This experiment was done in order to evaluate the species ability in absorption and recognizability the plant resistant Sainfoin, (Onobrychis vicifolia) to heavy metals lead and copper in 2009. The experimental treatments were arranged as factorial experiment in randomized complete design with four replicates. The first treatment was four lead Pb(NO ) levels 0, 200, 400, 800 and the second treatment was four copper Cu(SO ) 3 2 4 2 levels 0, 150, 300 and 450 mg/kg soil. The results showed significant effects on lead and copper absorption by the sainfoin roots and aerial parts ( P>0.01). The results also demonstrated that sainfoin had the same ability in lead and copper absorption into root at the highest level of of copper and lead alone where 7.68 and 7.34 mg/kg dry weight of these elements were absorbed by roots respectively. In addition, the plant ability in absorbing copper into aerial parts (40.40 mg/kg DW) and was greater than that of lead absorption (15.62 mg/kg DW). Increasing soil lead and copper concentrations and absorption of the elements, showed a significan t increase in the contents of each biomarkers Malondialdehyde (MDA), Dityrosine (D-T) and 8-hydroxy-2- deoxyguanosine (8-2-OH-DG) (P<0.01). The maximum decrease in chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll (a+b) contents were observed at the highest level of soil lead (800 mg/kg) and copper (450 mg/kg) levels (P<0.01). The activities and functions of three enzymes Superoxide dismutase (SOD), Catalase (CAT) and Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) showed a significant increase (P<0.01) In general the maximum responses of these enzymes were also observed at the highest level of lead and copper in the soil.


Fatigue models using the strain-life method do not show exact conformity with the empirical results. Therefore, the use of the mean-stress correction approach is to be evaluated, with a particular focus on mild and higher-strength steel. The influence of the ductility parameters will be studied. A potential favorable development of structural steels with regard to ductility will be checked. The paper will focus on two types of structural steel: S355 and S700. Initially, the mechanical properties of the steel test specimens were measured via a tensile testing rig. In addition, a fatigue test was carried out by applying various mean-stresses. Surface roughness was measured at the notch and introduced into the initial model. The strain amplitudes were determined using the Ramberg-Osgood and Masing material models. Subsequently, a curve fitting was applied to the strain-life data for the fatigue ductility exponent. The multiparameter model was fitted with only one parameter. The resulting model showed a good fit between the strain-life curve and the test results. During the course of the optimization, the error and the scatter were calculated separately for steel types S355 and S700. Based on the ductility exponent, a favorable behavior of the materials was determined.


The transformation of information which is in digital form to an analogous form involving electrical potentials or currents is called digital-to -analog conversion. The transformation is approximate since errors are introduced during conversion. Various techniques have been developed to minimize these errors; the most popular ones are the weighted resistor method and the ladder arrangement. The weighted resistor can be used as the input to a summing amplifier, and the voltage input errors to the weighted resistor can be reduced through the use of a balanced-current diode switching circuit. Experimental results derived from an investigation of the characteristics of the diode switching circuit showed a maximum switching error of ±6 10 3 volts. The calculated value for the worst case of relative output error for the converter is 0.065 percent when the switch is used as the input to the weighted resistor. Actual measurements performed on the output of the 11-bit input converter gave a maximum relative error of only 0.027 percent. The digital-to-analog conversion s p e e d amounted to 20 microseconds for the case considered. The advantages of the d i o d e switch as an auxiliary to the weighted resistor method are simplicity of design, guaranteed linearity of error, low relative output errors, and, in conjunction with the summing amplifier, the ability to control large changes of voltage while supplying relatively large output currents. PROBLEM STATUS This is an interim report. Work on this problem is continuing. AUTHORIZATION NRL Problem R06-06 Project Number SF001-08-05, Task 9094 BUSHIPS No. S-1931 Manuscript submitted November 1,, 1962. A DIODE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION TECHNIQUE INTRODUCTION Digital-to-analog conversion is an approximate relationship between a digital input and an electrical potential or current as output. Whereas the digital input is precise by nature, the electrical analog can only be an approximation of the input since conversion introduces errors. These errors are associated with deviation from a true position and position linearity. Various techniques have been developed to minimize conversion errors. Among the most popular techniques are the weighted resistor method and the ladder arrangement. Although the errors in the weighted resistor method tend to be greater than in the ladder arrangement, the weighted resistor method has the advantage of simplicity of desigl and can be used as the input to a summing amplifier, which in turn has the capability of controlling large changes in voltage and supplying relatively large amounts of current. This report will describe a technique employing diode switches and precision resistors as the input to a summing amplifier in order to provide a realistic shortand long-term relative output error and a guaranteed linearity of at least 0.065 percent. DIODE SWITCHING CIRCUIT Figure 1 is a schematic of a switching circuit employing diodes that can be used in conversion circuits. Ri sets the total current at the junction of the diodes D2 and D3. The size of R. is such that the parallel combination of R, um and R× produces a current through D3 equal to that in D2 . Switch sw1 can be any device which, when closed, connects the D2 -D 3 diode junction to a voltage -v 2 that will back-bias diodes D2 and D3 . Diode D, is used to prevent the back-bias voltage on diode D3 from exceeding approximately one volt. In the physical circuit, diodes D2 and D3 are held in close proximity to keep surrounding temperature differences to a minimum. These diodes therefore should be placed apart from any heat sources. + VI (LARGE POSITIVE VOLTAGE)


The thermal recovery efficiency of High Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) systems can be limited due to the effect of buoyancy flow of the injected hot water. This thesis has researched the application of a Multiple Partially Penetrating Wells (MPPWs) as a well design method to counteract the effect of buoyancy flow and improve the performance of HT-ATES systems (g60°C). A MPPW is a well with more than one screen that allows injection and extraction of water at different depths in the aquifer.This method to counteract the effect of buoyancy flow was tested through numerical modelling with SEAWATv4. The modelled HT-ATES systems were running for four recovery cycles each including injection-storage-extraction-rest phases. The thermal recovery efficiency was determined over these cycles for 7 different scenarios and four different cases: a) A regular HT-ATES system with a fully penetrating screen, b) a regular HT-ATES system where buoyancy flow is neglected, c) an HT-ATES system with a MPPW with two screens, d) an HT-ATES system with four screens. The latter case was tested for three different control approaches based on data from four different locations in the aquifer.For the reference scenario where 90°C water was injected, a regular HT-ATES system had a thermal recovery efficiency of 0.61. With the application of MPPWs for both two or four screens this was 0.81 in the fourth recovery cycle, which approaches the case without buoyancy which had a thermal recovery efficiency of 0.88. The application of two or four screens did not show significant difference in thermal recovery efficiency after the first recovery cycle.A sensitivity analysis showed that the absolute increase in thermal recovery efficiency of an HT-ATES system with a MPPW compared to a regular HT-ATES is higher for larger buoyancy flow (i.e, high injection temperature and high (vertical) hydraulic conductivity), smaller injection volume and larger aquifer thickness. An applicability analysis showed that application of MPPWs is beneficial if the buoyancy flow (which is defined as the vertical hydraulic conductivity times the density ratio of the ambient groundwater and injected water) is greater than 0.1 meters per day.


KK242 is a LV dwarf of transition type residing in the void environment. Koda et al. present clear indications on its connection with Scd galaxy NGC6503. This implies the distance to KK242 of ∼6.3 Mpc and its MB=–10.5 mag. Its radial velocity, known from the Effelsberg radio telescope H i observations, reveals, however, the difference with that of NGC6503, ΔV∼400 km s−1. If real, this fact implies the substantial constraints on its origin. To clear-up the issue of KK242 radial velocity, we obtained with the SAO 6-m telescope spectra of its faint star-forming (SF) complex. Hα and Hβ emission is detected in two adjacent compact regions, the southern and northern, separated by ∼2 arcsec (∼60 pc). Their mean radial velocity is Vhel=–66 km s−1, ∼100 km s−1 lower than that of NGC6503. We use the HST Legacy Archive images and photometry of individual stars from the Extragalactic Distance Database, available for KK242, to identify in the SF complex the exciting hot stars, the probable BHeB and RHeB stars and a supernova remnant. We address, based on the possible range of its gas metallicity, the probable evolutionary paths of KK242. Using package Cloudy and parameters of the exciting B0V stars, we conclude that the observed flux ratio of the [S ii] doublet to Hα is consistent with the value of 12+log (O/H) ∼7.35 ±0.18 dex, expected for a stripped void dIrr galaxy.


Pseudophacopteron canarium is one of the major pests on Chinese olive ( Cananium burser aceae ) orchards. According to the test results, the threshold temperatures were (7.1616±1.0873) ℃ for the eggs, (6.0101±1.4257) ℃ for the first instar nymphs, (6.7603±1.6978) ℃ for the second instar nymphs, (5.4031±1.0578) ℃ for the third instar nymphs, (6.5625± 1.3354) ℃ for the fourth instar nymphs, (6.8440±1.0360) ℃ for the preoviposition period and (6.1629±1.4883) ℃ for the whole generation. The effective accumulative temperatures were (189.9493±14.7983) ℃ for the eggs, (119.3816±6.2784) ℃ for the first instar nymphs, (90.7436±5.0085) ℃ for the second instar nymphs, (104.7318±5.5204) ℃ for the third instar nymphs, (186.4216±11.2672) ℃ for the fourth instar nymphs, (33.1918±1.8454) ℃ for the preoviposition period and (733.1356±63.3965) ℃ for the whole generation. Based on the investigation of its annual life history and overwintering, it was concluded that the occurrence of P.canarium was 8 generations annually in Fuzhou.


The author discusses the needs of computerization of technical libraries. Herein various steps involved and plan of action to be taken are discussed. It describes how the latest technology can be adopted step by step. This article is prepared with practical experiences of the author regarding library computerization. It is hoped, this article is very much useful to the professionals for computerization of their libraries. * Assistant Librarian, N.I.T.K. Library, Suratkal, Karnataka.


