences in hiring – less deference would in my view be a good thing in general. As in game-theoretic backward induction, we can trace hiring practices to promotion practices. Typically, promotion decisions have to be justified to people (serving on university tenure committees) who are ignorant of the substance, theory, and method of the person being considered. So a dossier has to contain signals that can be interpreted by the ignorant. In view of the frequent unwillingness of colleagues rigorously to evaluate each others' work, this practice is probably necessary. But it does drive the pressure for signals, particularly in the form of refereed work. I am not sure that all of this can be reformed, or that reform would lead to a superior outcome. The result of present practices is, at least, that scientific standards are applied: the refereeing process is crucial to promotion decisions, which drive hiring practices, which drive graduate education. But the overall result is that the specialization-sophistication pole of the dichotomy is reinforced, and that graduate education becomes simultaneously more professional and intellectually more constrained.


William Link introduces key contexts for the book, namely that the origins, onsets, and resolutions of the American Civil War are best understood as a global struggle. Not only was the creation of a new American nation a result of the war, but this creation also occurred in concert with a worldwide emergence of modern nationalism. By 1860, the American South contained the world's largest and most valuable enslaved population, and the huge wealth in cotton, rice, sugar, and tobacco secured through slave labor is what drove exports, trade, and profit in American and global financial centers. This book suggests new ways to situate US Reconstruction as affecting and being affected by global events, and it argues that Reconstruction cannot be understood unless we extend our analysis beyond national borders.


Four-band HgCdTe infrared (IR) detector is developed for the first operational Chinese geostationary meteorological satellite FY-2C launched on October 19, 2004. As the Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) is the primary payload on FY-2C, the IR detector is one of the most important modules for such an imaging instrument. Compared with its predecessors FY-2A and FY-2B (experimental models, launched in June 1997 and June 2000 respectively), the detector used in FY-2C is quite different in band selection and detector package. The four band IR detector for FY-2C application consists of four photoconductive (PC) detector chips made of Hg1-xCdxTe with different compositions x , corresponding to the wavelengths of 3.5 to 4.0μm, 6.3 to 7.6μm, 10.3 to 11.3μm and 11.5 to 12.5μm respectively. Four cooled IR filters are included in one detector package, which enables us to simplify the system without any IR beam splitters and IR filters outside the detector for defining separate bands. The IR detector operates at radiative cooler temperature ranging from 92 to 102K. This paper reviews the design, process and packaging for the four-band IR detector used in FY-2C satellite. The performances and related aspects of this detector are also presented.


EnglishConsequences of broiler selection for rapid growth are examined using a calculation model based on a 6 equations system developed in a previous paper (Carre and Meda 2015). With a 2.5 kg slaughter body weight objective, this model predicts that one day reduction in the rearing period linearly reduces the feed conversion ratio by a value ranging from 0.031 to 0.036. Thus, according to this calculation, genetic selection for increased growth rate will affect both energy and protein feed sources. However, the anticipated protein saving effect will come mainly from increased utilization of pure amino acids, not from improved growth rate. In modern broiler lines, the reduction in relative organ sizes resulting from the increased meat yield was at the opposite of what it should be expected when considering an increased feed intake relative to body weight. This paradox can be explained in modern broilers either by an improved efficiency of organs or by a disappearence of some functions, as assessed by previous studies on the size and efficiency of the digestive tract performed in commercial broilers and in the experimental genetic broiler lines D+ and D- divergently selected for digestion efficiency francaisLes consequences de la selection du poulet de chair pour une croissance rapide sont examinees a l'aide d'un modele base sur 6 equations developees dans une publication precedente (Carre et Meda 2015). Pour un poids a l'abattage de 2,5 kg on calcule que l'indice de consommation est reduit lineairement par la dimminution de l'âge d'abattage d'une valeur allant de 0,031 a 0.036 par jour de reduction dans la duree d'elevage. D'apres ce calcul, la selection pour une croissance rapide parait etre de loin le moyen le plus efficace pour ameliorer l'efficacite alimentaire du poulet de chair. On calcule avec ce modele que les economies d'aliment associees a de futures accelerations dans la vitesse de croissance concerneront a la fois les ressources energetiques et proteiques. Cependant, ces economies de proteines proviendront essentiellement d'une augmentation de l'utilisation des acides amines purs et non de l'acceleration de la vitesse de croissance. Chez le poulet de chair moderne, la reduction de la taille relative des organes resultant de l'accroissement du rendement en viande s'est trouvee a l'oppose de ce que l'on pouvait attendre d'un accroissement de la consommation alimentaire relative au poids vif. Ce paradoxe a ete rendu possible par une amelioration de l'efficacite des organes, ou par une disparition de fonction, comme illustre par des publications anterieures decrivant des etudes sur la taille et l'efficacite des organes, ou par une disparition de fonction, comme illustre par des publications anterieures decrivant des etudes sur la taille et l'efficacite du tractus digestif chez des poulets de chairs d'origine commerciale ou provenant des lignees genetiques experimentalses D+ e D- selectionnees d'une maniere divergente sur l'efficacite digestive.


After reviewing the history of virtual machine technology,this paper introduced the advantages and characteristics of VMM,summarized its architecture and taxonomy,analyzed logical modules in the VMM,and then described the VMM implementation technology in the aspects of CPU,memory,I/O and hardware support.Finally,discussed the opportunities and challenges of future virtual machine technologies based on the current research in academia and industry.


Global warming leads the world to think of a different way of transportation: avoiding internal combustion engines and electrifying the transportation sector. With a high penetration of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on an existing power distribution network, the impact may be consistent. The loads of the fast-charging stations would potentially result in increased peak load demand, reduced reserve margins, voltage instability, and reliability problems. The degrading performance of the power system due to the negative impact of the EV charging stations can even lead to penalties to be paid by the distribution system operator (DSO). This paper: i) investigates the impact of the EV charging station on the distribution network for what concerns voltage drop on MV feeders and loading of transformers in primary substations, and ii) proposes a mitigation mechanism. A realistic typical Italian grid has been used to assess the impact of EV charging stations and to validate the mitigation mechanism.


The paper presents the influence on torque characteristics of the outer rotor displacement in the double rotor reluctance motor. At the first stage the magnetic equivalent circuit of the machine is developed based on the magnetic circuit of the machine in each of the parts that describes their own reluctances. From the equivalent circuit at the particular position the net reluctance is calculated. The magnetic circuit reluctances include due to the iron core of the stator, the rotor and that of the air gaps. The air gap reluctance in different rotor position influences predominantly the torque characteristics as the torque development highly dependent upon the flux linkages at any position. The changing of the pole arc essentially improves the extended flux linkage capability. Hence an investigation into the variations on the displacement of the rotor pole is imperative. In this investigation attempt is made only on the displacement of the outer rotor pole with respect to that of the inner rotor pole. From the results it is inferred that displacing the outer rotor by 3 degrees evolves an improvement in the torque characteristics.