Two novel gadolinium sandwich-type complexes containing tetrabenzoporphyrin (TBP) ligands-Gd (TBP)2 and Gd (TBP)3 were prepared from porphyrin 1 and Gd (acac)3. nH2O under Ar by boiling 1, 2, 4-Tcb for 15~17h and 45~48 h respectively. Their structures are characterized by Uv-Vis, HR-MS and IR. The spectroscopic studies show that their longest-wavelength visible and near-IR absorption bands are obviously red-shifted due to the extension of the π conjugated systems in the TBP ring. The magnetic studies indicate that the observed value of χMT for Gd (TBP)2 is close to the combined value of Gd (III) and porphyrin radical anion at room temperature and that antiferromagnetic interaction possibly results from the intramolecular spin exchange between the porphyrin π-radical electron and that the gadolinium f unpaired electrons dominates its magnetic properties over the whole temperature range while there is no magnetic interactions between two Gd (III) ions in Gd (TBP)3 in the range from room temperature down to 20K and very weak antiferromagnetic coupling exsits between two Gd (III) ions below 20K.


To improve the steady state efficiency of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor system(IPMSM), the intelligent integrated online optimal control strategy of IPMSM efficiency optimization was presented. The intelligent integrated control technology and torque compensation method were combined to the system. The method of adaptive fuzzy logic to adjust direct-axis current was adopted in the first half search, using the adaptive step size to reduce the torque fluctuations. The golden section search method was adopted in the next half search to speed up the search process and improve its convergence. While in the whole process, the torque correction program was introduced to compensate the torque current in real-time and resolve the torque pulsation problem in the regulation process of the excitation current. The dynamic and static performances of the system are improved. A 100kW IPMSM efficiency optimization intelligent integrated control system was implemented using a TMS320LF2407A DSP. Experimental results prove the validity of the proposed strategy.


An anisotropic k-.epsilon. turbulence model for predicting the rotating flows is proposed with the simple inclusion of a new parameter dealing with the extra straining effects in the .epsilon.-equation. This model is employed to compute the effects of Coriolis forces on fully-developed flow in a rotating channel. The predicted results indicate that the present model captures fairly well the striking rotational-induced effects on the Reynolds stresses and the mean flow distributions, including the argumentation of turbulent transport on the unstable side (pressure surface) of the channel and its damping on the stable side (suction surface).


This real-world, disguised case explores the complexities of a bully relationship at work. The case is appropriate for management, human resources, leadership, and organizational behavior classes. LEARNING GOALS The objectives below relate to the discussion questions at the end of the case. The concept of bullying was not included in the discussion questions to give the students the opportunity to diagnose the bully behaviors that are exhibited in the case.


Abstract. Poverty is lodged in the heart of abundance itself. The weakening of the social fabric is particularly apparent in cities: the deskilling of labor, the decline in social and symbolic Status, isolation, and the loss of social protection due to the crisis of the welfare State constitute different aspects of exclusion. Urban poverty also appears as a denial of citizenship. This article applies a pluralistic approach in studying urban poverty. It also suggests organizing principles as a basis for transforming and "territorializing" of public social policy instruments in the city.


Depletion experiments were used to assess the uptake rates of phosphate by the tropical coral Stylophora pistillata and its symbiotic zooxanthellae under different conditions. Our results showed the presence of active phosphate carriers both in the animal and the algal fractions, since uptake kinetics followed uniphasic saturation curves in both compartments (Michaelis‐Menten shape). Transporters in the animal and the algae presented different affinities for phosphate, with higher half‐saturation constants for the animal compartment than for the isolated zooxanthellae (K = 1.08 ± 0.42 vs. 0.57 ± 0.18 µmol L−1). The velocity of phosphate absorption increased in the light, suggesting a relationship with the photosynthetic activity of the zooxanthellae. A correlation was found between phosphate uptake rates and the organic or inorganic feeding history of the corals; rates were indeed 4.6 times higher in 8‐week starved than in fed corals and depended on the repletion status of phosphorus stocks within the symbionts. We report evidence showing that zooxanthellae act as a sink of phosphate within the symbiosis.


used in territorial analysis of all existing plans in Tanjung Lesung territorially, from national, regional and sectorial planning. The results of this study found new geospatial information on the development of integrated tourism destinations related to spatial configuration. Namely the development of tourist attractions, the configuration of connectivity or accessibility to tourist destinations and the configuration of amenities.


All of Germany's nuclear power stations are to be decommissioned by the end of 2022. The last coalfired power stations are likewise to be decommissioned by 2038 at the latest. Renewable energies need to be massively expanded in order for energy needs to continue to be covered. And photovoltaic systems (PV systems) have an important part to play in this. PV already makes a relevant contribution to our power supply. At the end of 2020, there were two million PV systems installed in Germany with nominal capacity of 54 gigawatts (GW).1 Together, these systems generated around 50.6 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar electricity. In absolute terms, this equates to 9.2 percent of Germany's gross electricity consumption.2 In this white paper, we have compiled the most important facts and figures for you as well as the latest findings regarding PV system safety. You will also learn how additional devices on the roof affect PV system safety and about the various advantages of lean system design.


We investigate the relationship between the coherence of a partially Bose-condensed spinor gas and its temperature. We observe cooling of the normal component driven by decoherence as well as the effect of temperature on decoherence rates.


A novel algorithm to estimate moving target velocity for a spaceborne high resolution and wide swath (HRWS) synthetic aperture radar (SAR)/ground moving target indication (GMTI) system is presented. To retain the power of the moving target, one needs to know the velocity of the moving target before clutter suppression and spectrum reconstruction. According to the relationship between the velocity and cone angles, the estimation of velocity is transformed into the estimation of direction-of-arrival (DOA) of the received signal using the sparse DOA technique. If the clutter is ignorable, the algorithm is directly applied to the received signal. Otherwise a preprocessing based block matrix is performed. Simulated results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


The paper studied two estrogenic pollutants, 4-nonylphenol (NP) and 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) in water, suspended particle (SP) and sediments in urban eutrophic lakes. The concentrations of NP ranged from 1.94 to 32.85 mu g/l, 0.876 to 31.13 mu g/l and 3.54 to 32.43 mu g/g dry weight (dw) in water, suspended particle (SP) and sediments, respectively, and that of OP from 0.027 to 1.44 mu g/l, 0.008 to 1.777 mu g/l and 0.058 to 1.245 mu g/g dw in water, suspended particle (SP) and sediments, respectively. An increasing trend in the concentration was noticed in all matrices close to the sewage inlets, which was found to be the major factor affecting the spatial distribution of alkylphenols (APs) in the lakes. Due to restoration of submerged macrophytes, which might accumulate APs, the contaminations of APs in the Little Moon Lake (LML) and the Little Lotus Lake (LLL) were lower than those in the Big, Moon Lake (BML) and the Bier Lotus Lake (BLL). A reasonable correlation of NP and OP was obtained among water, suspended particle and sediment. The possible environmental stress of APs concentration on aquatic organisms in Wuhan urban lakes was also discussed.


Abstract Purpose: To assess the inter-observer reproducibility of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) between 2 skilled physicians and to evaluate if ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) affect the measurement of shear wave velocity (SWV) using ARFI. Patients and Methods: 53 patients (29 males, 24 females, 59 ± 15 [22 – 84] years) who underwent contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) examination were included. ARFI was performed on liver segment V by physicians A and B before CEUS, and by physician A within 4 – 6 minutes and 7 – 10 minutes after contrast injection. In a subgroup of 31 patients (15 males, 16 females, 57 ± 18 [22 – 84] years), ARFI was also performed on focal liver lesions (FLL) by physician A before CEUS, and within 4 – 6 minutes and 7 – 10 minutes after contrast injection. Results: The SWV values obtained by physician A and B before CEUS yielded an intra-class correlation coefficient value of 0.913 (95 % CI, 0.849 – 0.950). No significant differences were shown between the SWV values of liver segment V in all 53 patients and of FLL in the subgroup of 31 patients obtained before CEUS and that of within 4 – 6 minutes and 7 – 10 minutes after contrast injection (all P> 0.05). Conclusion: ARFI showed excellent inter-observer reproducibility between 2 skilled physicians. UCA did not affect the measurement of SWV in both liver parenchyma and FLL, at least when performed 4 minutes after the contrast injection. ARFI may become an additional tool in the differential diagnosis of FLL.


A modern approach to migration is to perform wavefield extrapolation, subject to an imaging condition. Correct wavefield extrapolation requires that the boundary conditions at the array of geophones satisfy the wave equation. A sufficient condition is to perform the survey with a single stationary source. Contrary to this condition, many VSPs are conducted in deviated wells, where the source is maintained vertically above the down-hole geophone at each well station. Such a survey fails to provide the boundary conditions theoretically necessary for wave-equation migration.

A recently published inversion scheme, referred to as acoustic generalized Radon transform migration (GRT migration), was developed to handle any configuration of sources and geophones, including moving-source deviated-well VSP surveys. GRT migration may be viewed as a weighted version of the generalized Kirchhoff migration, derived in this paper from the exploding-reflector model.

When a VSP-survey geometry has been specified, GRT migration can be expressed in terms of array parameters, and compared with the equivalent expression for Kirchhoff (wave-equation) migration. The differences between the two integrals are significant and their effect is demonstrated on VSP data.


This paper analyses concept of geographical indication as a tool for the protection of tradition knowledge involved in 'pashmina' which is one of the most refine form of the cashmere. This paper focuses on what are the legal issues involved in the protection of the 'pashmina', which is one of the treasure and trove of the Kashmir. What kind of protection to provided to the indigenous people so that they may be secured from the detriment that is causing to them by the bio piracy by the different countries by misappropriating the name of the 'pashmina'. Thus leading to lower the reputation, goodwill of 'pashmina' in the market and driving them out of the business.


Apparatus for (1) carrying out a chemical vapor deposition process in plasma vapor phase, by means of which one or more layers of silica, doped or undoped, are deposited inside a hollow and elongated glass substrate tube , said apparatus including a resonator (8) with a resonant cavity (5) with an essentially cylindrical shape, arranged symmetrically around a cylinder axis (7), the substrate tube (2) being located along said axis, having said resonant cavity (5) a substantially annular shape, with a cylindrical inner wall (9) and a cylindrical outer wall (11), said cylindrical inner wall (9) including a slit (13) extending along at least part of a circumference located around said cylinder axis (7), in whose resonant cavity (3) a microwave guide is extended so that the microwaves (3) can exit to the cavity circumscribed by the inner cylindrical wall (9) through dich slit (13), surrounding the resonator (8) at least part of the substrate tube, being able to move back and forth along the longitudinal axis (15) of the substrate tube, characterized in that a hollow inner tube (2) Transparent to the microwave, it rests tightly against the cylindrical inner wall (9) of the resonant cavity (5) said inner tube (2) extending along the cylinder axis (7) at least along a part of the length of the resonant cavity (5), said inner tube (2) having a diameter such that said substrate tube can be placed inside the inner tube.


The utility model relates to a laser expands shu ronghe optical system arranges including following component according to the preface according to the laser beam incident direction: rectangular prism, relay lens, close light prism, first transmission eyepiece, second transmission eyepiece, first transmission objective, second transmission objective and wavelength for lambda 1, lambda's 2 laser instrument, wherein, relay lens is the biconvex lens, and first transmission eyepiece and second transmission eyepiece are the biconcave negative lens respectively, first transmission objective and second transmission objective are unsmooth positive lens respectively, the wavelength that its medium wavelength is lambda's 1 laser instrument is 1064nm or 1570nm, and the wavelength that the wavelength is lambda's 2 laser instrument is 808nm, 880nm or 915nm. Compared with the prior art, having realized the application that single channel, many laser instruments fuse, having solved photoelectric product multi -pass, timing drawback such as difficult, with high costs, application effect is good on the product.


In order to study the heavy metal pollution situation in farmland irrigated by waste water in Xinxiang,the content of many heavy metals in plant was investigated.The soil extraction experiments showed that the concentration of Zn,Cu,Pb and Cr were lower than the national standard,and the content of Ni and Cd were over the standard.The irrigated soil was obviously polluted by the heavy metal Ni and Cd.According to national sanitary standard of food,the polluted degree of heavy metal was evaluted and the results indicated the concentration of Cd,Cr and Zn in all plants were over the standard;the concentration of Pb and Cu in some plants were over the standard;in other plants it was lower the standard.The heavy metal Cr and Cd that polluted plant were more serious.


Aphis punicae P. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is one of the most important pests in pomegranate orchards in Iran. Laboratory evaluation of imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, thiacloprid and flonicamid on mortality of A. punicae under controlled conditions was conducted. Different concentrations of each pesticide were prepared with distilled water. First instar nymphs were sprayed by Potter Spray Tower. The LC50 value for imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, thiacloprid and flonicamid were calculated: 0.24 μl/ml, 0.31mg/ml, 0.48 μl/ml and 0.05 mg/ml, respectively. Probit analysis data revealed that the sensitivity of the insects to the pesticides was imidacloprid > thiacloprid > flonicamid > thiamethoxam. The results showed that imidacloprid and thiacloprid at 1 μl/ml, thiamethoxam at 0.35 mg/ml and flonicamid at 0.1 mg/ml had the highest mortality.


In this paper we present a novel technique for easily calibrating multiple casually aligned projectors on spherical domes using a single uncalibrated camera. Using the prior knowledge of the display surface being a dome, we can estimate the camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters and the projector to display surface correspondences automatically using a set of images. These images include the image of the dome itself and a projected pattern from each projector. Using these correspondences we can register images from the multiple projectors on the dome. Further, we can register displays which are not entirely visible in a single camera view using multiple pan and tilted views of an uncalibrated camera making our method suitable for displays of different size and resolution. We can register images from any arbitrary viewpoint making it appropriate for a single head‐tracked user in a 3D visualization system. Also, we can use several cartographic mapping techniques to register images in a manner that is appropriate for multi‐user visualization.


The paper considers the trends in social protest in Russia, the interaction of the population with the authorities, and the interaction of the authorities with the systemic and nonsystemic opposition. The accumulated sociological material provides the opportunity to study these phenomena with the help of secondary data analysismethod, and historical comparative method, which is appropriate to identify the protest actionstrends.


The invention discloses a kind of torsion spring installs fixture of vehicular ignition lock switch block, include upper die and lower die, upper mould further includes to coordinate die shank fixed plate and the compression axis fixing plate installed, die shank is installed in die shank fixed plate, the lower end of die shank is supported to compression axis fixing plate, compress axis fixing plate lower end and be provided with compression axis, compression axis lower end is provided with pre- depression bar;Lower mould further includes to be provided with base plate, base plate rotary shaft and the locating shaft being arranged concentrically, and locating shaft is placed in rotary shaft, and the storage tank for disposing switch block is offered on locating shaft, and storage tank is arranged concentrically with locating shaft.The motion of vertical direction is changed circular motion by the torsion spring installs fixture that the present invention is provided, instead of workman's handmade rotary, reduce labour intensity, improve operating efficiency, can be tightly pressed at torsion spring in the torsional spring slot of switch block by the pre- depression bar of upper mould simultaneously, avoid torsion spring outwards to be launched in installation process, improve security when torsion spring is installed.


Heavy metals can not be biodegraded in natural environment,belonging to persistent pollutants.They not only cause direct damage to single bio-organism,but also accumulate along food chain posing risk to ecological system.Heavy metal pollution,ecological damage and restoration have attracted huge attention during recent decades.Based on discussion of heavy metal sources,distribution,forms and migration,the potential ecological risk and common restoration techniques were reviewed,and some research prospects of restoration techniques were discussed.


Abstract Humility training is conceptualized as an appropriate treatment for persons who occasionally describe themselves, but are most frequently described by others as overbearing, insensitive and deceitful. Procedures are outlined to identify unrecognized fears and improve interpersonal skills. Humility is presented as a counterpoint to assertiveness and aggression/anger control interventions.


This article uses a case study of financial sector policy making in East Asia in the post 2000 period to examine and help to resolve questions surrounding the origins of the phenomenon of 'dynamics without change' in public policy making; that is, the appearance of policy activity and alteration without affecting the overall nature and orientation of policy outputs or outcomes. This is a phenomenon which has challenged existing notions of policy dynamics which associate enhanced policy activity with fundamental changes in outputs and outcomes and is an issue which has concerned policy studies since Robert Alford's seminal study of British health policy dynamics first noted the phenomenon in the mid-1970s. The article develops and extends the ideas put forward by Rayner et al. (2001, Privileging the sub-sector: critical sub-sectors and sectoral relationships in forest policy-making, Forest Policy and Economics, 2 (3–4), 319–332) that 'critical subsectors' or subsets of actors within a subsystem which control whether or not fundamental change occurs. Evidence from recent developments in the Asian financial sector is put forward supporting the argument that the uneven structuration and non-reciprocal nature of the relationships existing between components of a policy subsystem explain that policy's propensity for change and stability. The discussion moves the general analysis of policy change, policy subsystems and their role in policy change forward from the existing orthodoxy of 'dynamics with change' and provides the foundation for a new research programme analysing intra-sectoral policy dynamics in an empirically robust manner.


In the 14 February issue of AIDS, Moore and colleagues describe an increased risk of death for patients initiating HAARTwith CD4 cell counts < 200 cells/ml who have CD4 cell count increases of < 25 cells/ml during treatment [1]. This cohort study was restricted to antiretroviral drug-naive patients whose HIV RNA became undetectable (< 500 copies/ml) within the first 9 months of treatment, which should be an approximate guide to good adherence with the initial HAART regimen received and to its efficacy. Previous cohort studies correlating baseline CD4 cell counts with clinical progression during treatment may have included patients with poor adherence to treatment or with prior resistance to components of the HAART regimen received, which may also have correlated with low CD4 cell count.


Synchromodal Transport is one of the most innovative concepts in logistics. But, there is considerable ambiguity in existing literature over a common reference point for SmT. In this paper we consolidate existing research domain of SmT, by proposing a common reference point for pre-requisites, activities and effects of SmT. Our research will benefit future researchers and logistic companies willing to move towards Synchromodal Transport.


Background Overactivation of reticuloendothelial cells lining liver sinusoids – Kupffer cells (macrophages) and sinusoidal endothelial cells – may narrow the sinusoidal lumen, impair perfusion in liver microcirculation and contribute to disease severity in alcoholic hepatitis. Aim The aim of the article was to assess reticuloendothelial activation in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). Methods In SAH patients, we prospectively studied baseline reticuloendothelial activation markers [serum ferritin, sCD163 and plasma von Willebrand factor (VWF) antigen] and Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) criteria, correlated them with disease severity scores [model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores] and analyzed their ability to predict survival over a 90-day follow-up period. Results A total of 50 SAH patients [45 (37–49) years, median (interquartile range), 49 males, discriminant function, 76.2 (54.5–106.6); MELD score, 30 (26.2–36)] were studied. 41 SAH patients (82%) had ferritin >500 ng/mL, and all (100%) had markedly raised sCD163 and VWF levels. The median sCD163 level was 10-fold higher than healthy controls and the median VWF level was 5-fold above the upper limit of normal. In total, 37 SAH patients (74%) met MAS criteria. Reticuloendothelial activation markers correlated with MELD and SOFA scores (P < 0.05). VWF was an independent marker to predict mortality in SAH [adjusted hazard ratio, 1.002 (1.000–1.004)]. Conclusions The reticuloendothelial system was markedly activated and correlated with disease severity scores in SAH patients.VWF predicted short-term mortality independent of MELD and sCD163. Further larger multicentric studies are needed to validate these findings.