CVD has been used to produce highly purified carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in large quantities, and also to obtain CNTs vertically aligned on substrates for use as electron emitters. Growth at low temperatures (due to the use of a large glass substrate with a low melting temperature), and well-aligned CNT growth are key factors for such applications. Compared to thermal CVD, plasma-enhanced (PE) CVD is better for lowering the growth temperature but not so good for large area synthesis. Two growth mechanisms for vertically aligned CNT growth using CVD have been proposed. Fan et al. proposed a bottom growth mechanism, where the carbonaceous gases could be supplied through the porous substrate. This theory has been questioned, since vertically aligned CNTs have also been successfully grown on a nonporous substrate. Several groups have proposed a cap growth mechanism, where the CNTs were grown from the front surface of the catalyst that exists on the top of the CNT in the form a cap. Such debates, and the lack of understanding of the growth mechanism, arise from an absence of experimental evidence. In general, vertically aligned CNTs are believed to be uniformly synthesized at relatively high temperatures, and their length is also believed to increase with growth time. In our study, however, we found unexpected behavior in the growth temperature and growth time during CNT growth using thermal CVD. With increasing temperatures, the degree of alignment became poorer and, in contrast to previously reported findings, [9±11] the length and density of the CNTs did not increase. The length of the CNTs increased in the initial stages of growth, but later became constant. This phenomenon, observed with highresolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), led us to conclude that this unexpected catalytic growth behavior can only be explained by the cap growth mechanism. Figure 1 shows scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images (45 tilted) of multi-walled CNTs grown at 600 C, 650 C, 700 C, and 750 C for 20 min under a pressure of 5.5 torr. In our study, no pretreatment of the surface of the catalyst metal thin films, e.g., exposure to NH3 gas, [7] or a dipping in HF solution, was carried out prior to the CNT growth. In general, with increasing growth temperature, the CNTs become less defective and their length is expected to increase. As shown in Fig. 1a and 1b, the CNT density increased and vertical alignment improved at 650 C. However, on increasing the temperature to 750 C, the tube density decreased and the tube alignment became poorer. The tubes were randomly disordered on the substrate. This unusual observation is strongly correlated with the surface morphology of the Ni thin films. The right panel in Figure 1 shows the atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of Ni thin films that were prepared following exactly the same procedure as for the CNT growth. All the Ni thin films had a thickness of 120 nm and were prepared at 180 C for 4 h using radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The asdeposited Ni thin film has a very uniform grain size of about 20 nm, as shown in the inset in Figure 1a. With increasing temperatures, the grain size and surface roughness increased, whereas the grain density decreased. From AFM image analysis, the average grain size of the films heattreated at 600 C, 650 C, 700 C, and 750 C were found to be about 30 nm, 30 nm, 50 nm, and 50 nm, respectively. The Ni films heat-treated at 600 C and 650 C still have a uniform grain size and similar surface roughness. The round grains, with a size of about 30 nm, are uniformly distributed over the entire substrate. However, AFM images of the Ni thin films formed at 700 C and 750 C showed less uniformly distributed grain sizes. With increasing temperature, some grains coalesced forming larger Ni grains, resulting in a wide distribution of grain sizes. The increase in diameter and coalescence of grains results from the migration of grain boundaries during heat treatment, which merges small grains into large ones. We note that, as previously reported, the average diameter of the CNTs does not exceed that of the Ni grains, suggesting that the grains act


A bus system includes: a first connection apparatus and a second connection apparatus carrying-out an exchange in accordance with a predetermined protocol; a bus through which the first and second connection apparatuses are connected to each other; and a bridge inserted between the first connection apparatus and the bus, and carrying out an exchange with the second connection apparatus in accordance with the predetermined protocol instead of the first connection apparatus when receiving a disconnection instruction for the first connection apparatus.


The hexahydro\|bromide salt of a new 24\|membered hexaaza diphenol macrocyclic ligand, (H_6BDBPH)Br_6·4H_2O (C_ 26H_ 56N_6O_6Br_6, M_r= 1028.23), crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2_1/c, with cell parameters: a=14.441(5), b=11.482(4), c=12.090(6), β=96.92°, V= 1990 (1)3, Z=2, D_c=1.716 g/cm3; F(000) =1024. MoKα radiation, λ= 0.71013), R = 0.0643 and wR = 0.1356 for 3507 independent reflections with I2σ(I). The macrocyclic ligand adapts chair form, and the crystallographic inversion center is located in the macrocyclic cavity, and the six bromide ions and four water molecules are situated symmetrically outside the macrocyclic cavity.


This study investigated (a) the development of word consciousness prior to first grade and (b) the relationship between word consciousness and reading ability. Subjects were 76 children ranging in age from 3 years 2 months to 6 years 4 months. Presented with a variety of graphic displays on cards, children were required to judge which ones were "something for reading." The imposition of conventional linguistic terminology (e.g., letter, word, sentence) was eliminated, allowing children to describe, in their own language, their perceptions of the graphic displays. Results suggest that the development of word consciousness occurs through a process of gradual extension and refinement of both perceptual awareness of print features and concepts about print. In brief, the perceptions of 3-year-olds about a written word were found to be linked primarily to notions about linearity and quantity of symbols. By age 4, additional characteristics such as variety of symbols and the "unit" aspect of a word were used as criteria for judging whether something is "for reading." By age 5, the transition from reliance on the superordinate structural features of writing to a stage where the distinctive features of the symbols take precedence was well in progress. Additional findings indicated a strong relationship between word consciousness and beginning reading ability.


Wool fabrics with superior self-cleaning properties produced using titanium dioxide/silver nanocomposite. The TiO2/Ag nanocomposite first synthesized under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and sonication and then applied on wool fabrics along with citric acid (CA) as a crosslinking agent to stabilize the nanoparticles on the wool surface. The optimum conditions of different properties of the treated wool fabrics obtained using response surface methodology as a statistical method. The role of three independent variables including titanium dioxide/silver nanocomposite (TiO2/Ag), CA, and sodium hypophosphite evaluated to optimize the processing conditions. Fabrics color variation determined after irradiation with three diverse UV sources including sunlight, UV-A, and UV-C rays. Increasing the concentration of TiO2/Ag nanocomposite increased the color removal and decreased the water absorption time. Further, increasing the concentration of CA led to increase adsorption of TiO2/Ag nanocomposite on the fabric surface improved self-cleaning features of treated wool fabrics. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012


This paper analyses how retirement migrants' mobility is enabled, impeded, and sometimes enforced by national and European Union migration and welfare rules and the ways in which retirement migrants deal with these 'legal gates' in practice. Legal gates are conceptualised as the rules operating at different local, national, and supranational levels, which regulate human mobility between one jurisdiction and another. Drawing on the new mobilities paradigm, the paper shows how retirement migrants construct and negotiate their mobility and residence arrangements within the confines of the different welfare systems. Focusing on Dutch and Spanish retirement migrants who spent their working life in the Netherlands and move or return (permanently or temporarily) to Spain after retirement, this paper shows on the one hand the power of the state to influence retirement migrants' mobility and on the other hand it shows how inequalities between retirement migrants' socio-economic status influences their capacity to be mobile. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Introduction
 The most frequent serious complications of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) are leukemia relapse and graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). Rabbit anti-T cell globulin (ATG, Thymoglobulin) reduces GVHD without increasing relapse, as shown in 3 randomized studies (Chang et al. Cancer 2017, Walker et al. Lancet Oncol 2016, Bacigalupo et al. BBMT 2006). ATG has a direct anti-leukemic effect in vitro (Dabas et al. BBMT 2016, Dabas et al. BMT 2018 in press). In spite of that, in the randomized studies ATG did not reduce relapse. We hypothesized that this could be due to differential effects of ATG pre- vs post-HCT on relapse. Specifically, post-HCT (but not pre-HCT), the anti-leukemic effect of ATG could be countered by ATG impairing graft-vs-leukemia effect (GVL). Here we set out to determine whether pre- vs post-HCT ATG area-under-the-curve (AUC) is associated with relapse and GVHD, the latter possibly being a surrogate for GVL.
 Methods
 A total of 153 patients were studied. All received first allogeneic HCT using conditioning with fludarabine (250 mg/m2), busulfan (~12.8 mg/kg) + TBI (4 Gy) and GVHD prophylaxis with rabbit ATG (0.5 mg/kg on day -2, 2 mg/kg on day -1 and 2 mg/kg on day 0 before graft infusion), methotrexate and cyclosporine. Serum was collected at the end of the last ATG infusion, immediately pre-graft infusion, 30 minutes after the end of graft infusion and days 7 and 28.
 Serum levels of ATG capable of binding to total mononuclear cells (MNCs) were determined using a flow cytometry-based assay (similar to Podgorny et al. BBMT 2010). Pre-HCT ATG AUC was estimated from ATG levels at the end of the last ATG infusion and pre-graft infusion. Post-HCT ATG AUC was estimated from the ATG levels 30 minutes post graft infusion and on days 7 and 28. AUCs were split into above and below median for analysis.
 Multivariate competing risks regression (according to Fine and Gray) was used to determine whether high ATG AUC was associated with the cumulative incidence of relapse. Multivariate Cox regression was used to determine if high ATG AUC was associated with relapse-free survival (RFS).
 Results
 High (above median) pre-HCT AUC was associated with a lower incidence of relapse (SHR=0.430, P=0.029) (Fig. 1, top). It was also associated with improved RFS (HR=0.534, P=0.040). For post-HCT AUC, there appeared to be a trend toward an opposite association - high (above median) post-HCT AUC associated with a higher incidence of relapse (SHR=1.470, P=0.302) (Fig. 1, bottom). There was no association between high post-HCT AUC and RFS.
 Regarding GVHD, there appeared to be a trend toward an association between high pre-HCT AUC and a lower incidence of significant GVHD (grade 2-4 aGVHD or moderate-severe cGVHD) (SHR=0.667, P=0.128) (Fig. 2, top). A strong and significant association was observed between high post-HCT AUC and a lower incidence of significant GVHD (SHR=0.462, P=0.005) (Fig. 2, bottom).
 Conclusion
 High pre-HCT ATG AUC appears to result in less relapse and improved RFS. This may be the in vivo reflection of the known anti-leukemic activity of ATG in vitro. In contrast, high post-HCT AUC appears to have a neutral or deleterious impact on relapse. As high post-HCT AUC is strongly associated with a low incidence of GVHD, which may be a surrogate for weak GVL, it is possible that after HCT, the anti-leukemic effect of ATG is overshadowed by its anti-GVL effect.

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Bis‐indole derivatives including 1,1‐bis(3′‐indolyl)‐1‐(4‐chlorophenyl)methane (DIM‐C‐pPhCl) and substituted quinolines such as chloroquine (CQ) and amodiaquine (AQ) are nuclear receptor 4A2 (NR4A2, Nurr1) ligands, and they exhibit anti‐inflammatory activities in mouse and rat models of Parkinson's disease, respectively. However, computational modeling demonstrates that the quinoline derivatives interact with the ligand‐binding domain, whereas the bis‐indoles preferentially interact with a C‐terminal cofactor binding site of NR4A2. In this study, the effects of DIM‐C‐pPhCl and related analogs were compared with CQ/AQ as inducers of NR4A2‐responsive genes including vasoactive intestinal peptide, osteopontin, proopiomelanocortin, and neuropilin 1 in Panc1 and Panc28 pancreatic cancer cells. The results demonstrate that, among the bis‐indole analogs, their relative potencies as inducers were structure‐gene‐ and cell context dependent. In contrast, CQ and AQ were significantly less potent than the bis‐indole derivatives and, for some of the NR4A2‐regulated genes, CQ and AQ were inactive as inducers. These results demonstrate that although bis‐indole and quinoline derivatives have been characterized as activators of NR4A2‐dependent gene expression, these two classes of compounds exhibit different activities, indicating that they are selective NR4A2 modulators.


Ion motion in an expanding multicomponent plasma is analyzed. Because of the self-consistent electric field which arises during the expansion, the friction between the ion components can be rendered inconsequential by ion ''runaway.'' The conditions for this runaway are studied. It is shown to occur in an expanding laser plasma.


Spondylosis diffusely affects the vertebral column but is more pronounced in the cervical and lumbar spine where the motility is high. In the cervical area, it may cause compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots, and in the lumbar region, the cauda equina. While much has been written in recent years about cervical spondylosis, 1-5,8,9,11-16 little attention has been given to lumbar spondylosis. 6,7,17,18 This paucity is probably the result of misclassification in that spondylosis of the lumbar spine is frequently interpreted as herniation nucleus pulposus. 17,18 Since spondylotic changes are common in the cervical and lumbar spine, a combined compression of the neural contents of both areas would not be a rare entity, despite the fact that there has been no previous record. Presentation is made here of 12 cases of cervical spondylosis with compression of the cervical spinal cord and/or nerve roots, and concomitant lumbar spondylosis. Compression


As patient demand increases and national funding for the NHS in real terms decreases, there has never been a more important time for imaginative, innovative and effective leadership, particularly within primary care. This requirement has been fully recognised by both the General Medical Council and the RCGP. Effective leadership leads to outstanding care, whereas poor leadership is contributing directly to practice failures when inspected by the Care Quality Commission. Within the NHS, much is made about leadership to the point where it becomes almost too confusing to understand. This article outlines how the simple adherence to a set of basic principles takes leadership from the theoretical to reality.


Discourse shapes the way we see the world. In game design and game studies, discourse also shapes the games we make, the games we play, and how we think about games in general. One key discursive construction in contemporary game culture is to portray some games as 'real' or 'authentic,' rendering others as fake or lesser. In this essay we analyze the discourse of real games by focusing on four key discursive constructions that prop up notions of real games: developer pedigree, game mechanics, the celebration of depth and complexity, and the payment structure for games. Using the framework of constitutive rhetoric we argue that these appeals also construct a category of real gamers that has a substantial impact on what games are available and how we think about them.


The invention provides an intelligent three-dimensional parking garage based on a distributed wireless network. The intelligent three-dimensional parking garage comprises a wireless router, a garage management system, a mobile phone client, a vehicle-mounted computer control system and a three-dimensional garage. The garage management system, the mobile phone client, the three-dimensional garage and the vehicle-mounted computer control system are all located in a basic network constructed by the wireless router. The garage management system receives a request transmitted by the mobile phone client, transmits driving signals to the garage and feeds back information. The mobile phone client exchanges carport spare information with the garage management system and transmits parking and car taking information. The vehicle-mounted computer control system comprises a single-board computer, a wireless fidelity (WIFI) module and a necessary peripheral circuit. The three-dimensional garage is composed of a garage transverse driving module, a garage vertical driving module, a passage elevator and an infrared parking space detection module. The intelligent three-dimensional parking garage is simple in structure and clear in arrangement, facilitates garage management and use of users, reduces space consumption and energy consumption and simultaneously ensures high-efficiency user parking.


The authors provide game theoretic foundations for the classic kinke d demand curve and Edgeworth cycle. In their alternating-move model, there are multiple Markov perfect equilibria of both the kinked deman d curve and Edgeworth cycle variety. In any Markov perfect equilibria , profit is bounded away from the Bertrand equilibria level. A kinked demand curve at the monopoly price is the unique symmetric "renegot iation proof" equilibrium when there is little discounting. The auth ors then endogenize the timing by allowing firms to move at any time. They find that firms end up alternating, thus vindicating the fixed timing assumption of the simpler model. Copyright 1988 by The Econometric Society.


In the electromagnetic environment simulation, interpolation was used to calculate electromagnetic wave intensity at any position from limited and scattered data. Finite element interpolation method was applied, and Delaunay triangulations obtained from scattered data which was mapped to two-dimension plane were Finite elements. Considering the influence of distance on electromagnetic wave propagation, the method with distance weighted Gauss function as finite element interpolation function was proposed. Meanwhile, adaptive scale factor grid was introduced into the method to avoid subjective effect when selecting scale factor. The simulation shows that this method can reconstruct electromagnetic field well with low error.


textabstractEmotions are essential aspects of our adaptation to the social and physical environment. All emotions, even the negative ones, have significantly beneficial effects on our behavior, well-being, and adaptation. Conversely, inappropriate and uncontrolled emotional responses are implicated in many forms of psychopathology and even in physical illness. In young children, temperament and the ability to accurately recognize emotional signals are key aspects of emotional functioning. The present thesis examines environmental and genetic correlates of children's temperament and emotion recognition accuracy in the early preschool years, a period during which temperament begins to stabilize and children develop a solid foundation for the accurate perception and labeling of emotions. All studies included in this thesis were conducted within the context of The Generation R Study, a large-scale population-based prospective child cohort from fetal life onward in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.