A blocked diisocyanate polyester was synthesized to copolymerize with novolak-type phenolic resin. From the results of IR and NMR spectra, it was found that the blocked diisocyanate polyester reacts with the hydroxyl group of the novolak-type phenolic resin at high temperature. The deblocking temperature for the novolak-type phenolic resin is 120°C. The blocking agent, e-caprolactam, is convenient for this system. The copolymer exhibited a single glass transition temperature and a negative deviation of the glass transition temperature. The results showed that the copolymer system is miscible and the molecular motion of the copolymer is increased with the addition of a modifier. The interface between the modified phenolic resin and the glass fiber is improved and the tensile strength of pultruded composite is increased with the modifier content. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 69: 1119–1127, 1998


The present invention provides a method of positioning the mold assisted RTM molding for the metal member embedded, through the groove of the metal member embedded in the soft mold is mounted on the processing, and processing the positioning holes, the positioning member is embedded portion of the metal film by mounted in the recess, penetrating into the metal embedded rod positioning holes and positioning the positioning holes soft mode, dry filament winding, dipping steps to achieve other metal embedded positioned. The present invention, by using the present invention is the use of the positioning rod and the positioning measures filament winding embedded parts soft metal mold, to ensure the accuracy of positioning the metal member is embedded to stabilize within 1mm.


This paper analyzes the fish-ridge type wind turbine performance and characteristics of energy extraction applied in a low wave Oscillating Water Column (OWC) system. This article contributes to providing a better understanding of the application of OWC and VAWT in a low wave environment. The aerodynamic characteristics of the three-blade fish-ridge turbine in an OWC chamber have been successfully investigated. CFD simulation with Reynolds-Averaged-Stokes (RANS) equations was used to obtain airspeed and air pressure contours under compressed and decompressed conditions in the turbine blades. Experiments on laboratory scale test rig also obtained data. The blade torque and turbine power coefficient at different AoA were validated through the experimental test to obtain numerical equations for the relationship between airspeeds, torque, tip speed ratio, and turbine power. The turbine design was 0.2 m long and 0.1 m wide and with an overlap ratio of 15%. The maximum tested airspeed was 20m/s. We found that the fish-ridge turbine has a homogeneous air velocity distribution and pressure due to the 15% overlap area. The maximum efficiency of the fish-ridge turbine under compressed conditions was 30% at TSR 0.9, while under decompressed conditions, the maximum efficiency reached 28% at TSR 0.6.


Piezotronics and piezophototronics, the two emerging fields that combine piezoelectric and semiconductor properties of materials have drawn much attention recently. Piezopotential caused by piezocharges can change the energy band and carrier transport of piezoelectric semiconductor materials. The PIN diodes have been widely used in high-frequency microwave circuits. In this paper, we present the theoretical calculations of the piezotronic PIN diode, including the built-in-potential, current–voltage characteristic, and junction capacitance for microwave and radio frequency application. Furthermore, the photovoltaic and luminescence properties of the PIN piezophototronic photodetector and light-emitting diode have been provided under applied strain.


The article reveals the organizational features of medical and psychological assistance in cases of perinatal losses in modern conditions. The paper presents the peculiarities of perinatal loss, psychological condition of women's health during the onset of subsequent pregnancy as well as experiences of the women who have lost a child at different stages of pregnancy. The article notes that the majority of pregnant women with a history of perinatal loss are in a state of chronic stress, which can lead to the emergence and development of various medical and psychological complications. The peculiarities of the experience of grief in the situation of perinatal loss, as a serious mental trauma for the woman's psyche were analyzed. It has been substantiated that the experience of perinatal loss is a non-normative crisis in marital relations, and the process of providing psychological assistance should be directed not only to the woman, but also to the married couple as a whole, which will reduce the risk of rupture of relations, promote their harmonization, which can be considered as an effective resource for a constructive experience of the situation of loss. The main tasks of psychologists and medical staff during the organization of medical and psychological assistance for women and married couples experiencing perinatal loss are also revealed. It is crucial to comprehend the feelings women experience in such cases, which makes medical and psychological care more effective in the process of working with those who are through child loss or have had such an experience previously. The conclusion notes the priority of organizing and providing comprehensive medical and psychological assistance not only to women, but also to married couples in a situation of perinatal loss; the need for special training both for medical psychologists, obstetricians and gynecologists to provide complex assistance to women experiencing perinatal losses.


Reaction of ReCl5 with Na2[C3S5][C3S52–= 4,5-dimercapto-1,3-dithiole-2-thionate(2–)] in ethanol in the presence of [PPh4]Br gave [PPh4][ReO(C3S5)2]1. The salt [NBun4][Re(C3S5)3]2 was obtained by reaction of ReCl5 with [NBun4]2[Zn(C3S5)2] in acetonitrile. Oxidation reactions of 2 with iodine or [Fe(C5H5)2][PF6] in dichloromethane afforded [Re(C3S5)3](contaminated with 5 or 10% of 2). These oxidized complexes have electrical conductivities of 2.2 × 10–2 and 4.6 × 10–3 S cm–1 at room temperature for compacted pellets. Cyclic voltammetry and electronic absorption spectra of 1 and 2, together with IR, ESR and X-ray photoelectron spectra of the oxidized species of 2 are discussed. X-Ray structure analysis of 1 reveals that the anions having a square-pyramidal geometry around the ReV are separately arranged in the crystal: monoclinic, space group P21/n, a= 12.437(8), b= 25.56(4), c= 11.137(8)A, β= 105.58(6)° and Z= 4. Block-diagonal least-squares refinement based on 4591 reflections with |Fo| > 3σ(F) converged at R= 0.052.


In this work, we present a systematic investigation of the influence of mixed-phase TiO<inf>2</inf> with various a-TiO<inf>2</inf> to r-TiO<inf>2</inf> ratio (A/R) toward the DSSCs efficiency. It was found that though a-TiO<inf>2</inf> showed better performance than r-TiO<inf>2</inf> in DSSCs, the Ru-bipyridine dye (N719) sensitized TiO<inf>2</inf> films fabricated by mixed-phase TiO<inf>2</inf> with A/R = 9 gives the highest cell efficiency.


Interest in cobordism categories arises in areas from topology to theoretical physics, and in particular in Topological Quantum Field Theories (TQFT's). These categories have manifolds as objects, and cobordisms between them as morphisms, have that is, manifolds of one dimension higher whose boundary decomposes into the source and target. Since the boundary of a boundary is empty, this formulation cannot account for cobordisms between manifolds with boundary. This is needed to describe open-closed TQFT's, and more generally, "extended TQFT's". We describe a framework for describing these, in the form of what we call a Verity double bicategory. This is similar to a double category, but with properties holding only up to certain 2-morphisms. We show how a broad general class of examples arise from a construction involving spans (or cospans) in suitable settings, and how this gives cobordisms between cobordisms when we start with the category of manifolds.


■ Implementation of Ensemble Kalman filtering for local weather forecasting in a GPU. ■ Implementation and validation in GPU of a stochastic PDE based CFD code for evaluation of local wind field. ■ Compare speed up and quality of outcomes between the two approaches. ■ Evaluate possible integration of this technology to a commercially available integrated terminal weather system (ITWS).


------------Abstract Objective: Most of the population worldwide is suffering from mental health problems. For the last four decades, Iraq has had a long history of wars and terrorist activities that have seriously hampered development and, therefore, there is limited research that has been carried out that focuses on the mental health of the nation, not to mention all the related psychological or other medical issues that result from poor mental health. Therefore, this systematic review aims to evaluate the prevalence and trend of mental illness in Iraq. Materials and methods: By using the protocol of PRISMA, 33 English-language articles were searched in the major databases, (PubMed, EMBASE and MEDLINE). With the help of specific keywords such as "mental health in Iraq", "anxiety", "depression", "Iraq survey", "psychosis", "postpartum", "prevalence of mental illness in Iraq", "prevalence of mental disorders in Iraq". 14 articles were finally selected for further data extraction. Results: Findings revealed that many different factors are responsible for the mental health problems, such as violence, war, people with diabetes, stressful environments, infertile women, parents of children with cancer, and old age. Topics such as child and adolescent mental health include hospital-based studies on the psychiatric problems of children, community-based investi-gations on the mental health of minority groups, the prevalence rate among different age groups within the child and adolescent population, and studies on prevention and intervention strategies for boosting mental healthcare should all be considered for further investigation. Conclusion: This systematic review indicated that research into the mental health field needs to be regarded as a priority focus for the country. Though major factors have been identified, there is an uneven distribution of the present mental health situation and published studies.


Objective: This paper constructs a joint teaching mode based on the Duifene PAD class and formative evaluation, which is applied in the teaching of Analytical Chemistry, and explores its teaching effect. Methods: We selected undergraduate students of Pharmacy in our university as teaching objects that were randomly divided into the control group and the experimental group. The experimental group was taught in the joint teaching mode based on Duifene PAD class and formative evaluation, while the control group was taught in the traditional teaching mode. At the end of the teaching, we adopted questionnaires for investigation on their learning effect in the new teaching mode, and compared the learning experience among two groups of students and their final scores of Analytical Chemistry. Results: The students in the experimental group were satisfied with the learning effect in the new teaching mode; compared with the control group, their learning experience was more ideal; their final scores of Analytical Chemistry were also higher than those of the students in the control group. Conclusion: The teaching mode based on Duifene PAD class and formative evaluation can fully mobilize students' learning initiatives, bring about a fairer and more objective evaluation, and improve the students' independent learning ability effectively, which is worthy of continuous improvement and promotion in teaching.