In this Paper the optimization of PV power generating system with the help of Homer software which is design for it by varying the tilt angle/slope, azimuth and an incidence angle. The irradiance will vary with slope angle, azimuth, and an incidence angle so the output of PV model highly influence by the variable. The objective of this work is to find out the optimization of PV system.


Analyst forecast errors contain time-period-specific commonalities, indicating that they are not independent observations across firms. This paper explores macroeconomic explanations for the common time-period-specific component of analyst forecast errors, using data from the period 1976 1988. The main results are: (1) macroeconomic news about industrial production, inflation, interest rate changes and market returns that arrives during the year explains a significant portion of the time variation in corporate earnings, (2) macroeconomic news that arrives after analysts have made current-year earnings forecasts is reflected in their forecast errors, and (3) in spite of this, controlling for the effects of macroeconomic news does not alter the fact that analysts significantly overestimate earnings on average. Corporate Earnings Forecasts and the Macroeconomy


On the analysis of oscillation mark formation mechanism , its effect on CC billet surface quality is pointed out to reduce oscillation mark depth, improve CC surface quality and meet requirement of CC billet hot charging or hot delivery without surface cleaning.


In surveying the state of the art of reference materials for children and young adults in both school and public libraries, it is necessary to reaffirm certain "givens" about such a broad field. As in any other library, selection depends so much upon the clientele. A K — 3 grade school would have simple encyclopedias (of which there are few), e.g. Childcraft (Field), the Golden Encyclopedias, picture dictionaries and similar materials. The K — 6 or the K — 8 would include these and increasingly sophisticated types of reference, depending upon budget and the reading or research interests of the children. For example, some elementary school age children seriously want to know "all there is" about solar energy, computers, transistors, comic books and beasts of the tar pits. Others want only "facts" about sports heroes, stamps, or other collectibles. High school students are interested in the same pursuits, many of them at a highly sophisticated level. Young patrons of public libraries, quite often, are either the most proficient in reading and research skills, or the most lacking in any kind of conceptual application. Therefore, reference collections for this widely spaced age group are diverse in definition, scope, and numbers of volumes. Indeed, some books at an elementary age level are designated reference for three major reasons: 1) to direct children to a book which they might want but cannot find unless it is limited in the place or time allowed for use (e.g. some books on codes); 2) books that are comprehensive and include a quick fact presentation (these are often found in the 500's, 600's, etc., as a general categorical statement, but such a location is not always understood by the very small child who wants information; or 3) the dictionaries, encyclopedias and other books of encyclopedia information as understood by adults but written on a very beginning level. Too often, a college or general public librarian does not understand the microscopic pieces of information that are reference in nature to the growing child. Ideally, this type of reference should be available in kindergarten or even in pre‐school with instruction in its use (which is "fun" oriented, for learning is fun to the small child) at the same school or pre‐school levels.


Knowledge management (KM) system is one kind of tecbnology that synthetically explores various methods to realize the
capture, storage and reuse of knowledge. A dynamic participation knowledge management system architecture is put forward to accelerate
practicality of knowledge management (KM). In this system architecture, the theory and method of realization of knowledge management
is illustrated from three points (creating sharing knowledge, open knowledge integratin, linking with attention), and then, a practical
example-ICSRP is given.


Prunus persica originated from China, where it has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years. Many diseases on peach and nectarine, both infectious and non-infectious, have been identified in China. Leaf curl, brown rot, anthracnose, gummosis, Leucostoma canker, scab, bacterial spot and crown gall are among the common ones. Tobacco mosaic virus, Prunus necrosis ring spot virus, Prune dwarf virus, Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus and Peach latent mosaic viroid have also been detected in China. The commonly used chemicals for disease control on peach and nectarine are bordeaux mixture, lime sulfur, mancozeb, carbendazim, and thiophanate-methyl. With increasing living standard, the consumer demand for higher quality and safer fruit is increasing, and more and more effort has been put into searching for effective biocontrol agents and active ingredients in herbal extracts.


This study evaluates the impact of Chinese government policies on private R&D investment in biotechnology. We apply survey data from 160 major agribusinesses to analyze the effects of various factors on firm R&D activities. Our findings provide evidence of inducement effects of government policy on firms R&D investment. Significant drivers of Chinese agribusiness firms decisions to invest in biotechnology R&D are public R&D subsidies, owning patents by firms, selling biotechnology products, and expectations of positive profit from commercialization of biotechnology crops. Firms collaboration with universities has no significant impact. Government R&D subsidies also significantly increase firms' biotechnology R&D investment spending. Acknowledgement : We thank the MOA, Seed Industry Association, and Agricultural Department of Zhejiang Province for helping with data collection. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71210004).This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71210004).


Absence seizure are associated with rhythmic spike and wave(SW) complexes recorded on the EEG in both hemispheres.The computer model is used to modify the absence epilepsy seizure.And the dynamics properties of the system and the role played by different input module in the process of seizure generation are investigated by the model.The computer model is constructed by simulink of MATLAB.By this computer model,the alpha rhythm,epilepsy seizure can be emulated and the redation between the epilepsy seizure threshold and the sensory input and the RE input are obtained.These results are important to research how to control the epilepsy seizure in the clinic.


Let us briefly recall the plot of the novel. Anton Voyl has disappeared and his friends try to find clues or possible explanations. One of them, Amaury Conson, finds Voyl's journal. The journal has the same title as the novel within which it exists. Like Amaury Conson, we too are after written clues within La Disparition. The goal of my essay is to provide the above paragraph with the most complete sense possible, that is, in the words of Amaury Conson, to provide la solution to Perec's La Disparition, and to show how this solution helps to approfondir la signi-


The invention relates to a method for preparing a titanium alloy TC4 spherical powder by a plasma auxiliary rotation-electrode centrifugal process, comprising the following steps of: generating a glow discharge plasma arc between consumption type electrodes manufactured by a plasma auxiliary electrode and a rotational cylindrical titanium alloy TC4 in a closed container protected by inert gas, wherein a section of the titanium alloy TC4 electrode, which is close to the plasma arc, forms droplets due to high temperature generated by the plasma arc; throwing the droplets by centrifugal force; air-cooling and curing the titanium alloy TC4 droplets into a spherical shape in the inert atmosphere environment of the closed container; and obtaining a titanium alloy TC4 prill. The method can obtain the titanium alloy TC4 prill which has average sphere diameters between 0.08 mm and 1.8 mm and better monodispersity by changing technological parameters; in addition, the prepared powder prill has good sphericity, lower malformed particle proportion and controllable sphere diameter and can be used in the field of laser three-dimensional forming and for preparing special components of aerospace planes.


In recent years, several composite models based on the lognormal distribution have been developed for the Danish fire insurance data. In this note, we propose new composite models based on the lognormal distribution. At least one of the newly proposed models is shown to give a better fit to the Danish fire insurance data.


This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- except for the Forest Service -- as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, in even-numbered fiscal years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Agriculture appropriations include both mandatory and discretionary spending, however, mandatory amounts are general set by other authorizing laws (such as the farm bill).


Retinal structure in marbled sole was examined microscopically in their early developmental stage to estimate a linkage of changes of visual ability with the caudal fin loss. P hotoreceptor cells in the pre-metamorphosis stage were comprised of single cones exclusively. During metamorphosis, adjacent single cones formed double cones, while a regular square mosaic pattern composed of four double cones surrounding one single cone appeared in post-metamorphosis stage. These morphological changes were assumed to improve the visual ability. As one of possible causes for caudal fin loss, biting other individuals is considered to increase by the help of the improved visual sense.


ACTIVE VERSUS PASSIVE MIXERS Most integrated-circuit mixers are based on an active or current-commutating topology. Linear Technology has a wide portfolio of active mixers, such as the LT5527 and LT5557, which are widely accepted due to their ease of use and low power consumption. Nevertheless, their 2dB–3dB of conversion gain is not enough for some wireless infrastructure designs. Furthermore, active mixers typically exhibit higher NF than passive mixers at comparable linearity. LTC554x mixers employ a passive mixer core to achieve the lowest NF with high linearity. Table 1 compares the performance of the LTC5541 passive mixer to the LT5557 active mixer. As shown in the table, the passive mixer has approximately 5dB higher gain, 2dB lower NF and 1.7dB higher IIP3. The LT5557, though, has much lower DC power consumption.


TiO2 and Fe(S)-doped TiO2 photocatalysts have been synthetized by a microwave-assisted method and deeply characterized by means of several techniques (N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), TEM, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed desorption of NH3 (TPD-NH3) and UV–vis diffuse reflectance, Raman and XPS spectroscopic techniques). The synthetized samples were tested in the photodegradation of methyl red dye under UV irradiation at room temperature. Depending on the temperature and duration of the microwave synthesis, some changes in the textural and crystalline structure of the titanium dioxide were observed which influenced on the photocatalytic activity. The best photocat/TiO2 -ray diffraction hotodegradation ethyl red alyst found in this study was the one doped with S (0.1 wt.%) prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis at 215 ◦C for 60 min and calcined at 550 ◦C. The enhancement of color removal over this sample (49% of color removal) was associated to the formation of anatase phase and the enhancement of the sample acidity with respect to undoped TiO2 sample. A volcano-shaped curve was obtained for methyl red degradation against TiO2 crystal size. Catalyst calcination at 700 ◦C led to a drastic drop in activity due to formation of large TiO2 crystals of rutile phase, as confirmed by XRD.


In t he article with the help of questionnaire the problem s of food security at the household level in the region have been stidied. I n particular the author analyses the level of consumption of basic food products, the cost of food, the stocks of food, food quality, the level of famil y product self-sufficien cy through food agricultural production in subsistence farming etc.


In the classroom, as in any sociocultural system (Beals et al., 1967), behavior must be predictable within definable limits in order that teaching and learning may proceed. When students enter the classroom as the school year begins, they await the arrival of the teacher who will provide, either on her own, or in concert with them, the rules and norms for classroom operation. Some teachers do so gradually over time, whereas others may present specific guidelines or rules which set minimum behavioral standards. Many of the control mechanisms in evidence in the classroom occur at a conscious level; others appear to be unconscious, in that they are habitual responses to events which occur regularly. Both the conscious and unconscious levels have impact on class-


Using a CCD camera and a multichannel lock-in scheme, the authors have enhanced the capabilities of photoreflectance microscopy to obtain a 2D image without scanning the sample, thus dramatically reducing the acquisition time. The photoreflectance images presented show Joule and Peltier heating of a polycrystalline Si 1 kΩ resistor across which a 30 mA peak to peak sinusoidal current is forced.


This study was carried out to investigate changes in pituitary response to GnRH on gonadotrophin secretion in prepubertal heifers. A total of 50 prepubertal Holstein-Friesian heifers were treated with 1 μg/kg GnRH intravenously at 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 months of age, and plasma samples were collected from the jugular vein at 0 to 360 min after GnRH treatment. Plasma concentrations of LH and FSH were measured by RIA. Increase in concentrations of LH and FSH, induced by GnRH, were observed in all heifers from 1 month of age, and the concentrations of LH and FSH at 30 min after GnRH treatment were significantly greater than those before GnRH treatment in heifers of all ages. The time from the GnRH administration to the appearance of the peak of LH and FSH rise was similar at each age and, was prolonged with age. The peak concentration and the amount of release from the pituitary of LH rise increased with age, while those of FSH had a tendency to decrease with age. These results indicate that the pituitary gland already has reactivity to GnRH in heifers by 1 month of age, that the capacity of LH release to GnRH in the pituitary gland develops with age, and that the regulatory mechanism for the secretion of LH and FSH develops differently in prepubertal heifers. This study suggests that the development of the capacity to secrete LH secretion in response to GnRH in the pituitary gland before puberty is one of the factors for deciding the time of the onset of puberty in heifers.


Abstract There is a growing need for corporate employees to manage their stress levels. Stress is experienced because of an excessive workload, a high work pace, difficult work schedules, role conflict, and uncertainty regarding career security, poor interpersonal relationships and unpleasant working conditions. It manifests in symptoms such as conflict, depression, absenteeism, headaches and hypertension. Research was conducted to determine if the use of play therapy mediums in a stress management program for corporate employees has a positive effect on their stress levels. The research findings indicated that stress levels improved after a stress management program incorporating play therapy was presented to the corporate employees.


In a recent retrospective study, corticosteroids were observed to be associated with decreased serum creatine kinase (CK; EC 220.127.116.11) activity (1). This will obviously limit the diagnostic value of serum CK in diseases such as myocardial infarction and myopathies if the patients are receiving corticosteroids. However, retrospective approach has some inherent lacunae. Therefore, we investigated the effect of corticosteroids on serum CK prospectively. The investigation was conducted on 10 male and three female patients, ages 15-55 years. They were suffering from (number of patients in parentheses) bronchial asthma (3), contact dermatitis (3), allergic rash (2), urticaria (2), cirrhosis with jaundice (1), infective hepatitis (1), and nephrotic syndrome (1). Patients with conditions that could affect serum CK, such as injury and intramuscular injections, were excluded. The patients were given 15-40 mg of prednisolone orally every day in three or four divided doses. Serum CK activity was measured by a modification of Natelson's method (2) before and a week after the patients were put on the prednisolone regimen. The data were analyzed by Student's t-test for paired data. The mean (and SD) values for serum CK before and after one week of prednisolone administration were 459 (154) U/L and 519 (203) U/L, respectively. The difference was not significant (p >0.05). The individual activities were within the normal range of our laboratory (150-800 U/L). Thus our observations are at variance with the report of Hinderks and Frohlich (1), who compared the serum CK of patients receiving corticosteroids with a predetermined normal range. Our investigation, in which each patient served as his own control, shows that short-term administration of corticosteroids in the usual dosage has no effect on serum CK. Fraser (3) observed low serum CK activity after administration of corticosteroids in certain types of cancer but not in others. He obtained similar findings with other chemotherapeutic regimens as well. Low serum CK activity has also been observed in alcoholic liver disease (4), various types of cancer (5), and hepatic metastases (6). Among the suggested causes of low serum CK activity are muscle wasting (4) and the presence of CK inactivators in the plasma of cancer patients (5). These factors may have played a role in the lowering of serum CK activity in the patients of Hinderks and Frohlich (1). None of the patients in our series had cancer or muscle wasting.