Businesses in an effort to create a sustainable supply chain try to make their production processes the least harmful to the environment. In that way, they expect the companies that they supply raw materials, semi-finished products and other materials used in production, which directly affect the production process, to be sensitive to the environment. For this reason, the first collaborative partners of companies that carry out sustainability studies are their suppliers. This makes supplier selection important. In the literature, basic criteria such as price, quality and performance are frequently encountered in supplier selection studies. In addition to these basic criteria, adding criteria for sustainability will strengthen the management strategy. The aim of this study is to create a guide for supplier evaluation that includes sustainability criteria. For this, in the first part of the study, supplier selection criteria are determined by considering the sustainability strategy. In the second part, the order of importance of these criteria is calculated. Taking into the sustainability report of the company, three new sustainability criteria that the business finds important were determined as "supplier's sustainability score", "CO2 emissions in the supply process", "supplier's level of working with sustainable suppliers". according to the business strategy, Eight supplier criteria were weighted with the fuzzy AHP method. It is seen that the company attaches importance to sustainability studies at the beginning level in supplier evaluation.


we compare preliminary retrieval from data acquired in airship deployment with ground based data acquired in our IIP demonstration campaign


Generally speaking, the enterprise system can be divided into general enterprise system and special enterprise system. Since the corporate governance model roots from the heterogeneity of various institutional environment, it presents the nature of non-universality. The corporate governance with Chinese characteristics depends on the harmonious competitive theory, special basic economic system and family cultural tradition.


The continually increasing demands placed on physicians have led to high levels of burnout, and breast radiologists are no exception. Professional coaching is a means to guide and support the radiologist through a process of positive thinking, stress reduction, goal setting, mental growth, work-life balance, and behavioral change. Professional coaching may be effective in preparation for leadership roles or in response to workplace issues or conflict. The radiologist, with the help of a coach, establishes goals, expands perception and mindset, and collaboratively may find ways to resolve issues by taking new and different approaches. This article discusses why radiologists should seek out a certified coach and what a coach can offer radiologists during these trying times, as well as outlining the coaching process. Coaching has proven useful in addressing professional growth, workplace issues, and physician burnout. At the conclusion of the article, the readers will be able to discern whether coaching can support a better quality of life for them.


The present study has made an attempt to analyze the causal relation between percapita consumption expenditure and personal income in India by applying Granger Causality and Koyck approach has been used to estimate the time period for adjustment of percapita personal consumption expenditure on personal disposal income for the period of 1950 to 1993. Data are extracted from National Accounts Statistics and Central Statistical Organization, Government of India. The study found that there is a unidirectional causality runs from percapita consumption expenditure to personal disposal income in case of India. The Koyck Model extends that the mean lag is 30 percentages which represents percapita personal consumption expenditure adjusts to personal disposal income within a relatively long period of time. We found that one percentage change in percapita disposal income that leads to 16 percentage of response in percapita personal consumption expenditure of the peoples which again extends that the major part of the income has been spend on consumption expenditure of the people in India extending very negligible share in saving.


Objective To obtain Lumbrukinase transgene rabbit mediated by recombinant retrovirus.Methods Lumbrokinase(LK) gene was cloned into the retroviral vector pLNCL to construct the recombinant retroviral vector pLN-bCP-LK.The vector was transfected into PA317 cells for packaging by liposomal transfection.After G418 selection for 2 weeks,G418-resistant PA317 colonies were obtained and amplified.The supernatant of cell culture was harvested and infected primitive spermatogonium cells.As the viral titer of recombinant retrovirus was measured,the results showed that the highest titer of viral supernatant was 1×10~4CFU/mL.The supernatant of cell culture was injected into 3 months old rabbit testis.After 1.5 months,the rabbit testis,kidney,spleen,liver and lungs were sampled for histological examination.Reslts The results indicated no pathological change in those tissues.F_0 and F_1 rabbit genome was detected by PCR and Southern blot,and transgene positive ratio of F_0 and F_1 were 6.3% and 15.3%,respectively.Conclusions Transgenic rabbit can be obtained by direct infection of 3 months old rabbit testis with recombinant retrovirus,without discernible pathological changes.


Author Institution: Department of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and College of Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Department of Botany, Ohio State University


There are various facts for the change of power system load.The load curve indicates strong nonlinearities. This paper proposes a method of on-line prediction of power system load,therefore,general regression neural network(GRNN) is modified to meet the requirements as above.It is trained by using the recursively updated sample dale sets and thus GRNN became dynamic neural network.Training the dynamic neural network is convenient and fast,and so it can be applied to on-line prediction.The results of simulation experiments show that there is a little lag between the prediction profile and real profile,but the former vary with the latter.The expected aim is reached.


CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary technique that carries the possibility of altering the genomic sequence of an organism. Discovered in a bacterial immune system, CRISPR/Cas9 has been a popular topic of discussion since its first publication in 2012. In this essay, the opposing arguments on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 are discussed, based on the practical uses in human genetic engineering. First, the technique is described along with the comparison of other successful gene editing techniques. Secondly, the ethical and clinical implications are also discussed, and the effects of CRISPR use on human germline and somatic cells. This essay aims to answer whether CRISPR/Cas9 should be used to edit the genome of humans?


SRAM-based FPGAs have a wide application in space because of the reconfigurability and high-capacity. However, single event upset (SEU) induced by cosmic ray which can induce an error function of user design in FPGA seriously imperils the safety of their applications in space. So evaluating the sensitivity to SEU of user design in FPGA becomes very important. This paper proposed a fast and accurate fault injection platform to evaluate the sensitivity to SEU of user design in FPGA. An optimized address generator was designed for the proposed fault injection platform that can speed up the fault injection and make the results of fault injection more accurate. We tested the fault injection platform with some ISCAS85 benchmark circuits.


On May 9, 2012 President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. It was the first time a sitting president in the United States had made such a declaration. His new stance in support of same-sex marriage marked an evolution in President Obama's position. The President's new stand on same-sex marriage also re-ignited a debate or complaint heard repeatedly in black communities regarding the administration's willingness to respond to other marginal communities, especially the gay and lesbian community, while largely ignoring the specific or targeted needs of black people, in particular those most vulnerable in black communities. In this article, I argue that the nature or character of the demands emanating from each community has played a significant role in the perceived accountability of the administration. Specifically, much of what the Obama administration has provided to other marginal communities, in particular the most visible policy wins of the gay and lesbian agenda, are policies and programs that are deeply rooted in and preserve the structural legitimacy and order of neoliberalism. These policies are markedly different from the type of policy interventions called for from many in black communities, interventions that challenge the logic of neoliberalism and demand a significant shift in resources.


Abstract Chilean miners were among the first foreigners to arrive in California during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. They were quickly subjected to violent ethnic conflicts with Euroamerican miners that forced many to withdraw from California. Those who chose to stay made adjustments to their material culture and cultural practices in order to ease tensions and gain acceptance into Euroamerican society. This article presents a three-stage acculturation model for the Chilean population during this time. This model is supported by the historic record and a Chilean archaeological site known as the Black Diamond Mine. The mine was claimed by Chileans in 1856, placing it within stage three of the acculturation model, and reflects adjustments made by the miners for acceptance into Euroamerican society.


To investigate prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders in children with obesity and to compare body mass index (BMI) and metabolic profile in the children.


A People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant tortured for information by Koevoet is handed over to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) for repatriation back to Angola. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).


Equivalent process model is the production of accuracy and computing capability of simulation.Based on actual manufaturing process,FE models are made on PAM-STAMP 2G program.Because of low efficiency of this discrete model,constructing five equivalent process models which simplify reconfigurable compliant tools and flexible interpolator.The results show that utilizing smooth die model with a conforming interpolater is an appropriate selection.Further more,a conforming interpolater modeled with one-layer solid elements is proposed,obtaining the same simulated result comparing to the one with solid continuum elements when interpolater is thinner than 30mm.


The contribution presents a new conception of Science in Slovak primary schools. It is devoted to presentation of activity sheets that since September 2006 have been components of work in the first grades of primary schools. The accent is put on creation of child's portfolios that can serve to a teacher in the evaluation process. At the same time they can be a tool of finding out child's naďve theories and can signalise the level of child's cognition in the relation to social life and institutions, but also in the natural science field.


The main objective of this study consists in testing the effect produced by maleic polyelectrolyte Ponilit GT1 on water stable aggregate. The solutions of Ponilit GT1 was applied to surface of a cambic chernozem with a clay loamy texture, from Didactical Station of USAMV Iași, Ezareni Farm, 6,6 – 6,9 pH units, 33 – 34 % clay content, at three different doses: 0.3%, 0.1% and control. Changes in structural parameters such: water stable aggregate, mean weight diameter, wet aggregate stability were determined. Cambic chernozem soil structure development was evaluated by comparing the values of structural parameters treated with maleic polyelectrolyte with those untreated. The results of our study indicated that synthetic polymer had a significant effect on structural development and on structural parameters. The results obtained at 0.3% and 0.1% doses indicate increasing of water stable aggregate with values between 19 – 29% on horizon 0 – 2 cm comparative with the control, and increasing in mean weight diameter with 9.5% at 0.1% doses and 15% at 0.3% doses. The application of synthetic polymer Ponilit GT1, creates favorable conditions for seeds germination. From the point of view of climatic conditions, the area where the experience is located is characterized by annual average values between 529 – 550 mm precipitation and mean multiannual temperatures between 9.2 – 9.4 o C.