One sunny May afternoon three friends decide to attend a baseball game, as all are big fans of the local pro team. To their dismay, when they arrive at the ballpark they find a line so long it snakes around the block. After 45 minutes waiting the friends finally reach the ticket counter, only to have the vendor inform them there's just a single ticket left! Each of the three wants badly to see the game, even if it would have to be alone; in fact they each want to go so bad that they can't even think about the interests of the other two in the group. The friends agree that the person who most wants to see the game should get to go, but each one's value for seeing the game is unknown to the other two. The friends must now somehow decide who gets the ticket. This story is just one of a practically boundless number one can imagine in which a group of self-interested agents must jointly make a decision. In this particular example a scarce resource is to be allocated to a single person. More generally, one can consider problems in which multiple decisions impacting multiple individuals must be made, including problems of coordinating various potential behaviors of individuals with disticnt capacities and goals, while the individuals are not intrinsically cooperative. Instead of people, members of a group may be computational agents, acting on behalf of selfish humans or otherwise programmed to behave self-interestedly. The field of mechanism design [3] exists to address such problems: how can we reach socially desirable outcomes despite the fact that individuals will act to induce only individually desirable ones. A mechanism specifies a decision procedure and, typically, a set of required monetary transfer payments (either made to or demanded from the agents). When there is a central authority (a "center") that can enforce a mechanism's prescriptions, specific payment rules can be used to achieve certain desirable social criteria in equilibrium, despite agent self-interest. Although the center can enforce outcomes, knowing that a certain outcome is a desirable one often depends on information that is private to the agents (e.g., value for seeing the baseball game); payments play the role of creating incentive for the agents to share that important information with the center. One very important mechanism is the Vickrey Clarke Groves (VCG). In VCG the center queries each agent for its value for every possible outcome, implements the one that maximizes social welfare according to the reported values, and then enforces the following transfer payment scheme: each agent i must pay the center a quantity equivalent to the amount that other agents would have benefited if agent i were not present (clearly the other agents would be at least as well off, since the center would then be optimizing the decision just for them, and not for the larger group including i). The application of VCG has been suggested or realized in a wide array of domains: in canonical social choice scenarios (e.g., government auctions), as well as in distributed AI domains (e.g., coordinated planning or distributed constraint optimization) [2]. VCG reaches a social-welfare maximizing outcome in dominant strategy equilibrium, without ever running a budget deficit. In fact, it often yields a large surplus—the agents may end up making significant payments to the center. While there are settings in which such payments may


This research is a comparative study of the two discourses of the religious intellectual of the 40s directed by Shariati and the discourse of the Islamic Revolution through a review of Shaheed Beheshti and Martyr Motahhari's subbranches as Imam Khomeini's thought symbol. In this essay, the author first used the epistemological framework of Lacla and Mouffe's theory and its methodological strategy to articulate these discourses based on their central slab. Shariati, with a sociological point of view, was able to present a political image of Islam centered on "revolutionary-social Islam", and the forerunner of the Islamic Revolution. In the continuation of this discourse, the discourse of the Islamic Revolution, also with a jurisprudential approach, with the focus of "pure Islam" as the central axis in the epicenter of the epistemological and thematic, of all political movements after the Islamic Revolution, with the same discursive components, was able to reproduce in a newer and more different form of production and theorize. Findings of the research indicate that both discourses, based on the belief in the combination of religion and politics with a relatively democratic approach and through the use of the "nations and pontificate" system, were able to establish their ideal state which, in contrast to totalitarian systems, religion the traditional and supportive clerics led to the marginalization of the dominant discourse and ruling of the era, the "Pahlavi's discourse". Both of these discourses, with the limitations of the powers of the leadership, however, despite the differences in the form and content, were able to emphasize the role of the people and their influence on the choice of the ruler of his idealist society against the idea of "Islamic government" Legitimacy to the government do


The fate of 5,168 carious primary molar teeth from a
cohort study of 2,654 children aged ~5 years at
baseline undertaken by Cardiff University School of
Dentistry in 1999-2003 was investigated.


The role of terrestrial ecosystems in the mitigation of climate change is an important component of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment. Foresters are aware that C sequestration in trees and soils represents only an intermediate solution, because sequestration potential is limited both in time and amount. However, it is nevertheless appealing to consider that the biosphere might immediately absorb CO2 at low costs perhaps as a by-product of regular forest management. This issue of IUFRO e-notes on role of forests on carbon sequestration summarizes existing scientific information on potential C sequestration through active forest management.


Chevron Notch Short Rod (CNSR) bone cement samples containing silicate clay nanoparticles were prepared and mechanically tested and their fracture toughness properties determined. Acrylic bone cement samples without the nanoparticles were also tested as a control and a reduction in the derived K I C for acrylic based nanocomposite structure was found to exist. The CNSR technique has been shown to be an appropriate test method to characterise the fracture toughness of nanocomposite structures.


Abstract : The purpose of the program was to explore new gyrotron gun configurations and to design a low velocity spread replacement gun for the NRL 35 GHz gyro-TWT. The specific beam forming techniques which were studied were magnetic field reversal, transverse magnetic field kicker, and single anode (diode-like) Magnetron Injection Guns (MIGs). This report contains a summary of our work in each of these areas as well as a description of the new MIG design for the gyro-TWT. Gyrotron oscillators and amplifiers require an entirely different type of electron gun design than those normally used in conventional tube designs. The ideal beam must not only have the proper geometry to maximize the rf interaction with the selected waveguide circuit mode, but also, for maximum efficiency, there are two additional requirements: (1) the transverse velocity of the electrons must exceed the longitudinal velocity by a typical factor of 1.5 to 2 (intermixed helical electron trajectories are allowed); and (2) the spread in the longitudinal velocities must be small (on the order of 10-20% for oscillators, 2-5% for amplifiers). Several methods for producing gyrotron beams have been investigated, and most likely different approaches will be necessary for differing power levels and velocity spread requirements.


Aeronautical Ad Hoc network is the typical application of Ad Hoc networks.Selection and design of the routing protocol is the key of aeronautical Ad Hoc network.The developing status of aeronautical Ad Hoc network home and abroad is introduced,the design principles and classification of routing protocols are analysed,the characters of the position-based routing protocol are discussed.Finally the development trend of aeronautical Ad Hoc network is expected.


Recent advances in machine learning have shown outstanding performances in biological and medical data analysis to assist for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia in older adults. In this study, multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks are developed to classify AD, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Cognitive Normal (CN) subjects based upon the data from standard neuropsychological tests. Three neuropsychological tests from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), were used to train MLP neural networks. We first build three MLP models that can classify AD vs. CN, AD vs. MCI, and MCI vs. CN. We then construct a 3way MLP classifier to classify AD vs. MCI vs. CN. Finally, we propose a cascade 3-way classification method to further improve the model performance. Using the neuropsychological test data from ADNI database, our result shows the pairwise MLP models (i.e., AD vs. CN, AD vs. MCI, and MCI vs. CN) have the accuracy of 99.760.48, 89.643.94, and 90.812.91, respectively. The multi-class MLP model has an average accuracy of 84.283.66, and the proposed cascaded MLP approach further improves the performance of the multi-class classification with an average accuracy of 86.263.15.


Artefact analysis is the beginning of archaeology. In order to find an answer to the question: "what is this thing?" a question posed when curious remains or ruins were found, scientists created a new science: archaeology. Artefact analysis is a fundamental platform to nearly all formalised archaeological questions. Thus, theoretical and methodological questions concerning artefact analysis are extremely important for our discipline.


Purpose of review To summarize and discuss recent findings concerning diet–microbiota–health relations. Recent findings Mouse and other model animal studies have provided detailed insight into host–microbiota interactions, but cannot be extrapolated easily to humans that have different dietary habits, intestinal architecture, and microbiota composition. In spite of the fact that all humans have a personalized microbiome, the discovery of the high-level clusters, such as enterotypes, offer great potential for stratifying individuals in intervention studies based on their intestinal microbiota. A highly diverse microbiota seems to be key to adult human health. Long-term dietary patterns have been found to be associated with specific microbiota compositions and in some cases enterotypes. Fecal transplantations indicate that homeostasis can be restored and indicate that diet–microbiota-induced disorders can be improved by therapeutic modification of the microbiota. The specificity of complex carbohydrate conversion is the driving ecological force in the colon, while competition for sugars with the host is the driver for the small intestinal ecosystem. At both locations, the microbial fermentation of dietary components occurs in trophic chains and insight into these multispecies conversions is essential to understand the impact of diet on health. Summary There are clear associations between the microbiota, our diet and our health. However, as microbiota correlations with human health and diet are generally based on baseline comparisons between populations, there is a need for dedicated dietary intervention studies in humans to differentiate between correlation and causality.


Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women and a quantitative contrast‐free method is highly desirable for its diagnosis.