Mapping and monitoring of wetland as one of the most valuable natural resource has gained importance with the developed of the geospatial technology. The recent deployment of European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel operational satellites has established a new paradigm for remote sensing applications including mapping the wetland species. As one of the attractions in Tasik Chini, an understanding of the Lotus distributions is necessary to ensure the sustainability of this species population in their habitat. This study aims to explore the capabilities of 10-meter resolution Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for mapping the distributions of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in freshwater lake of Tasik Chini. For this purpose, two different approaches were used namely pixel based classification and object based classification. Sentinel-2 data during the monsoon season is used to map the lake boundaries based on the rising of water level. Accurate information on the extent of water bodies is important to facilitate the landuse classification activity. The classification of the landuse classes are identified into five classes, which are forest, shrub, water, Lotus and other aquatic plant. These classes were determined based on the discriminating capability of the Sentinel-2 satellite data. The performance of classification result has been identified using the accuracy assessment contingency table. The overall accuracies of pixel based and object based classification result were 89% and 94%, and Kappa coefficient are 0.81 and 0.9 respectively, indicating a strong agreement or accuracy between the classification map and the ground reference information. From the result, Lotus distribution has been successfully identified and mapped using Sentinel-2 imagery in Tasik Chini with the extent of 57.94 ha or 12.39% of the study area.


During the operation of an oil-lubricated rolling bear -i ng losses occur, which can be divided into the contactl osses resulting from mechanical friction and the hy-d raulic losses caused by the displacement of the lu-b ricant. Within the scope of a current DFG researchp roject, axially loaded rolling bearings are examinedi n horizontal arrangement in order to investigate thei nfluences of the operating parameters (viscosity,s peed, oil quantity) on the hydraulic losses. In this ar-t icle the results of the experimental and simulative in-v estigations with fully flooded bearing lubrication oft apered roller bearing 32208 as test bearing are pre-s ented.


Objective To study the association between disturbance of lipid metabolism and venous thrombosis. Methods The data of 100 patients with idiopathic venous thrombosis(the known causes so far for venous thrombosis were excluded) were collected from October 2005 to November 2009.And 100 healthy physical examinees whose age and sex were matched with the patients were enrolled as the controls.The venous blood samples of all the subjects were taken at 7 am after 12 hours fasting for measurements of total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),lower density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C),high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C),and lipoprotein(a)(Lp(a)). Results Compared with the healthy controls,the levels of TG and ApoA of the patients were increased,and the level of HDL-C was decreased,with a statistical significance(P0.05).However no statistically significant difference was found in levels of TC and LDL-C(P0.05).Univariate analysis showed that HDL-C1.0 mmol/L,Lp(a) 30 mg/dl and TG2.26 mmol/L might be the risk factors for venous thrombosis(P0.05). Conclusion The levels of TC and LDL-C may be not associated with development of venous thrombosis.However,HDL-C1.0 mmol/L,Lp(a) 30 mg/dl and TG2.26 mmol/L might be the risk factors for idiopathic venous thrombosis.


The present invention provides a method of altering the cholesterol concentration in human blood. The daidzein material applied to the body to increase the concentration of HDL- cholesterol, and decrease in LDL- cholesterol concentration in the blood. The daidzein material can be in the form of a pharmaceutical composition administered, or administered in the form of dietary supplements (including soy protein based dietary supplement) a. Daidzein substance use increased HDL- cholesterol concentration in the blood and lowering LDL- cholesterol concentration by providing more health benefits of HDL- cholesterol and LDL- cholesterol concentrations cause atherosclerosis and reduce reduce atherosclerosis and vascular disease the risk.


Higher educational landscape in Malaysia experienced drastic changes as a result of liberalisation measures undertaken by the governments. Private Higher Educational Institutions (PHEI) are normally not directly funded by the government. Not surprisingly, PHEI are driven by financial motives to ensure continued business success. Moreover, higher education is a highly contested field. In recent years, stakeholders such as parents, businesses, government regulators and accreditation bodies are beginning to exert influence on PHEI in areas like programme development and delivery. It has always been the aim of PHEI to satisfy powerful stakeholders. However, this is not an easy task as their expectations can be contradictory. This development has created strategy tensions for PHEI to juggle. This paper argues that higher education issues have to be treated as paradoxes where there is no real solution. It goes on to argue that higher education paradoxes are the manifestation of stakeholder influence. The paper first highlights the interplay of stakeholders? expectations which has been a catalyst for the creation of paradoxes followed by the discussion of the six paradoxes.


Place is a central concept in human spatial cognition and communication, closely related to human experience (Tuan, 1977; Couclelis, 1992). It also serves as the prototypical spatial reference in human, economic and cultural geography (Cresswell, 2004), and hence, has undisputed standing also in noncomputational sciences. Yet, in spite of its prominence in everyday tasks and communication, place is still rarely mentioned in Geographic Information Science, mainly because of a lack of definitions that would allow a formal approach to capture and model places in spatial databases. More than a decade ago, Golledge and Stimson saw a need for measures to describe place: "We would suggest, however, that regardless of whether the tangible or intangible position was taken with respect to examining the sense of place, it should be possible to develop either a subjective or an objective scale (or some combination of the two) that captures the essence of a place" (1997, p. 417). More recent research concerns the modeling of spatial semantics, location modeling, and formal models of cognitive salience. All this can be interpreted as a seed for more broadly conceived place research in Geographic Information Science. This special issue aims to approach the topic of place in more formal and computational directions of research, including location-based services, human computer interface design, ontology, robotics and localization, social networks, modeling of uncertainty, gazetteers and georeferencing, tagging and text mining. The issue consists of research papers that originated in discussions held at the GIScience 2008 Workshop on "Modeling Place in Information Systems" in Utah, USA in September 2008. More than 30 researchers from geography, computer science, artificial intelligence, engineering, transportation, aeronau-


In the article the attention was paid to one of the most urgent problems of modern medicine — urolithiasis. One component of the pharmacotherapy of this disease is phytotherapy. This article provides an experience of use of combination therapy with Flavia® and Le Cran® in patients with urolithiasis with localization of the stone in the ureter. It is shown that in patients with ureteral stones up to 5 mm Flavia® and Le Cran® accelerates elimination of the stone, and also that the combination therapy of urolithiasis, complicated by infectious inflammatory process, with Flavia® and Le Cran® increases the effectiveness of antibiotics.


This paper, firstly, demonstrates the internal problem of Paul Tillich's theology in general and theological method in particular in shifting his logos Christology to Spirit-Christology. The motif "particularity-universality" as a key notion is not well-balance through the theological development. Secondly, this paper proposes that the doctrine of Trinity, well-articulated in Tillich's 1913 work and finds little attention in his mature work, provides a more fruitful and embracing symbol to release the tension and keep it in a dialectical way.


Work-life balance is about effectively managing the juggling act between paid work & other activities that are important to people. It's not about saying that work is wrong or bad, but that work shouldn't completely crowd out the other things that matter to people like time with family, participation with community activities, voluntary work, personal development, leisure, and recreation. The 'right' balance is a very personal thing & will change for each person at different times in his /her lives. For some people, the issue is being able to get to work or find more work rather than having too much work. There is no 'one size fits all' solution. A balanced life is one where we spread our energy and effort – emotional, intellectual, imaginative, and spiritual & physicalbetween key areas of importance. The neglect of one or more, or anchor points, may threaten the vitality of the whole. This paper, based on a survey conducted on a banking sector in Odisha has provided an opportunity for an in-depth exploration of the perceptions and attitudes of the employees regarding the potential worklife balance policy variables. Responses of the employees have provided rich data and a clearer understanding of the perceived values of the factors affecting work-life balance within the service industries.


In article the various points of view on mechanisms of functioning of the innovative enterprise in the region are considered. The essence and role of innovations for enterprise structures are defined. For achievement of competitive advantages, enterprise structures providing necessary level of innovative activity in national economy – a key social and economic problem of the XXIth century.


The present study examined the quality of the marital relationships of agoraphobic individuals as compared to a sample of nonclinical subjects. Comparisons between the agoraphobic group and the control group were also made on one's gender-role concept and the degree of interpersonal dependency on others. Forty-six agoraphobic subjects and 50 nonclinical control subjects completed self-report measures. Interpersonal dependency was assessed using the Interpersonal Dependence Inventory's three subscales: emotional reliance on others, lack of self-confidence, and assertion of autonomy. Quality of the significant relationship was measured with the Quality of Relationships Inventory subscales that assess the degree of social support from significant other, amount of conflict in relationship, and depth of significant relationship. The Personal Attributes Questionnaire evaluated gender-role stereotyping in subjects' selfconcept with scales of Agency (masculinity) and Communion (femininity). Multivariate and univariate analyses indicated significantly higher scores for the agoraphobic group on emotional reliance on others, £(1,70) = 15.22, £<.001. The mean score for selfconfidence was significantly lower for the agoraphobic group, £(1,70) = 22.97, £<.001. The agoraphobic group's mean Agency (masculinity) score was significantly lower than the control group's score, £(1,70) = 14.85, £<.001. Agoraphobic subjects' mean score for social support from significant other was significantly lower, £(1,70) = 17.862, £<.001. Agoraphobic subjects had a significantly higher mean score on level of conflict in the significant relationship, £(1,70) = 26.672, £<.001. The agoraphobic group scored significantly lower on depth of the significant relationship, £(1,70) = 4.542, £<.05. These results support spousal involvement in treatment programs for agoraphobia, and demonstrate gender role perspectives and personality characteristics that need to be addressed when treating the agoraphobic individual.