In addition to producing autoantibodies, B cells act as critical antigen presenting cells in autoimmune disease. Tight regulation of B-cell activity is required to ensure humoral immunity against pathogens, on the one hand, and to avoid detrimental autoreactivity, on the other. Activation of B cells is mediated through cross-binding of the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) and is greatly enhanced by co-engagement of complement receptor type 2 (CD21, CR2) and its signaling element, CD19. Feedback inhibition of B-cell activity is mediated by the binding of IgG antibodies to Fc?RIIB (CD32). The extent to which the individual receptors are engaged depends on the context in which antigen is encountered, be it as antigen alone, as complement-opsonized antigen, or as antigen complexed with IgM or IgG antibodies. Both over-expression of CD19 and deficiency of elements centrally involved in negative signaling, e.g. Fc?RIIB and Lyn, lead to autoimmune disease in mice. Upon formation of complementactivating ICs with natural or disease-associated antibodies, self-antigen binds to B cells via CD21 and CD35 (CR1) and induces proliferation of self-reactive B cells and CD4+ T cells. Here, we review the role of BCR, CD21/ CD19 and Fc?RIIB in regulating B-cell activity in immune and autoimmune responses.


Caerphilly cheese is a British Welsh cheese originally processed from cow's milk and similar in its characteristics with Ras cheese, the most popular hard cheese variety in Egypt, which needs three to six monthes to sharp flavour. However Caerphilly cheese this period can be shorter than 3 weeks to reach the same organoleptic properties of Ras cheese. To process that variety under the Egyptian conditions, three types of milk processed into Caerphilly cheese as the following, 100% cow's milk, 100% buffalo's milk and mixture(cows: buffalos' 1:1). Resultant cheeses were chemically, physically, microbiologically and sensory evaluated at zero time and throughout the repining period. Results indicated that, cow's milk gained higher quality cheese with low yield (12.91%) while, buffalo's milk gave harder and harsh cheese with higher yield (15.80%), as well as, mixture milk gained medium yield (13.01%) and the highest score of sensory properties (78/100) in fresh cheese and (88/100) after the 45days of storage period compared with other treatments. Cheese made from buffalo's milk obtained the highest value for each of total solids, fat, ash and total protein when compared with other treatments either in fresh or after 15 days of ripening period. Cheese made from mixture milk had the lowest total counts of all types of cheese microfloura either it was fresh or after 15 days of storage. Moreover, mixture milk cheese had the best rheological properties [Adhesiveness (g), Hardiness (N), Springiness (mm), Cohesiveness (Ratio), Gumminess (N), Chewiness (J) and Modulus (g/mm)] among cheese treatments.So, from these results it could be recommended to process Caerphilly cheese from mixture from cows and buffalo's milk to obtain the best characteristics and medium yield.


SUMMARY Thisreportinvestigates line-of-sight asymmetric disparity vergenceinpatients having either intermittent strabismus, constant strabismus withamblyopia, oramblyopia without strabismus. We find an absence ofdisparity vergenceinallpatients withstrabismus andinsome with amblyopia only. Accommodative vergenceandsaccades place thedominant eyeon thetargets moving indepth. Theseaccommodative vergenceresponseshavenormaldynamic characteristics, thusindicating a properly functioning vergencemotorsystem. We proposethere isa higher-level central defect inwhichincoming information ofone eyeissuppressed, sothat thedisparity vergence systemisrendered inoperable.


An ubiquitous problem of building performance simulation (BPS) – and the use of digital technology in general – is finding a method for archiving and documenting simulation results from different projects as well as from different design alternatives within the same project. This problem gets exacerbated by the fact that modelers tend to use personal file naming conventions and that the turnover rate for experienced BPS modelers is high. As a consequence, many larger Architecture Engineering Construction (AEC) firms, even though they in principle have access to substantial data resources from previous projects, cannot easily access this data and put to work in future projects. For example, knowing simulated energy intensity use from dozens of previously designed hospitals would allow a team to better interpret results from a new hospital design. In order to address the problem of data accessibility and organization, this paper proposes an advanced results filtering, organizing and displaying program that is capable of extracting key simulation information from dozens of previous projects and project variants. A prototype has been developed for DIVA-for-Rhino, a daylighting and energy analysis plug-in for the Rhinoceros CAD environment. The prototype is tested using example results from over thirty design variants from a real world project that had the goal to develop and build a high performance shading systems made out of ceramics. The prototype managed to display results within seconds and show anomalies for one test variant that had not been noticed before. This shows that, once simulations results have been organized and can be compared across multiple projects or variants, quality control becomes an additional benefit of such tools.


This paper describes a format for engineering laboratory courses that improves student participation in the laboratory experiments. Often in laboratory courses only one or two members of a student lab group actively participate in the laboratory exercise while others in the group stand around and observe. This is especially true in large laboratory sections with many student lab groups. This format helps ensure that all students in a lab group participate by giving each member of the lab group a title and a specific role in each laboratory exercise. This format has been used successfully by the author in a variety of different laboratory courses in three different institutions.


We study the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the Navier--Stokes system in a thin domain $\Omega_\varepsilon$ of thickness $\varepsilon$ satisfying the Navier boundary condition on a periodic rough set $\Gamma_\varepsilon\subset \partial\Omega_\varepsilon$ of period $r_\varepsilon$ and amplitude $\delta_\varepsilon$, with $\delta_\varepsilon \ll r_\varepsilon \ll \varepsilon$. We prove that the limit behavior as $\varepsilon$ goes to zero depends on the limit $\lambda$ of $\delta_\varepsilon \varepsilon^{1\over 2}/r_\varepsilon^{3\over 2}$. Namely, if $\lambda=+\infty$, the roughness is so strong that the fluid behaves as if we had imposed the adherence condition on $\Gamma_\varepsilon$. If $\lambda=0$, the roughness is too weak and the fluid behaves as if $\Gamma_\varepsilon$ were a plane. Finally, if $\lambda\in(0,+\infty)$, the roughness is strong enough to make a new friction term appear in the limit.


This book is concentrated on the key players of the outsourcing paradigm; the organizations that provide logistics services, the Third Party Logistics (3PL's), as well as their clients, presenting and promoting the lessons learned by their cooperation.


The rigorous mathematic models of pseudo-range and carrier phase observation were introduced for navigation satellites,and the conditions of orbit determination and clock solution of GEO were discussed in details.The feasibilities of GEO orbit determination with no-difference observations or difference observations with other satellites,GEO,MEO,IGSO were analyzed as well.The following conclusion could be reached: based on pseudo-range observations of GEO,more than 4 station observations were required to determinate orbit and solute the satellite clock with accurate station clocks information,or more than 3 stations were required with accurate clocks information of both the satellite and the stations.Based on stations-difference-observations,more than 4 stations with accurate clock information were required.Based on satellites-difference-observations,the orbit determinations GEO could be reached only with accurate GEO satellite clock information and more than 3 groups of satellites-difference-observati-ons.The orbit determination can't be reached only by carrier phase observations.


Objective To know the utility and problem of the diagnostic imaging modalities in hospital emergency and explore their correct allocation.Materials and Methods20large general hospitals were investigated with the emphasis on the allocation of the imaging modalities in the in-patients,out-patients and emergency departments.The imaging modalities in the emergency are divided in to specified and non-specified.The late include that of far from or near from the emergency room.Results The emergency has a specified X-ray radiography in5hospitals,share out-patient X-ray radiography in15hospitals,which is far away in8hospitals.The emergency has a specified CT in4hospitals,share the non-specified CT in other hospitals,which is far away in7hospitals.The emergency do not have a specified MRI in all20hospitals,which is far away in14hospitals.Conclusion The diagnostic imaging modalities in the large general hospital emergency should be improved according to their amount of patients and the diagnostic imaging modalities as well as the distance between the emergency room and non-specified imaging modalities.