Malaysia is not far behind in emphasizing the implementation of sustainability practice in the
building construction. Green Building Index (GBI) is recognized as one of the rating tools for
measuring and evaluating green building specific features or functions in Malaysia. GBI
rating tools have six main criteria as mainframe to rate the green building. Each of them has
a different level of importance in the rating system. The aim of this study is to examine the
level of contractor's' awareness of Green Building Index Malaysia and the level of
importance of criteria and sub-criteria in Green Building Index Malaysia rating tools
according to contractors' perception in Johor Bahru. The research also investigated the
relationship between the level GBI rating tools awareness and the level of importance of
criteria and sub-criteria in GBI rating tools among contractors. A survey is conducted among
contractors in Johor. The contractors' perceptions and opinions on GBI rating tools criteria
and sub-criteria are important in ensuring green building development a successful due to
their involvement in project design, specification and delivery system. The result and data
were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistic (SPSS) software. The result shows that the level
of awareness of GBI rating tools among contractors is moderate (63%). Contractors in Johor
have ranked sustainable site as the most important criteria in GBI with weighting scale of
0.176. The relationship between that level of GBI rating tools awareness and the level of
importance of GBI rating tools criteria and sub-criteria is significantly correlated and linearly
related. It proves that the more the contractors aware of GBI the more significant criteria and
sub-criteria of GBI rating tools can be implemented in order to improve the GBI rating system
and the overall implementation of sustainable construction.


A limited modulation device capable of remarkably improving the signal transmission speed as compared with the conventional modulation scheme in a frequency band is disclosed. Modulation device 100 has a first and a second frequency pulling type SSB modulator 110 and 120. Each SSB modulator 110 is configured to have a difference only frequency carrier frequency corresponds to the reciprocal (i.e. the fundamental frequency of the input symbols) of symbol rate. Obtaining a LSB signal obtained by SSB modulator 120, which is set to a higher carrier frequency, a modulation signal by combining in an adder 130 and a USB signal obtained by the SSB modulator 110 is set to a lower carrier frequency .


Objective To investigate the changes of resting brain glucose metabolism in patients with lung cancer of different histological types.Methods One hundred patients with primary untreated lung cancer were divided into three groups[adenocarcinoma group (42 cases),squamous cell carcinoma group (37 cases)and small-cell carcinoma group (21 cases)] based on histological types confirmed by biopsy or surgical pathology.Their whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT were retrospectively studied.The brain PET data of three groups were analyzed individually using statistical parametric mapping,with 50 healthy controls as comparison.Results The brain PET imaging in all of three lung cancer groups showed relative reduction in the regional cerebral resting glucose metabolism,and mainly distributed in left superior and middle frontal gyrus and the inferior,middle and superior frontal gyrus bilateral frontal lobe.Besides,the hypometabolic brain areas were also detected in the right inferior parietal lobule and hippocampal in the small cell carcinoma group.The total hypometabolic brain area in the small cell lung cancer group (voxel values 3848)was greater than those in the adenocarcinoma (voxel values 1436)(t=14.33,P<0.05)and the squamous cell carcinoma groups (voxel values 1397)(t=10.07,P<0.05) respectively,and there was no statistical difference with respect to the areas between the later two groups (t=0.764,P>0.05).Conclusions The resting brain glucose metabolic changes in lung cancer patients may be correlated to their histological types of lung cancer.The reduced metabolic regions in lung cancer patients involved in some functional regions related to the mood disorders.The brain metabolic changes hopefully provide molecular imaging basis and evaluation indicator for lung cancer patients with affective disorders.

Key words:
Lung neoplasms;  Brain glucose metabolism;  Positron-emission tomography;  Tomography, X-ray computed ;  Fluorodeoxyglucose F18


Conventional hydropower technologies such as dams have been criticized due to their negative environmental effects which have necessitated the development of new technologies for sustainable development of hydropower energy. Hydrokinetic (HK) energy is one such emerging renewable energy technology and, in this study, a theoretical potential assessment was done using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) hydrological model, for the U-Tapao river basin (URB), a major tributary of the Songkhla lake basin (SLB) in southern Thailand. The SWAT was calibrated and validated with SWAT calibration and uncertainty (SWAT-CUP)-SUFI 2 programs using the observed discharge data from the gauging stations within the watershed. The model performance was evaluated based on the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) and the coefficient of determination (R2) values, achieving 0.62 and 0.60, respectively, for calibration, and 0.65 and 0.68 for validation which is considered acceptable and can be used to represent flow estimation. The theoretical HK potential was estimated to be 71.9 MW along the 77.18 km U-Tapao river, which could be developed as a renewable and reliable energy source for the communities living around the river. The method developed could also be applied to river systems around the world for resource and time efficient HK potential assessments.


The main purpose of this article is to present general trends in the spatial diversity of crime in Krakow in 2016–2017. These trends were reconstructed using crime mapping – an analysis of the spatial distribution of crime and hot spot analysis. The spatial analysis of crime was prepared both for crime in general and for selected categories of crime. The analysis includes the impact of the variable of time: the year, season, and time of day were categories used in the analysis.


Abstract This study examined the uptake of BSA-conjugated 1  μ m fluorescent latex microspheres from bath suspensions by 1·5–3·0 g rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Uptake was quantified using a novel method based on dissolving fish tissues (excluding the gastrointestinal tract) in an alkaline solution and capturing microspheres on a filter for microscopic counting. In suspensions of 1·0×10 7 particles ml −1 , the rate of uptake was approximately linear over 48 h of continuous immersion, with a 24 h mean±SE of 98 000±12 000 microspheres fish −1 . Uptake was logarithmically proportional to particle concentration in suspensions of 1·0×10 5 , 1·0×10 6 and 1·0×10 7 particles ml −1 . Prolonged immersion in a dilute suspension resulted in greater uptake than brief immersion in concentrated suspensions. Quantification of microspheres in separate tissues indicated that both skin and gill participate in uptake, with the skin playing a major role. Particles remained in skin and gill tissues for at least 24 days following exposure, while a minority were transported to the spleen and kidney. This observation supports an important role for local immunity in the protective responses generated during immersion immunisation. Histologically, microspheres were observed primarily within epithelial cells and underlying phagocytes of both skin and gill. Collectively these findings describe a new method for quantifying antigen uptake, which was used to demonstrate the effectiveness of prolonged exposure to dilute antigen suspensions and the importance of the skin as a site of antigen uptake during immersion immunisation.


We present for the first time many types of empirical evidence that point to the existence of preferred neutron/proton numbers for superdeformed (SD) shapes. We use a simple premise based on the pairing correlations to obtain the proposed empirical evidence. In particular, plots of \ensuremath{\gamma}-ray energy ratio such as $R$($I$) $=$ ${E}_{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$($I$ \ensuremath{\rightarrow} $I$-2)/ ${E}_{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$($I$-2 \ensuremath{\rightarrow} $I$-4) vs $N$ and $Z$, $R$($I$) vs $I$ plots, nuclear softness parameter values, and the number of SD bands for a given $N$ and $Z$ are used to pinpoint the $N$, $Z$ numbers that are most favored as the deformed magic numbers. The proton and neutron magic numbers so obtained not only confirm the earlier theoretical predictions made for the chain of particle numbers corresponding to the SD shapes but also verify the increase in deformation with the particle number within each chain. The analysis also leads to several new predictions for the occurrence of the SD bands.


The method of intertwining is used to construct transformations between one-dimensional electric potentials or one-dimensional external scalar fields for which the Dirac equation is exactly solvable. The transformations are analogous to the Darboux transformations between Schr\"odinger potentials. It is shown that a class of exactly solvable Dirac potentials corresponds to soliton solutions of the modified Korteweg\char21{}deVries (MKdV) equation, just as certain Schr\"odinger potentials are solitons of the Korteweg\char21{}deVries equation. It is also shown that the intertwining transformations are related to B\"acklund transformations for MKdV. The structure of the intertwining relations is shown to be described by an N=4 superalgebra, generalizing supersymmetric quantum mechanics to the Dirac case.


A series of CdII coordination polymers have been designed and hydrothermally synthesized by using a bent dipyridyl tecton 2,5-bis(3-pyridyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (3-bpo) and R-isophthalic acids (H2ip-R; R = –H, –CH3, –OCH3, –tBu, –OH, and –NO2), which exhibit diverse 1D and 2D polymeric coordination networks. The results demonstrate that the substituent effect of R-isophthalates does play a decisive role in directing the structural assemblies of this system, in which secondary interactions such as H-bonding and π⋯π stacking are generally observed to extend the coordination motifs. Notably, the 3-bpo building block shows adaptable conformations (cisoid-I, cisoid-II, and transoid) to facilitate the structural diversity of these complexes. Solid state properties such as thermal stability and fluorescence for these crystalline materials will also be presented.


An insulating sleeve comprises an insulating body, wherein a through hole is arranged in the insulating body, the outer part of the insulating body comprises an umbrella part and a middle part; a core bar is arranged in the through hole; after the insulating sleeve is installed on a switching device, at least one surface of the middle part faces towards a base plate of the switching device; a conductive layer is arranged on the middle part; after the insulating sleeve is installed on the switching device, the part where the conductive layer is positioned on the surface is jointed with the base plate, thus building electric connection between the conductive layer and the base plate. The utility model has the advantages that the conductive layer can well control the electric field distribution around the insulating sleeve, thus effectively restraining flashover and breakdown, and further ensuring the reliable running of an electrical device and personnel safety of operators by being simply and reliably grounded through the jointed the base plate.


The use of embedded pavement instrumentation has been an important technology in the advancement of pavement engineering. Responses measured at critical locations in the structure enable engineers to develop a fundamental understanding of the interaction between pavement response and pavement performance. Virtually every road test or accelerated pavement test facility, with the exception of the WesTrack experiment, has utilized embedded instrumentation to gain valuable mechanistic-empirical information. While instrumentation has been used successfully, in-situ measurement of pavement response under dynamic wheel loadings can be a technically challenging and expensive task. Careful selection and installation of sensors are prerequisites for a successful instrumentation project. The selection of instruments depends upon the type of pavement and the objectives of the experiment. The instruments should be sensitive enough to produce the necessary data while reliable enough to ensure that dependable data can be obtained throughout the period of the experiment. This research provides guidelines for the sensor planning, selection, calibration and analysis required for a successful instrumentation project.


Along with the fast development of computer technology,the computer assisted instruction has widely used in P.E teaching field.The paper focuses on the present condition of Taiji teaching,study in traditional teaching method and computer assisted instruction method.


Abstract In this paper, a method of synchronization of two different chaotic systems with matched and mismatched perturbations are developed by utilizing adaptive backstepping control technique. Through a simple and slight modification of traditional backstepping control method, the proposed technique can be applied to a variety of chaotic systems whose dynamic equations are not in the so-called strict-feedback form. Perturbation estimator is utilized in the control scheme to reduce the control energy, and each virtual input has adaptive mechanisms embedded to adapt the unknown upper bounds of the perturbation estimation errors. The property of uniformly ultimately boundedness is guaranteed when solving the chaotic synchronization problems, and two numerical examples for demonstrating the advantages and feasibility of the proposed method are also given.


This article examines the travel writings and medical work in India of Lady Hariot Dufferin, Vicereine of India between 1884 and 1888. Lady Dufferin accompanied her husband, the Viceroy Lord Dufferin, through various social and political engagements in India, and carved her own niche in colonial and post‐colonial history as a pioneer in the medical training of women in India. The article examines her travel writings on India and explores the nature of her complicity in the Raj, as well as the gendered nature of the separate public role she created for herself in relation to her 'zenana work' in providing medical care for the women of India. The author suggests that, through her work, Lady Dufferin challenges and extends the theoretical paradigms of post‐colonialist and feminist critiques of empire.


Sarcooplasmic recticulum isolated fromI-strain andwild type mice contains a Ca2+-dependent protein kinase activity of about 1.2 U/mg respectively. In addition, these mambranes isolated from I-strainmicecontain 0.18 U/mg protein phosphatase and a very low amount of phosphatase b activity (0.07 U/mg). In thepresence of Ca2+ions, the membrane-bound I-strain mice kinase converts phosphorylase b to the a form; activity proportionally increses with phosphate incorporation. The formed phosphorylase a can be dephosphorylated by phosphorylase phosphatase. Both, the rabbit phosphorylase kinase and the membrane-bound kinase of I-strain mice phosphorylate troponin. The vesicles of the sarcoplasmic reticulum isolated from both types of mice show essentially identical ATPase activities of about 1.7 and 1.9 U/mg at 10 nM and of about 2.5 and 2.4 U/mg at 1 μM free Ca2+. 4 mM oxalate stimulates the ATPase activities of both types of mice preparations about 2-fold. The membrane-bound Ca2+-dependent protein kinase from trbbit is half-maximally inhibited by a concentration of anti-phosphorylase kinase which is 5–10-forld higher than that needed for half-maximalinhibition of soluble phosphorylase kinase. This antibody maximally inhibits the membrane-bound kinase of both types of mice to about to about 30%. Phosphorylates and non-phosphoryated purified rabbit phosphorylase kinase show the same affinity for anti-phosphorylase kinase. Fluoresceinisothiocyanate labelled anti-phosphorylase kinase stains mainly the sarcolemma and intracellular membranes, probhably the sarcoplasmic reticulum of mice or rabbit diaphragm which is in agreement with the isolation of a Ca2+-dependent protein kinase together with the latter membranes.


I n last December's Educational Leadership, we reported that the Program for Effective Teaching (PET), a Hunter-based staff develop ment effort in South Carolina, has yet to produce perceivable changes in overall student achievement (Mandeville and Rivers 1988). We also noted Hunter's assertion that approximately two years of adequate coaching are necessary for teachers to achieve the artistic teaching level. Our recent study of PET yielded other intriguing findings about coaching and its rela tionship to achievement In our study, 199 PET-trained teach ers—83 percent of those surveyed— returned a questionnaire that dealt primarily with various aspects of the initial PET training and subsequent coaching. We gathered information on both the quantity and the quality of coaching; then we examined whether either variable was related to student achievement. The study was limited to teachers of self-contained classes in grades 1-4. This sample included 53, 79, and 67 teachers who were trained in PET during the first, second, and third years of the program respectively (PET cohorts) as well as a comparable sample of 62 teachers who had not been trained


The paper has analyzed and straightened out Professor Fei Xiaotong's thinking and studies on Chinese education in terms of his academic ideas and social practices.As is well known,Professor Fei is a sociologist and anthropologist.However,from this paper,we would find that he really lives up to his reputation as an anthropologist of education.It is he who regards education as a type of culture integrated into the research topics of Chinese anthropology,such as education and family,kinship,and so on.His studies have been acknowledged internationally,and drawn on as research paradigms among domestic anthropologists.The spirits of anthropology that Professor Fei has advocated and his ideas of anthropological education have contributed to educators and researchers.Referring Professor's idea of "cultural awareness" to "educational awareness," we should have reflexivity on our indigenous education,and explore a reform agenda in anthropology of education,which is neither "restoring old ways" nor "otherizing."


The RFID tag backscatter transfer power function is estimated from various measurement results in our anechoic chamber for two brands of tags. The backscatter transfer power function turns out to not be directly proportional to input power and therefore it cannot be modeled as a constant radar cross section. Additionally it shows that the classic radar equation cannot be applied directly under the assumption of a constant radar cross section to estimate the round trip path loss between the reader and tag. The backscatter transfer power function can also predict received power at the reader and predict the coverage area of the system.


The Virginia Street Bridge, a two-span, concrete, earthen-filled arch bridge built in 1905, is being replaced in the city of Reno, Nevada. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and requires a replacement design that accommodates a multitude of interests, as well as a suitable aesthetic. This article tracks the cyclical process used to achieve this goal, first focusing on bridge type and then on bridge appearance. A multidisciplinary team was organized, including a bridge architect and specialists in historical and archaeological preservation and river recreation, as well as bridge engineers, hydraulic specialists and traffic engineers. Construction is set to commence in spring 2014, with a schedule highly dependent on the weather.


Near-future Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys such as ACT, SPT, APEX, and Planck will soon find thousands of galaxy clusters. Multifrequency arcminute-resolution SZ observations can, in principle, determine each cluster's gas temperature (Te), bulk velocity (vpec), and optical depth (τ). However, the frequency bands and detector sensitivity employed by upcoming surveys will generally not be sufficient to disentangle the degeneracy between these three cluster parameters, even in the absence of SZ signal contamination from point sources and imperfect primary microwave background subtraction. Assuming contaminants can be removed, we find that near-future SZ surveys will be able to constrain well two cluster gas parameters that are linear combinations of τTe, τvz, and τT. Because the SZ intensity shift is nearly a linear function of τTe, τvz, and τT, a correspondence exists between the two effective gas parameters that SZ surveys can constrain and simple line-of-sight integrals through the three-dimensional cluster. We illustrate the parameter constraints and correspondence to line-of-sight integrals using three-dimensional N-body + hydro cluster simulations and a Markov-chain Monte Carlo method. We show that adding an independent temperature measurement to upcoming SZ data breaks the parameter degeneracy and that the cluster effective velocity thus constrained is approximately the optical-depth-weighted velocity integrated along the cluster line of sight. A temperature prior with an error as large as 2 keV still gives bulk velocity errors of 100 km s-1 or less, even for a more typical cluster with an electron temperature of 3 keV, for ACT-like SZ observations in the absence of signal contamination. The Markov-chain constraints on vpec and τ that we obtain are more encouraging and most likely more accurate than those obtained from Fisher matrices.


elite Chinese bodybuilders were investigated for injuries. The results showed the incidence of sports in- jury was 91. 4% in male and 85. 7% in female. The types of injuries were mainly chronic overuse injury or chronic injury on the acute basis. Acute injury was relatively rare(about 15% ). It was found that the they parts most sus- ceptible to injury were lower back in male and chest and shoulders in female and the causes were analyzed respective- ly. Suggestions were made to prevent injuries in bodybuilders.


"Customer is God" is the hotel management belief all the time.But it pays less attention to the staff-the hotel's important benefit shareholders.The author points out the analysis on the main factors of the hotel staff setbacks,and the improvement of the resistance ability is the important point of a successful modern hotel.The hotel management should take a series of effective tactics to carry it out,and meanwhile to improve the hotel's main competitive power.


English title: "I still wander from country to country"The essay is about newly arrived immigrants, academics from countries outside Europe and their integration at the Swedish labour market. The p ...


Echinococcus granulosus is known to cause echinococcosis in dogs and hydatid disease or cystic echinococcosis in ruminant animals and accidentally in humans. Dogs have a crucial role in the transmission of zoonotic parasites in the Kashmir valley, as they frequently come into touch with humans. Cysts developed as a result of this condition are diagnosed using a variety of procedures, including computed tomography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The adoption of contemporary immunodiagnostic techniques, on the other hand, has improved the diagnosis of intestinal echinococcosis on a larger scale, allowing epidemiological studies to be conducted on a larger number of people. In the present study, the prevalence of echinococcosis infection in dogs was determined by examining faecal samples collected from different districts of the Kashmir Valley. An immunodiagnostic test, sandwich ELISA, was used for coproantigen detection of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. A total of 476 faecal samples were tested, out of which, 48 samples were found to be positive in sandwich ELISA, which were mostly collected from different districts of the Kashmir valley and the collection sites included streets, playgrounds, open fields, parks, etc. of the Kashmir valley.


We study the problem of sending a common message to several users on a channel with side information. Specifically, each user experiences an additive interference which is known only to the sender. The sender has to simultaneously adapt its transmitted signal to all the interferences. We derive upper and lower bounds for the special case of binary channels and derive some optimality conditions.


This paper studies vegetation monitoring methods based on the Landsat5-TM remote sensing images using the change vector analysis method through the analysis of GVI and PVI to detect vegetation.The threshold selection is conducted by Otsu and Landsat5-TM remote sensing image data are tested.The result is evaluated by the change detection and change category classification map,which shows that the change detection has higher classification accuracy.