ICT(Information and Communications Technologies) has been influencing on overall fashion industry which is considered as the representative field of emotional marketing. In particular, the fashion tech combining the ICT and fashion has been creating the visual effects and diversified in the entire fashion business processes beyond the developed of simple fashion device. Accordingly, this paper analyzed the trend of business models which have been implemented at present before the full-scale development of fashion tech. In accordance with the analysis results, this paper identified the expansion of integrated digital platform based on connectivity, intelligence and computerization in the physical aspects, activation of untact marketing related to individualization and unmanned operation in the social aspects, and pursuit of value consumption reflecting emotional bonding and spiritual bonding in the cultural aspects. The results will be used as the empirical data for the implementation of businesses related to fashion tech in the future. The continuing research and development on the ICT-based fashion tech will be the solution for the future fashion industry to cope with the rapidly changing preference and consumption patterns of the public.


It's a hard challenge to architectural heritage protection because of double properties of natural and cultural values in mixed heritage sites. In the existing architectural heritage protection planning,the characters of mixed heritage sites with its leading and precondition to protection district,space pattern and heritages protection strategies have been neglected,but with thinking from heritage-based values instead. The issues are rechecked from the views of architectural heritage protection in mixed heritage sites and the planning processes and technique methods. A planning framework is raised for cultural heritage-oriented and parallel type of mixed heritage sites,which embodies the evaluation and consideration to natural heritage,and the same as to the amendment and complement to the district of architectural heritage evaluation-oriented planning. The paper evaluates possible interest game between natural and cultural protection and gives advice for compatibility and integrity protection measures. At last the concept was verified with the example of Zhijiang University site protection planning.


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Abstract The concentration dependent diffusion coefficient of nitrogen in expanded austenite was determined from the rate of retracting nitrogen from thin initially N-saturated coupons. Nitrogen saturated homogeneous foils of expanded austenite were obtained by nitriding AISI 304 and AISI 316 in pure ammonia at 693 K and 718 K. Denitriding experiments were performed by equilibrating the foils with a successively lower nitrogen activity, as imposed by a gas mixture of ammonia and hydrogen. The concentration depen-dent diffusion coefficient of nitrogen in expanded austenite was approximated in the composition range where nitrogen can be extracted by hydrogen gas at the diffusion temperature. Numerical simulation of the denitriding experiments shows that the thus determined concentration dependent diffusion coefficients are an accurate approximation of the actual diffusivity of nitrogen in expanded austenite.


The invention discloses a separating funnel used in the extraction process, and belongs to the technical field of experimental vessels. According to the technical scheme, the separating funnel used in the extraction process is characterized in that the separating funnel comprises a bottle body, a bottle opening formed in neck of the bottle body and a drainpipe arranged at the bottom of the bottle body; a bottle stopper is installed on the bottle opening, the drainpipe is provided with a plug cock cavity, a polytef plug cock is installed in the plug cock cavity, multiple glass bases are evenly distributed on the portions, two-fifths away from the bottom end of the bottle opening, inside the bottle body and on the portions, one-second away from the bottom end of the bottle opening, inside the bottle body, and a hollow demulsification rod with a hole is arranged in each glass base. According to the separating funnel used in the extraction process, the structure is reasonable, the construction is simple, the liquid separation efficiency is improved, the emulsion phenomenon produced by an ordinary separating funnel in the separation process is reduced, and the problems that for the ordinary separating funnel, the flow velocity of the separating funnel is not smooth, and product loss exists under the emulsification condition are solved.


Georg Simmel in his book Philosophy of Money, described how money evolves through history and predicted that it will evolve to the point where it no longer relies on any substance. He called this stage "perfect money," which he described as "money detached from every substantial value". Today we are faced with the development of cryptocurrencies, of which Bitcoin is the best known. Bitcoin presents a new system of transaction which does not require governments or middlemen to regulate trade. Since such currencies are completely beyond substantial value, the philosophical question emerges whether Bitcoin is "perfect money." This essay will argue that Bitcoin can be understood in connection with Simmel's idea of "perfect money." But will also consider Simmel's claim that perfect money is only possible in a stable society and will show the limitations of cyrptocurrencies and Bitcoin in light of this.


In order to offer a full-field measurement tool of the welding dynamic welding displacement field during the whole welding process,a system of Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry(ESPI) was built.The system was applied into a TIG welding process and the original speckle patterns during welding were obtained.After the gray transformation and the histogram equalization,these images were filtered by a frequency-domain homomorphic filter,hence noises in the images were greatly reduced.Through a series of processes such as noise reduction,binary,refinement,smoothness,fitting,and calibration,the relative welding dynamic displacement field could be acquired automatically.The results show that the ESPI can fulfill the task of welding dynamic welding displacement measurement,and it has merits of non-contact,high precision,strong parasitic light resistance,and full-field measurement.


The proton-proton parity-violating longitudinal asymmetry is calculated in the lab-energy range 0--350 MeV, using a number of different, latest-generation strong-interaction potentials--Argonne {nu}{sub 18}, Bonn-2000, and Nijmegen-I--in combination with a weak-interaction potential consisting of rho- and omega-meson exchanges--the model known as DDH. The complete scattering problem in the presence of parity-conserving, including Coulomb, and parity-violating potentials is solved in both configuration- and momentum-space. The predicted parity-violating asymmetries are found to be only weakly dependent upon the input strong-interaction potential adopted in the calculation. Values for the rho- and omega-meson weak coupling constants h{sub {rho}}{sup pp} and h{sub {omega}}{sup pp} are determined by reproducing the measured asymmetries at 13.6 MeV, 45 MeV, and 221 MeV.


Abstract : Ultraviolet fluorescent screens are being evaluated as part of a radiographic paper system over an X-ray energy range from 25KVCP to 300KVCP in order to determine its potential for replacing X-ray film at a cost savings in certain applications. The report gives the technique curves obtained for 2024 aluminum from 25KVCP to 150KVCP without screens and with Kodak Industrex Intensifying Screen F-1. Detail sensitivity obtained with penetrameters is reported with this screen for selected thicknesses of aluminum over this energy range. A COMPARISON IS MADE OF FILM RADIOGRAPHY AND PAPER RADIOGRAPHY USING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLUORESCENT SCREENS WITH TITANIUM AND ALUMINUM HONEYCOMB SAMPLES. These samples illustrate varying degrees of foam adhesive used to bond the honeycomb to the spar or end closure, water entrapped in the cells, deformed and crushed core. Another application of paper radiography is inspecting wax molds used for making investment cast turbine blades for cracks and porosity. Work to date has demonstrated that the paper, F-1 screen combination is capable of 2% sensitivity over an energy range from 50KVCP to 150KVCP through aluminum. With a speed over 10 times that of Class II film and 10 second processing, the system not only saves time, but offers the potential for saving as much as two thirds over film costs. It is recommended that the Air Force consider this system for radiography of non-critical structural and engine components. (Author, modified-PL)


—With the continuous development of information-based teaching, "MOOC, SPOC and Flipped Classroom" blended teaching as a new teaching method has attracted more and more attention from the education circle. Blended teaching combines the advantages of online teaching and traditional teaching to form a new teaching model of "online plus offline". Taking the Basic Accounting course as an example, this paper explores the course design and specific application of the blended teaching of Basic Accounting and puts forward problems and suggestions on the reform of the blended teaching model, so as to provide reference for the curriculum reform of Chinese colleges and universities.


According to the application characteristics of low-earth-orbit satellite-borne global positioning system (GPS) receiver, the influence of GPS measurement data error on cycle-slip detection is analyzed. Then a modified TurboEdit preprocessing method is proposed. In the modified method, a weighted factor which closely relates to the GPS satellite elevation angle is introduced in the cycle-slip detection process. The weighted factor estimates the error of measurement data based on the variation of GPS elevation angle and establishes a relationship between the cycle-slip detection process and error of measurement data. Then the cycle-slip detection judgment is adjusted by the weighted factor. The modification algorithm not only reduces the fault rate of cycle-slip detection, but also promotes the autonomous ability of orbit determination by increasing the quantity of measurement data that will participate in low-earth-orbit-satellite orbit determination. Finally, the modified algorithm is verified by GPS mea...